Liu Bei looked at the carts of food, and felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

But at such a critical moment, he had to make a decision.

He gritted his teeth and said in great pain: "Abandon all the food and grass, and travel light."

"Also, throw the food on the wooden cart to the ground."

"Try to delay the pursuit of the Tang navy!"

"Yes!" Pang Tong responded and went down to execute Liu Bei's order.

With the rapid efforts of the soldiers, bags of food on the wooden carts were thrown to the ground, blocking the long journey.

"Retreat!" Liu Bei gave an order and took the lead to lead the team to run further south.

In a hurry, he didn't know that more people in the team secretly left and went in the opposite direction.

Not long after, a team of cavalry galloped over.

"Humph!" Ma Chao, who led 3,000 cavalry, reined in his horse.

Looking at the scattered grains with disdain, "Thank goodness you, big-eared thief, are so fast."

"Otherwise I will chop off your head!"

"Get off your horse, collect the grains, load them and take them back to Chengdu!"

Ma Chao issued an order, and the Tanghai cavalry dismounted neatly and took action immediately.

"General, I surrender!"

"Don't shoot arrows!"

There was a shout from the nearby forest, and Ma Chao looked and found some soldiers hiding in it coming out.

"We can help load and transport the grains, please spare our lives, General!"

Plop!

The soldiers who came closer knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to ask.

"We don't want to go south with Liu Bei, we want to stay in Yizhou!"

"Please take us in, General!"

"We have strength and can work!"

"We are not afraid of hardship or fatigue!"

Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, leaned down and helped up the middle-aged man who spoke.

"Don't worry!"

A loud voice rang out in the wilderness.

"Anyone who surrenders will be spared."

"Our Tanghai government has always treated the people very well."

"When we return to Chengdu, you will see it with your own eyes."

"In Chengdu, the people are all distributed with land under the leadership of the Tanghai government."

"Various Tanghai supplies will arrive later."

"You will also live a good life under the leadership of the Tanghai government!"

Ma Chao's words excited the captives who came to surrender voluntarily.

"General, we can help load the car!"

A captive in the crowd shouted first.

Others responded one after another.

"That's great!" Ma Chao replied loudly, "You help the Tanghai soldiers load the car."

"When we return to Chengdu, I will naturally give you a credit!"

Under Ma Chao's words, the captives were excited.

He hurried away to help Tang Hai soldiers load the food scattered on the ground in the wilderness onto wooden carts.

Unlike the previous time when they followed Liu Bei, the captives now worked as hard as if they were fighting for their lives.

They did not spare their strength at all.

Ma Chao led the team to load food, and more and more captives returned from other directions.

Seeing someone surrender, he followed to work.

The new captives suddenly became less restrained.

After telling the purpose of their visit, they quickly joined the working team.

The growing team loaded the carts at a very fast speed.

Under the leadership of Ma Chao, the team that completed the work returned to Chengdu in a mighty manner.

Liu Bei, who was marching south, was extremely tired.

The desperate march for days was about to drain his strength.

Although he could no longer see the Tang Hai pursuers coming behind him, he was still panic-stricken.

But he did not dare to send people back to investigate.

If he sent anyone back, they would definitely disappear.

He fled all the way, with less than two thousand men left by his side.

Most of them were veterans brought from Yuzhou.

Even so, people kept running away.

Liu Bei felt increasingly disappointed.

He suddenly thought of a very bad thing.

Wei Yan must have more troops than him now!

Will he be...

Once the idea was formed in his heart, it could not be stopped from growing.

Pang Tong saw what Liu Bei's puzzled expression was about.

He took the initiative to speak.

"My Lord, I will go to Yongchang City alone."

"Tell Wei Yan to send five thousand soldiers to meet you."

"If he doesn't agree, he will rebel."

"If there is no reply within ten days, you will lead these soldiers and choose a way to go."

"If there is a reply, it means that Wei Yan has not changed."

Liu Bei nodded helplessly, "It can only be so."

"But..."

He stepped forward, took Pang Tong's hand, and clasped his hands tightly.

"But I really feel bad for letting the military advisor take risks."

"If the military advisor sees that things are impossible, he should flee immediately."

"Don't let others harm you when you go."

Pang Tong nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, lord."

"I will definitely complete everything."

"Let the lord lead us again and open up a new world in the south!"

Pang Tong drove away.

Liu Bei waved at the back, waving again and again, until he stood on tiptoe and could not see the lost figure on the horizon, and then he returned to rest with a sense of loss.

A few days later, Pang Tong returned with 5,000 elite soldiers.

Liu Bei was immediately overjoyed.

"Lord! Wen Chang is righteous." Pang Tong turned over and dismounted, came to Liu Bei and said excitedly.

"Without any hesitation, we divided our troops to welcome the lord."

"Moreover, we sent elite soldiers."

"There must be no second thoughts."

Liu Bei was very pleased, "That's great."

"In that case, we will quickly lead the team to Yongchang City."

"Join forces with Wen Chang, break through the city, and make a good correction!"

"Yes!" Pang Tong integrated the army and set off again.

...

Yizhou.

Under the promulgation of Liu Yu's various decrees, the entire Yizhou entered the Tanghai model.

The people deeply felt the goodness of Tanghai and could not leave it anymore.

Various materials were continuously transported from Jingzhou, although the amount of transportation was not large due to the difficult roads.

But it made the people of Yizhou have new expectations for the new life in Tanghai.

Let them deeply feel what a good life should look like.

The Tanghai government carried out large-scale construction.

Various factories were established in various places.

New cities, new houses.

Yizhou is undergoing earth-shaking changes every day.

Especially the establishment of night schools, which allowed the people of Yizhou to learn a lot of new knowledge and experiences.

The horizons were rapidly improved.

In a mansion in Chengdu.

Cao Cao entertained the generals of Tanghai.

After three rounds of wine, the dishes were five flavors.

Cao Cao stood up, picked up the wine cup and said solemnly: "Everyone! Listen to me!"

"My lord rose from humble beginnings and pacified the chaos in the world."

"If there is no lord, I don't know how many people will be kings and how many will be hegemons."

"My lord saved the people and made them live a stable life."

"Even live a good life like Tanghai City."

"It is the work of the common lord of the world!"

"So, I propose here that my lord should no longer be the lord!"

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, the whole hall was silent.

"What do you mean!" Zhang Fei jumped up first, clenched his fist and pretended to hit.

"Yide!" Guan Yu stretched out his hand and pulled hard, "Listen to Meng De."

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