Chapter 49: The Pursuit
With Liu Bei's pacification of Xiangyang, the world seems to have entered a period of peace all of a sudden, although everyone knows that this peace may not last, but for the people of the war era, even if it is only a short period of peace, it is also a good thing, as time enters the winter of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the princes have completely entered the stage of recuperation, but the atmosphere of the war, just like this cold wind, lingers in everyone's hearts, even if it is Guanzhong Lu Bu after these years of cultivation and development, it has been prosperous enough, But the news that kept coming from the Kanto traders also made the people of Guanzhong worry about this war that could break out at any time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Cao Cao and Liu Bei have reached an alliance, and even Liu Zhang in Shu also agreed to this alliance because of the problem in Hanzhong, and is ready to send troops to Hanzhong, after all, his own door has been opened, and Liu Zhang has not been able to take Hanzhong for so many years, but Lu Bu only sent a brigade of partial divisions to take Hanzhong.
In fact, as long as Lu Bu does not come, Liu Zhang is unwilling to provoke Lu Bu, and even the family in Shu agrees with Liu Zhang's opinion on this point, after all, in the past few years, there are also caravans in Shu that have earned rich profits in the Western Regions, and it is not enough to welcome Lu Bu, but once the war starts, the trade road is cut off, especially the road in Shu is difficult to travel, there are only a few roads out of Shu, once it is stuck by Lu Bu, it is also a huge loss for the Shu family.
But now that Lu Bu occupies Hanzhong, it is difficult not to fight this battle, although they also covet the rich interests of the Silk Road, but they also do not want their original interests to be damaged, so the Shuzhong family wants to continue to cooperate with Lu Bu on the one hand, but on the other hand, they are unwilling to accept the promotion of Lu Bu Juntian, so after Lu Bu occupied Hanzhong, as Cao Cao and Liu Bei successively sent envoys to lobby, Liu Zhang and the Shuzhong family did not hesitate for too long, and agreed to this alliance.
However, the path taken is different, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan mainly attacked Luoyang, while Liu Zhang stationed troops in Baishui and Jia Meng to prepare for the march into Hanzhong, as long as Hanzhong was taken, as for who won and who lost in the battle of the Central Plains, this is not what Liu Zhang and the Shuzhong family cared about.
What really surprised Cao Cao and Liu Bei was that when lobbying Jiangdong, Sun Quan agreed to the alliance without the slightest hesitation, originally in the plan of Xun Yu and others under Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao's account, Jiangdong was the most difficult to convince, but although Jiangdong put forward a lot of conditions this time, but Jiangdong did not have any objections to the alliance, but in any case, it was a good thing to be able to unite the princes of the world to discuss Lu Bu, in short, no one questioned it on the face.
Nanyang, Ye County.
With the conclusion of the Cao-Liu alliance, the two sides in order to show their sincerity, each withdrew from the garrison at the junction, as the border city of Nanyang on the border of Cao-Liu, with the garrison left a large number of people, making this place sparsely populated, as the weather gets colder, the post road is even more extinct.
Several soldiers who stayed in Ye County rubbed their palms and secretly scolded this ghost for torturing people.
"Head, look over there, there's someone!" At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed in the direction outside the city and exclaimed, and the surrounding Liu Beijun soldiers looked in the direction pointed by the soldier when they heard this.
In the distance, he saw a rider galloping on the post road, and behind him, there were several black shadows rapidly approaching, if you look closely, these black shadows are actually running on foot, but the speed is not even off the galloping horse.
"These damn motherfuckers!" Fude lay on the horse's back, glanced at the group of women who were as athletic as a female leopard behind him, and only felt extremely unlucky in his heart.
Originally, he got the order of Fu Wan to send a secret edict out of the city, according to the order of Fu Wan at that time, this secret edict should be sent to Liu Biao, after all, among the few remaining princes in the world, Liu Biao is a banner of the royal family, which can be cited as foreign aid.
But then, Cao Cao sacrificed the butcher's knife, not only did the Fu family not let go, but even Fu Shou, who was the queen, was killed, after hearing the news, Fu De was in pain, but he also knew that even if he went back now, he was just taking advantage of Cao Cao's intentions, except for letting Cao Cao have another wisp of grievances under the butcher's knife, there was no meaning.
Only by sending the secret edict out and in the hands of Liu Biao will the blood of the Fu family not be shed in vain.
It's just that Cao Cao blocked the pass later, partly because he wanted to capture Fu De and recover the secret edict, and partly because he followed the assassination that spread throughout the Central Plains, in order to clear out those assassins buried by Lu Bu in various parts of the Central Plains, in short, this period of time, it was really not easy, Fu De hid all the way east to Tibet, followed his own home to die, escaped, and now, only he was alone, even disguised as a refugee beggar, all the way to the edge of Jingzhou, but was blocked here, Because Cao Cao was very strict with the pedestrians who traveled to and from the border at that time, Fude couldn't get by.
And the changes in the world in the past year also surprised Fude, Lu Bu hit Jizhou, Liu Biao died on the Jingzhou side, and it was all chaotic, Cai Mao and Liu Bei competed for Jingzhou, so that Fude didn't know where to go for a while.
In the end, Fu De decided to hand over the secret edict to Liu Bei, after all, he was the heir of Jingzhou designated by Liu Biao, and he also won Jingzhou, and more importantly, Liu Bei was a relative of the Han family, and he was most suitable as a royal supporter.
The Cao-Liu alliance cast a shadow on Fu De's heart, but because of this, Cao Cao began to withdraw the border defenses, giving Fu De a chance to escape from the area controlled by Cao Cao.
However, it was not a smooth road after that, a group of women who jumped out of nowhere targeted him, and fortunately, Fude had been hiding in Tibet for the past year, alert enough, and was not caught, escaped, and then there was this way to chase and kill.
Ye County was already in sight, but Fu De did not have the slightest joy in his heart.
Because Yexian also did not have many garrisons, Cao Cao withdrew his troops, and Liu Bei also withdrew, which also made Fu De have no way to ask for help.
Although he was born in a family, he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he was not a fierce general, but he waited for more than a dozen strong men, and he didn't want to get close, but when facing this group of women, Fude's proud martial arts did not play any role in front of the other party, if he didn't see the opportunity wrong, and these women seemed to want to capture him alive, so that he could take advantage of it, otherwise, at this moment, he was already a cold corpse.
Lu Bu's people!
Although there is no evidence, Fu De knows that these women are the assassins who set off a wave of assassination and made countless Cao Jun civil and military chills, Fu De did not expect that Lu Bu was also involved in this matter.
Ye County was already in sight, but the women who were running were also close.
This damn horse can't even outrun a woman!
Seeing the women getting closer and closer, Volde cursed fiercely in his heart, took out a short knife from his waist and stabbed it fiercely in the horse's buttocks.
Sitting down, the war horse was in pain, neighed miserably, and in the gallop, the speed was a little faster, and the distance between it and the women was gradually widened.
Seeing this, a female soldier rolled up her sleeves, revealing the sleeve crossbow hidden under her clothes.
"Poof~"
A crossbow arrow popped, shot through the horse's leg, the horse neighed, fell to the ground, Volder was thrown off the horse's back, dizzy, instinctively stood up on the ground and continued to run, although he knew that he couldn't run, but the instinct to survive made him dare not give up.
"Stop!" At this time, the remaining defenders in Ye County also discovered the situation here, and a group of men and horses rushed up, watching several women about to arrest Fu De, and the first captain frowned and said, "Who are you waiting for, dare to kill people here!?" ”
"This general, I am the ruler of Jin Wu Fude under the command of the Son of Heaven, and I have a secret edict to deliver to the emperor's uncle, these women are under the command of Lu Bu!" Volde rushed towards the troops.
"Huh?" When the captain heard this, he looked at this group of women vigilantly, he saw clearly in the city just now, these women are obviously not ordinary people, how can a normal woman catch up with a galloping horse? At this moment, hearing what Fu De said, he was even more vigilant, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are still in the honeymoon period, but with Lu Bu, it is absolutely hostile.
"Kill!" A cold murderous intent flashed in Nighthawk's eyes, and with a loud shout, he raised his hand and shot a crossbow arrow, only to see a ray of black light flash, the captain's face stiffened, and there was already a bloody hole in his throat, and he kept the posture of drawing his knife and fell straight down.
"Puff~"
There were only a dozen people out of the city, and in the blink of an eye, they were shot by a group of women with seven or eight with sleeve arrows, and then in Volde's horrified gaze, this group of women not only did not run, but rushed up fiercely, some people wanted to resist, but saw that this group of women countered the opponent's wrist, and there was an extra dagger in their hands, quickly cutting each other's throats, and then quickly retreating.
Three breaths of effort, in Volde's bewildered gaze, more than a dozen soldiers who looked quite elite fell silently.
The castle tower seemed to notice something strange here, and when the horn sounded, Volde suddenly felt a little dry in his mouth, and he was frightened by the ruthlessness and decisiveness of the women's move.
"Come with us!" At the moment when Volde came back to his senses, the female soldier led by Volde had already come to Volde's side, restrained him, skillfully tied his hands, and the cold voice came, making Volde shudder.
"Wait...... Who are you? Fu De suddenly roared, he felt very wronged, he was not caught by Cao Cao, but fell into the hands of Lu Bu.
No one answered, or didn't bother to answer at all, because Fu De had guessed before, the two Night Hawks set up Fu De, and Fu De originally wanted to delay and wait for Liu Beijun soldiers from Ye County to come to help, but Night Eagle just glanced at him coldly and said indifferently: "If you feel that your legs are in the way, I can do it for you." ”
Volde was completely obedient, he knew that this woman was definitely not scaring him, that disregard for life, Volde had no doubt, if it weren't for the other party's order to capture him alive, then Volde would have become a corpse last night.
The defenders of Ye County chased out, the Nighthawk fought and retreated, and in the absence of cavalry, even if there was such a burden as Fude, the defenders of Ye County still needed to be tempered if they wanted to catch up with the Nighthawk, and after being shot and killed more than a dozen robes, the defenders of Ye County finally gave up the pursuit, and watched these murderers go away, and left with their corpses. (To be continued.) )