The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Think about it, everyone, if we fight in the street, whether our troops can stop the opponent's attack."

Seeing that Lu Bu refused to retreat, Tai Shici immediately told Lu Bu what was in his heart.

Lu Bu heard Tai Shici say this, and then a trace of hesitation appeared on his face.

It seems that he also knows the embarrassing situation Wancheng is in now.

"Brother Ziyi said he wanted to withdraw the army, but General Fengxian didn't intend to withdraw, so what should we do, General Wentai, what do you think?"

One person is in favor of withdrawing troops, the other feels that they should stay.

Gan Ning couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he could only ask Sun Jian at the side again.

Although Sun Jian was injured, it was not fatal. He was fine lying down and listening to the conversation between Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others.

Right now Sun Jian is lying here, listening to the descriptions of several generals.

"Many of our soldiers are wounded. If they fight in Wancheng one after another, it will also be a blow to morale. I actually suggest temporarily retreating to Xinye."

"Although Xinye is not a county town, it is also an important military town. There are still many houses there, and there are rivers as a supplement. Even if the enemy wants to attack, it will be better in Xinye than in Wancheng."

Sun Jian's strategic vision was stronger than Lu Bu's, so he quickly agreed with Tai Shici and retreated first.

Although there is also a river called Baihe in Wancheng, but this river bypasses Wancheng and goes down to Xinye. Although the distance is not too far, it can give both sides some buffer zone.

It won't be another big battle anytime soon.

"Is General Wentai also in favor of retreating?"

"I see, let's retreat to Xinye first."

Sun Jian's words determined the fate of these soldiers and horses.

Soon the army began to withdraw from Wancheng in an orderly manner, and Tai Shici's men escorted Sun Jian to leave first.

After Gan Ning and Lu Bu's troops were cut off, in just one day, Wancheng turned from an important town with [-] troops into an empty city.

There are no common people here, some are just some sergeants, and the supplies are average, so they can be discarded directly.

Fancheng.

Under the guard of Jin Yiwei, Liu Zheng actually returned here a day ago.

And at this time, I met Huang Zhong who was stationed here.

After Huang Zhong heard what happened to Liu Zheng, he was shocked and immediately thought of leading troops to Wancheng for support.

However, Liu Zheng stopped Huang Zhong, because when Liu Zheng returned, he sent letters to Sun Jian and Tai Shici, asking them to go to Wancheng for support.

Therefore, the mere Guan Yu does not need the support of Huang Zhong and other elites.

Just when Liu Zheng thought that the battle of Wancheng should almost come to an end, Liu Zheng also received the news from Luoyang from the Jinyiwei spies at this time.

Xiliang's cavalry, a total of tens of thousands of troops, is rapidly moving south to support Nanyang.

Soldiers and horses, more than [-]!

The exact number is unknown.

The news was passed back to Fancheng through Jin Yiwei and Dian Wei was told.

After Dian Wei heard it, he didn't dare to have any conspiracy at all, so he came to find Liu Zheng in shock.

And told Liu Zheng the news.

Liu Zhengcai calmed down a little, and was immediately shocked by the news again.

With a dark face, he started to find Jin Yiwei's spies, and after confirming the authenticity of the news, Liu Zheng was really dumbfounded.

Ma Teng is here.

Only then did Liu Zheng feel a little surprised, but he was relieved when he thought that he had captured his son Ma Chao and his concubine Ma Dai.

It's strange that Ma Teng didn't come.

"Quick, go and bring Ma Chao and Ma Dai to me immediately!"

Liu Zheng's first reaction when he heard the news was that he wanted to call Brother Ma Chao and come over to let Ma Teng cast a trap.

Chapter 1000 Two hundred and sixty fight to the death

However, Liu Zheng, who had calmed down, began to feel something was wrong again.

"No, no."

Liu Zheng stood in the hall, walking back and forth.

Seeing Liu Zheng's appearance, Guo Jia was also curious, and immediately stood up and asked Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Not many people."

"Ok?"

Liu Zheng came to his senses from deep contemplation, then quickly glanced at Guo Jia, and hurriedly asked.

"Feng Xiao, do you know how many soldiers Ma Teng had before?"

"Ma Teng is the man who took over Han Sui's army. His strength will not be too many, not more than [-] troops. Later, he defected to the imperial court. The imperial court weakened his strength and transferred some of them to leave."

"When I went to Jizhou before, Ma Chao should have taken away a lot of people from Ma Teng's men."

"In addition, they still have to defend Xiliang, so it is impossible for all the troops to leave. In that case, the Qiang people in all parts of Xiliang will not be overthrown. Therefore, Ma Teng will not have more than 3 people. "

Hearing Liu Zheng's question, Guo Jia immediately thought about it, and then replied.

But in this way, he was immediately stunned.

"3 people, that's right, Ma Teng's troops will not exceed 3 people. Didn't Jin Yiwei's information say that the number of soldiers and horses coming from Xiliang this time exceeds [-]?"

After trying to understand this point, Guo Jia and Liu Zheng were both stunned, and immediately understood.

"The cavalry of the Guishuang Empire!"

The two of them blurted out, and they both remembered that Jin Yiwei had inquired about the information that in Xiliang, there were [-] Guishuang Empire cavalry hidden.

Jin Yiwei had already inquired about this information before, but the cavalry did not leave Xiliang at that time, and they were stationed in Xiliang all the time, so Liu Zheng did not pay attention to it.

Now that Ma Teng's troops were moving south from Xiliang, Liu Zheng finally understood.

He was just worried about these people from the Guishuang Empire before, but he didn't expect that this time, these cavalry from the Guishuang Empire would kill them from here.

"It seems that Liu Bei really came prepared this time."

After Liu Zheng understood this point, he immediately understood that Liu Bei had prepared for a long time, and this time he should have spent the greatest price, planning to reverse this declining trend in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, in that case, the situation will be against us."

Guo Jia also began to worry.

"Unfavorable? Unfavorable, let's turn this situation into a favorable situation. That's okay. The Zhuge Liannu we made this time, and the Jinglan chariot made by the Mo family have not yet been used. This time, let Liu Bei try these things." The power of things."

"Hurry up, tell Huang Chengyan to bring me all the Jinglan vehicles that have been built to Xiangyang. I want to fight Liu Bei to the death on the Jingzhou battlefield!"

"By the way, I also transported all the recently built Zhuge Liannu to Lao Tzu. I don't believe that those cavalry from the Guishuang Empire can stop our ten thousand arrows!"

Liu Zheng was also pushed into a hurry by Liu Bei. Since Liu Bei wanted a decisive battle, Liu Zheng also satisfied him.

Anyway, Liu Zheng has invested a lot of troops on the Jingzhou battlefield, and it's nothing, and it's nothing to call some troops over.

Guo Jia originally wanted to persuade Liu Zheng. He wanted to say that Liu Bei's attack with such a big fanfare, mobilizing more than 15 troops, and attacking Liu Zheng would definitely consume a lot of food and grass.

Liu Zheng only needs to hold on for a while, then Liu Bei will inevitably be unable to bear the consumption of food and grass, and withdraw his troops in despair.

But Liu Zheng actually wanted to fight Liu Bei, so he wouldn't say anything depressing to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, I will go down and order them."

After all, Guo Jia went straight down and acted according to Liu Zheng's wishes.

Not long after Guo Jia left, the news from Wancheng reached Fancheng. At the same time, Liu Zheng also knew that Gan Ning and others had withdrawn from Wancheng, and are now building a new defense line in Xinye.

Liu Zheng didn't blame them either. He knew the current situation in Wancheng. The city was smashed by the enemy's catapults. It was not a wise choice to continue to defend Wancheng.

Moreover, the waters of Wancheng are still far away from the main city. If pushed to Xinye, it will be closer to Xiangyang.

Liu Zheng can also send Zulang, who is stationed here, to use the water army to send supplies to Xinye, so that he doesn't have to worry too much about weapons, food and grass.

I know, there are still a lot of cavalry who will come here to join the battle. Liu Zheng doesn't intend to stay in Xiangyang any longer, but starts to order Huang Zhong to take these soldiers under his command and prepare to leave. New wild.

Huang Zhong's troops were originally the first batch of people equipped with Zhuge Liannu. There are [-] shooters here, all equipped with Zhuge Liannu, including those under Gan Ning's men.

Liu Zheng has [-] Zhuge Liannu on the front line of Xinye, which will be enough to make the enemy's cavalry drink a pot.

In this way, two days later, Liu Zheng reappeared in Xinye City on Zulang's warship with Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses.

At this time, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Lu Bu and several other generals were present in the city.

Sun Jian, who was seriously injured, had already been escorted back to Jianye to recuperate his wounds. In such a battle, he would not be able to play any role as a wounded soldier, and it would be useless to stay.

A small town in Xinye was built into an important town of iron barrels at this time.

Luyang County.

Two days later, Ma Teng and Fa Zheng, who arrived late, led a total of [-] cavalry, and finally appeared here.

Liu Bei waited hard, and finally came. If his reinforcements did not come, Liu Bei would send someone to urge him.

"Brother Ma Teng, you are finally here. The battle in Wancheng can finally be settled!"

Seeing tens of thousands of troops arriving here, Liu Bei ran out eagerly to greet Ma Teng.

"Haha, brother Xuande, I don't have too many cavalry, so I dare not hurry on my way. Otherwise, the ground will shake and the mountains will shake, and I will never be able to hide it from Liu Zheng's spies, so in order to give you some surprises, I can only let the cavalry under my command move forward slowly."

Ma Teng really thought so. Although his cavalry had been scouted by Liu Zheng a long time ago, they still didn't know.

I thought Liu Zheng's spies didn't know the existence of these cavalry.

In this way, after Ma Teng's men and horses arrived in Nanyang, they could directly appear as surprise soldiers and kill Liu Zheng by surprise.

"It's okay, it's okay, just arrive now, now I only have 3 people left in Wancheng, counting your soldiers and horses, that's [-], these cavalry of the Guishuang Empire, we have to keep them as backup, and we can't dispatch them easily. "

Chapter 1000 Two hundred and 61 The Battle of Fancheng

After Ma Teng's soldiers and horses arrived in Luyang, Liu Bei was so anxious that he didn't even stay here for a long time. He directly led Ma Teng's men and horses, ordered Guan Yu to command [-] troops, and went directly to Wancheng.

These [-] troops are regarded as vanguards.

Re-encircle Wancheng.

So that after the arrival of the soldiers and horses behind, they will launch another attack on Wancheng.

But when Guan Yu's soldiers and horses arrived in Wancheng, they found that the city had become an empty city.

The people stationed here before have all left, and the building is empty.

Originally, there should be 4 troops here.

But now it has become empty, without many soldiers and horses.

This kind of Guan Yu's men and horses did not expect at all.

There was even a bit of astonishment. Among the spies who delivered the news, after telling Guan Yu about this matter, even he was surprised for a long time about himself.

"Empty city? All those people have left? What are your spies doing? Why did Wancheng become an empty city? You only found it now?"

Guan Yu was quite angry, but everything had already happened, and anger was useless.

It can only urge those spies to start to disperse to inquire about the news of the soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command.

On the other hand, they reoccupied Wancheng, tidied up Wancheng, and moved the camp originally stationed in Luyang County to Wancheng. After all, Wancheng had a bigger city and could accommodate more soldiers and horses.

In addition, even if Liu Zheng's people retreated, they would not retreat too far. At most, they would retreat the front line to the next city. In this way, Wancheng became an important place that must be defended.

Within two days, Guan Yu's spies passed the news back to Guan Yu that Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others were stationed in Xinye.

In fact, even if the spies didn't say anything, Guan Yu could roughly guess it. After all, Xinye is the only big city worth stationing near Wancheng.

Moreover, Xinye is the only way for Xiangyang to go to Wancheng.

Once there is a loss here, from Wancheng to Xiangyang, it is a flat river, and there is no line of defense at all.

The only natural danger is the Han River.