Liu Bei checked the equipment of his subordinates one by one, each with two knives, round shields, and crossbows. Junhou Guan Yu stood behind Zhang Fei, tied his sword tightly, and whispered to him to follow him closely and not to run around with murder.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Senior Brother Yun, if I die, you send my body home." ”

Guan Yu glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Death is death, where can't you bury bones?" ”

"My house is close to here, only a dozen miles away, you just need to run. You told my father that I was brave in fighting outside, and I didn't embarrass him. ”

"Have you done less to be embarrassed?" Guan Yu scolded with a smile, "If my uncle asks, I will say that Yide fell into the moat and drowned." ”

Zhang Fei's white and handsome face immediately pulled down, and he pretended to be angry and said: "If you die, I will still feed you in the river to feed the fish, anyway, your home is in Xie County, Hedong, and I can't send it back." ”

Guan Yu laughed, but the expression on his face was bitter. Zhang Fei's words reminded him of his hometown and his relatives. He hasn't been home for six years, are his parents okay? Is the wife okay? There is a battle of life and death in front of us, and they may never be seen again.

"Brother Yun, if you don't die this time, I'll accompany you back to your hometown to have a look." Zhang Fei saw the sadness in Guan Yu's heart, and turned around to comfort him.

Guan Yu patted Zhang Fei's thick shoulder and did not speak.

The Guan family has been a blacksmith for generations, and Guan Yu has been learning to make iron from his father since he was a child. When he was young, he was brave and powerful, jealous and hateful, and he was a well-known local fighter. When he was nineteen years old, he went to Jiecheng to sell iron tools, and saw an old man lying on the ground with bruises and bruises, crying and crying. Out of righteous indignation, Guan Yu went up to ask. The old man said that he was the gentleman of the county school named Han Zheng Han Shouyi, and his daughter was forcibly occupied and ravaged by the rich man Lu Xiong in the city. Lu Xiong is a relative of Guo Sheng's family, who is a regular servant in the local area, bullying men and women, and doing all the bad things. At that time, due to the salt ponds in Jiecheng, the groundwater was salty and inedible, and only a few sweet wells were scattered throughout the city for the people to drink. Lu Xiong colluded with the government and filled in several sweet wells in the city, leaving only one sweet well in his yard. You have to pay for water at his house, and there is an additional rule that only young and beautiful women are allowed to fetch water, otherwise they are not allowed to enter his house. The young woman who came in was either molested by him or raped by him. Although the people of Jiecheng are angry and hateful, Lu Xiong has a backstage, and no one can help it. When Guan Yu heard this, he was furious, and broke into Lu Xiong's mansion that night, killing a total of 74 people from Lu Xiong's family, plus dozens of Hakka Ding, and rescued Han Zheng's daughter. Then Guan Yu climbed out of the city wall overnight, ran back home, dismissed his family, and fled to the northern Xinjiang area in a panic.

When Guan Yu wandered to Zhuocheng, his beard had grown more than two feet long, and he estimated that no one recognized him, so he sold tofu in the city. Guan Yu's temper did not change, he was still nosy, and he would fight at every turn, so he met Zhang Fei, a butcher who sold meat in the city.

Zhang Fei himself does not sell meat, and his family is also a small rich man in Zhuocheng, and there are manors and fields outside the city. Zhang Fei was handsome, like his mother, but he was short-tempered, did not study well and practiced martial arts, and clamored to go to the army to fight. Of course, his father was unwilling to force Zhang Fei to study at home, and he hoped that his son would become an official in the future. Zhang Feishu didn't read it, but he wrote well, and his good handwriting was very famous in Zhuocheng.

Guan Yu's martial arts made Zhang Fei admire, and he asked Guan Yu to go home to accompany him to practice martial arts. Guan Yu didn't pay attention to him at all, and still sold his own tofu. The young Zhang Fei was very helpless, so he had to invite Guan Yu to drink every now and then, and by the way, let him teach him martial arts. The two are also teachers and friends, and for a few years, they are inseparable, just like brothers. When Zhang Fei married his daughter-in-law, he asked his daughter-in-law to toast Guan Yu and call him uncle, his daughter-in-law was very unhappy, a rough man who sold tofu, what does it have to do with the Zhang family?

In the past few years, although the Son of Heaven has granted amnesty to the world several times, Guan Yu did not dare to go home. Lu Xiong is dead, his relatives and friends are still there, if they know that Guan Yu has gone home, they will not let him go. When Liu Bei was gathering volunteers in Zhuocheng, the desperate Guan Yu ran away. He thought that with his martial arts, he would be able to make a military exploit in the future, and maybe he would be able to get an official position, and then go home to see who would dare to touch half a hair of himself and his family. Hearing that Guan Yu was going to follow Liu Bei to Qingzhou Plain County, Zhang Fei was in a hurry, hid from his parents, and ran away after Guan Yu.

In the past two years, they have fought a lot of battles behind Liu Bei, and the two have been promoted to military marquis and fake military marquis because of their outstanding martial arts and repeated military exploits.

"Wait a minute, Lord Tian Kaitian will attack the city wall on the left, Lord Wu Chi Wu will attack the city wall on the right, and we will directly attack the city tower under the cover of strong archers." After Liu Bei checked the soldier's equipment, he walked to the two of them and said, "I'll go up from the right side of the suspension bridge, and you two will go up from the left side of the suspension bridge." ”

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The two captains also went into battle in person? ”

Liu Bei nodded, and said solemnly to the two: "Yun Chang, Yide, don't come down after you go up, and don't come down unless you die." ”

Guan Yu looked up at the towering city tower and sneered: "Don't worry, my lord, after we go up, we will directly cut down Daxu." As soon as the Great Rebellion falls, the rebels will surely be in chaos. ”

In the distance, Liu Yu and Zou Jing lined up with a thousand foot soldiers, followed by Gongsun Zhan's cavalry. As soon as the gates were opened, the army would rush in.

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The drums of war sounded, and in an instant, the arrows were like locusts, the flow of people surged, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Liu Bei held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, standing at the forefront of the assault team. He looked at the left wall and the right wall, anxiously waiting for the moment of charge.

After he was defeated by the rebels near Guangzong in Jizhou last year, he was almost completely wiped out, so he always wanted to avenge his dead brother and even more so to clear his name. Today, as long as you enter the city, you can take revenge.

Tian Kai and Wu Chi personally led their troops to attack, and the intensity of the offensive made it difficult for the rebel soldiers defending the city to parry, and the war drums for help came and went. Cheng Qian, the leader of the rebels defending the southern city, had to transfer the soldiers stationed in the city tower to both sides of the city wall again and again to support. Liu Yu saw that the time was ripe, and decisively waved his hand and ordered: "Attack the city tower." ”

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Liu Bei's blood was boiling, and he looked back and shouted: "Brothers, kill ......"

Sixty assault soldiers were divided into two teams, and under the leadership of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, they roared all the way, crossed the moat at a gallop, set up cloud ladders, and swarmed up.

The guards on the city tower braved the dense arrow array of the Han army and rushed to the edge of the city wall. Liu Bei rushed to the front, he had just let go of a roaring log, and in the blink of an eye, he was hit by several boulders and his head was dizzy, and he almost couldn't stand on his feet and tumble down the ladder. Liu Bei had no idea of survival at this time, he stared at the blood-red eyes, bared his teeth and roared loudly, there was only one thought in his mind, rushed up, rushed to the city tower.

The dense long arrows on the city tower shot at his shield at close range, the huge "dong dong" sound went straight to the ear drum and was terrifying, one by one black arrow clusters penetrated the shield and jumped wildly in front of Liu Bei's eyes, and more arrow clusters were directly nailed to Liu Bei's iron helmet, making a "clanging" knocking sound, and the impact of the long arrows made him tremble, and his eyes went straight to Venus.

A boulder fell in the air, and the round shield shattered with a "boom". Liu Bei's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the ladder, and at the same time, he ran through his head, roared, and hit the boulder. The boulder was hit by him, and it changed direction and smashed it on his back. Liu Bei was hit hard by this, and when he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood spurted out. The spear pierced.

"Die......"

Liu Bei's eyes were about to split, he grabbed three stabbed spears with both hands, and with the strength of his two arms, he immediately broke one and grabbed one, and one spear was dragged off the city wall by Liu Bei along with its owner. At this moment, a tun commander who followed Liu Bei grabbed Liu Bei's ankle with both hands.

"My lord, ......"

Liu Bei comprehended, used all the strength of his body to roar, and his sturdy body rose into the air with the help of the commander's throwing force. Liu Beiren was in the air, and with a shake of his hand and a spear, he pierced a rebel soldier who was about to throw a stone, and at the same time smashed a volley at the archer who raised his bow and shot.

"Boom......" The roaring arrow grazed the iron helmet and flew into the sky with a string of sparks.

"Boom......" Liu Bei smashed down with a punch, smashing the archer out of the city wall.

"Brothers, go up, go up and ......" Liu Bei was crazy, the spear in his left hand flew up and down, and his right hand pulled out the long sword from behind his back, swept through thousands of troops, blocking the invincible, and several rebel soldiers guarding the battlements of the city wall were cut down by him in a blink of an eye. The tun commander and several Han soldiers took the opportunity to rush up.

"Formation, formation......" Liu Bei was hoarse, like a beast, bravely taking the lead, "Brothers, kill, kill ......"

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Guan Yu had a shield in one hand, and the arrows, stones, and trees were all blocked by him one by one, and he was like an agile cheetah, quickly climbing to the top of the ladder.

"Yide, climb up, ...... quickly"

Zhang Fei did not hesitate, grabbed Guan Yu's armor, used his hands and feet together, stepped on Guan Yu's head and rushed onto the city wall, "Lao Tzu hacked ......you alive" Zhang Fei casually smashed a rebel who rushed up with a stone with a shield and flew out, and at the same time, the war knife chopped off, cutting a spearman into flesh and blood, and his head was chopped off.

Guan Yu rushed forward after him, he smashed one to death with one shield, then pulled out two knives from his back, glanced at the swarming rebels with disdain, and roared in a deep voice: "Yide, follow me to cut down Daxu and go ......"

Zhang Fei kicked the enemy in front of him, looked back at the Han soldiers who rushed up and shouted: "Go, go, brothers, go up, cut down the ...... of Daxu"

Guan Yu roared forward, slashing left and right with two knives, no one could stop him, Zhang Fei followed, and several Han soldiers each held a sword and shield, fighting bravely.

Liu Bei was on the left, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were on the right, and the Han soldiers were unstoppable with swords and axes.

Cheng Qian led a team of personal soldiers to kill, and the two sides were entangled in the narrow place of the city tower. The rebels wanted to force the Han army back to the city, and the Han army had to hold on to this area of proportion to cover more soldiers to go to the city. Cheng Qian hacked to death seven Han soldiers in a row, and ran into Guan Yu head-on. The tall and mighty Guan Yu roared wildly, chopped it down with a knife, and immediately chopped Cheng Qianlian into two with a knife. The death of the leader further angered the rebel soldiers, who rushed forward with complete disregard for their lives, and the scene was even more bloody.

The Han soldiers fought fewer and fewer, and the situation was extremely unfavorable.

While Liu Bei was struggling to defeat the enemy, he shouted loudly: "Cut down Daxu, cut down it......"

Guan Yu, who was more than a dozen steps away, was slashed desperately by the rebel soldiers, and this knife instantly stimulated his ferocity, "Dare to cut me, go to death......

He chopped off the rebel's head with a single sword, and then stabbed the enemy soldier in the chest and abdomen. The spears of the rebels flew in. Guan Yu gave up the knife in his left hand, grabbed the rebel's spear, and cut the enemy's throat with a single sword, and the hot blood immediately sprayed Guan Yu's head and face.

"Yide, follow me......"

Guan Yu roared repeatedly, holding the knife in both hands, and under the cover of Zhang Fei, like a bloodthirsty beast, he strode towards Daxu more than a dozen steps away. At every step, an enemy soldier will fall. Guan Yu took nine steps in a row, and seventeen corpses were already lying at his feet. The battle knife was broken, Guan Yu still did not retreat, his fists and feet were on the same page, and he killed three more people.

"Knife ......"

Zhang Fei shouted, snatched the enemy's spear, and handed over his own sword. Guan Yu's war knife was in his hands, and in the face of the enemy soldiers who were densely intercepted, one knife was three lives, and the blood sprayed out, suddenly forming a blood mist in the sky. Guan Yu rushed into the blood mist, aimed at the flagpole of Da Xu, and picked up the battle knife.

Zhang Fei's spear flew up and down around Guan Yu, and the various weapons cut from all around were picked up by him one by one. In this short moment, Zhang Fei was hit by three swords and seven shots in a row, although his whole body was heavily armored, but his whole body was already overflowing with blood. When Liu Bei arrived, he protected Zhang Fei, and the Han soldiers who followed Liu Bei arrived, and they used their bodies to protect Liu Bei.

Under the big hang, dozens of people gathered around and shouted hoarsely, and the soldiers on both sides forgot about life and death, and cut them wantonly, only to see blood in all directions, broken limbs flying sideways, and it was unbearable to see.

Guan Yu slashed hard, chopping seven times in one breath, the knife was broken, Guan Yu took a step back, and hit the flagpole with all the strength of his body, "...... upside"

There was a "click" sound, and the tall flagpole half a foot thick was suddenly broken, and Da Xuan fell diagonally, and then fell down the city tower and fell to the bottom of the city.

The cheers of "Kill, ......" were earth-shattering in an instant, and the morale of the Han soldiers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they shouted in unison, and the attack and killing were extremely fierce.

After a short period of frantic counterattack, the defenses on the entire city wall suddenly collapsed, and the rebel soldiers began to retreat like a tide.

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"Drums, drums, ......"

Liu Yu excitedly raised his sword and shouted, "Children...... Kill ......"

Gongsun Zhan saw the big drums on the city tower fall suddenly, and immediately galloped along the cavalry battalion, "Brothers, prepare to charge......

Tian Kai and Wu Chi had already personally attacked the city tower at this time, and they commanded the siege soldiers to attack quickly along the long stone steps, and they were going to rush to the city and open the city gate.

The rebels had just fled to the city, and Zhao Chengcheng came with reinforcements. He took the lead, led the soldiers, and fought back frantically. The two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat under the castle tower.

The Han soldiers in the city lowered the drawbridge. Zou Jing and his soldiers quickly crossed the drawbridge, gathered under the city gate, and waited for the city gate to open before entering the city to attack.

Zhao Cheng rode on a horse, kept waving his halberd, and urged his soldiers to fight bloodily and resolutely not retreat.

Liu Bei led more than twenty of his subordinates to attack at the forefront. He saw Zhao Cheng from a distance and shouted: "Kill the rebel general, kill him......"

Guan Yu struggled to throw out an enemy soldier who was blocking in front of him, and just when he looked up and saw Zhao Cheng, his blood surged, and he raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, follow me ......"

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei quickly approached, using Guan Yu as an arrow, overcoming obstacles and struggling to kill Zhao Cheng. Layer upon layer of rebels, it was as if they could never be killed. Zhao Cheng saw the Han army rushing to kill, and slowly retreated.

"Yide, throw a gun and shoot him, shoot him......" Guan Yu saw Zhao Cheng retreating farther and farther, and couldn't help but be anxious, and roared angrily.

Liu Bei looked back and shouted while flying with a long sword: "Sword and axe hand, protect Zhang Fei, protect him......"

Zhang Fei took a step back, aimed at Zhao Chengcheng and threw the spear in his hand. In the past, he used to practice throwing at home, and he always threw without a shot. The spear spun violently in the air, roaring in a beautiful arc. Zhao Cheng suddenly found a spear shooting in the air, he didn't even think about it, and in the exclamation of the soldiers, he turned over and rolled off the war horse. The spear "......" nailed straight into the horse's back, and the war horse neighed in pain, suddenly frenzied, jumped and kicked, and collided in all directions, and the scene was chaotic. Zhao Cheng was caught off guard, and was beaten twice by the war horse, embarrassed, and the soldiers hurriedly dragged him to a safe place.

But just like that, the stalemate became one-sided.

The soldiers of the Han army thought that the leader of the rebel army had been killed, and they suddenly thundered with joy, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they shouted forward one by one, unstoppable. The rebel soldiers thought that their superiors had been killed, and their morale was discouraged, and they suddenly had no intention of fighting, and retreated again and again. The defeat was like a mountain.

The Han soldiers waiting under the city were already impatient, and when they saw that the city gate had just been opened, they immediately rushed in, and the sound of killing resounded up and down the city tower in an instant.

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Gongsun Chan led the cavalry to slash all the way, rushed to the north gate as fast as possible, and captured the pontoon bridge across the river. Zhao Cheng fled in panic with hundreds of people.

The rebels in the city suffered heavy casualties, and after losing their command, they became even more disorganized, barely resisting for a while, and then surrendered.

Liu Yu led a large group of men and horses into Zhuocheng.

"Tell General Zhenbei that Zhuocheng has fallen, and we will rush to Jicheng immediately."

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Seeing that Li Hong's army stopped thirty miles away from Jicheng and did not move, Zhang Chun was very anxious and repeatedly sent Karasuma Iron Cavalry to provoke, but Li Hong just did not move.

On this day, Li Hong received news from Liu Yu and knew that Zhuocheng had been taken, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. His biggest concern is that the supply of food and grass will not be available. Now that Zhuocheng has fallen, the rebels are defending the enemy on their backs, in this unfavorable situation, do the rebels still have to fight to the death? But now Li Hong has the confidence to win.

"Order, the army advances ten miles."

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Zhang Chun concealed the news of the fall of Zhuocheng. On the one hand, he strictly forbade the soldiers to enter and leave the camp, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhao Cheng to withdraw directly to Yongnu with the remnants of the army.

At this time, the scout came to report that Li Hong's army had rushed to Jicheng.

Zhang Chun was overjoyed, and immediately organized men and horses to go out of the camp to line up, and as soon as Li Hong's army arrived, he immediately launched an attack. However, in the afternoon, the news sent by the scouts made Zhang Chun furious. After Li Hong walked ten miles, he set up camp.

In the evening, the Karasuma people were the first to know that Zhuocheng had fallen, and then the senior officers of the various departments of the army also learned the news through their own channels, and everyone ran to the big tent to question Zhang Chun.

Zhang Chun sneered: "Can you still withdraw now?" He pointed in the direction of Li Hongtun's army outside the tent and said loudly, "The leopard is twenty miles away from us, what are the consequences of retreating at this time?" What am I doing here if I can leave? The leopards came so quickly, if we could have withdrawn, we would have withdrawn a few days ago. Why fight this battle, I've said it countless times, I don't want to say it anymore. If we want to gain a firm foothold in Youzhou, we must work together to fight this battle and stop being half-hearted. ”

"The 100,000 army retreated, and I forgive him that the leopard did not dare to chase it." Wu Yanse said sharply.

Wu Yan was defeated by Li Hong in Bailing Ranch back then, and was almost killed by Li Hong, so he wanted to take revenge, but he was also a little scared, and when he heard that Zhuocheng had fallen, he didn't want to fight, he was in a hurry to leave.

Zhang Chun looked at him and asked in a meaningful voice, "Has the king forgotten the ferocity of the leopard?" If the leopard occupies Jicheng intact, the next target will not be my Feirucheng in Liaoxi, but your right Beiping Karasuma tribe. “

Wu Yan's face changed.

"Now Lu Longsai is still in the hands of the Han army." Zhang Chun glanced at everyone and asked, "Do you know why I don't fight Lu Longsai all the time?" ”

Of course, everyone understood Zhang Chun's thoughts, and he was afraid that he would annoy the leopard and be retaliated by him frantically. Lu Longsai has the family of the leopard's subordinates, and not fighting Lu Longsai is actually leaving a way back for himself. Back then, the leopard killed even Tuoba Feng's son for a group of Xianbei women and children who never knew each other, and later for a Xianbei woman, he killed the Xianbei king and Lian's welcoming team. This kind of person, it's better not to annoy it. If he is provoked, he will be scarred and will be killed in Liaoxi and Liaodong, and then he will be in trouble.

"Wound this leopard and we'll be fine." Zhang Chun said, "The leopard is worried about the merger of states, and we haven't angered him, and after the battle of Jicheng, there are Xianbei people in the north to contain him, so he won't go to Liaoxi and Liaodong to find trouble for us." ”

Then he looked at Wuyan coldly and said, "You'd better not think about running, think about what you've done?" Did you snatch that woman away when you fought the Endless City? ”

Qiu Liju also snorted dissatisfiedly and said, "If you snatch that woman away, it's best to send it back to Lulongsai immediately, and don't provoke the disaster of extermination." ”

Uyan stood up angrily and said, "I said a long time ago, I didn't grab the woman, she was taken away by Luronse's men. ”

"Then why do you say she's as pretty as the moon in the sky?" Zhang Chun asked, "How do you know?" ”

"It was the little marshal in my clan who told me." Uyan explained, "After I heard that the leopard had a woman in the city of no end, I sent people to rob it several times, but I didn't succeed once. This woman lives in the Tian family in the endless city, and there are many masters in the Tian family, so she can't get close to it at all. ”

Zhang Chun glanced at him with suspicion and sneered: "When fighting, the king should do more, so as not to make trouble." ”

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The next day, Li Hong led the army to walk ten miles slowly, and then did not leave.

Zhang Chun led the army to wait for the battle, waiting from morning to afternoon, and Bai waited for several hours. The rebel soldiers were exhausted and complained, and scolded Zhang Chun and the generals of all the departments.

Liu Yu's army suffered heavy losses when attacking Zhuocheng, and he had to leave some men and horses to guard the prisoners and protect the grain and grass, so the troops were seriously insufficient, and he was worried about being attacked by the Karasuma Iron Cavalry, so he was cautious along the way, and only walked fifty miles a day.

After Zhao Yun received Li Hong's military order, he immediately ordered Liu Ming to garrison Lucheng with 3,000 Hun iron cavalry, and he and Yan Wuxing took 7,000 iron cavalry to kill Yongnu.

Xian Yuchen, the Yongnu guard who had been prepared for a long time, immediately closed the four gates and led more than 10,000 soldiers to defend the city. Five thousand Karasuma iron horsemen, under the leadership of the Bailang King Qiu Liju Congzi Tun, lined up along the river and prepared to meet the battle. He was about twenty years old, not tall, with a sturdy body and a pair of shrewd eyes. He is a concubine, and among Qiu Liju's more than a dozen concubine sons, Wu Yong's strategy is the most outstanding, so Qiu Liju is very relieved to let him lead the troops.

Seeing the Han army rushing violently, Badun immediately waved his army to attack. Just when the two sides were two hundred paces apart, the Han army suddenly turned its horse's head, Zhao Yun Duan Xuan led the army to the left, and the heart fox led the army to the right, and the army was divided into two and galloped away along the southeast direction of Yongnu City.

Without hesitation, the Overseers gave chase.

As soon as the Karasuma people left the bank of the Gu River, Yan Wuxing appeared from the northwest of Yongnu City with two thousand cavalry. They quickly rushed to the pontoon, sprinkled fire oil, lit a fire, and ran along the same road.

Seeing the smoke billowing over the Gu River, he immediately realized that he had fallen for the tricks of the Han people, and hurriedly turned back. By the time he arrived panting to the river with the army, the pontoon bridge had long since burned down. He was so angry that he scolded.

Xian Yuchen hurriedly took people out of the city and then built a pontoon bridge. This pontoon bridge is a lifesaver for the rebels, and it must be kept no matter what. It was needed for the retreat of the Great Army, as well as for the large quantities of supplies that had been transported from Jicheng. Since he knew the purpose of the Han army's iron cavalry to Yongnu, he never left both sides of the Gu River, he guarded at both ends of the pontoon bridge and did not go anywhere.

Zhao Yun took the iron cavalry around, although he blocked the transportation of rebel supplies, but there was no way to divert the iron cavalry to destroy the pontoon bridge. At this moment, he received the news that Liu Ming had lost Lucheng, and Zhao Yun was dumbfounded.

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