Chapter 838 Withdrawal of Troops

At this time, it was about 800 miles south of Jiaozhi.

The Sun and Liu coalition forces and the leaders of the eight tribes are all here.

"Liu Da'er!"

"You common man!"

"For so many days, you have been letting our soldiers from the eight major tribes rush to the front, but what about you? You have been hiding behind us!"

"Isn't this just asking us to die?"

"From today on, our Nanxia clan will never send a single soldier!"

"Obviously you are going to attack the city, but now our Nanxia clan has been destroyed by more than half, what about you?"

"You have lost no more than 20,000 people in total!"

"How can this Cochin be as easy to fight as you say?"

After hearing the words of the leader of the Nanxia tribe, the leaders of other tribes could not hold back anymore and all said:

"We will never send another soldier!"

"You couldn't wait, but you made me wait and die!"

"It has been almost a month since we attacked the city, and Jiaozhi has not moved at all."

"You just said that this city will only get better and better."

"But what about these two times? Not only did we not kill the enemy, but we even suffered more losses!"

"..."

Liu Bei and Sun Quan felt helpless when they saw the leaders of the eight tribes being so excited.

They don't want to either.

Who can imagine why Jiaozhi is so difficult to capture?

It was clearly going to succeed before!

Moreover, when they sent Zhang Fei to investigate, they actually discovered an army that did not originally belong to Jiaozhi!

Although it is not clear where the shield soldiers came from, it is obvious that reinforcements were sent to Jiaozhi!

If the fight continues like this, Jiaozhi will definitely not be able to win.

However, if this is the case, it can only weaken the strength of the eight major tribes in disguise, but these guys suddenly have a bright idea.

Now almost a week has passed. They are unwilling to send troops and have been negotiating here.

They were obviously very dissatisfied that their soldiers were sent to die.

It seems that these barbarians are not particularly stupid.

At this time, Wei Yan, who had a bad temper, couldn't bear it anymore and cursed:

"Bah! Who do you think you are! Are you actually making noise here?"

"We're not strong enough. We can't even capture a small city, and the losses are so heavy. Where do you have the nerve to say this?"

"I haven't even come to you to ask for an explanation, but here you are, scumbag!"

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang screamed in his heart that it was bad, and quickly pulled Wei Yan down one by one:

"Chang Wen, shut up quickly!"

When Wei Yan saw Zhuge Liang speaking, he stopped talking and just looked at the leaders of the eight tribes angrily.

When these leaders talked, they danced and shook their heads like monkeys, which was very disgusting.

If there had not been a military order, Wei Yan would have had to chop them into pieces.

"Is this your attitude?"

"We are friendly forces, how dare you treat us like this?"

"If that's the case, don't blame us for withdrawing our troops!"

At this time, the leader of the Nanxia clan suddenly shouted loudly, then turned around and left.

When the remaining tribal leaders saw this, they were all furious and left one by one.

Soon, all the leaders of the eight major tribes were gone.

"this……"

Only then did Wei Yan realize that he had gotten into a big trouble, and he frowned and said:

"My lord, military advisor, Commander Wen realized that he was wrong!"

Liu Bei waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, Chief Wen. These barbarians themselves are unreliable. They will leave as soon as they leave."

"Now that it has been delayed for six days, it is time for Yide and the others to come back."

"Zhongmou, now we should retreat first and continue to recharge our batteries."

"After a while, we can directly wipe out the eight major tribes."

When Sun Quan heard this, he nodded heavily:

"What Brother Xuande said is absolutely true."

"But why is Jiaozhi so difficult to capture?"

"Logically speaking, although the city wall of Jiaozhi is thick, it is not invulnerable. How could these aliens die in vain?"

"Looking at them, it's like they kicked an iron plate."

"Could it be that these city walls are all made of iron?"

Liu Bei suddenly smiled calmly and said:

"Zhong Mou is overthinking. How is this possible?"

"Now that this is the case, I'm afraid we can only give up the idea of ​​returning to the Central Plains."

At this moment, Pang Tong slowly stood up and said:

"Lord, I have an idea."

Liu Bei and Sun Quan both looked at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong continued:

"As my lord said, now we have to give up the idea of ​​returning to the Central Plains for the time being."

"The top priority is to continue to develop southward."

"According to reports from scouts, there are not many foreigners in the south, and most of them are plains with very few mountains."

"How about we use this as a base to develop."

"The Cao thieves still have a lot of pressure from the foreign tribes in the north, so they can't always guard Jiaozhi."

"After a while, I can catch them by surprise."

Zhuge Liang nodded immediately and added:

"Not only that, after I captured the eight major tribes, I basically unified the situation nearby."

"These barbarians are very timid, no better than the northern barbarians. As long as they surrender, we may be able to improve their food."

"Since I can't go back to the Central Plains at this time, I'd better put it aside first."

After hearing what Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong said, Liu Bei and Sun Quan couldn't help but frown.

What the two said is indeed reasonable. If Jiaozhi cannot be captured for a long time, if it is captured by force, it will only lead to trouble.

It's really better to give up on Cochin and continue to explore the south.

No one knows how long it will take for the south to reach the sea.

Maybe there will be unexpected gains.

Cao Wei could only occupy the Central Plains and had no other choice.

As for food, although it is a big problem, the local food can barely be imported, so we can only continue to adapt.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei and Sun Quan immediately reached a consensus.

With only 200,000 troops now, it is obviously unrealistic to confront Cao Cao head-on.

Jiaozhi has sent reinforcements, and it is hard to say there will be more than a million powerful troops under Cao Cao's command.

Even if half is used to defend the north and the other half is used to support Cochin, there will be more than 500,000 troops.

It is better to go to the south first and let Cao Cao relax his vigilance.

As long as the country grows stronger, it is not impossible to deal with Cao Cao.

However, the current difficulty is still to solve the morale problem of the soldiers.

After all, these soldiers are all from the Central Plains. Although they have brought many people with them, there are also many soldiers whose families are still in the Central Plains.

It is indeed a difficult thing for them to leave their hometown.

Now, the best way is to put all the faults on Cao Cao.

The deeper their hatred for Cao Cao, the braver they can fight.

When the time comes to settle down here and expand the territory, time will solve everything.