Chapter 47: Hope and Despair

That night, I don't know when they went to sleep. Maybe it was because he was too tired, but when Fang Shao opened his eyes, it was already bright daylight.

Originally, I wanted to continue to hurry, but Mrs. Mi's body was still weak, and she couldn't withstand the bumps of riding a horse, and if she drove the horse slowly, she didn't know when she would be able to get to Hanjindu, and if she missed the opportunity to meet Liu Bei, wouldn't the two of them have to go to Jiangxia on foot, and maybe there would be any danger along the way.

It seems that the dry road is impossible, and Fang Shao decided to take the waterway instead.

Fortunately, the fleeing fisherman left a few broken fishing boats by the river, although small and ugly, after Fang Shao checked it, he found that he could barely get into the water. In addition, the waterway down the river is not only fast, but also much more stable than riding a horse, which is undoubtedly very beneficial to Mrs. Mi, who cannot withstand the bumps.

So, Fang Shao carried usable things such as braziers and firewood to the fishing boat, and squeezed enough mare's milk for Adou to eat for three or five days, and then helped the mother and son to get on the boat and look south along the river.

Now that Jingzhou has fallen, the Cao army has won the Jingxiang water army, which means that there will be more than just Guan Yu on the Han River, so along the way, Fang Shao tried his best to sail close to the river bank, so that once he found any unfavorable conditions, he could quickly dock and hide.

After sailing for most of the day, it was almost noon, the wind gradually rose on the river, the river breeze in September was already cool, and this fishing boat was narrow, the middle section of the cabin was ventilated before and after, Mrs. Mi sat in it, her face was blue by the wind, and she couldn't help but shiver again.

Fang Shao had no choice but to guide the boat to the river, find a place in the reeds to shelter from the strong wind, and light a brazier in the cabin to warm Mrs. Mi.

In the afternoon, when the weather finally improved, Fang Shao drove out of the reeds.

And just as the boat had just sailed out of the white expanse, and inadvertently looked back to the north, Fang Shao's expression suddenly became nervous and excited.

In the field of vision, more than ten large ships are coming from the north, heading south along the Han River, judging from the size and scale of the ship, it must be a naval army. With the help of the wind, this navy sailed extremely fast and approached them in a short time.

At this time, Mrs. Mi also saw it, and hurriedly hugged Adou out of the bow of the boat, and shouted happily: "Fang Shao, look, it must be my uncle's sailor who has arrived!" ”

Fang Shao was not so optimistic, he was excited that this team of warships might be Guan Yu's sailors, but he was nervous because the situation in Jingzhou was so complicated, and it was not impossible for Cao Ying's navy to come.

"Let's see which flag it is first."

Out of caution, Fang Shao retreated a little more into the reeds, hiding in the shadows, and quietly watching the warships approach.

Finally, when about two hundred meters apart, Fang Shao could clearly see the "Guan" flag planted on the warship.

Mrs. Mi said excitedly: "It's my uncle's boat, this time it's right, Fang Shao, let's catch up quickly." ”

Fang Shao's expression was very calm, and he said: "This may not be, Cao Jun may be disguised under the banner of General Guan." But at this point, I had to take a chance, and Madame would retreat inside first and not show her head, and wait for me to act when I had the opportunity. ”

Mrs. Mi obediently carried Adou back to the cabin, Fang Shao took a deep breath, and drove out of the reeds, looking at the more than ten warships coming in line.

When approaching, Fang Shao saw that the soldiers on the ship were all dressed by Liu Beijun, and he felt a little more hopeful in his heart.

At the same time, the people on board also spotted them, and the fleet immediately became noisy, and in a short time the archers gathered at the female wall on this side, and more than a hundred arrows were aimed at them.

It is no wonder that during the war, the Han River was full of Jingzhou naval troops, some of them were iron-hearted to surrender to Cao, some were ready to return to Liu, and some did not know where to go. And now, on this big river, a fishing boat suddenly appeared, and when it saw the military boat, it dared to approach without fear, and anyone would think it was a careful work to be on guard.

At that moment, Fang Shao was not panicked, and raised his hands and shouted to the other party: "I'm not fine, Hugh wants to release arrows, is it General Guan's sailor?" ”

After a while, a small colonel on the boat shouted: "What, this is a military ship, wait for the little people to avoid it quickly, or they will shoot you as a fine worker." ”

Fang Shao shouted again: "I am Fang Shao, a subordinate of Zhuge Army, and I came to give an order on the order of the lord, and ordered General Guan to lead the water army to quickly turn back to the north and raid the Cao Army Water Division in Xiangfan. ”

Fang Shaohu made up this so-called Liu Bei's order, which was nothing more than to test the authenticity again.

Sure enough, the little colonel at the bow of the boat shouted when he heard this: "The order given by the lord to General Guan is obviously to go south to Jiangling, and as soon as you open your mouth, you will show your flaws, and it is clearly a meticulous work!" Come on, shoot him-"

Hearing these words, Fang Shao was already convinced that this was Guan Yu's army, and without waiting for the other party to say anything, he immediately shouted: "General Hugh is going to be angry, I am just trying to test it, it is really because I am protecting Mrs. Mi and Xiao Gongzi by my side, so I have to do this, let us get on the boat." ”

If it's for other reasons, maybe the little school won't listen to it at all, just don't care about you, shoot into a honeycomb first. But now Xia Shao shouted out the names of Mrs. Mi and the little son, and immediately shocked him, and the little colonel ordered him not to release the arrow, but he reprimanded loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about, the master mother and the little son obviously followed the lord on the dry road, how could they appear here." ”

"We were scattered by Cao Jun at Changban Slope, and my wife is here, if you don't believe it, let someone you know quickly identify it."

Fang Shao invited Mrs. Mi out at this time. This Mrs. Mi is not like an unknown junior like him, there are many people in the army who have seen him, and Mrs. Mi stopped at the bow of the boat, and soon someone recognized her.

"It's Mrs. Mi, it's really Mrs. Mi."

"That's right, it's true, it's the master's mother."

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Now the young general was completely convinced, and hurriedly ordered the warship to approach, lowered the rope, and let them board the big ship.

The moment she stepped onto the stable deck, Mrs. Mi couldn't help crying with joy, and muttered in her mouth: "Adou has to live now, he has to live......

Fang Shaoxin didn't like it, but in front of so many soldiers, how could he easily show it, so he comforted in a low voice: "Madam is the honor of the master mother, it's better not to be too excited." ”

Mrs. Mi is everyone's best girl, not to mention that she has been with Liu Bei for so many years, how can she not understand the general reason, just because she fled with Fang Shao these days, and she is used to being informal, so she forgot to cry for a while, and when she heard Fang Shao's words, she quickly suppressed her tears.

Just a few days of fleeing life, at this time, looking back, it was like a world away, this night, Fang Shao fell asleep with all kinds of thrills, since coming to this era, he has never felt so tired, and when the smell of meat woke him up, it was already noon the next day.

"Sir, you must be hungry when you wake up, I have just made a fish stew, you can eat a little." It was the little colonel who came in with a big bowl of hot fish soup yesterday, smiling, and judging the two of them with the serious look of yesterday.

Fang Shao was so hungry that his intestines fought, and he didn't care about eating at this time, he ate the fish in one go, and there was not a drop left in a bowl of soup, and after a few burps, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, what about the lady and the little son?" ”

The little colonel smiled and said: "That's the case, last night we flew this matter to General Guan, and his old man sent General Zhou Cang overnight, and this morning he used a big boat to pick up the lady and the little boy first. Madame originally wanted to ask you to go with her, but when she saw that you were sleeping soundly, she couldn't bear to wake him up. ”

When he heard the first half of the words, Fang Shao was still a little disappointed, but after listening to the second half of the words, he was relieved.

He walked out of the cabin, stood on the deck and looked into the distance, the river breeze came slowly, how smooth, the same wind, but the mood was different, and the feeling was completely different.

"It's over, it's time to live a good life in the future."

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At this moment, when Fang Shao was riding the wind and waves, standing on the bow of the boat in a chic manner, his teacher Zhuge Liang was still following Liu Bei and his group of people to bumble in the wilderness.

"Alas, Fang Shao, Fang Shao, you are so young and gone, sir, I still want to polish your stone into jade, why are you so unlucky, I knew that I should have let you follow the boat on the waterway, alas......"

Zhuge Liang had a sad look on his face, and he kept feeling regret in his heart, and everyone else was almost the same as him.

However, the most depressed mood is Liu Bei, in which, he is the oldest, and it is not easy to get a son when he is old, but he would have thought that it would be gone.

There is no successor, and even the heroes of the world will be discouraged by this kind of thing.

Perhaps, Liu Bei is regretting in his heart at the moment that he shouldn't have been impulsive at the beginning, if he let his wife and son follow Guan Yu on the waterway, maybe he wouldn't have tasted the pain he has now.

At this time, Xu Shu should be the most relaxed, the old mother and wife are safe and sound, although this trip to Changban Slope is thrilling, but there is also no danger, just as an experience. He saw that Liu Bei was in a bad mood, but stepped forward to comfort him: "My lord, more than twenty miles further is Hanjindu, and soon we will be safe." ”

Before the words fell, I suddenly saw the dust rising in front of me, as if a team of people was coming towards this side, and everyone's expressions changed.

In this wilderness, a group of people suddenly appeared, ten of them may be the pursuers of the Cao army, these twenty or thirty down-and-out civil and military, wounded and hungry, have no combat effectiveness at all, how to respond!

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel despair in his heart: "Could it be that Cao Ying had already expected that I was going to flee to Hanjin and set up this ambush in advance?" If that is the case, my life will be closed today! ”

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