Zhang Fei fled to Fancheng, so he ordered his troops and horses, and prepared to defend the city.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's military order also came at the same time, and he retreated to Xiangyang at any cost, and he had to retreat immediately when he received the military order, that is, no matter how many soldiers and horses could escape back in the end, he would also retreat to Xiangyang as soon as possible.

Zhang Fei immediately understood that this was to ask him to give up Fancheng and not prepare to defend it anymore.

Although he was a little unwilling, his brother's military orders could not be disobeyed, and they had to be carried out no matter what.

That night, the Chu army left the city overnight and withdrew to Xiangyang in the dark.

After receiving the news, Yan Xing immediately led 8,000 cavalry to pursue, while the rest of the cavalry entered Fancheng.

However, in the middle of the night, the Chu army put out the torch and walked in the dark, which was really difficult.

Yan Xing chased until dawn, but only killed thousands of foot soldiers, and Fancheng was less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang, and the Chu army lost all its baggage and grain and grass, and ran completely lightly, and ran to Xiangyang in one night.

Yan Xing's pursuers were sleepy and tired, so they just retreated to Fancheng to rest.

Zhang Fei led the army to flee to Xiangyang, and when he counted the soldiers and horses, he found that more than 5,000 soldiers and horses had been folded in one night, and only half of the 20,000 people finally fled back to Xiangyang, and the losses were not heavy.

"Angry, angry!"

Zhang Fei's thunderous roar was full of hatred and anger.

The people who were chased fled in panic, and more than half of the 20,000 troops were lost, which was simply too embarrassing.

Liu Bei comforted: "Yide doesn't have to worry about it, the cadres are all cavalry, and the strength is still superior to our army." This time, he was entangled by the 30,000 cavalry of Xiqian, and Yide was able to bring back half of the 20,000 troops, and he was already very satisfied with his brother. ”

Xu Shu and Pang Tong also nodded. This is, of course, to give Zhang Fei face.

Xinye is less than two hundred miles away from Xiangyang, and there is Fancheng as a buffer in the middle. This is the only way to escape back half of the people. Otherwise, if it is farther away, it will be entangled by 30,000 Xiqian cavalry. The 20,000-strong army was only wiped out, how could it escape back half of the soldiers and horses.

Although Zhang Fei was still a little angry, it was not good to get angry in front of his brother.

"Yuan Zhi, is everything arranged?"

After Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask Xu Shu again.

Xu Shu replied: "Don't worry, my lord, everything has been arranged, and I will set off early tomorrow morning, and the 100,000 people who have been recruited are all young and strong men under the age of forty, and they have already gone south." The grain and baggage have also been on the road, and the rest of the soldiers and horses can be evacuated early tomorrow morning! ”

Liu Bei nodded at this time, and said abruptly: "Breaking up the people's wives is not what you want after all!" ”

Xu Shu understood Liu Bei's thoughts, and followed his words and said: "Luo Zheng is ferocious, and he uses swords and soldiers to harm the people, and the lord refuses to abandon the people of Jingzhou, which is really a benevolent and righteous act, and the people will only be grateful." And there will be no resentment! ”

"That's good, that's good!"

Liu Bei showed a relieved smile, but he was a little more uncertain.

Xu Shu's mood was a little heavy, it was easy to give up Xiangyang, but it was difficult to come back.

Luo Zheng has unified the north. This time, hundreds of thousands of people will go south, even if they can't cross the river, they will inevitably sweep the north of the river in one fell swoop. Out of five in the world, it has scored four points. Sun, Cao, and Liu scored a total of one point, how can they still compete?

Even if you can escape to Gangneung this time. There are also a series of problems to face.

The local scholars in Jingzhou originally regarded Liu Bei as a thorn in their side, and they strongly opposed the southward migration. For the Jingzhou scholars, no matter who is in charge of Jingzhou, as long as their interests can be guaranteed, the Jingzhou scholars don't care whether Jingzhou's surname is Luo or Liu.

Let the Jingzhou scholars give up Xiangyang and move to Jingnan, which means that they have to give up their family business, so that the Jingzhou scholars are bound to find more ways to get rid of Liu Bei and intensify the contradictions, which is really not a good thing.

What's worse is that those warrior gate lords will not be obedient.

Since the first year of Zhongping, the world has been in turmoil, and there have been wars in various places, and the power of the Shi clan gate lords has withered, while Jingzhou and Xichuan are relatively peaceful, so they have become the best places of refuge, and the huge power of the Jingzhou Shi clan gate lords is actually the first under today.

For such as Jing, Huang and other big clans, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, and there are tens of thousands of private soldiers and slaves.

These private slaves were not just farmers who farmed the land, but also armed forces equipped with weapons and armor.

Even if you haven't been on the battlefield, if you make trouble, it will definitely cause big trouble.

Even if he was forced to move to Jingzhou this time, it would be a scourge sooner or later.

However, it has come to this point, and it is useless to think too much, so we can only deploy in advance to nip the danger in the bud.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei led an army of 30,000 to 'protect' a group of Jingxiang clans and their relatives and families, and went south from Xiangyang to Jingnan.

Liu Bei was afraid that the cavalry of the Qianjun army would catch up, so he was anxious and urged the army to march all the way.

Unexpectedly, after passing Yicheng, Yan Xing led 8,000 cavalry to chase up, Liu Bei had to fight and retreat, fortunately, the further south he went, the more mountains and dense forests became, which was very unfavorable for cavalry pursuit, and he could block the pursuers for half a day if he broke the bridge at will.

Yan Xing's pursuit of the nest was extremely hot, so he could only follow behind his ass all the way and keep building bridges and roads.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's army brought a lot of grain, baggage, and idle people, etc., and the marching speed was really not fast.

It took six days to escape to Dangyang.

At the Dangyang Bridge in Changbanpo, Zhang Fei led 500 foot soldiers to block the way.

Eight thousand cavalry rolled forward and rushed forward.

Zhang Fei broke off his drink, as if there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the mountains responded.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Fei did not face the battle, but waved his hand and immediately led five hundred foot soldiers to run across the Dangyang Bridge.

The rushing Xiqian cavalry could not regain momentum, and the narrow and broken Dangyang Bridge could only pass through Guò at a time, and many cavalry could not regain their momentum and rushed directly into the ditch, but Zhang Fei saw the opportunity and rushed over with five hundred foot soldiers.

"Angry!"

Yan Xing yelled loudly, "Zhang Feipifu, do you dare to fight?" ”

"Why don't you dare!"

Zhang Fei also roared, swung the iron-spine spear, and slapped the horse to kill him.

Yan Xing jumped on a horse with a spear to meet him, and the two fought again at the Dangyang Bridge.

The Xiqian cavalry that rushed over killed Zhang Fei's 500 foot soldiers and surrounded them from all sides.

Zhang Fei didn't look good, when Liu Bei gave him the military order, he could block it, and if he couldn't stop it, he would break Dangyang Bridge to escape, but Zhang Fei was belligerent and couldn't swallow this breath, and he wanted to find an opportunity to kill Yan Xing, so he couldn't help but turn around and fight.

Seeing that the 500 foot soldiers were scattered by the cavalry of the cadre army, where did they dare to fight, they hurriedly forced Yan Xing away, reluctantly gathered more than 100 foot soldiers and went back, rushed across the Dangyang Bridge, broke the bridge as soon as possible, and quickly fled for their lives.

"Quick, build the bridge!"

Yan Xingqi yelled angrily, and couldn't help but want to explode again.

Since entering Jingzhou, this battle has been very frustrated, although it has been pressing the Chu army to fight, but every time the Chu army can escape, there are dizzying mountains and dense forests everywhere, and the advantage of the cavalry cannot be brought into play at all.

How can the battle be fought like this without making people angry? (To be continued......)