When the Wei army faced a complete collapse, the remaining Han generals no longer needed Guan Yu's command, they knew what they should do.

Not only for the country, but also for themselves, they must kill all enemies in their way.

Before this battle started, Guan Yu had issued one of the two strategic goals after winning this battle.

One is to kill as many enemies as possible on the battlefield.

Especially the 30,000-strong Wei army.

Under the influence of Cao Wei's wrong service system, it was difficult for the Wei army to quickly transform into the national power of the Han Dynasty after surrendering.

Especially the 30,000 Wei soldiers who were loyal to Cao Wei.

For this kind of enemy, if we don’t wipe them all out, why should we keep them?

It is true that most of Liu Bei's subordinates are loyal and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

But before the Wei army surrendered, they were still enemies.

How can it be considered killing innocent people indiscriminately if one cuts one's own blade on the enemy?

Loyalty, not pedantry.

It has to be said that the Cao Wei Army is indeed the elite in the world, and there are also some die-hard generals in the Wei Army.

When the Wei army's battle situation completely collapsed, there were still many Wei army troops trying to form formations to fight in the chaotic battlefield.

However, the formation of those Wei armies who are not unified and independent cannot pose any threat to the Han army, which is now highly motivated.

Their move could only block, to a certain extent, the progress of the Han army's sweep of the battlefield.

While tens of thousands of Han troops were strangling the die-hards in the Wei army across the battlefield, Zhang Liao, who was somewhere on the battlefield, also saw Guan Yu coming towards him with a sword.

At the beginning, the formation of tens of thousands of Wei troops became chaotic and crowded under the impact of the defeat of more than 10,000 Wei troops.

But when more and more Wei troops broke out and attacked Wei Jun's formation, Wei Jun's formation had already turned into a bucket with holes on all sides.

The defeated soldiers who were desperate to escape began to scatter out of the holes in the bucket like sewage.

Therefore, as time went by, the originally crowded battlefield was divided into countless battlefields by the defeated troops who fled, the Wei army who stubbornly resisted, and the Han army with high morale.

Fighting is still going on in many battlefields.

But now, the offensive and defensive momentum has been completely reversed.

Under this situation, without the obstruction of a large crowd, Zhang Liao quickly noticed Guan Yu's movements.

Not only Zhang Liao, but hundreds of tiger warriors beside him also saw this scene.

After seeing this scene, hundreds of tiger warriors who followed Zhang Liao closely began to admonish Zhang Liao: "General Wei, leave quickly."

Urgent urging sounds echoed in Zhang Liao's ears.

Since these hundreds of Huben followed Zhang Liao and defeated the 100,000 Wu army, they and Zhang Liao have received too many honors.

For example, they were awarded the title of Huben by Wei Emperor Cao Pi himself. This was an honor that none of the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops in the north had ever received.

Because of this, their fate has long been deeply connected with Zhang Liao.

In the chaotic situation just now, the Wei army that had gathered around Zhang Liao fled or dispersed, and only these hundreds of tiger warriors followed Zhang Liao unswervingly.

Even though they were among the rebels, they still followed Zhang Liao to kill the enemy unswervingly, just like they did outside Hefei City.

But when these hundreds of tiger soldiers saw Guan Yu leading the army quickly towards this place, fear appeared on their faces.

Guan Yu was not Sun Quan. Back then, Sun Quan would have been frightened by the bravery of hundreds of them and fled, making them burst into laughter.

Guan Yu was a world-famous general who was capable of leading an army to kill hundreds of them.

But they can die, but their master Zhang Liao cannot die.

They had received many favors from Zhang Liao in the past, and now it was time for them to repay the favor.

Under the urgent urging, some tigers even stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Liao's arms, trying to escort Zhang Liao out of the encirclement.

But those loyal actions of Huben were stopped by Zhang Liao's sharp shout.

After stopping the tiger ben's actions, Zhang Liao looked at the hundreds of tiger ben guarding him in front of him, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his eyes.

How did he lose?

At this point in the war, the defeat of the Wei army was certain.

So this question appeared in his mind.

Originally, the situation on the battlefield had always been in favor of the Wei army, but almost suddenly, tens of thousands of Wei soldiers were caught off guard and suffered an almost devastating blow. But was this his fault?

He was obviously very cautious and cautious.

Zhang Liao looked at Ma Chao, who was leading the Xiliang cavalry not far away. The defeat of the Wei army seemed to have started since his appearance.

If it weren't for a top-notch cavalry commander like Ma Chao leading the Xiliang cavalry, Sun Li would not have been defeated so quickly.

It was so fast that there was no time for him to react.

But can you blame him for not expecting this?

I wonder who in the world would believe that Guan Yu would put the key to victory in this crucial battle on a notorious person like Ma Chao!

This is just like when Liu Bei came to Japan for the Northern Expedition, he appointed Yu Jin as the forward general of the Han army.

And Ma Chao's reputation and level of untrustworthiness are several orders of magnitude greater than Yu Jin's.

This arrangement was simply unimaginable to the ministers of Cao Wei.

Today's famous officials in Cao Wei were all promoted by Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei.

And what did Cao Cao do to those who might rebel?

Someone directly broke into the military camp to take away his military power, or forced him to commit suicide through various excuses...

Under the influence of Cao Cao's approach, not only Zhang Liao, but even Jia Xu was here, I am afraid that he could not have predicted Guan Yu's move.

This is the different national conditions of Cao Wei and Ji Han.

What Zhang Liao didn't know was that this kind of unreasonable trust existed throughout the history of Ji Han, and that trust also created many laudable characters in Ji Han.

For example, Jiang Wei was loved by countless people in later generations.

It is this kind of trust that is sometimes incomprehensible to ordinary people that allowed the Ji Han regime to survive for decades after Zhuge Liang's death.

Because Zhang Liao didn't understand this kind of trust, he then thought:

Today's defeat of 70,000 Wei troops, except for the sudden appearance of Ma Chao's cavalry army, doesn't the master he served, Cao Pi, have no responsibility?

It is true that Mi Yang's strategy would make everyone angry, and even Cao Cao would be furious even when he was alive.

Cao Cao may be angry and send troops, but he will never let his side be completely led by the enemy.

Before Zhang Liao left Wancheng, Cao Pi once asked Zhang Liao a question: "If our army fights with the rebels in the field, what are the chances of winning?"

Zhang Liao's answer at that time was: "50%."

This is because the opponent is Guan Yu.

But after Zhang Liao answered this answer, he continued: "If we mobilize more elite cavalry from the border and order a general to lead them, we have an 80% chance of winning."

This judgment is based on Zhang Liao's experience in many years of fighting. If you use footwork and cavalry together, you will be invincible.

From the news Xu Chu told him after his arrival, it can be seen that Cao Pi originally issued an edict to Zhang He to lead the Guanzhong cavalry to participate in the battle.

But it is a pity that because of Guan Yu's active retreat, Cao Pi, who was completely overwhelmed by anger and reason, couldn't wait any longer.

But if Zhang He's Guanzhong cavalry were here today, how could it be Zhang Liao who failed!

Victory should have belonged to Wei.

One leader is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted.

Perhaps at the beginning, Zhang Liao's real opponent was not Guan Yu, but Cao Pi, who seemed to be extremely favored to him.

Zhang Liao knew that he was in a dead end today.

Maybe he can escape now.

But the destruction of the 30,000-strong Cao Wei army happened right in front of his eyes. Even if he, a general who was neither his direct descendant nor his relative, escaped in the end, how good would his end be?

Zhang Liao was not a simple military general, he was well versed in the hidden rules of politics.

Thirty thousand Cao Wei's central army was destroyed. Such a miserable result must be unacceptable to both the Cao Wei court and the public.

Such a tragic failure requires someone to calm down the anger of the courtiers and give an explanation to the world.

Such a person could not be Cao Xiu, the deputy general, nor Cao Pi, the emperor. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he was the most suitable.

Cao Pi's favor towards him before the war was both trust and pressure.

This was a big battle that Zhang Liao could never lose. If he lost, he would pay with his life.

Only in this way can his family be preserved, and maybe he can win a good posthumous title.

How could Zhang Liao, who had already figured everything out, follow Huben's advice and leave the battlefield?

Since he was already facing a certain death situation, he had to act upright before Zhang Liao's death.
To be continued...