When Wei Yan took Yi Ji back to join Cao Wu's army, Cao Xiu, who had gone to the west to pursue, had not returned yet.
When he learned who he had shot to death, Wei Yan felt very complicated. He was both excited and disappointed. He was excited because he had made a contribution, but he was disappointed because it was not Liu Bei who died.
But Feng Chu Pang Shiyuan.
He told Cao Wu about the scene of shooting Pang Tong by the stream. Cao Wu was silent for a long time.
Since the time travel, this kind of mysterious convergence of time has always affected the direction of things. In fact, Yi Ji didn't do anything. Wei Yan didn't dare to lynch this celebrity directly, so he brought him back first.
Even the fact that the deceased was Pang Tong was conjectured by Wei Yan.
Cao Wu, as a later man, knew clearly why Pang Tong rode Liu Bei's horse and put on Liu Bei's clothes.
Including Luma suddenly crossing the stream three feet away, it is strikingly similar to a historical scene.
By this time, he already knew that Liu Bei would not die, and even if he did not tell Long Zhong at the time, Liu Bei would still be able to come up with arrangements for entering Shu when he met Pang Tong. After all, Pang Tong was a staunch promoter of entering Shu in the past, and Liu Bei was The earliest base area in Yizhou was conquered by Pang Tong.
Now, Pang Tong is dead, and Lu Ma has disappeared without a trace. Liu Bei missed Wei Yan's army chasing him all the way, and should be able to escape into Bashu as expected. But in this life, Liu Bei does not have the support of Jingnan and Nanjun, and also lacks many civil servants and powerful generals. Whether he can still gain Liu Zhang's trust is another matter.
Even cautious people like Zhang He and Yu Jin felt that Liu Bei without his wings was nothing to worry about, but Jiaozhou was a big problem. They advised Cao Wu not to worry about Liu Bei anymore, but to rush to capture Jiaozhou before Jiangdong.
Only Zhang Liao looked different. When he was under Lu Bu, he had worked with Liu Bei and knew that this man was more than just benevolence and righteousness.
Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Cao Wu asked, "What do Wen Yuan think?"
"Don't let the tiger go back to the mountain!"
Zhang Liao finally expressed his opinion.
Cao Wu nodded in agreement and asked Wei Yan to bring Yi Ji up to ask about Liu Bei's whereabouts.
As soon as Yi Ji entered the tent, he yelled at Cao Wu: "How dare you, a yellow-haired boy, sit in the middle? Is there no one left in the army like Cao Cao?"
In this era, capable people scolding the coach is a way to show off their ability. Yiji considers himself a talented person in governing the country, and he can control the country and secure the country, so he does not take Cao Wu seriously.
However, Cao Wu just glanced at him, and after hearing his words, he waved his hand: "Forget it, pull it off, be a swordsman and penman, and don't appear in front of me again in the future."
"Here!"
Wei Yan did not complain and directly pulled Yi Ji down. Cao Wu looked down on Yi Ji, which made Wei Yan even happier that Cao Wu was interested in him.
Yi Ji's eyes widened, and he didn't expect that Cao Wulian would even look at him. You must know that Liu Bei treated him as a guest of honor.
He cursed again: "Thief Cao..."
With a "bang", Wei Yan knocked him unconscious and took him down. It seemed that before Yi Ji became a sword and pen official, Wei Yan would make Yi Ji say everything he needed to say.
All the generals laughed. The defeated general talked a lot. They thought highly of Cao Wu's decisiveness, knowing that he was not the kind of person who liked to pretend to be a polite and virtuous corporal in front of others.
…
Within the five ridges, Cao Xiu's soldiers and horses were lost in the heavy fog.
The period of one day and one night was coming. Cao Xiu actually found some traces of human activities, but he was not sure that it was Liu Bei.
He led his army to search in the mountains and forests, but suddenly there was a heavy fog, and he could not see face to face.
He had to let the cavalry gather together and each take care of his two horses and not move around.
In the heavy fog, a cavalryman's horse stepped on something and almost tripped, but because he couldn't see it, the cavalryman didn't care.
After half an hour, the fog finally dissipated. Cao Xiu looked at the sun and found that the day and night had expired. He sighed, knowing that if he didn't go back now, it would be difficult to find Cao Xiu if he went deeper. There is no army left.
He looked back and left in despair.
After he had left for half an hour, a man suddenly got up where the war horse had almost fallen. Ma Su rubbed his arms and said, "I almost trampled to death this time."
Then, several more people climbed up on the ground.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were also among them.
Guan Yu still looked serious, Zhang Fei spat out and said: "There are only a few hundred cavalry, why should I be embarrassed like this!"
"Yide!"
Liu Bei shouted, shook his head and said: "Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. If they can enter Sichuan, they will be able to achieve great things again sooner or later. Why bother fighting these soldiers!"
Zhang Fei mumbled a few times and went to find his horse.
It turned out that during the heavy fog just now, Liu Bei and others were only a few feet away from Cao Xiu. Cao Xiu's vision was limited, so Liu Bei hid through the fog.
Liu Bei looked back to the east, with a flash of light in his eyes. He felt that the fog was strange, as if there was some divine will to protect him.
"My lord, please hurry up. We still have to walk for more than half a month to enter Shu!"
Ma Liang's words woke him up. Liu Bei sighed and put on a compassionate expression again.
…
Cao Xiu returned to the army and heard that Wei Yan had killed the enemy's military advisor Pang Tong. At this time, Yi Ji had already told everything he knew. Cao Xiu also learned that he was pursuing the right direction but could not find anyone. He couldn't help but secretly thought that he was unlucky.
Cao Wu's army did not pursue Liu Bei anymore. On the one hand, it was difficult to pursue him in the deep mountains. On the other hand, Cao Wu already knew that history was over. It would be difficult to kill Liu Bei at this time. , simply don’t do it anymore.
However, the most important thing is that Cao Wu's army is finally approaching Fuchuan County, the northernmost part of Cangwu County.
Before the army attacked Fuchuan County, Cao Wu first sent people to the city to inform the county magistrate that the new Jiaozhou Mu appointed by the imperial court would arrive in the near future. Officials from Jiuzhen County appointed by the imperial court had already arrived, hoping to receive him or her.
You Song, the magistrate of Fuchuan County, didn't take it seriously. Cangwu had not been worshiped by the imperial court for many years, and even Liu Biao in the north no longer worshiped him.
However, when the city defenders reported that at least 20,000 people had arrived, You Song decisively opened the city gate and welcomed the officials who had arrived in Jiuzhen County.
So Cao Wu rode a tall horse and entered the first county in the north of Cangwu without using any soldiers.
The roads in Wuling were difficult to travel and news was blocked. The people in the county were very surprised why a large army suddenly came from the north, and Cao Wu's generals were even more surprised.
They don't know why Cangwu County, a county with a population of more than 500,000, has no defense at its northern gateway.
Especially Xing Daorong and others who came from the fourth southern county were sighing all the way.
If I had known that there were no defenders in Cangwu County, their tentacles from the four southern counties would have reached here long ago.
You Song seemed to notice their surprise and said helplessly: "There were originally five thousand troops stationed in Fuchuan. Although Lu Ke, the captain of the city guard, was not transferred to the county, he had a good relationship with me. However, a few days ago, Colonel Lu After receiving the order, I led all my troops and horses to rush south to assist Guangxin."
"What? Why rush for help? Whose order?"
Cao Wu and others were surprised.
You Song didn't say anything. He said: "Of course it was the order from Governor Wu! As for why we rushed to help, it was said that a large ship suddenly appeared on the sea and wanted to attack Cangwu. Governor Wu had to mobilize the garrison from various places to rush for reinforcements!"
"A big ship on the sea?"
Cao Wu frowned, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun looked at each other, and Zhang Liao and others also looked at each other.
In this era, there is only one company that can drive large ships on the sea.
Jiangdong Sun, it seems that Jiangdong's hand has been stretched out.
So, who arrived?
