Chen Gong frowned, "Lord, the second general is fast, he should have arrived with reinforcements for such a long time, I'm afraid he was stopped halfway, if I expected it to be good, it should be a good thing for Wei Yan!" ”

When Liu Bei heard Wei Yan's name, he also sneered, and nodded in agreement with Chen Gong's analysis.

This Wei Yan is a good dog sent by Liu Biao to monitor him, and he is stationed in Chaoyang, twenty miles south of Xinye, and sends scouts to haunt Xinye all day long to monitor his movements.

If it weren't for the fear of the 20,000 elites under his command, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei would have beaten him away a long time ago.

Sure enough, after walking a few more miles, a large group of men and horses finally came from the east, but the number was obviously more than 6,000, and there were more than 20,000 people.

Liu Bei and Chen Gong approached, and it was Guan Yu at the front, and there was another person next to him, Liu Bei recognized it at a glance, and it was indeed Wei Yan.

It turned out that after Guan Yu returned to Xinye, he immediately ordered all the men and horses and drove west.

As soon as the army came out of Xinye, there were scouts who reported to Wei Yan in Chaoyang.

Without being informed in advance, the sudden mobilization of the entire army of Xinye made Wei Yan quite uneasy.

Liu Biao was instructed by thousands of people, so that Wei Yan firmly monitored Liu Bei, and even handed over 20,000 elites to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan immediately assembled the whole army, fortunately, he was well-trained on weekdays, and the speed of assembly was still very fast, and they were all neatly dressed and quite elite, which made Wei Yan also very pleased.

He stopped Guan Yu's team halfway through, "Brother Yun, you are in such a hurry with so many soldiers, where are you going?" Why don't you see Brother Xuande? Didn't you go out together in the morning with a thousand people? Wei Yan had a smirk on his face.

Guan Yu secretly scolded in his heart, damn Wei Yan, he knows his brother's movements very well, and it seems that he has put a lot of effort into monitoring us.

"General Wenchang, I am ordered by my brother to conduct long-distance training for the officers and men of the whole army, please make it convenient!"

"Long-distance training? This word is new, it seems to be a training subject of the Central Army, right? Brother Yun, don't you mind if your junior brother practices with you, right? ”

"You" Guan Yu has nothing to do, when he encounters a shameless person like Wei Yan, he can't do anything about Wei Yan, he can't tell him that he found Lu Bu.

Helplessly, he could only take his subordinates, accompanied by Wei Yan's army, to see Liu Bei together.

On the way, I also encountered bridges and official roads that were damaged by the shadows, and I had to repair the bridge first, which delayed time.

This delay was much later than expected.

Guan Yu finally saw Liu Bei, so he was relieved, but soon felt that the army, why was there only two hundred horses left by the eldest brother's side, and he was still injured, and there was no trace of the third brother.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you? Where is the third brother? ”

Liu Bei couldn't care about Wei Yan beside him, he hugged Guan Yu and cried, "Second brother, Yide was killed by Lu Bu's family!" ”

"Lu Bu?" As soon as Wei Yan heard this, he came to his senses, and he wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Chen Gong.

"General Wenchang, let me tell you, don't disturb my lord, the death of the three generals made him grief-stricken!"

Chen Gong pulled Wei Yan aside and told Wei Yan about the previous incident, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he didn't go into detail about how his thousand cavalry were defeated by firearms, let alone the existence of mortars.

Instead, it focused on Zhang Fei's death by Lu Bu's sneak attack, and Wei Yan heard that Lu Bu dared to go deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou with only more than 100 people, but he couldn't bear it.

I can't wait to put on my wings and fly in front of Lu Bu's eyes, killing Lu Bu is a great achievement!

Wei Yan didn't greet Liu Bei anymore, hurriedly said goodbye, urged his soldiers and horses to chase after Lu Bu, and sent fast horses to report to Liu Biao in Xiangyang and the counties along the way that Lu Bu returned north, asking them to set up a card to intercept and prevent Lu Bu from slipping through the net.

When Liu Bei saw Wei Yan leaving, he immediately stopped his tears and comforted Guan Yu, who was about to avenge Zhang Fei, "Second brother, then Lu Bu doesn't know what mysterious weapon he brought, he can shoot through heavy armor, more powerful than a crossbow, and there is also that mortar." ”

"Let Wei Yan gnaw on this hard bone! Let's follow behind and find a way to snatch Zhuge Liang back, no matter who kills Lu Bu, he will avenge the third brother. ”

Liu Bei and others led Xinye's soldiers and horses and followed closely behind Wei Yan's army.

Among Wei Yan's 20,000 elites, there were 3,000 cavalry, and the rest were infantry.

The Jingzhou Army was not as extravagant as the Central Army, giving the infantry horses as a substitute.

When marching, the cavalry trotted in front and the infantry pursued fiercely.

Wei Yan was so anxious that he saw that these infantry were running too slowly, for fear that Lu Bu would escape, so he ordered the deputy general to lead the infantry to follow, and he took three thousand cavalry and left.

Liu Bei saw that Wei Yan ran away with the cavalry first, and he and Guan Yu chased after him with the remaining two thousand cavalry, while Chen Gong slowly chased after him with the infantry.

Lu Bu's travel speed at this time was still quite fast, the carriage had already become a six-horse horse, and the steel plate was removed, the speed was so fast that Zhuge Liang was a little uncomfortable.

Although they avoided several county towns along the way, they were advancing along the main road after all, and in order to attract the attention of the enemy and cover Ma Tie and them, they did not hide their tracks at all.

So their whereabouts were still very obvious, and they were finally intercepted twice by the county soldiers in the nearby county.

However, the 500-strong county soldiers did not need to use mortars at all, just two rounds of musket salvos, plus a round of grenades, and they were defeated, and even most of them were wiped out.

However, the interception of these two waves of county soldiers also delayed a lot of time, so that Wei Yan followed the traces left behind to catch up.

When Lu Bu saw the dust in the distance, he judged that the enemy had at least two thousand horsemen, and there were all plains and low hills, so he could not escape, so he could only defend in place.

There happened to be a hill on the side of the road, and there was a land temple on the mountain, and Lu Bu took everyone to retreat into the land temple.

At this time, Lu Bu's team added fifty shadow team members, all of which were arranged by Li Su in advance.

Li Su sent people to ask for help, and according to the itinerary, the troops of the Special Operations Division and the Rongyi Division should have entered the boundary of Jingzhou.

The special operations division is equipped with a cavalry division, one person and three cavalry, and it is the fastest when it is rushing, and Li Su sent someone to pick it up.

Wei Yan heard the scout's report that a convoy had retreated to the land temple in front, and immediately led his subordinates to rush up and surround them on all sides.

Lu Bu observed the enemy situation on the top of the hill, and saw that the Jingzhou army had more than 2,000 horsemen, some of whom were in tatters, and some of whom were bandaged with wounds, but the army was not in good shape.

It turned out that on the previous part of the road, Wei Yan's cavalry encountered mines planted by the shadows of the Central Army, and they were defenseless and suffered a big loss.

Seeing that Wei Yan stepped on a mine, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were following behind, were extremely happy, they simply pulled the distance farther, and let Wei Yan go if there was an ambush.

Wei Yan's face was very ugly, but after all, he was a battle-hardened general, and his mentality was well controlled.

Seeing the surrounded Lu Bu, he did not recklessly launch an attack, he was not stupid, he knew that Liu Bei was going to Longzhong with a thousand cavalry.

As a result, less than 200 people came back, and they were still injured, and even Zhang Fei died, I'm afraid that Lu Bu's small team is still very tricky, not so easy to gnaw.

(End of chapter)