Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

At this time, Cao Cao had already led his army to march westward.

The whole Hanzhong turned into a mess.

When Zhang Lu learned that Cao Cao had led an army of more than 500,000 to attack directly, everyone was stunned.

He never expected that Cao Cao would deploy half a million troops to attack Hanzhong when the situation in Jingzhou was so severe.

Yan Pu took the order to go to Bashu and successfully persuaded Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang sent Wu Yi and Zhang Ren to lead a Bashu army of 300,000 people to resist Cao's army.

Before, Liu Zhang only sent 200,000 people.

The entire Bashu army only has 400,000 troops. Liu Zhang will definitely not ignore Bashu for the sake of Hanzhong.

However, this time, Cao Cao sent a total of 500,000 troops. Even if Liu Zhang was unwilling, he had to send 300,000 troops.

Even so, Bashu still left a hundred thousand troops.

After Cao Cao learned the news, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhang looked down upon himself so much.

There are half a million troops. There are not even 200,000 troops in Hanzhong. Bashu actually only sent 300,000 troops.

Calculated in this way, the troops are still smaller than our own, and there are no troops as powerful as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

In this case, how could Hanzhong be defended?

Cao Cao suddenly felt that he had been slighted, and in a rage he ordered his entire army to attack and charge towards the city gate of Hanzhong.

The tiger and leopard cavalry were very brave. In just two hours, they fought consecutively and defeated Hanzhong.

When Zhang Ren and Wu Yi arrived with their troops, Cao Jun was almost on the verge of breaking through Hanzhong City.

Zhang Lu had no strong generals under his command, so he would be miserable if he could withstand such a fierce attack.

Finally, Bashu reinforcements arrived.

However, Zhang Ren's first battle was taken very seriously by Cao Cao, who gave up attacking Hanzhong City and instead used the entire army to encircle and suppress Hanzhong's 300,000-strong army.

Although the soldiers of Bashu are brave, most of them have never participated in the war.

Of the three hundred thousand miles, it would be good if there were fifty or sixty thousand who were the elites of the hundred battles under Liu Yan's command before.

As for the rest, they are ordinary soldiers, whose combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of Cao Jun's soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles.

Although Zhang Ren is superb in archery, how can he resist the simultaneous charge of half a million troops?

Moreover, although there are only five thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they are like wandering dragons in the army, and there is absolutely nothing they can do against them.

"It's over, it's over!"

Liu Zhang looked at the battle report of his defeat in the first battle, and his expression suddenly became extremely ugly, and he said:

"I sent out 300,000 people, but why do they look like paper?"

"These three hundred thousand people can't even restrain five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry!"

"What happened to Zhang Ren? Seventy thousand people were killed in the first battle!"

Now, no matter how hard Liu Zhang tried, he couldn't sit still at all.

Who can withstand this kind of battle damage?

Originally there were not many troops, but they lost 70,000 in the first battle.

Although it is said that because of the arrival of Zhang Ren and Wu Yi, Cao's troops directly gave up attacking Hanzhong.

Hanzhong was saved.

But a full 70,000 soldiers died in the battle!

How could Liu Zhang not feel distressed by this?

These soldiers are the legacy of his father, and they are also the roots of Bashu.

Now that I have dispatched more than half of them, not only did I not take advantage, but I was defeated by others.

Fazheng frowned and stood up and said:

"My lord, I think that since we want to resist Cao's army, it is better to send all the troops and horses together."

"Although Cao's army is fierce, continuous battles will cause considerable losses in both food and grass supplies and the morale of the soldiers."

"Since we can't defeat him in a head-on confrontation, why don't we directly engage in guerrilla warfare with Cao's army?"

After hearing this, Liu Zhang had no choice but to agree.

"My lord, no!"

At this time, Liu Bahran stood up and said eagerly:

"Although what Xiaozhi said is true, if all Bashu soldiers are mobilized for battle, and if Bashu is attacked by surprise, we will have no intention of resisting at all!"

Liu Zhang had no backbone, and he always listened to whoever had reason.

After hearing what Fazheng said just now, Liu Zhang thought it was reasonable, so he agreed immediately.

However, what Liu Ba said now does make some sense.

If they were really attacked by someone, how could Bashu have the ability to resist without any troops?

Fazheng shook his head and said:

"Lord, I'm afraid this matter cannot be delayed."

"There is no help in Bashu. My lord can go to Jingzhou to borrow troops from Liu Bei."

"If we don't send troops, there are only 230,000 of the 300,000 troops left. How can we defeat Cao's army?"

"Liu Bei?"

Liu Zhang was stunned when he heard this.

Looking for Liu Bei?

Although Liu Bei's Jingzhou was relatively close to Bashu, everyone knew Liu Bei's ambitions.

If he led the army over because of this, wouldn't it mean that he would give up Bashu to himself?

Fa Zheng saw this and continued:

"Liu Bei calls himself the uncle of the Han Dynasty and cares about the people's hearts. Plus now that he holds Jingzhou in his hands, he will definitely not do such treacherous things."

"If he did it, even if he stayed in Bashu, his soldiers and the people of Bashu would not have a good impression of him."

"If he loses the support of the people, there is no difference between Liu Bei and death!"

"My lord, you can imagine that Tao Qian gave up Xuzhou, Liu Biao gave up Jingzhou, and how he and Xiliang conquered Xuchang!"

After hearing Fazheng's strong persuasion, Liu Zhang finally agreed and sent Fazheng and Zhang Song to Jingzhou to ask Liu Bei for help.

After all, the common enemy of Liu Zhang and Liu Bei now is Cao Cao.

The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. Among the princes, the most powerful one now is Cao Cao.

What's more, Cao Cao is now the king!

Cao Cao's surname was Cao, not Liu.

Who can’t understand what the different surname Wang means and what his ambitions are?

If we don't join forces to fight against Cao Cao and fight the national war, I'm afraid the whole world will fall into Cao Cao's hands.

In addition, Cao Cao himself became a feud with Liu Bei and Sun Quan through a battle in Chibi.

No matter what, Liu Bei will definitely agree to this alliance.

However, Liu Zhang was far from expecting this.

Fazheng, who proposed this strategy, and Zhang Song, who he sent with him, actually had their hearts no longer with him.

What they value more now is Liu Bei, the great uncle of the Han Dynasty.

The reason was none other than because Liu Zhang was really stupid and had no majesty as a lord, nor did he know how to act as a lord.

All he has is the capital left by his father Liu Yan.

If Liu Zhang continues like this, Bashu will be defeated by Cao's army sooner or later.

Instead of giving it to Cao Jun, it is better to go to Liu Bei, the Han emperor's uncle, whom they are more optimistic about.

The two received the order and hurried to Jingzhou for help.

Liu Zhang then sent Meng Da and Li Yan to lead an army of 100,000 to support.

Cao Cao's goal was finally achieved.

After hearing the news that Liu Zhang was sending troops, Cao Cao quickly sent someone to send the letter to Xuchang.

It’s time for the assault army led by Deng Ai to be dispatched!

Even if Liu Bei was in Jingzhou, it would be too late!