The road Baiyi took southward must have been sent to capture and surrender early.

Only Guan Yu does not have enough troops for this trip. Before getting backup, he probably still has to prioritize protecting Xiapi, and there is no way to allocate enough troops to each city to assist in defense.

Therefore, it must be that the officials in the city had just surrendered and were shaken for a moment, and Guan Yu sent insufficient troops to control the situation.

The army moved forward and stopped more than a hundred steps away from Wuyuan City. Zhonglixu, a famous general of the Xuzhou navy, was ordered to step forward and shouted from a distance:

"The Governor of Zhou has defeated 50,000 Langya soldiers. Liu Yuzhou personally brought 100,000 Huainan soldiers to Pengcheng. At this time, Guan Yu has become a caged beast in Xiapi... I think you are ignorant. If you can open the city and surrender at this time, you can avoid death.

, otherwise after three rounds of drums, the whole army attacks the city, and everyone will be destroyed by then!"

The city suddenly became quiet.

Zhong Lizu looked back at his governor and said it a second time.

However, as soon as the man opened his mouth and before he uttered a word, the drums in the city were the first to sound, a Sun-character flag was erected first, and hundreds of archers rushed out together and fired a volley at the city!

When the arrows rained down, Zhong Lixu was still far away, so he was not injured. However, many generals and officers below Zhou Yu in the city lost their countenance... because the sudden appearance of a wall full of archers on the city wall exceeded their expectations.

For a moment, Zhou Gongjin really hesitated. He didn't know how many soldiers there were in the city. Should he attack the city by force?

If we don't attack and use the dry food brought by the army, and then Guan Yu takes the initiative to attack and blocks it once, then it is estimated that one day and night later it will be a replica of the Langya Army on the Double Ninth Festival, and no one knows that the city is playing tricks from time to time.

And if the city is attacked, the army lacks attack equipment. Once there are enough troops hidden in the city and the city cannot be captured in one day, it is estimated that the army will collapse even faster.

Ever since, Zhou Gongjin really became confused... Of course, it's not his fault. He came in a hurry and didn't have any information.

"Captain Zhou!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the city under the banner of Sun Zi. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be his old friend Sun Guan. "Deputy Envoy Guo said that if you are willing to surrender, you will definitely have a bright future..."

After saying this, Sun Guan paused for a moment. "Now that Cao Liu's defeat has been decided, why should he bury all his skills with Liu Yuzhou?!"

Zhou Yu looked at this person, made some calculations in his mind, but without hesitation, immediately ordered the attack on the city... Without him, Zhou Gongjin was betting that the other party was playing tricks, and there was only one Sun Guan in the city!

It is said that it is an siege. It can only be done by the reliable navy in the front row, trying to use the advantage of numbers to climb up the rope, and at the same time find a big tree to knock down the door.

However, not to mention how the navy is not good at land warfare, nor to say how much damage such a siege force without equipment will suffer during the attack. It is just that these more than ten thousand Zhou Gongjin's most trusted confidants worked hard for a long time, and finally someone succeeded from it.

After climbing the city wall from the side, drums rumbled again on the wall, and then countless soldiers suddenly appeared and easily strangled Dai Jin who had successfully climbed the city wall.

Not only that, Zhou Yu looked outside the city and saw that Zang Ba, Yin Li, Xiao Jian, Sun Guan and others were all there! What made his eyes sting like needles pricking him even more was that Guo Guo.

word flag!

Until now, how could Zhou Gongjin not know that he was just one move away from this person? But now, since he is here, it can only mean one thing. When he begins to gather troops in Tancheng to prepare for a breakout,

, the man made a decisive decision, immediately abandoned Liangcheng and sent troops here!

If it's earlier, it will definitely be released by the boats on the Yishui River; if it's later, it will definitely be late.

Of course, this can't be considered a miracle... It can only be said that once the battle situation reversed, Zhou Gongjin instantly lost the opportunity.

"Let's go!"

Now that he saw Guo Jia and Langya generals arriving at Wuyuan, Zhou Yu gave up the idea of ​​attacking the city, but reluctantly ordered the entire army to bypass Wuyuan and continue towards Pengcheng.

By now, Zhou Gongjin no longer had any selfish thoughts. He just wanted to lead as many troops as possible towards Pengcheng... After all, even if they were to collapse in the wilderness, judging from the composition of this army, there would be

Quite a few soldiers chose to flee to Pengcheng.

At that time, if there is a big flag standing in Pengcheng, these soldiers and horses can immediately restore their combat capabilities.

The truth is correct, but Zhou Yu probably didn't realize it at this time. He had calmed down to a state beyond the norm, and he had forgotten himself in all calculations.

The soldiers and horses on the city had no intention of leaving the city to pursue them. They just watched Zhou Yu's troops walk around the city in an extremely embarrassed manner... But it is conceivable that they would rest in the city and recharge their batteries before detaching a force.

Elite soldiers, following and harassing.

Traveling all the way until evening, more than ten miles southwest of Wuyuan City, Zhou Yu had just dismounted from his horse to rest, but he called his brother Zhou Li again to inquire about the situation.

"Guo Jia is following behind, and the morale of the whole army is low. They are afraid that they will collapse in one battle." Zhou Li lowered his head and sighed. "A lot of soldiers and horses scattered along the way and headed toward Xiapi, but Guo Jia didn't divide his troops at all.

Understand it, now even the navy has wavered."

Zhou Yu sat facing east, sitting on his horse in silence for a moment. Behind him, wherever the setting sun shone, was the endless plain in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

After a long time, the Eastern Front Commander of the Central Plains Allied Forces finally spoke slowly: "Although the Xuzhou navy was supplemented by more descendants from Huainan and Jiangnan in the later period, the majority of them were from Guangling and Donghai... How can they follow me here?

I am already very grateful for abandoning the boat and attacking the city."

Zhou Li hesitated to speak, but in the end it was difficult to interrupt.

On the other hand, since Zhou Yu had already had the worst thoughts, he didn't want to pay attention to them. He just remained calm as usual and went to get the water bag and food bag on his body.

However, after opening the water bag, it was still blocked. Seeing this, Zhou Li only handed over his water bag, and then went to clean up the water bag that had been dumped by Zhou Yu.

The two brothers thought it was stones, water plants and the like at first, but as Zhou Li shook it vigorously, a soaked, white and swollen finger popped out of the water bag, but Zhou Gongjin couldn't bear it anymore.

, and vomited directly. Not to mention, the man was already exhausted after marching day and night, and then he forced himself to calm down and failed to attack the city. After vomiting, his vision went dark, and he was about to fall down.

land!

Zhou Li hurriedly helped the other party, and then tried to call the army doctors over, but he didn't know where the doctors were... Zhou Yu's trusted soldiers all around him also gathered around him, and they were frightened for a moment.

After all, Zhou Gongjin fainted once on the city wall before, and now he fainted again. How could they dare to neglect him?

After waiting for a while, Zhou Yu opened his eyes slightly. When he saw his brother here, he held his hands and said something from his heart:

"I have been taught since I was a child to be tolerant and sincere to others. I never speak ill of others and never feel jealous... What I ended up with now is really due to my narrow vision and I am to blame for myself. But even so, when I saw Guo Fengxiao's flag today,

After all, I got angry and remembered an old incident about Yuan Benchu! I heard someone say that Yuan Benchu ​​was trapped in Qingzhou, and when he saw the Liaodong soldiers coming from the sea, he couldn't help but sigh, "Now that he is alive, why should he be born in Shao?" and left. Today

When I saw Guo Jia abandoning Liangcheng and coming to Wuyuan to wait for me, I couldn't help but think of these words... The so-called 'when Yu was born, how could Jia be born'? Second brother, do you think this is the destiny mentioned by Xuzhou Buddhism?

!”

Zhou Li was not actually close to Zhou Yu originally. In other words, as a branch of the Zhou family in Yangzhou, he was naturally jealous of his younger brother who was more than twice as strong as him in everything. But Zhou Gongjin, the so-called treatment of others,

Kuan, Yicheng, how many people opposed him with evil intentions, but in the end they became his friends, let alone Zhou Li?

But today, when he saw his noble clan brother, who was usually as noble as a dragon, phoenix and unicorn, so rude, Zhou Li couldn't help but burst into tears.

And Zhou Yu spit out the block that had been hidden in his heart for half a day, took a few breaths, and wanted to give a few more instructions, but unexpectedly, he suddenly heard a noise and shouting from the northeast, as if Guo Jia took advantage of the sunset and directly chose to attack.

...and Zhou Gongjin stood up regardless of everything. He wanted to give an order, but unexpectedly, after not eating for two days and nights, his vision went dark and he fainted again.

At midnight, the man opened his eyes again on the bumpy horse, but he was already feverish and unconscious.

Zhou Li stepped forward after hearing the news, wanting to tell the truth... After sunset, Guo Jiazi and the Langya generals continued to harass the rear. There were less than five thousand soldiers and horses, and Zhou Yu's beloved general Zhong Lixu died in order to cut off the rear.

Under Zang Ba's sword.

But when he came to the horse, he saw that although Zhou Gongjin opened his eyes, he was drowsy and confused. He was just talking nonsense and sighed. He did not report the military situation, but just accompanied him to take care of him.

As for him, he listened carefully to his brothers' nonsense all the way, but he only heard one sentence clearly:

"I owe Liu Yuzhou!"

After a while, Zhou Gongjin closed his eyes and fell asleep again. When he woke up again, he found that it was already dawn and he himself had been stripped of his armor and placed on a long ridge.

"How many people are there in the army?" Zhou Yu's face flushed, and he tried his best to face the brothers and several personal guards who came after hearing the news. "Why did we stop? How far is it from Pengcheng?"

Zhou Li, whose arm was obviously injured, hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "Early this morning, Guan Yu personally led three thousand troops out of Xiapi to intercept our way, and attacked Guo Jia front and back... Our army is now less than three thousand.

The rest were scattered in the early morning battle. As for this place, it is already within Pengcheng County!"

Zhou Yu let out a long sigh: "It's bad... If Guan Yu and Guo Jia join forces, there is no chance that they will drive the defeated troops into Pengcheng. If Pengcheng falls, the overall situation of the Central Plains will never be restored! Brother... I have something to entrust to you!"

When Zhou Li heard the word "entrust", he couldn't help but look sad.

"Abandon me, before the enemy arrives, abandon me and go to Pengcheng quickly... At this time, there are still three thousand soldiers and horses accompanying us. They must be reliable Huainan disciples. Take them into Pengcheng and use the land to gather the defeated troops.

Then Pengcheng can be protected!" Zhou Yu urged.

"You're just one person. We'll set off right now and take turns carrying you..." Zhou Li quickly interrupted the other party.

"You can't escape even if you do that!" Zhou Yu gestured to the people around him to help him sit up, while pointing his finger at the flag. "You set the flag here, and then leave quickly... Only my dragon head, which is worth ten thousand gold, can do this."

Please ask for a chance of life!"

Zhou Li still wanted to talk.

"I have never begged for help in my life! Today I beg you, brother, to stop being kind to a woman and to stop being as incompetent as you were when you were a boy..." Zhou Yu scolded with all his strength. "If you don't go to Pengcheng now, not only will you and I not be able to survive,

Even the lord will be implicated by you! Go quickly!! All of you go!!"

Zhou Li did not dare to be negligent anymore, but with tears in his eyes he helped his brother set up a flag beside him, and then he gritted his teeth and led the crowd away.

A moment later, as expected, countless soldiers and horses came to look at the banner with the word "zhou". The leader was none other than Langya Prefect Zang Ba! However, Zang Xuangao saw the situation here from a distance, but he just surrounded it and did not even allow it.

Others went to touch, but instead went to invite Guan Yu, and Guo Jia arrived... Obviously, Zang Xuangao, who puts loyalty first, has thought about the post-war problems. He took the title of marquis for his military achievements as a general, which was not enough to protect many brothers.

Repeated mistakes were made in this campaign.

On the contrary, it is better to give it to the two Yan Gong's confidants semi-publicly, so that I can intercede for many brothers in the future.

Guan Yu did not come, but Guo Fengxiao and Xu Yuanzhi came together to sing a song for soldiers.

"I don't want to really win a dragon!" Guo Jia came to the ridge of the field and saw Zhou Yu sitting cross-legged and motionless, with extraordinary momentum. He asked the defeated soldiers again and again. After he was sure that it was correct, he couldn't help laughing and handed over his hands. "Captain Zhou, I have admired your name for a long time, and my ears are like thunder!"

"I've been looking down for a long time too!" Zhou Yu's face turned red and his whole body felt weak. He could only look down at him.

"Now that things have come to this, are you willing to surrender?" Guo Jia took two steps forward and asked seriously. "With the weight of Chen's father and son, the closeness of Mi Fang's marriage, and the kindness of Chen Qun and Jian Yu as a young man, they all surrender..."

"So, those people are all shameless people!" Zhou Yu responded sternly. "When a husband is in the world, when he meets his confidant, he has the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, the kindness of the flesh and blood, follows the words and deeds, and shares the misfortune and blessings. Just add a weak crown to a small one.
To be continued...