Ma Chao's questioning made Zhao Yun and Xu Chu both look ugly.

I could only explain to Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, it's not that we didn't attack Liyang, but we were defeated and didn't take Liyang."

Xu Chu sighed, compared with Ma Chao's exploits, they failed to attack Liyang, and they seemed a little embarrassed.

After saying this, Ma Chao was also stunned.

Immediately shocked and incredulous.

"What? You attacked Liyang, but you didn't defeat it? ”

"Isn't it, there are only more than 10,000 men and horses in Liyang City, and we attacked a round yesterday, and there were troops damaged, so you haven't beaten it down yet?"

Ma Chao is young, and what he says doesn't go through his head, so he said to Xu Chu arrogantly, even if Xu Chu is a big old man, he is also a little uncomfortable when he hears this.

Although it was because of the defeat, he didn't dare to say anything or complain, but Ma Chao, the little brother, still mocked himself, and Xu Chu was a little unhappy.

"We didn't take Liyang, the main reason is not how powerful the defenders in this city are, but at the critical moment when we attacked Liyang, a support army came here, about 20,000 people, and came straight to this Liyang, we had no choice but to divide our troops."

"General Zhao Yun led 10,000 white horses to deal with the support army, but the support army was too strong, and it dragged down the rhythm of General Zhao Yun's attack.

Xu Chu's explanation, Ma Chao understood.

But he was still very curious about where this army of soldiers and horses to support Liyang came from.

"It's impossible, Yecheng has been guarded by me, Wen Chou has been killed by me, where can anyone pass through Yecheng, I have been guarding their path last night, but I have not let the flies go!"

"There's no way anyone could slip out of my nose, let alone an army of twenty thousand. These reinforcements must not have come from Yecheng! ”

When Ma Chao said this, Zhao Yun, who had been gloomy and didn't speak much, was a little touched.

"No, it's very wrong."

Zhao Yun muttered two sentences in his mouth.

At this moment, Ma Chao and Xu Chu both looked at Zhao Yun.

"General Zilong, what's wrong. Did you think of something! ”

"Two generals, I had some doubts, General Ma Chao's strength is clear to everyone, there is a reason between him guarding Yecheng and Liyang, it stands to reason that no one can support Liyang from Yecheng, this expenditure is too weird for Liyang's reinforcements now."

"It's just that at that time, I thought that General Ma Chao had a fork in his hand and sent a lot of reinforcements over, but now after listening to General Ma Chao's words, if I think about it again, it's wrong."

"Those people didn't come from Yecheng, but from other places."

Zhao Yun explained this to Xu Chu and Ma Chao, and both of them had some sudden realizations.

Xu Chu continued to ask after Zhao Yun's words.

"Is Yuan Shang's strength so strong, there are still so many soldiers and horses, in addition to the 20,000 people guarding Yecheng, he also ambushed 20,000 reinforcements in other cities, which are fundamentally aimed at Liyang?"

Xu Chu only thought that these people were Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses ambushed in other places.

Zhao Yun shook his head and solemnly spoke at Xu Chu.

"General Zhongkang, those people are not Yuan Shang's, I looked at their banners, their banners are embroidered with Liu, if my guess is correct, they should be the Qingzhou Army under Liu Zheng, and the commanders of this army should be Guan Hai and Zang Ba!"

"Guan Hai and Zang Ba!"

After listening to this, Xu Chu emphatically said the names Guan Hai and Zang Ba again.

At the same time, the look of surprise became more pronounced.

"Those people, weren't they arranged by Liu Zheng in Qingzhou to guard against Yuan Xi, how could they appear here!"

Xu Chu, who was confused, didn't understand how the Qingzhou army commanded by Guan Hai and Zang Ba ran here.

Not to mention that Xu Chu doesn't know, even Ma Chao on the side doesn't know either, he may not know who Zang Ba and Guan Hai are.

"Strange, so weird."

Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Ma Chao all felt strange, but they didn't understand the twists and turns of the story for a while.

Coincidentally, at this time, a word came from the guards outside.

"General, Mr. Xu Shu has arrived."

When Ma Chao and Zhao Yun heard that Xu Shu was coming, they were immediately overjoyed.

hurriedly walked out to greet Xu Shu outside.

Xu Shu was ordered by Zhang Fei to come to Liyang to inquire about the situation of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao and others.

After the subsequent Xu Chu arrived, Xu Shu led the second batch of soldiers and horses from all over the country to arrive in Jizhou.

They fought a blitzkrieg battle, and they fought quickly, so Xu Shu came over very quickly.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that these generals were thinking about something with sad faces, Xu Shu was naturally very curious.

"Generals, what are you doing?"

"Mr. Yuan Zhi (Xu Shu's cousin), it's great that you're here, we're in trouble, and I'm worried that I can't figure out what the hell is going on, so come and give us a staff officer?"

Zhao Yun still had some respect for Xu Shu, and after seeing Xu Shu, he immediately invited Xu Shu to give them a part in this matter.

Hearing Zhao Yun say this, Xu Shu was even more curious and hurriedly asked.

"General Zilong, what trouble are you in?"

At that moment, Zhao Yun told Xu Shu about today's events.

The fact that they met reinforcements and Ma Chao's killing of Wen Chou and others was described in detail.

After saying this, Xu Shu also fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Xu Shu stopped talking, Ma Chao, Xu Chu and others all knew that something seemed to be serious.

I didn't dare to speak for a while, just waiting for Xu Shu to answer.

After Xu Shu thought about it, his eyes suddenly sank.

"General Zilong, can you see clearly, those people are really the Qingzhou Army under Liu Zheng?"

"It's true, I personally rushed to kill in front of me, and I saw that Guan Hai, this person I recognized, I went to Qingzhou with the general, and almost killed this person, and then he escaped."

Zhao Yun replied so affirmatively, Xu Shu's face immediately changed greatly.

"Oh no, we may have been tricked!"

"Medium?"

Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu blurted out.

"It's over, hurry, immediately gather our soldiers and horses to retreat from Liyang City, and retreat to the Black Nest!"

"It's too late, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

Xu Shu eagerly gave an order to the three of them.

Although Xu Shu is not the main general, he is just a staff officer with the army, but none of the three of them dare to disobey Xu Shu, after all, what he said as a strategist still has some weight.

However, Ma Chao was a little unhappy, he had just defeated Wen Chou and gained great credit, at this time, he was not pursuing while he was victorious, but withdrawing the army, and he had some imbalance in his heart.

After Xu Shu finished retreating, he immediately stood up and asked Xu Shu why he was retreating.

"Strategist, now that our army has the advantage, killing the enemy's generals, and the morale is strong, why should we retreat at this time?"

Ma Chao's questioning was also curious about Xu Chu and Zhao Yun, so they didn't leave directly, but wanted to listen to Xu Shu's explanation.

After all, it is always a hurdle to be buried in your heart, so it is better to listen to Xu Shu's answer.

Xu Shu watched as the three of them looked at him, waiting to give them a reasonable reason.

Xu Shu sighed, knowing that if he didn't convince them today, he was afraid that it would not be so easy for them to retreat.

"Alas, the appearance of this Qingzhou army here means that Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are not attacking Yuan Xi with all their might, this is very likely to be Liu Zheng's plan to attack the east and west, with a Qingzhou army, it is very likely that there will be other soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command."

"This is not an accident, if we continue to attack, I am afraid that it will not be Yuan Shang's reinforcements waiting for us, but Liu Zheng's reinforcements!"

Xu Shu said this to the three of them, and the three of them understood what Xu Shu meant.

But at this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the camp.

Shouting before he got close.

"Report, urgent military situation, a large number of enemy troops have been found in the north of Liyang City!"