Lü Bu was in Xuzhou, and whenever the guests feasted, Chen Jue's father and son would surely praise Lü Bu's merits. Chen Gong was displeased in his heart, and took advantage of the gap to advise Lü Bu, saying: "Chen Jue's father and son face the general, and their hearts are unpredictable, so it is advisable to be careful and vigilant. Lü Bu said angrily, "You are making unprovoked accusations, are you trying to frame good people?" Chen Gong resigned and sighed, "If you don't agree with your word, my generation will suffer!" "He deliberately abandoned Lü Bu and threw himself elsewhere, but he couldn't bear it; and he was afraid of being laughed at, so he had to sullen all the time."
One day, Chen Gong led several horses to Xiao Pei to hunt and relieve boredom, and suddenly saw a stagecoach on the official road and rushed forward. Chen Gong was suspicious, abandoned the paddock, and led the leader to chase up the path and asked, "Where is your mission?" The messenger knew that it was Lü Bu's subordinates, and he panicked and did not answer. Chen Gong had his body searched and got a reply from Liu Bei to Cao Cao's secret letter. Chen Gong immediately took the book with him and took it to see Lü Bu. Lü Bu asked about the reason, and the man said, "Cao Cheng Xiang sent me to Liu Yuzhou to write a book, and now I have to return the book, but I don't know what is said in the book." Lü Bu opened the book and looked closely.
The book says: "I am ordered to try to lü bu, and dare not to work hard at night." However, the reserves were small and did not dare to move lightly. Master Cheng Xiangxing, be prepared as a precursor. Be strict and well-armored, and wait for the orders of the jun. ”
Lü Bu looked at it and scolded, "Cao Thief Yan dares to do this!" "Then behead the messenger. Lü Bu first sent Chen Gong and Zang Ba to link the Taishan thieves Kou Sunguan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and Chang Feng (xī) to take the counties of Yanzhou in Shandong in the east; gao shun and Zhang Liao to take Peicheng and attack Liu Bei; and then song xian and Wei Xuxi to take Ru and Ying. Lü Bu led the Chinese army himself and responded to the rescue of the three roads.
Liu Bei defended the city
Gao Shun and the others led the troops out of Xuzhou and would arrive at Xiao Pei, and someone reported that Liu Bei was informed. Liu Bei hurriedly consulted with everyone, and Sun Qian said, "You can quickly tell Cao Cao about the emergency." Liu Bei said, "Who can go to Xu Du to be in a hurry?" A man stood up from the steps and said, "I would like to go." "It turned out to be Liu Bei's fellow villagers, surnamed Jian, named Yong, and the character Xianhe, and is now Liu Bei's guest. Liu Bei immediately repaired the book and handed it over to Jian Yong, while letting him rush to Xudu for help at night, while rectifying the city defense equipment. Liu Bei guarded the South Gate, Sun Qian guarded the North Gate, Guan Yu guarded the West Gate, Zhang Fei guarded the East Gate, and Mi Zhu and his brother Mi Fang guarded the Chinese army. It turned out that Mi Zhu had a sister who married Liu Bei as his second wife. Liu Bei and his brother had the brother-in-law of Lang, so he ordered him to guard the Chinese army to protect his wife and children.
When Gao Shunjun arrived, Liu Bei asked on the city gate tower: "I have no vendetta with Feng Xian, why did I lead the troops here?" Gao Shun said, "You have joined forces with Cao Cao to harm our Lord, and now that the matter has been revealed, you will not be bound!" "After saying this, he attacked the city with his army. Liu Bei couldn't come out behind closed doors.
The next day, Zhang Liao led an army to attack Ximen. Guan Yu said in the city: "The public appearance is not vulgar, why did you lose yourself to a thief?" Zhang Liao bowed his head and said nothing. Guan Yusu knew that this person had the spirit of loyalty and righteousness, and did not add up with evil words, nor did he go to war. Zhang Liao led his troops to the East Gate, and Zhang Fei was going to go out to meet the battle. Someone had already reported that Guan Yu had rushed to the East Gate, only to see that Zhang Fei had just left the city, and Zhang Liao's army had already retreated. Zhang Fei was about to catch up, and Guan Yu hurriedly recalled Zhang Fei into the city. Zhang Fei said, "The enemy army retreats in fear, so why don't you chase after them?" Guan Yu said, "This person's martial arts are not under you and me." It is only because I feel righteous and have a lot of remorse that I do not fight with me and so on. Zhang Fei understood, and only ordered the soldiers to stick to the city gate and stop fighting.
Jian Yong came to Xudu to meet Cao Cao and explain the past. Cao Cao immediately gathered a group of strategists and said, "I want to attack Lü Bu, not worried about Yuan Shao's elbows, only afraid that Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu will take the opportunity to attack the rear." Xun You said, "The two of them are newly defeated, and they don't dare to move lightly." Lü Bu Xiaoyong, if you connect Yuan Shu again, cross huai and si, eager to figure it out. Guo Jia said, "Now you can take advantage of his initial rebellion, but the hearts of the people are not attached, and they rush to attack." Cao Cao obeyed his words and ordered Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Lü Qian, and Li Dian to lead 50,000 troops first, and the ziunified army marched one after another, accompanied by Jian Yong's army.
Earlier, the detective horse reported that Gao Shun knew it, and Gao Shun immediately flew to report to Lü Bu. Lü Bu ordered Hou Cheng, Hao Meng, and Cao Sex to lead more than 200 horses to meet Gao Shun, and then let Gao Shun leave Peicheng thirty miles to meet Cao Jun, and then led a large army to meet him. Liu Bei saw Gao Shun retreating in Xiaopei City, and knew that Cao Bing had arrived, so he left Sun Qian to defend the city, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang to guard the family, and he and Guan and Zhang himself raised their troops out of the city and went down to the village separately to meet Cao Jun.
Xiahou Huan drew his arrows and stared at them
Xiahou Huan led the way forward and was meeting Gao Shunjun. Xiahou Huan raised his gun and went out to fight, and Gao Shun stepped forward to meet the enemy. The two horses intersected, and the battle was forty or fifty, and Gao Shun could not resist the enemy and was defeated. Xiahou Huan chased after him on horseback, and Gao Shun went around the line; Xiahou was reluctant and also went around the line to chase. Cao Sex saw it, secretly picked up the bow and arrow, looked at it realistically, and shot an arrow, right in the middle of Xiahou Huan's left eye. Xiahou Huan shouted and hurriedly drew the arrow with his hand, not wanting to pull it out with his eyeballs. Xiahou Huan shouted, "Parents have blood, you can't give it up!" So he put it in his mouth and swallowed it, still holding the gun on his horse, and took Cao Sex directly. Cao Sex was not on guard, and was already stabbed through the face door by a shot and died under the horse. The sergeants on both sides were shocked to see the situation. Xiahou Huan killed Cao Sheng, and the horse returned, Gao Shun chased after him from behind, and the Army of Cao was defeated. Xiahou Yuan rescued his brother and left, and Lü Qian and Li Dian led the defeated army to retreat to The Lower Village in Northern Ji.
Gao Shun was victorious and led the army to fight back against Liu Bei, just as Lü Bu's army also arrived. Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun divided their forces into three routes to attack Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Gao Shun and Zhang Liao attacked Guan Yu's camp, and Lü Bu attacked Zhang Fei's camp. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each went out of the village to meet the battle, and Liu Bei led the troops to meet them in two ways. Lü Bu's army came from behind, guan and Zhang armies collapsed, Liu Bei led dozens of horses back to Peicheng, and Lü Bu chased after him from behind.
Liu Bei urgently summoned the sergeants in the city to put down the suspension bridge, not wanting Lü Buma to be fast, and then he also arrived; the city wanted to release arrows, and he was afraid of shooting Liu Bei. Lü Bu took advantage of the situation to enter the city gate, and the gatekeepers could not resist the enemy, and scattered and fled, and Lü Bu led the army into the city. Liu Bei saw that the situation was already in danger, and it was too late to get home, so he had to abandon his wife and children, pass through the city, walk out of the West Gate, and flee one by one on horseback.
Lü Bu chased after Liu Bei's home, and Mi Zhu came out to greet him and said to Lü Bu, "I have heard that the big husband is not a wife who abandons people. The one who now competes with the general for the world is Cao Gong. Xuan De often recited the grace of the Yuanmen Shooting Blade and did not dare to have a back general. Now he had no choice but to surrender to Cao Gong, but the general took pity on him. Lü Bu said, "I have an old friendship with XuanDe, so why can't I bear to harm his wife?" So he ordered Mi Zhu to lead Liu Bei's wife and children to Xuzhou for resettlement.
Lü Bu led his army to Yanzhou, Shandong, leaving Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to garrison Xiao Pei. At this time, Sun Qian had already escaped from the city, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also gathered some people and horses and stationed themselves in the mountains.