Liu Bei led the army to walk a few miles away from the village, turned the dirt mountain, and suddenly a burst of torches were lit, and there were many armor soldiers on the mountain, and they all shouted: "Leave Liu Bei!" Cao Gong is waiting here! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly ran away, and Chen Zhi said: "Don't worry, but come with so." ”

Chen Zhi jumped on the horse with a spear and opened a bloody road, and Liu Bei followed behind with a double-strand sword. was fighting bravely, Xu Chu chased after him and fought with Chen Zhili. Behind Yu Ban and Li Dian killed again, Liu Bei saw that the situation was critical and fled.

Hearing the shouts behind him, Liu Bei went to the deep mountain and escaped with a horse. When it was dawn, a military horse rushed out of the side hillside. Liu Bei was shocked, and after a closer look, it turned out that Liu Pi led more than 1,000 defeated troops to escort Liu Bei's family.

Sun Qian, Jian Yong, and Mi Fang also arrived, and they all cried: "Xiahoudun's army is very strong, so he abandoned the city and left. Cao Bing rushed over, but fortunately Yun Chang was able to stop, so he had to get out. ”

Liu Bei asked, "I don't know where my second brother Yun Changjin is?" ”

Liu Pi replied: "The general goes first, but then cares." ”

Liu Bei and the others walked a few miles away, a drum sounded, and a group of people came out in front. The first general, Zhang He, shouted: "Liu Bei, get off the horse and surrender!" ”

Liu Bei was just about to retreat, but he saw the red flag fluttering on the mountain, and a military horse rushed out of the mountain dock, headed by the general, who was Gao Lan. Liu Bei had no way out, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Why did God make me suffer such a dilemma!" At this point, it is better to die! ”

Liu Bei was about to draw his sword and kill himself, but Liu Bi hurriedly stopped him and said: "Rong fights to the death, take the road to save the king." ”

After Liu Bi finished speaking, he came to confront Gao Lan. Liu Bi rushed towards Gao Ran with his spear, Gao Ran pushed away Liu Bi's spear with a halberd, and rode his horse to dodge the past. Gao Lan's halberd broke through Liu Pi's door, Liu Bi desperately blocked it, Gao Lan's halberd stirred up the force to push Liu Pi off the horse, and then made up a halberd to stab Liu Bi to death.

Liu Bei saw that Liu Pi and Gao Ran couldn't fight three times, and was slashed under the horse by Gao Lan, panicking and at a loss. Liu Bei was about to muster up the courage to fight with Gao Ran, but he saw that Gao Lan's rear army suddenly saw that he was in chaos, and he rushed into battle.

A little cold man arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon, Gao Ran hurriedly returned to his horse to resist, but was stabbed in the right arm by Chen Zhi's surprise attack. Liu Bei saw the face of the general clearly, and it turned out to be Chen Dao. Liu Bei was overjoyed, Chen Zhi came to kill with a gun, Gao Ran hurriedly retreated, Chen Zhi killed the rear team, and came to the front army to fight Zhang He alone.

Zhang He and Chen Zhi fought for more than 30 years, and they were defeated. Chen Zhi took advantage of the situation to rush to kill, but was guarded by Zhang Hebing's mountain pass, and the road was narrow and Chen Zhi couldn't rush out. Chen Zhi and Liu Bei were rushing to kill, only to see Guan Yu and his eldest son Guan Ping lead more than 300 horsemen to kill. Attack each other twice and kill Zhang He.

Liu Bei and the others went out of the pass and occupied the dangerous place in the mountain. Liu Bei sighed and said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, thanks to you for coming in time, what about the third brother?" ”

"Big brother, wait for me to look for him." Guan Yu rode on a red rabbit horse and galloped away alone, and finally found Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei came to see Liu Bei, Liu Bei hugged Zhang Fei who rushed over, Zhang Fei was as if he had been splashed with blood, it seemed that he had experienced a bloody battle, he said with tears in his eyes: "Big brother, I can be regarded as killing to see you!" ”

It turned out that when Zhang Fei went to save Gong Du, Gong Du had already been killed by Xiahou Yuan. Zhang Fei fought hard to kill Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan was afraid that his niece was married to Zhang Fei, and he couldn't bear to chase and kill. Zhang Fei hurried to rescue Xiahou Juan, but was surrounded by Lejin's army.

Guan Yu met Gong Du's defeated army on the road, collected the remnants of the army and traced away, killed and retreated, and returned to Liu Bei with Zhang Fei. The people reported that the Cao army brigade was coming, and Liu Bei taught Sun Qian and others to protect the old and the young first. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Zhi followed, and fought and retreated. Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei had fled far away, and the army was not in a hurry to catch up.

Liu Bei's defeated army was less than 1,000 and fled in disarray. There is a large river in front of me, and when I ask a local, I know that this is the Han River. Liu Beiquan and camped, and the man knew that the person in front of him was Liu Bei, the uncle of the Han Emperor, so he offered sheep wine and drank with Liu Bei and others on the beach.

Liu Bei sighed: "All the monarchs have the talent of Wang Zuo, and unfortunately follow Liu Bei. The embarrassment of the preparation will affect all the kings. Today, there is no place to stand, and I am afraid that there will be a mistake for you. Why don't you abandon your preparations and go to the Lord for fame? ”

Everyone hid their faces and cried, Zhang Fei said: "Today's eldest brother was defeated by Cao Cao, because he had no good strategy, and he had few soldiers. Can An be undefeated? It's better to go to Jiangdong, then Han Xuan and Chen Wu have some friendship with their eldest brother, and with his help, they will definitely be able to stop Cao Cao. ”

Liu Bei was about to hesitate, but saw Guan Yu and said: "Why did the third brother say such depressing words, now that Han Xuan is dead, Chen Wu is a martial artist, how can he stop Cao Cao's army?" ”

Sun Qian also stepped forward and said: "There are times of success or failure, don't lose heart. This is not far from Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng sits in Jingxiang, the soldiers are strong and the food is sufficient, and he and the lord are all relatives of the Han family, why did he go to Jiangdong? ”

Liu Bei hesitated: "But I'm afraid it won't be heard." ”

Sun Qian bowed his hand and said: "I would like to say it first, so that Jingsheng will leave the country and welcome the lord." ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he ordered Sun Qianxing to go to Jingzhou at night. When I went to Xiangyang to see Liu Biao, after the ceremony, Liu Biao asked: "Mr. Liu Xuande, why did you come here?" ”

Sun Qian said: "Liu Yuanjun is a hero in the world, although he has few soldiers, he wants to help Sheji. Runan Liu Pi and Gong Du had no relatives, and they also repaid them with death. The Ming Duke and the envoy are both members of the Han family; Now the king is newly defeated, and he wants to go to Jiangdong to vote for Sun Zhongmou. He said: 'Don't turn your back on your relatives and be disrespectful.' Corporal Lixian, General Liu of Jingzhou, returned to the east like water, not to mention the same sect? Therefore, the envoy of the king came to worship Bai first. Only the public order is clear. ”

Liu Biaozheng was worried that he would not be strong enough to help him resist Jiangdong, and when he saw Liu Bei coming to vote for him, he was overjoyed and said: "Xuande, my brother is also." I want to meet for a long time, but I can't get it. What a blessing to be able to patronize us today! ”

Cai Mao said, "No. Liu Bei first followed Lu Bu, then Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao, all of whom did not end, which shows that he is a person. If we accept it now, Cao Cao will add troops to me and fight in vain. It is better to behead Sun Qian, in order to offer Cao Cao, and Cao will treat the lord seriously. ”

Sun Qianzheng said: "Qianfei is not a person who is afraid of death." Liu Zhijun is loyal to the country, not Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and so on. This is a last resort. Now I heard that General Liu is a descendant of the Han Dynasty and Miao, and he is friendly with the same clan, so he is thousands of miles alike. Why do you deceive and envy the virtuous? ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he scolded Cai Mao and said: "I have made up my mind, don't say more." ”

Cai Mao came out in shame, Liu Biao ordered Sun Qian to inform Liu Bei first, while personally going out of the city thirty miles to greet him, Liu Bei saw Liu Biao, and the two of them served as brothers of the same clan. Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to visit Liu Biao, and Liu Biao entered Jingzhou with Liu Bei and others, and allocated a courtyard for Liu Bei to live in.

Cao Cao found out that Liu Bei had gone to Jingzhou and defected to Liu Biao, so he wanted to lead troops to attack him. Cheng Yu admonished: "Yuan Shao has not been removed, but rushed to attack Jingxiang, if Yuan Shao rises from the north, the victory or defeat is unknown." It is better to return the army to Xu Du, raise the army, wait for the weather to warm up in February, and then lead the troops to break Yuan Shao first, and then take Jingxiang. The benefits of the north and the south can be reaped in one fell swoop. ”

Cao Cao followed Cheng Yu's advice, so he raised troops and returned to Xudu. In February, Cao Cao discussed raising troops again. Shilling Xiahoudun and Manchu Pet guarded Runan to reject Liu Biao; Stay Cao Ren and Xun Yu to guard Xu Du; The pro-unification army went to Guandu Tunza.

After Sun Ce surrendered to Yuan Shao, he wanted Yuan Shao to give him a piece of land to train soldiers and horses, but Yuan Shao was nepotistic, which made Sun Ce deeply regret it. Now that Cao Cao is attacking, Yuan Shao urgently ordered Sun Ce to go to meet the battle with Lu Yi, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou.

When Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, he became familiar with Liu Biao's strategists and generals, and Liu Biao also treated Liu Bei well. One day, Liu Bei and Liu Biao were drinking together, and suddenly someone reported that the generals Zhang Wu and Chen Sun had taken the people captive in Jiangxia and wanted to go to Jiangdong to join Han Hao.

Although Han Xuan beheaded Huang Zu in Jiangxia before, the counties north of Jiangxia were still under the control of Liu Biao, and Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this: "The two thieves are opposed, and the disaster is not small!" ”

Liu Bei patted Liu Biao's hand and said, "Don't worry about my brother, please ask for it." ”

Liu Biao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered 8,000 military horses and let Liu Bei go. Liu Bei received the order and went, and when he went to Jiangxia, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun led troops to greet him. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Zhi went out under the banner of the door, and saw a white horse ridden by Zhang Wu extremely majestic. Liu Bei said enviously: "This must be a thousand miles away." ”

Before Liu Bei's words fell, Chen Zhi came out with a gun and rushed straight into Zhang Wu's array. Zhang Wu came to greet him, Chen Zhi's spear turned into a little cold light, Zhang Wu couldn't resist it, less than Sanhe, he was stabbed off the horse by Chen Zhi's shot, Chen Zhi grabbed the bridle casually, and led the white horse back to the battle.

(End of chapter)