Upstairs of the west city gate.

Liu Bei stood with his sword in hand and looked outside the city.

To his left and right, stood Zhou Xing and Guan Yu respectively, as well as Mi Zhu Jian Yong, Wang Xiu, Li Ye and others.

Not far outside the city, there are densely packed people wearing yellow scarves on their heads. Even their flags are made of yellow cloth.

In addition to swords, bows and spears, the weapons in their hands were also carried by some with hoes and wooden clubs.

Moreover, the lineup is not complete and quite scattered.

Zhou Xing saw Guan Tong, the former governor of Donglai, who was wearing armor and holding a sword hilt at his waist. He was riding on a horse like a war general and was looking up.

The man next to him is tall and strong, with a cheeky face and a big knife in his hand, which makes him appear somewhat mighty.

I can guess that this person should be Guan Hai, the leader of the Yellow Turban.

"Guan Tong is here." Jian Yong said.

Liu Bei and others saw this. Guan Tong clapped his horse forward, walked slowly to the bottom of the city, looked up at Liu Bei, and shouted loudly: "Liu Bei, I am here with 20,000 troops. I am thinking of you for letting my family and soldiers go."

"Come on, please leave the city immediately and kneel down. I will spare your life. Otherwise, I will attack the city and behead you!"

The strength of these Yellow Turban soldiers is unknown and their lineup is not uniform. It is indeed difficult to calculate how many there are, but there are definitely not 20,000. Guan Tong is exaggerating and wants to scare Liu Bei.

But he didn’t know that Liu Bei was not scared and had experienced many hardships.

Among all the princes in the world, it can be said that only Liu Bei has had the most bumpy journey.

Liu Bei responded loudly: "In charge of the prefecture, Kong Shijun has asked you to move to the post of prefecture of Le'an. Why don't you take up the post and end up in the yellow turban and join the bandits?"

"Humph, Donglai belongs to me. If you want to go to Le'an, you can go. I'm here today just to take back what belongs to me. Liu Bei, if you are really doing good for the people of Donglai County, you can save your life by going out of the city to surrender at this moment."

People, otherwise, if the Yellow Turbans enter the city, you know what the consequences will be!"

"Guan Tong, if you want to harm the people of Donglai, you must first kill me, Liu Bei!"

Guan Tong pointed his finger at Liu Bei and shouted: "Liu Bei, you big-eared thief, since you insist on doing this, then quickly lead your troops out of the city to fight. I must kill you today."

Liu Bei hated being called a big-eared thief. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to rush out and chop Guan Tong into two pieces.

Just as angry as him was Guan Yu beside him.

Guan Yu was so angry that his face was as red as burning coals, his beard stood straight on end, and he loudly called for battle: "Brother, give me a thousand soldiers, and I will go out and kill the thief."

"No." Zhou Xing hurriedly stopped him, "My lord, it is not appropriate to go into battle at this time."

Guan Yu glared at Zhou Xing angrily: "Why shouldn't we go to war? Zhou Wensheng, it is Guan who goes to fight, not you."

Jian Yong had been looking at the thieves outside the city. At this time, he disagreed with Zhou Xing's words and said: "The enemy's formation is chaotic and not neat. The enemy's weapons are mixed but not sharp. Moreover, the thieves are rushing to work. We are here with ease."

It seems that we can fight each other."

Liu Bei was hesitating, and he was inclined to go to war, but he also wanted to hear Zhou Xing's opinion. After all, he was his military advisor.

"No, the enemy has just arrived and is full of vigor. Although the lineup is not neat, these Yellow Turbans have followed Guan Hai for a long time and listened to his orders, and there are too many of them. We may not be able to win at this time..."

"Hmph, Zhou Wensheng, are you saying that Guan can't defeat the enemy?"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Xing with eyes full of anger.

Zhou Xing said quickly: "It's not that we can't win, but even if we win, we will lose a lot of soldiers. Lord, we don't have many soldiers and horses now, so it is really not suitable to confront the enemy head-on."

"Military advisor," Liu Bei said, "when we first arrived in this city, Guan Tong closed the city and refused us. At that time, Shuzhi said that he wanted to go to Muping temporarily. You said that you could not show weakness to others and advised me to camp outside the city. Now the enemy is approaching the city.

And if we close the city without fighting, isn't that showing weakness to the enemy?"

"Lord, at this time and that time, when we first arrived here, Guan Tong occupied the city and defended it. We were fighting to capture the city. Moreover, Guan Tong only had three thousand soldiers, so we had a greater chance of winning. Now those who occupy the city and defend it are

Whether we fight or not is up to us."

"Sometimes not fighting is not a sign of weakness, but can also be a sign of arrogance. Because Guan Hai has so many people, he also thinks that we dare not fight because of fear. His will will be arrogant, and his people will underestimate the enemy. There is a saying in the art of war that arrogant soldiers will

Defeat."

"Moreover, Guan Hai has gathered the bandits and arrived in a hurry, so they will not have much food and grass. It is better to delay them for a few days. Once they run out of food, they will definitely panic and leave. When they retreat, we can attack and we will definitely win a big victory. In this way

Our losses will also be less."

In fact, Zhou Xing also felt that if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the troops to fight at the same time, he should be able to defeat the enemy, but then his own troops would suffer greater casualties.

It is better to wait and wait until Guan Hai's men and horses are short of food and retreat before pursuing them. Then they can win a great victory and the losses of their own men and horses will be very small.

Anyway, there is still food in the city, so it is no problem to defend the city for a few months, but Guan Hai may not be able to stay outside the city for even half a month.

"I think it's feasible." Wang Xiu said, "Master Fu, this city is high and strong, but the thieves have no siege equipment and cannot attack the city. We can defend the city without worries. The people in the city are with me and Li Gongcao.

If there is no chaos, the ruler of the government will have no worries. Now that there are troops stationed at the gates on all sides, the thieves have no other choice but to look at the city and insult them."

"The thieves don't have much food. As soon as they run out of food, they will be unable to fight and have no food to eat, so they will inevitably retreat. At that time, if we lead the people in pursuit, we will win a big victory, and maybe even kill them.

Guan Hai, kill this thief."

Mi Zhu then said: "Yes, in this way we can achieve the greatest victory with the smallest loss."

Liu Bei thought about it carefully and felt that what Zhou Xing said was right. There is no need to rush to fight now. These thieves cannot besiege the city for long. When they run out of food and retreat, they can go out to pursue them and they will definitely win.

"Well, that's what the military advisor said, so let's just wait."

Although Guan Yu was very reluctant, he felt that what Zhou Xing said was reasonable, so he stopped asking for a fight.

Outside the city, Guan Tong originally thought that Liu Bei had defeated him, and with the bravery of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals, he would definitely lead his troops into battle. However, he did not expect that he went to the city to call for battle for two consecutive days, but there was no response from the city.

Closed door remains the same.

Guan Tong began to become anxious. The food they brought was indeed very small, only enough to last for half a month. They originally thought they would be able to get the food in the city after they captured the city.

It now seems that if Liu Bei keeps closing the city without fighting, Guan Hai will have to retreat with his troops in a few days.

Guan Tong had no choice but to discuss with Guan Hai, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal, and wanted to divide his troops to attack the city from two sides. Maybe his former officials from the county government would secretly open the city gate, and then he could lead his troops to attack the city and recapture it.

Guan Hai gave him three thousand soldiers and asked him to surround the south.

Guan Tong led 3,000 yellow turbans to the outside of the southern city, and started shouting and cursing at the foot of the city.

Zhang Fei was stationed on the south side of the city. He stood on the city gate tower, furious and wanted to fight, but he had no soldiers and horses, only three hundred soldiers guarding the city gate.

He ran to ask Liu Bei for a fight, but was scolded and driven back to guard the city gate.

"Zhou Xing, it's just that he didn't dare to fight for fear of death, but he actually persuaded the eldest brother not to let me and the second brother go to war. I really don't understand why the eldest brother listened to him, bah!"

Zhang Fei looked at the thieves outside the city, listened to their curses, and cursed Zhou Xing secretly.

And the curses outside the city continued to reach his ears.

"Liu Bei is a big-eared thief who seizes people's counties. He is the real thief."

"Black soldier, you are as timid as a mouse and your life is in vain. You might as well kill yourself with a knife."

"Haha, you said he is as cowardly as a mouse. How dare he kill himself with a knife, unless he comes out and lets us help him and chop off his head."

"Some people say that he is very brave, but it seems that they are all rumors. If such a person is considered brave, then I will be invincible, hahaha..."

"..."

The curses came one after another. Zhang Fei couldn't bear it anymore and roared angrily: "Gather the soldiers and horses, I'm going to go out and kill them!"

"Zhang Sima, no, we can't go to war without General Liu's order. Moreover, we only have three hundred soldiers, how can we go to war?" The military commander hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Three hundred soldiers are enough. You can take two hundred men to stay and guard the city gate. I will only take one hundred men to fight."

"Zhang Sima, how can you go into battle with only a hundred men?"

"Why not? Don't say it again. If you say it again, I will chop you down first."

The military commander didn't dare to say anything anymore. He knew Zhang Fei's temper, and he might really kill himself.

Zhang Fei ordered a hundred soldiers to open the city gate, and with spears in hand, they were the first to rush out of the city on horseback.
Chapter completed!