What should he do now?
This was a huge problem for Liu Bei.
The Emperor was in Chang 'an. Should he attack Chang' an?
Now, it seemed unrealistic.
The Xiliang Army obviously wouldn't work with him anymore. He only had less than 30,000 soldiers. How could he attack Chang 'an?
Even if the defenders of Chang 'an had all arrived at Xuchang to reinforce Chang' an, who could guarantee that they would not encounter Cao Cao on the way back?
How could 30,000 soldiers be a match for Cao Cao's angry army?
"Kongming."
Liu Bei looked at Ma Teng and the rest of the Xiliang Army who had left. He suddenly looked at Zhuge Liang dejectedly.
Zhuge Liang sighed and said,
"We can only act according to plan."
…
"Shoucheng, are we just going to let it go?"
Han Sui gritted his teeth and looked back at Liu Bei. He then turned to Ma Teng and asked.
War wasn't a game that could be fought at will.
The rations, horses, armor, and salaries of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were all expensive.
Even if these weren't taken into consideration, they had lost an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers in this battle. It wasn't something that could be measured with money.
However, because of Liu Bei's indecisiveness, they had to retreat without knowing why.
Han Sui couldn't help it. If he didn't have the same concerns as Ma Teng, he would have chopped Liu Bei into pieces.
"What else can we do? We'll go back to Xiliang first and make a decision after recuperating. "
Ma Teng sighed.
What could they do even if they went back to Xiliang?
Once Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, Xiliang would definitely face Cao Cao's anger.
Even if Cao Cao still wanted to attack Jiangdong and Liu Bei, with Cao Cao's current military strength, he would be next in a year.
Now that they had given up on Xuchang, they should think about what to do next.
At the same time, in Xuchang.
"They really retreated?"
The defenders standing on the city wall were prepared to die. However, they couldn't believe it when they saw the Xiliang Army slowly retreating.
Cao Pi let out a sigh.
They really retreated.
Everything that had happened in Xuchang these days was like a dream.
However, the smelly corpses and the burn marks on the ground reminded Cao Pi that it wasn't a dream.
Xuchang had just gone through a disaster..
However, he had surprisingly won, and it was before his father's army had arrived!
Looking at Bai Feng with a smile, Cao Pi felt that he was like a god.
Who could do what Bai Feng could do?
Turning the situation around, with only fifteen thousand soldiers, they defended against the siege of more than a hundred thousand Xi Liang soldiers and even won!
Bai Feng appeared when Cao Pi was at his most desperate.
However, Bai Feng fought with Guan Zhang and Liu Bei's subordinates, breaking their weapons and forcing them to retreat. Bai Feng then led the 5,000 Ferocious Cavalry into the city and forced the Xiliang Army to retreat as they were about to break through the city gates.
Today, he opened the city gate and led the enemy in. Not only did he make Liu Bei and Ma Teng fall out, but he also retreated safely. He only lost a few dozen soldiers and made the Xiliang Army retreat without a fight.
Was this something an ordinary person could do?
While the whole city was celebrating, Xun Mansion.
Xun You didn't rest for three days and three nights. He slept until noon.
Even the battle cries outside the city didn't wake Xun You up.
When Xun You woke up, he thought that the city would be on fire and a big battle was imminent.
However, what he heard was the cheers of the soldiers.
"What happened outside? Why are they cheering?"
Xun You quickly called the boy servant and asked.
The boy servant smiled and said,
"We won! We won! "
Xun You widened his bloodshot eyes when he heard that.
"What? The Xiliang Army was defeated? How are our losses? "
The boy servant said,
"It seems that dozens of soldiers were injured, but there were no casualties!"
"How is this possible?"
Xun You was stunned. He couldn't believe that everything that happened in front of him was true. Happiness came too suddenly.
"It's true. Thanks to Mr. Bai's strategy, not only did the Xiliang Army retreat, but they also fell out with Liu Bei. With the current strength of Liu Bei's forces, he has no intention of returning to fight."
"Could it be that the Prime Minister's Army has arrived?"
Xun You continued to ask.
If the Prime Minister came and Bai Feng was supervising the battle, he couldn't stand the fatigue and fell asleep. What would happen?
The boy servant shook his head and said,
"I didn't see the Prime Minister's Army."
Xun You was shocked at this time.
Although he knew that Bai Feng's talent was far beyond his, he still couldn't believe that Bai Feng did such a dream-like thing.
He had only slept for a while, and Xu Chang had already been rescued.
And before the Prime Minister's Army arrived!
At this moment, not only Xun You was shocked, even Sima Yi was shocked.
"What?"
Sima Yi couldn't believe it when he heard Sima Zhao's report.
Although Sima Yi had already predicted that Bai Feng could defend the city, he didn't expect it to be so fast.
Originally, Sima Yi thought that Bai Feng was pretending that reinforcements had arrived to scare Liu Bei, and then waited for the Prime Minister's Army to arrive.
But after listening to Sima Zhao's description, Sima Yi was completely stunned.
He originally thought that Bai Feng was a peerless strategist who could use this strategy to defend the city, but Bai Feng did far more than that.
"What a good Bai Feng!"
Sima Yi couldn't help but shake his head, still thinking about Bai Feng's strategy.
There were three levels of strategy.
Using strategy to attack the city and defeat the enemy, winning with numbers but minimizing the casualties, this was a low-level strategy.
Using strategy to win with numbers and defend the city, this was a middle-level strategy.
Using ingenious strategy to win against the enemy who far outnumbered one's own forces, this was a top-level strategy.
And Bai Feng's strategy of winning without a fight, attacking the enemy's heart, causing the enemy to be in chaos, this was a top-level strategy.
A person with such great wisdom was definitely not a fish in a pond.
Sima Zhao saw his father's expression and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
But then, Sima Yi's face suddenly became as calm as water.
Sima Zhao couldn't help but ask in a low voice,
"Father, there's something that I really can't figure out. I hope you can enlighten me."
Sima Yi waved his fan, closed his eyes and said,
"Do you want to ask why Liu Bei retreated because of a few small Xiliang soldiers when he was already at the gates?"
Sima Zhao was shocked and then nodded.
For some reason, Sima Zhao felt that since he was young, nothing could escape his father's eyes.
It was as if his father could see through people's hearts. Not only him and Sima Zhao, but even the thoughts of important officials like Xun Yu, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu, his father could casually be read by him.
Although his father was only a seventh-rank official, Cao Cao had once sent someone to ask his father to be his strategist, but his father had feigned illness and refused.
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