The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Therefore, Shenpei, Yuan Shao and others knew that some of Gongsun Zan's original troops belonged to Liu Bei. They had fought Gongsun Zan for many years, so they naturally knew who Gongsun Zan had under his command.

"Zhao Yun, this man is powerful and a rare good general. I didn't expect it to be him!"

Yuan Shao was naturally aware of Zhao Yun's ability. After all, Gongsun Zan's righteous obedience caused Yuan Shao a lot of trouble. Among them, Zhao Yun was the one who was good at fighting.

At this time, after hearing that it was Zhao Yun who led the troops to support Xiapi City, the expression on Yuan Shao's face became even uglier.

"My lord, what should I do now, please decide!"

The judge didn't dare to decide by himself, so he could only throw this matter back to Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao could make up his mind.

At this moment, Yuan Shao was already hesitant, but now he heard from the judge that Liu Bei had led his soldiers and horses to continue to come here, and it seemed that he planned to join forces with Guan Yu in Xiapi City to deal with Yuan Shao.

In this way, Yuan Shao, who has only more than 2 horses left, is at a disadvantage.

Yuan Shao, who was already in trouble, naturally did not dare to continue fighting Guan Yu in Xiapi City here.

"Zhengnan, what's your opinion?"

Yuan Shao frowned and pondered for a moment, but he didn't make up his mind, so he could only look at the two staff officers in front of him again.

Shenpei and Ji Feng glanced at each other, and then it was Ji Feng who spoke to Yuan Shao first.

"My lord, from Yuan Tu's point of view, our army is already in an extremely disadvantaged position. If we continue to fight Liu Bei's men in Xiapi City, not only will we not gain any advantage, but we may be flanked by Liu Bei's troops. In the end, it leads to bad results.”

Ji Feng didn't say that Yuan Shao would be defeated in this battle, he just said that the result would not be very good, and he also considered that Yuan Shao would be angry if his words were too harsh.

Although what Ji Feng said was not very direct, Yuan Shao could also understand what Ji Feng meant.

As soon as Yuan Shao heard Ji Feng's words, he knew that Ji Feng did not intend to continue fighting Liu Jun here.

At that moment, Yuan Shao turned his gaze to the judge who was at the side.

I want to hear the opinions of the judges.

After Ji Feng finished speaking, the judge did not refuse, and said something.

"My lord, if it was just now, General Wen Chou's soldiers and horses were still there, and they would have been able to fight, but now our army has lost a lot of troops. After the last battle, our army has not been well rested. If we continue to fight, our morale will inevitably be decadent. Fearing that something unexpected will happen, the officials believe that at this time, we should retreat to the East China Sea to recuperate, wait for the new soldiers to come, and then regroup, and then plan for Xuzhou."

Both Shenpei and Ji Feng decided to retreat and not to fight in Xiapi for the time being, so Yuan Shao didn't have so many worries.

"Okay, then according to the wishes of the two military advisers, withdraw the troops!"

Yuan Shao resolutely decided to retreat temporarily. After returning to Donghai County, he regrouped and launched a battle against Xuzhou.

On Yuan Shao's side, there was some movement, and Guan Yu on the city tower had already taken a look at him.

Guan Yu realized something when he saw outside the city, when these troops began to retreat.

"Master! Master!"

Guan Yu yelled a few words towards the tower.

Soon Sun Shao hurried over.

"What's the matter, General?"

"Look, these Yuan Jun under the city are about to retreat!"

Guan Yu pointed towards the city, signaling Sun Shao to look over at this time.

Chapter 812 Chase

Yuan Shao's men were about to retreat.

This point can be clearly seen from the tower.

After realizing that Yuan Jun had started to withdraw from Xiapi city one after another, Sun Shao immediately realized something.

"It's not right, why did they retreat suddenly?"

Sun Shao looked at Yuan Jun who was slowly leaving, frowned gradually, and looked at Guan Yu solemnly.

"I really felt something was wrong, so I called you, the military advisor."

"Although our army experienced the two battles just now, no one was killed or injured, but after two successive battles, our army's men and horses have already experienced a strong sense of fatigue, and their morale is not high."

"It stands to reason that Yuan Jun should take the opportunity to continue attacking the city. How could he suddenly withdraw at this time?"

Sun Shao was very puzzled, but he didn't think of any other possibilities for a while.

Guan Yu was still smart, he immediately realized what was going on.

"No, it should be that our reinforcements are coming. They have noticed our reinforcements and are rushing here. Therefore, they dare not stay outside Xiapi City for a long time, lest they be flanked by our troops and completely block the retreat route."

When Guan Yu said this, Sun Shao also nodded immediately, showing a look of sudden realization, affirming Guan Yu's guess.

"What General Guan said is very true. Only in this way can these Yuan troops outside the city retreat."

Seeing Sun Shao say the same thing, Guan Yu was originally worried, but at this moment he immediately became excited.

"Hahaha, very good, finally let us seize the opportunity. If we count the time, Zhao Yun should have come to Xiapi City to support us at this time."

"Military commander, you should bring people here and continue to guard Xiapi City. I will lead half of the city's troops out of the city to pursue Yuan Jun. With such a good opportunity, these enemies can't just escape like this. They must stay under Xiapi City! "

After all, Guan Yu immediately mobilized, walked down from the tower, and planned to leave the city with five or six thousand people in the city.

When Sun Shao heard Guan Yu say this, he didn't stop him, because he also knew that this opportunity was a good time to defeat Yuan Shao.

Once their reinforcements really arrived near Xiapi City, Guan Yu went out of the city at this time and restrained Yuan Shao's troops.

Then they are very likely to wipe out Yuan Shao's troops in Xiapi City.

Guan Yu led his men and horses to fight out of the city.

Just when Guan Yu's men had just left the city to contain a part of Yuan Shao's army who retreated later.

At this time, a group of soldiers and horses ushered in outside the city of Xiapi.

These men quickly approached Xiapi City, and soon came outside the city gate. When they saw the battle taking place outside the city gate, they led the men and horses to join the battle without saying a word.

Guan Yu, who was fighting with the reinforcements outside the city, was overjoyed when he saw these soldiers and horses coming from a distance, because he had already seen from the decorations of these soldiers and horses that these people were soldiers and horses under Liu Bei's subordinates. .

Whether it's the clothes or the flags they hold, they all belong to Liu Bei.

This made Guan Yu very calm, and boosted the morale of the gang led by Guan Yu.

The soldiers and horses in the distance rushed over quickly. Zhao Yun took the lead and rushed towards Xiapi City, and directly joined the battle. There was also some friendship between Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

Seeing Zhao Yun coming to support, Guan Yu's expression brightened immediately.

"Zilong, you came at the right time. I have already restrained those Yuan Jun here. Together, you and I will wipe out these enemy troops!"

"General Yunchang, you can rest here for a while, and leave the rest to me!"

Zhao Yun immediately took orders and led some cavalry under his command to attack outside Xiapi city.

In fact, Yuan Shao's troops had already started to retreat, and the speed of retreat was not slow.

It's just that they were going to leave a part of the army behind, so this part of the army was besieged by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and they were quickly defeated.

Yuan Jun outside Xiapi City didn't have many troops.In addition, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were attacking back and forth, so naturally they were quickly wiped out.

After annihilating the broken Yuan army, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu did not intend to let go.

Taking advantage of the sharp drop in morale at this time, Yuan Jun, who was fleeing all the way, was evacuating to Donghai County, and their soldiers and horses were running low. The idea in Zhao Yun's and Guan Yu's minds was to completely wipe out this group of Yuan Jun on the way to escape in one fell swoop. .

So they pursued the victory and used some cavalry to quickly catch up with the retreating reinforcements.

Yuan Shao and his men had just evacuated from Xiapi City, and hadn't gone far on the way back to Donghai County when they saw a lot of pursuers suddenly coming behind them.

Although the number of chasing soldiers is not too much, there are only three to 4000 people.

But these three to 4000 people are all cavalry, and they are elite cavalry mainly composed of Zhao Yun's white horse followers. The strength of these cavalry is not ordinary cavalry.

If Yuan Shao and others don't take them seriously, they may suffer a big loss.

Seeing this wave of enemy troops chasing after the team, Yuan Shao's face also changed drastically because of time.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao still has a wave of loyal and reliable generals under his command.

The confidant general Jiang Qi, when he saw that his troops were being pursued, immediately stood up and shouted at Yuan Shao.

"My lord, General Mo is willing to stop the rear and resist the pursuit of these enemy troops!"

At this time, these Liu Bei's soldiers and horses came chasing them. If they kept chasing behind regardless of their disregard, it would still be difficult for the fleeing Yuan Shaojun to escape from the pursuit of the cavalry.

Being bitten by them tightly, the remaining 2 horses may not be able to escape completely.

Only when some people are sent here to resist these cavalry, can the rest of the people escape smoothly from here.

Seeing someone take the initiative to stand up and want to break up, Yuan Shao thought about it, and finally agreed.

"Okay! General Jiang Qi, you are responsible for breaking the rear. Remember, if you can fight, you can repel the enemy. If you can't do anything, you can retreat with your body. I don't want to see you lose here too. After successfully breaking through, I will regard you as the general!"

It was rare for Jiang Qi to have such thoughts. After choosing to risk his life, Yuan Shao was naturally quite moved. It happened that Yan Liang had just died in battle, and Jiang Qi's strength was not bad, so Yuan Shao was already prepared to replace Yan Liang who had died in battle with Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi was also very moved when he heard that, thanked Yuan Shao, led three thousand elite cavalry, stopped retreating, and stayed to prepare to compete with Zhao Yun's three or four thousand pursuers.

With Jiang Qi's decision, the talents like Yuan Shao could really buy time to evacuate from the boundary of Xiapi City and fled back to Donghai County.

While Jiang Qi was fighting with Zhao Yun, he really showed some bravery. The 3000 men forcibly blocked Zhao Yun's pursuit.

Chapter 813 Opportunity

It's a pity that Jiang Qi is not such an expert as Zhao Yun after all. Although he temporarily blocked Zhao Yun's pursuit with [-] cavalry, the soldiers and horses led by Zhao Yun were too powerful. After Jiang Qi saw the heavy casualties on his side, it was a pity that he could only choose to evacuate and break through.

With the remaining dozens of people, they fled back to Donghai County with all their strength.

Once again wiped out the [-] cavalry in Yuan Shao's hands, Zhao Yun wanted to continue to pursue the victory, but this way the pursuit was too far, and it was not good news to go deep into the enemy's rear.

After hesitating again and again, Zhao Yun still did not continue to pursue.

After all, if the pursuit continued, it would be very difficult for Zhao Yun's several thousand soldiers to completely wipe out Yuan Shao's main force.

Being able to inflict heavy damage on Yuan Shao again and eliminate his 3000 cavalry is already the best chance of winning.

So Zhao Yun returned to Xiapi City with the few remaining soldiers and horses.

And Yuan Shao fled back to the East China Sea with the remaining 1 people.

Although the battle between the two sides did not completely defeat the other side, the outcome has already been determined, and the situation in Xuzhou is also beginning to reverse at this moment.

Liu Bei, who was originally at a disadvantage, defeated Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of main troops because of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's great power in the battle of Xiapi, causing Yuan Shao's troops to suffer heavy losses.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who originally just wanted to stick to the city and fight back slowly, now, after knowing that Yuan Shao only has more than [-] people left, their minds naturally became active, and they began to continuously arrange troops. County advances.

The battle between Liu Beijun and Yuan Shaojun in Xuzhou was naturally inquired by the spies arranged by Liu Zheng here.

Not long after Yuan Shao's defeat, Liu Zheng's spies passed the news back to Liu Zheng.

At this time, Liu Zheng had led his soldiers and horses to Guangling secretly.

Huai'an City.

Huai'an originally belonged to Donghai County, but later when Liu Zheng led his troops to reoccupy Guangling, he pushed forward and occupied the city of Huai'an.

This is mainly because Huai'an's geographical location is relatively good. It is located between Guangling, Donghai, and Xiapi. Liu Zheng was able to send troops from Huai'an in a short time and go directly to Xiapi and Donghai.

Whether he wants to send troops to deal with Liu Bei or Yuan Shao, he can send troops from here while they are fighting.

It is precisely because of the geographical environment here that Huai'an City has become the front line for Liu Zheng to defend Yuan Shao and Liu Bei.

Here, Liu Zheng dispatched tens of thousands of troops under his command to station. Among them, the Wenpin army stationed in Guangling County, the main force is all stationed on the front line of Huai'an.

There was also the army recruited later, Zang Ba Guanhai, most of whom were also stationed nearby to defend Guangling County.

At this time, Liu Zheng led his own soldiers and the [-] soldiers among the elite who were trapped in the camp. After arriving in Huai'an City, there was no movement.

It is even possible that Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's men did not know that he had arrived in Huai'an City, which was not far from them.

"good very good"

Liu Zheng's Jin Yiwei sent information that Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang died in the battle of Xiapi, and 6 elites suffered heavy losses. More than half of them were lost in the battle of Xiapi, and the remaining [-] people fled back to Donghai County.

This news is simply a godsend opportunity for Liu Zheng, who has just arrived in Huai'an City not long ago.

The purpose of his coming here is nothing more than to watch Liu Bei and Yuan Shao fight, resulting in a situation where both sides will suffer. Then he came to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Now he has encountered Yuan Shao's defeat just after arriving here. Such a good opportunity only needs him to lead the battle. Taking advantage of Liu Bei's men attacking Yuan Shao, his soldiers stabbed Liu Bei in the back.

Then the aggressive Liu Bei must have suffered heavy losses and was devastated.

And Yuan Shao, who was also beaten by Liu Bei and suffered heavy losses, could no longer fight Liu Zheng at this time.

In this way, it won't be long before Liu Zheng's men can recapture the land of Xuzhou. Liu Zheng is quite excited when he thinks of this.