Juan County.

"Bastard! Why did the Yellow Turban Thief pop up at this time?! Gao Gan smashed his fist on the desk, his eyes widened angrily, and he only felt that a fire in his heart was burning wildly, but there was no place to vent at all.

Speaking of which, Yuan Yi and the others were relatively qualified allies, although they had to withdraw immediately because of the territorial crisis, they still sent people to Juan County to tell Gao Gan and others the information here. Although Tanma didn't know that Liu Bei had led his army to quickly rush to the side of Juxian, it did not prevent Gao Gan from guessing what Liu Bei would do next.

"General, don't worry, Liu Bei's strength is about 40,000, plus Zhang Fei's troops outside the city, it is only 70,000 or 80,000, and the strength of our army is more than 30,000." Seeing this, the judge said with relief, "And the fast horse has already rushed to Leling, and if you calculate the time, you will be able to get here in about half a month." ”

"What the judge said is very true, the enemy's strength is only twice that of our army at most, and even if it fights with it, it may not be impossible to win, let alone have a city to defend! As long as our army defends the city, then even if Liu Bei comes, it will make no difference to our army. Zhang Jaw on the side echoed.

Hearing the words of the two, Gao Gan's mood calmed down a little, and thanked the two, "It's General Ben who is impatient." ”

"Hehe, General Gao is the commander of the three armies, and he has high hopes from the lord, so he is in a hurry and does not investigate, but it is also a very normal thing." The judge said with a smile when he heard this.

Just as the three of them were talking, a soldier hurriedly ran in, "Report! The enemy army is cursing the city outside the city! ”

"Hehe, it seems that Zhang Fei also got the news......" Gao Gan, who had calmed down, sneered when he heard this, "Don't pay attention to it, just let the soldiers be prepared." ”

"No!"

And outside the city, in the tent of Liu's military camp.

"General, there is no reaction from the enemy." After about a quarter of an hour of cursing, a soldier returned to report.

"Hmph, it seems that Gao Gan is not a straw bale." Zhang Fei snorted a little depressedly. Zhang Fei thought that after learning the news that Liu Bei was about to lead his army to arrive, Gao Gan would not be able to sit still and start a war with him, after all, as long as he won him, then even if he failed to defeat his troops, Gao Gan would be much easier to fight next.

"Haha, if you think that Gao Gan has long been scared by General Zhang, how dare you come out?" Wu Anguo, who was on the side, laughed when he heard this. He is not talking nonsense, when Zhang Fei and Gao Gan first met, the two sides did fight several times outside Juancheng. Although Zhang Fei was not a big victory, it really made Gao Gan suffer several losses.

"Don't be careless, whether it's a high-ranking cadre, open jaw or trial, it's not a character who can be easily dismissed." When Zhang Fei heard this, his face was blank and he said in a deep voice, but the trace of color flashed in his eyes, but it revealed his true thoughts in his heart.

Well...... Well, Zhang Fei is only 26 years old this year, which can be regarded as a time when he was young and frivolous.

"General, Yong thinks that at this time he should send cavalry to ambush on the road to intercept the messengers on the side of Juancheng and Yuan Shao. If there has been no news, the soldiers in the city will be in a panic, right? Jian Yong said in a respectful voice.

"That's it!" Zhang Fei nodded when he heard this.

At the beginning of September, Liu Bei led his army to Juancheng first.

"Yide and Guorang, you two will each lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to the north gate and the south gate, and attack the city with me, and you must take this city before Yuan Shao arrives!" Liu Bei, who arrived outside the city, only asked the troops to repair a little, and immediately prepared to attack the city.

Although this was a bit urgent, Liu Bei had to hurry. Because once Yuan Shao led the army to arrive here, Liu Bei wanted to capture Juancheng, which can only be said to be a fool's dream. But then again, even if Liu Bei was able to capture Juancheng, how much time would he have to prepare for his defense?

But Liu Bei couldn't care so much, after all, the great opportunity to attack Jizhou was in front of him, how could he miss it?

Because as long as he can take Juancheng, Liu Bei will not only be able to get the bridgehead to attack the Qinghe Kingdom, but once the Juancheng falls into Liu Bei's hands, then the entire eastern part of the Qinghe Kingdom, including its governing place Ganling, will be exposed to Liu Bei defenselessly. You must know that except for the north and west, most of the Qinghe country is plains, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a flat river.

"Now Zikang has taken the western part of Wei County, although he only occupies Wei County, Wu'an and Ye County, but Shexian County and Wu'an are rich in ores, and Ye County is the seat of Wei County. Not to mention, Zikang also took Hanoi County......" Liu Bei thought to himself, and at the same time, there was a flame burning.

Ambition, since becoming the Qingzhou pastor, Liu Bei's ambition has never decreased, and with the change of the situation in the world, this ambition has also slowly changed little by little without Liu Bei himself noticing.

The city wall of Juancheng, with Liu Bei's order, has completely become a meat grinder. Every day, the soldiers of Yuan and Liu's armies would surround the city wall of Juancheng and carry out all kinds of cruel battles.

Flying stones and arrows were coming and going with each other, shouting and killing continued to sound on the city wall, and from time to time, someone fell from the city wall, some of Yuan Jun's and some of Liu Jun's, but the two sides didn't care at all, and they still followed one after another.

And when Mingjin withdrew his troops, Liu Bei sent people to constantly shout all kinds of rumors under the city, trying to shake the morale of the army in Juancheng. For example, Yanzhou's reinforcements are already too busy to take care of themselves...... For example, Gongsun Zhan, Li Yi and others sent troops to Jizhou again...... For example, Yuan Shao's main force didn't plan to come to support at all......

However, all this, when the messenger sent by Yuan Shao arrived in Juxian County, completely lost its effect. Yes, although both Zhang Fei and Liu Bei sent a large number of cavalry to try to rob Yuan Shao's messenger, they failed. But there is no way, after all, in the situation that Yuan Shao has already prepared, it is impossible to block the news. At least, with Liu Bei's current strength, it is definitely impossible.

"Hold on! Yuan Cheqi has already led an army of 100,000 to come to support, and it will only take five days at most, and he will definitely arrive here! Gao Gan and the others shouted encouragement.

And on the other side.

"My lord, Tan Malay reported, that Yuan Shao has already led about sixty or seventy thousand troops into the curtain, and he will be able to arrive here in three days at most." Jian Yong said with an embarrassed face.

"Alas, it's a pity......" Liu Bei sighed as he looked at the dilapidated city in front of him, as if he might be captured at any time.

"My lord! Let your subordinates lead the elite to rush once! Wu Anguo shouted when he saw this.

"Forget it, in this situation, even if you capture Juancheng, it is impossible to hold it." Liu Bei shook his head when he heard this and said. After hearing the news of Yuan Shao's reinforcements, Liu Bei's brain, which was overwhelmed by ambition, finally regained his composure.

After that, although his face still revealed an unwilling look, Liu Bei still resolutely gave the order to retreat.

"Jizhou! I, Liu Xuande, will definitely come back! ”