Chapter 253: Pursuing Liu Bei
"Sin General Liu Pi, knock on General Zhengdong!"
Liu Pi was conceited with his hands, bowed his head and knelt down in front of Wang Chong, his trembling body slightly, it could be seen that his current mood was very nervous.
Wang Chong rode on the horse, looked at Liu Pi condescendingly, and said lightly: "General Liu can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the general is very pleased, okay, don't kneel, come on, why don't you loosen the tie for General Liu?" ”
Liu Pi's surrender is still relatively sincere, and his dare to go out of the city alone is enough to prove his determination, because in this case, his life and death are completely incapable of making his own decisions.
Liu Bi is about forty years old, he looks very vicious, and his face full of slag is full of vicissitudes, but at this moment, under Wang Chong's powerful momentum, he looks a little restrained.
"General Liu, do you know where Liu Bei has fled now?"
Liu Bidao: "General Hui, since the military division...... Ah No, since Xu Shu joined the army, he has already formulated a series of plans for Liu Bei to retreat to Jingzhou, and only then did Liu Bei let the guilty general lead a thousand soldiers to defend the city, and he had already led the remaining soldiers and horses to Shenyang first! ”
"Shenyang?" Wang Chong pondered for a while, and quickly made a decision in his heart, and said to Jia Xu, "Wen He, I think that Liu Bei has not escaped far yet, I should personally lead the cavalry battalion to pursue, and Wen He will lead the rest of the army to come later!" ”
"Slow down!" Jia Xu shouted to Wang Chong, squinted his eyes and said, "Does the lord think that Liu Bei's next destination is really Shenyang?" ”
"What do you mean?" Wang Chong frowned, and his cold gaze subconsciously swept towards Liu Bi.
Liu Bi was stared at by Wang Chong and trembled, and asked Jia Xu indignantly: "What does this gentleman mean by this?" Isn't it possible to think that the sin will be lying to deceive the general? ”
Jia Xu smiled. explained: "General Liu misunderstood, what he meant was that Liu Bei had asked the general to stay behind him. He may have predicted that the general would surrender to me when he was cornered, so the message he gave to the general at the beginning may not be correct, maybe it was just to mislead us into going to Shenyang, so as to buy more time for himself to evacuate! ”
"This ......" Liu Bi's face turned red, maybe Jia Xu was just telling the truth, and had nothing else to do. But when these words heard Liu Bi's ears, it seemed to question his loyalty.
Wang Chong's face was solemn: "Xu Shu is good at using tricks, but it is not impossible to have this possibility. It's just that according to Wen He's opinion, if Liu Bei didn't flee to Shenyang, where would he choose to go? ”
Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Liu Bei has only two choices if he wants to retreat to Jingzhou, one is to go west to Shenyang or Northern Yichun. The second is to go north along the Rushui River first. Then turn west to Anyang and then enter Jingzhou! ”
Wang Chong was stunned: "If he chooses the second route, won't he take the same road we took when we came back from Nanyang?" ”
"Indeed!" Jia Xu nodded and said, "But Xu Shu is witty, and Xu doesn't dare to conclude that he will definitely take the second way, so for the sake of insurance, it is best for the lord to divide the troops into two ways this time!" ”
Regarding Jia Xu's suggestion, Wang Chong only thought about it for less than ten seconds before agreeing: "It's okay, so I will personally lead the cavalry battalion to the north to pursue." Wen Qian's 5,000 soldiers and horses will serve as my follow-up reinforcements, as for the rest of the army. It's bothering to write and command! ”
Wang Chong's pursuit of the north this time was speed, so in addition to the cavalry battalion, he even left Wang Shuang's iron guard battalion to Jia Xu, and only brought the Lejin department, which was very mobile in the infantry.
According to the information obtained from Liu Pi's mouth, Liu Bei now has more than 5,000 troops left, and there is no cavalry, in this case, if the two sides encounter in the field, Wang Chong is fully sure that with only 1,000 cavalry, this rabble can be washed away, and the reason why he also brought Le Jin's 5,000 foot soldiers is actually just to clean up the mess.
Iron hooves and dust flying, along the rough waters, a thousand brocade cavalry galloped along the riverbank, and from a distance, it looked like a black dragon flying and roaring.
A quarter of an hour or so passed quickly, and Wang Chong had unknowingly led the cavalry to chase out more than ten miles, and on the ground, there seemed to be traces left by the hasty escape of the army, which also made Wang Chong even more convinced that Liu Beijun was not far in front of him.
"Big brother, it's not good, the Jinfan thief army is about to catch up!" Zhang Fei, who was in charge of the break, had faintly heard the sound of iron hooves getting closer and closer, so he rushed to Liu Bei's side with a heavy face to report.
"This ......" Liu Bei's face was frightened, and he couldn't help scolding, "Damn Liu Bi, this two-faced villain, really can't believe it!" ”
Liu Bei knew very well in his heart that since Jin Fan could catch up so quickly, it must be that Liu Bi had surrendered Jin Fan early, and he knew that he should have changed a general at the beginning, maybe the army would be able to escape Jin Fan's pursuit before dark, but the matter had come to this point, and regret was to no avail, so he was busy asking Xu Shu, "Military advisor, how should this be good!?" ”
Compared with Liu Bei, Xu Shu's face was not much better, he originally thought that he deliberately left Liu Bi and then told him the wrong information, so that he could successfully deceive Jinfan to Shenyang, but he didn't expect Jinfan to see through his strategy so easily.
Xu Shu's mind was running at high speed, and Liu Bei said: "Lord, as far as you know, there are only more than 1,000 cavalry under Jin Fan's command, we may be able to form a formation to meet the attack, as long as we can completely annihilate this army before the arrival of the opponent's reinforcements, we can leave calmly!" ”
"My lord!" As soon as Xu Shu finished speaking, Mi Zhu on the side hurriedly vetoed, "The cavalry machine is too powerful, if the other party does not fight our army, but only harasses us from the side, it is enough to drag our army down!" ”
Liu Bei nodded in agreement, in fact, even if the Jinfan cavalry chose to attack, Liu Bei was not very sure that he would defeat the other party by relying on these five thousand rabble: "Zi Zhong is reasonable, does the military advisor have other strategies?" ”
Xu Shu's expression darkened, he knew that Liu Bei didn't want to risk his life, in the final analysis, he still lacked the courage to burn the jade with the other party: "In addition, I'm afraid that I can only leave an army after the break, so as to buy time for the army to escape as much as possible!" ”
As soon as Xu Shu said this, the scene couldn't help but be silent for a while, because everyone knew that those who stayed behind would die for life.
In the end, it was Guan Yu who took the lead in speaking: "Big brother, why don't you let the younger brother leave the queen?" ”
Liu Bei's face changed, and he hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "Yun Chang can't!" ”
"Big brother!" Guan Yu's voice became a little heavier, and he insisted on saying, "The junior brother has a red rabbit horse, even if he is in a million army, he can come and go freely, how can Jinfan keep the little brother with a mere thousand cavalry?" (To be continued.) )