Chapter 731: Escape from New No City
Just after Liu Bei made a decision, the most shocking news came out of the people of Lingxinye. There is news that the Cao army is preparing to attack in a big way, and this time it is really menacing, because many people are rumored that if the Cao army conquers Xinye this time, they will order the slaughter of the city.
When they first heard the news, the people of Xinye City were shocked, they obviously didn't expect that Cao Jun would actually give the order to slaughter the city. Regarding this news, the people of Shinno City believe it and some do not believe it. After all, although it is a troubled time, there has hardly been a massacre of the city.
Of course, there are two sides to everything, some people don't believe it, but some people are convinced of it. After all, Cao Jun had the idea of slaughtering the city. During the Battle of Xuzhou, although Cao's army did not slaughter the city, it also killed a lot of Xuzhou people.
Besides, the rumors are conclusive, saying that Cao Jun could not bear the shame of the last defeat, so he ordered the slaughter of the city to bring shame. And this news gradually won the belief of the people of Xinye City, after all, this thing is as if it was true, and no one can not believe it.
As the so-called three people become tigers, such rumors are intensifying, and Liu Beijun in Xinye City is already ready to withdraw the army, which makes the people in Xinye City unable to sit still. Liu Beijun actually wanted to flee without a fight, which made the people in the city confused, and they didn't know what to do.
Through Liu Beijun's actions, the people in the city knew that Cao's army was indeed preparing to attack, and Liu Bei obviously knew that his own army was not his opponent, so he planned to flee without a fight. The people in Xinye City were quite shocked, but they firmly believed that Liu Bei, who was known for his benevolence and virtue, Liu Huangshu, would never let the people of Xinye City go unpunished.
Sure enough, just when the news of Cao Jun's massacre of the city intensified, the soldiers under Liu Bei's command finally came out to explain. The Cao army attacked in a big way, and Liu Beijun knew that it would be difficult to resist the tens of thousands of troops of the Cao army, so he planned to withdraw his troops towards Xiangyang. Considering the ferocity of Cao's army, Liu Bei hoped that the people of Xinye City would withdraw with Liu Bei's army.
When I first heard the news, the people of Xinye City were somewhat unimaginable. Liu Beijun's withdrawal was tantamount to confirming the news that Cao's army was preparing for an attack. As for the news that Cao Jun wanted to slaughter the city, although Liu Beijun did not say it explicitly, it was obvious that the people could also know that the news was true.
If this is just a rumor, why did Liu Beijun want the people of Xinye City to retreat to Xiangyang with Liu Bei. For the benevolent Liu Bei, the people of Xinye City still trust him, after all, after Liu Bei came to Xinye City, he really did a lot of good things for the people of Xinye City, and the people are very grateful for this.
But they evacuated Xinye City like this, which made the people of Xinye City somewhat unbearable. You know, Xinye City has everything they have, and for the people, they don't have any requirements at all, as long as there is a place to stay, as long as there is food to eat.
Xiangyang is indeed a good place, and it is also the place that most people yearn for. Jingzhou is far away from war, especially Xiangyang is the most important city in Jingxiang, if you really get there, you can definitely get a safer guarantee, which is much better than a small city like Xinye.
But Xiangyang is indeed good, but it is not as good as its own home. After all, the family has a house that can shelter themselves from the wind and rain, although it is simple but comfortable. If you go to Xiangyang, then everything has to start from scratch, which is not something that the people of Xinye City want to see.
But even though the people of Xinye City couldn't bear it, when they thought of the menacing Cao army, the people of Xinye City had to flee. After all, life is the most precious thing compared to the house and the field. Whether it's a house or a land, these are all earned through hard work, but if your life is gone, you will never get it back. Therefore, if the two compare with each other, life is particularly important. Therefore, although the people of Xinye City couldn't bear it, they still began to prepare.
Hearing that the people were willing to leave with him, Liu Bei was obviously a lot more relaxed. Soon, Liu Bei ordered Liu Beijun soldiers in Xinye City to assist the people of Xinye City in gathering their things and preparing for evacuation. At the same time, Liu Bei also personally assured the people of Xinye City that the army would buy time for the evacuation of the people.
Although Shinno Castle is small, there are many people in the city. Especially in the past few years of Liu Bei's governance, the number of people in Xinye City has increased a lot. The evacuation of so many people from Xinye City is obviously not something that can be accomplished in a day and a half. However, Liu Bei was already prepared for this.
There was still a period of time for the Cao army to attack, after all, this expedition, the Cao army used tens of thousands of troops, although the troops were strong, but this also greatly limited the actions of the Cao army. The mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, not to mention anything else, but the mobilization of grain and grass cannot be completed in a short period of time.
However, Liu Bei obviously didn't expect that Zhao Fei knew that the movement of tens of thousands of troops could not escape Liu Beijun's scouts, so there was no sign of concealment at all. And the real killer is the 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers sent by Zhao Fei to Cao Cao for help. With these 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers, Zhao Fei was not afraid of Liu Bei escaping.
Cao Jun's tens of thousands of troops were just to cover up the 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers, and when the tens of thousands of troops of the Xiahoudun group began to move, Cao Chun led 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers who had already quietly left the army garrison and went straight to Xinye City. Zhao Fei's purpose was to entangle Liu Jun with the soldiers of the tiger and leopard ride. Of course, if Liu Bei could be annihilated in one fell swoop, then Zhao Fei would naturally be more anxiously happy.
But this is obviously impossible to happen, Zhao Fei has already learned in Xu Shu where that Liu Bei is very likely to have invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain. If this is really the case, not to mention the thousands of soldiers who wiped out Liu Beijun, even Cao Chun's thousands of tigers and leopards, they may be threatened by Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, before setting out on the expedition, Zhao Fei instructed Cao Chunqian to let the soldiers of the tiger and leopard ride be cautious. The purpose of the tiger and leopard cavalry was to contain Liu Beijun, and in addition to containing Liu Beijun, Zhao Fei asked Cao Chun to consume Liu Beijun's soldiers in the confrontation with Liu Beijun as much as possible.
This battle plan gave Cao Chun quite a headache, trying to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with Liu Beijun, and also trying his best to consume Liu Beijun's soldiers. Such a combat mission is not suitable for tiger and leopard riding at all, and if it is a white horse, it may be adaptable. And the soldiers of the Tiger and Par Cavalry are more adept at breaking through head-on and crushing the enemy army in the front, and only in this way can the soldiers of the Tiger and Par Cavalry feel glory again. It is not allowed to fight head-on, which is obviously not in line with the combat style of the tiger and leopard cavalry.
However, Zhao Fei gave an order, even if Cao Chun was very helpless, he had to obey Zhao Fei's order. The order is forbidden, besides, the tiger and leopard riding was personally trained by Zhao Fei, and the soldiers of the tiger and leopard riding will naturally obey Zhao Fei's order. Moreover, since Zhao Fei handed over such a difficult task to the tiger and leopard rider, it proves that Zhao Fei has a lot of trust in the tiger and leopard rider. Since Lord Taiwei trusted the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Rider so much, then Cao Chun naturally would not disappoint Lord Taiwei.
The migration of the people in Xinye Castle is in full swing, and the migration of tens of thousands of people involves too many things. For the people, it is difficult to choose anything, and in their view, if anything is lost, it will be a loss.
However, the actions of the people made Liu Bei feel quite a headache, and if he continued at this rate, he was afraid that if the Cao army was approaching the city, it would still be difficult for the people in Xinye City to leave Xinye City. At this moment, Liu Bei didn't seem to know what he should do.
At this time, Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei a plan. The reason why the people are like this is because they expected that they were still some distance away from Cao's army, so they swallowed it so slowly. If the people knew that the Cao army was about to attack, I am afraid that no one would care about these things anymore.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's opinion, Liu Bei immediately ordered the soldiers in the city to be on standby. Subsequently, a news quickly spread in Xinye City, Cao's army was already very close to Xinye, and now Liu Huangshu's troops were ready to attack.
Hearing the news, the people of Xinye City, who were still slowly swallowing, finally knew the preciousness of life. Under the threat of their lives, the people of Xinye City quickly prepared to evacuate the city and march towards Xiangyang.
But everything has two sides, and the speed at which the people pack up is indeed speeding up, but this also brings unexpected chaos to the originally quite calm Xinye City, and hundreds of people want to get out of the city as soon as possible, but Xinye City is a small city, and the city gate is so big.
The people dragged their families with all the necessities of life. Such a huge flow of people has made the small gate of Xinye City unbearable. So people want to squeeze out of the city, and stampedes are inevitable.
Of course, if there is only one problem, it will be fine. The most hateful thing is that at this time when everyone is united, someone actually took advantage of the fire to rob. In this regard, Liu Bei naturally can't tolerate people, and he usually forgets it, but in this situation, whoever sees the trouble will definitely be severely punished.
Under such strong military pressure from Liu Beijun, the security in Xinye City was obviously much better. In this regard, the people of Xinye City applauded, Uncle Liu Huang really did not forget the people, Uncle Huang was really benevolent and fraternal, in this case, Liu Beijun's soldiers not only ran by themselves, but wanted to stay to delay the attack of Cao Jun. In this regard, the people of Xinye City felt very relieved, if Uncle Liu Huang blocked the enemy's pursuit, the people would naturally be able to arrive in Xiangyang safely.
After most of the people in Xinye City evacuated, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth to persuade Liu Bei, and then led the army to evacuate, while he led a thousand soldiers to pursue the army. This seems to have been discussed in advance, so Liu Bei naturally has something to refute.