"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"......... "Bang!" The gate of the county magistrate's mansion was finally knocked open.

Zhang Liao led the lead in strode into the mansion, and stabbed several personal soldiers in the county magistrate who were fighting to the death to death. He quickly came to the close-knot room outside the closed office, raised his leg and kicked. With a "click!", the door of the hall had been kicked away. Zhang Liao rushed into the hall with his gun, looked around, and there was no one inside.

"All the soldiers, all the courts and rooms in the palace, don't leave me. I will search carefully and don't let anyone go. If you meet the family members and officials in the palace, you must not be easily hurt unless you resist. Have you heard it clearly?" Zhang Liao stepped out of the conference hall and shouted loudly to the soldiers under his command.

After half a cup of tea, the search soldiers reported one after another, but the result was that nothing was found except killing 10 resisting Liu Jun soldiers and capturing dozens of servants and maids!

"Do you have any questions clearly where Liu Bei's family and those officials have gone?" Zhang Liao asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the general! According to the confession of servants and maids in the mansion, Liu Bei's family has fled from the back door!"

"Damn!" Zhang Liao, who had always valued demeanor, couldn't help but curse. The shameless and incompetent Zhu Kang boasted that he had mastered most of the soldiers in the city and could easily solve the remaining Liu army. But as a result, not only failed to solve, but was defeated by Liu Pi, who was surviving. Many soldiers deceived by Zhu Kang returned to Liu Pi's command after being scolded by Liu Pi. Zhu Kang, who was completely passive, could only ask Zhang Liao for help. Zhang Liao had no choice but to send 3,000 cavalry to help him destroy the resistance in the city. Without Zhu Kang's infantry assistance, Zhang Liao could only let his cavalry look for trees to hit the door. As a result, it took a lot of time to delay, and it took more than two cups of tea. Now, it finally attacked the county magistrate's mansion, but found nothing!

Repressing the anger in his heart, Zhang Liao ordered decisively: "Leave a team of people to station in the county magistrate's office to continue searching, and the rest follow me to pursue Liu Bei's family!"

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On the East City Street of Runan City, Guan Ping opened the road in front. After Mi Fanghe, Gan, Mi Er's wife, Sun Qian, Chen Zhen, Mi Zhu and other officials hurried to the east gate under the sanitation of 5 and 60 personal soldiers. Several personal soldiers were sent to contact Liu Pi, but they all went away. Without knowing the situation of the battle, Guan Ping and Sun Qian and others discussed it for a while and decided to fight out of the city first to ensure the safety of the two wives and civil officials. The other three gates were shouting and killing everywhere. It seemed that there was a fierce battle, and only the East Gate was still relatively quiet at the moment. It seemed that they could only find a way out from here.

After struggling to break through a small team of rebels to stop him, Guan Ping and his group had reached less than 500 steps away from the East City Gate. At this time, a army suddenly rushed out of the slant and headed straight for them. Sun Qian and others were all shocked and panicked.

"Don't panic! Mr. Sun, you continue to retreat to the east gate, I'll stop the pursuers!" After that, Guan Ping rode his horse and sword, led 2,30 personal soldiers to face the army and rushed over, "Guan Ping is here! Who is coming? Report his name!"

"Major General Guan, it's me - Liu Pi!" Hearing Guan Ping's shouting, a loud voice across the street immediately replied.

"General Liu??!!!!" Guan Ping looked at him calmly. It was indeed Liu Pi. But Liu Pi's helmet was crooked and his armor was covered in blood at this time, which was completely different from his usual appearance.

"General Liu, what's going on?" Guan Ping asked anxiously. While asking, the big knife in his hand was still tightly held and did not relax his vigilance.

"Zhu Kang, Fan Jiang, Zhang Da and others who guarded the south, north and west gates have all rebelled against Cao Cao, and they have given the city. I have led the army to fight with them just now, and I have already repelled them, but later a large group of Cao's cavalry came. I really couldn't resist it, so I retreated here." It can be seen that Liu Pi had indeed gone through a bloody battle, and his breath seemed very rapid, "Major General Guan, can the lord's family be safe?"

"It's safe yet, and now we are heading towards the east gate!"

"Huh..." Liu Pi seemed to breathe a long sigh, his face slightly calmed down, "It's okay! Runan City can no longer be defended, so we should escort the lord's family to leave the city first, and then make plans after leaving the city."

Seeing that Liu Pi's expression was not like a fake, Guan Ping eliminated his doubts and replied anxiously: "Okay, let's catch up!"

Soon, Guan Ping and Liu Pi led the remnants to catch up with the group in front of him. Sun Qian and others, who were uneasy, saw that Liu Pi was catching up. They were relieved and couldn't help feeling desolate. There were less than 400 soldiers who were still following Liu Pi.

"Zicai, how about the city..." Sun Qian asked out loud.

Liu Pi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Gongyou, I can't stand it anymore! Let's evacuate from the city first!"

Without waiting for Sun Qian's answer, Liu Piyi rode his horse to the gate of Dongcheng and shouted loudly: "I am Liu Pi, please open the city gate and put down the suspension bridge!"

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A moment later, outside the East City Gate of Runan.

After Liu Pi brought the 4,500 soldiers guarding the East Gate to his army, he rode his horse to Sun Qian and asked, "Mr. Gongyou, where should we go below?"

Sun Qian thought for a while and said, "I can only go to Shouchun to join the third general! General Liu, please send a few people to inquire about the whereabouts of the lord and General Guan."

"Okay! Get on the road quickly..." Before Liu Pi finished speaking, he heard the heavy sound of horse hooves coming from the city.

The pursuers are coming!

Liu Pi's face was startled at first, then quickly calmed down, and said to Guan Ping, Sun Qian and others with a loud voice: "Major General Guan, Mr. Gongyou, you can leave as soon as possible, and I will stop the pursuers!"

"General Liu, you can't..." Looking at Liu Pi's expression, Sun Qian understood that Liu Pi was preparing to sacrifice his life to protect them from leaving!

"Mr. Gongyou, the lord has entrusted me with the important task of defending the city, but I... have high hopes. Besides, Zhu Kang, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da who rebel against Xiancheng all came from my account. I am really sorry to my lord! What I can do now is to let you leave safely!" Liu Pi lowered his head slightly and said with deep guilt.

"Leave 500 people to follow me to resist the pursuers, and the rest follow Major General Guan to escort the lord's family and all gentlemen to leave!"

Seeing that Liu Bi was firm in his attitude, Guan Ping, Sun Qian and others had no choice but to give him a deep bow and leave in a hurry.

Liu Pi withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and shouted sternly: "Soldiers! Follow me to defend the city gate, and you must block the enemy's pursuit!"

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"Mr. Sun, General Liu is outnumbered and cannot be stopped for long!" Guan Ping said to Sun Gan in a deep voice.

"The major general means..." Sun Gan asked in confusion.

"The Cao army pursued the cavalry. At our marching speed, we will continue to walk eastward and will definitely be caught up by them."

Sun Gan nodded and asked, "Where should we go according to the views of the Major General?"

"It's dark now, and the enemy cannot track our tracks well. We just need to turn to the south first, walk a little longer and then turn east, and we should be able to avoid the pursuit!"

"Well... the Major General said so much, just do what you said!"

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"Oh!" Zhang Liao pulled his horse and looked at the vast night and sighed. He chased the east for 5 or 6 miles, but he didn't even catch up with his own figure. It seemed that Liu Bei's family and his group did not flee straight east, but were walking on other roads. With such a sky, it was impossible to continue chasing, so they could only give up chasing.

If it weren't for being blocked at the city gate for a long time, it would have been possible to catch up. Unexpectedly, Liu Pi could be so fierce and fearless of death. He still led his army to fight to the death even though he was wearing several invasions. Until he died under his sword, he had dragged his cavalry at the city gate for half an hour. Such a person is worthy of admiration. In comparison, Zhu Kang... is simply not worth mentioning!

"Soldiers, stop chasing and follow me - return to Runan!"

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Late at night, it was as dark as ink. I saw a few stars. On a slightly barren mountain, dozens of bonfires were swaying and flashing in the cold wind of the bone-permeable winter night. Each bonfire was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers. The fierce battle in the nearly two hours of the day made the soldiers exhausted, and many of them were already asleep. From time to time, a few wails caused by pain sounded in the lonely night sky.

Accompanied by Guan Yu, Liu Bei carefully inspected the mountain, returned to a bonfire in a heavy mood, sat down. After lowering his head and thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Second brother, call Zilong, Yuan Jian and the others over, let's discuss the military situation carefully!"

"Yeah! Big brother!" Guan Yu left.

Soon, Gong Du, Zhao Yun, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and other generals followed Guan Yu to the bonfire.

"Sit down!" Liu Bei said slowing down his tone.

Seeing everyone looking for a place to sit by the campfire, Liu Bei said: "The situation of the battle is quite unfavorable now. The total loss of nearly 8,000 people in today's battle, and many of the remaining soldiers were injured. The Cao army surrounded by the mountain at least 30,000, several times more than me. What's even more difficult is that he did not bring food and grass in this battle, and the soldiers only brought two meals of food. Even if he was defended by the mountain, he might not last long." Everyone here was very loyal and reliable, and Liu Bei did not hide any taboos. "You can have any good ways to get out of this predicament!"

"I am willing to lead my army down the mountain to fight to the death and fight to the death for the lord!" Gong Du said with a sigh.

"No! Going down the mountain to fight can only be useless to die in vain." Zhao Yun stopped him.

"Is there any good idea for Zilong?"

"Lord! In Yun Yu's opinion, for the sake of this, I can only send someone to surround him and go to Shouchun to ask General Zhang for help!" Zhao Yun said loudly.

Third brother??!!! Liu Bei said hesitantly: "There are many soldiers at the foot of the mountain, so it is probably difficult to break through. What's more, the third brother is sending people to ask for help in Shouchun hundreds of miles away. I'm afraid there will be a lot of time when we go back and forth, so we can't hold on for so long!"

"Lord, if you are trusted, Yun is willing to break through alone. If he can escape by chance, with the strength of the "little white dragon foal and horse" under my seat, he will arrive in Shouchun tomorrow morning. General Zhang's ability to command the army can lead his army within three days!"

Three days!!! Liu Bei pondered slightly, looked up at Zhao Yun suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Zilong, as you said! It's just that there are many Cao troops at the foot of the mountain. Isn't it very dangerous for you to be alone? I'm worried..."

"Don't worry, lord. I have visited the world in the past, and I wanted to be a wise lord for the people but I couldn't get it. Until I met the lord, I would be like seeing the sun. Today is the opportunity to serve my life. Please do not hesitate!"

Liu Bei nodded silently and said nothing. Zhao Yun gave Liu Bei a deep bow and stood up and left.

"Zilong, wait!"

Zhao Yunmu turned his head and found that it was Guan Yu who called him. He asked loudly: "What's the matter with General Guan?"

"Zilong! Everything... I'll ask you! Take care of yourself!"

"kindness!"

After a cup of tea, Zhao Yun rode his horse down the mountain, rode alone and stepped on the 4th battalion of Cao's army, and escaped safely.

Cao Jun military camp

Looking at the slightly chaotic military camp that was harassed by Zhao Yun, Cao Cao smiled and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, I didn't expect that in Liu Bei's army, there were such brave generals besides Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He rode alone in the camp, but he could do it!"
Chapter completed!