Originally, Liu Ping's action to instigate the rebellion of the Danyang Army went extremely smoothly, and he didn't bother to say anything, and everyone was already preparing to rebel.

According to the plan, the operation began in the evening today, and if there was no accident, he was ready to settle in Xuzhou City tonight.

But unexpectedly, he was disrupted by Mi Zhu, and Cao Bao and other generals of the Danyang Army were all arrested, resulting in this plan falling short.

And according to the pottery merchant, at this time, the grass and trees in Xuzhou City were all soldiers, and a large number of soldiers were suddenly stationed at the gate of the city, and they began to strictly check the passers-by, Liu Ping faintly felt that this was very likely to be related to Lu Qi Zhoucang.

The two may have been exposed.

The good situation has become extremely passive in the blink of an eye, and the whole situation has reached a stalemate......

However, since Liu Ping came to this world, he has experienced a lot of winds and waves, and he is no longer a rookie who has never seen the world before.

On the contrary, the more he came to this critical juncture, the more he calmed down.

If you want to break the situation, you have to rely on Cao Bao and others, not only to save the lives of those Danyang generals, but also to find a way to rescue them, which requires Mi Zhu to open the knife......

"I have my own way to bring down Mi Zhu, Tao Gongzi, please go back to the house and wait for news.

If you have the opportunity to meet General Cao Bao and the others, be sure to secretly summon them and ask them to rest easy, and I will find a way to rescue them and tell them ......"

"Ping Gongzi, do you want to let you go back to Xuzhou next time? But Cao Bao and they only need to have a bad mouth, and they will confess to the bottom, and they will be in a different place. ”

The potter's face turned pale with fright.

He thought to himself that Mi Zhu was the main person who welcomed Liu Bei into Xuzhou, and Mi Zhu had already staked all his net worth on Liu Bei, and even his sister was married to Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Ping asked him to go back to Xuzhou City, wasn't that a death? What else to talk about meeting Cao Bao and passing on information to Cao Bao.

When they see Cao Bao again, they may already be on Huangquan Road, and they are still using it to pass on information?

Although the potter had heard many magical rumors about Liu Ping before, but under this kind of dead end, he couldn't believe that Liu Ping really had the ability to strategize and win thousands of miles.

"Ping Gongzi, I don't dare to go back if I am killed, you can take me back to Xudu, I don't want to do any official position, I just want to be able to find an errand to write a book, and this is enough for the rest of my life."

"For the sake of your own life, do you not even care about your wife, children and family?" Liu Ping raised his eyebrows.

The potter was a timid and cowardly person, and if he didn't feel that he was almost 100% sure this time, he wouldn't dare to risk Cao Bao.

"Family?"

He smiled bitterly and said: "Let's fly separately in the face of great difficulties, everyone has their own lives, and I can't protect myself, how can I take care of other ......"

"Bastard! If you don't listen to the arrangement, I'll kill you right now!" Liu Ping slapped the table, and his decisive tone startled the potter.

After all, Liu Ping has led soldiers to fight, and he has seen people in the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, so isn't there a little evil on his body?

At this time, even Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Liao on the side couldn't help but feel abrupt in their hearts, when they first met the master, the master was just a gentle and elegant scholar.

But I don't know when, this still young body, occasionally revealed domineering and strong, even generals of their status felt frightened.

Perhaps this is the self-confidence that comes from leading troops for a long time and being in a high position.

However, this is how they should be their masters!

Immediately after that, Liu Ping's tone softened, and he said lightly to Tao Shang: "Don't worry, act according to my policy, I'll make sure you're okay, go ahead." ”

"No, no!"

The potter was already frightened under Liu Ping's coercion, and he had no doubt that if he disobeyed, Liu Ping would really put him to death immediately.

Go back obediently, and maybe live a little longer.

……

Outside the city of Xudu, the cold wind hunts, the pennant is displayed, and the sky is covered by the sun.

The 50,000-strong army was lined up and ready to go.

Previously, Yuan Shao had personally led an army of 200,000 troops into Liyang, and sent his general Yan Liang to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Baima.

The first stage of the Battle of Guandu began......

Liu Yan, the white horse guard of the Cao family, only had 3,000 men and horses in his hands, and he couldn't hold it for a while, so he sent people back to Xudu to ask for help.

Cao Cao immediately decided to personally lead a large army to reinforce Baima.

However, the strategist Xun Yu offered advice, attacking the east and the west, so that Cao's army marched to Yanjin with great fanfare, and made a posture to outflank Yuan's army's rear road, so as to attract Yan Liang and take advantage of the situation to relieve the siege of Baima.

Everyone thought that this plan was very good, so Cao Cao ordered all the 50,000 troops he could mobilize, prepared to bluff, and went to Yanjin.

At this time, all the generals led by Cao Hong, as well as Guo Jiaxun and Jia Xu and other strategists, all sat on their horses and looked in the direction of the city gate of Xudu.

Even all the ministers of the court and the central government lined up to see him off, but Cao Cao, as the commander, never came out......

At this time, Cao Cao was still sitting in Sikong Mansion, holding the report sent from Xuzhou in his hand.

Although he had handed over all the affairs of Xuzhou to Liu Ping, he still had to send him a copy of the news as usual, so that he could keep abreast of the situation in Xuzhou at any time.

This secret report was sent back by Baili urgently.

"As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, how precious is Ping'er's identity, how dare he take risks alone and go to Xuzhou in person?" Cao Cao frowned and said in a deep voice to Cheng Yu in front of him.

"Although Ping Gongzi often acts unexpectedly, he is also a cautious person, and he has always had no last resort, and there will be no danger if he wants to go to Xuzhou," Cheng Yu muttered.

But this time he missed Mi Zhu, but this fact was unexpected and beyond his expectations.

At this point, his strategy of provoking the Danyang army could no longer continue. ”

Cao Cao sighed, handed the secret report in his hand to Cheng Yu, then took two steps back and forth, stood up suddenly, and said resolutely: "Order, let him come back quickly and guard Xu Du with Ang'er."

Cao Ren's army and horses were stationed in Pengcheng to defend Liu Bei. ”

Now that Cao Bao and other Danyang generals have all been arrested, Liu Ping's plan has obviously failed, but Liu Ping is a human being and not a god after all, and it is reasonable to have an accident and miscalculate.

Since this is the case, there is no need for Liu Ping to stay there and waste time, and it is the right thing to come back quickly to assist Cao Ang in guarding Xu Du.

As for the transfer of Cao Ren to Pengcheng, that is to prepare for the strategic abandonment of Yanzhou.

After all, Cao Ren led his army to leave Yanzhou, and Yuan's army could directly send troops from Qingzhou, and they could conquer the entire territory of Yanzhou without much effort.

Cao Cao's move was really helpless, now that Cao's territory is too big, he will transfer all the troops to meet Yuan Shao, and he will inevitably face the problem of insufficient defense in the rear, and those who should give up should give up decisively.

To prevent Liu Bei from sending troops from Xuzhou to sneak attack, defending Xudu is the key!

"No!" Cheng Yu responded.

After Cao Cao settled all this, he took off his helmet, went out and stepped on his horse, and led more than 100 of his own soldiers to gallop out of the city and come to the army outside the city.

He sat upright on the horse, his eyes coldly glanced at the surrounding civil and military circles, suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said loudly: "All the gentlemen will go with me and fight to the death with Yuan Shao."

Let's go! ”

At the sound of an order, an army of 50,000 marched towards Yanjin......