Chapter 203: Wei Yan's choice to commit suicide

The second update is late.

This chapter about Liu Bei's escape was originally intended to be written in detail, but in fact the content was very boring. It would take two or three chapters to write it all out bit by bit, so I deleted what I had written and wrote it briefly.

The integrity of updating has been lost, but the integrity of quality will never be lost. This is all Laojiu can do so that everyone does not waste money to watch the hydrology!

Well, the climax is coming!

After a day's rest, Liu Bei's complexion has improved a bit, at least not as scary as yesterday.

Although Liu Bei felt a little pity that he could not keep Xu Shu, he still got news about Cao Cao from Xu Shu.

When he heard that Cao Cao had mobilized all his troops to attack, Liu Bei's face turned ugly and he quickly asked Zhuge Liang for advice.

Zhuge Liang didn't have any goodideas.

Now Cao Cao has strong soldiers and horses, but Liu Bei's men, after last night's battle, have less than 5,000 troops!

Those 5,000 troops and horses can't fight against 500,000 Cao's troops, no matter how clever Zhuge Liang is, it won't work.

No need to hit them, just one spitting breath can drown them.

Zhuge Liang thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of any good way, so he had to suggest: "It is not advisable to stay in Fancheng for a long time. My lord can take a break in Xiangyang."

To pause means not to take anything by force.

Liu Bei thought for a while, and it seemed that this was the only way to do it. Then he thought about the people's problems, and asked: "The people have been with you for a long time, and I really can't bear to abandon him!"

These people will be Liu Bei's capital in the future, so Liu Bei will not give up easily.

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, please tell the people. Those who are willing to follow will go with them, and those who are unwilling to stay will stay."

Liu Bei nodded happily.

Time was urgent, so the two of them discussed it and started taking action.

Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to go to the river bank to reorganize the ships, and also urgently ordered Sun Qian and Jian Yong to raise their voices in the city.

The content of the propaganda: Cao Cao's army is approaching today, and the isolated city cannot be defended for long. When the city is destroyed, families will be destroyed and people will be killed. If the people are willing to follow, they will cross the river with Liu Shijun.

When the people heard this notice that discredited Cao Jun, how could they not be anxious?

In addition, Liu Bei's reputation was indeed good, so they all responded loudly and were willing to follow Liu Shijun.

Then theyset off immediately. More than 100,000 people, carrying the elderly and the young, men and women, rolled across the river and fled towards Xiangyang.

Fleeing to the east gate of Xiangyang, they saw flags all over the city and the city gates were closed, with no intention of letting anyone in.

Liu Bei then reined in his horse and shouted at the city gate: "Xiannie Liu Cong, I just want to save the people and have no other thoughts. Please open the door quickly."

These words are sincere. Cao Cao's army of 500,000 is chasing him. It may be difficult for a small Xiangyang to resist.

Liu Cong heard that Liu Bei was coming. Although he felt a little guilty, he was afraid that Liu Bei would overwhelm the guest and usurp the host, so he was afraid to go out.

Liu Cong had two generals, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who were the most enthusiastic about subverting the party. The reason why Liu Cong was able to surrender to Cao Cao was because of these two!

Seeing Liu Bei calling the door, he took matters into his own hands and went straight to the enemy tower. He ordered the sergeants to shoot down random arrows, killing innocent people.

The people outside the city all looked at the enemy tower and cried.

At this moment, a general in the city suddenly led hundreds of people up to the city tower and shouted: "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are traitors! Liu Shijun is a benevolent person. He came to save the people today, why did he reject each other!"

Everyone was attracted by this general and observed him one after another. He was eight feet long and had a face like a jujube. He was extremely tough.

Cai Mao said angrily: "Who are you?"

"A certain person is from Yiyang. His surname is Wei and his given name is Yan!"

As soon as Wei Yan finished speaking, he swung his knife and hacked todeath the gatekeepers, opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge, and shouted: "Uncle Liu Huang, quickly lead the troops into the city and kill the traitors together!"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he wanted to enter the city.

Liu Bei's performance of benevolence and righteousness was in place, and he quickly said: "Yide, don't disturb the people when you enter the city."

Sure enough, when everyone saw that Liu Bei cared about the people all the time, they all admired him in their hearts. He was really a benevolent and righteous man.

Wei Yan was about to invite Liu Bei's army to enter the city. Suddenly there was another general in the city. He led the army out on Pegasus and shouted: "Wei Yan is a nobody, how dare you cause chaos! Do you recognize my general Wenpin!"

Wei Yan was furious, leapt on his horse, raised his spear, and fought with Wen Pin.

The people at the city gate shouted to kill Zhentian, and Cai Hao on the city wall finally reacted and called for reinforcements.

Seeing that there was no hope of entering the city, Liu Bei said hypocritically: "I wanted to protect the people, but instead harmed them. That's fine. I just don't enter Xiangyang!"

Zhuge Liang also saw that it might be difficult to enter Xiangyang City, so he suggested: "Jiangling is an important place in Jingzhou, so it is better to make Jiangling our home first."

Liu Bei said: "What Kong Ming said is exactly in line with my heart."

Then he took hundreds of thousands of people away from Xiangyang Avenue and fled towards Jiangling.

Besides, Wei Yan and Wenpin were both first-class generals. They fought for dozens of rounds and still couldn't decide the outcome.

When Wei Yan saw Liu Bei leaving and knew that there was no place for him in Xiangyang, he fended off Wenpin with his sword, drew his horse and fled, following Liu Bei.

And for a general like Wei Yan to take the initiative to follow him, Liu Bei, who currently lacks talents, is naturally a long-term success.Yes, I took Wei Yan in without even thinking about it.

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Liu Bei led hundreds of thousands of people, thousands of large and small vehicles, and countless people carrying backpacks, and rushed to Jiangling in a mighty manner.

Suddenly, Tan Ma came to report that Cao Cao's army had arrived in Fancheng and was ordering people to pack up the boats and rafts and cross the river that day.

When everyone heard that Cao Cao had arrived so quickly, everyone was worried that they would not be able to escape.

Mi Fang suggested: "My lord, the important land of Jiangling can be defended for a while, but now with so many people, we can only travel more than ten miles a day. If this continues, how long will it take to reach Jiangling? If Cao's soldiers catch up, how will they meet the enemy? It is better to abandon the people temporarily and go first."

Mi Fang's suggestion was immediately recognized by everyone.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly in his heart: Do you think I don't want to run away?

But if he really abandons hundreds of thousands of people and runs away, then his reputation will definitely be ruined, and there will no longer be a place for Liu Bei in the Central Plains.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei flatly refused: "These people follow me because they believe in me. How can I break my trust? You don't need to say more, the worst is that we will live and die together with the people!"

When the people heard this, they were all moved.

Although the words can be said so righteously, the actual problems still need to be solved.

Being dragged down by these people, I am afraid that Cao Jun willkill them before long.

Zhuge Liang suggested: "My lord, I am afraid that the pursuers will be here soon. You can send Mr. Mi to Jiangxia to ask for help from Young Master Liu Qi, and ask him to quickly raise his troops and take a boat to wait for us at Jiangling Ferry. All the generals are behind."

Liu Bei agreed with Zhuge Liang's proposal, that is, he ordered Mi Fang and Sun Qian to lead 500 troops to Jiangxia for help, and then asked Zhang Fei to take charge of the attack. Zhao Yun protected the young and old, and the other soldiers protected the common people. They walked slowly. They could only walk more than ten miles a day before stopping to rest.

Although Liu Bei was anxious, there were many people with poor health, so he had nothing to do. He could only hope that Cao Cao could catch up later.

……

But when Cao Cao arrived in Fancheng, he found that all the people in the city were missing. It was completely an empty city. He immediately understood that Liu Bei had used the trick of exterminating households again, and he was furious.

Without the people, what's the use of an empty city?

At that moment, he ordered the army to set off immediately and rush to Xiangyang at full speed. Finally, the entire army arrived in Xiangyang the next morning.

When they arrived outside Xiangyang City, with so many people, it was naturally impossible for them all to enter the city, so they set up camp outside the city. Cao Cao also sent an envoy to the city and ordered Liu Cong to go out to meet him.

Liu Cong, however, did not dare to see him because of fear, so he only asked Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to go see Cao Cao outside the city.

Seeing the two minor characters coming, Chen Hang clearly noticed that Cao Cao's face suddenly darkened.

I sighed a little in my heart, how stupid is Liu Cong to be able to do such a thing?

Now that you have decided to surrender, why don't you correct your posture?

With Cao Cao's vengeful temperament, when he accepts Xiangyang, won't you suffer the same?

Chen Hang vaguely remembered that Liu Cong seemed to have been killed by Cao Cao in the end, presumably for this reason.