Summary of the previous chapter: Cao Cao attacked, Liu Bei evacuated urgently, and when he arrived in Xiangyang, a large number of people were willing to follow him. Some of his subordinates persuaded Liu Bei to abandon the people and run away quickly, but Liu Bei disagreed...
Cai Hao interjected: "Lord, it's not that we didn't delay. I originally rushed out and was about to stab the big-eared thief to death, but Master Shangxian suddenly jumped out..."
"What? Master Shangxian?" Cao Cao's eyes twitched twice, "Then what tricks are the demons doing?"
Cai Hao said with a sad face: "Tell me, my lord, I don't know."
"Idiot!" Cao Cao kicked Cai Mao over with his kick, rolled his eyes at Liu Cong, and ordered: "Give me an order to reorganize the army immediately. I will go and capture Liu Bei myself! Humph!"
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At night, when Liu Bei's army stopped to rest, his subordinates persuaded Liu Bei again.
This time, Liu Bei was not as determined as before. However, since leaving Xiangyang, more and more people have joined along the way. There are hundreds of thousands of people, and there are thousands of trucks pulling goods.
many.
Liu Bei pointed at the mighty troops behind him and said helplessly: "Look, everyone, in this situation, can I leave now? People who achieve great things are people-oriented. They follow me voluntarily. Can I just leave?"
Everyone looked at Liu Bei and were immediately speechless.
Ma Xiaoquan joked: "Xuande, if you look at it now, it's the first time you have a population of more than 100,000."
Liu Bei gave a wry smile and said, "Sir, please stop treating me scornfully."
Ma Xiaoquan also felt helpless. He learned from history books that Liu Bei had many followers, but he never expected that the total number of civilian soldiers would be hundreds of thousands.
Looking at the long queue of people, Ma Xiaoquan sighed deeply.
...
Ma Xiaoquan knew that he could not persuade Liu Bei, and he had no intention of persuading Liu Bei, so he called Zhao Yun to his side and whispered: "Zilong, I have to ask you for something!"
Zhao Yun didn't have many opportunities to deal with Ma Xiaoquan, but he learned from Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others that this purple-haired man had "powers all over the sky". When he heard Master Shangxian entrusting him with something, he quickly beat his chest and said: "Shangxian
Sir, please rest assured, Zilong will definitely do it."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder: "Zilong, I have calculated that you will be doomed soon, but don't worry, with your courage, if you don't give up, there will definitely be a chance to clear the clouds and see the sun."
Zhao Yun did not panic. Instead, he nodded calmly and asked Ma Xiaoquan for advice: "Master Shangxian, what should I do?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and said: "It's very simple. Let me ask you, if your lord Liu Xuande is surrounded by Cao Cao, what should you do?"
Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said: "Sacrifice yourself to save the savior!"
"Then what if the little master is in trouble?"
Zhao Yundao: "Save the little master!"
"What if both of them are in trouble?"
"This..." Zhao Yun couldn't say anything.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "Zilong, don't worry too much. What I want to tell you is that if the little master is in trouble, you should go and save the little master!"
Zhao Yun didn't understand and said: "Master Shangxian, why do you want to save the little master? As long as the master is here, even if the master is in trouble, there will be a master in the future."
Of course Ma Xiaoquan would not tell Zhao Yun that Liu Chan would be gone if you didn't save him. Ma Xiaoquan said: "I have been watching the sky at night recently and found that my little master is noble and will do great things in the future. And your lucky star is you.
!”
Zhao Yun snorted, nodded and agreed: "Okay, since Master Shangxian said so, then I will do it!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
Compared with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under Liu Bei, Ma Xiaoquan admired Zhao Yun more. Firstly, he was versatile in both civil and military affairs. Secondly, he resolutely obeyed orders wherever he pointed. Unlike Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, one was arrogant and the other was reckless.
Zhao Yun took the order and left, while Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and disappeared into the sea of soldiers and civilians.
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In the evening, Tan Ma came to report that Cao Cao was leading a group of light cavalry and was pursuing them. They were already less than 20 miles away from the main force.
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this and quickly deployed his troops to prepare for resistance.
As soon as the deployment was completed, Cao Cao came to kill them.
Three generals, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, each led a group of troops, rushed into Cao Cao's army, and fought with Cao Cao's light cavalry.
Liu Bei's side was still retreating, while Cao Cao's side not only charged forward, but also shot out many cold arrows from time to time.
Guan Yu saw that the situation was not right and immediately shouted: "Yide, you protect the eldest brother, his wife and the young master and go first. Zilong and I will drag you up here!"
Zhang Fei did not hesitate, nodded slightly, and immediately turned the horse's head.
Guan Yu said again: "Zilong, you can also go with Yide!"
Although Zhao Yun had doubts, he still nodded and rode away.
Cao Cao galloped up to Guan Yu and stretched out his hand slightly. The light cavalry behind him reined in their horses and stopped the pursuit.
Cao Cao chuckled and said, "Yun Chang, you are fine, haha."
Guan Yu bowed his hands to Cao Cao and said, "Prime Minister, you are fine. Can you please spare my lord's life?"
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No!"
Guan Yu frowned and said, "I can be a prisoner!"
Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "The red rabbit horse cub under your crotch must be the grandson of Lu Bu's red rabbit horse. I gave this horse to you in the past, but I didn't expect you to resign and find Liu Bei. Do you think I should still do it?"
Will I believe you?"
Guan Yu didn't show any pretense, Hengdao immediately said: "In that case, let's do it!"
Cao Cao sighed: "Liu Bei must not stay, Yun Chang, don't blame me for being rude!"
After saying that, Cao Cao waved, and a dozen light cavalry immediately surrounded him.
It's true that Guan Yu was superb in martial arts, but he couldn't stand up to a large number of people, and among Cao Cao's light cavalry there were also guys who were responsible for firing cold arrows.
After fighting for a while, Guan Yu thought to himself: You can't fall in love with fighting, otherwise I will die here before my eldest brother escapes.
Thinking of this, Guan Yu did not hesitate, shouted loudly, scared off Cao Jun's light cavalry, then quickly rode on his horse and turned around.
Just as Cao Cao was about to pursue him, one of his generals advised him: "Please be safe, my lord. Liu Xuande cannot move fast with so many people. The top priority is that my lord should appease these people first!"
Cao Cao nodded and agreed.
Half a day later, Liu Bei led the large army to Dangyang.
The terrain in Dangyang is relatively flat, allowing for some resistance. However, although Liu Bei has a large number of people, his morale is low now, and coupled with the long journey, the soldiers are generally exhausted. On the other hand, Cao Cao's 5,000 light cavalry are hot in pursuit.
, and the consecutive battles and victories put a lot of pressure on Liu Beijun's heart.
When Guan Yu was in a hurry, Guan Yu had already ridden his horse to catch up with Liu Bei. When he saw Liu Bei, he shouted: "Brother, please leave quickly. I think our team cannot be saved!"
Liu Bei glanced at the huge queue of people behind him and said unwillingly: "Chang Yun, I..."
Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also came to Liu Bei and tried to persuade him.
However, just when Liu Bei was preparing to break out, Cao Cao's light cavalry came again.
Cao Cao didn't have much time to care about the people behind him. With just a little intimidation, these people immediately became much more well-behaved.
Cao Cao knew that he would never let Liu Bei leave alive, so he simply made arrangements at every place where the people were dealing with him, and then rode his horse in hot pursuit.
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The feeling of being hotly pursued by Cao Cao is never pleasant. Liu Bei made a rough calculation. If he faced Cao Cao, he would lose more than he won. Even if he did win, he would still do it by sneak attack. If he defended against Cao Cao head-on, Liu Bei would win.
Ask yourself that you definitely can't defeat Cao Cao.
"Hahaha...Liu Xuande, where are you running?"
Liu Bei raised his head in surprise and looked far away. Cao Cao was shouting at him with the Heavenly Sword raised.
Liu Bei was so frightened that he didn't dare to answer. He quickly shrank his head and ran away.
Zhang Fei's eyesight was very good, and he could clearly see the contempt in Cao Cao's eyes from a distance, and he immediately became angry.
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Fei still couldn't swallow his breath, so he put down his guard duty, rushed out with an eight-foot-long steel spear, and went straight to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had already expected this. He stretched out his hand slightly, and Zhang Fei was immediately blocked by Xu Huang, the general of Cao Army.
There was a "ding" sound, and the snake spear and Xu Huang's big ax collided together, making a crisp sound.
Xu Huang withdrew his axe, and the tiger's mouth was numb. Despite this, he successfully blocked Zhang Fei's path.
Zhang Fei scolded: "Old thief Cao, if you have the ability, come out and challenge me! Do you dare!"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "What a common man, let me shoot him with an arrow!"
After giving an order, whizzing sounds continued to sound from behind Cao Cao, shooting towards Zhang Fei with a low sound of breaking through the air.
Zhang Fei was also frightened, and he hurriedly bowed his body and escaped the first wave of arrows without any danger. However, before Zhang Fei could react, the second wave came again.
Zhang Fei was so angry that he cursed and quickly turned his snake spear to block the second wave of arrows.
With a "Puff" sound, an arrow pierced Zhang Fei's face, leaving a shallow bloody mouth.
At this time, Zhao Yun led his troops to come to the rescue. As soon as the two met, Zhang Fei blamed himself: "Damn it, Cao Cao is too insidious!"
Zhao Yun also had a gloomy look on his face, but he knew that if Zhang Fei's reckless temperament provoked him again, he would definitely go berserk.
Zhao Yundao: "Yide, let's protect our lord first! Old thief Cao is extremely cunning, we can't do it forcefully!"
Zhang Fei hummed and followed Zhao Yun in the direction of Liu Bei.
As soon as they were reunited, Guan Yu stepped forward and asked Zhang Fei: "Yide, where are the madam and the young master?"
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and patted his head: "It's all my fault. I was too impulsive just now. My wife and the young master disappeared!"
Liu Bei was also stunned, but he quickly calmed down.
"Let's go!" Liu Bei ordered.
"Big brother, lord... Madam and little lord..."
"I said go!" Liu Bei said with red eyes and gritted teeth.
Although Liu Bei said this, everyone could see that his eyes were extremely red.
At this time, a long voice sounded: "Don't panic, why don't you let Zilong save the madam and the young master?"
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Ma Xiaoquan, the Master of the Immortal, was standing in front of him at some point.
"Lord Immortal? You..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and ordered: "Xuande, keep Qingshan here, don't worry about running out of firewood. You can take Yun Changyide and others to retreat south first, and leave this place to me and Zilong!"
Liu Bei nodded, sighed, and led a dozen riders away from Juechen.
Ma Xiaoquan walked to Zhao Yun's horse, raised his head and looked at Zhao Yun on the horse, nodded to Zhao Yun and said: "Zilong, you need to go north and enter the hinterland of Cao's army to find his wife and young master. This trip...
."
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "Master Shangxian, Zilong understands, but Zilong has a request!"
"Say it!"
Zhao Yundao said: "If Zilong dies because of his misfortune, I hope Master Shangxian can save the lives of the young master and his wife!"