Cao Cao listened to Xi Zhicai's strategy, first led his troops to Nanyang to make a feint, and then quietly withdrew his troops and horses at night, leaving only an empty camp to attract the attention of Liu Bei's scouts, creating the illusion that he was still in Nanyang.

Liu Bei was really fooled, and when he saw Cao Cao leaving, he was relieved to let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead the army to attack Yuan Shu, and then focused most of his attention on the direction of Nanyang, but he didn't want Cao Cao to have already traveled all the way day and night, and successfully sneaked to the vicinity of Puyang.

Before Cao Cao arrived in Puyang, he secretly contacted Dong Cheng, and the two sides agreed on a date, Dong Cheng was responsible for creating chaos in the city and preventing Liu Bei from taking the emperor, and Cao Cao attacked the city at the first time of the fire.

Strive to combine the inside and the outside, and break it in one fell swoop.

Jian Yong, who was ordered to inspect the city wall, looked at Cao Jun outside the city who seemed to have suddenly born from the ground, and was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Liu Bei, and kept urging the soldiers to release arrows and throw stones and trees.

Cao Cao rode a horse and stood in the distance, looking at the brighter and brighter fire in the north of the city, smiling with a smile on his face, and said to the strategists around him: "Sleep in the city tonight!" ”

Xun Yu Xi Zhicai and the others next to him all smiled, indeed, according to the current behavior, it is only a matter of time to take Puyang.

Liu Bei was already short of soldiers and horses, and was led away by Guan and Zhang, and there was Dong Cheng in the city who needed to be suppressed, and there would not be too many troops to defend the city.

Cao Cao summoned a personal soldier and ordered: "Order Cao Ren, the city must be broken within an hour, otherwise military law will be engaged!" ”

In charge of the siege was Cao Cao's general Cao Ren, a real handsome man.

The soldiers were ordered to rush to find Cao Ren immediately, and after a while, they heard a long trumpet sound from the city, and at the same time the drums beat loudly, and it was obvious that Cao Ren heard that the military order was no longer kept, and was ready to attack with all his strength.

As the drums and trumpets became more and more rapid, Cao's offensive became more violent.

On the city wall, Jian Yong's forehead was already sweating, and he was also holding a sword in his hand, killing one or two fish that slipped through the net from time to time and climbed the city wall.

Jian Yong got acquainted with Liu Bei when he was young, and when he heard that Liu Bei raised troops and did not hesitate to go to defect, he has been following and running for many years, and has experienced countless difficulties, but he is not as dangerous as he is today.

Fortunately, he didn't wait long, and Liu Bei finally led reinforcements to arrive.

Liu Bei strode up the city wall, and while directing the soldiers into battle, he took the opportunity to look outside the city, only to see countless torches flashing in the dark night, and at a glance it seemed that there was no end to the stars.

Listening to the increasingly rapid war drums outside the city, and Cao Jun, who seemed to be desperately climbing upwards like crazy, Liu Bei's mood couldn't help but sink, and at this time, the city became more and more noisy, and from time to time I heard someone shouting "The city is broken...... Liu Bei has fled! ”

It turned out that Dong Cheng and Wu Shuo had a clear division of labor, Dong Cheng was responsible for appeasing Emperor Xian, Chongji was responsible for setting fire and blocking Liu Bei, and Wu Shuo was responsible for creating panic and spreading rumors in the city.

At this time, the sound of the city breaking one after another in the city was shouted by Wu Shuo.

Liu Bei looked at the outside of the city with a resolute gaze, and then turned his heart sideways to Jian Yong and said, "Puyang is no longer defensible, Xianhe quickly evacuated with me." ”

After hearing this, Jian Yong hurriedly persuaded: "Although the Cao thief is strong today, our army may not have the strength to fight, isn't it hasty to evacuate at this time?" ”

Liu Bei didn't have time to elaborate, so he only urged: "Don't talk too much and leave quickly, otherwise it's too late!" ”

The reason why Liu Bei was able to turn danger into danger several times was because of this decisiveness.

As Jian Yong said, it may be a little hasty to leave at this time, but now the situation is already here, even if you can hold on for a while or a few more days, the final result will not change, but will give Cao Cao enough time to adjust his troops and horses and encircle Puyang, and it will become very difficult to escape at that time.

Some things don't get better if they drag on longer.

Jian Yong saw that Liu Bei's mind had been decided, and he didn't say much, and shouted loudly to the surroundings: "Don't panic, the two generals of Guan Zhang are leading the troops back, and the dawn will come. ”

After Jian Yong finished shouting, he didn't stay any longer, and quickly led his henchmen to run to the city with Liu Bei.

Before offering the gate of the Emperor's Palace, Chen Gong commanded the soldiers to charge several times, intending to quickly defeat the Chongji, but the defects of no fierce generals were exposed at this time.

Although Liu Beijun's morale and strength are higher than the Changshui Battalion led by the seed series, because there is no fierce general to open the way, it can only be slowly eaten.

But judging from the situation at this time, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it is for the series.

Sure enough, just when Chen Gong was in a hurry, a Liu Bei soldier ran over quickly and said to Chen Gong: "Mr. Yu, the lord has an order, and he ordered Mr. to quickly lead the troops to the east gate to converge, there must be no mistake!" ”

Hearing Liu Bei's order, Chen Gong sighed suddenly, the north gate was on fire, and people and animals were incomparable; The south gate was attacked by Cao's army in a hurry, and at this time Liu Bei ordered him to go to the east gate to meet, apparently having made the decision to abandon the city.

Although Chen Gong was unwilling, he knew that there was no other way now, and if he was forced to stay, the final outcome would probably be the destruction of the city.

Chen Gong was not an indecisive person, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops and led the soldiers to run towards the east gate.

Chong Ji looked at Chen Gong, who suddenly withdrew his troops, and was overjoyed in his heart, looking up to the sky and laughing: "It's a big deal!" ”

He did not pursue immediately, but ordered the soldiers to reline and continue to guard in front of the palace gate, while he turned around and entered the courtyard to report the news.

Liu Bei waited at the east gate to come to the Chen Palace, and did not say much, and immediately ordered someone to open the city gate, and then flew out of the horse and went straight away

Almost at the same moment, an earth-shattering shout came from the south of the city: "The city is broken!" ”

The defenders of the southern city were still desperately defending the city at first, but as time passed, the defending sergeant suddenly discovered that there was not even a single general in the city, except for a few team leaders.

Even if everyone realized it later, they also understood that they were abandoned by Liu Bei, and they suddenly felt sad in their hearts, and they immediately scattered and fled when they shouted.

Cao Cao looked at the slowly opening city gate, tilted his head slightly, and showed a smug look on his face, and ordered: "Order, those who capture Liu Bei alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and those who capture Chen Gong will be rewarded with a hundred gold!" ”

Although Cao Cao knew that there was little hope of capturing Liu Bei alive, he liked this feeling very much, the feeling of a winner.

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he walked towards the city gate surrounded by a group of civil and military personnel.

Liu Bei, Chen Gong and others led two or three thousand men and horses to quickly flee eastward, and on the way, Jian Yong asked Liu Bei: "Lord, the matter has come to this point, think about where to go as soon as possible, so that the two generals of Guan and Zhang can come to meet!" ”

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Chen Gong and asked, "What does Gongtai think?" ”

Chen Gong had already been thinking about this matter in his heart, and when he heard Liu Bei ask, he immediately replied: "The lord and Koji Yi have an old relationship, and they are quite nostalgic for the old relationship, so why don't you go to the place first, and then plan when you are more stable." ”

Liu Bei nodded and replied: "I coincide with Gongtai, and I am very affectionate, and this defection will definitely be accepted, so we will go to Taishan to defect." ”

After speaking, he knocked the horse's belly and quickly went in the direction of Mount Tai.

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