Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 138 Retreat

Just after two thousand Musketeers defeated Pang Tong's army, and Zhang Fei withdrew his soldiers and horses to camp on the west bank of the Wan River, the sky finally darkened.

"Commander Zhang, thank you, thank you for coming to support."

Outside Wancheng, Niu Gai held Zhang Chao's hand excitedly, with a grateful expression on his face.

After a day of fighting, under the attack of tens of thousands of Liu Bei soldiers and horses, Wancheng has been narrowly escaped death.

Although Niu Gai led his officers and soldiers to repel the enemy time and time again, the casualties were not small. More than 1 people fought in a day and more than 3000 people were killed or wounded. Such a large number of casualties, if the support from Youzhou gunboats did not come in time, They may be about to break down.

"General Niu is polite."

Zhang Chao said: "We have defeated Liu Bei's Jingzhou Navy, and captured thousands of people including Guan Yu. Now we can completely free our hands to defend Wancheng. General Niu can rest assured."

"You defeated the Jingzhou Navy and captured Guan Yunchang? Okay, hahaha, that's great."

When Zhang Chao said that he had defeated the Jingzhou navy and captured Guan Yu, Niu Gai burst out laughing.

"This is the second time Guan Yunchang has been captured! Hahaha, the Prime Minister will be very happy if he knows." Niu Gai said.

Ten years ago, Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao once. At that time, Guan Yu was besieged, and Zhang Liao went to persuade him to surrender. Cao Cao cherished talents and was unwilling to kill Guan Yu, so he agreed to Guan Yu's request.

Guan Yu had three requirements. The first one was that he could surrender, but he only voted for the Han court and not Cao Cao.

The second rule: No one is allowed to touch his two sister-in-laws.

Article [-]: If Liu Bei's whereabouts are found out, he can leave at any time.

Cao Cao finally agreed to Guan Yu's request.

After Guan Yu surrendered that year, he did do some things for Cao Cao, such as defeating Yan Liangwen Chou and so on.

Later, when Guan Yu left, Cao Cao didn't stop him. Whether it was Cao Cao's broad-mindedness or Cao Cao's show off for the sake of reputation, Cao Cao didn't make things difficult for Guan Yu.

Now, Guan Yu was captured again, but this time, he never had the chance to make an agreement with Cao Cao again, which made Niu Gai overjoyed thinking about it.

"Commander Zhang, please follow me back to Wancheng to rest?" Niu Gai invited Zhang Chao.

"I appreciate General Niu's kindness. Liu Bei's soldiers and horses have not left Wancheng, so I can't leave the ship to avoid being attacked."

Zhang Chao said: "General Niu has been fighting all day today, and he must be very tired. Why don't you go back and rest earlier."

"Since it is inconvenient for Commander Zhang to leave the ship, I will not force it. Anyway, I would like to thank you this time. When I go back this time, I will definitely ask the court for credit for Commander Zhang." Niu Gai said.

"Then thank you General Niu." Zhang Chao said gratefully.

After Niu Gai left, the night became darker and darker. At this time, both the defenders of Wancheng and Liu Bei's soldiers were very tired, and no one made any noise.

After dinner, many people went to bed early, leaving only the soldiers on guard at night to patrol.

On the battlefield where they fought during the day, no one cleaned up the corpses inside and outside the city.

It's not that I don't want to clean up, it's because everyone is too tired, and it's getting dark, so if I want to clean up, I can only wait until tomorrow.

Early the next morning, many people were still asleep, and an urgent voice woke up the sleeping Zhang Chao.

"Senior brother, senior brother, it's not good." A young man ran to the warehouse where Zhang Chao was sleeping.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Chao couldn't hear well, and his drowsiness disappeared immediately, so he asked the boy quickly.

"Brother, Liu Bei's troops have retreated from the camp." The young man said to Zhang Chao.

"What? Withdrawal?"

Hearing this, Zhang Chao walked quickly to the deck.

After a while, he came to the deck and used his binoculars to look at Liu Bei's military camp on the west bank of the Wan River. Sure enough, he saw Liu Bei's troops packing up equipment and evacuating.

"Brother, do you want to pursue?" Asked Zhang Chao after leaving.

"I'm afraid it's too late to chase now." Zhang Chao shook his head and said.

There were no cavalry in the army that came to garrison Wancheng this time. If there were cavalry, maybe they could try to intercept it.

In the absence of cavalry, whether it was the Youzhou fleet brought by Zhang Chao or the Niu Gai soldiers stationed in Wancheng, they could only let Zhang Fei's soldiers retreat.

The main reason why Zhang Fei retreated was that last night, he finally received the news that the entire Jingzhou navy on the Yangtze River had been wiped out.

Of course, in addition to this, yesterday's battle casualties also made Zhang Fei realize that it is impossible for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses he led to capture Wancheng.

Yesterday's attack by several gunboats and two thousand musketeers was too terrifying, although he didn't know what kind of ships or troops they were.

Zhang Fei has been fighting for so many years, and he has never seen such an efficient battle of killing people.

After attacking Wancheng and fighting with the defenders of Wancheng for a day, Zhang Fei's soldiers only lost 6000 to [-] people.

After the Youzhou gunboat arrived, in less than two hours, his soldiers lost at least 8000 people.

Such a heavy casualty situation brought Zhang Fei a deep shock, and at the same time, he was extremely frightened.

In one day, his soldiers lost nearly 5000 people. This kind of casualties are too heavy.

If it hadn't been dark yesterday, if the enemy had gained an absolute advantage and then took the opportunity to rush out of the city to counterattack, his army might have been completely wiped out.

This time Liu Bei sent [-] troops and the Jingzhou Navy to rescue Sun Quan. No one expected that the Jingzhou Navy would be wiped out halfway, and the [-] troops would lose one-third.

In such a situation, Zhang Fei had no choice. If he continued to attack Wancheng, his entire army would probably be wiped out. If he retreated, he could save at least 3 troops.

"Second brother..."

Just thinking of what happened to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhang Fei's retreat is tantamount to the return of Liu Bei's army in defeat.

Wancheng.

The next day, Niu Gai began to organize people to clean up the corpses inside and outside the city.

For the next two days, Wancheng was peaceful. Tanma followed Zhang Fei's army all the time. After confirming that Zhang Fei's army had indeed retreated, Niu Gai who was stationed in Wancheng also heaved a sigh of relief.

Don't look at Zhang Fei's heavy losses and had to retreat, but the defenders in Wancheng didn't have the will to fight.

On the third day, the Youzhou fleet, which received Zhang Chao's order, finally arrived at Wancheng along the Wan River, bringing with them the captured Jingzhou Navy warships and thousands of captured Jingzhou Navy officers and soldiers.

Of course, Guan Yu, the biggest boss of the officers and men of the Jingzhou Navy, is also among them.

"Guan Yunchang, long time no see."

When Niu Gai saw Guan Yu, he didn't add insult to injury, but instead gave him corresponding courtesy.

"Niu Gai, you are Zhang Liao's subordinate, right? I didn't expect to be in your hands this time." Guan Yu looked at Niu Gai and said.

In the past few days in captivity, Guan Yu's spirit was a little weak, his face was haggard, his hair was withered, and he lost the former martial arts.

"Guan Yunchang, it wasn't me who defeated you, but Commander Zhang Chao of the Youzhou fleet."

Niu Gai said to Guan Yu: "Your good brother Zhang Yide has already retreated back, so don't expect anyone else to rescue you, just rest in Wancheng for a few days, and I will have someone take you to see him in a few days." The Bandit General..."

(End of this chapter)