When Liu Bei led Guan Yu, hurried to the edge of the city tower to meet Zhang Fei, and then rushed to the city tower together. found that Cao Hong's side was full of private soldiers, who were worried that they would be executed if they didn't protect well, and panicked Cao Hong's private soldiers.

Liu Bei led Guan Zhang forward, pushed everyone away while shouting, and squeezed into the middle with great effort. But when I saw Cao Hong, he had already rolled up two eyes, and his tongue was stretched out like impermanence.

Seeing Cao Hong, Hugh said that he was a doctor, and even if the gods were afraid, they couldn't save him. Zhang Fei released his clenched fists, and Guan Yu frowned.

Liu Bei said, "Hiss! He gasped. Immediately, his face was full of anger and he clenched his fists and shouted: "The smoke released by Hua Fei is so vicious, it actually smoked Lord Cao Hong to death!" ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he glanced at Cao Hong's death, his brows couldn't help but lock a little, and his face was full of doubts.

Liu Bei raised his hands to the panicked private soldiers and said loudly: "Don't panic, Lord Cao Hong's death is because Hua Fei's strategy is too vicious, not because you can't protect it effectively." ”

The private soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, but they heard Liu Bei shouting loudly again.

"At present, the great enemy is present, but Lord Cao Hong is unfortunately killed, resulting in no one to lead the army. If Huafei takes advantage of the situation to attack, it will be in danger, and Xuzhou will be in danger! After being the king of Zhongshan Jing, he was entrusted by Lord Cao Bao to temporarily lead you to defend this city. ”

Saying that, he paused slightly, then looked at the private soldiers and said: "You can help defend the city first, and when you retreat from Huafei in the future, you will be a meritorious person." If you have a few words of kindness, there will be no disaster. I don't know if you would like to help? ”

In the eyes of the private soldiers, the person who can exonerate them at this time is simply the heavens, the earth, and the supreme emperor.

Therefore, without hesitation, they shouted at Liu Bei in unison: "I would like to hear from my lord!" ”

The corners of Liu Bei's mouth curled slightly, and he said loudly to the remaining defenders: "Since you are loved by everyone, you will be ready to temporarily lead the responsibility of commanding the army." ”

When the defenders heard this, their eyes widened and their faces were stunned. But I heard Liu Bei shouting again: "It's freezing right now, and everyone is working hard to defend the city!" ”

Immediately, he turned his head to Zhang Fei and called, "Third brother! ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he clenched his fists and roared: "Here!" ”

Liu Bei said in a loud voice: "You can go to the warehouse, take some more money, and distribute it to every brother present, and comfort the brothers a little." ”

Zhang Fei heard the order and shouted "Oh!" Then he led the people and turned and left.

As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food! When the defenders heard that there was money to be taken from them, they all cheered with smiles on their faces. Who else cares, who will lead the troops?

Liu Bei raised his hand again and shouted to the army: "The enemy soldiers are approaching the city, and the news of the death of the leading general of our army should not be leaked. lest they be taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

Saying that, he shouted: "Yun Chang! ”

Guan Yu heard Liu Bei's call, so he clenched his fists and bowed, and replied loudly: "Yun Chang is here, dare to ask what the eldest brother commands?" ”

Liu Bei held his sword in his hand and said in a loud voice: "I order you to lead your subordinates to strictly enforce military discipline and beware of news leakage." ”

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Yun Chang obeys the order of the eldest brother!" ”

After speaking, he held the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, turned around and waved the knife and shouted: "All sons obey orders!" ”

The soldiers under his command quickly rushed out of the crowd, lined up in formation, and shouted in unison: "Here! ”

Guan Yu held a knife in one hand and squinted his eyes with the other hand, slowly swept over the faces of the defenders, and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, listen well, but anyone who disobeys military orders ......"

At this point, he squinted his eyes and slowly glanced at the defenders again. Suddenly, the phoenix's eyes were opened violently, and the divine light raised the knife sharply: "Slash!" ”

His subordinates clasped their fists together, and their voices were like thunder: "Oh! ”

Guan Yu was already nine feet tall, and he was born majestic, coupled with this kind of momentum, the defenders were all afraid.

So, after Zhang Fei issued silver money to reward the army. Liu Bei did not oppose anyone, and successfully became the commander of more than 20,000 elite soldiers. That night, a number of horsemen obeyed Liu Bei's secret order and rushed to Tancheng out of Fuli.

At this time, Hua Fei was under some careful planning. Jin Feng did not move the cicada first, and Yuan Shu's army made a bad prediction.

He temporarily changed his strategy this time and abandoned Huainan to fight Xuzhou. Its purpose was to prevent it, Cao Bao was in the center to contact Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and attacked him from three sides.

So since Yuan Shu has moved, has Cao Cao also moved? Although the letter sent by Lu Su did not mention the Cao army in the north, there was news of any abnormal movement.

However, Hua Fei knew that Cao Cao was a man who used soldiers like a god. Just because there is no change does not mean that he has not moved. Perhaps, he had already secretly assembled his army, waiting for the best time to deliver a fatal blow to himself?

Runan's elite soldiers are only 45,000 people. At this time, he led more than 20,000 people to Fuli County, and Chen Zhi led the remaining elite soldiers in Runan to resist the north bank of the Huai River.

At this time, Runan County was the most empty. If Cao Jun took advantage of the situation at this time, then the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hua Fei was not willing to give up his plan to attack Xuzhou. However, he knew that the newly stabilized Runan County, the safety of the lives of millions of people, was all in his thoughts. This made him have to think carefully.

When the sky was about to dawn, Hua Fei reluctantly made a decision. Immediately, dozens of heralds flew out of Huafei's big village, one person and two horses, and went in all directions.

On the eighth day of the first month of the eleventh month of winter, the envoy from Cao Cao in Yanzhou said goodbye with a smile on his face, and Cao Bao could squeeze out the bitter juice on his face. Those who set off contentedly escorted a large amount of grain and grass back to Yanzhou.

Cao Bao watched the messenger and left. Knowing that Cao Hong had died, he urgently sent a letter to Fuli County to inform Cao Hong that Cao Cao had promised to send troops to attack Runan.

He was ordered to inform the whole army of this in order to boost the morale of the defenders. At the same time, he transferred another 10,000 elite soldiers to Fuli County to help Cao Hong defend the city.

And Liu Bei, who was in charge of more than 20,000 defenders at the beginning, saw that yesterday, the northern moat had been filled. I was very worried that Hua Fei would come to attack the city soon.

Therefore, early in the morning, he ordered the defenders to add food, and ordered the defenders to go to the city as soon as they had eaten, and prepare to meet the enemy army and take the city.

However, to his surprise, although Hua Fei continued to set fire to the city on this day, he did not send a single soldier to capture the city.

Hua Fei's practice of filling the river and releasing smoke, but not attacking the city, made Liu Bei's heart beat a drum. He couldn't figure out what kind of fame Hua Fei, a cunning enemy, was doing.

And Liu Bei is not the only one who can't figure out what Hua Fei is doing. The county commanders of Runan County in the east of Yingshui are also puzzled by Hua Fei's order.

In the middle of the night, or at dawn, they received a fast horse message from Lord Hua Taishou.

Hua Fei ordered them to urgently mobilize all the people in the east of Yingshui to harvest the unripe grain with all their might within two days, and all of them were evacuated from Yingshui.

Such an order made all the county commanders feel dizzy. They couldn't understand that there was no enemy to attack for no reason. Why should you abandon the city and protect the people, and abandon the good homeland?

However, the messengers sent by Hua Fei did not explain. Because the time given by Hua Fei was too short, the county magistrates didn't have time to think about it. Immediately, in the east of Yingshui in Runan County, the old man cried and the child screamed.

Since coming, the most difficult thing to leave is the homeland! Even though, the county magistrates and officials, the village elders and pavilion chiefs all shouted and screamed with their necks cut through their throats.

"The person sent by the prince said that the retreat was only temporary. In the future, he will send people to help everyone rebuild their homes. Everyone should believe in Washington. Wasn't our home built with his help......"

However, the people are still abnormal, reluctant to leave their homes that they have built with great difficulty.

Until Lu Su, who received Hua Fei's urgent order, led a large number of personnel to come. Under his comfort and persuasion, the people's emotions calmed down slightly.

On this day, Yuan Shu was also still in Huoqiu County, preparing a large number of siege equipment and river crossing tools. But Chen Zhi had already rushed to Yingshang County.

On this day, in Huafei Dazhai, a large number of heavy items, siege equipment and other objects began to set off and withdraw to Runan under the escort of elite soldiers.

On this day, Chen Deng was ordered to lead an army of 4,000 to march towards Ruyang County, between Luohe and Xiangcheng. Hua Fei entrusted him to lead the defense of the northern line of Yingshui between Luoshui and Ruyang counties.

And Xu Chu also ran out of Dazhai with three horses and rushed towards Ruyang County. He was ordered by Hua Fei to go to the county seat of Ruyang to assist Chen Deng in defending the enemy from the north.

On this day, Bing Yuan was ordered to leave for Jingzhou to ask his ally Liu Biao for help.

On the ninth day of the first month, Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 and marched towards the county seat of Xuchang.

And he was ordered to guard the Huaihe River - Muyuan in Xia Cai County. According to the order, he commanded the Tuntian army, and the whole army withdrew from Xiacai County, withdrew to the east of Yingshui, and moved to Yingshang County.

On the orders of Yuan Shu, Chen Lan bluffed on the south bank of the Huai River. Suddenly, the military town on the other side of the river became an empty city. After being dumbfounded for most of the day, he quickly sent people to report to Yuan Shu that he knew.

On the same day, Chen arrived, who was entrusted by Huafei. led the army to hold the Jinfeng Ferry, and with the help of Zhang Demei and Wu Xu, repelled Yuan Shu's tentative attack.

On the tenth day of the first month, Cao Bao received Liu Bei's urgent letter.

Liu Bei reported to him the news of Cao Hong's death. and told him that he had a small position and little power, and although he temporarily led the army to suppress Hua Fei for him, he was only afraid that the army would not accept it.

At the same time, in the letter, he made clear his intention to help Cao Bao eradicate Huafei and take Runan.

Cao Bao was in tears of sadness for his cousin who unfortunately died. He ordered in a frenzy: "Appoint Liu Bei as the post of Xuzhou soldier Cao to take charge of Xuzhou military affairs." ”

At the same time, 10,000 Lingbi defenders and 10,000 elite soldiers in Xuzhou were mobilized and handed over to Liu Bei in Fuli County. ordered him to wait for an opportunity to march into Runan County, and asked him not to kill Hua Fei.

For a while, Fu left the county seat, and Liu Bei, who jumped to a high position, controlled an army of more than 50,000 people. is eyeing Huafei and preparing to attack Huafei. What Hua Fei has been worried about is that the three-way attack on Runan has gradually taken shape. (To be continued.) )