The long road was the most difficult, especially after knowing that there would be pursuers behind him. Liu Bei's heart never let go from the moment he left Xiangyang.
Liu Bei has been running for his life for most of his life, running away with his family and his family, running away after being defeated like a mountain, pretending to save face, and despite Zhuge Liang's dissuasion, he decided to run away with a large number of people this time.
He just ran away. If Liu Bei was really kind-hearted and really wanted to save these people, then he would take good care of these people. These people would not even have time to be grateful, so how could they hate him?
But it just happened that... Liu Bei had enough food left, and the people were suffering from hunger. The hungry died of hunger, and the sick died of illness. Liu Bei didn't even look at it.
In the end, no matter how you looked at it, it looked like Liu Bei had taken a large number of hostages. Zhuge Liang could only remain silent about this.
What he valued was Liu Xuande's tenacity in being able to keep falling and getting up in the face of adversity. Let's not mention other shortcomings. After all, no one is perfect...
"Lord, there are still two days left before we can arrive in Jiangling."
"Jiangling is rich in supplies. As long as we tell the prefect that we are here to defend it on Liu Biao's orders, the other party will naturally open the city gate... Lord, do you still have the token Liu Biao left for you?"
Liu Bei was on horseback and showed no energy at all.
His thoughts had long drifted into the distance. He was worried about where he could escape if he really lost this time. He didn't pay attention to Zhuge Liang's words...
Zhuge Liang frowned and looked at the listless Liu Bei, and reminded him again.
Liu Bei then straightened up with excitement and looked at Zhuge Liang.
"Oh...yes...yes! Yes...Kong Ming, when we get to Jiangling, do we really have a chance to turn around?"
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang dryly. This young man had become his last life-saving straw at some point.
Decades of experience in fighting have turned into a blank slate under these repeated blows. Liu Bei is nearly fifty and Zhuge Liang is about to turn twenty. It is really funny that this stable man is the most dejected.
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Even though Zhuge Liang was busy at the moment and the immediate life made him extremely uncomfortable, he still seemed much calmer. He shook his feather fan as if he wanted to calm down:
"A turning point... I can't call it that. At most, it gives us a few days to breathe. To be honest, my lord, that day in Longzhong, Liang had actually expected that this might be the scene now... but there is a completeness of the moment.
Of the policy…"
"What! A perfect strategy! Kong Ming... you... you must think of a way and save us!"
Just like when Xu Shu came to vote before, Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang say these words quite confidently, and he felt that he could do it again.
Liu Bei pulled the reins of the horse and leaned directly next to Zhuge Liang. He pulled Zhuge Liang's sleeve with one hand and wanted to press his whole body against Zhuge Liang's face.
With a look of disgust on his face, Zhuge Liang first pushed Liu Bei away, dusted himself off, and then explained to Liu Bei:
"A foolproof strategy means that when all parties cooperate perfectly, the final result that may be obtained is truly foolproof...it depends on the cooperation of the other party..."
"Another...another one?"
Liu Bei's brain was shut down at this time, he had no ability to think at all, and he had no idea who Zhuge Liang was talking about.
Zhuge Liang held up the Fulun towel, raised the fan, and moved it to his left hand.
There, the river surges, and across the river is a peaceful land that has not been trampled by war for a long time.
"Sun Quan, my lord... When we arrive at Jiangling, we must contact Sun Quan as soon as possible... I have a good friend named Lu Su, who is now the naval admiral of Soochow. If we find him, we can get in touch with Sun Quan. In this way, the coalition forces
If you resist Cao Cao, you may still have a chance of winning."
Liu Bei was dumbfounded as he listened to Zhuge Liang's analysis. He couldn't believe for a moment that the friendly army Zhuge Liang mentioned was Sun Quan from Jiangdong.
After all, since Sun Jian withdrew from the struggle for hegemony, the Sun family's presence in these troubled times has been quite low. Some people say that the Sun family came as tigers, but now they have become pests.
"them?"
Liu Bei didn't dare to say it right. In his opinion, although he was defeated everywhere, he was still a person who dared to fight and fight. Sun Quan?
Is it that young boy with purple beard and yellow beard? He has never even fought in a war, how can you trust him?
Liu Bei swallowed, and when Kong Ming ignored him, he stepped aside angrily and murmured:
"Go to Gangneung first, go to Gangneung first... When we get to Gangneung, everything will be easy to talk about..."
At this moment, the sound of a boy crying came from the carriage not far behind him, and the voices of Mrs. Gan and Mi coaxing the child also sounded one after another.
Liu Bei seemed to be worried about his child, so he returned to the carriage to take a look at the situation.
Seeing the fat boy Liu Chan suddenly smile, he also smiled happily.
Liu Chan is two or three years old and can't speak, but he can't help but be fat and cute. Liu Bei can't help but go up and pinch Liu Chan's little face.
Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi also loved Liu Chan very much. It seemed that the happy scene of the whole family diluted the fatigue of the march.
However--
At this moment, Zhang Fei's thunderous roar suddenly came from the army.
"Brother! It's not good! Zilong has sent news that the cavalry is coming less than ten miles away from the rear. It is estimated that the number is no less than 5,000. I'm afraid they are Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry!"
"What! Are you chasing me now?"
Liu Bei was so frightened that he directly closed the curtain to the two ladies. The cold blood in his body stimulated Liu Bei's brain, and the instinctive reaction in his bones gave Liu Bei a very, very familiar idea: escape.
"No! There are still five miles! They are going too fast! There is no time to delay! Let's go!"
Zhang Fei looked back anxiously, and saw the billowing smoke brought by the tiger and leopard cavalry at a glance. He hurriedly shouted to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was so frightened that he almost stopped holding his horse. Lu Xiaoxiao seemed to be quite frightened.
Knowing this, he took off his legs and rushed towards the front army.
The people in the formation were also in chaos because of Zhang Fei's shouts. Here is the current appearance of Liu Bei's army. It will fall if touched, and will break if touched -
"My lord! My lord, please leave quickly! Let me come to the rear!"
At this time, Zhao Yun jumped up on his horse, raised his gun and turned around. With a wave of his hand, he took the rear army with him and called out into the distance.
Liu Bei was so moved that he still didn't even look back. He passed by Zhuge Liang like a gust of wind, speaking plausibly:
"Zilong! Zilong! Take care! We'll see you in the next life!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned, as were Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi. Is this Liu Bei? Is there anyone in the world who can escape so smoothly?
That's right——
This is Liu Bei, abandoning his wife in one fell swoop, the billowing smoke and dust dispersed, and the carriage where the two ladies were sitting was protected by a group of infantry.
When Zhao Yun saw this scene, his scalp became numb.
"Why don't you take the child with you?"
It's just that Zhao Yun didn't shout this sentence.
