It was when Tao Qian was feasting everyone in Tancheng and rewarding the three armies that Cao Cao received a letter from Liu Bei to stop the war, which made Cao Cao very angry and felt that he was despised by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is just a plain prime minister! What qualifications does this have to hand him a letter and reprimand him for attacking Xuzhou? It is the war book, and it should also be written by Tian Kai, the assassin of Qingzhou. This behavior of Liu Bei Yue and acting on behalf of Cao Cao is an invitation to fame in Cao Cao's eyes.

Liu Bei regarded him Cao Cao as a stepping stone to his fame!

After being furious, Cao Cao fought harder to attack Tancheng, but Tancheng had Tian Kai and Liu Bei there, but it was not so easy. Moreover, Liu Bei, who was guarding Tancheng, was not the master of Anfen, and together with Tian Kai, he attacked his Cao army camp at night and pulled out several camps.

In order to support Liu Bei, Tao Qian also transferred 4,000 Danyang elites to him, and then Liu Bei and Tian Kai stationed troops in the east of Tancheng, and Tancheng was at the corner of each other, and Cao's army couldn't conquer it for a while.

This phase of stalemate did not last long, Cao Cao first attacked Tian Kai's camp outside the city, and attacked three times in one day, defeating Tian Kai. Tian Kai, who suffered heavy losses, had to retreat to Tancheng City, losing Tian Kai's partner, Liu Bei also did not hold out for long outside the city, so Cao Cao rushed into the city in a gloomy manner, not daring to get out of the city.

The battle of Xuzhou has officially entered the most intense stage of attack and defense! On the one hand, Cao's army fought hard to attack the city, and on the other hand, Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Tian Kai swore to stick to the city.

Just when Tancheng seemed to be in danger, Cao Cao suddenly received a letter from Xun Yu! In desperation, Cao Cao could only order the army to retreat and rush back to the rear.

Cao Jun's retreat made everyone stunned!

However, no one dared to pursue, but these days, they made Cao Jun afraid.

Since Cao Jun retreated, Tao Qian did not continue to propose the matter of letting Xuzhou, but only gave Tian Kai a large amount of money and food, which can be regarded as a reward for Tian Kai's rescue of the troops.

Tian Kai, who got the money and food, did not choose to stay in Xuzhou, but hurriedly led the army back to Qi. Don't look at Tao Qian gave money and food, but this time against Cao Cao, he lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and was eager to go back to the rear to replenish the source of troops.

On the contrary, Liu Bei, the prime minister of the plains, did not go back with Tian Kai, but was sincerely invited by Tao Qiandi to settle in Xuzhou Xiapi. Tao Qian's reason for letting Liu Bei stay is also very simple, this Cao army retreated very strangely, maybe when it will come back, let Liu Bei garrison Xiapi, but also beware of Cao Jun's return to the carbine.

Moreover, Tao Qian also gave Liu Bei 4,000 Danyang elites, if Liu Bei went back, Xuzhou didn't know who to guard. In this way, Liu Bei is garrison in Xiapi, this is to prevent the attack of Cao Jun, and the other is to prevent Yuan Shu's invasion.

The battlefield turned to Juancheng.

After Lü Bu defeated Xiahoudun on the way to the army, Puyang's generals were persuaded by Chen Gong to turn against Cao. After the loss of Puyang, all parts of Dongjun also rebelled. Chen Gong raised another army of soldiers and horses in Dongjun and went to Juancheng to meet Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.

At this time, the situation in Juancheng was very serious.

After Xiahou Dun, the Taishou of Dongjun, was defeated by Lü Bu, the remnants of the army fled back to Juancheng. However, after Lu Bubing came to Juancheng, he heard that Xiahou was killed by an arrow, and he did not release it. Xun Yu, who was sitting in Juancheng, did not dare to leak the news, lest Juancheng be shaken up and down.

His original intention of sending Xiahoudun back to the army in a hurry was to suppress the turmoil in Juancheng and kill those with bad intentions, who knew that it would be the scene of this scene.

This is said again, Xun Yu kept the news of Xiahoudun's death a secret, so how did Lu Bu and Zhang Miao know? The answer is that the two Qu Hou of Xiahou Dun surrendered to Zhang Miao, and it happened that these two people returned to Juancheng with Xiahou Tang that day. Before Xiahoudun entered Juancheng, he swallowed his breath, but he didn't let anyone know.

In this regard, Lu Bu was a little skeptical.

It is true that Xiahou was hit by an arrow, and Lu Bu and many others have seen this with their own eyes. The marksman Cao Xing shot Xiahoudun off the horseback with an arrow, and Xiahoudun fled in a hurry with the support of the guards on the left and right. Just relying on this alone, it is not enough to conclude that Xiahou Dun will definitely die. The arrow shot by Cao Xing was not a poisoned arrow.

Regardless of whether Lu Bu believes it or not, Zhang Miao believes it anyway. There are still five or six thousand soldiers and horses in Juancheng, and with their little soldiers and horses alone, it is obvious that they cannot be attacked by force, and they can only outwit.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of internal responses in Juancheng, even if Zhang Miaodang contacted Wang Kai and Wan Qian in the city, from their letters, it also confirmed the information that Xiahoudun was killed. The two sides agreed on a time to capture Juancheng together.

It was late at night, but in Lu Bu's tent, the lights were not extinguished.

"I always felt that something wasn't right."

Lu Bu frowned, "But I can't say why, I feel ......"

"What does the lord think is wrong?"

Guo Jia asked.

"The death of Xiahoudun! Xiahoudun was indeed hit by an arrow, but I really can't be sure that he will die. and Xiahoudun's subordinates, Wang Dang and Jiang Yi surrendered, which is also quite confusing. ”

Lu Bu said, "I don't know if I'm too worried, if Xiahoudun is really dead, it is unexpected and reasonable for these two people to surrender." ”

"Most of these two people are deception!"

Guo Jia's tone was slightly heavy, "If these two people were sincere in surrendering, they should have brought their relatives with them, or brought them with them, but they didn't do so!" Besides, if the two of them really wanted to surrender, why didn't they respond in the city, but went out of the city and surrendered? ”

"Surrender?"

Lu Bu was suddenly taken aback, but then he became puzzled again, "But now that they are in our army, if they surrender by fraud, what are they plotting?" Could it be that he still wants to take my head? ”

"The lord should be cautious!"

Li Ru replied.

Dong Zhao, the chief bookkeeper, also said, "I also think that the surrender of these two people is very suspicious, maybe they really want to assassinate the lord." ”

"If so, I'm not afraid."

Lu Bu chuckled.

He is not Sun Jian and Sun Ce, light and unprepared. Not to mention anything else, this Dian Wei accompanies him all day long, who can easily start?

"In my opinion, the lord's doubts are not unreasonable. Not to mention the lord, I also have a faint feeling that things are going too well. ”

Guo Jia continued, "Xiahoudun was killed in battle, and his troops rebelled, informing us of all the troop deployments in Juancheng, as well as the situation. There are many people in Juancheng who want to open the city gate at the appointed time to welcome our army...... It all seemed to feel too smooth...... I think there may be two purposes for these two people to surrender, one is to assassinate the lord, and the other is to inform Xiahoudun of his death......"