"Forget it, I'll stop serving, it's best to leave quickly." Liu Bei thought helplessly, thinking that after leaving Xu Du, he would become a dragon entering the sea, but in this sea, there are many dragons. Even if he is as confident as him, it is difficult to gain status for a while.

Further, Liu Bei found that Runan was not suitable for him at all, and he needed a broader stage.

"As for Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Chen Zhi and others, he won't worry, according to their wit, I'm afraid they would have left before Runan City was broken." Liu Bei thought secretly.

After all, they are all experienced people, and running away has become instinct.

"Yes, it's decided, the old way is the best policy." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and thought about it, feeling a little relieved in his heart.

Immediately called the pro-soldiers, and Liu Bei ordered the pro-soldiers: "Before dawn, order the soldiers to carry dry food, and we will go to Jingzhou." I am sending someone to contact Chen to them and ask them to go to Jingzhou, and I will wait for them in Xinye. ”

"No." The soldiers made a promise and immediately took their leave and left.

"Liu Bi, I don't want to die with you, it's better for you to die alone." Liu Bei's eyes flashed, and he said coldly.

That night, Liu Bei led 2,000 elite soldiers from his headquarters and quietly left Liu Pi's big city. didn't even say hello to Liu Bi, and ran away directly.

Early in the morning, the sun had not yet come out.

Liu Bi was still sleeping in the big tent, and Liu Bi struggled for a long time last night, but he never lowered his head to ask Liu Bei for advice. Eventually, I drank too much and fell asleep.

At this time, it is the right time to sleep.

"My lord, it's not good. General Zuo's camp was empty. A soldier suddenly broke in and shouted in fear.

Liu Bi suddenly got up from the bed, grabbed the shoulder of this pro-soldier, and shouted: "What is called empty." ”

"Some soldiers who inspected the camp found that the city tent in the area under General Zuo's jurisdiction was quiet, and went to check it in confusion but found that it was empty, and the entire camp tent was empty. It is estimated that they were all evacuated last night. ”

The soldiers said in fear.

At this time, he only felt that the world was spinning, and he said angrily: "What? They all ran away, and the two thousand soldiers and horses I gave him before were also taken away? Damn, you're ruthless enough. Don't let me see you again, or I'll have to cramp you. Liu Bi shouted.

Liu Bei fled, this is obvious. Liu Bei, a powerful general with 2,000 elite soldiers, lost Liu Bei, not only reduced Liu Pi's army by 2,000 at once, but also lost a person who could give advice.

Originally, if 8,500 elite troops were to attack Runan, it would have been very reluctant. And now, with the loss of 2,000 elite soldiers and Liu Bei, it is almost impossible to capture Runan.

To say that last night, even if Liu Bi regretted it, at least there was some hope. But at this moment, when Liu Bi heard Liu Bei fleeing, he suddenly felt that there was no way forward.

"Ahh Liu Pi screamed and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Why did Lao Tzu provoke Liu Ye, a bandit, knowing that none of the thieves who met Liu Ye would end well, and all of them were in different places, why did you provoke him."

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Liu Bi was still not satisfied and shouted.

Remorse is not the only poison that gnaws at Liu Bi, what is even more tricky is how to face the current situation. Now Liu Bei left, although he didn't kick him, he took away part of his troops.

The chances of capturing Runan are already very slim, and they have basically been sentenced to death.

Liu Pi knew this very well, because Runan City was built by himself, and he knew best how strong it was. And now Liu Ye's army has as many as 5,000 people, and he only has 6,500 left.

If it were under normal circumstances, five thousand against six thousand five hundred, Liu Bi would be fully confident that he would defeat Liu Ye. But now that Liu Ye occupies the powerful Runan City, he has increased his incomparably huge defensive power.

There's really no way to fight this battle.

In addition to these direct disparities in strength, there is also the wavering of one's own military morale.

After Liu Bi heard the news that the first small official reported that it was the city of Runan, he did not hesitate to order the beheading, for fear of shaking the morale of the army was the important reason.

The army is out, but it has lost its lair. What a great shock it was, and it was too great for the ordinary soldiers to know about it.

But now one after another, a series of small officials have come to report, saying that Runan City is broken. The news has basically spread, and Liu Pi has no way to stop it.

The spread of news will inevitably lead to instability in the morale of the military. One is that the strength is not good, and the other is that the soldiers' families are in the city, which directly leads to the instability of the army's morale, and they must be afraid when attacking the city. How can this fight to the death with Liu Ye?

And the most important thing is that his family is also in the city, if he dares to attack the city, his family will definitely be the first to die, although he is not a good person, but he is not as ruthless as Liu Da'er, even his own family can not do without animals.

Liu Bi opened a pair of eyes, looked around blankly, and almost died.

But there is a way that there is no end to the sky.

Just when this despair was spreading in his heart, Liu Bi's mind suddenly flashed. Then he was overjoyed, because Liu Pi thought of a plan.

It is undeniable that when Liu Ye guessed that he was going south, he began to plan, gave up the people, and rushed straight to Runan from the small road, which was a sinister but also a great return on the strategy.

But he's not stupid, since the attack can't be forced, then use a plan.

What's the meter? The only way he could think of it was to surrender.

Liu Bi first analyzed his current situation, he really didn't touch the village before and didn't have a store after that, and he was basically forced into a corner. Or to defend the ruined city of Shouchun?

However, according to the spies, they did not find a pound of grain in the city of Shouchun. Whether Shouchun was too poor or Liu Ye deliberately hid it, it is unknown. Hui Shouchun estimated that his soldiers would immediately be distracted because of the lack of food, so he must not return to Shouchun at this time.

At this time, no matter who it is, there are two ways, one of which is to accept fate and surrender to the enemy. The second is to fight hard, life and death depend on the sky.

Now he is definitely unwilling to let Liu Bi surrender, and if he fights hard, he has no chance of winning at all.

In that case, why not take the golden mean, pretend to surrender, and then fight back? Anyway, according to common sense, it is reasonable for him to surrender now, and it is not too abrupt.

The more he thought about it, the more likely he felt that this strategy was more likely to succeed. Suddenly swept away the decadence and became energetic again.

"Gather the generals in the army."

Soon after, Liu Pi ordered.

"No." The soldier said yes and immediately went down.

Soon after, Liu Pi consulted with many generals in the big tent of the army, and unanimously decided to surrender by fraud in order to recapture Runan. Just after the plan was decided, an official with a few retinues hurried to Runan.

And Liu Pi's army slowed down and began to move forward slowly, so as not to leak out the killing machine.

Runan City.

During this time, Liu Ye and Wei Yan were dealing with various things in Runan City, taking care of the prisoners and pacifying the people. Plus fortified walls, increased defenses, and more.

I don't even have an interest in taking a look at some of the surrounding counties.

Because Liu Ye and Wei Yan both knew that they were not here, their ambition was to be in the world, and the small fish pond in Runan was really difficult to accommodate their ambitious dragons.

The goal is to get rid of Liu Pi outside Runan City, and become the center of the world, become the object of wooing all parties, and get enough benefits from it. The most important thing is to pave the way for the Lord to march into the Central Plains.

The rest of the county is fake, and if you really occupy it, then trouble will come, because if you occupy it, you will divide your troops and garrison them. Originally, the troops did not have an advantage, and they were stationed in the division of troops, which was something that only fools could do.

On this day, Wei Yan led his soldiers to inspect the southern city wall, although Runan City has four city walls, but Liu Pi must have come from the south, so the southern city wall has also become a key consolidation object.

Wei Yan would come over to inspect once in the morning, noon and evening.

"Huh." Wei Yan suddenly stopped, raised his head and looked south. There was no space ahead, and there wasn't even any wind or grass in the air.

But Wei Yan knew that several fast horses were approaching, because Wei Yan heard the familiar sound of horses' hooves.

Sure enough, not long after, several fast horses appeared in Wei Yan's line of sight. Then he came to a halt about a hundred paces from the wall.

"Who's coming?" A soldier asked loudly instead of Wei Yan.

"Zhang Lin, a staff member under General Liu Pi's account, was ordered to ask to see Lord Liu Ye." Among the knights under the city, one of the leaders clenched his fists and said loudly.

This person is in his thirties, surnamed Zhang Minglin, and is Liu Bi's confidant, this time the stakes are very high, of course Liu Bi will send the most trusted person, it is this Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin's words immediately caused a commotion. Then, the archers in the city bent their bows and arrows, and pointed their arrows at several people under the city.

At this moment, Liu Ye's army from Wei Yan to Liu Ye, down to the ordinary soldiers, all know that Liu Pi is the current enemy, and they are all tightening a heartstring, and the person who comes claims to be Liu Bi's staff member, of course, will cause such consequences.

The slaughter on the city suddenly made Zhang Lin break out in a cold sweat, but don't even see Liu Ye's face, so he hated it on the spot. Don't be a ghost yourself.

Fortunately, Wei Yan still remained calm and reasonable. The key is that he is a master of art and boldness, he stood up and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Just what his few people are afraid of, open the city gate and see what is going on." ”

"No." The soldiers made a promise and immediately went down to give the order.

"Boom." Soon after, there was a sound of the city, and the gates were opened, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, which meant that there was no danger, and the tight heartstrings of the archers were finally relaxed.

I involuntarily put down my bow and arrow, not as murderous as I was just now.

Zhang Lin was also relieved when he saw this, and then he was overjoyed. I can see Liu Ye, and I can finally meet Liu Ye.