South of Lake County.

In the mountains and forests, the Han military camps were hidden among the leaves, hiding their whereabouts.

As the sun gradually went down, the Han soldiers of each battalion left the camp in an orderly manner, preparing to quietly drive out of the mountains and forests under the cover of night.

On a mountain peak, Liu Bei was standing with his hands in his hands, staring at the direction of the north from afar.

Under the remnant sun, the lake county town is still faintly visible.

Liu Bei's eyes were in a trance, and he could vaguely imagine what a tragic battle had taken place here that day.

It was Su Zhe's sneak attack that made him lose Huxian County, and he lost countless soldiers.

"With the way of others, and the body of others, Su Zhe, you wait......" Liu Bei muttered to himself, clenched his fists, and there was a trace of coldness on his face.

At this moment, as long as he leads the army out of the mountains and forests, he can kill Benhu County.

It's just that now is not the time.

He had to wait for Fazheng Huo Jun, who had escaped from Shaanxi County, to lead the army to attack Huxian Dutou from the water, and the Huxian defenders at that time would definitely send troops to rescue Dutou.

At that time, his army could take the opportunity to drive out of the mountains and forests, take advantage of the weakness to attack Hu County, and break the Wei army in one fell swoop.

He will use the tactics that Su Zhe once used to slap Su Zhe hard.

Just when Liu Bei was proud, Wu Ban strode up the mountain, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, something has happened, according to our detailed report, Captain Fa Tai and they failed to break through the siege, and the whole army was wiped out!" ”

A bolt from the blue.

Liu Bei's face changed in astonishment, his body shook violently, his legs were weak, and he almost fell to sit down.

Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and other generals on the left and right were also stunned and shocked one by one, and they were stiff and petrified.

"You...... What do you say, you say again? Liu Bei asked with a roar, his face full of disbelief.

Wu Ban had to say with a bitter face: "Back to Your Majesty, our Shaanxi County Legion has been wiped out, Huo Jun has been captured, and Captain Fa Tai has also committed suicide and martyred." ”

Liu Bei's figure shook again, this time he really couldn't stand firmly, and he sat on the big boulder.

His expression was stunned and trance-like, his face was miserable and stiff, endless horror and grief were circulating on his face, and his spirit had fallen into a state of confusion and collapse.

In his opinion, Zhuge Liang's strategy was so exquisite, Su Zhe would never have thought that Fazheng and they were going to break through from the north gate and seize Su Zhe's warship and escape by water.

Liu Bei never expected that such an ingenious strategy would be seen through by Su Zhe, and the 10,000 troops in Shaanxi County would be wiped out.

That's 10,000 soldiers and horses, and for the current Liu Bei, it's like cutting a knife on him.

What hurt him the most was that even Fa Zheng, who was second only to Zhuge Liang and trusted by him, was killed in battle.

This knife was equivalent to cutting his heart, making him so ashamed that he was about to lose consciousness.

"Su thief! Filial piety, filial piety—"

Liu Bei, who was grieving and angry, suddenly roared, and opened his mouth to spew out a mouthful of bloody arrows.

"Your Majesty!"

The generals on the left and right were all shocked, and they pounced on the crumbling Liu Bei, pinching people, fanning the wind, and rushing into a pot of porridge.

After a long time, Liu Bei recovered from his anger, and his sad and indignant mood recovered slightly.

He pointed at Wu Ban and asked in a deep voice, "You say, how was Kong Ming's strategy discovered?" ”

Wu Ban said with a bitter face: "According to the detailed report, Captain Fa's strategy was originally successful, and they even broke through the northern siege camp of the Wei army, and they were about to rush to the ferry, but who knew that the Wei army in the ferry seemed to have received instructions from the Su thief in advance, and even burned all the grain, grass and transport ships in the ferry with a torch, which ruined Captain Fa's escape plan." ”

Burn the ferry?

Liu Bei's body was shocked again, and he fell into confusion for a while, unable to figure out what Su Zhe was capable of, so he actually let the Han army at Dutou burn the boat in advance.

Could it be that Su Zhe had expected that Fazheng would break through from Beiying?

That's not reasonable, since you have seen it a long time ago, you can directly gather heavy troops in Beiyingtun, why waste the grain and grass boats at the ferry.

"Su thief, how the hell did you do it? How the hell do you do that? ”

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, his face turned red, and the flames of anger rushed up to his brain again.

"The matter has come to this, Your Majesty must take care of your body, Your Majesty is a member of the Han River, and there is no room for error." Wu Yi beside him persuaded hard.

Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and other generals also followed the persuasion.

Liu Bei took a few breaths in a row, and only then did he calm down his anger again, his mood calmed down a little, and he did not attack him in anger.

At this time, Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Your Majesty, since the army of Shaanxi County has been destroyed, our plan to attack the east and the west will naturally come to naught. ”

Liu Bei struggled with the support of the ministers, reluctantly stood up, and looked at Huxian County under the remnant sun from afar, with deep unwillingness in his eyes.

Zhao Yun persuaded again: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the soldiers of Shaanxi County are originally a lone army, it is naturally the best to be rescued, and it is not all unexpected if they can't be saved, at the moment we still have 60,000 male soldiers, Xiqiang Iron Cavalry is also on the way to come, Tongguan is still in our hands, we still have a chance." ”

Zhao Yun's words were relieved to Liu Bei's heart, and immediately dispelled most of the thick haze in his heart.

Bang!

Liu Bei's fist hit the big tree beside him fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "Zilong is reasonable, quickly send people to Longxi, let the Xiqiang people speed up, and rush me to Tongguan as soon as possible!" ”

"No!" Zhao Yun gave up his hand.

Then, Liu Bei took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Pass the order, the whole army will immediately pull out the camp and withdraw to Tongguan as quickly as possible!" ”

Liu Bei finally didn't act out of anger, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Therefore, Liu Bei did not dare to launch an attack on Huxian again, and led nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses to return from the original route immediately, and fled to Tongguan under the stars.

After returning to Tongguan, Zhuge Liang also learned the news of the annihilation of the Shaanxi County army and the martyrdom of Fa Zheng, so he was naturally embarrassed and regretful.

However, Zhuge Liang quickly comforted Liu Bei, claiming that Ma Teng had sent back the news that the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry had crossed Longshan and entered the Guanzhong Plain, and was rushing to Tongguan day and night.

Zhuge Liang's words relieved Liu Bei a lot, so he could only forcibly cheer up, not to grieve for Fazheng's death, stick to the city, and wait for the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry to come.

When Liu Bei retreated, Su Zhe had already raised an army of 250,000 and marched west from Shaanxi County.

Two days later, the army and Yan Liangtai Shi Ci Zhang Rensan will join forces, gather 280,000 troops, and go along the road to the west.

At this time, Liu Bei no longer dared to hold on to the city east of Tongguan, and withdrew all the soldiers and horses into the city.

In the early winter of that year, Su Zhe's 280,000 army finally arrived at the city of Tongguan.