On the north gate, Xu Huang's 10,000 reinforcements are fighting with the soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition army, and he has been waiting for the movement of the north gate of Xiangyang, but for some reason, there is no movement yet.

In fact, this must not be said to be slow in the speed of full favor, but Xu Huang is a little anxious, after all, he must escape early before Sun Ce and Liu Bei lead the army to the north gate, or let alone full of favor, it is estimated that he will not be able to run away with more than 10,000 people. So he can't be in a hurry, but the more anxious he is, the more he feels that the other party's speed is too slow, isn't this the case? And the more anxious you are, the more you feel that the other party hasn't come yet, that is, there is no movement, but in fact it has not been so long.

And just when Xu Huang was anxious, he heard the movement of the north gate of Xiangyang, first someone should gather at the city gate, of course, people are in the city gate, and then listen to the shouts of the soldiers, at this time even the city gate has been opened. When Xu Huang saw that the north gate of Xiangyang was opened, a big stone in his heart temporarily fell to the ground. The heart said, "It's almost done."

Then I heard him shout, "Brothers, our men come out, let them cover their retreat!" ”

When the Yanzhou sergeant brought by Xu Huang heard it, he was even more energetic. To be honest, the Yanzhou sergeants don't like night battles so much, but because they are trying to rescue their own people and horses in Xiangyang, and the other party has no precautions against them. So now we have always been in an advantage. However, everyone also knew that before Sun Ce and they had brought a large army, they had to retreat safely. Otherwise, it is very likely that they will be besieged.

Man Chong rushed out of the north gate with all the Yanzhou soldiers in Xiangyang City, and he looked at the current situation on the battlefield and said, sure enough, God helped me, "The road of heaven is endless". As long as Sun Ce and Liu Bei can successfully retreat before the army comes, then it can be said that it is a victory.

And indeed it is true, it has come to this time. Naturally, he didn't expect anything else, any defense, any victory. None of them are as important as a safe retreat. It's easy to say it yourself, but don't you still have those soldiers on your side, so ...... -

Full Pet also has to say that Xu Huang came really timely this time. At least he knew. If Xu Huang had come a day late, maybe Xiangyang City would have been breached by the Sun and Liu coalition forces. And your own soldiers and yourself, but it is absolutely impossible to be spared, at least except for surrender, you don't think about it. Of course, you have to think that you have the ability to rush out of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of troops, then you can survive, but this thing. Anyway, I didn't think much about it.

Don't look at the fact that there are less than 1,500 soldiers in Xiangyang City now, but full of favors can know it in his heart. Now the remaining soldiers defending the city can be said to be definitely soldiers with strong combat power, so Xu Huang came to the aid to save these soldiers, definitely to increase his own strength, this is not wrong at all. And it is true that as long as there is a glimmer of hope, then he will never give up on his brother Robeze.

Man Chong, who rushed out of the north gate with less than 1,500 Yanzhou soldiers, was still shouting at this time, "Brothers, our reinforcements are ahead, rush forward with me, tonight is the time to break out of the encirclement!" ”

"Kill!"

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Don't look at the fact that there are less than 1,500 people left on the side of Man Pet, but to be honest, in order to escape with their lives, they have burst out with very strong combat power, and they shouted loudly, not like 1,500 people, but like 5,100 people.

At this time, he was satisfied, and said in his heart that as long as he left before Sun Ce and Liu Bei came tonight, then his soldiers would be safe, so at this time, he must not be able to fight, and escape is the most important thing.

Then he said, "Quick, brothers, don't fall in love with war, and retreat north!" ”

Indeed, a reminder of full favor is really necessary, after all, it is not the most important thing to kill the enemy now, but the most important thing to retreat. Therefore, his words reminded some Yanzhou soldiers that they were not here to kill the enemy at this time, but to retreat, or to wait for Sun Ce and Liu Bei to bring the army to come, then you may not be able to run if you want to.

But isn't it, these soldiers didn't think that their own people could compete with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, even if the combat power of their soldiers may be weaker than their own, but the number of horses in the family is there, this is no longer a problem-

And after Xu Huang saw them rushing out of the north gate, he shouted, and he also knew that tonight's operation was half the success. As for the half, then it must be before Sun Ce and Liu Bei bring the army to come, and everyone on their side retreats safely, so that tonight's operation can be regarded as a complete success.

So he took the soldiers to cover the retreat of the Manchu Pet, originally their distance was not very far before, and when the Manchu took the Yanzhou soldiers in Xiangyang City to rush forward and back, they were even closer. However, because it was still a very urgent time at this time, even if Xu Huang and Man Zhong were not too far apart, they didn't say anything, after all, at this time, they all knew that retreating was the most important thing, and the rest could only be said later.

After all, after a safe retreat, there is a chance to speak, but there is no chance at this time, after all, the war is the most important, and you really can't be too distracted.

In this way, Xu Huang and Man Chong, with their own soldiers, fought and retreated. Before Sun Ce and Liu Bei came, they slowly retreated-

Sun Ce and Liu Bei had already taken their own soldiers to the north gate of Xiangyang respectively, but Sun Ce still thought that his soldiers were too slow. He shouted: "The whole army marches quickly, and strive to get to the north gate as soon as possible!" ”

Zhou Yu next to him said at this time, "If the lord thinks that the soldiers are too slow, he can first support the north gate with cavalry, I don't know how to do it?" ”

Sun Ce nodded when he heard this, "Gong Jin's words are good, they are very much in line with my wishes." But I don't know what Xuande Gong thinks? ”

Liu Bei, who was on Sun Ce's left, also nodded after listening to Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's words, "That's very good." According to Mr. Gongjin and the general! ”

After all, the coalition army is the Sun and Liu coalition army, so if you want to bring cavalry to rescue the north gate, Sun Ce will definitely not let Liu Bei fall behind, so naturally you have to pull Liu Bei up.

As for Liu Bei. He understands it all. In fact, this is the best way now, so naturally I won't refuse-

So in this way, the two of them each took their own cavalry, and directly used the fastest speed to run to the north gate of Xiangyang.

Originally, the two of them thought about it, but now that they both use cavalry, it is still the fastest speed, can't it be before the Yanzhou army retreats. Stop them? As a result, when they arrived at the north gate, Sun Ce and Liu Bei found out. The two of them were wrong, and it was not what the two of them thought at all.

Yes, everyone ran away, they ran early, and even if the two of them came with cavalry, they were still a step late.

Sun Ce carried the spear in his hand, and as soon as he made a hard effort, he pierced the spear into the ground, and the tail of the spear trembled, just like Sun Ce's mood now, which was also very bad. As for Liu Bei, he is stronger than him, after all, Liu Bei has a lot of experience, and he has seen more experience than Sun Ce, and he is nearly twenty years older than Sun Ce, so naturally he is not comparable to Sun Ce.

But to be honest, Liu Bei really admired the speed of the Yanzhou army's retreat. He originally thought that in the world, the speed at which he escaped would be very fast, but now that he looks at it, the Yanzhou Army is actually not far behind this time. Sure enough, "there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky"-

This is really, if you don't accept it, at least in Liu Bei's case, I really admire them.

If Xu Huang and Man Chong knew that Liu Bei, a "master of escape", respected them very much, and they didn't know whether to cry or laugh, at least the two of them knew very well in their hearts that Liu Bei was definitely a capable person in this way, even in the whole world, there were definitely few people who could surpass him, so it was really not easy to make him think so.

At this time, Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei, and then asked, "What does Xuande Gong think?" ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly in his heart at this time, can he still not see it, although Sun Ce is unwilling in his heart, this has always been the case before. When he saw that the other party had already retreated, he kept doing this. But at this time, it's much better, at least he controls himself, so he treats this more rationally.

And the reason why he asked himself was not that he Sun Bofu wanted to ask himself what was going on, it was all an illusion, could he still not know. In fact, what he Sun Bofu meant was that now that the Yanzhou army has withdrawn, you Liu Xuande should not chase after you, what do you say-

Sun Ce's words didn't say that, and of course he couldn't say that, but what he meant was actually that. Anyway, Liu Bei has known him for some time, so what does Sun Ce mean by him, can he still not know. Also, with his Liu Bei's decades of experience, he still doesn't know his Sun Ce's thoughts, so he naturally understands what he means.

Although Liu Bei also knew that this meaning was definitely not very in line with his Sun Bofu's character, but because of Sun Ce's consideration at this time, Liu Bei knew that it was like this.

After all, even if the Yanzhou Army is the common enemy of both sides, this is not bad. But if he really catches up with them, then once the other party fights to the death, then the casualties of his Jiangdong army are not certain. Moreover, his own cavalry is not as many as his Jiangdong army. So of course that's not good for them anymore. Besides, the main purpose of the two sides is to capture Xiangyang, as for the destruction of the full favor of them, that is secondary, so now they can't run away, at least Sun Ce doesn't want to pursue them anymore.

And Liu Bei also knew in his heart that if Sun Ce's cavalry lost too much, he would definitely not be willing. So......

And Sun Ce definitely can't just say it to himself, so he actually hopes that he can say it and not pursue it.

So at this time, Liu Bei said, he sighed first. "Alas, since the enemy has retreated, there is no need to chase after it!"

Liu Beixin said, although your Sun Bofu didn't show the slightest sign of not going to pursue. But it's up to you to be so delayed. It's not hard to think that yours is still not on this.

And after Sun Ce heard Liu Bei's words, he was satisfied, originally, the coalition army attacked Xiangyang, and finally the city was returned to Liu Bei, and his side did not get too many benefits, he was already a little unbalanced. If the cavalry of the Jiangdong Army suffered heavy casualties. Then Sun Ce couldn't accept it at all, so he wouldn't go after the Yanzhou army. In his opinion anyway. In the future, there will be a chance to fight them again, and now that the coalition army has more than 100,000 horses, it can still be afraid of them.

But although he had such an idea in his heart, he still said, "This, Xuande Gong ......"

Sun Ce meant, if you don't pursue it, isn't it not good?

Liu Bei was contemptuous at this time, and said in his heart that you Sun Bofu just wanted to persuade you, but it was no big deal, after all, now that Xiangyang is still in hand, it can be regarded as his own advantage. Therefore, if you Sun Bofu is like this, he will not care about you.

So Liu Bei said, "General Sun, since the enemy army has retreated at this time, it is better for our army to hurry up and enter Xiangyang, and in such a few days, it can be regarded as being able to enter this city!" ”

Sun Ce looked at it, it was almost the same, it was not that he didn't chase it, but you Liu Bei didn't mean it, so he hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, then it's up to Xuande Gong!" ”

So while sending soldiers to clean up the battlefield, the two of them entered Xiangyang City with 3,000 men and horses.

To say that in the past few days, the two sides have been working hard just to be able to enter this Xiangyang City. When Sun Ce and Liu Bei led their troops into the city, they felt that the fatigue of these few days was still worth it. How to say that in Jingzhou, Xiangyang can be said to be such a big county second only to Jiangling, and now that it is back in his hands, Liu Bei is naturally very happy in his heart.

As for Sun Ce, although Xiangyang City is not in his hands, it is in the hands of his allies, not in the hands of the hostile Cao Cao's Yanzhou army and Ma Chao's Liangzhou army, then this is okay, at least for the time being, Sun Ce thinks it is okay and acceptable-

In Sun Ce's eyes, Liu Bei was the weakest force among the several parties, so even if his strength increased a little, he would not feel too much threat or too much pressure. This is definitely different from Cao Cao and Ma Chao, at least Sun Ce thought very clearly, if Cao Cao or Ma Chao got a lot of territory in Jingzhou, then the first one who couldn't sit still was himself.

In contrast, let Liu Bei get some places in Jingzhou, Sun Ce is indeed acceptable. And he thought very simply, if it was very difficult to capture a county or a county from Cao Cao's Yanzhou army or Ma Chao's Liangzhou army, then it should be said that it was easy to seize a county or a county from Liu Bei. Therefore, Sun Ce would rather give Xiangyang to Liu Bei, and he would never let Cao Cao and Ma Chao occupy such an important county seat.

And now the two sides are allies, so Sun Ce also knows that at least before the matter in Jingzhou is completely resolved, Liu Bei's strength has increased, which is only good for himself, not bad, so of course Sun Ce understands what he should do. Now that the two sides are together, they are a team, so Liu Bei's strength has increased, and it can be regarded as an increase in his own strength-

In this way, the two led their troops into Xiangyang, and in this way, the Sun-Liu coalition army occupied Xiangyang, and Liu Bei finally captured Xiangyang again and recaptured Xiangyang, which can be regarded as enhancing his own strength. Although the capture of Xiangyang was not easy for the Sun and Liu coalition forces, it was not easy to say, but the final result was still satisfactory to Sun Ce and Liu Bei.

It's just that the only thing that is not very satisfying is that he let Man Pet run away, and he can be regarded as escaping under the nose of his own army, so only this thing makes the two of them feel shameless, as for the rest, it is not bad. (To be continued......)