"Well, please, General."

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the battalions in the city to be prepared to evacuate.

Chen Dao went to cook a cup of tea and brought it into Liu Bei's dormitory.

Liu Bei had no doubt at all and drank all the tea. After that, he felt dizzy and struggling, and fell into the bedroom. Chen Dao ran out of the room as Zhuge Liang ordered and shouted, "Lord fainted, lord fainted."

Zhuge Liang symbolically found a doctor to treat Liu Bei.

Claiming to be over-fatigue and fainting.

Under such circumstances, the power in the military naturally fell into Zhuge Liang's hands.

He summoned civil and military personnel to discuss countermeasures.

Finally, he decided to abandon Bingzhou and retreat to Taihang Mountain for a while.

at night.

Zhuge Liang sent people to survey the terrain and determined that there was no enemy within a radius of fifty miles. He led his army to Gucheng. To the south of Gucheng, there was a road to enter the Taihang Mountains.

It is rugged and difficult to move around and is not easy to be discovered.

If the army could be led into it, it would disappear in Taiyuan without any knowledge. But Zhuge Liang was also a little worried. He knew that Xu Ding wanted to completely eliminate Liu Bei, and would definitely send people to occupy all the important roads entering the mountain. He didn't know if there were ambushers at the mountain pass south of Gucheng.

In such a dangerous place, once an ambush is encountered, tens of thousands of troops will die without a place to bury them.

In order to escape the encirclement.

He decided to give it a try!

Two updates.

The entire army arrived at the Yamaguchi.

Zhuge Liang sent people up to investigate the enemy, but there was no trace of the enemy army.

The weeds on the road are also neatly arranged, unlike being stepped on by someone.

"Sir, according to the detailed investigation we placed in the dark, there was no trace of the enemy within a radius of fifty miles, and there was definitely no here. It would be better to go into the mountain quickly. When the enemy chased him, it would be too late." Chen Dao said.

"Well, I'll send an order to enter the mountain."

Zhuge Liang asked Chen Dao to take the lead, open the way when he encountered a mountain, and build a bridge when he encountered a water. He followed behind and led his army to slowly enter the Taihang Mountains.

It was also Zhuge Liang's luck.

Xu Ding blocked all the mountain passes, with this one exception.

Because Gucheng is too close to Jinyang, Xu Ding was afraid of alarming the snake, so he wanted to send people to block the mountain pass when he besieged Jinyang. Unexpectedly, before his army arrived in Jinyang, Zhuge Liang led his army to evacuate.

A few days later.

Xu Ding's army arrived.

I just discovered that Jinyang was already an empty city, and the mountain pass south of Gucheng had been stepped on into a highway.

Obviously, Zhuge Liang had led his army into Taihang Mountains.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Fengxiao is here." Dian Wei reported outside the house.

"Let him in."

Guo Jia walked into the room.

Xu Ding said anxiously, "Fengxiao can tell that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had retreated two days ago. They had entered the Taihang Mountains."

"I already know." Guo Jia also looked worried and pointed to the map and said, "Why didn't Your Majesty send someone to block this mountain pass? Now that they enter Taihang Mountain, it's even more difficult for us to eliminate it."

"I'm afraid of alerting the snake. But who would have thought that Zhuge Liang was so cunning."

"well."

Guo Jia said, "It's a problem now. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang brought tens of thousands of troops into the mountains. He can easily attack Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou. Even Henei County is within his attack range. No matter how many troops we defend, we cannot defend it. It is difficult to wipe him out."

"Don't you just let him be free and have no choice?"

"This." Guo Jia said, "can only make a long-term plan."

Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's escape was a huge trouble, it also made Bingzhou empty at the same time, and Xu Ding could easily occupy the entire Bingzhou.

In order to implement encirclement and suppression in the future, sufficient preparations must be made.

This day.

Xu Ding held a meeting.

Those who came to the parliament were senior generals in the army.

"It is a happy thing to be regained by us. But I can't be happy. I believe everyone knows that Liu Bei escaped, and it took away 40,000 elite troops and could attack us at any time. Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou are all within his attack range."

Xu Ding sat down slowly, took a deep breath and said, "The Central Plains has not yet been pacified, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian are still our enemies. Therefore, our army cannot always be here. We need to return to the Central Plains to help in the war. So who is willing to stay in Bingzhou?"

"this."

None of the generals dared to take over.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were accustomed to fighting, and had 40,000 elite troops in his hands. Once he came out of the mountain, even if he had a 100,000 army, he might not be able to stop it. And entering the mountain to encircle and suppress it, he would even seek death.

"What, I don't want to stay in Bingzhou?" Xu Ding frowned.

At this time, Guan Yu left the list, "Report to Your Majesty, I will be willing to stay."

"Your Hebei field army is not large in number, and it is already a barely enough to defend Jizhou. How can you defend Bingzhou again?" Xu Ding did not agree. "You should go to Ye County and defend Jizhou."

"yes."

Guan Yu retreated aside.

Xu Ding stood up and said, "Since you don't want to take over, I'll call you, whoever you click."

"Huang Zhong."

"The last one will be there."

Xu Ding said, "You will lead the Central Plains Field Army to temporarily defend Bingzhou."

Huang Zhong said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to stay in Bingzhou. But what should I do if the Central Plains are? Cao Cao and Sun Jian have not been wiped out yet. Your Majesty has no available troops."

"You don't have to worry about this."

Xu Ding said, "Defending Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou is the most important thing at present. You are in charge of Bingzhou, Guan Yu is in charge of Jizhou, Cheng Yu and Lu Bu are in charge of Youzhou. I will order all counties to recruit soldiers, all of which are subject to yours. The specific number will be determined based on the population and food of each state. Report to Xu County for approval and then implement it."

"I have no other requirements for you, only one thing, guard the prefectures and counties, and don't let Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang snatch the food!"

"promise."

All the generals responded.

Guo Jia was also worried that "General Han Sheng was right. The Central Plains had not been pacified, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian were still resisting, and there were still various princes, swaying. If Your Majesty left the Central Plains Field Army in Bingzhou, would it affect the overall situation?"

Xu Ding said, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"I did come up with an idea, but I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not." Guo Jia hesitated a little.

"Tell me."

"yes."

Guo Jia said, "If we want to wipe out Liu Bei, we have to lead the snake out of the cave. We have all the troops in Jizhou and go to Bingzhou to pretend to encircle and suppress Liu Bei. There are hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in Jizhou, and Liu Bei cannot be moved. When he leads his army to Yecheng, we will mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress it. Jizhou is different from Bingzhou, which is very far from Taihang Mountain. We only need 20,000 cavalry to seal the exit, and he will definitely die."

"You mean to give Jizhou to Liu Bei?"

"Yes. To be precise, Yecheng."

Guo Jia's suggestion made Xu Ding's eyes lit up and he said, "If I leave 10,000 elite troops in Yecheng, it should be no problem to defend for several days. And within these few days, our cavalry will definitely arrive. In this way, Liu Bei will not be able to obtain Jizhou, but will be surrounded by us."

Guo Jia said, "Your Majesty, you can't keep troops in Yecheng. Especially you can't leave elite troops, otherwise Liu Bei would not be fooled. Don't forget that Zhuge Liang is his military advisor, how could he not see the mystery of this?"

"Only when Jizhou is truly empty and he lacks food, can he be attracted to it."

Huang Zhong said, "Your Majesty, the last general believes that what Guan Xiao said is reasonable, so you might as well try it. If you can eliminate Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in one fell swoop, you will not have to transfer heavy troops to defend Hebei in the future."

"good."

Xu Ding said, "Just follow the filial piety plan and give him a guide to the snake out of the hole!"

In the next few days, Xu Ding sent a large number of troops to block roads on the Taiyuan border and send troops to symbolically explore the mountains. At the same time, he ordered all the troops in Jizhou, including some important towns, to give up their responsibilities and go to Bingzhou to obey orders.

In this way, Jizhou's troops were empty.

The army pretended to search in Bingzhou and prepared to attack the Taihang Mountains.

"Your Majesty, after Jizhou is empty, he has thrown out the bait, but to encircle Liu Bei, he still needs to send troops to lurk into Jizhou. I suggest that General Gan Ning come back, his navy will be fast, and he can reach Pingyuan County in two days. Landing from Pingyuan, you can directly penetrate the flanks of Wei County. Then, let the 30,000 infantry sent by Cheng Yu be in charge of Zhongshan Kingdom, so don't do anything for the time being."

Guo Jia pointed to the map and said, "And we built several camps in Bingzhou. On the surface, we were preparing to attack the mountains, but actually transferred the elite troops to Jizhou. After Liu Bei appeared, we quickly blocked the exit of Taihang Mountain."

"Okay, everything will do as you said." Xu Ding agreed immediately.

at this time.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have already entered the mountain.

It is difficult for the 40,000 army to survive in the lush mountains and forests.
To be continued...