When Liu Chan arrived with his 100,000-strong army, Wei Yan's 10,000 elite soldiers were only left with 5,000.
Zhang Liao's forces were flourishing, and they actually launched a group charge against Liu Chan's 100,000-strong army.
The terrain here was no longer flat. Instead, ravines were crisscrossed, and the mountains and plains were filled with soldiers holding swords, spears, and halberds.
Zhang Liao looked over from his horse and broke out in cold sweat.
He hurriedly ordered his troops to retreat to Yongzhou, but there was no time.
Liu Chan ordered Guan Xing and Zhao Tong to lead the troops to take the rear road, while he himself charged at Zhang Liao with the Emperor's Sword.
Zhang He was a famous general under Cao Cao, as famous as Xu Huang and Jin Dian Wei.
He is skilled in archery and riding, and has the courage of ten thousand men.
Unfortunately, in Liu Chan's eyes, he was just a brute. He urged the Red Hare to catch up with Zhang He.
When Zhang Liao saw Liu Chan riding a red rabbit horse and wearing golden armor, he knew that it was a Shu Han general, but he did not recognize him.
Liu Chan didn't say much either. He drew the Emperor's Sword and slashed over. Zhang Liao blocked it with his spear. In an instant, the web between his thumb and forefinger split open, and blood flowed out.
"Flying Crane Treading Plum Blossom." Liu Chan soared into the sky, one foot already on Zhang Liao's horse.
"Taiji Divine Palm." Liu Chan slapped him, but Zhang Liao moved aside.
Liu Chan immediately swung his sword and chopped off the horse's head.
A headless horse spurted blood from its neck, carrying Zhang Liao for more than ten meters before collapsing.
Zhang Liao was also killed by Xiang Chong, who had rushed over. When Zhang Liao's deputy generals saw that their commander had been killed, their morale was in chaos. They were prepared to escape.
The situation on the battlefield was instantly reversed, and the 50,000 Wei soldiers were utterly defeated.
Liu Chan waved his sword and shouted," Kill them all!”
The morale of the Shu Han soldiers was high, and they chased after the Wei soldiers like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
The three counties of Wuxiang, which had been occupied for less than half a month, were recovered effortlessly.
100,000 Wei soldiers were reduced to ashes.
In an era where military merits were determined by the number of people killed, the battle this time had been very smooth. There were not many prisoners, only a few thousand.
The generals were all rubbing their fists. Liu Chan was prepared to recover Yongzhou and Liangzhou in one go.
Liu Chan thought about it calmly and rejected this suggestion. Liangzhou and Yongzhou were too large. Although it was not difficult to recover them, it was meaningless.
Because Wei occupied 12 states, which was 12 times the size of Shu Han's regime, its population was almost 20 times. Although Shu Han's territory was not small, its population was too small. War was the continuation of politics, and politics was based on comprehensive strength.
If they rashly marched, they would definitely run out of rations. More importantly, there was still Dongwu eyeing them from behind.
In reality, if he wanted to unify China, he had to defeat Cao Cao. If he wanted to defeat Cao Cao, he had to destroy Dongwu first. If he wanted to destroy Dongwu, he had to return to the army and build ships.
Shu Han was in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, while Dongwu was in the lower reaches. As long as they had a powerful navy, it would not be difficult to defeat Dongwu. However, it would be very difficult to attack Wei in the north. The Shu Road was difficult, not only for Wei, but also for Shu Han itself.
Liu Chan weighed the pros and cons and decided to stop while he was ahead. He considered for a moment and then issued an imperial edict. He ordered Wei Yan to be the prefect of Hanzhong and control all military and political affairs. Zhang Bao and Guan Xing would be his left and right assistants.
As for Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, Liu Chan gave them a direct order to obey Wei Yan's command unconditionally and not to cross the line. He also revealed the reform of the military merit system.
The military merit system was related to the foundation of the entire Shu Han regime. In Shu Han, the elders who followed Liu Bei into Sichuan were high and mighty.
The descendants of the elders were in high positions on their fathers 'merit books, and the civilians and soldiers had no room for advancement even if they made great contributions in the army. Liu Chan decided to start from here.
Before returning to court, Liu Chan made two more decisions.
First, he ordered Lu Bu to write a denunciation to Cao Cao.
Second, cut off Zhang Liao's head and give it to Cao Cao.
Thousands of surrendered Wei soldiers returned to the court with the army. With the order of Liu Chan, the army was so mighty that it covered the sky. The people of the three counties were all rejoicing and sending off the royal army.
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