Chapter 30: The Pursuit
"Wen Chang doesn't have to be humble, Zhuge Liang talks on paper, and his husband thinks that he is alive and his hair and skin are subject to his parents, why do you only say it?" Liu Feng did not forget to point out that he had a bad relationship with Zhuge Liang at this time, and Wei Yan was also a person with a clear mind.
Seeing that Wei Yan had already remained in the army, Liu Feng immediately ordered his sergeants to prepare armor and distribute it to the dozen or so people brought by Wei Yan, and put them into the ranks of four hundred cavalry.
After settling Wei Yan, Liu Feng observed the situation in the army, because he carried a large number of people, the speed of the march was already extremely slow, a day passed, only walked more than ten miles, Liu Feng saw this, his heart was worried, Cao Cao was quite familiar with the art of war, and there were many generals under his command, once Cao Cao arrived in Xiangyang, I heard that Liu Bei only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and marched with hundreds of thousands of people, he would come to chase non-stop, Liu Feng calculated according to the situation in front of him, in less than two days, Cao Cao will throw the army to chase after, At that time, Liu Bei and the people would never be able to reach Jiangling.
Thinking of this, Liu Feng hurriedly went to Liu Bei's side, expressed his worries in his heart, and still persuaded Liu Bei to find a county seat and put the people down, and the army rushed forward, striving to reach Jiangling in time.
When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed, but he couldn't bear the suffering of the people, and half of the people were old and young, and they were already out of breath after walking for more than ten miles.
"General Ziwei, even if you abandon the people, the generals still have many family members who can't march, but it's better to carry these hundreds of thousands of people, once the incident happens suddenly, you can mix your family members into the people, otherwise it will be obtained by the Cao army, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
At this time, Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Feng and whispered what he thought in his heart, Liu Feng heard this, and was silent, the people can still give up, but the family members can not give up, if they lose their families, the soldiers will have no morale at all, and even have the risk of surrendering to the Cao army, Liu Feng did not think of this layer before, and Liu Bei only said that he was sympathetic to the old and young, what kind of thoughts in his heart, Liu Feng could not know, so he had to nod yes.
"Ziwei, if Cao Jun chases after him, he will lead the four hundred elite horsemen to protect the generals' families with General Zilong, how about it?" Liu Bei saw that Liu Feng was only clear at this time, so he handed over the responsibility of protecting the people to Liu Feng and Zhao Yun, who was also in front of Liu Bei, Liu Feng saw from afar that among the family members, there was also Liu Bei's son Liu Chan, and there were several wives of Liu Bei, Liu Feng knew that if Liu Chan could not be kept safe this time, Liu Bei would probably not reuse Liu Feng to serve as an important position in the army.
"Father, rest assured, even if Feng fights for his life, he will protect the safety of your wives and younger brothers!" Liu Bei saw that Liu Feng had already understood what he was thinking, so he put his mind at ease and went with Zhuge Liang to appease the people.
"My lord, is it inappropriate to entrust the life and safety of the little prince to General Ziwei?" After the two of them walked away, Zhuge Liang approached Liu Bei and whispered. Zhuge Liang is especially vigilant about the identity of this righteous son, and he has clashed with Liu Feng several times just because of this identity, at this time Liu Bei entrusted the safety of the only parent and child to Liu Feng, Zhuge Liang is naturally incomprehensible, if this is not Liu Bei's family matter, Zhuge Liang has already reminded him before.
"Ziwei is also my son, and Ziwei has sacrificed his life to save me several times before, and he has no second heart to come, besides, this time to protect his family, Ziwei still has General Zilong by his side to help, Zilong's heart, the sun and the moon can be learned, the military advisor does not have to mind, our heavy responsibility is whether we can escape in the encirclement and suppression of Cao Cao's army."
Seeing that Liu Bei had many reasons and trusted Liu Feng very much, Zhuge Liang no longer spoke out to persuade him, but just shook his head slightly.
The army marched like this for about two days, every time there were old and weak people who could not bear the pain of this long journey, Liu Bei ordered to be stationed on the spot to rest, the generals knew that such a march would be caught up by the Cao army sooner or later, every day was to wait for the day, dare not sleep, Liu Feng and Zhao Yun protected the generals' families, but also did not take off their armor.
On this day, the army marched to Jingshan on the outskirts of Dangyang County, Liu Bei had to stop and rest, Liu Feng heard that it was here, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly rode his horse to Liu Bei's approach, and dissuaded: "Father, this mountain is too flat, and there are so many people beside it, once Cao Cao's army is killed, our army has no way to defend, there is no way to avoid it, and the people will scatter and flee, so it is not a good strategy to camp here, I hope my father will think twice!" ”
When Liu Bei heard this, he looked around and saw that as Liu Feng said, this place was not a place to be stationed, but he saw that the people were already very tired, many people had fallen asleep, and there were even more people who buried the pot to make rice, countless, Liu Bei knew that if he drove again, the people would definitely be tired and dead, and he was in a dilemma.
When Liu Bei was in trouble, he saw that Zhang Fei was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Cao Cao has led the army to Dangyang County, and he will be here immediately, my brother will lead the army to go first, and Yide will resist for a while!" After saying that, Zhang Fei turned his horse back again, showing that the situation was already extremely critical.
"How did Cao Cao come so fast!" Liu Bei never expected that Cao Cao learned that he was carrying the people to the direction of Jiangling, and did not stop in Xiangyang, but only knew a little about the situation in Jingzhou, so he led his army to kill again, and the plan was to intercept and kill Liu Bei and his party on the road as soon as possible.
"The matter has come to this, only to retreat the Cao army, calculate the time, General Yun Chang should have the result of going to Jiangxia, if he moves the rescue troops from Liu Qi, he should go here to respond, I can only try my best to resist, but I don't know what the destiny is!" Zhuge Liang was also quite helpless at this time, in the chaos of the army, he was dozens of times the enemy, and Zhuge Liang also felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
At this time, Liu Feng and Zhao Yun also heard about this, because the two of them shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting their families, they could only be anxious, but they could not go to meet the enemy, Liu Feng thought for a moment, and then said to Zhao Yunyan: "General Zilong, we only have more than 1,000 military horses in our hands, and the family members have distinct clothes and belts, once Cao Cao finds out, he will not be able to protect him with all his might, it is better to teach him to change into the people's clothes and mix among the people, and I and General Zilong are secretly guarding here, how about it?" Although Cao Cao is a traitor, he will not risk the world's condemnation and kill these hundreds of thousands of people indiscriminately. ”
Zhao Yun listened, and also felt that Liu Feng's words were reasonable, so he responded to Liu Feng's words, and then acted separately with Liu Feng, took a lot of people's clothes and handed them to the generals' families.
Liu Feng didn't care about others, his eyes were just staring at Mrs. Mi and Liu Chan in his arms, knowing that these hundreds of thousands of people plus the lives of more than 10,000 troops were not as heavy as Liu Chan in Liu Bei's heart at this time.