Guan Yu's condition was not very good. After Liu Yi ordered people to count the battlefield, he took the doctors in the city to treat Guan Yu.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ting, Mr. Jun has just been exhausted for a long time, so he will be able to cultivate for a while. I will try not to be like this now." After taking Guan Yu's pulse, the doctor smiled and comforted: "After all, Mr. Jun is old..."

"Hmm?" Guan Yu looked up and glanced at the doctor with a faint look. The doctor swallowed the words behind him back.

"Go down first." Liu Yi nodded and signaled the doctor to leave first.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Guan Yu is fifty-nine years old this year. It has been thirty-four years since the Zhongping period. He has fought for most of his life and his physical fitness has already reached its peak. And last time Hua Tuo told Liu Yi that there are still many secret injuries on his body.

In fact, Liu Yi did not agree with Guan Yu's age, but there was no way. Liu Bei's group now has many outstanding generals, but there are no generals of Zhang Fei's level who can truly replace Guan Yu, not only about martial arts, military leadership experience, and ability.

"June!" Liu Yi sat down helplessly, looked at Guan Yu and said with a wry smile: "This is the matter of killing the enemy, and it is left to Liao Hua and the others to do. Why should June go into battle yourself?"

Guan Yu glanced at Liu Yi and said calmly: "Bo Yuan thought, who can replace me?"

"This..." Liu Yi thought for a while. On this battlefield, not only must he be able to fight against thousands of troops, but he also has to judge the situation. If you have this ability and vision, let alone Liu Bei's command, you may not be able to find many people in the world.

"Although Cao Ren retreated now, his vitality has not been damaged for Cao's army. Next, there will be a real battle. There are many people in Xiangyang who have been lost in time. They are about to fight the Cao army. If the king and the prince fail, our army's morale may be shaken." Liu Yi looked at Guan Yu and said with a wry smile.

In the field battle, it is really not something that ordinary generals can do, but if Guan Yu has any shortcomings, the attack on the Jingzhou army is far beyond what these thousands of Cao army can do.

As the most famous general under Liu Bei, Guan Yu's safety is definitely not his own. Why did Cao Ren rather use a thousand cavalry to fight to the death after seeing Guan Yu go out alone? It is because Cao Ren knew very well that once Guan Yu died, the morale of the entire Jingzhou army would be shaken, and it was not the kind that he had for a while. Although Guan Yu was often unruly, he represented the military spirit of the Jingzhou army. The spirit of the entire Jingzhou army was Guan Yu. If Guan Yu was in trouble, then the state of the entire Jingzhou army would probably have problems.

"Boyuan doesn't need to worry. Others regard Cao's army as elite, and they regard it as a native chicken and a dog." Guan Yu stretched out his hand and touched his long beard and said proudly.

Liu Yi: “…”

If your hands don't tremble when you say this, I almost believe it.

"My husband, please rest first. The lord will arrive in the next few days. I will build the city wall as soon as possible." Liu Yi nodded, and it was difficult to poke Guan Yu out of his way, so he stood up and said goodbye.

"If Bo Yuan had time, could he build a house for someone?" Guan Yu said to Liu Yi's back. Living in the house built by Liu Yi, his physical strength and energy were recovering quickly. Guan Yu had already discovered this.

"It's already being built, and it's time to move in within two days!" Liu Yi nodded, without stopping, and left with great strides.

Guan Yu looked at his trembling right hand, and he couldn't control it at all. He kept shaking as soon as he had movement. This was a phenomenon of losing strength. Liu Yi obviously saw it just now, which made Guan Yu feel a little embarrassed.

...

"How can you let Junhou go into battle in person?" Liu Yi left Guan Yu's house and came out to attract Liao Hua. He was not angry with Guan Yu before. At this moment, he looked at Liao Hua, Liu Yi was a little dissatisfied: "I asked you to fight with Junhou to let you see Junhou show his power? Junhou is nearly sixty this year, do you know?"

"I will be guilty of the crime!" Liao Hua could only smile bitterly. He couldn't stop Guan Yu's temper even if he wanted to.

"Send more people to inquire about the main trends of Cao's army, and urge the lord to come quickly, Junhou... I can't persuade him, but now he is really not suitable to continue charging into battle!" Liu Yi said a little distressedly. In the entire Liu Bei group, there are probably only Liu Bei and Zhang Fei who can persuade Guan Yu now.

"Here!" Liao Hua bowed and agreed, leaving.

...

On the other side, Cao Ren took Sima Yi and fled to Yuyang before stopping.

In fact, Cao Ren was not really ready to escape. He just wanted to avoid Guan Yu's pursuit. After all, Guan Yu's ability to kill generals was too impressed by people. At that time, Cao Ren instinctively wanted to run away when he saw Guan Yu charge against him, but he just changed direction and continued to command the battle. Who knew who shouted that way and then it was all in chaos.

When two armies are fighting, no matter how many people you have, as long as the army in front begins to defeat, the army in the rear will definitely follow. The defeat is like a mountain to describe this battle.

The troops were reintegrated and nearly 6,000 people were lost. Not only did they lose the camp, but the supplies were lost, and more than half of the troops were lost. This made Cao Ren a little uncomfortable. Guan Yu's performance on the battlefield today was not like an old person in his sixties!

"General, can you... please help me down!" Sima Yi lay on the horse's back in an indecent posture. He was almost vomiting bile along the way, looking at Cao Ren with some resentment. Until now, he didn't understand why Cao Ren ran away. Although Guan Yu was brave, his military strength was not so easy to be erased. In Sima Yi's opinion, he still had more of the winning or losing. As a result, Cao Ren ran away and was completely defeated.

But Sima Yi dared not speak or ask about this.

"Oh!" Cao Ren nodded and ordered someone to help Sima Yi down. Looking at the messy army, he said in a daze: "Guan Yunchang's power is not as good as that of the past!"

Sima Yi was speechless when he heard this. No matter how powerful he was, he was just an old man. What did he fear? He really thought that he could fight thousands of troops?

"The general needs no such a thing. Although he was defeated in this battle, he did not damage our army's vitality. It would not be too late to fight again after joining the King of Wei." Sima Yi comforted.

With Cao Cao's family background, these thousands of people are really not a loss. The most loss is probably the morale and morale of the army, which is the most critical.

Cao Ren nodded and said nothing.

Sima Yi was very curious about what Cao Ren thought, but this was obviously not the key at the moment. He was defeated by Guan Yu and had to find another place to set up a camp to prepare to take over Cao Cao's army. However, Sima Yi was more worried about the impact of this defeat. Since Liu Bei sent troops, winning consecutive battles have undoubtedly helped those interested people in Nanyang. Now that the main forces of the Cao army are gathering here, there may be a riot in the rear. Although Cao Cao is prepared, Sima Yi cannot guess exactly what Cao Cao is going to do.

"Zhongda wrote a memorial for me." After a long time, Cao Ren looked at Sima Yi and said.

After such a big defeat, how to explain to Cao Cao was a problem. Cao Ren himself didn't know how to write it, so he simply handed over the matter to Sima Yi. After all, he was a literati with knowledge and used some gentle words to polish the defeat. It should not be difficult. He saved his life just now, and now it is time for Sima Yi to repay his kindness.

"Here!" Sima Yi quickly understood Cao Ren's thoughts and nodded. He should really think about how to explain to Cao Cao.

Cao Ren began to order people to find places suitable for villages around him. As for the memorial, it was soon written by Sima Yi and sent to Cao Cao.

...

It was the next day when Cao Cao received Cao Ren's report.

The snow on the ground began to melt, making the road muddy. Cao Cao's main army marched slowly. Looking at the battle report sent by Cao Ren, Cao Cao frowned and then sighed.

"King of Wei, what happened?" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

"Zi Xiao was defeated!" Cao Cao handed the battle report to Cheng Yu and sighed: "Yun Chang... Alas~"

Cheng Yu took the battle report and looked carefully, and his brows gradually frowned.

How could Cao Ren's ability be defeated by Guan Yu so easily? In the battle report, there was no detailed explanation of the process of this battle, but it was said that Guan Yu personally led his troops to fight. Cao Ren was angry and went out of the city to fight with him, but was defeated and retreated.

On the contrary, during the retreat, Cao Ren said in detail how to command and dispatch. Cheng Yu calculated that Cao Ren did not want to take responsibility. It is estimated that Cao Cao had no intention of punishing Cao Ren. Otherwise, how could such things be hidden from Cao Cao? Cheng Yu naturally would not be this evil man at this time. He just looked at Cao Cao and laughed: "As far as Yu knows, the Jingzhou army is not too many soldiers now. Although General Zixiao was defeated, the Jingzhou army is probably also losing a lot. Our army is now occupying the victory."

"But Liu Bei is not easy to meet!" Cao Cao nodded. Cao Cao could see clearly the pros and cons of both sides. Liu Bei's army was well-equipped, strong combat power, and relatively stable in the rear, but this stability was obtained by Liu Bei's inability to mobilize the troops in the rear.

As for the shortcomings of Cao's army, it was that the rear was unstable. Geng Ji and his men's rebellion were just the beginning. The real problem was still in Nanyang itself. If it was not handled properly, even if there were more soldiers and more generals in their hands, it would be difficult to reverse the decline. However, if the rear could stabilize, even if it was consumed, it would be exhausted to waste Liu Bei. The advantages of the comprehensive background cannot be compensated by equipment, at least not in this era. This is also the reason why Cao Cao always wanted to suppress Liu Bei.

To put it simply, Cao Cao was not afraid of Liu Bei's Nanyang, but the population must not be left to Liu Bei. Even if Nanyang is beaten and abolished, Cao Cao would never let Liu Bei get the crowd of Nanyang so easily.
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