Chang Feng sat quietly in the dark.

The faint glow of fire and the faint sound of war drums on the battlefield in the distance pierced his heartstrings and made him excited.

He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. In order to take revenge, in order to be able to kill Guan Yu and his Danyang soldiers, he would rather be crushed to pieces.

Gao Shun's arrival gave him this opportunity. Gao Shun was famous in the Northern Xinjiang Army for his strict management of the army, honesty and self-discipline, and his upright and loyal temperament. During the more than a year he was stationed in Qingzhou, he gave great help to the Qingzhou Army and the Yellow Turban Army, and gained an excellent reputation among the generals of the two armies. The reason why the armies of Hebei and Qingzhou in the north and south were able to successfully join forces to attack Xuzhou this time was precisely because of the respect and obedience of the generals of the three armies to Gao Shun. This kind of trust from the warrior's heart made Gao Shun's attack strategy follow and execute to the letter.

Gao Shun believed that in order to defeat Guan Yu, he would take advantage of Guan Yu's arrogance and contempt after defeating the Yellow Turban Army in Zhengrong Valley last year, lure his army away from the city and kill them in the wild. At present, Liu Bei and the main force of the Xuzhou army are attacking Yuan Shu in the Jianghuai area, and Guan Yu will not easily lead the army out of the city and fight face-to-face with the Yellow Turban Army for the safety of Xuzhou. In order to paralyze and deceive Guan Yu, Gao Shun made the 30,000-strong army take off their armor, and the Yellow Turban Army, which pretended to be Nanqingzhou among nearly 100,000 people, entered Xuzhou. Guan Yu has the precedent and confidence to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, as long as he is given the opportunity to attack, he will definitely be defeated.

After Gao Shun led the army to Jucheng, he immediately made a fear of Guan Yu and did not dare to attack forcibly, turned around and went to fight the two cities of Dongguan and Dong'an on the bank of the Yishui River, and led the army to move back and forth between the Yishui River and the Shushui River from time to time, hoping to lure Guan Yu out, but Guan Yu has been standing still and waiting to see what happens.

The day before yesterday, Gao Shun saw that Guan Yu had no intention of going out of the city to attack, so he immediately changed his strategy, suddenly took Dongguan with force, and then besieged Dong'an City. Dongguan and Dong'an were lost, and the flanks of Jucheng immediately lost protection. Guan Yu's army may be trapped in Jucheng and be in a dilemma.

Guan Yu sent troops to the rescue.

After Gao Shun got the news, he immediately led his army to rush to Jucheng for a hundred miles, intending to attack Jucheng while Jucheng's forces were weak.

At this moment, Guan Yu's reinforcements had not yet arrived in Dong'an, and Gao Shun had already withdrawn from Dong'an impatiently and rushed to Jucheng. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were exhausted from the days of marching and fighting.

After Guan Yu got the news that the Yellow Turban Army turned around and killed Benjucheng, he naturally did not hesitate and immediately turned around and chased after him.

Gao Shun's stupid and low-level mistake was tantamount to giving Guan Yu the best chance to attack.

Gao Shun was waiting for this opportunity. He tossed back and forth between the Yishui and Shushui rivers for several days, running back and forth for hundreds of miles, hoping that this deliberate mistake at the last moment would induce Guan Yu to win.

Guan Yu really hit the plan. He hurried back to Jucheng and couldn't wait to launch an attack.

In the dark night, the sound of war drums became more and more intensive, and the faint smell of blood floated in the night sky of Hesse with a gust of wind.

Chang Xuan slowly stood up and slowly walked to the front of the military formation. Like the soldiers arrayed in the field, he stared into the distance, at the flames that rose straight from between heaven and earth.

Now the fifteen-thousand-strong army of Gao Shun, Guan Hai, and Yin Li has trapped Guan Yu, as long as he can block the enemy's reinforcements here, Guan Yu will die. This battle began when Guan Yu led the army to attack the Yellow Turban Army camp, and the fate of defeat was already doomed, and all of this came from Gao Shun's strategy.

Although Gao Shun brought only 5,000 people to Xuzhou, there was a powerful Hebei behind Gao Shun and a brave and invincible Northern Xinjiang Army. Follow Gao Shun, follow the banner of the Black Panther, and follow the Northern Frontier Army, no one can stop his pace of revenge.

Thinking of the dead Yellow Turban leaders such as Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and Wu Ba, thinking of the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who died in battle, thinking of the innocent people who had followed the Yellow Turban Army to fight everywhere and killing and wounding countless people, thinking of the brothers who were fighting bloodily on the battlefield in the distance, and thinking of the bloody battle that was about to begin, Chang Feng couldn't help but boil his blood, looked up and roared, eager to immediately leap on his horse and raise his gun, and drink blood on the battlefield.

"Crackling...... Crackling ......" The black panther banner danced wildly in the wind, like a blood-devouring beast flying and roaring against its prey, with a murderous aura.

Looking at this banner bathed in the *night*, Chang Feng's heart was surging.

With this mighty Panther battle flag, he will dominate the world from now on, and nothing can threaten his survival. In the near future, maybe I can still look forward to the day when I will pay homage to the marquis, and see the day when the world is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The scouts rushed in.

"My lord, the enemy is coming, three miles away from us."

"Command the ministries to prepare for battle." Sun Guan, who was lying under the big tree, jumped up, raised his hand and shouted, "Go to war, go to war...... Today, Guan Yu will be killed to avenge the blood hatred of his dead brothers. ”

Chang Feng roared loudly, snatched the yellow turban flag in the hands of the flag bearer, and ran quickly in front of the battle, "Brothers, revenge, revenge and hatred......"

"Kill ......" 10,000 soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Fierce battles unfolded quickly in the darkness of the night.

When the two armies met, 20,000 soldiers collided violently, and the tragic battle suddenly stirred up a shocking wave of blood, and the night trembled violently in blood and shouts.

Chang Feng tied a yellow scarf on his head, held a spear in his hand, and took the lead bravely. One enemy pawn after another fell at his feet, spurting blood and disjointed corpses paving a bloody path for revenge.

More than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers roared forward, unstoppable. They escorted the flag-bearers holding high the banner of the Yellow Turban, and followed closely behind Chang Xuan, moving forward.

The Yellow Turban soldiers followed the banner and fought bravely, screaming and shouting hoarsely, as if they wanted to vent their hatred in this battle.

Jucheng made Tao Gang anxious, and he turned around the city tower with his hands behind his back.

Several military commanders, military waiters and other military officials surrounded him, their expressions were indignant, and they kept waving their hands and shouting loudly.

Cao Bao and Qin Chang sent people to Tao Gang for help ten times in half an hour, and the battle situation was extremely critical.

Cao Bao said in the message that Guan Yu's sneak attack on the Yellow Turban Army camp failed, and 5,000 Danyang soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops on the banks of the Shushui River, and they were in danger. Cao Bao said that although he had the heart to lead the army to rescue, the Yellow Turban Army was not afraid of death and blocked his way to ask for help. Due to the large number of Yellow Turban soldiers, the attack of the large army was blocked and could not advance, and reinforcements were requested.

At present, there are still 5,000 men and horses in the city, and Cao Bao ordered Tao Gang to go out of the city with all his troops to help.

If Guan Yu is wiped out, the blow to the army will be fatal, not to mention holding Jucheng at that time, even Langya County will be difficult to hold. And what is especially important is that if Guan Yu has an accident, it will be difficult for him to atone for his sins. Langya County was lost, and it could be recaptured, but Guan Yu died, and he could never be resurrected. Liu Bei and Guan Yu have been friends of life and death for more than ten years, and the two are like brothers. At this moment, between Jucheng and Guan Yu, there is only one to choose. Tao Gang chose to rescue Guan Yu.

"Order all the departments to go out of the city immediately and rescue Master Guan."

Zang Ba quietly approached the north gate of Jucheng with an army of 5,000 troops.

Several scouts hurried up from the darkness.

"My lord, the enemy army is out of the city."

"How many? Are you all out of town? Zang Ba asked urgently.

"There were a lot of people, thousands of them. However, we don't know if these troops are all the forces in the city. ”

"No matter how many people there are, we have to beat them back, otherwise, Guan Yu will run away." Zang Ba waved his hand vigorously, "Order all departments, kill immediately." ”

The Qingzhou army suddenly came out of the darkness and caught the Xuzhou army by surprise. The Xuzhou army was in chaos, and thousands of men and horses hurriedly responded to the battle, and it was chaotic.

"Withdraw, withdraw......" Tao Gang panicked, turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of the city gate. In the dark, no one knows how many enemies have come, so it is better to retreat to the city as soon as possible and hold the city.

A part of the Xuzhou army, under the command of Shangguan, desperately blocked the enemy to buy time for the retreating army, and some of the Xuzhou army officers and soldiers quickly retreated, intending to withdraw to the city and hold on.

On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army roared like thunder, roaring and killing. The Xuzhou soldiers couldn't resist it, and retreated step by step.

A moment later, the enemy who was left behind to block the Qingzhou army suffered heavy casualties and collapsed in an instant.

"Catch up, entangle them......," the Tibetan tyrant roared, "kill, kill, kill, kill until the city goes down." ”

The Qingzhou army pursued it faster and faster, and gradually mixed up with the Xuzhou soldiers.

It was too dark for the soldiers on both sides to distinguish each other, so they had to run for their lives in the direction of the city.

The soldiers of the Xuzhou army were eager to grow their wings and fled to the city in an instant, while the soldiers of the Qingzhou army were also eager to step into the city gate to block the enemy who fled into the city.

Tao Gang fell under his horse in the confusion, and although the guards tried their best to save him, he was still panicked, and the wolf-run fugitives stepped on his ribs and passed out on the spot.

One of the military commanders who was trying to fight back lost his way in the surging tide of escape, was accidentally shot by a stray arrow, fell on his back, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Tao Gang, escorted by his guards, returned to the city as fast as he could. Tao Gang has been unconscious, and the guards carried him straight to the government for help, and in the chaos, the county man forgot to order the city gate to be closed in the name of Tao Gang.

The other officials in Jucheng County were all in chaos, and the generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals, and everyone fled in panic in the dark.

Although he was also worried that the enemy would take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the city, he did not receive the order from Shangguan to close the city gate, and he was unwilling to abandon his brothers outside the city and watch them die, so he did not give the order to pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate.

In this short period of extreme chaos, the defenders of Jucheng gave the Qingzhou army an unexpected opportunity.

Many Qingzhou sergeants who ran fast suddenly found themselves being carried by the chaotic army, and ran across the moat and entered the city.

The commander of a Qingzhou army was surprised and delighted, and suddenly raised his spear and shouted, "Brothers, capture the city gate, take the city gate......"

The soldiers of the Xuzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army were awakened by this loud shout almost at the same time. The soldiers on both sides were stunned for a moment. The Qingzhou sergeants were the first to react, they raised their weapons, aimed at the enemy around them and slashed at them, and the frenzied killing and poking made the enemy's extremely frightened psychology collapse in an instant.

The rushing crowd suddenly set off layers of waves, and the surging flow of people exploded violently at the city gate, and the terrible and helpless shouts suddenly hit the dark night sky.

The soldiers on both sides are like duckweed in the stormy waves, struggling and fighting, trying to catch a small grass for survival in this narrow bloody whirlpool.

The morale of the Qingzhou army was like a rainbow, roaring in, and the drawbridge, city gates, and city towers were cut down one by one under their bloody knives.

The soldiers of Xuzhou were defeated like a mountain, and they were defeated for thousands of miles.

After an hour of bloody fighting, they finally tore open the left flank of the Yellow Turban Army led by Chang Xuan, successfully broke through the resistance of the Yellow Turban Army, and continued to advance to the battlefield on the banks of the Shushui River.

Sun Guan led the Qingzhou soldiers to block step by step, fighting tenaciously, intending to block Cao Bao's army.

Chang Feng was annoyed and ashamed, and personally led a song of elite into the rear of the Danyang soldiers, "Fight to the death, fight to the death, drag them, drag them ......"

Cao Bao did not hesitate, and led the guards to turn around and block it, "Urgently tell Lord Qin, let him rush up and kill into the Shushui River......"

The two sides met unexpectedly, and the fierce pawn fought against the fierce pawn, and the blood was soaring.

Chang Xuan was covered in blood, a pair of blood-red eyes were about to burst out, and the spear danced and scattered all over the sky. The Danyang soldiers swarmed up, swords and shields struck, followed by a battle axe to slash head-on. Chang Yu roared, abandoned his spear and retreated. The spear was cut off, and the tip of the spear was still stuck in the throat of the enemy soldier, and it trembled violently. The battle formation of the Danyang soldiers was powerful again, and the three spears were like a roaring dragon, flying from the upper, middle and lower directions at the same time. Chang Feng couldn't dodge, so he leaned back sharply, and kicked a corpse on the ground with all his strength. "Kill ......" Chang Xuan punched out his fists and hit the corpse hard. The corpse writhed in the air and slammed into it. Three spears pierced into the corpse at the same time, and the sharp battle formation suddenly stopped. Chang Xuan's eyes were quick, he flew up and pulled out a broken spear from the ground, followed by a broken shield, his body was like the wind, and he drilled into the enemy's battle formation, "Kill ......"

Chang Feng was like a tiger out of the cage, roaring angrily, the broken spear and the remnant shield flew up and down, killing three people in one breath, and the attack battle array of the Danyang soldiers was broken. Just as Chang Feng was about to follow up and kill again, he suddenly found that all the guards around him had fallen, and a team of Danyang soldiers were rushing towards him.

Chang Xuan's heart was painful, and he raised his head and let out a heart-rending howl, "Withdraw ......"

Guan Yu's tall body was a little shaky, his clothes and armor were soaked in blood, his long hair was scattered, and his battle helmet was picked up by the spear of a northern Xinjiang warrior in the fierce battle just now, leaving a deep blood groove on his forehead. His long cheeks were stained with blood, and his long black hair had been dyed purple and black by blood, hanging in bunches on his chin in a messy manner.

The wound on his back was still oozing blood, and the sharp pain made him snort involuntarily. Since he followed Liu Bei to conquer the world, he has experienced countless vicious battles, but today is the first time he has encountered such a dangerous situation. In more than a decade, this is the most bitter and difficult battle.

Guan Yu spat a mouthful of blood from his mouth on the ground, and the battle knife in his hand gently stood on the ground to support his exhausted and almost paralyzed body. Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Could it be that Jucheng is lost? Guan Yu looked back at the black panther battle flag looming in the distance, and a bitterness suddenly rose in his heart. Once upon a time, under the guidance of this banner, he fought bloodily, but ......

The killing voices on the battlefield are getting louder and louder. The Northern Xinjiang Army, the Qingzhou Army, and the Yellow Turban Army fought hard from three directions, and the soldiers fought fiercely, becoming more and more courageous, while the Xuzhou soldiers saw that there was no hope of breaking through, suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was getting lower and lower.

If reinforcements are delayed, the fate of today's total annihilation will be inevitable.

At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded in the darkness to the southwest. The drums rumbled, and the sound shook the sky.

Guan Yu's heart trembled, and his whole body suddenly gave birth to infinite strength, "Beat the drum, kill out, kill out......"

Qin Chang took advantage of Cao Bao's opportunity to hold off the Yellow Turban Army, and led the main force of the army to break through Sun Guan's resistance again, and successfully killed the Shushui River.

Yin Li was responsible for commanding the 5,000 Qingzhou Army to block the breakthrough of the Xuzhou Army in the southwest direction, and it had already suffered a huge impact.

Yin Li asked Gao Shun for help.

Gao Shun was in a hurry, and immediately ordered Guan Hai in the northeast to quickly divide his troops to support Yin Li and block the enemy's reinforcements while ensuring that Guan Yu was surrounded. Tell Sun Guan and Chang Feng again, at all costs, launch an attack on the enemy's reinforcements, and be sure to prevent the reinforcements from breaking through Yin Li's defense line and joining Guan Yu.

After Xiang Cheng, Meng Si and other generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army received Gao Shun's order, they each commanded their armies to launch an attack on the Chinese army of the Xuzhou army, intending to tear apart the defensive battle formation of the Xuzhou army and completely defeat the Xuzhou army before the enemy's reinforcements arrived.

The Yellow Turban Army was able to kill and overwhelm the enemy, storming the enemy like a tide, and the cries of revenge and blood hatred resounded in the night sky wave after wave. At this time, no one obeyed Guan Hai's dispatch at all, and no one was willing to withdraw from the attack battlefield.

After Yin Li's Qingzhou army gritted its teeth and supported it for half an hour, it suffered heavy casualties, and finally couldn't resist it, and watched the Xuzhou army break through the defense line and successfully rendezvous with Guan Yu's remnants.

Qin Chang was covered in blood, and staggered to Guan Yu with a broken spear, "My lord, you go quickly, I'll leave the broken queen." ”

Guan Yu's eyes were hot, and he grabbed Qin Chang's arm, "You take the army and go first." Sun Sheng is still behind, I will pick him up and kill him together. ”

"Adult ......"

"You go." Guan Yu shouted, "Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers are limited in number, and they can't stop the enemy's siege, if the back road is cut off again, we will all be trapped, and none of us will be able to escape." ”

Guan Yu turned around and galloped away, and the remaining nearly 100 soldiers of the personal guard Qu followed closely and killed him again.

"Order, all departments immediately turn around and return to Jucheng." Qin Chang raised the broken spear and waved his hand again and again, "Quick, quick......"

Captain Sun Sheng led a song of men and horses to the death, and blocked the Northern Xinjiang Army under a hillside with dense long arrows.

Xiang Cheng scolded angrily and commanded the northern Xinjiang soldiers to connect them in battle formations. The bloodstained shields immediately formed an impermeable shield wall, and the spearmen gathered behind the shield array, and stretched out the bloody spears from the gaps between the shields, and the tips of the spears were dense and dense, like the fangs and teeth of a beast, terrifying and cold.

With the beating of drums, the soldiers of the Northern Frontier who were struggling to kill in front of them quickly withdrew.

"Let go of the ......" Meng Si roared, the sword volleyed down, and hundreds of strong archers led their bows to the sky, firing continuous volleys, and immediately pressed the Xuzhou army on the hillside.

"Brothers, rush up with me and kill ......" Xiang Cheng stood behind the shield array, raising his sword and shouting. The thick and powerful shield array advanced at high speed amid the thunderous roar of the soldiers.

The Xuzhou army braved the opponent's dense arrow array to fight back, but they had no choice but to watch it rush up the hill at high speed, crushing all the way with great momentum, and the soldiers who couldn't dodge were pierced by spears in a blink of an eye, and they were hung on the shield and bled profusely.

The shield array suddenly exploded, and the soldiers of the northern frontier rushed forward, and the spears and swords were like a raging storm, killing the enemy to the ground. The Northern Xinjiang army under the slope took advantage of the situation to roar and rush up, and then covered the killing.

"Killing ......" sparks shot in all directions, Sun Sheng snorted miserably, the battle knife was broken in the air, and his scarred body retreated several steps in a row. Xiang Cheng cheered, the war knife rose again, and chopped off his head and face.

"When the ......" sounded, Xiang Cheng's mouth shook violently, and the war knife was divided into two.

A war knife pierced the sun like a long rainbow, striking straight down.

Xiang Cheng was shocked, dodged and retreated, and he saw Guan Yu again. Guan Yu's face was hideous, he roared angrily, and the war knife chopped head-on again. Xiang Cheng was furious, raised his shield with both hands, and flew up, "Kill, kill Guan Yu......"

The shield roared, the sword slammed into the ground, and the force of the recoil took Guan Yu back two steps in a row. Xiang Cheng was like being hammered, and he flew upside down with a shield, opening his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

When the soldiers in the northern frontier behind Xiang Cheng heard Xiang Cheng's roar, they immediately let out a cheer and rushed from all around, "Kill Guan Yu......"

Guan Yu didn't wait for his footsteps to stand firm, and the battle knife suddenly drew a dazzling blood light in the air, and thundered down against the soldiers of the Northern Frontier who rushed up. With one knife and two lives, two blood-spurting bodies turned over and fell.

"Let's go, let's go......" Guan Yu grabbed Sun Sheng, who rushed up with his spear, and flew back, "Withdraw, withdraw......"

Xiang Cheng got up from the ground in a daze, reached out and pulled off the battle helmet on his head, and smashed it to the ground, "Guan Yu, Lao Tzu has to kill you today......" He raised the shield in his hand, and was about to raise his arms and shout, when he suddenly felt a light in his hand, and the shield had been shattered and fell to the ground. Xiang Cheng involuntarily took a step back, and a cool breath rushed straight to the bottom of his heart.

Xiang Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, and looked at Guan Yu who was retreating in the distance, his eyes almost spewing fire, "Archer...... Archer ......"

"Bring a crossbow, surround Guan Yu, shoot him, shoot him......"

The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang were shocked several times, but returned several times without success, and more than a dozen lives were buried under Guan Yu's sharp knife.

Month chased after him with the archers. The long arrow made a thrilling roar in the dark night, and the Xuzhou soldiers could not dodge, and one after another fell to the ground with arrows.

Sun Sheng was seriously injured, barely ran for a while, and finally couldn't support it and fell to the ground, "My lord, you can go, leave me alone." ”

"Come with me." Guan Yu roared, stretched out his hand to help Sun Sheng, and dragged him to run hard while shouting to the soldiers around him. "Go, go, go, go, don't stop, run......"

"Aim at Guan Yu, shoot him for me, shoot him to death......" Xiang Cheng's mouth kept bleeding, and he couldn't run, so he had to let two guards support him and chase after Guan Yu closely.

Long arrows rained down, concentrated around Guan Yu. Guan Yu ignored it completely, pulled Sun Sheng to seize the road and escaped. Sun Sheng snorted a few times, his body trembled violently a few times, and then fell to the ground softly.

"Hold on, hold on...... Guan Yu hugged Sun Sheng and roared fiercely, "Brother, hold on to me, I'll take you out immediately, you hold on a little longer......"

"Big brother, I want to go home, I want to ...... Go home ......" Sun Sheng smiled sadly at Guan Yu and slowly closed his eyes.

"Okay, I'll take you back, I'll send you back to Zhuocheng." Guan Yu was sad and indignant, opened his mouth to bite the battle knife, used all his strength to carry Sun Sheng, and no longer ignored the long arrow behind his back, let go of his footsteps, and ran wildly.

The twenty-eight brothers who followed Liu Bei out of Zhuocheng at the beginning, now only themselves, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and the other four brothers are left, and the others are all dead, and in these more than ten years of fighting, they have fallen on the bloody battlefield.

Long arrows flew in the night sky, like ghostly claws, sucking innocent lives little by little.

Guan Yu saw the soldiers rushing ahead, saw sharp arrows shooting through their bodies, and saw them fall to the ground in pain.

"Let's go, let's go......" Guan Yu roared hoarsely, and his regret pierced his heart like a long sword with a cone, making him look up to the sky and howl in pain.

......The roar of the long arrow suddenly rushed into Guan Yu's ears, and the severe pain made Guan Yu can't help but let out a terrible scream. The war knife fell to the ground, Guan Yu's strong body shook a few times, but he still carried Sun Sheng and ran tenaciously, "Brother, I'll send you home......"

Tears flowed from Guan Yu's eyes.

Gao Shun rode to the city of Jucheng.

Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Guan Hai, Chang Xuan, Xiang Cheng, and Meng Si smiled happily one by one and stepped forward to salute.

"My lord, let Guan Yu escape from the encirclement, I have the responsibility to ......" Guan Hai's face was ashamed, and he said very apologetically, "For many years, the Yellow Turban Army has not fought so heartily, everyone is eager for revenge, and their eyes are red-eyed......"

"My lord, I failed to stop Cao Bao and Qin Chang's reinforcements, resulting in the failure of the plan to encircle and annihilate......" Chang Feng lowered his head, very self-reproachful.

"After the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army in Zhengrong Valley last year, you should be very happy that they can still have such a strong attack power." Gao Shun shook his hand and comforted with a smile, "If you lose the east, you will gain the mulberry." Although we failed to completely annihilate Guan Yu, Xuan Gao took Jucheng without much effort, which can be regarded as a complement of gains and losses. ”

Then he looked at Zang Ba and said with a smile: "The Yellow Turban Army's losses this time are not small, you see, do you give them a little more of the loot captured this time as compensation?" ”

Zang Ba nodded, "This time I can hit Guan Yu hard, my lord's subordinates have made great contributions, and the spoils of war should also be shared." ”

"We don't want it." Gao Shun waved his hand, "In order to block Guan Yu and Cao Bao, the Qingzhou Army was attacked front and back, and suffered great losses. There are not many rewards from the court, so you should keep them and reward your subordinates. ”

Zang Ba, Guan Hai and others showed gratitude on their faces and bowed down to thank them.

"Is Jucheng Ling Tao Gang still there?"

"Dead." Zang Ba said lightly, "The situation is too chaotic at night, and I don't know how Tao Gang died." At that time, part of the Xuzhou army fled from the southern city, and part of it was scattered by us outside the city, and we did not encounter much resistance to kill the government, but it turned out that Tao Gang was dead. ”

"What about the other officials of the government?"

"They all fled." Zang Ba sneered, "This Tao Gang is mean. After he died, none of the deceased officials were willing to stay and watch for him. ”

Gao Shun pondered for a moment and looked back at Meng Si, "Is there a reward for the scout?" ”

"The scout replied that Guan Yu was retreating in the direction of Yangdu with a large army." Meng Si bowed down and said, "Guan Yu lost too much in this battle, not only did he lose more than half of his troops, but he also lost all his grain and grass, so I don't think he will stay in Yang for too long." Yangdu is a small city, it is impossible to have grain and grass, he can only withdraw to the county to govern Kaiyang City in order to regroup his troops and hold on to the city. ”

Gao Shun turned his gaze to Zang Ba. Whether Guan Yu will evacuate Yang City in a hurry, Zang Ba's opinion should be more reliable, after all, he is too familiar with Guan Yu's character.

Zang Ba shook his head, "In my opinion, Guan Yu will not withdraw to Kaiyang City, he will definitely stay in Yangdu to block our attack." ”

Gao Shun glanced at the guards behind him. The two guards took out the map and spread it out in front of everyone. The generals gathered in front of the map.

The horsewhip in Zang Ba's hand pointed to Kaiyang City on the map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, Kaiyang City is located at the confluence of the Yishui River and the Wushui River, and there are two rivers that are dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to defeat Kaiyang City, you must first attack the two cities of Yangdu and Linyi from the north. ”

"Kaiyang City is one hundred miles away from Yangdu and sixty miles away from Linyi, and it is convenient to transport grain and grass, so Guan Yu doesn't need to retreat to Kaiyang at all. As long as he holds Yangdu and Linyi, he can prevent us from capturing Kaiyang and capturing the entire territory of Langya County. Zang Ba looked up at everyone, "In addition, Guan Yu has an arrogant temperament and will not admit defeat easily. He was a little defeated in this battle, and he was unwilling, so he would definitely stick to Yangdu and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack. ”

"Guan Yu is defending Yangdu and Linyi, forcing us to attack the city, which will drag us on the front line of the Yishui River." Xiang Cheng frowned and said, "In this way, it will be difficult for us to capture Langya County in the near future, force the East China Sea, and force Liu Bei to divide his troops to support Guan Yu." If we can't quickly contain the forces in Xuzhou, it means that we can't respond to the Central Plains battlefield and fail to complete the orders issued by the general. No matter how well this Jucheng fights, it's useless, and there is no credit at all. ”

Gao Shun thought for a long time and said slowly: "Two days ago, Lord Zhang Yan sent a letter from Xingyuan. At present, we must not only assume the responsibility of containing Xuzhou's troops, but also quickly move north into Lu and Rencheng, and stabilize the southern counties of Yanzhou. In addition, it is necessary to divide troops into the southern part of Taishan County, so that he and Wu Xiong and Wu Dun can attack Taishan County in the north and south, and strive to take Taishan County in the shortest possible time and stabilize the counties in the northeast of Yanzhou. ”

Zang Ba and the generals looked at each other, and their faces were embarrassed. It is too difficult for Lord Zhang Yan's order to be fully implemented. Occupying Langya County is a headache now, let alone waving troops north to attack Yanzhou.

"Kaiyang can't fight." Gao Shun said, "Although Guan Yu suffered a lot of losses in this battle, he still has at least half of his troops, as well as the grain and grass accumulated in Kaiyang, if we forcibly attack, our troops will lose too much." The army is insufficient, not only can we not contain the forces in Xuzhou, but we will not be able to attack Yanzhou in the north. Therefore, Kaiyang can't attack, only outwitted. ”

"What do you do?" Guan Hai asked excitedly, at this time he had admired Gao Shun to the extreme. Jucheng's victory was entirely due to Gao Shun's clever plan. If it weren't for Gao Shun's strategy, the 30,000 army would have no chance of winning against Guan Yu's 20,000 army.

"Xuan Gao, after Liu Bei brought the main force of the Xuzhou army to the Jianghuai battlefield, is there only Guan Yu's army left in Xuzhou?" Gao Shun turned his head and asked Zang domineering.

"Chen Deng of Guangling County still has 5,000 people." Zang Ba immediately said, "The incident of Sun Ce's attack on Xuzhou the year before last made Liu Bei very wary of Jiangdong. Since Sun Ce dared to betray Yuan Shu, of course, he could also betray the alliance and fight Xuzhou again. In addition, Jian Yong in Pengcheng still has some people. Pengcheng is located in the southern part of the Central Plains, bordering Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and it is natural to garrison and defend. ”

"Where's Tokai-gun?" Gao Shun asked, "Donghai County is the largest county in Xuzhou, and the county governance of Tancheng is the location of the Xuzhou Thorn History Department, and it is also the main storage area of Xuzhou's grain and grass baggage. ”

"Since the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army Uprising, Langya, Donghai, these counties adjacent to Mount Tai have been robbed repeatedly, so Lord Tao Qian moved the Thorn History Department to Pengcheng. Now Xuzhou's Thorn History Department is still in Pengcheng, and Xuzhou's grain and grass baggage are mainly stored in Pengcheng. "Zang Ba looked at Gao Shun thoughtfully." The eastern part of Donghai County is Langya County, Guan Yu's army, the western part is Pengchengguo, with Jian Yong's army, and the southern part is Guangling County, with Chen Deng's army. Therefore, there is no need to garrison heavy troops in the East China Sea. ”

"There are no heavy troops in Tancheng in Donghai County?" Gao Shun asked again.

"Nope." Zang Ba shook his head affirmatively, looked at Gao Shun and asked in surprise, "Doesn't my lord want to travel five hundred miles long distance, capture Tancheng, and cut off Guan Yu's retreat?" ”

"Okay?" Gao Shun smiled modestly, "You have been in Xuzhou for more than ten years and are very familiar with Xuzhou. You say okay? If this strategy works, we will not only cut off Guan Yu's retreat and cut off his supply of food and grass, but also directly threaten the hinterland of Xuzhou, and Pengcheng will directly face our attack. In such a critical situation in Xuzhou, Liu Bei was bound to divide troops to support Xuzhou. In this way, we not only restrained the troops of Xuzhou, but also forced Guan Yu's army away from Kaiyang without a single soldier, and easily took the entire territory of Langya County. ”

Guan Hai, Sun Guan, Xiang Cheng and others were pleasantly surprised, and whispered around the map. Chang Xuan's eyes showed admiration.

Zang Ba was silent for a long time, and then hesitated: "My lord, the biggest problem in running five hundred miles is not the concealment of the whereabouts of the army, nor the supply of food and grass, but time. In order to achieve the goal of threatening the hinterland of Xuzhou and forcing Guan Yu to abandon Langya County to return to the East China Sea, we not only need surprise attacks, but also time. If Guan Yu pinned his hopes for the rescue of the East China Sea on Pengcheng Jian Yong and the army that returned to Xuzhou, he could hold on to Kaiyang, and then wait for the opportunity to form a flank from the east and west. As a result, the battle situation in Xuzhou has formed a stalemate. Guan Yu has time, but we don't have time, we need to be quick and fast. ”

Zang Ba's words hit the nail on the head and directly pointed out the crux of the army's current predicament. Time, what the army needs is time. The Great War of the Central Plains had begun, and Wu Xiong's offensive in Jibei had also begun, and the general urgently needed Gao Shun's army to enter the southern counties of Yanzhou to stabilize the main force to attack the rear of the army as quickly as possible.

"What is Xuangao's countermeasure?" Gao Shun's expression was solemn, "Attacking the East China Sea, Xuzhou is in an emergency, Liu Bei will definitely divide his troops to help, the problem is how to make Guan Yu quickly retreat to the East China Sea, so that we can immediately divide our troops to the north." ”

Zang Ba hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "There is a way, but I don't know if it will work?" ”

In April, Jiyin County, Yanzhou, Dingtao.

The four gates of Dingtao City are wide open, the flow of people is like a tide, the carriages and horses are like shuttles, a lively scene, but because of the lack of laughter and laughter in this lively atmosphere, the air is particularly depressed and tense.

Cao Ren stood on the city embrace, looking at the Jishui River in the distance, anxious.

After receiving the news that the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the river to the south to attack the Central Plains, Xun Yu, Cao Ren, Mao Jue and other civil and military officials who stayed in Yanzhou began to prepare for the battle. The walls were cleared, personnel and property were evacuated, soldiers were urgently recruited, people were recruited, grain and grass were stored, and Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were asked for help, etc. The pile-up of things to be solved overwhelmed the crowd almost breathlessly, but with one urgent report after another from the front line, everyone was not just out of breath, but felt suffocated and desperate.

In the face of the powerful Northern Xinjiang Army roaring down like a mountain and a sea, and in the face of Hebei, which had been carefully planned for more than a year, the Yanzhou officials actually knew very well in their hearts that this battle had been lost. In order to regain the lost advantage and avoid the fate of defeat, it is not only necessary to block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, but also to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to join forces against Hebei, a powerful and almost irresistible enemy.

The next thing to consider in the future is to use the existing forces to contain the offensive momentum of the Northern Xinjiang Army and stop the fierce tiger of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The officials of Yanzhou stayed awake day and night for this, exhausted their efforts, and tried every means to find a way to stop the attack.

However, worse news was delivered to Dingtao, and Puyang was lost. The loss of Puyang meant that the Northern Xinjiang Army had a closer route to transport troops and grain and grass, and the crisis in Dingtao suddenly intensified.

Cao Ren sighed, pointed to the boats on the Jishui River, and said to Mao Jue beside him, "Is that the grain transported from Chengshi City?" ”

"This batch is grain, and the next batch is the family members of the government officials." Mao Jue said hatefully, "Li Hong's methods are cruel and he continues to slaughter the city. Yanzhou suffered this catastrophe, and I don't know which year it will be able to recover. ”

"A little food should be set aside for Miaocai." Cao Ren said, "Whether Chengshi City can be defended is directly related to the safety of Dingtao and Changyi, so I want Miaocai to withdraw to Chengshi City as soon as possible, so as not to be continuously chased and beaten by the Northern Xinjiang Army, which will cause the whole army to be exhausted and lose Chengshi City in a blink of an eye." I can't afford to lose it. ”

"Time is too tight, let's let Lord Xiahou stay in Chengyang for a few days temporarily."

"How many days?" Cao Ren smiled bitterly, "A few days later, the city will be the Northern Frontier Army." ”

"Zixiao, you have to have confidence in yourself." Mao Jue said calmly, "As long as Prime Minister and Liu Bei's army return to Yanzhou, our disadvantage in strength will be completely reversed. With more than 10,000 people guarding the two cities, can't they hold out until the Prime Minister's help? ”

Cao Ren sighed again, his mood looking very low.

"How many trenches have been dug outside the city?"

"Three trenches in the direction of Beicheng have been dug. The moats in the east and west cities are still being dug. Mao Jue said, "The time is too tight, and most of the people who have been recruited are still on the way to come." ”

"Let the people dig day and night." Cao Ren said, "There are too few three trenches to block the impact of the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry. ”

"Zixiao, we are just defending the city, and we are not fighting them outside the city, why are you digging many trenches?" Mao Jue shook his hand and said, "The people are also people, and they also have to eat and sleep." You have exhausted them and laid them down, who will bring you food and ordnance in battle? Who will help you defend the city? At this time, don't push them too hard. In the hearts of these people, Li Hong of Hebei is not a big traitor. Back then, he saved millions of displaced people in Tuntian, northern Xinjiang, and these people still remember it in their hearts. You say that Li Hong is a rebel, they don't understand, they don't care, they only know that Li Hong gives them food, and Li Hong can let them live. If you push them into a hurry, they will run away and help the Northern Xinjiang Army fight us, and things will be in trouble. ”

Cao Ren sighed for the third time, and Mao Jue was a little unhappy, "Zixiao, what are you always sighing for?" Although this battle is not easy to fight, as long as you deal with it carefully, a draw is more than enough. ”

"And then?" Cao Ren asked.

"Then it's a matter of luck." Mao Jue's eyebrows showed a hint of worry, "Luckily, we can still get Yanzhou back." If we're unlucky, we'll have to find something else. ”

The two fell silent, and neither spoke.

"When will the ordnance that Yuan Shao promised us be delivered?"

"It's coming, just these two days. I heard that Simbi personally led the army to escort it. ”

"Look, are we going to force Simbi to stay in Dingtao?"

"Yuan Shao is a ......" Mao Jue wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back, "It depends on the situation." If the Northern Frontier Army takes Juyang and crosses the Pushui River, we will leave him behind no matter what. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Li Hui hurriedly rushed to the city wall.

"My lord, Juyang has fallen."