It is said that Lu Qi, as a general who followed Liu Ping on the expedition, should not be notified of anything that happens at home to prevent her from being distracted.

However, Cao Cao had taken away all the important civil and military officials under his command and went to Yanjin to fight to the death with Yuan's army, and it was Cao Ang who guarded Xu Capital at this time.

Cao Ang's position in Liu Ping's heart was naturally clear to Cao Ang, so after Cao Ang learned that Lu's mother was critically ill, he sent someone to pass the news over and let Liu Ping arrange it himself.

After all, when Cao Ang sent the envoy, the news of Liu Ping's success in taking Xuzhou had not yet reached Xudu.

Cao Ang received the message that Liu Ping's plan had failed, and his father ordered Liu Ping to quickly bring people back to help him defend the capital.

In this case, Liu Ping should have returned quickly, and there was such a thing as Lu's mother being critically ill, so letting Lu Qi come back to see his mother for the last time before she died can also reflect Liu Ping's benevolence as the master.

"The host...... Please...... I...... I want to go back...... See your mother......" At this time, Lu Qi stood in front of Liu Ping, pleading with a choked voice.

Hearing such news, she had already cried pear blossoms with rain, clutching her chest, and her heart hurt like a knife.

Of course, she knew that her mother's illness was an old disease, and she had already been mentally prepared in her heart, and she was afraid that she would soon face the day of losing her mother.

But when that day actually came, she still felt unable to accept the reality.

No matter how brave she is, she is only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, and her mother's position in a little girl's heart is naturally self-evident.

At this time, Lu Qi looked at Liu Ping pitifully, but his heart was full of worry.

The master is responsible for the affairs of the family and the country, and no matter how important the mother's affairs are to her, they are only private matters.

For the sake of this private matter, can the master agree to let her go back?

"Hmm!"

Liu Ping pondered for a moment, and then said: "Tell me to go down, clean up immediately, and return to Xudu immediately!" ”

"Thank you master, thank you master,"

When Lu Qi heard that Liu Ping was going back with her, he was immediately moved in his heart, wiped his tears and ran to the back house, saying as he ran: "I'll go and pack my bags for the master." ”

She couldn't wait any longer.

Liu Ping sighed slightly and shook his head, it seems that her family is a person of great affection.

Now that the four counties have been pacified, and the big thing here in Xuzhou has happened, even if there is no matter of Lu's mother being seriously ill, Liu Ping should return to Xudu as soon as possible.

At this time, Cao Cao and Yuan's army were fighting fiercely in Yanjin, and Yuan Shao did not have the plan of attacking the east and the west, which had deviated from the historical trend, and Liu Ping also thought that if he did not succeed, he would go to the front line and pull the wheels back to the original right path.

Otherwise, if the Cao clan was defeated in the battle of Guandu, then he would be glaring.

"Send someone to invite the pottery merchant and General Cao Bao to come, I have something important to tell you." Liu Ping gave an order to the attendant.

The potter was called, and that was because Liu Ping was ready to keep his promise and really took the potter to Xudu to meet the Son of Heaven.

Liu Ping had long seen that the potter was timid and cowardly, and he did not have any leadership temperament, and giving the potter a false title of Xuzhou Mu would not pose a threat.

At the same time, Cao Bao was called, because Liu Ping fell in love with the 10,000 Danyang troops under Cao Bao.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Danyang Army cannot catch up with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Liu Ping, as a person with a foreign surname, cannot lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, so it is also a good choice to retreat to the second best place and be able to control the Danyang Army.

What's more, the Danyang army will be loyal to the potters, and the potters are incompetent, which does not mean that the people below will not have a suspicious arch fire, so Liu Ping will take away the Danyang army in public and private to prevent future troubles.

After a short time, the potter and Cao Bao came one after another, and Liu Ping briefly talked about his arrangements.

"Thank you for the support of Prince Ping, so that I can meet the Son of Heaven in the next, and I am grateful in the next, and I will look forward to the son in the future,"

When the potter heard this, his heart suddenly burst into joy, and he thanked Liu Ping again and again.

And Cao Bao next to him heard that Liu Ping was going to take him and his Danyang army to Xudu, but he was slightly stunned.

The reason why he led the Danyang army to rebel was to resist Mi Zhu's oppression, and at the same time to seize greater power in Xuzhou.

But Liu Ping suddenly wanted to transfer them out of Xuzhou, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for a while.

Cao Bao said tentatively: "Prince Ping, my generals are all natives of Danyang, and their families are all in Xuzhou, if they are rashly transferred to Xudu, I am afraid that everyone will be homesick and difficult to do anything big for Gongzi."

It's not as good as ......."

"Shut up!" Liu Ping raised his eyebrows, interrupted Cao Bao's excuse, and said with a little anger: "Xuzhou is the Xuzhou of the imperial court, and the army is also the army of the imperial court, and it is the duty to obey orders."

Can your army only fight locally? ”

"Don't dare, the last general...... Listen! Cao Bao had no choice but to respond.

If it is said that two days ago, he and his Danyang army were still qualified to negotiate conditions with Liu Ping.

But now Cao Ren's 40,000 army is on the left, and the 20,000 Xuzhou army has just surrendered to Liu Ping, if he dares to make trouble, Liu Ping's words can instantly wipe him and his Danyang army into ashes.

Soon packed up, Liu Ping gave an order, led Tai Shi Ci Lu Qi and other generals, together with the pottery merchant Cao Bao, to ride a fast horse and take the lead on the way back.

Xu Huang led the Danyang army to slow down behind.

Zhang Liao and Zhou Cang were seriously injured and could not ride a bumpy horse, so they could only follow the Danyang army.

At the same time, Cao Ren saw that the entire territory of Xuzhou was convinced of his 40,000-strong army, so he also had the confidence to show off his strength on the ground in Xuzhou, and then decisively led the army to withdraw to Yanzhou.

Now that the threat from Xuzhou is gone, there is no need for him to abandon Yanzhou and garrison Pengcheng.

At this time, it was only seven or eight days before he left Yanzhou, and Yuan's army on the Qingzhou side was not ready to attack, and Cao Ren had already returned to the army, so Yanzhou was safe and sound.

Liu Ping and his entourage rode fast horses, but they rushed back to Xudu in two days.

When you get to the gate of the city, you can't stop at all, and you go directly into the city.

Even if the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate didn't know Liu Ping, they also knew the horse under his crotch, which was the same Dawan horse as the eldest prince Cao Ang, and the identity of the person on the horse could be guessed with his toes, so no one dared to stop him.

"You go back to visit Lingtang first, and I will send Li Dangqian to diagnose and treat you," Liu Ping said to Lu Qi after entering the city.

Liu Ping is not a doctor, and there is nothing he can do about birth, old age, sickness and death, so it is the most appropriate choice to send Li Dang to heal before.

"Thank you, master!" Lu Qi's eyes were slightly red, and he said a word to Liu Ping gratefully, and then hurriedly turned the horse home.

After Liu Ping sent someone to give Li Dangzhi an order, he first took the potter and Cao Bao to meet Cao Ang, and then went to see the Son of Heaven.

At this time, Cao Ang had just heard about Liu Ping's big move in Xuzhou......