"What should we do? What should we do?" Liu Bei paced back and forth in the room, rubbing his hands constantly, as if he could come up with a good idea by doing this. Here are Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Liu Pi, and Gong. Everyone is also at a loss.
Liu Bei suddenly raised his head: "Have brother Taishi come back? Is there any news from Liu Jingzhou?"
Jian Yong shook his head: "No, Liu Biao's side is blocked in Xiangyang by Long Fei's people, so it's impossible to get through. Even if there are not many people coming, there won't be too many people."
"Ah!" Liu Bei said in surprise: "What should we do? Cao Jun is right in front of us. Is it possible that we have to give up Yuzhou again?"
Sun Qian cupped his hands and said: "My lord, we are weak now. If we stick to it, we may not be able to survive for long. It is better to give up Yuzhou to preserve our strength for the future."
Zhang Fei said angrily: "Run? Are you going to run again? We have been running for these years, and when we encounter strong enemies, we all run away! I am tired of running, and I will fight to the death with Cao Cao today!"
"Three generals, calm down!" Sun Qian hurriedly advised: "Cao's army is powerful, the second general has been defeated and his life and death are unknown, and we are the only one left. If Cao's army attacks the city, it will be difficult to resist, so there may be a better way out by taking a step back. "
"Don't retreat! Never retreat! Even if we lose this battle, we will fight to the death with Cao Cao's army!" Zhang Fei did not back down at all. He turned to Liu Bei and said: "Brother, this Yuzhou was originally ours. It was Cao Cao who took it away. Now Why shouldn't we take it back again? Cao Cao is always wrong, regardless of emotion or reason. Besides, there are still 10,000 troops in the city, so I don't believe that Cao Cao can capture Gepo!"
Liu Bei was really helpless. He originally wanted to run away, but his third brother knew best. He was like fire and would never leave unless he had to. Last time when he was in Peixian County, Cao Cao's army pressed the border. Everyone persuaded Liu Bei to surrender. Only Zhang Fei takes the lead in the battle. Ever since Liu Bei surrendered to Cao Cao, Zhang Fei has become more and more dissatisfied with himself. He looks down on himself in many things. If he runs away again this time, his image in Zhang Fei's mind will plummet.
"Can we fight?" Liu Bei asked the others tentatively. Except for Zhang Fei, the rest of the people were silent. Liu Bei sighed: "Hey! Third brother, our army is small and Cao Cao is good at planning. I'm afraid something unexpected will happen. otherwise……"
"If you want to leave, you can leave. I, Zhang Fei, will never run away again!" Zhang Fei got angry and sat down, folding his hands on his chest and breathing heavily.
Mi Zhu said: "How about we give it a try? If it doesn't work, it won't be too late to retreat. Cao Cao's army is confronting Yuan Shao in the Yellow River. Cao Cao hopes to fight quickly. As long as we can delay Cao's army for ten days, Yuan Shao will definitely send troops. At that time, Cao Cao will have to go north. If we return, we will be victorious!"
Liu Bei really didn't want to stay, so he glanced at Liu Pi and Gong Du: "What do you two think?" Most of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses belonged to Liu Pi and Gong Du. If these two people advocated retreat, this battle would not be fought.
Liu Pi didn't say anything, but Gong Du smiled: "Isn't it just a war? When we leave, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to chase us. Cao Cao's army is brave with its tiger and leopard cavalry. We don't have an advantage in a field battle. I like what the three generals said. We can win in a battle with him. how?"
Cao Cao's troops divided into two groups, surrounded Gepo as a feint, raided the ancient city, and defeated Guan Yu. Then they crossed Runan without stopping and headed straight for Gepo. When they arrived at the foot of Gepo City, they looked up and saw the flags on the city. Cao Cao smiled: " This Liu Bei is really brave! Pass the order, take a day off today, rebel at the fourth watch tomorrow, and attack the city at the fifth watch!"
At dawn, there was movement from Cao's army outside Gepo City. Groups of soldiers were gathering, and all kinds of siege equipment were ready. Gepo was a small city, with only two gates at the front and back, and the city wall was just loess.
It was compacted and narrow at the top, allowing only three or five people to walk abreast. In order to deal with Cao Jun's attack, Liu Bei divided his 10,000 troops into three groups. One group was led by Zhang Fei to guard the main gate. The other group was led by Gong Du to guard the back gate.
The remaining troops were gathered at the back entrance as a reserve force for a future breakout. Liu Bei's subordinates in the city had already packed their bags. If anything happened at the front entrance, they would immediately open the back door and escape.
After seeing Ge Po's defense, Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Liu Bei is not the right person! Zhang Fei and Gong Du are both brave men, but if they are allowed to guard the city, this battle will be defeated!"
"What's the prime minister's plan?" Liu Ye asked hurriedly.
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Instruct the army to attack only the front entrance and leave the back door open for them to escape!"
Xia Houyuan said: "Isn't this just letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"
Cao Cao said: "I have thousands of cavalry. When we attack the city, we will lie down at the back gate and wait for Liu Bei to escape. Then we will cover him up and kill him. I will definitely win a complete victory!"
"Lord, what a plan!" Everyone agreed.
With the sound of war drums, Cao Cao's army began to move. Cao Ren on the left, Li Dian on the right, and Xiahou Dun in the middle. The three led Cao's army to charge all the way and went straight to the city wall. Zhang Fei shouted to release arrows, and arrows rained down on the city.
Cao Jun hurriedly put up his shield to block it. Xiahou Dun waved his halberd to knock down the arrows. Cao Jun came to the city without flinching. As soon as the ladder to the city was set up, the rolling logs and rocks on the city were thrown down, and many Cao Jun were hit.
He was killed and injured. Xiahou Dun waved his halberd to deflect the rolling logs that hit him, took off his upper body armor and went into battle shirtless.
Liu Bei only gave Zhang Fei three thousand soldiers and horses. Fortunately, the city wall was not too long. The soldiers defended it to the death and threw all kinds of objects that could be thrown down the city. However, the city wall was too short, and Xiahou Dun's stride was already exposed in less than ten steps.
The archers on Cao's side stopped shooting, and the infantry who had climbed up the city wall had climbed up. Zhang Fei shouted: "Kill! Kill all these Cao dogs!"
Xiahou Dun broke through a little bit and attracted the city's defense. Cao Ren and Li Dian took advantage of the situation and climbed onto the city wall, separated the soldiers and started fighting hand-to-hand. The archers were the most vulnerable to attack. When they encountered the infantry, they had no ability to defend at all, and were killed by Cao's army.
It collapsed in an instant. Zhang Fei resisted Xiahou Dun, and the two fought to the death on the city tower. The soldiers on both sides were red-eyed. The city walls were full of people, and corpses had been piled up on several levels. They followed Zhang Fei.
The number of soldiers is getting fewer and fewer, and it is almost impossible to resist.
"Bang!" With a loud noise, the city gate of Gepo was breached by Cao Jun, and the soldiers defending the city scattered. The huge sound of the city gate falling to the ground could be heard clearly throughout the city. Liu Bei was shocked in the car and hurriedly explored
Out of his head: "What happened?"
A scout, covered in sweat, ran over in a hurry, shouting as he ran: "Lord, it's broken! It's broken! The three generals can't support it anymore! The main gate has been breached by Cao Jun! A large group of Cao Jun is coming this way!"
"Ah!" Liu Bei panicked: "Where is my third brother?"
The scout shook his head: "The three generals are still fighting and unwilling to withdraw!"
"Oops!" Liu Bei was about to get out of the car. Sun Qian and Jian Yong hurriedly stopped him: "No, my lord, Gepo has fallen. Cao Jun will arrive soon. Let's leave quickly! If it's too late, we won't be able to escape!"
Liu Bei shouted loudly: "Third brother! Third brother!" Two lines of hot tears flowed down his eyes. Under the protection of everyone, the soldiers and horses retreated from the back door, protected by Liu Pi and Gong Du, opened the back door and fled in a hurry.
Zhang Fei was not stupid at all. Seeing that he could no longer hold on, he forced Xiahou Dun back with a spear, turned around and ran down the city. He found his horse, jumped up, danced with the eight-foot-long snake spear, and ran all the way. Cao Jun who entered the city wanted to All those who tried to block him were killed by Zhang Fei. Li Dian grabbed a strong bow and immediately fired an arrow, hitting Zhang Fei's left arm. Zhang Fei fell into his saddle and walked away without knowing where to go.
Surrounded by everyone, Liu Bei escaped from the back door. As soon as he turned onto the official road, he felt the ground began to tremble, like an earthquake. Liu Pi rushed to report, and Cao's cavalry came after him. Liu Bei was shocked and didn't know what to do. Sun Qian He hurriedly said: "General Liu, General Gong, quickly block Cao's army and delay it for a while, as long as the lord crosses the Huaihe River!"
Liu Pi and Gong both glanced at each other, nodded helplessly, and hurriedly gathered their soldiers and set up their positions on the road to wait for Cao Jun. Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun led the cavalry to pursue them all the way. Those who fell behind were killed with a single blow. They were chasing. Among them, he saw the formation of the main force. Xia Houyuan said to Cao Chun: "Don't let Liu Bei escape. You can lead people to bypass the defense and continue to chase. I will come after I deal with them!"
Cao Cao's cavalry suddenly divided into two groups, bypassed the defense line all the way, stabbed them diagonally, and came all the way towards the defense line. Gong Du shouted and galloped to meet him, but Xia Houyuan didn't give him a chance at all. He swung his halberd and stabbed straight. Gong Du's chest. Seeing that the opponent's weapon was longer than his own, Gong Du hurriedly blocked. Xia Houyuan pierced the air with his halberd. Just when Gong Du was rejoicing, Xia Houyuan flipped his wrist, turned the halberd blade, pulled both hands, and struck the sharp halberd blade. Hanging on the back of Gong Du's neck. Gong Du was shocked. Xia Houyuan never gave him any chance. He used his hands hard and Gong Du's head flew into the sky.
"Brother!" Liu Pi was about to cry but had no tears. He really shouldn't have risked his brother's life for Liu Bei.
Cao Cao's cavalry rushed over, and the defending soldiers were a little scared and retreated one after another. Xia Houyuan took the lead and plunged into the enemy's formation. On the road, the hastily formed defensive formation was unable to withstand Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. It fell apart with a single charge. Xia Houyuan spotted Liu Pi and rushed over. Just as Liu Pi was about to turn around and run away, Xia Houyuan sent his halberd in front of Liu Pi. Liu Pi hurriedly turned sideways to avoid Xia Houyuan, and Xia Houyuan pressed down hard, and the entire halberd body was placed on Liu Pi's side. On Pi's shoulder, Liu Pi knocked his spear outward to deflect Xia Houyuan's halberd. Xia Houyuan turned around, and the halberd rushed to Liu Pi's waist again. The force was so strong that Liu Pi was hit by the halberd and he flew off his horse. Got out.
Liu Bei's carriage was loaded with too much stuff and could not run fast at all. He saw Cao Jun getting closer and closer behind him. Sun Qian quickly said: "My lord, ride on the horse!"
"This!" Liu Bei looked at the gold and silver jewelry in the car and couldn't bear it. Sun Qian sighed: "My life is gone, what use are these things! Please ride on your horse quickly!"
Coming out of Gepo, Liu Bei still had 6,000 soldiers and horses, leaving 3,000 to block Cao Jun. He was chased by Cao Chun all the way, and ran to death. When he arrived at the Huaihe River, except for Sun Qian and others, only There were only a dozen people left. Seeing that Cao Jun was about to arrive, there were no boats in the river. Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed: "God, will I, Liu Bei, die here today?"