Chapter 977: Hunt down Kong Ming

Zhuge Liang rested in the tent, but felt a little restless. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Suddenly, Liu Bei led Chen Zhi to break in, and shouted in a lost voice: "Military advisor, Zhou Yu has surrendered Chen Wenzhao, led Gan Ning to sneak back to Yizhou, kill Han Sheng, and defeat Yuan Zhi." ”

"Now that the Yizhou soldiers are besieging Xiangyang, Xiangyang City is in danger."

Zhuge Liang was shocked in his heart and said: "Zhou Yu is a loyal and righteous person, why did he demote Chen Wenzhao?" ”

Even if Zhuge Liangzhi is as deep as the sea, he can't guess that it is too secretive, after all, Sun Quan's poisoning of Sun Ce is too secretive, and even Tai Shici can't detect it with Zhou Yu's reminder.

Not to mention Zhuge Liang, a person who does not belong to Dongwu.

No one could have imagined that Zhou Yu, who was loyal to the Sun family, would surrender to Chen Xu, and did not hesitate to help Chen Xu attack Jingzhou.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "I don't know the details, now that Xiangyang is besieged, what should I do?" ”

Zhuge Liang stabilized his mind, inquired about the Jingzhou battle report in detail, and only after understanding it clearly did he say: "Don't worry, my lord, Xiangyang is the capital of Jingzhou, the city is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

"Most of the soldiers in Yizhou are new recruits, even if Yuan Zhi is defeated by Zhou Yu's surprise attack, Xiangyang can be kept safe in the short term."

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Having said that, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. ”

"Brother, brother, something is wrong."

At this moment, Guan Yu strode in with a look of anxiety on his face.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sink in his heart when he saw Guan Yu, who had always been moody and angry, and now he had this kind of expression.

Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "What happened again?" ”

Guan Yu said: "Sun Quan led the soldiers of Dongwu and left the village overnight, and the current Dongwu camp is empty. ”

"What!"

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei exclaimed in unison, with a look of dejection on their faces.

During this period of confrontation with the Guanzhong Army, the coalition army was already at a disadvantage, if Sun Quan led the Eastern Wu soldiers to leave, the total strength of the coalition army left behind would already have the upper hand in the face of the Guanzhong army.

The most important thing is that if Sun Quan leads the troops to leave, the morale of the coalition soldiers will definitely drop greatly, and there will be no combat effectiveness at all.

Liu Bei's face showed a look of pain, and he said, "Defeated, defeated, we have already lost." ”

Zhuge Liang's face was expressionless, but his hands were trembling slightly, Guan Yu and Chen Zhi didn't say a word, and the camp fell into a strange calm.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head, his eyes were already bloodshot, and he didn't look calm at all.

"We have one last chance."

Chen Xu was resting in Chang'an City, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, but it was Zhao Yun who asked to see him.

Chen Xu felt that the matter was important, and hurriedly put on his clothes to meet Zhao Yun.

"Lord, Gong Jin and Xingba united with Ah Zheng to break the Jingzhou army, and pursued them all the way to the city of Xiangyang, after Sun Quan learned the news, he left the village overnight."

"Then Cao Cao and Liu Bei also led the troops to retreat, and the coalition camp was empty at this time, should we lead the troops to chase and kill?"

Even if Zhao Yun was usually very calm, he seemed a little excited at this time.

Not only Zhao Yun, I'm afraid that any general in Guanzhong will also be enthusiastic when facing this situation.

The 500,000 allied troops attacked Guanzhong, resulting in almost all of the Guanzhong army being at a disadvantage in the past three years, and they were losing and retreating.

Now the tide of the war has finally been completely reversed, and the once powerful coalition army has collapsed, and the princes have led their soldiers to flee back like lost dogs.

After this battle, I believe that the situation in the whole world will become clear, and people with lofty ideals in the world will surely come one after another.

At this moment, it is a good time for the generals of Guanzhong to make meritorious contributions and pursue and kill the enemy army, how can Zhao Yun be willing to let go of the enemy army?

And Zhao Yun also believed that even if Chen Xu heard the news, he would definitely agree to lead the army to pursue.

Sure enough, Chen Xu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is the news true?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded vigorously and said, "There will definitely be no mistake." ”

Chen Xu knew that time was pressing, so he immediately asked people to blow the horn and gather the soldiers of the three armies to prepare to go out of the city to pursue.

Many strategists in Guanzhong also gathered together, but Tian Feng admonished: "It's late at night, the enemy situation is unknown, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to pursue rashly." ”

Chen Xu shook his head and said: "The opportunity must not be lost, it will not come again, if you don't lead the troops to pursue now, just let them go back, it will become a trouble in the future." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xu looked around at everyone and said, "Cao Cao and Sun Quan don't care about them, the main target of our pursuit is Liu Bei." ”

"This time, Liu Bei must not be allowed to escape, and Zhuge Liang must stay in Guanzhong!"

Chen Xu is already ready to take the entire Jingzhou, if he can kill Liu Bei, Jingzhou will definitely be leaderless, at that time Chen Xu will lead the army south, and there will be no problem in taking Jingzhou.

With a decision in his heart, Chen Xu immediately led the elite soldiers and strong generals to chase and kill Liu Bei, but he was worried that Cao Cao and Sun Quan would kill him, so he asked many strategists and Xu Xian to guard Chang'an.

Not only that, Chen Xu also sent two teams of cavalry to follow the Wu army and Cao army from a distance to observe their movements.

As soon as there was the slightest movement from the armies of both sides, the cavalry would quickly report to Xu Xian.

After everything was ready, Chen Xu led 10,000 cavalry and 3,000 soldiers from the trapped camp to chase and kill Liu Bei overnight, and asked Pang De and Yan Xing to command 30,000 troops to respond behind.

On the official road, Liu Bei led 50,000 Jingzhou troops to retreat in a hurry, because it was night, and many soldiers were left behind along the way.

Originally, there were still 100,000 people in the Jingzhou army, but Huang Zhong led 30,000 soldiers back to Jingzhou, and many people in the Jingzhou army died on the battlefield.

Up to now, there are only 50,000 combatable soldiers left under Liu Bei's command, and they are all tired after a long battle, and their morale is completely lost.

"Capture Liu Bei alive!"

"Capture Liu Bei alive!"

"Capture Liu Bei alive!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing came from a distance, and the cavalry led by Chen Xu, Dian Wei, and Zhao Yun took the lead in killing and rushing, directly scattering the rear team of the Jingzhou army.

"Lord, the Guanzhong army has caught up, and the soldiers can't resist it at all, so they flee one after another."

Liu Bei was shocked and angry, and shouted loudly: "Formation, formation, panic!" ”

Liu Bei knew that Chen Xu brought over all the cavalry, and the speed was very fast, if the Jingzhou army was broken up and fled in a hurry, sooner or later the whole army would be annihilated.

However, no matter how loudly Liu Bei shouted, the Jingzhou army, which had been broken up in formation, had no way to carry out an effective defense.

The Jingzhou army has shown a trend of defeat.

However, it is said that Chen Xu led the troops into the Jingzhou army, with Dian Wei on the left and Zhao Yun on the right, and there were many tigers and wolves behind him.

The Jingzhou soldiers were killed and cried wolf, and fled for their lives.

"Boom!"

It didn't take long for Gao Shun to lead the trapped camp to rush over, and the war horses trampled the ground, as if causing a small earthquake.

The addition of the trapped camp completely caused the Jingzhou army to collapse, and Chen Xu saw Liu Bei's banner in the distance, and led the troops to kill him without the slightest hesitation.

"Charge with me, capture Liu Bei alive, and capture Zhuge Liang alive!"

Chen Xu waved the spear in his hand, as if the god of war had descended into the world, but anyone who stood in front of him was mercilessly killed.

"Kill!"

The Guanzhong cavalry became more and more courageous, like a tiger descending from the mountain, scrambling to kill the soldiers of Jingzhou, so as to accumulate military merits and be promoted.

"Brother, let's go!"

Guan Yu saw the rout of the Jingzhou soldiers, and the Guanzhong army behind him was chasing closer and closer, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and shouted at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was worried about Zhuge Liang's safety, and shouted to Zhuge Liang: "The military advisor will follow me!" ”

Zhuge Liang turned his head and smiled at Liu Bei, and then a touch of apology appeared on his face, but he didn't follow Liu Bei away.

Liu Bei roared loudly: "Military Division, Military Division!" ”

The torches illuminated the night as if it were day, but Zhuge Liang always stood next to the handsome flag, unmoving.

Seeing that Guan Zhongjun was about to be killed, Guan Yu hurriedly said: "The military advisor has his own plans, and my brother leaves quickly." ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Liu Bei to agree, Guan Yu dragged Liu Bei to the front and fled.

Looking at Liu Bei's distant back, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh.

Zhuge Liang stood under the banner of Shuai, led the rout to a road that was not wide, and ordered: "Set up a gossip array and block the intersection!" ”

No matter how the Jingzhou army was defeated, there were always some soldiers who were extremely loyal and followed Zhuge Liang closely.

After they heard the order, they began to set up a formation without the slightest hesitation, Zhuge Liang was worried that his soldiers would attack the Bagua Array that had not yet been formed, but instead divided a part of the men and horses to block the defeated Jingzhou army.

I have to say that these soldiers who followed Zhuge Liang after his break have undergone very strict training.

Even though it was night, or on the chaotic battlefield, the soldiers quickly set up their formation.

"Those who dare to have an impact formation, regardless of whether they are enemies or me, will be killed!"

The Jingzhou soldiers fled in a hurry, and many fled to the improvised gossip array, but were mercilessly killed by these soldiers.

It didn't take long for the corpses of many Jingzhou soldiers to lie down in front of the simple gossip array.

"Boom!"

The war horse galloped, and Chen Xu finally led the troops to kill him.

Looking at Zhuge Liang's gossip array, Chen Xu couldn't help but shout: "Kong Ming, such a simple gossip array can't stop our army's iron cavalry at all." ”

"Now that Liu Bei's defeat is decided, you might as well surrender."

A smile appeared on Zhuge Liang's face, and he said, "Whether you can block it or not, you will only know after trying." ”

Chen Xu wanted to chase and kill Liu Bei, but seeing that the road ahead was blocked by Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart.

It's just that when he saw this simple gossip array clearly, his brows couldn't help frowning.

In the past, as long as the Bagua Array found a way to break the formation, Chen Xu could easily break it, but although the formation in front of him was simple, it was built by the soldiers of Jingzhou according to the terrain.

The gates that can break through the formation have been blocked by the mountain road, and the army can't kill them at all.

After thinking for a while, Chen Xu snorted coldly: "The whole army charges, and break it with force!" ”

After finishing speaking, Chen Xu immediately waved the spear in his hand and killed him first.

In Chen Xu's view, although the formation is magical, it is not invulnerable.

If there are more people and horses under Zhuge Liang's command, the terrain here is more extensive, and it is naturally difficult to overcome it by relying on the formation formed by the terrain.

It's just that Zhuge Liang was in a hurry, and he didn't gather too many soldiers and horses at all, although Chen Xu would have more casualties if he broke the formation with his strength, it was also the fastest way to break the formation.

"Kill!"

Seeing that his lord took the lead in the charge, the sergeants and soldiers behind him also shouted in unison, and Dian Wei and Zhao Yun were even more protective of Chen Xu.

Although the formation was magical, under the impact of the three super fierce generals, it also began to slowly disintegrate.

Rao is like this, the Guanzhong cavalry is still blocked here for a long time, and there are not a few casualties.

"Unstoppable!"

At this time, the sky was already white, and Zhuge Liang looked at the formation that had been washed to pieces, and muttered to himself.

"Strategist, hurry up and retreat!"

A member of the general was covered with blood, and crawled to Zhuge Liang's side, shouting with a crying voice.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "Withdraw." ”

"Hugh is leaving, Kong Ming!"

Not long after Zhuge Liang evacuated, Chen Xu had completely defeated the Jingzhou army that had been arranged, and shouted in the direction Zhuge Liang had left.

At this time, there were only four or five hundred soldiers left under Zhuge Liang's command, and most of them were full of panic and had no desire to fight.

"The military division, the chasing soldiers have war horses, and they will catch up soon!"

Zhuge Liang raised his head and looked at the terrain, and said, "There are several forks in the road, and there is a small road where war horses can't walk, let's go from there." ”

"Stomp, stomp!"

The war horse galloped, and Chen Xu soon led the cavalry to the fork in the road, looking at the extremely steep path, his brows furrowed.

"Zilong, Ah Ping, and Ah Man led eight thousand cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, and the rest of the soldiers dismounted and followed me to pursue Kong Ming."

Zhao Yun hurriedly admonished: "This path is too steep, if you abandon the horse and move forward, I am afraid it will be dangerous." It is better for the lord to lead the troops to chase and kill Liu Bei, and the last general will lead the soldiers to pursue Zhuge Liang. ”

Chen Xu shook his head and said: "If there is no Zhuge Kongming, Liu Bei would not have to worry, and this time the princes jointly attacked Guanzhong, almost leaving me dead without a place to be buried." ”

"If I can't catch Zhuge Kongming with my own hands, I'm uneasy."

"Zilong took Aman and Aping and quickly went to pursue Liu Bei, there must be no mistake."

Speaking of this, he took a deep look at Guan Ping, and directly led two thousand cavalry to abandon their horses and enter the steep path to chase Zhuge Liang.

Zhao Yun also glanced at Guan Ping deeply and sighed slightly.

Guan Ping's eyes flashed with gratitude, and everything was speechless.

Then Guan Ping looked at the south from afar, and muttered in his heart: "Ah Weng, I will definitely save your life." ”

However, it was said that Chen Xu led 2,000 cavalry and abandoned his war horse to pursue Zhuge Liang, only to find that this path was really very narrow, and it was not easy for even the soldiers to walk.

These soldiers were cavalry, and they were not good at mountain warfare, so the speed of the march naturally slowed down.

Chen Xu looked at the south, but he was a little worried that Zhuge Liang would escape, and he had the intention to order a desperate pursuit, but he was also afraid of being ambushed by Zhuge Liang, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

A local elementary school seemed to see Chen Xu's thoughts, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "The lord is worried that Zhuge Liang will escape?" ”

Chen Xu bowed his head and said, "That's right. ”

Xiao Xiao immediately smiled and said: "Lord, but please rest assured, this path leads to a valley, which is a dead end at all, Zhuge Liang will definitely be caught by the lord if he escapes from here." ”

When Chen Xu heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief.