Cao Shuang's 50,000 troops have successively rushed to Qichun County, Yangzhou, and Qichun County has jurisdiction over 3 counties of Qichun, Yi County and Xunyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info at this time is Guan Yu's defense area, and at present, due to the tense situation, Liu Bei has no choice but to order the expansion of troops. In these ten days, only 2,000 recruits were gathered, plus the 5,000 men and horses that Guan Yu originally had on hand, a total of 7,000 people. This is obviously impossible compared to defending the territory of one county at the same time, and facing an attack by an army of 50,000. Guan Yu also knew that there was only one way left for him now, to take the initiative. This is the only way to win, although the chances of winning are almost slim. But now this situation is helpless, he knows that he will definitely not be able to lose this territory now, no matter how he has to weaken the enemy's offensive force, buy time and chance of victory for his eldest brother Liu Bei. This time Guan Yu is determined to die, this feeling has not been encountered for many years, the last time was more than ten years ago during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he and his eldest brother and three brothers faced Zhang Jiao's hundreds of thousands of troops with a mere five hundred horses.

In the end, the years are not forgiving, the heroic man back then now has white sideburns. The ups and downs of these years have also come over, and the people killed can almost be built into a hill. Guan Yu had already ignored death, leaving two thousand recruits to defend the city, and he alone led five thousand elites to send troops.

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone.

The handsome flag of Guan Zi rises in the wind, and the blade of the green dragon meets impermanence.

The hero of the red horse and green shirt, who swears not to return the corpse without a fight.

Loyalty and righteousness through the ages said that the martial saint, there is no one with the same shadow in the world.

And Cao Zhen took 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard force, and just after crossing the three-way road at Hulukou, the scouts who walked in front were killed by Guan Yu's men and horses who were lurking. They also set up tripping ropes and traps on the canyon road.

Cao Zhen really led the army to bury his head in the road at this time, and the scout in front did not come to report the situation, in Cao Zhen's cognition, it must be safe and sound, just take advantage of the fact that it is not yet dark, hurry up more, and the day after tomorrow can rush to Xunyang County earlier. At this moment, the cavalry centurion and his men, who were running ahead, stumbled and fell off their horses. Countless boulders rolled down from the canyon, and as long as people were not stupid, they knew that they had been attacked.

"Don't panic, follow me and rush out." After being worthy of being a famous general, Cao Zhen shouted in a hurry.

With a wave of the long sword, he commanded the leader to rush forward, but when he was about to rush out of the canyon, he suddenly rushed out of the woods on the side, and the leading man and horse rushed directly over. The hand rises and falls, as if flowing water. A large stream of blood spurted out of Cao Zhen's neck, and the big head flew out with the strength of the knife. It can be said that he died before he got out of school, and Cao Zhen, a famous general of the original generation, died in his first maiden battle. The main general was killed, and he fell into an ambush, and the 10,000 Cao troops scattered in a hurry before the battle began, and fled one after another.

When Cao Shuang arrived later and learned that his father was dead, he immediately became angry and immediately sent troops to attack Xunyang. Originally, Cao Shuang was in command and wanted to find someone to be a pioneer officer, but his father found him after he found out. In fact, the meaning is also very clear, Cao Zhen wants to act as a pioneer, because Cao Shuang is Cao Zhen's most outstanding son, and it is the first time to go to war, he is not at ease. In addition, Cao Zhen's position and status in Wei are not as good as his son Cao Shuang, and he is often ridiculed by others because of this, so he wants to take this opportunity to make a contribution, which can be regarded as satisfying his vanity and face as a father.

The so-called father-son soldiers who went into battle, coupled with Cao Zhen's courage and courage, so Cao Shuang agreed without thinking about it. But the problem is that Cao Zhen has no experience in leading troops to fight, and he has indeed gone on expeditions with the ancestor Cao Cao before, but that is to manage logistics, and there is no need to go into battle to kill the enemy. This is not the first time that I have no experience in leading troops, and I am not careful when I walk into the canyon area where the north is regarded as a dangerous place for soldiers.

Although Cao Zhen's position in the Cao family is more embarrassing, how can he also be his father Cao Shuang, and now the old thief Guan Yu is so despicable, and the hatred of killing his father is not shared. This is not when it is dark, Cao Shuang launched an attack overnight, it is really worthy of a tiger and leopard ride, and the attack is more fierce than wave after wave. Seeing that Xunyang City was about to be unable to defend it, Guan Yu had no choice but to take advantage of the dawn and rush out of the county with his henchmen and soldiers to flee to the next city, Yixian. In these two short days, it can be said that there have been great ups and downs. On the first day, he was still in the joy of defeating Cao's army, and on the second day, he fled from the city. Of course, Guan Yu didn't know that the middle-aged military general he killed two days ago was the father of Marshal Cao Jun, so Cao Junzhong ordered to chase and kill to the death.

The 5,000 soldiers who originally followed were less than 1,000 by the time Guan Yu arrived in Yi County, and the Cao army was also in hot pursuit. Guan Yu had no choice but to take away the defenders of Yixian County and continue to flee to Qichun. And Liu Bei first got Guan Yu's reward, and the original nervous new feelings suddenly relaxed, and now he is sleeping with his wife in his arms. I only heard Zhang Fei shouting while running outside, and when he came to the door of the room, he kicked the door away. This can scare Liu Bei's lower body, but who is Liu Bei, he is a hero, of course he knows that something particularly urgent must have happened, otherwise Zhang Fei would never be so reckless. Hurriedly got up to change his clothes and trotted out. Seeing Cui Zhouping and Zhang Fei both waiting in leather armor, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What is the matter with the military advisor and the third brother, is it Sun Quan from the south calling?" ”

"Lord, it's not that Sun Quan who called, but General Guan was defeated, and the lone army was trapped in Qichun, so he sent someone to ask for help?" Cui Zhouping said with a serious face.

"Big brother, now the second brother's situation is critical, and the letter says that the defenders are less than three thousand, and there are still two thousand recruits among them. You hurry up and find a way, it's really not good, I'll take my men down and fight with Cao Thief first. Zhang Fei said hurriedly.

"Third brother, your temperament is so impatient, don't be kind and misguided." Liu Bei said reproachfully.

"My lord, General Zhang, at this moment, I still have to think of a way, how to rescue General Guan, and repel the Cao army." Cui Zhouping can't stand it anymore, why are you still talking about this at this time, it's important to solve the problem.

"Yes, yes, yes, I don't know what the military advisor has to do?" Liu Bei hurriedly turned to the topic.

"The only way to do this now is to concentrate the army, and then break the kettle and fight for it. But I'm afraid that Sun Quan won't give us a chance in the rear. Cui Zhouping said helplessly.

Liu Bei couldn't help but think of something when he heard this, and took a deep breath. Cui Zhouping's words have been made very clear, if you want to save people, you must be prepared to give up the entire Yangzhou territory, but if you don't save it when you die, he Liu Bei can't do this kind of thing, which is difficult to choose.