It was already afternoon, and the sky became more and more gloomy, and some snow foam was falling and falling, sticking to the soldiers on both sides of the war, melting wet, making people shivering.
The Cao and Liu armies retreated and advanced, and were still trying their best to attack and had no intention of giving up.
Although the Cao army was hard to chase and kill, Liu Bei's army had no chance to take a rotation rest for half a day, and their fatigue, injuries and hunger were much worse. Although the Hanzhong King personally went to various battalions to boost morale, recently, soldiers in these miles began to lose physical strength, so they left the team and sat on the ground, waiting to be killed or captured by the Cao army.
When the situation was most dangerous, Xu Chu's troops once broke through the shield hand defense outside the military formation and rushed straight to the Hanzhong King's Armour.
Fortunately, he arrived in Yangling City for a surprise attack. The troops in the camp were light-fitting and did not carry any ceremonial guards. Duke Xuande was dressed like ordinary soldiers, so Xu Chu did not realize that he was only more than ten steps away from King Liu Bei of Hanzhong.
Many knights of the central army surrounded Liu Bei in the middle and fought hard. The powerful generals Fu Kuang, Fu Hu, Deng Fang and others fought fiercely with the Cao army's cavalry regardless of life and death, and were all injured. Liu Bei's light armor was splattered with blood at some time. He drew out his sword and was ready to fight with the enemy at any time.
Fortunately, Zhao Yun, who was cutting the way forward, returned urgently to help, so he forced Xu Chu to retreat.
But even with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun's extraordinary courage, the role it plays in the battle between the army will eventually be limited.
After barely stabilizing the situation, everyone knew that the soldiers had reached their limits, and the battle situation finally reached a critical moment of survival. If Cao's army attacked again, it would be difficult to be good. However, at this time, there were more than ten miles away from the northern plain of Xianyang where Wei Yan and others should set up camps to support him, and they could not expect to support him at all.
Even if this situation cannot be called a desperate situation, it is not far from the same. Some staff members discussed in a low voice, intending to propose that the King of Hanzhong lead the light cavalry to leave first, and that they must not be defeated with the army.
Just as they were anxious, a team of knights rushed over from the north. At this time, the soldiers of the army were almost like frightened birds, and they almost shot arrows at first. When they approached, they realized that they were their companions. The soldiers didn't know what news they would get, so they hurriedly led them to the King of Hanzhong.
Liu Bei took the military newspaper from the leader's knight and read it. The expression on his face was a little strange, as if he was relieved and confused.
"Shi Yuan, look." He handed over the military newspaper to Pang Tong.
Pang Tong took over the military newspaper and read it at a glance.
This battle in Guanzhong was initially initiated by Pang Tong's efforts. The tactics of circling Chang'an to raid Yanglingyi were also out of Pang Tong's plan. At present, both of them have failed, and Pang Tong, as a military advisor, cannot tolerate the blame.
Although Duke Xuande didn't say anything, the generals were inevitably confused. Just as they were fighting and retreating, some people secretly complained that the two military advisors appointed by the king never fought; the other was full of fighting, but they could not fight. Some people also said that Military Advisor Pang made suggestions all day long, and seemed unfathomable. In fact, only one success was successful, and he bullied Liu Jiyu as a stupid fool.
The criticism was quite serious, but many soldiers actually agreed with this statement. Some soldiers were running and retreating while recounting loudly, and even intended to let Pang Tong hear it.
Of course Pang Tong heard it.
For him, this was indeed a great humiliation, but he didn't bother to explain and there was nothing to explain.
It was very difficult for the army to keep not collapsed when retreating. He rode his horse in various battalions, shouting orders in the noise of the battlefield, maintaining the overall action of the army. On several occasions, he was too close to the entanglement between the two armies and almost hit the trap. His voice was completely hoarse, but he shouted and shouted, even if his lungs were torn, he did not stop.
Seeing that the northern plain of Xianyang was approaching, he rushed back to Xuande Gong and planned to discuss his subsequent advance and retreat strategies. But by chance, the envoy arrived, so he had such a military newspaper in his hand.
"The military advisor thought, what should we do?" Liu Bei asked.
Pang Tong held the military newspaper, but looked a little surprised and refused to answer for a moment.
Liu Bei waited patiently and urged: "Military advisor?"
Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "King, I don't want my name as a military advisor. Today, I feel that talking about war on paper will cause great harm! Since..."
Just as he continued, Liu Bei interrupted him: "Shi Yuan, what are you talking nonsense! Why don't you come up with an idea!"
Such a tone was like the two of them chatting and laughing in a Chengdu temple, without any change. Pang Tong was shocked by the sound of these words and then fell into deep thought.
Liu Bei didn't even urge him.
After a while, Pang Tong slammed his hands heavily and gritted his teeth and said, "King, this time the troops sent to Guanzhong are related to the general trend of the world, and we must not lose!"
"What does military advisor mean?"
"I dare to ask the king to issue an order, and the entire army approaches the Chengguoqu, and stop there, waiting for the arrival of Cao Gong!"
Liu Bei's eyes froze.
The two military generals under his command, Zhuge Liang, were upright, suppressing others with power and conquering others with reason; while Pang Tong was more radical, liked to take odd moves, take strange plans, and dangerous plans. Liu Bei himself understood that the reason why Zhuge Liang was stable was because he completely regarded the lord's career as his own business, and regarded the lord's safety as his own safety, and would never allow any mistakes. Pang Tong's radicalism originated from his bones treating the lord's career as a pastoral country where he showed his own methods. Since display was first, the pastoral country was actually relatively secondary.
Although outsiders think that Liu Bei's values ​​the two military advisors and generals equally and are not biased, Liu Bei actually has always understood it.
However, sometimes he was inevitably confused by the continuous victory, and then overestimated himself and underestimated the enemy, so he felt that Pang Tong's idea was more appropriate. After actually arriving in Guanzhong to fight, he was shaken.
The password of "small rib" is proof.
But he never expected that even in this situation, what Pang Tong proposed was still a strange plan, and if it failed, it would put the entire army and even Liu Bei himself into a dangerous plan.
He couldn't help but hold the reins and stare deeply at Pang Tong.
Pang Tong jumped off his horse and bowed on the muddy ground. He raised his head and said stubbornly: "King, we can retreat, but we must never lose!"
Liu Bei hesitated slightly and then laughed: "The military advisor said yes."
Pang Tong gave a solemn greeting.
Before he got up, he heard Liu Bei ask, "Who is the military advisor planning to rely on?"
When Pang Tong was about to answer, he paused. Liu Bei had turned to Zhao Yun and said, "So as the military advisor said, I'll issue an order."
Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment. Liu Bei waved his hand firmly, and then he bowed.
Pang Tong then said, "I still need to write a letter to reply to the king."
"It's true, take the pen and ink." Liu Bei replied.
Soon, the army slightly changed its direction of action, moving from the Chengguo Canal along Wulingyuan to the northwest. After paying a considerable price to repel Cao's attempt to encircle and annihilate Cao's army, the remaining headquarters of the Central Army, which was about 7,000 people, was backed by Chengguo Canal and stopped moving.
When Liu Bei's army began to retreat, Cao Cao repelled the servant who drove the car and said he wanted to ride a war horse to chase. But his body was indeed not as good as before. Ce Qi felt soreness in his back and pain, so he finally pushed the carriage halfway and continued on the way.
The military situation in front naturally came like a knight. He leaned against the carriage with many soft pads and frequently sent orders to mobilize the entire army.
The pursuit lasted for more than an hour, and it was getting late. The driver probably couldn't see the road clearly. The wheels ran through the ground ruts several times, causing the carriage to shake violently. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"Liu Xuande is good at escaping, so he must chase him closely!" He shouted to the people around him, and then issued orders continuously, ordering all departments to speed up their actions.
However, the news of the next military envoy's return surprised him and was stunned.
"What?" Cao Cao suddenly raised his upper body, suddenly felt dizzy, and fell backwards.
He hurried up and helped him sit down.
He rubbed his forehead hard to refresh himself, and asked quickly: "You can explain clearly, what's wrong with Liu Bei?"
Chapter completed!