At the foot of Dingjun Mountain, a team of soldiers and horses returned from hunting and hit some rabbits and pheasants, which was considered to be a bit of a harvest.

However, this is still a bit insufficient for the grain and grass needed by the 200,000 army.

Zhao Yun was responsible for receiving these prey, and in fact, the current military rations had been completely taken over by Zhao Yun under Liu Bei's instructions.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yun really found some surprises.

For example - Wang Ping!

This is one of the leaders of Zhang Fei's Bameng Mountain in the past, Wang Ping, Pu Hu, and Du Hao, who recruited the leaders of the enemy general tribe.

Because they are all people and are familiar with the terrain here, there are not many people in this Wang Ping's belt, but there are a lot of prey caught, and there is even a bear!

Of course, even if there is a bear, this is a drop in the bucket, but in the end, it can allow the officers and men of the three armies to hold on for a little longer, which can be regarded as providing a different plan for raising food.

Even, in Zhao Yun's opinion, if the worst happens, perhaps... Wang Ping's ability to hunt and find prey will be the last straw for the entire army.

Looking at it this way, Wang Ping... It's really crucial.

It's just that the current Zhao Yun can't take care of so much, he is more concerned about the other two things, one is... There are only three days of food left in the army, can the grain and grass in Shu be delivered?

The second thing is that if you can't, then the last two days, that is, tomorrow... The great army was bound to withdraw.

Can two days' food support the withdrawal of the army to the nearest county town?

In addition, Xiahou Yuan... If troops are sent to intercept at that time, it will be a devastating blow to the chances of retreating, and 200,000 soldiers are very likely to suffer heavy losses.

These... These are all places that he, Zhao Yun, must think about.

He was already thinking about whether there was any way to evacuate with all the soldiers and horses without losing a single soldier.

Thinking of this, his hand couldn't help touching his chest, the book called "Cloud Farewell" sent by Guan Lin, he had always carried it with him.

Can... In this book, the entire Hanzhong First World War begins at Dingjun Mountain;

In detail, it was from the mobilization of the garrison of the Wei army, the way of destroying the "antlers" of the Wei army by sneak attack, taking advantage of Xiahou Yuan's poor background, reluctant to save these antlers, and bound to come to the rescue, so as to lure out Xiahou Yuan and behead him on the battlefield.

But now... Constrained by grain and grass, their Shu army... didn't even dare to go up this Dingjun Mountain, the story behind "Farewell to the Clouds", whether it was to attack the east and west, or to lure the snake out of the hole, it was... Nor can it be practiced.

"Alas... Alas..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

And just when Zhao Yun was thinking... Zhang Fei and Ma Chao came, and the two of them strode and galloped, walking with the wind, like a lightning bolt passing through the main entrance.

Zhao Yun was stunned when he saw the situation, knowing that something big had happened.

- 'Really? Is it that Xiahou Yuan has already moved, so he won't send troops to cut off our army's retreat today, right?"

With this in mind, he hurriedly caught up with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

"Winged? Meng Qi? Is something going on? ”

The three of them did not slow down, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao looked at Zhao Yun, Zhao Fei took out a letter from his arms, "There is a letterhead here, from Jingzhou, you can see it yourself!" ”

Zhao Yun stared at Zhang Fei, wanting to see some clues from Zhang Fei's face, but Zhang Fei's face was full of eagerness, as if he couldn't wait to report the matter to the lord Liu Bei.

Zhao Yun's pace is unabated, but it is the letterhead that is unfolded, and it is this letterhead, which makes... He was in the mood to shoot the case.

"Is this letter real?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao's footsteps paused, and Zhang Fei already said with his eyebrows fluttering: "True or not?" Don't... Can't Zilong see it? This trace is Yunqi's stinky boy! If it's fake! ”

"Haha..."Ma Chao also laughed heartily, "God forbid, this kid has saved the big man again, and also saved the soldiers of our three armies!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Zhang Fei glanced at each other.

Their hearts are agitated.

That's a big deal.

The entire army of 200,000 was still suffering from the problem of food.

But now, suddenly, a fleet of ships transporting grain is passing through the Han River, transporting bags of grain.

The location of their transportation is not under Dingjun Mountain, but upstream of the river south of Dingjun Mountain, which is also safer here.

Of course, none of this is the point.

The point is that after Zhang Fei and Ma Chao received the letter, they didn't believe it, so they rushed to the upper reaches of the water in person and saw it with their own eyes... It's true, it's certain.

The most important thing is that the amount of these grains, and from the mouths of those merchants, from this letter of Guan Lin, they have obtained an extremely important piece of information.

That is, the grain road through "Shangyong" County has been completely opened, and Jingzhou and the Central Plains will continue to send grain from there.

This is why Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are so emotional? Walking is windy.

It's really... It's really not a pole!

What a resurrection from death!

…

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Bei looked at Guan Lin's letter in a daze.

Both... Zhang Fei and Ma Chao gave vivid reports.

For a moment, Liu Bei felt... This is God's eyes!

Zhang Fei was already impatient, "Big brother, now that there is enough grain and grass, this can always go to Dingjun Mountain!" ”

"Well done! Yunqi and Shiren did a good job this time..."Liu Bei walked back and forth in the big tent excitedly, his clenched fists kept rubbing, he never imagined that it was not Zhuge Kongming who finally sent food, but... It's Jingzhou Guan Lin, but his fourth good brother - Fu Shiren!

They're all good, they're doing well!

In the end, Liu Bei's lips trembled, and his face even flushed with excitement.

"It's not just Yunqi and Shiren..."Fa Zheng reminded: "There is also Adou, although Yunqi was deployed in advance, Adou can quickly use the Department of Commerce to cut off the northern transportation of Shu brocade and send this batch of Shu brocade to Jingzhou, so as to get the support of these businessmen, and even... Even Shangyong County secretly surrendered to sincerity, Yunqi and Shiren are the first merit, but Adou Gongzi is also a great contribution! ”

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing, "Yes, Adou has also grown, it seems... At the beginning, I sent him to Jingzhou to worship Yunqi as a teacher, this step is the right step, and he can make such a great achievement, which shows that he has been reborn, which really makes me breathe a long sigh of relief! ”

Liu Bei's mood at the moment was surging, he paced back and forth and continued, "God treats me well, Yunqi, Adou, Zhuge Yuanxun, haha... My big man is also a successor, but on our side, we are a little ashamed of ourselves! ”

I blurted out such a sentence.

Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Fa Zheng, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and others couldn't help but blush.

Oh, yes...

They have so many people, so many soldiers, and they are struggling to solve the problem, but they used a small Shu brocade to solve it, not only to raise food, but also to secretly recover the strategic fortress of "Shangyong", which... It's so exciting.

There was a throbbing mood.

Everyone sighed.

Fa Zheng groaned: "Actually, according to the words of those businessmen, it is not only because of Shu Jin, Yun Chang and Yun Qi, the father and son, their successive battles in the Central Plains have also shaken the will of the Shangyong guards, otherwise... This batch of grain transportation is also full of dangers! ”

Fa Zheng's words made everyone bow their heads and think it was true.

Zhang Fei was still impatient, "Don't keep talking about this food, let's... We are not short of food now, shouldn't we hit Dingjun Mountain in one go, and then swoop down from the mountain... What about taking Hanzhong in one fell swoop? Otherwise, the second brother is about to break through the reverse Wei, but we are still slow, what does this look like? Is it possible, wait for the second brother to defeat Jizhou? Has our army just gone down to Hanzhong? At that time, the daylilies were cold. ”

Zhang Fei's voice is loud, but this is rough talk, but the reason is not rough.

The food problem is solved, that... The next step is the question of how to fight.

"What do you think?"

Liu Bei turned his gaze to Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng thought for a moment, and then said: "As the third general said, both... Now that there is no shortage of food, it is time to take Dingjun Mountain in one go, and then hold on to the Xiahou Yuan Department under that mountain, but... There is one thing that the three generals were negligent, and that is because of the cover of the mediocre, the delivery of this batch of grain did not leak... That is, in Xiahou Yuan's view, we are still the one who is short of food. ”

Speaking of this, Fa Zheng paused slightly, and then continued, "Recently, there have been a lot of meticulous works that have been paying close attention to the stoves of our army, and I have seen all of them, but I can take advantage of this, and the lord will make the appearance of retiring as usual, and then..."

Fa Zheng narrated all his plans.

And with the explanation of this plan, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, and Mi Zhu's eyes couldn't help but widen.

is still Zhang Feizhen's temperament, "Hahahaha..." He immediately laughed and said: "Filial piety, it's better for you to lead the snake out of the hole, if it goes well, then the actions in "Cloud Farewell" will be saved, hahahaha, it's not in vain... Cloud Banner has gone to great lengths to pull you back from the ghost gate! Yes... Hahahaha..."

For a while, Zhang Fei laughed wantonly, and the laughter was exceptionally high-pitched.

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei and did not stop the laughter of this brother of the opposite sex.

He turned his gaze to Fazheng, as if because of Zhang Fei's words, because of the so-called "ghost gate pulled back", for a while, it reminded him of Fazheng, and in an instant, the eyes that looked at his good friends became full of cherishment and love.

He said lightly, "Xiaozhi is a military advisor, and since the plan has been decided, the generals should act according to the plan..."

"Whoa!"

The crowd bowed their hands in unison.

Liu Bei instructed Zhao Yun again, "Zilong, there is no need to transport all this food into the army, send it slowly, just enough for the soldiers of the three armies!" As for the stove, according to Xiaozhi's orders, continue to slowly decrease, and it is also possible to create some remarks about running out of food in the army! Tomorrow evening, I will give the order to withdraw the troops, and when the time comes... Keep an eye on the movements of the Wei army. ”

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Zhao Yun arched his hand and replied very solemnly:

"Yes..."

At this time, Liu Bei clenched his fists, he raised his fists to his chest, his mood was extremely excited, but he was extremely restrained, he lowered his voice and said, "As Yide said, if this battle is won, the actions in the "Cloud Farewell Biography" that Yunqi gave to Zilong will be omitted, but even if you can't win, it doesn't matter, we will have "Cloud Farewell Biography" in the future, and there are killer moves!" ”

It is different from Cao Cao's excited, exciting, and unsuccessful pre-war mobilization.

Liu Bei's words were like a gentle drizzle, but inexplicably, when the words "Cloud Flag" came out, everyone here was in their hearts...

Full of faith, full of hope!

It's like double insurance -

This is also a sure way to win-

…

…

In Chang'an City, tens of thousands of Weizi flags are waving in the wind on the towering city wall, stretching their bodies wantonly.

A gust of wind blew, and these flags obscured the sky.

And in the palace in this city, there are also big banners with the word "Wei" on the palace wall, fluttering in the wind.

Even if it was a short-term defeat of Great Wei, these tens of thousands of banners seemed to announce to the people of the world that their master's power and unyieldingness.

In this palace, an old man with Huafa was lying on the couch snoring slightly.

When he slew, his face was as ravine-ravine-like as that of an old man.

He seemed to be very tired, but even so, the rise and fall of his chest seemed to be constantly unleashing his might...

This old man with gorgeous hair is Cao Cao.

At the moment, he was dreaming.

In his dream, he saw a headless corpse, and he was honestly surprised, but he heard a voice from the corpse, a familiar voice.

"Big brother, avenge me... Big brother, avenge me—"

This voice made Cao Cao startled, this is his good brother, good brother-in-law... Xiahou Yuan's voice.

"Wonderful... Wonderful..."

Cao Cao hurriedly called, and just as he was calling, a sudden round of the rising sun rose in his dream, and the blazing sunlight almost melted everything in the dream.

Just when Cao Cao was eager to hear Xiahou Yuan's response, he suddenly woke up from his dream, got up from the bed suddenly, and glanced at the guards in the big tent with a pair of tiger eyes that were not angry and arrogant.

A cadre of guards was swept by this fierce gaze, and they all fell to their knees in fright, trembling all over.

Legend... Cao Cao killed people in his dream!

Xu Chu and the Tiger Ben Army are no longer there, and the new guards... After all, they are a little timid, they are terrified, worried that Cao Cao is not only killing people in a good dream, but waking up from a dream... Kill too.

On the other hand, Cao Cao...

After returning to reality from the dream, he immediately called out subconsciously.

"Where is the Tiger Marquis?"

Can... For decades, the rough and powerful echo, the phrase "the king, the minister is here" has not been transmitted.

This also made Cao Cao suddenly remember something, his expression became even more gloomy, and he weakly ordered: "Let Zhongde come... Quick..."

"Whew...", a dry guard gave up his hand again and again.

For a while, in this big palace, only the footsteps of the guards walking away quickly, no... There was also a voice, which was Cao Cao's sigh.

"Zhongkang... Zhong Kang—"

"Wonderful... Wonderful... Genius—"

…

Twilight,

Chang'an City, one side is in prison.

Ma Tan was curled up, he was one of the few who had been escorted by the Wei army as prisoners and brought to Chang'an City.

Still, apparently, here... No one would have noticed him, but in this cold, dim, moss-strewn prison, he didn't even have a quilt.

"Ahem..."

"Ahem..."

The coughing continued, as if the coolness of the Quartet was still eroding Ma Tan's body, and even his hair had turned a little white inexplicably, and he didn't know whether it was melancholy or frozen.

Suddenly...

With a "crunch", the door of the cell was pushed open, and a middle-aged man who was quite energetic walked in with his head held high.

However, this voice didn't seem to make Ma Jian raise his eyes, he seemed to be very stingy to observe the surroundings, and seemed to accept this fate in despair, or... His almost frozen neck, even with every twist, was very difficult.

But even with his head down, his low, weak voice came out.

"I'm defeated, not betrayed, I... I'm only a shallow learner, and it's not a pity to die, but I'm Xiangyang Ma... The family of loyalty and righteousness will never rebel against the Han, let alone the Lord! If you want to persuade me to surrender, hmph, then die this heart! ”

"Hehe..."

Hearing Ma Tan's words, the person who came waved his hand and motioned for all the servants to retreat, and he walked step by step to the prison where Ma Tan was, and through the dim oil lamp, he saw Ma Tan's pitiful face.

Yes, there must be something hateful about the wretched!

Taking a deep breath, the middle-aged man waited for the servants and jailers to retreat before he could take out a piece of cloth from his arms, then fill it with a stone and throw it directly at Ma Yan.

This middle-aged man is none other than Li Cong...

He said to Ma Jian in a calm tone: "Look at it, look at the handwriting on it, if you still don't want to talk to me, then I will turn around and leave, and I will never come to persuade you again." ”

Belch... This... Handwriting?

Ma Jian finally twisted his stiff neck with difficulty, inexplicably... The words of the visitor made him feel a little more energetic.

He crawled to the silk and slowly lifted...

The eyes try to borrow the faint light.

That is, when the dim light line hits the text on it.

Ma Yan's expression tightened, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and he was about to say something subconsciously, "Yes... Be... It's my brother..."

He wanted to say, "It's my brother's handwriting"...

But when he said this, Li Lian, who was outside the prison door, interrupted first, "This is just a sentence I tore off... Right now... Hehe, I think, let's have a good talk, right? ”

At this moment, Ma Jian couldn't help but raise his eyes, and couldn't help but focus on the middle-aged man.

Inexplicably, he seemed to have grabbed something out of nowhere, it was a beam of light, or... It's hope!

…

…

In the palace of Chang'an City.

Even if the morning light is faint, the tone here is loud.

Cheng Yu was reporting something to Cao Cao.

"The king asked General Xiahou about his movements!"

"Recently, a letter came, it was General Xiahou who found that the stove of the Shu army had been reduced again, and he was sure that the grain and grass of the Shu army was about to bottom out, and it was bound to be evacuated in the next few days... So General Xiahou has already ordered troops, intending to cut off the retreat of the Shu army respectively, mainly to harass, delay the time for the Shu army to evacuate, as long as the energy consumption is until the Shu army is completely out of food, this battle at the foot of the Dingjun Mountain will be a sure victory! ”

With Cheng Yu's words...

Cao Cao motioned to the maid to stop rubbing his temples, as if last night's nightmare had made his head ache faintly again!

After another moment, Cao Cao seemed to have gone through a short mutter, and he opened his mouth:

"Lone met Miaocai in a dream last night, it was Miaocai who was in a different place, and he called Lone again, asking Lone to avenge him..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's voice was even more solemn.

"Lone suddenly had an ominous premonition, not only Hanzhong was going to be lost, but even Miaocai... I'm afraid that even Miaocai will not be able to escape this fate—"

…

… (End of chapter)