When Lu Bu withdrew, on the wall of Pengcheng, Chen Jiao saw that Yuan Shao's army outside Checheng had withdrawn to the other side of the moat, so he hurriedly asked the soldiers to withdraw their troops.

This out-of-town attack, the purpose has been achieved!

Not only did they kill thousands of catapults and turret soldiers, but they also seemed to have killed important enemy generals.

Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Zhang Xiu and others returned to the city one after another and climbed the city wall.

Looking at the corpses covered by the moat, the blood-stained water in the moat, everyone laughed.

Zhao Yun smiled even more.

This was the happiest day since he led the army to aid Pengcheng.

Not only did he kill the enemy general, Wen Chou, but he also killed so many enemy troops this afternoon.

The morale of the soldiers on the city wall was also high at this moment, and they all roared outside the city.

And Yuan Shao's army, watching the defenders of Pengcheng retreat like a tide outside the city, looking at the other side of the moat with dull eyes.

And there lay their comrades.

Many even shed tears.

However, compared to them, at this moment, there are people who are more sluggish.

Yuan Tan looked at Zhou Yu who was motionless at his feet and fell in a pool of blood.

If he hadn't thrown himself under the horse with all his strength just now, or maybe this battle would have ended his life.

A general hurriedly picked up Zhou Yu, who had passed out, and said loudly to Yuan Tan: "Prince, withdraw the troops and save people!" ”

Yuan Tan came back to his senses and said busily: "Withdraw the troops and save people!" Hurry up to the tent and let the medical workers use all means to save Gongjin! Who can save Gongjin and reward a thousand gold! ”

The standard-bearer waved his flag and signaled the army to withdraw to the camp, leaving only hundreds of soldiers to clean up the bodies of the soldiers killed in the battle.

Yuan Jun camp.

In a camp tent, all the medical workers gave up the other wounded and rushed over to rescue Zhou Yu with all their might.

Yuan Tan stood outside the tent, holding his head in annoyance.

Thinking of what Zhou Yu said to himself in the handsome tent today, Yuan Tan almost wanted to hit his head on the ground.

If I could trust him more, I wouldn't have lost so many soldiers this time.

When my father found out, he must have been disheartened with himself.

Moreover, there were rumors before that his father obeyed Liu's words and thought about making his third brother Yuan Shang his son.

Now, his stupid command may have indirectly contributed to this.

Jiang Qi and other generals stood in the distance, looking at Yuan Tan in a daze, not daring to approach.

It wasn't until night that the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a group of medical workers came out surrounded by an old medical worker.

Yuan Tan hurriedly greeted him, his heart rose to his throat, and his eyes were bloodshot and said, "How is it?" ”

The old medical worker said with a calm face: "My life is saved for the time being." ”

Yuan Tan almost collapsed to the ground.

It's been well kept.

If Zhou Yu also died, he couldn't imagine his father's thunderous anger.

The old medic continued: "However, the injury is too serious, and it will not heal for a while. ”

"At least for half a year, we can't let him have any more violent bumps."

"Also, there can be no great joy and sorrow."

"Now he must keep his mood stable and recuperate."

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "These, there is no problem!" Now, can I go in and see him? ”

The old medical worker shook his head and said, "The injured person is bleeding too much, although he has been treated, he has not yet come to his senses. I've arranged for people to watch over and respond at any time. ”

After a pause, the old doctor said, "Son, I'm sorry." ”

Yuan Tan nodded and said, "It's okay." As long as Gong Jin's life can be saved, everything is easy to say. If you need anything, don't hesitate to go directly to the grain officer and ask for it. I'll go and tell the grain officer later, and let him let you go." ”

After speaking, Yuan Tan staggered back to the tent and didn't care about the other generals.

The other generals did not dare to speak anymore, but honestly went about their respective tasks.

Outside the tent of Yuan Shao's military camp, a war-free card was hung up.

For the next ten days, neither Yuan Shao's army nor the defenders of Pengcheng fought any battles.

The defenders of Pengcheng are also working to repair the damaged walls.

On the morning of the eleventh day, Zhao Yun rushed to the south gate of the city with Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu, Tian Yu, Chen Jiao and other military generals.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhao Yun received a messenger sent by Lu Su: Lu Su led nearly 10,000 reinforcements from Guangling, and they had already arrived, and they would be able to rush to Pengcheng before the sun rose this morning.

Therefore, Zhao Yun led all the civil and military generals in Pengcheng to greet him early in the morning.

Sure enough, when the east revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, a black line began to appear in the sky.

As time passed, the black line gradually grew larger, turning into two long lines.

The chief of Pengcheng County breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's here!" ”

Zhao Yun and the others also laughed.

Yuan Shao's reinforcements should also be arriving soon.

They have been extremely nervous these days.

Yuan Shao's army can't make mistakes all the time.

This time the reinforcements come again, and the next siege will definitely be very tragic again.

If the Guangling reinforcements hadn't arrived, maybe they wouldn't be able to hold Pengcheng.

Fortunately, the Guangling reinforcements arrived first.

Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's go up to greet us." ”

Everyone followed Zhao Yun to greet them.

At the forefront of the Guangling reinforcements was the vanguard army led by Jiang Qin and Ding Feng.

Seeing Zhao Yun and the others ushering, Jiang Qin hurriedly asked the soldiers to go to the depths of the Chinese army to inform Guangling Chenglusu.

This time to aid Pengcheng, Guangling Chenglusu personally led the army.

Lu Su heard the soldier's report and hurriedly stepped forward.

The two sides met and dismounted.

Lu Su, Zhao Yun and others greeted each other one after another, and then patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said, "Captain Yundu, I'm not late, right?" I could have arrived sooner. Because he thought of a tool of the opposing cavalry, he delayed for a few days and rushed to work. ”

Zhao Yun smiled: "No, no, it's just right!" ”

"However, there was also a dangerous situation ahead."

"Fortunately, my senior brother was ordered by Wu Hou to rush from Wancheng, and he was ordered by Lu County to help, so he gave the enemy two head-on blows, killed the enemy general Wen Chou, and seriously injured the mastermind Zhou Yu."

When Lu Bu heard Zhao Yun say this, he snorted with satisfaction.

Finally, he did not forget his credit.

Lu Su met Zhang Xiu again and exchanged pleasantries.

After that, everyone rushed back to Pengcheng.

Lu Su did not go to the house arranged by Zhao Yun to rest, but took Jiang Qin, Ding Feng and other generals, and followed Zhao Yun and others to inspect the other three city gates to understand the enemy's situation.

After some inspection, Zhao Yunwen said solemnly: "Brother Lu, how is it?" Is there anything you need to command? ”

Everyone also looked at Lu Su.

Lu Su pondered for a moment and said, "The enemy mastermind is Zhou Yu?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Yes." However, he had already been seriously injured by Lu County. According to the news from the army, although he survived, he has been recuperating from his injuries recently. ”

"Yuan Shao's army is also because of this, and it has not attacked again recently."

"Also, there was news before, Yuan Shao sent 30,000 troops to help, calculate the time, and it is almost there."

Lu Su looked into the distance and said, "Then from now on, we will retreat in an orderly manner, retreat to Xiapi, and prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Everyone looked at Lu Su in confusion.

Zhang Xiu opened his mouth and said, "Guangling Cheng, we defeated the enemy twice before. In the past ten days, the enemy army has not attacked the city, and we have repaired the city walls to a hundred, seven, eighty, eight. ”

"Now, you've arrived with 10,000 reinforcements."

"In this case, isn't it because we have a stronger force to defend the city? Why do you want to withdraw your troops instead? ”

Lu Su stomped on the city wall under his feet and said, "In just ten days, how strong can the repaired city wall be?" The next time the enemy army attacks the city again, how can it be possible to make the same mistakes made before? ”

"They must still adopt the strategy of cavalry deterrence, catapults destroying the city walls, and arrow towers attacking the soldiers on the city walls."

"A large number of enemy cavalry dispatched, we did not dare to go out of the city at will, we could only be beaten passively."

"Once the walls are damaged, we will have to face the enemy directly."

"The enemy army has strong cavalry, and the soldiers are strong and good at land warfare."

"We are in an absolute weakness in comparison."

"Such an attack, not to mention that we can't defend Pengcheng, it is inevitable that we will suffer heavy casualties."

"In that case, we might as well stretch the defensive line, abandon Pengcheng, and drag the battlefield between Pengcheng and Xiapicheng."

"Here, we can lay a lot of traps to kill and damage the enemy as much as possible."

"Xiapi City is highly defended, and it is not a matter of time for the enemy army to break through the city wall."

"With such a weak position, we must use traps and walls to restrain the enemy as much as possible."

"And you may not have noticed a great danger—"

Lu Su took a deep breath and said, "I asked people to make tools to deal with the cavalry, and when I was about to come, I received information from the direction of Shouchun." ”

"Liu Bei took away 20,000 soldiers from Xu Du and is heading towards Pengcheng."

"Cao Cao sent an urgent letter to Xuzhou Mu."

"Originally, he heard that Xuzhou was in danger and wanted Liu Bei to lead the army to help Xuzhou, after all, his lips were cold and his teeth were cold."

"But Liu Bei seems to have other plans."

"Shouchun also sent Che Xuan to lead 3,000 soldiers to try to intercept it."

"However, I don't know the specific interception situation, so I rushed over directly with the army."

The crowd exclaimed.

Zhao Yun was stunned, his expression extremely complicated.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei would become an enemy!

Tian Yu frowned even more.

Is it time to fight after all?

Lu Su continued: "If Liu Bei's rebellion predicted by Cao Cao's urgent letter is true, then it is very likely that he and Yuan Shao's army will attack us on both sides. ”

"When the time comes, we will be even more unbearable."

"So, now start withdrawing troops in batches."

"In the first batch, the defenders of Pengcheng will withdraw first."

"The defenders of Pengcheng have been fighting, and the soldiers need to rest."

"The second batch, Guangling reinforcements."

"The Guangling reinforcements came with me this time, bringing a large number of war weapons, which can be used to set traps outside the city when retreating."

"The third batch, General Zhang Xiu and Lu Xian's cavalry."

"Before the rest of our horses retreat to Xiapi, these two cavalry must patrol the city walls day and night, and make the posture that there are many defenders in the city."

"Every day, we have to arrange cavalry to go out of the city to inspect, and even rush to the camp of Yuan Shao's army, so that we are ready for a big battle at any time."

"Until the end, we have news of the withdrawal of troops from Xiapi, or the enemy army has begun to attack the city, and you will retreat."

"You have war horses, even if you evacuate at the last moment, it's still too late."

When everyone saw Lu Su say this, they all looked at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun was silent for a long time before he nodded and said, "According to what Brother Lu said, withdraw the army and go down." ”

After the defenders of Pengcheng retreated two batches of troops to Xiapi, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army to the west gate of Pengcheng City.

Looking at the array of flags on the city wall, Zhang Fei said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, I'll go shout and let them come out to fight!" ”

Liu Bei looked at the soldiers guarding the city who were constantly going back and forth on the city wall, shook his head, and stopped Zhang Fei and said, "No need." We took refuge in Yuan Shao this time, after all, it was just an auxiliary. Now there are many enemy troops on the city walls, and we have rashly attacked the city, and even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"This group of soldiers did not come easily."

"In case we can't break through the city gate, then our chips for joining Yuan Shao are too light."

"Pass the order, detour to the north gate of the city, and join Yuan Shao's main army!"

(End of chapter)