Chapter 72: Crying into Guangling
It was Ji Ling who led the cavalry to rush over.
There was still a long way to go from Liu Bei, and Ji Ling shouted: "Liu Bei is gone, leave the head!" β
Seeing Ji Ling, Liu Bei couldn't care about crying anymore, and he couldn't think of going to Xiaopei to find Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, urging the war horse to gallop.
Mi Fang, with a few remaining guards, followed closely behind him.
Ji Ling came from the north, Xiao Pei was in the east, and the horn also came from the west.
Liu Bei could only flee to the south.
Without Guan Yu and Zhang Fei by his side, Mi Fang couldn't stop Ji Ling, and Liu Bei could only run away without his life.
But Ji Ling chased after him.
The two sides chased and fled, and actually went south for more than 200 miles.
There was no chance to catch his breath on the road, and when Ji Ling stopped chasing, the exhausted Liu Bei fell off his horse with a crooked body.
Although Mi Fang and several guards were also exhausted, they hurriedly stepped forward.
Holding the back of Liu Bei's neck, Mi Fang lifted him up and shouted, "Uncle Huang!" Uncle Huang! β
After calling more than ten times in a row, Liu Bei opened his eyes leisurely.
"Water ......" He licked his dry lips and begged Mi Fang and the others for water to drink.
"Bring me water." Mi Fang shouted.
One of the guards hurriedly ran to the horse, untied the water bladder and handed it over.
Taking the water bladder, Mi Fang leaned to Liu Bei's lips: "Uncle Huang, the water is here." β
After taking a big sip of water, Liu Bei recovered a lot of vitality.
"Where have we been?" Lying in Mi Fang's arms, he asked weakly.
"It seems to have reached the boundary of Guangling." Mi Fang asked, "Uncle Huang, what should I do?" β
"Is Guangling Taishou Chen Deng?" Liu Bei asked.
"Exactly." Mi Fang replied: "Chen Deng originally joined Cao Cao, but now that Uncle Huang has turned his back on the Cao family, he is afraid that he will ......."
"Chen Deng is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, although he has served Cao Cao, he will definitely not harm me." Liu Bei said: "We might as well vote for him first." β
Struggling to sit up, he said to Mi Fang, "Let's go to Guangling County Mansion." β
At the beginning, Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, and Chen Deng did serve as an official under him.
Later, LΓΌ Bu drove Liu Bei away, and Chen Deng secretly contacted Cao Cao to launch the Battle of Xiapi, which almost wiped LΓΌ Bu.
Lu Bu and Chen Deng have a grudge, but Liu Bei has some friendship with him.
In addition to abandoning his wife and running away, Liu Bei also has a special skill that is to win people's hearts.
Every time he is like a lost dog, there is always someone willing to take him in.
Chen Deng was the queen mother in Guangling, and of course Liu Bei would vote for him.
Serving the Cao family to guard Guangling, Chen Deng did not get the news that Liu Bei rebelled and Lu Bu surrendered.
Hearing that Liu Bei was coming, Chen Deng personally went out of the city to greet him.
Seeing Liu Bei from afar, he bowed and saluted: "I've seen the envoy!" β
"Yuanlong!" There were still more than ten steps away from Chen Deng, Liu Bei turned over and dismounted and ran over, and he was already crying before he spoke: "Hurry up and save me!" β
Howling, he fell down and worshipped.
Chen Deng hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "I heard that the envoy is in Xudu, and he was named the pastor of Yuzhou by Cao Gong, and he led the troops to Xiapi a few days ago, how did he fall into such a situation now?" β
Helped up by Chen Deng, Liu Bei said with tears on his face: "Duke Cao ordered me to crusade against Huainan, I led the army to Xiapi, and I planned to stay for a few days and leave, but I didn't think that Lu Bu's house would actually make trouble, and take advantage of the night's sleep of our army to kill the soldiers cleanly!" β
It was Liu Bei who suddenly attacked that night.
But as soon as he said this, Chen Deng frowned without doubt and said: "I heard that Lu Bu served Cao Gong, I have long said that he is unreliable, and he really did such a thing." β
Liu Bei then talked about the process of his defeat and retreat to Xiaopei.
When he said that Lu Bu was attacking the city, he specifically mentioned the siege tower that appeared outside the city.
"The first time I saw that kind of weapon, I seem to have seen it somewhere." Speaking of the siege tower, Liu Bei said: "But I can't remember where I saw it anyway......"
"Make you forgetful." Chen Deng said: "At the beginning of Xuzhou, a merchant from Daqin sent a map, including a siege tower. The envoy also saw it at that time, but it was only because of Cao Gong's crusade against Xuzhou that he could not build it because of the pattern. β
Liu Bei patted his head and said angrily: "I didn't expect it." β
"When you lost Xuzhou, could it be that Lu Bu got the pattern?" Chen Deng asked.
"Quite possibly." Liu Bei replied: "Xuzhou is in his hands, what can he hide from him?" β
"Lu Bu first announced to Cao Gong, and then he did such a thing when he returned to Xiapi." Chen Deng's expression was solemn: "We have to inform Cao Gongcai as soon as possible." β
"Yuanlong, don't tell Cao Gong." Liu Bei hurriedly stopped.
Chen Deng asked suspiciously: "Lu Bu rebelled, Duke Cao must send troops to crusade, why should the envoy stop me?" β
"Cao Gong gave me soldiers and horses to crusade against Huainan." Liu Bei said: "The army was wiped out by Lu Bu in Xiapi before it even reached Huainan. Once Cao Gong knows, how can I not be asked? β
"It's already happened, could it be that the envoy has other ways?" Liu Bei refused to report to Cao Cao, and Chen Deng immediately had some doubts.
Staring at Liu Bei's eyes, he seemed to want to see through it.
Since Liu Bei claimed to be the King of Zhongshan Jing back then, he had already practiced the ability to hide his eyes.
From his eyes, what Chen Deng saw was a strong sadness.
"There are not many soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command, but there are some horses in Guangling." Liu Bei said: "If Yuan Long is willing to lend it to me, I will definitely get rid of this confidant for Cao Gong." β
"Use Guangling's soldiers and horses to deal with Lu Bu alone......" Chen Deng frowned, and did not agree immediately.
Although Guangling has some soldiers and horses, Lu Bu is the world's first fierce general after all.
If you want to break Lu Bu with the military strength of one place, it is simply as difficult as the sky.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Deng said: "Don't worry, since you can't tell Cao Gong, let's think of other ways." Guangling alone is indeed not Lu Bu's opponent. I'll have to contact some more people to fight against Lu Bu together. β
"There's Lao Yuanlong." Although he still felt unreliable, Liu Bei didn't dare to stop him anymore.
"Let's not talk here." Chen Deng took a step back to the side: "Please make you." β
Liu Bei and Chen Deng entered Guangling City.
A few hundred steps away from the gate of Guangling, two strong men saw them enter the city, nodded to each other, and ran quickly.
Jumping up to the two horses tethered to a little farther away, they untied their reins and turned on their horses.
The two fast horses scattered their hooves, sending up clouds of smoke and dust behind them.
Chasing Liu Bei into Guangling, Ji Ling stopped at the border.
He did not immediately return to Xiapi, but sent scouts to follow Liu Bei.
The low hill is full of verdant trees.
Ji Ling sat on a large stone and looked in the direction of Guangling County Government.
At the end of the road down the mountain, two fast horses galloped in.
He stood up abruptly, staring straight at the two galloping figures.
"General, the scout is back!" The guard behind him gestured to the road.