The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 81 The Arrival of Liu Bei
"In this way, we should withdraw decisively to Yanzhou. If my guess is correct, Le'an Wenchou, Jinan Yanliang and Lu Bu have all retreated. If the Lord's army does not withdraw from Qingzhou in time, Liu Bei will send troops to destroy the grain and grass in Bo County, and then lead the army to pursue them. We wait, the army will stop at that time!"

Xi Zhicai knew that with Chen Ziming's ability, if he suddenly led his troops to Le'an and Jinan, it would be impossible for Wen Chou and Lu Bu to be unharmed. At least Xi Zhicai himself had the confidence to defeat these armies. Then go back and clean up Cao Cao.

After hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Cao Cao immediately led his army to withdraw from Guangxian County and headed for Xi'an. He quickly asked Xu Rong to divide a part of his troops to garrison in Bo County. Cao Cao provided the food and grass, and Xu Rong also knew the importance of it.

General Li Meng was ordered to lead [-] troops to Bo County, but it was a pity that Li Meng's army had only just entered Bo County, and when they encountered an urgent report from Bo County, General Liu Bei Zhao Yunqiao pretended to transport the army and opened the gate of Bo County.

The guard Cao Chun was stabbed by Zhao Yun and fled in defeat.Zhao Yun's army captured Bo County and burned all the food and grass.

When Li Meng's army came to Bo County, Zhao Yun's army had disappeared, and the piles of grain and grass had been burned to a pile of ashes.

After receiving Li Meng's urgent report, Xu Rong knew that the big event was over, so he sent someone to inform Cao Cao that he was gone, and then led the army to leave Xi'an, regardless of whether Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of soldiers in Xi'an would affect Cao Cao's army.

"Shu Zi'an dares to do this!"

After Cao Cao received the news that the grain and grass in Bo County had been destroyed and that Xu Rong had led his army to leave, his face turned blue, and he ordered to besiege Xu Rong's army on the spot.

"My lord, you can't. Xu Rong's army has [-] people, and he led the army well. Now there are only a few major generals in Yanzhou. Xu Rong's army is in trouble, and the damage will be great. Let him go back."

Cheng Yu said it very bluntly, that is, you can't afford to offend Xu Rong now, he is already in Yanzhou, if you turn against him, your hometown will be in danger.

Although Xu Rong can be killed in the end, that loss is not something you can accept now.

In the end, Cao Cao had no choice but to watch Xu Rong's army leave from his territory, and he had to send people to prepare everything for Xu Rong's army along the way.

As for Zhang Liao in Xi'an, he still doesn't know what's going on outside, and he doesn't dare to lead his army to pursue casually. Even if he knows that Xu Rong's army has retreated, he is the only soldier left in Xi'an, and he doesn't dare to trouble Cao Cao.

Not only did he not dare to go out, but he also strengthened his defenses. Zhang Liao was afraid that Cao Cao would not be reconciled, and wanted to take a bite at the end, which would put Xi'an in danger.

Zhang Liao guessed right, Cao Cao really wanted to occupy Xi'an, and according to Xun You's words, when he let the army pass by under the city of Xi'an, he deliberately pretended to be defeated and fled, in order to lure Zhang Liao to lead his troops out of the city in pursuit.

It's a pity that Zhang Liao is cautious, and he knows that his main task is to defend Xi'an, not to chase and kill Cao Cao, so in the end Cao Cao can only look at Xi'an city and shake his head and sigh.

The plan started in November last year, and now it is the end of February of the second year. Cao Cao sent 15 troops, consumed countless food and grass, and lost more than 3 troops. In the end, he didn't even see the shadow of Linzi City. The city has not been obtained.It is a loss of soldiers and generals, and there is no gain.

In the end, Cao Cao ordered General Cao Ren to garrison Mount Tai with [-] troops to guard against Liu Bei's revenge in Qingzhou, and he led the army back to Chenliu.

As for the [-] Xuzhou army in Pingyuan County, all his allies selectively forgot about it, and there was no intention of sending anyone to inform them.

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"kill!"

"Whoever kills Xu Huang will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and worship the general!"

Pingyuan City, Chengshoufu, and now the entire cityshoufu is full of Xuzhou soldiers and horses. After nearly two months of siege, losing more than 3 people, they finally attacked Pingyuan City, and now this Chengshoufu is left.

"Today, we shall serve our lord with death!"

Xu Huang was covered in wounds, his own blood and the enemy's blood stained his whole body red. Xu Huang supported his large axe with one hand, and the other hand fell on his chest with a cloth. He was already injured and could not move.

There were only 40 people left around Xu Huang, all of them were wounded, covered in blood, their faces were exhausted, their eyes were bloodshot, but they had a high fighting spirit and a firm will to die.

"kill!!!"

Finally, Xuzhou's army rushed into the city guard's mansion, and countless soldiers rushed towards Xu Huang's dozens of people, wanting to take Xu Huang's head in exchange for glory and wealth.

"Clang! clang! clang! clang! clang!"

Seeing that Xu Huang and the others were about to be killed, the sound of Mingjin suddenly came, and everyone froze in place, not knowing what happened.

"Who is Mingjin? Don't worry about it, kill Xu Huang for me!" Cao Bao, who commanded the army outside the city guard's mansion, was stunned when he heard Mingjin's voice, and then he was furious. He, the commander, is here, how could he order Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and Seeing that Xu Huang wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood with hatred, he was about to die in front of him, how could he order the withdrawal of troops.

"Continue to attack!" Cao Bao yelled, telling the soldiers to go on, but he didn't dare to go on in person. In the past two months, he had seen Xu Huang's horror, and his skills were like delivering food. ,

"kill!!!"

Suddenly there was a shout of killing behind Cao Bao, and he came here quickly.

"What's going on, where is the sound of shouting for killing coming from!?" Cao Bao's first reaction was disbelief, and his second reaction was that someone betrayed him.

"Report! General, Liu Bei's army has suddenly appeared outside the city and has already entered Pingyuan City! General Zangba called Jin to withdraw his troops, and sent me to report to the general!"

General Lu Fan came quickly, and the sound of killing behind him was getting closer and closer.

"What! Liu Bei's army is coming!"

When Cao Bao heard this, his expression changed drastically.

"Quick, quick, withdraw troops, withdraw quickly."

Cao Bao didn't care about Xu Huang, who couldn't hold on any longer, and ran for his life in a hurry.

"kill!"

"Quick, General Xu is here!"

Liu Bei's army rushed into the city lord's mansion, and he was overjoyed immediately when he saw Xu Huang who was still standing.

Suddenly, a familiar figure of Xu Huang appeared at the gate of the city guard's mansion. When Xu Huang saw that figure, he smiled and fell straight backwards.

"Gongming, prepare for the late arrival!"

It was Liu Bei who came. When he learned that Cao Cao's army had retreated, he immediately led Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to the plains, and finally felt at the last moment.

"My lord, General Xu just passed out, he can be saved!"

A military doctor with the army immediately stepped forward to observe Xu Huang's situation, and then said to Liu Bei who was holding Xu Huang.

"What, hurry up, save Gongming!" Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately stepped aside.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army to chase and kill the Xuzhou army. Cao Ba, who was left behind, was captured alive by Guan Yu, and Lu Fan was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei with a spear.

Then Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead troops to recover Gaotang and other four cities, and drove the remnants of Xuzhou out of Pingyuan County.

(End of this chapter)