The rain in May was like catkins cut off with a knife, floating in the wilderness.
Liu Bei led the army north, and Guan Yu and Chen Zhi cavalry took the lead, which was also a step late.
"I never thought that Ji Ling's house would not come out of the city, second brother, this guy is obviously afraid of you."
Zhang Fei tightened the reins with one hand, looking at the team that was walking slowly due to the muddy roads, and his face was full of impatience.
"That Ji Ling doesn't fight, he defends the city, and he can't do anything about it."
Guan Yu smiled bitterly, looked at the muddy waterway in front of him, and then glanced at the riverbank that was already faintly visible not far away, "Big brother, Uncle Zhi has gone to collect ferries, our army, really don't go to Huaiyin, just cross the kettle pond and go north?"
Liu Bei nodded slightly, "Our army took a detour to rush back to Xuyi, the marching speed was slow, how could it be as good as Tai Shici's elite cavalry, Wei Xu has surrendered, he holds Wei Xu's edict, and takes his personal guards, you can take the twelve counties of Guangling lightly, and when you go north, there will not be too many obstacles." ” "Our army will go to Huaiyin here, and it will also eat closed-door soup, why don't you take a detour to the north, arrive at the lower phase, and meet Cao Sikong."
Liu Bei's eyes were full of regret, he should have ordered the whole army to be stationed in Xuyi, delaying the opportunity, but he never thought that Wei Xu was actually under the deterrence of Tai Shici and sacrificed Mao Jue.
"I and Jiangdong tore their faces this time, I'm afraid" Liu Qi glanced back at the brand-new armor on the soldiers behind him, and his face was a little complicated.
Perhaps, Liu Qi also had some stakes when he met him, but he gave himself thousands of armor with a word, which was a lot of kindness.
Sun Gan, who was left in the rear army by the "Lord Princess Gong", suddenly arrived with his army, and behind him was a group of sergeants wearing armor and looking embarrassed.
"My lord, there are soldiers and horses in the rear team to catch up, Captain Fang, you come forward."
Under Sun Gan's wave of his hand, a bloodied captain stepped forward, knelt down on his knees, and bowed his hand to Liu Bei with a flushed face, "My lord, the last general is incompetent and injured and captured." ” Liu Bei glanced at the blood-stained white cloth exposed from the torn armor on his shoulder, and it was obvious that the injury had been treated.
"How did you escape back," Zhang Fei said with a puzzled expression.
"But it was Tai Shici who ordered us to be released."
"Along the way, there are Jiangdong cavalry to guide the way."
Captain Fang looked ashamed, "The last general is incompetent, let" Zhang Fei glanced at Liu Bei with an angry face, "Big brother, Tai Shici's move has disturbed the hearts of our army, and this person has ill intentions."
"Yide."
Guan Yu stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, stopped Zhang Fei, who was excited, and raised his feet to Captain Fang, "That Tai Shi Ci still has something to say to the lord."
"Yes, Tai Shici said, and there is also a letter written by Wu Hou himself, asking me to pass it on to the lord."
Captain Fang woke up like a dream, and immediately took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was suspicious, so he saw Jian Yong stretching out his hand to take it, opened it and took a look, he was startled, and raised his head just to meet Liu Bei's gaze, but he heard Liu Bei Chen shout, "Read." ” "Since Shouchun a farewell, it has been a few days, the emperor's uncle went north, is for the order of the imperial court, to seek Wen Hou, but for personal grudges, the three generals lost Xuzhou drunk that day, Wen Hou has not been embarrassed by the emperor's uncle's family, still ordered someone to send the emperor's family back, now our soldiers and horses from all parties gathered in Xuzhou, Qi Ming Ziyi general to take the twelve counties of Guangling, is for my wife Lu family relatives to ask for the place.
Before the sword soldiers, but in order to relieve the two families of the war, this time I have ordered to let go of the Poputang Ferry, where there have already been more than 100 fishing boats, the emperor can go north from here, Ziyi, Fuyi two generals, will never pursue. ” "This battle has not been shown to the imperial uncle in advance, it is strange, I have ordered Ziyi to release the prisoners back, and I hope that the imperial uncle will not mind."
A letter of belief, Liu Bei reached out and grabbed the letter, this is indeed Liu Qi's handwriting, when he left Shouchun, in addition to getting a batch of brand new armor, he also got a few boxes of printed books, he is also reading on weekdays, among them, there is Liu Qi's poetry collection.
"Report to the lord, General Chen Zhi has found more than 100 warships at the ferry ahead."
At the same time, Chen Zhi, who was exploring the way in front of the head, also ordered the cavalry to return to the ferry news.
Liu Bei's face was pale, and under Chen Deng's gaze, he tore the letter in his hand to shreds with two strokes, "Ridiculous, I am a member of the Han family, but he Liu Qi is a traitor in Jiangdong, I have nothing to do with him, this armor and ferryboat must be used by this person to humiliate me."
With that, he shook his hand abruptly and left, "Quick, lead the way, and I'll go to see if the fishing boat at the ferry has been tricked or not." ” After he turned on his horse and left, the faces of the people were mixed.
Zhang Fei looked confused and didn't seem to have reacted yet.
Guan Yu stroked his beard with one hand, his face was cold and arrogant, but he was thoughtful in his heart.
Sun Qian and Jian Yong secretly exchanged a look, and the fear of Jiangdong in their hearts increased several times.
Captain Fang followed behind the army formation with a dejected face, when they returned, the military doctor of the Jiangdong Army bandaged their wounds, and the armor and weapons were also returned, but they were still prisoners, and in the army, they were a little unable to raise their heads.
Chen Dengze's horse walked on the side of the team, stroking his beard with one hand, and pulling the reins on the war horse with the other, Liu Bei's dignified expression, in his opinion, did not seem to be fake, Jiangdong Army's meticulous work in Xuzhou made him also a little frightened, and he was able to collect more than 100 fishing boats quietly, and provide them to Liu Bei, and give him armor, why is this It's a counter-plot Chen Deng felt that Liu Xuande was a deep-minded person, and he also had the posture of Cao Sikong in his early years, but he now has too few soldiers and horses under his command, and he does not have a deep-rooted place such as Jiangdong.
This, perhaps, is also one of the reasons why he Guangling Chen never chose Liu Xuande.
At the ferry, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them, who arrived here one step in advance, glanced at each other, looked at more than ten canopy boats in front of them, and then there were many sampans, "Such a ferry, it may cross this broken kettle" "The water surface of the Po Kettle Pond is calm, and when the wind does not rise, you can cross it."
The boatman standing in front of the boat immediately replied with a smile.
Liu Bei saluted him respectfully, "My husband is a person from Jiangdong. ” "I haven't been sailing in Jiangdong for two or three years."
The old man bowed slightly to Liu Bei, "Please come on board." ” "Please also ask the old man to return, for the preparation of the letter and Wu Hou, as the uncle, and nothing to give, and no grace to Zixing, this time to repay virtue with grievances, be ashamed, if he succeeds in the future, there will be a good reward."
"Little old man can save it."
The old man smiled slightly, and then helped Liu Bei to board the boat, these boats, almost every one of them stood a boatman with an oar, their arms were very thick, and their movements were also very sharp, not long after, Liu Bei, thousands of soldiers, came to the broken kettle pond, along the lake, straight down to the next phase
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