Just as Han Zhan was leading his troops eastward, Gongsun Zhan's army was also continuing to move south. Although there were officials appointed by Yuan Shao along the way, they were desperately resisting the attack of Gongsun's army, but it was only delaying their advance.

Fuliucheng may be the place where Gongsun Chan has resisted most resolutely since he went south. When Gongsun Zhan was approaching the city, he sent envoys into the city in an attempt to persuade Fuliu County to surrender. Who knew that Fuliu Ling tore the book and beheaded the envoy, and ordered the messenger to bring back the head of the envoy, and said conclusively: "Fuliu has a soldier and a pawn, and he will never surrender." ”

In order to show his determination to defend the city, Fuliu ordered people to pile firewood around the county office, and also locked all his family members in the county office, in order to show his determination to live and die with Fuliu.

A loyal family member couldn't bear to watch the county commander's family suffer, so he took the youngest son born to his favorite concubine to pretend to be a refugee, trying to sneak out of the city and leave a root for him. Who knew that he knew about this, and immediately ordered someone to arrest the family and kill him on the street. Ignoring the bitter pleading of the concubine, he broke his son's legs with his own hands.

There were only 1,000 soldiers in the city, and when they saw Gongsun Zhan's tens of thousands of troops outside the city, they were originally a little shocked, but after seeing what Fuliu Ling did, their morale was greatly boosted. Determined to fight against the water, swear to defend Fuliu and defend his homeland.

The people in the city were also greatly moved when they saw that the county order was willing to live and die with the city, and they went to the city wall to help in the battle. Some even demolished their houses to replenish the rolling wood and stones on the city's head.

Gongsun Chan thought that Fuliu was just a small city, and the defenders in it were no more than a thousand people, and they could be captured in half a day at most. Who knew that after attacking for three days in a row, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses were lost under the city, and they still did not wait to reach the top of the city.

His subordinate Tian Chou persuaded: "My lord, since we can't capture Fuliu, why don't we bypass this place and go straight to the boundary bridge?" ”

"No way!" Hearing Tian Chou say this, Gongsun Chan immediately glared at him and said angrily: "If you don't capture Fuliu City, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." The order goes down and continues to attack the city, and must capture Fuliu City before noon tomorrow. ”

"Lord!" Just as Tian Chou was persuading him, a team leader came back from outside, knelt down on one knee and told Gongsun Zhan: "Lord Qi, Pingyuan County ordered Liu Xuande to lead his two righteous brothers to ask for a meeting outside the tent!" ”

"Xuande is here?!" Hearing that Liu Guanzhang and the others had arrived, Gongsun Zhan was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the team: "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”

Without waiting for the team to get up, Gongsun Chan changed his mind again: "Forget it, I'll go out to meet him in person." With that, he walked out. Tian Chou hurriedly followed.

The two came to the tent and saw Liu Bei, who was dressed in military uniform, standing outside the tent. Seeing Gongsun Chan come out, Liu Bei hurriedly bowed his hand: "Be prepared to see my brother." ”

"Xuande, hurry up and excuse me!" Gongsun Chan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, and greeted him warmly: "You saddle your horse all the way, go to the tent to rest first." After saying this, he glanced at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were standing behind Liu Bei, and said politely, "The two virtuous brothers are also invited to join in." ”

When they returned to the tent, Gongsun Zhan arranged for Liu Bei to sit on his lower right, while Guan Zhang and the others had no seats, so one could only stand behind Liu Bei with a knife and a spear.

Liu Bei arched his hand towards Gongsun Zan and asked, "I heard that my brother was blocked in Fuliu, so I specially brought troops to help." ”

Gongsun Chan asked with a smile, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the virtuous brother has brought?" ”

Liu Bei stretched out a finger: "A thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Hearing that Liu Bei had only brought a thousand people, Gongsun Zhan's smile froze on his face, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Xuande, I will ask Tian Chou to choose another place for you to garrison." You must be tired after walking on the road for a few days, so go and rest first. As he spoke, he was going to send off the guests.

Liu Bei hurriedly stood up from his seat, arched his hand towards Gongsun Zan again, and said, "Brother and slow." Bei just went to Fuliu City with his two righteous brothers to check the terrain, and felt that it would only take an hour to break the city......"

When Gongsun Chan knew that Liu Bei only brought 1,000 people, he secretly disliked it in his heart, so he wanted to send him away as soon as possible. But after listening to what he said, he suddenly became interested: "Xuande, you have a plan to break the city, tell it to your brother!" ”

"There are only 1,000 soldiers in Fuliu City, and after three days of fierce fighting, there will be heavy casualties." Liu Bei said confidently: "The rest are just some people in the city who help in the war, and they have no combat effectiveness. As long as we divide our forces in two places and attack at the same time, the defenders of the city will inevitably be difficult to take care of, and it will be easy to break the city. ”

Although Gongsun Zhan felt that Liu Bei's strategy was feasible, he couldn't help but feel a little painful when he thought that his soldiers and horses would have to suffer countless losses. Just as he was thinking about how to fool Liu Bei into asking Ying to go to war, Liu Bei had already preemptively said: "If my brother is trustworthy, I am willing to lead the troops and horses of my headquarters to attack the city." ”

"Xuande is willing to lead troops to attack the city?" Gongsun Zan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Liu Bei say this, but on the surface, he still had to pretend to be worried: "Xuande, your kindness is for my brother's heart." However, you have traveled a long way, and you are already sleepy, so you should go back and rest first, and wait for tomorrow. ”

Zhang Fei was an anxious man, and when he heard Gongsun Zhan say this, he hurriedly walked out from behind Liu Bei and said in a loud voice: "General Gongsun, Zhang Fei is willing to lead five hundred soldiers and horses to attack the city, if you can't break the city before dark, please cut off Lao Zhang's head." ”

Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei had already taken the initiative to ask Gongsun Zhan for help, so naturally there was no reason to stand still and not move, so he hurriedly came out from behind Liu Bei, stood beside Zhang Fei, and arched his hand and said: "Guan is willing to send troops to attack the city with the third brother and take Fuliu before dark." ”

Seeing that Liu Guanzhang and the others were willing to lead the troops into battle immediately, Gongsun Zhan also pushed the boat down the river and said: "In this case, Po Fuliu will rely on the three virtuous brothers, and the brother will personally cheer for you." ”

At this moment, Fuliu City has long been at the end of the strong crossbow, and there are only 200 soldiers left in a thousand counties, and they are scattered in the four city gates, and the main force holding the city is the people in the city. Guan Yu and Zhang Feibing divided into two routes, each leading 500 troops, and launched attacks from the north and south respectively.

Guan Yu rushed to the city with his soldiers, first ordered the archers to release arrows at the people who were rising, and after shooting more than a dozen people in a row, the rest of them retreated behind the battlements. Seeing this situation, Guan Yu commanded the soldiers to set up a wooden ladder, and he carried the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and climbed it upward.

After Guan Yu jumped onto the city wall, several county soldiers rushed over with swords and guns, but Guan Yu swept through the thousands of troops with one move, cutting them into two pieces. Don't see the large number of people in the city, but they are all some rabble, seeing that Guan Yu is so brave, no one dares to go up again, let out a shout, and then scatter and flee.

Guan Yu ordered people to open the city gate, and Tian Chou, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, commanded the army to rush in and rushed along the street to the county office. At the same time, Zhang Fei also led his army to take the north, opened the city gate, and let the cavalry commanded by Yan Gang rush into the city.

Without waiting for Gongsun Zhan's army to reach the county office, the direction of the county government suddenly burst into flames. Guan Yu, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, looked at the direction of the fire in a daze, ordered someone to take a captured county soldier, and asked, "Where did the fire start?" ”

The county soldier hurriedly replied: "If you return to the general, it is the county office." The county order said that he would live and die with Fuliu, so he was full of firewood around the county office, and as soon as the city was broken, he immediately set himself on fire. ”

After listening to the soldiers, Guan Yu looked at the direction of the flames and muttered: "What a loyal man, it's a pity!" ”