"That's fine, Yuan Rang and Gong Ming, you take 10,000 troops and go with Zi Xiao to Pengcheng. No matter what, just hold Guan Yu back." Cao Cao agreed with Guo Jia's suggestion.

"promise."

Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang agreed in unison and led their troops forward in a hurry.

"Guan Yu's fierceness is beyond my expectation!"

Cao Cao remounted his horse and whispered to Guo Jia.

"Ming Gong, although Liu Bei has strong generals, we have a large number of soldiers. Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are against ten thousand enemies, they will be defeated this time! Moreover, General Yuan's two generals, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, are very brave and may be able to compete with them.

Behead Guan Yu." Guo Jia said.

"I hope so!"

Cao Cao felt that the only person who could defeat Guan Yu now, except Xu Huang, could only place his hope on Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Moreover, I brought so many troops and horses this time, even if no one can defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, I can still win as long as I kill all Liu Bei's troops.

At that time, no matter how fierce Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are, how many soldiers can he defeat with one person?

In the rear army, Ju Shou and Yan Liang heard the news that Guan Yu had killed Xia Houyuan.

The army has not yet arrived, but our own generals have been beheaded and almost the entire army has been wiped out. This is a big blow to the morale of the army.

"I didn't expect Liu Bei to have such a fierce general. No wonder Yuan Jiujiao was defeated repeatedly!"

Jushou sighed slightly.

"Why does General Ju have such power over his enemies?"

Yan Liang said disdainfully, seeming to be a little dissatisfied with Ju Shou's words.

"I am not a powerful enemy. General Yan and Liu Bei have won many times. Yuan Jiujiu, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce all died at his hands. Cao Yanzhou, who is such a good soldier, was also defeated by Liu Bei. We must not underestimate the enemy!"

"So what, we have hundreds of thousands of people, can't we defeat Liu Bei? If I meet Guan Yu, I will kill him and go back to ask for credit from the general, hahaha..."

Yan Liang led the troops and defeated Gongsun Zan together with Cao Ren. He had defeated the Black Mountain bandits with Lu Bu before, so he was very confident in his own force.

Jushou shook his head secretly, feeling that Yan Liang still underestimated the enemy too much.

How can people like the Black Mountain Bandits and Gongsun Zan compare with Liu Bei now!

In terms of military bravery, Liu Bei now has generals such as Guan Yu Zhang Fei and Gan Ning Tai Shi Ci; in terms of resourcefulness, he has the help of Zhou Wen'an; in terms of power, he has the support of Chen Deng, Zang Ba and others.

Especially the people in Xuzhou now only know that there is Liu Mu but not the emperor. Almost all their hearts are devoted to Liu Bei. They would rather tighten their belts and not have enough food for two meals a day than hand over the food to Liu Bei.

As military rations.

This is just what Jushou heard. In fact, although Xuzhou now uses more troops, with soldiers and civilians stationed in the fields, there is not much shortage of food and grass, and the land tax collected by Liu Bei from the people is not excessive.

"Once Xiahou dies, I'm afraid the people of Pengcheng will suffer again!"

Jushou knew that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were in front, and he would definitely attack the people when they arrived in Pengcheng. This happened to Cao Cao in his previous attacks on Xu.

"General Ju, if Liu Bei is destroyed and Xuzhou is captured, the general may regard you as the shepherd of Xuzhou. If the people of Xuzhou are slaughtered, it is indeed inappropriate. Should we advise Cao Mengde and ask him not to kill too many people?" Yan Liang said.

Jushou also believed that after winning Xuzhou, Yuan Shao should let him serve as the shepherd of Xuzhou, so he was even more worried that all the people in Pengcheng would be killed by Cao Cao.

Moreover, he originally cared about the people and could not bear to see the people being slaughtered.

"We can wait until we get to Pengcheng to discuss how to dissuade the incident before it happens!"

Jushou didn't want to disagree with Cao Cao now. When he got to Pengcheng, if Cao Cao really killed people indiscriminately, he would try to dissuade him and tell him not to kill people indiscriminately again.

Cao Cao and Jushu each led their troops and continued to move forward.

Liu Bei and Zhou Ping also received news that Guan Yu had killed Xia Houyuan.

Regarding this news, the two of them, like Tian Yu, were both overjoyed and worried.

What worries us is also the people of Pengcheng.

"Lord, please quickly order Yunchang and Guorang to protect the people in Pengcheng and leave and avoid Guangling."

Zhou Ping remembered that Cao Cao was angry with Xiapi because of the death of his father, so most of the people he slaughtered were the people of Xiapi.

Liu Bei said worriedly: "Cao Cao's troops are approaching. I'm afraid that Yun Chang and others will not be able to escort the people away in time."

"Yun Chang's new victory has also killed a general like Xia Houyuan. With his power, he will be able to temporarily block Cao Cao's enemies. We can order Tian Guorang to lead the people to go first, while Yun Chang leads the troops to the rear to stop the enemy troops."

Liu Bei thought for a while, nodded and said: "This is the only way. Let Gan Xingba lead an army to respond."

Zhou Ping said: "It's better this way."

Liu Bei asked Gan Ning to lead 5,000 people and rush to Pengcheng to meet Guan Yu, jointly resist the pursuing enemies and escort the people of Pengcheng to leave.

Gan Ning took the order and rushed to Pengcheng with 5,000 men.

Liu Bei led his troops and horses and continued to rush back to Xiapi.

At this time in Pengcheng, Tian Yu posted a notice saying that Cao Cao's troops were coming, but Cao Cao was cruel and tyrannical, even worse than Dong Zhuo, and he liked to kill. The people in Pengcheng should leave immediately and temporarily avoid Guangling or Yangzhou Jiangdong to wait for Liu Zhoumu.

After defeating Cao Cao, he returned home.

The people in Pengcheng know Cao Cao well. He massacred Lucheng last time, and massacred the five counties of Xiapi the other time. He killed hundreds of thousands of people, and their bodies were buried in the Surabaya River, which was blocked and couldn't flow. It was too horrible to watch.

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Therefore, many people in Pengcheng packed up their belongings, took their young and old with them, left Pengcheng, and fled to Guangling.

There are also some people who cannot bear to leave their hometown and are unwilling to leave.

Tian Yu sent people to persuade them to no avail, so he had to ask them to hide when the enemy soldiers came, and then escorted more than 100,000 people away with 5,000 troops.
Chapter completed!