Liu, Guan, and Zhang Beneath Yecheng!
Cao Zhen had led an army of fifty thousand, and he was clearly preparing to fight to the death. Back then, Xiang Yu had made his last stand at the river and turned the tide completely. Cao Zhen might not be Xiang Yu's equal, but even as he faced death, he could still tear a huge chunk of flesh from the Great Han.
Without Wang Yue's plan, even if they captured Cao Zhen, the Great Han would probably have lost fifty or sixty thousand men, and some of the enemy would have escaped.
But now, the Great Han had suffered only five or six thousand casualties. Most of those had been wounded or killed when Cao Zheng and several fierce generals led their troops in a breakout.
By that reckoning, they had saved thirty or forty thousand elite soldiers in a single battle. Overall, the Great Han had come out ahead.
So Liu Bei accepted this way of waging war by throwing money at it—and trusted Wang Yue's abilities even more.
After all, the stones and improved catapults had all been supplied by the Bandit Eradication Captain's Department, and it was the department's money that was being spent.
Liu Bei couldn't help reflecting that it was fortunate Guan Yinping had saved Wang Yue. The Great Han was indeed destined to rise!
The campaign to wipe out Cao Zhen was over. Liu Bei sent Wang Yue to lead the reinforcements, while he himself went to Yecheng with Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei felt that, for the final battle to unify the land, the three brothers had to fight together. As for the younger generation, they only needed to hold off the reinforcements for them.
Besides, Liu Bei thought that with so many troops and so