"Ziqing, do you know why I insist on taking Lu Bu in?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

Gao Ping was stunned and said: "The lord has the world in his heart, and of course taking in Lu Bu is to let the people of the Quartet come to join him."

"No" Liu Bei shook his head and said: "This is only one of them, and it is also a superficial reason, not because of Chen Qun and Ziqing's speculation, let alone valuing his bravery, in fact, the main reason is that Lu Bu and Cao Cao are now mortal enemies, and Cao Cao will inevitably attack Xuzhou again after stabilizing his Shandong land, I took Lu Bu in order to make an appearance to Cao Cao, let him know that I am not afraid of him, and show my determination to fight with him, my original intention is actually to convince Lu Bu so that he can really be used by me, but after many days of contact, it turns out, Lu Bu is indeed a wolf who can't be fed, so he has become a big hidden danger in Xuzhou, so if Ziqing is really reluctant to put your beauty into Lu Bu's arms, then you don't have to care about fighting with Lu Bu, don't worry about doing it boldly, I, Liu Xuande, am your strong backing" Liu Bei said this, looking at Gao Ping with a resolute gaze, which means that as long as you say a word, nothing is a problem.

Gao Ping's heart was warm, looking at Liu Bei's sincere gaze, he could do anything for the private affairs of his subordinates, Gao Ping didn't know if this was his honor, or Liu Bei was too reckless, but to have such a lord can only be said to be his great blessing, but the lord can be hasty, but he has to think carefully.

After pondering for a moment, Gao Ping arched his hand and said: "The lord is very gracious, Ping has thanked me here, but I must not waste the lord's great cause for Ping's private affairs, Ping has a plan or can kill two birds with one stone."

"Oh, what is Ziqing's plan?" Liu Bei asked with bright eyes.

"Now there are only two hidden dangers in Xuzhou, one is Lu Bu who is now stationed in Xiaopei, and the other is Langya Zang Ba and others who listen to the propaganda and do not listen to it, so that the fine work can spread the rumors of Zang Ba's rebellion in Xuzhou, and then immediately let Lu Bu go to the conquest, one side can make Lu Bu unable to get married, on the other hand, no matter what the result of the battle between Lu Bu and Zang Ba is, they will eventually lose their troops and lose their generals, if Zang Ba wins, it is a disguised weakening of Lu Bu's strength, and after his defeat he returns to Xuzhou without troops, and can no longer pose a greater threat to us."

"What if Lu Bu defeats Zang Ba?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked.

"That's better, the lord can order General Zhang Fei to lead a group of men and horses to set off after Lu Bu marches into the army, under the name of supporting Lu Bu, in fact, surveillance, if Lu Bu wins, he will order the three generals to occupy Langya, and Lu Bu must not be allowed to obtain Langya." Gao Ping habitually touched his nose and smiled.

"But what if Lu Bu saw the third brother accompanying him, and instead asked the third brother to help attack Langya?" Liu Bei said with some worry.

Gao Ping shook his head slightly and said: "The lord still doesn't understand Lu Bu, Lu Bu is the most arrogant, he will not let others interfere in his battles easily, and I said that it is also meaningful to let the three generals go, the three generals and Lu Bu are incompatible, how can Lu Bu lower his head and ask the three generals for help." But if this matter wants to succeed, the biggest trouble is Chen Gong, such a subplot can be concealed from Lu Bu but absolutely not from Chen Gong, the lord can order Chen Gong to go to the Chang'an Imperial Court to ask Lu Bu to be the pastor of Yuzhou, although the possibility of success is not very likely, but in this way Chen Gong can be transferred away from Lu Bu, paving the way for our plan. ”

Liu Bei pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then laughed and said: "Ziqing is interlocking every time he uses a plan, which makes people unguardable."

The next day, Liu Bei feasted the ministers in the state pastor's mansion, all the civil and military forces in Xuzhou were present, and Lu Bu and others were also invited, Lu Bu only brought Chen Gong and Zhang Liao to come, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Bei proposed to play Lu Bu as the pastor of Yuzhou, Lu Bu was overjoyed and thanked at that time, and then Liu Bei said that he needed a person who was resourceful and strategic, and went to Chang'an to go to the table, otherwise the purpose of this trip was not easy to achieve.

Lu Bu recommended Chen Gong to go without thinking, although Chen Gong smelled a little conspiracy, but Lu Bu was in high spirits about this matter, and he was expressing his position in front of so many people, he really had no way to refute it, and he thought that there was no war in Xuzhou recently, so he could rest assured that he could go.

After briefly arranging Lu Bu's greeting, Chen Gong hurriedly set off to Chang'an, and Lu Bu prepared to welcome his relatives in Xiaopei. And after being stationed in Xiaopei from Lü Bu, the army was also expanded to 10,000.

In Xuzhou Tao Mansion, the number of people coming and going in the past two days has gradually increased, perhaps because I heard that Tao Zhi was going to marry Lu Bu, and the clan that had a good relationship with the Tao family and some of Tao Qian's old departments began to move around with Tao Mansion again.

In the boudoirs of Xuzhou, Tao Mansion, and Tao Zhi, Tao Zhi and Cao Rong were talking about things while eating snacks at this time.

"Sister Rong, have all the people of the Cao family been arranged?" Tao Zhi said in a cold voice.

"Sister rest assured" Cao Rong put down the pastry in her hand and gently wiped her red lips with a hand towel and said lightly: "My Cao family's cronies are all over the East China Sea, and now I heard that we have contacted Lu Bu and married Lu Bu, most of them have secretly trained their own family guards, just wait for the incident, and there are more than a dozen junior lieutenants in the army who have more than 2,000 people in their hands, adding up to about 7,000 people."

Tao Zhi frowned and said, "Make sure to keep it secret, don't be discovered in advance"

"But isn't my sister prepared?" Cao Rong asked suspiciously.

"Don't hide it from my sister, many of my father's old subordinates have been completely loyal to Liu Bei, and I only have a small number of unambitious lower-level officials available, barely two thousand people, but my father and Ling Zun ambushed a strange soldier early in Liu Bei's army."

"Why didn't I know?"

"Hehe, do you remember the bet between Gao Ping and Ling Zun, in fact, my father was not completely at ease with Liu Bei at that time, my father just valued the bravery of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others and Gao Ping's resourcefulness to use them to resist Cao Cao, since then there have been a thousand of our two dead soldiers ambushed into Liu Bei's army, but unfortunately my father died of illness, before his death my father handed over the warrant to me to mobilize this thousand people and let me help my two brothers drive Liu Bei at a critical moment, but my unsuccessful brothers themselves fought in the nest first, Immediately, they all escaped from Xuzhou and lost contact with me, and were quickly defeated by Gao Ping, Chen Deng and others, and I didn't even have a chance to mobilize them, otherwise Liu Bei would definitely not be able to stand in Xuzhou.

Now many of them, except for those who died in battle, have become the backbone, these people can mobilize at least 5,000 people, plus Sister Rong's 7,000 people, this will have 12,000 people, although the combat effectiveness may not be strong, but taking advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and Lu Bu's 10,000 people to respond, I think we should be sixty percent sure of defeating Liu Bei" Tao Zhi rubbed his temples and said.