Chapter 385: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Kill Rice (2)

With the death of Yu Ban, the elite of the Jingxiang Legion, as if its soul had been scattered, turned into a walking corpse, and was no longer able to resist the impact of Ao Lie and Zhao Yun in both directions, and was soon broken in formation, divided into more than a dozen pieces, and fell into the dilemma of fighting on its own.

When Lu Bu led the Long Xiang army and completely defeated the remnants of Meng Da, he turned his horse's head and launched an attack on the Jingxiang army from another direction, making the situation of the Jingxiang army even worse. Under the attack of the three teams, the Jingxiang Legion was finally defeated, this collection of Jingzhou, Yizhou two places of young and strong, let Yu Ban spend painstaking efforts, lasted two years to train into an army, Liu Bei was proud of the elite, after all, under the siege of the two more elite armies of the Blood Killing Army and the Longxiang Army, disappeared in the long river of history, this is the first time they officially set foot on the battlefield, and it is also the last time. The Jingxiang Army, which cost Liu Bei a lot of financial and material resources, was just a flash in the pan and became gloomy.

After defeating all the Shu soldiers, Ao Lie did not have time to clear the battlefield, and immediately ordered to take all the wounded and retreat to the rear. Ao Lie's move made those court officials who had never fought puzzled, this had obviously been won, why did he have to retreat? The scattered weapons, armor, and war horses on the battlefield are all money, besides, there are tens of thousands of prisoners, the combat effectiveness of these Shu soldiers, they all see it, if these prisoners are brought back, after a period of education and training, and reorganized into an army, it is a force that should not be underestimated.

But now Ao Lie seems to not be able to see these things, and directly gives the order to retreat, which has to be confusing. These court officials wanted to go forward and ask Ao Lie why he was in a hurry to evacuate, but they were afraid of Ao Lie's bloodstains. It is similar to the image of the legendary Nine Ghost Killing Gods, so these ministers had to dispel the idea of asking Ao Lie, and instead asked Huangfu Song about the doubts in their hearts.

In this regard, Huangfu Song explained: "Don't forget, this is Hanzhong, Liu Bei's territory, everyone really thinks that Liu Bei sent troops to suppress bandits, and happened to meet us." Did you mistake us for mountain bandits? In fact, Liu Bei had already heard the news of the Holy Emperor's personal conquest, and all of this was Liu Beibu's ......"

can be an important minister in the court, which one is not a thoughtful person? Hearing Huangfu Song's explanation here, how could they not understand that Liu Bei was going to rebel! Moreover, Liu Bei's rebellion is very hidden, and he will not be infamy. can also successfully kill Liu Xie, and then take over the imperial power of the Han Dynasty as a clan member of the Han family, after all. He is the king of Hanzhong who is personally crowned by the Son of Heaven, and he can inherit the throne of the Son of Heaven as a prince, and there are only two people in the world, he and Ao Lie, but Ao Lie has changed his surname. Obviously, it is not suitable to be the Son of Heaven, so only Liu Bei is qualified and capable of sitting on the dragon chair of the Son of Heaven.

No wonder Ao Lie was in such a hurry to evacuate. He didn't even care about the large amount of materials left on the battlefield, it turned out that he was worried that Liu Bei would break the jar and lead the army to chase and kill! Thinking about this section clearly, the ministers no longer dared to waste time, and boarded the carriage one after another, or stepped on the war horses, and accelerated to the rear. It must be known that now the Yan army plus the Han army has only more than 40,000 people, and Hanzhong is an important town with a garrison of 200,000 troops.

Under the urging of Ao Lie, the Yan army and the Han army supported each other, and quickly retreated in the direction of Xiegu Pass with the wounded soldiers, where there were 10,000 Han troops led by Zhu Hao garrisoned, as long as they reached Xiegu Pass and integrated men and horses, with the solidity of Xiegu Pass, it was enough to resist the offensive of less than 100,000 people.

In the process of retreating, the backward 30,000 Yan troops finally caught up, they were originally set off from Yanjing with Ao Lie, but because of the war horse, they were left far behind by the Blood Killing Army and the Long Xiang Army, until the battle was over, and then they rushed over under the leadership of Pang Tong, but this is good, with the protection of this new force, Ao Lie is not so worried about Liu Bei's pursuit, if Liu Bei dares to come, then let him know that the Yan Army is powerful.

Two hours later, after a rapid journey, Ao Lie finally took Liu Xie's body and more than 30 court ministers to arrive safely at Xiegu Pass. At the same time, Ao Lie ordered the 30,000 Yan army led by Pang Tong to be on guard, cooperate with the 10,000 Han army led by Zhu Hao, guard the Xiegu Pass, and once they found that Shu soldiers were chasing, they immediately warned the pass.

As soon as Ao Lie's order was issued, the soldiers who had been given time to rest had not had time to disperse, when they heard Zhu Hao shouting above the city pass: "King Yuyan, there is smoke and dust rolling up ten miles ahead, it should be a large group of people and horses coming!" ”

It's coming so fast! Ao Lie walked up the stairs to the top of the city and looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Hao. Sure enough, the dust on the ground was rolled up by the sky, forming an earth dragon in mid-air, which can cause this kind of scene, there should be no less than 100,000 people and horses running, and at present, the only one who can mobilize so many people and horses at will can only be Liu Bei, Liu Bei, catch up!

The distance of ten miles is not far, and under the gallop of the horse with all his might, it is here in a blink of an eye. Standing on the head of the Xiegu Pass, all the people can already clearly see that the people and horses chasing after the pass are the Shu soldiers, Liu Bei rode on the small Lu, surrounded by the ministers of civil and military affairs around him, walked out of the center of the brigade, and shouted towards the pass: "This king is Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong!" The king's subordinates reported to the king, saying that the saint was held hostage by mountain bandits, and the king came to the rescue! Please close the guard to open the closed door. ”

At this point, Liu Bei still shamelessly put gold on his face, causing some court ministers to immediately scold: "Traitor! Do you still have the face to say what to save the driver? The saint has been poisoned by your subordinate Yan Yan, and the dragon has returned to the sky! What else do you have to say? ”

When Liu Bei heard that Liu Xie was dead, his heart suddenly blossomed, so that he could realize his lifelong dream and climb the dragon chair of the Son of Heaven, but he pretended to be surprised on his face and said, "Won't it?" This king just asked General Yan Yan to go to the rescue, how could he hurt the saint? If this is true, then the king will immediately send Yan Yan's head to the gate to apologize! However, all the adults have to talk about evidence, how can you conclude that it was General Yan Yan, a subordinate of this king, who hurt the saint? ”

Owl heads? Apologize? Ao Lie sneered, untied the burden on his waist, threw down the wall, and said to Liu Bei: "Liu Bei! Don't bother you to do it, Yan Yan's head has been cut off by this king, and now it will be returned to you! ”

Several Shu soldiers ran forward, took back the burden thrown by Ao Lie, and presented it to Liu Bei. Liu Bei used the double-strand sword to pick off the burden, and Yan Yan's head jumped into Liu Bei's eyes!

A civil official of the imperial court shouted at the gate: "Liu Bei! With all the human and material evidence, what else do you have to say? You say, did you instruct Yan Yan to assassinate the saint? ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "This king is a member of the Han family, how could he do such a despicable and shameless and rebellious thing?" The adults must have misunderstood, it is better to open the city gate, and let King Ben enter the customs and then explain the reason to you in detail. ”

Huangfu Song took a step forward and shouted angrily at Liu Bei: "Liu Bei! Do you really think we're all stupid? Let you in, will I still have a way to live? If you have the ability, you will break through the Xiegu Pass and enter the pass! To tell you the truth, it is true that the saint died, but the saint left an edict and gave the Son of Heaven to King Yan! You will break the filthy thoughts in your heart! ”

Hearing Huangfu Song's words, Liu Bei's face instantly turned cold! It's Ao Lie again! It's Ao Lie again!! Why is this annoying Ao Lie every time appearing at the most critical moment and stealing all the limelight from him? Liu Bei thought that after occupying half of the entire territory of Jingzhou and Yizhou, he could break free from Ao Lie, who would always overpower him, but he didn't expect that even if he was now the king of Hanzhong, he was still robbed of the limelight by Ao Lie, and he was the biggest limelight!

Liu Bei secretly clenched his fists, his heart was turning quickly, he was thinking about whether to order the siege of the city, once this order was issued, if he could kill all the people in the Xiegu Pass, and there was no proof of death, he could clear all the obstacles and successfully ascend to the position of the Son of Heaven that he dreamed of; But if you can't break through the Xiegu Pass, then you will be ruined, and all your efforts for more than 20 years will come to naught!

When Liu Bei hesitated, Huangfu Song on the city gate suddenly fell to the ground in front of Ao Liebai, and said loudly: "Old minister Huangfu Song, respectfully ask the Holy Lord to succeed to the throne!" Driven by Huangfu Song, Zhong Xuan also reacted, and hurriedly knelt down at Ao Lie's feet with more than 30 other ministers, and said in unison: "Respectfully ask the Holy Lord to succeed to the throne!" ”

Their cries spread from afar, making the hesitant Liu Bei furious, eager to immediately step on the Xiegu Pass and kill all the people inside, leaving no one behind. Previously, under the influence of profit, he designed to kill Liu Xie, thinking that he would naturally ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven, but he didn't expect Liu Xie to make such an edict and pass the throne to Ao Lie! Not only did he not reap any benefits, but he also lost his troops and generals, not to mention Yu Ban, Yan Yan, Meng Da and other generals in the army, and also lost more than 40,000 men and horses, including the elite Jingxiang army that he had high hopes for and was ready to use to pacify the world in the future! Now, he still has to watch the veteran-level ministers such as Huangfu Song and Zhong Xuan take the throne of Ao Lie! All of this has brought Liu Bei close to the critical point of the outbreak, his right hand was slowly raised, with his movements, the 100,000 Shu soldiers have put their hands on the hilt of the knife on their waists, as long as Liu Bei waved his arm, they will pull out the war knife and swear to step on the sloping valley pass!

When Liu Bei's arm was about to be raised to the top, a thick voice suddenly came from the wall: "Big brother, stop it!" (To be continued......)