Zhongli City.

In the West Gate Tower, Liu Bei carried his hands and looked at the direction of Shouchun from afar, his eyes were full of expectation.

After a long time, Liu Bei sighed lightly: "Su Zhe, when are you coming?" ”

Guan Yu behind him frowned, and said with a puzzled expression: "Then Su Zhe didn't dare to recapture Zhongli, so we can recuperate, how can we listen to the tone of the eldest brother, and it seems that Su Zhe is still looking forward to the army to attack?" ”

"Second brother, you still don't think far enough." Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu, stroked his short beard and said, "Then if Su Zhe leads the army to attack, we will be able to fight quickly, defeat him in one go, and take Shouchun." ”

As soon as the words changed, a little sadness appeared on Liu Bei's face, "But if Su Zhe does not move, he can calmly calm people's hearts, reorganize the soldiers, and wait for him to gain a firm foothold in Shouchun, at that time, if you and my brother want to capture Huainan again, it will be very difficult." ”

Guan Yu suddenly realized, and said: "In this case, what are you waiting for, why not attack Shouchun immediately, and not give the kid surnamed Su a chance to calm people's hearts." ”

A dark cloud appeared on Liu Bei's face again, and he sighed: "I also want to be a brother, but you think that Su Zhe first destroyed Yuan Shu, and then broke Sun Ce, morale is flourishing, with our current strength, even if we take the initiative to attack, it will not be easy to defeat him, if this battle becomes a protracted battle, in case there are many dreams in the night, Xuzhou has a change, but what should it be." ”

Has Xuzhou changed?

Guan Yu's expression moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the eldest brother is worried that Lu Bu will have crooked thoughts?" ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Lu Bu has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, and he was not afraid of being an enemy with him that day, so he gave Xiao Pei to him to be stationed, so that he could help us prevent Su Zhe, and now that we are on an expedition, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to change." ”

"Big brother, think too much." Guan Yu snorted disdainfully, "Even if Lu Bu is ambitious, but we have the third brother to calm down, then what can Lu Bu do even if he changes." ”

"I hope the third brother can fight for a breath and don't let me down." Liu Bei's tone revealed a bit of hypocrisy, and he didn't seem to have much confidence in Zhang Fei.

"Something's wrong, lord, there's an accident~~"

A panicked cry sounded, and Liu Bei looked back to see that Sun Gan was panting and climbing up to the top of the city, with a solemn face.

"Don't panic, what's going on?" Liu Bei had a hint of foreboding in his heart, but he pretended to be calm.

Sun Qian arched his hand and said with a bitter face: "Lord, the big thing is not good, then Lu Bu suddenly raised troops from Xiaopei to sneak attack Xiapi, General Yide failed to hold it, and Xiapi was lost!" ”

Thundered!

A thunderbolt on a sunny day, when it thundered down in the air, the two brothers Liu Guan were shocked, and their faces changed in shock.

Before Liu Bei could speak, Guan Yu asked: "How is this possible, Yide has 8,000 elite soldiers, even if Lu Bu sneaks up, how can he lose his Xiapi so quickly?" ”

Sun Qian sighed bitterly: "General Yide is a good wine, he drank too much wine that day, and whipped Cao Bao, so Cao Bao held a grudge and secretly colluded with Lu Bu, secretly opened the city gate and let Lu Bu enter the city, and killed General Yide by surprise, so that Lu Bu could easily take Xiapi!" ”

Bang!

Liu Bei slammed his fist on the battlements, and said hatefully: "Damn, I warned the third brother that it is easy to make mistakes when drinking, but he just didn't listen, this is good, he really missed my big thing, missed my big thing~~"

"Third brother, he is really, alas~~" Guan Yu also sighed helplessly, with an indisputable expression of hatred.

At the head of the city, there was a deep sense of disappointment.

Sun Qian said: "Lord, General Yun Chang, now is not the time to sigh, what should we do." ”

Liu Bei took a few deep breaths, sobered up from his annoyance, and said with a flick of his hand: "What else can I do, order the whole army to immediately abandon the city and retreat north, and go to recapture Xiapi!" ”

Guan Yu was silent and did not object.

They knew very well that now that the old nest was taken by Lu Bu, it was an impossible task to conquer Su Zhe again, if they stayed here for too long, the soldiers' morale would be weakened, and their fighting spirit would collapse, and they would become lost dogs.

At that moment, Liu Bei abandoned Zhongli City overnight, led 30,000 soldiers and horses to the north in the starry night, and rushed towards Xiapi City.

……

Shouchun City, Qiaofu.

In the main hall, the aroma of wine is overflowing, and the atmosphere is harmonious.

Su Zhe was sitting on the top, greeting Qiao Xuan, and caring for the two sisters.

"At the beginning of the spring of Shou, most of the mansions confiscated in the city are not rewarded for meritorious generals, this mansion is a little smaller, and I hope Mr. Qiao will not mind."

Qiao Xuan hurriedly said: "Where is it, the old family can get the general to settle in this sheltered place, they are already satisfied, and they are very grateful, how can they mind at all." ”

"That's good." Su Zhe nodded, and looked at Xiao Qiao again: "Two young ladies, if you need anything, just open your mouth." ”

Da Qiao smiled faintly and said: "The general is very thoughtful, we don't lack anything, and General Lao bothered." ”

"Who says there is no shortage." Xiao Qiao smiled and said: "General, we were in a hurry when we left, and we didn't bring any musical instruments at home, if the general has them, I don't know if he can reward us with a few." ”

"Little sister~~" Da Qiao glared at her, meaning why are you embarrassed to make excessive demands to others.

Su Zhe didn't mind, and said with a smile: "This is easy, Yuan Shu likes dance and music, there are many musical instruments in the pseudo-palace, I don't know which one the two young ladies want." ”

"Really, thank you General." Xiao Qiao thanked him again and again, and said: "My sister is good at playing the piano, I like the dong flute, I don't know if the general has any exquisite piano flute for us?" ”

Su Zhe immediately ordered to go to the puppet palace and take two of the most exquisite piano flutes.

The order was passed down, and the soldiers flew away, and after a while, they brought back a few guqins and a few bamboo flutes.

"These are the best in the palace, the two young ladies can choose as much as you like." Su Zhe said generously.

Xiao Qiao is not polite at all, and can't wait to pick it up.

Da Qiao was polite a few times, thanked Su Zhe again and again, and then got up to choose.

"These flutes are all finely worked, they are all first-class good flutes in the world, each one is expensive, there are so many Yuan Shu, no wonder he has occupied Huainan for several years, and the people of our Huainan disaster are ......"

Da Qiao sighed while choosing, and finally carefully selected a flute made of jade.

Xiao Qiao also picked out a piece of her favorite Jiaowei qin, and stroked the strings with her hands, looking like she couldn't put it down.

Su Zhe saw that the two of them had made a choice, so he smiled and said: "The two young ladies seem to be proficient in music, can you play a song with the piano and flute, and let you raise your ears." ”

"This, I'm also a rough tone, I'm afraid of polluting the ears of the Earth Army." Big Joe was very modest and a little embarrassed.

Xiao Qiao said: "Sister, don't be humble, if you are just a rough rhythm, then no one in the whole Jiangdong will dare to claim to understand music, the general wants to listen, let's play a song together." ”

Da Qiao's expression was embarrassed by his sister's burial, so he had to give Xiao Qiao a blank look, and smiled helplessly: "Little sister is open-mouthed, don't be surprised by the general, if the general doesn't dislike it, my little sister and I will play a song together, which can be regarded as a reward for the general for giving us the piano flute." ”

At the moment, one of the two sisters sat idly and stroked the piano, and the other played the jade flute, and the wisps of heavenly sound echoed in the lobby, and the aftermath was endless.

Su Zhe listened to it with a relaxed heart, and couldn't help but close his eyes, shook his head slightly, and immersed himself in the wonderful music skills of his two sisters.

Just when he was listening to it, Xu Chu rushed in and shouted: "Lord, good news, good news, Liu Bei is rolling out!" ”