Liu Bei's troops are running out.

Originally, Liu Bei still had 60,000 or 70,000 people in Xuzhou.

However, after a battle with Yuan Shao, Liu Bei sent troops and horses stationed in various parts of Xuzhou were all broken by Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei's heavily guarded Xiapi was completely defeated after 30,000 people were lost, which made Liu Bei completely into a stalemate.

Sixty or seventy thousand horses, at this time there are only less than 40,000 left, and now in the entire Xuzhou, Liu Bei only has 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Tian Yu and Jian Yong, and more than 10,000 men and horses in Lingbi to guard against Tai Shici.

and the temporary conscription in Xuzhou City, and Guan Yu brought back these remnants, these horses, combined, are less than 40,000 people.

However, Liu Zheng sent more than 60,000 troops to attack Xuzhou this time.

Zang Ba, the 20,000 people in charge of Hai.

The main force of 20,000 Wenpin.

and the headquarters of Tai Shici, who is in the Huainan area and is trying to come to Xuzhou.

There are also the five thousand elite trap camps and brocade guards brought by Liu Zheng himself.

These horses, even if they are placed on the frontal battlefield, Liu Bei can't take any advantage, not to mention, Liu Bei is now at an extreme disadvantage.

The surrounding territory has been lost, and only Xiaopei and Xuzhou are still holding on.

Not to mention that there is also a Yuan Shao eyeing him.

"What does Mr. Zhongde mean to give up guarding Xuzhou?"

Cheng Yu nodded and shook his head again.

"The lord is not to give up guarding Xuzhou, but Xuzhou and Yanzhou, we can only hold one place, either send all the troops of Yanzhou into Xuzhou to defend Xuzhou, so that Yanzhou is likely to be defeated by Yuan Shao's men and horses, or send the remaining soldiers and horses in Xuzhou to support Yanzhou, so that Xuzhou will definitely not be able to keep it, but we can gather all our forces to drive away the enemy who attacked Yanzhou."

"Of course, all this depends on the lord's own decision, in the next think we should give up Xuzhou, to protect Yanzhou, Yanzhou is our last hole card, if Yanzhou is lost, even if Xuzhou can be kept to no avail, after all, surrounded by the enemy only one Xuzhou, we can't stop the surrounding enemy, may come at any time attack."

"On the contrary, once we can hold Yanzhou, we can retreat to the Sili area at the worst, and we can also ask for the support of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, presumably the imperial court should have sent soldiers and horses on the road now, if we return to Yanzhou at this moment, we may be able to catch up with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and support Yanzhou together, and when the time comes, Yuan Shao's army, which repelled the attack on Yanzhou, can still gather these soldiers and horses, enter Xuzhou again, and regain the lost territory."

Cheng Yu no longer has any hope for the battlefield in Xuzhou.

Liu Beijun was already at a disadvantage on this battlefield, although there were still 40,000 horses that had not been completely defeated, but if he continued to fight with Liu here, not only would Xuzhou not be able to hold it, but even Yanzhou might be occupied by Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses.

Cheng Yu finished his words, and Guan Yu and Liu Bei on the side both understood.

At this moment, Liu Bei has already understood Cheng Yu's words, he has no idea in his heart, for guarding Xuzhou, Liu Bei knows that he does not have this ability, and what Cheng Yu thinks in his heart is actually not too much, after all, with his current ability, it is too difficult to defend Xuzhou, but retreating to Yanzhou is exactly what he wants to do at present.

It was just right for these words to come out of Cheng Yu's mouth, which made Liu Bei more satisfied, Liu Bei only needed to nod his head and agree, he didn't hesitate anything, but just when he saw Guan Yu present, he asked Guan Yu more.

"Second brother, what did the military advisor say, what do you think?"

Guan Yu didn't have any feelings at the moment, for the battlefield in Xuzhou, especially after the battle with Liu Zheng's elite, Guan Yu knew that he was not Liu Zheng's opponent, and it would not be beneficial for Liu Bei to continue to spend in Xuzhou, so he also said a word after Cheng Yu's words.

"Big brother, I also agree with the words of the military advisor, we can give up Xuzhou, just protect Yanzhou, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are not possible to kill so quickly, we can withdraw from Xuzhou and take the people of Xuzhou away, so that even if Liu Zheng conquers the entire Xuzhou by then, it will only be an empty city."

"What the second brother said is very much in line with my wishes."

"Then the eldest brother will order to go down as soon as possible, immediately withdraw to Yanzhou with the people, and I will go to the battlefield to block Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses for two days, and delay some opportunities for the eldest brother to retreat."

"Okay, then it's hard second brother."

After Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, and Guan Yu negotiated everything in the mansion in Xuzhou, they soon began to implement it, and they were ready to retreat, and Liu Bei and Cheng Yu first took the people of Xuzhou City to evacuate to Xiaopei.

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu and others led 30,000 elite soldiers to block the attack of Liu Zheng's army outside Xuzhou.

After all, these 30,000 troops are the elite troops under Liu Bei, and they are not a small number, Tai Shici fought with other soldiers and horses under Liu Bei in the direction of Lingbi, and he could not support the Xuzhou battlefield in a short time.

Therefore, on the battlefield outside Xuzhou City, Liu Zheng's men only had 20,000 horses and horses, and two days later, Liu Zheng led the army of Zang Ba and Guan Hai to the battlefield outside Xuzhou City, and he had missed the best opportunity.

By the time he came here, Liu Bei had already retreated to Xiaopei with his people, while Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others took the initiative to retreat after realizing that Liu Zheng led the army to Xuzhou, and directly abandoned Xuzhou City, and also led 30,000 soldiers and horses to retreat to Xiaopei.

Liu Zheng was shocked when he heard the news that Liu Bei had actually withdrawn and directly abandoned Xuzhou City.

What surprised Liu Zheng even more was that Liu Bei left as soon as he left, and took away hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire Xuzhou City.

This made Liu Zheng almost vomit blood in anger, and he wanted to immediately lead his soldiers and horses to pursue.

After all, Liu Bei and these residents will definitely not be able to go fast, as long as a small part of the cavalry is sent to take the lead in pursuit, delaying Liu Bei's march, his large army will be able to kill Liu Bei as soon as he arrives.

However, just when Liu Zheng was preparing to pursue Liu Bei, Zhang Min sent him a piece of news, which made Liu Zheng look shocked and almost sat down.

In the end, he had to give up the pursuit of Liu Bei.

Zhang Min has been in the vicinity of Xiapi and has sent many spies to keep a close eye on Yuan Shao in Tan County.

Just when Liu Zheng led his men and horses from Xiapi City to Xuzhou, Yuan Shao, who had not moved much from Tanxian County, finally began to act.

Yuan Shao directly led an army of 20,000 cadres who rushed over from Qingzhou to support, with a total of 40,000 troops, to attack Guangling.

There are 20,000 cavalry in this 40,000 army, and the cavalry is extremely mobile on the battlefield, when this news reached Liu Zheng's ears, Yuan Shao's army had already arrived in Guangling, or it would not be long before Guanglin was directly taken by Yuan Shao's men and horses, blocking the road for Liu Zheng's retreat.

Liu Zheng was shocked when he heard the news, he never expected Yuan Shao to come to such a hand.