In Luocheng.


    When Liu Bei raised the bill for discussion, Jian Yong reported: "Yuan Xi sent troops to burn the wild valleys around Luocheng, driving all the people in Zitong, Brazil to the west of Fushui. Liu Zhang on the West Bank is sending sergeants to dig ditches and ditches. It seems that he intends to avoid the war."


    Xu Shu said in surprise, "if so, our army is in danger!"


    Liu Bei sighed and cried, "it is my sin that so many people are displaced because I am alone!"


    Jian Yong said, "Lord, it''s clear that the traitor Yuan Xi was cruel and merciless and hurt the Brazilian people. What does it have to do with Lord? Lord, don''t sin yourself for others."


    Liu Bei just closed his tears and said, "Yuan Xi''s move shows that he is not the master of benevolence and virtue. I think the people in all the central plains are bullied and forced by Yuan Xi with violence. How can we not break people''s hearts? I must defeat the national thieves, save all the people from water and fire, and uphold the great righteousness in the world!"


    Xu Shu, Jian Yong, Zhao Yun and others worshipped together and said, "may the Lord serve the public to die."


    Liu Bei quickly picked up the crowd and asked Ji Xushu, "Luocheng has become an isolated city. Wild Valley has been burned and the army is useless; Liu Zhang sticks to the west of Fushui, and it is difficult for our army to cross the river and break through. What should we do?"


    Xu Shu said: "I guess Yuan Xi will go to save Fushui pass and Jiameng pass after burning the wild Valley and cutting off the hope of our army, in order to connect with Hanzhong. As long as he recapture these two pass cities, Yuan Xi can get a steady stream of support from Hanzhong, Yongliang and Sizhou, and can be invincible."


    Although Luocheng had not received any further information from Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu believed that Zhuge Liang would surely win Jiameng pass and Fushui pass.


    This is full trust in Zhuge Liang''s ability.


    Liu Bei frowned and said, "there are only 10000 soldiers at most between Kong Ming and his third brother. There are 50000 soldiers in Yuan Xi. If you block the military division at Fushui pass and order the yuan army reinforced in Hanzhong to attack back and forth, Kong Ming is afraid to be alone."


    Wei Yan said, "since Luocheng is already an isolated city, it''s better to abandon it and raise a large army to pursue yuan Jun and support Zhuge''s military division! At that time, there will be a decisive battle under the pass city. With the courage of our military generals and the counsel of our military division, we will win."


    Liu Bei and Xu Shu paid more attention to Wei Yan''s opinions.


    Wei Yan''s surprise attack on Mianzhu was rejected by the two for stability.


    In terms of results, the result of seeking stability is to sit in an isolated city and fall into strategic passivity; On the contrary, it''s better to take a risk at that time. Maybe we can make a living.


    Wei Yan also had an opinion on this. He once said to his own soldiers in private, "if you had listened to me earlier, why is this?". However, Liu Bei still has tolerance, and Quan should not have heard.


    Xu Shu sent people to inquire about the movement of Yuan Jun''s camp. Is there any sign of pulling out?


    Three waves of the reconnaissance riding in a row indicated that Yuan Jun''s camp was full of the flags and showed no sign of the leaving.


    Xu Shu personally went out of the city, sneaked into yuan Jun''s camp for several miles, climbed high and looked into the distance. He didn''t return until a long time later.


    After coming back, Xu Shu said to Liu Bei, "Lord, you can do your best to abandon Luocheng and pursue yuan Jun from the policy of Wei Wenchang!"


    Liu Bei wondered, "but there was no movement in Yuan Jun camp."


    Xu Shu said, "if it is empty, it is real. If it is true, it is empty. Yuan Xi has led a large army to attack Kong Ming. He is worried that our army will notice, so he set up a false flag in the camp and pretends that the main force is still there. I see that there must be no one in the camp if birds fly down and don''t rise suddenly. This is Yuan Xi''s plan of suspicious soldiers. Don''t lose it if you attack quickly!"


    Liu Bei nodded and thanked, "if it weren''t for the military division, I would have almost been caught in Yuan Xi''s trick!"


    So he ordered to go down, open the gate, abandon 30000 troops and horses, and go north to catch up with Yuan Xi and cooperate with Zhuge Liang''s reinforcements to fight a decisive battle.


    ……


    After Han Xu received the message from Raven Messenger, he immediately wrote back and said he understood.


    Subsequently, Han Xu did not continue to lead the army forward, but led the troops to garrison in Zhixian County, waiting for Bai Xiaowen''s next instructions. This kind of remote command can only rely on the efficient transmission of Raven Messenger, so as not to delay the fighter.


    Zhuge Liang set up an ambush in the ruins of fushuiguan. For several days, he did not see yuan Bing from Hanzhong.


    On that night, Zhuge Liang watched the stars at night and suddenly said, "why did your Lord abandon Luocheng?"


    Huang Yueying was also surprised.


    Zhang Fei said, "elder brother, can''t you wait long to join our army?"


    Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "the three generals underestimated Yuan Xi. Now Yuan Xi has 50000 elite soldiers in Xichuan. If the Lord wants to join our army, he is bound to pass him."


    Huang Yueying said, "I''m afraid the Lord won Yuan Xi''s plan to lure the enemy, so he gave up the city."


    Zhuge Liang said, "I''m afraid not only. Yuan Xi should have used other means to force the Lord to give up Luocheng. Otherwise, with Xu Yuanzhi''s talent, he won''t easily abandon the city. I just watched the celestial phenomena. The gang star is in the west, and Taibai is in the Division between Guanghan and Han. The Lord''s general is full of evil and less good. I''m very worried about the Lord''s fall here."


    As soon as Zhang Fei heard this, he was more anxious: "the military division is wasting time here. It''s better to go back to the army to meet the eldest brother! Join the army and fight with Yuan Xi again."


    Zhuge Liang sighed, "I wanted to set up an ambush here to choke the throat of Hanzhong and free up strategic space for the Lord. But now it seems that my plan has been seen through by the enemy. Now, I have to give up Xichuan."


    "What?" Zhang Fei stared.


    Zhuge Liang said: "Now I am in a dilemma. If you stay here, your majesty will inevitably be in danger; if you go to save your majesty, the yuan army in Hanzhong will be able to move unimpeded and enter Xichuan. No matter how elite our army is, it can''t rely on the strength of half a state to resist the yuan army reinforcements in Hanzhong, Yongliang and Sizhou. Fortunately, Bajun and the 56 subsequent passes have surrendered to our army and can retreat to Xichuan after saving your majesty Jingzhou. "


    Huang Yueying whispered, "husband, the remaining five counties in Jingzhou have secretly promised the sun family?"


    Zhuge Liang said, "in my agreement with the sun family, they have to break Hefei first to get the remaining five counties in Jingzhou. The yuan army in Hefei is heavily concentrated, there are many powerful generals, and there are people with lofty plans to coordinate the overall situation. I expect the sun family will be difficult to conquer. Even if they can conquer, our army can stay in Jingzhou for a while. Now Yuan Xi is powerful, and Sun Wu will not force Jingzhou."


    Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang sighed: "the general trend is so, you can''t force it."


    Huang Yueying said, "my husband, I have a plan: I can set up a false flag here and drive the eight trigrams array with mechanism animals; my husband will have another fog. Yuan Jun in Hanzhong, seeing that my flag is still there, must balk and dare not come near; even if he finds that the camp is empty, he will experience the obstruction of the eight trigrams array and the fog."


    Zhuge Liang sighed, "this plan can only be kept for a while. Yuan Jun should have the technique of quickly transmitting information. Once it is confirmed that our army is not in ambush here, how can we stop tens of thousands of troops with the Bagua array? But now there is no other way."