The next day, Liu Bei convened a meeting in the ancient city.
At the meeting, Liu Bei said: "I heard that Yuan's army was defeated in the Battle of Guandu and has retreated to Jizhou. If Cao's bandits occupy Hebei, the situation of the Han Dynasty will be even more difficult. I think we must make good use of Runan's troops and horses. Take advantage of this moment to sneak attack on Xuchang to bring Cao's army back and buy more time for Yuan Shao."
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun didn't have any objections. The other literary generals Sun Qian and Liang Mi were okay, but Yu Yi didn't say a word.
In fact, in ancient books, Yu Yi had already seen the entire process of the Battle of Guandu. He did not agree with Liu Bei's action. He felt that he should have his own base. This was the long-term solution.
When Liu Bei saw Yu Yi's silence, he took it as an agreement and began to formulate a plan.
Yuan Shao originally had many opportunities, but he failed miserably because he could not listen to the words of loyal people. Therefore, Yu Yi believed that his eldest brother Liu Bei must have this awareness. Now that Cao Cao has a large area of land, he can no longer rely on a mere 10,000 troops. There is no way to counter it, and at the same time, Yuan Shao's side is basically a dead chess piece, and it is impossible to do anything anymore.
Yu Yi added: "Brother, I still insist on sneaking into Yunnan and establishing myself as king. We must first have our own base so that we can continue to fight against Cao's thieves!"
When Liu Bei heard the idea of proclaiming himself king, he was very angry and said: "We are all Han ministers, how can we have the idea of proclaiming ourselves king? This is treason!"
Yu Yi explained: "Although Cao Cao is the prime minister, he is indeed a traitor to the Han Dynasty. Brother, you are the emperor's uncle. It is better to serve as the king if you make yourself king."
Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore. You gather your troops and horses, and we are going to sneak attack Xuchang."
Everyone was assigned tasks and left one after another, leaving Yuyi alone. Only Zhao Yun stayed, saying: "In fact, it is good for Yunnan to establish itself as a king, but Yunnan is far away from here. This is simply unrealistic. You It’s better to give up this idea.”
Yu Yi was unwilling to accept it and thought: "I also know that this is difficult, but how will you know if you don't do it? I will definitely prove it to you."
So Yu Yi did not participate in the sneak attack on Xuchang, but stayed in the ancient town to guard.
Liu Bei and others basically mobilized all the soldiers and horses in Runan, and approached the ground of Rangshan Mountain. They happened to encounter Cao Jun coming from the opposite side, so Liu Bei went to the stronghold there and divided the army into three teams. Guan Yu stationed his troops at At the southeast corner, Zhang Fei stationed troops at the southwest corner, while Xuande and Zhao Yun set up a stronghold in the south.
After Cao Cao's soldiers arrived, Liu Bei came out and formed a formation on both sides. Cao Cao took the generals out and asked Liu Bei to come out and talk.
Seeing Liu Bei appear under the banner, Cao Cao felt angry, pointed at Liu Bei with a whip and cursed, "I treat you as a distinguished guest, why are you ungrateful?"
Liu Bei said: "You say you are the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but you are actually a traitor to the country! I am the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty, and I have come to attack you specifically according to the emperor's secret edict!" After saying this, he took out the secret edict and began to publicize it. read out.
This was very humiliating. Cao Cao was furious and asked Xu Chu to fight. Zhao Yun, who was behind Liu Bei, took the initiative to fight. The two fought together for no less than thirty rounds without a winner.
Suddenly there was a loud shout. From the southeast corner, Yun Chang clashed. From the southwest corner, Zhang Fei led his troops to clash. Three soldiers and horses from three directions went towards Cao Jun to cover up Cao Jun. Cao Jun came from far away in the first place. , the men and horses were exhausted, unable to resist, and fled in defeat. Liu Bei won his first victory.
On the second day, Liu Bei wanted to pursue the victory, so he sent Zhao Yun to challenge, but Cao's army showed no movement. Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to challenge, but there was no movement from Cao's army, so Liu Bei fell into confusion.
In the ancient city, Yu Yi received news that Xiahou Dun was leading an army to attack Runan, and Liu Pi came to ask for help.
Yu Yi secretly laughed and said: "This must be Cao Cao's plan. Instead of facing his eldest brother Liu Bei's army head-on, attack his rear and leave him with no way to return. It seems that Cao Cao has many counselors around him and he is also smart. It is really difficult to deal with him. .”
The ancient city where he lived had less than 2,000 soldiers, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled. Going to Runan was basically of no use. He sent soldiers to pick up the two sisters-in-law quickly, and at the same time asked someone to tell Liu Pi to give up. Runan should leave directly, because his eldest brother Liu Bei will be defeated soon. It is meaningless because the strength of the two sides is too different.
On Liu Bei's side, someone first reported that the place where Gong Du was transporting grain and grass was surrounded by Cao's army, so Liu Bei sent people to rescue him. Later, it was said that Xiahou Dun came from a small road, detoured behind and attacked Runan, and Liu Pi could no longer defend it. Liu Bei was shocked and said: "In this case, we will have no way back, and we will be attacked from both sides." He asked Zhao Yun to go back to rescue.
In less than a day, someone came to report that Xiahou Dun had captured Runan, Liu Pi abandoned the city and left, Yu Yi from the ancient city also took his family to a safe place in the mountains, and Guan Yu was also trapped.
Liu Bei was very surprised. After a while, he heard that Zhang Fei went to rescue Gongdu, but was also surrounded by Cao's army and could not get away.
Liu Bei was about to rush back for reinforcements, but he was afraid that Cao Jun would attack him from behind.
Sure enough, someone came to report, and Xu Chu came out to challenge outside the camp. At this time, all the important generals around Liu Bei left, and Liu Bei did not dare to go out to fight. He could only wait until dawn and let the sergeants have a good meal. The infantry left first, followed by the cavalry. Following, the sound of preparing to eat could be heard in the village.
After Liu Bei left the camp, he walked several miles and came to a mountain. Torches suddenly appeared there, illuminating the road. Cao Jun appeared on the mountain and shouted: "Don't let Liu Bei go. Our prime minister is waiting here specifically!"
Liu Bei panicked when he heard this. Zhao Yun appeared at this time and said: "My lord, don't worry, please follow me!"
So Zhao Yun rode on horseback and cut a bloody path. Liu Bei followed behind with a pair of male and female swords. During the battle, Xu Chu chased after him and fought Zhao Yun with all his strength. Yu Jin, Li Dian and others arrived behind. Seeing that the situation was very dangerous, Liu Bei had no choice but to flee.
Hearing the shouts of death behind him disappear, Liu Bei felt a little calmer, and headed towards the mountains and remote roads, one man and one horse.
At dawn, a group of Cao Jun's troops rushed out from the side. Liu Bei was very surprised. Looking closer, he found that it was Liu Pi leading thousands of cavalry who escaped from Runan, and Yu Yi led Liu Bei's family's children. , come and join us.
Sun Qian. Jian Yong and Mi Fang arrived and told what happened, saying: "Xiahoudun's side is filled with Cao Cao's elite troops. We went to the ancient city Yuyi for help. He asked us to save our strength and leave early, so we abandoned the city and left on the road. , we met the pursuers, but fortunately Guan Yu appeared to block them, and we were able to leave."
Liu Bei glanced at Yu Yi and said nothing. It seemed that this kind of request for money was very similar. Yu Yi's objections were not honored once.
Liu Bei said: "I don't know where Guan Yu is now?"
Liu Pidao: "My lord, please leave first. Yu Yi and I will follow Guan Yu's whereabouts."
