Although Mi Fang's words were impassioned, Lu Bu didn't dare to trust this brother-in-law's ability to lead troops. With Mi Fang's ability to drag mud and water to suppress all bandits, and not to be clean, can he deal with Chu Feiyan, the leader of the Taishan thief?

That Chu Feiyan is the twin brother of Zhang Jiaoyi's son Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan was able to pacify Youzhou in one fell swoop and fight for the status of Duzhen's side under Zhang Mad, how could his twin brother of the same production be easy?

Moreover, on the battlefield it has always been easy to attack and difficult to defend. However, Chu Feiyan took advantage of the terrain around Mount Tai to occupy a geographical advantage, and he could do it whenever he wanted. And Lu Bu, who was escorting the grain and grass, had to open his eyes wide when he was sleeping.

In this kind of passive situation, even if Lu Bu personally dispatches, he may not be able to achieve no flaws, let alone a third-rate military general like Mi Fang.

"Wen Yuan, what do you think?"

Lu Bu has always wavered on the strategic issue of whether or not to withdraw troops. Among the two people present that he believes the most, Bao Xin has already expressed his opinion, and of course he has to ask Zhang Liao at this time.

"Prince, in my opinion, it is better to retreat first."

Zhang Liao, who was less than thirty years old at this time, had always acted boldly, but at this time he agreed with Bao Xin's conservative views.

"If we do not retreat, it will be difficult for our army to transport grain and grass. Moreover, the prince must not forget that the northern thief is only a general now, and the main master has not yet gone south. If we do not retreat at this time, and when we have to go south with arrogant heavy troops, our army will engage the superior enemy army under the condition of losing its geographical advantage. At that time, if the war was unfavorable, I was afraid that our army would be tens of thousands of troops, and it would be difficult to escape the scourge of destruction! ”

Hearing Zhang Liao's reason, the generals in the account were all greatly changed for a while.

The arrogant guy in the north. However, he is the largest prince in the world who owns the four states of Merge, You, Hebei and Qingdao. He only needs to mobilize the territory slightly, and an army of 100,000 is at his fingertips. The generals of Xuzhou are now facing Yu Ban, who is only one of the arrogant generals, and he is already in a dilemma. If Zhang Mad led the main force of the army to the south, even if Xuzhou mobilized with all its might, it would be impossible to fight the insolent army that occupied the numerical advantage on the frontal battlefield.

Zhang Liao's words. persuaded most of the generals in the tent. In fact, most of the Xuzhou generals had little confidence in fighting with insolence. They were all very happy to be able to retreat to the fortified rear of the city.

Wen Yuan's words were very true. I have made up my mind. ”

Lu Bu made the final conclusion for this military agreement. As for the question of who will be responsible for the post-break, as long as Lu Bu is determined to withdraw his troops, in fact, this is not a big problem.

When the military discussion was over, Lü Bu's Xuzhou coalition army quickly began to pack up and take care of the retreat. This is not a small movement, and it was naturally seen by Yu Ban, who was scouting around. It's just that Yu Ban got such clear information. There are always some doubts in my heart. He asked Guan Yu to discuss the war, and asked at the beginning:

"Lu Bu's retreat with such fanfare, does Captain Guan feel cheating?"

Guan Yu and Yu Ban have not dealt with each other a few times, but they are just general, and their tone is polite and distant:

"Lu Bu, there are brave and unscrupulous people! If it weren't for Xuzhou Haoqiang using him as a shield and refusing Yuan Shu's interference, how could he be allowed to enter Xuzhou? Such brainless people. How much deception is available? ”

However, the conversation changed. Guan Yu said again:

"Even so, as the lord often says, the lion fights the rabbit with all his might. Our troops can pursue cautiously and set up troops to meet behind. In this way, even if Lu Bu has any tricks, our army does not need to be afraid. ”

After listening to Guan Yu's opinion. Yu Ban sat in the tent, was silent for a while, and asked:

"Captain Guan, do you dare to lead the army to pursue Lu Bu? I will take the army behind. ”

"Why don't you dare?"

With Guan Yu's courage, he blurted out his promise. He was confident that even if Lu Bujun had an ambush when he broke off. I can also take it myself.

However, the next development of the battle situation made Guan Yu very embarrassed. There is no other reason, although the Lu Bu army is not under the same command, and due to the confusion of command, there are many problems in the process of retreating, but Guan Yu did not get any good opportunity to attack. The main reason for this is the person who led the army.

After the Xuzhou army was broken, it was none other than Lu Bu himself.

Although Lu Bu is not an excellent army commander, he is a top cavalry general in the world. After putting aside the face of not being able to fight easily, he took 1,500 elite cavalry with his headquarters and waited until the retreat of the army was completed, and then he began to move.

Guan Yu, who was chasing after him, repeatedly wanted to lead his troops to rush forward, but he was shot back by a rain of arrows from Lu Bu's headquarters. If Guan Yu insisted on advancing forward regardless of casualties, Lu Bu only needed to retreat hundreds of paces with his subordinates, and then line up again, so that all the casualties paid by Guan Yu when he broke through would be in vain.

I have to say that in the case of a broken back, Lu Bu has the essence of "hit and run" in the cavalry and archery tactics. And Guan Yu was unable to break through the opponent with cavalry in one fell swoop because the gap in the number of cavalry under his subordinates was too large.

As for sending crossbowmen to approach forward and drive Lu Bu away?

Well, Guan Yu hasn't been stupid enough to do that. If you really want to do this, it is not to drive Lu Bu, but to deliver food to Lu Bu's cavalry. It is no accident that crossbowmen against cavalry have always been mainly defensive, and there is really no precedent for taking the initiative to attack.

After three failed temptations, Guan Yu decisively calmed down his thoughts of seeking benefits from Lu Bu. The three temptations caused about 200 casualties to Guan Yu's troops, but they only forced Lu Bu back for less than ten miles. As for the casualties of Lu Bu's army, perhaps none of them exceeded ten people......

However, although Guan Yu's pursuit was ineffective, it did not mean that Lu Bu could casually and successfully retreat south. Lu Bu was dealing with Guan Yu's pursuit in the back, and just when he felt that he was at ease, the retreating army gave him a piece of news that surprised Lu Bu.

"Kaiyang has fallen?!"

Lu Bu suddenly rode his horse and rushed over, and just when the messenger thought that he was about to be hit by Chisu, Lu Bu pulled the reins to stop Chisu's forward rush, grabbed the collar of the messenger with one hand, and asked with a hideous face:

"Say! True or false! ”

"Ahh It's true! How dare the subordinates talk nonsense? ”

Lu Bu, who received a reaffirmative reply, had a gloomy face. He threw down the collar of the messenger and raised his head to the sky and shouted:

"I'm mad at me!"

Kaiyang is located at an important node in the withdrawal route. The fall of Kaiyang City means that this road is impassable. Since the retreat route was obstructed and a new withdrawal route needed to be changed, Lu Bu naturally could no longer stay in the rear army in person and serve as the broken rear. As soon as he received this extremely unfavorable information, he hurriedly took his direct cavalry and ran wildly all the way, rushing out of thirty miles in one hour, until he reached the position where the Chinese army was.

Lü Bu was not there, and the person in charge of directing the retreat of the whole army was Lü Bu's deputy general Zhang Liao. According to the guidance of the general, Lu Bu quickly determined the location of Zhang Liao. From afar, Lu Bu could see Zhang Liao's side, surrounded by several generals and strategists in the army. These people were waiting for each other, and as soon as they saw Lu Bu's big hand, they immediately came forward like a flock of chickens.

"How did Kaiyang fall?"

Without waiting for everyone to say hello, Lu Bu split his head and covered his face with such a sentence. It can be seen that he is really angry.

Hearing Lu Bu's question, everyone's eyes were cast on one person. The man was lavishly dressed, but covered in dust, giving the impression of a pheasant having fallen into a dirt pit. Lu Bu recognized this person, who was a member of Cao Bao's clan and served as the county magistrate of Kaiyang.

"County Magistrate Cao, you, you have to make it clear!"

Even though Lu Bu was furious in his heart, he still maintained a certain amount of politeness to the county magistrate who had lost the county seat. After all, this person is a member of the father-in-law Cao Bao's clan, and for the sake of his wife's Cao family, Lu Bu still controlled his urge to stab the other party to death with a halberd.

"Uncle Fang, don't blame me! It's the thief army that has come too much and is too cunning! ”

In the face of Lu Bu, this county magistrate Cao was not very frightened. He danced and talked about it, and the process of the fall of Kaiyang can be regarded as a story. However, after hearing this, Lu Bu inevitably had doubts in his heart.

"You mean, tens of thousands of elite cavalry suddenly appeared, breaking through the city defenses at once?"

The look of suspicion on Lu Bu's face was extremely strong. Even if all the more than 20,000 people under the command of the forbidden place were counted, he would not be able to muster 3,000 cavalry. Under Kaiyang City, where did the tens of thousands of cavalry come from?

"Even if there are not tens of thousands, at least five or six thousand, really, Uncle Fang, this is true!"

Seeing that Lu Bu's expression was not good, and his eyes were only aimed at his neck, Cao Xian Ling subconsciously shrank his neck and tried to speak for himself.

Lu Bu just wanted to stab to death this guy who lied about the military situation with a halberd, and Zhang Liao on the side spoke:

"Junhou, although what Cao Xianling said is exaggerated, it is not false."

Lu Buxin is no more than this Cao disciple, but he still trusts Zhang Liao. He turned his head and asked Zhang Liaodao:

"Oh? What are the credentials? ”

"The last general asked dozens of Kaiyang County soldiers who fled to the army, and they all said that the fall of Kaiyang was due to the sudden attack of the cavalry brigade and the fact that they were able to enter the city by flying and grabbing it."

Flying to grab this thing, Lu Bu has naturally seen it, and has also used it, it is an effective tool for climbing. Tie an iron claw with a rope and throw it high to the top of the city, so that the claw hooks the crack in the stone at the head of the city, and the warriors who are light and healthy can quickly climb up to the top of the city.

Of course, this thing is quite rudimentary, and if the walls are higher, or if there are a few people guarding the city, it will not work. But for Kaiyang, where the city wall is not too tall, if the defense is a little lax, I am afraid that it will really not be able to prevent flying and grabbing.

"Who did that?"

Lu Bu continued to ask. Flying to grab this thing is not popular everywhere. The cavalry from the north had used this thing when they were attacking the city at this moment. With this, Lu Bu intuitively believed that it should be done by the Northern Army.

Zhang Liao replied quickly:

"The county soldiers all said that the enemy had a Liangzhou accent, and the flag was written with the word 'Guo'. If it is not bad as expected, I am afraid that it is Guo Yan's defeated general! (To be continued......)