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Liu Bei was defeated at Mukou, and the news of the annihilation of the 20,000 main forces soon spread back to this Xuzhou administrative office.

When Lu Bu heard the news, he was naturally overjoyed and surprised.

Of course, the joy is that Liu Bei's army was defeated, and Xiapi City lost its last hope, and soon the people's hearts will be in turmoil, which is conducive to his siege.

Lu Bu was also shocked, he originally expected the potters and Liu Bei to kill each other, and finally kill both of them, so that he could quickly clean up the potters who had lost a lot of strength after breaking through Xiapi, so that the whole of Xuzhou would be at his fingertips.

It's a pity that he never thought that there was a scheming person like Chen Ping under the command of the pottery merchant, and a discordant plan made Liu Bei force the Mi family to rebel, and the cut off of grain and grass led to a great chaos in the army's heart, and then the pottery merchant made a final decision, and returned to the pre-liberation overnight.

"This Liu Xuande is so vulnerable, does this kid really have such great ability?"

When Lü Bu and his staff were amazed by the potter's astonishing methods, the arrival of a messenger in Xiapi City quickly made Lü Bu forget about the potter's surprise for the time being.

After holding on for more than half a month, Chen Deng, who made Lu Bu helpless, decided to open the city and surrender.

Chen Deng is not an idiot, as a representative of the Chen family, one of the two major families in Xuzhou, he is the same as Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, every step of the decision, no matter who he supports or against, the first consideration is naturally the interests of the family.

Chen Dengshi assisted Liu Bei, because he saw that the Mi family had grown rapidly in strength after gaining Liu Bei's trust, and both in terms of wealth and influence in Xuzhou's decision-making level, they quickly surpassed their Chen family, and had the potential to become the largest family in Xuzhou.

There are so many pots of soup in Xuzhou, and the Mi family drinks more, which naturally means that the soup distributed to the Chen family will be less, in order to safeguard the interests of the family, Chen Deng only took the initiative to join Liu Bei's shogunate under the instruction of his father Chen Qi.

Liu Bei is not stupid, he also saw that the power of the Mi family was expanding too fast, since Chen Deng took the initiative to come out, on the one hand, he admired Chen Deng's talent, and on the other hand, he also wanted to use the Chen family to clamp down on the Mi family, so as to balance the power of these clans in Xuzhou, so before the southern expedition to Yuan Shu, Chen Deng was appointed as the minister of Xia Pi to calm the state for him.

The reason why Liu Bei didn't let Chen Deng guard Tancheng was because he considered that Tao Qian's influence was still there after all, and Chen Deng was a local wealthy family in Xuzhou who had worked with the Tao family for a long time, and he didn't want Chen Deng to get too close to the pottery merchants.

Moreover, Guan Yu led 4,000 elite soldiers to sit in Tancheng, which could prevent potters in the north and monitor Chen Deng in the west.

Liu Bei thought that his layout was seamless, but who would have thought that the odd number of potters would once again break his overall deployment.

Tancheng was broken, Liu Bei's return to the division was blocked, and Xiapi became a lonely city.

The reason why Chen Deng, who stayed behind, chose to stick to Xiapi was naturally waiting to see the result of the battle between Liu Bei and the pottery merchant.

If Liu Bei wins, if he returns to his master, Lu Bu will inevitably be defeated, and he Chen Deng will become a meritorious minister, and he will be reused by Liu Bei, and the Chen family will also benefit from it.

If Liu Bei's army is defeated, then if he persists, it will naturally have no meaning.

Therefore, after receiving the news of Liu Bei's defeat overnight from his cronies, Chen Deng, after consulting with his father, decisively decided to open the city and surrender to Lü Bu.

Chen Deng surrendered without a fight, and Xiapi City was broken without a fight, which is equivalent to a big pie falling from the sky to Lu Bu, how can it not make Lu Bu ecstatic.

On the same day, Lu Bu led his tiger and wolf army, and stepped into this Xuzhou governance office with high spirits, and sat in the seat that originally belonged to Liu Bei.

Lü Bu was very happy, but he also kept a little calm, he had heard the news of Mi Zhu's return to the pottery merchants, which meant that the pottery merchants had the support of the Mi family, one of the two major families in Xuzhou.

So on the day that Lu Bu entered Pi, he named Chen Deng, who had contributed to the city, as Xuzhou's farewell, and continued to lead the next Pi minister to win over the Chen family.

On that day, when Lu Bu was in the state hall and listening to Chen Denggao's talk, Gao Shun, who was guarding the city gate, sent someone Pegasus to deliver another piece of good news.

Liu Bei, who was defeated in Mukou, took the two brothers Guan Zhang, as well as eight or nine hundred remnants, and fled to Xiapi in embarrassment, asking for attachment.

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Fifteen miles southeast of Xiapi, the Taojia camp.

A day ago, the pottery merchant led an army of 6,000 and chased Liu Bei all the way from Mukou to this point.

According to the speculation of the pottery merchants, Liu Bei would most likely be like in history, after being attacked by Lu Bu and taking Pi, in desperation, he chose to take the initiative to surrender to the lord as a guest and go to attach himself to Lu Bu.

Although the person who rebelled against him now has one more of himself, for Liu Bei, clinging to Lu Bu is still his only way to survive.

Sure enough, the potter's front foot had just entered the Xiapi line, and the news came from the fine work of the back foot in the city:

Liu Bei gave Lu Bu the seal of Xuzhou Mu and officially gave up the position of state pastor to Lu Bu, and in return, Lu Bu "enthusiastically" took Liu Bei in, claiming to provide him with asylum.

"Big-eared thief, you didn't forget to bring the official seal when you ran away, aren't you too heavy......" The potter sword frowned slightly, pointing and tapping on the case, and his expression looked quite unhappy with this result.

Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou, was officially appointed by the imperial court in Xuchang, so the seal letter was also engraved by the imperial court, as if it were fake.

Now that Liu Bei has given up the position of state pastor to Lu Bu, and has given the seal letter of the imperial court, he is also a rebel in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu is obviously a little more justifiable than him.

In view of the fact that he and Lu Bu are now equal in strength, the two are likely to turn their faces and fight for Xuzhou in the future, and Lu Bu has Liu Bei, the justifiable former state pastor, to help, whether it is military or political, will form a certain advantage over the potter, which the potter cannot tolerate.

The potter immediately sent a messenger to ask Lü Bu to kill Liu Bei as an ally, and if Lü Bu himself was unwilling to do it, please lift the protection of Liu Bei, and the potter would use his own strength to eliminate Liu Bei.

The potters did this to eradicate Liu Bei, after all, Lu Bu couldn't see Liu Bei's potential, but the potters knew very well that Liu Bei was second only to Cao Cao, and any opportunity to get rid of this person must not be missed.

Moreover, the potter's tough statement was also to show Lu Bu his strength and make him jealous of himself.

After all, it was you Lu Bu who begged me to join forces with you to rebel against Liu Bei, but now the rebellion is successful, but you have turned aside and claimed to be the new master of Xuzhou, and you have sheltered Liu Bei, the original common enemy, where do you put my potter's face.

That night, the messenger brought back Lü Bu's reply.

Lu Bu's answer was also very simple, he proposed that tomorrow afternoon, he would meet with Liu Bei on the bank of the Surabaya River in the southeast of Xiapi City, and personally mediate the grievances between the potters and Liu Bei.

"Husband, then Lu Bu is clearly determined to protect Liu Bei, this person is the best in the world in martial arts, how can Husband take this risk." Mulan was the first to object.

"Ahem, I heard that the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang had fought with Lu Bu, and the old man had fought with Guan Yu, and this person's martial arts were still slightly above the old man, so this Lu Bu's martial arts must have reached the point of transcendent sanctification, and the lord wanted to meet him, and he had to think twice." Even the veteran Lian Po is a little jealous of Lu Bu.

"A hero doesn't eat a loss in front of him, a hero doesn't eat a loss in front of him......" Chen Ping was pouring wine and talking to himself on the other, obviously saying it to himself.

All the civil and military forces in the tent were basically opposed to meeting with Lu Bu.

"It seems that you are all afraid of Lu Bu......" The potter thought thoughtfully, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.