The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"General, our people don't know the identity of the other party yet, but the other party is quickly approaching the direction of Xuzhou City. It doesn't look like an enemy army. After all, they only have thousands of people."

"They are heading towards Xuzhou, where did they come from?"

Jian Yong, who had been silent all this time, immediately changed his expression after hearing what the orderer said, and asked another question hastily.

The messenger saw that Jian Yong did not refuse, and immediately answered.

"Return to the military division, these people came from the direction of Xiapi City."

"Xiapi City!"

After Jian Yong heard the orderer's answer, his face changed suddenly, and he couldn't sit still immediately.

"No, this should be one of our people. Send someone to meet them immediately, and let those people come to us. No, General Tian Yu, go and see for yourself who those people are. Commander-in-Chief!"

Jian Yong originally wanted Tian Yu to send some troops to meet those coming from Xiapi, but after thinking about it, it would be better for Tian Yu and himself to go there in person.

At that moment, Tian Yu also didn't refuse, and immediately walked out of the army tent with Jian Yong.

They led some soldiers and horses to pursue directly in the direction the messenger said, and when they were about to approach Xuzhou City, they intercepted them.

The two sides glanced at each other from a distance of one mile, and Tian Yu directly sent someone to ask who these soldiers belonged to.

"Who is the soldier in front of you? Who is the commander?"

The spies immediately came to the army of these men and horses and questioned them loudly.

These soldiers and horses were none other than the remnants of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun who had fled from Tan County all the way back to Xuzhou.

Speaking of which, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's remnant soldiers are also miserable.

They fought against Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses outside Tan County, and almost wiped out their entire army. Although they fled from the battlefield, their soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses and were unable to continue fighting.

Guan Yu originally wanted to take the remaining cloth and flee back to Xiapi City directly. He planned to go to Xiapi City to recuperate temporarily, and continue to go to Xiapi City with the help of the [-] soldiers and horses in Xiapi City.

But his move was stopped by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun did not suggest that Guan Yu continue to return to Xiapi City.

Because Guan Yu and Zhao Yun originally had [-] troops under their command, returning to Xiapi City with [-] troops to support Xiapi would naturally capture them with their own hands, which could solve the plight of Xiapi being besieged.

But now they have just suffered a defeat, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, whose 4000 troops have suffered heavy losses, have less than [-] soldiers left in their headquarters. Using this manpower to support Xiapi will not only fail to help Xiapi and solve Xiapi's plight, On the contrary, it will be because of encountering Liu Zheng who is guarding outside Xiapi City.

If you are a little careless, you can easily be defeated by Liu Zheng's other soldiers and horses, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

After being defeated, the morale of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's remaining manpower also plummeted. If they fought again, the odds of winning were slim, and Guan Yu naturally knew that.

Therefore, after Zhao Yun suggested that he could not return to Xiapi, Guan Yu, who had pondered for a long time, finally decided not to return to Xiapi City for support.

This is why Liu Zheng led people straight to Xiapi but did not see the remnants of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

Because they didn't advance in the direction of Xiapi City at all.

They did not go to Xiapi, but directly planned to return to Xuzhou.

Guan Yu knew that Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses had already started. Once they did not support Xiapi City, Xiapi City would not be able to defend it. After losing Xiapi City, the most immediate danger would be Xuzhou City. Only these people can compete with Liu Zheng's troops.

So Guan Yu and Zhao Yun took a detour and returned to Xuzhou from another direction. This was also to avoid Liu Zheng's eyes and ears, which delayed their return to Xuzhou City for some time.

Now Tian Yu has encountered Guan Yu's remnant soldiers.

When Tian Yu's spies learned that these soldiers were Zhao Yun and Guan Yu's soldiers, they were shocked, and together with Jian Yong came to accept Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's soldiers.

The two sides returned to the frontline battlefield. Guan Yujun, who had been hungry for several days and hadn't eaten much, could finally rest well at this moment.

At the same time, Tian Yu, Jian Yong and the others also learned about the situation in Xiapi City, especially when they learned about Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who had suffered heavy losses from an ambush, and when there were only [-] troops left, Jian Yong began to feel a little uneasy. .

He began to have some doubts about whether Xuzhou could stop Liu Zheng's attack.

After Tian Yu and Guan Yu's men joined forces, Guan Yu asked Zhao Yun to take these remnants and Tian Yu to fight against Wenpin for the time being, and he returned to Xuzhou City immediately.

He wanted to report the current situation in Xuzhou to his elder brother Liu Bei, and asked Liu Bei to go to Yanzhou to increase troops immediately, otherwise Xuzhou would be in danger according to the current situation.

Chapter 836 Brothers Meet

Xuzhou city.

Liu Bei was already worried at this time.

In the past few days, the news passed to Liu Bei is not good news.

First, Yuan Shao's army attacked Xuzhou, and Liu Bei sent people to deal with Yuan Shao.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zheng also sent people to join the chaotic battle. If it was just like this, Liu Bei would not be burnt out.

This time, Liu Zheng seemed to be planning to fight Liu Bei here, not only the troops stationed in Guangling, but also began to come towards Xuzhou.

Even the soldiers and horses stationed in Huainan gradually began to march towards Xuzhou.

If that's the case, Liu Bei is not worried.

After all, with his current strength in Xuzhou, he can barely stop him. Even if he can't stop him, he can still let Yanzhou's soldiers and horses come to support Xuzhou, so the problem will not be big.

But things were not as simple as Liu Bei thought. Fights broke out on various fronts and enemies gradually appeared. Not to mention Xuzhou, even Yanzhou was also under attack at the moment.

Not long ago, news came from soldiers and horses in Yanzhou that Yuan Shao's army was gradually approaching Yanzhou in Jizhou. Tens of thousands of troops were attacking Yanzhou. A mere Zhang Fei might not be able to resist it.

Liu Bei, who was already worried about Xuzhou, became even more worried when he heard the news. After all, once there was a battle, it would mean that he would have no place to recruit reinforcements.

The battle in Yanzhou is really a wave of ups and downs. Liu Bei, who was only worried about Xuzhou, now not only has to worry about Xuzhou, but also Yanzhou.

As a result, Liu Bei is now in a state of desperation and has no idea, so he can only seek Cheng Yu who is beside him, and count on Cheng Yu to find a way for him.

Cheng Yu's face was also gloomy at this time, facing such a situation, even he had no good way to do it.

He and Liu Bei glanced at each other, thinking deeply about what to do next.

At this time, Guan Yu walked in from outside the house in a panic.

"My lord, General Guan, is asking to see you outside the house."

"It's great that Yun Chang is back, please hurry up!"

When Liu Bei heard that Guan Yu had returned to Xuzhou, he didn't have any expression at first, but when he heard that Guan Yu had returned, he finally heard the good news, smiled and got up from his chair in a hurry, ready to go out to meet Guan Yu.

Before Liu Bei walked out of the house, Guan Yu had already walked in from outside the house. As soon as he saw Liu Bei, he clasped his fists and saluted Liu Bei.

"Brother, Yun Chang is ashamed of you!"

As soon as Guan Yu walked in, a sad look appeared on his face.

Liu Bei just approached Guan Yu and saw Guan Yu's appearance, but he was not too worried. In Liu Bei's view, as long as Guan Yu is still alive, no matter what happens, it is not too bad.

"Second brother, what happened?"

Liu Bei questioned Guan Yu, while Cheng Yu on the side also focused his eyes on Guan Yu, wanting to know what was going on in Xiapi City.

At the moment, Guan Yu didn't dare to hide it, and immediately told Liu Bei how he defeated Yuan Shao in Xiapi City, and how he pursued Yuan Shao, but was cut off by Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses.

When Liu Bei heard Guan Yu say that the [-] troops under his command suffered heavy losses, although the expression on his face was not very good-looking, but he was a little lucky when he heard that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were both fine. Recruitment, but if something happens to Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, it will be too late to regret.

After listening to Guan Yu's description, although Liu Bei felt a little sad, it was considered a blessing among misfortunes. Both Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were fine.

"Second brother, it doesn't matter, if you lose Xiapi City, you will lose it, and we will fight back."

At this time, Liu Bei could only comfort Guan Yu in this way.

Although Liu Bei forgave Guan Yu in this way, Guan Yu himself still frowned and did not forgive himself. He was still worried about Xuzhou.

"Brother, Xiapi City probably won't be able to hold it anymore, and this time Liu Zheng sent his own elite. Zhao Yun's soldiers and I were defeated by the elite of Liu Zheng's men. We have seen these people before. , is Lu Bu who fought against us when we were in Qingzhou."

"Ah, Lu Bu!"

As soon as Liu Bei heard Guan Yu's words, he immediately recalled what happened in Qingzhou. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu fought against Lu Bu together, but they didn't take advantage of the fierce man at all.

"The camp led by Lu Bu is said to be some of Liu Zheng's most elite soldiers, and I heard from Zhao Yun that he personally met Liu Zheng on the battlefield, which means that Liu Zheng has come to the Xuzhou battlefield in person!"

After Guan Yu told Liu Bei the news, Liu Bei, who was still rejoicing, suddenly became gloomy.

"Liu Zheng personally went to the Xuzhou battlefield. No wonder, it's not surprising. I said why the troops from Guangling County and Huainan County started attacking us at this time!"

Originally, Liu Bei just thought that Liu Zheng's men and horses suddenly visited Xuzhou, just wanting to catch Liu Bei off guard and take advantage of Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's attack.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all.

When Liu Zheng visited in person, things were completely different.

From Liu Bei's point of view, Liu Zheng should still be dealing with Liu Biao and Ding Yuan in Jingzhou at this time, and his sudden appearance here was clearly a long-planned event.

"Brother, Liu Zheng has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou. Now our troops are not enough to fight Liu Zheng. Let the third brother bring troops from Yanzhou to support us!"

The main purpose of Guan Yu's coming to Xuzhou to find Liu Bei was to let Liu Bei mobilize Yanzhou's troops, otherwise, according to Liu Zheng's current offensive, Xuzhou City would not be able to stop it at all.

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei smiled wryly.

"Second brother, it's not that I don't want to go to Yanzhou to mobilize the third brother's troops, but that Yanzhou is already in danger."

"Huh? What?"

Guan Yu still didn't know what happened in Yanzhou. After hearing Liu Bei's words at this time, he was naturally a little surprised.

At the moment, Liu Bei did not hide from Guan Yu, and directly told Guan Yu what happened in Yanzhou, and told Guan Yu Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, who led Zhang Zhang and Gaolan to attack Yanzhou. Although Zhang Fei and Xu Chu resisted in Yanzhou, the situation was not stable. not optimistic.

After hearing this, Guan Yu's face darkened.

Cheng Yu on the side didn't speak for a long time, but he also knew that Liu Bei's situation is not easy now.

"My lord, we should make a choice now."

"Choose? What does Mr. Zhongde want to say?"

"My lord, with our current strength, it is very difficult to defend the two counties under the attack of Liu Zheng and Yuan Shao. I think we should abandon one of them and try our best to protect the other."

Chapter 837

Liu Bei's troops are running out.

Originally, Liu Bei still had [-] to [-] troops in Xuzhou.

But after a battle with Yuan Shao, Liu Bei dispatched soldiers and horses stationed in various places in Xuzhou, but Yuan Shao defeated them. After Liu Bei's heavily guarded Xiapi lost 3 people, Liu Bei was completely deadlocked.

With 7 or [-] troops, there are only less than [-] left at this time. In the entire Xuzhou, Liu Bei only has [-] soldiers and horses under the command of Tian Yu and Jian Yong. More people.

And the temporary recruitment in Xuzhou City, and the remnant soldiers brought back by Guan Yu, the total number of these troops is less than 4.

However, Liu Zheng sent more than [-] troops to attack Xuzhou this time.

Zang Ba, Guan Hai's 2 people.

Wenpin's [-] main force.

And Tai Shici's headquarters who are working hard to come to Xuzhou in the Huainan area.

There are also five thousand elite camps and Jinyiwei brought by Liu Zheng himself.

Even if these troops are placed on the frontal battlefield, Liu Bei can't take advantage of them, let alone Liu Bei is now at an extreme disadvantage.

The surrounding territory has been lost, only Xiaopei and Xuzhou are still holding on.

Not to mention there is another Yuan Shao watching.

"Mr. Zhongde means to give up guarding Xuzhou?"

Cheng Yu nodded, then shook his head again.

"My lord is not trying to give up guarding Xuzhou, but Xuzhou and Yanzhou. We can only defend one place. Either send all Yanzhou troops into Xuzhou to guard Xuzhou, so that Yanzhou is likely to be defeated by Yuan Shao's troops, or Send the remaining soldiers and horses in Xuzhou to support Yanzhou, so Xuzhou will definitely not be able to keep it, but you can gather all the forces to drive away the enemies who attack Yanzhou."

"Of course, all this is up to you, my lord. I think we should give up Xuzhou and protect Yanzhou with all our strength. Yanzhou is our last trump card. If Yanzhou loses, even if we can keep Xuzhou, it will be useless. After all, there is only one Xuzhou left in the surrounding enemy If not, we will not be able to stop the enemies around us from attacking at any time."

"On the contrary, once we can hold Yanzhou, at worst we can retreat to the Sili area, and we can also ask for the support of the imperial court's soldiers and horses. Presumably the imperial court should have sent troops and horses on the way now. If we return to Yanzhou at this moment, we may be able to catch up." The soldiers and horses of the imperial court will support Yanzhou together, and when the time comes to repel Yuan Shao's army that attacked Yanzhou, they can gather these soldiers and horses to enter Xuzhou again and regain the lost territory."

Cheng Yu no longer had any hope for the Xuzhou battlefield.

Liu Bei's army is already at a disadvantage on this battlefield. Although there are still 4 people who have not been completely defeated, if they continue to fight Liu Zheng here, not only will Xuzhou be unable to defend, even Yanzhou may be occupied by Yuan Shao's troops.

After Cheng Yu finished his words, Guan Yu and Liu Bei both understood.

At this moment, Liu Bei had already understood Cheng Yu's words, and he had no idea in his mind. For guarding Xuzhou, Liu Bei knew that he did not have the ability, and his mind was not much different from what Cheng Yu thought. After all, with his current ability, he wanted to defend Xuzhou. Xuzhou is too difficult, but retreating to Yanzhou is exactly what he wants to do now.

The words came out of Cheng Yu's mouth, which made Liu Bei more satisfied. Liu Bei just nodded and agreed. He didn't hesitate, but he happened to see Guan Yu present, so he asked Guan Yu a lot.

"Second brother, what do you think of what the military adviser said?"

Guan Yu didn't have any thoughts at the moment. Regarding the Xuzhou battlefield, especially after the battle with Liu Zheng's elite, Guan Yu knew that he was not Liu Zheng's opponent. It would not be of any benefit to Liu Bei if he continued to spend in Xuzhou, so he also joined Cheng Cheng. Yu said something after his words.