Backhand.

  Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Gan Ning and Zhao Yun's faces were all gloomy and uncertain. It was indeed unbearable to be led by the nose by the enemy. How could they, who were all talented generals, endure this?

  "Han Sheng, Zhong Ye, Xing Ba, Zi Long." Liu Bei's voice rose sharply, and he ordered: "You must strictly guard the camp, instruct the soldiers to be on high alert." After a pause, he shouted: "Also order the soldiers to take turns being on duty."

  "Yes."

  The four of them followed the order and hastily departed. Liu Bei returned to his original position, sat down calmly, picked up a book and began reading absent-mindedly. He then glanced at Liu Xuan, who was lowering his head with furrowed brows, and asked: "Xuan'er, what are you thinking about?"

  Liu Xuan came to his senses, listened to his father's words, and said in a low voice: "Father, I have been thinking about Zhang Wuji's plan, and after thinking for half a day, I think that the mastermind behind our backs is not just simply attacking our four camps!"

  Liu Bei listened and nodded slightly, saying in a low voice: "Oh? How can you be sure?"

  "It all started from today's fourth watch." Liu Xuan furrowed his sword-like brows, seemingly pondering the route, and after a moment, slowly said: "At the fourth watch, our army was ambushed, the enemy won and retreated..."

  "Afterwards, at the hour of Xu, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun led their troops to carry out a 'strategy of exhausting the enemy!' Their intention was to disturb our army's morale, making our army exhausted and unable to bear it!" He paused for a moment, then said: "From these signs, it seems that the degree of this strategy of exhausting the enemy has not yet reached a certain level."

  "Alas..." Liu Bei let out a faint sigh, worriedly saying: "Xuan'er's words make sense, but I'm afraid that person still has other plans." He paused for a moment, then sighed again: "What a pity that this man serves the enemy..."

  "It's a pity that Father has no great use for men like us. If we had a talented and brave father to help him, what would he have to fear from others?"

  The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a mind. Liu Xuan heard what Liu Bei said and suddenly lit up in his eyes, thinking to himself: "A strategist... isn't it that my father lacks a strategist? Ah, look at this memory, it's all been messed up by this damn scheme!"

  "Wo Long Gang Zhuge Liang, should we go ahead and pull some connections?"

  Liu Xuan's eyes suddenly flashed a strange light, and in an instant, the sound of killing and chopping outside the tent was greatly shaken, like thunder rising from all sides, entering the tent. Liu Bei and Liu Xuan's faces changed abruptly.

  A high place in Jingzhou, looking down from above, vaguely observing the movements of Liu Bei's four armies!

  Watching the dust and smoke fill the sky, the sound of killing like thunder shook his ears, Ma Da's mouth curled up with a hint of an arc, muttering: "Liu Bei, Wen Ping, let me see how you respond?"

  Ma Chao set up an ambush at Jingshan, and only considered Wen Pin and Liu Bei to be worthy opponents. In Ma Chao's eyes, Huang Zhong was just a reckless warrior who could be easily defeated with a flick of his wrist. Gan Ning, surrounded by thousands of soldiers in the battle, couldn't escape, and Ma Chao didn't even bother to pay attention to him.

  Ma Chao did not know that Gan Ning led only 800 troops to charge in, and after making a final desperate attempt to break through, he was forced to retreat. Not one of the 800 troops was lost, while on the other hand, several thousand soldiers were killed or wounded, with over 200 casualties.

  The corners of Ma Da's mouth still held a hint of a smile, and in an extremely low voice, he said: "Warfare is the art of deception... false and true, true and false!"

  "Liu Bei, I hope you can catch this move. If you can't, wouldn't the game be too boring?"

  He turned around and looked at a black-clad guard, asking in a low voice: "Si Yi, how many charges have we made?"

  The servant hastily lowered his head and replied: "Young master, this is the tenth time!"

  "Ten times?" Ma Da slightly furrowed his brow and immediately asked: "Huh... how many of those ten times actually breached the camp?"

  He heard, hung his head in thought and did not speak, Ma Da also did not urge him on. His eyes gazed calmly at the battlefield ahead where the cries of "Kill!" shook the sky, a hint of an eerie expression flickered in his eyes.

  "Gentlemen, the third move, the sixth move is the real attack!"

  Ma Da frowned and said, "Didn't I say four times that one true attack is enough? These fools!"

  Having said that, he turned around and looked at Siyi faintly: "Si Yi, you go and inform Zhang Wu, Chen Sun those two fools, the eighth full-scale charge of the whole army. Also, order Sun Da to lead the army from the secret passage to directly attack the main tent. Remember, all troops must withdraw before the hour of Ox, otherwise it will be too late for regrets!"

  "Yes!" Ci Yi didn't utter a single word of refutation or hesitation, his figure flashing by like a ghost, quickly disappearing from Mada's line of sight.

  "Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are two fools. If I weren't here, would they still think they can stop the enemy outside Xiling City?"

  "The two of them also claim to be great generals? Such foolishness, arrogant and self-aggrandizing people, I wouldn't deign to associate with them. If it weren't for my brother bringing up this matter, and wanting to see the renowned Liu Xuande, relying on Zhang Fei and Chen Sun these two fools, they would have been destroyed long ago."

  In the depths of his eyes, however, a hint of suppressed madness and ambition flashed by, as he muttered to himself: "Hmph, when I come into power one day, I will definitely restore my family's former glory..."

  Recalling the family's former glory, now the family's decline. A surge of ambition rose in Mada's heart, a wild ambition to spy on the world, but he also understood that relying on the family's current ability was far from enough, he... needed to borrow power, or rather, borrow momentum...

  He gazed intently at a point in the north, muttering to himself: "Perhaps... that person is an option." After saying this, his brow furrowed slightly and he lowered his head, lost in thought for a moment. Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  The time has not come yet.

  The General's Large Tent!

  "What's going on?" Liu Bei's expression changed at once, and he hastily shouted out: "Guards, guards!"

  "My lord." A warrior rushed in from outside the tent, but his expression was very flustered and urgent. The incoming warrior didn't have time to answer Liu Bei, and hastily said: "My lord, the enemy army has broken through the main camp and is rushing towards the central military tent, please my lord quickly retreat with the troops."

  "What?" Liu Bei was taken aback, like a thunderbolt striking down, unsure of what to do, his eyes wide with incredulity. He stuttered: "The enemy has breached the main camp?"

  "How is it possible, how is it possible..."

  Liu Xuan's expression turned gloomy, and he suddenly slapped his thigh, shouting loudly: "That guy indeed has a hidden card."

  "What's going on?" Liu Bei's mind was even more shocked, and he blurted out: "Xuan'er, is there a way to deal with this?"

  "Father, let's retreat first." Liu Xuan's mouth revealed a wry smile, his expression solemn and serious: "The enemy can break through under the defense of Huang Laojiang, Xingba Big Brother, Wen Jiangjun, and Yun Shu, which shows their sharpness."

  "Father is the commander-in-chief this time, cannot take risks easily. Moreover, all the soldiers in the central army are from Jingnan, cannot be relied on." At this moment, another soldier rushed in, with a lot of bloodstains on his body, looking frightening.

  "My lord, retreat! If we don't retreat now, it will be too late."

  Liu Bei also understood the severity of the situation at this time, and immediately shouted: "Good, everyone follow me to Houmen Zi Long..."

  "Yes."

  Liu Bei and Liu Xuan rushed out of the tent, only to see that a fierce battle was already underway outside. The soldiers and generals of the central army were being slaughtered from time to time, and the sound of ghosts wailing and wolves howling filled the air. Liu Bei's heart sank suddenly, and just then a general came charging forward. Liu Xuan looked closely at his side and saw that it was Xing Daorong.

  "Father, it seems to be General Xing."

  Liu Bei hastily raised his head to look, and saw Xing Daorong covered in blood, with a large axe that had become a bloody hatchet. When Xing Daorong saw Liu Bei, his eyes lit up, and his face, which was already red from the bloodstains, looked even more ferocious. Liu Xuan felt a wave of nausea at the sight.

  "Liu Huangshu, the enemy general suddenly killed out, our army was caught off guard. Please ask Huangshu to temporarily avoid going to the rear camp of General Zhao, and I will stay behind to cover for Liu Huangshu."

  "Be careful and humble..."

  Liu Bei dropped a sentence and hurriedly took Liu Xuan with him, and more than ten of his personal soldiers rushed towards the rear army where Zhao Yun was.

  It was a night when the camp shouted to kill, shaking the sky, and the sound spread for hundreds of miles without stopping. There is a saying that it was a chaotic and confusing night, and the sound of killing is still in my ears!

  Time flies and it's already 4:00 AM. The morning sun slowly rises, and a thin layer of white clouds floats at the horizon.

  Liu Bei's face was gloomy as he walked through the central army, his eyes gazing somberly at the chaotic scene before him. The remnants of the fire still lingered, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood. Behind him, Wen Pin, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, and others all had red-rimmed eyes, their expressions extremely unsightly.

  Liu Xuan followed Liu Bei and observed all of this, looking at the dead enemy and our soldiers, suddenly remembering a sentence: "When we rise, the people suffer; when we fall, the people suffer..."

  Liu Xuan let out a faint sigh and said: "Father, it seems that the enemy army charged out from here."

  Liu Bei and the others looked at the entrance of the cave that could accommodate one person, with a rather unsightly expression... The muscles on Liu Bei's face were even more hidden, his clenched arms had visible veins bulging, after a long time, Liu Bei finally said in a low voice: "If I had been aware of it earlier, such a tragedy might not have occurred..."

  As soon as Liu Bei said this, Wen Ping, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun and others were all startled, understanding what the tragic thing Liu Bei was talking about. Last night, Xing Daorong covered Liu Bei's retreat and led his army to cut off the pursuit, but there was no news of him. This morning, when the main force swept through, they saw that Xing Daorong had been dead for some time.

  Judging from their terrified expressions and distorted faces, those who fought against Xing Daorong must have been frightened.

  "Judging from Xing Daorong's injuries, the enemy general's weapon must be a staff or a copper hammer." Huang Zhong said slowly with half-closed eyes.

  "Han Sheng's words are not wrong." Wen Pin also spoke up at this time, saying in a deep voice: "Xing Daorong was brave and fierce, but he died miserably at the hands of others. It seems that there are also skilled fighters hidden among the enemy troops, who deliberately did not let us know beforehand, and it seems that they were preparing for today."

  "Zhang Wu, Chen Sun's behind-the-scenes mastermind, with extraordinary strategies and plans..." Liu Xuan said in a low voice: "One after another, it seems that from the first encounter, he has been implementing a linked plan."

  "It's really a troublesome guy." Liu Bei frowned even more tightly, turned around, and his eyes wandered over Wen Ping, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and other generals, saying in a low voice: "How are the casualties among the officers and soldiers?"

  "Wen Ping said solemnly: 'The right wing has suffered nearly a thousand casualties.'"

  "We suffered casualties of eight or nine hundred men in Changsha."

  Gan Ning furrowed his brow, looking somewhat displeased, and said: "The casualties of the vanguard should be around 1,300 men."

  Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat as he listened, his tone somewhat subdued and heavy: "Our army has not yet formally clashed with the enemy's main force, but we have already suffered thousands of casualties..."

  Wen Pin and the others were all silent upon hearing this, for a long time. Liu Bei swept away the dejection on his face and laughed brightly: "The enemy has taken the initiative, our army is hindered by the terrain of Jingzhou, so we have been passive step by step. If we reach Xiling, heaven's timing and human harmony will be in our hands!"

  "At that time, Zhang Wu was defeated, and Chen Sun would not be able to withstand a single blow?" Liu Bei's previous depression was swept away, his spirit and energy were reinvigorated, and the majestic appearance of a hero among men was fully revealed.

  After a while, the army was reorganized by Wen Pin and other generals before resting for several hours. With a new look that was different from their previous downtrodden appearance, although still with some fatigue remaining, they were somewhat changed from before. At Liu Bei's command, the army rushed quickly across the land of Jingzhou.

  All the way through Jing Shan, there was scenery everywhere along the way, but no time to appreciate it...

  Liu Bei's army, whenever they passed through a place where there might be an ambush, would cautiously send out a large force to sweep the area. Only after discovering that there was no danger would they charge forward in unison! They made their greatest effort to charge over this Jing Shan that had been infuriating and intimidating them.

  The hardships along the way were astonishing to Liu Bei and his generals, for there were obstacles everywhere on the road, such as giant rocks blocking the way, huge trees lying across, piles of rubble and so on.

  It was obvious that these must have been set up by the bandits Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, and after two days of cautious marching, Liu Bei and his men finally saw in the distance a mountain ahead!

  The Jinzhou army's generals and soldiers all let out a sigh of relief!

  After a brief rest of half an hour, Liu Bei ordered the departure again. The soldiers did not have any complaints, they understood that the previous painful lesson had cast a shadow in their hearts, Jing Shan was not a place to stay for long.

  Zhoa Yun led the vanguard, riding alone at the forefront. As soon as Zhao Yun left the capital city, a sense of unease suddenly appeared in his heart. The little white dragon let out a shrill cry, seemingly agitated. Seeing the little white dragon's strange behavior, Zhao Yun hastily used his hand to calm it down. After a long while, the little white dragon gradually quieted down.

  However, the four hooves were making a rustling sound on the ground mud. Zhao Yun had known Xiaobailong for many years and was well aware of his temperament. As he slowly furrowed his brow, he suddenly realized why the forest in front of him was so quiet that there wasn't even a single cricket chirping or bird calling.

  It's eerie to be quiet? Thinking of this, Zhao Yun hastily sent someone to inform Liu Bei, calling them to quickly march out, a burst of energy rushed out of the forest.

  At this time, Liu Bei led the large army to rush out, followed by Huang and Gan. The generals gathered together, and the army was fully assembled. Zhao Yun hurriedly rode over and said: "My lord, let's hurry up and get out of this forest."

  "Hmm... what did Zhū Lóng discover?" Liu Bei furrowed his brow, originally he still wanted to order the whole army to rest by the forest for a while, after all they had been marching for two days and the soldiers were extremely exhausted!

  "General, I think this place is too quiet, quietly a bit scary."

  "Huh?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they all looked towards the dense forest in the distance. From afar, it indeed seemed quiet and still!

  Wen Pei furrowed his brow, a glimmer of light flashing across his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Indeed, it's a bit strange. Not even the chirping of birds can be heard. Lord Xuan De, let's move forward for a while before resting!"

  "Alright, pass on the order, once we exit this forest, we'll take a rest..."

  "Right..." The soldiers heard, all greatly rejoiced, and with renewed energy ran through the forest. Before long, the vanguard had already passed through the dense woods. Some of the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted, and could not resist the temptation to sleep. Moreover, Liu Bei's order was in front of them, so they simply removed their armor and weapons and put them on the ground, and then collapsed to rest.

  "It seems there's no ambush; let the soldiers rest..." Liu Bei glanced around and chuckled lightly.

  It was about half a watch later, most of the Jingzhou army officers were sleeping soundly, when a loud laughter came from afar: "Liu Bei, today is your death day, brothers, kill for me..."

  Liu Bei and the others followed the sound to look, only to see a sea of people in the distance, surging everywhere on the mountain, making Liu Bei and the others' scalps numb. Looking at their own side again, many soldiers had already put down their armor and swords, lying softly on the ground, sleeping soundly... Only a few soldiers were looking at the enemy army in front of them with horror.

  At this time, Liu Bei and the others changed their expressions greatly, their faces gloomy as water. Wen Ping's eyes blazed with fire, gritting his teeth: "This must be that person's plan, thinking our army wouldn't rest in the forest, waiting for us to let our guard down, Zhang Wu, Chen Sun led the troops to attack, and defeated our army in one move..."

  "Hmph... Good calculation! But also ask if the knife in my hand agrees." Gan Ning's eyes flashed with crazy battle intent, his face twisted, and he had never suffered such a great loss before. Seeing Zhang Wu and Chen Sun coming, he immediately swung the 'Purple Whale Breaking Wave Knife' and led the 800 Jin Fan to charge forward.

  Liu Xuan, who was standing beside him, saw this and his eyes sparkled slightly. At this point, he had no choice but to fight. Liu Xuan's mind suddenly lit up, and he hastily approached Liu Bei's side, whispering something in his ear. After listening, Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

  Liu Bei rode his horse to the front, drew the "Peerless Double-Edged Sword" from his waist and shouted loudly at the face of the Shu soldiers: "Brothers, now is the time when our army's life or death hangs in the balance. Either we die or the enemy dies!"

  Liu Bei vowed to live and die with the officers, wielding the majestic double-edged sword, his eyes shining brightly, firm and resolute!

  "At this moment, we don't draw our swords. When should we draw them? Soldiers, on a narrow road, the brave will win! Charge!"

  ………

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