Liu Biao checked the soldiers again, there are still more than 30,000 people, although most of them are injured, lose their armor and abandon their morale, and they can't fight anymore, but as long as they bring these more than 30,000 people back to Xiangyang, it is better than nothing, after all, Wei Yan's reputation for good fighting is famous all over the world, and the extremely vicious Dong Zhuo and Xianbei were defeated under him, and there is nothing to be ashamed of being defeated in Wei Yan's hands.

Liu Biao's heart was stable, seeing that the ministers and generals under his command were all tired, he beckoned everyone to sit down and rest, in the barren place between these two mountains and a ditch, Liu Biao still did not change the luxury of the children of the family, and ordered someone to choose a large bluestone, rinse it with water, and then spread silk on it, Liu Biaocai Shi Shiran sat down to rest.

Liu Biao sat on the bluestone, looking at the steep slopes on both sides of the big valley and the dense jungle on the hillside, and couldn't help laughing.

The civil and military generals hurriedly asked, "Why is the lord laughing?" ”

Liu Biao looked up and laughed: "I laugh at Wei Yan after all, after all, he was born in a martial arts, and he is brave, but he does not know the art of war and has no resourcefulness, if I use soldiers, I will definitely ambush a group of men and horses here, and wait for work, so even if we escape with our lives, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties." Now it seems that Wei Yan did not set up an ambush on this mountain, which really disappointed me! ”

Those civil officials and military generals knew that Liu Biao had always liked others to compliment him, and they all sent sycophants, this one said that the lord was proficient in the art of war, the other said that the lord was rich in strategy, and this said that the lord was a hundred times more talented than Wei Yan, and they all forgot how Liu Biao was defeated by Wei Yan just now.

Liu Biao heard the flattery of all the civil ministers and generals under him, and the depression of being defeated by Wei Yan was swept away, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded in the mountains and forests on both sides, which made Liu Biao's laughter stop abruptly.

A general flashed in the mountains and forests, it was Wei Yan's fierce general Tai Shici, he led 8,000 men and horses to ambush on both sides of the mountains and forests, the archers and crossbowmen shot down, the swords and spearmen threw stones and flying spears down, thousands of arrows were fired, the stone spears flew together, and the unsuspecting Jingzhou army suffered heavy casualties.

The slopes on both sides were lush with vegetation, and the arrows of Taishi Ci's department were very dense, Liu Biao couldn't judge how many men and horses were ambushed here, and thought that Wei Yan had ambushed tens of thousands of infantry, and the morale of the generals under his command was low, and they were at the bottom, so they couldn't launch a counterattack at all, so they had to flee forward in a hurry under the protection of Liu Pan and other generals, holding a shield.

The 8,000 infantry of Tai Shi Ci were distributed on the hillside within a range of four miles, and seeing the Jingzhou army fleeing in a hurry, Tai Shi Ci led the 8,000 infantry to move forward from the hillside, and while running, he carried out an air attack on the Jingzhou army.

After all, Tai Shi Ci's 8,000 infantry walked from the mountains, the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to walk, and there was no Jingzhou army walking smoothly at the bottom of the valley, and the Jingzhou army was fleeing for its life and had the speed of a dog jumping over the wall, so Tai Shi Ci's troops chased four or five miles, and they couldn't catch up with the pace of the Jingzhou army.

Tai Shi Ci was not discouraged, he had already completed the tactical task given to him by Wei Yan, so he looked ahead with a smile: "Wen Yang, it's up to you." ”

The Jingzhou army ran forward for another five or six miles, and the pursuers on the mountain gradually moved away, and even Chen Zhi's pursuers disappeared, and Liu Biao, who thought that he had escaped, laughed again, and ridiculed Wei Yan for not continuing to set up an ambush.

But his laughter didn't last long before it was cut off by shouts of killing on both sides of the valley.

Wei Yan's general Wen Yang led 8,000 infantry, ambushed here, archers fired thousands of arrows, swords and spearmen flew stone spears, and the Jingzhou army was killed and wounded.

Liu Biao had to flee forward in a hurry, but on the more than ten miles of mountain road in front of him, he was ambushed by Wei Yan's generals Guan Hai and Ji Lingbu one after another, and when Liu Biao went out of Dagu and arrived at Guangcheng Pass, he counted his subordinates, and there were only 3,000 people left.

Fortunately, the generals under his command are still alive, but they are all hung with colors, covered in injuries, and some of them have to rely on the support of the soldiers, otherwise they will be dying if they fall to the ground.

The flag of the Jingzhou Army fluttering on Guangcheng Pass, Liu Biao saw the flag, and his heart was determined: "Once you enter the pass, you will save the day!" When we return to Jingzhou, gather grass and grain, develop well, and take revenge in the future! ”

There was a general standing on the close, with a smile on his face: "The Lord is back!" Come on, open and close the door, and welcome the lord back to the customs. ”

Liu Biao saw that the general was his close general Han Xuan, so he walked quickly to the pass, he was very sleepy, and he dreamed of entering Guangcheng Pass to rest.

Kuai Yue, the strategist beside him, hurriedly grabbed Liu Biao's robe: "Lord, beware of fraud!" ”

Liu Biao was frightened by several ambushes set up by Wei Yan, and became a frightened bird, hearing Kuai Yue say this, he trembled all over, and hurriedly asked: "Ziyuan, what did you find wrong?" ”

Kuai Yue stroked the mouse whiskers, squinted his eyes, stared at Han Xuan who was closed, turned his head to Liu Biao and said: "Lord, General Han is loyal to you, if he knows that you are back, he will definitely go down to greet you, especially knowing that the lord is in danger, he will send troops to rescue, and there is no reason to stand at the head of the city to greet him." Besides, how could General Han's lieutenant not show up? ”

Liu Biao frowned, staring at Han Xuan on the gate, the more he looked, the more suspicious he felt: "Yidu, in your opinion, there is a mess in this Guangcheng Pass, this Han Xuan is pretending." ”

It turned out that while Han Xuan was drunk, this Guangcheng Pass was occupied by Yu Ban with 5,000 men and horses, killed Han Xuan, and chose a person who looked similar to Han Xuan to pretend to be Han Xuan.

Liu Biao, Kuai Yue and others hurriedly ran for their lives, and after escaping for several miles, a vast pool of water suddenly appeared in front of them.

There was a big water blocking the road in front, and there were elite enemy troops chasing and killing in the back, and Liu Biao couldn't think about it, so he raised his sword and put it on his neck: "I'd rather die than be insulted by Wei Yanpifu!" ”

Liu Biao thought that if he didn't commit suicide, he would be captured alive and escorted to Wei Yan, and he was insulted by Wei Yan for a while.

Liu Pan grabbed Liu Biao's arm, snatched Liu Biao's saber away, and pointed to a corner of the vast Daze in front of him: "Lord, look, there are a few small boats there. ”

Liu Biao's eyes widened, and as far as he could see, in a jungle on the edge of Daze, there were several small fishing boats hidden.

Liu Biao hurriedly ran over, and the military generals under his command also ran over in a hurry.

It turns out that this piece of Daze is Guangchengze, Guangcheng Pass guard Ma Zhong was ordered by Wei Yan to blockade Guangchengze and control all the fishing boats, but Guangchengze is a hundred miles away, Ma Zhong has only 4,000 people under his command, and he has to guard the pass, and he can't take care of all the fishermen in a short period of time, and some fishermen secretly hide the fishing boats in the reeds to fish, and escape the search of the Guangcheng Pass guards.

Liu Biao hurriedly flew and jumped onto the boat, and beckoned Kuai Yue and other strategists to get on the boat, and beckoned Liu Pan and other generals to get on the boat.

When Kuai Yue, Liu Pan and others hurriedly boarded the ship, Yu Ban had already led the Wei army to the side of Daze, and Liu Biao's 3,000 remnants also rushed to get on the boat.

But there were only three fishing boats parked on the edge of this Daze, each boat was very small, and could hold up to ten people, and if there were a few more people, the boat would sink.

Liu Biao saw that the remnants of the soldiers under his command were rushing to get on the boat, and some people saw that they couldn't get on the boat, so they jumped into the water, swam over and climbed the side of the boat, there were dozens of soldiers climbing the side of the boat, the boat was about to sink when it swayed, and Yan Xing's pursuers were closer.

Seeing this, Liu Biao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he waved his sword and cut off all the hands of those soldiers climbing the side of the boat.

Kuai Yue, Liu Pan and other military generals also followed suit, drew their swords, and cut off all the hands of the loyal warriors who were not afraid of death to protect them along the way to the side of the boat.

Liu Biao cut off the hands of those soldiers who were climbing on the side of the boat, and shouted to the boatman: "Hurry up and row the boat, or you will be cut off by the dog's head!" ”

The boatman hurriedly rowed his oars, and the fishing boat hurried south, and many severed hands appeared on the surface of the water, and the soldiers whose hands had been cut off by their beloved lord were crying in the water, and they were in tears, and they did not know whether it was the broken hand or the heartache.

Those soldiers who couldn't squeeze up saw Liu Biao so ruthless, their hearts were very cold, they swore that they would never serve the Yuan family again, when Yu Ban's pursuers arrived, the three thousand remnants abandoned by Liu Biao knelt on the ground, and all surrendered.

Yu Ban hurriedly led people to inform Ma Zhong, who was guarding the pass, and Ma Zhong hurriedly sent people to release the fishing boats that had been controlled.

Yu Ban saw that Liu Biao and his cronies escaped by boat There were about 30 people, so he hurriedly took 200 elite soldiers, rowed 50 fishing boats, and chased after him.

Yu Ban had to try his best to follow his own judgment direction, rowed to the south, rowed for a whole day, before arriving at the south bank of Guangchengze, and searched on the south bank for a long time, but there was no trace of Liu Biao and his party.

Later, I heard from a fisherman who was fishing by the Daze that a group of people, about thirty of them, had already reached the shore, and they had been running to the south, and after running a short distance, they saw a military general with more than 300 people taking the group away.

Yu Ban chased for more than ten miles, but did not find Liu Biao's trace, but he encountered Huang Zhong after the break, a scuffle, Huang Zhong was injured, and Yu Ban did not ride a horse, and the two had a draw.

Huang Zhong saw that Liu Biao had gone away, so he rode his horse and fled south, but Yu Ban had no horses, so he had to give up.

Yu Ban returned to Guangcheng Pass, Tai Shici and others who participated in the ambush of Liu Biao also arrived at Guangcheng Pass one after another, Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi who stayed behind also arrived successively, and the generals waited at Guangcheng Pass for a day, and Wei Yan led 20,000 cavalry to bypass Guangcheng Ze to reach Guangcheng Pass.

Although Wei Yan was a little tired all the way, he was tired physically, but his spirit was very uplifted, and he was excited about the territory he was about to hold.

Wei Yan immediately convened the generals to discuss how to use troops next.

Since Liu Biao's 100,000-strong army had been defeated, Wei Yan proposed: "Let's take advantage of Liu Biao's defeat of Jingzhou and shock, march quickly, take Jingzhou, and completely wipe out Liu Biao." ”

Wei Yan's quick success and quick victory had already been spoken, and the warmongers responded one after another, while the cautious were silent.

Wei Yan saw that Xu Shu bowed his head and was silent, so he asked with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, what do you think, you might as well say it directly." ”

These strategists under Wei Yan's command communicated with each other on this issue before Wei Yan arrived at Guangcheng Pass, and they reached a consensus, and Xu Shu bluntly admonished: "My lord, our army's territory is not yet stable, and we need to divide our troops to guard, our army can send out to fight Jingzhou with only 100,000 people, and Liu Biao's 100,000 army is defeated, but there are nearly 200,000 soldiers to defend the Quartet, and Liu Biao has won the heart of the Jingzhou family, if our army enters Jingzhou, Jingzhou's local heroes will send troops to aid Liu Biao. We attack the prepared city with a tired army, even if it is victorious, it will be a disastrous victory of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of ourselves.

And the lord sent troops to Luoyang this time, only Xu Huang and other horses guarded in the huge place in the rear, it can be said that the rear is empty, our army is in the void of the country to invade Jingzhou, Yuan Shaoruo sent troops to intrude on the rear, our army may not be able to return in time to help, and then it will be very passive, please think about it. ”

Wei Yan asked Zhao Yun and Tai Shici again, and they also agreed with the opinions of Fu Zhi and other strategists, now that the Wei army is tired from a long battle and has newly established a state and a state and a state and a rear is empty, it is really not suitable for a virtual country expedition.

Wei Yan saw that the generals of Wenchen did not agree with his proposal, so he sighed: "It is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, and not to become a famous overlord." If he hadn't taken advantage of Liu Biao's decline to march quickly, Liu Biao, who had the support of Jingzhou's local heroes, would have been able to recover his vitality soon, and there would not have been such a good opportunity to take Jingzhou so easily in the future. ”

Although the generals under his command did not agree to conquer Jingzhou, Wei Yan was carried away by the recent series of low-hanging fruit victories, and wanted to take advantage of the victory to march into Jingzhou, at least to capture Xiangyang, only by controlling Xiangyang, can Jingzhou Liu Biao's coveting of Luoyang be blocked, and then only need to guard Xiangyang with heavy troops, and there is no need to deploy heavy troops in Luoyang.

Wei Yan stayed in the forbidden and Chen Zhi led the army to sit in Luoyang, leaving Hao Zhao, Fu Tong and others to guard the various passes in Luoyang, and Wei Yan led the guards division, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others, and after resting in Guangcheng Pass for a few days, he raised troops to the south.

Originally, Wei Yan always had 120,000 horses, 60,000 soldiers, and 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, but because of the repeated fierce battles, there were many casualties among the soldiers, nearly 4,000 people were killed, and more than 7,000 people were severely and moderately disabled and could not continue to fight, and there were 12,000 losses in total, but waiting to return to Yecheng and then replenish the elite men and horses from the Hebei county soldiers.

Wei Yan led 100,000 horses and horses, and after more than ten miles out of Guangcheng Pass, he went out of the Sizhou boundary and came to the Jingzhou boundary.

At the same time, Liu Biao was angry that Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng had not detected Wei Yan's ambush soldiers due to their poor reconnaissance in Dagu, and were ready to execute Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, but Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng learned of Liu Biao's intentions in advance, so they led four or five thousand soldiers under their command to fall into the grass again and ran to the mountains west of Xiangyang, and under the banner of responding to Wei Yan's army, they often attacked small Jingzhou troops, which made Jingzhou people panic.