Chapter 440: Liu Bei Retreats
Liu Bei did not follow Jia Xu's advice and insisted on attacking.
Because Liu Bei received the news that the relationship between Guo Si and Li Jue had deteriorated, he wanted to take this opportunity to attack Chang'an.
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses marched in three ways.
As the vanguard, Zhang Fei led 20,000 soldiers and horses, while Liu Bei personally led 50,000 soldiers and horses to support, and finally Guan Yu led 30,000 soldiers and horses as the rear army, and escorted food and grass.
All out, Liu Bei left thousands of soldiers and horses on his own territory.
Liu Bei and the others killed Chang'an, and then began to attack the city.
Although the Xiliang army's combat power has been greatly reduced after civil strife, it is not paper.
Liu Bei and the others rushed to attack for several days to no avail. Jia Xu suggested that Liu Bei withdraw his troops first, and then attack when the time comes.
But Liu Bei insisted on attacking.
Jia Xu had a premonition that Liu Bei would fail, so he began to look for excuses to leave.
Jia Xu used an excuse to lobby the old troops in Xiliang to let them surrender, so he left.
Liu Bei didn't know that Jia Xu was going to escape, so he still attacked Chang'an according to his plan.
After all, Chang'an is the capital city with strong defense, and it is defended by more than 100,000 Xiliang troops.
Although there are only about 50,000 to 60,000 real veterans of the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang Army, they are still a considerable force.
After attacking for more than ten days, the Xiliang army took advantage of Liu Bei's unpreparedness and went out of the city to attack at night.
Tens of thousands of cavalry attacked together, causing Liu Bei's camp to roar.
Liu Bei's military camp was in chaos, tens of thousands of people were in a mess.
Xiliang was full of cavalry, rushing back and forth to disperse Liu Bei's army.
Among the chaotic army, Liu Bei was immediately dumbfounded, unable to command the army at all.
The army is out of control.
The chaotic Liu Bei army can only be slaughtered.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu each led some troops to resist, while Liu Bei also had thousands of troops around him.
After a great battle, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu found Liu Bei.
"Brother, we can't stop it at all, let's retreat." Guan Yu said.
With tears in Liu Bei's eyes, he managed to make it this far. He has territory and an army, and all of this is about to be lost.
"Go." Liu Bei finally ordered with a heartbroken heart.
Liu Bei was defeated and could only run away.
As soon as the three brothers Liu Bei withdrew, the remaining army was even more unable to resist, and collapsed in less than half an hour.
After completely collapsing, the Xiliang army started chasing and killing them again.
After chasing and killing all the way, Zhang Fei stayed and resisted at first. After being killed and retreated, Zhang Fei fled with a few people.
Then Guan Yu stayed and resisted. After resisting for an hour, the soldiers and horses lost seven or eighty-eight, unable to resist, and then retreated.
After two breaks, they were defeated by the Xiliang army.
Although Liu Bei escaped in the end, there were almost 20,000 people who escaped before, and only 5,000 people followed Liu Bei in the end.
Liu Bei's heart ached so badly that he couldn't breathe.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, because of their own ambition, they were all buried.
Liu Bei kept fleeing, and only dared to stop when he fled to Luoyang.
At this time, the Xiliang army did not immediately pursue and kill them.
Although Li Jue and Guo Si have many conflicts, they must reconcile and defeat the common enemy when there are foreign enemies.
Liu Bei, who returned to Luoyang, found that he had only 5,000 soldiers and horses left, plus the thousands of soldiers and horses left behind, the total was more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Liu Bei lost 100,000 soldiers and horses, and several forces around him began to look at him covetously.
Liu Bei was not afraid before, but now he has only 10,000 troops, which is very dangerous.
Liu Bei regretted it, but it was useless. What was in front of him was that he might be annexed at any time.
Liu Bei immediately sent someone to contact Liu Biao, wanting Liu Biao to support him, and then he also offered support to Yuan Shao.
Needless to say, neither Liu Biao nor Yuan Shao replied to him.
A few days later, the Battle of Chang'an completely subsided.
Li Jue and Guo Si both calmed down under the threat of foreign enemies.
After some discussion, the two decided to attack Luoyang. On the one hand, Luoyang became their depth. On the other hand, Luoyang had recovered a little and could be used as a territory. Li Jue and Guo Si could each share a place to reduce conflicts.
in this way,
Liu Bei is tragic.
He had just returned for a few days, so he didn't have time to recover, not even to recruit new soldiers.
Li Jue and Guo Si sent a large army to kill him.
"Brother, fight with them, we still have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, don't be afraid of them." Zhang Fei said angrily.
Liu Bei's face was gloomy.
Guan Yu was silent, he knew that the result of the fight would be annihilation of the whole army.
The opponents are all cavalry, and they are Xiliang cavalry who are good at fighting, and the soldiers and horses are several times that of their own.
Liu Bei sighed deeply and said, "I was blamed for not listening to Wenhe's words before. No wonder Wenhe abandoned me. Now that Luoyang is beyond defense, we can only leave."
More than 10,000 soldiers and horses are Liu Bei's last family property. If this family property is gone, then he will completely lose the chance to come back.
So Liu Bei thought of running away.
If you don't run, you can't survive.
After choosing to run away, Liu Bei was very decisive, and immediately ordered to pack up his belongings, and left before the Xiliang army arrived.
The Chang'an War came suddenly and ended even more suddenly.
Liu Bei's one hundred thousand army was wiped out in this way.
In the end, he could only escape from Luoyang in a panic.
After escaping from Luoyang, Liu Bei headed east all the way.
The princes were still looking forward to a big battle, but they didn't expect such a result in the end.
Yuan Shao was the most disappointed.
Yuan Shao had already made some preparations.
If both sides lose after a big battle, he doesn't mind attacking the Xiliang Group again to push up his prestige.
As a result, Liu Bei lost too quickly, and the Xiliang Group didn't lose much at all.
Ten days after the war ended, Zhang Yu received the news.
"This Liu Bei, he thought he was so powerful, so he played tricks, and he didn't care much about the others." Zhang Yu was very speechless after receiving the information.
Liu Bei was easily attacked.
It's no wonder that when Liu Bei personally led an army of 700,000 to attack Soochow, his company was burned.
Liu Bei's military talent is really not much.
After the Chang'an War ended, Zhang Yu just continued to pay attention to Liu Bei's dynamics, knowing that he would not be finished so easily, but at this time Liu Bei really didn't need Zhang Yu's attention.
Zhang Yu completely set his sights on Youzhou.
At this time, Liu Yu's territory was getting smaller and smaller, and the army was fighting less and less. According to estimates from the information collected by Guo Jia, Liu Yu could support it for at most three months to half a year.
"My lord, it's time for you to plan the situation in Youzhou." Guo Jia said to Zhang Yu.
Yes, Youzhou has reached the most critical time.
"Let Liu Yu go with the wind, a person like him is not suitable for this era." Zhang Yu said lightly.
Zhang Yu's light words can affect the situation in Youzhou.
This means that Zhang Yu does not intend to continue to support Liu Yu.
Without the support of Zhang Yu's Zhang's Escort Bureau, Liu Yu couldn't last long.
Guo Jia nodded silently, and then went to process the information.
"Youzhou can't have too much internal friction, Yuan Shao is already eyeing it." Zhang Yu said to himself.
Zhang Yu wanted to let Liu Yu perish quickly, it was really based on this consideration, so that Gongsun Zan reserved his strength to deal with Yuan Shao.