Xuzhou Xiapi, Liu Bei, who led the Xuzhou pastor, was discussing with everyone how to deal with Yuan Shu's attack. Since Tao Qian's death, Xuzhou has no owner for a while, and Liu Bei has the support of the Mi family of the Xuzhou clan and temporarily takes the position of state pastor. However, in addition to the Mi family, there are still two major families in Xuzhou, the Chen family and the Cao family, which have not been recognized by these two families, and Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou, is not stable enough.

After taking over as the pastor of Xuzhou, Liu Bei has been looking for opportunities to befriend the Chen and Cao families, but what annoys Liu Bei is that Cao Bao, the head of the Cao family, ignores Liu Bei's kindness, and although Chen Deng, the head of the Chen family, is polite to Liu Bei's visitors, he has not relented and agreed to support Liu Bei. The Chen and Cao families did not express their position, and even many small families thought that Liu Bei was a snake and perfunctory.

But now Yuan Shu has jumped out to stir up the situation, which makes Liu Bei's mood feel more and more uncomfortable. Under his command is related to Yu Zhang Fei, Liu Bei is not afraid of Yuan Shu to attack, even if there is another Lu Bu, Liu Bei also has Xiahou Bo and Guan Hai to rely on. In terms of fierce generals, Liu Bei is stronger than Yuan Shu.

It's just that at the moment Liu Bei wants to concentrate on sorting out the interior of Xuzhou, after all, in addition to Yuan Shu, Xuzhou is still bordering Yan, Qing and Yang, and Qing and Yang are okay, but the threat to Liu Bei is not big, but Yanzhou, although it is also sorting out the interior, but once Yanzhou Cao Cao recovers, the target will definitely fall on Xuzhou. Xuzhou was originally regarded by Cao Cao as a thing in the bag, and now Liu Bei is called to grab food, how can Cao Cao be willing.

Liu Bei needed time, so he hated Yuan Shu even more. I think that when I was in the Dong Alliance, Yuan Highway looked down on himself and others the most, sneering, and now he is doing bad things for himself, and this new hatred and old hatred are added together, which makes Liu Bei and others suddenly feel a sense of hatred and hatred.

Leaving Guan Yu in Xiapi, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei to personally lead his troops to Xiaqiu, while Mi Zhu stayed in Xiapi and was responsible for continuing to persuade the Chen and Cao families to support him for Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei was not yet cornered, and he was polite to the Xuzhou family, and he did not add an axe, but when Liu Bei was impatient, it was difficult for the Chen and Cao families to be alone.

Compared with Chen Deng, Cao Bao's vision is obviously not so long-term, and he has a cold attitude towards Mi Zhu who came to visit, and in a word, he refuses to let go of his support. Mi Zhu saw that Cao Bao didn't shed tears when he saw the coffin, so he no longer wasted his energy on Cao Bao and went to visit Chen Deng.

"Yuanlong, the lord is a benevolent person, I don't understand why you refuse to support him with me." Mi Zhu asked Chen Deng puzzled. In the generation of the Xuzhou family, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu have a good personal relationship, so Mi Zhu will not say some things to Cao Bao, but there is no need to hide them from Chen Deng.

"Benevolence? Hehe...... Zizhong, you still have to practice more to achieve this eyesight. You said that Liu Xuande was benevolent, so do you know the old things about Kong Beihai? ”

"This, Kong Beihai has ambition but no talent, as a county guard but no county guard, the lord has no choice but to do it." Mi Zhu argued strongly when he heard this.

"Huh...... Zizhong, I won't argue with you, but in the future, you will not say anything in front of me Liu Xuande is benevolent. I also know the purpose of your coming today, so I will also confess to you. It is not impossible for Liu Xuande to want the Chen family to support him, but the Chen family will never support him for free because of the word benevolence. Chen Deng smiled, and said to Mi Zhu with a whole face.

“…… Yuanlong, please say. ”

Chen Deng shook his head and said to Mi Zhu: "If you want the Chen family's support, it depends on Liu Xuande's sincerity, and you can tell Liu Xuande about this." ”

“…… Well, I will tell the Lord. ”

"Zizhong." Seeing Mi Zhu get up and say goodbye, Chen Deng stopped Mi Zhu, and thought for a moment before saying to Mi Zhu: "Zizhong, you and I have a good personal relationship, so there is a sentence I want to persuade you, you are the head of the Mi family, the first thing to consider is the interests of the Mi family, don't lose the foundation of the Mi family in Xuzhou for the sake of one person's preferences." ”

“…… Thank you Yuanlong for the reminder. ”

When Chen Deng saw Mi Zhu say this, he also knew that his reminder was in vain. At present, Mi Zhu is bent on holding Liu Bei's thighs, as a friend, he has also said what he should say, as for whether Mi Zhu listens or not, it is none of his business.

Mi Zhu left the Chen family, and on the way home, he inadvertently looked out of the carriage, frowned, ordered to stop, and followed the Mi family's family to a shop on the side of the road, and then returned to the carriage with a young man.

"Big brother." The young man whispered to Mi Zhu with a little weakness.

At this time, it was on the street, and Mi Zhu didn't want to say anything, just said, "Get in the car." ”

"Hey." The young man said yes and climbed into the carriage. Seeing the other party's action of getting into the car, Mi Zhu's brows furrowed again, and he couldn't help but say, "Little sister, can't you be a little reserved?" Do you look at the way you are now, and still have a little bit of a girl's home? ”

"Uh...... Big brother, little sister knows it's wrong. Mi Zhen, who was dressed as a man, lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

Knowing that her sister-in-law was pretending to be pitiful, Mi Zhu still couldn't bear to punish her, sighed and ordered outside: "Let's go, go home first." ”

The carriage moved slowly, and Mi Zhen couldn't help but ask Mi Zhu after being honest for a while: "Big brother, why did you come back so early?" ”

"Huh? Isn't it okay for me to come back sooner? Mi Zhu raised his eyes and looked at Mi Zhen and asked.

"Of course, I'm just curious. Big brother, how is your main bus doing for you? ”

"Girls don't ask about this. It's been a bit of a mess in the city lately, so you don't have to go out less. Also, women are no longer allowed to dress up as men, so that outsiders know, where do you put my Mi family's face? ”

"What's wrong with women dressing up as men? Others don't recognize it. Mi Zhen muttered a little unhappily, but seeing Mi Zhu glaring at her, she hurriedly nodded and agreed: "The lesson of the eldest brother is that the little sister will never dare again." ”

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what's going on in your mind." Mi Zhu snorted angrily and asked, "What about your second brother?" ”

"Second brother? I don't know. Mi Zhen shook her head and replied.

Mi Zhu shook his head a little dissatisfied and complained: "I don't know? This sub-party knows fooling around all day long, and he doesn't know how to help the big brother. ”

"Big brother, it's not that you don't know, and the second brother is not as optimistic about that Liu Xuande as you are. If you ask him to help you, isn't that embarrassing for him? ”

"Hmph, as a member of the Mi family, he should contribute to the future of the Mi family." Mi Zhu snorted coldly.

"Yes, I won't tell you, if you talk too much, you'll kill me."

Mi Zhu: "......"

Back at Mi's house, Mi Zhu just sat down in the main hall, and the second brother Mi Fang also came back. Seeing Mi Zhu sitting in the main hall outside the door, Mi Fang suddenly made a ninety-degree turn, and wanted to walk to his small courtyard with a step.

"Stop! Don't you know how to say hello to your eldest brother when you come back? Mi Zhu said angrily when he saw this.

"Hey...... Big brother, why are you back at this time? The younger brother thought he was dazzled just now. Mi Fang smiled and entered the main hall. Mi Zhu smelled the smell of wine on Mi Fang's body, frowned and asked, "You went to Tao Ying to drink again?" ”

"Hey...... How does Big Brother know? Mi Fang asked with a smile.

"Hmph, didn't I tell you a long time ago that you will have less to deal with the two people of the Tao family in the future?" Mi Zhu's face sank and said unhappily.

Mi Fang stopped laughing when she heard this, "Big brother, why don't you allow me to associate with Tao Ying?" ”

"The Mi family now supports the lord, and you always associate with the son of the former state pastor, isn't it just plain gossip." Mi Zhu Wenyan explained.

"Hmph, it turns out that the eldest brother is worried that it will cause the dissatisfaction of that Lord Liu Bei. Big brother, I don't understand, aren't you usually quite shrewd? Why is it like Wang Ba eating a scale this time......"

"Presumptuous!" Mi Zhu said angrily.

"The eldest brother is angry, and the younger brother is just a metaphor." Mi Fang hurriedly explained.

"Hmph, then you can tell me what's wrong with me doing this?"

"The younger brother is not against the eldest brother supporting Liu Bei, but he just feels that it is inappropriate to completely entrust the future of the Mi family to Liu Bei. In case that Liu Bei is defeated, won't my Mi family even have a chance to turn over. Look at the Chen family and the Cao family, although sooner or later they will compromise with Liu Bei, at least they have left a way out for themselves, so that they will not have no way out in the future. ”

“…… Zifang, then I want to ask you, why are you so disoptimistic about the lord? Mi Zhu looked at Mi Fang and asked.

"There are two reasons for this." Mi Fang raised a finger when she heard the words and said: "One, the eldest brother said that Liu Bei was benevolent, but the younger brother saw it differently, and he didn't mention the matter of Kong Beihai in Qingzhou, but in the matter of our Taozhou Mu in Xuzhou, the eldest brother dared to pat his chest and say that Liu Bei did it above board?" ”

"Hugh is nonsense!"

"Hmph, I know that the eldest brother doesn't want to listen to this, but I still have to say, why does the eldest brother think the younger brother wants to keep in touch with Tao Ying, one is that Tao Ying and I have a good personal relationship, and now he is in a low mood, as a friend, he naturally wants to accompany him at this time, and the other is that he is the second son of the late Tao Zhou Mu, there are some things that we outsiders don't know, but he, the person around Tao Zhou Mu, knows."

“…… Okay, I don't want to hear it, you go down. ”

"Big brother, you should let the little brother finish speaking." Seeing this, Mi Fang said with a wry smile.

"What you're saying is nothing more than persuading me not to be obsessed with it anymore, and I don't want to hear that. Since you are so optimistic about the lord, then I will not force you anymore, you should pay more attention to the Mi family's business in the future, and if you don't want to mix with other things, don't get involved. ”

"Thank you for your understanding."

Seeing the second brother leave happily, Mi Zhu smiled bitterly again. Originally, I wanted to pull the second brother to be a helper, but I didn't expect the second brother to be so resistant to the lord. If you forcibly let the second brother be loyal to the lord with him, it will inevitably cause some unpleasant things in the future, which will not be beautiful.

And what Mi Fang said just now is not a bunch of nonsense, after calming down, Mi Zhu also realized that his previous decision was indeed a bit Meng Lang, Chen Deng of the Chen family is resourceful, and the old master Chen Qi is even more talented, they are not very optimistic about Liu Bei, and he is indeed a little in a hurry. But now that the Mi family has gotten on the "thief ship" of the lord, he can only go all the way to the dark.

Mi Zhu thought about the affairs of the Mi family, and kept writing a letter for people to send to the lord who was fighting with Yuan Shu in Xiaqiu, and told the lord the attitude of the Chen and Cao families.

Liu Bei's reply soon reached Mi Zhu's hands, first transferred Guan Yu to Pengcheng, led his troops to resist Lu Bu's attack, and then ordered Mi Zhu to supervise the transportation of grain and grass to Xiaqiu, leaving only Guan Hai in Xiapi City.

Mi Zhu didn't think much about it after getting the order, and while informing Guan Yu to requisition grain and grass, part of it was handed over to Guan Yu, and asked Guan Yu to send some grain and grass to Xiahou Bo, who was guarding Xiaopei, and he took the rest of the grain and grass to Xia Qiu.

Xiapi's personnel transfer soon reached the ears of the Chen and Cao families. Unlike Mi Zhu, who was convinced that Liu Bei was a benevolent person, Chen Deng and Cao Bao both maintained the necessary vigilance against Liu Bei. When they learned that there was only one Guan Hai left in Xiapi City, who was born in a yellow scarf, Chen Deng and Cao Bao made the same decision and secretly sneaked out of Xiapi with their families.

Liu Bei has just obtained Xuzhou not long ago, and the Chen and Cao families have been entrenched in Xuzhou for many years, on the surface, Liu Bei controls Xuzhou, but many unknown secret shortcuts are in the hands of families like Chen and Cao. If you want to leave Xiapi City unnoticed, it is not difficult for the Chen and Cao families.

The Chen and Cao families didn't know what Liu Bei wanted to do, and at this time, Guan Yu was transferred and only Guan Hai was left to find an excuse to deal with them. But there is nothing wrong with being careful, and it always hurts to be a little more cautious when the two sides have not yet reached an agreement. Facts also proved that the caution of the Chen and Cao families was not superfluous, and not long after the two families quietly left Xiapi, they received a report from their eyes that they stayed in the city, saying that after Guan Yu led the troops to leave, there were many suspicious people near the two families. But this kind of thing is that a blind man eats rice balls, and he just has a number in his stomach, at least until he completely tears his face, no one will poke out about it. Of course, because of this incident, the vigilance of the Chen and Cao families against Liu Bei became even more serious.

Liu Bei didn't know at this time that his secret arrangement had been made for the Chen and Cao families to escape, and it was not uncommon for a family to be destroyed by thieves. At this time, Liu Bei was worried about how to defeat Yuan Shu.

In the face of Zhang Fei's bravery, Yuan Shu directly gave up the fighting general, but instead adopted the advice of the strategist Yan Xiang and used the tactics of the crowd to deal with it.

Not to mention, although this method suffered large losses, Zhang Fei almost died in the chaos several times. Two fists are hard to beat with four hands, no matter how brave you are, you can't stand being beaten by the crowd, and there will always be times of negligence. Zhang Fei did kill a lot of people during this time, but because of this, there were many colors on his body, although the injury was not fatal, but Liu Bei still felt distressed when he saw it.

Liu Guanzhang and the three have been together since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and they have a deep relationship for more than ten years, although they are not brothers, they are better than brothers. As the elder brother, Liu Bei naturally felt uncomfortable when he saw his brother injured. But in the face of Yuan Shu's crowd tactics, Liu Bei couldn't think of any way to break the enemy for a while.

He had also thought about using a plan, but the problem was that Yan Xiang and Yang Hong beside Yuan Shu were also not stupid, and learning that Lu Bu had sent troops to attack Pengcheng made Liu Bei even more anxious. Now that Xuzhou is not completely in his own hands, the people Liu Bei can use at this time are still the old team brought from Qingzhou. Of course, getting together should not be underestimated, but now that they are scattered, this gives people the opportunity to break them one by one.

Liu Bei also thought about concentrating his four generals to defeat Yuan Shu in one go. Zhang Fei alone can only be on an equal footing with Yuan Shu, but if Guan Yu, Guan Hai, and Xiahou Bo are added, the odds of victory in that battle can indeed increase a lot, but the problem is that Liu Bei does not dare to take this risk.

Xuzhou has been regarded by Liu Bei as the foundation of his hegemony, and there is no room for mistakes, and there are many disobedient people in the Xuzhou family at present, and it is difficult to ensure that these people will not lead wolves into the house, so that they will lose Xuzhou. The hungry wolf who wants to swallow the fat of Xuzhou is far from alone.

For example, Lu Bu, who led the army to attack Pengcheng at this time, Liu Bei didn't think that Yuan Shu's material could subdue this evil tiger. Lu Bu sent troops at this time, and he must have wanted to take the opportunity to break away from Yuan Shu and compete for Xuzhou with himself. Compared to Yuan Shu, Lu Bu was obviously more difficult to deal with. Although he suffered a setback in Yanzhou, after this period of rest, Lu Bu has recovered a little bit of his former style.

He wanted to reconcile with Yuan Shu and concentrate his forces to drive Lu Bu, the evil tiger, out of Xuzhou first, but it was obviously impossible for Yuan Shu to agree to reconcile with Liu Bei without suffering a big loss. Just when Liu Bei felt in a dilemma, Jian Yong, who acted as a strategist, made a suggestion to Liu Bei, why not contact Cao Cao in Yanzhou and ask him to send troops to help.

Liu Bei shook his head again and again when he heard this, this Xuzhou was taken from Cao Cao, Cao Cao couldn't wait for himself to fight with Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and then he would come to pick up the cheap, how could he send troops to help at this time.

"The lord is wrong, I didn't mean to ask Cao Cao to send troops to attack Lu Bu, but to ask Cao Cao to send troops to attack Yuan Shu. As long as Yuan Shu retreats, we will naturally be able to spare manpower to deal with Lu Bu. ”

"What reason can be used to move Cao Cao?"

"Recently, my subordinates heard a rumor that Sun Jian's son Sun Ce used the jade seal of the country to borrow thousands of troops from Yuan Shu to conquer Jiangdong, so why not use this matter to convince Cao Cao?"

“…… Is Xianhe sure? Liu Bei frowned and asked. Liu Bei had also heard what Jian Yong said, but Yuan Shu had not publicly admitted it at this time, so the rumors were just rumors.

"You'll have to try it to find out." Jian Yong replied with a smile.

“…… That's good, there will be a trip to Lao Xian and hard work. ”

Sending Jian Yong away, Liu Bei continued to maintain a stalemate with Yuan Shu while paying close attention to the news of Pengcheng, whether Cao Cao would be moved by Jian Yong's words is not known, but it is already a fact that Lu Bu led the army to attack Xuzhou. With the fall of dozens of county towns one after another, Liu Bei really couldn't sit still.

……

At the same time, Yuan Shu, who was confronting Liu Bei, was smiling after learning the news of Lu Bu's invasion of Xuzhou, and he was not in a hurry to separate the victory and defeat with Liu Bei at this time. It's just that he didn't last a few days for this calmness, and the news that Cao Jun had entered Yingchuan made him jump.