Fancheng is close to the Han River, which is a low-lying area, and to the north is the plain leading to Wancheng, and the terrain is gradually rising.

Zhou Tai led his soldiers and horses to sail on the flood for more than 20 miles, and he could see the ground that had not been flooded.

At this moment, the sky was clear, and Zhou Tai ordered the soldiers and horses to land and land in a remote area.

After a busy night, the soldiers were very hungry, and after going ashore, they took out the dry food they had brought with them and ate them.

Zhou Tai sat on a rock, put the map on his lap, and looked at the map while eating a piece of bread in his hand.

All the generals also gathered around Zhou Tai, and when they saw Zhou Tai looking at the map, they said: "General, now we are thirty miles north of Fancheng, and the Shu army is in the city of Dengxian, thirty miles west of Fancheng, which is about fifty or sixty miles away from us. And there is no need to go through flooded areas.

If the foot soldiers move forward lightly, they will have to walk for half a day, but the Shu army has cavalry, and I don't know if they have found out that we are retreating, if we send cavalry to pursue, I am afraid that we can kill it in an hour or two.

To the north of this place is Chaoyang County, which is the closest city to us, about a day and a half of footsteps, day and night travel faster, if the Shu army has not noticed our retreat now, maybe we can reach Chaoyang before the Shu army pursues. ”

"No!" Zhou Tai shook his head and said: "In the past few days, I have been watching in the city, and I vaguely saw that there were Shu army ships on the water during the day, Liu Chan monitored us very strictly, although I couldn't see it at night, but I thought that there were scouts to watch, although our actions were secret last night, I was afraid that it was...... can't hide the ears and eyes of the Shu army.

Although Chaoyang is close to us, it is also close to the Shu army......"

Yijiang frowned when he heard this: "We only have three days of food, and if Chaoyang can't do it, then we can only go to Huyang or Caiyang, and if we go to other cities, the road is too far for food to support." But we are all foot soldiers, even if we go to Huyang and Caiyang, the Shu army can still catch up. ”

"I've got a solution!" Zhou Tai said in a deep voice, and immediately looked around among the generals, and finally fell on the two generals.

"General?" The two of them noticed Zhou Tai's gaze, and their scalps were numb.

Zhou Tai looked at the two generals and said, "Wang Zheng, how do I treat you two Zhou Lin?" ”

"My Wang Zheng is just an ordinary Orion, if it weren't for the general's promotion, how could I have today, the general has the grace of knowing me, the grace of recreation, and it is simply a reborn parent under me."

"I was about to starve to death back then, but it was the general who saved me, and I was willing to die for the general."

One of the two is a confidant promoted by Zhoutai, and the other is a person saved by Zhoutai, who can be described as loyal to Zhoutai, and to say something rebellious, for the two, Cao Rui's words may not be as effective as Zhoutai's words.

However, this is not an uncommon thing, ordinary officials and generals, more or less there are some loyal dead soldiers, some are intentionally cultivated, and some are caused by unintentional kindness.

The two of them are not fools, seeing Zhou Tai asking themselves this, after thinking about it, they said that Zhou Tai must have a dangerous task to hand over to him, and it is very likely that his life will not be guaranteed.

"General, if you have anything to do, even if you have orders, my king is going to the soup and the fire."

"That is, my Zhou Lin's life was saved by the general, and if the general wants it, he can take it back at any time."

"Good brother!" Zhou Tai burst into tears when he heard this, and he couldn't speak, but only God knows how true it is.

The two urged: "General, if you have any tasks, just say it." If the Shu army notices that we are retreating, I am afraid that they will send troops to chase after us later. ”

"Yes, General, just say it."

"Good!" Zhou Tai wiped the tears from his eyes and said: "We are 20,000 foot soldiers, no matter which direction we escape, if the Shu army sends cavalry to chase and kill, we will not be able to escape." Therefore, we must divide our forces and delay the pursuit of the Shu army. ”

When the two of them heard this, they immediately said: "In this case, the two of us are willing to drag the Shu army for the general." ”

Zhou Tai held the hands of the two and said: "Okay, I will give you two three thousand soldiers and horses each, one of you will go to Chaoyang, one will go to Huyang, and make enough momentum on the road, if you encounter the pursuit of the Shu army, you can pretend to surrender, deceive the trust of the Shu army, and lead them to other places, and wait for the Shu army to relax on the road, you can take the opportunity to sneak attack, and then wait for the opportunity to flee for your life, so that even if you can't defeat the Shu army, you can save your life." ”

"Okay, in that case, I'll go to Chaoyang."

"Then I'll go to Huyang."

Subsequently, 20,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three routes, and Zhou Tai led 14,000 soldiers and horses from the east to Caiyang to retreat.

As for Wang Zheng and Zhou Lin, they each led 3,000 soldiers and horses to Chaoyang and Huyang respectively to delay the pursuit of the Shu army and buy time for the retreat of Zhoutai.

However, what Zhou Tai didn't know was that Liu Chan had long expected the route that Zhou Tai could retreat, and sent troops and horses to wait for them on the road in advance.

Fancheng was the closest to Chaoyang, and after separating from Zhoutai, in order to prevent the Shu army from catching up, Wang Zheng immediately led his troops to Chaoyang without stopping.

Last night, Liu Chan ordered Deng Ai, Lin Yuan, and Huang Xu to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to Chaoyang, Huyang, and Caiyang counties.

When Wang Zheng was still on the way, Lin Yuan, who was in charge of going to Chaoyang to intercept him, was already waiting for him in Chaoyang.

Chaoyang County is a small county, and there are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and the defenders are afraid of the Han army slaughtering the city, so they surrender without resistance.

Chaoyang City.

"You quickly follow the road from Chaoyang to Fancheng, find out the traces of the Wei army, and if there is any situation, immediately go and inform Your Majesty."

After taking Chaoyang, Lin Yuan sent some cavalry along the road to inquire for news, and if he found any trace of the Wei army, he had to inform Liu Chan.

After all, the Wei army has 20,000 people, and he only has 3,000, if it really fights, the cavalry is naturally invincible, after all, if you can't fight, you can run, but it is impossible to eat the Wei army, so you have to notify Liu Chan to lead the troops over, and eat this group of Wei troops in front and back.

After waiting in the city for two hours, a scout would come to report that a group of Wei troops were coming towards Chaoyang, but the number was not large, only three or four thousand men and horses.

Although Zhou Tai let Wang Zheng blask and pretend to be the main force, but this is a plain area, and the Wei army came from the flood, there are no war horses, no extra flags, how to bluff, the cavalry will know how many people there are in a circle.

"Three thousand soldiers and horses? It seems that the Wei army is planning to divide the troops to delay time, but they don't know that Your Majesty is clever, no matter which way they go, there are our people. Come on, pick up the troops and horses, go with me, there is no killing the enemy for a few days, let's go and kill today! ”