If Cao Cao personally led the army, then Liu Bei would not have any confidence in defending Xinye. But the general who commanded the army this time was Xiahou Dun, and his military advisor Xu Shu also vowed to let Cao's army go without a return.
Therefore, Liu Bei was very confident and led his 35,000 troops into Xinye.
The most important point is that Xiahou Dun bears the primary responsibility for Guan Yu's death! Even if Cao Cao cannot be killed, if Xiahou Dun can be killed, it will be considered a great revenge.
Like Zhang Fei's eyes turned red when he heard that the general Cao was Xiahou Dun, who was leading the troops to attack this time, and he couldn't wait to kill the other party.
At this critical moment, Xinye cannot be misunderstood, otherwise the entire territory of Jingzhou will be exposed to the iron cavalry of Cao's army. To this end, Liu Biao added 5,000 elite troops to Liu Bei, allowing his subordinates to gather 40,000 troops, and also provide food and grass.
There are countless equipment to guard the city.
In short, everything was to repel Cao's army. Although Liu Biao was very careful with Liu Bei, he could only place his hope on his fellow disciple at this time.
Forty thousand vs. One hundred thousand. Although it seems that the difference is very big, Xu Shu is already confident and has already thought of a plan to retreat to the enemy.
Under Xu Shu's instruction, Liu Bei ordered his adopted son Liu Feng to lead 10,000 troops to form a formation a hundred miles outside Xinye City to meet the enemy. When Xiahou Dun led a large army to kill, he immediately asked Liu Feng's troops to escape.
, retreat in the direction of Shinno.
It is said that Xiahou Dun led his army to outside Xinye City. He saw a military formation that seemed to be about 10,000 people in front of him from afar, so he asked the front army to go to find out the truth. Unexpectedly, the front army had just had contact with the other party, and the other party did not resist much at all.
, immediately fled backwards.
After Xiahou Dun received the reward from the front, he was also surprised. As a general of the Cao army, Xiahou Dun had absolutely no ability to lead troops to fight. He quickly guessed that this might be the opponent's strategy to lure the enemy.
"Go forward slowly and let the scouts reconnaissance and beware of ambushing troops." Xiahou Dun said.
Now it is still a hundred miles away from Xinye, and there are many mountains and forests along the way, so the other party does have the possibility of setting up an ambush.
However, after marching dozens of miles, the scouts sent out captured many deserters from Liu Bei's army, but they did not see any ambush.
When he arrived about fifty miles from Shinye City, the scouts explored the enemy's army ahead.
Xiahou Dun went to check in person and found that judging from the number of people, this army should be the one that fled to Xinye just now.
When Xiahou Dun was observing Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei's army also discovered Cao's army. To Xiahou Dun's surprise, Liu Bei's army performed worse than the last time. Before Cao's army even launched an attack, they were already crying and shouting at the scene.
Escape from the rear.
At this time, Cao's army was only fifty miles away from Xinye. It was basically a smooth road within these fifty miles, and there was no terrain for setting up ambush. In this case, Liu Bei's army fled in front of his army, and did not seem to be a fraud.
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Could it be that Xinye City has a low morale and does Liu Bei's army have no courage to fight with our army?
Yes, our army advanced in a large-scale manner, and Liu Bei's army had no choice but to fight. However, the other party had no intention of fighting and was even more afraid of our army, so he immediately fled under the touch.
Xiahou Dun, who thought he had made a correct analysis, was very excited. The Xinye defenders had no desire to fight. It seemed that this battle would not be too difficult. He could even foresee the scene of Liu Bei being held in front of him.
Xiahou Dun was about to order the entire army to pursue and wipe out Liu Bei's army in front, but was stopped by Man Chong, who joined the army.
"General, be careful." Although there is no place to set up ambush in front, Man Chong always feels something is wrong. Then Liu Bei is a guy who was regarded as a strong enemy by Cao Cao. His army could not bear it and he could not fight.
The point of escape?
"Well, it's okay to be careful. Anyway, they can't escape. They will be annihilated by our army sooner or later." Xiahou Dun adopted Man Chong's opinion and ordered the entire army to advance at the original speed.
Twenty miles outside Xinye City, the walls of Xinye City were already visible, and the escaped Liu Bei army also appeared in front of Cao's army again.
This place is only twenty miles away from Xinye City. I wish Liu Bei could no longer play any tricks. Even if his army drove out of Xinye City to support, how could he be able to defeat our elite troops of Cao's army? Fighting with our army in the field is just to speed up its
Just the speed of defeat!
Thinking of this, Xiahou Dun no longer cared about Man Chong's advice and ordered the entire army to launch an attack on Liu Bei's army in front.
Seeing Cao's army pushing forward, Liu Bei's army in front chose to escape again. And under the pursuit of Cao's army, their escape speed was significantly faster than the previous two times.
Cao's army chased Liu Bei's army like this, but it actually chased him outside Xinye City.
Moreover, Xiahou Dun was surprised to find that the Xinye City Gate was actually wide open, probably to wait for the Liu Bei army outside the city to return.
In a state of great joy, Xiahou Dun shouted: "The army advances at full speed and enters the city!"
On the Xinye City Wall, Liu Bei looked pale and shouted out of control: "Liu Feng, I asked you to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but I didn't let you lead Cao's army to me! Close the city gate quickly, close the city gate
Ah! Never let Cao’s army come in!”
Liu Bei shouted very loudly, and Xiahou Dun could hear it clearly when he heard Liu Bei's anxious tone and imagine the other party's panicked expression. Xiahou Dun felt very happy.
Want to close the city gate? It’s a pity that you can’t have time!
Chasing Liu Bei's army, Cao's army rushed in and squeezed into Xinye City.
No one noticed the sneer that rose from the corner of Liu Bei's mouth after Cao's army entered Xinye.