Liu Bao did not go far, and after traveling for a few miles, he stopped, and when the scouts sent out came back to report that Liu Jiao had led his troops to leave, Liu Bao returned to the three-way intersection with a few men and horses.

Liu Bao's second son, Liu Lai, was puzzled and said: "Father, the Wei people's pursuers are coming, why do we have to return if we don't flee quickly?" ”

Liu Bao smiled meaningfully and said, "It is precisely because the chasing soldiers are approaching that we must return." ”

Liu Lai still didn't understand what Liu Bao meant, but he still followed Liu Bao honestly and returned to the three-way intersection before the division of troops.

Liu Bao instructed his subordinates to follow the direction of Liu Jiao's going, and walked forward for several miles, deliberately throwing down a few pieces of broken armor and weapons along the way, of course, they did not throw them in a concentrated manner, but threw them at intervals, which seemed to be discarded at random, rather than deliberately thrown here.

In the end, Liu Bao also ordered to kill a horse that was already injured and discarded it on the side of the road.

After doing all this, they returned to the three-way intersection, and when they retreated to the west, Liu Bao ordered to clear the traces of their walk.

Liu Lai suddenly realized at this time: "It turns out that my father did this on purpose to lead the Wei soldiers to the north." ”

Liu Bao showed an old fox-like smile and said: "This is called a soldier who is not tired of cheating, Liu Jiao has many people and big goals, which will definitely attract the attention of Wei Bing, take this opportunity to add more firewood to the fire, so that we will not attract the attention of Wei Bing when we go west." ”

Liu Bao was very "generous" before handing over the non-headquarters of the Huns to Liu Jiao, which is actually very meaningful, and now the Huns are on the way to escape, not that whoever has more troops, who has an advantage, you don't see that the 100,000 troops of the Huns have been destroyed, and now you have more soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it will be useless.

Because of this, Liu Bao understood the hidden danger of having a large number of people, so he deliberately left his headquarters behind, and handed over the rest of the soldiers and horses to Liu Jiao.

Liu Jiao was still complacent about this, but as everyone knows, he has already been tricked, and it is not a good thing to be targeted by Wei Junqi on this road.

In order to be on the safe side, Liu Bao also deliberately turned back, deliberately left some "road signs" for the Wei cavalry, and cleared the traces of their retreat, and now, the left Huns have few men and horses, and the target is small, so it will not attract the attention of the Wei cavalry.

Liu Lai did not understand Liu Bao's west to Shuofang, Shuofang is the name of Han County, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a county in the north of Chang'an to the Hetao area, named Shuofang County, to the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the frequent wars, Shuofang County was finally abandoned, but the name Shuofang remained, the approximate range is north of Guanzhong, west of the Yellow River, and south of Hetao.

In the era of the Three Kingdoms, it has been reduced to the territory of the Hu people, Qiang, Hu, Di, Xiongnu all coexist, the attack continues, the war is endless, it is the most restless land, Liu Lai does not know why his father Liu Bao wants to go west to Shuofang, to go to this trip to the troubled waters, with now the remnants of the Xiongnu on their left are defeated, and those who are unfamiliar with Shuofang will be destroyed by Qiang Hu all the time.

"Father, why are we going to Shuofang, I heard that the Qianghu on Shuofang is powerful, and we have few soldiers, I'm afraid we can't defeat those Qianghu in the past." Liu Lai took advantage of this opportunity and took the initiative to ask.

Liu Bao didn't answer him directly, but asked rhetorically: "Then do you think it's better to be Saibei or Shuofang?" ”

Liu Lai couldn't help but say that Saibei is the territory of the Xianbei people, and Shuofang is the territory of the Qianghu people, both of which are not good lands, I am afraid that there is no place to compare with Bingzhou, but unfortunately, they don't even have a foothold in Bingzhou now.

Liu Bao smiled and said: "Although Saibei is the homeland of our Xiongnu, but now it is the world of Xianbei people, how powerful the Xianbei people are, Liu Jiao is going, and he has to seek a place in Saibei, it is just a tiger skin, if he can survive by luck, the best result is only to be enslaved by Xianbei people as slaves." And although Shuofang is full of Qianghu, there are many factions, so we can survive in the cracks. ”

After listening to Liu Bao's explanation, Liu Lai understood that going to Saiwai was just going to die, even if he couldn't die, the end would be more miserable, and going to Shuofang would have some chances.

Liu Bao said: "Lai'er, for my father to lay out Shuofang for more than ten years, I sent Hao San to lead the troops across the river to the west, is to prevent today's situation, now Hao San has gained a firm foothold in Gaonu, when the city of Zi was broken before, Yuan'er and others were escorted to Gaonu by the people I secretly arranged, we went this time, although it is far inferior to the state, but there is finally a place to live." ”

As early as more than ten years ago, he had arranged a way to retreat, and deliberately sent his subordinate Hao San to lead his troops to secretly cross the Yellow River west and enter the Shuofang area.

Hao San can also be regarded as a strong general under him, although the Shuofang area is full of Qiang Hu and strong enemies are around, but with the secret support of Liu Bao behind him, Hao San has also played a world in Shuofang over the years, and has gained a firm foothold in the Gaonu area.

When the Zi clan was besieged, although Liu Bao was not in the Zi clan, he had arranged a few cronies in advance to escort Liu Yuan and several other children who he thought were the most important to Gao Nu, which also shows Liu Yuan's status in Liu Bao's mind.

Liu Lai was greatly surprised, he really didn't expect that his father had already planned everything, it seemed that Liu Bao had already planned it.

"Father's plan is tricky, and he is clever."

Liu Bao smiled faintly and said: "It's nothing, the cunning rabbit still has three holes, let alone people?" Although it is good to merge with the state, it is too close to Luoyang, even if there is no reason for this rebellion, the Wei court will find a way to deal with us, make plans and arrangements early, so as not to bring about its own destruction. ”

Leaving the three-way intersection, Liu Bao led the remnants of the Huns on the left more than 3,000 people, all the way to the west, because his whereabouts are low-key, and Liu Jiao, the man who carries the pot, so this way, Liu Bao is safe and sound, it is obvious that the cavalry of the Wei army has been led away by Liu Jiao, and the road they took is the safest.

Soon they rushed to the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River by ferry, and went to Shuofang.

Liu Bao was the last to cross the river, and after all the Hun soldiers had crossed the river, he boarded the ferry, which left the east bank and headed for the west bank. When the boat arrived at the center of the river, Liu Bao looked back at the gradually distant Bingzhou, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this time, they don't know when they can return to the merger, the world is impermanent!