The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

"What should I do? What should I do?" Liu Bei paced back and forth in the room, rubbing his hands constantly, as if he could come up with a good solution by doing so.Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Liu Pi, Gong Du and others were also helpless.

Liu Bei raised his head suddenly: "Has Brother Taishi come back? Is there any news from Liu Jingzhou?"

Jian Yong shook his head: "No, Liu Biao was blocked in Xiangyang by Long Fei's people, and he couldn't get through at all. Even if they came, there would not be too many people."

"Ah!" Liu Bei was surprised: "What should I do, Cao Jun is right in front of me, is it possible to give up Yuzhou again?"

Sun Qian cupped his hands and said: "My lord, we are weak now. If we stick to it, we may not be able to last for a long time. It is better to give up Yuzhou to preserve our strength and wait for the future."

Zhang Fei said angrily, "Run? Are you going to run again? We've been running all these years, and we'll all run when we meet a strong enemy! I'm tired of running, and I'm going to fight Cao Cao to the death today!"

"Three generals, calm down!" Sun Qian hurriedly persuaded: "Cao's army is powerful, and the second general's life and death are unknown, and we are the only one left. If Cao's army attacks the city, it is difficult to resist, and there may be a better way out by taking a step back. "

"Never retreat! Never retreat! Even if we lose this battle, we must fight to the death with Cao Jun!" Zhang Fei did not retreat at all, turned to Liu Bei and said, "Brother, this Yuzhou was originally ours, and Cao Cao took it forcibly. Now Why can't we take it back again? Cao Cao is always wrong, and besides, there are still [-] soldiers in the city, so I don't believe that Cao Cao can capture Ge Po!"

Liu Bei was really helpless, he wanted to run away at first, but he, the third younger brother, knew best that his temper was like a fire, and he would never leave unless it was absolutely necessary.The last time when we were in Pei County, Cao Cao's army came under pressure. Everyone persuaded Liu Bei to surrender, and only Zhang Fei led the battle.Since Liu Bei surrendered to Cao Cao, Zhang Fei had a growing opinion of himself, and looked down on him in many things. If he ran away again this time, his image in Zhang Fei's mind would plummet.

"Can you fight?" Liu Bei tentatively asked the others.Except for Zhang Fei, the rest of the people were silent.Liu Bei sighed: "Hey! Third brother, our army has few soldiers, and Cao Cao is good at planning. I am afraid that something unexpected will happen, otherwise..."

"If you want to go, go, I, Zhang Fei, will never run away again!" Zhang Fei was angry, and sat down with his hands folded in front of his chest, breathing heavily.

Mi Zhu said: "Why don't we try? It's not too late to withdraw. Cao Jun is fighting Yuan Shao in the Yellow River. Cao Cao hopes to fight quickly. As long as we can hold Cao Jun for ten days, Yuan Shao must definitely send troops. At that time, Cao Cao has no choice but to go north." Come on, we're victorious!"

Liu Bei really didn't want to stay, so he glanced at Liu Pi and Gong Du: "What do you guys think?" Most of Liu Bei's troops belonged to Liu Pi and Gong Du.

Liu Pi didn't speak, and Gong Du smiled: "Isn't it just a war? Let's go. Cao Cao must send troops to chase after him. Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry are brave. We don't have an advantage in field battles. I appreciate the three generals' statement. how?"

Cao Cao's troops divided into two groups, surrounded Gepo on the one side as a feint, raided the ancient city on the other side, defeated Guan Yu, and then crossed Runan and went straight to Gepo.When he came to Gepo City, he looked up and saw the flag on the city. Cao Cao smiled: "This Liu Bei is really courageous! Pass on the order, rest for one day today, and rebel tomorrow at four o'clock, and attack the city at five o'clock!"

As soon as it was dawn, Cao Jun outside Gepo City started to move.Teams of soldiers are gathering, and all kinds of siege equipment have been prepared.Gepo is a small city, with only two gates, the front and the back, and the city wall is only rammed loess, and the upper part is relatively narrow, allowing only three or five people to walk side by side.In response to Cao Jun's attack, Liu Bei divided the [-] troops into three groups, one of which was led by Zhang Fei and guarded the main gate.One was led by Gong Du to guard the back door, and the remaining one was assembled at the back door as a reserve force for breaking out in the future.Liu Bei's subordinates in the city had already packed their bags, and if anything happened at the front gate, they would immediately open the back door and escape.

Cao Cao looked at Ge Po's defense, shook his head and said, "Liu Bei is not the right man! Zhang Fei and Gong Du are brave men, but let him guard the city, and this battle will surely be lost!"

"What good plan does the prime minister have?" Liu Ye asked hastily.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Order the army to only attack the front door and leave the back door for them to escape!"

Xia Houyuan said: "Isn't this the same as letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Cao Cao said: "I have thousands of cavalry. When attacking the city, I will lie down on the road that must pass through the back door. I just need to wait for Liu Bei to escape and then cover up and kill him. I will surely win a big victory!"

"My lord has a plan!" Everyone echoed.

With the sound of war drums, Cao Cao's army began to move.Cao Ren on the left, Li Dian on the right, and Xiahou Dun in the middle, led the Cao army all the way to the city wall.Zhang Fei yelled to release the arrows, and the arrows rained down on the city. Cao Jun in the front row hurriedly erected shields to block them.Xiahou Dun waved his halberd to knock down the arrows, and Cao Jun came to the city without flinching.As soon as the climbing ladder was erected, the rolling logs and stones on the city were thrown down, and many Cao soldiers were killed and injured.With a wave of his long halberd, Xiahoudun blocked the log that hit him, took off his upper body armor, and went into battle shirtless.

Liu Bei only gave Zhang Fei [-] soldiers and horses. Fortunately, the city wall was not too long.The soldiers swore to defend to the death, throwing all kinds of utensils that could be thrown down the city.But the city wall was too short, and Xiahou Dun's head was already exposed in less than ten steps.The archers on Cao Jun's side stopped shooting, and the pawns who had climbed the city had already climbed the city wall.Zhang Fei shouted: "Kill! Kill all these Cao dogs!"

Xiahou Dun broke through a little bit and attracted the defense of the city. Cao Ren and Li Dian took advantage of the situation and climbed up the city wall, separated the soldiers and began to fight hand-to-hand.Archers are the most vulnerable people to attack. When encountering infantry, they have no defense ability at all, and they are killed by Cao Jun for a while, and they collapse in an instant.Zhang Fei resisted Xiahou Dun, and the two fought to the death on the tower.The soldiers on both sides were so bloodthirsty, the city walls were full of people, and the corpses had piled up several layers, and the number of soldiers following Zhang Fei became less and less, and it seemed that they would be unable to resist.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the gate of Gepo's city was breached by Cao's army, and the soldiers guarding the city scattered and fled.The loud sound of the city gate falling to the ground could be heard clearly in the whole city.Liu Bei was startled in the car, and hurriedly poked his head out: "What happened?"

A scout, covered in sweat, hurried over, shouting as he ran: "My lord, it's broken! It's broken! The three generals can't hold on anymore! The main gate has been breached by Cao Jun! The brigade Cao Jun is coming here!"

"Ah!" Liu Bei panicked, "Where's my third brother?"

The scout shook his head: "The three generals are still fighting and don't want to withdraw!"

"Oh!" Liu Bei was about to get off the car.Sun Qian and Jian Yong hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, you can't, Ge Po is lost, and Cao Jun will arrive soon, so let's leave quickly! We won't be able to leave any later!"

Liu Bei shouted loudly: "Third brother! Third brother!" Two lines of hot tears flowed down his eyes.Under the protection of the crowd, the soldiers and horses retreated through the back door, protected by Liu Pi and Gong Du, opened the back door and fled in a hurry.

Zhang Fei was not stupid. Seeing that he couldn't hold on, he forced Xiahou Dun back with a spear, turned around and ran down the city.He found his war horse, turned on his back, swung the Zhangba Snake Spear, and ran wildly all the way.Cao Jun who entered the city wanted to stop him, but Zhang Fei killed them all.Li Dian grabbed a strong bow and immediately shot an arrow, which hit Zhang Fei's left arm.Zhang Fei put on his saddle and walked away without knowing where he was going.

Surrounded by everyone, Liu Bei escaped through the back door. As soon as he turned to the official road, he felt the ground tremble, like an earthquake.Liu Pi came to report in a hurry, and Cao Jun's cavalry came after him.Liu Bei was shocked and didn't know what to do.Sun Qian hurriedly said: "General Liu, General Gong, stop Cao Jun quickly, delay for a while, as long as the lord crosses the Huaihe River!"

Both Liu Pi and Gong glanced at each other, nodded helplessly, gathered their soldiers hastily, and waited for Cao Jun.Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun led the cavalry all the way to chase and kill those who fell behind, and those who fell behind made up for it and it was over.In the process of catching up, I saw the formation in power.Xia Houyuan said to Cao Chun: "Don't let Liu Bei escape, you can lead people around the defense and continue to chase, I will come after I finish them!"

Cao Jun's cavalry suddenly divided into two groups, bypassing the line of defense all the way, killing them in a diagonal stab, and heading towards the line of defense all the way.Gong Du gave a loud shout and galloped his horse to meet him. Xia Houyuan didn't give him a chance at all, so he swung his halberd straight into Gong Du's chest.Seeing that the opponent's weapon was longer than his own, Gong Du hurriedly blocked it.Xia Houyuan stabbed the air with his halberd, and when Gong Du was rejoicing, Xia Houyuan turned his wrist, turned the halberd blade, pulled his hands, and the sharp halberd blade hung on the back of Gong Du's neck.Gong Du was shocked, Xia Houyuan didn't give him any more chances, so with both hands, Gong Du's head flew into the sky.

"Brother!" Liu Pi wanted to cry but had no tears, it was really wrong to risk his brother's life for Liu Bei.

Cao Jun's cavalry came straight over, and the defending soldiers were a little scared and retreated one after another.Xia Houyuan took the lead and plunged into the enemy's formation.On the avenue, the hastily formed defensive formation could not resist Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry at all.A charge will be torn apart.Xia Houyuan spotted Liu Pi and rushed over on his horse.Liu Pi was about to turn around and run away, when Xia Houyuan delivered his long halberd to Liu Pi.Liu Pi hurriedly turned sideways to dodge, Xia Houyuan pressed down hard, and the whole body of the halberd rested on Liu Pi's shoulders, Liu Pi slammed his spear outwards to block Xia Houyuan's long halberd.Xia Houyuan turned around, and the long halberd rushed to Liu Pi's waist again.The force was so great that Liu Pi was hit by the halberd, and he flew out of the horse.

Liu Bei's carriage was loaded with too many things, and he couldn't run fast at all. He saw Cao Jun behind him getting closer.Sun Qian hurriedly said: "My lord, let's ride the horse!"

"This!" Liu Bei couldn't bear to look at the car full of gold, silver and jewels.Sun Gan sighed: "My life is gone, what's the use of these things! Please ride the horse quickly, my lord!"

Coming out of Gepo, Liu Bei still had [-] soldiers and horses, leaving [-] to block Cao's army.He was chased and killed by Cao Chun all the way, and he ran to his death. When he reached the Huaihe River, there were only a dozen people left behind besides Sun Qian and others.Seeing that Cao Jun was about to arrive, there were no boats in the river.Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed: "God, my Liu Bei will die here today?"