On the 27th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Jian'an, the

20 miles northeast of Runan City, a deserted earthy mountain with an unknown, few people, about a hundred feet high and no more than two miles in a radius. Liu Bei looked at the distant east with a heavy mood. After a while, he shook his head gently and sighed.

"Brother, come and eat. You haven't eaten one day!" Guan Yu came behind Liu Bei with a piece of horse meat and said with concern. Two days ago, the little food carried by Liu Bei's soldiers had eaten up. In order to allow the soldiers to preserve their combat power and resist the attack of Cao's army, Liu Bei could only reluctantly order the slaughter of war horses, and cut the horse meat as military rations for the soldiers to eat. In two days, more than a hundred war horses had been slaughtered.

"Second brother, I have no appetite, you can eat it yourself!" Liu Bei shook his head gently and sighed, "There are hundreds of soldiers who have lost their combat power today. Now there are less than 5,000 soldiers on the mountain. I really don't know when they can last?"

Guan Yu handed the horse meat in his hand to the personal soldiers behind him, waved his hand to signal him to leave, and walked to Liu Bei's side, comforted him loudly: "Brother, don't worry. As I expected, my third brother's reinforcements will arrive soon. At that time, we can work together inside and outside and we will definitely break through the encirclement of Cao's army."

"...Second brother! What I worry most about is the reinforcements of my third brother! Now I think about it, letting Zilong ask for help from my third brother is probably not a good idea..."

"Brother, why do you say that?" Guan Yu asked in confusion.

"Cao Cao besieged us here with such an advantageous force, but he did not rush to attack the mountain. He just sent a few troops to feint attack and harass him every day. Even if Zilong broke through three days ago and went out to seek help, Cao's army remained the same. I suspect that he must have a plan..." Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"Brother means... Cao Cao wants to use us as bait to lure his third brother to come and rescue!" Guan Yu said in surprise.

"It should be so! With Cao Cao's scheming, he will set up an ambush on the way to help his third brother... If any of the third brother is not careful, then...ah..."

Guan Yu was silent after hearing this because he knew that Liu Bei's concerns were completely reasonable. After a while, Guan Yu spoke out: "Brother, today's third brother is no longer the third brother of the past. When it comes to battlefield strategies, the third brother must surpass us, and he can definitely see Cao Cao's treacherous plot. Brother, don't worry too much!"

"...Well!" Liu Bei replied in a low voice, walked forward a few steps, heading down toward the foot of the mountain for nearly a thousand steps, and looked at the Cao army camp where everything was guarded.

Breakthrough? The hope of success is extremely slim; waiting for assistance? I don’t know when the reinforcements of my third brother will arrive!

Could it be that this time I will really lose to Cao Mengde?

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At the same time, outside the Cao army camp at the foot of the mountain, Cao Cao was also patrolling the situation of Liu Bei's army surrounded on the mountain, accompanied by a group of civil and military officials.

"Prime Minister, I have been having a small fight with Liu Beijun these days, which is really unsatisfactory. It has been three days since, so it's time to attack the mountain with all my might!" Cao Hong asked Cao Cao hurriedly.

"Hahaha... Zi Lian, don't be in a hurry!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "Liu Bei is just a turtle in the jar, and he will be captured sooner or later. Why bother to be in a hurry? Now Liu Bei can only rely on slaughtering war horses to satisfy his hunger. How many days can he hold on? I want to see how many war horses he has to kill?"

"It's a pity that there is water source on this earthen mountain. If it weren't for this, Liu Bei's army would have been defeated long ago!" Xiahou Yuan said with some regret.

"Cough cough cough... It's certain to lose, it's just about sooner or later!" Guo Jia coughed a few times and said calmly.

"General Zhu, come here, I have something to ask!" Cao Cao suddenly turned his head and said to a general behind him.

The general hurriedly rode his horse to Cao Cao, bowed his hands and said in a flattering manner: "Master Prime Minister!" This man was Zhu Kang. After Cao Xiu took over Runan's defense three days ago, Zhu Kang was recruited into Cao Cao's camp. Because of his contribution to the city, Cao Cao promoted him to the position of deputy general.

Cao Cao pointed to the mountainside and asked, "Who is the Liu Bei army that guards the battle flag with the word "wolf" that is about to rush on the mountainside? Why is this army far more powerful than the rest of Liu Bei's army?"

Zhu Kang stared for a moment and hurriedly replied: "Oh... Prime Minister! The army you mentioned is Liu Bei's 'Wolf Tooth Camp', and the person who commanded the army was named Liao Hua."

Cao Cao frowned slightly and said in confusion: "'Wolf Tooth' is as powerful as a wolf's Tooth! - It turns out that the name is as good as his army. I don't know where Liao Hua came from, but he is so capable that he can train such elite soldiers who are like wolves and tigers, and are not afraid of death."

"Prime Minister, in addition to this 'Wolf Tooth Camp', there is also the Light Cavalry Army that plays the 'Wind' battle flag, which is also well-trained and has great combat power!" Xiahou Yuan was deeply impressed by the Light Cavalry Army that had chased him in a mess when he was defeated that day, and said in a flash.

"Yeah!" Cao Cao nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "General Zhu, what is the name of the light cavalry that Miaocai mentioned? Who is the commander?"

"Report to the Prime Minister, that is Liu Bei's 'Fengqi Camp', and the person in charge is named Zhao Yun." Zhu Kang replied in a hurry.

"...These two battalions of 'Wind Cavalry' and 'Wolf Fang' should be Liu Bei's most elite army. In addition, are there any such elite army in Liu Bei's army?" Cao Cao continued to ask after pondering for a moment.

"Reported to the Prime Minister, there are four elite soldiers in Liu Bei's army, and they are called "Tiger Bear Wolf Wind". In addition to the two battalions trapped here by the Prime Minister's army, there are two battalions of commanders and infantrymen, one of the "Tiger Gang Battalion" and one of the "Bear Gang Battalion". They had already taken Zhang Fei to invade Shouchun a month ago. The soldiers of these four battalions were brought from the ancient city when Liu Bei occupied Runan."

"Ancient City??!!!!" Cao Cao was shocked in his heart and turned his gaze to Guo Jia beside him, "Fengxiao, can it be..."

After a moment of contemplation, Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yeah! As expected, the fourth camp of the 'Tiger Bear Wolf Wind' should have been trained by Zhang Fei in the ancient city. He has such elite troops, no wonder he could defeat Zhang Xiu so quickly that day."

"Zhang Fei!" Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said in a deep voice: "I feel uneasy if this person is not removed! By the way, Fengxiao! Is there any news coming from where Yu Jin and Li Dian ambushed?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said softly: "Prime Minister, there is no news yet!"

Seeing Cao Cao's expression a little unhappy, Xun You smiled and said, "Prime Minister, don't worry. Shouchun is nearly 400 miles away from Runan. No matter how fast the march is, it will take about 5 days to arrive. As I expected, Zhang Fei must have not arrived yet. Moreover, if Zhang Fei wants to come from the east to rescue Liu Bei, he must pass through the ambush of General Yu Jin and General Li Dian."

"But if Zhang Fei did not take the dry road, he would instead take the water road - from the Huai River through the Ru River, he could also reach Runan. This would avoid the ambush of General and General Li." Liu Ye next to him expressed his concerns.

"This is impossible!" Guo Jia shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Although you can also go through water from Shouchun to Runan. One is to go upstream, and the other is to go upstream in today's seasons, mostly northwest wind. Against the current and against the wind, it takes at least twice as much time to go through drought roads. Rescue soldiers are like putting out fires, how could Zhang Fei do such an unwise thing?"

"Okay, let's see you here today! Let's go back to the camp for the time being!" Cao Cao turned his claws and was about to return to the camp.

"Emergency War Report~" At this moment, a Cao army raided a horse from the south to come quickly towards Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stopped the war horse and turned to look, wondering. Emergency battle report? Could it be that Li Dian and Yu Jin ambushed Zhang Fei...

In a blink of an eye, the whistleman had arrived 10 steps away in front of Cao Cao, turned over and dismounted and knelt down to report: "Prime Minister, emergency battle report! Runan City was captured by Zhang Fei, General Cao Xiu was seriously injured and was retreating here. He was about to arrive at the camp!"

Runan was conquered by Zhang Fei????!!!!!! Everyone present was shocked to the faces of the sudden change when they heard the news.

"What? How is this possible?" Cao Cao asked in disbelief: "Where is Wen Lie? Take me there!"

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