After Liu Bei and Li Su were talking openly, and after all the embarrassment and knots were eliminated, he could finally recover from his injuries with peace of mind.

He was not convenient for traveling on the road, so he did not return to Nanzheng. He temporarily set up his office in Baozhong County, preparing to live until his injury was completely cured before leaving.

After three days of recuperation, Liu Bei could basically lie on a stretcher and let someone carry it, and he could also handle some government affairs.

Everyone who rides horses knows that the back and inner sides of the thighs cannot be covered with iron armor because they have to clamp the saddle and the abdomen, otherwise it will be too hard and hurt. Liu Bei was the arrow behind his thigh that was the most serious, so when he escaped, he always asked Dian Wei to carry him on his back. Now he can only sleep on his thighs and not let the wounds behind his thighs be compressed.

During these three days, Li Su mainly helped him deal with a lot of aftermath work, first comforting more than a thousand defeated soldiers who escaped, and arranged for rehabilitation. He arranged for those who did not come back.

When doing this, Li Su sorted out the list and was quite moved because he discovered that two months ago, he had rushed to send troops because he accidentally heard Dong Zhuo usurp the Han Dynasty. As a result, by chance, he snatched nearly 2,000 soldiers from Meiwu, but almost never came back. Most of the people who escaped were those who did not catch up with the robbery.

Li Su couldn't figure it out at first, but later he found some soldiers to talk to him and roughly figured out his mentality: those soldiers who were so happy to grab money two months ago were even more underestimated and overestimated the probability of "accidentally encountering good things", so they were braver in fighting and rushed forward, and in the end they were either casualties or captured. And those who were not robbed were generally depressed, and Liu Bei did not take them too deep, so he came back more alive.

Empiricism and path dependence kill people! In the first battle in life, I encountered good luck and then lost myself.

It can be said that from this battle, Liu Bei and ordinary soldiers, those who underestimated the enemy paid even more miserable prices.

After rectifying the defeated army, we should commend the generals who have made great contributions to the fight. Although this battle is a defeat, it is nothing more than a strategy manager who does not need to be rewarded. If you fight hard and kill the enemy, you still need to reward them.

Any ordinary soldiers who had beheaded and rewarded, of course, Dian Wei made the greatest contribution among living people. Secondly, Xu Huang, both of them were injured. Liu Bei ordered the title of Marquis of Dian Wei Duting, and Xu Huang gave the Marquis of Guannei first.

It's mainly because of a defeat, and it's impossible to give too much.

The dead Wu Lan and Cheng Ji also posthumously granted the Duting Hou a tax and salary, which will last for the generations of descendants.

When he helped deal with it, Li Su discovered a problem: Cheng Ji was almost thirty years old and had a wife and children, so his family could enjoy a salary. But Wu Lan had just reached the crown and didn't even have a wife. Li Su had to tell Liu Bei about this situation and let Liu Bei think about how to deal with it.

Liu Bei lay on the stretcher and thought, "Does his brother Wu Ban have a wife?"

Li Su: "Wu Ban has married and has a son who is still in his infancy."

Liu Bei: "Then choose another innocent and well-born beauty from the Meiwu who has not yet been divided, and give it to Wu Ban to marry another wife. This woman will give birth to a son in the future, adopt him to Wu Lan and receive his incense and taxes."

"..." When Li Su first heard this kind of handling opinion, he was still quite confused.

The main reason is that he has some modern people’s views. He always feels that this is as ridiculous as the joke on Douyin that “work hard, I will marry you a sister-in-law next year”.

How could the younger brother die in battle? Instead, the older brother marrys more wife and inherits his younger brother's inheritance...

But there was no way. The Han Dynasty still believed in the patriarchal law and felt that adopting you was good to you, and the deceased would not be allowed to sacrifice in the future. Li Su felt awkward again, so he had to deal with it like this.

...

On that day, after arranging the aftermath, Li Su decided to skip work in advance and go back to rest.

As soon as he left the county government where Liu Bei was staying, he ran into some civil and military officials queuing up to visit him at the door, among which Fa Zheng was also on the list.

As soon as Fa Zheng saw Li Su, he came over and pulled Li Su's sleeve and said, "Right General, since the battle to rescue the lord has been dealt with, the plank road has been burned out, and Your Majesty has fallen into the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si. I think the matter of fighting against the thief can only be done slowly and the long-term plan is to discuss it.

It is not a good opportunity to send troops to the Northern Expedition within at least half a year. Since this is the case, if the name is not upright, the words will be unsatisfactory. The lord must continue to command the loyal and righteous people who are loyal and righteous in the world and unite the people. Should we prepare for the official succession of the Hanzhong King?

I'm going to tell you, I don't have the nerve to disturb you when you are injured in the past few days, but I have discussed it with Qin Mi in private and asked him to write a temporary form to persuade him to advance first in case of emergencies... The right general is most trusted by the lord, so why not take the lead in advocating?"

Fa Zheng said, taking out a scroll and asked Li Suqiwen to appreciate it.

Li Su was speechless for a while: Fa Zheng really has the potential to flatter the lonely minister. In history, he was 40 years old. Now he has a trend at the age of 18 and likes to flatter the big leader.

But Li Su of course had to refuse flatly: "Unity is indeed important, but now is not the time. Since ancient times, how can we make a king and a new title? If the lord destroys Jue and kills Si, he will be in the old capital, even if he can live in ten lives, let alone the King of Hanzhong? However, our army is newly defeated, so it is not advisable to discuss this matter at once. But if we say these words privately, I will not take it to heart. Please wait."

Fa Zheng was indeed too young, and he didn't expect Li Su to object: "But... Before the lord went north to rescue the lord, I secretly observed that the right general was the one who supported the lord to send troops to the fullest, and he gave the words to make the king, and he was the king because he could not deliver it."

Li Su: "So I said one time and another, and now we have lost one."

Fa Zheng: "When will we wait until the opportunity for the Northern Expedition has just been missed and there are also a lot of material losses. Even if General Zhang's troops come back, he will not be able to fight the Northern Expedition this year. I am afraid that people will be unstable."

Li Su shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Xiaozhi, after all, you are young and lack overall insight. Do you think the battle to burn the plank road is over? Li Jue and Guo Si may not be able to send troops to deal with us personally for a while. However, there are many factions in the rebel army, Dong Yue was originally a general of the Central Army, and the army stationed Chen Cang. He was originally on par with Niu Fu, but now he is going to be under Li Jue and Guo Si. Will Dong Yue not want to stand on his own territory?

If the other two generals of the Central Army and their subordinates, whether Duan Wei or Zhang Ji, cannot occupy Chang'an, and the small temple cannot accommodate many Buddhas, they must also find another basis in Sanfu Yongliang. Anyone with one or two wise men in the enemy army will infer from the weak posture of the lord's Northern Expedition Army that Hanzhong is empty. Taking advantage of this time difference, we will still be very dangerous. So, what you said, at least we will talk about when the counterattack is over."

Li Su was also very clear that Jia Xu on the opposite side would definitely not be so stupid that he felt that "Liu Bei had no troops under his command". Everyone knew that Liu Bei still had tens of thousands of troops. But it was still possible to judge that "there was no troops on the front line"

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Just like during the Battle of Xingyang in Chu and Han, Fan Zeng certainly knew that there were many troops in Liu Bang's camp, such as Han Xin in the north, who had many newly trained troops that could be transferred by Liu Bang. But at least at that time, the Han army on the front line of Xingyang was insufficient, so Fan Zeng advised Xiang Yu to "strike quickly and not lose."

The current situation in Hanzhong is very similar to that in Xingyang of Chu and Han.

Unfortunately, Li Su could not use counter-espionage tricks like Chen Ping, and made Zhang Ji and Dong Yue alienate Jia Xu like he made Xiang Yu alienate Fan Zeng.

He had no choice but to rely on the militia to defend Dasan Pass and delay time until Zhang Fei came.

After Li Su and Fa Zheng analyzed the pros and cons in detail, Fa Zheng finally gave up his plan to flatter him for the time being, and then expressed his request to meet Liu Bei, asking him to return to Dasan Pass and assist Lu Su in guarding the Pass.

Li Su also followed Fa Zheng and went in again.

...

When Liu Bei saw Li Su coming back, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did Boya come back?"

Fa Zheng rushed to say, "Lord, after I discussed with Boya, I thought the rebels might attack Chen Cangdao, so I must be careful. I would like to take the thousand remaining soldiers of Baozhong to Sanguan to garrison and assist Brother Zijing. That should be my duty."

Li Su advised him, "Don't mobilize these thousand soldiers, and it's not a shortage of one thousand people. Just stay at Yangping Pass. Zi Jing can recruit other civilians to defend the city. Yangping Pass is prepared. If Zi Jing can't stand it, it will not be decay."

Liu Bei obviously didn't expect the rebels to dare to pursue him like this at first. After hearing Li Su and Fa Zheng's words, he became a little worried: "If the rebels really sent troops from Chen Cang after I retreated, wouldn't it be that Zijing had been fighting hard for two or three days now? Why didn't there be any military messenger report? Could it be..."

Li Su quickly pressed Liu Bei's elbow back to the stretcher: "Don't worry, Sanguan County is more than 300 miles away, and there are many mountain roads. It is normal that I haven't sent an emergency report for two days, and maybe I will arrive soon."

Liu Bei was still worried: "No! Immediately send a fast horse scout to Sanguan to find out the situation."

Liu Bei had just ordered the arrangement not long after, but the scout had not left the city. Sure enough, the messenger from Lu Su came first.

"Please!" Liu Bei immediately asked the person who reported the news to come in and asked, "But the rebels attacked Sanguan? How is the battle situation? Can Zijing defend it?"

The messenger: "Reported to the lord, the chief of Lu, the chief of the Lu people, guarded the pass with more than a thousand civilians, and successively recruited the surrounding military farms and soldiers of Hechi County. Fortunately, the Sanguan was narrow and it was difficult for the enemy to unfold, so it was still possible to persist for the time being. The first batch of enemies who will attack the key points include Dong Yue and Fan Chou.

However, Chief Lu said that the military supplies of Sanguan were insufficient, and the casualties of soldiers were not easy to be replenished. Moreover, it was too close to Chencang, the enemy's base, and the enemy's supply of military rations and siege materials was too convenient. At present, he could only guarantee to hold on for ten days. If the lord felt that it was not enough, he could only do his best to drag on it, but he really couldn't guarantee to hold on for half a month."

Liu Bei felt bitter and could not bear to blame him. He was stunned for a long time and just sighed: "Thank you for your hard work. It is really not easy for such a new and remnant soldier to be able to last more than ten days under the elite Xiliang Army. So he has any plans for the follow-up?"

The messenger: "The Chief of Lu begs the lord to agree to his retreat ten days later, and harvest the autumn grains from Sanguan County and Hechi County in advance, and store them in advance by the method of "crushing" by the Right General in Youbeiping. He also hid the remaining materials of Sanguan, used up, and then retreated to Hechi County.

In addition, we would like to ask the right general to contact the Southern Xiongnu Khan, who was stationed in Yinpingdazhong, to ask him to fight and defend Hechi County with a large amount of money, so as not to prevent the Northern Expedition materials concentrated in Hechi from falling into the hands of the rebels to provide for the enemy. In this way, our army's supply can be shortened, the enemy's supply can be extended, and the enemy's supply can be retreated to Yangping Pass to gain time."
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