Can I get to the other side?

Five full days have passed since Liu Bei's attack on Peixian County.

Siege is a very time-consuming matter. It usually focuses on siege, cutting off the opponent's food supply line, and forcing the opponent to surrender after the food in the city is exhausted. It is rare for a large army to attack by force.

Because cities are easy to defend but difficult to attack, if you want to attack by force, you will need to use at least several times the strength of the defenders in the city to be able to attack, and you will also need to pay heavy casualties, which is often not worth the gain.

There are a full 6,000 defenders in Pei County. Liu Bei's plan to capture the city with 5,000 men is no different from a dream.

But with the military order, even though he knew that the possibility of capturing Peixian with 5,000 men was almost zero, he had to send troops to attack to fight for the slightest chance of survival.

Therefore, on the first day after arriving outside Peixian County, Liu Bei personally commanded the army and launched a fierce attack on Peixian County at night, hoping to capture Peixian County by surprise, but the result was unsatisfactory.

Not only had the 5,000-strong army suffered a lot of losses, many of the remaining soldiers were injured, and their fighting spirit was low. This forced him to rest and think about countermeasures.

This thought lasted four full days.

At the foot of a mountain ten miles away from Peixian County, Liu Bei's Shanzi Camp was stationed here, as well as Yuan Shao's 50,000 troops who were holding the battle for him.

The dark tents covered the mountains and plains, and it was particularly shocking when viewed from a distance.

At this time, on a small hill in the camp, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were standing here, looking at Peixian County in the distance.

"It's been five days..."

Liu Bei sighed, with lingering sadness on his face.

In the past few days, he had been tortured by the huge pressure brought by the military order and had not had a peaceful sleep. Every time he thought about it, he felt anxious.

How can we capture Peixian County?

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side saw this, and although they were worried for their elder brother, they couldn't think of a better way.

Zhang Fei couldn't help it anymore and said anxiously: "Brother, let's find a way to escape quickly. How can we defeat Peixian County with so few troops left now?"

A group of remnants captured Peixian County in five days.

It’s a complete fantasy!

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "We can't escape. There are people in the military camp who are always watching us. As long as we want to escape, Yan Liang Wen Chou will know it immediately."

"Yuan Shao didn't send these two here just for show."

If he could escape, Liu Bei would have escaped long ago.

But the key is that there is no chance to escape. Yan Liangwen Chou kept a close eye on them and even sent people over every day to check on the situation.

If you are on guard, how can you escape?

Once discovered, Yan Liang Wen Chou would immediately lead an army to hunt them down. How could the three of them defeat an army of tens of thousands?

A sharp look flashed in Guan Yu's eyes, and he said: "Then let's just stop doing nothing and burn the food, grass, baggage and military camp before running away. Then we will see whether Yan Liangwen Chou will chase us or put out the fire first!"

The food and baggage was the most important thing for the army. If the food and grass were burned, the army might collapse. He did not believe that Yan Liang Wen Chou would not even care about this.

Liu Bei still rejected the proposal, shook his head and said, "I've seen it. They have been wary of it for a long time. This strategy will not work."

It was not that he had never thought about this plan. That day he went to the food and baggage area to take a look and found that there were three times as many soldiers patrolling and guarding the area.

It was obvious that the other party was preventing them from setting fire to the food and grass.

"These two damn guys!"

Zhang Fei was very angry after hearing this, but he had nowhere to vent, so he could only punch a pine tree next to him, leaving a deep fist mark on it and making the whole tree shake.

"I would rather lead troops to attack the city and die on the battlefield than be punished by Lao Shizi's military law!"

"Brother, let me personally lead the troops to attack the city tomorrow. If we capture it, we will continue to be brothers in this life; if we fail to capture it, we will continue to be brothers in the next life!"

Zhang Fei looked down on these two guys, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, at all.

He would rather die fighting than die at their hands!

Guan Yu also said in a deep voice: "Brother, I will go with my third brother! If you live, you will live, if you die, you will die! What should I be afraid of!"

Faced with the two brothers' request to fight, Liu Bei remained silent.

Is this the last resort?

"Liu Xuande, Liu Xuande, it is in vain that you have the blood of the Han Dynasty in your body, but a mere Pei County has pushed you to the point of despair!"

"How ironic!"

Liu Bei felt bitter and full of self-blame.

If he hadn't coveted the huge appeal brought by the emperor's edict and went to the emperor privately, how could he have fallen into Yuan Shao's trap and fallen into such a predicament?

It was okay for him to die, but it was the most shameful thing for him to have his two brothers die with him.

Liu Bei sighed, turned around and walked towards the military camp, leaving only a tired sentence: "Let me think of another way."

Before the last moment, he didn't want Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead their troops to attack the city in person, because that would be no different from committing suicide.

If that moment really comes, he won't survive.

"Brother, don't hesitate!"

Zhang Fei shouted towards Liu Bei's back: "Let me and my second brother lead the troops to attack the city. Maybe we can capture it!"

"Besides, it's not a problem to drag it out like this. Is it possible that Lu Bu will return Peixian County to us honestly?"

As soon as these words fell, Liu Bei's footsteps stopped.

He suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Fei, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, and asked, "Yide, what did you just say?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "I said, let me and my second brother lead the troops to attack the city, maybe we can capture it."

"Not this, it's the next sentence!"

"It's not a good thing to drag it on like this, is it possible that Lu Bu will honestly return Pei County to us?"

"Yes! That's right! That's it! That's it!"

Liu Bei slapped his thigh, his face full of excitement, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were startled by him.

The two looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Brother...are you crazy?

After a long while, Liu Bei took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said with a sharp look in his eyes: "Yun Chang, Yide, I have a way!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were even more surprised.

Especially Zhang Fei, he looked strange and said: "Brother, you don't really want Lu Bu to return Pei County to us, right?"

"Why not?"

Liu Bei didn't mean to joke at all, and said seriously: "Although Lu Bu is fickle and can be called a villain, he has no ambition to secede from one side, and he can even be called loyal to the Han Dynasty and Your Majesty."

"If not, how could Your Majesty personally appoint him as Marquis Wen?"

"Now that Your Majesty is controlled by Yuan Shao, I just need to tell Lu Bu about your situation, unite with him, and let him help me through the current predicament, he may agree!"

This is the way he came up with to break the deadlock!