| Battle of Xuzhou | |||||||
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| Alliance against Yuan Shu | Yuan Shu's Forces | ||||||
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| Liu Bei Guan Yu Zhang Fei Zhu Ling Lu Zhao Lei Bo Chen Lan |
Yuan Shu Ji Ling † | ||||||
The Battle of Xuzhou was the final battle of the Alliance against Yuan Shu.
Battle[]
Liu Bei and 50,000 troops were dispatched by Cao Cao to prevent Yuan Shu from meeting with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu sent out Ji Ling to force a way through the Allied Forces so he could head northwards. But Zhang Fei opposed him and attacked without a parley. In the tenth bout Zhang Fei cut down Ji Ling. Then Yuan Shu came up with his own army. Liu Bei placed Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao in command of the left wing, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the right wing, and himself in the center, and so met Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's arrogance made his generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan desert his lines, and form their own forces. As soon as the enemy came near, Liu Bei began abusing them. Yuan Shu, enraged, gave the signal for attack. At the same time Yuan Shu's former generals, Lei Bo and Chen Lan from Mount Song, attacked the baggage train and completed the destruction. Yuan Shu tried to retreat to Shouchun, but Lei Bo and Chen Lan barred the road. Yuan Shu was defeated, and by his death next year, had only 1,000 troops who could not fight nor flee.