Liu Bei thought of this, so he glanced at Sun Gan, now Liu Bei's subordinates are strong and weak, and the only people who can discuss major matters with him are Sun Gan and Jian Yong, Sun Gan is familiar with the matter of the Yellow Turban in Runan, and Liu Bei can only discuss major matters with him at this time. Sun Qianxian shook his head slightly, signaled Liu Bei to remain calm first, and then asked, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Li Siye's department has?" ”

The Yellow Turban sergeant replied: "There are about more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Li Siye's command, including 3,000 iron cavalry, and countless ships with the army, which should be used to carry money and grain, but according to my general, although Li Siye carries many ships, even if he captures Pingyu City, if he wants to transport the money and grain in Pingyu City, he will need at least two trips!" ”

"Li Siye's army has to transport two trips to transport the materials in the city, calculate the time, even if he can successfully capture Pingyu City, if he wants to finish transporting money and food and leave Pingyu City, it will take at least a day, if so, then it will be too late for our army to rush to Pingyu City."

Sun Qian pondered for a moment and said: "Lord, our army came to help Liu Gong and the two generals resist the enemy, and now that Pingyu City has been attacked, we shouldn't sit idly by." However, Li Siye's department has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 3,000 iron cavalry in the army, and our army is only 5,000, and most of them are foot soldiers, I am afraid that his army is not an opponent, so it is better to send the light cavalry in the army to Pingyu City as a containment, as for how to arrange it later, it is better to wait until Nanton understands the current situation of Liu Gong's two generals, and then discuss this matter in the long run. ”

Liu Bei heard Sun Qian's words, and also woke up, although the money and grain in Pingyu City were attractive, but firstly, these money and grain still belonged to the Yellow Turban Army, and secondly, the soldiers and horses under Li Siye were a hot potato, and the five thousand soldiers and horses under his own department alone were not enough for people to eat.

At this time, instead of thinking about these things, it is better to go to Nanton City first to find Liu Bi and Gong Du to get some benefits, and send light cavalry to Pingyu City first, which can not only show his attitude, but also slow down the progress of Li Siye's army, which is enough at this time.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, this is already the most reasonable choice, and he may be able to use the rescue of Pingyu City to seek some benefits.

Zilong was born on a white horse and is the top cavalry under his command, and he must be sent to this trip, he only has hundreds of iron cavalry under his command, and he does not have an advantage in terms of troops, so the generals will have to match more, but Nanton does not know what the situation is, and he has to leave some powerful generals. In this case, among Yun Chang and Yide, one more person can be sent there, Yide has a violent personality, I am afraid that he will be taken advantage of by the enemy, it is better to stay by his side.

"Yun Chang, Zilong, there are more than 300 iron horsemen in our army, and they will all be handed over to the two of you to rescue Pingyu City!"

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun responded when they heard this: "No, I'll take the order!" ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and then instructed: "Li Siye is the first general under Yuan Yao, you must not underestimate this person, when you lead the army to arrive, if Li Siye has not yet taken Pingyu City, you will take advantage of the convenience of the iron cavalry to protrude everywhere and involve his army; If Li Siye has already captured Pingyu City, he only needs to take advantage of the situation to contain the energy of his army, and he must not force the army to fight and lose his troops. ”

Although Guan Yu is not at odds with his heart, he has already suffered Yuan Yao's losses, knowing that the elite of Yuan Yao's army is no less than the elite of Cao's army, he only has hundreds of iron cavalry, if he does it forcibly, the whole army will be annihilated, Zhao Yun is loyal and cautious, and naturally will not oppose Liu Bei's military order.

"No, we will not lose the soldiers and horses in vain!"

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu and the two should deal with this matter, and then said: "The two of you will go to reorganize the army first, and I will ask for a strong reinforcement for the two of you." ”

"No!"

After Guan Yu and the others retreated, Liu Bei came to Liu Pi's envoy and said: "Li Siye led the army to Pingyu City, Pingyu City is in danger, I naturally can't turn a blind eye, and I plan to send troops to support." ”

Liu Pi's envoy naturally knew the importance of Pingyu City, and was anxious about this matter, and hurriedly thanked him when he heard the words: "The money and food in Pingyu City are related to the foundation of my army, and there must be no loss. In the next generation, my family Qu Shuai thanked the emperor for his great kindness! ”

"You and I are allies, and the messenger does not need to thank you." Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help this person up, and then said: "This place is still some distance away from Pingyu City, it is difficult for foot soldiers to arrive on time, and the situation in Nanton City is not yet known, so our army can only send iron cavalry to go first. However, Li Siye's army has 3,000 iron cavalry, while there are only more than 300 iron cavalry in our army. ”

Liu Pi's envoy hurriedly replied: "Uncle Huang saved my army from fire and water, and I will definitely not sit idly by and watch Uncle Huang in danger, I don't know if Uncle Huang has anything to do with my help, please come quickly, I will not dare to refuse!" ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he showed his little tail, and said: "There are several cities to go to Pingyu City here, and there are garrisons stationed in these places, and please ask the messenger to set off with the army, and ask for the defenders from all over the country as reinforcements along the way, only if all the soldiers and horses send troops to help, our army can have the strength to fight!" ”

Liu Pi's envoy thought for a moment, there are not many soldiers and horses and light horses everywhere, if these scattered light horses can protect the countless money and food in Pingyu City, it is also worth it!

"Uncle Huang's words are reasonable, and he will follow the army in the next step, and Uncle Lao will go to Nanton alone."

Liu Bei smiled when he heard this, and said: "Don't worry, the envoy has been in your army for several months, and he is also very familiar with Runan County, and it is also very convenient to have Gongyou to guide the way, so my second brother and General Zhao will ask the envoy for help!" ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was so courteous to him, Liu Pi's envoy hurriedly replied: "Uncle Huang is very polite, it should be me to thank Uncle Huang for sending troops to help, the military situation is urgent, and I will immediately set off with the army." ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, summoned Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and said, "The envoy will gather the cavalry of the defenders from all over the way for you to supplement and help you, and you will definitely take care of the safety of the envoy." ”

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun hurriedly responded: "No, I'll take the order!" ”

"Okay, the military situation is urgent, so the three of you will leave immediately."

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Liu Pi's envoy immediately led more than three hundred light horsemen in the army to turn around and go straight to the direction of Pingyu City, Liu Bei watched the three of them go away, knowing that his strength was shallow, and there was only so much he could do now, with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's ability, even if he was defeated, he should not be in danger.

Liu Bei no longer thought about this matter and continued to march in the direction of Nanton City.