"Since I was separated from Dongpingling, eight spring and autumn seasons have passed. Over the years, Bei has been thinking about the scene of working with you all the time. At that time, Jun's high-spirited appearance pointed out the world, which made Bei's unconsciously hearty yearning......"

Later, when I heard that Jun had become the county guard of Dongjun, Bei was overjoyed. The talent of the king is the talent of the countryman, how can it be wasted in the countryside......"

In the past few years, Jun was promoted to Yanzhou pastor, destroyed the Yellow Turban, retreated to Yuan Shu in the south, and guarded Yanzhou. Preparing in Qingzhou is also like walking on thin ice, three provinces a day, just to encourage you. ”

However, more than ten days ago, when he was shocked to hear about Xuzhou, Jun avenged his father, and rushed to the crown in anger, slaughtering tens of thousands of people in Tancheng. Bei also knows that Lingzun's matter is like a collapse for you. Every time I think about it, I can't help but cry. However, the matter of Ling Zun is ultimately a personal vendetta. Although the father's hatred is shared with the heavens, how innocent are the hundreds of thousands of unjust souls in Tancheng who have suffered unjustified disasters......"

"And the matter of Ling Zun is full of suspicions, and the hundred officials of Xuzhou can also prove the innocence of Tao Xiangjun. I believe that it should be carefully examined, so as not to increase the grievances and make the real culprits stand on the sidelines......"

"Fang Jin's horse thieves hijacked the saint and the imperial court to guard Chang'an, causing the world to fall apart, and the domestic conquest continued. The unequaled marquis lived in Luoyang, and the soldiers looked west to Chang'an. As a pastor of Yanzhou, Jun drew his sword and rose up, and followed the Wushuang Marquis to send troops to Chang'an with Bei, crusade against the traitorous ministers and revitalize the dynasty, so that the world can restore stability, and the people will no longer worry about ......"

In Cao Ying, Cao Cao silently looked at the letter sent by Liu Bei in his hand, his expression was neither happy nor sad, which made Xun Yue and others, who had been watching Cao Cao, unable to see any clues from his face at all.

I don't know how long it took, Cao Cao finally put down the letter in his hand, only to see him sigh and whisper in a complicated tone, "It's been eight years since I said goodbye in the past...... I've changed, but Xuande, you haven't changed, you're still so naïve......"

"My lord?" Hearing Cao Cao's low murmur, Xun Yue called softly.

"Hehe, Xuande persuaded me to quit the army, what do you think?" Cao Cao heard Xun Yue's soft call, looked around at everyone and smiled.

"Humph! That Liu Xuande can have today, the lord has made a lot of efforts, and he is even crusading against the yellow scarf together! But now, he chose to be the enemy of the lord, and he wanted to use a letter to let the lord's 60,000 army return to Yanzhou? Such unkind and unrighteous people who don't know what to do, what should he do! Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Hong suddenly said angrily.

"My lord, how can the affairs of the soldiers be child's play? It has been more than a month since our army set out from Yanzhou, and although we have captured some cities, the real goal has not yet been achieved. Besides, the soldiers who sacrificed during this period of time and the grain and grass spent, how could they choose to withdraw from the army with a letter from Liu Xuande? Xun Yue looked at Cao Cao and said respectfully.

And after Cao Hong and Xun Yue finished speaking, Xiahou Yuan and others also expressed their opinions, and no one agreed to withdraw the troops.

"Then it's decided, send someone to reply to Xuande, if he insists on helping Tao Qian to become my enemy and prevent me from avenging my father. Then, the affection of the past is cut in two today! When Cao Cao said this, he suddenly thought of something, and then smiled again, "Tell Xuande again, when I fought against the Yellow Turban in the past, my contest with him ended in failure, and now, let's compare the art of war~"

"The lord is wise!" Hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone responded loudly, and their tones were quite excited. Obviously, their emotions were fully mobilized because of Liu Bei's letters and Cao Cao's words.

After that, Cao Cao began to give orders on many matters, and after a while, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and after a while, he saw a soldier rushing in.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes were all focused, and immediately, everyone's expressions suddenly became suspicious and solemn. I saw that this soldier looked like a dusty man, his expression was extremely tired, and his eyes revealed anxiety and panic.

"Who are you? What's the need to report?! Cao Cao looked at the visitor and asked in a low tone.

"General! Big things are wrong! That Chen Gong united Zhang Miao, Ying Shao and others...... It's the other way around! The soldier said in a flustered tone.

"What?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"Is there a mistake?"

For a while, everyone in the camp was in chaos, and even Xun Yue, who had always been calm, was in chaos. It's no wonder, after all, when this kind of thing happens, it's hard for them not to mess up. Who is Chen Gong? After Cao Cao's departure, he was in charge of the military affairs of Dongjun, and even had great power over many affairs in the whole of Yanzhou. And Zhang Miao is the county guard of Chen Liu, and Ying Shao is the county guard of Taishan, these three people actually rebelled together? How does this not make them panic?

"Quiet! Be quiet! Just when everyone was at a loss, Cao Cao's voice suppressed the noise in the tent. Hearing this voice, everyone suddenly turned their heads to look at Cao Cao as if they had found the backbone.

"Look at you, what do you all look like? Wouldn't it make you laugh if such a little thing made you mess up like this? Cao Cao looked at everyone and said loudly, without any panic or anxiety.

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, obviously they didn't expect that after hearing the news, Cao Cao's first sentence would be like this. In their minds, even if they didn't immediately dispatch troops to prepare to quell the rebellion, they would have to curse Chen Gong and the others, right? However, hearing Cao Cao say this, everyone's originally anxious mood suddenly relaxed inexplicably.

Seeing this, Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Everyone immediately return to their respective camps, and start packing their bags and preparing to retreat after dark, remember, you must not show any panic!" And no one is allowed to disclose the news of Yanzhou! ”

"No!"

"Zhongyu, you immediately send someone back to Yanzhou to inquire about the situation over there in detail! Although Chen Gong and others betrayed me, there are Gongda, Yuan Rang and others, and they can't make any waves alone! Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xun Yue again and said.

"No!" Xun Yue replied respectfully, and then said with a solemn face, "Lord, Liu Qingzhou's ...... over there"

"Hmm...... I personally wrote a reply to him! It's a face for me to sell him. Now the soldiers of Xiapi and the soldiers of Xuande are no longer much worse than our army. In this case, our army retreats, and they will not have any doubts. Cao Cao groaned for a while and said in a flat tone.

"No."

"Let's all go down......" Cao Cao said with a wave of his hand.

Hearing this, the people rushed out of the tent one after another, and when they left, the tent was quiet again. Cao Cao sat in front of the desk, silently looking at the gradually darkening sky outside,

I don't know how long it took, Cao Cao stood up suddenly, pulled out the sword on his waist and slashed it on the desk, cutting the desk in half at once.

Hearing the movement in the tent, Xu Chu hurriedly rushed in, but when he saw the situation in front of him, he immediately stood on the spot. Well, there is a world of difference between Cao Cao's angry and red eyes in front of him and his calm appearance just now.

"Go out, you're not allowed to come in without my orders!" Cao Cao waved his hand and said coldly. Hearing this, Xu Chu hurriedly took people away and put down the curtain of the camp tent. Later, he ordered the guards to stay at a distance of about fifty paces outside the tent, and no one was allowed to approach.

In the tent, Cao Cao had already sat down again, and at the same time there was an extra wine jug in his hand.

"Gongtai, I ask myself if I treat you well, I went to Xuzhou twice, and I ordered you to temporarily take charge of all affairs in Dongjun and even Yanzhou on my behalf. Why? Is it because of a small conflict with Gongda and others? ”

Meng Zhuo...... I have known you since childhood, served as officials in the same dynasty, and discussed Dong Zhuo together, but why did you betray me? ”

"Zhong Ying...... I think you have great talent, and I will raise you as the county guard of Mount Tai. In the past, my father was killed in Tarzan, and I have never been angry with you......"

Cao Cao kept muttering as he drank his wine, his tone full of puzzlement, as if he didn't understand why things were the way they were.

I don't know how long it took for Cao Cao to come back to his senses, write a reply letter with great effort, and order someone to send it to Xiapi.

Xiapi City.

After receiving Cao Cao's reply, Tao Qian and the others were immediately stunned, and at the same time had great doubts. Because, they couldn't figure out why Cao Cao chose to withdraw directly because of a letter from Liu Bei. Even Liu Bei, who proposed to send a letter to persuade Cao Cao, although the expression on his face was extremely happy, his heart was also full of doubts.

"It doesn't make sense, I'm just talking to Meng De in my letters, talking about righteousness and other things, just with these, how can Meng De withdraw from the army?!" Liu Bei muttered strangely in his heart.

Yes, Liu Bei never thought of really relying on this letter to get Cao Cao to retire, the reason why he did this was just to show his mercy that he didn't want to kill more.

Even after discovering that Cao Jun had retreated overnight the next day, they still looked incredulous. It wasn't until the spies sent out reported that Cao Jun had indeed retreated quickly towards Yanzhou, that all doubts turned into joy.

They don't know why Cao Cao gave up on continuing to attack Xiapi with only one letter from Liu Bei, because no matter why Cao Cao retreated, in short, Cao Cao retreated! That's enough!

For a while, the entire Xiapi army and civilians celebrated frantically, you must know that because of the fact that Cao Cao slaughtered Tancheng, as well as the continuous propaganda of Tao Qian and others, Cao Cao has already become a murderer in the hearts of the Xiapi army and people.

At the same time, in Xiapi City, Tao Qian held a grand banquet again to celebrate Liu Bei's achievements.

"It's worthy of Liu Yuanjun, who scared that Cao Cao away with just one letter......" Mi Zhu admired while toasting. And beside him, Chen Deng and others also kept praising Liu Bei.

"You guys are really too high-minded, think about it, General Cao is just because he doesn't want to do more killing, plus the morale in the city is high, and General Cao's military advantage no longer exists......" Liu Bei smiled modestly.

"In any case, the danger of Xuzhou has been lifted, all because of Liu Yuanjun......" Mi Zhu heard this, glanced around at everyone and then said loudly, "I'll wait for a cup of Liu Yuanjun." ”

Everyone kept praising Liu Bei, but Tao Qian, who was sitting in the first place, seemed a little lonely, although Liu Bei would talk and laugh with Tao Qian from time to time......

It's just that Tao Qian didn't seem to care about this at all, just looked at all this with a smile. When the wine passed the third round, Tao Qian suddenly signaled everyone to be quiet, and then looked at Liu Bei and stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Today, Cao Cao's troops retreated, and the danger of Xuzhou has been lifted, so I plan to bring up the old matter again, hoping that Xuande can take over the post of Xuzhou pastor and protect Xuzhou from foreign enemies on my behalf." ”

"Why did Gong Zugong say this again? Bei led the troops to come, he couldn't bear the people of Xuzhou to fall into fire and water, and he couldn't bear General Cao's loyalty to the Han family, but he was blinded by hatred, and it was definitely not for the sake of plotting Xuzhou......" When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately showed panic, and kept refusing in his mouth.

"Xuande is too worried, the reason why I want Xuande to take over as Xuzhou pastor, on the one hand, is because Xuande's talent is ten times better than me, and if Xuzhou is under Xuande's governance, it will inevitably be more prosperous and powerful. On the other hand, I am already in my sixties this year, and a few days ago I was even more angry because of Cao Cao's dispatch to Xuzhou again...... Although these days have been much better, people are getting older, and their health is indeed getting worse and worse......" Tao Qian sighed when he heard this.

"Even so, doesn't Grandpa Gong still have two sons? Wouldn't it be justified for the son-in-law of Gong Zugong to succeed to the post of pastor of Xuzhou, and the second son to assist him? Come to think of it, the people of Xuzhou and everyone here also think so. Liu Bei hurriedly replied when he heard this.

Only this time, the people below were quiet, whether it was Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, or Chen Deng, their faces were extremely dignified, and there was a trace of surprise in their eyes, obviously, Tao Qian in this case, once again proposed to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei, which caught them off guard.

And more people looked at Tao Qian with a look of surprise, as if they didn't understand why Tao Qian would bring up this matter again now.

This is the second time that Tao Qian has proposed to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei, but compared with the first time, the situation has been significantly different. When it was first proposed, everyone was a little surprised, but they didn't think much about it. Because in their opinion, this was just a means of co-optation used by Tao Qian in order to let Liu Bei be able to help him deal with Cao Cao wholeheartedly.

After all, they have also heard of Liu Bei's friendship with Cao Cao. Although Liu Bei led the army to help, it was normal for Tao Qian to be worried.

And now that it's the second time I've mentioned it, it's clear that things are different. You must know that since Tao Qian entered Xuzhou, about six years have passed. During this period of time, he has used countless means, both openly and secretly, to try to completely bring Xuzhou under his control.

But now, when Cao Cao has returned to Yanzhou and the danger in Xuzhou has been lifted, Tao Qian is doing it again, how can he not make everyone unbelievable?

"Could it be that Tao Gongzu really plans to give Xuzhou to Liu Xuande?" At this moment, this thought rose in the hearts of most of the people in the hall.