Zhuge Liang couldn't help but change his face slightly when he saw the enemy army coming to chase the soldiers, but he didn't show too much nervousness, because he actually knew for a long time that the enemy army did not attack the east city gate, and the purpose was naturally to let his own side escape from here, and then lead the army to cover up from behind, so as to kill and injure his own army as much as possible.

It is precisely because he knows this that when Zhuge Liang retreated, he had already ordered Chen Zhi to lead the elite to break the queen, as long as the pursuers came, Chen Dao's elite soldiers would be responsible for resisting the pursuers to cover the withdrawal of the main force.

The situation has developed to this level, and there is only Chen Zhi in the army, a general who can fight habitually, so Chen Zhi naturally will not have any shirk, and immediately ordered a thousand troops to hold on to the danger, and this time it was Chen Da, the newly promoted captain of the army, Chen Da.

Although he knew the truth of the defeated generals, and also knew that the Baier Army he was in was indeed not as brave and good at fighting as Liu Qi's two pro-military battalions, Chen Da still insisted that as long as these elite soldiers under his command did not meet Liu Qi's pro-battalion soldiers, they would definitely be able to repel the pursuers and buy time for the army to continue to advance.

Not only Chen Da, but even Chen Zhi thought so, so Chen Zhi was very relieved to let Chen Da stay, and then escorted the army to continue to advance.

But the army had not advanced for half an hour, and then the sergeant heard the sergeant report again: "Shang Shuling, the big thing is not good, there are pursuers behind." ”

Zhuge Liang and Chen Zhi were shocked at the same time: "How many pursuers did Liu Qi send this time?" How elite is it? Why was he able to defeat all of Chen Da's 1,000 elites in half an hour, and then catch up so quickly? ”

But since the pursuers caught up, Chen Zhi had no choice but to order a thousand elite white-eared soldiers to defend again, and then lead the rest of the army to retreat with Zhuge Liang.

But things turned out so dramatically. Less than half an hour later, the soldiers reported again that the pursuers had caught up!

This time Zhuge Liang and Chen Zhi were even more shocked, they didn't expect the enemy's speed to be so fast and their combat effectiveness to be so strong!

After a little silence, Chen Zhi said firmly: "Military advisor, let the last general personally lead the troops to resist." ”

Zhuge Liang's face couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment. Because if you look at it according to the combat power of the other party. It is very likely that Liu Qi's two major pro-military battalions came to chase and kill, and according to their strong combat effectiveness, if Chen Zhi leads the army to resist this time, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a fate of defeat. Chen Zhi is the only general in their army, if there is any accident, what other way does the lord Liu Bei have to establish a country?

But if Chen is not allowed to go, who can resist the advance of the enemy army? What's more, as long as you arrive in Bingzhou, won't there be a general Pound under your command?

So. Zhuge Liang hesitated slightly, then agreed to Chen Zhi's request, and ordered Chen Zhi to lead the remaining main force of more than 2,000 Bai'er soldiers to resist the pursuers, while he led the last 10,000 crossbowmen to continue to retreat.

However, it was said that Chen Zhi led more than 2,000 Baier soldiers to set up a formation and defend against danger, and soon saw a large army not far in front of him, and put on a posture of preparing to attack.

But the army did not attack immediately, but seemed to be waiting for something.

Chen Zhi judged according to the other party's flag. The other party only had about 2,000 sergeants, but he knew that Liu Qi was cunning. Although judging by temperament, there are only 2,000 people, maybe it is actually 5,000 people, with his more than 2,000 white-eared soldiers, if he wants to fight against more than 5,000 Liu Qi's pro-military battalion, it is almost like a daydream, and even if he fights with a similar number of people, he has no certainty of victory.

So. Chen Zhi thought about it, but he still didn't dare to attack rashly, he could only wait quietly, he believed that as long as he held his position, even if the enemy army came with 10,000, he would be helpless against him. Why take the initiative to attack and fall for the enemy's tricks? What's more, now the enemy army does not launch an active attack, which can be regarded as a right shot, because the longer the wait, the farther the main force will retreat.

As everyone knows, the first two generals in charge of defense have a surprising consistency with Chen Zhi in terms of thinking, and they also think the same, especially Chen Da, who was responsible for holding on in the first wave, thinking that he has dragged the enemy army for more than an hour, and the main army should soon be able to get rid of the trouble of pursuing the army.

But none of them thought that this was simply the strategy of Zhou Yu, the commander of the chasing army, and the purpose was just to use a small number of troops to contain Chen Zhi's elite of the white-eared soldiers, and then gather the main army to ambush Zhuge Liang's 10,000 crossbowmen, completely wipe out Liu Bei's army, and never suffer in the future.

Therefore, in fact, although Chen Zhi's enemy has so many banners, in fact, there are only five or six hundred ordinary soldiers, and it is these five or six hundred ordinary soldiers who have dragged down more than 4,000 elite white-eared soldiers, which cannot but be said to be a very bold strategy!

And just when Chen Zhi and the others thought they had a plan, Zhou Yu led more than 30,000 elite soldiers under his command and had already laid an ambush in a valley in Xinfeng ahead.

Zhuge Liang led the army to retreat to Xinfeng in a panic, and his mind couldn't help but think of the grandeur of when he led the army to conquer this place, and now he came here like a lost dog, which is really unacceptable.

"Fortunately, we have safely evacuated to Xinfeng, and now it is only a hundred miles away from Xinfeng to Huayin, as long as everyone works hard, we will enter Tongguan at this time tomorrow. Although Liu Qi's main force is strong, it is still concentrated in Chang'an, and the garrison here Ma Chaoda is definitely inseparable from Cao Ren, so there should be no ambush on this road. Zhuge Liang saw that more than an hour had passed since Chen Zhi led the army to block the enemy army, and there were still no pursuers to catch up, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and ordered the army to rest for a while, eat some dry food, drink some water, and then continue to hurry.

Taking advantage of the time for the army to repair, Zhuge Liang hurriedly rushed to Liu Bei's frame and stood outside the car to greet him.

I heard a voice in the car coming slowly: "Kong Ming, come to the car." ”

"No." Zhuge Liang hurriedly agreed, and then got into the car.

Originally, Zhuge Liang was still a little happy when he saw Liu Bei regain his senses, but when he walked into the car, he found that Liu Bei was pale and weak, and it was difficult to open his eyes.

Seeing this situation, Zhuge Liang's heart couldn't help sinking, and he said in a low voice: "The lord still has to take care of his body." ”

But seeing Liu Bei sighing slowly: "Now that our army has lost the fundamental place of Chang'an, tens of thousands of elites have been destroyed, and even the white-eared soldiers who have been carefully trained by Gu for many years have been hit so hard, plus all the civil and military families have fallen, the army's morale is floating, and the morale is low, I really don't know if I can escape, and the great cause that Gu has worked hard for many years has come to naught, what is the point of living alone?" ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly knelt down in the car, and said with tears in his eyes: "It's all Weichen's incompetence, he has betrayed the trust of the lord, and our army has been defeated again and again, and there will be today's disaster, and Weichen can't escape the blame." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly ordered someone to help Zhuge Liang up, and said softly: "What is the matter with this military division?" It's all to blame Liu Qi's cunning and cunning, and he does everything, Kong Mingxiu said it again, it's all to blame for being lonely and incompetent, even when our army was at its most prosperous, there was also a strict problem of withering talents, whether it was Liu Qi or Cao Cao, his command was full of talents, and the available generals under his command were only Yun Chang, Yide, Zilong and Shu Zhi a few people, and the really talented advisor was just Kong Ming, and the so-called listening was clear, every time we made a decision, you were the only one who was giving advice, No one else can match it at all. As the saying goes, a wise man's thousand worries must be missed, and a fool's thousand worries are also gained, although Kong Ming is wise, he will inevitably make mistakes, so that he has been repeatedly taken by Liu Qi. ”

Zhuge Liang also lamented in his heart when he heard this, as the Shangshu Ling in the country, he couldn't be a virtuous person for the country, and he really had an unshirkable responsibility, but even so, Liu Bei didn't blame him, how could this not move him?

Zhuge Liang looked at the weak Liu Bei, and couldn't help sighing: "The lord should also focus on the world, now our army has arrived in Xinfeng, only a hundred miles away from Huayin, and Cao Ren led the army to respond, it is not difficult to retreat along the way, as long as we arrive in Bingzhou, and there are 20,000 cavalry of Pang De there, we rely on the five counties of Bingzhou, and connect Cao Cao, Xianbei and the Xiongnu, and there may not be no chance to make a comeback." ”

Liu Bei nodded slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Kong Ming, please rest assured, Lone knows that even if it is for the expectations of you and Zizhong, Yuan Chang, and Shuzhi, Lone will persevere, hehe, Lone was in Xuzhou back then, and he was even worse than today, and then he established the foundation of this pass.......

Liu Bei just said this, and suddenly heard Zhao Rong hurriedly say in a hurry: "Lord, military advisor, something is wrong." ”

"What's the matter? Could it be that there are pursuers again? Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei's mood had just improved, and he was afraid that Zhao Rong's words would affect Liu Bei again, so he hurriedly asked in a deep voice in the car, then said goodbye to Liu Bei, jumped out of the car and prepared to ask quietly.

But he didn't expect Zhao Rong to ignore his thoughts, and said loudly: "We seem to be surrounded, and there are enemy ambushes all around, and it looks like there are tens of thousands of people." ”

"What? How is this possible? It must be the enemy's bluff, don't panic, wait for me to see the enemy's situation. Although Zhuge Liang was nervous, he still comforted Liu Bei, hoping that Zhao Rong would be able to talk in detail in a whisper after he got out of the car.

Who knew that Zhao Rong still didn't understand his intentions, or even if he did, he couldn't take care of it, so he hurriedly shouted: "It's definitely not a bluff, there are heads and banners all over the mountains, and it's the banner of Zhou Yu, the general of the town army."

"Zhou Yu? Could it be that he was not in Chang'an, but had laid an ambush here early? Zhuge Liang couldn't take care of Liu Bei's mood at this time, and his face immediately turned pale.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sergeants around shouting in unison: "Kong Ming's clever plan is to calm the world, and he lost his wife and broke his army." Kong Ming, your army is here today, can you have a last word to explain? ”

Zhuge Liang listened to the sergeant's shout, and immediately heard that the number of enemy troops would never be less than 20,000, and at this time, he couldn't care about Liu Bei, and suddenly his breath was stagnant in his chest, his eyes were black, his throat was sweet, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood. (To be continued......)