Xun You chose the time to abandon the city at the darkest time before dawn, and he did not do this to avoid attracting the attention of the Han army. Now, the Han army is attacking the city day and night, and no matter when he chooses to abandon the city, it will not escape the eyes and ears of the Han army. Therefore, Xun You's defense was not against the Han army, but his own people.

The people in Puyang City are complex, including Cao Cao's descendants, the little emperor Liu Xiehe and a large group of former ministers, as well as many wealthy families in Yanzhou.

Many of Cao Cao's cronies and generals went with him to attack the Tiger Prison, but the families of these people remained in the city, and if they heard that Xun You was going to abandon the city, they would definitely cry and clamore to flee with Xun You and them. Not to mention that Xun You knew that he couldn't hide it from the Han army, even if he could hide it from the Han army, so many old and young, men and women would follow behind, and his whereabouts would be exposed immediately.

Liu Xie must be taken away together. But so many former ministers of the former dynasty have different hearts, and if they know about it, it is likely to be bad, but Xun You still plans to bring them for another purpose.

As for those wealthy families, Xun You is even more uneasy. A few days ago, Xun You issued an order to inform these wealthy families to send their respective family servants to the city, and these wealthy families were quite dissatisfied, and now if they learn that they are going to abandon the city, they may immediately turn back.

After nightfall, the soldiers and horses in Puyang City began to move frequently, and these days it has been like this, and the people in the city are not surprised to see it.

At the time of the second watch, the former ministers of the former dynasty who lived in Puyang City successively received Liu Xie's will and summoned them to the palace to discuss matters. In order to show their backbone, these former ministers insisted on only obeying Liu Xie's will and acting, but they didn't know that Liu Xie was just a puppet under Cao Cao's control, where could he make his own voice. I heard that it was Liu Xie who called him, and these former ministers came to the main hall obediently, and when they waited until the third watch, they were sleepy and tired, and they didn't see Liu Xie come out.

On the fourth watch, Yu Ban wore armor and led a group of tigers and wolves to rush into the main hall and surround these former courtiers. The ministers were shocked, and they were noisy, so they ignored it, waved their hands, and let the soldiers escort the ministers into the carriage. These carriages were originally owned by the ministers themselves, and now they have been requisitioned by Yu Ban's troops, and of course the result of the requisition is still for these ministers to ride.

Seeing that the ministers were all put into the carriage and walked towards the east gate surrounded by soldiers, Yu Bancai suddenly realized and blurted out, "Is everyone here?" ”

His soldiers hurriedly grabbed the last carriage, lifted the curtain, asked the minister sitting in the carriage a few words, and then replied: "General Hui, everyone is here, only Kong Rong is missing." ”

Kong Rong is the descendant of the great sage Confucius, and he is also a staunch supporter of Liu Xie, and he is also a contemporary celebrity. A general like him should not have made such a mistake, but it was only because he was in a bad mood that he was negligent for a while.

This time, Xun You decided to abandon the city and leave, except for Liu Xiehe and the former ministers of the previous dynasty, only Cao Cao's family members were taken away, not to mention that the other civil and military family members who followed Cao Cao were kept in the dark, and even Yu Ban and Chen Qun's family members were not taken away. Yu Ban and Chen Qun were naturally dissatisfied in their hearts, but Xun You, who was the principal, his family and his uncle Xun Yu's family members stayed in the city, what could they say. But Yu Ban knew in his heart that as long as they left, the fall of Puyang City would only be a matter of time, and he really couldn't imagine what kind of treatment their family members would be subjected to.

Now that it was too late to think of this, Yu Ban gritted his teeth, stopped caring about Kong Rong, picked up his gun and got on the horse, escorted these vehicles out of the east gate, and went to Juancheng.

In fact, supporters of the former dynasty like Kong Rong did not dare not go after being summoned by Liu Xie. But since the last time there was a grain smuggling deal with Mi Fang, most of the people in the Confucian Mansion have been bought by Mi Fang, and many phantom secret spies have been inserted. These phantom secret spies stayed in Confucius's mansion, firstly, they could use Kong Rong's reputation as a cover for their own actions, and secondly, they could also protect Kong Rong from Cao Cao's poison. Kong Rong actually vaguely knew the identities of these people, but now that his wife and children were being held hostage in Xiangyang, he could only turn a blind eye.

When Liu Xie's will reached the Confucian Mansion, Kong Rong had already fallen asleep, and the person who received the letter was a phantom secret spy, and after he asked the leader, he suppressed this will, so Kong Rong was still asleep, and he didn't know that there was such a will. However, the phantom spy had already secretly passed on the news that Liu Xie had summoned his ministers late at night through secret channels.

After receiving this news, Zhang Liao quickly judged that Cao's army wanted to abandon the city, and the plan to encircle three and lack one finally had an effect, and he immediately led the first army to set up an ambush outside the east gate.

The attack and defense of the west, south, and north gates of Puyang City were still as fierce as ever, but there was silence outside the east gate. Yu Ban and his soldiers were all human ranks, horses and feet, and they didn't even light a torch, so they marched quietly.

After traveling for more than ten miles, the sky was getting darker and darker, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and a large group of cavalry swept the smoke and dust to kill, and it was Zhang Liao who led the army to arrive.

Most of his men were foot soldiers, and there were only a few 200 cavalrymen. But as one of the few generals under Cao Cao, Yu Ban did not panic, and immediately organized soldiers to form a counterattack and fought with the Han army. Yu Ban even personally shot into the Han army, rushed left and right, and even picked more than a dozen people under the horse, and his majesty was unmatched for a while.

Zhang Liao complied with Liu Xin's rules, and originally did not need to charge into battle in person, but seeing that the enemy general was so brave, he couldn't help but be moved, shouted, waved his knife to meet him, and intercepted Yu Ban's way.

The two horses intersected, and with a "dang" sound, the two weapons collided fiercely. Zhang Liao and Yu Ban both secretly admired each other's strength. In front of the two armies, you can't be negligent at all, no matter what famous generals you are, it's not uncommon for boats to capsize in the gutter. Zhang Liao and Yu Ban didn't dare to be careless, they each shook their spirits, showed what they had learned in their lives, and fought a vicious battle in the chaotic army.

Although Yu Ban was brave, his soldiers were far from being the opponents of the Han cavalry, and after a few rounds of charges, there were only more than ten horsemen left around Yu Ban to follow. However, the fighting spirit of the Cao soldiers was not inferior to that of the Han cavalry, and although they were defeated, no one surrendered.

At this time, the cavalry of the Han army had already lit the Yuansong oil torch, illuminating this piece as bright as day. Those former ministers of the former dynasty, listening to the earth-shattering shouts and killing outside, cowered in the carriage, and did not even dare to come out.

Just when Zhang Liao and Yu Ban were fighting fiercely ten miles east of Puyang City, Xun You and Chen Qun led a cavalry to escort a team of vehicles out of the east gate of Puyang, and turned onto the road to the north after a short distance. In addition to Liu Xie, there were also Cao Cao's family members in the convoy, and as for the family members of other people, they had already abandoned them. There is a shortage of horses in Puyang City, and the horses ridden by this team of more than 300 guards are the last horses forcibly requisitioned from the wealthy families, although they are not called war horses, but they are much stronger than two legs, and Yu Ban and those former ministers are simply an outcast.

Yu Ban knew his mission very well, he was a bait, buying time for Xun You and others to escape, although his subordinates were gradually lost, he still gritted his teeth and fought with Zhang Liao for more than ten rounds, to see that the time was almost delayed, then he shook a shot, jumped out of the circle, and shouted: "General, stop!" ”

Zhang Liao held down the knife and sneered: "You have no way to escape, surrender!" ”

If there is no strong opponent Zhang Liao, Yu Ban may still have a bit of luck, hoping to escape from the bloody road, but now, he definitely does not dare to have this extravagant hope again. Although Cao Cao is very important to him, Yu Ban has his own plans, he is a person who knows the times, and he doesn't want to follow Cao Cao all the way to the dark.

The reason why he fought with Zhang Liao just now was on the one hand to complete his last mission to repay Cao Cao for his kindness, and on the other hand, to show Zhang Liao his martial arts, so that he could be reused after joining Liu Xin's camp.

Hearing Zhang Liao's sneer, Yu Ban no longer hesitated, dismounted from his gun, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "The last general is willing to surrender, and please save my family's lives." ”

Zhang Liao was worried that he would deceive, so he waved his big knife and let the left and right step forward to restrain him, and then said: "Since you have surrendered, how to send it down should be sent by Your Majesty." Let me ask you, are there Liu Xie and Cao Cao's families in this convoy? ”

Hearing Zhang Liao directly ask the key, Yu Ban hesitated again. There are only old ministers of the former dynasty in this convoy, there is no woman and children, naturally there is no family members of Liu Xie and Cao Cao, as long as Zhang Liao sends someone to check a little to know the answer, it is impossible for him to do anything to hide in this matter, Yu Ban hesitates whether to tell Xun You's plan and disposition.

As the core figure who stayed in Puyang, Yu Ban participated in the planning of the whole thing from beginning to end. And Xun You also had complete trust in Ban, not only telling Yu Ban where he would go after leaving Puyang, but also repeatedly telling Yu Ban that he must find a way to break out of the encirclement and go to meet them. Therefore, Yu Ban knows where Liu Xie and Cao Cao's family have gone now.

However, whether to tell everything he knows, Yu Ban still can't make up his mind. If he told the news, it would be tantamount to a complete break with Cao Cao, because with the advantage of the Han cavalry, it would not be long before he could catch up with Xun You. If he didn't say it, Han Jun would get the news sooner or later, and I was afraid that he would not be able to gain Liu Xin's trust at that time. Yu Ban is now in a dilemma.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yu Ban finally made a choice, and struggled to say: "General Hui, Liu Xie and Cao Cao's families are not in this convoy, they went to Dong'e." ”

Dong'e is more than a hundred miles away from Puyang, and now Xun You has walked twenty or thirty miles at most, if Yu Ban said that Xun You waited for the war here to leave, Zhang Liao would definitely be able to catch up. But Yu Ban kept an eye on it, and did not say when Xun You and them left, so that even if they showed their stuff in the future and met Cao Cao, they could find an excuse to shirk their responsibility.

"You said they went to Dong'e County?" Zhang Liao frowned, and then laughed and said, "This is a cheap Ziyi, let him pick up a great achievement for nothing!" ”