The news that Chen Qi was attacked by Yangzhou soldiers and horses did not take long to reach Guan Yu. After knowing that the grain road in the rear was not safe, Guan Yu knew that he could not continue to stay here in Hefei. Although there is no shortage of food in the army now, there is no way to stop the soldiers from worrying about the future supply of food and grass. At that time, the specific manifestation will be low morale and lack of fighting spirit. So Guan Yu decided to retreat first and relieve the siege of Shouchun.

Sun Ce saw Guan Yu's soldiers retreating, so he led his troops to chase after him. Halfway through the chase, after a drum sounded, Guan Yu took the rear army and immediately crossed the knife and stopped in the middle of the road. Sun Ce saw Guan Yu and knew that he was on guard, so he retreated to Hefei.

On the way back to Shouchun, Guan Yu first sent a letter to Wu Kuang, ordering him to prepare in the city, and when he attacked the Yangzhou army, he would go out of the city to attack.

Guan Yubing retired from Shouchun, and after Zhou Yu found out, he was on guard. Seeing Zhou Yu's nervous appearance, Lu Meng was puzzled and asked Zhou Yu, "Why is Gongjin like this." ”

Zhou Yunai said: "Guan Yu's famous general, you must guard against it." ”

Lu Meng was just when the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and said with a smile: "If Guan Yu comes, I will refuse it for Gongjin." ”

Guan Yu led the army to come and saw the Yangzhou army camp, so the cavalry broke through the formation first, and the foot soldiers behind came like diving. The Yangzhou army was on guard, and under the command of their respective officers, they fought with the Han army. Wu Kuang, the head of the city, saw it and said happily: "The general is back." So he let Liu Ye defend the city, and he led the army in the city to attack the side of the Yangzhou army.

Guan Yu carried the knife on his horse, galloped over, and after the cavalry general broke through the formation of the Yangzhou army, he jumped into the horse, and with a swing of the big knife in his hand, he saw the blood light appear, and screamed again and again. That's really death next to it, and injury when you touch it.

When Lu Meng saw it, he patted his horse and came to take Guan Yu. Guan Yu sneered, turned the knife horizontally, knocked away Lu Meng's blade, and then with a twist of his wrist, the long knife cut through the sky and immediately slashed down. Lu Meng held the soldiers in both hands, wanting to swing the long knife of the feather, only to hear the sound of gold and iron, Lu Meng barely took the blow of the feather power, but his chest and abdomen were faintly bored, and he secretly said that he had a lot of strength. So he was very energetic and fought with Guan Yu, but he couldn't resist it. Only then did I know that what Zhou Yu said was true. had to make a false move, and then lead the troops to retreat. Guan Yu did not chase after him, and continued to lead his troops to attack the large array of the Yangzhou army.

Zhou Yu was in the Chinese army and saw that Guan Yu was unstoppable above the front, so he ordered the archers to shoot him. After Qingzhou's steel smelting technology was greatly improved, Liu Bei, a general like Guan Yu, asked Gongcao to tailor a battle armor for them. It has been further strengthened in terms of defensiveness. Guan Yu saw that the arrows were raining down, and he was not afraid at all, and while dancing the big knife with his right hand, he took off the small shield hanging on the side of the horse's belly with his left hand to cover it.

The battle is in full swing here, and Wu Kuang over there is coming again, and the golden drums are sounding in unison, and he directly takes Zhou Yu's banner. Zhou Yu saw it and knew that it was difficult to defeat Guan Yubing. So he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. As soon as the Yangzhou army retreated, Guan Yu and Wu Kuang came to attack. It's just that Zhou Yu's formation is not chaotic and retreats slowly. The Han army also had no chance to break it. Guan Yu led the troops to stop, looked at Zhou Yu's banner, and said in his heart, this person will be a disaster for his own army when he comes.

Zhou Yu was defeated and retreated, but he was not depressed. wrote a letter and sent it to Xiahou Yuan, so that he could prepare to do it. Xiahou Yuan got the letter, only to see Zhou Yu say in the letter that Sun Ce had surrounded Hefei, and he had also entangled Guan Yu in Shouchun. Let yourself choose the opportunity to attack Pengcheng.

Xiahou Yuan got the letter, laughed, so he led his troops to raid, and ran for hundreds of miles from Xiao County, like a bamboo, and hit Pengcheng. To be honest, Wen Pingzhen didn't expect that the Yuzhou soldiers would suddenly kill him. His eyes were still on the Battle of Shouchun. In his opinion, the Yangzhou army was entangled with Yanzhou by its own lord, so he wanted to take the opportunity to seize Jiujiang. To solve the crisis in Jiangbei. He thought that if Yangzhou was bent on seizing Jiujiang, he was afraid that the governor would not have enough troops there. Just thinking about whether he wanted to go south to help, the wolf smoke suddenly rose again, and Xiahou Yuan of Yuzhou raided Pengcheng. Wen Ping was shocked, where could he still take care of Guan Yu, so he had to order to guard the four gates to resist the Yuzhou soldiers.

When the news reached Shouchun, Guan Yu immediately reacted. Where is Yangzhou going to seize Jiujiang, it is clearly linked with Yuzhou, and wants to seize Xuzhou!

Guan Yu didn't dare to slack off at this time, and hurriedly sent the letter to Qingzhou. Before Guan Yu's messenger arrived, Guan Hai had already begun to report to Liu Bei: "My lord, there has been news recently that Yangzhou has raised troops to the north, and Yuzhou seems to have moved. ”

Liu Bei didn't care at first, but said that the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou asked Yuzhou for help. After all, Xiahoudun is Xiahouyuan's brother. As for Yangzhou, Liu Bei only thought that Yangzhou wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and seize Jiujiang County. In the affairs of the south, he has entrusted Guan Yu with all his might, and there are fierce generals like Gan Ning, Wen Ping, and Wu Kuang, and famous ministers like Chen Deng and Zhang Zhao, so it should not be a big deal. Until Guan Yu's letter came. Liu Bei suddenly woke up. Cao Cao and Sun Jian joined forces.

This is a serious problem. Before Cao Cao and Sun Jian were still fighting for Jingzhou. Liu Bei thought that the two of them had a bad heart, and they would not join forces until they raised their troops to the south. It seems that I was wrong.

In that case, it can't be taken lightly. So he summoned all the ministers to take matters into account. As soon as they put the map out, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others saw what was going on.

Xun Yu's first consideration was the safety of the south, and he came out and said: "Lord, you must send troops and horses to help Xuzhou as soon as possible." If Pengcheng is lost, Xuzhou is in danger. ”

Jia Xu didn't see it that way, he smiled and said, "Lord, it is better to make Gan Xingba guard the Xuzhou River Defense, so that Yun Chang will abandon Shouchun and go north to attack Peiguo." If the Sun family gets Jiujiang, he may not want to go to Xuzhou again. ”

Jia Xu is a habitual fool. He didn't think that the alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Jian must be monolithic. Their respective interests are not entirely aligned. In the general direction, the Cao and Sun alliances are mainly to contain their own side. However, after Yangzhou captured Jiujiang, it was considered to have done its best, and it was not a violation of the covenant to stop and consolidate its results. After all, did it also contain and weaken Qingzhou's power? Further attack on Xuzhou? If it angers Qingzhou, then Qingzhou will send troops to Xuzhou, let Yanzhou go, and turn around to attack Yangzhou? Jia Xu felt that Yangzhou would not be so unwise. Capturing Jiujiang, consolidating the river defenses, and then sitting back and watching the battle between Cao and Liu is the best choice. After all, Yangzhou is the weakest side.

And Cao Cao was still not satisfied with the three counties of Yan, Yu and Jingzhou, and took the opportunity to invade Yizhou. I think Sun Jian is also very uncomfortable in his heart. It is impossible for the two families to be free of contradictions, if they are as close as a family, then they are really seeing the hell. In this case, it is better to let Guan Yu abandon Jiujiang, and then go north to attack Yuzhou to see how Yangzhou responds.

It would be great if Yangzhou stopped, Guan Yu could take advantage of the situation to relieve the siege of Pengcheng, and then easily burn the war to Peiguo. If Yangzhou is still not satisfied, then let Guan Yu turn south and put on a posture of crossing the river to attack Yangzhou.