Cao Ren said to Guo Huai: "Boji, Ma Mengqi really came back with troops!" ”

Guo Huai nodded, "Yes, general, now Ma Chao wants to fight Chenyang again and take the city, but how can Huo Zhongmiao let him get his wish?" ”

Cao Ren smiled when he heard this, after all, he was an ally with Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army and Liu Beijun, so Huo Jun blocked Ma Chao outside Chenyang City and could not enter an inch, of course he was happy in his heart. However, speaking of which, there are a lot of festivals with Liu Beijun, and they are still hostile in nature, so Cao Ren thought that Liu Bei had such a talent, and he also thought that if he was standing in the position of the Liangzhou Army, then he might not be much stronger than others, and he was not as good as others.

But he wouldn't say this to Guo Huai, so he just smiled, and then said to Guo Huai: "Now that the Jiangdong Army has just been defeated, Ma Chao has never attacked again, maybe our army can find a chance to unite with the Jiangdong Army and Liu Beijun once?" ”

When Guo Huai heard this, he shook his head slightly, "General, it's difficult, how to communicate, this is a problem!" ”――

Cao Ren smiled, "Now that Ma Chao has not returned with the Liangzhou army, why don't you send someone into Chenyang first and contact Liu Bei?" ”

Guo Huai nodded, he also knew that it was easy to contact Liu Bei, but it was not easy to contact the Jiangdong Army, after all, there was Ma Chaoliangzhou Army, could they easily let themselves contact the Jiangdong Army?

"Yes, what the general said, is exactly what I thought. It is also imperative to contact Liu Xuande now. But the Jiangdong Army is there. I wonder what the general thinks? ”

When Cao Ren heard this, he said to Guo Huai: "The Jiangdong Army is over there." Because it is separated by a Liangzhou army, it can only be put first, but if you want to come to the 'endless road', there must be no problem! ”

"Yes, what the general said is very true!"

Speaking of which, Guo Huai agreed with Cao Ren's words, because it was indeed not easy to contact Jiangdongjun, so he could only let it go first, and contact Liu Bei first and then talk about it-

Liu Bei in Chenyang. I received a report from the soldiers, "Report to the lord, there is a messenger outside the house who claims to be the Yanzhou Army, please see!" ”

As soon as Liu Bei heard this, he knew that it was the Yanzhou army that sent someone, otherwise, how could Huo Jun let people enter the city lightly? What if it was the Liangzhou Army, so Liu Bei nodded, "Please come to the living room and wait!" ”

"No!"

What is Liu Bei's identity? Although the official position is not so big, the world recognizes that a Han clan is still the emperor's uncle of the Son of Heaven. These two names are actually enough. Speaking of which, he is at the same level as Cao Cao, which is good. So it is only possible that the Yanzhou sergeant is waiting for him, not that he is waiting for the Yanzhou sergeant.

So Liu Bei is not in a hurry. After the Yanzhou army arrived in the living room, it was not too late to go again. After all, what is my identity? What is the identity of the other party? If Cao Mengde is there in person, then he has to go out to meet something, and the others, as long as they are not what they value, then let him wait-

And Liu Bei didn't forget to ask the soldiers to invite Xu Shu and Liu Ba together, they wanted to go and see how the messenger of the Yanzhou army was.

When Liu Bei came to the living room, he saw the Yanzhou army messenger who was in the house, and when he arrived at Liu Bei's place, the Yanzhou soldiers did not dare to sit down. After all, this Liu Bei and his own party have a lot of festivals, and Liu Bei is more or less a person with status, so how can people have their own place in front of them. It's okay if you have the same identity as General Cao and General Guo, but isn't it?

So after seeing Liu Bei and the others coming to the house, the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen General Liu!" ”

Liu Bei nodded, and then took Xu Shu and Liu Ba into their seats, as for the messenger of the Yanzhou Army, of course he didn't care, just let him stand there, it's good for himself.

After sitting down, Liu Bei asked, "The messenger is from the Yanzhou army camp?" ”

"Back to General Liu, it's true! The small one brought a handwritten letter from General Cao Rencao, and asked the general to take a look! ”――

When Liu Bei heard that it was Cao Ren's handwritten letter, of course he didn't slack off, and directly asked the soldier to present it.

Then he handed Cao Ren's letter to Xu Shu, and after Xu Shu read it, he handed it to Liu Ba, and the three of them read it.

At this time, Liu Bei asked: "Now ......"

The Yanzhou army messenger hurriedly replied: "General Hui, now our army is ......"

Liu Bei nodded, and then looked at Xu Shu and Liu Ba, the two naturally did not let go of this opportunity, and also took the opportunity to ask the messenger two questions, and the other party answered them fluently. Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu and Liu Ba and nodded secretly at him, and he understood.

So at last he said to the messenger: "In this case, the messenger will return and say hello to General Cao Ren and General Guo Huai on my behalf!" ”

"No! Rest assured, the general will bring this small one! ”

Liu Bei nodded, and then asked his own soldiers to deliver the messenger on his behalf, and the messenger and Liu Bei greeted the three of them and left.

After the others left completely, Liu Bei smiled and asked Xu Shu and Liu Ba, "Two, how was the messenger before?" ”

Xu Shu also smiled, and then said: "The so-called 'real can't be fake, fake can't be true', don't worry, the lord is naturally the messenger sent by Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao of the Yanzhou Army!" ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Liu Ba, who also hurriedly said: "That's true, the subordinates also think the same, and his person is indeed Cao Zixiao's messenger, what Yuan Zhi said is good!" ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, "It seems that Cao Zixiao can't sit still now, knowing that Ma Mengqi is now coming back with troops, he also hurried to contact our army, but what did he do before!" ”

It is not difficult to hear from Liu Bei's tone that his opinion of Cao Ren is still not small, and this is definitely not because of the deep relationship between his people and the Yanzhou army. Speaking of which, he brought troops at that time, and then was taken by Ma Chao's Liangzhou army, at that time, Liu Bei already had an opinion on him-

I'm afraid of comparisons for everything, such as this incident that was attacked by Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army at night. If there was no comparison between Lu Su and Jiangdong Army, Liu Bei would not have said that he had such a big opinion on Cao Ren. After all, isn't he sure yet, the so-called "victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers", if you hold this, then Liu Bei has been in vain for decades.

But when you Cao Ren brought the troops here, you let the Liangzhou army attack at night, and directly repelled dozens of miles, which is really embarrassing and thrown home. But what about the Jiangdong Army, they also came to Chenyang later, but why were they not attacked by the Liangzhou Army at night, did the Liangzhou Army not want to, no, absolutely not, but they didn't find anyone at all!

So because of such a thing, Liu Bei thinks that this Cao Ren is also a general, a rare commander, a veteran of the Yanzhou Army, but he is not so cautious in doing things, and he is not as good as Lu Su and Zhang Liao, who just brought the troops. It's the deputy Guo Huai, he has just joined the Yanzhou Army for a few years, but how many years have you Cao Ren led the troops, and he is not even as good as Lu Su and Lu Zijing, who just led the troops?

Therefore, Liu Bei's opinion on this matter is actually not small, but he didn't say much about it-

Indeed, if this matter has nothing to do with him, then Cao Ren is so, and the Yanzhou army has also lost, with some casualties, and it is too late for him Liu Bei to be happy. But when is it now, what is the situation, there is no need to say more, it can be said that even if the Yanzhou army suffers a little casualties, it will be detrimental to the overall war. After all, they are here to help themselves, if they are destroyed by Ma Chao, then there will be no one to help them.

So can Liu Bei not think about it, the Yanzhou army is finished, so it will be the least beneficial to himself. In the same way, if the Jiangdong Army is like this, then it is also like this. Therefore, even if Liu Bei was in the city, he was thinking about the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army outside the city, and he was also concerned about the war between them and the Liangzhou Army.

But it's not so much that he cares about them, it's better that he cares about himself, after all, how are the two of them, not to mention that they are closely related to him Liu Bei, but it's almost the same-

So Liu Bei has a great opinion of Cao Ren, but he can't say anything yet, after all, his people are not his Liu Bei's subordinates, but Cao Mengde's subordinates. And no one is here, he can't hear what you say, and he doesn't know, so it's useless, Liu Bei naturally won't do it.

At this time, Xu Shu and Liu Ba, who heard their lord's words, glanced at each other, and smiled helplessly in their hearts. (To be continued......)