Fourteen days had passed since the departure from Xuchang, and Cao Cao was waiting for the military report from ahead.

Cao Ren killed countless enemies in the southern and northern wars, and never missed a break in defending the city, and he was still relieved to send him as a vanguard.

Bowangpo Zhuge Liang set fire and burned him fifty or sixty thousand horses, Cao Ren's 100,000 elite soldiers, anyway, they have to set foot in Xinye and kill one or two generals of Liu Bei.

When approaching Xinye, a battle report came: Cao Ren captured Xinye, but Xinye City had been burned down, and Cao Ren's army lost more than 60,000 people.

What about Liu Bei?

A nameless fire had already risen in Cao Cao's heart.

"Flee to Fancheng."

"I'm fucking asking you, how many soldiers and horses did Liu Bei lose?" Cao Cao kicked the scout to the ground.

"This, this...... Liu Bei didn't seem to have lost, and he fled with the people of Xinye......"

"What!?" Cao Cao couldn't believe that Liu Bei didn't lose a single soldier, but consumed more than 60,000 troops of Cao's army, so what is the point of occupying an empty city!

Cao Cao paced back and forth for two steps, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, the generals standing on both sides knew Cao Cao's strange temper, and when they saw him laughing, they didn't dare to speak.

"Zhuge Villager, yes, it seems that it is my Cao Cao who underestimated you!" Cao Cao nodded nervously, touched his beard, his eyes flashed, and said: "Immediately pick up the eight people, half attack Fancheng, half attack Xiangyang, and pay attention to Liu Bei's movements at any time...... Also, prepare 5,000 iron horsemen and hand them over to ...... General Gao Ran, listen to my orders at any time. Well, step aside. ”

He sat down, rubbing the seal in his hand, a little anxious.

A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses were buried in Jingzhou, and this has not yet started the war!

Cao Cao was really a little annoyed this time, when he attacked Yuan Shao, he had more than 30,000 soldiers killed and wounded before he could fight, but when he turned around and went south, he lost 100,000 soldiers and horses before it was unveiled, and he couldn't help but hate Cao Ren's incompetence.

Besides, the night before, Cao Ren was burned by fire for a while, and was flooded for a while, Cao Jun cleaned up and tidied up, and did not dare to return to Xinye City to station, so he had to camp outside the city, Cao Hong was fine, but Xu Chu was gone, Cao Ren couldn't take care of him, and ordered the sergeant to count the people, this count, so that he was shocked, it turned out that there were only about 30,000 sergeants left, and the others were nowhere to be found, these 30,000 or so sergeants, and nearly a third were wounded soldiers.

Cao Ren didn't dare to tell Cao Cao the truth, so he had to report an approximate number, more than 60,000, but he was also chilled when he thought about it, if he was an ordinary general, he would have been beheaded by Cao Cao, he touched his neck, and cold sweat broke out.

This defeat is not a matter of underestimating the enemy, it is completely a matter of IQ.

Although Cao Ren is brave and cautious, how can he be able to defeat Zhuge Liang's tricks?

Before he figured out the other party's way, Cao Ren didn't dare to act rashly.

Waiting for Cao Cao's next order is the best way.

Xu Chu is gone, what's my business? He didn't respect military orders, and I just beheaded him. Cao Ren was triumphant.

In the second half of the night, Xu Chu finally came back with dozens of cavalry, his face was blackened, bare-chested, leaning the steel knife against the wall, looking at Cao Ren who was resting cross-legged, and said angrily: "His grandmother's, Lao Tzu went to catch up with Guan Yu, I didn't expect him to turn around and fight with me, this guy actually has a divine beast!" ”

The corners of Cao Ren's mouth twitched, but he didn't speak.

"If he hadn't been in love with him, Lao Tzu wouldn't want to continue to catch up, and he would definitely fight him for three hundred rounds!" Xu Chu wiped his nose and sneezed coldly, shaking the roof tiles to fall off.

"Zhongkang, you're tired too, let's rest." Cao Ren said coldly.

Xu Chu wiped his body with his broken clothes, his abrupt body rattled, he sat down, the sergeant brought the food, Xu Chuhai ate Hu for a while, and then fell asleep against the wall.

The next day, Fancheng.

Liu Bei didn't sleep all night, and Zhuge Liang discussed the future whereabouts, Zhuge Liang advocated retreating, it is best to capture Xiangyang, Liu Bei himself is the lord of Xiangyang, but Liu Bei hesitated, has not made up his mind, Zhuge Liang was about to persuade him again, Zhang Fei hurried in.

"It's Yide, have you eaten breakfast?" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan.

"What's breakfast? Military advisor, big brother, the latest news, Liu Cong's kid is going to surrender to Cao Cao! Zhang Fei's eyes widened like brass bells, and he said with spit flying.

Liu Bei's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he looked at Zhuge Liang, who saw that both of them were staring at him, smiled slightly, and said, "It's expected." Now the plan, the lord, the three generals, I have to withdraw quickly, faster than Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, enter Jiangling, and unite with Liu Qi of Jiangxia, and resist Cao's army again. Now, how can this small Fancheng resist Cao Jun? ”

Liu Bei touched his beard, nodded, and said, "I'll go see General Liu Yu." ”

Liu Mi, who is the commander of Fancheng County, is very friendly with Liu Bei, Liu Bei was about to get up, but he came first.

"Uncle Huang, are you leaving?" Liu Mi asked directly.

"yes." Liu Bei let Liu Mi sit down, "Cao's army is fierce, and our army is difficult to resist, so I have to slowly figure it out." ”

"Please take us away." Liu Mi knelt down with a thud, "The people of the whole county want to follow you." ”

"You old man, you are so ignorant, the people followed my eldest brother, didn't they be caught up by Cao Cao sooner or later?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and he was reprimanded by Liu Bei: "Third brother, Hugh is presumptuous!" ”

Zhuge Liang was also nervous in his heart, and Liu Bei said: "Military advisor, you see, if the people want to follow us, how can I bear to leave it alone?" ”

Zhuge Liang groaned, this was indeed something he didn't calculate.

"Uncle Huang, have you forgotten the Xuzhou Massacre?" Liu Mi begged bitterly.

This sentence lit up Zhuge Liang's memories, Liu Bei hurriedly helped him up, and said: "Liu Bei is not talented, he promised the people of the county." However, Liu Bei is about to set off, please hurry up, okay? ”

Liu Mi was overjoyed and said, "The old man's whole family also follows Uncle Huang!" ”

Seeing that the situation had changed, Kong Ming hurriedly pulled Liu Bei over and said, "Lord, I want to give an order." ”

"Strategist, give the order, the sword is here!" Liu Bei instructed: "Hurry up and ask you to discuss matters in the future!" ”

Soon, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Guan Ping, Liu Feng, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others rushed over, Liu Bei sat at the bottom, Zhuge Liang sat at the top, holding the sword in one hand, without saying a word.

When everyone arrived, Zhuge Liang first asked, "The master mother and the little master, who wants to escort them?" ”

The generals were silent, and Zhao Yun took the first step forward and said, "I am willing." Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei also caught up with a step, and the two of them said it at the same time.

"Zilong, don't rob me with Lao Zhang." Zhang Fei pushed Zilong away, and hurriedly stepped forward to receive the token.

Zhuge Liang put his hand away and said, "Yide, you are still escorting the lord, how about it?" ”

"Why?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, but Zhuge Liang was not afraid of him, and asked rhetorically, "Don't you want to escort the lord?" ”

Zhang Fei didn't have any scheming, and followed Zhuge Liang and said: "Why don't you want to, Lao Zhang and his eldest brother have been born and died for nearly 20 years, and they haven't protected their eldest brother all the way?" What do you mean? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, stuffed the token into Zhang Fei's hand, and continued: "Zhao Yun listens to the order, and you must escort the master mother and the little master, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Zhang Fei only knew at this time that he had fallen for Zhuge Liang and stood on the spot, not knowing what to say.

"Strategist, what should I do?" Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun had work to do, and he couldn't help but be anxious.

Zhuge Liang took the token and said unhurriedly: "Yun Chang, there is something important for you to do." ”

Hearing that it was something important, Guan Yu was energetic and said, "The military advisor commands." ”

"General Guan, please bring 10,000 soldiers and horses, take away all the ships in Fancheng, pass through Xiangyang, attack Xiangyang, it is expected that the people in Xiangyang City will turn against each other at this time, and no one is the general's opponent, after the general captures Xiangyang, do not stay, just break the four-sided city gates, take away some ships in the city as much as possible, and then, cross the Han River, to the back of the Changban slope, there is a mountain, named Feihu Mountain. You hide the ship on the Flying Tiger Mountain, and ambush it on the mountain, and when the lord is defeated at the foot of the Flying Tiger Mountain, you open this and do what is written on it, and you can retreat to Cao's soldiers. As he spoke, Zhuge Liang took a bag from the case and handed it to Guan Yu.

A trick can save the lord and retire Cao Bing? Guan Yu was skeptical, but after Kong Ming came out of the mountain, Liu Bei fought two big victories in succession, and Guan Yu was also very convinced, so he took the bag and took the order.

"Rest of you, please arrange your baggage and follow the lord. Lord, is it appropriate for Liang to arrange it like this? ”

Liu Bei didn't know what he meant by this arrangement, so he nodded and said, "The military division is very thoughtful, military division, let's hurry up." ”

Zhuge Liang stepped back from above, bowed in front of Liu Bei, and said: "Lord, Liang will lead five hundred cavalry to Jiangxia in the starry night, and ask Liu Qi to answer." There is a small county of Xiakou not far from Jiangxia, and the county commander Liu Xian is also a member of the Han family, and he will definitely help each other, and Liang wants to invite the two of them to come to meet the lord across the river. ”

Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang was going to leave him, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked. Zhuge Liang saw that his face was embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Lord, Zilong and Yide are here, it is easy to escape the pursuit of Cao Bing, the lord can't fight with Cao Jun, just run to the southeast." ”

Liu Bei put his heart at ease, stepped forward to hold Zhuge Liang's hand, and said, "Everything is done according to what the military advisor said!" ”

As soon as the sky was bright, Liu Bei took more than 200,000 people in the county out of Fancheng and headed for the southeast.

After receiving Liu Cong's surrender letter, Cao Cao read it carefully twice, closed the letter, and said: "Xiahoudun, go to Xiangyang to lead the surrender, I will rush to Xiangyang immediately." By the way, where is Liu Bei now? ”

Xun Yu, who was standing on the side, said: "Prime Minister, Liu Bei is in Fancheng, and he has sent Cao Ren and Li Dian to lead troops to attack. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, Liu Bei will flee to the southeast, Gao Lan, you lead five thousand iron horsemen, go to chase Liu Bei in the starry night, and when I enter Xiangyang, I will come later." ”

Gao Lan is one of the four court pillars in Hebei, after the death of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, only he and Zhang He were left, Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun and Cao Ren two cronies to attack Liu Bei, and they all suffered defeats, and he was not good at beheading the two, and there were quite a few complaints in the army, this time Cao Cao was smart, and sent the generals to fight the vanguard, if he was defeated, it was also good to deal with military law to calm the army's heart. And Gao Lan's martial arts, no less than Xiahoudun and Cao Ren, sent him to play the forward, maybe he could catch Liu Bei.

After escaping from Fancheng, Zhao Yun took Cai Lu with Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi and the young lord Adou, Liu Feng and Zhao Yun escorted the main mother's chariot to flee quickly to the southeast.

Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi were married by Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Adou Liu Chan was born to Mrs. Gan, but Mrs. Gan had no milk, Mrs. Mi loved it very much, and there was a lot of milk, so she was often held in her arms.

Guan Ping and Zhou Cang followed Guan Yu away, and Zhang Fei escorted Liu Bei all the way to Xiangyang, and more than 200,000 people pushed carts and walked along the way, densely packed, so Liu Bei's escape speed was also extremely slow.

In order to appease the people, Liu Bei distributed the military grain to the people, and thanked the people of Dade, but no one knew at this time that this might be their last meal.

In the afternoon, Xiangyang has arrived, Guan Yu has already broken through the city, only to see that the four city gates have been destroyed, and the city is erected with white flags, seeing Liu Bei coming, Cai Mao walked up to the city tower, immediately arranged the archers, and shouted from afar: "Liu Bei, what are you doing in Xiangyang?" ”

Liu Bei was furious and scolded: "Cai Mao, I actually instigated the little master to surrender and surrender the people of Jingzhou to Cao Cao, I, Liu Bei, will not let you go!" ”

"Hahaha, it's just a fool's dream, Liu Bei, your Guan Yu is so rude, he broke through my city gate, robbed my ship, you have the ability to enter the city and kill me, Prime Minister Cao Cheng will arrive tomorrow, and he will capture you alive!"

Liu Bei pointed at him with a horsewhip and said, "Traitor, I Liu Bei killed you, and I also defiled my knife!" In the future, the thief will clean you up! ”

Cai Mao looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "The dog that lost his family is still barking under my city!" Tell you, I have been appointed by Prime Minister Cao Cheng as the Governor of the Naval Army, and this time I will not only recover Jingzhou, but also sweep Jiangdong! Liu Bei, I'll catch you another day! Shoot the arrows! ”

Countless arrows were shot on the city, and they were shot into the people's pile, Liu Bei was angry, but it was not easy to attack the city, so he had to endure this evil breath, and took the army and the people, bypassing Xiangyang and going south.

"Zilong, if you march like this, you will be caught up by Cao Cao sooner or later." Cai Lu rode a horse and said to Zhao Yundao.

"The lord is benevolent, you can't bear to leave the people behind, pick green, if the situation is critical, you run for your life." Zhao Yundao.

Cai Lu's eyes were full of tears, and he looked at Zhao Yun and said, "No, I don't want to leave you." ”

"Silly girl, I have more than enough to save my life, and if you are drawn into battle, I will be uneasy."

Cai Lu knew that if he was not there, Zhao Yun would have no distractions, and there would indeed be no big problem, so he had to nod.

The sun shines on the head, although the people are under the command of the county commander Liu Mi, they are still in order, but after all, they have to help the old and the young, and the family is soft and many, so they can't go fast, and they can only walk ten miles a day at most, Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi are also anxious, and ask Zhao Yun from time to time where is in front.

"Master, in front of you is Baling Village, and the high mountain on the right is called Jingshan."

The sky gradually darkened, Zhao Yun was faintly uneasy in his heart, he calculated on his fingers, it had been two days and one night since he fled from Fancheng, why hadn't Cao Jun caught up yet?

Could it be that Cao Cao did not move his troops after he was surrendered?

It's not like Cao Cao's style.

At the time of the Xuzhou Massacre, he was also a surprise soldier in the starry night, attacking Xuzhou, and during the Battle of Guandu, he also took a night attack and burned the black nest. Night attack is a major feature of Cao Cao's rush battle, Zhuge Liang burned Cao Cao's 100,000 soldiers and horses with two fires, how could he be convinced?

"Zilong, why don't we rest at the foot of the mountain." Mrs. Gan said.

Just received a military order, Liu Bei temporarily stationed at the foot of Jingshan, but then another military order came, Liu Bei ordered everyone not to rest at night and rush south.

Zhao Yun showed the two military orders to Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Gan had no choice but to urge forward, and Adou in front of him cried again, cried for a while, stopped crying, presumably Mrs. Mi breastfed him.

At the foot of Jingshan, it was already midnight, but he heard the rumbling of hooves in the north, and Zhao Yun knew that it was not good, and Cao Jun was coming.

The vanguard of the Cao army is Gao Ran, receiving Cao Cao's military order, he led five thousand iron cavalry has been rushing for a day and a night, rushed to the vicinity of Changban Slope in Dangyang, the sergeant came to report, and found countless people in Xiangyang and Fancheng in front, Gao Ran was overjoyed, and finally caught up with Liu Bei, and immediately ordered: immediately disperse the people and chase and kill Liu Bei!

Gao Ran lifted the giant axe of Kaishan, led the army to rush out first, the people scattered in a hurry, in the dark, torches were everywhere, iron hooves trampled indiscriminately, crying and shouting all over the mountains, Cao Jun iron cavalry rushed everywhere, shouting "Arrest Liu Bei".

"Zilong, the lord is in danger." Liu Feng is Liu Bei's righteous son who took refuge in Yuan Shao, and he came at this time and said: "Zilong, I just met the third general, and he said that he was looking for the lord!" ”

"What!? Isn't Wing De in charge of escorting the lord? Zhao Yun was shocked, thought about it carefully, and said, "You must protect the mastermother, I will come when I go!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Yun rode forward and galloped forward.

This night, the stars and moon were dark, and Zhao Yun rushed in the direction of the torch, but the plains and slopes around Jingshan were very wide, and Zhao Yun rushed for a few times, but he didn't see Liu Bei.

He had no choice but to turn around and look for his mother.

But when he returned to the original road, he found that the main mother's car had long been gone, and he walked south along the ancient road, and there was no trace of the main mother.

Worst!