50 miles southeast of Runan City, a mountain called Huangpo is south of the south. The soldiers of the Third Battalion, "Tiger", "Bear" and "Wind" are doing necessary rest for the next march.

The bloody sunset hangs in the west, adding a little warmth to the passing winter. I walked to a small canal down the hillside, and looked at the thin ice that had almost melted in the canal, and couldn't help but smile on my face. According to my observation, the weather will gradually warm up in the next few days - I really didn't expect that even God would help so much, and in this way, the chance of successfully rescuing my eldest brother was a little more.

"General! The two captured Cao army scouts have already been recruited..." Zhao Yun hurried to me and said with an excited expression.

"Are you asking for any information?" I asked calmly.

The two Cao army scouts mentioned by Zhao Yun were a surprise to me. When I needed intelligence the most, they came to my door. The change in our army's marching route did not go straight to where the eldest brother was trapped, but took a detour to the southeast of Runan City, which should have been beyond Cao Cao's expectations. Therefore, he sneaked all the way over and did not encounter any Cao army on the way. However, when he arrived at Huangpo, he encountered four Cao army scouts unexpectedly. As a result, Zhao Yun took the horse himself, he naturally captured them. Two of them were caught by Zhao Yun's pegasus and captured with one move, while the other two cavalry were fired by Zhao Yun and shot at him a hundred steps away.

"These Cao army scouts were all sent from Runan City. Runan was captured by Cao's army three days ago, and it seems that there were people who colluded with the enemy to celebrate the city at that time!"

Tongmen Xiancheng???? I frowned slightly and asked anxiously: "...Zilong! After you left the city to fight Cao's army that day, who stayed in Runan?"

"At that time, the lord ordered General Liu Pi to station the city, and also asked three lieutenants Zhu Kang, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da to assist in defending the city... General, you suspect that one of them..." Zhao Yun said in a little surprised.

"Yeah!" I nodded slightly. Liu Pi was honest and honest, and had no great ambitions, so it was unlikely that he would do the work of giving the city to the enemy. In this way, it would be one of Zhu, Fan, Zhang, and even... the three of them colluded with the enemy together. On that day, my elder brother and my second brother first arrived in Runan from the ancient city, and the first impression these guys gave me was quite bad. But for a period of time, their behavior was still restrained and they did not make any unusual and extraordinary actions, which made me relax my vigilance against them. Unexpectedly, the matter was broken in the end.

"By the way!" Zhao Yun seemed to suddenly remember something and said anxiously: "When you think about it carefully, Zhu Kang, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da are indeed very suspicious! On that day, the news of Cao's invasion was reported to them, and they also insisted on going out of the city to fight, and they were the ones who finally asked to stay in the city. However, at that time, the three of them sang and cooperated very well, and their expressions and behaviors were not abnormal, which was really unquestionable. Now, they should have planned it! This group of treacherous gangs who colluded with the enemy Xiancheng!"

"Well...! Let's put this aside for now, and we will settle the accounts with them if we have the chance. Zilong, have you received any information from our elder brother?"

"No! The two scouts were not sure about the battle situation where the lord was. However, when they came out of Runan this morning, there was no unfavorable news about the lord in the city!"

I let out a long sigh and felt a little calm. At this moment, I could only beg God for blessing. Brother, second brother, have to hold on for at least one more day. Because according to my plan, the best time will be to arrive at my brother tomorrow afternoon.

"Zilong, can you ask about the current military strength in Runan City?" I asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Although it is not very accurate, according to the two people, the Cao army guarding the city should be less than 4,000. The defender in the city is Cao Cao's relative general - the general Cao Xiu."

Cao Xiu?!! I raised my eyebrows slightly, and a hint of joy appeared in my eyes. If the guard general was really Cao Xiu, it would increase his chances of winning. It is not that Cao Xiu was an incompetent person. Cao Xiu was a man of the middle-class general. In the original historical trajectory, Cao Xiu had served as the Grand Sima, and was guarding Huaiyang for two generations, and tried to protect the land of Huaiyang for more than 10 years. However, Cao Xiu is at most 20 years old, and he is at the age of young and energetic and impulsive. Moreover, his battlefield experience is incomparable to those long-time generals under Cao Cao. It is definitely much easier to calculate him than those longtime generals on the battlefield.

I pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Is there any information besides these?"

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "There is another indefinite news - two days ago, a large group of Cao troops left Runan and rushed to the east. But there was no clear where they went!"

"They should have gone to Shouchun!" I murmured. Xu Shu's concerns were indeed correct - Cao Cao really wanted to keep us all over.

"Shouchun..." Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said in surprise, "General, it's impossible? We came from Shouchun, and they were heading towards Shouchun, and they should run into each other head-on, but why..."

"They should have taken another path, probably deliberately avoiding us! Taking advantage of our return to Runan, Shouchun City's defense is empty and attacking Shouchun City... This is their goal, and as for us, it is not within their plan. Because - in Runan, there will be other Cao troops coming to 'clean' us'." I explained in a deep voice.

"In this way... Isn't Shouchun City dangerous?" Zhao Yun's face was solemn, obviously thinking about the consequences of losing Shouchun.

"Don't worry! With Xu Yuanzhi here, there should be nothing wrong..."

"The Xu Yuanzhi, the general, really has such great ability?" Zhao Yun asked in confusion without knowing Shouchun's situation.

I smiled and explained: "Zilong didn't know anything. After I captured Shouchun, by chance, I was lucky enough to invite Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi. He was well-versed in military strategy and was a genius in the world. Originally, I planned to return to Runan to personally introduce Mr. Xu to my elder brother after the Shouchun affairs were slightly settled. But I didn't expect that now...Shouchun's military affairs were coordinated by Xu Shu, and Wei Yan and Chen Dao helped him. Self-protection should be safe!... Moreover, Shouchun's affairs are no longer what we can take into account now. The most urgent thing in front of me is to rescue my elder brother as soon as possible. Zilong! Call Zi Chong, Zi Feng, Wen'an and let us arrange and deploy tomorrow's combat!"

"Yes, General!" Zhao Yun left.

I turned my head and looked at the setting sun that was about to end in the west, and took a deep breath.

One day is almost over again!

And tomorrow will be the day that determines the success or failure of our army.

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The next day at dawn, the sky was dark.

On the tower of the Xicheng City in Runan, the Cao army soldiers who had been patrolling for nearly a night were exhausted and exhausted. They were struggling to support themselves, waiting for the next group of soldiers to come and change their guards.

"Da da da!" The tranquility of the morning was suddenly broken by a tight sound of horse hooves, and the sound became clearer from far to near.

"Beware, beware!" Under the scolding of the leader of the team leader, Cao's army on the city tower immediately disappeared and became alert. They opened their eyes one by one, focused on the direction of the sound of horse hooves. When they entered their eyes, they saw that there seemed to be two cavalrymen, one by one, one by the other, about 5,600 steps away, and rushed straight towards the city gate from the north.

After a while, a team of cavalry in front had arrived at the city. The leader shouted to the top of the city in a hurry: "Open the city gate quickly, I am Gong Du! The lord is seriously injured, and the Cao army pursuers behind are coming soon! Open the city gate!"

The one who called the city below turned out to be Liu Bei's army??!!! Because it was not clear, the Liu Bei cavalry under the city might have not seen the situation at the top of the city clearly, so they actually wanted to enter the city. Under the gesture of Qu Chang, Cao's army on the city tower set off their bows and arrows, preparing to shoot at the city.

"Open the city gate quickly! The Cao army, who was raised by the bitch, is coming soon..." Gong Du shouted urgently under the city again.

"General Gong, it's not our brothers on the top of the city, but Cao's army..." Before Gong Du's words fell, another extremely horrifying voice sounded beside him.

"What????? Could it be that Runan was also taken away by Cao's army... Ah, retreat south quickly..." Gong Du roared in panic, and led the way and left.

When Cao's army in the city reacted, when he took the bow and shot the arrow at the city, Liu Bei's cavalry had already escaped from the range of Cao's bow and arrow, and a group of about 200 cavalry fled in a hurry to the south.

A moment later, a team of cavalry behind also came to the city of Runan. Several terrified guards on the city tower were about to shoot. Fortunately, Qu Chang's sharp eyes were seen clearly that the cavalry later was wearing Cao's uniform armor, and hurriedly stopped and said, "Stop, it's your own people!"

The Cao army cavalry outside the city stopped for a while, leaving 5 and 6 cavalry, and the remaining 4,500 cavalry continued to chase southward.

"Brother on the city, I am Lin Hu, the Sima of General Xu Huang. Please come here quickly, otherwise it will delay the major event!" One of the remaining cavalry shouted loudly at the top of the city.

Although Chief Qu of Cao Jun on the city did not know what was going on, he did not dare to neglect at all and hurriedly sent someone to the county magistrate's office to invite Cao Xiu over.

Not long after, a young general with a handsome appearance, quite burly figure, wearing shiny chain armor and iron trousers appeared at the top of the city. It was Cao Xiu, the general who rushed to the city after hearing the news. Cao Xiu asked loudly under the city: "What the hell is going on?"

"Report to General Cao, the last general is General Xu Huang's army under the tent, Lin Hu. At the order of General Xu Huang, he asked General Cao to dispatch a vigorous cavalry to assist in pursuing Liu Bei's defeated army." The person who had just called out at the city replied loudly.

"The defeated army pursuing Liu Bei? Isn't Liu Bei's army surrounded by the prime minister's army? Where is General Xu Huang?" Cao Xiu asked in confusion.

"Report to General! Just at the two o'clock tonight, Liu Bei's army suddenly divided into two groups to break through. Although the Prime Minister's army tried hard to intercept, it was still successfully broken through by some enemy troops. After the breakout, Liu Bei's remaining troops were dispersed into 6,7 routes and fled east, west, and south respectively. Each route was under the banner of Liu Bei. Because it was dark, it was impossible to tell which route Liu Bei was, so the Prime Minister ordered the army to scatter the pursuit. The road that General Xu Huang pursued was all cavalry, and General Xu suspected that Liu Bei was among them. Just now, Liu Bei's remaining troops had just passed by the city, and General Xu was leading his army to continue chasing south. He ordered the last general to ask General Cao to send a cavalry to help and capture Liu Bei together."

Liu Bei actually escaped, and he had just slipped over the side of Runan City! Cao Xiu was a little disbelief and hurriedly asked the Chief of Cao Jun who was stationed at the city to ask about what had just happened. After being confirmed by the Chief of the defender Qu in the city, Cao Xiu immediately became ecstatic - what kind of extraordinary achievements would it be if Liu Bei could be captured! He was originally sent by Cao Cao to station Runan, but Cao Xiu was actually a little reluctant. Although he had become a general at a young age, he would inevitably be considered privately by people to be able to hold this high position by relying on his kinship relationship with Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Xiu especially hoped to make more military achievements on the battlefield to prove himself.
Chapter completed!