The reinforcements sent by Lu Xun arrived in time and pulled the Buqi headquarters back from the brink of collapse. Zhao Tong had a gentle personality, and when he saw that the situation was not good for him, he did not hesitate much, and immediately led the army to withdraw. Prior to this, he had already received news from Wei Ba and knew that Wei Ba was preparing to intercept Pan Jun in the west of Chenyang, so he retreated south along the valley.

A few months ago, he had just walked this road, and it was because Zhu Ji had seized Chenyang and disrupted Wei Ba's Jihua, and Wei Ba had to change his route to the Chenxi tribe. At that time, Sun Luban and Pan Ziyu were both in the team, and they were forced by Wei Ba to rush together, and they suffered a lot along the way. Now, Sun Luban has returned to Wuchang, and Pan Ziyu, who refused to go back with his father, also stayed in the Three Valleys and did not follow, Zhao Tong took the barbarians on this road, although there were nearly 2,000 excited subordinates around him, but he felt extremely lonely. Heisha and the others found that Zhao Zhonglang, who commanded Ruoding on the battlefield and never had any emotional twists and turns, went outside the valley and became sentimental and often went out alone.

After a heated discussion, Heisha and Hanru decided that it was the Han New Year, and Zhao Zhonglang was homesick.

Lu Xun's reinforcements not only brought food, but also brought Lu Xun's orders: in view of Wei Jing's capture by Wei Basheng again, the grain in Wuling County has been exhausted, and Lipu was robbed by Wei Ba again, at present, only Chenyang still has surplus food, which cannot supply too many men and horses, and the Buqi Department has been fighting for thousands of miles, and has suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight again, so please go back to Xiling first, and Lu Xun will be responsible for the war here.

Bu Qi knew that the generals of the defeated army were brave, and their lives were saved by others. What qualifications do you have to fight with others? Forget it, go back and find a place to lick your wounds, and the matter of revenge can only be talked about later.

rescued Bu Qi, and the people sent by Lu Xun did not dare to chase Zhao Tong, and it was not a wise choice to go deep into the mountains and fight against the barbarians who had just won a big victory. Before leaving, Lu Xun forbade them to venture into the mountains, so after separating from Buqi, they honestly returned to Yuanling.

When the step is lonely and detached from the battlefield. Lu Dai's heart sank to the bottom. It wasn't long to go east along Tatsusui. He knew the news that Wei Ba was in front. There are two paths in front of him, one is to continue to move forward, fight a bloody path, and then you can reach Chenyang in one day. It is possible to eat a full meal. Get a good night's sleep; The second is to go back. Defeat Jin Dongliu behind, then enter the mountain again to avoid Wei Ba. Find another way to survive.

Obviously, the latter is unlikely. He has run out of food, find another way, even if Jin Dongliu no longer chases him like a ghost, he will have to walk hungry for more than ten days before it is possible to reach Chenyang, he doesn't know how many people in Zuihou can get out of the mountain alive, and he doesn't know if those hungry and crazy soldiers will eat him as jerky. He knows very well what his subordinates are, and there are few who are really willing to be loyal to him, most of them are just for a bite of food, and in the face of life and death, no one will mind treating him as a zuihou meal.

The rout is the most dangerous. This is the basic truth that everyone who leads the troops knows, and Lu Dai has commanded the army for many years and will not be unaware of this danger.

But fighting a bloody way out looks heroic, but in fact it is also very dangerous. Wei Ba occupied a favorable terrain, with only these more than 3,000 remnants of the army who had no food to eat, and no large-scale attack equipment, how could they break through Wei Ba's blockade? He didn't even have a boat, could he swim back to Chenyang?

Lu Dai was in a dilemma, thinking about it, as if it was more practical to commit suicide by diving, or at least to avoid humiliation. He is almost 70 years old, and he has fought for more than 30 years, and his achievements are so great that he can no longer suffer the humiliation of surrender. In an instant, Lu Dai thought of General Fubo's horse aid.

The Horse Leather Shroud sounds easy, but it's so hard to do.

Just when Lu Dai was preparing to emulate the sages by Chenshui, Pan Jun's forward came. Pan Jun withdrew all the way from the three valleys, he didn't encounter any difficulties, he was about to arrive in Chenyang, he still had seven or eight days of surplus food, and the loss of men and horses was not much, at least it was much more calm than Lu Dai's embarrassment. But Pan Jun's mood is not much better. This expedition was in vain, not only did he fail to complete the trust given by Sun Quan, but he didn't even save his daughter, in fact, he was as depressed as Lu Dai. But when he saw Lu Dai, he was still startled.

"Gong Lu, how can this be?"

Lu Dai is a high-toothed man, and Pan Jun has always called him Lu Gong, which means that he is compared with Lu Gongwang. Lu Dai usually accepts it calmly, but now that he is called by Pan Jun, he still feels embarrassed.

"Alas, don't mention it, this expedition is really ......" Thinking of the reason for this war, Lu Dai didn't know how to phrase it for a while. This inexplicable battle was not originally like this, their three-way army should not go deep into the mountains, but lined up along the line of Xuefeng Mountain and Wuling Mountain, controlling the line of Wuyang, Chenyang, Yuanling, and Youyang, forcing the barbarians to retreat into the deep mountains, giving up arable land, leaving them with no food to eat, and then either surrendering, from now on under Liu Yan's command, listening to Sun Quan's orders, or fleeing to the south of Yizhou, to find trouble for Zhuge Liang. But who would have thought that because Sun Luban was taken away by Wei Ba, Sun Quan was furious and changed his previous strategy and let them go on an expedition to the Three Valleys, and as a result, things evolved like this.

Although Lu Dai did not approve, he did not oppose it at the beginning, and even said that Sun Quan's absurd decision had something to do with his support, and now he didn't know how to explain Pan Jun's problem.

Seeing that Lu Dai was embarrassed, Pan Jun changed the topic in time: "Lu Gong, how many people do you have?" How much more grain is left? ”

"There are more than 3,400 people, but there is not a grain of grain left." Lu Dai laughed at himself: "If you don't come, I'm about to find a fishing rod to fish." ”

Pan Jun smiled bitterly. He still has food, but if he adds Lu Dai's men and horses, his grain can only be supplied for four or five days, and even if he saves some, it will not exceed ten days. Wei Ba was in front of him, he didn't know if Chenyang was safe, if Chenyang also fell into the hands of Wei Ba, the situation would be really a little bad.

Pan Jun thought about it and felt that it was not a good way to retreat without a fight, or to fight with Wei Ba and break out of the encirclement. He discussed it with Lu Dai, and Lu Dai also felt that it was feasible. They have a combined army, and there are tens of thousands of people, warships, and ordnance, and it should not be difficult to break through Wei Ba's interception. If he chooses to retreat from the mountains, the risk is even greater, Lu Dai is already chased by the barbarians, and he doesn't want to experience such a nightmare again.

After the two agreed, they immediately moved forward, and Pan Jun sent a large number of scouts to investigate the situation ahead, especially to understand the situation in Chenyang. The next day, Pan Jun got the news that Chenyang was safe and sound, and that the auxiliary general Lu Xun had arrived at Longyan Beach and was preparing to attack Wei Ba and respond to their retreat. However, Longyantan's upward attack was unfavorable, and he could only play a leading role, mainly relying on Pan Jun and Lu Dai's own efforts.

Hearing this news, Pan Jun and Lu Dai were both happy and worried, happy that Lu Xun responded, and the possibility of success increased several times, but the worry was that they all knew that Sun Quan used this opportunity to suppress the rise of Jiangdong people Jihua was completely bankrupt.

Strategic matters aside, the immediate life and death were imminent, Pan Jun prepared for a while, and immediately sent Zhu Ji to lead Zhou Yin and Zhou Jun to Wei Ba's position.

Zhu Ji stood upright on the bow of the ship and came to the front of the formation to check Wei Ba's position. He just glanced at it roughly, and then he couldn't help but gasp, and muttered to himself: "This shaft is so cruel, he wants to kill us all." ”

Zhou Yin tilted his head, looking at the position on the cliff that was built with bamboo and extended more than 200 steps to both sides, and then looked at the bamboo bridge built in the air and flying across Chenshui, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Although this is the narrowest place on the Chenshui River, there are still two or thirty steps away from each other, what method did Wei Ba use to build such a bridge? Is he really omnipotent?

The terrain of Longyan Beach is originally easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a man who is a pass, and there is no danger. Wei Ba has now erected a bamboo bridge connecting the two sides of the strait, the soldiers on both sides of the strait can easily communicate with each other, reinforce each other, and can use the bamboo bridge Xiangxia to shoot, throw stones, any enemy who tries to pass through this canyon is under their threat, not to mention that Wei Ba also set up a volley on both sides of the plank road-like shelf, up to two or three hundred steps, on which crossbowmen can be stationed, and the attacking enemy will be attacked at three or four hundred steps away from the mouth of the gorge.

Is it possible to break through such a position? Zhou Yin was very skeptical.

"This shaft...... Murderous enough. Zhou Yin echoed.

Zhu Ji turned around and glanced at Zhou Yin, and suddenly laughed, but the smile was uglier than crying. "Zhong Ying, I originally thought it was a bit embarrassing for you to lose at the hands of Wei Ba, but now that I see this unbelievable position, I can only say that it is not easy for you to die in his hands."

Zhou Yin grinned, he wanted to joke with Zhu Ji, but the murderous position in front of him was like a boundless stone pressing on his heart, making him unable to breathe. When he was in the Three Valleys, he wanted to die on the battlefield, so as not to be retaliated by Sun Luban after returning to Wuchang, but he never succeeded. Now seeing this position, he faintly feels that his willingness may be realized.

It's just that he died in the hands of Wei Ba, which made him a little unwilling. He also knew that Zhu Ji's words were a compliment to him, but when he thought of the battle by Chenshui, if it wasn't for Zhou Jun's escape, he almost killed Wei Ba, he felt very depressed.

Seeing that Zhou Yin didn't speak, Zhu Ji thought he was unhappy, and said with emotion: "This time, maybe we will all die here." Zhong Ying, the same age as Wei Ba, is our sorrow, born at the wrong time. ”

Hearing Zhu Ji's words, Zhou Yin suddenly felt a burst of pride. He smiled slightly: "Gongxu, why be so depressed. Wei Ba is also a human being, and he will die if he is injured. Although he occupies the favorable terrain, it does not mean that he will be able to stop us. ”

Zhu Ji glanced at him: "It's still Zhongying and heroic, I'm ashamed." ”

Zhou Yin took two steps forward, took a long breath, pulled up his throat, and shouted: "Wei Ba, Zhou Yin is here, do you dare to fight?" ”

The sound was like a war drum, echoing through the valley. (To be continued......)