After Gao Shun and Zhang Liao fought to open a way out, they ran all the way, while the enemy soldiers kept chasing behind them, leaving them unable to rest for a moment.
When he first broke out of the siege, Gao Shun saw that there were five or six hundred people following him. After running for more than ten miles, he saw that only two or three hundred people were left.
He asked Hou Cheng to lead the infantry to stay behind to block the pursuers, while he and Zhang Liao led dozens of cavalry to protect Lu Bu and fled.
Because Hou Cheng's blocking delayed them for some time, and the pursuers were always not as fast as the fleeers, they ran straight back to Lucheng without stopping, and were not overtaken.
Ever since Lu Bu left with his troops, Chen Gong had been uneasy, always feeling that something would happen to Xiapi, otherwise Xu Si would not have left and not returned.
But at the same time, he also believed that Lu Bu was brave and invincible. His subordinates included fierce generals like Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and brave generals like Cheng Lian and Wei Yue, as well as the trapped camp led by Gao Shun.
Even if they encounter a strong enemy in Xiapi, they should be able to escape intact.
When the soldiers came to report that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had returned with only thirty horses and that Lu Bu had been seriously injured and unconscious, Chen Gong was stunned.
He couldn't believe this was true.
Most of Liu Bei's troops are in Xuyi. Even if there are 10,000 troops in Xiapi, it is impossible to defeat Lu Bu's more than 5,000 troops like this.
However, when he saw Lu Bu who was injured and unconscious, he couldn't help but believe it.
"Quick, call the doctor."
The doctor checked the wound, shook his head and said: "The arrow wound on the general's arm is not harmful, it is just a wound on the abdomen. Although it was blocked by armor and the weapon did not penetrate deeply into the body, the general was in trouble all the way and lost too much blood. I...there is really nothing I can do."
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"It's impossible. We have already stopped the general's bleeding on the road. If the general survives such troubles, there must be divine help. Hurry, heal the general's wounds."
Gao Shun shouted sternly, they made an emergency stop on the way to escape, took off Lu Bu's armor, and bandaged him to stop the bleeding.
Although Lu Bu's injuries were too severe and difficult to treat, he still had a breath of life. The doctor had no choice but to give him medicine.
"What happened? That this happened?"
After exiting the room, Chen Gong asked Zhang Liao and Gao Shun urgently.
"Xiapi Prime Minister Cao Bao betrayed us and conspired with Zhou Wen'an to set up an ambush on three sides outside Xiapi City. He went out of the city and pretended to surrender. He wanted to wait for an opportunity to assassinate General Lu. Fortunately, the general saw through it and killed him. However, there were many enemy soldiers.
Another ambush emerged, besieging us from all sides, and our people..."
Zhang Liao briefly told Chen Gong and others what happened.
Hao Meng, who was standing next to him, heard this and secretly rejoiced that even Cheng Lian and Wei Yue were dead. Fortunately, he stayed in Lucheng and did not send troops with him, otherwise he might not be able to come back now.
"There are ambushes on three sides outside the city? This matter is not that simple!" Chen Gong thought carefully, "Xu Si went to Xiapi for the first time to meet Cao Bao, and it has only been a few days now. If Zhou Wen'an had just dispatched troops to ambush at this time,
, Not to mention whether it is possible, with so many people and horses mobilized, we should not be in the dark. It is very possible that before we met with Cao Bao, Zhou Wen'an had arranged an ambush near Xiapi. If so, this person..."
"How could he know in advance that we were going to capture Xiapi?" Wang Kai found it incredible.
Wang Kai and Xu Si were both originally employed by Cao Cao. They followed Chen Gong and Zhang Miao to betray Cao Cao and followed him here together.
"When Cao Cao first sent troops to attack Xuzhou, this person could predict that Cao Cao would massacre the people of Xuzhou. The consequences were really like this. This person really predicted things like a god!" Chen Gong sighed.
Wang Kai nodded, he had heard of this matter.
"Now that we have been defeated like this, we have lost our troops and generals, and General Lu is seriously injured and is unconscious. If the enemy soldiers pursue us and besiege the city, and we only have a thousand people in the city, we must not defend it for long and must leave as soon as possible." Wang Kai said worriedly.
"The general is so seriously injured that he cannot suffer any more shocks." Gao Shun said anxiously.
"If we don't leave and the enemy comes to attack, and we have few defenders and no reinforcements, this city will be undefendable and we will all die here."
"If you want to leave, you can go. I and the general will stay in this city." After Gao Shun said this, he turned and left.
Wang Kai asked Chen Gong: "Gongtai, what do you think we should do?"
Chen Gong was deep in thought, but he couldn't think of a good way.
From the current point of view, leaving is the best way, but Lu Bu's injury is so serious. If he is disturbed again, he will definitely die.
But if we don't leave, Lucheng will definitely not be able to defend it, and there will be no reinforcements, so everyone will probably die.
"If you want to leave, the only place to go is Yuan Highway."
Chen Gong thought for a long time and finally said.
"That's what I mean too..." Wang Kai continued.
Hao Meng also had the intention of abandoning the city and leaving. After hearing what the two said, he nodded hastily.
Zhang Liao felt conflicted in his heart. It seemed like he had lost his loyalty to abandon Lu Bu and leave like this. However, if he didn't leave, he would probably die.
At this moment, the soldiers guarding the city rushed to report: "The enemy soldiers have arrived below the city."
"It's so fast!" Chen Gong, Wang Kai and others were shocked.
"I'm afraid it's difficult to leave now. Gongtai, why not ask General Yuan for help?" Zhang Liao suggested.
The enemy soldiers have arrived at the city. If you leave now, the enemy soldiers are chasing you from behind. It may not be easy to escape. But if you go out of the city alone, you can say that it is easy for the common people to leave.
Although Yuan Shu was defeated by Liu Bei in Xuyi, he still had troops and horses. It would be okay if he sent troops to rescue Lu Cheng without seeking to defeat the enemy, but only to help them leave.
"I will personally go to Yuan Jiujiu to ask for help, and I will definitely ask him for reinforcements."
Wang Kai hurriedly volunteered and asked for help. In fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to leave early.
"Previously, Zhang Chenliu went to General Yuan to ask for troops to rescue Yongqiu, but it seems that he was unable to ask for reinforcements. I'm afraid we won't be able to ask for reinforcements either!"
Hao Meng recalled that when he first arrived in Xuzhou, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, went to Yuan Shu to ask for troops, hoping to rescue Zhang Chao who was besieged by Cao Cao in Yongqiu.
But I didn't hear that Yuan Shu sent troops, so he probably didn't ask for reinforcements.
In fact, they didn't know that Zhang Miao was killed by his soldiers on his way to find Yuan Shu, and his head was cut off to claim his merits from Cao Cao.
"No matter what, we have to give it a try. We can't all sit here and wait for death." Wang Kai said again.
Chen Gong hesitated for a moment and said, "That's fine. You can leave the city immediately before the enemy troops surround the city. Tell General Yuan that as long as he can lure Liu Bei's troops away from Lucheng, we can break out of the encirclement."
Zhang Liao and Hao Meng had no objection. Wang Kai simply packed up, took some money and food, put on ordinary people's clothes, and hurried out of the city, crossed the Surabaya River, and rushed to Huailing.
Outside the city, Zhang Fei led more than 1,000 soldiers, Tian Yu led more than 2,000 soldiers, and Xu Chu led more than 100 knights from the Hu Shi camp, forming an array to call for battle.
They were tired from chasing, and the food and grass had not been delivered yet. Fortunately, Zhou Ping had sent someone to tell them that Xiahou Bo had led troops to escort the food and grass, so they did not have to worry.
On the way, Hou Cheng had been killed by Xu Chu.
Tian Yu said to Zhang Fei: "Lü Bu was defeated from Yanzhou and there are not many troops and horses left. This time we send troops to Xiapi, there must be not many troops and horses left in Lu City. In order to prevent the enemy from escaping, Yide, you will lead the troops to guard the city."
Here, Zhong Kang and I will lead people to guard the west side to prevent Lu Bu from escaping."
Zhang Fei's troops were smaller, and Tian Yu knew that there would be more troops chasing him later, so he wanted to leave Zhang Fei to guard the east, while he and Xu Chu guard the west.
If the enemy soldiers in the city want to leave, they will definitely not go from the east. The south is close to Surabaya, and it is difficult to escape. Therefore, if the enemy soldiers in the city want to leave, they can only go to the west or north.
However, their existing troops and horses were not enough to surround three sides, so they could only block the west side first, and then wait for other pursuers to arrive before surrounding the north side.
Zhang Fei didn't expect so much. After hearing Tian Yu's words, he immediately agreed: "Okay, you go ahead. I am here, and not a single enemy soldier can escape from here."
Tian Yu and Xu Chu led their troops around to the west of Lu City and guarded outside the city.
Soon, Sun Kang arrived with his troops. He heard that Tian Yu had led his troops to defend the west, but the north was empty, so he immediately led his troops to defend the north.
Lucheng is now besieged on three sides, and facing Surabaya to the south, there is no way out.
