Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 443 Defeated Jingnan
When Zhang Fei fled to Fancheng, he mobilized his troops and prepared to defend the city to the death.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's military order also came at the same time, to retreat to Xiangyang at all costs, and to retreat immediately when receiving the military order. .

Zhang Fei immediately understood that this was asking him to give up Fancheng and was not going to defend it anymore.

Although a bit unwilling, his brother's military order cannot be violated, and must be carried out no matter what.

That night, the Chu army left the city overnight and retreated to Xiangyang in the dark.

After Yan Xing received the news, he immediately led [-] cavalry in pursuit, while the rest of the cavalry marched to occupy Fancheng.

However, in the middle of the night, the Chu army turned off their torches and walked in the dark, which was really very difficult.

Yan Xing chased until dawn, but he only killed thousands of infantry, and Fancheng was less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang. The Chu army lost all their supplies and food, and they ran lightly, and they reached Xiangyang in one night.

The people Yan Xing chased were exhausted, so they just retreated to Fancheng to rest.

Zhang Fei led his army to flee to Xiangyang, and when the troops were on the hour, he realized that more than 5000 troops had been lost overnight, and only half of the [-] people who finally escaped back to Xiangyang were left.

"Qi Sha is so, Qi Sha is so!"

Zhang Fei's angry thunder roared to the sky, and he was mad with hatred.

Those who were chased fled in panic, and more than half of the [-] army was lost. It was simply too aggrieved.

Liu Bei comforted: "You don't have to worry about Yide, the army is all cavalry, and their strength is better than ours. This time, Yide was able to bring back half of the [-] cavalry. I am very satisfied as a brother." gone."

Xu Shu and Pang Tong also nodded, this is of course to give Zhang Fei face.

Xinye is less than two hundred miles away from Xiangyang, and there is Fancheng as a buffer in the middle, so half of the troops can escape back.Otherwise, if they were farther away and were entangled by [-] Xigan cavalry, the [-] army would only be wiped out, so how could half of them escape.

Although Zhang Fei was still a little brooding, he couldn't get angry in front of his brother.

"Yuanzhi, are you all arranged?"

After Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei couldn't help asking Xu Shu again.

Xu Shu replied: "Don't worry, my lord, everything has been arranged. We will set off early tomorrow morning. The 40 civilians recruited are all young and strong men under the age of [-]. They have already gone south first, and the food, fodder and supplies have also been on the road. The rest of the soldiers and horses will be ready tomorrow morning." Evacuate!"

Only then did Liu Bei nod his head, and sighed, "It's not what Bei wanted after all to make the common people's wives and children scattered!"

Xu Shu understood Liu Bei's thoughts, and followed his words: "Luo Zheng is cruel by nature, and he used swords and soldiers to harm the people. The Lord refuses to abandon the people of Jingzhou. !"

"That's good, that's good!"

Liu Bei showed a gratified smile, but it was a little more unpredictable.

Xu Shu's heart was a little heavy. It was easy to give up Xiangyang, but it was difficult to come back.

Luo Zheng has already unified the north. This time, hundreds of thousands of people will go south. Even if they can't cross the river, they will inevitably wipe out the north of the river in one fell swoop. The world will be divided into five, and it has already scored four points, and Sun, Cao, and Liu have one point , How can you still compete?
Even if they can escape to Jiangling smoothly this time, they will still face a series of problems.

The local gentry in Jingzhou regarded Liu Bei as a thorn in their side, and even strongly opposed the southward migration.For the Jingzhou gentry, no matter who is in charge of Jingzhou, as long as their interests can be guaranteed, the Jingzhou gentry doesn't care whether Jingzhou's surname is Luo or Liu.

For the Jingzhou gentry to give up Xiangyang and move to Jingnan, it means that they have to give up their family business. In this way, the Jingzhou gentry will definitely try their best to get rid of Liu Bei and intensify the conflict. This is really not a good thing.

What's more terrible is that those gentry families will not be obedient.

Since the first year of Zhongping, the world has been in turmoil, and there have been constant wars in various places. The power of the gentry clan has withered, and Jingzhou and Xichuan are relatively peaceful, so they have become the best places to take refuge. .

Big clans such as Jing and Huang have fertile land of thousands of hectares, and they raise tens of thousands of private soldiers and slaves.

These private soldiers and slaves are not just farmers farming, but also armed forces equipped with weapons and armor.

Even if you haven't been on the battlefield, once you make trouble, it will definitely cause big trouble.

Even if he was forced to move to Jingzhou this time, it would be a disaster sooner or later.

However, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to think too much, we can only deploy in advance to nip the danger in the bud.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei led an army of [-] to 'protect' a group of Jingxiang gentry and their relatives and family members, and left Xiangyang to go south to Jingnan. The mighty team stretched ten miles long on the official road.

Liu Bei feared that the cavalry of the dry army would catch up, and he was so anxious that he urged the army to march all the way.

Unexpectedly, just after passing Yicheng, Yan Xing led [-] cavalry to catch up. Liu Bei had to fight and retreat. Fortunately, the more mountains and dense forests became more and more southward, it was very unfavorable for the cavalry to chase. Block the pursuers for half a day.

Yan Xingzhui was so angry that he could only follow behind him all the way and kept building bridges and roads.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's army brought a lot of food, fodder, luggage and idlers, so the marching speed was really not fast.

After traveling for six days, they fled to Dangyang.

At the Dangyang Bridge in Changbanpo, Zhang Fei led five hundred soldiers to block the way forward.

Eight thousand cavalry rolled forward and charged forward.

Zhang Fei stopped drinking, as if a thunderbolt struck on a sunny day, and the shaking mountains responded.

"withdraw!"

Instead of fighting, Zhang Fei waved his hand and immediately led [-] soldiers across the Dangyang Bridge.

The Xigan cavalry rushing forward couldn't hold back, and only one cavalry could pass through the narrow and broken Dangyang Bridge at a time. Many cavalry couldn't hold back and rushed directly into the river ditch, but Zhang Fei saw the opportunity and led Five hundred infantry rushed over.

"Qisha!"

Yan Xing yelled sharply, "Zhang Fei, do you dare to fight?"

"Why don't you dare!"

Zhang Fei also roared loudly, swung the iron-ridged spear, and slapped his horse to kill him.

Yan Xing leaped to meet him with a spear, and the two fought again at the head of Dangyang Bridge.

The Xigan cavalry rushing over killed Zhang Fei's [-] infantry and surrounded them from all sides.

Zhang Fei didn't see it well. Originally, when Liu Bei gave him the military order, he would block it if he could, and if he couldn't block it, he would break Dangyang bridge and escape for his life. It's just that Zhang Fei was warlike and couldn't swallow this breath. He wanted to find an opportunity to kill Yan Xing. I couldn't help but turn around and fight.

Seeing that the five hundred infantry were scattered by the cavalry of the dry army, how could they dare to fight? Break it, and run for your life quickly.

"Quick, build the bridge!"

Yan Xingqi yelled sharply, and couldn't help but want to swear again.

Since entering Jingzhou, this battle has been very fierce. Although the Chu army has been suppressing the fight, the Chu army can escape smoothly every time. There are dizzying mountains and dense forests everywhere, and the advantages of the cavalry are fully utilized not come out.

How can it not make people angry when the battle is fought like this.

(End of this chapter)