Liu Bei, Cheng Yu and others, who were still worried about the battle between Tian Yu and Wenpin just now, had not yet recovered from the news of Wenpin's attack, and then heard another news, saying that a large number of enemy troops had also appeared outside Xiapi City, which shocked them even more than the news of Wenpin's attack just now.

"What?!"

Liu Bei's face changed greatly, and a look of panic immediately appeared.

Fortunately, this news only said that there were a large number of enemy troops outside Xiapi City, if Liu Bei was directly told that Xiapi City had been broken by the enemy army, I was afraid that Liu Bei would not even be able to sit still.

"Who? Why did the enemy army appear again? ”

Liu Bei looked at the heralds outside the city in panic at this moment.

"Back to the lord, it is Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, only more than 10,000 people and horses surrounded the entire Xiapi City, there are not many Xiapi soldiers and horses at this time, and they are all taken by General Guan and General Zhao to pursue Yuan Shao."

The herald told Liu Bei about the current situation of the right to be approved, Liu Bei was immediately a little annoyed when he heard it, and regretted that Guan Yu led the soldiers and horses to pursue Yuan Shao, if he hadn't pursued Yuan Shao, with the current strength of Xiapi City, he would not have been afraid that more than 10,000 men and horses would come to attack Xiapi.

Not to mention that there are only 10,000 people here, even if there are tens of thousands more, Xiapi City, which is guarded by 30,000 troops, will not be afraid.

"The lord is terrible, looking at the current situation, Liu Zheng really plans to wade into this troubled water, he wants to take advantage of the moment when our army and Yuan Shao's army are engaged in the battle to launch an attack on our army."

"The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits."

Jian Yong and Cheng Yu have already figured it out at this moment, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are attacking them at this moment, there is no other purpose, they just want to take the opportunity to make a move, taking advantage of the fact that Liu Bei's men and horses have not been fully recovered from the battle with Yuan Shao for a short time, and this gap can defeat Liu Bei at a smaller cost.

Once Liu Zheng made a move, it would be absolutely impossible to send only one soldier and horse, and the men and horses he was stationed in Guangling, Huainan and other places might launch an attack at the same time.

From this point of view, Lingbi's men and horses naturally cannot withdraw at this time, but should continue to guard Lingbi to prevent the attack of Liu Zheng's Tai Shici's soldiers and horses.

At this time in Xuzhou City, Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, and Jian Yong didn't have time to say anything, the military was urgent, the military situation was changing rapidly, and they had to make a little preparation at this time.

The three of them discussed and decided, and Jian Yong led 5,000 elite soldiers from Xuzhou to go to the place where Tian Yu was located to support Tian Yu in resisting Wenpin's attack.

At the same time, some villagers were urgently recruited in various parts of Xuzhou, and Commander Cheng Yu went to support Picheng.

Then use the urgent order to send a message to Guan Yu and ask him to return to the original Xiapi quickly.

If they can't continue to fight with Yuan Shao, they must return to resist Liu Zheng first, otherwise they will fight with Yuan Shao to the death, and in the end they will only cheapen Liu Zheng.

A few messages were passed on, and these centaurs immediately took action.

In fact, even if Liu Bei didn't say it and didn't send someone to summon Guan Yu back, Sun Shao would have already sent someone to invite Guan Yu, after all, there was a difficulty in Xiapi City, and the first person to learn about it must be Guan Yu.

Because their grain and grass must be transported from Xiapi City, once the grain and grass are broken, Guan Yu and these people will naturally be able to know that there is something wrong with Xiapi City.

On the second day after Zang Ba and these horses surrounded Xiapi City, Guan Yu's army stationed outside Tan County had already vaguely sensed something.

Those baggage trucks responsible for supervising grain, but when they arrived at the appointed time, they did not find that the grain and grass were transported, and there was no grain and grass, although Guan Yu's army would not immediately appear in a situation where the army was scattered, but the grain and grass they carried out could only last for a few days, and what Guan Yu immediately thought about after running out of grain and grass was to send someone to investigate what happened.

As a result, as soon as the investigation was made, it became clear that someone was besieging Picheng.

Guan Yu, who received this news, could still sit still, and immediately ordered Zhao Yun to lead half of his soldiers and horses back to Xiapi City to support, but after thinking about it again, there was no food and grass left in Tan County, so there was no need to stay here to confront Yuan Shao's men and horses, so he decided to withdraw the army.

Combined with the 10,000 army led by Zhao Yun, they rushed to Xiapi City to prepare for reinforcements.

At this time, outside Tan County, in the military tent of Guan Yu's army.

Zhao Yun informed Guan Yu of the news that the scouts had returned.

Guan Yu, who heard the news, immediately looked shocked.

"How can this be, who is it? Dare to attack Xiapi at this time? ”

The group of people who attacked Xiapi didn't know that it was Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses at this time, but they disturbed Guan Yu's pursuit of Yuan Shao, so Guan Yu was very angry.

Guan Yu, who was embarrassed and angry, planned to return to Xiapi to attack.

Originally, Guan Yu really didn't know that the men and horses who were attacking Xiapi at this time belonged to Liu Zheng, but the spies had already informed Zhao Yun of the news.

When Guan Yu asked at this moment, Zhao Yun immediately replied to Guan Yu on the side.

"General Guan, our spies have just received news that those men and horses besieging Xiapi City are Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, and they have secretly infiltrated Xiapi from Guangling County and have cut off the connection between our army and Xiapi City!"

As soon as he heard Zhao Yun say that the men and horses besieging Xiapi were Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, Guan Yu's face became even more ugly.

"Okay, Yuan Shao came to encircle and suppress me, and Liu Zheng's people also came to join in the fun, okay, then fight, don't subdue them all, they really think that I Guan Yu is a bully, and the order will go down, and the three armies will immediately pull out the camp and return to help Xiapi!"

The angry Guan Yu didn't want to wait for a moment, and after giving an order to the soldiers and horses around him, he immediately prepared to return to Xiapi.

And Zhao Yun didn't plan to stop Guan Yu at the moment, because he was also anxious about the situation in Xiapi and wanted to return to Xiapi as soon as possible to support, after all, Xiapi was the place they really needed to defend.

The 20,000 troops did not stay here in Tanxian for a long time, and immediately packed up after deciding to withdraw the army, and immediately set off to return to Xiapi.

Along the way to Tanxian, Guan Yu and the others returned the same way, but when they were halfway there.

When they came to a, on a vast plain.

Zhao Yun vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

On this plain, there is a vast expanse and endless expanse, except for a small hill in the distance, on which a few unknown old trees are scattered around.

Such a plain was ideal for cavalry charges and, of course, for large armies to engage again.

Although Zhao Yun had some white horse followers around him, after several successive confrontations with the cavalry under Liu Zheng's command, there were not many of these white horse followers left.

Just when Zhao Yun vaguely felt that something was wrong, he glanced forward, only to see a troop of soldiers and horses appear under a small hill in the distance.

An army of only about 5,000 men.