Liu Bei was burned by Lu Xun's military camp and had no choice but to retreat. He was not defeated by Lu Xun's battlefield. After appeasement, the morale of the army had settled down.

The defeated troops encountered along the way were gathered by Liu Bei and reorganized under the command of each general, with nearly 10,000 troops already.

He set up camps in Ma'anshan, so he naturally wanted to stabilize his position first, wait for the troops and horses of the battalions to come and meet, and then fight to the death with Lu Xun again.

When Lu Xun led 30,000 troops to surround the mountain, Liu Bei was not panicked.

He watched Lu Xun dispatch troops everywhere, unmoved, but just dispatched people to guard the intersections of the mountain.

Liu Bei has seen many such scenes.

Liu Bei spent almost in failure in the first half of his life. Every war was a situation where there were few people fighting against the masses, and even the Battle of Hanzhong was no exception.

The soldiers trapped on the mountain were originally a little flustered and restless, but when they saw His Majesty the Emperor calm and composed, they all calmed down.

Liu Bei chose Ma'anshan as a gathering place because it is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also has convenient transportation and is well-connected. The remaining soldiers and horses from each battalion can come quickly after getting the news.

Moreover, it is not difficult to retreat here. You can reach the riverside by less than ten miles down the mountain. You can either enter the river by land or take a boat to go upstream.

The most important thing is that Wu Ban's water camp still has more than 10,000 elite soldiers, only more than ten miles away, so he can come to protect him.

Lu Xun surrounded the mountain and made such a big noise, Wu Ban will get news soon and will definitely come to meet.

Lu Xun did not rush to attack the mountain, but intercepted the defeated soldiers who came to meet around him.

After waiting for a day, Liu Bei did not wait for Wu Ban to come and meet.

Liu Bei knew the ability of the Jiangdong Army in the waters. He suspected that Wu Ban had been defeated by the Jiangdong Navy, and he was not calm.

Liu Bei couldn't sleep at night, and Wu Ban sent someone to sneak up the mountain at night to send an urgent letter, which brought good news to Liu Bei.

Wu Ban knew that the water battle was not the opponent of the Jiangdong Army, so he gathered all the troops in the riverside water camp and fought with Zhu Ran's water army. He was just unable to escape for the time being and did not suffer any major losses.

The letter also informed that the horse camp led by Chen Dao was burned by several major families and Lu Xun. The horses were either killed or injured in the fire, but most of the soldiers were left. Chen Dao led his troops to retreat on foot to the water camp.

But there is also bad news, because Zhu Ran came too suddenly, and the thousands of troops stationed in Jiangbei were too late to return, and they were separated from Zhu Ran and most of them had been wiped out of contact.

Knowing that Wu Ban's naval army still existed and Chen Dao's cavalry was not wiped out, Liu Bei felt a little relieved.

With these cavalrymen from Chen Dao, as long as they return to Baidi City, they can re-equipped war horses.

The combat effectiveness of thousands of cavalrymen is not difficult to defeat Lu Xun’s tens of thousands of infantry troops, but it can protect Baidi City without any worries.

The next morning, Liu Bei was in a good mood and personally inspected the military camp and climbed up to look around. He suddenly saw the flags of Zhang Nan and Feng Xi.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and quickly summoned Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Fu Tong and others to discuss, wanting to send troops to kill him down the mountain and to help them up the mountain.

Who knew that in just one cup of tea, Liu Bei had not even decided to send someone down the mountain to support him. Zhang Nan and Feng Xi's army had already collapsed, and the two were besieged and killed by Jiangdong generals.

Liu Bei felt very sad inside. Looking at the fires everywhere, the dead bodies overlapped. Such a tragic scene was shocking, and Liu Bei felt regretful.

Early in the morning of the third day, Lu Xun had eliminated the enemies around him and increased his efforts to attack the mountain.

Although the Jiangdong Army was so powerful, Zhang Bao and Fu Tong personally led the troops to guard the mountain pass.

Lu Xun lost thousands of troops, but he was unable to break through the mountain pass.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Xun had no intention of withdrawing the troops and ordered the mountains to be set on fire.

Not long after, the wildfires began to spread, and Liu Bei's soldiers were smoky and could not hold back. They began to run around and flee in all directions.

Liu Bei couldn't hold back his anger and began to gather his horses.

Since his retreat, Guan Xing has been following Liu Bei to protect his safety.

Seeing the crisis, Guan Xing also thought that he had to break through and asked:

"The fire is approaching, and it cannot be stopped for a long time. Your Majesty can go down the mountain and retreat to Baidi City, and then pack up the army and fight against Lu Xun again."

Liu Bei had a desire to retreat, but if no one had occupied Yamaguchi and Lu Xun's men followed him, he would not be able to retreat.

Originally, dozens of generals under Liu Bei were stationed in different camps, but because they were stationed in separate camps, they were now attacked by Lu Xun, and life and death were difficult to tell.

There are only a few people around Liu Bei, including Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Fu Tong, Zhao Rong. The left-behind generals are naturally Zhang Bao, who is the bravest of the three armies, and Guan Xing is the most suitable one.

But because of the sworn brothers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, they were dead, and they were both eldest sons in the family and needed support. Liu Bei did not want them to have an accident.

Zhao Rong was a civil servant, had poor martial arts skills, and was older, so he would probably be broken through by Lu Xun soon after.

Liu Bei only wanted Fu Tong, but he was afraid that Fu Tong would be too concerned and didn't want to directly specify it, so he looked at Fu Tong and asked:

"Who dares to stay and cut off the rear?"

Fu Tong knew in his heart that he, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, were his old colleagues, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing were both his children and nephews, so he could only stand up and answered loudly:

"Zhang Bao, Guan Xing can guarantee Your Majesty's journey quickly. I am willing to die!"

Liu Bei gathered his army, and there were more than 3,000 people. Zhang Bao and Guan Xing each led 1,000 people. Zhao Rong had only more than 100 people left and were incorporated into Liu Bei's guards.

The remaining less than a thousand people were mostly Fu Tong's subordinates, and a small number were the remaining soldiers gathered along the way, and were left to cut off the rear.

As night fell, Liu Bei's assignment was settled, Guan Xing was in front, Liu Bei was in the middle, and Zhang Bao was behind, and he rushed down the mountain and headed towards the riverside.

When the Jiangdong Army saw that Liu Bei was defeated and fled, all the generals wanted to compete for merit, and each led a large army to cover the sky and the earth, and chased westward.

Fortunately, Fu Tong refused to stop the important road, so the soldiers and horses could only take a detour. When they walked on the main road, Liu Bei had already gone far.

While running, suddenly there was a loud shout in front of him. Wu general Zhu Ran led an army from the bank of the river to intercept Liu Bei's army's way.

When Liu Bei replied, Lu Xun's pursuers gradually became tighter. It was almost impossible to break away from Zhu Ran's formation of thousands of troops in front, and he was sighed:

"I've died here!"

As Liu Bei's general guard, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were naturally unwilling to be captured. The two took turns to lead the troops forward to attack Zhu Ran's military formation.

In terms of martial arts, Zhu Ran is naturally not the enemy of Zhang Bao or Guan Xing.

But Zhu Ran was not a brave man. His purpose was to intercept Liu Bei and he did not need to kill the generals and make contributions, so he did not mean to fight against Liu Bei.

Seeing Zhang Bao, Guan Xing rushed forward and did not fight, but ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows.
Chapter completed!