Liu Bei was outside the city, nervously waiting for the signal of Chen's arrival.
Whether they can succeed depends on the result tonight. If they can't succeed, Liu Bei actually doesn't know where to go. It's impossible to go back to Yuan Shao.
Because they were exposed in Runan, the road to the north would be cut off by Cao's army.
Liu Bei cannot fail, he must succeed. He cannot afford to lose. Every time he loses, all his previous efforts will be in vain.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei took a deep breath and waited quietly.
Chen Gong also felt like he couldn't afford to lose.
He must capture the city of Pingyu. If he cannot capture it, the only thing waiting for them is to flee. Where else can they flee now?
"Brother, sir."
Zhang Fei ran back and said excitedly: "It's successful, Uncle Zhi and the others succeeded."
Hearing this, Liu Bei and Chen Gong immediately looked towards Pingyu Tower.
I saw the light of the torch swinging on the tower in the darkness, drawing a special pattern. This was the signal they had agreed to communicate with each other.
Once such a signal appears on the city tower, it means that Chen Dao has captured a city gate.
"It really worked!"
Chen Gong said excitedly: "Zilong will be the vanguard and enter the city first. The two generals, Zhang and Zhang, will cooperate with Zilong to quickly take down the gates on all four sides and control the city tower. My lord and I will go to the Yamen Office and the Prefect's Mansion. Kill them and take control of the Runan governor and all the officials!"
"good!"
Zhao Yun and Guan Zhang said in unison.
They suddenly became excited, and they didn't know how excited they were.
Finally, we can truly occupy a city, or even a county, and we can usher in new development. We can fight for the future, so let's fight happily!
They acted quickly.
Zhao Yun first came to the city gate and saw that the city gate here had been opened by Chen Dao.
"Zi Long!"
Chen Dao walked out of the door and said, "I have controlled this place. Come in quickly!"
"All come to town!"
Zhao Yun was the first to enter the city gate.
Other soldiers followed.
Guan and Zhang also followed and led their troops into the city.
After seeing the city gate, all of them were their own people, and they immediately felt stable. It would be really good to cut off Cao Cao's flesh!
"Follow Mr. Gongtai's plan."
Zhao Yun whispered.
"good!"
Guan and Zhang nodded.
They immediately dispersed and went to the other three city gates to control a city as quickly as possible.
Liu Bei brought Chen Gong, Liu Pi and Gong Du in with him.
"Uncle Zhi, well done!"
Liu Bei patted Chen Dao on the shoulder and said in an excited tone: "You guard this city gate. The others will follow me and kill the Runan governor first!"
After saying this, he led his men and went to the prefect's mansion to kill them first.
However, the opposite happened.
Cao Ang and the others have been staring at Liu Bei and others for a long time.
At this time, everyone has entered the city, so let's catch turtles in a jar. If Liu Bei can be eliminated, that would be the best. If not, then all the troops Liu Bei has recruited will be eliminated without leaving any trace.
"Do it!"
Cao Ang ordered.
Cao Tai and Cao Fu quickly passed on the order.
Just when Zhao Yun and the others were about to disperse and go away, a large number of sharp arrows were shot out from the streets on both sides.
The arrows shot through the air and shot into Liu Bei's soldiers, causing them to fall instantly.
Before Zhao Yun and the others could slow down, the second batch of sharp arrows were shot out.
At the same time, dozens of people suddenly walked out of the city, closed the city gate from the outside in, and locked Liu Bei inside the city.
"not good!"
Chen Gong's expression changed drastically.
This guy actually has an ambush?
Cao Cao and the others were really sure that Liu Bei would open a battlefield in the south, and they could even reach the county town of Pingyu, specifically to intercept and kill here. If they could enter the city tonight, it would be a trap dug for them to jump in.
Liu Bei panicked at this time and was at a loss for a moment. He asked: "Gongtai, what should I do?"
I never dreamed that Cao Cao could be so powerful.
"Get out of the city, quickly get out of the city."
Chen Gong shouted eagerly: "Gather the whole army and fight out of the city together. General Zhang, you are strong. Come back and break the city gate quickly!"
Their plan was completely disrupted.
Zhao Yun and others quickly gathered around Liu Bei, started to protect Liu Bei, and then fought out together.
Soldiers with shields took out their shields to block the incoming arrows.
But more soldiers were knocked down by the sharp arrows fired at random, and fell to the ground in pieces, in a mess.
Cao Ang and the others quickly ran out of arrows.
In the darkness, no matter how accurate the arrow is, it will be shot anyway. It counts as many people as it can shoot down. If it cannot be shot, it will create chaos for the enemy.
Now they've shot down quite a few people, but they've also created enough chaos.
After the arrows were shot, Cao Ang ordered to kill.
"kill!"
Cao Tai and Cao Fu shouted in unison that these soldiers, all wearing thick armor and holding sharp new weapons in their hands, did not dare to fight against generals of Guan Zhang's level.
But there is no problem at all in killing those remnants of the Yellow Turbans and the refugees they recruited back.
For a while, like chopping melons and vegetables, he quickly slashed with the knife, and the enemies fell in pieces, killing the rabble with fear.
The remnants of the Yellow Turbans of Liu Pi and Gong Du were indeed a rabble.
In addition, the refugees recruited back had not received much formal training. They did not even have complete weapons in their hands. More than half of them had wooden sticks in their hands.
Facing the regular troops, Cao Ang's elite soldiers were not enough to look at, and were quickly cut to pieces.
If it was a downwind game, these people might be okay, but now it's a headwind game, they have to be chased and chopped, running around randomly, not obeying Liu Bei's command and control at all.
"Yide, hurry up and break the door."
Liu Bei shouted again.
Seeing Cao Ang's soldiers approaching and blocking them all at the city gate, Liu Bei was anxious and panicked. He was frightened and didn't know what to do.
The city gate was locked outside the city by people from outside.
Zhang Fei was leading the soldiers and slammed the door with all his strength.
"Yide, get out of the way and wait for me to come?"
At this time, Guan Yu came back from the rear and shouted: "If you go to protect your eldest brother, you must protect your eldest brother!"
As he spoke, he dragged the knife in his hand hard, and then slashed at the door, causing sawdust to fly.
He cut a deep hole in the city gate.
"Break open!"
Guan Yu shouted loudly, twisted the knife in his hand hard, and pried out a large piece of wood. He picked up the knife again and chopped it down hard.
The second sword was struck at the same position with almost all of its strength.
Finally, it was cut through by him.
After prying up another large piece of wood, Guan Yu gasped and said, "If you don't want to die, chop it down quickly. If you chop it through, we can survive!"
The remaining soldiers suddenly became restless.
Seeing the hope of survival, they rushed to chop down with their swords.
Inside the city.
The soldiers led by Cao Tai and Cao Fu continued to chop melons and vegetables, and almost chopped Liu Bei's men to pieces. They pushed forward all the way, and no one could stop them.
