Cao Cao and Guo Jia were arranging a defense against Liu Yu.

Liu Yu's personal expedition this time can be regarded as concentrating all his elites, in order to take Xuchang in one fell swoop.

Liu Yu did not take too much risk this time, but adopted a strategy of steady and steady and step-by-step, capturing large and small cities, replacing officials, appeasing the people, planting garrisons, and actually controlling the occupied areas in his hands.

Liu Yu suffered a loss last time, and if he suffers a loss again this time, Liu Yu can really find a piece of tofu and kill him.

Cao Cao is not a simple person, Liu Yu must be cautious when he fights against him. Yuan Shao in history was too arrogant, and he was accidentally caught by Cao Cao and burned down the Wuchao granary, resulting in defeat.

Of course, in order to avoid Cao Cao's obstruction and disperse Cao Cao's forces at the same time, Liu Yu arranged for Zhang Liao to set off from Wancheng to enter Yingchuan early, and was now engaged in a battle with Cao's army. Cao Cao had no choice but to send Le Jin to lead his soldiers and horses to block the attack.

At the same time, Xiahoudun and Ma Chao on the Yanzhou side of Yanzhou were fighting, and the two sides were anxious.

Liu Yu now plans to occupy all the areas from the Tiger Prison to Chen Liucheng.

When Cao Cao received the news of Chen Deng's death, he felt sorry.

"Yuanlong is gone! Lone has lost a peerless talent! Cao Cao handed it to him painfully.

After Guo Jia looked at Cao Hong's information, he said worriedly: "Lord, Beihai is lost. Guan Yu was already consolidating his control in Beihai, and he thought that Liu Yu wanted Guan Yu to rely on Beihai and gradually invade southward in an attempt to plot against Xuzhou. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "The situation here, Lone can also understand it." But now that Chen Deng has died of illness, Xuzhou civil and military forces cannot be appointed. Relying on Zilian and the elderly Chen Qi alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop Guan Yu from going south. ”

Thinking of this, Cao Cao had a headache, and I don't know when it started, Cao Cao had this headache, and at first I didn't think that as time went by, this headache became more and more serious.

If Chen Deng is here, Xuzhou will definitely be foolproof. Now that Chen Deng is dead, the huge Xuzhou is guarded by incompetent people, and Cao Cao is worried.

Guo Jia said: "I think of a person in the next place, as long as this person goes to Xuzhou, Guan Yu will not dare to go south in the next place!" ”

"Feng Xiao is talking about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande?" Cao Cao immediately thought of who it was.

"That's right, Liu Bei is Guan Yu's eldest brother, Guan Yu has always been loyal, and according to his temperament, I am afraid he will not fight with him. Liu Bei won the hearts of the people in Xuzhou in his early years, and his brother Zhang Fei was a peerless general, plus General Zilian was by his side, so he could guarantee that Xuzhou would not be lost. Guo Jia said.

Cao Cao pondered for a while and felt that what Guo Jia said made sense. Guan Yu is righteous and will not fight with Liu Bei. It is estimated that if Liu Yu knew that Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, he would probably change generals. If someone else is replaced, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei have no worries, of course, they can hold Xuzhou, or they can recover Beihai.

"Liu Xuande is a hero. I'm afraid it's hard to control. Cao Cao was still worried.

Guo Jia smiled and asked rhetorically: "The lord can face Liu Yu confidently, what is there to worry about Liu Bei?" ”

"Haha, Bonghyo is really a wonderful person. This statement should be made clear. Lonely, this is to go to see Liu Xuande and taste the delicious dishes grown by his uncle who grows vegetables. Do you want to go with you? Of course, Cao Cao decided to go to Liu Bei.

"I still like fine wine more." Guo Jias understood what Cao Cao meant, so he didn't follow Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was not reluctant, and he took Xu Chu to Liu Bei's house.

As soon as he entered Liu Bei's gate, Cao Cao found that the entire open space of Liu's Mansion had been planted with vegetables by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was weeding with his head down in the sun, holding a hoe. Zhang Fei sat on the gazebo and drank wine depressedly, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What a great thing Xuande has done!" Cao Cao laughed loudly.

Liu Bei, who was weeding, was startled, and the hoe in his hand almost eradicated a green vegetable.

Liu Bei looked up and saw Cao Cao and Xu Chu coming to him, and hurriedly smiled: "The prime minister is coming to the cold house, and he is not welcome." ”

Zhang Fei also stopped drinking, even if Zhang Fei hated Cao Cao again, he understood the truth that he was a guest when he came to the door.

Liu Bei hurriedly welcomed Cao Cao in, while Xu Chu stared at Zhang Fei in the pavilion.

Liu Bei first arranged Cao Cao to sit down, instructed the servants to serve tea and snacks, and went to change his clothes first.

Liu Bei changed into gorgeous clothes and sat in front of Cao Cao with a smile. Cao Cao secretly scolded Liu Bei for being too hypocritical, why was he dressed so beautifully, and he didn't come out on a blind date.

Liu Bei didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking, so after sitting down, he asked, "I don't know what happened when the prime minister came here today?" ”

"I heard that Xuande has a lot of experience in growing vegetables, so I came to taste it today!" Cao Cao said playfully.

Liu Bei was very embarrassed, planting vegetables was just a cover-up, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to come over under this excuse.

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Since Liu Bei's lowly behavior has alarmed the prime minister, he really deserves to die." The prime minister was so interested, he ordered someone to fry a few side dishes. ”

"Good!" Cao Cao was also simply, as if he really came to eat.

Liu Bei instructed his subordinates to take local materials from the vegetable field and make a few stir-fried vegetables for Cao Cao. And Liu Bei specially instructed his subordinates to pick at a certain location, where the vegetables had just been watered today, and the fertilizer was the reincarnation of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's grains.

Liu Bei is typically disgusted with Cao Cao.

Soon the people served a few side dishes, Cao Cao ate a few bites, and the dish was really tender.

Liu Bei didn't eat a bite, seeing that Cao Cao was eating so happily, Liu Bei wanted you to taste the dishes cultivated in the reincarnation of the five grains.

Cao Cao ate and drank for a while, and said, "Xuande, do you know the news that Liu Yu's army has been killed?" ”

"This... I'm in the house every day, but I don't know the situation. Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao was testing him.

"Xuande is really free, and he doesn't hear anything outside the window. Is there any news of Xuande recently? Cao Cao asked again.

"It's been a long time since I heard from Yun Chang." Liu Bei told the truth.

Cao Cao Zhengse said: "Lone knows the news of Yun Chang. ”

"Really!" Liu Bei said in surprise.

Cao Cao nodded, looked at Liu Bei's face and said, "Yun Chang has now captured Beihai, and now he is trying to plot against Xuzhou. Xuande, you really have a good brother! ”

Liu Bei was taken aback, could it be that Cao Cao wanted to use this to calculate himself?

"Prime Minister, Yun Chang hasn't been in contact with Zai Xia for many years, and Zai Xia really doesn't know about this!" Liu Bei pretended to be pitiful and said.

Cao Cao stared at Liu Bei, thinking to himself that this Liu Bei was really a useless person? Look at Lone and test him again.

"Xuande, what do you think of this Liu Yu?" Cao Cao asked.

Liu Bei frowned, this question was a bit heart-wrenching, if he answered well, he would be fine, but if he didn't answer well, then Liu Bei's troubles would continue.

After thinking about the meeting, Liu Bei said: "Liu Yu is a benevolent and righteous person on the outside, but treacherous on the inside. He used conspiracy to get the jade seal of the country, and fabricated a story about the seal of the immortals to deceive the people. Under the incompatibility with this person! ”

Cao Cao smiled slightly and said, "It turns out that Xuande and Gu Xiang are the same. ”

"It's an honor to be here." Liu Bei said hypocritically.

Cao Cao knew from Liu Bei's attitude that this person was acting, but Cao Cao couldn't see that Liu Bei had any ambitions. Since this was the case, Cao Cao decided to send Liu Bei to Xuzhou.

"There is one more thing to come to Xuande today. Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong, the assassin of Xuzhou, died of illness a few days ago. Cao Cao said leisurely.

Liu Bei's heart jumped, and the figure of Chen Deng appeared in his mind, it was such a talented young man who betrayed himself, causing him to lose Xuzhou. Now that Chen Deng died young, Liu Bei felt a trace of pleasure in his heart.

"Yuanlong is a young talent, and now he has died young, which is really regrettable." Liu Bei forcibly suppressed the pleasure in his heart, revealing a sad look.

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth curled slightly, this Liu Bei is really very hypocritical, Chen Deng can let him go if he betrays him, it's too fake.

"Xuande is really a righteous person. Now that the upper and lower dragons in Xuzhou have no leader, Yunchang may go south again. Gu wanted Xuande to serve as the pastor of Xuzhou, patrol the hunt on behalf of the sky, and guard Xuzhou. I don't know if Xuande is willing to shoulder this heavy responsibility! Cao Cao stated the purpose.

Back to Xuzhou? Still a pastor in Xuzhou? Have such a big pie smashed on the head?

Liu Bei was stunned by this huge good news. The pinnacle of Liu Bei's previous life was to become the assassin of Xuzhou. For Xuzhou, Liu Bei thinks about it every day, looking forward to it every night, always thinking that one day he can recapture Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, this dream was right in front of Liu Bei's eyes, as long as Liu Bei agreed, it could be realized.

But Liu Bei's mind was not as good as ordinary people, and he quickly calmed down. In a split second, the weight of gains and losses was calculated. Cao Cao asked Liu Bei to go to Xuzhou, but it was just to borrow the affection of Liu Bei and Guan Yu to restrain Guan Yu from going south, which Liu Bei knew. Or Cao Cao has other ulterior motives, Liu Bei doesn't know.

Liu Bei quickly decided that instead of worrying and wasting time in Xuchang every day, it was better to go to Xuzhou, and maybe find an opportunity to dominate one side.

"The prime minister does not dislike Liu Bei for being despicable, Liu Bei is willing to share worries for the country!" Liu Bei said impassionedly.

"Okay, Lone really didn't see the wrong person! Xuande is indeed a pillar of the Han family. Now that the military situation is urgent, Xuande still left as soon as possible. This is Lone's letter of appointment, you can take it and take it to office. Cao Cao took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took it and looked at it respectfully.

Cao Cao saw that there was nothing left, so he got up and left.

Liu Bei hurriedly sent Cao Cao out, while Zhang Fei and Xu Chu were still staring at each other there.

"Zhongkang, go back!" Cao Cao said.

Xu Chu withdrew his eyes from Zhang Fei, and then followed Cao Cao out of Liu Bei's mansion.

Cao Cao turned back to Liu Bei and said, "Xuande doesn't need to be sent!" ”

"Congratulations to the Prime Minister!" Liu Bei said respectfully.

Cao Cao sat in the car, closed his eyes and recuperated, thinking: Liu Xuande, you are really not an easy person to match.

After Cao Cao left, Zhang Fei came over and said, "Big brother, what is that Cao Heizi doing here?" ”

Liu Bei didn't answer Zhang Fei's question, and said, "Yide, go in and pack your things, let's leave Xuchang!" ”

"Leave Xuchang?! That's a good feeling, I'm suffocating here. Big brother, where are we going? Zhang Fei asked.

Liu Bei looked in the direction of Xuzhou and said, "Xuzhou! ”

Zhang Fei happily went down to pack his things.

Liu Bei suddenly thought of Guan Yu and thought: Second brother, what are you doing now? I miss you so much for my brother!

Guan Yu, who was far away in Beihai, sneezed, wondering in his heart that the weather was not cold during this time, why did he sneeze.

Guan Yu felt that he should be a little weak, so he took his men to hunt outside Beihai City, catch a few game, and replenish his body.