Serving as the palace army is an extremely difficult task. When an army retreats, the number of troops behind its palace is too small to play the role of buying time for the main army to successfully escape. However, it is not possible to have too many palace troops, and if the consumption of their own strength is too large, it will not be conducive to the development of the next war.

The commander of the palace army is not an easy choice, not to mention the courage to see death as if he were at home, in addition to having outstanding command ability and personal charisma, at least he must be able to make his subordinates willingly go to death with him.

The power of 5,000 cavalry is not trivial, not to mention that in addition to this cavalry team, more than 30,000 people from the Gao Lan Department are still waiting around. The troops who served as the palace army had only one way to end up with the entire army, and there was no other possibility of any luck. And as the commander of this temple army, at least ninety percent of them are likely to die in this chaotic army.

Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Xiahou brothers, each of them was his confidant and favorite general, and Cao Cao really couldn't bear to assign any of them to die. But now that he is in a desperate situation, if Cao Cao can't be ruthless, then he won't die like one or two generals, and his entire army will have to be lost here.

The speed of the five thousand cavalry galloping was very fast, and there was no time for Cao Cao to hesitate and consider.

"Sikong, Yu Yuan leads a team of His Royal Highness!" Just as Cao Cao decided to cry out who would lead the palace army, Guan Yu suddenly asked for his life behind him.

"Yun Chang......" Hearing that Guan Yu recommended himself, Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned. When he was considering the candidate for the commander of the palace army, he forgot about this fierce general who temporarily surrendered to his account.

But this Guan Yu actually volunteered to die for himself? How is this possible! Cao Cao is very self-aware, he knows that he has never subdued Guan Yu's heart these days, so how could Guan Yu be willing to invite himself to lead the palace? You must know that once you lead the troops to attack, you will face almost a mortal situation.

Could it be that Guan Yu doesn't care if he can return to Liu Bei's account, so that he is so suspident?

Wait, back to Liu Bei's account? Cao Cao suddenly faintly sensed Guan Yu's true intentions.

Guan Yu once said that if he leaves, he must first make meritorious service.

Since it is to make meritorious contributions, is there any more meritorious work than this queen of the palace?

Although he can't kill the enemy in all directions, he is willing to sacrifice his own life in the army in exchange for Cao Cao's life, not to mention the military exploits, even if it is called a life-saving grace to Cao Cao.

If it is an ordinary battle exploit, when Guan Yu resigns in the future, Cao Cao may play tricks and shirk and make all kinds of excuses not to allow Guan Yu to leave. But if Guan Yu is now taking on the task of the queen of this palace, it means that he has the grace of life to Cao Cao, if he does not die on this trip, when he learns Liu Bei's whereabouts the other day and resigns to Cao Cao, how can Cao Cao be embarrassed not to let him go?

You must know that Guan Yu went to the Jedi by himself, in exchange for Cao Cao's escape, how heavy his kindness is! If Guan Yu resigns at that time, and Cao Cao still makes things difficult in every way, how will the people of the world view Cao Cao, wouldn't it be equivalent to Cao Cao declaring to the whole world that he is a merciless and ungrateful person?

Although the task of the queen of the palace is nine deaths, it is the best time for Guan Yu to make meritorious contributions. As the palace army, the situation he faces is extremely critical, but who is Guan Yu, if you talk about arrogance and conceit, Guan Yu is definitely among the top three in the world. In the past, he only led 500 people to dare to tens of thousands of Cao troops, and now if Cao Cao agrees to his palace's affection, then the troops assigned to him will definitely not be only 500, how can Guan Yu be afraid?

He believed that he would be safe and sound in front of this army, this was the conceit of a generation of martial saints!

Although he thought about Guan Yu's mind clearly, now Cao Cao can only agree to his palace's feelings. Although he loves Guan Yu's loyalty and bravery, after all, he has just voted, not to mention that he has not yet returned to his heart, compared to Guan Yu, the rest of the people are even more reluctant to let them die.

Since Guan Yu took the initiative to ask for his life, Cao Cao had no reason to refuse.

"I will allocate 6,000 foot soldiers, 1,000 bows will die in you, and the matter behind the palace will be left to Yun Chang." Cao Cao said in a heavy tone.

With 7,000 people, it is really difficult to hold back 5,000 cavalry and 30,000 troops. Besides, no one can say whether Yuan Shao will press the more than 100,000 troops behind him in one fell swoop in order to completely capture or kill Cao Cao.

A narrow escape? No, it's almost dead and dead.

"Sikong, Yu Shang has a please." After Guan Yu responded to the order, he groaned slightly, and then pleaded with Cao Cao again, "If Yu encounters misfortune here, please treat my sister-in-law well, if you learn of my brother's whereabouts, I hope Sikong can return to Zhao and return my two sisters-in-law to my brother." ”

Although Guan Yu is arrogant, he usually regards the army as if he was nothing, but now what he has to face in front of him is Yuan Shao's more than 100,000 strong soldiers, if Guan Yu has no nervousness and worries in his heart, it is absolutely impossible.

Although Guan Yu is confident that he can survive from the army of more than 100,000, just in case, he still has to explain what he should explain. If he survives, he can just walk away after learning his brother's whereabouts the next day. But in case he has no return, then at least the safety of the two sisters-in-law must be guaranteed, and they cannot be left without support after their death, so that they will encounter some miserable fate.

"Yes." The so-called promise of a thousand gold, Cao Cao is not hypocritical, for Guan Yu's request, Cao Cao replied with a simple but firm answer.

Although Cao Cao also has such and such shortcomings in his character, since he promised it, he will not break the contract.

After allocating the troops of the palace to Guan Yu, Cao Cao ordered Ming Jin to lead the army to retreat.

In the battlefield, although Zhao Yun and the other troops heard Ming Jin's order, they were entangled by the Gao Lan Department and could not get rid of it for a long time.

Seeing that the 5,000 cavalry is approaching in an instant, if you can't drag it out, you can't say that all the more than 10,000 soldiers will be trapped here today.

What will happen to being charged by five thousand cavalry, Zhao Yun couldn't be clearer. Rao is Zhao Yun is guts, and his face at this time couldn't help but turn a little pale.

Is this the end of it?

Just when Zhao Yun decided to break the net and lead his troops to fight to the death with Yuan Shao's army, Guan Yu took the sergeant in charge of the palace and killed him.

"There is an order, everyone leads the troops to retreat quickly!" I could only hear Guan Yu shouting loudly.

Zhao Yun and the others still didn't understand that Guan Yu and the thousands of troops behind him were the palace army, responsible for fighting to the death behind the palace to defend against the enemy army.

Guan Yu's palace army collided towards the army of the Gao Lan Division, and a fierce battle ensued.

Zhao Yun sighed lightly, and took advantage of the opportunity for Guan Yu to enter the enemy formation, hurriedly gathered his own men and horses, and retreated to the rear with the remnants of the army.

Although he had been severely injured by Guan Yu, Zhao Yun was not a person who held grudges, and those unhappiness had long since dissipated with the smoke. was also a minister under Cao Cao's account, Zhao Yun also admired Guan Yu and his people very much, and at this time, when he saw that the commander of the palace army was Guan Yu, he was also quite embarrassed and unbearable.

Although Zhao Yun didn't want to see Guan Yu lead his troops to death alone, he was not an impulsive person. Zhao Yun knew that Cao Cao's withdrawal must have troops in charge of the palace, otherwise, today's army would be completely destroyed here.

The purpose of the palace army is to buy time for the evacuation of other departments, in order to live up to Guan Yu's efforts, what he has to do at this moment is to lead as many soldiers as possible to evacuate, which is his only duty at present. Although he really wanted to go to help Guan Yu meet the enemy, Zhao Yun knew that the soldiers under his command had been fighting hard since the beginning of the war, and they were already tired, and they had not collapsed until now, and they were completely relying on one breath to persevere, and there was not much combat power left.

"Yun Chang, I'm sorry, I'll take my troops to retreat first, and after they are evacuated to safety, I'll come to your aid alone!" Glancing at Guan Yu's direction for the last time, Zhao Yun sighed lightly and thought to himself in his heart.