Xiahou Dun's military strength and ability to command troops were not as good as those of Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, but he was not a fool either.

Idiots will not be reused by Cao Cao. When it comes to judging people's abilities, Cao Cao can be said to be the best.

"Lord, I'm going to help General Guan." Chen Dao said to Liu Bei, holding a tiger halberd.

Liu Bei stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, Yun Chang can defeat Xiahou Dun, just watch carefully and don't let him take the opportunity to escape."

"promise."

Chen Dao responded, reined in his horse and stepped aside, staring closely at the fight between Guan Yu and Xiahou Dun.

At this time, Xiahou Dun knew that he had no chance of survival, so he fought to the death, but it was hard for Guan Yu to win for a while.

The two fought for more than fifty rounds, but still could not decide the winner. Guan Yu became more and more angry as they fought, but the eldest brother was watching, and he could not make a fool of himself.

Guan Yu used his sword more and more fiercely, but Xiahou Dun made a mistake and was scratched on his arm, and almost dropped his weapon.

But Xiahou Dun was ready to fight to the end. He endured the pain in his arm and swiped at Guan Yu with a knife in one hand.

However, the power of one hand was much weaker. Guan Yu just raised his sword to block Xiahou Dun's sword, and then swung the Qinglong Saber forcefully towards the opponent.

Xiahou Dun knew it was hard to stop him, so he simply threw away his weapon and looked up to the sky laughing: "Hahaha..."

Unfortunately, the laughter stopped as soon as it started. Guan Yu struck him off his horse with a sword and died.

Guan Yu put away his long sword and looked at Liu Bei, thinking that he finally did not embarrass himself in front of his elder brother.

At this time, Wen Chou broke through the camp gate and rushed in with his troops. He happened to see Guan Yu kill Xiahou Dun and shouted: "What a force!"

Guan Yu looked back, half-squinting his eyes, and lightly stroking his long beard.

As soon as Xiahou Dun died, his soldiers were immediately left without a master. Many of them threw away their weapons and begged to surrender. Those who did not want to surrender were quickly cut down.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported to Liu Bei: "General Gao Shun has been killed in the battle, Cao Cao has fled to the west, and General Gan Ning and General Zhang Xiu are leading troops to pursue him."

"Gao Shun is dead!" Liu Bei did not expect, "Hurry, chase!"

It's too late to be sad now, it's important to catch up with Cao Cao.

He didn't want Gan Ning to be like Gao Shun, so he wanted as many soldiers and horses as possible to chase him.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Chen Dao and led his troops to pursue westward. Wen Chou followed closely behind him, followed by the troops led by Ju Shou and Yan Liang.

Lu Qian led the troops in front, and Dian Wei protected Cao Cao and Guo Jia. They broke through Gao Shun's ambush formation and fled westward.

Gan Ning and Zhang Xiu's men and horses were chasing after them, and they were less than three miles away.

After daybreak, Cao Cao heard the shouting of killing from behind but was still very close. He did not dare to stop and rest, and continued to urge his troops to move away quickly.

The three thousand soldiers sent by Xiahou Dun were rushed and killed by Gan Ning and Zhang Xiu. Only less than a thousand soldiers could follow Cao Cao. Those behind were either killed or captured, and not many could escape.

I don't know how long I ran before I saw Lu Cheng in front of me.

Lu Qian came back and asked: "Ming Gong, should we go to Lucheng for a while?"

"No," Cao Cao shook his head and said, "This city is very small and cannot be defended for a long time. This place is not far from Pengcheng. You should lead people to occupy Pengcheng and prepare food."

"promise."

Lu Qian quickly agreed and led his troops to Pengcheng first.

"Fengxiao, how are you? Can you still leave?"

Cao Cao saw Guo Jia's pale face and asked.

Guo Jia shook his head slightly: "Ming Gong, Jia is not in trouble, let's leave quickly, don't let the enemy soldiers catch up!"

"Okay, let's go quickly and we'll be fine when we get to Pengcheng."

Cao Cao ordered everyone to run forward quickly.

After running for who knows how long, Gan Ning still couldn't catch up with Cao Cao. He was so angry that he cursed: "Cao Cao is so good at running. Hurry up, brothers, don't stop, chase him."

"General Gan, why don't all the brothers stop and have something to eat?" said a military lord next to him.

"Let me ask you, did Cao Cao's troops stop to eat?"

The Junhou shook his head and replied: "Probably not."

"They won't eat, why should we? Chase after him quickly, catch up with Cao Cao and capture him, then we can go back to drink and eat meat."

After hearing that they could drink wine and eat meat, everyone got excited again and continued to chase west.

At this time, Zhang Xiu's troops had fallen behind and were about to be overtaken by Liu Bei and Guan Yu's troops.

Although there was nothing to eat, we basically ran along the Surabaya River, and we could drink water at any time.

Cao Cao didn't know how long he had been running. Looking at the sun and looking west, he only knew that it was already afternoon.

"How far is it from Pengcheng?" Cao Cao asked.

A soldier next to him immediately replied: "Gong Ming, there are still ten miles."

"Shili, okay, let's go quickly."

Cao Cao heard that there was only ten miles to go, and he felt a little relieved. When he reached Pengcheng, he would no longer have to run.

As for why he no longer had to run, Cao Cao didn't know. He only knew that he had to have a place to stay and take a rest.

Undoubtedly, at present, Pengcheng is the best place.

Pengcheng City is high and deep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, mainly due to Tian Yu's repairs.

At this time, a horse galloped in front of him, and Cao Cao noticed that it was one of his own.

The man patted his horse and hurried forward. He dismounted and walked to Cao Cao's horse to salute: "Report to Duke Cao that Chun Yuqiong and Zhang He are leading 30,000 troops to besiege Juancheng."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Cao Cao burst into laughter suddenly, and the laughter continued for a long time, leaving everyone confused as to what he meant.

Only Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao was smiling helplessly.

Cao Cao had already expected that Yuan Shao would definitely send troops to capture Yanzhou, but now it only confirmed his guess and did not surprise anyone.

It is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao thought of running to Pengcheng to defend the city, and then find a way out of the predicament.

According to Cao Cao's thinking, the worst outcome would be for him to disperse all his troops, then return to Qiao County to stay at home and no longer serve as an official.

Based on his friendship with Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu ​​should agree to this request.

To get Yuan Benzhu to agree, he must protect himself first before raising conditions.

"Let's go to Pengcheng."

Cao Cao suddenly calmed down and was not as anxious as before.

Guo Jia understood Cao Cao's thoughts and stepped forward and said: "Ming Gong, although Pengcheng is strong, it cannot be defended for a long time. We must send people to Yecheng urgently to see General Yuan and ask him to withdraw his troops and horses and let Ming Gong go."

Otherwise, if the city is destroyed, I'm afraid Liu Bei won't be able to tolerate it!"

Cao Cao had already had this intention. He looked at Guo Jia and spoke in dialect for a moment: "Fengxiao, on behalf of Gu, go to Yecheng to plead with Yuan Benchu. He said that Gu is willing to return home to take care of his old age. He just asks him to let Gu's family go, and so on.

Soldiers!"

"Promise, Jia will live up to Ming Gong's trust!"

Guo Jia bowed his hands to Cao Cao as a gift. After saying goodbye, Cao Cao sent twenty soldiers to escort him to Yecheng.

After seeing off Guo Jia, Cao Cao heard the noise of soldiers not far behind and knew that the enemy soldiers were about to catch up again.

"Go quickly."

Cao Cao led his troops and horses in a hurry again and rushed towards Pengcheng.

Ten miles is not a long journey, especially after seeing Pengcheng City, Cao Cao and his soldiers ran faster.

Cao Cao finally passed the city gate and entered Pengcheng, followed by soldiers and horses rushing in behind him.

When the soldiers and horses entered the city, they saw the enemy soldiers pursuing them from a distance. Lu Qian quickly ordered the gates on all sides to be closed and arranged for men and horses to guard the city.

Lu Qian had already designated Tian Yu's former Prime Minister's Mansion as Cao Cao's residence and prepared food for him.

After Cao Cao ate, he lay down on the couch and closed his eyes.

Dian Wei stood beside him and accidentally saw tears flowing out of the corners of Cao Cao's eyes.

Dian Wei hesitated, not knowing whether he should wipe away Cao Cao's tears or say something, but in the end he did not move or say anything.

He knew that nothing he could say would be of any use, as the matter had come to this point and no one could undo it.

After a long time, Cao Cao opened his eyes, stood up, and said to Dian Wei: "Let's go patrol the city."

Cao Cao took Dian Wei and inspected the west, north and south city gates first, instructing the soldiers to guard the city gates, and making everyone eat first, and then came to the east gate tower.

Lu Qian stood on the city gate tower, looking at the increasing number of enemy soldiers gathering outside the city, his face full of worry.

"Ming Gong!"

Seeing Cao Cao, Lu Qian hurriedly saluted.

"How is the situation in the city? How many soldiers and horses do we have in the city?"

Cao Cao did not ask about the situation outside the city, but asked about the situation inside the city first.
To be continued...