Chapter 36 Qilan

Yizhou, the capital of Ji Ke County was under the jurisdiction of the old orchid, and the sound of killing shocked the sky.

Liu Bei led a large army out of Mei County. While Pang Tong was reorganizing the soldiers of Jianning County, he traveled day and night, retreated more than 500 miles, and entered the Jingke County County to encircle the former Qilan City of Jingke County. Yong Kai, the governor of Jingke County, and the commander of Jingke County, did not expect that Liu Bei would not be able to fight, but he was a first-class expert when he fled. He did not have time to guard against him, so he was surrounded by Liu Bei led a 10,000 army.

Yong Kai was very aware of his humiliation and knew that he had humiliated Liu Bei very well in Zhuti, so Liu Bei could squeeze out time to come to the old Qilan when Pang Tong's army was about to chase him. He was definitely not to come to reminisce about the past, but to take his head. While sending people to Pang Tong for help, he gathered all the big surnames in the city, and told Liu Bei's evil deeds in Mei County with tears in his eyes. He slapped his chest and hit the bench. He took out the letter from Zhuge Liang he intercepted, and told these people that General Zhennan's confidant Lord Fa Zhengfa had already taken the elite troops to Wuyang. Liu Bei's retreat had been cut off by General Zhennan. He jumped around for a few days. As long as he survived these days, everyone would be a meritorious person in the future. He would definitely ask General Zhennan to reduce taxes for three years in Jingke County, and at the same time, people from other counties would not interfere with the business of Jingke County.

All the big surnames in the county have suffered from Liu Bei and know that this emperor uncle is not a kind character. Besides, under Yong Kai's encouragement some time ago, they had already attacked Liu Bei's food supply. While they had tasted some benefits, they also made enemies with Liu Bei. At this time, if they wanted to surrender to Liu Bei, even if they didn't die, they would have to peel off the skin. More importantly, Pang Tong, the chief of the General's Mansion of Zhennan, defeated Liu Bei with 7,000 troops in Tanlu Mountain, Mei County.

Thousands of people, now he has been replenished from the barbarians of Meixian County, and general Pang Xi was ordered to bring 10,000 people to urgently reinforce. Zhuti Prefect Li Yan integrated 5,000 county soldiers, with a total of 25,000 people to drive here. Even if Liu Bei can take down the old Qilan, he cannot defend him. He can leave, but he cannot leave. Therefore, he can only live a few more days at most without surrendering to Liu Bei. If they do their best to defend, they may survive from death.

Therefore, Yong Kai's performance was very successful and won everyone's sympathy. They integrated all the strong men in the city, with a total of more than 5,000 people, all of whom went to the city to defend. Yong Kai knew very well that this time was extraordinary. He spent all his money and gave a reward of no matter whether he was dead or alive, even if he caught Liu Bei with one hand, he would give a million yuan.

Under heavy rewards, there must be a brave man. The weak-hearted people of the Kan Ke couldn't resist the temptation of millions of dollars. They suddenly burst out with incomparable courage. They miraculously defended the fierce attack of Liu Bei's 10,000 troops for a day, and kept the city.

The Yuan River, which was passing by the city, became a bloody river.

Liu Bei was anxious and annoyed. Ten thousand troops attacked the city for a day. He knew that the city was full of miscellaneous soldiers - let alone elite soldiers, even the county soldiers with armor were only a thousand - the rest were all people holding weapons, which made him unable to move forward. This was really evil. When he entered Ke County, he was unstoppable. Now he has changed his nature and is not afraid of death.

Yong Kai must be the prince Yong Kai.

When he thought of Yong Kai, Liu Bei's temples leaped violently. Under Zhuti City, he was scolded by Yong Kai so hard that he had never eaten such humiliation in his life, which would be unforgettable for his life. Otherwise, he would not have ignored the persuasion of Yin Guan and others and would have come to Gu Qilan to fight a war.

"Chief Yin, how many days will our army have to eat?" Liu Bei looked at Yin Guan, who was frowning and laughed twice as if he was relaxed.

"There is still one day." Yin Guan responded weakly.

"Enough, I will definitely be able to take Gu Qilan in one day. As long as I enter the city, the food problem will be solved. At that time, we will firmly stick to Guan Ke and wait for Yun Chang to come to fight Pang Tong before the decisive battle." Liu Bei smiled, but there was no sign of relaxation in his laughter. A day's food means that if he can't take Gu Qilan, he will run away hungry later. This is really a nightmare.

"Is there any news there?" Liu Bei laughed alone for a while, and saw that everyone was frowning, and felt a little bored. He coughed for a day and asked, "How far is Pang Tong from here?"

Zhao Tong hurriedly stepped out and replied: "Lord, my father just sent a message in the morning. Pang Tongjun is still thirty miles away from Miaoling. At their marching speed, they should not reach Miaoling tonight and tomorrow morning."

"Oh." Liu Bei nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that if Pang Tong wanted to defeat Zhao Yun and reach the city, he would have to at least take the day after tomorrow. He still had two days left.

Yin Guan shook his head when he saw Liu Bei feeling relieved. After thinking about it, he walked up and said, "Lord, Pang Tong's military use is strange. Although he is not fast in advance, he keeps a very reasonable attitude. It is hard to say whether he will suddenly arrive at the city while our army is siegeing the city. If our army cannot take Gu Qilan tomorrow, it will face the attacks outside the city the day after tomorrow. The form is extremely unfavorable. Even if we take down the city, it will be a tired army. Facing Pang Tong's army, we still have no chance of winning."

Liu Bei was a little dissatisfied. He knew all of this. The reason why he didn't say it was because he didn't want to disrupt the morale of the army. Do you think you are smart? He didn't get angry just to take care of everyone's emotions, but pulled the corner of his mouth and squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't worry, Master Yin, Zilong is brave. With him in Miaoling, Pang Tong will not be able to get through for a while. At the latest, Tianyun Chang will be here. We will join forces together and we will definitely be able to take down Gu Qilan." He stood up and reached out to signal Liu Feng, Zhao Tong, and Mi Zhu's son Mi Wei: "I have so many young heroes under my command. What's the difficult thing to take down Gu Qilan? Feng'er, do you think?"

Liu Feng grinned and thrust his chest: "My father is right. Tomorrow morning, I will lead my personal soldiers to kill the city, break Yong Kai's dog head, and relieve my father's anger."

Zhao Tong smiled and said nothing, Mi Wei stood up and shook his majesty, and he secretly glanced at his father, but saw Mi Zhu frowned, and couldn't help but shrink his just raised chest back. Liu Bei glanced at Mi Wei, then looked at Mi Zhu, and frowned indifferently.

"Lord, General Guan is ten miles away from the camp." A messenger stepped into the tent and knelt down to report.

"Really?" Liu Bei jumped up, rushed to the ground, and almost fell to the ground. Liu Feng next to him quickly stepped forward and helped him. Liu Bei stood up straight, shook his hand and pushed Liu Feng away, rushed to the commander and grabbed his collar, shouting happily: "It's really Yun Chang. How many people did he bring?"

The messenger was surprised and replied quickly: "General Guan brought five thousand men and horses, and a lot of food."

"That's great." Liu Bei was ecstatic and shouted loudly: "All the generals followed me out of the camp to welcome Yunchang. When he arrived here, I would be free of worries."

The generals followed Liu Bei out of the camp, and Mi Zhu followed behind with his back, hesitating, as if he had become ten years old inadvertently. Mi Wei was puzzled by his father's expression just now, and saw this and hurriedly approached him and reached out to support Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu held his fist and blocked his mouth. He coughed weakly. When others were not paying attention, he whispered: "Zi Fang (Mi Wei), don't be the first." Mi Wei was a little puzzled. Just as he was about to ask again, Mi Zhu seemed to guess what he wanted to say. He raised his eyelids and looked at no one around. He said softly: "Your two cousins ​​are said to have become General Zhennan's concubines."

Mi Wei was stunned for a moment. He looked at his father in disbelief and said for a long time: "Really?"

"I listened to what the businessman who came back from Xiangyang said, it should be true."

Mi Wei suddenly realized that no wonder that Liu Feng and Zhao Tong had joined the battle these days, made contributions and promoted, but he had no chance at all. He is still a personal soldier. It turned out that Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang had become the concubine of Cao Cangshu, the general of Zhennan, so his cousin naturally would not be welcomed by Liu Bei.

"My lord just ordered yesterday to transfer your uncle to Lingling to assist Zhuge Military Advisor to guard Lingling." Mi Zhu said another sentence, then walked forward with great strides. Mi Wei was a little stupid, and was stunned for a while before following him.

Guan Yu strode over. When he saw Liu Bei, he was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but feel sad. He stepped in front of Liu Bei two steps and knelt down on both knees: "Lord, Guan Yu's rescue is late, which makes the lord worry. Please punish him."

Liu Bei laughed twice, his head full of white hair floating in the north wind. He bent down, held Guan Yu with both hands, and said sadly: "Chang Yunchang, it doesn't matter. I'm all in my fifties, and it's common sense to have white hair. When you come, I feel relieved."

"Don't worry, lord, I brought five thousand elite soldiers and a large amount of food, enough for a large army to use for half a month." Guan Yu stood up, pointed to the long team behind him, and said loudly: "Tomorrow, I will personally go to the top of the city and cut off the heads of these rebels who dared to block the lord's army to relieve the lord's anger."

"Hahaha..." Liu Bei laughed happily, pulled Guan Yu's arm and walked in: "Let's talk about tomorrow tomorrow. Let me talk about Yun Chang today. Everyone, why don't you open the way for Yun Chang?"

After Liu Bei greeted Guan Yu, when the generals dispersed, the two sat hugging. Liu Bei's pale face was covered with red wine, and he looked much younger. A happy smile rippled on his face, and he gently patted Guan Yu's knees: "Chang Yun, you are here well."

Guan Yu frowned gently, feeling that Liu Bei in front of him was a little different from usual. Not only was he found that his head, which had only a little white hair, had more wrinkles on his face and deeper. He looked like an old man in his early seventies, and his voice became much hoarse, with a trace of his former heroism.

"Chief Yun, the military advisor Zhuge, there is news, why has he not sent people to pick me up so far, and he has not even sent food, so he almost left me out of food?" Liu Bei asked unhappily when he mentioned Zhuge Liang.

"Lord, the military advisor has been fighting for a long time. Fa Zheng brought Jingshan Army and the White Tiger Army to Wuyang. Fortunately, the military advisor had prepared many fortresses and blocked their way with three thousand military soldiers. The food I brought was transferred by the military advisor. He really couldn't draw out the man to protect the food, so he asked someone to send it to my territory first, and then I gave it to the lord."

"Fa Zheng arrived in Wuyang?" Liu Bei was shocked and sat upright.

Guan Yu was also surprised: "Don't you know? It's been a month since this happened."

Liu Bei thought about it, patted his thighs, and complained: "No wonder I haven't received any news from Kong Ming during this period. It turns out that Fa Zheng has arrived in Wuyang. It's not easy for his three thousand military soldiers to defend it, but I'm afraid that all the nearby people have been lost. By the way, wasn't Ma Su winning a great victory in Fuling? How could Fa Zheng..."

Guan Yu shook his head: "Ma Su was defeated by Fa Zheng, Shamoke was killed, Ma Su has surrendered, and is now under Cao Chong's command. I only found out after receiving official documents from Jiang Wan before coming."

Liu Bei was stunned. He was stunned for a while, but instead laughed. The more he laughed, he couldn't breathe, and his whole body was trembling. The white hair shook under the light. Then, the laughter gradually turned into a strange roar that seemed to be crying, laughing, but he was neither crying nor laughing. After a while, he slowly calmed down in Guan Yu's sad eyes, but lowered his head deeply and said nothing, but he tightly held the big hand with blue veins rising from his waist, his bulging temples, and his cheeks biting tightly, which showed his incomparable anger.

"Lord..." Guan Yu shouted tentatively.

"What else is there, you say." Liu Bei let out a long sigh, raised his head, stared at Guan Yu with his blood-red eyes.

"Yide..." Guan Yu wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong with Yide?" Liu Bei couldn't help but feel an ominous feeling and couldn't help but hold his breath.

"The Jiangdong Army was defeated in Jiangxia, and Cao's army took advantage of the opportunity. Huang Zhong and Zhang He led 7,000 troops to attack Yiyang. Yide met to return to rescue Juda. Unexpectedly, Yin Wen surrendered to the enemy in front of the battle, and then Yin Wen persuaded Zhang Da, who was guarding Longyang and Fan Qi, who was guarding Linyuan. Now Yide and Xiang Juda have been trapped in Changsha." Guan Yu said, glanced outside the tent, and saw from the tent that Yin Guan and Mi Zhu were talking gossiping in the distance. "Yide also said that Cao Cangshu might personally lead a large army across the river, and the total strength of Cao's army in Changsha will exceed 15,000."

"Yin Wen?" Liu Bei frowned in anger.

"Yeah." Guan Yu nodded, told Liu Bei the news he had just received from beginning to end, and finally said: "Yide wants me to take out my lord immediately and return to the army to defeat Fazheng. He would rather use his body as bait to hold Cao Cangshu's elite and buy time for the lord."

Liu Bei tilted his head and stared at Guan Yu for a long time. His wrinkled skin was twisted, and his eyes were shining cold. He suddenly got up and walked to the map, and his fingers drew on the map for a while, found Yiyang's place, and looked at Wuyang again. He waved to Guan Yu and said, "Chang Yun, do we still have time?"

"If you withdraw from the wall tomorrow, Ke rushed to Wuyang to defeat the Fa Zheng army, and you still have a chance to defend Linxiang." Guan Yu paused for a moment, and then hesitated: "As for Yide, I'm afraid..."

Liu Bei raised his head and pondered for a moment: "Immediately send someone to inform Yide that if you can fight, you can fight. If you can't fight, you can withdrew from Changsha. It doesn't matter if Changsha is lost, he cannot die. Tomorrow... attack once tomorrow, if you can break the city, you can break the city. If you can..." Liu Bei's waving arm stopped in the air for a moment, and decided decisively: "Just give up."

"No!" Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement.

That night, Liu Bei sent people to recruit Zhao Yun who was preparing to block Pang Tong in Miaoling. He joined forces with a total of 14,000 troops. In the early morning, he asked someone to prepare breakfast early and let the soldiers who had been on a diet for several days have a full meal. As soon as it dawn, he attacked the city with all his strength. Zhao Yun brought three thousand troops to defend the west, Guan Yu brought his elite troops, Liu Bei led Liu Feng and the personal soldiers led by Zhao Tong to attack Gu Qilan in two directions. Yong Kai, who had just won the battle the day before, had not come back to his senses. He never expected that Liu Bei's army's offensive was so fierce. The miscellaneous army he gathered was not the opponent of Guan Yu, Liu Feng and others. One hour later, when Chaoyang had just risen to the top of Dongshan, the city was broken, Guan Yu captured Yong Kai alive and sent him to Liu Bei. Liu Bei personally cut off Yong Kai's head and finally breathed a sigh of anger.

Liu Bei ordered the city to massacre, robbed all the property and food of the wealth and food of the city's wealth, and then fled. When Pang Tong got the news, he rushed to Guqilan, and saw a sea of ​​corpses, blood-red Yuanshui, broken city walls, and civilian houses. Looking at the tragic situation in front of him, Pang Tong was so regretful that he stomped his feet. It was a small matter that he failed to keep Liu Bei in Jingke County, but it was a big matter that Liu Bei broke Guqilan City. Cao Chong knew about it and would definitely shine his fire.

Pang Tong did not dare to neglect, leaving some people to clean up the mess, and he led his people to chase him urgently. This time he did not dare to march slowly anymore. Fa Zheng now has only 7,000 people. Once Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang join the army, Fa Zheng will definitely not be the opponent. While reporting Cao Chong and Fa Zheng, he chased him fiercely, and he was determined to bite Liu Bei's tail and fight hard at any cost. He consumed Liu Bei's strength one point.

However, although he was more profitable than Liu Bei's war, he was not necessarily Liu Bei's opponent. Besides, the two powerful generals Zhao Yun and Guan Yu around Liu Bei, he chased after him for a few battles, but he did not gain any advantage. If Liu Bei had not only wanted to escape, he might have fought Pang Tong in reverse. Even so, the forward Pang Xi was still ambushed by Guan Yu, and the three thousand people he brought were killed and injured, and was seriously injured. If Zhu Ti's prefect Li Yan had not arrived and personally took the battle to break Guan Yu's encirclement, he would have been very likely to be killed by Guan Yu's formation. However, although he was rescued, he had not survived for three days. On the day when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang met, Pang Xi died of injuries and died.

Pang Tong's eyes were red, and he gave the order to continue chasing in front of the generals. Liu Pan was replaced by the vanguard, and Li Yan, Meng Huo and others chased out of Jingke County, and rushed to Yazuiyan, ten miles south of Wuyang. He stopped and set up a formation for a short rest, and sent someone to inform Fa Zheng and Deng Ai.

Fa Zheng was holding white, Deng Ai was sitting steadily in front of the chessboard, watching the chessboard gossiping.

"Shi Zai, your chess game is very strange. Is it a bad move you learned from the young master?" Fa Zheng fell down and said with a giggle.

"Young master has so many strange tricks, and I can't defend myself. I just learned some fur." ​​Deng Ai casually left a son, blocking Fazheng's life, then clapped his hands easily, smiled slightly, and picked up the fragrant tea next to him.

Fa Zheng glanced at the chessboard and immediately glared: "You..." He reached out for a moment and stretched out his hand to wipe the chessboard: "I can't get off, I can't get off, I lose to you every time, I'm bored." As he said that, he stood up angrily, put on his shoes and walked out.

Deng Ai smiled and didn't stop him. He knew that Fa Zheng was very addicted to chess. Not long after, he would come to play chess with mercy again. He was already afraid of him, so he would kill him every time, so that he could sulk at the side, so that he could have some leisure time to read.

Before he could leisurely this time, Fa Zheng hurried in again, holding a letter in his hand, and laughed: "Shizai, Shiyuan suffered a great loss this time, so Qilan was slaughtered by Liu Bei, and Pang Xi was also slaughtered by Guan Yu, and he also asked Liu Bei to escape from Jing Ke again."

When Deng Ai heard this, he quickly took the urgent letter from Fa Zheng, glanced quickly, and said to Fa Zheng: "Liu Xuande and Zhuge Kongming have joined forces, and the force is twice as strong as me. This place cannot be kept for a long time, so we should retreat."

"Where to retreat?" Fa Zheng smiled.

"Huangjinao, I have prepared the fortifications there." Deng Ai said as he stood up, Fa Zheng nodded and gathered the generals. Not long after, the Cao army retreated twenty miles. Liao Hua and Shuai Zeng, who had dug up more than ten days of soil in Huangjinao, heard it and hurried out to greet them. They were robbers for a while. After robbing enough food, Deng Ai sent them here to dig fortifications. At first, they were a little puzzled, thinking that Deng Ai was deliberately excluding them. Now they knew that Deng Ai had prepared a long time ago, and this was the main battlefield to block Liu Bei's army.

Deng Ai did not rest, and immediately Liao Hua and Shuai Zeng took the fortifications built on the mountain. He was very satisfied and praised them at that time. Liao Hua and Shuai Zeng were a little embarrassed and quickly became modest. Fa Zheng smacked his lips and said, "You two men don't know that they have this ability. This Tucheng is well built, which is comparable to Chenggucheng at the time."

Liao Hua quickly smiled and said, "Master Fa, this is not our credit, it is the drawing brought by Lord Deng, and it was also designed by him personally. We are just accomplishing things because of others."

Fa Zheng was a little surprised and looked at Deng Ai and said with a smile: "Shi Zai, when did you learn this trick? It was also taught by the young master?"

Deng Ai smiled: "This is not a big deal. The general has specifically talked about building a city in the army, but you were busy drinking and didn't listen."

Fa Zheng's face turned red immediately. He lowered his head and pinched his nose, and said embarrassedly: "Shame, I hope the scholar will show mercy on such a scandal. Don't mention it again."

When Liao Hua and Shuai Zeng saw it, they knew that this was probably not a good thing. They smiled at each other and immediately turned their heads aside and introduced the city defense seriously. After hearing them, Deng Ai smiled proudly: "Master Fa, let's block Liu Bei here and see how he can reinforce north."

Fa Zheng nodded, twisted the chin and smiled: "It's enough to have a scholar here, but unfortunately the general has made other arrangements. Otherwise, I really want to go to Quanling to see how much grain Zhuge Kongming had stored there."

Deng Ai glanced at him and burst out laughing: "Don't worry, you should know soon."

Fa Zheng said with regret: "Wei Wenchang is such a lucky man, and I don't know if he can seize the opportunity."
Chapter completed!