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Chapter 436: Xiangyang is in crisis

The mighty general Wen Chou rode his horse to Liu Bei. With a wave of his sword, a cold light flashed by. With a loud crack, Lu's head broke in response. The war horse immediately fell forward heavily and threw Liu Bei, wearing golden armor, off the horse! Liu Bei fell heavily to the ground, rolled a few times, looking very embarrassed. Before he could get up, several officers and soldiers rushed up to catch him! Wen Chou raised his sword and laughed, shouting, "Liu Bei was captured alive by me!" The officers and soldiers retreated to Wen Chou. Wen Chou took his eyes and saw that Liu Bei was not Liu Bei, who was completely unknown. Wen Chou was shocked, and immediately held the sword against the man's chest and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be Liu Bei?"

The man hurriedly shouted, "General, please spare me! The villain, who is just a personal soldier of Liu Bei, was ordered to put on his armor and ride on his war horse...! The villain is definitely not intending to deceive the general!"

Wen Chou shouted, "Where is Liu Bei?" The man shook his head quickly and said, "No, I don't know." Wen Chou felt anger and nowhere to find it. He immediately waved his sword and clicked, and this guy who pretended to be Liu Bei was immediately cut off by him!

The entire battlefield is coming to an end, and Liu Bei's army suffered heavy casualties. Except for a few who escaped by chance, most of them were captured by Lu Bu's army.

Wen Chou rode his horse to Ailang's horse and shouted angrily: "I don't know where that guy Liu Bei has escaped! I caught a guy wearing his golden armor and riding his Luma, but it was a fake!"

Ai Lang frowned. Xu Shu next to him said, "This is a plan to escape from the shell. At this moment, Liu Bei should have escaped with his confidants."

Wen Chou immediately shouted, "Lord, I will lead the cavalry to chase!" Xu Shu smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about this frightened bird!" Then he clasped his fists at Ailang and said, "Lord, Liu Bei, who has lost his troops, is no threat to us. It is urgent to take advantage of the situation and advance westward to capture Jingzhou in one fell swoop, so as not to be taken first by Cao Cao reacted!" Ailang nodded deeply and said, "Old Xu is right! A Liu Bei who escaped in a hurry is not worth our efforts. Now we have to take the opportunity to seize Jingzhou!" Then he shouted to the messenger around him: "Send the order immediately, leave Xu Huang to lead 20,000 troops to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners, and the rest of the troops will advance westward immediately! Capture Jingzhou!" The messenger responded loudly, turned his horse's head, and ran.

Zhuge Liang, who had already led his army to Xiling, was anxiously waiting for the scouts sent out to report. Suddenly, the scouts ran back in panic and reported urgently: "Military advisor, something big is bad! something big is bad! Lord, the lord failed to break through in Hefei, but was killed by Lu Bu's army and wiped out the entire army!..."

When everyone present heard this, they were all shocked and shocked. Zhuge Liang calmed down and asked anxiously: "Where is the lord? Where is the lord?" The scout shook his head and said, "I don't know. The defeated officers and soldiers said that they were captured alive by Lu Bu's army!..." Everyone present looked frightened and at a loss, and Mi Fang couldn't help but say, "The lord has been captured alive! Let's run away quickly!"

Zhuge Liang stared at Mi Fang and shouted sternly: "Don't disturb the morale of the army! Otherwise, I will deal with the military law!" Mi Fang was so scared by Zhuge Liang's harsh and tremble angrily that he immediately closed his mouth and did not dare to say more.

Ma Su walked to Zhuge Liang and said, "Sir, no matter whether the lord was captured alive by Lu Bu, after Lu Bu won such a great victory, he would definitely go west to Jingzhou! The small city of Xiling cannot be defended. The students thought that they should give up Xiling and retreat to Xiangyang to defend. At the same time, they urgently ordered General Zhang Yide to gather troops from Xichuan as soon as possible to come out to join our army! In this way, perhaps the situation could be stabilized!" Zhuge Liang frowned and nodded, saying, "What You Chang said is extremely true!" Then he said, "I am afraid that Zhang Fei would act recklessly when he heard the unknown news of his eldest brother and second brother's life and death, and he would fight to Lu Bu. This man became crazy. Except for the lord, I am afraid that no one could suppress him! It would be better to ask Zhang Fei to stay in Xichuan in the name of his lord, but Liu Feng led the army out of Sichuan for assistance." Ma Su nodded and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, what he is worried about!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhuge Liang sent an order, ordering the army gathered with Xiling to retreat to Xiangyang immediately, and burned the food and supplies that could not be taken away on the spot. He sent an order to the prefects from all over the country who were gathering the people to take the people to Xiangyang to wait for the order. Finally, he sent an order to Xichuan to order Zhang Fei to stay in Xichuan, and at the same time, he ordered Liu Feng to gather a large army to go east to Xichuan to rush to Xiangyang!

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By the way, Zhao Zilong led tens of thousands of war cavalry to the west and rushed to Xiling two days later. However, when Zhao Zilong arrived at Xiling, Xiling had already left the city empty, flames rolled outside the city, and the city was in a mess, and even all the people were taken away by Zhuge Liang.

Zhao Zilong left only 500 people to clean up the mess, and he himself led other troops to continue to rush westward, trying to catch up with Zhuge Liang's troops to annihilate them in one fell swoop. If Zhuge Liang's troops could be wiped out in one fell swoop on the road, Xiangyang would be at your fingertips. A day later, the cavalry team led by Zhao Yun entered the shore of the Han River, and saw that the floating bridge on the Han River was still burning fiercely. Obviously, the other party had just crossed the river. Zhao Yun felt a little regretful, but since the floating bridge had been burned, it was impossible to pursue it for the time being. So Zhao Yun sent a scout to cross the river to investigate the situation, and at the same time sent a messenger to report the situation to the lord, and at the same time ordered the army to cut down trees to build the floating bridge.

It is said that Zhuge Liang led the army and the people of Xiling to finally arrive in Xiangyang. They were tired and exhausted. However, at this moment, the urgent report suddenly came, saying that the cavalry troops led by Zhao Yun had already arrived at the city! As if responding to this report, waves of shouts outside the city crossed the city wall and spread straight into the city. Zhuge Liang was secretly frightened and quickly led the people to the city wall. The officers and soldiers and the people who had just fled to Xiangyang and had no time to breathe a sigh of relief suddenly heard the huge shouts from outside the city, and they were all frightened and at a loss.

Zhuge Liang, accompanied by everyone, climbed the city gate tower. Seeing that the tens of thousands of cavalry led by Zhao Yun were arranged under the city, he was shocked! He did not expect that the cavalry led by Zhao Yun was so fast that he had just entered Xiangyang by himself, and they arrived at the back. If he was a little slower, the consequences would be unimaginable at this moment!

Zhuge Liang focused his eyes on Zhao Yun, who was riding a white dragon horse and a silver spear, frowned, and shouted, "Zhao Zilong!..." When Zhao Yun heard Zhuge Liang's shouting, he couldn't help but look up, and saw Zhuge Liang standing on the city gate tower, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhuge, Zhao Yun is polite!" Zhuge Liang asked, "Zhao Zilong, I heard that you are a hero who values ​​friendship, but why are you so hard for old friends? Don't you feel ashamed?" Zhao Yun said, "Sir, this is the opposite! It is not my lord who started this battle, but Liu Envoy

It is understandable that our army will fight back! Furthermore, the dispute between the two families is a matter of official business, so why bother to discuss personal affairs? Although I have an old relationship with the envoy and Mr., I must not harm official business because of this!" Zhuge Liang heard Zhao Yun's words, he was speechless for a moment. It was not that Zhuge Liang's eloquence was not as good as Zhao Yun. In history, Zhuge Liang's words were not as good as Zhao Yun. Isn't it a joke to fight against scholars in history? However, anyone with sharp eloquence must take the truth to refute the other party. Today's matter can be said that Liu Bei's side was betrayal and provoked the war first, so even with Zhuge Liang's eloquence, he could not suppress a military general on the other party!

Zhao Yun shouted: "Sir, as you said, I, my husband and I were old friends, how can I bear to fight to the death with you? Now that you have a certain defeat, there is no possibility of luck. I hope that Mr. Don't put the whole city's military and civilians in a crisis of war because of his own! This will also protect our friendship and friendship!"

Zhuge Liang smiled coldly and said, "Zilong is so eloquent! I didn't see it before!" He paused, "A real man should act righteously and be loyal to people in life! Liu Envoy is the uncle of the Han Dynasty, and he represents the Han Dynasty. I, Zhuge Liang, is loyal to the Han Dynasty and is incompatible with the rebels!"

Zhao Yun frowned and said loudly: "The world is the world of the people in the world, not the Liu family alone! Mr. Husband, why did he use the great master of the world as the private of the Liu family? Liu family valued the power eunuch, disregarding the lives of the people, and finally led to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the world was overthrown! He was no longer qualified to hold this world!" Zhuge Liang changed his color and shouted, "Zhao Yun, how dare you say this without a king or a father?" Zhao Yun said, "I'm just telling the truth! How can you not see through the great talent? Does Mr. Husband want the military and civilians of Xiangyang to be buried with Liu Bei? Isn't such a behavior too selfish and cruel?" Zhuge Liang shouted sternly: "Zhao Yun! Xiangyang only has loyal souls loyal to the Han Dynasty, and there are no traitors who rebel against the court!"

Zhao Yun sighed and shouted to the Jingzhou military and civilians on the city: "Listen to the Jingzhou military and civilians! Our army does not want to kill and injure the local people, so we will not launch an attack before midnight! If you don't want to be implicated in the war, you should escape from the city quickly!" After that, Zhao Yun turned his horse and led the army to retreat for several miles and set off the camp.

After hearing what Zhao Yun said, the soldiers and civilians in the city were immediately panicked and the army was in turmoil. Zhuge Liang hurriedly ordered the whole city to be warned and all pedestrians should not go out, otherwise they would be judged in detail. At the same time, they sent four reliable trusts to supervise the four corpses, and he himself inspected the army, cheered the officers and soldiers, opened the warehouse, and issued rewards. Zhuge Liang's emergency measures temporarily stabilized the situation, but the uneasy atmosphere enveloped the entire Xiangyang City.
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