Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Seeing that the fire had already burned, Zhou Cang and Zhang Fei did not dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly exited Bowangpo.

Although they reacted quickly, the fire came faster, and many soldiers were burned to death in the sea of ​​fire.

Zhou Cang and Zhang Fei brought out a total of 2000 people, and at this time, less than [-] people were able to escape.

They escaped from the coverage of the sea of ​​fire in embarrassment, and were surprised to see that there was an ambush ahead. Xiahou Dun had no intention of letting them go.

"Zhou Cang, Zhang Fei, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." One of them said.

Zhang Fei quickly looked up, only to see that it was Zhang Liao and Xu Huang who had killed them.

Zhang Liao and the others got Chen Yang's clever plan. First, they used fire to attack and burned the enemies lying in ambush on Bowang Slope, and then Zhang Liao proposed to ambush to intercept them. Sure enough, they encountered Zhang Fei and others who fled in panic.

"General Zhang, let's fight together!"

Zhou Cang knew that without a fight to the death today, it would be difficult for them to survive.

Zhang Fei naturally understood this too. He led the rest of his men and attacked behind Zhou Cang.

Fighting until the end, Zhang Fei and Zhou Cang, under the protection of dozens of people, finally tore open the ambush of Zhang Liao and rushed back towards Xinye.

Zhang Liao was worried about their ambush ahead, so he retreated back to Bowang City without chasing him.

"Wenyuan, Gongming, how are you?" Xia Houdun asked as he hurried out of the camp.

"Sure enough, as General Chen expected, the fire attack worked. We met Zhou Cang and Zhang Fei, killed one, and finally let them run away." Xu Huang briefly talked about the situation of the battle just now.

"General, should we continue to attack Xinye?" Zhang Liao asked.

Now that Liu Bei and the others are chasing after the victory, they must be unable to resist, but Xiahou Dun hesitated at this time.

"Zian gave the lord two kits, one of which is with me, and the other is in Zixiao's hands."

Xiahou Dun said: "Besides, Zi'an arranged for Zixiao to attack Xinye, and he has a clever plan in his bag, so he should have another way. Let's not attack Xinye, first station at Bowang City, and send someone to contact the lord. His arrangements."

After the ambush on the mountain happened, Xiahou Dun didn't dare to rush forward and acted steadily.

If it weren't for Chen Yang's clever tricks, he might have gotten into a catastrophe, so now he doesn't want to be greedy anymore.

"Yes!"

This time, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang had no other opinions and arranged according to the order.

the other side.

After Zhou Cang and Zhang Fei escaped, seeing that there were no pursuers behind, they still did not dare to stop and returned to Xinye as soon as possible.

"Yide, why are you doing this?"

Seeing Zhang Fei and Zhang Fei come back in such a state of embarrassment, Liu Bei asked in shock, "What happened? Only a few dozen of you came back, where are the other soldiers? Also, did you burn Xiahou Dun down?"

Mentioning this incident, Zhang Fei said angrily, "We almost couldn't come back. The others were all dead, and the whole army was wiped out! Military advisor, is your plan to kill me and Yuan Fu?"

He blushed, and loudly questioned Zhuge Liang beside him.

Zhou Cang also looked at Zhuge Liang with that questioning look.

Liu Bei was dumbfounded. He was stationed in Xinye, but there was a serious shortage of soldiers and horses.

Now the newly recruited recruits are recruits, whose strength is worrying, and the 2000 people brought by Zhang Fei and the others are his few elites!

How could he not be distressed that the entire army of two thousand elites had been annihilated?

"It is impossible to wipe out the whole army. What happened?"

The complexion of Zhuge Liang beside him also changed. This was his first large-scale use of troops.

If he fails, how can he gain Liu Bei's trust and stand firm?

"Why is it impossible?"

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Brother, the military adviser you invited back doesn't understand anything! If we hadn't reacted quickly, we wouldn't have been able to come back!"

Zhuge Liang couldn't believe his failure, but he didn't refute, and turned his eyes to Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang understood what he meant, so he had to tell the whole thing again, and said: "Master, your plan has been seen through by Xiahoudun and the others. It was not us who set fire to Bowangpo, but Xiahoudun's generals. In the end, someone Ambushing us, that's why we came back in a big defeat, and the whole army was wiped out."

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent at the same time.

"My lord, I was careless this time!" Zhuge Liang shook his head, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Military Master, I don't blame you for this matter. I didn't expect Xiahou Dun to be easy to fool, alas!" Liu Bei shook his head, because he was used to failure and his ability to withstand blows was not weak.

This was Zhuge Liang's first failure in his life. He came out of the mountain full of ambitions, but ambitions were not rewarded.

Zhang Fei said indignantly: "Brother, I think you have been cheated!"

"Yide, don't say that!"

Liu Bei scolded, and said: "The military adviser just came here, and he doesn't know Cao Jun well. Cao Ang has Chen Yang's support, and this failure is also normal. The military adviser doesn't need to be too concerned, we must be able to reverse the situation."

That being said, in fact, Liu Bei has no idea about Zhuge Liang.

If Zhuge Liang hadn't directed him to fight Cao Ang for a period of time before the new year, and both had benefited, plus Sima Hui's recommendation, otherwise he wouldn't have trusted Zhuge Liang so much.

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust!" Zhuge Liang bowed.

"Military division, what should we do?" Liu Bei asked worriedly.

Now that Bowang City is lost, Cao Ang's army will come to the city next, and they can't stop it at all.

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "To defend Xinye, we alone are not enough. We can only ask Liu Cong from Xiangyang for help."

Because the loss of Xinye was of no benefit to Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang concluded that Liu Cong would come to rescue him.

Ever since, Liu Bei sent his adopted son Liu Feng to Xiangyang to ask Liu Cong for help.

There was no news in ancient times, and Chen Yang deliberately suppressed Liu Cong's surrender.

Although Xiangyang is not far from Xinye, the news there has not yet reached Xinye.

Liu Feng led hundreds of people and rushed to Xiangyang overnight, explaining that Xinye was in trouble, and asked Liu Cong for help. If Liu Cong didn't want to save Xinye, Cao Jun would drive straight in without hindrance, and Xiangyang would also be in danger.

Who knew that what was waiting for Liu Feng was not reinforcements, but ruthless siege.

"The second son has surrendered and dedicated the nine counties of Jingzhou to us. Liu Feng is coming to die soon!"

The person who responded to Liu Feng was Cao Hong, who led thousands of people to hunt down Liu Feng.

Liu Feng is also very powerful, let him fight desperately.

Chased by Xiangyang soldiers, he fled back to Xinye in embarrassment and told Liu Bei everything.

The news just arrived in Xinye, and everyone was shocked.

"What, Liu Cong has already surrendered!"

Liu Bei felt a chill down his spine, and then he was covered in cold sweat.

He thought of many possibilities, but he never thought that Liu Cong would surrender without a fight, which completely disrupted their plans and was not good for them.

"Military division, what should we do?" Liu Bei anxiously asked Zhuge Liang for help, and the military division must play a role.

"My lord, don't panic. Xinye is a tiny place, so you can't live there for a long time. Since Xiangyang is gone, we have to leave Xinye as soon as possible and go to Jiangxia."

Zhuge Liang and the others didn't know that Jiangxia was gone, and said: "At the beginning, I suggested that the eldest son should take the initiative to station in Jiangxia, just to prepare for today. We abandoned Xinye and united with the eldest son in Jiangxia, and with the prestige of the master and the eldest son Collect the old troops of Jingzhou, first take several counties in the south of Jingzhou, confront Liu Cong in the north, and then unite with the Sun family to resist Cao Ang, and gradually recover the lost land of Jingzhou."

"In the end, the lord will replace him and take Jingzhou as his home, but Cao Ang will be rejected!"