Following the guidance of the scouts, Xiang Ji led his Canglongqi in the middle of the night and finally discovered Liu Bei and his troops who were evacuating under the moonlight.
Now that the target has been discovered, what else is there to say? The current situation is that we can kill every one of them before they cross the Huaihe River.
After all, the Huaihe River flows rapidly, and the cavalry cannot quickly pass through it with the help of horses.
If Liu Bei were to attack him on the way across the river, the Canglong Cavalry, which had lost its mobility, would not be able to fight him.
Xiang Ji knew this, and so did Liu Bei.
"Don't pay attention to the Chu cavalry. There are not many of them. As long as we cross the Huaihe River, we will return to Yuzhou and we will be safe!"
Xiang Ji's Canglongqi pursuit naturally did not exceed Liu Bei's expectations. After all, they captured Lujiang just to cut off their own retreat. It would be strange if they did not intercept them.
Now, Liu Bei couldn't be more satisfied with being able to run out more than half of the distance before being discovered by Xiang Ji.
As for now? Liu Bei has no intention of fighting against Xiang Ji.
If this happens, no matter whether we win or lose, the Chu troops from outside will come one after another. Wouldn’t that mean that I would be left in the cold?
Therefore, Liu Bei's current plan is to abandon his chariot to save his commander.
As long as the large army can successfully escape and the remaining small part is chased and killed, all we can do is say sorry.
Because Liu Bei's previous performance had completely won the morale of the army, even when Liu Bei's army was overtaken by the Canglong Cavalry, he did not run away blindly, but took up weapons to fight back to delay time for his lord.
It is precisely because of Liu Beijun's desperate resistance that Xiang Ji's pursuit did not achieve the expected results.
Seeing Liu Bei's army crossing the Huaihe River, Xiang Ji had no choice but to order to return to Lujiang River.
Damn it, you're lucky! Next time, don't let me catch you!
Xiang Ji was very angry. He made such a big game, but in the end he only killed one Xu Shu, who was the second-line Jingzhou army.
Xiang Ji was angry, and Liu Bei was even more angry.
After just one night of running away, more than 10,000 of the previous 30,000 troops stayed in Yangzhou forever.
This is my wife book!
Although his body ached extremely, Liu Bei could only bite the bullet and comfort everyone.
At the very least, you escaped safely, right?
"Brother, we lost the 100,000-strong army of Han Guang Emperor Liu Biao.
Do you still want to go back?"
When he found out that Liu Bei was leading everyone all the way to Xinye, Guan Yu couldn't help it.
You defeated an army of 100,000 people! Although it was a second-line army, it was still 100,000 people! Are you just going back to Xinye? Did Liu Biao not bother you at all?
You know, Liu Bei now has less than 20,000 people. Facing Liu Biao at this time, he has no power to resist at all!
"No, how could I not know the current situation?
We are not going back to Xinye, but going directly to Xiangyang!"
When Liu Bei said this, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside him were immediately stunned.
Brother, is this because your brain has been damaged?
Now that I can’t go to Xinye, why go to Xiangyang? Are you afraid of dying too slowly?
"We are not going to Xiangyang City, but to Longzhong, thirteen miles away to the west!"
Yes, Liu Bei's plan is to go directly to Longzhong to find the Wolong.
Liu Bei still had some inquiries about this Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chick.
Crouching dragon is in the middle of the dragon, but Feng Xiao's whereabouts are erratic.
Previously, because he had obtained Xu Shu and was eager to attack Xiang Ji, Liu Bei did not directly go to Longzhong to visit Wolong.
After all, people live here and can’t escape, so what if it’s a few days earlier or a few days later?
But not anymore.
Now Liu Bei simply cannot face Liu Biao.
Then, Liu Bei could only try to gain as much benefit as possible before leaving Liu Biao.
And this benefit is naturally Wolong Zhuge Liang!
As for the fact that he still has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command? This is easy to solve. There were many desolate places in ancient times.
Just hide in any forest, who knows?
And just as Liu Bei was preparing to study Wolong Zhuge Liang, Xiang Ji also became busy.
"Overlord! Our army has won a great victory in this battle!
A total of more than 50,000 enemy troops were wiped out, and about 30,000 others surrendered.
As for the others, I’m afraid they’ll be out in the wilderness and hard to find.”
At dawn, Yu Jin came to Lujiang with excitement on his face.
A great victory! A great victory!
Fifty thousand people faced off against 130,000 people, and in the end they killed 50,000 people and captured 30,000 people. What kind of result was this?
"Very good, Yu Jin, the lonely king will temporarily stay in Lujiang to help you reorganize and surrender the army."
Now that the matter in Jiangbei has been resolved, Liu Biao and a Jiangxia army in Jiangnan are still confronting Zhao Yun.
Xiang Ji planned to solve this problem once and for all.
No matter how you come to Yangzhou, you can't just leave half-finished, right?
Moreover, being able to confront the combination of Zhao Yun and Zhou Tai for so long, Xiang Ji was also very curious as to what kind of fierce people there were in the Jiangxia Army.
Is it Gan Ning? Or Huang Zhong? Or Wei Yan?
It seems that at this point in history, these three powerful generals are the only ones Jingzhou can use, right?
As for why Xiang Jiajun was left in Lujiang?
That couldn't be simpler.
Xiang Jiajun is an infantryman, so taking them with him can only affect the speed of travel.
Moreover, the 30,000 Jingzhou army had just surrendered. Regardless of their combat strength, if Yu Jin had fewer troops and horses, it would probably be difficult to suppress them.
But if Xiang Jiajun is left behind, this problem will not exist.
After a brief explanation, Xiang Ji once again led the Canglong Cavalry and galloped away toward the south of the Yangtze River.
Just when Xiang Ji eliminated Lujiang, a fierce battle also broke out in Qingzhou.
That was around the tenth day after Taishi Ci retreated to Chengyang County.
"General! General Tai Shici! General Zang Ba! I'm so happy! The last general has discovered the place where the Hebei Army is stationing grain!"
The second general, who was studying military affairs, was suddenly alerted by a sound of good news.
Seeing the happy Gong Du, Taishi Ci and Zang Ba were equally excited.
Discovered a place to store grain? God really helped the Chu army!
You know, since they retreated to Chengyang County, the Chu army has been able to only passively defend.
After the loss of Anqiu, the Chu army lost Chang'an, Gumu, and Chu counties one after another.
Nowadays, Taishi Ci's Qingzhou garrison only has more than 15,000 people left. I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on for long, and they will have to retreat to Chengyang County to defend the city.
But in this way, strategically it will be completely passive.
After all, Chengyang County is so big, Gao Lan can completely leave an army to besiege Chengyang County, and then lead other troops to attack the entire Chengyang County.
I'm afraid that by then, Taishi Ci will really be alone.
However, the reply from Pengcheng was that all Chu soldiers were currently deployed, and even the royal capital of Pengcheng only had 10,000 defenders left.
This cannot be moved under any circumstances.
Therefore, in the Battle of Qingzhou, everything could only be maintained by Tai Shici and others.
Now, we finally have the opportunity to reverse the situation!