Wu Ban hurriedly turned around, and saw a blood-stained figure like an iron tower, horizontal in front of him, with a battle axe in his hand slashing in the air.

It's Xu Huang, a famous general of Dawei!

This axe came down, the force was ten thousand, and the axe blade had not yet hit, and the squeezing blade qi lifted off Wu Ban's helmet.

Wu Ban was frightened, almost instinctively, raising the big knife in his hand, trying to make a dying struggle.

To no avail!

only heard the sound of the sky cracking and the earth cracking, and the war knife in Wu Ban's hand was directly cut in two by the giant axe.

Then, the great axe, whose strength had not been lost, slashed the sky and struck him right on the top of his head, and actually split him directly into two parts.

Wu Ban didn't even have a chance to scream, and the two remnants of the body spurted blood wildly and fell to both sides.

Kill the enemy in one move!

Xu Huang didn't even blink his eyes, stepped on Wu Ban's corpse, brandished the blood-stained axe, and rushed towards the other panicked soldiers again.

As soon as Wu Ban died, the Han army collapsed even more, scattered like ants, and fled with his head in his hands.

The Wei army poured into the city like a tide, chasing the defeated enemy soldiers and killing them wantonly.

The eastern flank wall was breached.

Immediately afterwards, along the front line of the city, the Wei army broke through on all fronts, and the Han army, which had no fighting spirit, had no way to resist the crazy attack of the threefold Wei army.

Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers broke through the city wall and slaughtered towards the hinterland of Zhaowu City.

With a loud bang, the half-collapsed city gate was also knocked open by the Wei army.

Ma Chao took the lead, led the Wei army's iron cavalry, poured into the city from the open city gate, and wantonly killed the defeated and fleeing enemy troops.

Zhaowu City has made a comprehensive breakthrough!

On the streets of the city, Liu Bei looked at the collapsed city defense, and froze in place, forgetting to escape.

"Your Majesty, the city wall has been broken, the general trend has gone, quickly abandon the city and retreat north." Yang Fu beside him anxiously persuaded him.

Only then did Liu Bei wake up from his lost soul, let out a bitter sigh, and waved his hand weakly: "Mingjin, abandon the city and retreat north." ”

Before the words fell, Liu Bei turned his horse and left first.

The sound of gold sounded, and the order to retreat was finally given.

Guan Yu and other Han generals who were still carrying the dead, although they were unwilling, they also knew that the general trend had gone, so they had to withdraw from the city with hatred and flee towards the west gate.

Along the front line of the city, the Han army completely collapsed, and countless Wei troops overflowed the city wall like a tide, submerging Zhaowu City.

Liu Bei fled wildly regardless of the ruined horse, only thinking about escaping from this city of death as soon as possible.

At this moment, all his hopes were dashed, and he didn't want to cut off Liangbei, he just wanted to escape, even if it was to go to the Western Regions to eat sand.

Just as he passed by the county government, Yang Fu behind him suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Your Majesty, slow down, the prime minister is still inside, we have to take the prime minister with us." ”

Liu Bei's heart was shocked, and he strangled the war horse violently, his face was entangled, he actually wanted to take Zhuge Liang away, and he was afraid that Zhuge Liang would become a burden.

Yang Fu saw Liu Bei's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, at this point, only the prime minister's wisdom can point out a clear path for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bei came to his senses at this time, so he had to grit his teeth and gallop into the county government.

As soon as he stepped into the main gate, he saw Zhuge Liang walking towards the gate with the support of Zhuge Dan.

"Prime Minister, are you awake?" Liu Bei was overjoyed and couldn't believe his eyes.

"Thanks to Your Majesty, the minister is awake." Zhuge Liang's tone was still weak, but he wanted to bow down to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "The prime minister doesn't need to be polite, Zhaowu City has been breached, the prime minister hurriedly got on his horse and retreated with the abandoned city." ”

Zhuge Liang's figure shook slightly, and he didn't have time to ask carefully, so he was hurriedly helped on the horse by Zhuge Dan and fled from the West Gate with Liu Bei.

Along the way, Yang Fu told Zhuge Liang everything that had happened since Zhuge Liang fell into a coma.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and reprimanded: "Yishan, what's the matter with you, as soon as Yuzhong City is lost, you should be persuaded to surrender and retreat directly to Dunhuang, why do you still have to resist and lose so many valuable soldiers and horses in vain?" ”

"Prime Minister, I ......" Yang Fu was ashamed and speechless.

Liu Bei said: "Prime Minister, Dunhuang County is the northwestern county of the Han Dynasty, and there are only 50,000 people in the whole county, which is barren and desolate. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Although Dunhuang City is remote, it is nearly a thousand miles away from Yuzhong City, and there are several Gobi in the middle. ”

Liu Bei's heart was shocked, and a map of Dunhuang couldn't help but appear in his mind.

From Dunhuang to Zhaowu City, there are at least more than 500 miles, from Zhaowu City to Yuzhong City, it is nearly 500 miles, and from Yuzhong to Chang'an, it is at least more than 700 miles.

This also means that the Wei army's grain and grass supply, even if it starts from Chang'an, will have to go through at least 2,000 miles of transshipment before it can reach Dunhuang.

This does not take into account the distance from Luoyang to Chang'an, and if you add it, the supply line of the Wei army will be terrifyingly long.

Liu Bei immediately understood the meaning of Zhuge Liang's words.

Dunhuang is too far away, if Su Zhe wants to go on an expedition, with his current national strength, he will not be able to support more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and at most he can only bring more than 30,000 people, and the disparity in strength between the two armies will be offset.

If Su Zhe gave up the expedition to Dunhuang because the supply line was too long, then the crisis of his downfall would be resolved.

At that time, although he only had one Dunhuang County left, he was finally not driven out of Liangzhou, and there was still a chance to make a comeback.

"The prime minister is right, I should have retreated to Dunhuang early in the morning, and it's not too late now, let's go!"

Liu Bei's face regained confidence, and a king's pride burned in his eyes, and he slapped his horse and whipped and galloped north.

Behind him, Zhaowu City had already hoisted the imperial flag of Great Wei.

When it got dark, the battle came to an end, and the small city of Xiliang returned to silence.

Counting the battle damage, after this battle, the Han army suffered at least 10,000 casualties, which means that half of Liu Bei's army was wiped out, and the remaining remnants of the army are only more than 10,000 people.

With this amount of troops, Su Zhe's 70,000 soldiers and horses, one person and one spittle are enough to drown.

Su Zhe, who was victorious in the siege, ordered the army to temporarily rest in Zhaowu City, and after recovering his strength, he continued to pursue Liu Bei.

That night, the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty, who had won the bloody battle, sang and danced, indulged in heavy drinking, and enjoyed the joy of this victory.

Although the supply was much more difficult than before, Su Zhe did not want to wronged the soldiers, and he naturally deserved to be rewarded for his merits, so he tried his best to let the soldiers eat and drink enough for this celebration wine if conditions permitted.

Of course, Su Zhe also drank heavily with the generals, and when he was half drunk, he hugged Zhang Chunhua to sleep.

The next day, when Su Zhe slept until three o'clock in the morning, he got up from the gentle township, and did not forget to pursue Liu Bei's business, so he quickly convened civil and military affairs.

"What about Liu Bei's movements, did he continue to flee west?" Su Zhe drank a glass of wine.

"Your Majesty, the minister tracked down Liu Bei yesterday and captured a Han soldier alive, and learned from his torture that the big-eared thief seemed to want to cross Jiuquan County and flee to Dunhuang County in one go." Hu Che'er gave Liu Bei's latest movements.

"Dunhuang ......"

Su Zhe stood up, stood in front of the screen with his hands in his hands, and his eyes found the location of Dunhuang on the map.

It was the westernmost county of the Chinese Dynasty, and the famous Yumen Pass stood at the west end of Dunhuang.

"Liu Bei didn't even want Jiuquan County, and fled directly to a ghost place like Dunhuang, is he planning to give up on himself and squat there and wait for death?" Yan Liang sneered.

There was a burst of laughter in the big tent, and the generals seemed to have a chance of killing Liu Bei.

Su Zhe's eyes moved around the map, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, he nodded the map with his fingers, and sneered: "You are all wrong, Liu Bei is not giving up on himself, he is planning to dig a pit in Dunhuang and wait for me to jump into it." ”