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Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Ju Shou's face was full of shock, and then he was happy.
A little failure is not terrible. What is terrible is that the protagonist loses his fighting spirit and sinks from then on.
However, it seems from the current situation that not only has his lord not lost his fighting spirit, but has become even stronger.
Never shrink back from difficulties, face difficulties without fear, and be able to persevere no matter what kind of blow you face.
Only in adversity can a person's essence, ability and courage to face difficulties be revealed.
The lord like this is the lord in his heart.
"Back to my lord, apart from the casualties of our army, the strength of Liu Bei's army is not much different from ours." Guo Tu, who had been silent for a long time, no longer felt sad or hesitant anymore when he saw Yuan Shao's fierce fighting spirit, and stood up immediately. He spoke.
Yuan Shao turned his head and looked back at Guo Tu, and said calmly, "How is it?"
"In the battle last night, Liu Bei's army lost about 40,000 troops. Judging from the number of Liu Bei's troops today, it can also be proved that our army did win a complete victory in last night's battle. What Liu Bei did today is also A helpless move..." Guo Tu analyzed the situation of this day and night very seriously.
Yuan Shao listened carefully and waited for the results.
"Although our army suffered heavy casualties in today's battle, Liu Bei's casualties were not small. From my perspective, the casualties were still more than 10,000. With such a reduction, Liu Bei's troops would not exceed 30,000. "Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao, then at his colleagues present, and said seriously.
"You also missed some troops. Judging from the shock we felt before, as well as the archer corps that has been harassing us with arrows before, if nothing else happens, they are the eight battalions of soldiers from the Sanhe Fifth School." Fengji thought for a moment and said.
Guo Tu nodded nonchalantly, and then said, "The number of soldiers in Liu Bei's army is roughly the same. Based on this calculation, the strength of the soldiers is only more than 60,000. Although there are a lot of cavalry, after all, our army is The troops are superior and there is still a chance for a battle."
Everyone present looked at each other and finally nodded.
When the numbers are about the same, they really don't necessarily lose.
"In that case, let's rest and wait for the battle. We just don't know how much food is left in the army." Yuan Shao said while looking at Xin Ping.
"Reporting to my lord, there is still food for one and a half months. There is no serious problem inside and outside the camp. I have carefully checked and even lost a lot of soldiers for this. But I can also confirm that Liu Bei did not do anything to this camp. , the internal and external defenses are also quite rigorous, and it is more like a hasty retreat process." Xin Ping was quite calm, but said with some doubts, "But the food left in the camp was in large quantities, and it was not destroyed. It feels a little strange.”
"The commander-in-chief's army failed in the battle, and the rear army retreated in a hurry. Even if the food was not destroyed, it was an accident, but it is understandable." After hearing this, Guo Tu thought of an explanation and said.
Xin Ping really didn't understand the situation, so he didn't refute Guo Tu.
The food in the camp was indeed well protected. Maybe they had to retreat because they couldn't destroy it for a while.
"So, our army still has food for one and a half months, so it seems that we are quite lucky." Yuan Shao glanced at everyone gently and then said.
After the pontoon bridge was destroyed, the biggest fear was that there would be no food, because in this case, food could not be delivered.
Without food, soldiers could not fight with a full stomach.
With food, you don’t have to worry too much about most problems, and there will naturally be soldiers to prepare and complete it all.
However, on the other side, Fazheng looked at the material report and looked at Guo Jia with some confusion.
"Why do you want to keep so much food in the first camp? Isn't this to support the enemy?" Fazheng didn't understand at all.
Although Chen Xi didn't care about this loss, he wouldn't deliberately put it there and then hand it over to Yuan Shao's army.
Even if you want to appease the military morale of Yuan Shao and others and prevent Yuan Shao from entering a last-ditch situation where he will die if he doesn't win, it's not possible to go to this extent.
"There is too much food and we can't move it. Do you believe it?" Guo Jia looked at Fazheng with a smile and said with a soft smile.
"It's impossible. Even if there's a lot of food and we're in a hurry, it's impossible that we can't move if we plan in advance. Even if Zichuan gives us enough food, it's still impossible." Fazheng responded to Guo Jia's words. , I don’t believe a word of it.
Although Chen Xi is generous and the quantity and frequency of transporting food to them are above the standard line, over time, he will naturally accumulate a lot more food and grass.
But it doesn't mean that Chen Xi is a fool. If he gives so much food to Yuan Shao, wouldn't he make himself unhappy?
"Xiao Nao, you are right. To a certain extent, it is true." Guo Jia nodded seriously.
"If that's the case, why do we still do this? Doesn't this make it more difficult for us to capture the camp?" Fazheng said with a puzzled look on his face.
Guo Jia smiled softly and said jokingly, "Xiaozhi, do you know when the water level of the Yellow River will reach its highest?"
"Of course I know this. I've been here for so long, how could I not even know this? It's August, of course." Fazheng said quite confidently.
"So what month is it now?" Guo Jia put down the book in his hand and said seriously.
"Of course it's June. How could I remember the time wrong?" Fazheng almost blurted out and was stunned after finishing speaking.
Then he reacted, looked at Guo Jia in disbelief, and said, "No, are you really going to use that strategy?"
"What a simple and effective strategy. It can save a lot of troops and reduce troubles without having to deal with the follow-up. How great?!" Guo Jia said with emotion.
"But it will be criticized by thousands of people, and it will be stigmatized and spread forever. Is that really good?" Fazheng retorted directly.
As for the target being Guo Jia, the reason for rebuttal is even stronger.
"You are born to be famous, and you also get its benefits. It is called fame and fortune. The things that happened during your lifetime will be judged by future generations, so why should you care too much?" Guo Jia looked at Fazheng and said calmly, "It's everyone's fault. Just like you, they don’t care at all about these things.”
At this moment, it seemed that what Guo Jia said was the truth.
"My lord is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, how can I do such a thing? Don't lie to me if you are a filial piety!" Fazheng quickly scratched his head, and after a little relief, he said with some doubts.
As for why this situation occurred, Fazheng also said that there was nothing he could do.
(End of chapter)
