"Lord, in my opinion, Hua Xiong is planning to mobilize all his forces and storm one place."

Zhuge Liang analyzed.

"Don't worry, the south gate is guarded by my second and third brothers.

The east gate is guarded by Pang Junshi, and the east gate is General Cao Bao.

Even if Hua Xiong had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible to attack the city. ”

Liu Bei said with a chuckle, full of confidence in his words.

Zhao Yun behind him frowned slightly, and said softly,

"Lord, General Yide only humiliated General Cao Bao yesterday, in case he is disgruntled......"

Zhuge Liang "chuckled" in his heart, and hurriedly asked,

"Zilong, what did you just say?"

"Don't you know?" Zhao Yun looked at him strangely, "Yesterday at the banquet, General Yide drunkenly whipped General Cao Bao. ”

Zhao Yun told Zhuge Liang what happened at yesterday's banquet.

"Not good!"

Zhuge Liang's complexion changed.

Seeing his expression so solemn, Liu Bei smiled,

"Strategists don't have to worry, Cao Bao is still trustworthy."

Zhuge Liang raised his head and said with a wry smile,

"My lord, after I learned yesterday that the Huaxiong army was pressing, I ordered the entire county to enter a state of alert, and you should not enter or leave without the order of the lord and me.

But Hua Xiong and the third lady of the Mi family were able to disappear from the county town unconsciously, which means that we have an inner ghost. ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and pondered carefully, as if this was the truth.

Today, he ordered to search the entire county, but he couldn't find any trace of Huaxiong and Mi Luyun, which means that the two of them had already left the county.

Could it really be that Cao Bao secretly helped them leave?

"The lord, the two generals Guan Zhang, and Shi Yuan (Pang Tong's name) are all trustworthy, only Cao Bao may have problems.

In any case, the most important thing now is to send someone to replace him quickly. ”

"You're right."

Liu Bei made up his mind and instructed Zhao Yun,

"Zilong, you go to the east gate immediately and ask Cao Bao to come and see me.

And you take his place and defend the east gate! ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhao Yun received the order, but before he could leave, he heard Zhuge Liang cry out,

"Lord, I'm afraid it's too late!"

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang subconsciously looked out of the city.

I saw that Hua Xiong's 50,000-strong army had already opened up the formation and launched an attack in a mighty manner.

Their target is the east gate of Tan County.

It didn't take long for the shouts of killing to be heard at the eastern gate.

After a while, a soldier rode over in a panic.

"My lord! Oh no, Cao Bao has rebelled! ”

The faces of everyone present changed, and their hearts were horrified.

"Cao Bao, this guy has really rebelled!"

Zhuge Liang was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched.

Originally, according to his defense plan, it was impossible for Huaxiong to attack Tanxian with only 50,000 troops.

This is a good thing, Cao Bao's defection to the enemy directly disrupted the whole plan.

"It's no wonder that Cao Bao can't say that I handled it unfairly yesterday."

Liu Bei sighed and said helplessly.

Yesterday, when he dealt with the conflict between Cao and Zhang, he was still biased towards his second brother.

"It's just that I didn't expect Hua Xiong to be so cunning that he actually seized the opportunity and rebelled against Cao Bao.

Strategist, what should we do now? ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang with a blank eye.

Rao is Zhuge Liang's clever calculation, and he is at a loss at the moment.

He thought for a moment, but said helplessly,

"Lord, if Cao Bao surrenders to the enemy, plus Huaxiong's army, the enemy has a total of 80,000 horses.

And our army is only 70,000, and we are already inferior in numbers.

Coupled with the strength of Huaxiong's troops, it is really unwise to fight hard.

His subordinates suggested that it was best for us to evacuate Tan County and go to Xiapi. ”

Liu Bei didn't think much about it, and hurriedly nodded and said,

"Everything is arranged by the military division, let's go to Xiapi!"

Zhuge Liang stood up and commanded in an orderly manner.

"Zilong."

"The end will be."

"You immediately take people to the south gate and the west gate, and tell General Guan Zhang and Pang Junshi that Cao Bao has rebelled, and our army will withdraw from Tan County and go to Xiapi.

In addition, you will bring in another 3,000 soldiers, and after the break for our army, you must stop Huaxiong! ”

"Whoa!"

Zhao Yun got up and left.

"The rest of the people immediately set off, discarded their baggage, and quickly withdrew from Tanxian!"

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!"

Everyone responded in unison.

……

Hua Xiong led a large army to attack the eastern gate of the city.

Cao Bao really opened the gate of the heavy city wall as agreed.

An army of 50,000 poured into Tan County like a tide.

"Cao Bao, you did a good job."

Hua Xiong reached out and patted Cao Bao on the shoulder.

Cao Bao was suddenly flattered, and only felt that the bones in his body were a little lighter.

"It's all the last general's business."

He hastened to show his loyalty.

Hua Xiong squinted his eyes and asked,

"How is the Mi family?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I have sent someone in advance to guard around the Mi family."

"Good! Looks like I read you right. ”

Hua Xiong laughed, and then asked,

"What about Liu Bei and the others?"

"Returning to the lord, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are guarding the south gate, and the west gate is Liu Bei's military advisor Pang Tong.

And Liu Bei took the others to guard the north gate. ”

Pang Tong also became Liu Bei's military advisor?

Hua Xiong was a little surprised.

It seems that his appearance disrupted the course of many history, allowing Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to go out of the mountain in advance to assist Liu Bei.

"In that case, let's go to the north gate to meet Liu Bei!"

Hua Xiong pulled the reins and rode Xiaobai towards the city.

Cao Bao and Zhou Cang followed.

When Huaxiong and his entourage arrived in the center of Tanxian County and were about to go towards the north gate, they happened to meet Liu Bei and others who had finished packing their things.

The two sides suddenly encountered, and they were immediately stunned.

Hua Xiong was the first to react and laughed,

"Big-eared thief, where are you fleeing?"

Liu Bei never expected that he would collide with Hua Xiong head-on, and he was immediately frightened.

Fortunately, Chen Zhi, the commander of the guards beside him, reacted in time, and hurriedly shouted,

"Protect the lord!"

A team of soldiers came out from the rear and blocked in front of Hua Xiong.

The armor on their bodies is marked by white bird feathers and animal feathers, which is the famous personal guard in front of Liu Bei's tent, the "White Soldier"!

"Kill me!"

The long halberd in Hua Xiong's hand pointed at Liu Bei,

"Whether it is capturing Liu Bei alive or killing him, there will be a reward!"

"Rush!"

Zhou Cang brandished a big knife and took the lead in rushing over with Hua Xiong's personal soldiers.

The armor worn by Hua Xiong's personal soldiers was all red, like rolling blood.

Two streams of people, one red and one white, collided together!

The two sides launched a fierce battle!

is worthy of being the famous white soldiers in history, their strength is not inferior, and they are inseparable from Huaxiong's personal guards.

Liu Bei saw that the situation was not good, and under the cover of Chen Zhi and others, he planned to retreat first.

But how could Hua Xiong give him this opportunity?

As soon as he clamped the horse's belly, Xiaobai jumped up out of thin air and chased after Liu Bei.