In the wilderness.

Xiahou Yuan led his troops to slowly retreat in the direction of Xia Picheng, and in this regard, Tai Shi Ci just reined in front of the battle and watched it leave, and it seemed that he had no intention of fighting him

"Won't the prime minister pursue?" Just as Xiahou Yuanbu gradually disappeared from everyone's field of vision, a voice came into Tai Shici's ears.

Hearing this, Tai Shici immediately smiled and asked, "Do you think the bully should be pursued?" ”

"Xia Guan thinks that now that the lord has sent troops to support Xuzhou, he will naturally have a hostile relationship with Cao Cao. In that case, why be polite to the other party? With the strength of our army, although the strength of the troops is about the same, it is not difficult to defeat this army! When Wu Anguo heard this, he said angrily.

"Haha, it seems that the bully can't wait to make a contribution~" Hearing Wu Anguo's words, Tai Shici suddenly laughed.

"Hey, hey." Wu Anguo smiled and touched his head when he heard this, but he didn't respond, but that look was obviously said by Tai Shici.

"Don't worry, the future war will only ...... more and more" Tai Shici looked into the distance, his tone full of sighs and ...... Expect?

Hearing Tai Shici's words, Wu Anguo didn't respond, but his gaze became even hotter.

It wasn't until Xiahou Yuan led the army away for about a quarter of an hour or so that Tai Shici began to lead the army to continue advancing. Obviously, he deliberately gave Xiahou Yuan the time to go back and inform Cao Cao.

On the other hand, after Xiahou Yuan returned to Cao Ying, he immediately reported to Cao Cao that Liu Bei sent troops to support Xuzhou.

"Well, I know, let's go down and rest......" Cao Cao replied lightly when he heard this, judging from his tone and expression, he didn't seem to be surprised at all?

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan wanted to say something more, but when he saw Cao Cao's appearance, he didn't know how to speak, so he had to be ordered to leave. Just as he turned around, he heard Cao Cao's voice coming over, "Send the order to go down, lift the siege, and let the soldiers gather." ”

"No!" Xiahou Yuan responded respectfully when he heard this, and from his tone, he could hear that he was very unwilling. But even if you are unwilling, what can you do? He is not a brainless person, so he knows very well that when Liu Bei leads the army to come to support, continuing to surround Xiapi will not only have no effect, but will give Liu Bei every opportunity to break through.

After Xiahou Yuan left, the tent fell into silence again, and Cao Cao sat in his position without saying a word, just silently bowing his head. After a long while, he suddenly sighed heavily, "Xuande, I didn't expect that the goodbye in the past would be like this when we said goodbye." At this moment, the picture of knowing Liu Bei in the past kept flashing from his mind.

Li Yi, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian, the four of them met during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and they became friends with each other because of Li Yi's intentional matchmaking and appreciation of each other's martial arts and personalities. However, strictly speaking, among the four, only Liu Bei is the one who is regarded as a close friend by Cao Cao.

Among the four, Cao Cao admired Sun Jian and admired his character of fighting to be the first to move forward. As for Li Yi, it was envy and chasing, although at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao and Li Yi's status was about the same, but it only took a short time for Li Yi to leave Cao Cao far behind. And whether it is the literary and martial arts, the capable people under his command, or even Li Yi's beautiful wives and concubines, everything makes Cao Cao so envious, and at the same time, he also regards Li Yi as the object of his lifelong pursuit. Although, the gap between the two has become wider and wider over the years.

Only Liu Bei, Cao Cao's attitude is very special. How so? Maybe the two are very similar? Both of their origins belong to the category that is not very accepted by scholars, Cao Cao is a eunuch, and Liu Bei is a down-and-out Han clansman. At the same time, both of them are brave and resourceful people. Moreover, the personality traits of the two are very similar in a certain aspect.

And the two not only met in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but also discussed the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou later, and it was at that time that the two formed a deep friendship. Cao Cao still remembers the scene when he left Qingzhou and returned to Yanzhou to live in seclusion, entrusting Jinan to Liu Bei. At that time, in Cao Cao's eyes, Liu Bei was not only his best friend, but also a capable comrade-in-arms who could help the Han family together in the future!

"Perhaps, this is what Zikang said, people always change, especially when there is a earth-shaking change in identity......," Cao Cao muttered to himself in a low tone.

This is what Li Yi said when the four of them drank and talked about the Yellow Turban in the past, well...... At that time, Li Yi said quite a lot. After all, what is there that can make people more comfortable than giving a lesson to Sanying at the end of the Han Dynasty?

At that time, Cao Cao and the three of them were stunned when they heard many of Li Yi's words, although even Sun Jian, who had the least reading among the three, asked himself that his knowledge was not necessarily inferior to that of ordinary scholars, but at that time, although they were full of admiration for the vast majority of Li Yi's various experiences that belonged to later generations, they did not pay much attention to it. After all, at that time, they were high-spirited and young and frivolous.

When Cao Cao was pondering, Xun Yue and the others hurried over, but after entering the account, they did not speak, but just lined up with solemn faces.

After a long while, Cao Cao raised his head and glanced around at everyone, and after seeing the solemn expressions on their faces, he immediately laughed and said, "Everyone, why are your faces so ugly?" ”

"Lord, the vanguard army under Liu Qingzhou has arrived outside Xuzhou City, and Tao Qian has also sent people out of the city to contact him......" Xun Yue said in a solemn tone, the meaning of his words was obvious.

"Hehe, Xuande and that Tao Qian are in-laws, Tao Qian is invincible to our army and even asked Xuande for help, but it is not an accident......" Cao Cao chuckled and said, judging from his expression and tone alone, it seems that he didn't take this matter to heart at all?

But whether it was Xun Yue or Xiahou Yuan, they all understood that Cao Cao was definitely not as relaxed as he appeared at this time. After all, since Liu Bei became the ruler of Qingzhou, he first expelled all the yellow turbans in the territory, so that the people could live a stable life from then on. Later, he discussed Yuan Shao with Gongsun Zhan, although it ended in a draw, but this was enough to let the world understand Liu Bei's strength.

And since then, Qingzhou has not been warn, coupled with Liu Bei's extensive good governance, and wantonly reined in the homeless, under his governance, Qingzhou can be said to be thriving and becoming stronger and stronger. This kind of force suddenly intervened, how could Cao Cao be relaxed?

"My lord, now that Tao Qian and Liu Qingzhou have joined forces, at least in a short period of time, if our army wants to break through Xiapi, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Xun Yue said in a deep voice.

"My lord, the enemy army must be tired of men and horses when they first arrive in Xiapi, why don't your subordinates take advantage of the night to attack the camp?! Even if you can't defeat him, you can give him a dismount! As soon as Xun Yue's words fell, Xiahou Yuan on the side said loudly. His tone was full of resentment, obviously the conversation with Tai Shici not long ago made him very unhappy.

However, before Cao Cao could speak, Xun Yue over there objected, "I'm afraid that Captain Xiahou's plan is a little inappropriate, that Tai Shi Ci, as the prime minister of Qi, was entrusted with the important task of vanguard by Liu Qingzhou, and now that he has just arrived here, how can he not prevent our army from attacking the camp?" Besides, Xiapicheng has been besieged by our army for many days, and I am afraid that we have long held back a wave of resentment, and once the war starts, our army may not be able to gain the upper hand. Therefore, the subordinates thought that at this time, they should first take a defensive position and temporarily avoid the edge of the enemy. ”

"Subordinates seconded!" Cao Ren on the side said respectfully, "Now there are about 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in Xiapi City, if it weren't for the fear of our army, it would not be easy to trap them in the city with the strength of our army alone. And now that the enemy reinforcements have arrived, the enemy's fear of our army has been reduced to the lowest point. Therefore, the subordinates also felt that they should temporarily take a defensive position to consume the morale of the enemy army. ”

"Hmm...... So be it. Cao Cao nodded and said, and then motioned for everyone to leave.

Seeing Cao Cao like this, although everyone still had a lot to say, they still left the camp tacitly. After a while, Cao Cao slowly stood up, walked to a corner of the tent and squatted down, and in a short time, a pot of wine appeared in his hand.

Cao Cao was very strict in governing the army, and when he was marching and fighting, he was absolutely not allowed to drink alcohol, even himself. In his words, if the commander-in-chief doesn't follow the military rules, how can he make the people below do the same? However, although Cao Cao is not a drinker, he is also a lover of wine. So he always hid the wine in a hidden place, and every time he had the opportunity, he would take it out and drink a little.

But now, Cao Cao is not addicted to alcohol, but because he is really bored in his heart, he has to use alcohol to kill his sorrows.

At the same time, in Xiapi City, Tao Qian was also drinking in the mansion. There was also a trace of unresolvable sorrow on his face, and he didn't seem to have any joy at all because of the arrival of reinforcements.

The next day, Liu Bei personally led an army of 30,000 to Xiapi, which was so fast that it exceeded everyone's expectations. However, Tao Qian was not slow to react, and immediately led people to open the city to welcome Liu Bei.

In this regard, Cao Caojun's side did not make any movement, just silently watched all this.

"I didn't expect Xuande to come so quickly......," Tao Qian said with a smile as he looked at Liu Bei.

"It is about the lives of millions of people in Xuzhou, how dare you be rash? So I traveled day and night along the way, and I just hope to be able to arrive at Xiapi ...... as soon as possible," Liu Bei said respectfully when he heard this.

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Tao Qian suddenly sighed with emotion, "I have long heard that Xuande loves the people like a son, and I can see it today, and it really deserves its reputation!" Here, I would like to thank Xuande for the help of millions of people in Xuzhou! As he spoke, he bent down at Liu Bei.

"Gong Zugong must not be like this, it is really a frustration." Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly helped Tao Qian up, although Tao Qian wanted to bend down forcibly, but after being grabbed by Liu Bei's shoulder, Tao Qian only felt as if the whole person was fixed, and he couldn't control it at all.

was forcibly helped up by Liu Bei, but Tao Qian's expression did not change in the slightest, and he still looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said, "Haha, I must be very tired when I think about Xuande, I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, Xuande must appreciate his face~"

"Gong Zugong has an order, how dare you not agree?" Liu Bei immediately smiled when he heard this.

"Please!"

"Please!"

Saying that, the two went to Tao Qian's mansion hand in hand, but they didn't know whether it was intentional or not, Liu Bei fell behind Tao Qian slightly.

The reception banquet prepared by Tao Qian for Liu Bei was very grand, with delicious food and wine, and kabuki girls were all the best choices. Moreover, the officials of all sizes in Xiapi City, and even the heads of the powerful families, also attended this banquet.

At the banquet, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others frequently toasted Liu Bei, thanking Liu Bei for his kindness to Xuzhou. In this regard, Tao Qian just stroked his beard and chuckled and watched all this, talking to Liu Bei from time to time, and then raised his glass to drink.

After three rounds of drinking, Tao Qian suddenly clapped his hands and said loudly to everyone, "Everyone, please be quiet." In an instant, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Under the puzzled gaze of everyone, Tao Qian stroked his beard and sighed softly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been in charge of Xuzhou for six years, and over the years, there has been the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then the invasion of Cao Cao. Not long ago, hundreds of thousands of people were killed......" Speaking of this, Tao Qian's tone became choked.

"Gong Zugong, don't be so ......," Liu Bei hurriedly persuaded when he saw this.

After a long while, Tao Qian recovered, looked at everyone again and said, "Now, Xuande has worked tirelessly to come from Qingzhou to support, just to save millions of people in Xuzhou from danger. I can't repay such kindness and righteousness. Speaking of this, Tao Qian slowly stood up, turned to Liu Bei and bowed, and then said loudly in the shocked eyes of everyone, "Here, I hope you will be a witness, and Xuande will take over my position as pastor of Xuzhou......

"Why did Gong Zugong say this?! No way! I can't help it! Hearing this, Liu Bei hurriedly got up, came to Tao Qian's front and helped him up, and said loudly, "The importance of Gong Zugong to Xuzhou is obvious to all, how dare Bei overstep his bounds?" And who of you here would agree? ”

As soon as Liu Bei's words fell, Jian Yong, who was at the head of the city, got up and said loudly, "Tao Envoy, now that the enemy army is still in the city, what is the matter, why not wait until the enemy army retreats?" ”

With Jian Yong's words, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others also hurriedly echoed, but everyone's words were all said after Cao Cao withdrew from the army, but no half of them agreed with what Liu Bei said just now.

Everyone sat down again, perhaps because of the reason just now, the original relaxed atmosphere suddenly disappeared without a trace. Seeing this, Tao Qian waved off the female musician, then turned his head to look at Liu Bei and asked respectfully, "Xuande, I don't know if you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Liu Bei. In this regard, Liu Bei just smiled unhurriedly, "Bei and Meng De have been friends for many years, so Bei plans to write a letter first to persuade Meng De to withdraw from the army." If they don't agree, it's not too late to march again. ”

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