Chapter 1348: Bait

Liu Bei fled in a hurry with 7,000 defeated troops.

These 7,000 defeated troops, the formation formation is quite complete, and they mainly belong to the 10,000 palace army led by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun ordered the rear army to line up at the beginning of the battle and was not scattered by the chaotic army.

Later, Zhao Yun saw Ma Chao leading the cavalry to chase and kill, so he left three thousand pikemen, and after the formation was broken, he met Ma Chao.

Although Ma Chao has few soldiers, Liu Bei doesn't dare to stop, who knows if Yuan's army will catch up?

The only way to escape!

Only by escaping to Deyang, crossing the Han River, and meeting with Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei can we feel at ease.

Surrounded by the defeated army, Liu Bei's "Hidden Dragon" special skill increased the escape speed, and involuntarily slowed down, after all, the defeated army couldn't keep up with his speed.

And Liu Bei was absolutely reluctant to let go of these 7,000 soldiers, otherwise he would be alone, even if he fled quickly, without the army, the danger factor would only increase exponentially.

Two hours later, Liu Beijun fled seventy or eighty miles along the south bank of the Han River.

Behind the horses' hooves sounded, and smoke and dust wafted.

Liu Bei was originally shocked, thinking that the Yuan army brigade had chased and killed, but when he looked closely, the soldiers and horses under the banner of "Changshan Zhao Yun", led by a white robe and silver armor, were Zhao Yun.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, stepped forward to greet him, and said, "Zilong has returned safely, which is really a great thing." โ€

Zhao Yun turned over and dismounted, and bowed his hand and said: "Back to the lord, Ma Chao has been killed, and the soldiers and horses of the Yuan army brigade have no signs of chasing; โ€

Liu Bei said: "I have heard for a long time that Ma Chao is a brave general of Xiliang, how did Zilong repel him?

Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "Ma Chao is indeed superb in martial arts, and his marksmanship is fierce and domineering, and the first twenty rounds almost suppressed me." However, after 20 rounds, I gradually figured out his path and was able to equalize, and after 50 rounds, I had a slight advantage. Ma Chao's cavalry was also cracked by my spear array. Perhaps seeing that the pursuit was hopeless, he retreated. โ€

Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed: "If it weren't for Zilong, I would have become a prisoner of Yuan Junjie today!"

Zhao Yun hurriedly said: "Lord Hongfu, even if there is no me, he will be desperate." โ€

In fact, neither Zhao Yun nor Liu Bei knew that if Liu Bei did not flee first, but stayed to meet Ma Chao's cavalry, Zhao Yun's state of "single-riding savior" would always exist, and he would not have fought so hard.

Liu Bei and Zhao Yun led the army to the territory of Deyang County.

Liu Bei said: "From Deyang Ferry, cross the Han River, and three hundred miles ahead is Fushui Pass. โ€

Zhao Yun also breathed a sigh of relief a little tiredly: "Yes, as long as he sees Zhuge Junshi, he will definitely have a way." โ€

Liu Bei immediately wanted to lead the crowd to cross the river.

Suddenly, Zhao Yun said: "The lord is slow. โ€

"What?"

Zhao Yun said: "Lord, Yuan Xi seems to know the whereabouts of our army well. Then the lord crossed the river in a roundabout way and crossed the river from the nearest Deyang ferry, maybe it was also in Yuan Xi's calculations, what if he ambushed our army on the other side?"

The possibility that Zhao Yun said is valid.

Although Bai Xiaowen had to clean up Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, it didn't take much time, and the most important thing was that Bai Xiaowen could go straight to the Lianyun Plank Road, and he didn't need to make a detour of hundreds of miles like Liu Bei's defeated army, of course, he had enough time to rush to the north bank of the Han River and intercept Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took out the Xichuan geographical map that was regarded as a treasure and said: "If you don't cross the river from Deyang County, then you can only continue to the east, walk one hundred and fifty miles, and cross the river in Jiangyang County." It's just that in this way, the distance is even longer. This is less than 10,000 soldiers, and they are extremely tired, so how can I bear to let them endure the pain of running around?"

Next to him, Liu Bei's personal soldiers and troops bowed down one after another: "I am willing to follow the lord, and I will not give up the danger!"

Liu Bei's eyes were slightly red, but fortunately he didn't cry this time.

If Bai Xiaowen is here, he will definitely receive a reminder that Liu Bei's skill "Fu Jun" is activated, and the morale value is +10.

In the first half of Liu Bei's life, he was beaten upside down by Lu Bu, Cao Cao and other princes, running around, and still maintaining a team base, which is indeed not simple.

At that moment, Liu Bei abandoned the Deyang ferry and continued to march east for one hundred and fifty miles, crossing the river in Jiangyang.

After crossing the Han River, he didn't see Yuan's ambush soldiers along the way, and Liu Bei was at ease.

Entering the territory of Jiangyang County, Jiangyang County is not far ahead.

Suddenly, the scout rider in front came to report, and a military horse came coming towards him.

Liu Bei was panicking, and the follow-up reconnaissance cavalry had already brought more accurate news: it turned out that the troops and horses, under the banner of the third general Zhang Fei, turned out to be the reinforcements who responded.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and hurried over to meet Zhang Fei.

When brothers see each other, they are very red-eyedโ€”of course, the redness here is not the kind of redness that enemies meet.

Zhang Fei knelt on the ground, his eyes were red, and said, "I heard that the life and death of the second brother are uncertain, the eldest brother is trapped in Yucheng, and the younger brother is anxious. Luckily, Big Brother is fine, thank goodness!"

Liu Bei helped Zhang Fei up, his eyes were also moist, and said: "Providence is endless, my Liu Bei! If you want to come, the second brother will not be in a big deal, and the three of my brothers will definitely see each other again." โ€

After talking about their parting, Liu Bei asked: "Third brother, where is Zhuge Junshi? Brother Fool is in chaos now, and he must have a military advisor to give advice." โ€

Zhang Fei said: "The military advisor and his insiders, what kind of gossip array is set up in Fushui Pass, and they also use Taoism to pray for fog and block Hanzhong reinforcements. The younger brother was anxious, and after a few words of competition with the military advisor, he asked me to take the soldiers and horses to save the eldest brother. โ€

Liu Bei's face changed color, and he said: "Third brother, you are confused! The military master is not good at martial arts, and his wife is not a battlefield general; there are no soldiers and horses around to protect him, if the Yuan army in Hanzhong enters the pass, wouldn't it be dangerous for the two of them?"

Zhang Fei bowed his head and said, "The military advisor agreed to let me bring the troops." โ€

Liu Bei sighed speechlessly.

Zhao Yun said: "Zhuge Junshi shouldn't put himself in danger, and the lord doesn't have to worry too much. โ€

Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei: "When the military advisor asked you to come, did you give any orders?"

Zhang Fei said: "The military advisor said that Xichuan is no longer available, so after I see my eldest brother, I will escort my eldest brother to return to Jingzhou by land in Bajun." โ€

"This ......" Liu Bei hesitated. Now that there is Zhang Song in Chengdu, and the city of Luocheng has also been captured, he is really reluctant to give up Xichuan! I don't know if there will be such a good opportunity in the future.

Zhao Yun also persuaded: "Lord, you should still obey the arrangement of the military advisor, stay useful, and hope for the future." โ€

Liu Bei sighed, nodded, and said, "That's all." โ€

Suddenly, the drums around him were beating loudly, dense as raindrops, and in the midst of the wilderness, smoke and dust rose heavily.

When Liu Bei hurriedly looked, he saw Han Meng in the northeast and Zhang He in the northwest, each leading an army to kill; in the southwest, the Duke of Yan Guo rose up, and it was obviously Yuan Xi who personally led the army to kill him; the only southeast direction without a banner was also dense with the sound of horses' hooves, and it was obvious that there were also soldiers and horses to kill.