Liao An hugged his legs, sat on the watchtower of his east courtyard, looked at the rows of soldiers standing in front of the post house a hundred zhang away, and muttered. An ordinary-looking, sturdy man stood behind him, his eyes looking in the same direction.

Liao An reached out and picked up the wine glass, and took a shallow sip: "You can go." ”

"Whoa." The man answered, turned around and was about to leave.

"You wait." Liao An turned his head, looked at the man with a calm expression, thought about it, and waved his hand again: "Forget it, you can go." ”

The man didn't leave, his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Mr. Ziping, the young master of my family is a generous person, and he will not hold a grudge against Mr. because he was once an enemy of him." In fact, Mr. may not know very well, I am just a pawn, originally a scout under the command of the Hussar General of the Wei State, and was captured in the Battle of Xiangyang. ”

Liao An raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up, he laughed, and nodded. "Okay, be careful all the way."

"Thank you, sir." The man walked down the stairs quickly, flashed out of the courtyard, and disappeared into the night.

Liao An sat alone on the watchtower, looking at the brightly lit and heavily guarded post house in the distance, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he sighed lightly: "Time is like a treasure, and time is like a shoe, Sun Zhongmou is not a master who can be served after all." ”

In the post house, Lu Xun sat in the hall and slowly ate porridge. He galloped all the way from Wuchang to here, every muscle in his body was extremely sore, and his legs were even more bloody and blurry, but he still sat straight, and the hand holding the porridge spoon trembled slightly, but he was still calm.

Lu Lan held a few official documents and walked in quickly. His face was very bad. His forehead was full of fine beads of sweat, and just as he was about to speak, Lu Xun waved his hand: "Zhongshan, sit down and eat first." ”

"General, the situation is not good."

Lu Xun interrupted him and said undoubtedly: "Eat first." ”

Lu Lan had no choice but to sit diagonally opposite Lu Xun, and someone sent a meal table. Lu Lan scooped up a big spoonful of porridge, looked at it, and couldn't help but look up and say, "General......"

"Eat silently!" Lu Xun glanced at him. Sink your face.

Lu Lan was stunned. He sighed softly, lowered his head, and took a big gulp. He quickly finished eating a large bowl of porridge, but Lu Xun was still eating slowly. After another moment. Lu Xun put down the porridge spoon. His porridge bowl was clean. There was not a single grain of rice, but there was a lot of porridge left in Lu Lan's bowl, obviously he ate it in a hurry just now.

Lu Xun took the water bowl with his mouth. rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth again, and then took the official document, and said while opening it: "Zhongshan, what kind of opponent Wei Ba is, we also know very well that such a big flaw fell into his hands, and there is no reason why he should not hold on tightly." The current situation is very unfavorable for us, and any situation is possible. But the more you are at this time, the more calm you must be, if the situation is unfavorable and you lose your mind, then you will only be completely defeated by the enemy, and there will be no chance to turn around. ”

Lu Lan's expression was solemn, and he bowed down and said, "Thank you for the general's teachings." ”

"The good winner is not a famous general, and the good loser is a hero." Lu Xun said unhurriedly: "Only a calm person can see a glimmer of victory from the inevitable defeat, and it is possible to turn defeat into victory." ”

"Whoa."

Lu Xun didn't say anything more, he looked at the official document carefully. The official document was forwarded from Youyang, and the content was sent from Sangu half a month ago, and the content was that the attack on Sangu was not going well, and the troops would be withdrawn in the near future, so Wei Jing was asked to be ready to respond, especially to do a good job in the defense of Youyang, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

Lu Xun frowned: "Since Wei Jing has received this official letter, Weishenme is still in Linyuan?" ”

Lu Lan snorted disdainfully: "He probably thinks there is still time." ”

Lu Xun shook his head helplessly: "He really wasted a piece of hard work in Buzi Mountain in vain." Since the attack on the three valleys did not go well, it means that the tide of the battle is about to be reversed, and our army has retreated thousands of miles, how can the enemy let them retreat with their whole body? The barbarians may be invincible in frontal combat, but pursuing riots is their advantage. How can this road be peaceful? Once Buzishan is delayed on the road for too long, there will naturally be a shortage of military rations, so he should bring men and horses and military rations to pick it up, why hasn't he left yet? ”

Lu Lan hesitated: "Is it so serious?" ”

"It's going to be more important than that." Lu Xun put the official document on the desk and patted it gently: "These Jianghuai people think they are from the hometown of culture, and they don't take others seriously after reading the books of sages, but what can they do?" Now is a troubled time, and it is useless to sit high and talk. ”

"Then we ......"

"Let him come to me."

"General, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?"

"When is it that you still have the heart to think about these things?" Lu Xun raised his head, his eyes full of reproach. "The defeat is decided, and now we have to try to minimize the losses as much as possible. If they are still suspicious of each other like this, what is the matter of the country? Once Wei Ba's counterattack is in full swing and the army suffers too heavy losses, I am afraid that only Wuxi and even the entire Jiangnan may collapse as a result. ”

Lu Lan had already listened to Lu Xun's analysis of the consequences, so he was not surprised by this, but he was a little unhappy to take the initiative to remind Wei Jing. However, Lu Xun was angry, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he immediately got up and asked people to invite Wei Jing.

Hearing that the auxiliary general summoned him, Wei Jing was still a little dissatisfied, and it took half an hour to come, and he looked indifferent. When Lu Xun told him about the consequences, and warned him that Bu Qi was likely to be in danger at this moment, and if he didn't rescue in time, it was likely that the whole army would be wiped out, Wei Jing realized the severity of the situation and hurriedly went.

Looking at Wei Jing's back, Lu Xun sighed.

As soon as the next day dawned, Lu Xun got up early and rushed to Yuanling with the guard battalion.

When Lu Xun left Linyuan, Chen Shi was running wildly on the mountain road. He failed to conquer his own battalion, and watched Wei Ba burn all the heavy grain and grass, and originally thought that the most serious thing in the world was nothing more serious than this. On the one hand, he stood in front of the camp and confronted Wei Ba, and on the other hand, he sent a letter to Lu Dai, asking him to prepare early, hoping that he could come back in time, and if it was possible to block Wei Ba here, there would be a chance to atone for his crimes.

But he soon found that the loss of the camp was far from the most terrible, and the more terrible was still to come, and when he woke up one night, he suddenly found that Wei Ba was gone. When he tentatively sent people into the camp, he found that there were only more than 300 prisoners tied together in the camp, except for the ashes in one place.

As soon as Chen Shi asked, he knew that Wei Ba led the whole army over the Xuefeng Mountain behind him at dawn and left. Chen Shi was shocked, and when he crossed Xuefeng Mountain, it was Lingling County, whether Wei Ba went north to Chenyang or eastward into the hinterland of Lingling, it was an immeasurable loss. If more than 1,000 people attack Lingling everywhere, Lingling will be destroyed.

Chen Shi immediately led his army over Xuefeng Mountain, and quickly found the traces of Wei Ba and others, confirming that Wei Ba was going north along the Zishui River Valley. He ordered an all-out pursuit. Chenyang is the base of Pan Jun's department, and it is the most important fortress in the three-way army. Of course, they were on guard, but the focus of their defense was on the direction of Yuanshui and Chenshui to the southwest, and once Wei Ba appeared from behind them, Chenyang was likely to suffer an unexpected blow.

In order to catch up with Wei Ba, Chen Shi had to take risks. Wei Ba set off nearly a day ahead of him, and if he wanted to catch up with Wei Ba, he had to go all out.

Chen Shi chased for three days and was exhausted. Fortunately, he didn't lose it, and he was getting closer and closer to Wei Ba. However, he still didn't dare to relax, according to the distance estimate, Wei Ba was only a day's journey away from Lipu, and if he couldn't catch up before then, Lipu would probably fall into the hands of Wei Ba.

The days in winter are always very short, and the days in the mountains are even shorter, God obviously doesn't care whether Chen Shi is in a hurry or not, noon seems to have just passed for a while, the mountain shadow drags on longer and longer, and the narrow mountain road becomes darker and darker, and gradually it is impossible to see clearly. Chen Shi had already expected that he would collect a lot of dead branches and rotten trees along the way, light torches, and hurry as many as possible. He also knew that it was dangerous to march at night, but at this moment, in order to catch up with Wei Ba, he couldn't care too much.

Even if he used his teeth, he had to bite Wei Ba. Wei Ba ran out of his hands, and he couldn't watch Wei Ba come back to harm Chenyang.

In fact, Chen Shi has been unconvinced. He felt that if it weren't for Wei Ba's deception, if it weren't for the betrayal of those barbarians, he would not have lost the Xuefeng Mountain camp at all, and things would not have developed to this point. He had enough strength to repel Wei Ba and stillidate his plot. Now Wei Ba has more than 1,000 people, and he has more than 2,000 people, who are also elites who are proficient in mountain warfare, as long as he is careful enough, as long as he catches up with Wei Ba, he still has a chance to defeat Wei Ba and turn the tide.

"Captain, you can't chase it anymore." One of the guards reminded: "If you fall into an ambush, then ......"

The guards did not dare to say any more, and the consequences of being ambushed in the mountains were too serious.

"No, it won't." Chen Shi pinched his waist and gasped, and every breath he took felt very difficult. "The scout in front said that Wei Ba's army had already passed the water. We rushed to the east bank of the river and set up camp. ”

"Whoa." The guards breathed a sigh of relief, did not say any more, ran to the front of the team, loudly boosted morale, and fought to rush to the east bank of the river to set up camp. Lishui is still more than ten miles away from here, that is, most of the time. It is a basin, and the sun is longer than the mountains in the mountains, and according to the hours there, it is not yet time to sleep. When the soldiers heard this, they were immediately more energetic and quickened their pace.

In less than an hour, Chen Shi led his army to the east bank of Lishui, and under the guidance of the scouts, Chen Shi saw the traces of Wei Ba and others wading in the water not long ago. He took advantage of the faint remnant sun to look into the distance, and hesitated. Wei Ba has already crossed the Lishui River, which is more than 30 miles away from Lipu, will he rush to Lipu overnight to attack the city, or will he rest overnight and then leave? Shall I catch up with all the vigor now, or should I let the soldiers rest for the night and recuperate before catching up?

Chen Shi thought about it for a long time and felt that it was better to be careful. He sent a few heralds to Lipu to remind the defenders to be careful, and he set up camp on the east bank of Lishui to let the soldiers sleep peacefully.

However, Chen Shi's wish was disappointed. In the middle of the night, when he had set up his camp and was about to rest early, the scouts suddenly rushed in and reported a news that frightened him to the horror: to the east of them, a large number of enemies had appeared, and it was none other than Wei Ba, whom they had been chasing. (To be continued......)

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