The ruined city, the flames of war have not been completely extinguished, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, the black smoke that gradually dissipates around the city and the corpses all over the city tell the cruelty of the battlefield.

The soldiers around numbly cleaned up the corpses on the ground, and threw the corpses on the city tower outside the city, whether it was their own or the enemy's, the bloody breath permeated the surroundings and was disgusting, and they didn't care that Liu Bei, who was the lord, was by his side, many people sat down directly against the city wall, and the expressions on their faces were numb or numb, they didn't even know why they were fighting this battle.

"Lord, eat something." Chen Zhi handed a bowl of porridge to Liu Bei and called softly.

Liu Bei's state is not very good in the past few days, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are dead, Ji Ling is also dead, Zhuge Liang is nowhere to be found, and now Chen Gong has also died in Dianjiang, and the troops from Jingzhou have fled a lot, and many of the soldiers borrowed from Liu Zhang are also unwilling to follow Liu Bei and secretly escaped.

Coupled with Wuyi and Zhang He's pressing step by step, Liu Bei is now almost at the end of the road.

"What about the casualties in the army?" Liu Bei opened his mouth, his lips were already chapped, but looking at the steaming porridge in front of him couldn't arouse his appetite.

"There are more than seven thousand." Chen Zhi sighed, Dianjiang was lost, Liu Bei's original army did not die much, but there were too many escapes, people's hearts were scattered, so many people gathered in one place, it was really difficult to guard against deserters.

Seven thousand?

Lu Bu took a deep breath, leaned against the enemy tower and closed his eyes, as soon as he closed his eyes, the voices and smiles of his two brothers flashed in front of him.

Liu Bei has cried many times in his life, but this time he is absolutely sincere, lamenting the death of his brother and best friend, and the confusion about the road ahead? He wondered if he should continue fighting. Where else can I tolerate myself in this world?

"Lord......" Chen Zhi looked at Liu Bei's appearance, and he was also sad? Did he follow Liu Bei on Liu Bei's escape? How did Liu Bei rise step by step, and Chen Zhi naturally saw it in his eyes? The great cause is not half empty, don't say Liu Bei? Chen Zhi felt uncomfortable.

Seven thousand people guarding Jiangzhou? It seems like a lot, but now for them, it is a desperate situation, don't say that Zhang He's army has forty or fifty thousand? Just these more than 7,000 people? It is a problem that how many people are willing to fight to the death with Liu Bei, the Jingzhou army wants to go back, the Shu army and Liu Bei are not of the same mind, and what's worse is that Chen Gong, who has been helping Liu Bei with advice, died? Zhang Song's people also disappeared early.

Alas~

Liu Bei stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face and looked at the silent night? The head thought quickly: "Uncle Zhi, Jiangzhou has become a place of death?" We can't stay here any longer. ”

Chen Zhi nodded: "The lord's meaning is ......"

"While Jiangzhou is not completely trapped, will we wait for a breakthrough? Go to Nanzhong. Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

Although Nanzhong is a wild place? But that's why? Even if the Ming army captures Shudi, it will be difficult to send a large army over, and whether it can be revived is not to be said first, but Nanzhong is Liu Bei's only way to survive at present.

"Lord, it's just that the soldiers ......" Chen Zhi frowned and said, now how many of these soldiers are willing to follow Liu Bei into Nanzhong?

Not to mention those ordinary soldiers, it is Wen Ping and Liu Pan, how many people are willing?

Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Go and call the generals, and I will discuss with everyone, no matter what I say for a while, don't say much." ”

"Whoa!" Chen Zhi nodded and bowed to leave.

After a while, Wen Ping, Liu Pan and other generals gathered here in Liu Bei.

"Lord, what are you looking for me?" Wen Ping asked with a bow.

"Bei is incompetent, this time I entered Shu, I wanted to lead the soldiers to capture Shu, but I was incompetent, not only failed to break Shu, but also lost the foundation of Jingzhou." When Liu Bei said this, he sighed, looked at the generals and said: "Now Bei is at the end of the road, since he knows that he is dead, Bei really can't bear to die in vain with Bei Bei." ”

"What did the lord say, I am willing to die for the lord!" Liu Pan hurriedly said.

Liu Bei shook his head: "Death deserves to be deserved, knowing that it is meaningless to die in such a battle, why let the soldiers give their lives in vain?" ”

"Lord......" Wen Ping wanted to say something, but Liu Bei stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Tonight, Bei will let go of the four gates, those who are willing to go, you can leave, you will never leave difficulties, you will fight for Liu Bei in all directions, now the defeat is imminent, Bei can't give you wealth, but I don't want you to give your lives in vain, go." Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Uncle Zhi!" ”

"The last general!" Chen stepped forward and bowed down to receive the order.

"The four doors are open to the people, and no matter who wants to leave, they must not be stopped!" Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"The last general commands!" Chen Zhi hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said.

"It's all gone, it's scattered~" Liu Bei looked at the generals, waved his hand and said, "There's no need to say goodbye." ”

"The last will retire!" The generals left in some hesitation, leaving Liu Bei alone in the city tower, looking at the sunset outside the door, and sighed weakly.

It's good to disperse, it's good to disperse.

The city gate was really opened as Liu Bei said, this move naturally attracted Zhang He's attention, and then people kept pouring out, which naturally attracted Zhang He's attention.

"What happened? What is Liu Bei's idea? Standing on the gate, looking at the gate of Jiangzhou City from a distance, there were enemy soldiers out of the city from time to time, which made Zhang He a little surprised, what kind of trick is Liu Bei?

Under the unknown depth, Zhang He ordered people to arrest a few enemy soldiers for questioning, but the news he got made Zhang He a little confused.

"General, since that's the case, why didn't Liu Bei surrender directly?" A general asked with a frown.

Zhang He shook his head, he couldn't figure out what Liu Bei was thinking, but for the sake of prudence, he still sent people to gather these soldiers and horses who went out of the city, collected their weapons, and saw what tricks Liu Bei played.

"Lord, the four doors have been opened!" When Chen found Liu Bei again, it was already night.

"Uncle Zhi is really not leaving? With the ability of the uncle, if he votes for the Ming army, he will be reused. Liu Bei looked at Chen Zhi and asked with a smile.

"The last general is willing to follow the lord to the death." Chen Zhi bowed and said.

Liu Bei patted Chen Zhi's shoulder, nodded and said, "How many people stay?" ”

"General Liu Pan stayed, and Zhongye also stayed." Chen Zhi bowed down and said: "There are probably more than 300 soldiers who have not left now, all of whom are elites who have followed the lord for many years, and in addition, there is also a captain named Xing Daorong. ”

"Xing Daorong?" Liu Bei felt that this name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it carefully.

"This is the general of Lingling, and later General Yide saw that this person was strong, so he recruited under his command, this time the lord led his troops into Shu, and was sent over by General Yide, saying that he let him make meritorious service, and the last general just let him go back, but he refused." Chen Zhi said with a smile.

"Oh? Why? Liu Bei was surprised.

"He wants to avenge General Yide!" Chen Zhi sighed.

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt a sour nose, shook his head and said: "I don't want Yide to be such a loyal and brave man, it's just that he wants to stay, take everyone with him, break through with me at night, and go to Nanzhong, this time, you may never come back, uncle." ”

"The lord does not need to say much, the last general has already decided to follow the lord!" Chen Zhi bowed and said.

"Let's go!" Liu Bei nodded, got up and said, in addition to Chen Zhi, Liu Pan, Wen Ping, Xing Daorong The three generals, Sun Qian and Jian Yong, who were left behind, these two were Liu Bei's early strategists, when Liu Bei was down, both of them also followed Liu Bei, and at this time followed Liu Bei, Liu Bei was not surprised, the three of them met, just looked at each other and smiled, did not say much, came out of the west gate by the night, and soon disappeared into the night.

Zhang He's side, but it was not until dawn the next day that he sent people into the city to investigate, but what was left was only an empty city, except for the people in the city, there was no trace of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took such a move, just to get out? This made Zhang He a little confused, since this is the case, surrendering directly is, why bother?

He didn't understand what Liu Bei was thinking, but no matter what he was thinking, it had nothing to do with Zhang He, so he quickly sent someone to send a letter to Wuyi, and then ordered someone to go to Jingzhou by water with an urgent letter to report the matter to Chen Mo, no matter what, Liu Bei is gone, and the main cities in Shu are now in the hands of the Ming army, this Shu land is decided, and what to do next has nothing to do with Zhang He and Wuyi.

Jingzhou, Xiakou.

When Chen Mo received the letter, it was the third day after the capture of Jiangzhou, and Chen Jin also rushed to Jingzhou from Jiujiang with Deng Ai and Xu Qian.

"Jin'er, what do you think about this matter?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Jin and asked with a smile.

"Erchen thinks it......" After Chen Jin read the report, he thought about it and said: "Since Liu Bei has been defeated but is unwilling to surrender, the place where he can live now is nothing more than Jiangdong and Nanzhong, if he defects to Jiangdong, Erchen feels that it is better to defect to his father, so Liu Bei is probably still unwilling." ”

"You've also seen these strategies for governing Shu, which one do you think is feasible?" Chen Mo looked at Chen Jin and smiled.

"If it is feasible, it is actually feasible, but if you want to last for a long time, Erchen thinks that this set is the most suitable for Shudi." What Chen Jin came up with was exactly the one that Chen Mo and Zhuge Liang had discussed, and the particularity of Shu was destined not to be governed by the same way as ordinary prefectures and counties.

"Let you go to cure Shu, can you have confidence?" Chen Mo looked at Chen Jin and asked.

Chen Jin hesitated for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Erchen is willing to give it a try." ”

"Then let's get out as soon as possible." Chen Mo nodded.

"Now?" Chen Jin looked up in amazement and looked at Chen Mo.

"Although Shu is down, but the army can't stay in Shu for a long time to suppress, so someone must go to govern, others, Gongda they can't stay in Shu often, others either don't have enough ability, or don't worry about their father, think about it, only you are barely enough, there will be a big war here, it is inconvenient for my son to stay here, it is better to enter Shu as soon as possible, and let Shu be governed as soon as possible." Chen Mo nodded and said, "With you, I can rest assured for my father." ”

Chen Jin got up and said, "Father, rest assured, my son will do his best!" ”

"Pack up and go." Chen Mo got up and said, "Send you for your father." ”

"Whoa!"