Cao Zhen and his entourage accelerated their retreat overnight, and until they crossed Weishui in the second half of the night, they did not find that there was an enemy pursuit, so they calmed down a little, but they still could not rest, and continued to evacuate urgently to the northeast.

Alas, I used to want to rely on the strong city of Chang'an to resist the enemy, but now I have to retreat, only to find that Chang'an is really not a good place to hold on, and the enemy is attacked on all sides, so I have to retreat to the Puban Ferry, and the foot soldiers have to walk for three or four days in a hurry. Along the way, it is not known how many enemies will be blocked, and the enemy army in Chang'an does not know when it will catch up.

In other words, he Cao Zhen is really wrong again and again, it is wrong to attack Hanzhong, it is wrong to recover Longyou, and it is also wrong to stick to Chang'an, no matter what.

What made him even more disappointed was that he wanted to hold on to Chang'an and wait for the imperial army to counterattack, but Cao Pi ordered him to withdraw, that is to say, Cao Wei's imperial court no longer had the ability to recover Guanzhong, at least in the short term, there was no hope, because Cao Pi issued an order, that is, he did not hold this hope at all.

Why did the situation suddenly change so fast? The Cao family and the Xiahou family have worked so hard to build the country, is it going to decline so soon?

Does it mean that just because Cao Zhen failed to keep Guanzhong and Longyou, Cao Wei's foundation was greatly damaged, and it will collapse from now on?

The more he thought about it, the greater the sin, Cao Zhen didn't dare to think about it, and quickly raised his eyes to look at the people around him.

Xiahou Ru walked forward, his eyes kept looking around, alert for ambushes that might appear at any time.

Xiahou Ba was also looking around, he was still unwilling.

Jing Zhaoyin just lowered his head and hurried away, looking at what to see, he had become an empty title, and these places had nothing to do with him in the future.

And Guo Huai, who is in charge of the break, is similar to him, I don't know what kind of assassin history he is without Yongzhou.

Fei Yao, who opened the way in front, simply didn't think about anything, at the beginning, he was extremely unwilling to quit Chang'an, he stayed for half a month, and he didn't have a battle with the enemy at all, so he really changed his mind and realized that he had to give up. In that case, let's go!

The sergeants marched lightly, drove all night, and walked for most of the day, and they were nervous and had been on guard against the enemy's pursuit, but they had not found the pursuers until now, and their mood was a little relaxed, and they all felt too tired, and began to talk about eating something to fill their stomachs. Since yesterday evening, I have only eaten some dry food and drunk some water from the Wei River.

Xiahou Ru reminded them not to make noise, the enemy's horse chao department, and a large number of cavalry, it is very easy to chase over, and there will be an enemy in front, and when the enemy stops them, the enemy's foot soldiers behind can also catch up.

The sergeants did not see the pursuers and stop the enemy, but they received news of reinforcements.

A fast horse rushed from the front, and it was the messenger sent by Wei Ping, who ran to tell Cao Zhen that the team to greet them was coming quickly to this side, and it was estimated that there were still about fifty miles away from here, and if the two armies continued to speed up, it was estimated that they would be able to meet at midnight tonight.

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xiahou Ru hurriedly asked, "When did you set off?" ”

The messenger replied, "Yesterday morning." Didn't the Divine Decree say to act together yesterday? ”

Cao Zhen and the others could only sigh collectively, there was no way, if we set off in the morning, we wouldn't be able to leave at all.

The messenger added: "The leader who has come is General Wei Ping. Shang Shufu was supposed to come in person, but suddenly suffered a stroke, and half of his body could not move, so he had to appoint General Wei to lead 5,000 troops to come to respond. The rest of the men and horses are still holding on to the ferry. ”

Xiahou Ba's eyes widened violently when he heard this, and anger was about to erupt from his eyes.

Fortunately, Cao Zhen spoke in time: "I didn't expect that Lord Shang Shushu was seriously ill at this time. Alas! Alright, without further ado, let's hurry and join you. ”

Xiahou Ru asked the messenger again: "Didn't you encounter enemy interception all the way over?" ”

The messenger replied: "Yes, not far from the ferry, the enemy has stationed tens of thousands of horses there, and when we came, we were attacked by them. ”

Xiahou Ru asked, "Just this once?" ”

The messenger replied, "Just this once." "Do you wish there were many more times? Then we won't be able to get by.

Xiahou Ru was puzzled: "Huh? There shouldn't be only so many people intercepting in front of you, right? ”

Cao Zhen also thought that he would not reach the Pusaka ferry all the way so smoothly, and immediately said to the messenger: "You go back now and let General Wei Ping choose the terrain to set up camp." We will continue to hurry here, and we can also have a battalion to defend after the rendezvous, lest the sergeants will be exhausted and have nothing to defend when the enemy catches up, and there will be no resistance at all. ”

The sergeants are in an uproar, and they still have to run desperately? It's been a day and a night, and seeing that reinforcements are about to arrive, can't you slow down and let everyone take a breather?

Cao Zhen warned everyone: "The enemy may catch up at any time, and if you don't want to die in this pass, hurry up." After crossing the Yellow River and entering Hedong County, it is not too late to rest. ”

The army had no choice but to continue to walk on their tired legs, dozing off as they continued to walk.

What about the pursuers? Where are the pursuers?

The pursuers were in the tumultuous Wei River.

Taking advantage of the time when the siege of Chang'an City was not attacked, Huang Quan had already organized the sergeants to set up a large number of wooden platoons and improvised boats, except for Ge Liang's orders, and released dozens of them down the river to warn the enemy troops downstream, most of them were docked by the Wei River, waiting for the enemy to retreat to be used for pursuit.

After entering Chang'an City that night, the armies occupied various important parts, strengthened patrols, restrained the people entering the city from all walks of life, and then hurried to rest and recuperate. As soon as the morning dawned, most of the foot soldiers came to the Wei River with their weapons and a small amount of dry food to board the boats one after another.

Ma Chao's army is clamoring to board the ship here. Xu Shu squeezed them away: "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, people can't fit it, and it's still used to carry horses?" ”

All the knights said in unison: "If the enemy has already crossed the river and run, then we will chase after it, but we will be separated by Weishui, so we can only stare dryly?" ”

Xu Shu asked rhetorically: "Then if the enemy hasn't crossed the river yet, you should have crossed the river first, won't you also stare dryly?" “

The knights replied, "Isn't the enemy going to Kasakatsu?" Then sooner or later you have to cross the Wei River? Unless they want to go to Tongguan. ”

Xu Shu didn't expect to be choked by these people, but what he said made sense, and he laughed at the moment: "Don't make trouble, walk together, and it won't be long before you will know where the enemy is in Weishui." If the enemy has already crossed the river, he will first drive you across the river to chase you. ”

So the foot soldiers sat on the bow of the ship, and the cavalry went on the shore, and the whole army pursued eastward together.

The rising sun shines on the water of the Wei River, flowing eastward all the way.

If Ge Liang sees it, he will definitely want to tell Zhong Hui that we have set off according to your wishes, but we are not going to Luoyang, we just need to chase Cao Zhen.

They ran on two legs, and we took the boat easily, and when we caught up, we saw who couldn't run.