"Xu Zhongkang of Pei State is here, who dares to come up and die? If you know what's going on, kneel down and surrender!"

By the Paoshui River, Xu Chu, who had been killed and covered with blood, immediately stood up with his sword and stared at the Paoshui Bridge, which was the only way for Liu Bei's defeated army to return to the city. Liu Bei's soldiers who had luckily escaped across the bridge did not dare to come back to respond.

, Liu Bei's soldiers who had not yet had time to cross the bridge were all frightened. You pushed me and gave in to each other, but no one dared to step forward. However, a group of Xuzhou Army infantry belonging to Zang Ba's team took the opportunity to rush forward and rushed to Xu Chu's side to assist.

Guard the bridge and completely cut off the return route of Liu Bei's defeated troops.

Seeing that the Xuzhou army was about to encircle, one of Liu Bei's soldiers became anxious. In order to regain his way back, he shot Xu Chu with his horse and shot him, shouting, "Idiot, suffer death!"

Xu Chu stood motionless, sneered and refused to dodge. When Naqu saw Xu Chu Tuo, he was secretly happy. He shouted again and stabbed Xu Chu's chest with his spear. Only when the spear reached his chest did Xu Chu suddenly reach out his left hand and grab it.

Naqu pushed the head of the gun forward, and General Naqu felt a huge force hitting him. His hands could not hold the gun, and the jaws were bruised with blood. The end of the gun hit General Naqu's chest. As the blood spattered, the gun shaft actually pierced through.

The chest of Liu Bei's general was protruded from his vest. The general's eyes were wide open in surprise, and with disbelief in his eyes he fell off his horse and died on the spot.

Seeing this scene, Xuzhou's army burst into cheers, and Liu Bei's generals and soldiers were all horrified, scrambling to escape Xu Chu. However, Zhang Fei, who was on the wall of Xiaopei not far away, saw his eyes spitting fire, and raised his spear again.

When he was about to rush down the city wall to fight Xu Chu to the death, Liu Huangshu, a master of battlefield life-saving, quickly grabbed Zhang Fei and said loudly: "Third brother, we must not be reckless. We are outnumbered and we must not act impulsively. Otherwise, we will only die in vain."

"What about the soldiers on the other side of the river?" Zhang Fei pointed at the defeated soldiers of Liu Bei's army who were surrounded by Xuzhou troops on the other side of the river and shouted: "There are at least six to seven hundred soldiers of our army on the other side of the river. If I don't go to meet them, what will happen to them?

manage?"

"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Third brother, you are injured. You are no longer a match for Xu Zhongkang, so you have to be patient." Liu Huangshu said with tears: "As for the soldiers who had no time to withdraw across the river, their fate is life or death. Wealth and honor are here.

God, we can only look at their fate." Zhang Fei stood there for a long time, and finally slammed the snake spear on the city wall. He roared to vent his anger, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Although today's battle was not the worst one that Uncle Liu Huang had lost in his life, it was definitely the most useless battle that he had lost. Four thousand troops came out of the city to fight against the Junzi Army in the field. After taking advantage of the superiority of troops and powerful generals,

, was shot by the Gentleman Army, which had less than a thousand men, and suffered heavy casualties. Guan Yu was seriously injured, and Zhang Fei also suffered a loss. When he was forced to retreat, he was stabbed in the waist by Zang Ba. Only about a thousand of the four thousand main force escaped back to Xiaopei alive.

, the rest were either annihilated or completely surrounded by the Xuzhou army, without even a chance to escape.

After so many years of fighting, this was the first time that the emperor's uncle was defeated by a weak enemy. It was also the first time that he was beaten so miserably when the strength of the troops was basically equal. He finally managed to scrape together the capital for a comeback.

He lost nearly half of his money at once. What frightened Uncle Liu even more was the rapid increase in the comprehensive strength of the Xuzhou army. Not to mention the incomprehensible Junzi Army's tactical skills, the sudden appearance of the fierce generals that the Emperor was proud of.

The second generals Xu Chu and Chen Dao who came out also completely killed Liu Huangshu by surprise. In the melee, countless elite soldiers of Liu Bei's army died under the swords and guns of these two fierce generals. If Liu Huangshu hadn't been holding on with all his strength, I am afraid Zhang was injured.

Fei Ya will die in the hands of these two people!

"I really underestimated Tao Ying. If I had known this, I should have listened to Mi Zifang's suggestion and sent an assassin to kill this treacherous boy!" He sighed quietly with great regret, and Uncle Liu quickly began to think about it, "What will happen next?

What to do? Hold on to Xiaopei and wait for reinforcements? Send people to ask Lu Bu for help? Or send people to ask Tao Ying for peace? Or simply abandon Xiaopei and go to the East China Sea, or go to the north and go to Kong Rong?"

After a hard fight and persuasion, most of Liu Bei's remaining soldiers who were trapped on the south bank of Buoshui laid down their weapons and surrendered. The few who resisted were also killed by Zang Bajun and Junzijun who had the absolute advantage. At this point,

The Junzi Army's long-distance attack on Xiaopei City finally came to an end. The Xuzhou Army ate up nearly half of Liu Bei's troops at a small cost.

The evil spirit also completely established the local advantage of Xiaopei battlefield, which facilitated the Xuzhou army's subsequent siege.

With the results of the battle so brilliant, Junzi Army and Zang Bajun, who were fighting together for the first time, were of course full of joy, and calls for taking Xiaopei immediately came and went. Tao Ying complied with the morale of the army and decided not to withdraw to stay in the county for rest, and ordered

A camp was set up ten miles south of Xiaopei City, and every move of Xiaopei's enemies was monitored on the spot. At the same time, they had to order the slaughter of pigs and sheep to reward the three armies. Naturally, another round of thundering cheers rang out among the Xuzhou army.

When it was getting dark, the camp was set up, and after handing over the vigil task to the fresh troops coming from Liu County, Tao Ying held a banquet in the commander's tent to reward the generals and celebrate today's victory. During the banquet, Zang Ba and other Langya generals

There is no way to praise the Junzi Army's long-distance attack ability. After a journey of 800 miles, they reached Xiaopei City in less than six days and killed the enemy by surprise. Tao Ying was modest and praised Zang Ba's single-handedness.

He countered the success of Liu and Lu's coalition forces and talked happily with Zang Ba and others. But at this moment, the guards outside the tent suddenly rushed in and reported that Liu Bei had sent Jian Yong as an envoy to see Tao Ying.

"Why did the big-eared thief send an envoy again?" Tao Ji said inexplicably: "Does he want to come to sue for peace again?"

"What else can you do besides shamelessly suing for peace?" Tao Ying sneered, and immediately remembered that Liu Bei had just fought with Lu Bu and then sued for peace because Zhang Fei had seized Lu Bu's horse to start a war. He snorted: "What if?

If my guess is correct, after Jian Yong entered the account, he would definitely explain again and again that the attack on Liuxian the day before yesterday was restricted by the alliance, and that the soldiers who killed me, Xuzhou general, were blind on the battlefield. Now that our army has let out a bad breath, it is also

It’s time to let this big-eared thief live out of past kindness and kindness.”

"He has a good idea!" Tao Ji said angrily: "Have he done many evil things in Xuzhou? In addition to killing our generals and soldiers, what other evil deeds did Brother Mi Zhu have not done by him?

Is the big-eared thief instigating behind the scenes?"

"But we have no evidence." Tao Ying helplessly spread his hands, then turned to Zang Ba next to him and said with a smile: "Brother Xuan Gao, all those who were damaged in the Liuxian battle were your soldiers. Jian Yong came in later and refused Da Er.

I leave it to you to seek peace among the traitors."

Zang Ba laughed knowingly and agreed. Tao Ying also laughed, and then ordered to summon Jian Yong. After Jian Yong entered the tent, he put all the blame for the previous day's Liuxian war on the scrap paper of the Cao-Lv Covenant, and declared again and again.

Liu Bei was forced to send troops due to the restriction of the alliance, and his original intention was to take the opportunity to persuade Lu Bu to retreat. It was only the lack of swords and guns on the battlefield that hurt the lives of Xuzhou soldiers. Now Tao Ying led his troops north and killed Liu Bei several times in one breath.

Soldiers, no matter how much anger they have, they should dissipate. So Liu Bei asked Tao Ying to let this matter go by considering the past kindness and kindness - that is, for the sake of Liu Bei's army rescuing Xuzhou last time.

, from then on the two families became friends again and never violated each other.

It might be okay for Uncle Liu Huang to deceive others with his words, but it would be a dream to deceive Deputy Director Tao - in this world, no one knows better than Deputy Director Tao the sad consequences of getting close to Uncle Liu after falling out with him! But still the same sentence

In other words, Deputy Director Tao is the kind of person who wants to be a bitch and build a memorial arch at the same time. He has indeed received Liu Bei's favor, so he can't say any words of rejection at all. He can only pretend to be tempted by soft words, and Zang Ba also

He stood up obligingly and held on to Zhang Fei's intention to kill Sun Kang. He firmly opposed reconciliation with Liu Bei and even directly said that if Tao Ying agreed to Liu Bei's request for peace, he would lead his army to attack again!

With Zang Ba's cruel words inciting hatred, Deputy Director Tao took the opportunity to escape and asked Jian Yong to convince Zang Ba first. Only when Zang Ba agreed to sue for peace could he consider accepting Liu Bei's sue for peace. Jian Yong had no choice but to ask Zang Ba for the same.

Zang Ba bowed again and begged, but Zang Ba, who had killed his brother Sun Kang, cursed righteously. Not only did he refuse, but he also asked Liu Bei to send Zhang Fei's head to pay homage to Sun Kang's spirit in heaven, and then he could consider accepting Liu Bei's offer.

Sue for peace. Jian Yong had no choice but to return to Xiaopei and report Tao Ying and Zang Ba's answers to Liu Bei.

Of course it was impossible for Liu Bei to give Zhang Fei's head to Zang Ba for peace. In his heart, he cursed Zang Ba for being a thief and a traitor, so Liu Bei had only two choices left. One was to stick to Xiaopei and wait for a turn of events, and the other was to

He gave up Xiaopei and fled overnight, and went to the territory of other princes to continue his deception. After weighing it again and again, because he was reluctant to give up Xiaopei's throat, which had sufficient food and grass and was in a dangerous terrain, and because Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both injured, there was no way to break through.

People want to protect themselves, so Liu Bei finally gritted his teeth and chose the former. He decided to take another gamble and defend Xiaopei Jiancheng to wait for a turn.

Of course, Liu Bei, who had been on the battlefield for many years, did not just passively defend. In order to strive for a turning point as soon as possible, Liu Bei sent Sun Qian, the counselor he had snagged in Xuzhou, and asked Sun Qian to leave the city overnight and go north, carrying a letter asking for help.

In Changyi City, Shanyang County, he went to Lu Bu for help, asking Lu Bu to fulfill the alliance agreement and send troops south to rescue Xiaopei. In order to persuade Lu Bu to send troops, Uncle Liu even made an unprecedented frank statement in a letter, explaining to Lu Bu in detail

Today's disastrous defeat of the own army and the description of the combat characteristics of the Junzi Army made Lu Bu understand the dangers faced by Xiaopei. It also made Lu Bu, who was also good at cavalry warfare, curious and had the idea of ​​​​going south to fight with the Junzi Army.

Xiaopei was only about 250 miles away from Changyi. In order to buy time, Sun Qian worked hard day and night, and arrived in Changyi in just over three days. The key was that there were no stirrups, otherwise the speed would have been much faster.

Fast. Fortunately, in order to annex Xuzhou, the two colluding partners Lu Bu and Chen Gong were also eager to understand the war situation in Xiaopei and the situation in Xuzhou. They summoned Sun Qian that day, buying Liu Huangshu a lot of valuable time.

After the meeting, Sun Qian, who had been advised by Liu Bei, did not hide anything. He answered all the questions asked by Lu Bu and Chen Gong. He spoke in detail. He not only detailed the battle situation in Xiaopei, but also focused on the rogue tactics of the Junzi Army.

It was extremely dangerous. At the same time, he also took the initiative to report to Lu Bu that there were still 60,000 to 70,000 hu of dendrobium in Xiaopei City. As long as Lu Bu sent troops to rescue, he only needed to bring the food consumed along the way. After arriving in Xiaopei City, Liu Bei's army could immediately donate

Lu Bu was given 50,000 hu of military rations as a thank you to Marquis Lu Wen for saving his life - because with Mi Zhu, the richest man in Xuzhou, as his backer, Liu Bei really didn't have to worry too much about food.

After listening to Sun Qian's introduction, Marquis Lu Wen was really tempted, and after talking about the case, he said: "Xuande is my brother. Since he is trapped, I am leading the army south to rescue him. By the way, I asked my Bingzhou cavalry to touch Tao Ying's son. The Gentleman Army, let’s see if Tao Ying Xiaoer’s Gentleman Army cavalry is that powerful.”

"My lord, wait a minute." Chen Gong quickly stopped him, then turned to Sun Qian and said, "Mr. Gongyou is tired from coming far, so please go down and rest first. I will give you an answer to Mr. Xuande after I have discussed it carefully with my lord."

"Marquis Wen, Mr. Gongtai's situation in Pei is extremely critical. Please send troops quickly. It will be too late." Sun Qian begged with a sad face.

"Don't worry, Mr. Gongyou. I'm not trying to persuade my lord not to send troops to rescue Duke Xuande. It's just that our army is now confronting Cao Cao's thieves and fighting on two fronts. We have to discuss it carefully, right?" Chen Gong asked with a smile.

Sun Qian finally felt relieved after hearing this, and then he said goodbye and followed Lu Bujun to the Guanyi to rest. As soon as Sun Qian left, Lu Bu couldn't wait to ask Chen Gong: "Gongtai Bei and Tao Ying have been captured." Our army's clever plan to turn against us and start a war is a God-given opportunity for our army to send troops to Xuzhou to fish in troubled waters. Why did you stop me from sending troops immediately?"

"Lord, the situation has changed. Our army's plan to annex the five counties of Xuzhou must be considered in the long term." Chen Gong frowned and said: "Lord, I made a mistake in my calculations before and underestimated Tao Ying's ability. Judging from the descriptions of Liu Bei and Sun Qian, Tao Ying is by no means as easy to deal with as we expected. Our army hastily sent troops southward, and we are afraid that the disaster will be worse."

"Ha!" Lu Bu laughed loudly and said proudly: "Who am I afraid of on the battlefield? That Tao Ying Xiao'er's Junzi Military District has less than a thousand people. I can defeat them by myself, so why should I be afraid of him?"

"Of course Marquis Wen's martial arts skills are unparalleled in the world, but the fighting method of this gentleman's army is too weird. If Marquis Wen rushes to a decisive battle, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win." Chen Gong warned: "My lord, you are the best cavalry team in the world. General, how often have you seen nearly a thousand cavalrymen able to flee together while turning around and firing arrows? This tactic may seem simple, but in fact it can be varied and difficult to defeat the enemy."

Lu Bu thought the same thing. Although his Bingzhou cavalry was elite, there were only a very few elites who could turn around and fire arrows while running away. However, the Junzi Army could do this with nearly a thousand men. Their bravery was indeed worth it. Be vigilant. But Chen Gong watched his words carefully and took the opportunity to suggest: "My lord, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Now our army only knows a little bit about Tao Ying's army of gentlemen, so it's best not to rush into battle. Otherwise, once we fight with Tao Ying, Ying Xiaoer has been unable to fight for a long time, and Cao's army comes to attack Yanzhou again. Wouldn't our army have to be attacked on both sides? We are in a dilemma?"

Speaking of this, Chen Gong's voice suddenly became cold, and he said Yin Yin: "In view of this situation, in my opinion, it is better for my lord to betray the traitor Liu Bei, and take Sun Qian to Xiaopei and hand him over to Tao Ying, which means that our army will go south to the whole country. It was because Liu Bei instigated and took the opportunity to ask Tao Ying for peace and borrow food. In order to calmly deal with Liu Bei and to use the strength of our army to resist Cao's thieves, Tao Ying must agree. And our army can not only obtain military food to alleviate the urgent need, but also obtain Tao Ying's powerful force. If necessary, we can ask Tao Ying to send troops to Yanzhou to help our army defeat Cao Cao!"

If it had been Boss Cao or Deputy Director Tao, Chen Gong's wicked and evil idea would probably have been adopted. But unfortunately, Marquis Lu Wen was not Boss Cao who would rather teach me to betray the world than teach the world to betray me.

Not to mention Deputy Director Tao Buqun, who would rather teach the world to betray me than teach me to betray the world. So after hearing Chen Gong’s bad idea, which was actually very correct, Lu Bu was not happy and got angry. He slapped the case and said: "Gongtai, Liu Bei and

Our ally is asking me for help now. Even if you don’t agree to send troops, why are you still trying to persuade me to betray Liu Bei? If I use your plan, from now on, who else will dare to join forces with my ally?"

"My lord, these are troubled times. There are only intrigues and no kindness of women." Chen Gong was anxious and said: "My lord, have you forgotten how Han Fu treated Yuan Shao and how Yuan Shao repaid Han Fu? Yuan Shao accepted Han Fu.

Fu has done countless great favors and even captured Han Fu and Jizhou. If Yuan Shao can do this, why can't my lord do it? There is also the matter of Cao Cao's traitor, Lu Boshe..."

"Shut up!" Lu Bu slapped the case again and shouted: "Don't say anything more in the palace. I am Lu Bu, an upright and unparalleled man. I don't even bother to do that kind of robberies! I have made up my mind. I will send troops to help Liu. I will rest in the palace.

You have to persuade me again!”

"Alas, we have another powerful enemy in our army." Chen Gong sighed secretly, but then smiled secretly: "I have also fallen into the devil's way. I abandoned Cao Cao and followed this son. Isn't it because this son is not as treacherous and vicious as Cao Cao's thieves?

Huh? If Marquis Wen uses my tactics, wouldn't he be just like Cao Cao's thief?"

Thinking of this, Chen Gong stopped trying to persuade him. He just raised his hands and said, "Since my lord has made up his mind, I will not try to persuade him anymore. I just want to ask my lord for one thing. When my lord is marching south, please let Chen Gong accompany him. It will be a good thing in case of trouble."

Let’s discuss.”

"That's good, but what about Changyi?" Lu Bu asked in embarrassment.

"Now do you know the difficulty of fighting on two fronts?" Chen Gong muttered in his heart, and then said: "Don't worry, my lord, General Gao Shun has always been prudent in situations, and his camp is only infantry, so it is difficult to fight Tao Ying'er's gentleman army in a decisive battle.

If it comes in handy, the lord can leave Gao Shun to guard Changyi, with Zhang Chao assisting him. Even if Cao's thieves come to attack, they can hold out until the lord leads his army to return for reinforcements."

Lu Bu was very satisfied when he heard this and immediately nodded in agreement. He decided to lead eight thousand troops south to rescue Liu Bei and look for an opportunity to capture Xuzhou. He also asked Chen Gong to make arrangements quickly. Chen Gong agreed and hurried down to prepare for the expedition. But Chen Gong had just left.

However, a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old in pink clothes immediately rushed out from the back hall, opened her arms and rushed into Lu Bu's arms with a sweet fragrance. She hugged Lu Bu and buried her little face in Lu Bu's broad chest.

After the friction, Lu Bu's majestic and majestic face also showed some kindness. He stroked the bun on the girl's head in his arms and said with a smile: "Xiao'er, why are you here?"

"Just now I heard Daddy yelling angrily in the backyard, and Daddy was so angry that he came over to take a look." The girl in pink replied sweetly, and then said: "Daddy, you don't usually need to hoe your breath, okay? Yu'er listens.

The doctor said that anger hurts the liver and is not good for dad's health."

"Okay, okay, daddy promises Yu'er that he will be less angry in the future." Lu Bu agreed with a smile.

"Daddy is so kind." The girl was very excited, and she hugged Lu Bu and said coquettishly: "Daddy, Yu'er just heard that Daddy is going to war again, and Yu'er has no one to accompany him again. Daddy, this time you take Yu'er with you.

Would you like to go on an expedition? Yu'er is so bored at home and wants to go out to see the snow."

"Well..., daddy is going to fight, not go sightseeing. Besides, you are a girl, and you have no eyesight on the battlefield. What if..."

"I'm not afraid. Daddy is the bravest general in the world and will definitely be able to protect Yu'er!" (To be continued...
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