After nightfall, Wang Yun sent two groups of messengers, one in the north and the other in the south of the city, to ask Lü Bu for help, asking him to bring his troops back as soon as possible. The purpose of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's siege of the city was to let the city ask Lü Bu for help, forcing Lü Bu to return to the army to rescue the Jingshi, so they ordered the rangers outside the city not to stop the messengers and let them leave.

Lu Bu's soldiers and horses surrounded the hill where Li Dao's camp was located, and although they had launched several attacks, they were all beaten back by the rolling wood and stones on the mountain without exception.

On this day, Lu Bu led the army to fight at the foot of the mountain as before, and suddenly a sergeant who stayed in the camp came to report: "Qi Wenhou, an emergency messenger from the Beijing division has arrived!" The military Sima asked the general to return to the camp to discuss matters! ”

When Lu Bu heard that an urgent messenger from the Beijing division had arrived, and that no matter how he scolded at the bottom of the mountain, Li Dao would not be able to keep out, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and led his troops back to the camp.

When he walked into the big tent, Jun Sima greeted him and said anxiously: "Wen Hou, the big thing is not good, Wang Situ sent someone to send a letter, saying that Jingshi was besieged by Zhang Fan's two thieves, and asked Wen Hou to return to the army to rescue him quickly." ”

"Where is the messenger?" When Lu Bu heard Jun Sima say this, his brows immediately tightened.

The messenger sent by Wang Yun to deliver the letter soon appeared in the big tent. When Lu Bu saw this person, it was actually the messenger he sent to Jingshi to report the victory, and hurriedly asked: "How is the situation in Jingshi, you can tell me quickly!" ”

The messenger hurriedly replied: "Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, the two thief generals, led tens of thousands of horses to the outside of the capital city. Wang Situ ordered the city gate to be closed to prevent Zhang Fan and the two thieves from rushing into the city; On the one hand, he sent a villain to take advantage of the night to leave the Beijing Division, and came to send a letter to Wen Hou, asking Wen Hou to quickly lead his troops back to the Beijing Division. ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu immediately instructed the military Sima: "Immediately gather all the generals in the army and go to the big tent to discuss matters." ”

After all the generals in the camp arrived, Lü Bu told the generals about Zhang Fan and his troops to Beijing, and then announced: "Wang Situ said in his letter that the situation in Beijing was critical, and he ordered me to immediately lead my troops back to Beijing. The generals will go back to clean up, and after an hour, we will pull out the camp and return to Beijing. ”

After listening to Lu Bu's arrangement, Zhang Liao hurriedly stood up and said: "Wenhou, now that Li Dao's headquarters on the mountain are already turtles in the urn, as long as our army watches for a few more days, they will be chaotic due to lack of food, and then we will be able to go down with one drum." If the troops were withdrawn at this time, would not all the work done was wasted? ”

Lu Bu didn't listen to Zhang Liao's statement at all, and he said with some displeasure: "Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's soldiers and horses have already arrived outside the Jingshi City, if we don't rush back to rescue, there will be a danger that the city will be broken." ”

Zhang Liao waited for Lu Bu to finish speaking, and continued to persuade him: "Wenhou, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou have been running for a long time, and they have never carried any siege equipment at all, plus there are 100,000 troops in Beijing, and there are veterans like Huangfu Song, if they want to break through the city, it is simply impossible." ”

"Jingshi is in danger, and we can't see death without help." Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lu Bu stubbornly said: "Jun Sima, pass on my general's order, and the whole army immediately packed up and prepared to return to Beijing." ”

"Wen Hou, please give the last general 5,000 men." Seeing that it was a foregone conclusion that Lu Bu would lead the army to return to Beijing, Zhang Liao could only retreat and seek the second: "If Li Dao sees that our army is withdrawn, he will inevitably go out of the camp to chase and kill." The last general was willing to lead Song Xian and Hou Cheng to stay in the camp and bluff, so that Li Wei mistakenly thought that Wen Hou was still in the army and did not dare to act rashly. In this way, Wen Hou could lead the army back to Beijing safely and defeat the two thieves of Zhang Fan who were stationed under the city. ”

When Jun Sima heard Zhang Liao say this, he also persuaded Lu Bu: "Wenhou, what Captain Zhang Qidu said is very true, we will leave 5,000 soldiers and horses here, bluff, and still go to the foot of the mountain every day to challenge, so that Li Dao can't figure out the reality of our army, and he doesn't dare to leave the village easily......"

Who knew that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Bu. Lu Bu said disapprerovingly: "I have a Fang Tian painting halberd to dominate the world, if our army retreats, Li Dao obediently stays in the camp, and he can save his life." If he does not know whether he is alive or dead, and dares to lead his troops to chase after him, I will kill him with a horse pistol and kill him without a piece of armor left. ”

Due to Lü Bu's insistence, the army left after two hours, turning around and marching in the direction of the Beijing Division.

Li Dao, who was in the village on the mountain, heard the report from his subordinates that Lu Bu's army had left the camp, so he hurriedly took Jia Xu to the watchtower in the camp and walked towards the army that was slowly leaving down the mountain.

Li Wei looked at the army that was gradually moving away, and he asked Jia Xu with some puzzlement: "Military advisor, tell me, why did Lu Bu suddenly withdraw his troops?" Could it be that he had set up some kind of plan that could not be achieved? ”

When he first heard the news of Lu Bu's withdrawal, Jia Xu also felt very surprised, but now that he had figured it out, he said with a smile: "General, if Jia Mou is not wrong, it must be that the two generals Zhang Ji and Fan Chou arrived outside the city of Beijing, Wang Yun was panicked for a while, and sent someone to send a letter to Lu Bu to send him back to Beijing to help." ”

Li Dao didn't listen to Jia Xu's plan a few days ago, and insisted on chasing Lu Bu, but he was ambushed and lost not to mention the general, and his favorite nephew Li Bei was folded in. Now that he has been bitten by a snake for ten years, he is afraid of the well rope, and when he heard Jia Xu say this, he asked with palpitations: "Military advisor, are you sure it is not a trap set by Lu Bu." ”

Jia Xu laughed and said: "The general is too worried, Lu Bu is a brave and unscrupulous person, although he was lucky to beat us by one or two battles, but as soon as he heard that the Beijing division was in trouble, he hurriedly pulled out the camp and left." As long as we send troops in pursuit, we will definitely win a great victory. ”

Jia Xu's words made Li Wei's heart pound, and just when he was about to make up his mind, a soldier suddenly came to report: "General Qiqi, General Guo took a dozen horsemen to ask for a meeting outside the village." ”

Hearing that Guo Yan was coming, Li Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and invite General Guo into the stockade." ”

Li Dao and Jia Xu got off the watchtower and went to greet Guo Yan outside the gate of the village. Seeing Guo Yan, who was disheveled and embarrassed, Li Wei couldn't help but pause for a moment. He stepped forward to hold the other party's hand and asked with concern, "Why are you so embarrassed?" ”

"Well, don't mention it." Guo Yan said with a sad face, "Since Zhang Liao broke through the camp of our army a few days ago, I took more than a dozen subordinates to eat and sleep in the nearby mountains and forests. I was going to come to join you, but I found that Lu Bu's army was camped at the foot of the mountain. Finally, when Lu Bu's soldiers and horses left today, we could have a chance to come here. ”

Jia Xu couldn't help but light up when he saw Guo Yan's appearance, he was worried that Li Wei would lead his troops to pursue Lu Bu alone, which was a bit too risky. Now that he has come to Guo Yan, he has a good way to defeat Lu Bu. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to the two: "Two generals, this is not the place to speak, please go to the big tent, Jia has a plan, you can break Lu Bu and avenge General Guo." ”