There is Bishui Pass in front of Xingyang, there is Tiger Prison Pass in the back, the Yellow River in the north is close to the Yellow River, and the gap Huaishui is connected in the east, and it is only a day's journey from the fast horse of Luoyang, the eastern capital, so it has always been a place for soldiers to fight.

As the county magistrate, Xingyang's commercial economy is also second to none in Henan, second only to Luoyang's prosperity.

The population of the city is as much as 50,000, the county seat is 30 miles from east to west, and the circumference of the four city walls is dozens of miles.

So when Xu Rong learned the news of Hu Zhen's defeat at Bishui Pass, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "The chaos in the world began at Bishui Pass. ”

"Xu Yuanjun, once the Bishui Pass is lost, the Kwantung Coalition Army will definitely attack soon, and now the Xingyang soldiers are outnumbered, and the lord is asked to make a decision as soon as possible." Taishou Mansion Governor Shi said worriedly.

"Without the Prime Minister's order, if you abandon the city and leave, it will be a capital crime to return to Luoyang, while the coalition forces have not arrived, you all go." Xu Rong, who is over forty years old, has already left a mark on his face due to his perennial military career, and now his sideburns and gray hair are gradually appearing, and he is already a little old.

"Xu Zhijun ......"

"Let's go, let everyone in the house go." Xu Rong waved his hand and smiled, but his eyes under the thick eyebrows showed a resolute color, he had no children under his knees, only two daughters, the eldest daughter married a child of a family in Liaodong's hometown, and the younger daughter also married to Hanoi, so for him, it can be regarded as a lack of concern, and being able to shroud in horse leather can be regarded as the fulfillment of a long-cherished wish for many years.

Overnight, the eunuchs in Xingyang City were gone, and when the people in the city got the news at dawn, Liu Bei had already led the army to arrive at the city of Xingyang.

Although Liu Bei is only more than 1,000 horses, Liu Bei has set up 300 camp tents, so that the defenders in the city mistakenly think that thousands of people have come down from the city, at this time Xu Rong was also completely deceived by Liu Bei, in his opinion, thousands of men and horses are just the front army of the Kwantung Coalition Army, it is estimated that it will not take long, and there will be more and more follow-up troops.

At noon, Liu Bei led a thousand elite soldiers and led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the city to fight.

Although there are only a thousand people, it is enough to make them fearful for the Xingyang defenders who are currently disheartened.

Xu Rong, who was dressed in armor, held a spear in his hand and a strong bow on his shoulder, raised his eyes to look at the three Liu Bei brothers who were fighting under the city, and said with a calm expression: "Cheer up Lao Tzu, this is just a battle, if the enemy dares to approach, give me a bow and arrow to greet me." ”

Hearing Xu Rong's heart-wrenching words, the originally flustered military spirit at the head of the city gradually stabilized, which was caused by Xu Rong's personal prestige.

"The guards in the city listen, I am Liu Bei, the former vanguard captain of the army, before my army has yet to attack the city, immediately open the city gate and surrender, otherwise once the army breaks through the city, there will be no chickens and dogs, if you surrender now, the captain of this school guarantees that there will be no offense." Liu Bei drove his horse closer to the city wall, and shouted outside the range of his bow and arrows.

"Don't be noisy, since ancient times, there have only been generals who died in battle, and there were no generals who surrendered." Xu Rong smiled coldly, raised his voice and shouted.

"Hmph, Zhang Fei, who dares to fight?" Zhang Fei pointed at the spear in his hand and shouted coldly.

"Haha, if you have the ability to attack the city, don't say more." Xu Rong laughed loudly, but shouted unappreciatively.

In the next time, despite how Liu Bei's three brothers provoked and scolded, Xu Rong just shouldn't fight, so after tossing for a long time, Liu Bei saw that the sergeants were tired, so he could only lead the army back to the camp to eat, and prepare to continue to call for battle in the afternoon.

Although Liu Bei bluffed down hundreds of camp tents, but when he made a fire to make food, he ignored this, he thought that he was still far away from the city, and the guards in the city would not pay attention, but if the guards guarding Xingyang at this time were not Xu Rong, but ordinary generals, they might ignore the situation of the enemy camp outside the city because they were worried about the city defense.

But Xu Rong is not an ordinary person, as a general, and he has already determined to stick to the city to live and die, the calmness he shows at this moment is by no means what he pretends to be on the surface.

He was not in the city and kept watching Liu Beijun's movements, and soon found that the smoke in Liu Bei's camp did not match the density of the camp tent, and he became suspicious at that time, but at night, he found that Liu Bei's camp was not only sparsely smoked, but even the piles of bonfire figures seemed to be a little wrong.

Suspicious, he immediately sent a team of henchmen scouts to quietly find out of the city, but after one side inquired, the scouts turned back and reported that the enemy camp he had detected was less than 2,000 soldiers, and there was no sign of a second Han army within a radius of thirty miles.

"Just 2,000 men and horses dare to attack, it's really too deceitful, pass on my general's order, the whole army will eat a full meal on the third watch, and attack the enemy camp on the fourth watch, and a certain person will kill the enemy by surprise." Xu Rong sneered, and then conveyed the order for a sneak attack.

Liu Bei's camp tent outside the city.

"Big brother, the defenders in the city don't seem to have any intention of surrendering, with our men, we can't attack the city at all!" Guan Yu glanced at Liu Bei and said with some anxiety in his heart.

"The matter has come to this, there is no need to rush, when General Han arrives tomorrow, we will discuss it again." Liu Bei is quite calm, although he is eager to make meritorious contributions, but he also understands that the siege is not a field battle, and now he has insufficient troops, not to mention, and there are no siege equipment, it is obviously unrealistic to start a siege battle.

"Big brother, yesterday we captured Bishui Pass, after this merit, how can you also make a general or a county guard?" Zhang Fei saw that the atmosphere was a little depressed, and grinned.

"The third brother Hugh wants to publicize it, this matter is not our own judgment, when Luoyang is captured and Your Majesty is rescued, Your Majesty has its own decision, how can we be allowed to seal ourselves in private." Although Liu Bei blamed him, a hint of expectation flashed in his eyes.

"It's not too early, eldest brother and third brother, you can rest first, I'll go to patrol the camp." The brothers chatted for a while, and Guan Yu got up and said.

"Second brother will go first, and I will replace you in the second half of the night." Zhang Fei nodded.

Soon after Han Lie led his army to leave Bishui Pass, he camped and rested for a night, and only continued to camp on the second day.

At the end of the day, he only walked sixty miles, and there were still forty or fifty miles away from Xingyang, and Han Lie, who originally planned to camp on the second day, received a military order from the coalition forces in the rear, asking him to rush to Xingyang as soon as possible, surround Xingyang City, wait for the arrival of the coalition army, and capture Xingyang in one fell swoop.

Han Lie, who received this military order, had to give up his plan to set up camp, and said: "Order all departments to rush overnight and rush to Xingyang City for breakfast tomorrow morning." ”

At the third watch of the night, the dense fog gradually appeared, and between the sky and the earth, there was a vast expanse.

Zhang Fei walked around the camp, and saw that even the sound of falling leaves could be heard around him, and he opened his mouth to sigh, and drove his horse to the stable on the side in a somewhat sleepy mood, ready to add some forage to the mount, and take a nap by the way.

"You go separately and go around the circle, and I'll feed the horses." Zhang Fei, who came to the stable, glanced at the soldiers patrolling the left and right and ordered.

"Whoa!" The leader of the team nodded, and led the team away without care.

However, Zhang Fei just sat down after feeding the horse, and in the field under the night, there was a sudden sound on the left and right wings of the camp, and Zhang Fei, who jumped up, turned over on the horse's back, and looked up, under the night shrouded in thick fog, a sea of fire composed of torches fell into the camp like a rain of fire.

"Kill! ......" Zhang Fei, who was dumbfounded, listened to a roar in his ears.

"Enemy attack ......" Zhang Fei shouted, and Pegasus rushed out to Liu Bei Guan Yu's camp, at this time his only thought was to wake up Liu Bei Guan Yu in his sleep to break through.