At night, near midnight.

Gan Ning took a hundred selected soldiers and guarded the city gate, waiting for the hour to come and immediately leave the city to charge into the camp.

Guan Yu led a hundred men behind him, preparing to be responsible for responding to Gan Ning after he left the city.

Zhang Fei was originally asked to take over, but Liu Bei decided to let him escort Zhou Ping to Yecheng, so he had to let Guan Yu take the lead instead.

Zhang Fei heard that he could break out of the siege with Zhou Ping. He was so happy that he wished he could break out of the city tonight.

Liu Bei and Zhou Ping stood in front of Gan Ning.

"Xingba, remember, don't be too lazy to fight. Your goal is to wake up the enemies so that they can't sleep peacefully. Don't stay too long just to kill more enemies." Liu Bei instructed.

"Don't worry, my lord, Ning understands."

"Although this time is just to disturb the enemy, the risk of rushing into the enemy camp is extremely high. You must be careful in everything. Remember to retreat early. My lord and I will wait for your return in the city." Zhou Ping followed suit.

Gan Ning cupped his hands and said, "No."

Liu Bei took Zhou Ping, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu and Zhang Wu to the top of the city gate, looking at the enemy camp that was no longer visible in the distance outside the city.

They need to observe the reaction of the enemy soldiers so that they can better respond when they break out of the city.

"Sir, I have thought about it. There are many enemy soldiers outside the city. Only Zhongkang and Ziwei will escort you out of the city. I don't feel reassured. Therefore, I want Yide to protect you and go to Yecheng with you. When you go, you will take the people with you.

The hope of everyone!"

Liu Bei said softly.

Only then did Zhou Ping understand why Guan Yu led the troops to join Gan Ning instead.

It would of course be better to have Zhang Fei and Xu Chu and Zhang Wu escort them together. I had previously wanted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stay in Xiapi to guard the city, but now Liu Bei took the initiative and I couldn't refuse.

After all, Zhou Ping wanted to take the Imperial Seal out. Regardless of whether Liu Bei would think too much about it, if he refused to let Zhang Fei follow him, Liu Bei would definitely think too much about it.

"If you have virtue together, it will be easier to break through. Thank you, lord!"

"Haha, there is no need to say thank you between us. I know you didn't consider letting Yide go with you. You want him to stay to defend the city, right?"

Liu Bei seemed to have read Zhou Ping's thoughts.

"Yes." Zhou Ping replied slightly surprised.

"Sir, you can rest assured. With Yunchang and Xingba, Uncle Zhiboping, Wen Xiang and others here, are you still afraid that we won't be able to defend Xiapi City? I only hope that you, sir, will arrive at Yecheng as soon as possible and let Jizhou troops and horses

Retreat as soon as possible so that Xuzhou can be at peace!"

Liu Bei thought of seeing people fleeing on the road, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"My lord, although Kong Ming is young, he is very wise and resourceful. If there is anything urgent and difficult to decide, you can ask Kong Ming."

Zhou Ping once again recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei.

"okay."

"Brother, it's midnight and Xingba is out of the city."

Zhang Fei pointed to the bottom of the city, where a group of figures were slowly moving outside the city.

Yan Liang's camp was five miles away from the city. After Gan Ning and others left the city, they had no choice but to advance in the dark. If they lighted torches now, Yan Liang's people would definitely discover them immediately.

After Gan Ning led his men out of the city, Guan Yu and a hundred men also went to squat outside the city gate, waiting for Gan Ning to take cover when he led his men back.

Xu Sheng led a thousand men and horses to guard the city. If the enemy soldiers took the opportunity to pursue them, they could go out of the city to resist the enemy, or they could guard the city gate.

Liu Bei and Zhou Ping watched from the city. Soon Gan Ning and others could no longer be seen. There was only darkness outside the city.

"Step softly."

Gan Ning whispered, and led everyone to bend their waists, slowly touching the north step by step, and then slowly moving forward again.

They all had weapons in their hands, some wielding bows and crossbows, some wielding swords and shields, some wielding spears and halberds.

After about three miles of ground, we are now closer to the enemy camp and we need to be more careful.

"Shh, be gentle."

Gan Ning whispered again, making everyone step more lightly.

After a while, they looked at the enemy camp and were a hundred steps away.

"Strange, didn't the enemy general set up a hidden sentry outside the camp? Why didn't anyone notice it?" Gan Ning thought to himself.

According to his understanding, hidden sentries are usually left outside the camp to prevent enemy soldiers from attacking the camp.

It seems that the enemy general is very confident and thinks that the people in the city dare not come out to attack the camp!

This just allowed Gan Ning and others to get closer to the camp.

There is no moon in the sky.

Gan Ning led the people and continued to touch forward lightly.

He did not go directly to the camp gate, but to a place between the camp gate and the passage.

There are usually many soldiers stationed at the camp gate, making it difficult to rush in.

He led his men all the way to the edge of the camp without being discovered by the enemy soldiers.

Gan Ning was overjoyed, thinking that this Yan Liang was said to be Yuan Shao's top general, but he didn't expect that he was such a capable soldier. This time, he was going to show off his power.

The things to resist the enemy outside the camp were first ten or several weights of antlers, then trenches and ramparts.

If Gan Ning and others want to break into the enemy camp, they must first pull out the antlers, then cross the ditch and climb over the wall.

Liu Bei and Zhou Pingping stood on the city and looked from a distance, but they couldn't see anything or hear a sound.

This made them very worried, wondering what was happening to Gan Ning and others now.

"Sir, can Xingba rush into the enemy camp? Since we are disturbing the enemy, why not just let them shout outside the camp?"

Liu Bei knew that Gan Ning was brave enough, but he only led a hundred men into the enemy camp of 20,000 people. Even if he could rush in, whether he could retreat was still a question.

"Lord, don't worry, Xingba has this ability, and they will come back safely."

If Zhou Ping had known that Yan Liang had not set up sentries outside the camp, he might have asked Gan Ning to bring not a hundred men, but a thousand or thousands of men.

However, if you bring too many people with you, you will easily be discovered by people on the watchtower of the enemy camp.

Gan Ning waited until everyone was in place and shouted softly: "Pull the antlers."

Fifty soldiers with spears and halberds put down their weapons and hurried forward to remove the scattered antlers. A small section of these antlers was buried in the ground, so it took several people to work together to pull them out.

Yan Liang did not set up a sentry outside the camp, but he placed ten layers of antlers outside the camp. When Gan Ning's men moved to the fifth layer, the enemy soldiers on the watchtower seemed to hear the movement and shouted from a distance: "Who are you?"

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The soldiers who were removing the antlers were startled and stopped, squatting and not daring to move.

Gan Ning said anxiously: "Move quickly."

The fifty soldiers had no choice but to get up and move the antlers away.

At this time, due to panic, the noise became even greater.

Although the enemy soldiers on the watchtower could not see anyone, they heard the sound getting louder and louder, and quickly shouted to the people below: "There is a sound over there, go and have a look."

"Crossbowmen prepare."

Gan Ning ordered.

The crossbowmen all pricked up their ears, listening to the chaotic footsteps coming from a distance, while they cocked their arrows and prepared to shoot at the enemy.

"Captain Gan, the antlers have been pulled out."

"Quick, enter the camp."

Gan Ning said, he rushed forward first, crossed the ditch, climbed over the fortress wall, and jumped into the enemy camp.

The soldiers followed and turned over into the camp.

Only half of the people followed them into the camp. A group of enemy soldiers who had just heard the sound and came to check arrived with torches. From a distance, they saw a group of figures in front of them and hurriedly shouted: "Who are those in front of you?"

They didn't expect that enemy soldiers would come to steal the camp. They thought they were brothers in their own camp.

"kill!"

Gan Ning, regardless of whether all his men had entered, shouted and took the lead in charging towards the enemy soldiers.

The crossbowmen raised their arrows and shot directly at the enemy soldiers.

"ah……"

With several screams, several enemy soldiers fell down.

There were fifty enemy soldiers on patrol in this group. When they saw people around them being shot to death, they were sure that the enemy soldiers had come to steal the camp.

"Attack the camp! Enemy soldiers are attacking the camp!"

They quickly shouted loudly and raised their weapons to greet Gan Ning and others.

"General Gan Ning is here. He who is not afraid of death is coming!"

Gan Ning shouted his name loudly, rushed forward and started slashing at the enemy soldiers.
To be continued...