Winter is over, and spring is in the city of sorrow.

In the spring of the sixth year of Jian'an, when the guards in Jinyang City were overjoyed at the retreat of Yuan Shao's army, there was an atmosphere of grief and indignation in Yexian County, which was thousands of miles away, and there was an atmosphere of grief and indignation that was unwilling to retreat in the middle of the army.

In the winter of last year, Liu Bei, who was under the fence, took the opportunity of the alliance of Yan and Liu to finally get the opportunity to show his skills and return to the battlefield.

After that, he took advantage of the victory to wave his army north, contacted Liu Pi, Gong Du and other Yellow Turban soldiers and horses, won many battles, killed Cai Yang, injured Li Tong, and killed Cao's army to retreat, so that Yingchuan and Runan counties responded to Jingxiang's soldiers and horses Volunteers emerged one after another, and the Xudu court was shocked a day, and it can be said that it was a high-eyebrow and a shock to the Central Plains.

Moreover, after that, Cao Cao's main army was still defeated by Yan Xing's Guanxi soldiers and horses in Henan, which made Jingxiang's soldiers and horses fearless, and the whole army was ready to go north to break through Cao's defense line and capture Xudu at any time.

It's just that Liu Bei didn't rush to send troops for the sake of prudence, but stepped up his contact with the volunteers in Yuzhou and the Guanxi Allied Army, preparing to lead Jingxiang's soldiers and horses to launch a large-scale offensive after the beginning of spring, completely defeat Xudu, and welcome the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

But he didn't expect that at this critical moment, Liu Biao, who was in Xiangyang, issued him a military order to withdraw his troops.

At first, Liu Bei did not intend to follow Liu Biao's military orders, he revised the book to report on the military situation, pointing out that now was a good time to capture Xudu and welcome the Son of Heaven, and began to speed up the dispatch of the people in the rear to transport the grain and grass of the army, and prepare to go north with troops and win one or two battles to change Liu Biao's hesitant attitude.

As a result, knowing that Liu Bei was unwilling to withdraw his troops, there was an endless stream of envoys from Xiangyang, and Liu Biao's withdrawal order became more and more tough, and he even sent his military advisor Cai Mao and nephew Zhang Yun to Wancheng in Nanyang, taking over the grain, grass, baggage and civilian labor in Liu Bei's rear, and ordered Wenpin and Wang Wei's troops to return to Nanyang as scheduled, and not to obey Liu Bei's order to march into the army.

At this point, Liu Bei also understood Liu Biao's thoughts: a group of Jingxiang soldiers and horses were not allowed to go north to capture Xudu and welcome the Son of Heaven, if Liu Bei insisted on marching, then the military advisor Cai Mao would take over his military power, cut off the grain and grass in his rear, withdraw the various armies under his command, and let his thousands of men and horses fight alone to confront Cao Cao's army.

But the indomitable Liu Bei didn't want to compromise yet, he knew that if he went back like this, he would return to the fence that Liu Biao had demarcated for himself, and become a watchdog for Liu Biao to guard Nanyang and resist Cao Jun.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and others who returned to his command also supported Liu Bei to continue the march, but before Liu Bei could contact the Yuzhou Volunteers and the Guanxi Allied Army again, he received the news that Xi Zhicai was ill, which made Liu Bei's face change color, and he rushed to Xi Zhicai's bedroom with a few personal attendants.

The Kansai Allied Army is the strongest soldier and horse, and Xi Zhicai is the most important person to contact the Kansai Allied Army.

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Inside the dormitory.

"Zhicai, I've come to see you."

Liu Bei, who came in a hurry, looked worriedly at the pale Xi Zhicai on the sickbed, he turned his head to look at several military doctors on the side, and asked eagerly:

"What's the matter, didn't Xi Jun get better after taking medicine yesterday?"

"General Zuo, Xi Jun is suffering from an old disease and can only recuperate, but these days with the army to fight, the cold has invaded the body, and now he is terminally ill, even if there is a panacea, it is difficult to have the power to return to heaven."

Several military doctors looked at each other, and finally an elderly military doctor said tremblingly.

"Don't you have anything you can do?"

Liu Bei said angrily, so frightened that several military doctors knelt down, and Xi Zhi on the sickbed suddenly spoke at this time.

"General Zuo, I know my condition, what they said is right, please don't punish them."

"Zhicai!"

Hearing Xi Zhicai's weak voice, all Liu Bei's attention suddenly turned back to the sickbed, and several military doctors immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly confessed, and retreated out of the dormitory.

Xi Zhicai, who was on the sickbed, looked at Liu Bei and showed a smile.

"General Zuo, I originally thought that it would be some time for you and me to part, but I didn't expect that so soon, I had already arrived in advance."

"No, no, there must be a way, Jingxiang has other famous doctors, I will send a messenger to invite them all."

Liu Bei looked at Xi Zhicai, who was dying, holding his hand tightly, his emotions were complicated, and tears couldn't help but fall.

"General Zuo, I heard that Liu Zhennan ordered the withdrawal of the army?"

"Hmm."

Liu Bei nodded with a heavy face, Xi Zhicai sighed, and said with difficulty:

"Then it seems that Cao Cao escaped again this time."

“。。。”

"Although the hussar general defeated Cao Cao's army, there is still Yuan Shao's Hebei army, and I am afraid that there will not be many soldiers and horses in a short time. General Zuo, you-"

"I know, I know."

Liu Bei patted the back of Zhicai's hand and smiled helplessly.

After recovering some strength, Xi Zhi said again:

"General Zuo is outstanding and virtuous, although he is suffering from embarrassment now, he only needs to endure and hide, and sooner or later there will be a day of recovery. It's just that I look at Liu Zhennan who is old and suspicious, and the elders and children under his knees are out of order, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of Xiao Wall in the near future, General Zuo is famous and highly meritorious, if he lives in Jingxiang, he also needs to beware of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others... ”

Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai stopped again. Liu Bei has always treated him like a guest, and specially sought medical advice for him, he was grateful, and wanted to say that if Jingxiang Xiao Wall was in trouble, Liu Bei could go to Guanxi, but after getting along with Liu Bei these days, he also knew a little about Liu Bei's character, knew that he was tenacious and had the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Han family, and was not a character who was willing to condescend to others, so he simply omitted the later words.

"Thank you for your advice."

Liu Bei raised his clothes, wiped away his tears and said:

"At this point, I have decided to withdraw my troops and return to Nanyang."

Xi Zhicai smiled, closed his eyes relaxedly, and did not speak again.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hesitated, but still called a few times.

But Liu Bei's voice fell into Xi Zhicai's ears, but it was like the sound of the wind gradually moving away, and Xi Zhicai on the sickbed frowned, trying his best to gather his thoughts that were still dissipating.

At this dying moment, his body became more and more empty, and he thought of many things, but there were only a few real figures that could remain in his mind.

In the winter of the third year of Chuping, Yan Xing had just conquered Hedong County, and he was drunk and sick, and he was strictly instructed to see a doctor, saying that his old illness was difficult to get rid of, and if he worked hard and thought about it, he would die untimely in less than ten years.

Now we have just entered the tenth year, and sure enough, it has not been more than ten years.

At present, Cao's army has been defeated early, Yuan Shao's army is difficult to support alone, and his mission of uniting Jingxiang to solve the difficulties of Henan has been completed.

It's just that Xi Zhicai was slowly relieved later.

At present, the Cao army is defeated, the stragglers and soldiers, the Yuzhou Yellow Turbans, the Guanxi soldiers and horses, and the Jingxiang army come and go, and Yang Zhai, who is in the whirlpool, must also be in chaos, which is similar to the situation when the Xiliang army entered the city.

Her children are growing up, and her good wife is so wise, she will definitely nurture their children carefully and tell him about her father's many glorious deeds.

As for the hussar general, he commanded a lot of martial arts talents, and after surviving this catastrophe, it is difficult to stop the eastward trend, looking at the north and even the whole world, who else can stop the thousands of iron horsemen in the western part of the country.

Thinking of this, the corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth put on a smile again, and he no longer had any worries in his heart, and fell asleep deeply.

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Daijun, Flying Fox Mouth.

After the beginning of spring, just when the soldiers of the Yuan army thought that the Xianbei cavalry that was raging and plundering was going to retreat after all, a Xianbei cavalry intentionally or unintentionally broke into the Flying Fox Road.

So the snow on the Black Rock Ridge has not completely melted, but the mountain of the Flying Fox Pass has been sprinkled with blood, a lot of stones and wood have been discarded at the pass, the gate was broken by a heavy hammer, a large number of Xianbei soldiers with hair and clothes cheered and cheered, and the soldiers poured into the pass one after another, and fought with the panicked Yuan soldiers.

Although they used rudimentary equipment and the way of attacking the city was very primitive, the panicked Yuan soldiers were still unable to resist these Xianbei soldiers who were not afraid of death, and after a short and fierce battle, the pass of Flying Fox Pass finally fell.

Lord Xianbei Kebineng held the handle of the knife in his hand, stepped on the corpse of the enemy, and proudly climbed the mouth of the bloody flying fox, looking at the beacon lit by the soldiers of Yuan in the vicinity, he frowned slightly, thought about it, and then ordered Hou Luohou and Zonu to lead people to collect the banners and armor of the Yuan army.

Hou Luo Hou did not obey the order, and he came behind Kebineng with some restlessness.

"Brother, we've already grabbed enough, why do we have to listen to those two Han people and go deep into the enemy territory to take such a risk?"

He glanced at Pei and Xie not far away, and said dissatisfiedly.

Kebineng listened to his brother's words, sneered, and didn't look back.

"Hou Luohou, I didn't fight this battle because of the words of those two Han people."

"When spring comes, why don't we return to our own pastures, you see, just to lay down this pass where there is nothing, we have killed so many brave warriors at once. They shouldn't have died here—"

"Hmph, Hou Luohou, when did you dare to question my decision?"

"I ,,,。"

Tho Luohou's heart trembled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to speak.

Kebineng waited for a while before turning his head again, looking at Hou Luohou, and asked in a deep voice:

"Hou Luohou, tell me, why are we from a small race, but we can command our subordinates to defeat the Xianbei noble chieftains of Fu Luohan and Budugen?"

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