"Xuande, after a long time, are you okay now?" As soon as they met, Cao Cao greeted him warmly. This is not just the enthusiasm that he pretends to be, he really appreciates Liu Bei and his person. If the other party didn't come to be a lobbyist on this trip, Cao Cao really didn't mind having a good drink with the other party.

"Whether you can be well or not, everything depends on Meng Degong." Liu Bei lowered his posture and said respectfully.

"Depends on me? Why did Xuande say this? Although I understand very well what Liu Bei means by this, it depends on himself, that is, if he withdraws from the army, he will be fine, and if he does not retreat, he will not be well. But in addition to Cao Cao's own eloquence, his ability to pretend to be stupid is also first-class, "Isn't it that Xuande deliberately invested in my command and shared honor and disgrace with me, so he said this?" ”

Cao Cao is Cao Cao, not only completely ignoring the meaning of Liu Bei's words, but also soliciting generously.

Liu Bei saw Cao Cao talking about him left and right, and sighed helplessly, so he stopped beating around the bush, and directly made his intentions clear: "I came here this time to show Tao Gongzu's intention to seek peace, and to retreat to Meng Degong to focus on the overall situation." ”

"The big picture?" Seeing that Liu Bei made his words clear, Cao Cao no longer continued to pretend to be stupid with him, and snorted coldly, "Why did I attack Xuzhou, just not focusing on the overall situation?" ”

"In the past, Bei had the honor to discuss Dong ...... with Meng Degong" Liu Bei sighed lightly again and said slowly, "At that time, Meng Degong was full of spirit and devoted to destroying Dong Thief. Bei still remembers that day, Meng Degong was blocked by Xu Rong, and when he finally couldn't catch up with Dong, how heartbroken he was. Therefore, Bei has always been deeply admired for Meng Degong. But why did only two years later, Meng Degong did the evil of the Dong thief that day? ”

"What did I do that day?" Although he had long expected that his army in Xuzhou would attract notoriety, Liu Bei's hat was too big, which made Cao Cao angry all of a sudden, "How can I do the evil of Dong thief?" Am I the ** palace, or did I kill the court officials, or set fire to the city? ”

The current Cao Cao has been in the position of Yanzhou Mu for nearly two years, and although his ambitions have been expanded to a certain extent, he is finally in the Han family. For Liu Bei's responsibility, Cao Cao was absolutely unacceptable.

"Since the beginning of the Yellow Turban, Xuzhou has been in turmoil. And Tao made Jun enter Xuzhou, pro-virtuous and far-reaching, diligent and methodical, so that Xuzhou ruled the government and made the people rich. Now Meng Degong acted recklessly, causing a war, not to mention, after attacking Xuzhou, he killed innocent people along the way. I heard that wherever Cao Jun passed, all the creatures were ruined. Meng Degong was only a small enmity for himself, and abandoned the great virtue of Tao Gongzu and put the people of Xuzhou in fire and water. Isn't this no different from Dong Zhuo? Liu Bei's attitude was quite gentle at first, but every time he said a word, his tone became heavier, and in the end, it could be said to be sharp.

"Liu Xuande, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your words are so sharp!" Cao Cao seemed to be very angry, and his attitude was not at all as kind as when they first met, and even revealed a murderous intent.

"What is sharp about what is said in the mouth but what is in the heart?" Liu Bei looked directly at Cao Cao's murderous gaze, not afraid at all, and raised his head and said, "If Meng Degong wants to be a Han minister, he should immediately return to the army and withdraw to Yanzhou, which is the reason for loyalty to Han." If not, Meng Degong would be the same as Dong Zhuo, a chaotic minister, a thief who wants to cause trouble to the Han family! ”

Cao Cao sent troops this time, and he had long been mentally prepared to bear the notoriety. But he would never have thought that he would be scolded so badly in front of someone, and scolded so blatantly, without any cover-up.

After Liu Bei finished scolding, he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, if Cao Cao was really annoyed and angry, even if he was protected by Guan Yu, he might not be able to end his trip well. After all, no matter how brave Guan Yu is, it is just the courage of one person, and behind Cao Cao is thousands of troops. And the guard next to Cao Cao was Dian Wei, Liu Bei also knew very well that the other party was a villain with superb martial arts, even if he wanted Guan Yu to capture the thief and capture the king first, it would be quite difficult.

If he was wasted by time for a few more years, Liu Bei would not dare to say such a thing in front of Cao Cao no matter what. Just like the hero of the wine theory later, Liu Bei at that time was really a scheming hero, in order to protect himself, he could even pretend to be a grandson in front of the enemy without hesitation. And now Liu Bei still has a trace of righteousness in his heart, even if he has a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he still dares to speak out in front of Cao Cao about his resentment.

"It seems that Xuande and I are different from each other after all!" Cao Cao didn't want to refute Liu Bei's accusation, not to mention that the other party's words were reasonable, and there was no way to refute anything. However, Cao Cao had already made up his mind to rely on his strength to speak, so whether the division was famous or not, it would not change his ambition to annex Xuzhou.

"It's getting late, Xuande should go back early, have a good rest, and prepare for the battle tomorrow!" If Liu Bei spoke to himself like this a few years later, Cao Cao would definitely kill him. However, although Cao Cao's heart was also surging with several killing intentions, he still did not give the order to kill Liu Bei in the end.

Liu Bei still wanted to fight for a few more words, but Cao Cao had already left him and turned to leave, and in desperation, Liu Bei could only sigh lightly and leave with Guan Yu in a huff.

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Xiahoudun looked at the military formation that was gradually approaching the Puyang city wall, and his brows were tightly furrowed into a Sichuan shape.

Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and took away the vast majority of the elite, so that he had too few available soldiers, only 3,000 people. How could these 3,000 people defend this Puyang City in such a dangerous situation. I didn't expect that Cao Cao had just left on the front foot, and Lu Bu's gang had actually attacked the Yanzhou boundary with the back foot under the guidance of Zhang Miao and others. Lü Bu's soldiers were brave and brave, and Chen Gong was assisted by strategists, Yanzhou's garrison counties were conquered one after another, and even Cao Cao's initial army - Chen Liucheng was also occupied by Lü Bu, and Mao Jue and Xun You, who were responsible for guarding Chen Liu, fled to Dongjun with hundreds of defeated soldiers.

This is too ironic, Cao's army captured the cities of Xuzhou one after another in the front, and the cities of Yanzhou in the rear were conquered by Lu Bu one after another.

Xiahoudun was well aware of the current situation. Compared with Cao Cao, Lu Bu did not have a rear at all at this time, and he completely poured out of the nest without any worries. Although the battle situation in Xuzhou was very smooth, Tao Qian was still resisting stubbornly, after all, there were still 10,000 people in Xiapi City who could throw stones and wood at the enemy army under the city wall, and it would take some time to capture Xiapi City and even occupy the entire territory of Xuzhou. However, the guardian power in several cities in Yanzhou is scarce and pitiful. It can be said that if Lu Bu wants to occupy Yanzhou, the speed will definitely be much faster than Cao's army occupying Xuzhou.

Yanzhou is precarious. And once the whole territory of Yanzhou falls, then Cao Cao will only face irreparable defeat.

Yanzhou, we must not lose! But despite this, how should Yanzhou defend it? And how can you keep it?

Xiahoudun only felt his heart numb.

"General......" Cheng Yu saw that Xiahoudun's face was cloudy, and whispered beside him, "I think that Puyang is undefendable, so it is better to abandon it." ”

"What did you say!" When Xiahoudun heard this, his hair was stretched and he shouted loudly.

"Lu Bu is overwhelming and Puyang is outnumbered, and Lu Bu breaks Puyang, which can be described as effortless." Cheng Yu was not frightened by Xiahoudun's anger, and said eloquently, "Instead of waiting for the city to break and damage the army in vain, it is better to rush to Dongjun with these three thousand troops at night and join Gao Shun." Dongjun is the seat of Yanzhou, and it is the foundation of the lord. As long as Dongjun is preserved, even if the other cities in Yanzhou are breached by Lu Bu, he will have a chance to recapture it one day. But if Dongjun is lost, the general trend will be completely gone! ”

Xiahoudun is not a foolish person, after listening to Cheng Yu's analysis and thinking about it carefully, he knew that what he said was true, and immediately said to Cheng Yu: "What Mr. said is exact, Fang is rude." ”