Jinyang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Prime Minister Qi, Jingzhou is coming!" Jing Feiyu reports.

Zhao Qian, who was sitting on the main seat, nodded and motioned for Jing Fei to elaborate.

Jing Fei clenched his fists and said: "Liu Bei has sent Sun Qian to Jingzhou to ask for help, and Liu Biao persuaded Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others to send troops. ”

"Oh? Does this Liu Biao want to be beaten again? Dare to help Liu Bei! Zhang Fei said with a pair of bull's eyes.

Zhao Qian didn't move like Zhang Fei, but asked: "Pengju, what is the name of Master Liu?" ”

If Liu Biao really sent troops in the name of helping Liu Bei, then Zhao Qian would have to beat him up; If you send troops under other names, then let's see what the reason is.

"Back to the prime minister, that Liu Biao claimed that Cao Cao lived in Yanzhou and blocked his way to the king, so he sent troops to attack Cao Cao." Jing Fei replied.

Zhao Qian listened, raised his eyebrows, suddenly smiled, and said: "This Liu Biao is interesting, since this is the case, let Cao Mengde compete with him." ”

"So Cao Cao is going to be attacked on both sides?" Zhao Yun asked.

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "Cao Cao is a man with great talents, and his generals are also very strong, but the land of Yanzhou is limited, and it is difficult to have ambitions. Now it's time to clean up Liu Bei. ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he laughed and said: "This is very good, my old Zhang has long seen that the big-eared thief is not pleasing to the eye, so he cleaned up the matter as soon as possible." ”

As a result, there was no objection in the hall, and the strategy of attacking Liu Bei was set.

As for Emperor Liu Bian, it was just a formality and a seal on the official document of the teacher.

Xuzhou, Xiapi City.

Knowing that Sun Qian had successfully invited Liu Biao to send troops, Liu Bei was overjoyed, and looked at the Cao army outside the city, and it was no longer so powerful.

"Retire Cao should be today!" Liu Bei said suddenly.

"Please give the Lord's order!" Li Jin and Zhang Chao clenched their fists and asked for their lives.

Guan Yu opened his phoenix eyes slightly, and said slowly: "Big brother give the order!" ”

"Good!" Liu Bei slapped his hand heavily on the battlements, "When Cao Jun makes a move, Yun Chang leads the school knife team to charge directly!" ”

"No!" Guan Yu should admit it.

Liu Bei turned to look at Li Jin and Zhang Chao again: "General Li and General Zhang led two teams respectively to attack from the flanks, then the Cao army will not dare to fight for a long time and kill as many of its living forces as possible!" ”

"Yes, my lord!" Li Jin and Zhang Chao responded at the same time.

Liu Bei nodded, staring at Cao Cao's camp not far away, and without speaking, Guan Yu and the others walked down the city, ready to fight.

In Cao Cao's camp, the atmosphere was slightly tense.

"Lord, it's really hateful that Liu Biao actually sent troops to Yanzhou!" Xiahou said hatefully.

Cao Hong snorted coldly and said, "Then Liu Biao took advantage of us to fight with Liu Bei and wanted to profit from it, he really underestimated us!" ”

"If you give up Xuzhou, kill Liu Biao first!" Cao Ren said.

Looking at the indignant looks of several generals under him, Cao Cao finally spoke: "It's easy to retreat from Liu Biao, but what if Liu Bei raises troops to pursue and fight on two fronts?" ”

"This ......"

A few people stopped talking, but there was no good way.

With the troops, grain and grass of Yanzhou and a state, to deal with Xuzhou or Jingzhou alone, with Cao Cao's command, the soldiers fought hard, and they were still able to gain the upper hand.

However, it is not so easy to fight against Xuzhou and Jingzhou at the same time with the strength of Yanzhou and one state.

"What does Mr. Chung Tak think?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu again.

Cheng Yu frowned, and only said after half a sound: "If it is as expected, this matter is already known to Zhao Qian, and if it is really an alliance with me, he will take action." ”

Cao Cao sighed lightly, he boasted that his strategy, courage, talent, and vision were not inferior to Zhao Qian, but he only occupied the barren Yanzhou, and there was no place for it.

Just when the crowd was waiting at a loss, suddenly the messenger outside the tent shouted: "The prime minister's envoy has arrived!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Cao Cao said: "What is the purpose of Zhao Qian sending people here at this time?" ”

"I'm afraid it's for Liu Biao's business!" Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao nodded and shouted, "Hurry up, please!" ”

After a while, a sergeant walked into Cao Cao's tent quickly, hugged his fists and said: "I am a sergeant of the Prime Minister's Feixun Battalion, and I am specially ordered by the Prime Minister to visit General Cao!" ”

"I'm tired of the prime minister, the envoy, please take a seat!" Cao Cao laughed.

The sergeant was not polite, and after taking his seat directly, he said: "Presumably, the general is worried about Liu Biao's affairs, and the prime minister ordered me to come for this matter." ”

"I wonder what the prime minister's plan is?" Cao Cao asked.

The sergeant said: "The prime minister said, please General Cao go back to Yanzhou to return to Liu Biao, and Liu Bei will be handed over to the prime minister to deal with." ”

"Is the prime minister going to send troops?" Cao Cao asked again.

The corner of the sergeant's mouth raised slightly, and he said, "What is the decision of the prime minister, how do I know about it, a little sergeant?" It's just a message. In addition, there is a letter from the prime minister, perhaps there is an explanation in it. ”

As he spoke, the sergeant took out a volume of letters from his arms, which Sergeant Cao Cao had already taken and handed to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao unfolded the letter, read it for a moment, and then closed it again, but there was no emotion on his face.

The sergeant knew that Cao Cao had read the letter and would make some arrangements, so he got up and said, "I am in a hurry and a little tired, so I wonder if General Cao can arrange a camp tent to rest for a while." ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this? Come on, take the envoy and go to rest, don't be lazy! ”

When the sergeant left, Cao Cao immediately said to everyone: "Zhongde's expectation is good, Zhao Qian is going to send troops to Xuzhou to deal with Liu Bei." ”

"That's really good, let's go back to Yanzhou and teach Liu Biao, an old boy, a good lesson!" Xiahou said.

Cao Cao smiled helplessly and said, "Yes, Liu Bei doesn't have to worry, go back to Yanzhou!" Alas! ”

"Why does the lord sigh?" Cao Hong asked.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "The prime minister sent troops, Liu Bei will be difficult to resist, I am afraid that Xuzhou will soon fall under Zhao Qian." ”

"Isn't this a big deal?" Cao Hong didn't understand.

"The big trouble is gone, but I also lose a chance to grow." Cao Cao said unwillingly.

Only then did a few people understand what Cao Cao meant, and now Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou in the north are the roots of Zhao Qian, and Huaiyang in the south is also pacified by Zhao Qian.

The western division has long been returned to Zhao Qian, and only Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Yizhou are left, and Cao Cao Yanzhou lives in it, and it is very difficult to develop and develop again.

"Okay, cheer up, although you have to retreat now, you can't be careless, then Liu Bei is not a fuel-efficient lamp!" Cao Cao said.

As a result, Cao Cao began to arrange a retreat strategy, and Liu Bei, who was in Xiapi City, also received information on the movement of Cao Cao's army, and hurriedly notified Guan Yu, Li Jin and Zhang Chao.

The big war is about to start again.