Sun looked at Yuan Tan and said with a sneer: "The eldest prince has a clever plan and captured Rencheng, so he must have thought of a way to deal with Cao Cao, right?" ”

Hearing Sun Guan say this, Yuan Tan felt very comfortable in his heart, nodded and smiled: "It's still General Sun who has insight, and you are very good, I have already thought of a way." ”

"Please show the eldest prince." Sun Guan climbed up the pole and said hurriedly.

Yuan Tan glanced at Xin Bi beside him, and when he saw that he nodded slightly, he said: "Although I can occupy Rencheng now, it is in the name of the Taishan Army, so naturally I can't have a direct confrontation with Cao Cao on the surface." ”

Hearing this, Chang Xuan became anxious, and hurriedly interjected: "If this is the case, how can we Brother Taishan alone be Cao Cao's opponents?" ”

"General Changxuan, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet." Yuan Tan waved his hand and said.

Chang Feng also knew that he was a little abrupt, so he stepped aside and stopped talking.

Yuan Tan was very satisfied with the current situation, his eyes slipped along the three of them, and said with a smile: "But ask General Sun, if today, who does Cao Cao hate the most?" ”

Sun Guan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Of course, I hate Tao Qian the most, that is his father-killing enemy!" However, now Tao Qian is dead. ”

"Tao Qian is dead, but there is still one person in Xuzhou now." Simbi prompted.

"Liu Bei!"

Yuan Tan nodded, clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it's Liu Bei!" That Liu Bei sneaked up on Yanzhou, almost succeeded, and Cao Cao, who was harmed, almost had no place to stand, and the two parties must not tolerate fire and water now. ”

"What do you mean?" Sun Guan asked.

"The three generals will come forward and unite with Liu Bei to jointly conquer Cao Cao, of course, the food and grass and other military supplies needed by the generals will be provided by me." Yuan Tan said.

When the three of them heard this, they looked at each other, Sun Guan took a step forward and said, "That's really good, we will immediately send someone to contact Liu Bei and raise troops together!" ”

After everyone's deliberation was over, everyone dispersed, and Yuan Tan rewarded the meritorious soldiers, celebrated the capture of Rencheng, and went to Yecheng while repairing the book, informing his father Yuan Shao of his victory.

There is nothing important here in Rencheng for the time being, just some trivial things such as stabilizing the city and repairing the city defenses.

Xuzhou Xiapicheng, now Liu Bei sits in the town, locating the place of Xuzhou, Wu Guan Yu, Li Jin, Wen Chen Gong, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others, gradually recovering the weather.

Zhang Chao was still stationed in Guangling, as the rear of Xuzhou, raising grain and grass, recruiting troops and horses.

On this day, Sun Gan, the chief bookkeeper, came to meet Liu Bei, and what he carried with him was a letter, which was brought to Liu Bei by Sun Guan of Rencheng.

Liu Bei opened the letter and looked at it, and after that, he ordered someone to gather his civil ministers and military generals together to discuss important matters.

"I don't know why the Lord summoned us here?" Chen Gong was the first to ask.

Liu Bei didn't answer, just smiled slightly, and handed the letter in his hand to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong received it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help frowning slightly, then stretched it out, and said with a smile while handing over the letter to others for inspection: "Lord, this is a God-given opportunity. ”

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically: "The meaning of the public platform is to advocate cooperation with Sun Guan and others to fight against Cao Thief?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Gong replied affirmatively, "Cao Cao's soldiers are brave and brave, if they are asked for in Xuzhou, it will inevitably cost a lot, and if they can unite with Sun Guan and others, it will be much easier." ”

Liu Bei nodded, and was about to speak, but at this moment, Guan Yu also finished reading the letter, and snorted coldly: "Sun Guan rats, but Taishan thieves, my eldest brother is the uncle of the Han Emperor, how can he be in the same stream with him?" ”

After listening to Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei swallowed back the words that came to his lips, smiled at Chen Gong, and did not answer.

Chen Gong saw it, but Liu Bei wanted to cooperate with Sun Guan, but Guan Yu said it a little deadly, and Liu Bei's face couldn't be pulled down.

"General Guan is fallacious, the so-called world is crowded, all for profit; The world is bustling, all for profit. Now that we have a common enemy with Sun Guan, Cao Cao, why don't we join forces to defeat Cao Cao? Chen Gong said.

Guan Yu snorted coldly, squinted a pair of Danfeng eyes, did not answer, looked extremely proud, looking at that expression, he was very disdainful of uniting with the Taishan thief.

"Lord, I have a plan, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" Sun Qian said suddenly.

Liu Bei smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what Gongyou's plan is?" ”

Sun Gan coughed lightly, took two steps forward, and said: "The name of this plan is 'False Road to Destroy Yu', since Sun Guan invited me to unite, I will pretend to be a big camp, when the time comes, when the army is assembled, suddenly launch an attack, kill the thieves of Mount Tai, seize Rencheng, and take Mount Tai County by the way, when the time comes, the two places are each other's horns, and the two armies will be dispatched at the same time, and Cao Cao will be defeated!" ”

"No!"

Before the smug look on Sun Gan's face had subsided, Chen Gong and Chen Deng both spoke out to stop them at the same time.

"Why not?" Sun Qian asked.

Chen Gong glanced at Chen Deng and did not speak, Chen Deng took a step forward and said: "The plan to destroy the city by false means, although it can take the city, but this unrighteous act is not suitable for the lord to act, it has small benefits and great harm." ”

"Yes, besides, Rencheng, on the surface, is based on the Taishan thieves, but in fact it is not." Chen Gong said eloquently.

Liu Bei listened to this simple sentence, but his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "What does Gongtai mean by this?" Please elaborate. ”

Chen Gong glanced at Chen Deng again, and then said, "Everyone, please think about it, can the Taishan thieves alone be Cao Ren's opponent?" ”

Liu Bei was silent after hearing this, he naturally knew Cao Ren, the general under Cao Cao, very well, relying on force alone, although it was not as good as his second brother, but it was not much worse, and the commander of the army was also a good hand, it stands to reason that he should not be defeated in the hands of Taishan thieves, is there any secret?

Seeing Liu Bei's contemplative appearance, Chen Gong continued: "If what I expected is correct, there must be someone behind the Taishan thief, and this person should be Qingzhou Mu Yuan Tan!" ”

"Yuan Tan?" Liu Bei was taken aback.

If this is the case, then the matter is a little complicated, although Yuan Tan is not very good, but his father, Yuan Shao, cannot be underestimated.

Although Yuan Shao suffered defeat in several battles with Zhao Qian, he was not injured at all, and still occupied Jizhou and Qingzhou, with many soldiers and a wide range of food, if Yuan Shao really inserted it, the situation would not be so simple.

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Yes, it's Yuan Tan!" When Sun Guan and Cao Ren fought, it was Yuan Tanjun who disguised himself as a Taishan thief, captured Rencheng, and united with Sun Guan, which was to unite with Yuan Tan, to unite with Yuan Tan, and to unite with Yuan Shao. ”

Liu Bei was really moved this time, it was quite good to be able to unite with Yuan Shao, think about the situation when Yuan Shao was the leader of the alliance and the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo.

So, Liu Bei didn't care about Guan Yu's thoughts, and said directly: "Gongyou, reply to a letter, and be willing to form an alliance with him." ”