North of Pan County, Yanshan Pass.

The remnants of the Han army, which were less than 300 defeated, walked dejectedly on the gradually narrow road, all wearing red and hanging colors, and their mood was low.

Zhuge Liang, Yan Liang, Huang Zhong and other cadres also had palpitations, were in a trance, and most of them were injured.

Everyone walked and stopped, stopping from time to time, and looked in the direction of the south a few times, as if they were looking forward to someone.

Especially Zhuge Liang, he looked anxious and anxious.

He was looking at Liu Bei's figure.

In the breakthrough half a day ago, thousands of Han troops were lost, and only these people were lucky enough to highlight the Wei army's resistance, but unfortunately, they lost contact with Liu Bei

Liu Bei's life and death are unknown, how can Zhuge Liang not be worried.

Just when he was uneasy, a horse galloped over, and it was Zhang Liao, who was sent back to inquire about Liu Bei's whereabouts.

"Zhang Wenyuan, did Your Majesty come to meet?" Without waiting for Zhang Liao to stop, Zhuge Liang couldn't wait to ask.

Zhang Liao is face was gloomy, and he sighed with a bitter face: "I have already found out, Your Majesty, he has been given birth by the pottery thief...... Bear...... Captured alive. ”

Click!

A thunderbolt from a sunny day mercilessly hit Zhuge Liang's head, and in an instant, he was violently shocked, dizzy, and almost fell from his horse.

The rest of Yan Liang and other generals only changed their expressions slightly, and they were not as deeply affected as Zhuge Liang.

They have long been mentally prepared, today's breakthrough was originally a life of nine deaths, and it was not surprising that Liu Bei failed to escape from the ascension.

Zhuge Liang couldn't accept this cruel truth, and shouted angrily to the sky: "Heaven, you have no eyes, why don't you bless my big man, why don't you bless my majesty, what did your majesty do wrong, what did he do wrong, what did he do wrong......

Zhuge Liang was extremely sad and angry, and scolded endlessly, and the generals, except for Huang Zhong, the rest of Yan Liang and Zhang Liao's emotions were obviously not so painful.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's mood gradually calm down, Yan Liang sighed in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Zhuge should not be too sad, the fact is already so, even if you are grieving, it will not help, now that Your Majesty has fallen into the hands of the pottery thief, it must be more than auspicious, and we should also plan for our future." ”

As soon as his words fell, Zhuge Liang cut into the categorical terms, gritted his teeth and said: "What else is there to plan, as Hanchen, even if Your Majesty is no longer there, we will fight to the death against the pottery thief to the end, and fight intermittently for the great cause of supporting the Han family." ”

"Keep fighting, huh." Yan Liang pursed his lips, "Now that His Majesty is gone, how can we help the Han family, and who can we support?" Will you help Prime Minister Zhuge of Kuang? ”

Zhuge Liang's face sank, and he was speechless when asked for a while.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the direction of the rear team, but I saw a horse galloping towards me.

It's Wei Zhongxian!

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian was holding a little boy in front of him, who turned out to be the crown prince Liu Chan.

"The prince is still alive, the prince is still alive, we have hope!"

Zhuge Liang was immediately ecstatic, as if he saw a glimmer of light in the abyss of despair, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted and pounced, bowed to the ground, and shouted hoarsely in his mouth: "Minister Zhuge Liang greets His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"The old minister meets His Royal Highness the Prince." Huang Zhong also fell to the ground without hesitation.

Zhang Liao hesitated, and had to reluctantly dismount, but he only bowed down and did not kneel.

Only Yan Liang neither knelt nor bowed, not even the horse, but just stared at Liu Chan so coldly.

"Father is exempt...... Excuse me. Liu Chan's voice was as small as a chicken, and it seemed that he was quite frightened.

Zhuge Liang stood up at this time, and at this time Wei Zhongxian had already dismounted with Liu Chan in his arms, Zhuge Liang jumped up in a few steps and hugged Liu Chan in his arms, as if he had picked up a treasure.

"Manager Wei, how did you get here, wasn't Pan County stolen by that stone thief?" Huang Zhong asked curiously.

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "That night, as soon as His Majesty led the army out of the city, the stone thieves began to plot against him, and the old slave noticed that the situation was different, so he took the lead and escaped from the palace with His Royal Highness the Prince, and with the help of several loyal soldiers, he sneaked out of Pan County, and then the old slave heard that His Majesty led the men and horses to break through to the north, so the old slave took His Royal Highness the Prince, and rushed all the way over, but I didn't expect the sky to be pitiful, and the old slave really caught up. ”

Everyone realized.

"Manager Wei, you can save the prince, you have really made a great contribution, a great contribution!" Zhuge Liang patted Wei Zhongxian's shoulder and praised.

"Your Majesty treats the old slave as much as a mountain, and this is all within the old slave's duty." Wei Zhongxian was busy with humility, but looked around again, "What about Your Majesty?" Why don't you see Your Majesty. ”

At the mention of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang's expression immediately darkened, and he sighed for a long time, and then said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty failed to break through, and was captured by the pottery thief, I am afraid it has ...... at this moment Already ......"

Zhuge Liang's tone was choked, and he couldn't bear to say more, but the meaning of his words could not be clearer:

Liu Bei has died.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was immediately grief-stricken, knelt on the ground and cried, old tears.

"Mr. Wei, don't be too sad." Zhuge Liang helped Wei Zhongxian up, hugged Liu Chan into his arms, and said impassionedly: "Although Your Majesty has suffered an accident, we still have the prince here, which shows that tomorrow will not stop my big Han, we should serve the prince as the master, turn grief and anger into strength, continue to fight for Kuang Fu Han family, and fight to the death with that pottery thief!" ”

"Yes, we should respect the prince and fight to the death with the pottery thief!" The veteran Huang Zhong also immediately expressed his attitude impassionedly.

Unfortunately, there were very few responders.

More than half of the soldiers looked at the trembling, timid little kid, and they all looked hesitant and full of doubts.

Yan Liang glanced at Liu Chan with disdain, and said sarcastically: "I said Zhuge Kongming, are you joking with us, with Your Majesty's divine martial arts, they were all destroyed by pottery thieves in the end, and now that our Han Kingdom has been destroyed, we are left with these hundreds of people and horses, and we don't even have a foothold, but you asked us to continue to follow this little kid whose hair has not yet grown, and go to Kuang to help the Han family, you are not confused!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Han soldiers on the left and right nodded their heads in agreement, and most of them were not convinced by this so-called prince.

Zhuge Liang's face sank, and he pointed at Yan Liang and reprimanded: "Okay, you Yan Liang, you dare to be so rude to His Royal Highness the Prince, do you also want to learn from Shi Jingtang to be a traitor?" ”

Yan Liang said coldly: "My Yan Liang is loyal to Your Majesty, and now that Your Majesty is gone, who I am loyal to, it is my Yan Liang's freedom." ”

"Yan Liang, you-" Zhuge Liang was choked and his face turned red.

Yan Liang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him again, snorted coldly, turned around his horse, and looked at the way he came.

Zhuge Liang was anxious, and asked anxiously: "Yan Liang, what are you going to do?" ”

"Don't worry, I, Yan Liang, have been against the pottery thief for many years, and I haven't been stupid enough to surrender to him, let's say goodbye, you can do it yourself." Yan Liang grabbed the horse's belly and galloped away without looking back.

He said that he would not surrender to the potters, and the implication was naturally that he would also defect to Yelu Abaoji like Shi Jingtang Sima Yi.

As soon as Yan Liang took the lead, the hundreds of remnants of the Han army present immediately dispersed and walked away.

Zhang Liao hesitated, but sighed helplessly, and arched his hand to Zhuge Liang: "General Yan is reasonable, Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, your thoughts can only be the Arabian Night, Shu Liao can't be accompanied, take care." ”

After that, Zhang Liao also turned around and turned his horse and followed Yan Liang.

In the blink of an eye, more than 300 remnants, under the leadership of Yan Liang and Zhang Liao, left less than 100 people.

"These two dog thieves dared to betray the prince, and I went to slaughter them." Huang Zhong was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he was about to swing his knife to catch up.

"No need!" Zhuge Liang stopped Huang Zhong and sighed: "The two of them have lost their faith in helping the Han, even if they are forcibly left, I am afraid that they will not only try their best to assist His Royal Highness the Prince, but may also become a hidden danger, they want to be traitors and leave a stench for 10,000 years, so let them go." ”

Huang Zhong swallowed his indignation at this time, but said: "Right now, my Han land has been carved up by the pottery thief and Yelu Abaoji, what should we do now." ”

Zhuge Liang fell into silence, his eyes swept away in all directions, racking his brains to find a way out of this desperate situation.

Looking at the world, the south is the territory of the potters, and the north is the territory of the Xianbei people, both of whom want to put them to death, and they want to achieve the miracle of the restoration of the country in the gap between the two countries, and there is no hope at all.

Zhuge Liang knew this very well in his heart.

If they want to survive, if they want to restore their country, they have to find another way.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly swept a trace of fine light, as if in the darkness, he finally found a bright future.

"Let's go north and cross the Yanshan Mountains!" Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the north, his tone and demeanor rekindled with confidence.

"To the north?" Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, but said: "After crossing Yanshan, we entered the Monan grassland, which is still the territory of the Xianbei people, and we still have no way out." ”

Zhuge Liang resolutely said: "We just have to cross Yanshan, enter Monan, and cross the desert to reach Mobei." ”

"Mobei? Let's go so far, what are we going to do in Mobei? Huang Zhong became more and more puzzled.

Zhuge Liang said slowly: "In the early years, in order to contain the rise of the Xianbei people, I sent people deep into the grassland to find a force that could balance the Xianbei people. ”

Zhuge Liang became more and more excited the more he spoke, took a deep breath, and said excitedly: "Today's big country has no place for us, we can only cross the desert and go to this Temujin, and in the future we will have the opportunity to use the iron horse of the Rouran people to destroy Xianbei first, and then destroy the Wei State, and help me to the Han River!" Avenge your Majesty! ”

(三七 Chinese.)