Minchan's pretty face turned red again, how could she not understand what Liu Xin meant, as long as she left the State Pastoral Mansion, she would always be followed by a few flying tiger guards, in this Xiangyang City, except for her stepfather Wang Yun, who dared to find her trouble. In fact, this is exactly what she is worried about. Therefore, when Wang Yun asked her if she would live with her, she did not hesitate to refuse.

Hearing Liu Xin's last words, Diao Chan was suddenly a little ashamed, but seeing Liu Xin's concerned eyes, a trace of warmth rose in her heart.

Minchan's words just now were interrupted by Liu Xin, stunned for a moment, and continued: "My lord, the meaning of the people's daughter is to ask the adult for a gift, so that she can go to see her father-in-law. ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but be secretly vigilant, could it be that this little girl hadn't forgotten the task given to her by Wang Yun and wanted to be unfavorable to herself? Hmph, don't say that you are one of the four beauties, even if you are the number one beauty in the world throughout the ages, if you have this thought, it will leave you with it! Liu Xin's vitality gradually grew, and he said in a deep voice: "Oh, tell me, what treasure is Liu here that is worth taking with you to see your father-in-law?" ”

Liu Xin almost didn't say, do you want Liu's head.

How did Minchan know what Liu Xin was thinking, but she could also clearly feel a chill coming to her face. Diao Chan has never been on the battlefield, nor has she ever seen murder, so she naturally doesn't know that this is the murderous aura that Liu Xin unintentionally exuded, she just thought that she danced a song just now, and her body was sweating, and now she is just a little cold.

Minchan shuddered and snorted: "The folk girl wants to ask for a job for her father-in-law here, which can be regarded as repaying her father-in-law's kindness, and I hope that the adult will approve it." ”

Only then did Liu Xin understand that he was thinking too much, and as soon as his mind was closed, the murderous opportunity disappeared, and he muttered: "It's okay to arrange a job for him, but I'm afraid that Wang Yun won't agree to it." ”

Minchan originally thought that she had arranged a place for Wang Yun to live, and also bought a field and a shop, so that he would be old and worry-free, but thinking of Wang Yun's nurturing feelings for her, she couldn't bear it after all. Minchan knows that Wang Yun is a person, if he is allowed to eat all day long, it will not be long before he will be depressed and sick.

Hearing Liu Xin's meaning, she was a little relieved, and Minchan hurriedly continued: "Actually, I don't need to arrange any important duties for my father-in-law, he likes to read, and it would be good if I could let him go to the academy to help sort out the books." ”

Cai Yong is the head of the academy, and in history he was ordered to be executed by Wang Yun, and no matter how many people persuaded him at that time, he was unable to impress Wang Yun, of course, history has been rewritten, and this kind of thing will never happen again.

What Liu Xin couldn't imagine was what would happen if Wang Yun was arranged under Cai Yong's men. However, Liu Xin knows that since he let his son take his mother's surname, Cai Yong's personality has become more and more tolerant, and he is living younger and younger, so he must not embarrass Wang Yun, his nemesis.

After bowing his head and pondering for a moment, Liu Xin finally nodded and said, "Well, if he wants to, let him go to the academy, it's better than him eating all day and waiting for death." ”

Although this is ugly, Minchan also knows that it is the truth. What's more, Wang Yun wanted to hurt Liu Xin, Liu Xin didn't retaliate against him, and arranged a position for him, he just let Liu Xin scold a few words, what's the big deal. Minchan got Liu Xin's permission, and she was already happy, hurriedly retreated, walked to the door, but turned back and said, "Please rest assured, the daughter will not be alone with her father-in-law." ”

Liu Xingang wanted to say, what does it have to do with me if you and Wang Yundu are alone, but when I saw that Diao Chan had already turned around and fled, she went out. Liu Xin pondered carefully, it turned out that this little girl was taking revenge on what she had just said, but there seemed to be another layer of meaning in it, and she couldn't help laughing.

There was another fierce battle outside Xuzhou, and Cao's army was surging and unstoppable, and successively broke through Liu Bei's two large camps outside the city. Fortunately, Guan Yu, the martial saint, supported him and fought to the death, so he stopped Cao Jun by the moat.

Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Cao had no choice but to order the troops to be withdrawn. As soon as he returned to the big tent, he saw a personal soldier running over in a hurry, and said, "Prime Minister Qi, Liu Xin ordered someone to send a letter, please make a decision!" ”

Opening the letter, Cao Cao's face changed greatly, and he said: "Liu Xin asked Cao to withdraw his troops, what do you think?" ”

Xun Yu was surprised: "How can Liu Xin be so untrustworthy? ”

Cao Cao sighed and said: "When Cao raised the army, Liu Xin once said in advance, telling Cao not to kill innocents indiscriminately, but now, this handle is pinched in his hand, but what can he do?" ”

Chen Qun arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, our army is short of money and food, and it is helpless to indulge the soldiers to plunder the people. Xuzhou City is in front of him, and his subordinates think that they can't easily retreat. Please give the lord an order, do your best to strike tomorrow, if you can break the city, it is enough, if you can't break the city, it is not too late to retreat. ”

Xun Yu shook his head and said, "Isn't this a long article! Liu Xin must have eyes and ears near Zuo, how can he hide it? The lord's current goal is Yuan Shao, and now the five counties of Xuzhou have taken three of them, Tao Qian's vitality is greatly injured, so there is no need to worry, leaving a few lonely cities with him, what does it matter? ”

Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled: "Wen Ruo's words are exactly what I want, and I will order the three armies to rise up overnight, and the class will return to Puyang, and then fight to the death with Yuan Shao in the spring of next year." ”

In the city of Xuzhou, Liu Bei was worried and couldn't sleep all night. He has gathered all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in Xuzhou counties here, there are more than 80,000 people, however, in the face of Cao Cao's 10,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry, he has suffered successive defeats. Seeing that the loss of troops is broken, there are less than 50,000 people left under his command, and the army's morale is shaken, if it continues like this, Xuzhou City will eventually be lost.

Finally caught the light of day, Liu Bei hurriedly got up from the couch, rubbed his slightly red eyes, and didn't care about freshening up, so he ordered to take the drape, and just stepped out of the door, he saw Guan Yu striding over, and said with surprise on his face: "Big brother, Cao Bing has retreated." ”

This was a rare night, Guan Yu did not sleep at the same table with Liu Bei. After all, the army outside the city pressed the border, Guan Yu was worried about Liu Bei's safety, and also worried about the city defense of Xuzhou. Before dawn today, he ran to the head of the city, but saw that there was no movement in the Cao army camp outside the city. Although Guan Yu has an arrogant temperament, he is not a reckless person, he hurriedly sent Xizuo to sneak over to inspect, and sure enough, there was only one empty camp left, so he hurried to report the good news to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was also overjoyed when he heard this, but he had always been calm, and he quickly calmed down and said, "How could Cao Cao withdraw his troops for no reason, be careful of deceit." ”

Guan Yu arched his hand and said: "Big brother, don't worry, the younger brother has already sent several teams of scouts, and there will be news coming back soon, please go to the city to see it in person." ”

Liu Bei climbed up to the top of the city and looked towards the Cao military camp under the city, but there was no movement.

Soon, there was a report from the scouts sent out, saying that Cao's army had already withdrawn fifty miles away, but the counties that continued to go north were still under the control of Cao's army, and the scouts did not dare to investigate any further, so they had to return on horseback.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and said, "Quick, go and report a message to Tao Envoy." ”

Jian Yong was puzzled, and whispered in Liu Bei's ear: "Why is the lord in such a hurry to tell him this good news?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head, smiled without saying a word, turned around and walked towards the city, he didn't close his eyes all night today, what he wanted most now was to go back and make up for sleep.

As soon as he was halfway there, he saw Chen Deng running in a hurry and said loudly: "Lord Liu, follow Chen to the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, the lord is about to die." ”

It turned out that these days there are frequent reports of failure, although Guan Yu is a hero, but it is difficult to stop Cao Cao's tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, Tao Qian's health is not good, but now he is worried, and he can't afford to be sick. This is also the reason why Jian Yong persuaded Liu Bei not to tell Tao Qian the good news of Cao Cao's withdrawal too early, he hoped to continue to drag it out until Tao Qian was dragged to death, and the position of Xuzhou Mu would naturally be transferred to Liu Bei, after all, Liu Bei is now in charge of Xuzhou's military and political power.

Liu Bei didn't agree, because Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's withdrawal from the army would not be hidden for a long time, and if it was spread out, it would be self-defeating to show that he was a villain. Although Liu Bei is not proficient in medical skills, he has nothing to do in the past two years in Xiaopei, and he has also read a lot of miscellaneous books, knowing that a body like Tao Qian cannot experience great joy and sorrow the most, so he hurriedly asked people to report the good news to Tao Qian, just to make Tao Qian too excited. Tao Qian really didn't disappoint Liu Bei, when he heard the good news, he was too excited for a while, and he turned his back on it.

When Liu Bei arrived at the governor's mansion, Tao Qian was speechless, he pointed to the golden seal on the pillow, and then pointed to the two sons kneeling on the couch. It's just that at this time, his Xuzhou is already in name only. Among the five counties of Xuzhou, Donghai, Langya, and Pengcheng have all been occupied by Cao Cao, which will never be spit out, and all he has in his hands is only Xiapi County, as for Guangling in the south, it is still unknown whether he will listen to him.

Liu Bei now has more than 50,000 horses in his hands, and it is enough to defend the city, plus some private soldiers he quietly recruited, it can also be regarded as a force in this troubled world. It's just that he, like Cao Cao, is short of money and food. Although Xuzhou is rich, but Tao Qian has always emphasized that he does not compete with the people, there is not much savings in the state capital, most of the money and grain are stored in the counties under his jurisdiction, and now the three counties of Donghai, Langya and Pengcheng have been lost, and the money and grain accumulated there are naturally cheaper Cao Cao. If you want to solve the problem of money and grain, you only need to ask Guangling for transfer, so Liu Bei repaired a letter and sent someone to Guangling, asking Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu to transfer a batch of grain and grass to Xuzhou.

When the messenger sent by Liu Bei arrived at Guangling, it was already late, and the Guangling Taishou Mansion was brightly lit and was holding a feast.