If it is in the territory of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei does not need to be so embarrassed, in order to transmit the military information, the government order is delivered as soon as possible, and there are post stations every twenty or thirty miles on the roads of the Han Dynasty to transmit news.

Even after Liu Chan moved the capital to Chang'an, he also ordered a major repair of Shu Road, slope valley, etc., open mountains and build bridges, and now from Chengdu to Guanzhong, fast horses and whips day and night at most seven days.

Because there are many horses and the roads are good, there is no need to be stingy with horsepower.

But Nanyang is different, because Liu Chan has just captured Nanyang.

In fact, the roads in Nanyang are also quite developed, especially on the line from Wancheng to Fancheng, and the roads are very wide and flat.

In the early years, although the number of horse posts on the road was not as large as that of the big Hans, there were quite a few, and there would not be a situation where the war horses were tired on the messenger transmission road, and they were far away from the next post station and could not change horses.

But since the Wei State successively lost Liangzhou, and the state of Yanmen, and since then lost the source of horses, war horses have become a scarce resource in Wei, and war horses from all over the country are given priority to supply the army regardless of their merits.

The army is still short of horses, not to mention the horse post, so the horse post in various places have been removed, only the county town has horses, when passing on the military information, if you want to change horses on the road, you have to calculate the time in advance, plan how many miles a day to run, otherwise if the horse is broken in the field, there will be no place to change horses.

Zhang Fei could have changed horses in the previous county, but he was worried about Guan Yu, and he only thought about hurrying, but he didn't expect this stubble at all, and now he was tired of the war horse in the wild, but he delayed the time to hurry.

"Rest? I can't rest for a moment, I'm going to see my second brother, the horse is dead and I still have two legs! When you're tired, take a break. Zhang Fei waved his hand to break open Zhang Bao, and then strode forward.

"Father!" Zhang Bao stomped his feet and could only follow.

Although Zhang Fei's behavior is a bit stupid, he also understands.

But how far can two legs run, Zhang Fei is over sixty years old after all, and he has ridden a horse for a day and a night, and his legs are sore, and he is out of breath after running for a few miles, and his legs are like lead and can't lift at all.

The horse ran and ran with his legs, and he could still climb when his legs were wasted, Zhang Fei did not stop to rest, but got up on the ground, crying while crawling.

Zhang Bao quickly caught up, he was young and strong, but he still had a lot of physical strength, and when he saw Zhang Fei crawling on the ground, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Father, I carry you, I carry you!" Zhang Bao ran to Zhang Fei's side, pulled Zhang Fei up, and carried him on his back.

Fortunately, Zhang Bao did not lose his mind, although he carried Zhang Fei on his back, he controlled his speed and waited for Liu Chan to catch up.

Although Liu Chan set off at the next hour, he was well prepared, and when he saw that the horse was tired, he entered the city to change horses, so he quickly caught up, and saw Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao on the road with two dead horses.

"Your Majesty, the war horses of the two generals were found on the road ahead, and they were all foaming at the mouth and dying of exhaustion."

Liu Chan urged the horse forward, and when he saw the corpses of the two war horses, he couldn't help but be silent for a while.

He also knows these two horses, Zhang Bao's war horse has followed him from birth to death for more than ten years, how could Zhang Fei's war horse not be? Since Zhang Fei's original war horse died of old age, Zhang Fei chose this war horse as a mount, in addition to his son and daughter on weekdays, he counted this war horse as his most treasured, and said that after a hundred years, he would wrap the horse's leather and bury the body.

"Leave two people to collect the corpse of the war horse, leave the horse skin, and burn the horse corpse into ashes." If it is hot today, this war horse will rot tomorrow if it is not dealt with, Liu Chan left two cavalry to deal with the war horse, and continued to hurry.

After walking for more than 20 miles, he saw the father and son on the road ahead.

Zhang Fei is tall and burly, although he is old, his weight has not been reduced, Zhang Bao carried Zhang Fei, who was more than 180 pounds, and walked for more than ten miles, and he was also tired and out of breath, and every step was extremely difficult.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Zhang Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to Zhang Fei and said, "Father, Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

"Why don't you let Lao Tzu down?"

Zhang Bao put Zhang Fei down, Zhang Fei was still weak and needed Zhang Bao's support to stand firmly.

Liu Chan urged him to step forward, and seeing that Zhang Fei was quite embarrassed, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and asked Zhang Fei, "Third uncle, are you okay?" ”

Zhang Fei staggered forward, grabbed Liu Chan's hand and said, "Your Majesty, give me your war horse, I'm going to find the second brother." ”

Liu Chan shook his head and said: "Third uncle, don't worry, how can I rest assured that you are traveling alone, so let's do it, you ride with me, and the second uncle and his old man will definitely be fine." ”

Liu Chan's mount is a thousand miles of a lamp, a thousand miles a day is not a problem, if Zhang Fei is allowed to ride a thousand miles of a lamp, he is really not at ease in this state Liu Chan, fortunately, a thousand miles of a lamp is very tall, with two people is not a problem, and the endurance is good, running for three days and three nights will not be tired.

"Okay!" Zhang Fei nodded and agreed, Liu Chan got on the horse first, and then Zhang Bao helped Zhang Fei up, and the two rode together, as for Zhang Bao, Liu Chan asked him to leave a horse and let him rest for a while before catching up.

All the way to Xiangyang, through Fancheng into Xiangyang, south to Jiangling, and finally arrived at Jiangling three days later.

Ma Liang sent a letter to Liu Chan as a flying pigeon, and it has been four days since Guanzhong was seriously ill and dying.

"Your Majesty!"

Liu Chan led a team into the city, and Pan Jun and Ma Liang came out with a group of Jingzhou officials to greet them.

Liu Chan turned over and dismounted, and was not in the mood to catch up with Pan Jun and Ma Liang, and asked directly: "Where is the second uncle's old man now?" ”

Ma Liang frowned: "Now the government is cultivating, but the situation is not optimistic, Your Majesty, please come with me." ”

Liu Chan, Zhang Fei, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Lin Yuan and others came to Jiangling Mansion under the leadership of Ma Liang and entered a room, which was filled with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine and a faint smell of fishy.

Generally, the elderly can't take care of themselves, and they eat and drink in bed, even if they are handled hygienically, this smell will still appear more or less.

Guan Yu has been seriously ill for only four days, and this smell has appeared in the room, indicating that Guan Yu can no longer take care of himself in his life.

"Second brother!"

Seeing Guan Yu on the bed, Zhang Fei staggered to Guan Yu's collapse, hugged Guan Yu and cried bitterly.

Liu Chan turned his head to Ma Liang and asked, "How is the condition of the second uncle?" ”

Ma Liang shook his head and said: "The illness of the prince was asked to Zhang Rong, Zhang Rong was a disciple of Doctor Zhang when he was in Jingzhou, and his medical skills were no worse than Wu Pu in Chang'an. He said that even if Doctor Zhang was alive, he would ...... Also... There's no way to go back to heaven, hey! ”

Liu Chan's expression darkened, most of the elderly people are not good when they reach this situation, and Guan Yu's illness is not only old, but also heart disease.

The personal soldier who was in charge of serving Guan Yu in the room came over, knelt on the ground and said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, it's all a small fault, you didn't hide the death of General Zhou, Your Majesty, you killed me." ”

"Get up!" Liu Chan waved his hand, Guan Yu is already old, since his wife died, his body has been getting worse day by day, Zhou Cang's death is just an introduction, even if Zhou Cang does not die, other sad things may also cause Guan Yu to become seriously ill, it is good that these pro-soldiers can hide it for so long.