"Kill!"

Cao Cao's army, which had retreated, suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing behind him, Cao Cao couldn't help but snort coldly, then Liu Bei really took the opportunity to pursue, wanting to take advantage of it.

Cao Cao looked behind him, snorted coldly, and said, "Since Liu Bei dares to come, then he has to pay the price!" ”

After speaking, Cao Cao waved the flag and led the army to continue to retreat, completely ignoring the Xuzhou sergeant chasing behind him, as if he was confident.

Under the leadership of Guan Yu's school knife team, the soldiers of Xuzhou were divided into three routes, Li Jin on the left and Zhang Chao on the right, and they rushed to kill in the direction of Cao's retreat!

However, in the process of rapid pursuit, there was a sudden sound of whizzing and breaking the air from both sides of the road.

The sergeant of Xuzhou turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help but be frightened, only to see that the sky was full of arrows!

"Defense!" Guan Yu shouted loudly.

A green dragon glaive sword danced vigorously, blocking all the arrows that came over, and the rest of the sergeants also had the same appearance, either with shields or blades, to resist the arrows that came from them.

However, after all, someone can't keep up with the action, as long as they can't block it at once, the next thing is the end of random arrows.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's purpose was only to delay the pursuit, and there were not many archers left, and after a few rounds of shooting, there was no movement.

However, the effect is indeed obvious, not to mention, how many sergeants have been killed by this rain of arrows, and the most important thing is that Cao Cao's army was able to shake off the pursuit of Jiao Yu and others.

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "The whole army listens to the order, pursues at full speed, and vows to catch up with Cao Thief!" ”

However, before he could set off, he suddenly heard from the direction of Xiapi City, "Dang! While! While! The sound of gold.

Mingjin withdraws troops?

Guan Yu looked at the direction of Picheng with some doubts, could it be that there was something wrong with the eldest brother?

Just when Guan Yu was hesitating, a messenger flew in front of Guan Yu, came to Guan Yu, and said with a fist: "General Qiqi, the lord has ordered the withdrawal of troops!" ”

"What? What happened to Xiapi? Guan Yu asked eagerly.

The messenger replied, "There is no change in Xiapi, but it is just the order of the lord. ”

Guan Yu frowned, since Xia Pi was unharmed, why did he withdraw his troops? Although after this delay, Cao Jun walked away, but if he continued to pursue, it was still possible to catch up.

Glancing at the messenger, Guan Yu also knew that there could be no more important information, so he had to go back to the city to ask his eldest brother.

"Back to the city!" Guan Yu gave an order and withdrew to the lower Pi City.

After Cao Cao received the news of Guan Yu's withdrawal, he couldn't help but relax greatly, so he stopped guarding behind him and returned to Yanzhou at full speed.

Guan Yu, Li Jin and Zhang Chao, who returned to Xiapi, immediately came to see Liu Bei.

On the hall, I saw that Liu Bei's face was pale, and Chen Gong and Mi Zhu on the side also had bad faces.

"Big brother, what's the change, why don't you continue to chase the thief?" Guan Yu asked.

Liu Bei sighed, turned his eyes to Chen Gong, and said, "Gongtai say it." ”

Chen Gong arched his hand and said to Guan Yu: "General Guan, I received the military report, Zhao Qian has sent troops and is coming to Xuzhou!" ”

"What!"

Hearing this news, not only Guan Yu, but also Zhang Chao and Li Jin all changed their faces greatly, they thought to themselves that they could withstand Cao Cao, but they must not be able to defeat Zhao Qian!

How is it good?

This question was raised in the minds of several people at the same time.

Liu Bei was the first to speak, and said slowly: "It's better for everyone to demote Zhao Qian, although Zhao Qian holds the Son of Heaven hostage and suppresses the world, but it is not bad for the generals, since they can't resist, let's go to their own riches." ”

"What about you, my lord?" Chen Gong asked.

Liu Bei laughed and said: "I am a nobleman of the Han family, the great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing, although it is not enough to support the Han family, but I must not surrender to the Han thieves!" After all the people have made up their minds, I will kill myself in front of the west to thank the ancestors! ”

"Big brother!" Guan Yu hurriedly shouted.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Yu took a step forward and said: "I and my eldest brother are married to Jinlan, I don't want to live together, I just want to die together, now the eldest brother is in danger, the younger brother should be in front, if anyone wants to harm the eldest brother, he must cross my corpse first!" ”

After listening to Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei wiped his tears with the corner of his sleeve and choked up: "It's really worthy of being my good brother!" ”

"My sister is the wife of the lord, how can I abandon her?" Mi Zhu smiled.

Chen Gong also arched his hand and said: "Since we have chosen the lord, we will definitely live and die, please relax the lord." General Zhang, is it not? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chao nodded and said, "My brother was killed by Cao thief, and this revenge has to be avenged, and I swear to follow the lord to the death." ”

Li Jin laughed and said: "I am a white body in the county, I will not give up the lord, I will be hired as a general, I regard the lord as a confidant, and I will serve to the death!" ”

Liu Bei listened to everyone's statements, was silent, looked at them one by one, suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, and muttered: "How can I Liu Xuande, how can I get the help of all the princes?" Please accept Xuande's worship! ”

After saying that, Liu Bei got up, arched his hand, and gave a deep salute.

Chen Gong and Mi Zhu next to him hurriedly helped Liu Bei up and said, "Why does the lord have to be like this? Are we traitors in danger? ”

Liu Bei was solemn, sat down again, and asked, "Since everyone is working together, what is the best plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Speaking of this, it was another difficult problem, everyone was silent, and they couldn't think of any good way, so they had to set their eyes on Chen Gong.

Chen Gong also sighed lightly and said: "Zhao Qian's troops are fierce, there are many strategists, instead of fighting, it may be difficult to win, it is better to hold on to the city, Zhao Qian is far away, food and grass are not enough, and he must retreat." ”

"No, no." Mi Zhu shook his head and said.

Chen Gong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Zizhong doesn't know what the trick is?" ”

Mi Zhu shook his head and said: "There is no magic plan, it's just that Zhao Qian has a land of secluded and Hebei and Qinghai four states, with a lot of grain and grass, and a lot of troops. ”

"Alas!"

How did Chen Gong not know? It's just that in the face of Zhao Qian, there is really no good way, so it can only be delayed for a while.

One force will drop ten! In the face of absolute power, the strategy seems very weak.

Liu Bei also knew the current situation, so he had to say: "There is no other way, let's hold on to the city." ”

"Listen to the order, take advantage of the fact that Zhao Qian's army has not arrived, hurry up and lead the soldiers in the city, strengthen the city wall, dig deep trenches, and prepare for war!" Liu Bei commanded.

"Order!" Several people roared.

Chen Gong thought for a while, and then said: "Lord, it is better to send another army of soldiers and horses to camp outside the city, and the lord will stick to the city, and the two will echo each other, thinking that they will be horns and rescue each other, or there may be a turnaround." ”

"Oh? Who can stay outside the city? Liu Bei asked.

Chen Gong looked at several generals and said, "It has to be General Li Jin, General Li is excellent in martial arts and can serve as a servant." ”

"Just according to what the public station says!" Liu Bei nodded in agreement.