The Shu army retreated from the north gate. Now the south gate and the east gate are under the control of the Wei army. Even the near to the west gate has become the focus of the competition between the Wei and Shu armies. If the Shu army wants to escape unscathed, it will definitely not choose to break through the west gate.

Therefore, the retreat of the Shu army was all out of the North Gate, and only the North Gate was firmly in control of the Shu army. Therefore, the retreat from the North Gate has become a must-see passage for the Shu army.

If we only talk about retreat, no one can have more experience and experience than Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei fought a battle for a lifetime, whether it was a victory or a defeat, the ending ended with retreat. Therefore, there is probably no one in the world who has more experience in retreat than Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei's retreat was not like Ning Sui, who had the next order to retreat, and then he turned around and ran away. The retreat of the entire army was a mess, and it would be strange if the entire army was destroyed.

Ning Sui was Jiang Wei's personal deputy general. He fought countless battles with Jiang Wei and experienced countless retreats. Logically speaking, he learned a lot about Jiang Wei's withdrawal experience, but when things came to an end, he fled and fled to his own life. He left a bunch of Shu soldiers to flee on his own, completely letting down Jiang Wei's trust.

Jiang Wei's withdrawal was quite orderly. He adopted a cross-cover method to allow the Shu army to slowly withdraw from the position to prevent the troops that were cut off from being surrounded by the Wei army.

Moreover, Jiang Wei arranged the most elite guard troops for the defender. Jiang Wei asked the Jingzhou soldiers to retreat first. After all, the Jingzhou soldiers were not familiar with Jiang Wei's withdrawal method. If they were allowed to stay in the end, it would be easy to destroy Jiang Wei's plan.

The personal guards were responsible for the mission of the rear of the palace. When they retreated, they were able to fully understand Jiang Wei's tactical arrangements and could minimize casualties in the troops.

On the battlefield, it is not easy to get out of defeat after a battle. Most enemy troops will pursue it. Many people are happy to beat the dogs in the water. Often when retreating, the journey of defeated troops is even worse and faces heavier losses.

Jiang Wei maintained a strong control in this regard. Jiang Wei learned a lot from Zhuge Liang. Winning is important, but if he can escape after defeating the battle, he has real ability.

Shu Kingdom had a small territory and a small number of people, and had a small force. From the time of Zhuge Liang to the time of Jiang Wei, he repeatedly launched troops to fight the northern expedition. If he had no expenses, the troops of Shu Kingdom had already fought all the time. Therefore, whether it was Zhuge Liang or Jiang Wei, every time he used troops, whether he was winning or defeating a war, he always had to ensure the minimum consumption of troops to the greatest extent. Killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of them was what the Shu army tried to avoid.

The experience accumulated by the Shu army in retreat is really unmatched in the world. For many years, whether the Shu army won or lost, it ended up with the same goal. If it wants to withdraw from Shu, how can it preserve its strength during the retreat is something that Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei must pay attention to and strictly control. Otherwise, if they fight a war, they will be completely damaged. Not to mention that they are weak in attacking again, even Shu has reached a state of life and death without any troops to defend.

It is good to be able to keep Xiling, but if it really cannot be kept, Jiang Wei will not be nostalgic. Instead, he decisively took the thirty-six strategies, and preserving his strength is the most important thing. It is not to say that if you keep the green mountains and you are not afraid of burning firewood, for Jiang Wei, this is the key point.

After experiencing too many failures and too many setbacks, Jiang Wei had already developed a habit of being calm and unstoppable. When he issued the order to retreat, Jiang Wei's face was calm and there was no slight wave, as if he was giving a very ordinary order.

Lu Kang obviously did not have the same state of mind as Jiang Wei. Xiling's loss was probably the biggest pain in Lu Kang's heart. His heart was bleeding and his face was as if dead.

Xiling is the last hope of Lu Kang. His previous efforts were all trying to save a destroyed dynasty. Now he has reached the point where he cannot retreat. Whether he can defend Xiling is already the last hope of Lu Kang.

But even such a little hope shattered like a bubble of soapcorns. When evacuating Xiling, Lu Kang closed his eyes in pain, and tears blew out from the corners of his eyes. At this moment, his heart was filled with sorrow, but there was nowhere to tell, and it could only turn into a silent sigh.

In order to protect the last territory of Wu, Lu Kang almost gave all his strength. He even surrendered to Shu in exchange for the assistance of Shu. He thought that he could gather the last power of Shu and Wu and fight to the death to fight against Wei and defend the last little hope.

Unfortunately, things went against our wishes. The power of Wei State had reached an unparalleled level. Even if the remnant Wu forces of Lu Kang and Shu State joined forces, they could not compete with Wei State. The Battle of Xiling only lasted more than two months from the beginning to the end. The carefully constructed defensive positions still collapsed like paper in the face of the strong attack of the Wei army.

Faced with this situation, Lu Kang was completely disappointed. He didn't even know what the meaning of his life was. The loss of Xiling was the collapse of Lu Kang's entire beliefs.

Jiang Wei saw Lu Kang's depressed mood and comforted him: "Young Festival, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. You have done your best to deal with the country and the people. We have a clear conscience. Since Xiling has lost it, it is useless to think about it. Let's retreat first and send troops to recover Xiling when we have the opportunity in the future."

Jiang Wei suffered countless failures in his life. The last time he lost the five counties of Longxi did not crush him. Therefore, Jiang Wei's mentality was still as peaceful as ever in the past. He had to be destined to be sometimes, and he had to be always in destined. Although Jiang Wei had great expectations for the recovery of Jingzhou, he did not regret it when he lost it. It was his own, it was his own, not his own, and it was destined to be lost.

Jiang Wei is more open to this point than anyone else. After all, preserving strength is the first priority. For a piece of territory, it is really not worth the loss.

Jiang Wei can understand Lu Kang's mood, but it is not a sad time at this time. Leading this army out of the predicament is what Jiang Wei needs to do. Since the defeat in the Battle of Xiling is irreversible, Jiang Wei must take as many more Shu soldiers back to Yong'an as possible, preserve their strength and fight again in the future.
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