At dawn, Lu Bu's troops withdrew from the camp and slowly headed southwest. Only Gao Shun and his six hundred camps were left in the camp. Their mission was to drag them down when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their troops to chase them, so that they could not mobilize their troops to chase Lu Bu in a short time.

When Guan Yu entered the city last night, he arranged a lot of horses to monitor their actions near Lu Bu's camp. As soon as Lu Bu's soldiers left the camp, they were discovered by the horses. The horses ran into the city and reported to Guan Yu that Lu Bu's withdrawal.

After learning that Lu Bu withdraws his troops, the three of them have different opinions on whether to send troops to chase him. Taishici was trapped in the city by Lu Bu for a while, and he felt particularly frustrated. He finally had a chance to take revenge, so he could not let it go easily. In his heart, Lu Bu has now become a dog of a broken family. If he doesn't take the opportunity to chase him, how can he get anger in his heart?

However, as soon as he proposed this plan, Guan Yu rejected it. Guan Yu waved his hand at Taishi Ci and said, "General Taishi, you don't know. Before we came here, we had heard from the lord that if Lu Bu wanted to destroy you, it was just a matter of making a move. The reason why he was slow to surround you was simply waiting for us to rescue him. In this way, he would be understandable when he returned to his post as Shouchun."

Although Taishi Ci hated Lu Bu to the core, he couldn't help but think carefully after Guan Yu said this. He thought to himself: If Lu Bu had launched an siege battle in the past two days after he retreated to Licheng, could he defend it? The answer is no. With the combat effectiveness of the new recruits under his command, if they lacked the equipment to defend the city, they would probably not be able to bear it for an hour, and the city would be occupied by Lu Bu. However, the other party always surrounded and did not attack, as if they were waiting for their reinforcements to arrive, and then he could retreat back to Shouchun for legitimate reasons.

After Guan Yu explained this, Taishi Ci quickly understood the causes and consequences, and Zhang Fei was still confused. He wanted to catch up with Lu Bu and compete with the other party. He said without saying a word: "Second brother, no matter what Lu Bu is thinking, since he wants to escape now, we must not let him go, otherwise when he recovers, he will try every means to deal with us."

"Yide, you can rest assured about this." Guan Yu said confidently: "Since Lu Bu is reluctant to attack General Taishi, it proves that he does not want to attack Licheng at all, so he stationed outside the city and held his troops, just to wait for our reinforcements to arrive."

Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly: "Since the slaves of the three surnames are unwilling to attack General Taishi, why did he chase him all the way and even trap General Taishi in the city?"

"Yide, Lu Bu's newly recruited Yuan Shu was not yet trusted by Yuan Gonglu. Therefore, after receiving the order to chase General Taishi, he had to lead his troops to pursue him and act as an excuse to prevent Yuan Shu." In order to convince Zhang Fei, Guan Yu also gave an example: "General Taishi's thousands of soldiers and horses fought against Lu Bu's camp, and they immediately collapsed. If the other party took advantage of the victory to pursue him, do you think General Taishi can still lead his troops to escape into Licheng?"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "So that's the case. It seems that Lu Bu was also ordered and did not really want to be an enemy with General Taishi." After pausing for a moment, he remembered the incident of Lu Bu's siege yesterday, "But why did he attack the city yesterday? Judging from his posture at that time, if our army came for a while, he would probably have taken down Licheng."

"General Taishi," Guan Yu and Zhang Fei finished speaking, looked at Taishi Ci and said with a smile: "You should explain this to Yide."

"According to the horse's revelation," Taishici said to Zhang Fei: "The day before yesterday, a soldier entered Lu Bu's camp. It is said that the person who came from Yuan Shu's confidant general Ji Ling, probably Yuan Shu urged Lu Bu to fight. In this way, no matter whether Lu Bu is willing to attack us or not, he has to send troops to attack the city."

Guan Yu stood up and said to the two, "General Taishi, just stay in the city to defend the city. Yide and I can lead our troops to chase Lu Bu."

"What, lead the troops to chase Lu Bu?" Taishi Ci was confused by Guan Yu's words. He asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that Lu Bu doesn't want to be an enemy of our army at all, so he doesn't have to send troops to chase them?"

"That's right, Guan Mou did say so." Guan Yu did not deny Taishi Ci's doubts. He continued: "If Lu Bu retreated and we stayed in the city and kept the troops in control, I am afraid that even if Lu Bu returned to Shouchun, it would arouse Yuan Shu's suspicion. Therefore, it is necessary for us to lead our troops and follow Lu Bu. It is not too late for us to come back after they are far away from Licheng."

After Guan Yu said this, Taishici immediately understood and said, "I understand. Guan Xianfeng led his troops to follow Lu Bu's troops, creating an illusion for Ji Ling and other Yuan Shu's confidants, making them think that our army was constantly chasing behind him, so that Lu Bu had to lead his troops to retreat."

Guan Yu turned his head and said to Zhang Fei, "Yide, you and I will lead 3,000 troops to chase Lu Bu. We must keep a distance of two miles from him. He is faster and we will be faster. He stops and we will rest. Try not to confront them."

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Gao Shun, who was staying in the camp, had long seen the horse surfing outside the camp. He knew that as soon as Lu Bu left, the horse surfing would report the news to the city, and then the army in the city would flock to him. Unexpectedly, after waiting for an hour, he saw the city gate open from afar. The Jizhou army slowly came out of the city and lined up outside the city calmly.

Seeing the Jizhou army scrambled to array, the soldiers in the camp couldn't help but shake their heads secretly, thinking that such soldiers met themselves on the battlefield, even if they had an advantage in numbers, they might not be able to defeat themselves. Not long ago, these soldiers in the camp thought that they had almost no chance of surviving this time. But at this time, seeing the performance of the Jizhou army, hoped that they would suddenly ignite hope. They felt that if they took the initiative to fight, it would be enough to completely disrupt the other party. With such thoughts, many people turned their heads to look at Gao Shun behind the team, hoping that he could give orders to fight. However, Gao Shun, who was riding on the horse, stared at the distance with expressionless expression, and did not give any orders at all.

The Jizhou army took two incense sticks to barely complete the formation and then walked towards the camp where the Shanxing Camp was. When Gao Shun saw the Jizhou army getting closer and closer, he was wondering whether to stick to the camp or take Shanxing Camp out to fight to the death with the Jizhou army. But at this moment, the Jizhou army stopped again.

Seeing the Jizhou army stopping two arrows away from the camp, and then standing there motionlessly, Gao Shun felt particularly puzzled. He thought to himself: What is the Jizhou army going to do, why stop so far away from the camp?

The two sides were like this, one in the village and the other outside the village. They were stalemate for more than half an hour, and no one moved. Seeing this, Gao Shun knew that the Jizhou army would not take the initiative to attack him, so he issued an order to retreat.

There were few people in the camp. As the order was issued, the soldiers in the square turned around and walked towards the south gate of the village with neat steps. The Jizhou army in the distance noticed the movements in the village, but there was still no movement. It was not until the camps all left the camp and marched to the south that the Jizhou army continued to advance and quickly occupied the camp that Gao Shun gave up.

Gao Shun thought that after the Jizhou army occupied his camp, he was about to catch up and fight, so he ordered the troops to stop and line up in place. Unexpectedly, when they stopped, the Jizhou army entering the camp did not move, and there was no intention of going forward to fight.

After waiting for two more incense sticks, Gao Shun saw that the Jizhou army in the camp was still not moving, so he issued another order to retreat. This time they walked out for two miles, and the Jizhou army in the camp followed him step by step.
Chapter completed!