Almost at the same time that Yuan Wei broke through Qiaojiawu Fort and captured Sun Ce, Lu Bu also broke Liu Bei in Xiaopei, and Liu Bei finally expanded to tens of thousands of troops and was wiped out overnight, only with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yongmi, brothers and Sun Qian, and a few other civil and military escapes.

After losing Xiaopei, Liu Bei had no choice but to go to Xuchang to defect to Cao Cao.

When the Son of Heaven heard that a Liu clan relative had come, he summoned Liu Bei into the palace as soon as possible, and then looked at the family tree and found that Liu Bei was his imperial uncle, which was really overjoyed.

Since then, the Son of Heaven will summon Liu Bei into the palace every few days.

On this day, Liu Bei came back from the palace, and after returning to the apartment, he kept sighing.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked again and again, Liu Bei just didn't say it, what could he say? It's useless to say it.

Although the second brother Guan Yu is quite strategic and has the ability to command the army, he is not a wise and profound person after all, and such a confidential matter is only in vain to say to him, and it will not help to say anything, but it will only increase the risk of leaking the news out of thin air.

As for Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and the Mi family brothers, they are also mediocre in ability and can't be entrusted with big things.

It turned out that the Son of Heaven summoned Liu Bei into the palace just now, but it was to entrust a big event!

The Son of Heaven issued an edict to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to conspire with his uncle Dong Cheng to eradicate Cao Cao!

Liu Bei can especially remember clearly at this moment, the crying and weeping appearance when the Son of Heaven gave the edict, Liu Bei thought about it at this time, and it was still painful to the heart, the dignified Han Son of Heaven became a plaything in Cao Cao's palm, it is simply unreasonable, Cao Cao's thief is not removed, and the Han Kingdom will not be a country!

Unable to find the right person to discuss the secret, Liu Bei was full of thoughts and couldn't solve it, so he could only go to the back garden to water vegetables to relieve his boredom.

Liu Bei was watering vegetables in the back garden, and suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the wall, as if a large army was passing by, and after a while, he heard the third brother Zhang Fei arguing fiercely with people in the front yard.

Liu Bei hurriedly threw away the bucket and hurried to the front yard before he could change his clothes, but saw Zhang Fei blocking Cao Cao's guard general Xu Chu outside the door of the apartment, and both of them had already pulled out the ring head knife, and the scene was about to erupt, but Guan Yu just stood aside coldly and watched, and had no intention of stopping it.

Liu Bei's heart sank suddenly, why did Xu Chu bring the troops?

Could it be that Cao Cao already knew about the clothes and tricks given to him by the Son of Heaven?

It's impossible, except for the Son of Heaven, only Uncle Dong Cheng knows about this matter.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's heart was a little relieved, and he stepped forward to slap at Xu Chu and asked, "But I don't know why General Xu came?" ”

Xu Chu put the knife back into the sheath and returned the salute: "On the order of Cao Gong, I specially invite Liu Yuanjun to go to the banquet." ”

Zhang Fei was dumbfounded and shouted: "Brother, Cao Cao must not have any good intentions, you can't go!" ”

"Third brother, don't be rude." Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei and apologized to Xu Chu, "The third brother is reckless, and I hope that General Xu will not be surprised, and let him change his clothes, and he will leave for the Cao Gongfu later." ”

Xu Chu pressed the hilt of the knife and replied loudly: "Liu Yuanjun, please change your clothes, the last general is waiting here." ”

"That's it, and I'm out of company." Liu Bei was again, hurriedly returned to the room to change clothes, and then followed Xu Chu straight to Cao Cao's mansion, Guan Yu Zhang Fei wanted to accompany him, but asked Liu Bei to stop it, now it is in Xuchang, but it is in Cao Cao's lair, if Cao Cao wants to kill him, what is the use of taking Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?

Cao Cao said that he was inviting him to the feast, but in fact, he only set up a table of wine in the back garden, and invited Liu Bei to drink.

When Liu Bei walked into the back garden, Cao Cao was casually stretching his legs and sitting on the seat, leaning on the beauty and closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.

Hearing Liu Bei's footsteps, Cao Cao opened his eyes and got up to beckon: "Xuande is here, take a seat." ”

"Xie Caogong." Liu Bei bowed respectfully to Cao Cao, and then knelt opposite Cao Cao with a flick of his sleeves.

Cao Cao motioned for Xu Chu to cook wine, and then looked at Liu Bei for a long time without speaking, and saw Liu Bei's heart worried, sweating on his forehead, Liu Bei has always been moody, but under Cao Cao's very oppressive eyes, he was also a little unbearable, the key Liu Bei had a ghost in his heart, and he had just received the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Bei also said that Cao Cao already knew the secret of the edict, and he really wanted to stand up and run.

But looking at Xu Chu, who was guarding the handle of the knife with his hand, Liu Bei still didn't dare to make a mistake after all.

However, Liu Bei obviously thought too much, Cao Cao didn't know the secret of the edict, at least not at this time, seeing Liu Bei's forehead sweating, Cao Cao smiled slightly, and asked Liu Bei: "I heard that Xuande is still growing vegetables?" Is there such a thing? ”

"It is true." Liu Bei hurriedly knelt down and sat up, and replied respectfully, "I have nothing to do recently, so I borrowed vegetables to chat to pass the time." ”

Cao Cao laughed, his eyes showed a sharp look, and said: "The heroes of my generation, we should put the world first, how can we follow the example of the farmer who planted vegetables and hoeed the land, and laughed in vain?" ”

Cao Cao's meal of wine has a famous purpose.

Liu Bei was defeated by Lü Bu, and after being driven out of Xuzhou, he came to Xuchang to join Cao Cao in desperation.

After Liu Bei entered Xuchang, Cao Cao's four major strategists were divided into two factions, Cheng Yu Xunyou advocated killing Liu Bei, the two believed that Liu Bei was a hero in the world, and raising a tiger would inevitably cause trouble, but Guo Jiaxunyu advocated not killing Liu Bei, thinking that killing Liu Bei would make Cao Cao lose his prestige and put an end to the heart of the world's soldiers.

Cao Cao himself was also difficult to decide, so he wanted to have a good talk with Liu Bei face to face.

Liu Bei waved his hand again and again and said: "Cao Gong is a hero in the world, but he really doesn't dare to be it. ”

"Xuande, you are humble." Cao Cao said, "If you are not worthy of being called a hero, who else can be called a hero?" ”

Liu Bei said: "In addition to Cao Gong, Gongsun Zhan sits on the land of Youyan and Zhou, as well as Yuan Shao of Hebei, with 300,000 armor under his command, all of whom can be called heroes." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Gongsun Zan is mean and unkind, and Yuan Shao is jealous of cronyism, and he forgets his righteousness when he sees small profits, and he regrets his life when he encounters major events. ”

Liu Bei said: "Liu Biao sits on the seven counties of Jingxiang and can be called a hero. ”

Cao Cao said: "Liu Biao is just a dog guarding the house, that's all." ”

Liu Bei said: "The little overlord Sun Ce's father and son are arrogant, and they can definitely be called heroes. ”

Cao Cao said: "Although Sun Ce is brave and unparalleled, he is light and unprepared and easy to kill, before in Lujiang, his army of 30,000 was even with Yuan No's thousands of remnants, and he is not worthy of being called a hero." ”

Liu Bei said: "In this way, Yuan can be called a young hero." ”

Cao Cao snorted, speechless, he could look down on Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao, and even Sun Ce, but he didn't dare to have a trace of contempt for Yuan No!

Just as he did not dare to despise Liu Bei, Cao Cao would never dare to despise Yuan No.

Because both of these people have a trait, an indomitable trait!

And compared with Liu Bei, Yuan Nuo is even more terrifying, because Yuan Que is cunning and wise, and he is used to using soldiers.

You must know that Yuan Wei has just turned eighteen, and Mao Du has not yet grown up, so he was able to defeat Tai Shi Ci and the little overlord Sun Ce on the battlefield in a row.

The only thing that can make Cao Cao feel a little reassured is that Yuan Nuo is now being driven to Xunyang by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

Xunyang is a small city, and it can't raise too many soldiers and horses at all, even if Yuan has the ability to go through the heavens and latitudes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a big difference.

At that moment, Cao Cao said: "Although Yuan Wei Xiao'er is cunning and wise, he is still too immature after all, and now he has been driven to Xunyang County by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and he will be defeated and die soon, so he is not a hero......"

However, before Cao Cao's words fell, he saw Cheng Yu hurriedly walking in.

Cheng Yu is in charge of intelligence transmission, and can be said to be Cao Jun's intelligence director.

Seeing Cheng Yu coming in in a hurry, Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Zhongde, what's the matter?" ”

Cheng Yu looked at Liu Bei, who was sitting opposite Cao Cao, and stopped talking.

Liu Beizheng was worried and didn't know how to get out, so he knelt down and stood up, and said, "Gong Cao, retire for the time being......"

"Whoa." Cao Cao waved his hand to stop Liu Bei from leaving the table and getting up, and said to Cheng Dark, "Zhongde, Duke Xuande is the emperor's uncle who was just recognized by the Son of Heaven, and he can be regarded as a pillar of the country, so there is no need to hide any military affairs from him." ”

Cheng Yu said truthfully: "Lord, Zhou Yu just flew a pigeon to pass the book to Xu Du, saying that Yuan Ce captured Sun Ce in the first battle of Lujiang, and took Sun Ce as a hostage to force Zhou Yu to retreat and give way, and now Yuan Que has left Qiaojiawu Fort safely, from the time calculation, at this moment should have crossed Dabie Mountain and entered the north of Lujiang. ”

Cao Cao was raising the wine bottle, ready to drink the wine, when he heard the words, his right hand froze in mid-air.