On the long street, the guards beside Liu Lan suffered heavy casualties, and without any armor, they fought to the death with the Danyang army, which was nearly twice as large as their own. But the confrontation between the two sides was not equal, and at this time the road ahead was blocked, and in the face of the well-equipped Danyang army, they could only choose to temporarily avoid the edge.

The soldiers in front resisted desperately, and Liu Lan quickly made a decision under the protection of Xu Chu and retreated to the end of the alley, but when he led everyone to withdraw from the alley, he didn't want to step on the alley but there were steps that moved quickly, and then a team of heavily armed Danyang troops blocked their line.

"Completely surrounded!"

With a solemn face, Liu Lan may have had a trace of luck before, but at this moment, he has to admit that Cao Bao has made precise deployments early on, and now it may not be too easy to escape.

Compared with Chen Deng, who has remained calm on his face, and Chen Deng, who has been extremely flustered in his heart, Liu Lan has always remained calm, whether it is on the outside or inside, this is the calmness and composure honed in the cruel battle over the years, especially in dangerous moments, he will always calm himself down, it is the sobriety of his mind that makes him give the most timely and correct order after accurately observing the Danyang army that chased after the front and blocked: "Chen Guo, you and Zhang Ping each lead a personal guard to stay in front to resist the enemy's attack, The rearguard will be led by Zhong Kang, and the rest will stay in the alley with me, ready to support and wait for reinforcements to arrive! ”

Liu Lan thought that this trip would be extremely dangerous, so he arranged Guan Yu and Zhang Fei early in the morning, he knew very well that the potters would be desperate after learning that he entered Xuzhou City and even after getting the position of state pastor, but he definitely didn't expect that the biggest boss of the potters was subdued, and a little ghost like Cao Bao actually ran out. Looking at the people in front of him, there were at least more than 7,000 people. This is nearly half of the Danyang army in Xuzhou City, and this Cao Bao really has a set. can actually control the Danyang Army like this, I am afraid that Tao Shang will really be the pastor of Xuzhou, and he will also make a wedding dress for Cao Bao.

Now with his 3,000 sword-wielding guards against the 7,000 Danyang troops before and after, the disparity in strength, Liu Lan, who is familiar with battles, understands that this is no longer a trick that can reverse the situation, not to say that the guards have begun to panic about the dead situation, it is himself, knowing that the reinforcements are outside the city, and his heart has already sunk to the bottom.

The Danyang army attacked from both sides of the alley with a calm pace. Little by little, it encroached on the space where Liu Lan already had only 2,500 personal guards, forcing them into a corner.

At this time, the shouting of killing at the east city gate was already very faint, Zuo Lu knew that the battle there had come to an end, and he didn't know whether it was Cao Li who defended the city gate, or Liu Lan's reinforcements to conquer the city gate. Anxious, he underestimated the difficulty of these Chen generals beside Liu Lan, and the Danyang army in his hands was almost a one-to-one battle, and he used his lives to move forward.

He did not believe that these people could be the generals of the Chen family, with the proficiency and decisiveness of their murderous methods. Zuo Lu immediately judged that they were definitely battle-hardened soldiers, not ordinary family members.

This made Zuo Lu feel a little uneasy in his heart, and this feeling, coupled with the shouting and killing sound coming from the disappeared East City Gate, made him think of a terrifying thing in his heart.

Standing in the distance and directing the battle, Zuo Lu's forehead was already sweating. If it was really as he expected, then the shouting and killing sound at the East City Gate just now must be Liu Lan's reinforcements attacking the city. So what is the result of the East Gate at this time? He knew that in order to prevent Liu Lan from escaping, Cao Bao also placed a second line of defense. And the guard of the East City Gate is Cao Li, whom he is more familiar with.

But Cao Pei is a reckless man, if he just guards the city gate. No matter how good Liu Lan's subordinates are, it is difficult to attack Xuzhou for a while, but he does not dare to be careless, he must hurry up to get rid of Liu Lan, only in this way, when the potter is the pastor of Xuzhou, he will have the opportunity to add an official to the knighthood, otherwise Liu Lan will completely control Xuzhou, then waiting for him will definitely be a quick knife, maybe his own family.

The charge became more fierce in an instant, and the guards had no way to retreat, and when the moment of becoming a turtle in the urn really came, the guards' desire for life finally broke out with unprecedented courage, and they wanted to reopen a bloody road forward, but unfortunately this was already useless.

Even Liu Lan was already wielding the dragon slaying knife to fight in front of him, and Xu Chu on his side had already been stabbed several times, and his flesh and blood were blurred, and he looked like an ancient bloodthirsty beast in the eyes of everyone, extremely terrifying and hideous.

Cruel hand-to-hand combat, either you die or I die.

Zuo Lu, who was watching the battle from afar, was full of anger in his eyes, staring at Xu Chu who was like a killing god, if it weren't for this person's presence, Liu Lan would have died I don't know how many times, but there was such a tiger general on the battlefield, which turned the situation around, so that the battlefield has been in a stalemate.

In this way, Liu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, the sound of the fighting that stopped at the east gate just now, he believed that Mi Zhu must have seized control of the city gate, as long as there was a little time in the stalemate, the sound of the fighting here would definitely attract Guan Yu, and then Xuzhou would be completely controlled by it.

"Brothers, our reinforcements have broken through the city gate and are coming to the rescue here, as long as we hold on for a moment and hold on until the reinforcements arrive, we will still have a chance to survive today, and there is hope for life!"

Liu Lan shouted in a high-pitched voice: "At that time, all the brothers who participated in the war will each have a reward of one hundred taels and ten horses!" ”

Now there were less than two thousand around him, but when he heard the heavy reward, he fought more bravely, especially when he heard that reinforcements were about to arrive, and he fought with the enemy bravely.

Liu Lan succeeded in boosting morale at the last moment, and at the same time bought him precious time, although he didn't know when Guan Yu would come, but as long as it dragged on for a second, it would give him one more chance of escaping.

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Guan Yu and Zhang Fei waited anxiously outside the city, the deadline of an hour was coming in a blink of an eye, and the more than 10,000 soldiers hidden in the dense forest behind them were ready to go, just waiting for his order, they would kill Xuzhou City.

"Yun Chang, don't wait any longer, just let me lead the troops to capture Xuzhou." Zhang Fei looked at the Xuzhou City corridor worriedly.

"Okay." Guan Yu, who slowly closed his eyes, said in a deep voice: "The lord doesn't know whether he lives or dies in Xuzhou, we can't wait here anymore." Danfeng's eyes opened, and his momentum skyrocketed. He ordered in a deep voice and said, "Guan Hai." I command you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard Zhou Cang on the side say, "General." You see. ”

Guan Yu stared at the distance, looked in the direction of Xuzhou like a pergola, and was overjoyed at this glance, and said, "Yide, come with me to take a look." ”

He didn't dare to go so rashly with all the troops, if the lord was not a threat, this move would naturally attract tongues, and he didn't want the lord to fall behind and seize Xuzhou's reputation.

and Zhang Fei entered the city smoothly with three thousand guards, only to see that at this time, there were busy soldiers who were disposing of corpses everywhere, and they were shocked. happened to see Mi Zhu, and he also found Guan Yu, and immediately greeted him and his brother Mi Fang, and said, "Zizhong, what is this?" He said, pointing to the surroundings of the city gates, which had been fierce after a fierce battle.

"General Guan, it's not important here, what matters is Deran Gong."

"How's my father-in-law?" Hearing Liu Lan's news, Zhang Fei immediately became excited, and his thunderous voice sounded. Said: "Zizhong, where is the lord now?" Are there any dangers? ”

"It should be there!" Mi Zhu pointed in the direction of the state pastor's office.

Guan Yu raised his head and looked in the direction Mi Zhu pointed, his eyes became gloomy, vaguely. He had already heard the shouting of killing, and shouted angrily: "Mi Zhu, why don't you lead the soldiers here to support the lord?" ”

"This ......"

Mi Zhu's face was full of embarrassment. looked at Guan Yu and said with a wry smile: "Zhu is not familiar with military affairs. Captain Xiahou was seriously injured, so he didn't dare to rashly lead the army. Only by waiting for the general here, and now the general and even the general should lead the army to the rescue, in order to solve the misfortune of the lord! ”

After listening to his explanation, Guan Yu was immediately relieved, he would definitely let Mi Zhu, who was not familiar with military affairs, lead the army to go, not only could not save the lord, but would also risk these soldiers and dangerous places, without hesitation, he ordered: "Zizhong, since Guan has come, quickly go and gather the troops and rescue the lord with me." ”

Looking at Zhang Fei and said, "Yide, you quickly go to recruit Guan Hai and the others to come, and I will lead Zhou Cang to rescue the lord first." ”

"No."

If it was someone else, Zhang Fei would naturally rush to lead the troops to save Liu Lan, but it was Guan Yu in front of him, he didn't dare to refute, so he answered, and said, "Yun Chang will go first, and I will arrive later." ”

Guan Yu nodded slightly, shouted, and said, "All the sergeants quickly follow me to rescue the lord." ”

The fighting in the alley became more and more fierce, and there were less than 800 people left beside Liu Lan, but at this moment, I saw that the attack of the Danyang army was suddenly stopped, and the soldiers quickly retreated like a tide.

Liu Lan was covered in blood, his shoulder blades, thighs, and lower abdomen were wrapped with bandages that had been stained red with blood, and these bandages were naturally not gauze, but robe fabrics that were torn off at will.

Enduring the pain, standing in place with the dragon slaying knife, there were more than 800 bloodstained guards standing behind him, these guards had red eyes, they couldn't bear to look at the comrades beside them, but they looked at the retreating Danyang Army with resentment in their eyes, but he was not glad in his heart because of the withdrawal of the Danyang Army, but was worried about one thing, that is, from the beginning to the present, Cao Bao has never appeared.

Liu Lan didn't know where Cao Bao, who had never appeared, was there, he was afraid that he had other conspiracies, but as soon as he thought about it, he saw that the Danyang army, which had retreated a little, suddenly separated two lines to the left and right, leaving a large area in the middle, and when he looked up, it was just an instant, and his heart sank to the bottom.

I saw that the moment the Danyang army dispersed, I saw nearly 3,000 archers walking in with arrows in hand, and then opened their bows and arrows, aiming at their group, this scene made him completely lose the confidence to resist, and it seemed inevitable that he would die in today's battle.

But at this moment, Liu Lan only heard a person shouting in the distance: "Liu Lan, I didn't expect you to hold on to it until now, but I can't play with you anymore, let's finish it now!" ”

Liu Lan looked at the person who spoke, there was no influence in his mind, he smiled bitterly, and said, "If you had sent the archers earlier, maybe the battle would have been over!" ”

"Hehe, it's not too late." Zuo Lu was full of smug looks, laughed, and said: "Liu Lan, today next year is your death day, and then I will burn a pillar of high incense for you on your grave!" ”

"Today I want to see who can kill my lord!"

A voice that shook everyone's hearts resounded in the sky, echoing in everyone's ears for a long time, and the voice of the caller was full of coldness, looking at Zuo Lu with disdain, but he slowly moved away at a glance, looking for the figure of the lord Liu Lan.

Suddenly, when Liu Lan's tragic situation came into view, I saw that his half-open and half-closed Danfeng eyes suddenly lit up, and at the moment of the surge of momentum, he shouted: "You dare to hurt my lord!" ”

The murderous aura lingered in his body, and he was filled with monstrous anger: "In this case, I should return to you what you said before." ”

Speaking of this, it was a word by word, and a word by word was full of monstrous evil spirit: "Today next year, I will burn a pillar of high incense for you on your grave!" ”

After speaking, he shouted loudly: "Kill me!" Not a single one to stay! ”

The alley became unusually quiet, and even a small steel needle could be heard clearly when it fell to the ground.

It's called a pin drop and you can smell it! Liu Lan thought to himself while looking around beside him, at this time there were less than eight hundred people alive beside him, and all of them were injured, but they were fundamentally different from before, their eyes were full of despair before, and countless resentful curses came from their mouths.

But it wasn't until the gentle but murderous shout came that their cursing suddenly disappeared, and the two sides seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding at this moment, and they stepped back and looked at the person who had shouted before.

Everyone's eyes fell on Guan Yu, who was wrapped in a green scarf, wearing bright armor, and black boots.

The noise sounded again, but this time the panicked ones were replaced by the Danyang Army, and in stark contrast to the desperate expression of the Danyang Army, the remaining eight hundred Liu Lan guards, everyone looked at Guan Yu with excitement in their eyes, and a touch of excitement appeared on their faces, and they were even more relieved to escape the catastrophe, and even worse, they shed tears of excitement.

"General Guan is here, we are saved!"

I don't know when the low cry spread around, until it reached Liu Lan's ears, looking at the excited and inexplicable appearance of everyone around, he also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, this is like a person who has been in the water for several days, silently waiting for death, and suddenly finds that a small island has appeared in front of him, which makes Liu Lan how can he hide his mood at this time.

"Cloud ...... Cloud Chief! ”

Liu Lan muttered Guan Yu's name in his mouth, where could he hide the shock in his heart. He knew better than anyone else that Guan Yu would come, but when Guan Yu came, he felt so unreal, as if he was in a dream.

Although Liu Lan didn't shed tears like the others, the corners of his mouth drew an arc of joy, and he wanted to laugh out loud, because at the moment Guan Yu arrived, Xuzhou was completely his. (To be continued.) )