Let's say that Guan Yu had just learned of the incident in Chang'an, and before news of Liu Bei's death had spread, he had already ordered his troops to march eastward.
After all, if Liu Bei was unfortunately killed, Guan Yu would definitely take revenge. And if Liu Bei was fine for the time being, he could make a move eastward to scare the rebels in Chang'an.
While Guan Yu thought he was very straightforward in "persuading" Liu Ji, he led his troops eastward and pointed his sword at Chang'an!
Zhuge Liang tried to persuade him to no avail, so he had no choice but to set off with his army. Thirty thousand Qi troops, accompanied by tens of thousands of Qiang cavalry, marched down the Wei River in mighty force...
They were the soldiers and horses sent by the Xiliang Army when they "cooperated" with Ma Chao before.
Originally, what Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao were talking about was that Ma Chao would nominally surrender to the Marquis of Qi and occupy Hanzhong together with the Qi army. After that, the Qi army would use Hanzhong as a backup and march eastward to Guanzhong, while Ma Chao would attack the Hetao. During this period, Hanzhong would also be Ma Chao's backup granary.
If Ma Chao captures the Hetao first, the Marquis of Qi and Ma Chao will call each other king. If the Marquis of Qi captures Guanzhong first, they will cooperate with Ma Chao to capture the Hetao. From now on, Ma Chao will also be the Liang King of the Han Dynasty!
Of course, it is not as simple as "persuasion". In fact, Zhuge Liang also analyzed the pros and cons for Ma Chao, and made a bet between Guan Yu and Ma Chao to fight, so that he could temporarily "conquer" Ma Chao.
However, although Ma Chao has the heart of a warrior, he is also an ambitious man. Even though he is not as thick-skinned and sinister as the first-line princes, he is by no means upright.
After learning that something happened to the Marquis of Qi, Ma Chaozhou also returned to his hometown and prepared to completely subdue Long You. Most of the previous agreements were voided.
But after all, he still paid attention to it, and Liu Bei was not bound to get into trouble, so Ma Chao still allocated tens of thousands of Qiang cavalry to the Qi army.
Of course, this is the kind without "after-sales service". Whether they can be convinced and restrained depends on Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang themselves!
One is the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple, and the other is the Martial Saint. Even though Qi Jun itself does not have an advantage, it is enough to show off its style and momentum.
However, within a few days, news of the death of the Marquis of Qi came out. The morale of the Qi army was inevitably affected, and the Qiang cavalry also became unstable.
At first, Zhuge Liang naturally wanted to withdraw from Chencang immediately, but Guan Yu naturally refused.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang also discovered that as long as he didn't ask Guan Yu to retreat, Guan Yu would generally be able to listen to his suggestions.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang did not go against Guan Yu, so as not to offend Guan Yu, who was already trying his best to suppress his anger. Then he would completely ignore his words and insist on going his own way. This lone army would only be more dangerous!
A group of 30,000 mourning soldiers, 10,000 Qiang cavalry who did not return to their hearts, but Zhuge used strategies and Guan Yu used troops...
At this time, Guan Yu also applied the principle of "gathering momentum" in martial arts to the use of troops. By relying on the rhythm of several victories and small defeats, he pushed the originally lax military morale into the direction of "sorrowing troops."
However, within a few days, news came again that Chen Cang had been lost...
After Liu Ji forcibly announced that he would inherit the position of Marquis of Qi, his military morale was shaken once again when he learned that his future was closed!
In fact, Zhuge Liang was helpless at the time - before setting off for the expedition, Zhuge Liang suggested that Guan Yu give Liu Ji a title, or rather recognize him as Liu Ji's successor, as a way of appeasement.
Although we didn't know if something happened to Liu Bei at the time, firstly, Liu Ji needed to guard the rear when people's hearts were in turmoil, and secondly...if something happened to Liu Bei, Liu Ji would either kill him quickly or stand up for him!
Who knew that Guan Yu actually looked confident, thinking that "we communicated in a men's way", Liu Ji must have understood... but Liu Ji didn't accept it at all, and only thought that Guan Yu was domineering.
Well, if it were Zhuge Liang, he actually felt that Guan Yu's communication method was very problematic!
However, even if his retreat was cut off, Guan Yu still did not give up his eastward advance. Through the use of "preparing momentum" as a military strategist, he forced himself back again.
Although it still has an impact, it won't cause the army to collapse like a mountain.
Zhuge Liang's strategies were also designed in a series. Even if there were some small setbacks or defeats, they would not cause much damage, and they would still have stamina.
Especially after Guan Yu successfully "gathered the momentum" and formed the trend of mourning soldiers, Wugong, Huaili, Pingling... With their escape route cut off and the protagonist dead, they fought three battles and won three major victories, all the way to Chang'an!
It can be said that if Guan Yu was willing to "turn back" and had such performance, he would have recaptured Chencang long ago...
From the time when the imperial court officially announced Liu Bei's death, and even specifically notified Chen Cang, to the time when the Chu State came to assist Liu Bei in Hanzhong, and then persuaded Liu Ji in Chen Cang, the period lasted only seven days.
It's just that Liu Ji ordered an urgent letter to Guan Yu, and it took twelve days until Guan Yu received the urgent letter...
On the one hand, although the Han emperor left Xudu and moved westward, the court resumed its operations and passed through Guanzhong, but the traces of the ravages of the Xiliang army still remain, and the official system is inevitably weakened, especially when Guan Yu's journey was full of swords and swords...
On the other hand, it was also because Guan Yu played too fast!
Although he was obviously delivering a message, he chased the soldiers all the way, and finally delivered the urgent message to Guan Yu in Pingling City.
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On the other hand, when Guan Yu reached Wugong County, Pengcheng had already nominally surrendered to Chu, and the Chu army had begun to move north to station. Because it had to guard against Cao Cao's southward movement, Chu State did not bother to "show trust and postpone the deployment of troops."
, but directly take over Xuzhou!
At the same time, Zhang Fei also led his troops to the west...
In fact, purely from the perspective of the Chu State, the top priority should be to use Xuzhou's power to support Qingzhou as soon as possible and to prevent Cao Cao from going south to seize the Central Plains.
However, for Zhang Fei, the most important thing is to attack west to capture Xu County and Chen Binghu Lao Pass - I also know that his second brother must have sent his army to Chang'an by now!
In this way, for Guan Yu's safety, Zhang Fei had to assume a pincer attack posture first.
It can be said that the smooth return of Zhang Fei to Chu was due to Liu Bei's presence in Chu and the brotherhood between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.
At this time, if Zhang Fei's move to aid Guan Yu is stopped, even if Zhang Fei does not resist, he will definitely have a grudge and will most likely use troops without permission.
Therefore, Bai Tu did not compete with him and directly gave Zhang Fei the military order to attack Xu County westward.
When Guan Yu reached Pingling and received Liu Ji's urgent message, Zhang Fei had already reached Hulao Pass.
During this period, Zheng Hou was obviously shrinking his troops, which made Zhang Fei increasingly uneasy.
As for Sai Hou Yang Feng, he had already withdrawn from Xu County and joined Marquis Zheng in Guanzhong... In fact, Sima Yi had almost swallowed up Buqu!
Relying on his personal relationship with Zhang Yan, he was not thrown into disgrace.
At Hulao Pass, Zhang Fei not only had to face the dangerous pass and fortify it, but Wei also sent troops from Hanoi to try to share the pressure.
Bai Tu also basically confirmed at this time that Sima Yi should have informed Cao Cao of Chang'an's actions in advance instead of contacting Cao Cao after he succeeded.
However... it shouldn't be too early, otherwise Cao Cao would be more unrestrained. It is likely that Cao Cao would know about it at the same time during the New Year!
At the same time, Sima Yi also watched step by step, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang had "entered the pocket"...