After seeing hundreds of thousands of troops in Huainan, even the reckless Zhang Fei fell silent.
So powerful!
Huainan's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are like a torrent, while Liu Beijun's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are like a small boat in the torrent, which can be easily overturned and overturned without any resistance.
Liu Bei saw the ugly faces of everyone, so he forced a smile and said, "Everyone, although the Huainan soldiers and horses are large in number, we will definitely not be defeated because of the coalition forces of Cao Mengde and Cao Mengde."
Mi Zhu suddenly said, "Liu Shijun, Huainan's soldiers and horses are very powerful. Even if they join forces with Cao Mengde, I'm afraid they won't be able to defeat him."
At this point, Mi Zhu's tone paused, and then he continued, "Shijun Liu, in order to avoid his sharp edge, why don't we retreat temporarily?"
After hearing this, Liu Bei's heart moved and he also had this plan.
After all, Huainan's soldiers and horses are really powerful. Even if they win against the enemy, they will probably suffer heavy losses.
Liu Bei now occupies Xiaopei and finally managed to gather these 15,000 troops. He captured almost all the young men in Xiaopei and sent them into the army. Once they are lost, there will probably be no place to replenish their troops.
It can be said that this is Liu Bei's last capital. Once lost, there will be no possibility of rising.
So after listening to Mi Zhu's words, I really had this plan. As long as I retreat, I will naturally not have to fight the powerful Huainan soldiers and horses, and there will be no losses.
When Mi Zhu saw Liu Bei's move, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly, "Liu Shijun, as long as our army retreats, only Cao Mengde and Huainan soldiers and horses will be left to confront each other. No matter who wins or loses, their troops will be lost, and
We have nothing to do with it.
When they decide the winner, it won’t be too late for us to send troops!”
As soon as Mi Zhu finished speaking, Sun Qian stood up, waved his hand, and said with a wry smile, "Zizhong, if our army retreats, where will it retreat to?"
When asked this question, Sun Qian did not wait for Mi Zhu's answer, and continued to talk to himself, "Zizhong, think about it, our only retreat now is Xiaopei, and we cannot sustain it in terms of troops or food. More importantly, if we retreat and there is a battle between the Huainan troops and Cao Mengde, who do you think will win?"
After Sun Qian asked this question, Mi Zhu was about to answer when Jian Yong stepped forward and sighed, "There is no need to question, as long as we retreat, the final winner will be the Huainan soldiers and horses."
Mi Zhu's expression changed, "Not necessarily!"
Sun Qian shook his head with a wry smile, "Zizhong, why should you deceive yourself? There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Huainan, lined up in the wilderness, and the edges are almost invisible. The number of people is staggering!
Although Cao Mengde's army is strong, Huainan's soldiers and horses are large in number. Comparing the two, I am sure that Huainan's soldiers and horses will win without a doubt."
Jian Yong sighed, "As long as the Huainan soldiers and horses win and occupy Xuzhou, the next target will definitely be us.
Even if we retreat to Xiaopei, I am afraid that the Huainan soldiers and horses will never let us go."
Sun Qian nodded, "Unless we leave Xuzhou, we can only join forces with Cao Mengde to drive the Huainan troops out of Xuzhou. This is the only way."
After hearing what the two said, Mi Zhu sighed, "But you have also seen that Huainan's soldiers and horses are strong and there are many people, and we cannot lose too many troops, otherwise we will not be able to get replacements.
Now besides retreating the troops, I’m afraid there really is no good way to retreat from the enemy.”
Sun Qian couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "Zizhong, if we want to stay in Xuzhou, we must defeat the Huainan soldiers and horses. Since we can't think of a way, why not wait a little longer. Maybe Cao Mengde has a way?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fei sneered disdainfully, "Nonsense, my elder brother can't do anything, but Cao Mengde can do it. How is this possible?"
Jian Yong waved his hand, "General Yide, since we are already here, why not wait a little longer, maybe we can really think of a solution?"
Zhang Fei sneered and was about to speak when he suddenly heard rapid footsteps outside the door.
"Informing Lord Liu, a messenger has been sent from Cao Ying, and there is a secret room for discussion."
Liu Bei's heart moved and he waved hurriedly, "Let him come in."
Soon, a Cao Jun soldier hurried in from outside the door. When he saw Liu Bei, he hurriedly handed over his hand and said, "I have met Liu Shijun."
Liu Bei nodded, "Mr. Cao sent you here, what do you want to discuss?"
The soldier hurriedly took out a letter and handed it to him with both hands. "My lord sent his subordinates to deliver a letter, saying that Liu Shijun would know after reading it. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to take the letter back."
Liu Bei hurriedly took the letter, opened it, his eyes lit up, and then waved to the soldier, "Go down and rest first, and I will reply to you later."
After the soldiers left, Liu Bei raised the letter in his hand and said with a smile, "As you expected, Cao Mengde really thought of a way."
When everyone heard these words, they were stunned for a moment, then realized and shouted in unison, "Did Cao Mengde really think of a way?"
Liu Bei nodded, succinctly stated the contents of the letter, and finally said slowly, "Cao Mengde has found the place where the Huainan soldiers and horses store food. He wants to join forces with our army to burn the Huainan soldiers and horses' food. At that time, although Huainan's troops were numerous, they were bound to be defeated."
"Burn the food of Huainan soldiers and horses?"
When everyone heard these words, they all applauded.
"That's right, although Huainan's soldiers and horses are large in number, they will still be defeated if they don't have food."
Liu Bei listened to everyone's laughter and suddenly sighed in his heart.
In the game, he has learned that Cao Cao has top models, and they must have come up with countermeasures.
Looking at our own side, although Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and Mi Zhu are loyal, their strategies are really not worth mentioning. Otherwise, they would not have fallen into Cao Cao's schemes repeatedly.
This is the difference!
Thinking of the plan, Liu Bei suddenly thought of Xu Shu and regretted it even more. But if Xu Shu had not been sent to Cao Ying, how could such a thing have happened?
If Xu Shu were here now, with his resourcefulness, he would definitely be able to come up with a countermeasure.
Alas! It’s too late to regret!
Liu Bei knew Xu Shu's talent, and he sighed with regret at night.
Knowing the allusion of Xu Shu entering Cao Ying, he still forcefully sent Xu Shu to Cao Ying. How could he do such a stupid thing!
However, there is no point regretting it. Now that Xu Shu has disappeared, we can only think of another way.
As for the few people in front of you, let them be, they won’t be able to come up with any good plans anyway, just listen to them.
Zhuge Kongming, Pang Tong, where are you now? Why haven't you come to help quickly?
Liu Bei knew deeply that without an outstanding counselor, it would be almost impossible to make a way out of this troubled world.