All the besieged Liangzhou cavalry surrendered, and the frontal battlefield finally came to an end.
Of Han Sui's 40,000-strong army, more than 20,000 were killed and more than 10,000 were captured. In the end, they fled in panic with less than 5,000 cavalry.
The end of this battlefield also heralded that Han Sui's forces would completely withdraw from Longxi County and Hanyang County. Liu Zhang defeated Han Sui at almost the minimum cost.
All these achievements can be attributed to Han Sui's wisdom, law and justice, filial piety and uprightness.
Without Fa Zheng's plan to annihilate Liu Zhang's tens of thousands of troops, Liu Zhang would not have taken advantage of his plan and left Han Suilai to ambush him on all sides.
At this time, Fazheng had completely lost his previous high spirits, and he sat on the horse in a daze.
Since Han Sui began to retreat, Fazheng never moved another step.
Fa Zheng followed his promise to Han Sui and went to the rear in person to buy Han Sui time to escape.
But the result shocked even Liu Zhang. This queen turned out to be a queen!
Han Sui was stunned because he didn't leave any soldiers for Fazheng!
"Xiaozhi, assisting a cruel man like Han Sui, isn't it a waste of your talents?"
At some point, Liu Zhang had already rode up to Fazheng.
"Talent... How dare Fazheng mention the word talent in front of General Wei..."
This time was not only the defeat of the Liangzhou Army, but also the complete failure of Fa Zheng. All his proud schemes were completely seen through by Liu Zhang.
Not only that, Fazheng was completely unaware of all Liu Zhang's tricks!
It can be said that Fazheng was completely crushed in terms of intelligence!
"hehe..."
Liu Zhang whispered, the failure of Fa Zheng was completely inevitable.
With the ingenuity of Xun You, Pang Tong, and Liu Ye facing off against the fledgling Fazheng, the winner of this duel was decided almost from the beginning.
Especially when Liu Zhang heard the word Meng Da, he already had an early warning deep in his heart.
"Xiao Nao, although you lost this time, you will definitely not regret the defeat because you don't know who you are facing."
"The three counselors around me, Xun You, Liu Ye, and Pang Tong, are all the top wise men in the world! Putting everything aside, the three of them are much better than you in terms of knowledge."
Liu Zhang was not trying to attack Fa Zheng. On the contrary, he was just telling Fa Zheng a fact.
Needless to say, Xun You, the people of the Xun family in Yingchuan, even if they are from the collateral branch, still do not have comparable resources.
As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ye was a direct descendant of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. Although his family was in decline, his collection of books, knowledge, vision, and education since childhood were all of the highest level.
Pang Tong's advantage became even more obvious, with the Jingzhou Pang family as his support and the dual love of Pang De and Sima Hui. It can be said that Pang Tong's growth advantage is much superior to Xun You and Liu Ye.
Fazheng was gifted with extraordinary talent and learning, but the Fufeng Legalists were obviously far behind Xun You and the other three.
Even if Xun You, Liu Ye, Pang Tong, and Fazheng have the same IQ, Fazheng will undoubtedly be much lower in terms of their upbringing environment and their experience after becoming officials.
The gap between the four people would not be huge, otherwise Fazheng's strategy would not have been seen through by Liu Ye at the last moment.
However, for top wise men, small differences are often enough to influence the key to victory or defeat.
Fazheng's expression was gloomy, and there was still a trace of unwillingness deep in his eyes.
As a loser, he had no face to argue with Liu Zhang, but Fazheng completely disagreed with Liu Zhang's statement that he was inferior to Xun You and others.
"General Wei, if I changed my identity and I was your mastermind, and Xun You and the other two were Han Sui's masterminds, do you think I would still lose to them?"
Liu Zhang shook his head helplessly, Fazheng was still too young after all.
"Xiao Nao, does this make more sense?"
"If! General Wei, I'm talking about if, if..."
"There are no ifs! The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Even the history books are written by the victors!"
Fazheng's anxious questioning did not get an answer, but instead received a scolding from Liu Zhang.
"How can there be so many ifs in this world? Can't you face your failure calmly?"
"Have you ever thought that since you surrendered to Han Sui, you are inferior to the three of them!"
"Xun You followed me at the end of my life, Liu Ye came with his family from Yangzhou, and Pang Tong went to Sichuan alone!"
"You are from Fufeng. Is Fufeng far away from Chengdu? Compared with Yangzhou, does Jingzhou feel as close as a stone's throw away? Why did you choose Han Sui as the client?" "You want to ask if so? OK! I Let me tell you now! If the only person Xun You, Liu Ye, and Pang Tong surrendered to was Han Sui, then the three of them would rather farm at home than become officials!"
"Because the three of them know their talents, their ideals, and what they want to do. They know that Han Sui is not a wise master and is not worthy of their allegiance!"
Liu Zhang's sonorous and powerful words immediately silenced Fa Zheng.
It was Liu Zhang's words, "The surrender to Han Sui begins", which was like a blow to the head, completely knocking Fa Zheng awake.
Fa Zheng was too anxious. He was eager to prove himself, eager to become famous in the world, and eager to defeat Liu Zhang and his military advisers who had been famous for a long time.
It's all vanity.
Frivolity and impatience have directly become the biggest obstacles on the way forward for Fa Zheng.
"General Wei, I lost..."
After saying these three words, Fa Zheng felt relieved, as if everything before had been let go.
He was finally able to raise his head and look at Liu Zhang, accepting his failure calmly. Perhaps Fa Zheng will face an extremely heavy price, but at this moment, he can at least face his own heart.
"Xiao Nao, I won't hide it from you. In my eyes, your talent and talents are definitely among the best in the world. The only shortcoming is that you are too eager."
"I know you are arrogant and eager to prove yourself. But freezing three feet does not take a day, and dripping water does not penetrate a stone! The most taboo thing if you want to become famous is to be too ambitious."
"I'll give you another sentence: Anxiety leads to chaos, chaos leads to panic, panic leads to no thoughts, and no thread means nothing will be accomplished, so everything must be settled!" "When you truly understand the meaning of this sentence, I believe you will be able to communicate with Xun You. Waiting to be compared to others.”
Fazheng had no idea that Liu Zhang would talk so much about a loser like him, let alone that Liu Zhang would value him so much.
Why did Liu Zhang persuade him so earnestly, and why did he give him serious advice?
Undoubtedly, there was only one purpose. Liu Zhang truly appreciated Fa Zheng's talent.
While Fazheng was amazed, he felt inexplicably moved in his heart. It can be said that apart from his father Fa Yan, Liu Zhang was the first person to treat him in this way.
From Liu Zhang's few words, Fazheng not only benefited a lot, but also gained a feeling of being valued.
The exchange of just a few words made Fazheng deeply aware of how insurmountable the gap between Han Sui and Liu Zhang was.
Han Sui is just a selfish villain.
Liu Zhang is the hero of the world!
