Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 116 Snatching Xiakou (4)
Seeing Zhuge Liang's calm and relaxed expression while shaking a feather fan, Liu Bei's heart immediately calmed down.He nodded deeply, and let out a sigh of relief: "It seems that the military division's predictions were correct. This Changbanpo is really the place where our army and Cao's bandits met hand-to-hand. If so——we We can only prepare to fight a tough battle with Cao thief here!"

"My lord, if you want the golden cicada to get out of its shell, you have to fight this tough battle, and you have to lose." Zhuge Liang's eyes sank, and he glanced at the Jingzhou overseas Chinese with their families behind him, "It's just that I have pity on these Innocent and righteous people, Liang really can't bear to treat them..." After speaking, the circles of his eyes could not help but gradually turn red.

When Liu Bei heard this, his face was filled with sadness, and he said leisurely: "Alas... this fact is difficult to have both—if they stay in Fancheng and Xiangyang, they will eventually be unable to escape the slaughter and plunder of Cao's bandit army!"

Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng, who had been accompanying and guarding the two of them, couldn't hold back his anxiety when he heard this, and couldn't help but interjected a sentence: "Father, military advisor, please forgive me for talking too much, since I really want to stay here at Changbanpo According to my opinion, the main force of the front army and the central army must be separated from the entire brigade to prepare for the battle, otherwise it may be too late!"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhuge Liang, saw that he was slowly stopping his tears, nodded slightly to himself, and replied: "Feng'er is right, you should take care of this right away. You should go to the Central Army to inform Uncle Zhang, Pull the main force of these two teams out of the whole brigade as soon as possible, but instead of facing a battle, they rush to gather in the hills and forests in the eastern part of Dangyang County, ready to meet the whole army at any time, and you and Sun Qian will be responsible for taking over The remaining small part of the Chinese army and former soldiers..."

Zhuge Liang gently shook the goose feather fan, and added: "My lord, you ordered Yide (Zhang Fei's word Yide) to be stationed by the small river east of Changbanpo for observation. You must maintain a high degree of vigilance. He Not only should we keep an eye on the situation here at Changbanpo, but we should also pay attention to the news from Hanjinkou.”

"Okay. Foster father, military adviser, my child will remember." Liu Feng nodded vigorously, then suddenly rolled his eyes, and asked again, "So, what about the rear army?"

Hearing his question, Zhuge Liang slapped the goose feather fan in his hand outwards lightly, but turned his face away, and didn't answer, as if he was avoiding the question.

Liu Bei glared at Liu Feng, and said coldly, "We must leave some people to guard the overseas refugees, right? Take all the troops out of the battalion, and within half an hour, this place will be in chaos!"

Liu Feng thumped in his heart, and hurriedly said: "But General Zilong (Zhao Yun's word Zilong) and Master Yuanzhi (Xu Shu's word Yuanzhi) led the rear team to protect the two wives, A Dou, and two sisters—there must always be Let's get them out first?"

Liu Bei sighed, shook his head and said, "How can this be done? If the general's family members abscond from the camp secretly, those big family members accompanying the army will be alarmed immediately. This kind of thing of leaving everyone behind and fleeing privately , how can I, Liu Xuande, do it..."

"Father... Ah Dou is your only child! He is also the only younger brother of the child!" Liu Feng said anxiously, scratching the back of his head.

At this time, Zhuge Liang turned around, half covered his face with the goose feather fan in his hand, and whispered to Liu Feng: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu. Later, my military division will send a confidant to send out all the things that were agreed upon just now. Inform Zilong and Yuanzhi of the matter, and tell them—except that they cannot escort the lord’s family to leave before Cao Jun arrives, everything is allowed for them to do at their own expense..."

"Kong Ming! You—" Liu Bei snorted heavily.

Zhuge Liang straightened his face, arched his hands, and replied solemnly to Liu Bei: "My lord, when the Cao thief came, Zilong and Yuanzhi guarded the two wives and Adou, and they went forward and retreated with the people. There is nothing wrong ah!"

After hearing this, Liu Bei was speechless and could only nod silently.

Seeing that this important event was finally agreed upon as he wished, Liu Feng felt relieved as if he had let go of a boulder.He was about to pull his horse and leave, but suddenly he turned around and came back as if thinking of something, and asked with some concern: "Father Cao, military advisor, what if Bandit Cao sees through our plan of fleeing east and west? If the thief underestimates the huge temptation of Jiangling City for a moment, ignores it, and still blindly pursues us, what should we do?"

"Feng'er's words are too much to worry about. How can Jiangling City be compared to ordinary cities? It is the naval headquarters in Jingzhou, and it is also an important place at the throat of the river. It is also the largest granary and arsenal in Jiangbei, with all kinds of armor and utensils. After taking down Jiangling, one controlled the lifeline of the eight counties in Jingzhou, and the other controlled the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. From then on, this Yangtze river moat can be said to be shared with the Jiangdong Sun family!" Zhuge Liang gently shook the goose feather fan, his eyes Looking to the south, he said eloquently, "Faced with such a large piece of fat, Cao Bandit, a hungry wolf, will surely pounce on it with red eyes! Naturally, we will be able to take this opportunity to get rid of the golden cicada's shell."

"Military Master, you are speaking too lightly..." Liu Feng's eyes were always full of sorrow, "Ye-father had dealt with Cao Bandit a lot, how cunning Cao Bandit is in using soldiers, this time he is also It may not be so easy to be fooled."

"Feng'er, you don't need to say any more here. Just follow the strategy you agreed on just now!" Hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help feeling an indescribable irritability in his heart, and he stopped with a sudden shout Liu Feng—but he seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, so he hurriedly softened his voice, regained his calm face, and said calmly to Liu Feng, who had been bluffed by himself and his face changed a little, " Confucius said: "Do your best and then listen to the destiny." At present, the military situation is critical, and we can only take one step at a time, and seize the chance to fight our way through all kinds of difficulties and dangers!"

Zhuge Liang didn't interrupt to say anything, but slowly waving the goose feather fan as if nothing had happened, thinking to himself: Liu Feng is indeed over-concerned-even though Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry are incomparably elite, they are tired from a long distance, and they have traveled a long distance to catch up with us One day and one night, he traveled more than [-] miles, which can be described as "at the end of the crossbow, it is impossible to wear Lulu"!This kind of action is also a big taboo in military tactics, so it is said that "the general must be defeated".If we meet him on a narrow road in Dangyang County, we will rely on the bravery of our infantry and wait for work at leisure. If we resist head-on, even if it is difficult to win, it may be more than enough to escape.

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This day was noon on September 13th in the 208th year of Jian'an ([-] AD).The sun in late autumn exposed most of its face from the layers of white clouds like fish scales, shining red and warm on the sky.

On the flat open space at the foot of Changbanpo, Jingzhou expatriate households, scholars and Liu Bei's soldiers all gathered in one pile to the east and one pile to the west, and the cooks and cookers from various private camps also started to bury the pots. cooking.

Just when wisps of cooking smoke were curling up in the autumn sun, a young sentry scout rushed all the way into the Chinese military camp, and rushed to Liu Bei, who was standing under a big tree and talking side by side. In front of Zhuge Liang, his legs softened and he bent his knees, stretched out his right hand and pointed to the south, and roared hoarsely with his mouth open, babbling incomprehensibly.

Liu Bei listened intently for a while, then suddenly lowered his head and moved closer, staring at the young scout and asking, "Are they here? How many are there?"

The young scout swallowed his saliva, but still stammered and couldn't understand, but his face was pale with fright.

"My lord—" Zhuge Liang's whisper drew Liu Bei's attention away from the scout, and he turned to look at Zhuge Liang, only to see that the goose feather fan in his hand was already pointing obliquely to the south...

Looking in the direction pointed by the goose feather fan, Liu Bei's breathing almost stopped suddenly.I saw a thick dust curtain slowly rising on the high hillside in the south, covering half of the sky, and the rumbling and thunderous sound of horseshoes rolled in, deafening, but there was nothing to be seen.

When Liu Bei, his subordinates, and generals were in a state of disbelief, they saw dark clouds suddenly piled up on the high slope—looking closely, they turned out to be densely packed rows of tall horses and brave knights. It spread out to be more than a mile wide.Then, thousands of banners flew up again, waving in the air, and the leading banner was written with the word "曺" in official script.

And under the banner with the word "曺", suddenly stood a tall flame-red horse, on which sat a half-hundred-year-old man wearing a purple gold helmet with a tiger's head and silver armor with fish scales. , but standing on the top of the slope astride the horse, there is a sense of majesty and solemnity covering the mountains and plains while looking up and down, as if no matter how majestic the mountains in this world are, they are a little shorter than him.

——It turns out that he is Cao Cao.

Cao Cao swept his eyes towards Gaopo's feet, slowly pumped up his chest, and shouted very slowly and very loudly: "Liu Xuande! You surrender..."

Afterwards, the tens of thousands of tiger and leopard knights behind him also raised their voices and shouted: "Liu Xuande! You surrender..."

Their sound waves swayed across the flat land like rolling spring thunder, causing echoes among the mountains, and the overseas Chinese and Liu Bei's soldiers at the foot of the hill could also hear clearly-they sent out a burst of sound. Exclaimed like a tidal wave, one after another commotion, they all rushed towards Liu Bei's Chinese army tent at the same time.It seemed that the closer they were to Uncle Liu, the more secure they would feel.

At this time, Liu Fengsun Qian hurriedly rushed over to persuade him: "My lord, you and the military division should retreat quickly - let us deal with it here!"

Liu Bei was expressionless, but pondered for a while.Zhuge Liang gently waved his goose feather fan beside him, and said calmly: "Cao Thief's tiger and leopard cavalry have been galloping for nearly thirty hours, and our soldiers are waiting for work at leisure. Why don't you let go and fight them bloody first? So I can give an explanation to the more than [-] righteous people of Jingzhou."

(End of this chapter)