Chapter 389 Luoxiaocheng was betrayed again, and returned to Hanzhong, who knows life and death

As mentioned in the above book, Deng Ai suffered another defeat and fled to the county seat of Liuba County.

Liuba County, a small county with only a few thousand households.

In the county seat, there are only more than ten officials, and the county order doesn't know if there is none, or if they have escaped!

Anyway, now it's the head of the government in this county that it's the head of the government!

Seeing thousands of officers and soldiers entering the city, the squad leader hurriedly nodded and came over to greet him.

In the face of the flattery of the team leader, Deng Ai said: "Our army is running all the way and needs to rest, you quickly arrange people to prepare some food!" ”

"Don't worry, the villain will arrange it. Please go to the county government to rest! The team leader said, and led everyone to the county office.

It's not bad, there are a lot of large and small rooms in this county office, and more than 1,000 people have been settled.

After settling down, the team leader came out of the county office.

A servant had already come to inquire.

"Head, what do we think of these people as if they were defeated!?" A official asked.

"Smack!" The head of the squad beat the official for a while, and said secretly, "You want to kill Lao Tzu!" Does it matter if he is a defeated army or not? You've been on the battlefield, so be careful! ”

"Even!" The official stuck out his tongue and said.

Another official asked, "I heard that the general is the governor of our Hanzhong City, and he later suffered a defeat at Xiegu Pass!" ”

"Forget that! Everyone, be careful! Now these soldiers are murderous! The head of the team told everyone again.

The official who had just spoken suddenly asked, "They really look like they have retreated." If there were pursuers behind us, wouldn't we be in trouble? ”

Hearing this, the team leader was also shocked, and asked eagerly: "What can I do then?" ”

"Otherwise, we will also send people to the city to keep guard, and once we find that there are pursuers, we will immediately flee out of the city with our families!" The officer said.

The team leader shook his head and said, "If you run again at that time, I'm afraid it's too late!" Regardless of whether there are pursuers or not, let's arrange our families to the mountains behind first! ”

After the discussion was settled, they each went home and quietly withdrew to the back mountain with their families.

After waiting for a long time in the county office, Deng Ai saw that the food had not come for a long time, so he sent soldiers to the head of the team's house.

After a short time, the soldier came back and reported: "General Qiyu, the squad leader's house is empty!" ”

"How so? Do you know where they went? Deng Ai was shocked and hurriedly asked.

"Nobody knows! The officials in the city are gone! The soldier replied.

Deng Ai's heart tightened, and he secretly thought to himself: "Could it be that this damn team leader wants to betray me?" ”

Thinking of this, he ordered the soldiers to summon Du Shu.

"Uncle Wu, it seems that something is not good!" Deng Ai said uneasily.

"Why did the general say that?" Du Shu asked.

Deng Aiyan said: "The head of the squad is gone, and even the officials in the city and their families are gone!" ”

"This is really not good news! If they go out of the city to lure Jiang Wei and the others, we will be in danger! Du Shu said.

Deng Ai sighed, and then said, "You immediately send reinforcements to the city to guard the city, and then order the soldiers to borrow some grain and grass from the people's homes." ”

"No!" Du Shu said yes and turned to leave.

Despite arranging Du Shu, Deng Ai was still uneasy.

He straightened up his armor and walked to the city wall with his weapon.

Seeing the military commander on duty in the city, he asked, "Can you see someone leaving the city today?" ”

Jun Sima was a little hesitant when he spoke: "General Hui, when we entered the city, many people in the city fled outside the city!" Since his subordinates took over the city gate, the people in the city have become much more honest! Just ......"

"Just what? Don't hide it, let's talk quickly! Deng Ai glared at him and said sharply.

Only then did the military Sima say: "The squad leader in the city has gone out of the city with that group of officials!" They said to shoot some game and help the general improve! ”

"! Will the jungler still come with his family? Deng Ai was furious when he heard this.

"No, they definitely didn't bring their families!" Jun Sima hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Deng Ai's heart tightened, and he said secretly: "It's not good! This guy must be looking for Jiang Wei! ”

After thinking about it, he instructed the military commander: "Gather the soldiers and horses here at once, and come to see the governor of Pontus." ”

"No!" Jun Sima responded and left.

Not long after, Du Shu followed Jun Sima to see Deng Ai.

"Governor, what's going on?" Du Shu asked.

Deng Ai sighed and said, "That team leader has already led people to find Jiang Wei!" We can't sit still here, we should quickly return to Hanzhong! ”

"In that case, let's get going!" Du Shu said.

Deng Ai asked, "How is the grain and grass?" ”

"I've found some fodder and fed the horses. The soldiers will have to eat only some dry food! Du Shu replied.

"Hey! That's all there is to it! Deng Ai sighed, and then said, "After a stick of incense, immediately go out of the city, to the south, out of the Baogu Valley, and back to Hanzhong!" ”

"No!"

However, time is like a sponge.

When he was in a hurry, he was like a sponge full of water, squeezed tightly, and the water disappeared all of a sudden!

In this time of incense, Deng Ai's heart was very tormented!

He didn't know where the enemy was now!

However, he could have a hunch that the enemy was not far from here!

The spies sent out have not come back until now, have they been caught by the enemy!

He was worried!

Suddenly, he felt the ground tremble!

Not good!

Enemy cavalry!

"Let's go!" He suddenly shouted.

Turning over his horse, he held his gun in his hand and said to the soldier who was eating dry food: "The enemy cavalry is coming!" Get out of town quickly! ”

The soldiers hurriedly put away their dry food, took their weapons, followed closely behind Deng Ai and Du Shu, went out of the city, and retreated along the road.

Sure enough!

In a short time, a sentry cavalry galloped in!

The person at the front is the head of the steward in the county!

When he entered the city, he found that Deng Ai and the others were long gone.

Hurriedly found someone to ask, he learned that Deng Ai and the others had left, and hurriedly reported to the general who came with him: "General, it may be that the cavalry is moving, they learned the news and quickly evacuated!" ”

The general of the unified army was Zhang Nan, the deputy general during the attack on Wulipo.

Zhang Nan knew that Deng Ai was both wise and brave, although he was defeated by Jiang Wei, but this does not mean that he was mediocre and incompetent! On the contrary, Jiang Wei repeatedly told him to deal with this person carefully.

"Out of the way! Do you know the road to Hanzhong? Zhang Nan said.

The squad leader replied: "General Hui, this road is usually taken by brothers, and it is very familiar!" I'll show the way for the general! ”

"Good!"

In this way, the head of the squad rode a war horse and led the way.

More than 1,000 cavalry members of Zhang Nan's department followed closely behind!

The speed of the cavalry was far from being comparable to that of the infantry! What's more, the soldiers under Deng Ai's department were already very tired, hungry and thirsty!

After only ten miles of walking, Deng Ai heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him!

"Uncle Wu, the enemy cavalry is catching up!" He said to Du Shu.

Du Shu listened carefully and said, "Dudu, I'm afraid it's not far away!" What to do? ”

Deng Ai looked at the terrain on the left and right, and then said, "Retreat to the mountains!" Let the soldiers retreat into the mountains! You and I can escape back to Hanzhong on horseback with these guards! ”

Du Shu had no other choice but to order the infantry to retreat to the mountains.

In this way, Deng Ai and Du Shu ran to Hanzhong with more than a dozen cavalry guards.

"General Bao, when I just came from that mountain, my subordinates found that there were people on the mountain!" A military marquis caught up with Zhang Nan and said. 、

Zhang Nan couldn't help but be stunned, then thought about it, and felt right, so he led the troops back.

When he arrived there, it happened that those soldiers came down from the mountain, and Zhang Nan immediately led his troops to surround them.

"Who are you? With a knife and a gun, what do you want? Zhang Nan asked sharply.

Seeing that he was surrounded, the leader hurriedly threw away the weapon in his hand, and then asked the person behind him to throw away the weapon as well, walked to Zhang Nan and knelt on one knee, and said: "Back to this general's question, a certain one is a soldier under Deng Ai!" However, the general was in hot pursuit, and Deng Aiyin and the infantry dragged them down, so they gave up our wait and retreated on their own! But he has forsaken us, so why should we die for him? If the general does not give up, some are willing to follow the general! I hope the general will take it in! ”

Hearing that it was Deng Ai's soldiers, Zhang Nan immediately understood, and said with a smile: "It's okay to take you in!" It's just that he still needs to catch up with Deng Ai, but he can't take you and wait! It's better to wait for you to settle down in the county seat with the head of the squad first, and after our army recovers Hanzhong, how about you bring people who are willing to join the army to Hanzhong? ”

The man said: "It's not a secret, now the general is leading his troops to chase Deng Ai, I'm afraid it's too late!" Deng Ai and Du Shu rode on horseback, and they definitely wouldn't slow down the general! It's only a hundred miles to Hanzhong, and it's only a few hours to get there! The general is already half an hour late, how can he catch up? It's better to go back to the county seat, wait for the army to come, and it's not too late to go to Hanzhong together! ”

Zhang Nan thought for a moment and felt that it made sense, so he led his troops to retreat to the county seat.

The next day, the armies of Huang Xu and Jiang Wei passed nearby.

Zhang Nan brought a group of troops to meet Huang Xu and Jiang Wei and told them about the past.

After hearing this, Jiang Wei smiled and said to everyone: "This time Deng Ai retreated to Hanzhong alone, and the Cao brothers will definitely detain him. As long as Deng Ai loses his military power, going to Hanzhong is like exploring the bag and taking things! ”

"Why did Boyo assert that?" Huang Xu asked puzzled.

Jiang Wei said: "Cao Tai is very scheming, scheming, and has been fighting with his father Cao Ren since he was a child, and he thinks he has won his father's ability!" However, Deng Ai was appreciated by Sima Yi, first made military exploits on the battlefield of Feng Yi, and then blocked the general in the valley for several years, and won the position of the governor of Hanzhong. However, after Cao Ang ascended the throne, he told the three brothers of Cao Tai that if Deng Ai lost the valley, he could be exempted from military power! ”

"Is that so?" The generals were amazed.

Jiang Wei continued: "This is the information obtained by His Majesty's secret agents, and I learned it when I left Jingzhou!" Besides, Your Majesty personally marched, wouldn't we take this opportunity to push the northern battlefield through Hanzhong. When Your Majesty takes the top, then Hanzhong will become the forefront of the attack on Chengdu! ”

Hearing this, Huang Xu couldn't help nodding his head, and agreed with this, so he asked: "There are two roads to Hanzhong today, how to march, and ask Boyo for advice!" ”