Outside the police city.
I saw an earth dragon sweeping over from a distance. Only when I got closer did I realize that it was the billowing dust and smoke raised by Cao Jun's cavalry!
The two generals at the head were none other than Ma Chao and Pang De, who served as the vanguard of Cao's army.
Looking at the closed city gate, Pang De turned to Ma Chao and said,
"General, although the Public Security City is small, with our military strength, we cannot attack it by force."
"Yes, let's wait until the military advisor and others arrive."
Ma Chao smiled nonchalantly and said,
"We moved so fast, Liu Bei's son must not have escaped yet."
The two of them called to the three thousand cavalry and asked them to dismount and take off their armor to rest, leaving only a small group of soldiers on guard.
Time passed minute by minute, and in less than half an hour, they saw dust and smoke rising into the sky from behind again. Ma Chao and Pang De knew that their own large forces had arrived.
They then asked the soldiers to reorganize their armor and wait for the arrival of Pang Tong and others.
Not long after, Pang Tong led the main force of Cao's army and arrived outside Gong'an City.
"I've seen the military advisor!"
Ma Chao and Pang De bowed their hands.
"Thank you for your hard work, generals. How is the situation in the city?"
Pound asked.
"Reporting to the military advisor, when we arrived, the city gate was closed, and Liu Beijun did not seem to have escaped."
Ma Chao replied.
"That's good!"
Pang Tong nodded and ordered,
"Start the siege immediately!"
Although he ordered to attack the city, Cao Jun still had to go up and persuade him to surrender!
Ma Chao rode forward, swaggering forward, and said loudly,
"Listen, people in the city. If you know what's going on, open the city gate quickly to avoid death!"
A head poked out from the top of the city, looked at Ma Chao below, and sneered,
"If you have the ability, just attack the city!"
Ma Chao looked at the man and was stunned for a moment, then realized,
"You...are you Guan Ping, the eldest son of General Yun Chang?"
Ma Chao had met Guan Ping before when he attacked Lankou Jushui Village.
In addition, Guan Ping and Guan Yu looked very similar, so he recognized each other at a glance.
"Yes, it is this general!"
Guan Ping said proudly.
"Your father is in the army, why don't you surrender quickly to avoid damaging the peace?"
Ma Chao smiled.
Before Guan Ping could answer, Guan Yu from behind heard the movement and rushed over.
Looking at the eldest son who had not seen him for a long time on the city wall, Guan Yu couldn't help but say with emotion,
"Tanzhi!"
"Father, second brother!"
Guan Ping's eyes turned red when he saw his father and brother Guan Ping.
Speaking of which, they haven't seen each other for more than a year.
"Just give up your resistance. You can't stop us."
Guan Yu shook his head and gave some good advice.
Originally, Guan Ping was ready to die for the city, but after hearing his father's words, he, who had always been filial, only hesitated for a moment and sighed,
"surrender!"
The thousand soldiers who stayed behind were relieved when they heard this.
With their few troops, how could they fight against Cao's army?
After a while, the public security city gate opened wide, and Guan Ping led a thousand soldiers who had abandoned their weapons and came out of the city to greet Pang Tong, Guan Yu and others.
Father and son reunited after a long absence, and could not bear to talk about their longing, so Guan Yu couldn't help but ask,
"Where are your uncle and the others?"
"Replying to my father, after knowing that you crossed the river, my uncle and the others immediately abandoned the city and went south."
After hearing Guan Ping's words, Ma Chao suddenly became angry.
"This Liu Xuande is so good at running away!"
"Tan's nephew, do you know where Uncle Liu Huang and the others have gone?"
Pound asked.
Guan Ping hesitated for a moment and said honestly,
"Before the military advisor left, he told me that they were waiting for me in Wuling County!"
"I'll set out to chase them!"
Ma Chao said and turned around, planning to pursue Liu Bei.
"Hey, Brother Meng Qi, you are not being honest."
Wei Yan quickly stopped in front of him,
"You have already lost track of Liu Bei, how can you still serve as the vanguard?"
"That's right, leave this vanguard to me and Wen Chang!"
Wen Chou laughed, got on his horse with Wei Yan, led a group of cavalry, and roared southward.
Seeing their leaving figures, Ma Chao was so angry that he could do nothing.
Although Wen Chou and Wei Yan were responsible for chasing Liu Bei, Pang Tong was afraid that they would be too careless, so he arranged for Ma Chao, Pang De, and Wenpin to lead a group of cavalry to follow Wen Chou and Wei Yan to avoid any accidents.
After everything was arranged, Pang Tong led the army to the police station.
After carefully searching the city to ensure that Zhuge Liang was not ambushing him, Pang Tong and others gathered in the lobby.
Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Guan Xing and his son got together and talked about what happened after they parted.
When he found out that Guan Yinping was married to Yang Ling, Guan Ping said "Ah" with a complicated expression.
"From now on, you can stay with your father and serve the general together."
Guan Yu patted Guan Ping on the shoulder.
"good!"
Guan Ping nodded vigorously.
Pang Tong on the other side was playing with the brush in his hand, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
If he kills Liu Bei and the others this time, he will be able to prove that he is more capable than Zhuge Liang, right?
However, Pang Tong's group waited in Gong'an City from noon until sunset, but did not see Wei Yan and Wen Chou return.
When the night was dark and everyone was worried whether Wei Yan and the others had been ambushed, they saw them entering the city dejectedly.
"General Wenchang, what's going on with you?"
Pang Tong said curiously.
"Reporting to the military advisor, we found no trace of Liu Bei or the others."
Wei Yan said angrily.
"ah?"
Pang Tong was a little confused.
Wen Chou on the side told the story in detail.
After they left the Public Security City, they came to Youshui and found that the bridge was destroyed.
In desperation, they had to build a floating bridge.
This back and forth delayed nearly two hours.
After crossing the oil and water, Wei Yan and Wen Chou continued their pursuit southward.
However, they found no trace of Liu Bei until they reached the Lishui River.
Wei Yan and others wanted to continue the pursuit, but the bridge in Lishui was also destroyed.
If the sky is already dark by the time the pontoon bridge is built, it will be useless to catch up with Liu Bei.
In desperation, Wei Yan and his party had no choice but to go back.
After listening to Wen Chou's story, Pang Tong looked puzzled.
He quickly turned around and returned to the lobby. He frowned as he looked at the sand table on the desk.
This is a little too strange.
When Liu Bei withdrew the police, there were at least 10,000 or 20,000 people.
With so many troops and a lack of ships and horses, no matter how hard they could run, they would never be able to escape Lishui.
Could it be possible...that they didn't go to Wuling County?
Pang Tong suddenly raised his head and looked at Wei Yan and Wen Chou.
"When you were chasing, did you notice that there were traces of the army marching along the way?"
Wei Yan thought for a while, shook his head and said,
"The general has not seen it!"
Pang Tong's frown relaxed and he sighed,
"Forget it, let them escape again!"
