Sleepless all night, when the first rays of dawn shone on the head of Xiapi City and on Gong Du, the morning mist was still heavy, and when he looked at Siye, there was an indescribable hazy feeling, which made him happy and frightened.

Thankfully, the night of fear had finally passed;

The fear is that the unknown is still missing.

The emotion of regret lingers in my heart like morning mist, I knew that there was today, I should not make a choice in a hurry, I thought I was shrewd, and I was called 'Nine-headed Jiao' by my colleagues in Runan and Yingchuan, how could I make such a serious mistake?

Alas, it's all Xu Yu's mouth that can be said too much, and Boss Liu's guy was called by Liu Bei one by one, and he was stupid, he really thought that he was a vassal king, and the Han clan was a relative, and as a result, everyone was brought into the ditch.

But Lao Huang is right, it's too late to regret it now. Ruying's yellow scarf is just a name, and it is completely different from the yellow turban descendants of Baibo and Montenegro, and he wants to rely on this to have a relationship with Qingzhou.

Now that the city has been taken and the battle has begun, wouldn't it be self-inflicted trouble to regret it or something?

However, although it is true that the truth is like this, when Gong Du thought of the ambush battle planned by Liu Bei, his heart twitched for no reason. He only understood half of the truths that Liu Bei said before he went out to fight, but he accurately guessed the consequences.

Wang Yu may or may not die, but whether Liu Bei succeeds or not, the Qingzhou forces will not collapse immediately, because Wang Yu has a son. Therefore, Xiapicheng is destined to face the retaliation of the Qingzhou army, and the difference is only in who the commander of the unified army is.

Thinking of this, Gong Du only felt that the future was dark.

He had the heart to talk to his companions, but he could see Liu Bi's resolute expression, and Huang Shao's wincing but unwavering eyes. He eventually gave up. It's all in vain, so why say it again?

Just thinking about it, Gong Du suddenly felt movement beside him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that it was a young general, and he arched his hand: "Young General, you didn't sleep either?" ”

Guan Ping's face was very pale, he barely pulled out a smile, and nodded back: "Ping is young." There is no calm in every big event, which makes General Gong smile. ”

"What did the Major General say?" Gong Du shook his hands continuously: "Since General Liu sent a letter back, saying that the decisive battle is in the past two days, who in this city knows about it, who can sleep peacefully?" I'll tell you the truth. I Lao Gong, I haven't slept for a few hours in the past few days, as soon as I close my eyes, I woke up with a little wind and grass, I know what people mean when they say tossing and turning. ”

Guan Ping smiled, and Liu Bei recruited the rebels among the group of generals. He only has a good impression of Chen and Gong.

Chen Zhi was forced to be a thief, he didn't have any thief nature, his personality was calm and peaceful, and he didn't talk much. But it's safe to get along. Gong Du has a lot of eyes and words, but this person's mind is mainly used for self-preservation and survival, and he has no ambition, although he is called a nine-headed Jiao. But he has never taken the initiative to design harm others, and he doesn't have to have too many scruples when he speaks.

The attitude of these two people. In peacetime, they don't feel anything, but after the hostile relationship with the Qingzhou Army is formally established, the two can still treat themselves as always, instead of being like Uncle Jian and Liu Pi, who are as usual on the surface, but secretly they are strictly vigilant.

In fact, it is not only Jian Yong and Liu Pi who think this way, but Uncle Liu also thinks this way, otherwise, with his own identity, martial arts, ambush warfare, such an important battle, and the task of staying in Xiapi, why can't he get involved at all?

At this point, he seems to have some sympathy with the third uncle.

The eldest brother is on the rise in Qingzhou, and his father has also sent letters privately several times to let him go home as soon as possible, but he didn't expect these to fall into the eyes of Uncle Liu. And the relationship between the third uncle and Wang Junhou is even more ......

Every time he thinks of this, Guan Ping is both helpless and resentful, he didn't make the choice he made at the beginning, and now, although Uncle Liu is suspicious, his father-in-law's care has never changed, teaching martial arts and the art of war, without reservation, and he is also concerned about life, so how can he abandon it?

Gong Du thought that he was worried about the war situation, but he didn't know that he was only worried about the safety of his father-in-law.

The hussar general fought a hundred battles, his wisdom and strategy, Uncle Liu took a dangerous fight, and it is needless to say that if he loses, he will lose...... With the character of a righteous father, how can he endure humiliation and retreat?

Thinking of this, Guan Ping's face turned a little paler, and he forgot to answer Gong Du's words for a while, and the latter didn't care, first, he understood Guan Ping's mood, and more importantly, his attention had been attracted by other things......

"Gotcha, gotcha......" The brisk sound of horses' hooves pierced through the morning mist, from east to west, rapidly approaching the city of Picheng, and there was a sudden chaos on the city's head.

The soldiers covered their helmets and exchanged their heads and questioned each other; The officers shouted and ordered the soldiers not to speak, to hurry back to their combat posts, and then exchanged suspicious glances with their colleagues, soothing each other's worries.

Liu Bi and Huang Shao snatched out of the city tower one after another, asked about the situation in a low voice, and then looked east with a serious face, as if they could really see through the thick fog and see the truth.

After a long time, but in fact it was only half a pillar of incense, someone finally came out of the fog, and when he was still far away, he raised his voice and shouted: "Quick! Open the gates! ”

Hearing the voice of the comer, the generals at the head of the city immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Huang Shao asked loudly, "Is it a barbarian brother?" Where is Liu Yuanjun? How's the battle going? ”

In addition to the three people who stayed behind, Gong, Huang, and Liu, the most powerful in the Ruying Yellow Turban are He Yi and He Man. In this battle, the two brothers accompanied them as deputy generals, and now it is his younger brother He Man who is calling the door under the city.

"The battle was won, but he couldn't catch Wang Yu, he was injured and ran away, and now Liu Envoy Jun is leading the army to pursue ......"

He Man's words were interrupted in the middle of his sentence, and a burst of relieved cheers sounded in the city, and even Guan Ping, who was full of sorrow, stretched his brows and breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, it is a good thing to win, and maybe the current result is the best.

After waiting for a long time, the city gradually quieted down, and He Man's shouts came intermittently: "...... Before Wang Yu broke through and escaped, he put a signal for help...... Liu Zhijun was worried that the Liangcheng Qingzhou army would not have time to rescue its master, and would besiege Wei to save Zhao ......"

The generals of the city were terrified. The signal for help that He Man said was also seen by the sergeant on duty at night, from east to west. A cloud of fireworks explodes at a distance. At first, everyone was just amazed by the brightness of the fireworks, which aggravated the worry in their hearts, but now they were reminded by He Manyi, and everyone figured out the taste, which is clearly the principle of the beacon tower!

Just like Ho Man's words as a footnote, the morning fog in the north of the city seemed to be disturbed and suddenly boiled. The loud 'rumbling' sound came from far and near, like thunder, but no one would really think of it. It was a harbinger of a thunderstorm......

"Enemy attack...... The sentry on the watchtower widened his eyes and looked hard, and soon, his mouth opened and opened wide. The heart-rending cry resounded through half of Xiapi City.

"The Qingzhou Army is here!"

The news of the arrival of the enemy army in a big way dispelled the joy of the good news, and the city was once again in chaos. The city defense is arranged by Chen Zhi, in fact, there is nothing missing, as long as each performs its own position and defends step by step, the threat that the open-jawed army can form is not great.

But Chen Zhiren is not there. Liu Pi and Huang Shao, who presided over the overall situation, were not good at frontal combat, they were only good at fighting guerrillas. The troops in the city have their own subordinates, some are Yuan Shao's old troops, and some are local heroes. The bandits and bandits from all walks of life under the banner of the Yellow Turban also went their own way, except for Chen Zhi and Guan Yu, no one under Liu Bei could integrate these armies into one.

The Qingzhou army came so suddenly, chaos was inevitable.

Gong Du's face also turned white. was frightened, the north city gate was his defense area. In the face of the menacing Qingzhou Army, he bore the brunt!

But he has long been mentally prepared, although he is not panicked, while commanding his subordinates to defend the city, he does not forget to pull Guan Ping to help - Gong Du is not a big deal, but he has a good eye for people, he knows that Guan Ping's martial arts and tao strategy are far above him, as long as he does not suspect randomly, this is a good helper.

Guan Ping didn't know what he was thinking, he seemed to be a little distracted, and he was dragged by Gong Du for a long distance, and he suddenly stood up as if he was awake: "Something is wrong!" ”

Gong Du is older than Guan Ping, but his strength is not as great as his, he was pulled up, looked back at Guan Ping, and asked puzzledly: "Tanzhi, what's wrong?" ”

"The person who told the news is not right!" Guan Ping pointed to He Man, who was shouting outside the east gate, and said in a deep voice: "If my uncle had expected this moment, it should not be General He who came back to report the news, but General Shu Zhi!" ”

Guan Ping's words made a lot of sense, Gong Du was stunned for a moment, and quickly figured out the mystery.

Chen Zhi's martial arts are difficult to evaluate, because he is good at defense, he belongs to the type that is not weak when it is strong, and not strong when it is weak, let him defend the city, and the role he plays may be stronger than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei combined, let him pursue, the role may not be comparable to He Yi and He Man's hands - what the bandit is best at is to fight with the wind.

"But, in this way...... Could it be that ...... "It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, as soon as you think about it, Gong Du suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if he had suddenly fallen into an ice cave. If Guan Ping guessed correctly, then the current situation is too terrible!

"General Liu, be careful of deception!" Guan Ping didn't wait for Gong Du's reply, he shouted a warning to Liu Bi.

The latter was under the urging of He Man, and ordered the soldiers to put the drawbridge and open the city gate, and looked at Guan Ping when he heard the sound, his eyes were full of confusion. However, Huang Shao reacted faster, looked at Guan Ping, looked at the city again, pointed to the people behind He Man and asked, "Brother Barbarian, why are these brothers behind you so face-to-face?" ”

When Liu Bi heard this, his body was suddenly shocked, he looked at the city twice, his face suddenly changed, and he raised his hand to order the soldiers who opened the city gate to stop.

It's a pity that although Guan Ping's reminder was timely, Liu and Huang's reaction was slow after all, the city gate was already half opened, and Liu Pi's order to close the gate was not issued in time.

"Collapse!" At the sound of the bowstring, a long arrow appeared as if out of thin air, piercing Liu Pi's throat deeply, sealing his orders and life together.

"Guan ......" Huang Shao was shocked, shrunk his head, and shouted a warning, but he couldn't do more than Liu Pi, and the archer under the city released arrows in a row, only letting him shout one more word.

"Those who descend will not die, and those who use instruments will not be killed!" Take the city! Zhang Jaw lowered his bow and arrows, and ordered the guards to raise the flag and give orders.

The army north of the city hastened forward, tearing the dense fog to shreds; In the east of the city, behind Zhang Jaw, countless cavalry jumped out of the fog and drove straight in!

"Father-in-law!" At this point, everything was clear, Guan Ping only felt a sweetness in his throat, and screamed miserably.

"It's over, it's all over......" Gong Du was also dumbfounded, He Man was caught to cheat the city gate, Liu Bei's ambush had obviously failed, and now the east city gate has been defrauded, and the iron cavalry with open jaws is breaking through, the general trend has gone, and there is no chance of luck.

"It's not over yet!" As if hearing Gong Du's heart, Guan Ping suddenly shouted, and slowly pulled out his sword from his waist: "General Gong, please guard the north gate, the enemy at the east gate, as long as Guan Ping is there, they will not succeed!" As he spoke, he picked up his knife and rushed down to the city, apparently trying his best.

Gong Du was stunned for a while, watching his figure walk to the edge of the city ladder, only to wake up as if he had been slapped in the face, rushed up, and hugged Guan Ping's waist.

"General Gong, what are you doing?"

"Tanzhi, you can't go, you can't go!" Gong Du's shouting voice was filled with tears: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of your desperate efforts, it's just a matter of suddenly losing your life." Even if General Guan is already unlucky...... You always have to think about your younger siblings! You have Brother Ning to turn around, and you won't die, and a certain ...... A certain city can be sacrificed to avoid this killing! Yes, you can surrender! ”

Guan Ping listened, angry, and waited to break Gong Du away, but when he heard his younger siblings, his heart was still soft after all, and the hand holding the knife gradually loosened, gradually weakened, and finally let go......

"Boom!" The heavy sword landed on the green brick, making a dull crashing sound, but Guan Ping didn't pay attention to it, as if he had been stripped from the world.

As Gong Du and his minions began to shout, the shouts in the city quickly turned muffled and gradually dissipated into the wind. Xuzhou's first fortified city, Xiapi City, did not become the world's eye-catching meat grinder as the princes expected, but changed hands in just one hour.