At this time, except for the 5,000 defenders of Xuzhou City, which were commanded by Zhao Yun and stationed in the city, the remaining 45,000 soldiers were all deployed outside the city, and Cao Bao's vanguard battalion was stationed three miles away.

During the Tao Qian period, the Xuzhou army was only 30,000 horses, in addition to Tao Qian's own soldiers of 3,000 people, the Huotou army and the scout army of 1,000 people, it was the Danyang army of 15,000 people under the command of Cao Bao and Zhenrong. And because after the bloody battle of Changjie, the Danyang army under Cao Bao's command lost about 3,000, and Liu Lan's recruitment did not replenish the Danyang army, so now the Danyang army in Xuzhou City is only 10,000.

But on this expedition, Liu Lan divided the Danyang Army into two, and Lü You's 3,000 men and horses were assigned to Cao Bao's command to form a vanguard army of 7,000 people, while the remaining Danyang Army was commanded by Xu Tan and Zhang Ji and stationed in Liu Lan's Chinese army.

At this time, the periphery of the forward camp was surrounded by Liu Lan, who came from the army of the commander, and the huge camp fence was erected around the barracks, and there was no guard tower next to the gate, but there were many patrol soldiers standing in front of the gate, and at this time, they watched these 'friendly troops' besiege the huge camp one by one, and they didn't have to think about it to know what would happen next.

They were all aimed at by bows and crossbows, and none of them dared to act rashly, so that some people had the courage to close the gate of the walled gate at this moment but became a dead body lying in front of the gate of the wall, looking at the corpse that was shot into a hedgehog, where did these gatekeepers still have the slightest courage to move!

At this moment, I saw Xu Chu, who had just recovered from his serious injuries, leaping out of his horse and shouting at those gatekeepers: "Go and inform your general Cao Bao, and say that Liu Zhoumu is coming, and ask him why he hasn't come to greet him!" ”

A school school galloped away. When he came to Cao Bao's tent, he reported anxiously: "General." Liu Zhou's shepherd led a large army to besiege my camp, just now. The killing god next to Zhou Mu shouted General, you go to meet Liu Zhou Mu! ”

The pawn bowed to Cao Bao, when he said Xu Chu, even his voice trembled a little imperceptibly, and he secretly swallowed his saliva when he spoke, thinking of the good killing on Changjie that day, he still can't sleep, and Xu Chu's god-like performance still makes him touch his neck until this moment, as if to determine whether the head on the neck is still there!

There were only Cao Bao and Xu Tan and Zhang Zhen who were recruited by him from the camp tent in the middle of the tent, and they only heard Cao Bao snort. looked at the two of them: "Now that Liu Lan is here, what should the two of them do?" Should we go to see him or ......?" said here, but there was a flash of anger.

"Can't see it!" Xu Tan's eyes showed the usual vicious color, looked at Cao Bao and said in a deep voice: "If I see Liu Lan now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have today's situation, as long as we can hold the camp, as long as Zang Ba comes, we can turn things around!" ”

Although Cao Bao is worried about his family, the situation is pressing. He didn't care much about it, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Now that's the only way, but I didn't expect Liu Lan to come so quickly!" ”

The soldier didn't expect that he would hear such a secret content, and while secretly complaining, he heard that General Cao was going to resist. His heart immediately sank into the abyss, and he said tremblingly: "Will ...... General, the gate of Dazhai has not yet been closed. ”

"What?" Zhang Zhen on the side heard the pawn say this. With a face full of disbelief, he got up and hurried to the pawn. He shouted, "What did you just say? The gate is not closed? ”

The pawn was dragged up by Zhang Zhen and said hesitantly: "Liu Lan came too fast." Before I could react, the black knights (dragoons) who even wore armor on their horses took control of the gate. ”

When Zhang Yu heard the pawn say this, the whole person immediately collapsed to the ground, his expression was full of unwillingness, he looked back at Cao Bao, and sighed: "It's over, even the dragoons have been dispatched, it seems that this time it is really completely over!" ”

"Hey!" Cao Bao sighed while slowly closing his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile in his heart: "Time is also fate!" But he got up and said, "Let's go, let's go see him!" ”

"General, you can't go." Xu Tan stopped Cao Bao again and said, "This time, Liu Lan will not let go of the general and me!" ”

Cao Bao looked at Xu Tan, but the moment his face changed, he laughed out loud and said, "Not necessarily!" ”

After speaking, he continued with confidence: "Liu Lan will not do anything to us yet, he must have some concerns in his heart, if not, why hasn't he done it for a long time." Cao Bao didn't tell the truth, according to what his daughter brought back, Liu Lan really wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, although he resisted, but now it seems that this knife is difficult even if he doesn't want to do it. thought so in his heart, but for the sake of the two of them, he said: "I think Liu Lan must be worried about my Danyang Army, as long as I wait for one day to control the Danyang Army, then he will not dare to attack us easily, and secondly, at this time, the people in Xuzhou are unstable, and Liu Lan will not easily attack us." ”

persuaded the two, just a moment, Cao Bao rushed to the camp gate with them, he had already thought of the rhetoric in his heart, but Xu Tan and Zhang Zhen knew in their hearts that Cao Bao had a countermeasure, one trembled, and the other trembled and bowed in front of Liu Lan, and said: "The last general Cao Bao, Xu Tan, Zhang Zhen has seen Liu Zhoumu!" ”

Seeing the three of them coming, Liu Lan's heart finally fell back to its original position, and he looked at Cao Bao with a gloomy face, and said, "Why did you come to see me at this time!" ”

Xu Tan and Zhang Yi were immediately shocked, and lowered their heads together, cold sweat was dripping from the corners of their foreheads, although his question was to ask Cao Bao, but it made the two of them not know how to explain, if they asked the two of them, how should they answer? I was worried in my heart, but I didn't want to listen to Cao Bao in front of me respectfully, and said: "Qi Yu envoy, it is really a change in the camp, so ......"

In fact, Cao Bao was most worried about Liu Lan's mention of the promotion of the account, seeing that he was just blaming himself for being late to see him, he knew in his heart that he was unwilling to tear his face with him at this time and condemn himself to a capital crime, so he then whispered and said: "Please also ask the envoy to go to the village to listen to the last general's detailed explanation, this matter is also very difficult for the last general!" ”

"Good!" Liu Lan answered, and then came to Cao Bao's tent with everyone and sat on the main seat, and after everyone sat down according to their positions, they only heard Cao Bao say: "The end will be late, because the captain Lu Younai rebelled against the heart of the general, in order to capture him." Therefore, I hope that you will forgive me if I am late. ”

He said so. Liu Lan immediately glanced at Xu Shu, but his heart was determined. The secret path Cao Leopard finally took the bait. He looked at Cao Bao in surprise and said, "General Cao, you can confirm it clearly, don't wronged a good person." ”

"How dare the last general wronged a good person!" Cao Bao bowed down again, but took out an object from his cuffs, held it in both hands, and said: "This is the physical evidence of Lu You's fornication, with this physical evidence, how can you do it fake!" ”

Liu Lan looked at the piece of Caihou paper in Cao Bao's hand. Immediately signaled to Xu Chu to take it, the latter came to Cao Bao to take the Cai Hou paper from his hand and returned to Liu Lan to hand over the paper to him, Liu Lan, who unfolded the paper, swept it on the paper, only to see that it was written: "Liu Deran attacked Langxie, there are only 5,000 people and horses in Xuzhou City, and I hope that the lord will quickly raise troops from Guangling, and Zang Ba will attack before and after, and I think that I will be able to take Xuzhou and capture Liu Lan in one fell swoop!" ”

Liu Lan read the contents of the letter at a glance and ten lines. Although the words written in the letter were conclusive, and the notes were also written by Lu You, Liu Lan still had a trace of doubt in his heart, after all, if this letter was really written by Lu You. Why did he write his name in the letter, is he so sure that this word will be delivered to Zhenrong and there will be no mistakes on the way?

He immediately had doubts about the origin of the letter, but what Liu Lan really cared about was not whether the letter was true or not. Instead, he needed a trumped-up charge to deal with Lu You, so as to weaken the Danyang army.

In fact, the real purpose of Liu Lan handing over the letter written by Lu You to Cao Bao that day was for this reason. For example, in dealing with the Danyang Army, the effect of his personal action is definitely different from Cao Bao's personal action in Xuzhou. Even within the Danyang Army, there will be different voices.

If he does it himself, then he will fall a Tao envoy Jun just after his death, Liu Lan will clear the reputation of the old forces in Xuzhou, and at that time, the subordinate officials of Xuzhou will definitely be panicked and worried about their future, so they will not be able to deal with state affairs with peace of mind. But if such a trumped-up charge is replaced by Cao Bao, then the effect will be different, Liu Lan will not be Liu Lan who purged dissidents, but the state pastor who found the traitor in Cao Bao and eradicated the traitor in time.

Liu Lan applauded in his heart, but his face was full of anger, he looked at Cao Bao and said, "How can there be such a thing?" Where is Lu You now! ”

"Detained by the Admiral!" Cao Bao arched his hand and said.

"No wonder I didn't see him, it turned out that he had been detained by General Cao!"

Liu Lan nodded with a gloomy face, but he was snickering in his heart: "I don't know what General Cao wants to do with him?" ”

"Such a traitor, not killing is not enough to stabilize the morale of the army, and not killing is not enough to set an example!" Cao Bao's face was full of murderous color.

"Good!" Liu Lan bowed his head and said: "General Cao is right, now I am surrounded by jackals in Xuzhou, only by killing decisively, and rewarding and punishing clearly can we town Xuzhou, otherwise when the strong enemy comes, won't they all have to open the city and beg to surrender?" ”

"Slow!" The red-faced Liu Lan put it bluntly, it was the turn of Xu Shu, who sang white-faced, to appear, and said: "Lord, Lu You can't kill yet!" ”

"Why?" Before Liu Lan could speak, Cao Bao on the side hurriedly came out and asked.

Xu Shu seemed to know that Cao Bao wanted to refute himself, and looked at Liu Lan with such a look: "Lord, although the evidence in this matter is conclusive, if only Lu You is dealt with, no one in the camp will know whether there are still his accomplices in the camp, and if you want to find out the rest of the traitors from it, I am afraid it will not be as simple as today!" ”

Seeing Xu Shu say this, Cao Bao opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute it, only heard Liu Lan say: "What Yuan Zhi said is reasonable, Lu You can't be killed for the time being!" As he spoke, he looked at Cao Bao and said, "General Cao, hand over Lu You to Yide, I think Yide will definitely ask if he has any accomplices!" ”

As soon as Liu Lan arrived at Cao Bao with the army, he had already lost control of the development of the situation, and had to nod in agreement, saying, "The last general obeys the order!" ”

"In order to prevent a rebellion in the army controlled by Lu You, first detain all the officers above the rank of commander of his army, and then deal with them after the investigation is clear, and the rest of the soldiers will be scattered and newly incorporated into the rest of the troops."

As he spoke, he looked at Guan Yu and said, "This matter will be handed over to Yun Chang to deal with." ”

"Yun Chang will definitely live up to the high expectations of the lord!"

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Liu Lan's treatment of Lu You made Cao Bao unexpected, although he knew that he had been thinking about how to divide the Danyang army, but he never imagined that it would come so quickly, no matter who it was, judging from the current situation, Liu Lan would never dare to do anything to himself, on the contrary, he had to rely on his strength, otherwise with Liu Lan's current strength in Xuzhou, even if he captured Zang Ba, it would hurt his muscles and bones.

Even when Cao Bao was under house arrest for a few days, he was very sure that Liu Lan would never dare to do anything to him, and among them, Lu You's whistleblowing happened, which made him even more confident, which just showed that Liu Lan was showing favor to him and wanted to stabilize him, all of which showed that Liu Lan was sending him a message, that is, he would not take action on himself in a short time.

With such a psychological hint, Cao Bao could naturally boldly dispose of Lu You, a dissident in the army, but it was not until this time that he realized that Liu Lan's psychological hint was actually using himself as a sword, and it turned out that he was using his own hands to divide the Danyang army.

He believes that as long as he kills Lu You, Liu Lan will take Lu You as an excuse and take the opportunity to get rid of himself, after all, Lu Bu's matter has not yet succeeded, and then he will use Lu Bu as a threat, and Liu Lan may not be able to throw a mouse bogey.

He regrets it now, he shouldn't have touched Lu You from beginning to end, because this is a set he designed early on, whether he kills Lu You or not, the three thousand men and horses under Lu You's account will be reorganized by him, this is his real purpose, and his own life is not important compared to the reorganization of the Danyang Army under his command.

This kind of thought that spontaneously arose in his heart made him regret not falling, but seeing Lu You's three thousand people being escorted by Guan Yu and leaving the camp one by one, his heart was already in chaos.

The threat of the Danyang Army to Liu Lan will be greatly reduced now, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else. Cao Bao peeked at Liu Lan with an ugly expression, once the threat of the Danyang Army declined, then Liu Lan was bound to take a knife on himself!

He panicked in his heart, but at this time, Liu Lan was by his side, and he had to force himself to calm down, but countless thoughts appeared in his heart, and the worst result was naturally to fight with him to the death, even if he died, he would bite off a bone in his body! ”

Three days passed after Cao Bao saw Liu Lan, but he never moved, which reassured him a lot, it seems that Liu Lan is still a little afraid. I don't want to be three days later, the Xuzhou official army stationed outside Xuzhou City suddenly pulled out, and the group crossed Wenshui and attacked Kaiyang County, Langxi County.

Cao Bao definitely didn't expect that Liu Lan would solve the trouble of Lu You's Danyang Army so quickly, and it was even more firm in his idea that he was being treated as a sword envoy by Liu Lan, although he hated Liu Lan in his heart, but how could he compare to Zang Ba at this time?

Liu Lan's army crossed Wenshui under the banner of rescuing Qingzhou, and the news of the trip to Kaiyang spread to Zang Ba's army like the wind, such news seemed harmless to people and animals, but it immediately made Zang Ba nervous, Zang Ba has a more acute political vision than ordinary people, he understands that although Liu Lan is fighting the banner of rescuing Qingzhou, but the purpose is himself, and immediately summoned his henchmen to discuss countermeasures. (To be continued.) )