Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 609

There are many factors that affect war, and forces of nature often accompany it.

The relentless attack from the north wind suddenly changed the situation on the battlefield. Cao Jun, who was already at a disadvantage, shrank back unnaturally.

The first battle between the two sides was meant to be a test, and they used as many as [-] to [-] troops. All the ministries gradually rushed to the Chinese army. Because they did not make timely adjustments, the first battle might be lost.

"Your Majesty, the north wind is blowing up, and the soldiers are a little bit overwhelmed." Zhao Yan rushed back from the front line with an anxious expression on his face.

"Oh, the order was sent to Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, and retreat back to the camp under the cover of the rear army." Cao Cao replied lazily.

"Wei." Zhao Yan immediately turned around to pass the order. He always felt that something was wrong with Cao Cao today. Although the retreat was deployed without any problems, it was far from the heroic style of the past. After returning to the camp, he planned to discuss with several generals.

Cao Jun Mingjin began to retreat, Guan Yu commanded the Jingzhou soldiers to take advantage of the situation, but chose to retreat after less than a mile of pursuit. Facing such a large number of enemies, it is almost impossible to repel or even wipe them out in one battle. Killing [-] cattle and sheep also requires a planned and slow slaughter.

In this battle, Jingzhou soldiers killed [-] enemies and suffered nearly [-] casualties. Although it was only a small victory, it was very helpful to boost morale.

Xu Shu sent several boats of wine and water from Jiangling to the labor force, and Guan Yu immediately held a banquet to reward the troops participating in the battle today, and by the way, he made suggestions for the front line to practice in Lantian.

Although he was reluctant to leave Lantian, Guan Yu had no choice but to follow the order because it was Liu Bei's order.

Lu Meng attacked Jingzhou and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, which cut off the connection between Jiangling and Chengdu for a long time. Later, Xu Shu returned to Jiangling from Dongting and sent a detailed report of the battle situation in Jingzhou to Yizhou.

Unexpectedly, after Liu Bei received the letter, he was furious and wanted to mobilize all his troops to attack Sun Quan in Jiangdong. Finally, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Huang Quan, Zhao Yun and others persuaded him to give up on the grounds that Jingzhou was in danger and Yizhou was exhausted.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was frowning all day long, and he was also worried that Guan Yu and Jiangdong would continue to fight against each other, which would eventually lead to the alliance of Sun Cao and affect the Northern Expedition.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Bei left Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to take charge of Yizhou's government affairs, and he went to Jiangling with drinks in the name of a labor force, intending to take Zhang Fei and Fazheng back along the way.

Liu Bei arrived in Jiangling at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. At this time, Sun Quan's soldiers entered E County to ask for prisoners, and he asked Guan Yu or Lantian to negotiate, so he asked Xu Shu to go north to Fancheng to replace Lantian, and he and Lantian went to Jiangxia to negotiate with Sun Quan.

Lan Tian defeated Cao Jun repeatedly with tricks, and everyone in the army admired him. At the banquet, Guan Yu raised his glass and toasted, saying: "Since the Northern Expedition, the success of successive battles is all thanks to Ziyu. Now that the elder brother is calling, get up as soon as possible. Anyway, you are dealing with Sun Quan." has experience."

"Although there are many mobs in Cao Cao's army, they do not take advantage of the right time, place, people and him. As long as Yun Chang uses his troops carefully and advances slowly, not to mention wiping out [-] Cao soldiers, he will never be defeated by him." Lan Tian finished drinking Guan Yu toasted.

Guan Yu glanced at Xu Shu and said, "Ziyu, don't worry. Guan has the confidence to defeat Cao Cao. If there is an unresolved matter, he will discuss it with Yuanzhi, but you have to lend me Gao Boping and Pang Lingming."

"Yes, yes, the second brother has not many troops here, so you need to use your brain more when dealing with Sun Quan." Zhang Fei chimed in.

Lan Tian smiled leisurely: "What did Yide say? How could I withdraw troops at this time? As you said, you can use your brain to deal with Sun Quan. In addition, I think the north wind is blowing today, and the dark clouds are gathering. It may rain in the near future. Cao Jun Most of them are dressed in thin clothes, as long as it takes a few rains, how can there be any chance of victory?"

"Ziyu is right, even God is helping." Xu Shu agreed with a smile.

Because there was going to be a battle the next day, Guan Yu ended the banquet in an hour, and the generals in the tent went back to the camp to rest.

Lan Tian couldn't sleep at night, so he put on his clothes and went out to watch the stars alone, but found that the stars were covered by clouds, the surrounding fields were pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers.

"Although the wind is strong in the afternoon, it's a pity that it hasn't rained yet." Gao Shun chased him out.

Lan Tian nodded and replied: "There is little rain in winter, and with the heavy snow a few days ago, the weather is so gloomy all day long. Maybe this rain will condense for a few more days, but the wind has already helped us. It should be no problem to defeat Cao Cao."

"You won't just leave me here, will you?" Gao Shun asked worriedly. Although he accepted Liu Bei's reward, he still regarded himself as Lu Lingqi's retainer in his heart.

Lan Tian patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Where do you want to go? Let's go back to Guangzhou together."

"Then I'm relieved." Gao Shun nodded.

"This battle is of great importance. Boping must let everyone work hard to kill the enemy. Although all aspects are beneficial to us, after all, Cao Cao has [-] soldiers. In addition, this place is adjacent to Guanzhong and the Central Plains. I don't know if there are any variables." Lan Tian frowned. .

Gao Shun clasped his fists sonorously: "Don't worry, sir, the ambition to be in the battle is life or death."

Lan Tian nodded affirmatively: "Let's go into the house and rest. There will be fighting tomorrow morning in this weather. At that time, Gao Yuan and I will leave by water. You can just follow General Guan's instructions."

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was gloomy and rainless, and the north in the wilderness was even colder.

Plateau escorted Lan Tian to board the boat and leave early. Looking back to the north, smoke and dust were everywhere.

After yesterday's first defeat, Cao Jun summed up his experience and made a comeback. This time Cao Cao sent more soldiers into the battlefield, while Guan Yu sacrificed his trump card army from Lantian.

Xu Shu watched from the high platform behind and saw a large group of cavalry in the north, moving towards the direction of the falling army, so he immediately asked Guan Yu to change his formation, so that the former army's first rank Gao Shun's falling army, and the former army's second rank Guan Ping Jingzhou soldiers, the two legions exchanged positions.

The soldiers in the formation switched and interspersed, were quick and courageous, even though they were wearing heavy armor, they did not lose to the light infantry during the movement, thanks to Gao Shun's long-term training.

Zhang Liao's cavalry regiment lost its target and could only choose to withdraw from the first round of attack. Because the encircled army hid behind, his cavalry regiment lost its advantage in attacking. Pulling back could also injure a precious steed.

The battle in the morning of the next day ended at noon, and most of the corpses lying on the wasteland came from Cao Jun. Cao Cao retreated with a huge loss of [-] people.

Two consecutive defeats cast a shadow over Cao Ying.

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Cao Cao cited the stories of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu as examples, but the relationship between the two is actually not high.

Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang were convinced on the surface, but they all had big question marks in their hearts, because they would rather believe their own conjectures, that is, King Wei is not normal these days.

(End of this chapter)