Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 499
Hearing Zhang Fei's panic-stricken words, Guan Yu looked at the people who were scattered and died along the road, and he hesitated rarely in his heart.

He knew that he couldn't think about whether Liu Bei was dead or alive now, otherwise, nothing would be done at all!

Right now, it must be assumed, and must be confirmed, that Liu Bei is still alive!
What we have to do now is naturally to find Liu Bei. The key is to choose to go to Guangling, or to search here?

Although the former may be missed, it is not safe to stay here. What if Yuan Shujun chases after him?
Guan Yu thought about it again and again, gritted his teeth and said: "Third brother, you bring half of your own troops and stay to look for your elder brother!"

"But you need to be on guard at all times. If there is an attack from Yuan Shu's army, you must not fight recklessly. If you see something wrong, you must immediately flee to Guangling and join me."

"I will follow the trail of these people and go to Guangling to look for the eldest brother. If I find it, I will come back to meet you."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei replied, "Second brother, don't worry, leave this place to me, and go to Guangling as soon as possible!"

Guan Yu nodded slightly, and immediately galloped away with his men and horses.

He led the troops for a day and a night, and they were exhausted before they managed to enter the territory of Guangling for more than 100 li.

In order to avoid Cao Jun, Guan Yu marched day and night. At this moment, it was dawn, he saw that the soldiers were tired, so he let them hide in the woods to rest for a while. The soldiers leaned against the tree trunks and fell asleep instantly.

Guan Yu took a few personal guards and went to a high place to check the enemy's situation. He saw lush greenery everywhere, all mountains and plains were green, and it was impossible to see whether there was an enemy or not.

He watched for a while, and when he was about to return, he saw a figure coming from a very far distance.

Guan Yu motioned for everyone to be quiet, looked intently, and found that there were only two horses and two people coming, one on the horse and the other holding the rein, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

He looked at it for a while to confirm that there was no one behind him, and then he rode on his horse and rushed there. When he got close, the sound of the horse's hooves startled the other person, and the person who was walking subconsciously ran away.

Guan Yu shouted: "Mi Fang, stop!"

The man's body shook, turned around, and said in disbelief: "General Guan?"

When the woman on the horse saw her, she quickly got off her horse and said, "I finally met the general!"

That person was Mi Fang, and the person riding on the horse was Liu Bei's concubine, Mrs. Gan.

Guan Yu was full of doubts, "Madame fled with elder brother, and Taishou Mi is in Houqiu, how could we meet?"

"Where is the eldest brother's wife and daughter?"

Mi Fang explained a few words helplessly, Guan Yu was furious, grabbed Mi Fang's skirt, and lifted it up, "The city is lost, and it's only because of your incompetence, but you still left your eldest brother, wife and daughter behind?"

Mi Fang has been running around for two days, already on the verge of collapse, he shouted: "What do you mean I abandoned Madam, Madam obviously didn't want to come with me!"

"What can I do with only one horse?"

"I didn't even bring my sister out!"

In fact, what Mi Fang said was not wrong, because at that time, there were at most two people on a horse, and without Mi Fang, even if Mi Fang gave up the horse, the two women would not have the power to protect themselves.

After Mi Fang thought over and over again, out of various considerations, she finally chose to bring Mrs. Gan and leave Mi Zhen and Liu Bei's wife and daughter behind.

Now that he thinks about it, although he regrets it a little, he feels that he did the right thing. At that time, who knows when he will meet the enemy?
Maybe we can save one side by leaving separately, and maybe Mi Zhen was rescued by someone?
However, Mi Fang also vaguely knew in her heart that the chances of staying here would be much more catastrophic than good.

But he didn't dare to think about it now. At that time, he could only make this choice, and he was the only one who could bring Mrs. Gan out.

Guan Yu was still angry, so he lifted Mi Fang a little, so that Mi Fang could only breathe on tiptoe, and said coldly, "Then why did you bring Mrs. Gan out alone?"

Mi Fang's face was flushed, she was fighting with Guan Yu, he shouted: "There must be a reason for this, why didn't the general ask Madam?"

Mrs. Gan saw it, came over and said softly: "General, calm down, this is all my concubine's fault."

"This opportunity was given to my concubine by my wife."

Guan Yu stared, "What did you say?"

"Why is Madam like this?"

Mrs. Gan lowered her head and said, "Because my concubine is pregnant."

Guan Yu was stunned, and he immediately understood why Mrs. Liu Bei gave up the chance of escape to Mrs. Gan.

Liu Bei is almost forty, but he still has no male heir.

This is fatal to the lord. Even if the foundation is laid in the future, who can inherit it?
Although Liu Bei's wife is a few years younger than Liu Bei, she only gave birth to a daughter, which happened more than ten years ago, and it is obviously difficult to reproduce.

Moreover, Liu Bei has been living on the move. Although he has Mrs. Gan as his concubine, it is difficult to get pregnant under such circumstances, let alone a male.

Now that Mrs. Gan is pregnant, if she gives birth to a boy, Liu Bei will have a successor!
Thinking of this, Guan Yu suddenly realized that he had wrongly blamed Mi Fang. In this case, taking away Mrs. Gan was indeed the best choice!

He loosened his hand, let go of Mi Fang's clothes, opened his mouth, but did not apologize.

Mi Fang sat on the ground and gasped for air, cursing in her heart, "What the hell!"
I worked so hard to do things for your three brothers, and even my own sister fell into it. Is this what you got in exchange?

Now that Liu Bei's life and death are unknown, what face do you still put on?
I don't play anymore!
But Mi Fang thought about it, if she wants to save her life right now, she still needs to rely on Guan Yu's protection, so she had to suppress her anger.

Guan Yu spoke up: "When you came here, did you hear any news about my lord?"

Both Mrs. Gan and Mi Fang shook their heads, Mrs. Gan hesitated and said, "My husband disappeared the night he was raided."

"My concubine guessed that he must have entered Guangling if he didn't see him."

Guan Yu pondered, what Mrs. Gan said had some truth, but he had to see it with his own eyes, so he could rest assured. Thinking of this, he said, "I'll send some soldiers to send you to join your third brother."

"I led the army to Guangling to look for my eldest brother. If there is still no news after two days, I will come back to look for you."

After speaking, Guan Yu took his soldiers and headed towards Haixi in the morning light.

But he didn't know that at this moment, a hundred miles ahead of him, a fierce bloody battle was gradually involving everyone on the battlefield.

Yuan Xi led a surprise attack on Cao Chunle into the rear, repelling the two armies, and was able to lead people into the camp to join Lu Xun. The two discussed how to retreat after holding off for half an hour.

However, at this time, Cao's army arrived on the battlefield.

Yuan Xi looked at Cao Jun who was coming from all over the mountains and plains, and saw that most of his heads were covered with blue cloth, and he couldn't help feeling a little numb. This is Qingzhou soldiers!
The Qingzhou soldiers are extremely rebellious. Although the equipment is not very good, they are very powerful. The current reinforcement team is probably at least 2 people!
Cao Cao really invested all his money in it.

Yuan Xi smiled wryly. He still underestimated Cao Cao's determination to kill him. If he was not careful, he would be eaten by the other party as a bait.

He smiled at Lu Xun, "Bo Yan, I tricked you this time."

Lu Xun replied: "Young master is courageous, so Xun sacrificed his life to accompany you."

"But Xun doesn't want to die so easily. If we plan well, we should be able to delay it for half a day. We can only wait and see if things turn around."

Yuan Xi heard Lu Xun's plan and said with a smile, "Bo Yan is more thoughtful than me."

"Although there must be a counselor on the opposite side, we can indeed take advantage of the advantage of being faster than the opponent."

"Let's leave it to Boyan."

Cao Ren brought the Chinese army over to join Cao Chunle. When he heard the news of Xia Houyuan's defeat, he sighed, "Miaocai has suffered from this fierce tiger again."

"However, the opponent's camp is crude and can't be defended at all. Immediately organize the army and attack the camp in three directions!"

Not long after, the drums of Cao's army sounded, Cao Ren commanded the central army, Cao Chun's cavalry all the way, Le Jin's soldiers all the way, outflanked the camp.

Suddenly the spies in front replied: "The enemy has abandoned the stronghold!"

Cao Ren hurried forward on his horse, and he found that the cavalry and infantry of the opponent had withdrawn from the stockade and ran towards Haixi City!
He was anxious, Cao Cao's rear army was the main force, and it would take at least a few hours to arrive. His task was to surround Yuan Xi, hold him back, and prevent him from escaping.

If the other party fled back to Haixi now, wouldn't all previous efforts be wasted?

Cao Ren was anxious and shouted, "Hurry up!"

He looked at the battlefield, mobilized his soldiers, bypassed the camp, followed Cao Chun's cavalry, and rushed towards Youzhou Army.

At this time behind the battlefield, Xun You was riding a horse panting, and then he was about to rush to the battlefield.

Cao Hong marched day and night, and he couldn't take care of those who were left behind. As a military adviser with the army, although he rode a horse, his riding skills were not comparable to those of the generals, so he was also left behind.

Xun You arrived at the battlefield more than an hour later than Cao Ren's main force. At this time, Cao Ren had led the army to launch a surprise attack. Seeing the situation on the battlefield from a distance, Xun You's expression changed immediately, and he shouted, "It's not good."

"Hurry up and tell Zixiao to be careful of the empty camp!"

However, it was already too late. Before the men sent by Xun You could arrive, there was an explosion and everyone should have retreated. The deserted Youzhou military camp was densely populated with countless people, who directly attacked Cao Ren's rear army!
Xun You saw it from a distance, and sighed repeatedly. The other party mobilized soldiers and issued orders much faster than his own side, so even if he saw the problem in time, it was too late to pass the order to the battlefield!

The Youzhou Army arrived at night, and then hid in it. Because it was dark, Cao Ren couldn't tell how many people there were in the Youzhou Army. He only saw that many people fled. He made a misjudgment in a hurry, and was caught all of a sudden. flaw!
The rear army was unprepared, and under the full-strength raid of the well-armored Youzhou army, they suffered heavy losses. Cao Ren's heart was bleeding, and he hurriedly sent an order for Cao Chunle to come in for rescue.

However, Cao Chun was entangled by the Youzhou cavalry, and Le Jin needed to make a big detour if he wanted to get around the camp, and he couldn't get around even in a hurry!

Cao Ren raised his head and saw that the Youzhou army who had escaped had all returned and charged towards him. He was startled and ordered the soldiers to fight while retreating. The other party obviously wanted to behead the general!
While he ordered the soldiers to form a formation with shields, he slowly retreated, blocking several attacks from the Youzhou army. Just as he was about to join Le Jin, he heard several loud bangs, and several large pieces of Cao's army's formation were exploded. At the opening, Youzhou soldiers took advantage of the situation and rushed in.

Cao Ren didn't know why, so he had to retreat quickly, but the situation became more and more chaotic. The opponent's archers shot arrows at him desperately, and Cao Ren's mount was shot to death in a short time.

Cao Ren was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. Seeing the opponent approaching dozens of steps, he thought to himself that he was really in trouble this time!
Just when he was desperate, another trumpet sounded, and Xun You ordered thousands of infantry he had brought to rush into the battlefield and attack the rear army of Youzhou soldiers who came out of the camp, and the two sides immediately fought together.

This time the pressure on Cao Ren's rear army suddenly eased. He quickly found the weak point of the encirclement, led his troops desperately to break out of the encirclement, and joined Xun You.

Yuan Xi and Lu Xun returned to the camp, thinking to themselves that it was a pity, no one expected that Cao Jun still had a reserve army!

In fact, they didn't know that it was just a coincidence. If Xun You didn't fall behind, Cao's army might have been besieged.

But having said that, Xun You was present, and Cao Ren may not have fallen into the trap. There were too many factors on the battlefield, and the two sides were intrigues. No one could see clearly the outcome behind the fog.

Lu Xun looked through the telescope and saw that Cao's army quickly reorganized their formation as they retreated, and said, "The opponent's generals are experienced in military tactics, and I'm afraid they also have good counselors."

"It's a little troublesome now."

Xun You was talking to Cao Ren about the situation. Cao Ren listened and ordered someone to take out the arrowhead on his shoulder and bandage the wound. He gritted his teeth and put on the armor. Seeing him, Xun You said, "General, don't force yourself."

Cao Ren shook his head and said: "The envoy gave a special order. This matter is important and there must be no mistakes. If the ferocious tiger escapes, how can I have the face to face the envoy?"

While the two were talking, another spy came to report, "General, the Youzhou army has begun to retreat again!"

The two of them looked at each other speechless and cursed in their hearts. The other party was afraid that they had figured out their purpose and were pulling back and forth!

The key is that I have to chase after him, this battle is too disgusting!

(End of this chapter)