Chapter 62 The strongest army, all looking around is Datong!

"A truly powerful army?" Liu Bei was stunned.

Ten thousand defeated three hundred thousand, isn't that strong?

"Physical and material strength are just superficial. The strength of mind and will is the real invincibility. The strongest army under my command has always been the Datong Army!"

Ji Hao said this and looked at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun immediately understood, took out a firework, lit it and pointed it towards the sky.

Soon, fireworks flew out and exploded in the air.

The residual light turned into eight simplified Chinese characters that Liu Bei once thought were typos: Great Harmony Heaven and Earth, the World Belongs to All!
At the beginning, Liu, Guan and Zhang did not care much.

I just thought it was a rally signal.

Knowing that the situation was hopeless, he decisively evacuated with the remaining soldiers.

Zhao Yun wanted to chase after him, but Ji Hao stopped him and shook his head, saying, "Don't chase after a desperate enemy!"

Zhao Zilong alone was no match for Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and could not kill Liu Bei under the protection of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. As for Ji Hao, he had already rushed 500 miles and fought another battle, and his Red Hare was already exhausted, so he changed to an ordinary warhorse.

It's good enough to be able to carry him, chasing him is simply unrealistic.

"We have found several black horses, but none of them are top quality. When can we finally let go and fight?" Ji Hao shook his head, looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Clean up the battlefield!"

The Battle of Xuzhou is over.

Although he won the decisive victory, he also paid a price he did not want to pay, that is: after a great battle, although he defeated 300,000 with only 10,000 troops and achieved a mythical record, he also lost 2,000 of his own troops.

The Haotian Army now has only 8,000 people, and many of them are injured.

Of course, the decisive battle ended with great success, and the sacrifice of these people was definitely worth it.

But can human life be measured in value?

"After all, two thousand loyal souls were buried in a foreign land, and two thousand families lost their pillars!" Ji Hao looked into the distance and murmured, "You risked your life to follow me, but I don't want you to die!"

After saying that, he turned around and spoke again.

"Keep building the Great Wall!"

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On the other side, Liu Bei was barely relieved when he saw that Ji Hao's army did not catch up with him.

After reviewing the situation, he found that his defeat was not unfair: although the direct reason was that the Haotian Army was too strong, he made a mistake at the beginning and should not have been dragged down by Zhao Zilong.

Next, we should not allow the fourteen generals to pursue Zhao Yun.

What good will it do if Zhao Zilong runs away?
However, eleven of the fourteen generals were dismissed, and only Lu Bu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned. Without generals to lead the army, its combat effectiveness was directly reduced by half.

In addition, Yuan Shu's side was like paper and would break at the slightest touch, and Lu Bu was trying to protect himself.

The actual fighting power he can use is to chop and chop again.

But it’s only equivalent to tens of thousands!

Facing 10,000 Haotian troops, it is no surprise that they were defeated given their disadvantages in training, equipment, and experience!
"I was careless. After becoming the Patron King, I thought I was the most powerful prince in the world. But in fact, everything was empty. A great battle brought us back to our original state!"

Liu Bei burst into tears.

But soon they regrouped and marched to Xia Pi.

"It's not over yet. As long as Xia Pi City is still there, we will..." Liu Bei wanted to say that he could stop Ji Hao from taking Xuzhou, but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the flag of the "Datong Army" hung at the entrance of the village in front of him.

At first, his expression changed, thinking he was ambushed.

But it soon became clear that it was not.

There were only a few hundred soldiers there, and they were local militiamen, without even any armor.

They just hung flags. "They were scattered and mixed in with the common people? This makes it easier to hide, but they can't gather in a short time. We don't have to worry about being blocked!" Liu Bei said.

Then they continued their march and headed straight for Xia Pi.

However, not long after, he saw another village with the Datong military flag flying.

As the army was gathering, people kept shouting slogans: "Great harmony between heaven and earth, the world belongs to all!"

Liu Bei frowned, feeling something was unusual.

Zhang Fei didn't care at all, and Guan Yu held his head high without any reaction.

But soon, a third village appeared.

Then the fourth, fifth, sixth... each village, with a few hundred people at least and one or two thousand at most, began to gather troops and march towards Xia Pi City.

The cities they passed by hung the flag of Datong.

The people they met were all shouting the slogan of "Great Harmony in the World".

It seems like one is longing for the "Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth" described by the saints.

However, after careful questioning, Liu Bei discovered that what they yearned for was not a saint at all, and they didn't even know where "Datong" came from.

What they want is for everyone to have land, everyone to have a house, and everyone to eat meat.

They want to live like aristocrats, with their heads held high in this world, wear the clothes they want, use the names they want, be the masters of this world, and never let anyone look down on them again!

They yearn for Qingzhou because everyone there can study.

There is someone to take care of the old, and there is someone to care for the orphans.

In years of famine, the government and the people endured the scourge together and shouldered the responsibility.

You can go to the government to deal with any difficulties, and all natural disasters and man-made disasters will be solved.

They have accepted their own mediocre lives, but they don’t want their children to live mediocre lives as well. They want their sons to study and become officials, they want their sons to learn martial arts and become generals, and they want their daughters to grow up normally and support their husbands and raise children.

It’s not about eating one’s own children, it’s not about selling daughters and infants, it’s not about giving birth to children to be slaves for others!

Simple ideas, simple pursuits.

But it was like a sledgehammer that hit Liu Bei's heart, making him, who had originally been somewhat unwilling to accept his defeat, suddenly realize that his failure was inevitable.

Thinking back to Ji Hao's words, I finally understood.

"Physical and material strength are just superficial. The strength of mind and will is the real invincibility. The strongest army under his command has always been the Datong Army!"

Liu Bei said the same thing as Ji Hao.

At first, Guan and Zhang were puzzled.

But as they went along, more and more Datong troops gathered together, and they were everywhere on the official road.

Comparable to the Yellow Turban bandits back then.

But they are not the Yellow Turbans.

With high morale, they shouted the slogan "Harmony of Heaven and Earth" and headed straight for Xia Pi, intending to create their own future with their own efforts.

The Yellow Turbans are thieves, and they are pioneers!

A pioneer in the struggle for a "Great Harmony World"!

There are thousands and thousands of Ji Haos, and they can never be killed!
"So, this is Ji Hao's trump card!" Seeing this, Guan Yu lowered his proud head and said, "The Datong Army dispersed soldiers among the people, turning soldiers into civilians and civilians into soldiers - Xuzhou no longer belongs to us!"

Zhang Fei wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, nothing came out.

"No need to go to Xia Pi, just go back to Beijing!" After Liu Bei felt disappointed, he immediately adjusted his mentality and said, "I will study him carefully, learn from him, and then defeat him!"

(End of this chapter)