Li Dao and Guo Yan have been attacking the city for ten days, and they have not yet captured this city. Now more than half of their soldiers have been killed and wounded, and their manpower has become overstretched from the previous ease.

Most of Li Dao and Guo Yan's subordinates were foot soldiers, and Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry was the nemesis of the infantry. As soon as the cavalry charged, the formation of the infantry was disorganized. The horse's hooves were trampled on, and they were either killed or injured. Before the foot soldier could engage with the man on horse, he was provoked by the opponent's spear. The disparity in casualties between the two sides is enormous.

The state iron rider has not played his heroism well for so many years. In response to the call of General He Jin to enter Beijing, He Jin died before he arrived in the capital; after that, Dong Zhuo held the emperor hostage, due to the death of Ding Yuan, and the state iron cavalry was unled, and did not catch up with the great battle between the princes and the allies and Dong Zhuo. Now that he finally had the opportunity to establish military exploits in front of the emperor and the new general, everyone was eager to give full play to their abilities, and of course they let go of the fierce attack.

Because it was a siege war, Li Dao and Guo Yan's side did not have an advantage in geography. Unless they can set a trap and annihilate the main force of this cavalry. However, Lu Bu fought this battle with unusual caution, and they wanted to set a trap outside the city to lure the enemy in, but Lu Bu won and left, and did not love to fight. Several times failed to work.

After a series of hard battles, seeing that victory was hopeless, deserters appeared in the army. As soon as the deserters appeared, there would be a mass exodus. The methods used by Li Dao and Guo Yan to kill and stop escaping could not be effective. The number of troops is decreasing every day.

Wang Yun asked the emperor to issue a conquest order to the princes of all parties, asking the princes of all parties to jointly send troops to recruit Li Dao and Guo Yan.

If it drags on any longer, when all parties gather, if Li Dao and Guo Yan can't take the capital, they will become fish and meat on the board and be slaughtered.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were anxious and didn't bother to modify their descriptions, their beards were unshaven, and the corners of their mouths were blistered, and they didn't have the heroic image of a war horse in peacetime. In desperation, they brought out Jia Xu, who was under house arrest, and asked him to help him think of a way.

Jia Xu is controlled by others, and he doesn't dare to be too big. He bowed his head and said to the two, "For the sake of the present, the only way to do this is to escape." ”

"Escape?" Guo Yan was furious, and wanted to go up and beat Jia Xu, but Li Wei quickly grabbed him.

"Mr. Jia, we call you 'sir', and we naturally trust you. If there is something that is not considerate enough to Mr., please ask Mr. Haihan to apologize to you after this battle. Now our army is in danger, if Mr. does not help, and when we are defeated and captured, the emperor finds out that it was you who came up with the idea to let us kill back to the capital, of course, we will not die well, and Mr. may have no place in this world. ”

Li Dao is quite sensible, and he has affection for Jia Xu and reason.

"I don't know that what the general said is true? It's just that now that the matter has come to an end, there is really no other way but to 'escape.'" When I knew that Lu Bu was in charge of the Iron Cavalry and His Majesty had pardoned us, I persuaded the two generals to stop, but you didn't listen to me. At that time, if we had withdrawn in time, we would have gathered in Liangzhou, and His Majesty would not have done anything to us, and he would have been pardoned by His Majesty, and he could have formed an alliance with other princes.

But now that our army has been greatly damaged, His Majesty has shown us to be the common enemy of the world. Everyone wants to take us to ask for merit, and no one will dare to accept us anymore. We can't protect ourselves. While there were still some troops, I advised the two generals to withdraw their troops and flee quickly. Or you can find a glimmer of life, change your name and surname in a few years, and start all over again.

With the martial bravery of the two generals, it is not too difficult to get ahead. If the stalemate continues, it will be a dead end. ”

After Jia Xu finished speaking, he sighed and sat on the side, and poured himself tea.

Guo Yan's eyes were on fire when he saw it, and he wanted to rush up and split him.

Li Wei stopped him and ordered someone to take Jia Xu down.

"What are you stopping me from doing? If it weren't for this old horseman, we would be in the predicament we are in today?" As soon as Jia Xu went out, Guo Yan yelled at Li Wei.

"It doesn't help to kill him. All the soldiers knew that our move was a ploy of his own, and if we killed him at this time, it would only make the morale of the army more chaotic. Let's keep it for now!" Li Wei explained.

Guo Yan stared at the cowbell and thought about it, so he asked sullenly, "Then what do you say now?"

Li Wei pondered for a long time, and said dejectedly: "Jia Xu is right, we have to escape." ”

"What!" Guo Yan didn't expect Li Dao to say this, so he stood up in shock, "Where to escape?"

"Let's flee to Liangzhou first! The people there are fierce, and we have a lot of old friends, so they can help us hide our identities for the time being. In the future, let's take a step at a time. Li Wei sat down dejectedly, feeling a teenager all of a sudden.

Guo Yan was silent. It's not that he doesn't know in his heart that there is no hope of victory, but he is still unwilling in his heart. Just a little bit, he will be able to rule the world and create the foundation of all things!

Lu Bu went out of the city that morning to shout for battle, and found that the garrison of Li Dao and Guo Yan's army was silent. Anyone sent to spy and found that their camp was empty. According to the things left behind and the stove fire, it was found that they had abandoned a heavy belongings, brought only food and light weapons, and after a meal yesterday evening, they all withdrew their troops not long after.

Lu Bu was overjoyed in his heart. They have been beaten around for this time, and now they can finally beat the water dog once.

Lu Bu followed the traces they left behind and chased all the way, chasing very quickly. He judged that they had really escaped this time, so he was not afraid that they would set a trap in front of them. Because he knew the terrain along the way, it was difficult to set traps, and he didn't give them a chance to breathe.

Li Dao and Guo Yan led the army to escape all the way, and there were fierce generals like Lu Bu chasing them, losing their armor all the way, so they didn't wolf bèi!

Later, Lu Bu felt that it was not a war at all, but picking up things to play. Pick up some baggage and other items today, and pick up a squad of soldiers tomorrow......

The direction in which Li Dao and Guo Yan fled was Liangzhou, which was next to each other and a little farther away than Bingzhou. Lu Bu has the imperial order again, and he is no longer the stigmatized Lu Bu before. So he didn't have to be afraid of any army rushing out to intercept and kill. In this case, if you oppose Lu Bu, you will be a traitor to the Han Dynasty and will become the target of public criticism.

On the fourth day, Lü Bu captured Li Dao and Guo Yan smoothly.

The two men described themselves as emaciated and covered in wounds, with a man next to them. As soon as the two were tied up by five flowers, they were brought to Lu Bu.

"The general spares his life!"

"Do you remember the comradeship of the comrades who fought together at the beginning? Please spare us once!"

Li Dao and Guo Yan begged for mercy together.

"Comradeship? I am fighting for His Majesty, and you are fighting for Dong Zhuo's old thief, what comradeship do I have with you?" Lu Bu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Li Dao and Guo Yan wanted to say something more, but they remembered the recent rumors that Lu Bu had infiltrated Dong Zhuo's door and endured humiliation and waited for an opportunity to kill him to avenge Ding Yuan, and they were all speechless. If Lu Bu didn't go all the way with them from the beginning, it really wouldn't be a comrade.

"General, the two of us were supposed to return to our hometown after being amnestied by His Majesty, but we were stopped by Jia Xu and insisted that we come to the lord, no, it was Dong Zhuo who avenged us, and we are like this. We didn't want to fight you, it was all his idea!" Li Wei confessed to Jia Xu in a hurry, hoping to get a glimmer of life.

Guo Yan nodded as if a chicken pecked at the rice.

"Who is Jia Xu?" asked Lu Bu with a frown.

"It's him!" Li Dao and Guo Yan both straightened their chins and pointed to the person next to them who had been escorted by Li Dao and Guo Yan's subordinates before.

"He's not looking good," Lu Bu squinted, looking at Jia Xu disapprovingly, with a scrutinizing look.

The people around him were speechless for a while.

"Take them all and go back to Beijing. Lu Bu's heart is like an arrow, "Lao Tzu is waiting to go back and get married, give me some money!"

"Yes, General!" Lu Bu's men immediately threw these people into the prisoner car, packed up and followed Lu Bu back to the capital.

When Lu Bu returned to the capital, he dumped these captives to Wang Yun and returned home happily.

Soon, the emperor sentenced Li Dao, Guo Yan and a group of main culprits to be executed. On the eve of the execution, Wang Yun held a celebration banquet in his mansion to reward those who had played a great role in the war. A three-day and three-night flowing water banquet was held at the gate to celebrate the victory with the people.

If the emperor had been older, he would have done it himself, showing his grace. But the emperor was too young, only six years old, and he couldn't preside over the banquet, so he ordered Wang Yun to hold a celebration banquet as the emperor's teacher. After years of war, Wang Yun's top priority was to help the emperor win over his ministers and cultivate cronies. So I took this matter down.

As the greatest hero of this war and the hero who defended the peace of the capital, Lu Bu was naturally the irreplaceable protagonist at the banquet. He originally wanted to take Diao Chan to the banquet with her, so that Diao Chan could enjoy the glory of victory with her, but Diao Chan refused and asked to return to Situ Mansion a few days early.

Lu Bu was unhappy, not knowing why Diao Chan refused. When he sent Diao Chan back to Situ Mansion, Wang Yun saw his unhappiness and asked him what was wrong.

After Lu Bu told Wang Yun truthfully, Wang Yun stroked his beard and asked him with a smile: "In what capacity do you let the cicada stand beside you?"

Lu Bu suddenly understood. Although his marriage with Diao Chan was approved by Wang Yun, the two of them have not officially married after all, and they appeared in front of people together, which is not good for Diao Chan's reputation. Thinking of this, Lu Bu secretly scolded himself for being confused. Really, I didn't even think of this!

Lu Bu hurriedly hugged his fists and apologized to Wang Yun: "I didn't think about this matter, and I ask my father-in-law to forgive me." ”

Wang Yun glanced at him and said slowly: "In the future, before Cicada and you get married, they have been living in their mother's house." Would you like to?", he stroked his beard and squinted at him.

Lu Buleng paused for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Yes! Yes!" A fool would be unwilling! A bride must not be able to live in her husband's house before she gets married! It is auspicious to stay in her mother's house!

Wang Yun nodded with satisfaction, stroking his beautiful hair with a smile and leaving. Finally, I can let the cicadas stay at home for a while longer. Hmph, Lu Bu, you kid wait, I won't let you marry Cicada so easily.