After saying this, Liu Ye's face suddenly became solemn in the blink of an eye, and he explained in a deep voice: "Our army is not afraid of the enemy."

"It's just that at this stage there is no need to continue the decisive battle with Liu Bei's army. It is not a wise move!"

After a while, the words fell.

He responded neatly.

He did not bluntly state that his side would definitely not be able to defeat the enemy in the decisive battle at this moment.

Instead, it explains from the various unfavorable factors on the side that our side does not need to continue the stalemate.

Listening to Liu Ye's explanations.

Cao Cao was finally confident.

"By the way, Prime Minister, our army must always pay attention to Qishan Fort."

"Long ago, Zhao Yun's troops controlled the Qishan Road, controlled the connection between Hanzhong and Longxi, and were closely connected with Ma Chao, who incited the Qiang tribes in Liangzhou to rebel."

"Our army must be careful, beware of Zhao Yunhui leading his troops to raid Wudu County and threatening the safety of our main force from the flanks."

"This matter cannot be underestimated!"

Follow closely.

Liu Ye reminded him again.

And after Liu Ye’s words.

Cao Cao also made up his mind later.

That night.

He ordered all the ministries to gradually pack up their belongings.

Wait until the next day, when it's just dawn.

Cao's army retreated to Chencang Road one after another.

Waiting for the main troops of Liu Bei's army to have breakfast.

When another mass killing came.

I saw that Cao Jun's temporary camp was empty.

In a moment.

For Liu Bei.

But it’s such a pity!

After all, this battle did not accomplish all the work.

In his imagination, this battle was to seize the opportunity to severely damage the main force of Cao's army, and then gradually control the stability of Hanzhong's political situation.

Follow closely.

He was waiting for the opportunity to send a large number of troops out of Qinchuan and attack Guanzhong from the north.

To complete the ideal of returning the old capital.

But now Cao Cao retreated quickly.

The elite main force under his command was preserved.

Then wait for Cao Jun to rest and recuperate.

It will still be a formidable enemy.

If our side leaves the Qinling Mountains, it will also add many problems to the recovery of Longyou and Guanzhong.

But that's it.

It is just in vain to think about it any more.

Faced with these situations.

Liu Bei suddenly jumped down from Luma, stuck his two swords tightly on the ground, and stared at the Chencang intersection in front of him. After a long time, he shouted loudly:

"In this battle, I only killed one common man, Xia Houyuan!"

"It's of little use!"

"If Zhang He cannot be killed, he will still be our army's formidable enemy in conquering Guanlong!"

An exclamation.

Liu Bei vented his inner emotions.

Admittedly, this was also his concern.

At the beginning, Xia Houyuan was the leader in Hu Bu Guan You.

But Zhang He also followed closely to conquer Liangdi.

Now Xia Houyuan is dead.

But if Zhang He still guards the western frontier.

Liu Bei knew that it was still very difficult for his side to conquer it.

As Cao's army has withdrawn from the Hanzhong areas.

Liu Bei then also followed the advice of his adviser Fa Zheng.

He sent Zhang Fei and his troops to lead Wu Lan, Ren Kui and other generals to march to Wudu and Yinping.

Be sure to include these two places in your territory.

Immediately, he and his troops slowly returned to Yangping Pass.

Continue to order Huo Jun to guard this pass.

To protect the peace of Hanzhong.

Followed.

Liu Bei's army just returned to Nanzheng, the capital.

Because Hanzhong was recently recovered.

It is the time when power changes.

The county's internal political situation is still unstable.

Even how the former Hanzhong prefect Zhang Lu and others dealt with it was also a problem.

Wait until the army reaches Nanzheng.

Liu Bei also prevented his army from disturbing the soldiers and civilians in the city.

So he specially ordered all his troops to camp outside the city.

He then led the personal guard commander Chen Dao and Bai'er soldiers, as well as civil and military personnel into the city.

I heard Liu Bei arrived.

Huang Quan, the military guard who was temporarily in charge of Hanzhong, also personally led Hanzhong officials out of the city to welcome him.

The two sides had just met.

Liu Bei took the lead to greet him with a smile on his face, held Huang Quan's hand tightly and said, "Gong Heng, I have full authority to discuss this matter with you."

"If it hadn't been for your plan to build the plank road that day and secretly plan for Chen Cang, I'm afraid our army wouldn't have been able to take over the entire territory of Hanzhong so smoothly."

"In this battle, Gong Heng, you should take the lead!"

The words were settled.

Seeing the Lord's enthusiasm, Huang Quan suddenly felt flattered.

"My lord, I was overly worried. Quan was just trying his best!"

"This time we were able to drive away the powerful enemy and force Cao's army to retreat, and we had to rely on the heroic efforts of the soldiers to fight to the death!"

Huang Quan also raised his hands and said solemnly at this moment.

"Ha ha."

Hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile and said: "The balance is too modest. Everyone has his own merit. I will definitely reward him according to his merit!"

Just say it.

All the civil and military officials then marched behind Liu Bei and entered the city.

en route.

Liu Bei asked Huang Quan in a low voice: "Gongheng, I heard that Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, refused to surrender despite your persuasion?"

"Is this true?"

The words just fell.

Huang Quan squinted his eyes and thought carefully, then nodded solemnly and said: "What my lord said is true, it is indeed true!"
To be continued...