However, it was said that Cao Cao had established Xiangyang, and on the one hand, he went to Liu Biao's tomb to pay respects, and on the other hand, he made a list to calm the people, and ordered the three armies not to harass the people.

Xun Youjin said: "Jiangling is an important place in Jingzhou, and money and grain are gathered there. If it is occupied by Liu Bei, it will be difficult to shake the eagerness. Now Liu Bei led the people, moving slowly, and led the army to attack quickly. ”

Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei sold his reputation and brought tens of thousands of people as a cover. How can our army attack without regard for the lives of the people, and it will inevitably delay time. It is better to bypass the people with light horses and go in pursuit. So he taught all departments to select 5,000 iron horsemen, personally led, detoured from Xiangyang, interspersed with detours, surpassed the people in the starry night, and galloped more than 300 miles to Dangyang Changsaka (now northeast of Dangyang, Hubei) to catch up with Liu Bei.

Let's say that Liu Bei led 3,000 troops and horses, and more than 100,000 people slowly marched towards Jiangling.

When the sun was approaching, Zhuge Liang said: "Yun Chang went to Jiangxia for help, but there was no news, I don't know why? ”

Liu Bei said: "Dare to bother the military master to go in person." Liu Qi is grateful for the teaching of going to the house to draw ladders in the past, and if he sees Mr. in person, he will not refuse. ”

Zhuge Liang promised, and Liu Feng led 500 troops to Jiangxia for help first.

It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, dusk was approaching, the cool breeze was swishing, Liu Bei and Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, and Mi Fang led the army to camp in Jingshan near Dangyang for a while.

At the fourth watch, I only heard the shouts from the northwest shaking the ground.

Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly led the remaining 2,000 military horses to meet the enemy.

Cao Cao personally led 5,000 iron horsemen, and the detour was interspersed and outflanked, and it was unstoppable.

At the time of crisis, fortunately, Zhang Fei led the army to arrive, desperately trying to open a bloody road, rescue Liu Bei to flee to the east, and Cao's army cut off the people's brigade and persuaded him to go south.

Liu Bei didn't care about the people, and fought with Zhang Fei and left.

When it was dawn, the shouts gradually faded away, and then the horse rested.

Liu Bei saw that there were only 100 horsemen with him, and the people, family members, and Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Jian Yong and others did not know their whereabouts, and they couldn't help crying sadly, Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

Fan Qiang and Zhang Da followed Zhang Fei from Mangdangshan to occupy Luncheng, and then Zhang Fei joined Liu Bei and Guan Yu, abandoned Luncheng to join Liu Biao, and followed him to Xinye, but had no chance to assassinate Zhang Fei to avenge Deng Mao. This time, Cao Cao led the army to pursue, and in the melee, Fan Qiang and Zhang Da led 100 brothers from Mangdang Mountain to mingle among the people, and they were spared.

Zhang Da thought that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were pursued by Cao Cao, and their lives must be lost, and it could be regarded as avenging Deng Mao's righteous soldiers, so it was better to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and still return to Mangdangshan to meet Guo Liang.

Fan Qiang believes that there is no news about the life and death of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and if they escape, they will give up halfway and give up their previous achievements. The two discussed and decided to continue south to inquire about the life and death of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

Fan Qiang and Zhang Da saw that Cao Jun dissuaded the people from going south, so they secretly left the people's team with one hundred and ten brothers and continued to explore Zhang Fei's whereabouts south.

Zhang Fei was comforting Liu Bei, and when he saw Fan Qiang and Zhang Da leading a hundred and ten people over, he urgently asked Xiahou Ying'e for news.

Fan Qiang said: "Cao Jun did not harm the people, but only discouraged them from going south, and each went home to live and work in peace and contentment. And all the people were mixed with the people, and it was not a big deal. ”

Liu Bei felt a little comforted in his heart: "I hope that the family members can avoid disaster." ”

Zhang Fei was concerned about Xiahou Ying'e and comforted Liu Bei: "Brother, don't worry, wait for me to go back and find the two sisters-in-law." "After that, ask Fan Qiang to select twenty strong soldiers and lead them back to find it; asked Zhang Da to lead the rest of the people to accompany Liu Bei here and wait.

Fan Qiang handed over the 100 brothers of Mangdangshan to Zhang Da, and told him in person, "You must sacrifice your life and forget your death and protect Uncle Liu Huang's life."

Zhang Da knew that Fan Qiang wanted to keep the Mangdanshan brothers safe.

Fan Qiang selected 20 strong people from Liu Bei's 100 entourage, and flew back with Zhang to find the lost people.

Zhang Fei and Fan Qiang came to the head of the Changsaka Bridge and saw a forest east of the bridge.

Fan Qiang said: "The general's reputation is world-famous, and the enemy's army is famous. If the horses stand at the head of the bridge, the enemy will not dare to come near. I led twenty horsemen to cut down the branches of the trees, tied them to the tail of the horses, and galloped back and forth in the woods, rushing up the dust, thinking that the enemy would retreat without a fight. ”

Zhang Fei did as planned.

And said that Zhao Yun fought with Cao Jun since the fourth watch, and when he arrived at dawn, he couldn't find Liu Bei, and he didn't see his family, so he patted his horse and killed back, Zhao Yun only rode thirty or forty people into the enemy formation, and saw a person lying in the grass, but it was Jian Yong, who was about to get off the horse and help each other, when he suddenly heard a shout from under a big tree: "Zilong come and save my sister-in-law!" ”

Zhao Yun saw that it was Mrs. Gan, Xiahou Ying'e, Diao Chan, etc., and asked about the whereabouts of Mrs. Mi and Adou.

Mrs. Gan said: "Seeing the arrival of the enemy army, we abandoned the chariot and battle, mixed with the people and walked. We waited to hide under the tree and wait, and we had to meet Zilong to save us. ”

Zhao Yun hurriedly ordered Jian Yong and others to be carried on horseback, personally escorted out of the enemy formation, came to the bridgehead, saw Zhang Fei on the bridge, and asked, "Where is the lord?" ”

Zhang Fei said: "The front is not far away. ”

Zhao Yun taught Jian Yong to protect Mrs. Gan and the others to meet the master first, and then rode back to the old road alone, rushing left and right, to find Mrs. Mi and Adou.

Zhao Yun asked Mrs. Mi about her whereabouts.

One person said: "Just now I saw a woman holding a baby in her arms, and she was shot in the leg, and she could not walk, so she took refuge in the broken wall in front of her. ”

Zhao Yun hurried over, only to see Mrs. Mi holding Adou and sitting by a dry well by the broken wall, crying.

Zhao Yun bowed to the ground, asked his wife to get on the horse, and wanted to fight to the death on foot to protect him from breaking through.

Mrs. Mi is afraid that Zhao Yun will be affected, and it will be difficult to protect Adou's life, so she will only teach Adou to go quickly.

Zhao Yun repeatedly asked his wife to get on the horse, and when Mrs. Mi saw the shouting, she abandoned Adou to the ground, turned over and threw herself into a dry well and died.

Zhao Yun was afraid that Cao Jun would steal the corpse, knock down the earthen wall, cover up the dry well, untie the armor, put down the heart guard, hugged Adou in his arms, picked up the gun and sword, and beheaded more than 50 people.

Cao Cao saw a general on the top of Jingshan Mountain, and everywhere he went, no one could stop him, and he asked who it was?

Cao Hong Pegasus descended the mountain and shouted loudly to Zhao Yun, who was covered with blood, "Please leave your name as the general in the battle." ”

Zhao Yun replied: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is also." ”

Cao Cao said: "The real tiger will also." Then he sent orders everywhere: "Don't cast cold arrows, as long as Zhao Yun lives, don't die Zilong." ”

With this one word, Zhao Yun had to come to the bridge, people were sleepy and tired, Zhang Fei let him go: "Zilong go quickly, I will block the chasing soldiers." Zhang Fei immediately roared on the bridge, shocking the enemy's courage to retreat from Cao's army.

Zhao Yun fought his way out of the encirclement with Adou in his arms and traveled more than 20 miles to find Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took Adou: "For the sake of you, a little child, I almost lost one of my generals." As he spoke, he threw the wrapped Adou towards Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun's hands were quick, he caught them with both hands, knelt on the ground and wept: "Although the liver and brain are smeared, you should repay the Lord's kindness." ”

As the saying goes, "The masses are the real heroes." The eyes of the people of the past generations were bright, and later generations made up the words after the break: "Liu Bei fell - bought people's hearts." ”

Let's say that Zhang Fei saw that Cao Jun retreated, did not dare to chase, and quickly recalled the original more than 20 horsemen, untied the horsetail branches, dismantled the bridge, and returned to Ma to see Liu Bei, Gu Yan broke the bridge.

Liu Bei highly praised Zhang Fei's courage and Fan Qiang's wisdom.

Zhang Fei saw that Fan Qiang had earned face for himself, regarded him as a confidant, and trusted him even more.

Liu Bei expected that Cao Cao would see the broken bridge and chase after him, so he immediately got up and threw him diagonally from the small road to Hanjin (now the Hanjiang ferry in Wuhan, Hubei).

Approaching Hanjin, he suddenly saw a big dust behind him, drums beat the sky, and shouts shook the ground, but it was Cao Cao who led the army to kill, and Liu Bei urgently ordered Zhao Yun to prepare to meet the enemy.

But it was said that Cao Cao urged the army to chase after him, and suddenly heard a drum sound, and a Biao army horse came out.

When the first member of the general, riding a red rabbit horse, holding the green dragon glaive knife, it turned out to be Guan Yu Guan Yunchang. I went to Jiangxia to borrow 10,000 military horses, and found out about the battle of Dangyang Changpo, so I intercepted it from the ramp.

When Cao Cao saw Guan Yu, he was afraid of Zhuge Liang's plan and urgently ordered to retreat.

Guan Yu did not chase either, that is, he returned to the army to protect Liu Bei and waited until Hanjin, and there were already ships waiting.

Guan Yu asked Liu Bei, Mrs. Gan, Xiahou Ying'e, Diao Chan and others to sit in the boat, but Mrs. Mi was missing: "I don't know where the second sister-in-law has gone?" ”

Liu Bei told about Changbanpo, Guan Yu listened to it, and sighed sadly: "In the past, I hunted Xu Tian, if I killed Cao Cao according to my will, how could I have today's trouble?" ”

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu was complaining about himself for what happened back then, so he said: "That's because I am afraid of hurting the emperor and throwing a rat into a trap." ”

Guan Yu wanted to speak and stopped, sighing.

While he was talking, Liu Qi was first, and then Zhuge Liang sailed with the wind to answer.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, joined forces, and agreed that Guan Yu would lead an army of 5,000 to guard Xiakou, and Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Liu Qi and others would put their boats into Jiangxia to rectify the army and horses.

It is said that Cao Cao saw that Guan Yu led the army from the dry road to intercept it, suspected that there were ambushes, and did not dare to chase it, and was afraid that Liu Bei would seize Jiangling from the waterway first, so he led the army to capture Jiangling in the starry night, released Han Song, who was imprisoned here by Liu Biao, and crowned him as Dahonglu, and the rest of the officials had their own rewards.

After the people were settled, Cao Cao sent an envoy to Eastern Wu on the one hand, and on the condition of carving up Jingzhou, he asked Sun Quan to hunt in Jiangxia and capture Liu Bei; On the one hand, the horse and the water army, known as 830,000, the waterway goes hand in hand, the boat rides in two rows, the flag covers the sky and the sun, and the mighty goes down the river.

It is said that Sun Quantun's soldiers in Chaisang (now Chaisang District, Jiujiang, Jiangxi), heard that Liu Cong had surrendered, and Cao Cao occupied Jiangling, intending to march into Jiangdong, but gathered civil and military forces to discuss defense strategies.

The strategists represented by Zhang Zhao mostly advocated surrender, and the generals represented by Zhou Yu and Lu Su mostly advocated resistance, and Sun Quan hesitated.

Lu Su said: "Jingzhou is adjacent to Jiangdong, the country is dangerous, and the people are rich. Today, Liu Biao is newly dead, and Liu Bei is newly defeated. I asked for my order to go to Jiangxia, and in the name of mourning, persuaded Liu Bei and Liu Qi to appease the generals of Jingzhou, and work together to defeat Cao Cao. ”

Sun Quan followed his words, that is, he ordered Lu Su to pay tribute to Jiangxia for mourning.

Let's say that Liu Bei went to Jiangxia and discussed with Zhuge Liang and Liu Qi a good strategy to resist Cao Cao.

Zhuge Liang had learned about the situation in Eastern Wu from the secret agent sent to Jiangdong, and learned from Zhuge Jin's secret letter that Lu Su had come to Jiangxia to promote the two families to jointly resist Cao, so he said: "Cao Cao is powerful, and it is difficult to resist the enemy, so it is better to go to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu and think that he should help." Let the north and the south hold each other, so that they can take advantage of it. ”

Liu Bei said worriedly: "Jiangdong is full of talents, and there must be a far-sighted strategy, how can it be compatible?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Cao Cao is known as an army of nearly one million, and the tiger is in Jianghan, and Jiangdong will inevitably send people to visit Xushi." If anyone comes, I am willing to sail to the east of the Yangtze River and promote the annexation of the northern and southern armies with an incorruptible tongue. If the southern army wins, Cao Cao will be punished to take the land of Jingzhou; If the northern army wins, it will take advantage of the situation to take the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Liu Bei said: "Although this theory is high, I don't know how to make Jiangdong people come?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "It will be soon." ”

As he was talking, people reported that Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Jiangxia to mourn, and the ship was already on the shore.

Everyone praised Zhuge Liang for his ability to pinch and calculate.

Zhuge Liang asked Liu Qi: "When Sun Ce died, did Jingzhou send people to mourn?" ”

Liu Qi said: "Jiangdong and I have a grudge against my father, and we have never had a celebration of the ceremony. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "That's it. Lu Su came here not to mourn, but to listen to the military situation. Then he taught Liu Bei: "Lu Su came to ask about Cao Cao's movements, and the lord said that he didn't know." If you ask him again and again, just teach him to ask me. ”