What Hu Zhen received was a military report from Li Dao that was sent urgently.

When the messenger sent by Hu Zhen before the battle rushed to the Mouse Bird Valley, Li Wei's messenger also rushed to the Jiexiu camp from the opposite direction.

Li Dao's letter used three fast horses, day and night, and the horses did not stop, and finally the military report was delivered to Hu Zhen.

But after all, it was a step too slow, and if Hu Zhen had received this military report before the battle, he would not have gone out of the camp to fight.

The contents of the letter are threefold:

"On November 6, the Baibo Valley thieves led tens of thousands of troops to the north to cut off the passage from Jiexiu to Linyi."

"On November 7, an unknown number of Tukou, Shanliao and a small number of Taishan troops appeared near the left side of the Bird Mouse Valley and began to attack the grain road."

But if these two are just frightening, then the third is the degree to which Hu Zhen thunders:

"On November 7, a small elite group of the Taishan Army copied Yong'an in the rear of the Bird Mouse Valley, and all the grain and straw hoarded here were burned."

Yong'an is the rear grain station of the Bird Mouse Valley, and the grain transported from Linfen will be hoarded here first. In the military report, Li Dao speculated that this small part of the Taishan army should have penetrated into the Yong'an area with the help of local tyrants and landlords through some Qiao Dao and Kong Dao.

Li Dao had already begun to gather troops to sweep the nearby townspeople, but it had long been useless.

Because the batch of grain and straw that the Taishan Army burned in the Yong'an Grain War was the latest supply of the Kansai Army, and now it has been burned, and the grain in the Jiexiu camp is only enough for ten days.

These three pieces of news almost made Hu Zhen collapse.

During the daytime war, he couldn't even control his emotions and cried bitterly.

In a panic, he was even so absurd that he directly beat the golden drum during the war, almost causing a rout. But for some reason, the Taishan army in the fortress did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

But even so, when the generals of the front army questioned Hu Zhen excitedly, he had no choice but to pass on these three military reports to the generals.

Suddenly, the air froze.

Hu Zhen also tried to maintain his composure and tried to preside over the order of the military council. But the rest of the generals have long stopped taking Hu Zhen in their eyes, and they are talking about the way back.

Most of the generals, such as Lu Bu and Yang Ren, advocated putting them to death and then reviting, and the whole army went north to fight a bloody way.

Lu Bu said at the meeting:

"Our army has enough food for five days, and in these five days, our army will go north to fight the thieves. If you win, you will be happy, and if you are unfavorable, you can also break through to the north to Taiyuan. ”

At this time, Yang Ren said:

"There will be a different view in the end. Judging by today's battle, it is unrealistic for our army to crush the enemy in a short period of time. For the sake of today's plan, we can only retreat by attacking. We can only retreat to the Linfen area. But if we withdraw directly like this, with the sinister nature of the Bird Mouse Valley, the enemy will chase after us, and our army can only be buried here. Therefore, if you want to retreat smoothly, you must first fight a good battle, and you can only hurt the enemy army. ”

At this time, Yang Ren still spoke in that Sichuan accent, but Hu Zhen didn't say anything he didn't understand, but listened carefully.

It turns out that our old Hu can listen to Sichuan sound!

The statements of Lu Bu and Yang Ren actually represent the two directions of the generals in the army. Either to the north or to the south, but they are willing to fight again.

So Hu Zhen asked Fan Chou beside him to see what he thought.

Fan Chou touched his head, thought about it, and said:

"If you want us Lao Fan to say, it's still the reason what the Sichuan nephew said. There are Li Dao and Lao Guo behind us, with them, as long as we pass the Bird and Mouse Road, those Taishan troops will not be able to pass at all. It's just to take a step back, we still have Linfen, isn't there a jade defense line there, we can still retreat there. No matter what, we will definitely be able to hold Hedong. ”

Hu Zhen touched his beard and was also thinking.

What Fan Chou said was right, if he really wanted to kill Taiyuan like Lu Bu, it would be miserable. When the time comes to Taiyuan, they are guest soldiers, and they don't know how to be rectified by Ding Yuan's gang in the future.

After thinking about it, Hu Zhen still decided to retreat south.

Since it had been decided to retreat south, Hu Zhen asked when he would have a decisive battle with the Taishan army.

The generals have suggested that it will be tomorrow, but Lu Bu is once again maverick, saying that it will be tonight.

Judging from Lu Bu's meaning:

"Our army has already fought a battle during the day, and the enemy will never expect us to attack at night."

Of course, this was only Lu Bu's superficial reason, but in fact, he was worried that if he fought again tomorrow, the enemy army would be prepared.

But Lu Bu is only one side of the view, and the generals of the Kwanti Army, Yong, Liang, and Yi, all think that tomorrow's big victory is even greater, and the risk of night battle is too high.

If so, Hu Zhen has determined the strategy.

Tomorrow, the whole army will go out of the camp to fight a decisive battle with the thieves, hurt the enemy army, and win space for the southward retreat.

And the person stood up and said hoarsely:

"In the past, all the kings said that they would sacrifice their lives to serve the country, and at this time, it is the time for my generation to use their lives. Today, our army is in a state of embarrassment and has run off food and straw, but there is no need to hide it from the officers and soldiers of the battalions, what we want is to let everyone know that our army will die if it defends and dies without fighting, and only by fighting hard can it be possible to survive. Tomorrow, I should personally hold the drum and lead the whole army to kill the enemy, I will not retreat in this battle, and the armies will not retreat. Step up your game! ”

After that, Hu Zhen burst into tears and cried:

"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom is in one move, you must stimulate the conscience of heaven, and tomorrow we will fight for survival!"

When Hu Zhen imitated the posture of his children, he didn't notice the complicated eyes of many Yong and Yijun generals below.

……

Putting aside all kinds of personal factors, Hu Zhen is still a qualified general.

He set the time of the decisive battle on the morning of tomorrow, and then carefully laid out the formation of each battalion, the order of sorties, and the order of retreat after the battle.

All of the above, Hu Zhen arranged them in an orderly manner, and all the generals were convinced.

After the generals resigned with their respective formations, Hu Zhen privately summoned the generals of the Liangzhou department.

He had to discuss with these people in detail the matter of breaking out the siege the next day, in the final analysis, they were all his own people, and if they retreated south, they would inevitably be the first to retreat.

While he was discussing with these people, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent, and people were shouting and neighing everywhere.

Hu Zhen's heart was stunned, and the whole person was swinging, until Hu Guang, the general outside, rushed in and said in despair:

"Dashuai, the big thing is not good, those Yong and Yi generals have just left and led the armies to the south."

Hu Zhen was dizzy, and ran directly outside, only to see that in the long dark night, there was chaos and noise everywhere, and he muttered:

"Why is this happening?"

Hu Guang sighed:

"It was Na Ganning who went first, and as soon as he returned to the camp, he took advantage of the night to go south with his subordinates. And as soon as Gan Ning ran, Shen Mi next to him also pulled out the camp and ran away. In this way, the battalions were shocked, first the Yizhou military department pulled out the camp, and then the Yongzhou army. Now the whole army has gone to seven pavilions! ”

But Hu Zhen was still murmuring:

"Why is this happening?"

Hu Guang finally got impatient and shouted loudly:

"Marshal, hurry up and let people chase after you, most of those battalion leaders are following the trend, and they can still call back most of them if they have the orders of the Chinese army. For example, the state army is hesitating right now,......。 ”

When Hu Guang said this, Hu Zhen suddenly sobered up, as if a drowning man had grabbed the straw, dragged Hu Guang, and said eagerly:

"Yes, Lu Bu is still there. Hurry, hurry up and pass Lu Bu back. ”

When Hu Guang was about to go, he heard Fan Chou say:

"Dashuai, let Xiao Hu go and call Lu Bu and them back, let's get on the horse first, now the situation is not right, let's catch us old brothers in Liangzhou first, if the matter cannot be recovered, we can still have a chance to run."

Hu Zhen, who had no master of the six gods, nodded hurriedly, asked the left and right to prepare the horse, and asked Hu Guang to find Lu Bu, and finally scolded with hatred:

"The people of Sichuan are all pigs and dogs, they should all be killed, they should be killed!"

After a lot of reason, he turned around and instructed the Zhuliangzhou generals behind him:

"Hurry back to the camp and restrain the men and horses, for you will not be able to do it without my orders. The current chaos of our army, the enemy army will definitely know about it, and will come to follow me. I need you to supervise all the troops to fight to the death here, otherwise many will retreat, and these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be finished. ”

Fan Chou and the others were still hesitating when they heard this, and they heard Hu Zhen shouting angrily:

"Why don't you go soon?"

Hu Zhen still has a little prestige in front of these Liangzhou generals, and at this moment he is angry, and the generals hurriedly take orders and Pegasus return to the camp.

And after these people left, Hu Zhen burst into tears on the spot, and really cried like a mother-in-law.

……

The large battalion of the Bingzhou army was very conspicuous, and Hu Guang found it without much effort.

But just as Hu Guang was about to enter the gate, he suddenly shot an arrow from the watchtower and was stuck in front of Hu Guang's horse's hooves.

The dust splashed by the arrows frightened Hu Guang's mount, and it was Hu Guang's superb riding skills that did not fall.

Although Hu Guang is a person from all over the world, he is not temperless, and he shoots arrows at night, this is to shoot him to death. So he scolded at the watchtower:

"Which grandson gave Shot Naigong, I'm afraid you don't know how to die?"

And in the dark, the local dialect of the state was handed down:

"Lao Hu, don't embarrass me, the captain has an order, no matter who dares to break into the camp, he will be killed."

As soon as he heard this voice, Hu Guang knew who it was, it was Cao Xing.

Hu Guang had been serving as a herald of the Chinese army before, often walking in various armies, and was very familiar with the fierce generals under the command of various army leaders.

This Cao is different from Zhang Liao, he is from Hanoi and does not belong to the merger state system. But in the Battle of Kunhan, he was saved by Lu Bu, so he began to follow Lu Bu's side.

For this person, Hu Guang was most impressed by his archery skills, and the legend of a hundred steps through Yang really happened to him.

Once he was invited by Lu Bu to participate in a hunt, and in that hunt, he saw with his own eyes that Cao Xing shot a pair of geese with an arrow, which was simply amazing.

It was a glance at the arrow on the ground, and because of this, Hu Guang restrained his temper and shouted to the above with a smile:

"It's Lao Cao, complaining that I didn't report it. I'm not breaking into the camp, I'm really going to pass on the military order. Hurry up and drive down the wall, the military situation is urgent. ”

But after Hu Guang said this, he didn't see any movement on the other side for a long time, and he secretly said that it was not good.

He rolled his eyes, counted on his heart, and hurriedly clenched his fists:

"Captain Lu, I know you're up there. What, don't you want to see our old Hu? It's not authentic. You know, the one who exchanged brothers with me in the past was you, Captain Lu. Can't you face forward when you are a brother, and refuse to see you even once when you don't need a brother? ”

It's not a nice thing to say, but it's true.

Didn't you dare to talk to Cao Xing? Before, Lu Bu wanted to be close to Hu Zhen, so he took Hu Guang's way. There is a small banquet in three days, and a large banquet in five days, and they have long exchanged words and brothers.

And Hu Guang saw that Lu Bu was really an immortal general, and he was mostly recommended to him.

Now, it is really unreasonable for Lu Bu to directly avoid Hu Guang.

And who is Lu Bu? I look at the face more seriously than anyone else, and you can scold him behind your back, but what is it that you don't die? That is, Lu Bu is really on the watchtower.

So he was provoked by Hu Guang, regardless of the previous discussion with Zhang Liao, he stood up directly, and he scolded Hu Guang below:

"Lao Hu, are you still embarrassed to climb with me? How did your lord Hu Zhen treat us? When did I, Lu Bu, not support Hu Zhen? When did I charge ahead, and I shirked it? But what? Don't think that our Lu Bu is a fool, how can you let me go every time? Have our army been replenished by our army for its lost soldiers? Damn, you old Hu is really damned! Zhang Yang, he's dead! ”

Hu Guang was silent, and he was also a little guilty.

Because he also told Hu Zhen before that he would let the Bingzhou army rest and recuperate a little, and he was tired of using it. But what's wrong with Hu Zhen?

Hu Zhen snorted coldly:

"It is Lu Bu's ability to use him, you can see the fate of the hound? It only has the value of existence when it continues to hunt its prey, and once it is old, sick, or disabled, it is also a pot of meat. ”

Saying that, Hu Zhen also said something very true:

"Xiaohu, I know that you have a good relationship with Lu Bu. But you have to know that in this world, you either sit at the table or are put on the table. Do you understand? ”

This must not be said to Lu Bu, otherwise he would have to blow up.

So, Hu Guang diverted his words and said directly:

"Captain Lu, you have made outstanding achievements, you are a national cadre, and you have turned the tide several times. And this time it's time for the building to collapse. Now the military departments of Yizhou and Yongzhou have fled one after another, affecting the whole army. Our army has really reached the point of life and death. At this time, only we can overcome the difficulties together! ”

But he didn't want to, Lu Bu was inexplicable, and replied:

"Why do we want to get through this together?"

Hu Guang below was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Bu didn't understand the meaning, and was about to explain, but suddenly felt that the ground was shaking, and then looked ahead, the originally closed door was opening.

Hu Guang was furious and shouted:

"Retreat to both sides."

A group of Chinese knights behind him hurriedly dispersed from both sides, and then saw an iron cavalry rushing out directly from the gate, regardless of the panicked Hu Guang and the others, and went east by themselves.

At this time, Hu Guang finally understood what Lu Bu meant.

It turned out that he didn't want to play with the Kansai Army anymore.

At this time, Hu Guang didn't dare to chase anymore, so he had no choice but to go back to the camp to find Hu Zhen to report the situation.

There is a saying that fate favors the suffering of those who exert force.

Before Hu Guang sent back the news of Lu Bu's betrayal, Hu Zhen had already received new bad news, but he heard the first army gather in front of his horse and said in a panic:

"Dashuai, the deserters from the outer camp rushed into the Fan camp, and Captain Fan couldn't suppress the bullets, but was surrounded by the left and right on his horse, and also fled to the south. Now that the general trend has gone, please leave quickly, I am the queen of the marshal. ”

By this time, Hu Zhen had lost all his thoughts, and he sighed;

"Let's go, I have no shame to see the master, I can only be a decapitated general."

The general was still trying to persuade him, but he suddenly reversed his horse and ran away without saying a word.

It turned out that the Taishan army had already taken advantage of the chaos to kill them.