The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"We didn't capture Li Yang, the main reason is not how powerful the defenders in this city are, but at the critical moment when we attacked Li Yang, a support army came here, about 2 people, came straight to Li Yang , we have no choice but to divide our troops."

"General Zhao Yun led [-] white horses to deal with the support army, but the support army was too strong, which abruptly delayed the rhythm of General Zhao Yun's attack. As a last resort, after we lost a lot of troops, we had to withdraw our troops temporarily. "

Ma Chao understood Xu Chu's explanation.

However, he was still very curious about where the soldiers and horses supporting Li Yang came from.

"Impossible, Yecheng has been guarded by me, and the ugly has been killed by me. No one can pass through Yecheng. I have been guarding their only way last night, but the flies have not been let go." past!"

"It's impossible for anyone to slip away from my nose, let alone a [-]-strong army. These reinforcements must not have come from Yecheng!"

What Ma Chao said touched Zhao Yun, who had always been gloomy and silent.

"No, very wrong."

Zhao Yun muttered a few words in his mouth.

This time, both Ma Chao and Xu Chu turned their gazes to Zhao Yun.

"General Zilong, something is wrong. Did you think of something!"

"Two generals, I had some doubts at first. Everyone knows the strength of General Ma Chao. There is a reason why he guards Yecheng and Liyang. Logically speaking, it is impossible for anyone to support Liyang from Yecheng. This is now The reinforcements from Li Yang are too weird."

"It's just that at the time I thought something was wrong with General Ma Chao and sent a lot of reinforcements over. But after hearing what General Ma Chao said now, thinking about it again, something is wrong."

"Those people didn't come from Yecheng, but from other places."

When Zhao Yun explained this to Xu Chu and Ma Chao, both of them suddenly realized something.

Xu Chu continued to ask after Zhao Yun's words.

"Is Yuan Shang so powerful? He actually has so many troops. Apart from the 2 guarding Yecheng, he also ambushed [-] reinforcements in other cities, all aimed at Li Yang?"

Xu Chu only thought that these people were Yuan Shang's soldiers in ambush in other places.

Zhao Yun shook his head, and spoke to Xu Chu solemnly.

"General Zhongkang, those people don't belong to Yuan Shang. I saw their flags, and Liu was embroidered on their flags. If my guess is correct, they should be the Qingzhou Army under Liu Zheng's command. It should be Guan Hai and Zang Ba!"

"Guan Hai and Zang Ba!"

After Xu Chu listened, he said the names of Guan Hai and Zang Ba emphatically again.

At the same time, the look of surprise became more obvious.

"Those people, didn't Liu Zheng arrange to guard Yuan Xi in Qingzhou, why did they appear here!"

Xu Chu, who was at a loss, didn't understand how the Qingzhou Army commanded by Guan Hai and Zai Zang Ba got here.

Not to mention that Xu Chu didn't know, even Ma Chao who was beside him didn't know. He might not even know who Zang Ba and Guan Hai were.

"Strange, so strange."

Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Ma Chao all felt strange, but for a while they couldn't figure out the twists and turns of the story.

Just at this time, a sentence came from the guard outside.

"General, Mr. Xu Shu is here."

When Ma Chao and Zhao Yun heard that Xu Shu had come, they were overjoyed.

He hurried out and greeted Xu Shu outside.

Xu Shu came to Liyang to inquire about Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others under Zhang Fei's order.

After the follow-up Xu Chu arrived, Xu Shu led the second batch of soldiers and horses from various places to Jizhou.

What they fought was a lightning strike, and they fought quickly, so Xu Shu came here very quickly.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Shu was naturally very curious to see these generals were all worried and thinking about something.

"Generals, what are you doing?"

"Mr. Biaozi of Yuan Zhi Xu Shu, it's great that you are here. We are in trouble, and we can't figure out what's going on. Come and give us a staff officer?"

Zhao Yun still had some respect for Xu Shu. After seeing Xu Shu, he immediately invited Xu Shu to join them in this matter.

Hearing Zhao Yun's words, Xu Shu was even more curious and hurriedly asked.

"General Zilong, what trouble have you encountered?"

At that moment, Zhao Yun told Xu Shu what happened today.

He described in detail how Ma Chao killed Chou and others when they met reinforcements.

After saying this, Xu Shu also fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Xu Shu had stopped talking, Ma Chao, Xu Chu and the others knew that things seemed to be getting serious.

He didn't dare to speak for a while, just waiting for Xu Shu's answer.

After Xu Shu thought about it, his eyes suddenly sank.

"General Zilong, you can see clearly, those people are really Qingzhou Army under Liu Zheng?"

"It's absolutely true. I rushed to the front and saw Guan Hai. I recognized this person. When I went to Qingzhou with the general, I almost killed this person. Later, he escaped."

Zhao Yun's affirmative answer caused Xu Shu's face to change drastically.

"No, we may have fallen for it!"

"Cheated?"

Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu blurted out.

"It's over, it's over, hurry up, call our soldiers and horses to retreat from Liyang City immediately, and retreat to Wuchao!"

"It's too late, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

Xu Shu eagerly gave an order to the three of them.

Although Xu Shu was not the chief general, but just a staff officer with the army, none of the three dared to disobey Xu Shu. After all, what he said as a counselor still had some weight.

However, Ma Chao was a little upset. He had just defeated Chou and gained great credit. At this time, he was not chasing after the victory, but was withdrawing his troops. He felt a little unbalanced.

After Xu Shu finished talking about retreating, he immediately stood up and asked Xu Shu why he wanted to retreat.

"Military division, now our army has the upper hand, beheaded the enemy's general, and the morale is high, why should we retreat at this time?"

Xu Chu and Zhao Yun were also curious about Ma Chao's questioning, so they didn't leave directly, but wanted to hear Xu Shu's explanation.

After all, it's always a hurdle to bury in your heart, so it's better to listen to Xu Shu's answer.

Xu Shu watched the three of them look at him, waiting to give them a reasonable reason.

Xu Shu sighed, knowing that if he didn't persuade them today, it might not be so easy for them to retreat.

"Hey, the appearance of the Qingzhou Army here means that Liu Zheng's troops are not attacking Yuan Xi with all their strength. There may be other soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command."

"This is not a coincidence. If we continue to attack, I am afraid that it will not be Yuan Shang's reinforcements, but Liu Zheng's reinforcements!"

Xu Shu said this to the three of them, and the three of them understood Xu Shu's meaning.

But at this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside the camp.

Shout before you get close.

"Report, urgent military situation, a large number of enemy troops have been found in the north of Liyang City!"

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Outside the camp, the messenger sent the news.

The faces of the generals in the camp changed drastically.

They had just heard Xu Shu's words in the camp that they wanted to withdraw.

Now, he suddenly heard the news of the appearance of the enemy from the messenger outside.

Doesn't this confirm what Xu Shu said just now?

Xu Chu was more anxious.

After hearing the news of the messengers outside the big tent, he immediately took a few steps forward and opened the curtain of the big camp.

He eagerly asked the messenger outside the door.

"What happened, where did you see the enemy soldiers and horses, how many people are there? Where did they come from?"

Xu Chu asked several questions in one breath, and it was precisely because he was sad and anxious about this matter that he was so anxious.

Seeing Xu Chu's eagerness, the messenger naturally didn't dare to hesitate.

After Xu Chu asked, he immediately answered Xu Chu.

"General, our spies found a movement of cavalry in the north of Liyang, and a cloud of dust was stirred up. General Zhao Yun's Baima Yicong went over to investigate, and found out that there were a large number of soldiers approaching in the distance, probably tens of thousands of people! "

"According to the direction those people came from, they should come from the direction of Hejian County or Qinghe County!"

Since the messenger came to deliver orders, he naturally knew that these people in the camp would ask questions, and had already found out the details of the matter.

"coming!"

Hearing the messenger's words, even though he was reluctant to believe it, Xu Shu still thought that Liu Zheng's ambush soldiers were coming.

"It really hit the trick!"

At this time, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and others present all understood that this was a trap. They brought troops and attacked from Yanzhou without any hindrance, and soon reached the vicinity of Yecheng, and the road was unimpeded. How powerful their troops are.

It was because the people on Yuan Shang's side did not stop them at all, but completely stationed their troops in Li Yang.

Now that they think about it, they can understand why, a border town like Wuchao has only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and they took it down without much effort.

But in a small Liyang around Yecheng, they fought for two days and failed to take down.

Such a strong defensive ability.

"Hurry up, what are you still doing in a daze, gather your troops immediately, and prepare to retreat!"

Seeing that Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and the others didn't react, Xu Shu immediately urged them.

Now that Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses have arrived, it would not be a wise move for them to stay here.

Xu Shu only thought that they could withdraw from here smoothly, otherwise it would be a problem whether they could leave.

After being reminded by Xu Shu, both Zhao Yun and Ma Chao came to their senses, and the three walked out of the barracks together, and immediately went to mobilize their own troops.

He planned to withdraw from outside Liyang City in a short time.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the three of them did not dare to be negligent, and quickly mobilized their soldiers and horses. In fact, the soldiers and horses of the three parties were not too scattered, and most of them gathered outside Liyang City.

Originally, they also planned to encircle Liyang City, but if they decide to retreat now, it is only a matter of order.

The horn for retreat sounded, and the remaining soldiers and horses outside Liyang City immediately started to move, gradually retreating towards Wuchao.

The 8000 cavalry under Zhao Yun's command lost thousands of cavalry in the previous battles with Zang Ba and Guan Hai, plus some losses from the previous attack on Li Yang, and now there are only about [-] cavalry left.

Although there were more of Xu Chu's 4000 soldiers left, there were only about [-].

Plus Ma Chao's 1 people.

Adding up their three parties, there are only more than 3 people left.

These people are divided into infantry and cavalry. If they all retreat from here, it is impossible to retreat indiscriminately.

After all, the enemy army also has cavalry. Although there are not many cavalry, the mobility of cavalry is much stronger than that of infantry.

If they really retreated in a panic, the pawns led by Xu Chu would be left at the end of the team.

These infantry could hardly escape, and they would definitely be intercepted by Yuan Jun and Liu Zheng's troops here in Liyang County.

At that time, Xu Chu will have another fierce battle.

After Xu Chu was overtaken by Liu Zheng's men, let alone evacuating from Liu Zheng's army alive, it was still a question of whether he could survive.

After the army was assembled, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao gathered together again.

It's time for them to discuss retreating.

"Both of you, you have cavalry under your command. They are highly mobile. If you want to leave, the enemy can't stop them at all. You should retreat first, and then leave it to me. I have the largest number of soldiers and horses under my command, so I will take care of you." Come to the rear and cover your retreat."

Xu Chu knew that his army was not as powerful as Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's, so if he retreated, he would definitely be left behind.

It's better to recommend yourself directly, let them leave, and take the initiative to cut off the queen.

But Xu Chu said so, how could Zhao Yun and Ma Chao agree.