NOVEL NEXT Chapter 712
Chapter 728 2 Paths, How To Choose?
Two days in a row passed, and all the people in Chang’an City also left the city.
The originally lively ancient city became quiet in an instant. On the contrary, it was outside the city. Except for those big families and rich people who left the right and wrong place of Chang’an City, most of the people had nowhere to go.
For them, Chang’an City is their home. If their lives are not threatened, no one is willing to leave their hometown.
And some of these people also carry some food rations, but some poor people cannot even guarantee three meals a day.
As a result, troubles and fights happened from time to time, which kept Liu Bian busy for the past two days.
Another day passed, and the people were basically settled in place. Liu Bian looked at the people’s resettlement next to the camp and let out a long sigh of relief.
Jia Xu followed Liu Bian, and he was too busy running for the past two days. He sighed: “Your Majesty, the placement of these 23 people has cost us a lot of military rations. 39
“At this rate of consumption, our food and grass won’t last for a month!”
“I have already sent people to Xindu to ask them to raise food and grass, but they can’t quench their thirst from afar. We must take Chang’an City quickly.”
Liu Bian nodded solemnly, the food ration for hundreds of thousands of people was a huge consumption.
It can be said that there was enough food and grass for Liu Bian’s 100,000 army for the first half of the year, but now adding these civilians, it is instantly reduced to one month.
“How are you preparing there?
“Liu Bei can’t be frightened by his usual methods, if he wants to come, he will be real.
“The flooding of Chang’an City has been repeated for hundreds of years, but no one has dared to do it!”9
Liu Bian seems to be joking, but also seems to be laughing at himself.
Jia Xu smiled and said, “Your Majesty, everything is ready and you can flood Chang’an City at any time. 55
“The purpose of flooding Chang’an City is to end the war as soon as possible and let the people live a peaceful life as soon as possible. Later generations will be able to see through this.”5
Liu Bian smiled and shook his head, future generations?
He came from later generations, no matter how good your original intentions are, you still can’t match those famous families in history.
They tell these things on the record, and even how Liu Bian explains it, it is still difficult to escape the infamy.
But these are the things behind, Liu Bian never cared.
“Let’s release water tonight, let Liu Bei taste the power of Weishui!!”
Jia Xu nodded, and then handed over and resigned.
On the wall of Chang’an City, Liu Bei looked into the distance and saw that hundreds of thousands of people were placed in an area. There was no sign of chaos, and he couldn’t help but feel depressed.
The chaos he imagined didn’t happen, which meant that the time for Liu Bian’s attack was very close.
He took a long sigh of relief and asked softly: “Xiaozhi, Liu Bian’s speed is faster than we thought, I’m afraid he will attack in these two days!!
“The water outside the city is turbulent, and this time he is coming for real.”
Fazheng didn’t know this. He thought that these people would be able to drag on for ten days and a half months. By then, Liu Bian would be in a hurry and would be unable to attack, but now everything is different from what they thought.
“My lord, according to the size of the water flow, even if the flood cannot destroy Chang’an City this time, it can still submerge most of the houses in the city. We must evacuate early.
“These days, we are working hard to build a boat, and now there are only enough for 30,000 people to ride, and what to do with the remaining 70,000 people needs to be arranged as soon as possible.
“You can’t explain all these foundations in Chang’an City, it’s not worth it! 99
Liu Bian frowned and said, “Should we retreat now?
Fazheng smiled bitterly and said, “Your Majesty, have you ever noticed that there are fewer tents in Liu Bian’s camp these days. Where would they go at this juncture?”
“It must be our back path. If we retreat now, we will run into a head-on. How can our combat effectiveness in the field be comparable to that of Liu Bian’s army?”
“At that time, I’m only afraid that as many people are evacuated, as many people will die!”
Fazheng was telling the truth, but it was extremely harsh in Liu Bei’s ears.
Liu Bei frowned: “Xiaozhi, what should we do? We can’t give it up!”
Giving up means funding Liu Bian, which is the last thing Liu Bei wants to see.
Fazheng pondered for a while, then opened his mouth and said, “My subordinates think that the troops will retreat in two ways. One of them will start from the South Gate and go straight to Meridian Valley. This is the safest way. I don’t think Liu Bian would have thought of it.”5
“What’s more, the road in Meridian Valley is narrow, we just need to be careful and not fall into the trap. With the bravery of General Guan, how can we bring most people back.
“Secondly, we led a team to take a canoe in an upright manner, head out to the west, and march towards the Sanguan, attracting Liu Bian’s attention and buying time for the army to transfer.
“You can abandon it when necessary. As long as the master is safe and sound, it will not be difficult for us to defend Yizhou.”
“It’s just that this requires the lord to take risks, and it is up to the lord to decide how to make a choice. 35
After Fa Zheng finished speaking, he did not urge Liu Bei, his eyes were slightly closed, his expression relaxed, and he quietly waited for Liu Bei’s decision.
A confused look appeared on Liu Bei’s face.
As Fazheng said, his team doesn’t need much combat power, so he is destined to be cannon fodder. He is in this cannon fodder, and the danger can be imagined.
But this major retreat was to preserve his strength. In order to defend Yizhou in the future, he had to buy time for the army to retreat.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said, “Just as the military advisor said!
“Someone find me General Guan!!”