"Liu Jingsheng!"

On the afternoon of the third day, in the Liu Bei military camp in Yanggaoting, 200 kilometers away from Xiangyang, Liu Bei was furious.

The day before yesterday, Liu Biao was so mad that he actually sent twelve messenger teams in a row to Yingchuan overnight, and the messenger team's war horses were tired to death, just to force him to withdraw his troops.

Although the reasons in it are high-sounding, what is the fear of Cao Cao jumping off the wall in a hurry and endangering the Son of Heaven. But everyone knows what he has in mind.

So Liu Bei was furious, if it was in danger today, Liu Biao was full of usurpation, and he disregarded the Son of Heaven and the people of the world for his own selfish desires, such selfish and selfish people were simply outrageous.

"The lord is angry."

Xu Shu hurriedly persuaded him: "Liu Biao's heart is known in Nanzhou. If he wants to be the emperor, he can only let Zhang Yunwen break through Xu Du and assassinate the Son of Heaven, so it is normal that we are not allowed to send troops. ”

Liu Bei said indignantly: "Since this is the case, I can't let his conspiracy succeed, I will immediately send troops, storm Xudu, and rescue the Son of Heaven to Nanyang as soon as possible." ”

"No."

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "If the lord really saves the Son of Heaven, not only will we not be able to save the Son of Heaven at that time, but we will also be unable to protect ourselves." ”

"Why?"

Liu Bei said angrily: "Could it be that Liu Biao will risk the condemnation of the world to attack me?" ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly: "Liu Biao has the heart to be the emperor, what else does he not dare, I am afraid that it will not be Cao Cao at that time, and Liu Biao will also annihilate us with all his might." As long as the Son of Heaven dies in the chaos of the army, and there is no proof of death, who can help him? ”

"Ugh."

Liu Bei sighed and sat down on the seat angrily, only to feel sad and weeping, and was sad: "Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde, Liu Jingsheng and others, and the silverfish of the country." The rise and fall of the society is completely wasted. The Han River is ruined! ”

"Report!"

At this time, the scout came to report: "Lord, the day before yesterday, Cao Cao repelled General Yuan and has come south, as soon as tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow at the latest!" ”

"What?"

Liu Bei couldn't care about his grief, and got up in shock and said, "Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao so quickly?" ”

Xu Du was only more than 170 kilometers away from Cangting, and Liu Bei naturally sent scouts to contact Yuan Shao. As a result, in just two days, the scout brought back such shocking news to him, which made him unable to believe it for a moment.

The scout hurried back overnight, and said very tiredly: "I gave the letter to General Yuan, and on the way back, I saw them fighting, so I watched them. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao pretended to retreat south, but actually set up an ambush, General Yuan's vanguard and the front army were defeated, and the main force retreated to Pingqiu, and rushed back overnight, not daring to stop for a moment, fearing that Cao's army would come at any time. ”

"I see, you go and rest first."

Liu Bei's face sank.

Now I can't fight if I want to, and it is difficult to attack in the face of Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan's defense, even if you want to attack, the strong attack may last for a long time.

originally thought that Yuan Shao would be able to hold Cao Cao back, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to be defeated again.

If Cao Cao returns, with his strength, he will definitely be able to defeat Liu Biao's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

After all, the reason why Liu Biao sent troops was to see that Cao Cao's main force was attracted by Yuan Shao, so he thought of taking advantage of the situation, seizing Xudu, and murdering the Son of Heaven.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so stupid to really come to Yingchuan and fight Cao Cao to the death.

So now that Cao Cao is back, Liu Bei can only choose to evacuate.

Xu Shu hurriedly said, "Lord, withdraw the troops." ”

"Alas, it's an old thief's knot."

Liu Bei sighed, summoned the guards at the door, and said, "Order the generals, retreat!" ”

"Yui!"

The guards immediately went to the battalions to deliver the order.

After a while, Zhang Fei, Tai Shici, Zhao Yun and others rushed to the main camp.

"Big brother, why did you withdraw your troops?"

Zhang Fei was just shouting and scolding outside Li Dian's Xiahou Yuan camp, when he heard the news of the retreat, he hurried back, and shouted when he came in: "I am about to scold Xiahou Yuan Li Dian and his ancestors, and seeing that they are about to fight me to the death, why did they withdraw their troops?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Cao Cao's army is going south, and it will arrive in a few days, Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian will not come out, if we can't defeat them, we can't go to Xudu." Now they will not fight us, but withdraw. ”

"But." Zhang Fei wanted to say something.

"Retire."

Liu Bei propped his hands on the table, and showed a bitter expression on his face: "Why do I want to retreat, but it's a pity that Liu Biao is hindered in the back, and Cao Cao's army is behind, and it is difficult to maintain the enemy." ”

"Well, I see."

Zhang Fei sighed, glanced at Tai Shici and Zhao Yun, and had no choice but to go out and go back to his base camp to prepare for the withdrawal of troops.

At noon on the same day, all battalions began to retreat in an orderly manner, and under Xu Shu's arrangement, the generals at all levels in Liu Bei's army were in order.

For example, when Zhang Fei pulled out the camp, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, and Tai Shi Ci led the troops to cover first, and when Zhao Yun pulled out the camp, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Tai Shi Ci covered them, and so on.

In the end, Liu Bei was the main general of the camp, and the generals led the troops to protect the left and right.

At this time, Liu Bei himself was outside the camp, and the soldiers and horses coming and going behind him were like shuttles, pulling materials, grain and grass, and the carriage was heavy.

About three miles away on the opposite side is the camp of Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian.

This kind of camp is all over the traffic arteries around Xudu, just to prevent the situation like last time.

At this moment, the gate of the village is closed, and the wall above the wooden fence is crowded with countless people, and it can be vaguely seen that on a watchtower above, there are generals wearing a black battle armor, who are looking around.

And farther away, Liu Bei seemed to be able to vaguely see the phantom of the ancient city more than ten kilometers away behind the camp, towering on the horizon!

XU Du.

"My lord."

Xu Shu came up and persuaded, "Let's go." ”

By evening, the soldiers and horses behind him had gradually emptied the camp, and the soldiers who came and went also carried weapons and drove the wagons to the south.

The sun was setting, dyeing half of the clouds red.

Hearing Xu Shu's words, Liu Bei turned his horse's head and prepared to leave.

For some reason, he patted Luma's head again and motioned for it to stop.

The horse stands very spiritually sideways, facing northeast and tail facing southwest.

Liu Bei was riding on the Lu horse, leaning sideways, and silently looked back at Xu Ducheng in the northwest.

In the dark.

He always had a feeling.

Maybe if you go here, you won't be able to come back in the future.

Just like the hometown of Zhuoxian County that I couldn't go back to after leaving Youzhou.

Liu Bei's eyes were full of confusion.

He didn't know why he had gotten to where he was today.

I don't know how I can save this ruined Han family.

The city in the distance.

The Son of Heaven of the Great Han is there.

Imprisoned in the so-called "Royal Palace".

But he couldn't help much, and he couldn't rescue the emperor.

He wanted to protect it.

It's never about power, lust, or wealth.

It is the Han family, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the people of Limin, and the people around him who care about the most.

Pity.

He couldn't do anything.

You can't save the ancestors' country, you can't save the Son of Heaven, and you can't save the people of Limin.

Even the brothers and siblings around him who he cared about the most have been running around with him for many years and have achieved nothing.

There are always so many helplessness and involuntary self-help in this world.

It's a pity.

Looking at that city, a deep sense of powerlessness surged into Liu Bei's heart.

The soldiers behind him slowly left along the southern road.

He turned his horse's head and silently urged it away.

All that is left to this world is the thick back and long shadow of the sunset.

Your Majesty.

The minister went first.

Wait for the ministers to die and go to the south to build a foundation for themselves.

Ruochen was lucky not to die.

I have soldiers and horses in my hand, and I will come north to meet you.

Even if it's been going to be for years.

Even if it's seventy or eighty.

Even if you die in a foreign country.

I still have no regrets.

Thanks to the league leader for the reward, I worked hard to add 10 chapters. Seriously, I didn't expect there to be three alliance leaders, but the subscription is still not much, and the average subscription is now worth 1800, so it's better to fight, it's pretty bleak. To be honest, the book I wrote may not be good, there are a lot of problems, but I still have to keep writing it. Shape the characters well, conceive the plot well, some friends said that the main plot hasn't started yet, but my main plot is actually quite short, basically finished writing the main plot, and the book is over, so the 700,000 words in the early stage can be regarded as some kind of foreshadowing, and the rest of me will be updated, hoping to write a better and more satisfying work, thank you for your support.

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