When the scouts sent out by Zhang Kai returned to the valley, they brought back some bad news.
They encountered enemy scouts to the west and south!
After the two sides met, they did not fight, but retreated into the forest at the same time to report back.
After Zhang Kai learned the news, he jumped out of bed.
That's wrong, why are they west and south?
Aren't Cao Cao's troops to the north and east?
Are you surrounded from all sides?
Zhang Kai felt that the development of the situation had lost control!
Damn it, even if you kill Cao Song, you won't be able to escape!
He walked a few steps in the room and ordered: "Get everyone up and go to Fei County!"
The general asked in confusion: "Fei County? Wasn't it just massacred by Cao Cao's army a few days ago?"
Zhang Kai was in a irritable mood and shouted: "Don't ask, leave immediately!"
He wanted to make a bet that Cao Cao's army did go around his back in order to save Cao Song. If he retreated towards Xuzhou, he would be surrounded instead!
The way to survive now is to retreat to Feixian County, betting that Cao Cao's army will not search Feixian County again, so that he can look for opportunities to escape.
In this case, Cao Song cannot be killed now, it is best to keep him as a hostage!
Just when Zhang Kai ordered everyone to leave, Cao De took advantage of the chaos and quietly slipped into the forest on a horse and disappeared into the night.
Seven or eight miles east of Fei County, a long escape team was heading towards the city under the cover of night.
These are the people who fled from the counties of Langya County. After hearing that Cao Cao's army invaded Taishan County and then turned to Qingzhou, this group of refugees fled all the way to the west and wanted to enter Feixian County to escape.
There were several carriages in the team, and there were several people sitting in the largest carriage, including a middle-aged man, two handsome boys of thirteen or fourteen years old, and two beautiful girls of fifteen or sixteen years old.
The middle-aged man was worried and said to one of the young men: "According to my nephew's idea, we first take refuge in Daofei County. When Cao Cao attacks the siege of Hua County, we can take the opportunity to go south, pass through Donghai County to Xiapi County, and then cross the river to Jiujiang.
county?"
This young man's face is like a crown jewel, his lips are like red, his eyebrows are clear and his eyes are bright, and he has everyone's style in every gesture.
Before he could speak, another young man next to him said, "Uncle, I think my brother's move is too risky."
"When we leave Langya to avoid disaster, we should go directly south from the beginning, to Donghai Kingdom, bypass Xiapi, and cross the river south."
"And there are thousands of people fleeing with us. What should we do if someone discovers and exposes their whereabouts?"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded slightly and said, "Actually, Jun'er's words are very much in line with my wishes. I want to go to Feixian County to escape. If there are any remnants of bandits there, it will be difficult for us to escape unscathed."
The young man lowered his head in thought for a while and said, "Uncle, brother, did you expect Cao Cao's army to appear in Yangdu County earlier?"
The middle-aged man and the young man named Jun'er were immediately speechless.
If the young man hadn't noticed something was wrong in advance, they might have all been killed in Yangdu County.
The young man continued: "If we escape from Yangdu and go south directly, we will definitely catch up with him, because this time Cao Jun wants to divide his troops into two groups and attack Yangdu. They will go south from the east and detour to the east of Xiapi.
Our retreat will be blocked."
"The only way to survive at this time is to escape in the direction of Yanzhou and do the opposite to avoid the opponent's army."
"This is also due to helplessness. If there is no other way, would Liang An dare to take risks?"
The two girls on the side also nodded slightly after hearing this.
After hearing this, the middle-aged man sighed: "In that case, just listen to Liang'er's words and quickly rush to Feixian County to take shelter."
The young man named Zhuge Liang cast his gaze into the distance outside the car, hiding the worry on his face.
Man proposes, God disposes.
This trip is already extremely dangerous, almost gambling, but what if there are other forces besides Cao Cao's army?
He doesn't know if God will be on his side this time.
It was already late at night when Yuan Xi received the urgent report from the scouts.
He suppressed his sleepiness, and he and Zhang He woke everyone up and rushed to the valley overnight. When they arrived, it was already dawn.
The villages in the valley were empty of people except for dozens of corpses scattered everywhere.
Zhang He jumped off his horse, carefully observed the tracks and tracks on the ground, and finally walked around the house a few times before coming out and saying, "There are quite a few people on the other side, maybe more than 500 people, and they also brought many large carts."
"According to what the young master said, this is most likely Cao Song's family!"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi began to have a headache again. The number of people seemed to be beyond his expectation.
Along the way, scattered soldiers continued to have diarrhea and fell behind. Of the five hundred soldiers who came here, only three hundred were left with fighting strength.
In normal times, this kind of loss is normal. When many soldiers go into battle, it would be good if they can use half of their strength.
But now that he wants to rescue Cao Song and his party from Zhang Kai, the soldiers may not be enough.
Zhang Kai may not be Zhang He's opponent, but the two sides are engaged in a war of attrition, and his remaining 300 soldiers have to save people. If they are thrown into a trap, the outcome is still unknown.
Moreover, Feixian County is to the north. If the opponent hides in the city and refuses to defend, our cavalry will be useless and our combat strength will be much weaker.
He raised his head and said to Zhang He: "Without further delay, let's get on our horses and speed up to catch up!"
After Zhang He heard this, he quickly ordered everyone to leave the valley and chased north.
Although he traveled all night, Zhang He was not worried about the condition of his soldiers. Although they were often tired, they could take turns resting on the mule cart, so they still had at least their fighting strength.
This method is so useful. In the future, when I lead troops to fight, I must get more mules!
But what surprised Zhang He the most was that under the leadership of Yuan Xi, they actually tracked down Cao Song's family!
At first, when he followed Yuan Xi out of Yecheng, he thought that rescuing Cao Song's family was just a whim of a family member like Yuan Xi.
In the chaos of war, in a place as big as Taishan County, looking for a convoy is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It is estimated that after a few days, Second Master Yuan will go back home in despair.
But Zhang He didn't expect that Yuan Xi had led his team all the way here in the past ten days without any detours, and actually succeeded!
Everyone headed north and saw the dilapidated city wall of Feixian County from a distance.
But what made everyone feel bad was that several plumes of black smoke came out of the city, and screams and shouts of death were heard.
Yuan Xi and Zhang He were both in a daze. Fei County had been massacred long ago, so why were they still fighting?
Zhang He hurriedly sent out spies. Everyone slowed down and rushed to the city gate. Soon, the spies reported back.
"There's a fight in the city. There's an army of hundreds of people. They're arguing with the people inside and are killing people!"
Yuan Xi and Zhang He looked at each other, what is going on?
On the main road in the city, the middle-aged man from before stood on the carriage and said angrily: "You are subordinates of Taozhou Mu, why did you attack the people of Langya in this state?"
"I am Zhuge Xuan of Langya. I was appointed as the prefect of Yuzhang by Yuan Gongzhu (Yuan Shu). I am now on my way to Jiujiang!"
"Yuan Zhoumu and Tao Zhoumu are friends, not enemies, retreat quickly!"
Zhang Kai stood in the distance with a gloomy expression on his face. Why did Zhuge Xuan appear here?
He originally thought of looking for an opportunity in the city to kill Cao Song's family before leaving, but he didn't expect that there were nearly a thousand fleeing people here!
With so many pairs of eyes staring at him, there is no way he can hide it.