"I fell into the trap! I fell into the traitor Lu Bu's trick!"

After listening to the spy report brought back by the spy who was sent to Yanzhou to find out the news, Liu Bei felt that the world was spinning, and the only thought left in his mind was that he had fallen into a trap! Because Liu Bei's army had carefully investigated and found out clearly, the battle between Cao and Lu in Yanzhou was basically over.

There was no reopening, and Cao's army, troubled by food shortages, had been huddled in the Juancheng area. It did not invest a single soldier to attack Lu Bu. Lv Bu's army did not take the initiative to attack Cao's army. They only organized defenses in Shanyang, repaired the city and plundered the people.

Not only did Nirvana seem to be preparing to attack north, but he also had the intention of adjusting his strategy to defend from the north and attack from the south.

After figuring out these situations, Liu Bei, who always liked to trick people quietly, suddenly understood that he had finally been tricked by others quietly, and was pushed to the front line of conquering Xuzhou by Lu Bujun. The battle was left to him.

He sacrificed his strength and let others die, but Lu Bu finally took advantage of him!

It was useless to understand this, the deal was done, and there was no regret medicine for sale in the world. Liu Bei, whose perseverance and fighting spirit were equally amazing, did not give up on himself. Instead, he quickly calculated the countermeasures for the aftermath, and quickly formulated two countermeasures. One was to send an envoy to

Contact Kong Rong and Tian Kai and ask them to come forward to mediate the conflict between the Tuo Army and Tao Qian, and strive to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. The second is to rectify the troops and actively prepare for war, repair the city walls, strengthen the city defense, and prepare to use Xiaopei Jiancheng and Xuzhou Army

Confront for a long time and buy time.

Liu Bei is very aware of the overall strength gap between his own army and the Xuzhou army, but Liu Bei is more aware that the situation still has several points that are very beneficial to him. First, the most dangerous enemy Tao Ying happens to be not in Xuzhou, and it is difficult for the leaderless Xuzhou army to organize in a short time.

The second is that Lu Bu has never given up on Xuzhou. As long as he withstands the Xuzhou army for a period of time, Lu Bu's army will definitely go south again to join the battlefield. The third is that the Xuzhou army will never dare to fall out with Gongsun Zan's forces. He will only drag Gongsun Zan's forces back.

If they go into the water, Xuzhou's army will inevitably have to surrender. Therefore, Liu Bei made a firm determination. That is to delay. The longer the time is delayed, the more favorable the situation will be to him!

Liu Bei's calculations were a bit too wishful. Although his opponent, Deputy Director Tao, was lacking in strategy, Deputy Director Tao's lackey Lu Su was a master of strategy. He opposed Tao Ying and failed in a decisive battle with Liu Bei.

He immediately pointed out to Tao Ying that since Tao Ying was determined to fight Liu Bei, he could only fight quickly and resolve the battle before other princes intervene. Do not give the situation a chance to change! And Tao Ying also readily accepted this suggestion‖

Without even returning to the city of Xuzhou, Tao Ying led the Western Expedition army directly towards Xiaopei. In order to buy time, Tao Ying simply left the infantry and the baggage and grain team to the command of Lu Su, and only led the Junzi Army to attack Xiaopei day and night.

Pei. Killed Liu Bei solidly and caught him off guard.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, starting from Chen State, the Junzi Army, which was good at running, returned to Peiguo City in just over two days. They rested in Peiguo City for a night and fed their horses with fine horse feed. The Junzi Army immediately returned to Peiguo City.

Set off to the north, they took the road of Zhuqiu and headed straight for Xiaopei. It took them just over a day to approach within 30 miles of Xiaopei. Here they encountered a patrol of Liu Bei's army. Tao Ying decisively ordered an attack, and Liu Bei's army patrolled.

The team was caught off guard and all were captured alive. Tao Ying did not kill them, but only asked about the situation in Xiaopei City. Then he cut off the ears and noses of all Liu Bei's scouts and released them back to Xiaopei to report the news, and used this to anger Guan Yu and Zhang.

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The unlucky Liu Beijun scout rushed back to Xiaopei to report the news. Liu Bei, who was still dredging the moat, was shocked. He shouted in disbelief, "Master Tao Ying is here? How is it possible? Didn't he go deep into the hinterland of Yuzhou to fight against the Yellow Turban bandits? How could this be possible? Come back soon?"

"Brother, there is nothing to be afraid of!" Guan Yu said loudly next to him: "Although Tao Ying is marching very fast, he must have been out of men and horses after running thousands of miles here. At the end of the strong crossbow, it is difficult to penetrate Lu's silk. Brother, it is time to send troops to fight. Wait for work with ease, and defeat the enemy's army!"

Liu Bei rolled his eyes carefully and asked the scouts again that Tao Ying's team only had less than a thousand riders. Seeing that there was indeed an advantage to be taken, he made up his mind and said: "What the second brother said is absolutely true. I will personally fight with the two wise men." Let's lead the army together to fight. We will first negotiate with Master Tao Ying and explain the whole story. If we can persuade Master Tao Ying to retreat, of course it would be best. If not, then we have to fight with swords and guns." Guan Yu and Zhang Fei praised their kindness together, and Liu Bei stayed behind. Jian Yong and Sun Qian defended the city, and together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they led an army of 4,000 people southward and took the initiative to leave the city to fight against Junzi's army.

In the Junzi Army at the same time, after finding an open terrain, Tao Ying immediately ordered the Junzi Army soldiers to dismount and rest, feed the horses with fine materials, and at the same time check the weapons and prepare for battle. Chen Dao, who had newly joined the Xuzhou army next to him, persuaded: "Sir, our army has been marching for hundreds of miles. The soldiers and horses are very tired and are not conducive to fighting. Why don't you move to stay in the county for the time being, meet with General Zang Ba to rest for the night, and come back tomorrow for a decisive battle with Liu Bei?"

"No." Tao Ying shook his head decisively, and while holding bean cakes to feed the war horses, he explained: "Liu Bei, traitor! If our army moves to the county to rest and recuperate, then when we fight again tomorrow, Liu Bei, the traitor, will definitely not be willing to leave the city to fight in the field. , will only defend the city, but our infantry group has not yet arrived, the siege weapons are all in the rear group, and the siege force is not enough, so we can only take Xiaopei Jiancheng and have no choice. Therefore, our army can only fight today to let Liu Bei He feels that our army is tired from afar and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he will take the opportunity to go out of the city to fight in the field. Otherwise, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky to lure Liu Bei's traitors out of the fortified city."

"Young master, what you said makes sense. What I like best is field battles!" Xu Chu beside him couldn't wait to shout: "I have heard of the names of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for a long time, and I have long wanted to compete with them. This time, I will fight with them. Uncle You must not compete with me, you must let me go first and have a good fight with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."

"Okay, but if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei come out together, I will give you one of them." Chen Dao replied with a smile.

"Wait a minute!" Before Xu Chu laughed and agreed, Tao Ying rushed to say: "Zhongkang, Uncle Zhi, while there is still some time, I must explain something to you. You cannot be the first to fight in this battle. Liu Bei, the traitor, knows very well that I lack strong generals under my command. I plan to use you two as secret weapons to catch you off guard when killing Liu Bei. Therefore, after the war begins, you can only stay by my side and listen to my orders. Wait for me to order you. Attack, you go out again and kill as hard as you can. There must be no mistakes."

Xu Chu and Chen Dao looked at each other. Although they were a little unhappy, they could only agree honestly. At that moment, Tao Ying quickly summoned the generals of the Junzi Army to arrange combat tactics. At the same time, Tao Ying had already arranged for a messenger to go to Liu County to contact Zang Ba and ask Zang Ba to do so. Send troops to cooperate with our own army, attack at the right time and location, and give Liu Beijun a surprise. When everything is arranged, the soldiers and horses have recovered a certain amount of strength. "Fang Scout finally ran back to the front of the formation and reported. Liu Bei's army was less than five miles away. Tao Ying first ordered the Junzi army to confirm again whether their weapons and equipment were ready, and then ordered them to line up for battle and prepare to face Liu Bei's army.

After a while, four thousand Liu Bei's troops rushed to the front, and each of them shot their bows and arrows at their feet. Tao Ying immediately jumped out of the formation, pointed his riding whip at Liu Bei's troops and yelled, "Liu Bei, traitor, come out and answer me! My father has treated you with great kindness.

Your land, cities, and cities are used to garrison the army, and you also provide you with money and food to support the army. Why do you repay kindness with enmity? Collude with Lu Bu to invade my Xuzhou land and kill my Xuzhou soldiers?"

Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei out of the formation. He bowed his hands to Tao Ying on his horse and said with a wry smile: "Master Tao Ying, please investigate clearly. Liu Bei is indeed wrong in this matter, but Bei is not wrong either. Bei formed an alliance with Marquis Wen.

The original intention was to join forces to resist Cao's thieves. The five counties of Pizhou were safe. Unexpectedly, Marquis Wen and Lord Tao suddenly turned against each other, and then they fought each other. Liu Bei was restricted by the alliance, so he had no choice but to send troops to help. He took the opportunity to persuade Marquis Wen to withdraw. Now Marquis Wen has withdrawn.

, Young Master, why don’t you calm down and listen to your heart, and don’t use weapons without permission and hurt the harmony between the two families?”

"Fuck your mother's bitch!" Tao Ying yelled in a very ungrateful manner, "You treat me like a three-year-old child? Don't think I don't know that in the Liuxian battle that day, even if you killed the most Xuzhou soldiers, the Xuzhou generals

General Sun Kang will die in your hands!"

"I was the one who killed Sun Kang's son, and it had nothing to do with my elder brother!" Zhang Fei also dared to take responsibility. He stood up and shouted: "Master Tao, I have always missed your favor of giving me good wine, but helping Lu Bu beat you is really not good.

My eldest brother has an alliance with Lu Bu and has to send troops! If you are willing to listen to my eldest brother and reconcile, then everything is easy to talk about. I can ask you to kowtow and apologize. But if you don’t listen to my eldest brother and are unwilling to reconcile with my eldest brother, then

Just come at me and I will stay with you until the end!"

"Thieves with ring eyes, don't use your sweet words to take the blame for others!" Tao Ying was furious and cursed indiscriminately: "Don't think that I don't know that General Sun Kang died at the knife of Guan Yu, a traitor! Guan Yu, son, you

You have the guts to kill my general, but you don’t have the guts to admit it? If you are still a man, stand up for me and fight me for three hundred rounds!"

The three Liu Bei brothers and the generals of the Junzi Army looked at each other, and they all suspected that Tao Ying had remembered it wrong or heard it wrong. On that day, Guan Yu stayed in Xiaopei to defend the city, and Tao Ying did not participate in the battle at all.

How could Ying insist that it was Guan Yu who killed Sun Kang? - Of course, if the three Liu Bei brothers and the generals of the Junzi Army knew that Guan Yu, who had been shot countless times by hidden arrows in his life, also had a nickname called Human Arrow Target,

Then it will certainly not be surprising why Tao Ying misremembered the murderer of Sun Kang.

Sure enough, when he heard Tao Ying insulting him like this, Guan Yu, who was far less fond of Tao Ying than Zhang Fei, was furious. He immediately rushed out, pointed at Tao Ying with the eighty-two-pound Qinglong Yanyue knife, and shouted proudly: "Tao Ying

Ying Xiaoer, since you are the first to bid, then I will grant you a favor! Come on, I accept your challenge!"

"Guan Yu, a common man, don't be so rampant!" There is no need to use a bull's knife to kill a chicken. Before Tao could reply, a general from the Junzi Army came out of the battle with a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, waving his sword and shouted: "Guan Yu, Guan Yu is always here, Guan Yu, a common man, but Guan Yu is here.

Dare you fight me to the death?"

"Guan Yu Guan Yunchang?!" The real Li Kui finally met the fake Li Gui. Guan Erye was also frightened. He pointed at Guan Yu with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted: "Why do you have the same name as me, that man?

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"Bah!" Guan Yu spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm in disdain and shouted: "Old man, who has the same name as you? A certain surname is Guan Mingyu, the name of Yu in the universe! The word Yunchang comes from Chang in Chenjun County of Jizhou!"

"You dare to cheat and cheat in my name!" Guan Yu was completely angered. He slapped his horse and attacked Guan Yu with murderous intent. He shouted angrily from a distance: "You man, take my knife!"

"Guan Yu, common man, suffer death!" Guan Yu, the commander of the Junzi Army, showed no fear and clapped his horse to meet him - and then without any suspense, after luring Guan Yu closer, Guan Yu immediately thrust the wooden Qinglong Yanyue Sword at Guan Yu's body.

Throw it away, turn around and run away, shouting righteously, "Guan Yu, I will spare your life for once!"

"Rat, don't leave!" The furious Guan Erye easily dodged the wooden Qinglong Yanyue knife thrown by Guan Yu. He chased after him with red eyes, but it was a pity that Guan Erye was not riding a red rabbit now.

The horse, the speed of the horse could not keep up with Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, who was traveling lightly, so Guan Yu easily escaped back to the Junzi Army formation. At the same time, Junzi Qingqi, who had always been ambushing behind the heavy cavalry team, also started to move...

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"The Master said: To govern with virtue is like Beichen, who lives in his place, and all the stars are together!" In unison, they shouted the sage's words, and the upright army of gentlemen galloped out on light cavalry. They all drew their bows and fired arrows. Nearly two hundred feathered arrows.

It shot straight at Guan Yu. Poor Guan Erye was so frightened that he quickly waved the Qinglong Sword to block the arrows, but he could not block the arrows in the east but not in the west. In an instant, he was hit by several arrows in a row, and finally he was helpless. He had no choice but to be like Sun Ce and Dian Wei.

Like Cao Hong and other unlucky guys who encountered the Junzi Army, he threw away the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, turned over and hid under the horse's belly, thus avoiding the bad luck of being shot to death by random arrows on the spot.

"Second brother——!" With thunderous roars, Zhang Fei rushed over to save people like crazy. Uncle Liu Huang over there was also frightened and quickly drove his army forward to rescue Guan Yu with all his strength. One after another, one after another

The Gentleman Army cavalry who rushed out had plenty of targets to shoot at. Almost all of the second wave of feather arrows were shot at Zhang Fei, forcing Zhang Fei to hide in the horse's belly, and incidentally shot and wounded the most dangerous member of the army.

Liu Bei's army was fierce, and he also shot Liu Bei's soldiers violently, killing and wounding hundreds of Liu Bei's soldiers in one go. Then the Junzi Army immediately turned around. They continued to use Mangu's evil tactics that had no solution in the plain terrain, while keeping distance with Liu Bei.

He kept the distance between the army and fired arrows desperately to kill the enemy.

"Little Tao Ying! You shameless villain!" If Zhang Fei had some good impression of Tao Ying before, no matter how much good impression he had, it would have been wiped out now, with broken arrows all over his body.

He crawled out from under the belly of the horse that had been shot to death, and casually grabbed a war horse of a soldier. He pushed the soldier off the horse, jumped on the horse and chased after him with a spear, roaring like thunder, "Little Tao Ying, suffer death."

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"Third brother, don't chase! Don't chase!" Liu Bei, who had already roughly understood the rogue tactics of the Gentleman Army, was anxious and yelled to stop Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei was already full of anger at this moment, so he could still hear it.

Half a sentence to go? He just chased Zhang Fei with all his strength. Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei would make a mistake, so he had to quickly order the whole army to follow him. At the same time, he personally led people to rescue Guan Yu, but he saw that Guan Yu had been hit by at least twenty arrows. Fortunately, Guan Yu shot through

The pure steel scale armor protected his vitals. Most of the arrowheads could not penetrate the armor and were embedded in the armor. Only the arrowheads that hit the face and limbs penetrated the flesh, seriously injuring Guan Yu.

Seeing that Guan Erye, who had been the greatest source of success, was injured like this, Liu Huangshu was completely mad no matter how deep the city was. He rushed his confidants to send Guan Yu back to Xiaopei for rescue. After that, he personally led his troops to chase the Junzi Army, but Liu Bei let Liu Bei do it.

What made Zhang Fei furious was that the villains of the Gentleman Army did not give them a chance to fight in close combat. They just kept running away while firing arrows. Although the hit rate of arrows was far lower than that of arrows fired in foot combat, there were so many arrows that they could not hold back these hypocrites.

, nearly a thousand cavalry are all archers, each person can shoot an arrow with nearly a thousand arrows, and the Mongols can also cover many targets, so Liu Bei's army still suffered heavy casualties.

What made Liu Bei and Zhang Fei even more helpless was that Uncle Liu's team was a mixture of infantry and cavalry. The cavalry could not fire arrows while running, while the infantry could fire arrows while running but could not keep up with the speed of the gentleman's army. They could only be beaten and could not fight back.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei was filled with anger and was secretly frightened, "No wonder Tao Ying was able to defeat tens of thousands of rebels with eight hundred cavalry and wipe out Sun Ce's main force. Such cavalry tactics are simply impossible on flat ground."

They are invincible in the world! When encountering such cavalry, it is best for our army to close the city and defend it!"

After planning this, Liu Bei quickly mounted his horse and pursued Zhang Fei with all his strength. He grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeve and shouted: "Third brother, we can't pursue him anymore. If we can't catch up with Tao Ying, we will only let the soldiers die in vain! Get out!"

Withdraw immediately!"

"No! If I don't stab Tao Ying's son through seventeen or eight transparent holes, it's hard to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Zhang Fei threw Liu Bei away and yelled to chase him again.

"Third brother, big brother, please!" Liu Bei quickly grabbed Zhang Fei and shouted with red eyes: "Tao Ying's speed is too fast. We can't catch up with him. If we continue to chase him, we will only die in vain! We must withdraw.

!We must retreat immediately! Your second brother is seriously injured and unable to defend himself against the enemy. If Zang Ba takes the opportunity to attack Xiaopei, what will your second brother do?"

Considering Guan Yu's safety, Zhang Fei, who was also hit by dozens of arrows, finally reined in his horse and cursed the eighteenth generation of Deputy Director Tao's ancestors to gather his troops and retreat. However, like all the unlucky opponents of the gentleman's army,

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei soon became furious and discovered that the Junzi Army had turned around and pursued them again. They followed their own troops and kept firing arrows, trying desperately to kill Liu Bei's cavalry who could not turn back on their horses to fire arrows. Zhang Fei was furious and turned around again.

When they faced the enemy, the gentleman's army turned around and ran away with its tail between its legs like a mangy dog, and kept turning back on its horse to fire arrows to kill Liu Bei's pursuing soldiers.

Finally, he personally experienced the Gentleman Army's mangy dog ​​tactics. Liu Bei finally understood why the Gentleman Army was victorious in the east and west and suffered very few casualties. He also regretted taking advantage of others' danger to go out of the city to fight in the field. On the flat and open field battlefield, these hypocrites

You can run away if you want to, and fight if you want to fight. No matter how strong your generals are, no matter how strong your individual combat effectiveness is, and no matter how well-equipped your soldiers are, if you can't catch them, it's useless if you can't beat them. If you keep getting beaten, you'll be exhausted.

This group of hypocrites lived and died. Forced and helpless, Liu Bei could only drag Zhang Fei and yell at the order, ordering the entire army not to pursue any more, and to retreat to Xiaopei at all costs, as long as he could make it back alive.

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To be continued...