"Ping Gongzi, please take a step to speak," at this time, the full favor who escaped his life suddenly spoke.

"What?" Liu Ping followed Man Pet away a few steps and asked in a low voice.

Man Zhong pinched his beard and said with a puzzled look: "The thieves are ambushing here, since they have been planning for a long time, this is strange." ”

"What's so strange?" Liu Ping had already concluded at this time that this matter must be related to Liu Bei, but he felt that there was indeed a key point that he hadn't figured out, and he couldn't remember which point it was for a while.

"Childe, please think," Man Chong pinched his beard and said confusedly: "Under the order of the prime minister, he never stopped all the way, and went straight to Guanzhong, and then Childe did not delay and set off immediately, so when did the thief get the news and ambush here in advance?" ”

"That's right," Liu Ping's mind suddenly lit up, and the key doubt emerged, "If the thieves find out the news of my departure, and then make preparations, it will definitely be too late."

However, the thieves have been prepared for a long time, which can only show that since my father-in-law sent Bo Ning out of Yecheng, and at the same time, the thieves have already known the news that I am about to go, so they can set up an ambush here in advance. ”

"This shows that there are people around the prime minister who report to the thieves," Man Zhong sighed; "Speaking of which, Man's suspicion is not small."

Full pet is responsible for delivering letters, if full pet leaves, arrange someone to send a letter to the thief in advance, of course, you can do it in advance.

Liu Ping frowned and said, "I don't know if my father-in-law invited me back to celebrate my birthday, whether he told you alone or in public." ”

"Said in public," Man Zhong affirmed: "At that time, the prime minister was deliberating, and he had just received the news that Gongzi had pacified Liangzhou, and then arranged for Man to come to deliver the letter. ”

"In this way, Berning is not very suspicious," Liu Ping sighed and said: "It's just that this real spy is not easy to investigate, not only are all the people present at the time suspicious, but so many people, it is difficult to say that they casually leaked this news and was heard by those who have a heart." ”

At this time, Cao Cao's deliberations were not like those in Yanzhou before, where there were only a limited number of people.

Now that Cao Cao is the prime minister of the dynasty, the deliberations are similar to those of the previous dynasty, and there may be many people who know the news that Liu Ping is about to go to Yecheng.

"Forget it, don't think about it yet, let's talk about it if you have the life to escape back to Yecheng," Liu Ping waved his hand, they were still in danger at this time, and they didn't have the energy to think so much.

They returned to the group.

"Lord, do you want the last general to lead the men and horses to open up the road ahead?" Tai Shi Ci clenched his fists and asked for his life.

"No," Liu Ping stopped: "There are so many archers in front, you rush forward is no different from sending them to death, the terrain here is dangerous, retreat first, and leave this valley." ”

The mountains on both sides are steep and difficult to climb, making them ideal for ambushes.

Everyone walked back under Liu Ping's order, but after walking for a while, they didn't find the pursuers.

Liu Ping couldn't help but be surprised, and said to himself: "It's strange, why didn't they send someone to chase after us when they saw us fleeing?"

Could it be that someone has already cut off the back road? ”

"When this is the case," Man Zhong looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "Since the thieves have been prepared for a long time, and they have chosen such a dangerous place, it is impossible not to send people to intercept them while blocking them in front."

They don't come to chase them, maybe that's why, they know that we can't escape. ”

Liu Ping looked up, only to see that the cliffs on both sides were as steep as a knife cutting his father, and he couldn't climb at all, he sighed: "Could it be that this time it is difficult to fly with wings?" ”

"Be careful, there must be an ambush ahead," Tai Shici listened to Liu Ping's words and loudly gave orders to the soldiers.

After only a few miles, there were two forks in the road.

One is the road they came, and the other is like a stone gate, zigzag inward, covered with clouds and mountains, and I don't know where it leads.

Ma Chao said: "Lord, since it has been concluded that there is an ambush on the way to come, and there is a fork in the road here, why don't we follow this road and find a way out." ”

Liu Ping cautiously got out of the car, looked at it carefully, and then shook his head and said: "Before the thieves ambushed here, they must have explored the surrounding terrain a long time ago, since this road is not defended, it naturally means that this road is impassable."

And you see that there is not a single grass growing in this ground, and it is so smooth, it is evident that something often rubs against it, and perhaps there is some dangerous beast living in the valley, and it is not easy to go and test it, or to return the way it came. ”

For the unknown danger in the valley, it is better to go back and face the ambush.

After all, this era is vast and sparsely populated, and there may be some fierce giant beasts that have been bred.

Everyone felt that Liu Ping's words were reasonable, since the thief army did not defend here, it naturally felt that there was no need to fortify, and it would never deliberately leave them a way out.

So they all went back the way they came.

After another three or five miles, the sky gradually darkened, and the people were thinking of rushing out of this valley while it was half dark, but when they turned a corner, they saw hundreds of archers blocking the way in front of them.

And on both sides, there were also many archers in ambush.

At the head of the front was a young general, with a white helmet and white armor, a white war horse in his crotch, and a bright silver spear.

"Changshan Zhao Yun!" The general immediately speared and said proudly.

Liu Ping's scalp was numb for a while, and in this place, he actually ran into Zhao Yun, and looking at the posture, this person had already surrendered to Liu Bei.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" Liu Ping ordered loudly.

If you want to talk about combat power, he now has four generals under Tai Shici, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, and Pang De, everyone can make a few moves under Zhao Yun, and any combination of two people can defeat Zhao Yun.

However, the hundreds of archers behind Zhao Yun were not easy to deal with.

Zhao Yun is not an impulsive general, he has a strong execution, and in the case of a steady victory, it is impossible to provoke him to come over and fight alone, so he can only retreat quickly.

"Liu Ping, you have wings and can't fly, and you still don't want to be caught?"

Zhao Yun really did not use his own force and charged forward, but gave an order, ordering the archers to fire arrows in unison.

The 100 soldiers under Liu Ping who escaped alive were killed and wounded more than half of them at this time, and even Xu Huang Pang De had arrow wounds on his body, but fortunately escaped from the attack range of Zhao Yun's archers.

Liu Ping's carriage was already full of feathered arrows.

"What should I do?"

The group returned to the three-way intersection, and now there were archers in ambush on both roads, and the other road was not very safe.

At this time, he heard neat footsteps on both sides, and sent soldiers to visit, and as soon as he took two steps and poked his head out, he was immediately shot into a hedgehog, and it turned out to be an ambush of archers on both sides.

"Go this way," Liu Ping had to point along the road he had never walked before.

There's no way, it's really cornered, and it's better to break through this unknown road than to be shot here......