In the afternoon of that day, the entire area around Bailu Plain was blocked, and everyone was prohibited from entering and leaving.

At night, Liu Bei personally led the main force of the central army, without using the banner, and quietly left the camp, and marched northwest at night.

There is a lot of water around Chang'an, so-called "the eight rivers are divided, and they are different from each other" is known as "land and sea". The development of the agricultural economy has driven the prosperity of military and political affairs, which has led to the Qin and Han dynasties taking this place as their foundation, and looking eastward to wipe out the world.

During the Former Han Dynasty, Guanzhong was extremely prosperous. The Grand Historian said: "The land of Guanzhong is one-third of the world, but the wealth is so high that it is ten, six of them are here." After Guangwu, the capital of Luoyang was established, and the Sanfu still maintained hundreds of thousands of household registrations for a long time, making it a prosperous place and the center of agriculture and commerce.

However, after Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si and others caused rebellion, Chang'an and surrounding areas were destroyed. The city of Chang'an was empty for more than 40 days. All the people fled, the strong scattered, and the wretched ate. In the past two or three years, there was no trace of people in Guanzhong, and the tragic situation was beyond words. After that, Zhong Yao, the captain of the Sili, stationed in Chang'an, and tried his best to recruit exiles, repair the city, and develop military farms. He worked hard to achieve a barely stable situation, but it was difficult to restore the grand occasion of the past.

Because of this, the places where Liu Bei led his troops passed by were few people. All the cities, villages, and fields they saw along the way were abandoned. After decades of growth, the lush forests overwhelmed traces of human activities on a large scale.

Tens of thousands of troops were operating in the fields. With the protection of trees, the troops paid attention to breaking the whole into pieces and moving very quickly. That night, they marched for more than 60 miles, and the next day continued to lie down at night, bypassing the strongholds in Chang'an City that were still under the control of the defenders. After reaching Xianyangyuan, they turned east and quickly approached Yangling.

On the morning of the third day, Liu Bei led Pang Tong and the generals under the tent such as Zhao Yun, Fu Hu and others to hold the reins and reins. On the horse, he inspected the camps while eating and urging them to prepare for battle.

Because it was easy to be discovered by Cao's scouts, the distance between the march last night was not long. At midnight, the troops settled their positions and arranged for the soldiers to rest.

Liu Bei and Pang Tong also had to comprehensively integrate information and analyze the enemy's movements. When it was dawn, they were afraid that they would not have the energy the next day, so they could barely fall asleep. At this time, both of them were tired, but they knew that the war was coming, and they felt an uncontrollable sense of excitement.

Those who have personally experienced the battlefield must know that due to the limitations of vision, judgment and information transmission, no matter how outstanding the general is, he can control the troops smoothly, there are limits.

On that day, the Marquis of Huaiyin claimed that Emperor Gao could only be able to command 100,000 soldiers. With the talent of the Marquis of Huaiyin, he said that when he was contemptuous, Emperor Gao was already extremely powerful. Liu Bei asked himself, although he had been tempered on the battlefield for a long time, if he led more than 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers, he would inevitably have problems of poor orders and unclear judgments.

The same is true for Cao Cao. In terms of military use, this old opponent has a high opinion of himself and claims to be a famous master. He heard that he also made a bet on Sun Tzu's Art of War. In fact, he could not directly lead an army of more than 100,000. The stronger the troops, the more he needed to decentralize the power to the generals and make their decisions on the spot.

This puts high demands on the talents of the generals.

In this way, the commander of the troops stationed in Yangling City was Li Dian. In the past few days, Ma Chao had launched several tentative attacks on them, but his troops remained unmoved and were nailed tightly between the fields in the outskirts of Chang'an City like nails. There is no doubt that Li Dian was indeed an excellent general.

It is precisely because of his outstandingness that Liu Bei wanted to completely annihilate this army. This will not only force the Cao army that is constantly approaching Chang'an, but also shake the confidence of the Chang'an defenders. Finally, it will also inspire the soldiers of Yizhou who were shaken by Zhang Ren's troops' defeat.

At this time, a few traces of white fish belly appeared in the sky in the east, and the clouds were very thick, and the glow was hidden behind them, so it was hard to see clearly. However, there were already crowds of people inside and outside the military camp, and countless civilians and auxiliary soldiers were busy, with smoke rising from hundreds of stoves. Nearly 10,000 soldiers were eating and drinking, while preparing armor and weapons, cheering up their spirits, and preparing for battle.

Zhang Fei, who was in charge of the camp here, saw Liu Bei coming in and hurriedly came forward. Liu Bei looked at what he was going to say. Zhang Fei said carelessly: "King, you have said everything you should say. There is no need to talk about it anymore. You will know the difference on the battlefield."

Liu Bei laughed and patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder.

So set off.

The army walked forward on the Xianyang Plain, looking south at the Wei River and north at the Yuanling Mausoleum. After walking for about half an hour, I looked up at the sky and found that the sun was gone as soon as it appeared. The thick clouds in the sky were densely covered with thick clouds, which made the fields vast.

The front team was filled with people and horses neighing, and several light cavalry rushed back.

"Report! King, ten miles ahead, the Cao army scout discovered the front of our army. Both sides had a brief battle, each with casualties. The Cao army retreated very quickly, and we could not catch up with it."

"Running?"

"Yes. The scouts of Cao's army kept going west, thinking they were going to report to the military camp in Yanglingyi."

The discovery was a little earlier. If it were later, the side might be able to go through Yangling to approach the front of Cao's camp, so that they could not leave the camp to form a formation, and directly block them into the camp and be beaten passively. However, the Cao army here has experienced generals and commanders, so they would not have been so careless. Liu Bei and others have made many deductions before, and they all wanted to rely on field battles to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

So Liu Bei nodded slightly: "Continue to explore again, be careful and don't get entangled with the Cao army's cavalry."

Several light cavalry showed a touching look, and they all said, "Abide by the order of the king!"

At this time, the army had passed through Changling.

The soldiers all knew that the cemetery they passed along was the place where the Han emperor buried his bones. They were all solemn. Occasionally, someone whispered a few words and was immediately stopped by the officers.

Changling is the joint burial place between Emperor Gao and Empress Lü. In addition to the two tombs standing together, they were originally covered with buildings, including bedrooms, gate halls, temples, and places where palaces, officials and the tomb guards lived. When Emperor Gao was born, he established Changling City in the northeast of Changling, and moved the nobles of the six kingdoms of Guandong and the wealthy families in Guandong to be kept in charge and ordered them to worship the cemetery. At its peak, the household registration of the cemetery was as high as 50,57, and the population reached 79,469.

However, in the late Han Dynasty, the Red Eyebrow Army invaded Chang'an, slaughtered the city and set fire, and Changling and many tombs and towns were all disasters. Now the army passed by, only tombs that looked like barren mountains, and fragmented bricks or bones that were sometimes stepped on under their feet.

This is the case with the tombs and towns everywhere along the way. The Changling is like this, and the Yangling where the Cao army is stationed must be the same. The Han family declined and the difficulties were brought to the sky, which led to the ancestral garden and tombs being damaged. How could the righteous people not make the righteous people deeply angry?

Liu Bei was an emotional and rich man. The destruction of the tombs of his ancestors almost made him choke and almost burst into tears. He couldn't help but wonder what his personal destiny is compared to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty in four hundred years? To restore the Han Dynasty and rebuild peace, we must find a new way for the people of the 100 million great men. For this goal, what can we not give?

At this moment, he forgot his hesitation not long ago and forgot to stay away from the difficulties of fighting in the original battle. He felt that he was full of fighting spirit and some powerful force surged from the depths of his heart, making him increasingly believe in what he had been insisting on for decades.

Between Changling and Yangling, the terrain is slightly lower and flat, and it becomes more and more open.

At the same time, the scouts of the front army stood on the back of the horse and looked at it. Suddenly, countless flags were raised high in the end of the field in the east, like a forest, as if a black wave was coming.

"I'm going out! Cao's army is going out!" a cavalry shouted.

His companions asked: "There are quite a lot of people! No matter how you look at it, they don't look like Cao's side troops..."

They saw warriors in black military uniforms lined up in a column or horizontal line, surging forward one by one. The huge military formation connected to the Wei River on one end and crossed the heights of Xianyang Plain on the other end, without seeing the end. They kept approaching, swallowing up the undulating mountains and mausoleums on the wilderness, as if the sea was rising.

They saw the black military formation with steel reflections and gold and jade pendants that shone brightly. Hundreds of elite knights rode tall and handsome horses, wearing brightly colored military uniforms and fine armor, slowly moving forward.

They saw the knights surrounded by various general flags with ferocious beasts arranged in densely, as if they were hanging clouds in the sky. It seemed that there were gorgeous signs standing in the center, as if there were extremely noble figures in the army.
Chapter completed!