though liu bei was outnumbered（数量上超过） by * *'s troops in the xinye battle, liu defeated * thanks to the smart tactic1 he had resorted to. * soon commanded an army of 500,000 to take his r*nge. when liu bei and his force of 3,000 got to *yang county, they were stopped by *'s troops. a *tter fight lasted until dawn and the liu army narrowly ma*d to loose the chasing enemy.
as day broke, general zhao yun discovered that liu bei's wife and son were missing. zhao gathered 30 troops and fought his way back onto the battlefield to look for liu's wife, madam mi, and son, a dou. with the * of a middle-aged2 woman, zhao yun found madam mi and a dou by the side of a dry well behind a collapsed3 wall. madam mi said: "a dou is safe now with you, general. i'd rather die than encumber4（阻碍，妨害） you." when zhao yun was not looking her way, madam mi threw herself into the well.
suddenly, * troops came charging toward zhao yun. with tears in his eyes, zhao yun pushed down what remained of the collapsed wall to cover the dry well. he then held a dou against his chest and rode his horse onward5 as he fought off attackers. it took zhao yun three rounds of combat to fight off the chasing enemy. at one point zhao was engaged by general zhang he and a unit of *'s troops. zhao and zhang fought a dozen rounds and zhao tried to break the siege（*） . but zhao yun and his horse unexpectedly fell into a trap. just as zhang he charged to pierce zhao yun with his spear, zhao's horse leapt out of the trap. zhang he was taken aback by the sudden move and his horse backed off s*ral gaits（步行靴） . zhao yun fought *'s generals and troops single-handedly. no one could get close to him. * *, who was watching the battle from a nearby hilltop, ordered that zhao yun be captured alive. zhao yun made the most of *'s no-kill order and broke through the siege in the end. when he returned to his camp, zhao yun handed the young * to liu bei.
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