He brought 15,000 soldiers from Xiapi, Zhou Ping and Zhang Fei brought 3,000, and he only brought 12,000 soldiers into the city. Combined with the 10,000 soldiers Guan Yu brought before, there were only 20,000 soldiers.
Two thousand soldiers.
Yuan Shu led more than 40,000 soldiers and horses to Xuyi City.
In terms of military strength, Yuan Shu was twice as powerful as Liu Bei.
Originally, Liu Bei dispatched not a small number of soldiers and horses, totaling more than 50,000 soldiers, but they were scattered in many places. Except for those who stayed behind at Xiapi, the rest of the soldiers and horses surrounded Yuan Shu.
But Liu Bei's more than 50,000 troops actually had several troops.
In addition to his own troops and newly recruited soldiers, there were also the original Xuzhou soldiers, Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers, Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers and Chen Deng's Guangling soldiers.
Now in Xuyi City, there are mainly Xuzhou soldiers and Danyang soldiers.
Originally, Guan Yu brought 5,000 Danyang soldiers. After Guan Yu killed Xiao Bao, the Danyang soldiers were led by Liang Lu.
Liu Bei appointed Liang Lu as the captain of the school. The captain of Liang was very grateful to Liu Shijun and was in awe of Guan Yu's bravery. He always wanted to repay his kindness with meritorious service.
Therefore, the five thousand Danyang soldiers commanded by Liang Lu can be regarded as belonging to Liu Bei.
The only worry was the 6,000 Danyang soldiers commanded by Cao Cheng. The 3,000 soldiers and horses that Zhou Ping and Zhang Fei took away were the Danyang soldiers he brought.
"Brother, Yuan Shu is very proud of his troops!"
Liu Bei and Guan Yu stood on the city gate tower. Below the city was Yuan Shu's army. The battle formation was not very strict. They didn't seem to pay attention to the enemies in Xuyi City. Even Guan Yu could see their arrogance.
Liu Bei looked at the enemy outside the city and was worried: "Although the arrogant soldiers will lose, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ours. Yuan Shu's soldiers are twice as many as mine. The soldiers in the city are afraid that they will be afraid of the enemy, which will mess up the morale of the army. Besides, the soldiers and horses in the city will be afraid of the enemy."
It’s quite complicated and I’m extremely afraid of changes!”
"I don't know when Wen'an and Yide will lead their troops back to help!" Liu Bei then sighed again.
Guan Yu stroked his long beard, looked outside the city with squinted eyes, and responded: "It is true. Xuzhou's soldiers were defeated by Cao Cao twice. They are very afraid of the enemy. If they want to regain their fighting spirit and boost their morale, they must leave the city."
You can only fight Yuan Shu and defeat the enemy."
"How can we go out of the city to fight the enemy with so few troops?"
"There are not many soldiers. Brother, please give me five thousand soldiers. I will lead them out of the city to attack Yuan Shu. This will dampen the enemy's spirit and also enhance the power of our army and boost the morale of our army."
"There are more than 40,000 enemies outside the city. How can you go to war with only 5,000 soldiers?"
Liu Bei disagreed with Guan Yu's proposal.
At this time, Yuan Shu sent people to the city to persuade him to surrender.
"Liu Bei, General Yuan came with an army of 50,000 people. Before the army arrived, his power was already strong. General Xuzhou abandoned the city and fled without fighting. Now that the army is approaching the city, you can only survive by leaving the city and asking for surrender. If you insist on refusing to fight, you will die.
Burial place.”
What he said was obviously referring to Lu You's abandonment of the city and his escape.
Liu Bei replied: "Please tell General Yuan Jiujiu that as the shepherd of Xuzhou, Bei should fight to protect the people of Xuzhou. In the past, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Xu and massacred countless people. The people of Xuzhou have not yet surrendered out of fear, let alone those who have been defeated.
To Cao Cao's Yuan Highway, the people of Xuzhou are unwilling to surrender, so how can I, Liu Bei, surrender?"
"You..." The people in the city were aroused. Liu Bei mentioned that Yuan Shu had been defeated by Cao Cao, which was tantamount to exposing Yuan Shu's face, "Liu Da'er, you are a mat weaver and shoe seller, and you conspired to seize Xuzhou.
, but here you are talking about fighting for the people of Xuzhou, do you know how shameful it is? General Yuan, the Fourth and Third Duke, has been welcomed by all the people and the people of Xuzhou. You refuse to surrender. Do you really want to die?"
Liu Bei was called Big Er, and he was also provoked when he was mentioned about his previous work of weaving mats and selling shoes. He said angrily: "Yuan Shu is extravagant and obscene, harming the people. He has a good reputation but is a bad man, and he is incompetent in the army. Today
Although he came with a large army, Liu Bei showed no fear, and it is still unclear who will win or lose."
"Then do you dare to lead the troops out of the city to fight?" the people below the city shouted.
"If we fight, we will fight." Liu Bei was so angry that he didn't care much at the moment.
When Guan Yu heard that Liu Bei said he wanted to fight Yuan Shu, his eyes lit up and he asked urgently: "Brother, do you really want to go out of the city to fight the enemy?"
Liu Bei's anger has not gone away, and his face is full of anger: "Yes, there are many soldiers and horses in Xuyi City. If we don't fight, morale will be lost and the morale of the army will be easily confused. If you lead five thousand people to fight, as long as you can break the enemy's front line and weaken the enemy's spirit,
That’s it, I will lead my troops to meet you at the city gate.”
"If we just break the enemy's front line, it will be easy. The Danyang soldiers commanded by Liang Lu are quite capable and can be ordered to follow me into battle."
During these days in Xuyi, Guan Yu knew that the Danyang soldiers were braver than the Xuzhou soldiers.
Moreover, these Danyang soldiers know their own bravery and might, and if they follow them into battle, they will be more fearless.
But Liu Bei was worried: "This battle is very crucial. If we lose, morale will be even lower, and the city may even be in chaos. You'd better lead the Xuzhou soldiers to fight."
"Brother, breaking the formation is more valuable than a moment of courage. The Danyang soldiers are afraid of my power and will not dare to retreat. When I see where the enemy general is and kill him, the enemy formation will collapse."
Guan Yu was so insistent that Liu Bei had no choice but to let the Danyang soldiers led by Liang Lu go into battle with Guan Yu.
Liu Bei called Liang Lu and told him the importance of this battle, and asked him to encourage his soldiers to fight bravely. As long as this battle was won, it would be easier to win in the next battle. If Yuan Shu could be driven back, Liang Lu would
You can achieve great success.
Liang Lu had long wanted to repay his kindness, so when he had the opportunity to perform meritorious deeds, he certainly would not let it go, saying that he would definitely lead his soldiers to follow General Guan to break the enemy's formation and defeat the enemy.
Guan Yu was wearing armor, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, and was riding a horse. Liang Lu and his five thousand Danyang soldiers lined up in order and stood in front of Guan Yu.
"Everyone, I don't want to say much. I just want to say that it is not a man to be afraid of death. If there is anyone who is timid and dares to retreat, I will kill him!"
After speaking, he pointed his broadsword and the city gate soldiers slowly opened the city gate. Guan Yu rode in front and led five thousand soldiers and horses out of the city gate.
Since Lu You abandoned the city and ran away, Yuan Shu thought that as soon as his army arrived at Xuyi, Liu Bei would be frightened and ask for surrender or abandon the city and flee like Lu You.
But he didn't expect that he sent someone to persuade him to surrender, and was scolded by Liu Da'er. He was also very angry and pointed at Liu Bei on the city and yelled, but he was too far away and Liu Bei on the city couldn't hear his curses.
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Now I saw the city gate open again, and there were soldiers and horses coming out of the city, ready to fight with me.
Except for one battle with Cao Cao at Chenliu, Yuan Shu's troops never fought against the enemy again.
This time when we led the troops out, we encountered no enemy resistance along the way. The only enemy we encountered in Huai Ling was that they abandoned the city and fled out of fear of their own power.
But this Liu Bei, who only has more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, only half of his own troops, dares to lead troops into battle. He really underestimates himself.
However, when he saw that there were only a few thousand troops leaving the city, his feeling of humiliation became even stronger.
"Liu Bei humiliated me so much that he only sent out 5,000 troops to fight with my more than 40,000 troops. Order, 5,000 troops in the front line to go out to fight, and the remaining formations to stand by."
For the sake of his own face, Yuan Shu only used 5,000 soldiers to fight against Liu Bei's 5,000 soldiers.
The person responsible for commanding the troops in the front line was General Lejiu.
Le then received the military order and promised to look at the enemy soldiers on the opposite side, ready to march in and kill the enemy.