Crackling, slamming to the ground.

The raindrops in the air were like arrows, and the Huaiyin Stone Pavilion area, on the vast field, was smashed out of a pothole.

The wind is gusting, and the momentum is like an arrow.

Wrapped in the fragrance of the earth, he burrowed into the silent barracks.

Inside the main tent, the lights flickered.

The two sat around the desk, their eyes fixed on the mottled map, as if looking for a secret to victory.

The torrential rain on a summer night can't cool people's hearts.

One has long arms and big ears, and the other has a long red face, which is a celebrity in the Three Kingdoms era, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu have obvious appearance characteristics.

At the beginning of the first year of Jian'an (196 AD), Cao Cao and Liu Bei were the generals of Zhendong and the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he edicted him to conquer Huainan Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu and Cao Cao were defeated several times, and this time Liu Bei, who was weaker on the other side, couldn't hold the face of his Runan Wang clan, thinking that Cao Cao was humiliating himself.

After being furious, Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui were the generals, and the two generals led 50,000 elite soldiers, and the troops were sent to Xuzhou to take Tancheng directly, and they struck first.

Before Liu Bei took office as the pastor of Xuzhou, the state had been slaughtered twice by Cao Cao, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of Xuzhou and the withering of people's livelihood.

In just one year, Liu Bei's hastily accumulated soldiers, horses, money and food were far from being able to compete with the powerful Yuan Shu.

Faced with the will of the imperial court and the military threat of Yuan Shu, Liu Bei was unwilling to sit still, so he left his third brother Zhang Fei to guard Xiapi, and he and Guan Yu went south to defend against the enemy in Xuyi and Huaiyin.

Held each other for more than a month, fought more than a dozen times, but unfortunately won less and lost more.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu's mood was as gloomy as the weather, and their confidence was like the earth outside the tent, which was smashed by reality.

After a long time, Guan Yu tapped the table with one hand, frowned and admonished: "Big brother, Yuan Shubing has enough food, and the recent rain has been continuous, and it is useless to fight for a long time, so we have to plan early." ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Alas, in the past, Kong Wenju once said that Yuan Shu was a dry bone in the tomb, and it was not until this time of time that he understood that the dry bone of the Yuan family was not light..."

"Kong Rong? Hmph..."Guan Yu snorted coldly, and then added: "This person is boastful, why should he believe it?" When I asked my eldest brother to save Tao Gongzu that day, I said that I would talk to someone about those pickled words, and the thought made people laugh..."

Liu Bei waved his hand lightly, and replied with empty eyes: "Brother took the initiative to send troops south, not affected by Kong Wenju, in recent years, Xuzhou has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and it is difficult to recuperate for more than a year, seeing that the people in the state are about to harvest in the summer, if Yuan Shukou soldiers are allowed to go north, and I don't know how much I will starve to death, I have to strive to hold on until the end of the summer harvest..."

"I'm afraid that the grain and grass will not be..."

Guan Yu was about to say that after several defeats and the impact of heavy rain for several days, there was not much food in the army, but he stopped abruptly in the middle of the conversation, because there was a dark shadow at the tent door when the afterglow swept away.

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu's expression was different, so he turned his head tacitly.

I saw the black shadow under the curtain, and it was the third brother Zhang Fei.

At this time, Zhang Fei did not have the arrogance of the past, and he was drenched in soup, exuding an embarrassed atmosphere.

"Third brother?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei's heart was like fifteen buckets, with a sound of seven up and eight falling, and his heart said that there was something wrong with Pi?

"Big brother..."Zhang Fei stood in place like a wooden chicken, tears mixed with rain flowing on his face, like a child who has made a mistake waiting to be punished.

Although Liu Bei had a bad premonition in his heart, he was unwilling to pierce it, but followed Guan Yu behind him very eagerly.

"Third brother, you don't want to stay in Xiapi, what are you doing here?"

"Xiapi... Xiapi is lost..."

Zhang Fei didn't dare to look at Liu Bei directly, but looked at Guan Yu with flickering eyes.

"What?" Guan Yu's eyes widened.

Although Liu Bei's heart was surging like waves at this time, his face was still trying to remain calm, he held Zhang Fei's cold hand, and asked in a deep voice: "There are three thousand guards in Xiapi, and the high walls of the city are strong, I don't know who took the city?" ”

"It's the three family slaves..."Zhang Fei gritted his teeth.

"Lu Bu? How many troops does he have? How could it be..."

Liu Bei's expression was very surprised, he placed Lu Bu, who had come to the end of the road, in Xiaopei, and specially left Zhang Fei to guard the city before the expedition, but he and his second brother had just left for a month, and there was an accident in the rear.

"It's that Cao Bao and Lu Buli should join forces outside, let me..."

Zhang Fei explained the reason in a hurry, Guan Yu understood his character very well, and asked loudly with cold eyebrows: "The third brother has never been afraid of Lu Bu, he must be greedy for a cup and mistaken things, where is his sister-in-law?" ”

"All trapped in the city..."Zhang Fei lowered his head after speaking, like a defeated rooster.

"You..." Guan Yu wanted to punch Zhang Fei, but because Liu Bei was between the two, he raised his leg fiercely and stomped on it, then shook his long hair, turned around and raised his head and didn't want to speak.

Seeing Guan Yu so angry, Zhang Fei also felt ashamed of Liu Bei's entrustment, so he hurriedly reached out to draw his sword to apologize, but Liu Bei held his wrist tightly.

"Big brother... Let me go..."Zhang Fei burst into tears, and he was about to kneel down as soon as his legs were loosened.

Liu Beiqing held Zhang Fei's hands steady, and said sharply: "The ancients said, 'Brothers are like siblings, and wives are like clothes.'" The clothes are torn, but they can be sewn; Broken hands and feet, Encore continued? ’”

"I..." Zhang Fei was speechless.

"Don't stand in the rain for a long time, it's easy to get caught in the cold, the third brother quickly enters the tent to talk, Feng Xian takes the city for no reason, and when the brother returns to the army tomorrow, ask him what is going on, everyone is a border person, and the family members in the city may not be in the way..."

Liu Bei used his sleeves to wipe the other party's face with his sleeves, and he didn't see any reproach.

Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu, who turned around slowly, and he also turned around and hugged his fist loudly at Liu Bei: "If my sister-in-law is in the way, I will die in Xiapi to atone for my sins..."

"Brother just said, why did the third brother forget it?" Liu Bei held Zhang Fei's hand and shook it, looked at Guan Yu next to him, nodded and said, "Second brother, quickly arrange it, and pull out the camp tomorrow morning and return to the division and Xiapi." ”

"Only..."Guan Yu took the order to clench his fists, and then with the raindrops, he strode out of the dull main tent.

Liu Bei brought out more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Xuzhou, although he lost a few thousand during the period with Yuan Shujun, but there are still more than 8,000 people left, Guan Yu is worried that the sudden loss of Xiapi will affect the morale of the Xuzhou soldiers in the battalion.

Sure enough, on the way back to Liu Bei's division, he had just arrived at the border of the land of Yuyu, and the soldiers under his tent suddenly fled, and although the three brothers tried their best to restrain them, they only collected about 2,000 people in the end.

"Big brother, I was going to kill the deserter just now? Why are you blocking? How can this person take Pi? Zhang Fei threw down the horsewhip, and a black face was full of puzzlement.

Liu Bei looked at the defeated soldiers in the distance, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Their families are all in Xiapi, and it is better to disperse at this time than to mutiny under the city..."

"Big brother, it was too chaotic just now, and the few rations that were left are now..." Guan Yu changed his words, and then reminded Liu Bei: "There are no soldiers and no food, and it may be disadvantageous to go to Xiapi again..."

Liu Bei nodded in deep agreement, then took out the map from his arms, pointed to one place with a serious expression, and said: "At present, there are few soldiers and all the food, the north is all taken by Lu Bu, and there are Yuan Shu's chasing troops in the south, only Haixi in Guangling in the east can go..."

"Our existing rations may not be able to last..."Guan Yu frowned.

After hearing this, Zhang Fei reminded in a low voice: "If there is really a shortage of food, can we learn from other princes and borrow some from the people nearby..."

"We have lost the city and the soldiers, if we don't even keep the only benevolence, then we really can't turn over, and the whole army is ordered not to disturb the people, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Liu Bei's face was grim, and he was the last to cut the word, saying that he was extremely resolute.

"Uh... I said casually, whoever dares to disobey the order of the eldest brother, I will unscrew his head first. Zhang Fei hurriedly added.

"Well, let's go." Liu Bei bowed slightly, then raised his whip and pointed to the east, and the two thousand remnants of the army gathered went on the road with confusion.

Liu Bei returned to the division on the front foot, and Liu Xun and Qiao Rui followed closely behind, and divided their troops to pursue.

Liu Bei carried eastward along the water, and near Huaipu in the southwest of Haixi, he unexpectedly encountered the soldiers and horses of Qiaorui's department.

One side has few soldiers and low morale, and one side has enough soldiers.

In a hasty battle, Liu Bei was defeated again.

After the war, Liu Bei's soldiers were less than 1,000, and the food in the army was exhausted at that time.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh: "If someone can help with some food, I, Liu Bei, will repay me a thousand times in the future..."

"Big brother, there is a new military situation..."Guan Yu wanted to speak and stopped.

"How?" Although Liu Bei was sad at this time, he still did not give up hope.

Guan Yu's face was full of bitterness, and he replied: "Just now, the scout came to report, and the enemy army was found two miles away in the northeast. ”

"Northeast? How did Qiao Rui guess my intentions? Liu Bei was stunned.

"Second brother, how many people are there?" Zhang Fei frowned and asked.

Guan Yu replied with a humble eye: "Although the number of people is only two hundred, the armor is bright and the military formation is solemn, it is estimated that it is the elite of Qiaorui..."

"Be prepared for blood, why is the sky thin with me?" Liu Bei's long-standing tenacity suddenly loosened a little at this moment.

Zhang Fei disagreed: "It's only two hundred, we still have seven or eight hundred soldiers, why is the eldest brother like this?" ”

"Seven hundred and eight tired and hungry soldiers, how can they be able to defeat Yuan Shu's two hundred elite soldiers? Even if he wins, it will be a miserable victory, and these hundreds of people are the last family of the eldest brother..."Guan Yu shook his head lightly.

"Don't worry, eldest brother and second brother, the disaster is my breakthrough, and I will retreat from the enemy alone." Zhang Fei left a sentence and carried the Zhangba snake spear like an arrow.