Liu Bei didn't think that Cao Cao had just issued the edict of the crusade, and he launched an invasion of Xuzhou, and the army was so fast that people with a discerning eye knew that Cao Cao had been planning for a long time.

And Cao Cao was not only a military means to invade Xuzhou with a large army, but also a political means to use Liu Bei's weak control of the Xuzhou family to win over and attack, and Liu Bei was really a little passive.

In order to deal with Cao Cao's invasion, Liu Bei summoned all his henchmen to discuss countermeasures, in addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as the two brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, and of course, Chen Deng and Chen Wenlong, who were regarded by Liu Bei as military advisors.

"Cao Cao faked the will of the Son of Heaven and openly crusaded against me Xuzhou, and he was always fair and benevolent, but he didn't expect to create a plot against Cao Cao, a traitor, do you have a countermeasure to retreat from the enemy?" Liu Bei first found a righteous reason for himself.

Before the others could speak, Zhang Fei jumped up and said, "Big brother, that traitor Cao Cao is so arrogant, junior brother, I am willing to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to kill that guy!" ”

Zhang Fei died of this kind of character, regardless of the occasion when he spoke and did things, the two brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were a little unhappy on the spot, if it was as simple as Zhang Fei said, then why did they come over to discuss.

Liu Bei was also a little unhappy, but this displeasure only stayed on his face for a moment.

"Third brother, don't be reckless! All listen to the arrangement of the eldest brother. Guan Yu's eyes were sharp, and he noticed Liu Bei's flash of displeasure, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was said by Guan Yu, and he also found that he was a little impolite just now, touched his head and smirked and sat back again.

Liu Bei shook his head at Zhang Fei, Liu Bei had long been clear about the character of this righteous brother, and Zhang Fei was also thinking about himself, so he was not angry at the moment.

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Chen Deng and asked, "Strategist, is there a good way to solve today's crisis?" ”

After Chen Deng came to Liu Bei, he was quite appreciated by Liu Bei, and Chen Deng lived up to Liu Bei's expectations before, and gave a lot of strategies and strategies to make Liu Bei rise successfully. Liu Bei expected Chen Deng to be as scheming as before, and successfully help him solve Cao Cao's threat.

"Lord, there is no good plan in the future, so I can only try." Now Liu Bei is going to be disappointed, and Chen Deng is not too sure.

"Will the plan be released? Can you come along one by one? Liu Bei was a little disappointed, but it was better than nothing.

"Cao Cao's heart to annex my Xuzhou has long been highlighted. Such a large-scale invasion shows that it has been planning for a long time. What the lord can do now is to guard the key passes, and garrison Xiaopei to hold this vital line of defense, so that Xuzhou can be protected. At the same time, the lord could ask Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, and even Liu Yu for help, begging them to send troops to help, and perhaps force Cao Cao to retreat. ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, it was different to have a military advisor, but his head couldn't think of such a strategy, and said: "Everything will be done according to what the military advisor says!" As for the candidate to guard Xiaopei? ”

"Big brother, I'll go!" Zhang Fei hurriedly rushed to do it.

Liu Bei hesitated a little, Zhang Fei is good, but this guy has a bad problem, that is, he likes to drink, and he won't stop if he doesn't get drunk. Xiao Pei is very important, Liu Bei can't let Zhang Fei go to the town to guard, in case Zhang Fei is drunk and mishaps, Xuzhou will be in danger.

"Yide, you're still in Xiapi. Big brother, I have my own arrangements for you. Liu Bei said tactfully.

Zhang Fei immediately saw that Liu was distrustful of him, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, I know that I like to drink, and this time I promise not to drink a drop of alcohol." ”

Zhang Fei rarely assured Liu Bei that Liu Bei was a little hesitant, if he rejected him, I was afraid that it would hurt Zhang Fei's heart, which was very unfavorable to the three Taoyuan brothers who had always been monolithic.

"Since for example, I'll hand over Xiao Pei to you." Liu Bei finally chose to trust Zhang Fei.

"Big brother, don't worry." Zhang Fei happily took over the task.

Chen Deng wanted to stop Liu Bei, but for some reason there was a voice in his heart telling him not to do it, so Chen Deng didn't say it.

Liu Bei then arranged for envoys to go to Yuan Shao and Sun Ce for help. On Liu Yu's side, Liu Bei did not send an envoy, except for a Cao Cao in the middle, it was inconvenient to send a messenger, and Liu Bei also believed that Liu Yu would not watch Cao Cao annex Xuzhou.

Immediately after that, Liu Bei began to arrange the military, except for Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others left the Assassin's Mansion.

"Lord, the Xuzhou family must be guarded against." After everyone left, Mi Zhu said worriedly to Liu Bei.

What do you mean by that? Why didn't you say it at the meeting just now? Liu Bei also attaches great importance to Mi Zhu's brother-in-law, in addition to providing himself with a lot of wealth, Mi Zhu himself is also a rare talent.

Mi Zhu shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't." Recently, I learned that Cao Cao had secretly sent envoys to various families in Xuzhou, and even the Chen family, where the military advisor was located, had Cao Cao's people go. ”

Liu Bei finally understood Mi Zhu's worries, the Mi family had a huge development of power because of his marriage with Liu Bei, and Cao Cao would not send an envoy to the Mi family, the Mi family had a huge family business and had their own fine works, of course, it was very easy to find out such news.

"You're saying the military advisor will mutiny!" Liu Bei was really frightened this time, he relied on Chen Deng very much, if Chen Deng betrayed, it would be very unfavorable to Liu Bei.

"The military advisor won't, but no one else can guarantee it." Mi Zhu told the truth, he still trusted Chen Deng very much.

"That's good, I've been bothering my brother to pay attention to the movements of each family recently." Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Bei is a black-bellied person, and she will not know what she thinks, and she also has doubts about Chen Deng in her heart, and decided to think about her own net worth and life, or she still has to take Chen Deng's rights, otherwise she will not know if she is sold by others.

As everyone knows, Liu Bei's doing this is his biggest trick in Xuzhou.

After Mi Zhu saw that Liu Bei was on guard, he was also relieved.

At the meeting of Xuzhou officials the next day, Liu Bei reiterated the decision of yesterday's meeting, and at the same time ordered all cities in Xuzhou to be strictly defended.

In order to prevent Cao Cao from sending a detailed work to spread rumors and cause trouble in Xiapicheng, Liu Bei ordered Xiapicheng to strictly manage the people entering and leaving the city and enforce the curfew after Picheng.

Everyone knew that Xuzhou was very critical now, and Liu Bei was also very sensitive, so they didn't dare to object.

After the meeting, Liu Bei called Chen Deng and greeted him with warmth, which made Chen Deng confused.

After talking a lot of nonsense, Liu Bei hoped that Chen Deng could assist him with administrative matters and share the burden for Liu Bei during this sensitive period.

Of course, Chen Deng did not object, it was the duty of a courtier to share the worries of the lord.

Liu Bei patted Chen Deng's shoulder to express his trust.

Chen Deng didn't feel anything.

Until he got home.