Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 131 Escape to Xiapi
Zang Ba's army, relying on terrain defense, was struggling to block the advance of Tan Daoji's army. The two sides were fighting in this narrow alley, and Tan Daoji's army was unable to take down the enemy in front of them for a while.

The army is advancing slowly!After fighting for a long time, they only advanced one-third of the way. If the alley in front of them was not narrow enough to take advantage of the large number of people, Zang Ba might have been captured early on.

"Take a troop quickly, go around the enemy's back, and pinch the enemy back and forth! Be sure to defeat them when the sun goes down!" Tan Daoji glanced at the sun that was slowly setting towards the west, and let a captain beside him Divide the troops and detour, go behind Zang Ba, and give him a front and back attack.

"No!" The captain took the order to go, gathered his troops and horses, and quickly made a detour behind Zang Ba. He also knew that the military situation was urgent, so he didn't dare to delay.

Looking at the narrowing and shortening alleys and the decreasing number of soldiers, Zang Ba was in a state of confusion, but he had to stick to it and wait for Lu Bu's reinforcements. He didn't know that Lu Bu had been defeated!The vanguard of Gao Ya and Wei Yue was held back by Luo Cheng who was chasing up from behind. It was only a matter of time before they failed.

"Report! Your Excellency! I found an enemy army behind me, coming towards us!" Just when Zang Ba was anxious, a soldier rushed over to report.

"What?" Zang Ba was shocked when he heard this!Hastily asked: "How many troops does this enemy army have?"

"There are about 3000 people!" The soldier replied.

"My lord! What should we do now? If the enemy forces us to besiege us in this alley and attack us back and forth, we will be in danger! Please make a decision early!" said the lieutenant beside Zang Ba.

"Take some soldiers and horses, go and stop them, and hold on until the general's reinforcements arrive!" Zang Ba thought for a while, and finally decided to hold on and wait for the reinforcements.

"No!" The deputy general led the order and took away a thousand soldiers and horses from the original small force, and went to stop the enemy army coming here.

"Kill!" When the two sides met, they immediately shouted "kill", collided with each other, slashed with knives, stabbed with spears, Zang Ba's army bravely blocked the invading enemy without fear of death!pity!The shortcoming of the small number of people was soon revealed, and the 1000 troops were quickly defeated, and Tan Daoji's army continued to attack Zang Ba.

"My lord! The enemy's attack is too fierce! I'm afraid that Peicheng will be unable to defend, please hurry up and break through the west gate, it will be too late! The last general wishes to buy time for your lord to break through after the leader of the army is gone." It was blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was the enemy's or his own, so he stumbled to Zang Ba.

"Ah!" Zang Ba sighed lightly, there was nothing he could do!He had no choice but to retreat, staying here would only cost his life for nothing, Zang Ba was not a pedantic person, after weighing the pros and cons, he ordered to break out to the west.

"Pass down the order! Withdraw!" After finishing speaking, he turned and walked towards the west gate, leaving behind the deputy general to lead the troops.

The sun was setting, and after some fighting, Peicheng was finally captured by Tan Daoji. Peicheng was the second city to fall after Xuzhou City.

Zang Ba led his personal guards to break out from the west gate. After looking at Peicheng in the distance, he made a detour and went straight to Xuzhou City. At this time, Zang Ba didn't know that Xuzhou City had fallen.

Lu Bu's vanguard force, 2000 troops led by Gao Ya and Wei Yue, was defeated by the Luo Cheng tribe who was chasing him. Gao Ya was beheaded by Xiao Mahe, and Wei Yue was captured alive by Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng and Xiao Mahe went to Peicheng and Tan Daoji, relying on Peicheng to sweep the surrounding counties. After all the counties were owned by Li Song, Luo Cheng and others hurriedly assembled their army and headed towards Xiapicheng.

Lu Bu, who was defeated and fled back to Xuzhou City, was on the way, when he saw a fire in front of him, and a group of people came towards them, Lu Bu and others were shocked!
When Lu Bu found them, they also found Lu Bu and the others. They saw a man coming on horseback. Lu Bu fixed his eyes and saw that it was Chen Gong who came. Lu Bu and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Gongtai! You are not staying in Xuzhou City, why are you here?" When Chen Gong came in front of him, Lu Bu asked, why did Chen Gong not stay here in Xuzhou City in the middle of the night?Not only did Lu Bu think so, Hou Cheng and others also thought the same as Lu Bu.

"Didn't you go to rescue Xiaopei? How did it happen?" Chen Gong didn't answer Lu Bu directly, but asked about his situation.

"Sigh! Sir, I don't know! On our way to Xiaopei, we were ambushed by the enemy. It's good to be able to escape, and we still have the ability to rescue Peicheng." Hou Cheng said.

"Gongtai, you haven't answered me yet! Why did you come here?" Lu Bu asked again suspiciously.

"Xuzhou City has been captured by Li Song! I led 500 people, and before they could react, I came out from the west gate to look for you." Chen Gong said.

One sentence stirred up waves!Lu Bu and others were shocked when they heard that Xuzhou City had fallen. Regardless of his injuries, Lu Bu hurriedly asked, "Gongtai! Why did Xuzhou City fall? Where are Chen Gui and his son?" The wound on his body hurt so much that he grinned.

"It was Chen Gui and his son who opened the city gate to welcome Li Song's army and take over Xuzhou City. Chen Gui and his son have already betrayed you!" Chen Gong said.

"One day, I, Lu Bu, will kill this father and son with my own hands, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart. I treat them well, but they dare to betray me." Lu Bu was furious!The wound on his body was caused, and Lu Bu almost fainted from the pain.

"General! Are you alright!" Lu Bu wobbled a few times on the horse and almost fell off the horse. Qin Yilu hurriedly rode forward, reaching out his hand to support Lu Bu's precarious figure, and said with concern.

Lu Bu pushed Qin Yilu's hand away, panted heavily, and said to Chen Gong, "Gongtai! Let's fight back and take back Xuzhou City."

"Marquis Wen! Absolutely not!" Chen Gong hurriedly dissuaded Lu Bu.

"Why not! I, Lu Bu, rule the world, who am I afraid of!" Lu Bu said weakly.

"The thieves are powerful, and Xuzhou City has [-] troops! With our number of troops, we will die if we go back, no doubt we will hit a stone with an egg! Why don't we find another place and rest for a while! It's not too late to plan to counterattack Xuzhou City!" Chen Gongdao .

"Gongtai, in your opinion! Where should we settle?" Lu Bu asked.

"They were able to ambush you halfway. At this time, Xiao Pei may have fallen into the hands of the enemy, so this Xiao Pei must not go."

"The plan for now! The only way is to go to Xiapi City. It has not been breached by Li Song's army and is still in our hands. We should hurry to Xiapi City." After thinking for a while, Chen Gong suggested that Lu Bu go to Xiapi City city.

"Good! Fortunately, early in the morning, I ordered Song Xian and Wei Xu to lead the soldiers and horses to protect my wife and children and transfer money and food to Xiapi City. We will head to Xiapi City right now." Lu Bu said, at this time, Lu Bu was somewhat grateful to Chen Denglai. If it weren't for him, his wife and children would have fallen into Li Song's hands.

Lu Bu and Chen Gong reached an agreement. In order to avoid other accidents, they rushed to Xiapi city overnight and settled in Xiapi temporarily.

(End of this chapter)