"What's going on?" Cao Ren unconsciously clenched his saber and stepped forward to ask.

"Lord Qiqi, I don't know where an army of hundreds of rao came out of nowhere, all the way to here, rushing here, our main force is below, the defenders are weak, and they can't resist his offensive, lord, you quickly retreat!" The soldier was embarrassed and knelt on the ground at this time.

"Ridiculous, how could an army suddenly pop up, could it be that there are other people who are not afraid of death to support Tao Qian?" At this time, Cao Cao stood up, walked forward, looked down the hillside, and said unconsciously: "It's true!" ”

It turned out to be the red-faced young man who disappeared just now, I didn't expect him to come here, I saw the red-faced young man stabbing left and right, and the army around him was about four or five hundred people, all of them were cavalry, and it was obvious that their target was the commander on the hillside.

"Archer prepare!" Cao Ren shouted loudly.

A row of archers immediately set up a position and shot towards the red-faced youth, who knows, this red-faced young man is vigorous, dodging left and right, and constantly using the broadsword in his hand to shoot away the arrows, at this time he shouted, the mount galloped up, leading the cavalry behind to rush directly into the archer's array, this archer is not the opponent of the red-faced youth at this time, was waved by his broadsword, and all fell to the ground and died.

"Protect the lord, protect the lord!" Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Zhu Ling and others drew their swords at this time, mounted their mounts, and retreated while looking back.

At this time, some soldiers had already descended the mountain and informed the generals that they were ready to come back.

The red-faced young man became more and more courageous, how could these soldiers be his opponents, Cao Ren and Zhu Ling saw that he was about to rush up, so the two of them picked up their weapons, and after the break, they stepped forward to fight with the red-faced youth, and the others were responsible for escorting Cao Cao to evacuate safely.

The generals under the mountain learned that Cao Cao was in trouble, so they immediately turned around and all returned to help, Liu Bei saw that the time had come, so he led the army to cover up, but the soldiers had been fighting for a long time, and they were scared by the Cao army just now, even if it was a cover-up, it did not hurt the foundation of the Cao army.

At this time, Guan Yu saw that the Cao army under the mountain was rushing here one after another, so he did not hesitate to rein in the horse and return, Cao Ren and Zhu Ling were haggard by this unknown general, and saw that he had taken the initiative to evacuate, so they did not chase after him, and the two of them invariably breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Tian Kai and Liu Bei saw that Cao's army had evacuated, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and counted the number of soldiers present, leaving only 6,000 soldiers and horses.

"General Tian, although we have resisted Cao Cao's attack this time, we have suffered heavy losses!" Liu Bei rode to Tian Kai's side and said.

"Who isn't, Lao Tzu didn't get any benefit when he came here, but he folded thousands of soldiers and horses, his grandmother's, I would have known that I wouldn't listen to you!" Tian Kai's face was covered with blood, and he looked at Liu Bei and scolded angrily.

"General, this can't be messed up, even if you choose to go north, can you ensure that you can beat Yuan Shao, you know, Yuan Shao is much more powerful than Cao Cao, you can't even beat Cao Cao, do you still want to fight Yuan Shao?" Liu Bei didn't say well at this time.

"Humph! It's really no good thing to meet you, Lao Tzu is leaving, go back to my Qingzhou, this Cao Cao and Tao Qian, what do you love, Lao Tzu doesn't care! Tian Kai waved his hand and said: "If you want to go with me, you can leave, if you don't go with me, you will stay, don't come to talk to me about any big truths!" ”

"General Tian, you must know that once Xuzhou is annexed, Cao Cao will immediately move north and invade Qingzhou, you will not only face Yuan Shao alone, but Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!" Liu Bei immediately dissuaded.

"Liu Xuande, you must know that Cao Cao only sent more than 10,000 soldiers and horses this time, and he still has 40,000 main forces behind, 40,000, 40,000 main forces, do you want me to die with you, even if the final result is death, I choose to die later?" Tian Kai posed the number "four" with his hand and shouted loudly at Liu Bei.

"If you really want to leave, you can go, I want to stay to resist Cao and defend Xuzhou to the death!" Liu Bei turned his face to the side and said expressionlessly.

"Hmph, if you like to stay, you can stay, and when the time comes, you will be killed by Cao Jun, don't blame me for not reminding you!" Tian Kai Lema walked outside the city gate, at this time the city gate was opened, Tao Qian and Zhang Zhen and other Danyang generals walked out together, and said gratefully: "General Tian, I repelled Cao Cao this time, I really thank you so much, I have prepared a banquet to celebrate your victory!" ”

"Hey~ Forget it!" Tian Kai waved his hand, looking at Tao Qian in front of him, he really wanted to cut him with a knife, dragged himself to the quagmire, and let himself fall into it, the benefits were not reaped, but the disadvantages were a lot, he lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and offended the great warlord Cao Cao, he is still smiling and wants to invite me to a banquet, I now know that most of the banquets in the world are Hongmen banquets, otherwise, if others look for you It's okay, why should they invite you to a banquet.

"General Tian, what do you mean by this, aren't you going to enter the city?" Tao Qian asked in surprise.

"This war, it was Liu Bei who repelled Cao Cao, you invite him to go, I'm leaving, Qingzhou is a little urgent to deal with!" Tian Kai finished his horse and prepared to leave.

"General Tian, you ...... You can go as you go, and you don't say hello beforehand, as soon as you go, what should the people of Xuzhou do, and what should the people under you do! Tao Qian hurriedly dissuaded.

"You don't want to talk to me about these big truths, the life and death of the people in Xuzhou have nothing to do with me, and it doesn't matter if the people under me have anything to do with them, Lord Tao, you keep these words with Liu Bei, he likes these big truths very much, and naturally he must like to listen to them!" Tian Kai led his troops to leave.

"General Tian, General Tian, you can't just leave!" Tao Qian shouted loudly in the back, but Tian Kai had already made up his mind, and he didn't pay attention to Tao Qian at all.

"Master Tao, since he is leaving, let him go, he has been frightened by Cao Jun, and the soldiers who have lost their souls, it is useless to ask for more!" Liu Bei walked over at this time and said.

"Brother Xuande, you won't leave!" Tao Qian said at this time.

"Don't worry, since Liu Bei is here, he won't leave like this, Xuzhou is here, Liu Bei is here, Xuzhou is dead, Liu Bei is dead!" Liu Bei said firmly.

"Okay, okay, Brother Xuande is really a benevolent person!" Tao Qian took Liu Bei's hand at this time and pulled him into Tancheng.

"Xuzhou is in danger, I don't know if there are any reinforcements!" Liu Bei was held by Tao Qian's hand and asked as he walked.

"Hmm~" Tao Qian shook his head helplessly and said: "No, Xia Yishi, there is only you Liu Xuande, now everyone is busy with their own affairs, where can they care about the life and death of the people of Xuzhou!" ”

"Is there really no hope for Yuan Shu, you are allies!"

"Yuan Shu, hum! Since this husband was defeated by Cao Cao, he was determined to develop southward, appointed himself as Yangzhou Mu, and then appointed himself as Xuzhou Bo, which is not obviously no different from Cao Cao, it is not that he covets Xuzhou, looking for him for help, it is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and he is short-sighted! Tao Qian then said: "Qi Yuan Shu, I still have a worry, do you remember Sun Jian back then?" ”

"Remember, he is a subordinate of Yuan Shu, this person previously killed Hua Xiong, broke Lu Bu, and was brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately when he attacked Liu Biao, he was ambushed by mistake and was killed by Huang Zu!"

"It seems that you still know a lot, after he died, he had a son, named Sun Ce, when Sun Jian died, he was still a seventeen-year-old man, not long ago, Sun Ce asked Yuan Shu for his life, asking for Yuan Shu to go to Jiangdong to open up a foundation, Yuan Shu agreed, Sun Ce then led Sun Jian's old department, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others, to Jiangdong, to open up the territory!"

"There is such a thing, then this Sun Ce is not simple, Yuan Shu's heart is also quite big, Jiangdong has a huge territory, if he is really defeated by Sun Ce, how can he obey Yuan Shu's orders again!" Liu Bei sneered.

"This is what I'm worried about, Sun Ce's courage is no less than his father, if he really takes Jiangdong, Xuzhou is in danger!" Tao Qian said helplessly.

"Whether Sun Ce can take Jiangdong or not, this is not yet known, now our enemy is Cao Cao, Sun Ce's matter, it is okay to think about it later!" Liu Bei saw the living room, so he took the initiative to let go of Tao Qian's hand and motioned for Tao Qian to sit on the throne first.

"Xuande, you can sit too!" Tao Qian, he walked up the steps, sat on the main seat, he saw that everyone came to the living room one after another, found their place, and sat down, and then he picked up the wine glass and said to Liu Bei: "This time I can defeat Cao Cao, all rely on the credit of Xuande, here I will represent the people of the six counties of Xuzhou, a glass of Xuande!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said: "Lord Zhou Mu has a good reputation, how can Liu Bei be virtuous, he is really worthy of receiving such a great gift!" ”

"Hey~ Don't be modest, come!" The people drank the wine from their glasses.

"Xuande, look, Tian Kai is also gone, you can stay, thank you so much, I plan to go to the imperial court and appoint you as the assassin of Yuzhou, and your future base will be stationed in Pei!"

"Lord Zhou Mu, I dare not take this honor, I hope that Lord Zhou Mu will take back his life!" Liu Bei hurriedly got up and said.

"You can stand it, why can't you stand it, you have made a great contribution, you can naturally bear it, but the Cao army has not retreated yet, and it will make a comeback in the future, what should we do!" Tao Qian put down the wine glass, took a sip of food, and said worriedly: "For this matter, I am already haggard, and my body is getting worse day by day, I don't know what to do!" ”

Hearing Tao Qian's this, everyone present at this time bowed their heads, and some even cried in public, in the face of this scene, Liu Bei looked at Mi Zhu on the opposite side at this time, but although Mi Zhu had sent Sun Qian to Yanzhou East County, but until now, he had no news, and in the face of Liu Bei's doubts, Mi Zhu had no choice but to lower his head and deliberately avoid Liu Bei's gaze.