Chapter 15: Killing intent

The Taiping Army rushed past the Jiangdong Army, and the Jiangdong generals watched them rush past with hostility and chased towards Liu Bei.

Lu Meng looked at Jiangling City where the city gate was closed, and then suggested to Zhou Yu: "Grandmaster, Guo Jia has not had many troops who have entered Jiangling before. Why not take Jiangling in one fell swoop? Kill him off guard?"

The Jiangdong generals could not see Zhou Yu's expression. Zhou Yu's face looked so angry that he flashed. He turned around and looked at Lu Meng with a strong fighting spirit. He sighed softly: "Zi Ming, when will you really learn to plan and then move?"

With a sigh of regret, Zhou Yu ordered the withdrawal of his troops.

Jiangling can fight, and has a great chance of winning.

But what if I fight?

Can Liu Bei's 20,000 troops block Guo Jia? It's a miracle that can't be blocked. Guo Jia turned around and found that there was a Jiangling City that was dead? He also gave Guo Jia a reason to start a war in Jiangdong.

What's more, Wulin has 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong. Those 50,000 soldiers and horses don't know the situation in Jiangling. Now Zhou Yu's sneak attack on Jiangling is equivalent to giving the 50,000 soldiers and horses to Guo Jia for free?

After all, Jiangdong and Guo Jia are all ally, and Lu Fanding led his army to meet Guo Jia, most likely he would not be on guard.

Zhou Yu led his army to retreat slowly with a serious look. He expected that Guo Jia would expect Jiangling to be attacked by sneak attack. In this way, Guo Jia could justify attacking Jiangdong, exhausted after the battle!

As a result of Sun and Liu's resistance to Cao Cao, Cao Cao lost, and the Sun and Liu alliance also lost. The only winner was Guo Jia!

After noon, Guo Jia led his army to chase forward without any hurry. Behind him was the Yinling Flying Cavalry, and behind him was the army of infantry.

The generals were heading with Guo Jia, and Gan Ning asked Guo Jia for battle and said, "Lord, why not let the last general lead the Yin Ling Fei Cavalry to attack, and they will definitely win a great victory."

Guo Jia shook his head and disagreed.

"Xingba, I told you that Liu Bei has a Zhuge Kongming beside him. This person should not be underestimated. He knew that I was chasing behind him and it was impossible not to be prepared. Although Liu Bei only had 20,000 infantry, the Yinling Flying Cavalry would definitely make a profit, but I don't want you to take risks. With Liu Bei's current strength, it is impossible for the Yinling Flying Cavalry to be wiped out. But it is not certain whether an ambush will be set up to target the generals. The reason why the three-year-old child understands the principle of capturing the thief first."

After hearing this, Gan Ning gave up the idea of ​​leading the army to pursue the first step.

Guo Jia will not be aimless. Since Guo Jia said so, there must be a reason for his fear of Zhuge Kongming.

But Gan Ning felt a little dissatisfied.

Cao Cao went south and personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush to chase Liu Bei at night and even killed Liu Bei, so he could kill Liu Bei and flee. He believed that he would not be worse than the tiger and leopard cavalry's victory.

What Guo Jia thought was different from Gan Ning.

When Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao, his troops were all mixed among the people. The progress was slow and the formation could not be pulled away. Naturally, he could only be beaten. Now it is different. Liu Bei was not dragged down by the people, and he was also surely guarding against Guo Jia's cavalry attack. He suffered a loss under Cao Cao's men first. It was time to learn to be smarter.

Guo Jia had 90,000 soldiers and horses by his side, and the righteous way was to control the soldiers. Liu Bei's 20,000 soldiers and horses had no power to fight back. If he divided the troops, he would give the other party a chance to divide and break them.

After all, Liu Bei had a Zhuge Liang beside him.

It was unexpected that other generals were rejected by Guo Jia when they heard Gan Ning's proposal.

They were a little confused now. If Guo Jia wanted to kill Liu Bei, there were too many opportunities before, but Guo Jia let Liu Bei go and delayed it outside Jiangling for a while, allowing Liu Bei to run away a little before chasing him, as if he was just a bluff.

That's right, Guo Jia just bluffed and acted like he was killing Liu Bei.

But, is there any killer move?

"Where is Shiyuan? Where did Pang Shiyuan go? Call him over."

Guo Jia looked around and didn't see Pang Tong on his left and right. After shouting a few words, Pang Tong rode his horse and speeded up from the Yinling Flying Cavalry to catch up with Guo Jia.

"What's the matter with the lord calling the lower lord?"

Pang Tong asked Guo Jia in confusion.

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Where have you been hiding? Are you shy or something? Are you afraid of seeing Zhuge Liang?"

Pang Tongyi smiled bitterly and said in his heart: Isn’t it that lord, you asked me to stay in the rear when the two armies are fighting?

This was Guo Jia's helpless move. Pang Tong liked to run to the front line, but he didn't wear armor. Guo Jia was really afraid that he would lose his life in the chaos, so he gave him an order. As long as the wind direction on the battlefield was wrong, he would run back and hide.

Since the Sun-Liu coalition army arrived at Jiangling City, Pang Tong consciously retreated to the back to observe the changes in the situation.

"Shi Yuan, do you think Zhuge Liang will fall into the trap I set?"

Guo Jia asked Pang Tong with a little excitement.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Pang Tong shook his head and said, "I don't know what the trap the lord is talking about. If it is the overall situation, Zhuge Liang will find it difficult to turn the world. Even if the lord forced Liu Bei to take the path, he would have to go. If the lord refers to Huarong Road, then the official thought that the lord should be prepared to be seen through. Zhuge Liang is good at calculating. When he came, he did not expect that the lord would appear in Jingzhou. Now he knows it and will definitely be cautious step by step."

Guo Jia was not discouraged when he heard this and joked: "Will Zhongkang be disappointed?"

In front, Liu Bei and his infantry were marching and retreating towards Jiangxia. When they came, they took the shortcut Huarong Road. When they retreated, they were naturally shorter, and Huarong Road.

The road entrance was still covered with Cao Bing's bodies, and the mountains and forests were lush on both sides. Liu Bei took the lead in leading the army into Huarong Road, regardless of whether he was stepping on Cao Bing's bodies, and left straight.

Zhuge Liang was thinking about this series of changes along the way.

Guo Jia appeared in Jingzhou as if he had fallen from the sky!

He was able to kill Liu Bei but was released, but he still had to act like he was killing him!

Too abnormal!

Suddenly he looked up and Zhuge Liang found that the soldiers and horses had walked into Huarong Road. The death of Cao soldiers around him was so sad that he felt cold.

If everything is under Guo Jia's calculations.

So, will he set up an ambush on Huarong Road?

"stop!"

Zhuge Liang shouted loudly.

Liu Bei could not listen to other people's words, and Zhuge Liang, who made him feel like he was in water, had to listen.

Liu Bei immediately ordered the troops to stop, came to Zhuge Liang and asked, "Military advisor, why did you call for a stop?"

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Chen Dao looked at him in discomfort.

Zhuge Liang showed a solemn expression on his face and whispered to Liu Bei: "Lord, order the troops to slowly withdraw from Huarong Road and go back to Jiangxia from a distance. This path is dangerous and secretly ambush the murderous intent!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was frightened and suddenly became suspicious.

"Military advisor, when we came, we were walking on this road. Why can't we walk on the road when we went back?"

Zhuge Liang had no time to explain and urged: "My lord should give an order. At this time, the delay will be even more dangerous."

Liu Bei no longer asked, and ordered the troops to turn around and withdraw from Huarong Road and take a long way to retreat to Jiangling.

In fact, walking on Huarong Road is a good choice, because Huarong Road is narrow, and Liu Bei escapes in front and only needs a small number of troops to break the back behind, which can delay Guo Jia's army for a long time and give him more time to escape back to Jiangxia.

But Zhuge Liang said that this Tao is full of murderous intent, and Liu Bei would rather believe Zhuge Liang than his own judgment.

Xu Chu and Deng Zhiben, who were hidden in the mountains and forests on both sides of Huarong Road, watched Liu Bei's troops enter Huarong Road, but now they retreated. Xu Chu was furious immediately, and Deng Zhi was also very unwilling to accept it.

The military orders Guo Jia gave them were very simple. When the Sun and Liu coalition came from the east, they would let them go. If they returned from the northwest, they would kill them halfway!

"General, what should I do now?"

Deng Zhi looked at Liu Bei's army, who were about to withdraw from Huarong Road, and hurriedly asked Xu Chu.

Official position, status, fame, martial arts qualifications, etc., it is obvious that Xu Chu is higher than Deng Zhi. How to act is naturally Xu Chu to make decisions.

Xu Chu was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and he pulled his sword and shouted: "The whole army obeys the orders and kills!"

Just as Liu Bei's soldiers entering Huarong Road were about to withdraw, there were shocking shouts of killing from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road entrance. Countless archers appeared in the forests, and the rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun attacked Liu Bei's soldiers!

"Lord, there are indeed ambushers here!"

Chen Dao said a nonsense!

Because Zhuge Liang had warned before, there were many personal guards around Liu Bei, holding shields to escort Liu Bei out, and other generals also waved their weapons to resist the rain of arrows, leaving only a few bodies of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses at the intersection of Huarong Road.

Seeing that he had been ambushing for most of the day, with just a few results in the battle, Xu Chu immediately ordered Wudang Feijun to intercept Liu Bei's army passing by the road.

I saw Liu Bei's army passing outside Huarong Road marching forward with countless enemy troops appearing on the hillside on the side, and they were walking on flat ground in the mountains and forests. There were even brave and fearless soldiers jumping down from the hillside, knocking down Liu Bei's soldiers, and then fighting.

Due to the delay in the time of advancing and retreating in Huarong Road, Liu Bei's army was pulled closer by Guo Jia behind him. Even Guo Jia saw Xu Chu running down from the mountain with a machete and killing the enemy like a wind swaying the wind.

"Zhongkang! Go back after the army."

Guo Jia led his troops to catch up with Liu Bei's army, but he did not order a rush, but instead asked Xu Chu to withdraw his troops.

Xu Chu didn't feel any accomplishment when he killed the soldiers, so he obeyed the orders and asked Wudang Feijun and the archers to retreat and stand by Guo Jia.

Since he had been caught up, Liu Bei must not be able to escape from behind, otherwise the opponent's cavalry would rush forward, even if he escaped, the poor soldiers would be killed or injured.

Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered that Guo Jia was very jealous of Zhao Yun, so he asked Zhao Yun and Chen Dao to lead the Baier soldiers to cut off the rear and buy time for Liu Bei to escape back to Jiangxia.

The situation in front of him was in danger of survival, but Zhao Yun did not change his face and took the order, turned his horse's head, swept his silver spear, and stared at the Taiping Army not far away without any timidity.

Guo Jia looked around and saw Liu Guanzhang and Zhuge Liang leading most of the troops to escape, leaving Zhao Yun, another general and thousands of troops to break the rear. He smiled in despair.

Liu Bei, originally, you came to work hard after the Battle of Red Cliff, but unfortunately, when you met me, you still couldn't escape the life of losing repeatedly.
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