Out of morality, Wang Chong let people untie the rope that bound Zhao Yun, and it was such a small act that made Wang Chong achieve a huge gain.

In the eyes of prying eyes, Zhao Yun's original loyalty to Liu Bei was as high as 99 points, but it instantly decreased by 4 points, and his favorability towards Wang Chong soared directly from 23 to 41, a full increase of 18 points.

Found a hillside, Zhao Yun, who looked numb, began to dig a pit with his bare hands, while Wang Chong sent people to the direction of Shenyang, informing Jia Xu to immediately lead the army to the north and go to Yang'an to meet him, and on the other hand, he left Tai Shici and two hundred cavalry, and asked them to guard Zhao Yun and the prisoners to receive Lejin's five thousand troops, and he himself led the remaining cavalry to continue to pursue Liu Bei north, after all, although Wang Chong valued Zhao Yun, he wanted to seize this opportunity in addition to Liu Bei.

However, things are obviously not as simple as Wang Chong imagined, because he chased all the way north for an hour, but still did not find even half of Liu Beijun's shadow.

"My lord, the situation seems to have changed!" Zhang Quan came to Wang Chong's side and reminded in a low voice, "There are no cavalry in Liu Bei's army, if it were according to normal circumstances, we should have caught up with each other at this time, but ......"

"Needless to say!" Wang Chong interrupted Zhang Quan with an unkind face, and scolded secretly, "Damn, why is this Liu Da'er's life so hard?" ”

For what Zhang Quan said, how could Wang Chong not know? This must be the other party's temporary change of marching route, but Runan is mountainous, and the fork roads are vertical and horizontal, if Liu Bei does not take the avenue and takes the mountain path instead, even if he has 100,000 troops in his hands, I am afraid that he may not be able to dig them out of the deep mountains.

I glanced up at the darkening sky. Wang Chong grabbed the reins and stopped advancing, and sighed extremely unwillingly: "That's it, let's turn around and go back first." Wait until you meet with the army, and then discuss the countermeasures from the long-term! ”

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That night, Wang Chong, who had joined Lejin, ordered the army to camp by the Rushui River, and as for Jia Xu's side, because the two sides were far apart, I was afraid that they would not be able to assemble each other until tomorrow.

After bandaging, Zhao Yun's injuries have been controlled. It's just that in addition to his shoulders and arms, his ten fingers are also bandaged.

Wang Chong was in a mood agitated now, and he didn't have the heart to run to Zhao Yun's side to get closer. However, Tai Shici, after a battle with Zhao Yun, admired Zhao Yun's martial arts very much, and sighed, "There are mountains outside the mountains." There are people outside the people'. Then he ordered someone to prepare some wine and food, and went into the camp where Zhao Yun was imprisoned.

Wang Chong, who got the news, just smiled faintly and didn't take the matter to heart, because he believed that Tai Shi Ci was loyal to him, and would never make a move like letting Zhao Yun go, and there were some things that would definitely be more effective for others to come forward than to come forward in person, as long as Tai Shi Ci could gain Zhao Yun's trust. Constantly telling him in his ear about the good relationship between himself and Jinfan, Wang Chong believed that this would inevitably imperceptibly affect Zhao Yun's senses about himself and Jinfan.

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The next day. Jia Xu smoothly led the army to meet Wang Chong and make peace.

Wang Chong roughly told Jia Xu what happened yesterday, then took a deep breath and asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, now that Liu Bei is afraid that he has already hidden in the mountains, is there a way to pull them out of it?" ”

Jia Xu pondered for a while, and shook his head helplessly: "It's very difficult to take the initiative to lead them out, and the only way is not to wait for them to come out by themselves!" ”

Wang Chong was puzzled: "What do you mean by this? ”

Jia Xu explained: "Liu Bei left in a hurry, and there must not be much grain and grass with him, so we only need to guard the various checkpoints outside the mountain, and we are not afraid that they will not come out of the net!" ”

Wang Chong frowned and said: "This plan takes too long, and it is too passive, it is really not a good strategy!" ”

Jia Xu smiled bitterly: "Other than that, Xu has no other way!" ”

Wang Chong was silent, and sighed for a long time: "Okay, it can only be like this, but this method seems to be difficult to do by relying on our Jinfan alone, right?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "So the lord still needs to ask Cao Jun for help, especially Cao Ren in Nanyang, if the other party does not send troops to cooperate with us to block the checkpoint west of Dashan, no matter what we do, it is meaningless!" ”

Wang Chong said worriedly: "But without Cao Cao's order, Cao Ren may not dare to mobilize the army of Wancheng without authorization, right?" ”

"Indeed!"

"......" Wang Chong was speechless for a while when he heard this, you must know that Cao Cao is now far away in Guandu, even if he agrees to Wang Chong's request, this letter will come and go, and when Cao Ren sends troops, it will be at least ten days and half a month later, and in such a long time, Liu Bei may have already fled across the mountains into Jingzhou, right?

Wang Chong spread his hands and said bitterly: "Wen He said that his purpose is not to persuade me to withdraw from the army?" ”

Jia Xu said with a straight face: "Lord, now that Liu Bei has been forced into the mountains, we can be regarded as having fulfilled Cao Gong's request, so why do we have to be so persistent in chasing and killing Liu Bei's wife?" ”

"This ......"

"Think twice!" Jia Xu persuaded bitterly, "Xu also knows that the lord is worried that if he misses this opportunity, he will be made big by Liu Bei in the future, but for now, Liu Bei can't pose any threat to my Jinfan, and although Liu Biao is old, he is not stupid, I just need to give him some eye medicine from time to time, even if Liu Bei lives in Jingzhou, his life is definitely not much better!" ”

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Wang Chong couldn't help but fall into silence, and quickly analyzed and weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and in the end, although he was very unwilling, he still decided to follow Jia Xu's advice and retreat: "That's it, rectify the army, let's set off to return to Huainan tomorrow!" ”

Jia Xu took a long breath and complimented: "The lord is wise! ”

"You, you!" Wang Chong pointed at Jia Xu with a smile, "In this way, I will write a letter later, and you will send someone to Cao Hong in Shangcai, so that they can send troops to receive all parts of Runan!" ”

"No!"

"And!" At this time, Wang Chong seemed to think of something again, and added, "In addition, I have to add another letter, asking Cao Cao and me Jinfan to jointly warn Liu Biao and put pressure on him, and it is best to force him to refuse Liu Bei's sojourn!" ”

Jia Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "The lord's move is very good, so, I think that when Liu Biao receives Liu Bei's request, he has to weigh it carefully, after all, the anger of my Jinfan and Cao Jun is not so easy to bear!" ”

Wang Chong smiled, and his mood was much better, after all, although he didn't get Liu Bei in this expedition to Runan, it was not without gain, at least he captured Zhao Yun, a general, and in time, Jinfan will have one more handsome person who can take charge alone. (To be continued.) )