The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 424
Shi Guangyuan finally returned to Dazhai safely with the army.

Seeing that Liao Hua's spirit was very poor, Shi Guangyuan seemed to have lost his soul, presumably because Guan Yu's death in battle dealt him too much blow.He had no choice but to tell Liao Hua to go to the field hospital to find a doctor to treat the wound.

Liao Hua just nodded to Shi Guangyuan mechanically, without saying a word, his face was still dull.Next, supported by two guards, he stumbled towards the field hospital.

Shi Guangyuan couldn't help but sighed.His own situation was fine. After all, he only had contact with Guan Yu recently, and his relationship could be described as thin, so apart from sighing, there was not much sadness in his heart.

However, Shi Guangyuan found out that Wang Fu's situation didn't seem to be much better, and the expression of a dignified Jingzhou army strategist also became quite depressed.

Wang Fu is like this, so the psychological state of ordinary soldiers can be known by thinking about it with their toes.

While Shi Guangyuan lamented Guan Yu's great influence on the Jingzhou army, he could not help but blame Guan Yu in his heart, why he acted so recklessly, not to mention ruining his life for nothing, and possibly even ruining this army .But now that Guan Yu has been killed, it is useless to complain about him.

Shi Guangyuan said to Wang Fu: "Mr. Wang, I know that you are very sad now, and I also express my deep regret for it. In the end, Guan Junhou was still not rescued. However, others can be sad now, but we are still sad now." It's not the time to be sad. Let's discuss first, what should our army do next?"

Wang Fu nodded silently, and followed Shi Guangyuan back to the commander's tent.

All the scenes in the tent are still the same, and they are so familiar, the light from the brazier and lamps makes the inside much warmer than the outside.The desk was full of various documents, and the top one was a volume of "Spring and Autumn", which was almost torn by Guan Yu.

Seeing things and thinking about feelings, Wang Fu couldn't help sighing softly, as if he still felt that Guan Yu was still sitting on the seat in the main hall, looking at the people below with a pair of majestic phoenix eyes.

Shi Guangyuan showed his gentleness once in a while, helping Wang Fu to sit on the seat on the left.Only then did he say to Wang Fu: "My sir, Guan Junhou was unfortunately killed by the Wu army. For our army, it is nothing more than a bolt from the blue. I think this news will definitely spread throughout our army tonight." , when the time comes, the morale of the army will surely collapse."

Wang Fu did agree with what Shi Guangyuan said.He sighed, and said with force: "Since Guan Junhou took charge of Jingzhou, he has become the spiritual pillar of our army. Now that he died suddenly, the damage caused to our army is absolutely fatal, I am afraid it is not like the collapse of the army's morale." Easy."

Shi Guangyuan nodded, and suddenly said: "If General Dingguo is still there, maybe the situation will be better if he comes forward to appease the soldiers. It's a pity that he also died in the fire..."

However, it is useless to say these things now, it can only increase the depression in my heart.Shi Guangyuan went on to say: "So we should hurry up and send this news back to Xiangyang City with a fast horse to inform the prince. I think now only he can come forward to stabilize the morale of our army."

Wang Fu's eyes lit up when he heard Shi Guangyuan's words.His originally sad and depressed mood suddenly became a lot more relieved, like a person trapped under thick smoke who suddenly breathed fresh air.

Wang Fu secretly admired Shi Guangyuan's calmness in dealing with things. Now in the whole army, he is probably the only one who still maintains this respectable calmness.He immediately agreed: "What Mr. Shi said is very true, and he will write a letter to the son immediately."

When Ma Liang was here, of course Ma Liang was in charge of writing documents.Later, Ma Liang left with Liu Chan, and the job accordingly fell to Wang Fu, who was also a military adviser.Now, he has long been used to this job, so he said the above words subconsciously.

Shi Guangyuan didn't say anything, just nodded, watching Wang Fu start to write a letter - something to do, after all, can reduce a trace of sadness in Wang Fu's heart.This is what Shi Guangyuan is thinking now.

Wang Fu wrote very quickly, and wrote the whole process of the battle in the letter.He called another guard and asked him to ride the fastest horse immediately, and send the letter to Xiangyang City overnight to his eldest son Liu Chan, without any delay on the way.

Shi Guangyuan appreciated Wang Fu's ability to act very much.After the guard walked out of the command tent, he said to Wang Fu: "Mr. Wang, in my opinion, the enemy army will definitely send out a large army to attack our army tomorrow morning. Even, they will take advantage of our army's morale to start the attack tonight." After becoming scattered, they came to attack our army."

Wang Fu couldn't help but groaned, and asked, "Then shall we withdraw our troops now? But what about the corpses of Guan Junhou and General Dingguo?"

As expected, Wang Fu understood military tactics. Hearing Shi Guangyuan's words, he knew that the best way now was to retreat from this place first, and temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the enemy.But he couldn't bear to leave the bodies of Guan Yu and Guan Ping behind.

Shi Guangyuan sighed inwardly, now that the bodies of Guan Yu and Guan Ping have already fallen into Sun Quan's hands, can they still be brought back?
But Shi Guangyuan didn't want to use these words to stimulate Wang Fu's already sad heart, so he could only comfort him: "Sun Quan is a person who intends to fight for the world. In order to buy people's hearts, he will never destroy Guan Junhou and his son. Corpse."

People in the Han Dynasty respected the dead very much, and treated the dead as they treated the living.So Wang Fu immediately understood what Shi Guangyuan said.

Shi Guangyuan continued: "Actually, Mr. Wang, you are quite right. Before our army's morale has completely collapsed, we'd better set off and retreat immediately, so as not to have long nights and dreams. As long as we reach a safe zone, even if our army's morale becomes broken again , it can be recovered after all.”

Wang Fu nodded and said, "That's true. Our army can only retreat to the north now."

Shi Guangyuan took down a battle map from Guan Yu's handsome case, and spread it out on the case in front of Wang Fu.

Shi Guangyuan pointed to it and said: "Mr. Wang, please see that the Jingxiang Ancient Road is the most important road connecting Jiangling City to Xiangyang City. This road passes through many counties and dangerous places along the way. It can be said that our army A lifeline behind you."

Wang Fu nodded, knowing what Shi Guangyuan meant, if the Jingzhou army wanted to retreat now, they could only retreat along the Jingxiang ancient road.

Shi Guangyuan pointed to Dangyang City and Bianxian County to the north of Dangyang City, and said: "These two counties are the two most important footholds after our army retreats, and they are also to keep our army under control of the Jingxiang Ancient Road. The two most important footholds must never be lost."

Then, Shi Guangyuan pointed to Yicheng, Mr. Ma Liang's hometown, which already belongs to Xiangyang County, and said: "Entering Yicheng is Xiangyang County, which means that our army has completely withdrawn from Nanjun. Then, when the time comes, The Wu army can then concentrate all its forces to continue attacking Jiangling City, so this is absolutely not allowed to happen."

Wang Fu nodded, agreeing with Shi Guangyuan's point of view.

Shi Guangyuan continued: "So, if our army retreats, the first stop is to defend the front line of Dangyang City, so don't continue to retreat northward. I believe that when the time comes, Shizi himself will go south to join us."

Wang Fu immediately stood up from his seat and said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare for the military withdrawal right away! After the prince goes south, we will definitely avenge Guan Junhou!" Wang Fu turned around and was about to leave.

But Shi Guangyuan stopped Wang Fu and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wang. After we leave, we will give Wu Jun a small gift!"

Wang Fu turned around, his face full of puzzlement, he now wanted to kill tens of thousands of Wu troops, and this Shi Guangyuan actually wanted to give them gifts?
Wang Fu asked curiously, "What gift?"

Shi Guangyuan stepped forward and whispered a few words to Wang Fu.Wang Fu's eyes flashed, he nodded, and quickly rushed out of the handsome tent.

An hour later, Wang Fu, Liao Hua, and Shi Guangyuan together with the Jingzhou army retreated quietly to the north.

At this time, the sky suddenly began to snow a little.The rustling sound of snowflakes was beating against the already deserted Nuo Da Camp, like an old and faded singer, standing desolately on the stage, singing and dancing, but the tavern underneath had already left and was empty. , not a single guest.

(End of this chapter)