On the Tushan Mountain, Liu Bei was recruiting generals and schoolmen in the army to conduct military discussions.

"My Dukes, we have been besieged by the Cao army for nearly four days. Now our army has neither food nor medicine, and the arrows are about to be exhausted. Without food, we can slaughter the horse for a while, but the matter of no medicine is ineffective. Nearly a thousand soldiers in the army died of injuries, and some new wounded soldiers will appear every day!... Alas..." Liu Bei sighed lightly and continued, "If this continues, I can't hold on for a few days. So I'm ready to break through!"

"Lord, aren't you going to wait for General Zhang's reinforcements?" Liao Hua said in surprise.

"Yuan Jian, do you know that not only we are waiting for Yide's reinforcements, but Cao Cao is also waiting. Cao's army has surrounded and hardly attacked these days. One is to drag us down, and when we are out of food, we can take us down in one fell swoop; the other is to lure Yide to help and surround and annihilate it." Liu Bei said in a deep voice, "Therefore, when Yide's reinforcements can come and whether they can be reached is unknown."

After hearing Liu Bei's explanation, Liao Hua and others looked at each other silently and pondered for a while.

After a moment of silence, Gong Du (Note: A friend mentioned earlier that "Gong Du" appeared in Runan inexplicably in Chapter 36. Here Zhiyu explains: "Gong Du" at that time was not the real Gong Du, but just a plan designed by Zhang Fei to lure Cao Xiu to fight) asked, "Lord, when will you break through? I am willing to be the pioneer!"

"Tonight!" Liu Bei said resolutely: "Just midnight tonight, our troops were divided into two groups. I led all the infantry down the mountain to break through from the south as the first route. After I went down the mountain for a cup of tea, Yun Chang led the remaining 720 cavalry cavalry to break through from the east as the second route!"

"Brother, no!" Guan Yu suddenly heard that Liu Bei was preparing to use himself as bait to cover his breakthrough, and hurriedly stopped him: "Brother has a noble status and shoulders the important task of restoring the Han Dynasty. How can he be in danger lightly? I will lead the first route of breaking through the army and horses, and the eldest brother leads the second route."

"Second brother! With Cao Cao's scheming and thoughtfulness, how can we prevent our army from breaking through? Therefore, no matter which road, it is actually a life-and-death life!" Liu Bei said in a calm expression and said in a solemn voice: "But if you are the second road, with your skills, the chance of breaking through the siege is much greater than that of me. Moreover, if you have a successful breakthrough, you still have a heavy responsibility - you must do everything possible to intercept the third brother, and don't let him fall into the plot of Cao's thief! Second brother! The safety of the third brother will be left to you!"

"Brother! When we and the three of us got together in Taoyuan, we said, "I don't want to be born on the same day of the same year, and I hope to die on the same day of the same month of the same year, and I hope to die on the same day of the same month of the same year,' I will not abandon my elder brother and escape by myself." Guan Yu said in a resolute tone.

"Lord, General Guan! If you don't abandon me, Gong Du is willing to lead the first line of breaking through the army and horses. The lord and General Guan lead the Fengqi camp to break through from the east!" Gong Du asked Liu Bei with a sigh.

Liu Bei shook his head gently and said with an extremely determined expression. "No need for Bomin (Gong Du's name)! This time, because of my mistake, countless soldiers died on the battlefield. How can I abandon these soldiers who follow me ignore them? I have decided to live and die with all the soldiers!"

"Big brother (master)!..."

"Report~~" At this moment, a whistle-snooping ran to Liu Bei and others, knelt on one knee to report, "Sir, there are abnormal actions in the military camp south of Cao's army at the foot of the mountain!"

"Abnormal behavior?" Liu Bei thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Let's go! Let's take a look together!"

Soon, a group of people came to the southern foot of Tushan and looked upwards towards Cao's camp at the foot of the mountain. Although they were far apart, they could vaguely see that Cao's camp was indeed carrying out large-scale military mobilizations.

"What exactly is Cao Ji planning to do? Could it be that he wants to attack the mountain with all his strength?" After watching for a while, Liu Bei whispered in confusion.

"Brother, I thought it would be that way. If Cao Cao really wanted to attack the mountain with all his strength, he wouldn't just mobilize the army and horses in the south!" Guan Yu said with a long beard gently stroked his chin and said.

"Yeah~" Liu Bei nodded slightly and pondered: "What exactly does Cao Thief want to do?"

The rest of the people could not guess the reason, and they were all silent.

"Report~~" Another whistle-snooping came here.

Guan Yu asked to the whistle in a deep voice: "What should I report?"

"Captain Zhao Yun is back!" said the whistle-snooping tone.

"What? Zilong (Zhao Weiwei) is back?" Liu Bei and others said in unbelievable.

Liu Bei rushed to the whistle-seeing man and asked anxiously: "Where is Zilong?"

Before waiting for the whistle-detecting answer, Zhao Yun's clear voice had already come from afar, "Lord, Yun is back!"

Soon, Zhao Yun had already stepped up to the top of the mountain, came to Liu Bei, lifted his battle robe, knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and said in an extremely excited tone: "Lord, Zhao Yun is back!"

"It's good to come back!" Liu Bei hurriedly helped Zhao Yun up, looking at his body with blood stain in shock, his face revealing an uncoverable fatigue - it's obvious that this is a sign of a bloody battle. "... Zilong! Thank you for your hard work!"

"Zilong, where is the reinforcements of my third brother? Why are you the only one killing me up the mountain? Is it the third brother..." Guan Yu found that Zhao Yun was the only one who went up the mountain, and he felt a little cold in his heart and asked anxiously.

"Lord, General Guan, you're very happy! General Zhang's reinforcements have arrived, we can break through and go down the mountain!" Zhao Yun said excitedly.

"What? The reinforcements have arrived? Where are the Yide people?" Liu Bei asked anxiously after hearing this.

"Report to the lord, General Zhang is now in Cao's camp at the foot of the mountain!"

"So that's just now, Cao's abnormal behavior at the foot of the mountain was caused by his third brother. Why is the third brother still in Cao's camp but not coming up the mountain?" Liu Bei asked anxiously in surprise.

"Lord, this is the thing..." Zhao Yun briefly and quickly asked for help from Shouchun to Zhang Fei and led his army to travel 400 miles in three days. The process from attacking Runan to 300 cavalry to raid Cao's camp was told to Liu Bei and others, and then said anxiously: "General Zhang has made a vow with Cao Cao that our army has only two hours to evacuate. Lord, without further ado, hurry up and scrub the army down the mountain and evacuate towards Runan. General Zhang has already arranged a plan to withdraw Shouchun. As long as the lord arrives at Runan, he can take a boat and go straight to Shouchun!"

Although Zhao Yun’s story is very brief, the process is dangerous, and everyone present knows it. It is incredible to just say that they can capture people with 300 riders. After a while, everyone came to their senses.

"Ah... lord! The Cao army at the foot of the mountain has been in trouble, and they... have begun to give way!" Liao Hua shouted in surprise.

"Brother, don't hesitate anymore! Order the withdrawal of troops quickly!" Guan Yu said anxiously with his phoenix eyes wide open.

"...Well!" Liu Bei took a deep breath, his expression shone, and he decisively issued a retreat order. "My husband, please wait and go to rectify the soldiers and prepare to go down the mountain to evacuate immediately. The hundreds of wounded soldiers must also be brought back, so that the horses of the Fengqi Camp can be ridden with them."

"Get the order!" After Guan Yu and others received the order, they immediately turned around and left to sanction the army and horses.
Chapter completed!