Yixian.

Liu Bei strangled his mount and looked at Yixian two hundred steps away, sighing.

After more than a month of besieging the city, he still couldn't find a way to break the city. The two sides had similar forces. Although his soldiers were well-trained and had relatively more advantages, Yuan Tan defended the city and protected the city walls. The new soldiers under Yuan Tan's command increased their confidence, withstood Liu Bei's several fierce attacks, and made obvious progress, which was already a sign of elite strength.

Until then, Liu Bei finally understood that Yuan Tan was practicing with him. He learned the method of training from Sun Ce, and Yuan Tan also learned that as time went by, the gap between them became smaller and smaller. This time, the failure to capture Yi County, I am afraid there will be no chance in the future. Jizhou's household registration advantage is definitely not as good as Youzhou, let alone he has not really mastered Youzhou.

When will Sun Ce defeat Gongsun Du and occupy Liaodong? In short, he is no longer able to get involved in Yuyang, and Taishi Ci will never give him this opportunity. With this in mind, Liu Bei felt uncomfortable. Sun Ce said it well and attacked Yuan Tan from north to south. As a result, he started a war on him, but Sun Ce withdrew, and the battle on the plains did not begin. The scout had already sent news that Zang Hong and Qianzhao had retreated to Dongguang. If he did not retreat, he might be attacked by Yuan Tan inside and outside.

It was a waste of time. Zhuo County was not taken down. How could Zhuo County be eaten? The only result was to kill Yan Liang. But Yan Liang was originally Yuan Xi's subordinate. His death had a very limited impact on Yuan Tan, and in another sense it was even a good thing. If he could seize Zhuo County or kill Zhang He, the meaning would be completely different.

Liu Bei sighed again, turned his horse's head, turned back to the camp. He shook the horse whip, his mood was gone. "Deran, go to Yunchang Camp and inform him to cut off the rear and cover the retreat of the army."

Liu Xiu responded, turned his horse's head, and just as he was about to leave, Liu Bei called him again. Liu Xiu tied his mount, looked at Liu Bei, and waited for his new instructions. Liu Bei thought for a while and lowered his voice. "Go to Taishi Ci Camp again and ask him to assist Chief Yun."

Liu Xiu understood and took the order. Taishici was in charge of cavalry and could not attack the city. He had been idle these days and drank and competed with Yan Rou and others for no reason. He got very close to him. When Guan Yu did not go to fight, he would talk about martial arts and soldiers with Taishici, and he was very involved in the contract. Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with this. He always felt that Taishici was not here to help, but to make friends. If he had known this, he would not have invited Taishici to help. He had consumed so many food and grass 3,000 knights and six or seven thousand war horses in vain. This was a huge expense. Liu Bei felt very distressed, but Taishici assisted Guan Yu. These food and grass were all raised by Guan Yu. Guan Yu could not bear to seize Taishici's food and grass, and Liu Bei would not say much to avoid Guan Yu being unhappy.

Liu Xiu left, Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Xianhe, am I fooling Sun Ce again?"

Jian Yong frowned. "Mr. Fu, you think so... it's very dangerous."

Liu Bei was stunned. "Danger?"

Jian Yong said "hmm" and nodded vigorously. "Victory and loss are common in military affairs. Occasionally, there are failures, and reflections are insufficient, and a comeback is just a comeback. If you often wonder if you have been deceived by someone again, is it because you lack confidence or want to shirk responsibility?"

Liu Bei also felt that this was inappropriate and was very embarrassed. He laughed twice, trying to find a few words to cover it up, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to force himself to calm down, pretend to be nothing, and walked towards the camp without any resilience. Jian Ru chased after him, side by side with Liu Bei, tilted his head, and looked at Liu Bei with two eyes.

"Mr. Fu, you haven't answered my question yet."

"Hmm?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Jian Yong not only blamed him, but also asked a question. He was a little angry and asked back: "What is the reason for Xianhe?"

Jian Yong stroked his beard and thoughtful. "I have known the Lord of the Mansion for more than 30 years and have never seen him blame others. I think it should be due to lack of confidence. Facing Yuan Tan, the Lord of the Mansion did not have the confidence to win the battle."

Liu Bei's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word. He was touched by Jian Yong, but he was even more depressed. Sun Ce had already pointed at Youzhou. If even Yuan Tan could not defeat Jizhou and could not control Jizhou, where would he have the opportunity to defeat Sun Ce? Sun Ce was competing for the world, but I couldn't even leave Youzhou. What's the opponent? If I still bowed to Sun Ce in the future, why did I have to leave Yuzhou at the beginning?

Liu Xiu came to Guan Yu's camp. As soon as he entered the camp, he saw a group of people surrounding the central army's tent. He shook his head secretly, and Guan Yu competed with Taishi Ci again. Although he was seriously injured, Guan Yu was a person who could not sit still. He was injured a little better, so he competed with others. He had good martial arts skills and only a handful of people who could play against him. He always regretted that he had no opponents. Now that he met Taishi Ci, he wanted to compete with Taishi Ci every day.

Liu Xiu stood quietly in the crowd, tiptoed to look in. Sure enough, Guan Yu was fighting against Taishi Ci. They were competing for cavalry today, with two personal guards standing beside him, leading three or four horses. Guan Yu was tall and weighed more than ordinary people. The war horses were not durable. When they met an ordinary person, the winner was only between two or three rounds, so they naturally didn't have to change horses, but when facing Taishi Ci, he had to prepare a few more war horses to prevent the horse from being overpowered.

Liu Xiu glanced at the horses and saw that they seemed to be very energetic and had not been on the battlefield. This means that Guan Yu and Taishi Ci had just started playing and had not been in the game for a long time, so he decided to wait. Guan Yu had a bad temper. If he was interrupted at the beginning, he would be very angry. When he and Taishi Ci had a fight, they would not determine the outcome, or if they interrupted when the situation was not good, the situation would be much better.

Guan Yu and Taishi Ci fought more and did not pay attention to Liu Xiu's arrival. He did not use the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, but a horse scepter. This kind of riding spear, which is 18 feet long, is indeed suitable for Guan Yu, especially when facing Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci used a steel spear that is 10 feet long, three feet long than Pu Neng's riding spear, and also longer than the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Guan Yu probably felt that it was not a martial arts force to win by using the sword, so he simply used a horse scepter. If Taishi Ci felt that he had suffered a loss, he could also use a horse scepter, as long as he had the martial arts skills.

Taishi Ci used his steel spear, and the door was kept very strictly. Even from Liu Xiu's eyes, Guan Yu had no chance to win. Taishi Ci's martial arts skills were very good, but it was not that easy to defeat Guan Yu, especially in such a situation where he could not give his all and had to be restrained, it was not easy to be able to keep the door and not take advantage of it by his opponent.

The two horses circled, spears came and went, and fought for dozens of rounds, without a chance to decide the winner. Guan Yu's war horse was a little weak, and taking advantage of the opportunity to separate, Guan Yu turned around to change the horse. Taishici did not change, but just slowed down and trotted. At this time, a knight squeezed to him, grabbed the reins of the horse, and said a few words to Taishici. Taishici was a little surprised, asked a few words, then nodded, and turned the horse back to the formation.

Guan Yu also got on the horse and was about to turn around and fight again. In a blink of an eye, he saw Liu Xiu who was outside the human wall and frowned. The silkworm brows slightly frowned and waved to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu had no choice but to squeeze into the crowd, come to Guan Yu, and bowed.

"What's the matter?"

"The Lord of the House has an order."

"Why don't you say the order?" Guan Yu was very unhappy and stretched out his hand. "Take it!"

"It's the command." Liu Xiu was also helpless. Although he was Liu Bei's clan brother, Guan Yu didn't even take Liu Bei seriously, so he would not have any good attitude towards him. "The Lord of the Mansion decided to give up Yi County, withdraw back to Zhuo County, and order the general to cut off the rear." Liu Xiu looked at Taishi Ci again. "The Lord of the Mansion still assisted the general." As he said that, he waved to Taishi Ci and greeted him.

Taishi Ci kicked the war horse lightly, came to the front, bowed to the horse's back, "Please work to repay Liu Fujun, I will act according to the order."

When Guan Yu learned that Liu Bei was going to give up Yixian, he was in a bad mood and was not in the mood to compete. He threw the horse to Zhou Cang, turned over and dismounted and walked towards the big tent. Seeing this, Taishi Ci also got off the horse and entered the tent side by side with Liu Xiu. Guan Yu stood in the tent, heard footsteps, looked back at Liu Xiu, snorted, and turned to Taishi Ci.

"Ziyi, what do you think?"

Taishi Ci smiled and said, "Brother Yun, I think there is no problem with Liu Fujun's decision. Yi County is in a hurry and it is reasonable for Yuan Tan to arrive again. Retreats will retreat earlier and reduce losses."

"Retreat to Zhuo County, Yuan Tan will not chase after him?"

"If he chases him, he will defeat him in the field. The weather is getting colder, and this war will inevitably become a confrontation. In this case, it is naturally more beneficial for us to retreat to Zhuo County."

The reason is not complicated, and Guan Yu also knew that quick victory was unrealistic, so it might be a way to take a step back first. He changed the topic. "Is it just the news about Wu Hou? Did he take Liaodong?"

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked up at Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci smiled and said, "Brother Yun is indeed sharp-eyed and hit the nail on the head. That's right, Wu Hou had just defeated Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du knew the current affairs and had decided to call him the king of Wu Hou. Wu Hou changed Gongsun Du to General Du Liao, entrusted him to the barbarian affairs, and appointed Dong Yuan as the prefect of Liaodong in the dynasty."

"Dong Yuan Dynasty?" Guan Yu curled his lips. "Although he was a little brave, he was not proficient in Yuqi warfare. He might not be the enemy of Gongsun Du. With Wu Hou's prudence, there are other arrangements." He glanced at Taishi Ci and smiled slightly. "Is Ziyi promoted again?"

Taishici shook his hand. "Shame, the Marquis of Wu appointed me as the governor of the eastern part of Youzhou and to control the military east of Youbeiping. Alas, I am really nervous to be able to do a low and heavy responsibility. I will have Yun Changduo to help you in the future."

Guan Yu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, stroked his long beard with his hands, and sighed softly. "Ziyi met the Marquis of Wu, which is indeed a blessing in life."

Taishi Ci glanced at Liu Xiu and smiled and said, "What Chief Yun said is very true. It is for Ci's blessing to be trusted by Marquis of Wu. However, Marquis of Yun doesn't have to be humble. Marquis of Wu has always respected Yun Chang, but he just sighed about Yun Chang's loyalty and righteousness and the beauty of becoming a human being. If Mr. Yun stayed in Yuzhou, the governor of the eastern part of Youzhou might not be me."

Guan Yu felt disappointed, but he forced a smile. "Haha, I won't talk about the governor of Youzhou. Ziyi deserves his reputation. Is the prefect of Liaodong? I am confident that I can be more competent than Dong Xi."

"How can it be compared with Zhuo County in just Liaodong? Zhuo County is the county of Liu Fujun and the gateway to Youzhou. Ren Yunchang was the prefect of Zhuo County. This is Liu Fujun's trust in Yunchang."

While speaking, Taishi Ci winked at Guan Yu and signaled him not to say this in front of Liu Xiu, so as not to be suspicious. Liu Xiu's face was no longer good after hearing Guan Yu's words. Guan Yu could understand what Taishi Ci meant, but he didn't take Liu Xiu seriously, as if he had not seen him, and regretted himself. Before Zhuo County was sent, he, as the prefect of Zhuo County, could not be the result of his success.
Chapter completed!