After Han Fei withdrew his troops, the war in Hanzhong ended, and he made up his mind to vigorously develop agriculture and wait for the next year to attack Hanzhong.

Guan Yu was seriously injured on the Yecheng side, and Cao Cao really did not let go of this opportunity, so he sent an army of 30,000 to attack Liu Beijun's camp that night. Gao Lan and Pang De Zhou Cang led the army to resist and repelled two attacks by Cao's army. At this time, Cao Cao sent his elite troops, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

As soon as the tiger and leopard cavalry came out, they immediately broke through Liu Beijun's camp. At the moment of crisis, Gao Ran led the army to block the tiger and leopard cavalry, and behind him Pang De Zhoucang also resisted desperately, and finally drove all the Cao troops out of the camp. And by this time the east had turned white, and they had been fighting for most of the night.

Cao's army receded like a tide, leaving behind a devastated body. The front of Liu Beijun's camp was completely destroyed, none of the tents were intact, and the gate and arrow tower of the camp were also burned by fire.

Of course, this was not the worst loss, after Cao's army retreated, Pang De and Zhou Cang disappeared. As a result, when cleaning the battlefield, I found out that in order to block the tiger and leopard riders. Gao Ran has died on the battlefield.

When he was dying, he and his guards killed an entire team of tiger and leopard riders, and he suffered as many as fifty-six wounds. This was another heavy blow to Liu Beijun after Guan Yu was seriously injured. Pound and Zhou Cang were sad and came to visit Guan Yu together.

When they arrived at Guan Yu's sleeping tent, Guan Ping, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, happily said to the two: "The military doctor said that my father's fate was saved last night, thanks to the three generals who guarded the camp last night." Hey, why don't you see General Gao Ran? ”

Zhou Cang sighed and said, "Young General, General Gao Lan, he has already gone." ”

"Ahh What the? Guan Ping only felt that the five thunders were on the top when he heard it, but he didn't expect that his father's life had just been saved, but General Gao Ran had fallen. Is this really a life for a life?

At this time, Pang De said on the side: "Now is not the time for the young general, the big camp is no longer defensible, we must retreat quickly." ”

Guan Ping listened to Pang De's words and forcibly retracted his mind, he raised his head and asked, "Then according to the general's opinion, where should we retreat?" ”

"Major General, if we retreat to Guangping County, there are still 5,000 defenders there, plus our existing manpower, we will definitely be able to hold out until the second general wakes up." Pound spoke.

Guan Ping turned his head to look at his father, who was still in a coma, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go to Guangping County." The two generals will arrange it, and I will deal with my father properly, and we will hurry up and fight for an hour to evacuate. ”

Zhou Cang and Pang De took the order and left, and Guan Ping was also busy. Guan Yu was still in a coma, and the horse couldn't ride, so he could only sit in the car. In addition, Gao Lan's corpse was also transported back to Guangping City by horse-drawn carriage for burial. Therefore, the road to their withdrawal was bound to be fast, and in order to gain time, some baggage had to be abandoned.

In order to take care of Guan Yu and Guan Ping, he also got into the carriage, and the army withdrew on time and went straight to Guangping City. Cao Jun was also exhausted after a night of fierce fighting, Xu Huang and Xu Chu were both somewhat injured when they fought against Guan Yu, and they participated in last night's night attack before they had time to recuperate. In the chaos, Xu Chu was hit by a loss, and Xu Huang fought a few times with Pang De, which caused the internal injuries to be more serious.

Therefore, after learning that Liu Bei's army had withdrawn, Cao Cao had the intention to send troops to chase after him, but he was suffering from the lack of generals. At this time, his third son, Cao Zhang, stood up and said: "Father, that Guan Yu was seriously injured and died frequently, and the others fought fiercely all night, and their combat strength was less than half of usual. The sons asked for the order to pursue, and they would definitely be able to kill the Guan Yu and return. ”

Cao Cao looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "Wu'er is brave, lonely is very pleased!" Okay, then you will lead 10,000 troops to pursue the Qi army, and I will let Cao Xiu lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to accompany you. When Cao Zhang heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately said goodbye, Cao Cao ordered 10,000 horses, joined Cao Xiu and a thousand tigers and leopards, and rode out of Yecheng and went straight to Liu Beijun to chase after him.

Liu Beijun's camp is one hundred and fifty miles away from the county seat of Guangping. Normally, it can be arrived in a day and a half. However, because Guan Yu was seriously injured, the speed of the brigade was much slower.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, I walked more than 70 miles. If it goes on like this, we will have to wait for tomorrow night at the earliest to arrive in Guangping County. Seeing that it was getting dark, Pound ordered the whole army to camp on the spot. He then sent a large number of scouts to investigate, in order to prevent Cao's army from sneaking up. I have to say that at this time, Pound rushed the ducks to the shelves, and he had to start thinking about the problem like a commander.

As he expected, Cao Jun finally caught up in the evening. Cao Zhang saw the simple camp of the Qi army from a distance, and he laughed and said: "Haha, Liu Beijun is really vulnerable if he loses Guan Yu, how can such a camp stop my army." ”

"The third prince is slow, our army marched all the way without concealing its whereabouts. The Qi army must have known the movements of our army, and it is still maintaining such a lax defense at this moment, which must have lured us to attack. When the time comes, take the opportunity to ambush us and wait. Therefore, please also ask the third prince not to act rashly. Cao Xiu suggested on the side.

"Eh, Wen Lie's words are wrong. Although there are fierce generals in the Qi army, there is no military division, in the past, it was only relying on Guan Yu's might, and now Guan Yu is seriously injured, and his army must be leaderless, I dare to guarantee that as long as our army enters the enemy camp, the Qi army will be disrupted. At that time, you and I will be able to take the head of Guan Yu in the chaos of the army. Cao Zhang retorted at the moment.

Cao Xiu wanted to say more, Cao Zhangyi waved his hand and said: "This trip is dominated by me, Wen Lie, you don't need to say more." Now pass my general's order, the whole army will check the equipment, and when I give the order, we will attack the camp of the Qi army. ”

After just a cup of tea, Cao Zhang gave an order. The Cao army went straight to the Qi army camp to kill. After encountering sporadic resistance, Cao Zhang rushed into the camp of the Qi army first. At this time, Sergeant Cao behind him brandished his weapon and ran to the surrounding tents to kill, but found that there was no one in the tent at all.

As soon as Cao Zhangyi heard that there was no one in the tent, he secretly said in his heart: Not good! He was just about to give the order to retreat, when he heard a loud laugh behind him: "Haha! You have already fallen for my plan, and if you don't get off your horse and surrender, when will you wait? "It was none other than Pound who spoke. It turned out that he knew that Cao Jun was chasing after him, so he told Guan Ping. Then he decided to make this plan and just wait for the Cao army to sneak attack.

Cao Zhang plunged headlong into the encirclement, and was now surrounded by Liu Bei's legion. Cao Xiu saw that it was not good, and immediately shouted: "How can my Cao Jun man surrender without a fight!" Tigers and leopards ride with me! After roaring, he took the lead and rushed to Pound to kill.

Cao Zhang looked at it, his eyes widened, and he followed closely to kill him. As soon as Pang De saw that Cao Jun still dared to resist, he immediately sneered and ordered the arrow to be released. Under the rain of arrows, Cao's army suddenly suffered heavy losses. However, the tiger and leopard cavalry did not suffer much losses, and saw them rush through the rain of arrows and rush into Liu Bei's army.

(End of chapter)