Sun Ce, Sun Ren, Zhou Yu, and the others gathered outside the big tent and waited anxiously. A moment later, the curtain was lifted, and a servant-like man came out with a basin of blood. The crowd couldn't help but get agitated. After another moment, an old man dressed in linen straw sandals with three long beards and fairy wind bones walked out.

When they saw him, they immediately gathered around him. Sun Ce couldn't wait to ask, "Doctor Hua Tuo, how is my father?" "It turns out that this fairy-like figure is the famous doctor of later generations, Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo smiled and said, "Childe, don't worry, General Sun is fine!" Come and see him! ”

Sun Ce hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered, and everyone followed. Hua Tuo left on his own.

When the people came to the tent, they saw Sun Jian, who was lying on the marching collapse. Sun Jianjing was naked, with a thick bandage wrapped around his left shoulder, faintly revealing a little faint bloodstain, and his face showed a trace of exhaustion.

Everyone hurried to the couch and bowed together, "Father." Sun Jian nodded, "Get up." The crowd stood up. Sun Jian glanced at Zhou Yu and asked, "Gong Jin, how many people have we lost?" Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Nearly 40,000 people were killed and wounded by Lu Bu's cavalry......"

Sun Jian coughed violently, everyone was shocked, and Sun Ren hurriedly sat behind Sun Jian to rub his back. After a while, Sun Jian came over and scolded angrily: "Damn Lu Bu! When I take off his head, I may pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Sun Ce immediately hugged his fists and said: "Father, I am willing to lead the army to attack Hanzhong again, and I will take the city before sunrise!" Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu with a look of hesitation. Zhou Yu said: "I went to check near the city gate just now, and the breached city gate has been blocked, and the collapsed city wall has been filled!" The city is full of swords and guns, and it is heavily guarded! Don't say that one night, even if there are three more days, you may not be able to attack! According to the spies' report, Lu Bu's Tiger Wing Army and Leopard Tao Army will arrive in Hanzhong in a few days! We've lost our best chance! ”

Sun Jian frowned and asked Zhou Yu, "Then according to Gongjin's opinion, what should we do?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Our army should immediately retreat to the upper mediocrity. ”

Sun Jian showed a thoughtful look.

……

The gaze turned to Nanyang.

Huang Gai hurried into the hall. An officer immediately clenched his fists and said, "General, the sentry cavalry just reported that it was found that the cavalry of the brigade appeared more than thirty miles northwest of Nanyang City. ”

Huang Gai walked quickly to the map. The officer pointed to the location of the cavalry brigade on the map. Huang Gai stared at the place and frowned, "Brigade of cavalry? Is it Lu Bujun? The officer replied, "Yes." There are a lot of people, I don't know how many there are. ”

Huang Gai felt inexplicable: "What do they want to do?" After thinking for a moment, he ordered: "The four gates are closed, and all the armies are ready to fight!" "No." The officer clenched his fists and ran down.

……

In the evening of the same day, information came that the cavalry of the brigade had passed Nanyang and headed southwest. Huang Gai was puzzled and hurriedly ran to the map to check. His gaze followed the trajectory of the other party's movement, and finally landed on Shangyong City. Huang Gai was shocked: "Not good! Their goal is mediocrity! "Hurry up and call the herald and tell him to inform Shangyong as quickly as possible to take precautions!

Early the next morning. In the hazy fog, Zhang Lang saw from the city gate tower that Sun Jianjun was pulling out the camp and evacuating. Wu Yi rushed to Zhang Lang and reported: "General Qiyu, the enemy army is evacuating!" Zhang Lang nodded, patted the wall in front of him, and looked out of the city and thought.

"General, do you want to send troops to pursue?" Wu Yi asked.

Zhang Lang shook his head, "Who can guarantee that this is not Zhou Yu's plan?" Besides, with Zhou Yu's resourcefulness and Sun Jian's old spiciness, how could he not leave a hand when retreating? He turned his head to Wu Yi and said, "Order all armies to strictly guard the city!" No one is allowed to go to war without my orders! Violators will be dealt with by military law! "No." Wu Yi promised and ran down.

When it was noon, Sun Jian's banner and a soldier were no longer visible outside the city, leaving only an abandoned camp.

A scout officer rushed to report: "Sun Jian's army has withdrawn to Chenggu!" "Chenggu, a small county town dozens of miles east of Hanzhong.

Zhang Lang was a little surprised: "So fast? Did they find something? ”

Another scout rushed to report: "General Qiyu, the Tiger Wing Army and the Leopard Tao Army have arrived!" Zhang Lang immediately went down the city wall. As soon as he got off the city wall, he saw Zhang Liao leading dozens of cavalry galloping over. Zhang Lang stopped. Zhang Liao and the others rushed to Zhang Lang, reined in their horses, turned over, and bowed together: "I've seen the lord!" "Get up." The crowd stood up.

Zhang Lang asked Zhang Liao: "Where are the Tiger Wing Army and the Leopard Tao Army?" ”

"It's already in town!"

Zhang Lang said urgently: "Gather them immediately." We went out of the city to pursue Sun Jian. "No." Zhang Liao hugged his fists and promised, turned over his horse, and led his dozens of personal soldiers to gallop away.

Zhang Lang ordered someone to call Wu Yi and Yang Kun, ordered Wu Yi to defend the city well, and ordered Yang Kun to immediately gather all the cavalry in the city.

An hour later, more than 100,000 troops of the Tiger Wing Army and the Leopard Tao Army left Hanzhong and chased eastward. Sun Jianjun, who was returning east, received the news that the pursuers were approaching, and immediately slowed down and was on guard, and at the same time sprinkled a large number of scouts.

In the evening, the scout came to report that Lu Bu's army had approached only a dozen miles away. Sun Jian thought that Zhang Lang was about to attack, so he immediately ordered the army to stop and line up on the spot. More than 200,000 horses immediately dispersed, relying on the mountain to form a large formation, waiting for the battle.

It was completely dark, but the expected attack did not appear, and everyone was shocked. At this time, another scout came to report, saying that Lu Bu's army had stopped and lined up on the spot. Sun Jian and the others were very strange, but they didn't dare to be careless, and the armies took turns to rest and wait on the spot. And so, it lasted until the next morning. The scout came to report: Lu Bujun is still in place.

Zhou Yu frowned: "It's not quite right!" Lu Bu doesn't seem to want to go to war with us! It's trying to contain us! Suddenly, his expression changed: "Not good! Shangyong City! "The people don't know why. Zhou Yu hurriedly said to Sun Jian: "Lord, hurry up and send all the cavalry out to reinforce Shangyong City!" If I'm not as expected, I'm afraid Shangyong City is in danger! Although Sun Jian was puzzled, he immediately ordered the remaining 6,000 cavalry of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qinshuai to rush to Shangyong's aid at full speed. The two generals received orders and left immediately.

Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, you said that Shangyong would be attacked, is this possible?" ”

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "Lu Bu can completely use the Blue Wolf Army to go south, bypass Nanyang and go straight to Shangyong!" Shangyong is defenseless now, if they take the lead, I'm afraid of ......"