On the bank of the Surabaya River, a team of people and horses were rushing in the direction of the lower prime minister on the riverbank, and the one walking in the middle of the queue was Liu Bei, who led 4,000 people and horses, just to relieve the siege of the lower prime minister.

The next minister originally had nearly 2,000 soldiers, and then Zhang Fei went over and brought another 2,000, and the overall calculation was nearly 4,000, if some more people in the city were mobilized, it should be possible to make up a 6,000 people, and even if Ji Ling had many people, it should be difficult to "surround it with ten and attack it with five", how could Zhang Fei not be able to support it so quickly?

What the hell is going on?

Liu Beiguang thought about Zhang Fei's strength, but he didn't take into account Zhang Fei's violent temper.

Zhang Fei arrived at the lower minister, and naturally wanted to call the people and send more money and grain, so the lower minister's scholars quit. For these people, the only advantage of admitting Liu Bei is that Liu Bei's land endowment is low, but in a blink of an eye, Liu Bei's third brother is even more ruthless than before when he asks for money, food, and people, where can he stand this?

What's more, Liu Bei wants to fight against Yuan Shu, and it's not these low-prime scholars who want to fight against Yuan Shu, anyway, don't they all have to pay food and salary, but it's just more and less, isn't it worth resisting desperately......

Another point, isn't there such a bargain as the basic skills of the Chinese people, the subordinate scholar Haoyou naturally thought that Zhang Fei was asking for a price, so naturally he paid back the money on the ground, and then the middleman made the difference, uh, wrong, to discuss a middle price, but I didn't expect that Zhang Fei's violent temper would go straight to it without finishing three sentences!

Suddenly, the next photo is a chicken flying and a dog jumping!

In the end, Zhang Fei got the money and food he wanted, but he also laid the root of the curse. Soon after Ji Ling besieged the city, the sergeant clan of Xiaxiang City, who felt that he had suffered Zhang Fei's great shame, secretly had an affair with Ji Ling, preparing to cooperate with the outside world.

After such a change, Zhang Fei suddenly fell into a predicament in the lower minister, on the one hand, although he blocked Ji Ling's raid, but it was also a heavy loss, and at the same time, Zhang Fei also doubted that the other subordinate people had a second traitor, and this suspicion, Zhang Fei did not know how to hide it, which made the subordinate people more and more uneasy......

Everyone else doubts themselves, who is so stupid and still dedicated to working for others?

So he fell into a vicious circle, the more suspicious he was, the more centrifugal he was, and the more centrifugal he was, the more suspicious he became, and in the end, Zhang Fei was alone and had to ask Liu Bei for help.

Liu Bei really didn't expect Zhang Fei to be so unbearable, he originally thought that he would be able to withstand it for at least a month or so, so that the cold winter would come, and the Ji Ling troops in the field would not be able to retreat even if they did not retreat, and then they could consider whether to pursue or regain lost territory, and now Liu Bei could only adjust his combat strategy......

The battle of the army is often unavoidable by anyone, after all, there are only a few transportation arteries, and the scouts on both sides are cruising in front of the army, and many things cannot be hidden at all.

Just like now, although Ji Ling knew about Liu Bei's arrival first, Liu Bei's scouts also quickly discovered the location of Ji Ling's camp, and Liu Bei was ready to set up camp ten miles away from Ji Ling's camp, and then attack, retreat and defend, just like when he led his soldiers to Xuzhou to rescue Tao Qian.

However, this time, Ji Ling was obviously unwilling to let Liu Bei set up camp so comfortably, and it seemed that he had been prepared for a long time, and led a soldier and horse to wait for Liu Bei to just arrive about ten miles, and then lined up the formation and killed him.

Liu Bei was helpless, under the long-distance journey, if there was a battle, it would inevitably be unfavorable, so he could only avoid the edge first, and then retreat ten miles back to the village......

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In autumn and winter, the water level of the Surabaya River has dropped a lot, and the water flow has slowed down a lot.

Looking into the distance on the other side, you can see Liu Bei's newly established camp, swarthy crouching there, motionless.

Ji Ling deliberately drove Liu Bei away ten miles away, just to let Liu Bei camp in this position. Here Surabaya turns, the flow slows down, and you can swim directly across the river.

It was already night, the stars were twinkling overhead, and the moon was in sight, hanging big and round in the sky. There is silence between heaven and earth, in such a night, a beautiful picture, who would have thought that what followed would be a bloody battle?

Liu Bei's camp Diao Dou torch lights, crackling and burning in the night, it added a little more serene, most of the soldiers were asleep, Liu Bei's soldiers on the guard tower Diao Dou on the guard put their hands together, crookedly wearing a fur hat, but Hege stood south, occasionally walking a few steps, moving his body stiffened by the night wind.

Ji Ling's lieutenant general, Zhang Xun, led the soldiers and horses from the hiding place on the other side of Surabaya, wearing armor and holding soldiers, leading the horses, so that he could move forward gently. The horse's mouth was already attached, the sword was unsheathed, the spear was in the hand, the bow and arrow were within reach of the side of the horse's back, and twenty horses were mounted in a triangular formation, making a total of ten arrays. Zhang Xun took the lead in the front, and his personal guards followed Zhang Xun's left and right sides closely, closely covering him.

Liu Bei's attention was all in the south direction, and it was separated by a road from Surabaya, so he didn't expect that someone would sneak attack from behind Surabaya, so he almost didn't send a cruising night patrol to guard this direction.

The sound of the rushing water seemed to be louder, but it still failed to arouse the vigilance of Liu Bei's soldiers.

The first cry finally sounded in the night sky, tearing apart the silence around them, as if exploding in everyone's hearts! And Zhang Xun and his men and horses have already broken through to a place four or five hundred steps away from Liu Bei's camp!

Zhang Xun's cavalry subconsciously stepped on the spurs and stabbed them straight into the horse's belly, and the horses couldn't scream in their mouths, so they could only spread their hooves and rush forward frantically!

The shouts were one after another, and then all kinds of sounds came out together, the guard tower in the camp was fighting, the soldiers frantically sounded the gong to warn, more torches were lit, and in the shaky firelight, you could see many soldiers in Liu Bei's camp, rushing out of the tent in panic, crashing headlessly!

Liu Bei's grassroots non-commissioned officers who were lying in clothes stood up one after another, but the first thing they did was not to resist, but to quickly mobilize their own subordinates to suppress the battalion!

The people who came with the army were already out of guts and running around screaming, and if they were not suppressed, such a panic would soon spread throughout the army, leading to incorrigible consequences!

Therefore, when Zhang Xun approached Liu Bei's camp with his cavalry, except for a few soldiers on the two guard towers in the back camp, they leaned out and opened their big bows in an attempt to shoot, but they were not blocked at all.

But just with a few foot soldiers on the sentry tower, how long can it be supported, under the counterattack of Zhang Xun's cavalry, these soldiers on the sentry tower quickly screamed miserably, and fell straight down from the sentry tower!

Like a meteor, the rocket pierced in from outside the camp!

Because the focus of Liu Bei's defense was on the south side, the north side was the rear camp, which meant that a lot of grain and grass materials brought with the army were piled up, but they happened to be ignited by the rockets fired by Zhang Xun's cavalry, and a lot of fires were ignited at once.

Normally, to stack flammable items such as grain and grass, it is necessary to lay rattan mats outside, and then apply a thick layer of wet mud to prevent fire, but the problem is that Liu Bei was driven back ten miles by Ji Ling today, and the time is not so abundant, and the winter days are short, resulting in many tasks that should have been completed at night have not been completed, including the arson work in these details in the camp......

The flames rose and illuminated Liu Bei's pale face.

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Liu Bei was anxious, and fled back to Xiapi with the remnants of the defeated army, and the four thousand soldiers who were brought out were only less than a thousand who came back, and there was no direct loss in the overnight fire, and more people fled secretly in the middle of the way, and only those Danyang soldiers followed Liu Bei.

The grain and grass were burned, and the morale of the army was suddenly gone, if Liu Bei hadn't chosen to move in immediately, maybe he would no longer be able to serve the party and the state.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei saw that the situation was not good, abandoned the city, and fought his way out of the siege and found Liu Bei. A martial arts general like Zhang Fei is in the prime of life, unless there is a considerable opponent who can block it, Zhang Fei will break through the face with points, and it is really difficult for ordinary soldiers to defend.

Ji Ling has besieged the city for many days, and the newly acquired city also needs to be reorganized and repaired, so although he is not chasing all the way at the moment, he will still catch up sooner or later.

However, when Liu Bei and Zhang Fei arrived in Xiapi and wanted to reinvigorate their positions in Xiapi and continue their glory, they found that the four gates of Xiapi were closed, and the soldiers above the city were like facing a great enemy.

And outside the moat under the city, there was only one person standing, with a long crown and long sleeves, standing proudly in the cold wind, it was Chen Deng.

"Chen Jiazi!" Zhang Fei slapped his horse forward, almost slammed the spear into Chen Deng's nose, and shouted angrily, "What are you doing!" Quickly open the door and let a certain big brother enter the city! ”

"Third brother! Hugh is reckless! Liu Bei caught up, jumped off the horse, walked in front of Chen Deng, glanced at Xiapi City, where the four doors were closed, and said to Chen Deng, "Yuanlong, this is ...... Why? ”

Seeing this, Zhang Fei also jumped off his horse, grabbed his spear, and stood behind Liu Bei's side.

Chen Dengzheng didn't look at Zhang Fei for a moment, but solemnly bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Envoy, do you want to save the people of Xuzhou?" Want to harm the people of Xuzhou? ”

"This ......" Liu Bei felt a little angry in his heart, but he still said, "As a shepherd, he is naturally guarding the people...... Why did Yuan Long say this? ”

Chen Deng aimed at Zhang Fei and said: "General Wen San is in the city of Xiaxiang, whipping the scholars, blackmailing the people, and causing the army and the people to separate, so that there will be such a defeat...... Is this the way to protect the king? ”

Zhang Fei was furious, holding a fist the size of a sandbag, and was about to beat Chen Deng when he came up, but was stopped by Liu Bei.

"The third brother has a reckless personality, and when he is in a hurry, his behavior is slightly inappropriate......," Liu Bei said to Chen Deng, "I am willing to take the blame for the third brother......

"Big brother!" Zhang Fei curled his beard, stared at Chen Deng, spat at Chen Deng, and shouted loudly, "What is the crime, what is the crime?" When the war was about to begin, he refused to pay food and wages, delayed the military aircraft, and was beheaded according to the law! So-and-so just whipped things, and he has been forgiven, and what a crime! ”

"Losing the city is a great sin! According to the law, it should be beheaded! Chen Deng said unceremoniously, "If the three generals want to discuss military discipline, they will immediately subdue the law here!" ”

"Nonsense! I'm going to kill you! Zhang Fei jumped like thunder, and Liu Bei almost couldn't pull it.

"Three generals can kill someone, but they can kill everyone in the world! Is this the way to make the king love the people? Chen Deng's voice is not worse than Zhang Feilai, "Those who follow will live, and those who go against will die!" If he is so perverse, how different is it from the national thief Dong Zhuo! Tao Envoy Jun entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Envoy Jun, which is a serious envoy to the elderly, benevolent and righteous and love the people! The three generals wanted to make Liu Zhijun notorious, and he was spurned by the people of the world! ”

"Third brother!" Liu Bei's face changed, he pointed to the side, and said angrily, "Wait to the side!" Thou shalt not come unto him without being called! ”

"Humph!" Zhang Fei glared at Chen Deng again, but he also knew the severity, so he didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

Liu Bei bowed to Chen Deng and said, "The third brother is rude, and he has made amends for the third brother...... Yuanlong, but what to say, it doesn't hurt to say it directly. ”

"Don't dare to be a great courtesy...... Chen Deng hurriedly returned the salute, and then bowed down and said, "The general is powerful, making it difficult for the king to stand alone...... Now that the envoy is here, even if he welcomes the envoy into the city, there are few soldiers and generals, and how much can he hold onto? When the city is broken, how can the people be innocent? The people of Xuzhou, the people of Xuzhou got rid of the suffering, and they were on the verge of catastrophe, and they couldn't bear it, so they risked their lives to stop the king, so that if the king was strange, please also behead someone, and the people in the city have nothing to do with it......"

"This ......" Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Deng up, tears welling up in his eyes, "Yuanlong's meaning is also known, but ...... What is Yuanlong's strategy? ”

Chen Deng said: "The current strategy, sticking to it is useless...... A certain person has been prepared with grain and grass in the forest of ten miles east of the city, so that the king can take it, quickly go to Pengcheng, turn to Yanzhou, and find reinforcements from the imperial court...... After the general Jing Yu burned the flames of war, even if the situation was great at this time, it would not last long...... A certain and this pretended to surrender to the rear general, and when the king's soldiers arrived, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the city should be taken as if it were a backhand...... In this way, it will not only save the lives of the people of Xuzhou, but also avoid the real and preserve the strength, wouldn't it be both? I hope you will think deeply. ”

Liu Bei held Chen Deng's arm and burst into tears: "Be prepared...... For the people of Xuzhou to avoid military disasters, what is the pity of preparing for one person's gains and losses! In this way, according to Yuanlong's strategy...... I hope that one day I can drink and talk with Yuanlong again......"

"Be merciful!"

Without hesitation, Chen Deng took a step back and bowed.

"Be merciful!"

Xiapi City also seemed to understand something, and many echoing voices sounded.

"Be merciful!"

More voices sounded, Liu Bei finally couldn't help it, choked down tears, choked and waved his hand towards the city, said goodbye to Chen Deng, and led the remnants of the army towards the east......