The Yan army was already in a difficult situation, and when Liu Bei retreated like this, the morale and morale of the Yan army collapsed in an instant.
Once the main camp was broken, Guan Yu, who was still resisting, saw that Liu Bei had retreated, so he had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat.
As soon as the main camp troops withdrew, Zhang Xiu's army on the left and right, as well as Taishi Ci's army on the right, were also defeated one after another.
The 50,000 Yan troops lost their fighting spirit, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled desperately.
However, the Chu army was full of fighting spirit. Under the command of Yan Liang, they broke into the camp like wolves driving sheep and continued to kill and pursue.
A long bloody road stretched from south to north. The Chu army's infantry and cavalry galloped on the bloody road. Under their feet were the corpses of Yan soldiers and countless abandoned flags.
Liu Bei fled all the way, first to Jiqiu and then to Kaiyang, but Yan Liang pursued him and followed him with a large army.
The frightened Liu Bei, like a bereaved dog, abandoned the Langye Kingdom and fled more than 700 miles in one breath to Linqu City, the northernmost city of Xuzhou.
At this time, Yan Liang gave up the pursuit because he had gone too far into the enemy territory and the logistics supply line was too long.
Liu Bei fled to Linqu and felt a little relieved when he learned that Yan Liang did not continue to pursue him and that Zhao Yun came with 10,000 troops to reinforce him.
In the following days, Liu Bei temporarily stayed in Linqu to gather the defeated generals and soldiers to reunite. He lost more than half of his 50,000 troops and horses, and only managed to gather more than 20,000 people.
The frightened Liu Bei was afraid that Yan Liang would take advantage of the situation to attack north, so he reinforced the defenses of Linqu City and sent people to Ye City, ordering Zhuge Liang to immediately send troops to help.
When Liu Bei lost his troops and lost his generals, he was terrified. Yan Liang had already held a banquet in Kaiyang City, the seat of Langye Kingdom, to celebrate this great victory with his generals.
Yan Liang had to admit that the gains from this northern expedition far exceeded his expectations.
The purpose of Yan Liang's northern expedition was just to contain Liu Bei's main force and buy enough time for Lu Meng's expeditionary army to capture Liaodong.
But after several consecutive victories, Yan Liang not only captured Tancheng, Kaiyang and other important places, but also basically captured the entire territory of Xuzhou. He also defeated Liu Bei and killed 40,000 to 50,000 Yan troops.
In addition, Zhang Yan was killed in formation and Lu Su was planned to be killed. These gains were far better than the previous Northern Expedition.
Of course, Yan Liang also wanted to take advantage of this favorable situation to continue marching north and seize Qingyan Prefecture in one fell swoop. However, the increasingly cold weather forced Yan Liang to temporarily withdraw his troops.
Most of the elite troops borrowed by Yan Liang from the Central Plains have already gone on an expedition to Liaodong. Those who followed Yan Liang in this campaign were mostly soldiers from Jingyang and Yangzhou.
For these southern soldiers, the weather in Xuzhou is cold enough, and frostbite has already appeared in the army. If they go further north and approach the Yellow River, the victory won by Yan Liang's battle may be destroyed by a large-scale outbreak of frostbite in the army.
offset.
In the end, due to climate reasons, Yan Liang decided to stop when the weather was good and wait until the weather got warmer before embarking on the Northern Expedition.
The city of Kaiyang was already filled with joy, with tens of thousands of soldiers celebrating this great victory.
In the temporary palace hall, Yan Liang held a banquet with the officials and had a wanton carnival.
Just when the atmosphere of the celebration banquet reached its peak, Zhou Cang came in excitedly and delivered the latest news of success from Lu Meng.
Yan Liang, who was very drunk, asked Zhou Cang to come out.
Zhou Cang then read out the good news about Liaodong in front of everyone.
It turned out that when the victory news was sent out, Lü Meng's expeditionary army had already captured Xiangping. Gongsun Kang fled from the city in embarrassment and led a few kin generals and less than 5,000 remaining soldiers to the west across the Liao River to defect.
Liu Bei.
After Lü Meng captured Xiangping, he ordered Ma Dai to cross the Liao River to the west and seize the two important towns of Liaotun City and Liaoyang City on the west bank of the Liao River, completing his control of the entire territory of Liaodong.
Liaodong was pacified!
In the hall, the already festive atmosphere suddenly became like a fire. The generals cheered and shouted excitedly, and their excitement was beyond words.
At this moment, Yan Liang was also very excited and could not hide the excitement in his heart.
Thinking back on his "whimsical" plan to launch a cross-sea expedition to Liaodong, almost no one among the ministers supported him except Pang Tong.
Now, Lu Meng is watching with all his strength, and in the eyes of everyone's doubts, he has completed this unprecedented feat for Yan Liang, clearing the doubts of all the officials in one fell swoop.
How could Yan Liang not be excited about such a wonderful feat?
"I congratulate you, Your Majesty, on your unprecedented achievement." Pang Tong couldn't hide his excitement and raised his glass to toast Yan Liang.
Yan Liang laughed heartily and without hesitation raised his glass and drank it all.
"The king is wise, long live the king." The excited ministers all gathered together to respect each other, and everyone's faces showed admiration for Yan Liang.
Yan Liang was in a good mood and full of pride, so he opened his mind and drank heavily with the generals.
At this celebration banquet, Yan Liang drank happily and enjoyed himself to the fullest. Even he, who had an extraordinary capacity for drinking, was almost drunk by the time the banquet was over.
Yan Liang, who was drunk, returned to the bedroom with the help of Zhou Cang.
When he entered the room, Guan Feng was already sitting alone in the empty room and had been waiting there for many days.
Yan Liang is happy today. After drinking and eating, how can he not have a woman to enjoy himself?
Now that Yan Liang has defeated Liu Bei and driven away Guan Yu, now he can enjoy Guan Yu's daughter again. The pleasure and ease are like the icing on the cake, far more enjoyable than enjoying an ordinary woman.
After Zhou Cang helped Yan Liang into the house, he wisely exited the room.
Guan Feng hurried forward and helped the half-drunk Yan Liang to sit down. As soon as Yan Liang sat down, his tiger arms pulled Guan Feng's delicate body into his arms. The big fat buttocks that were born from years of horse riding
, it pressed heavily on Yan Liang’s legs.
Guan Feng could feel that Yan Liang was too excited today, and his whole body was like a beast that was charging up. He had endless energy, and he didn't know how to vent it on himself tonight.
She was secretly worried in her heart, but Guan Feng didn't dare to show it at all. She just smiled and let Yan Liang's tiger palms move up and down her body.
"Your Majesty has now captured Xuzhou. I wonder when he will march to Hebei and take over the whole world?" Guan Feng asked with a smile.
Yan Liangfu grabbed the crispy object and sneered: "Don't worry, it won't be long before I send my troops to the north to seize Hebei and kill your big-eared thief uncle."
Yan Liang's understatement was filled with a chilling chill. It only made Guan Feng feel chilled in his heart.
"Then after the king seizes Hebei, what will he do with his concubine's father?" Guan Feng asked tentatively.
Yan Liang said coldly: "If your father knows the current affairs, maybe I will consider giving you a little favor. If he doesn't know how to praise me and continues to go against me, huh."
In that cold snort, fierce murderous intent shot out like a blade.
Guan Feng's delicate body trembled. She immediately understood that although she was now Yan Liang's woman, Yan Liang would never let her father Guan Yu go.
Guan Yu's life or death depends entirely on whether Guan Yu will choose to resist to the end.
But Guan Feng knew very well that with her father's proud temperament, he would not give in to Yan Liang and would probably fight to the end.
"Oh, father, my daughter has fulfilled her filial duty. Whether you live or die, it's up to you."
Guan Feng sighed secretly in his heart, but did not dare to ask any more questions for fear of irritating Yan Liang, so he only smiled charmingly and served Yan Liang diligently.
Yan Liang, who was full of blood, didn't have much foreplay. Suddenly, Guan Feng fell down on the couch, and the tiger-bear body pounced on him.
In the room filled with candlelight, spring suddenly appeared.
Yan Liang was conquering wantonly while laughing wildly: "Guan Yu, don't you want to fight against me even to the death? I am enjoying your daughter now, what can you do to me, haha"
Amidst wanton laughter, Yan Liang cheered up and his conquest became more intense.
Guan Feng, on the other hand, bit her red lips tightly, her face flushed like a cloud, trying her best to convince herself to forget her identity, endure the shame, and endure the plowing of the man on her body.
The man's wild laughter and the woman's humming intertwined together, passing through the cracks in the window and echoing in the freezing night.
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Seven hundred miles away, Linqu.
In the military tent, Guan Yu was drinking wine, his red face full of resentment and pain.
His son Guan Ping, his beloved general Liao Hua, and his daughter Guan had all left him. Even Lu Su, his adviser who had been with him for many years, was killed by his own hands.
The Xuzhou Army that had worked so hard was destroyed, and Guan Yu was now alone.
After drinking a glass of wine, Guan Yu couldn't help but recall the scene of Tancheng's defeat.
Outside Tancheng, the scene of Yan Liang wantonly abusing his daughter Guan Feng in front of so many people is like a ghost, haunting Guan Yu, leaving him in the torture of shame all the time.
Snap!
The angry Guan Yu violently threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, gritted his teeth and said: "Tie Yan, you insulted me Guan Yu, sooner or later I will ask you to repay tenfold. Just wait, I will take back Xuzhou with my own hands."
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In the midst of anger and dissatisfaction, some soldiers came to report from outside the tent, saying that Zhuge's military advisor had come from Yecheng to the front line of Linqu and was now in the king's tent. The king of Yan sent him to come and discuss the plan together.
Guan Yu had no choice but to suppress his anger, calm down his emotions, and go to the king's tent.
As soon as he entered the king's tent, Guan Yu saw Liu Bei sitting there with a sad face, as if he was worried. Although Kong Ming shook his feather fan lightly, his expression was equally solemn.
Guan Yu suddenly had a bad feeling.
After the ceremony between the monarch and his ministers was completed, Guan Yu said: "Military advisor, I don't know how many troops and horses you have brought from Yecheng this time. It will be enough for our army to counterattack and recapture Xuzhou."
Zhuge Liang coughed a few times and said, "To be honest with Yun Chang, Liang only brought 10,000 troops when he came this time."
"Ten thousand soldiers and horses?" Guan Yu's face darkened, "How can we counterattack with just these few soldiers and horses?"
Zhuge Liang said nothing and only looked at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei sighed: "Yun Chang, I have decided not to counterattack Xuzhou."
Guan Yu's expression changed and he said anxiously: "Xuzhou is a barrier in the Central Plains. If it is captured by the Yan thieves, it will be difficult to protect the Qingyan and Yanzhous. How can we not take it back?"
"Military advisor, please tell Yun Chang about your strategy." Liu Bei waved his hand.
Zhuge Liang coughed lightly and said slowly: "Yan Liang has now captured Xuzhou and Liaodong to the north. His power has been at its peak for a while, but our army has lost troops and ground and its strength has been greatly reduced. Under the current circumstances, it is obvious that
We no longer have the strength to regain Xuzhou."
Guan Yu frowned. He had just learned the news about Liaodong. This shocking news dampened his fighting spirit again.
"Not only can we not recover Xuzhou, but with our current strength, we cannot support a two-front battle. If Yan Liang's army goes north, we may not even be able to defend the two states of Yanqing."
"Therefore, Liang's advice to the king is to move all the people from Qingzhou and Yanzhou to Hebei, abandon all the counties south of the two states, and leave only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to guard the important places on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Defend Hebei."
After hearing Zhuge Liang's strategy, Guan Yu's expression turned extremely gloomy in an instant. (To be continued...)
