After reading Lu An's letter word for word, Cao Cao's face became a little red and white, as if he was angry and hesitant.

"Mengde? Mengde? Seeing that Cao Cao had not moved for a long time, the military generals under his command all paid attention, and Xiahou Dun, who was closest to him, came closer and called softly.

"Whew!" Cao Cao came back to his senses and threw the letter on the table, his eyes flashing with a hint of complexity.

"Mengde? What is written on Lu Xuantong's letter to you? Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Xiahoudun asked with some curiosity. He has a rough temperament, and his relationship with Cao Cao is also the most harmonious, plus he is a cousin who grew up together since childhood, so he did not call Cao Cao the lord like others, but shouted Cao Cao's cousin, but if it is about loyalty to Cao Cao, Xiahoudun will definitely not lose to anyone.

"Xuantong said, if I slaughter the city, I will break off my kindness!" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said calmly.

"Humph! Lu Xuantong, his hand is inevitably stretched too long, and Meng De's matter is so far away, he has to insert a lever! Xiahoudun suddenly said slightly angrily. Originally, he had a very good impression of Lu An, thinking that Lu An had good martial arts and good character, and he had a comradeship with them to pursue Dong Zhuo, and he also saved Cao Cao's life in Xingyang, although the two sides were already in different camps, they could be regarded as very trustworthy allies.

However, this time, Xiahoudun's impression of Lu An in his heart immediately dropped several notches, in Xiahoudun's opinion, although Meng De's desire to slaughter the city was not quite right, but it was also Meng De's own business, what does it have to do with him Lu Xuantong, and he also said that if he slaughtered the city, he would break off his righteousness, which shows that the comradeship of the year was not as good as those ordinary people who did not know each other in Lu Xuantong's opinion, since this is the case, why should he be taken seriously on his side.

"Lord, since this is the case, why not give up slaughtering the city, Lu Xuantong has a life-saving grace to the lord, and the lord should sell him a face!" Xun You took the opportunity to say.

After Cheng Yu heard this, his mouth moved, and he didn't speak, this massacre was proposed by him at the beginning, Cao Cao was ready to implement it, but he didn't expect that there would be such a lever now, Lu Xuantong saved the life of the lord in Xingyang back then, everyone knows about this, and now Lu Xuantong has sent a letter, and bluntly said that if he slaughters the city, he will be gracious and cut off, if Cao Cao doesn't listen, I'm afraid that his reputation will be hit hard in the future and become a representative of ingratitude.

"Let them go!" Cao Cao sighed slightly, the matter has come to this, how can he not know the benefits, this slaughter of the city must not be done at the moment, otherwise not only will Lu Xuantong be evil, but even his reputation will be ruined.

After saying that, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to put back all the people who had helped Tao Qian defend the city, and restrained the soldiers, changing the military order to slaughter the city for two days to no slaughter of the people.

"The lord's move is very good, not only to repay Lu Xuantong's favor, but also to capture other cities in Xuzhou later, the people will feel gratitude, and they will not regard our army as a flood beast." The order to slaughter the city was canceled, Xun You breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Cao Cao. He and Xun Yu are both from the same family, the two are uncles and nephews, not only the same talent, but also have a trace of benevolence and righteousness for the people, seeing that these people were spared because of Lu An's relationship, Rao is because the family and Lu An are born on opposite sides, and they can't help but have some respect for him in their hearts.

"Hahahaha, I hope it's as you say!" Cao Cao laughed. Although his previous plan was canceled because of Lu Xuantong's intervention, Cao Cao has never been a person who can't let go, not to mention that Xun You is right, doing something that has nothing to do with his original interests, even if he returns Lu Xuantong's favor, why not do it.

Xuzhou, Xiapi City, Prefecture Pastoral Mansion

"Hey! I can't imagine that because of my unintentional mistakes, the people will be cataclysed! Tao Qian sat in the hall, looking at the civil and military below, and said with a depressed expression.

He thinks that he has always been diligent and loves the people, and the people can be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment in Xuzhou under his jurisdiction, before Cao Cao's father passed by Xuzhou, he kindly sent the generals to send a ride, but he didn't expect to send the wrong person, the Yellow Turban general saw that Cao Cao's father had a lot of treasures, and he directly looted it, and Cao Cao's father was hacked to death on the spot, now it's okay, Cao Cao directly sent troops to Xuzhou, and there were rumors to slaughter the city, and the soldiers of the Cao army were very elite, and their side was not an opponent at all, just yesterday, There has been information from the front that a city has been lost, and with the brutality of Cao's army, the people in the city are afraid that they will really be slaughtered, and the crimes here are all caused by themselves, which is really a sin.

"Don't think like this, my lord, now that the troubled times have risen, Cao Cao just covets the richness of our Xuzhou and wants to occupy Xuzhou, even if his father doesn't die here, he will find a reason to attack us casually." Chen Deng, who was in the audience, got up and said.

In Xuzhou, there are three major families, the Cao family, the Chen family and the Mi family, of which the Cao family and the Chen family are all old official eunuch families, and the Mi family has risen by business in the past hundred years, although the background is not as good as the previous two, but if you talk about the degree of wealth, it is more prosperous than the previous two combined, and Chen Deng is the future head of the Chen family, and the official is the long history of Xuzhou at this time.

"In any case, the cause of this incident lies with me, and at this time, I can't resist Cao Cao's soldiers, and I have harmed the people in vain!" Tao Qian still blames himself, if it is one or two, it naturally doesn't matter, but the problem is that Cao Cao is so mad that he wants to slaughter the city, this is tens of thousands of people, Tao Qian is an official, quite famous, always thinking about leaving a mark in the history of the youth, if Xuzhou is slaughtered by the enemy under his governance this time, it will be a heavy stain, and it can't be washed away.

"My lord doesn't have to be like this, Cao Cao's soldiers are brave, but he is very urgent, and the logistics line may not be able to keep up, and he has just taken over Yanzhou for less than a year, there must not be much surplus food in his hands, we just need to defend it safely, slow down, Cao Cao saw that the city could not be attacked for a long time, so he would naturally retreat!" Chen Deng said unhurriedly. He was known for his intelligence, and he saw Cao Cao's weakness at the first time.

"That's all there is to it!" Tao Qian nodded, this is also a way out of the way, if you can't fight, you will drag it, and if you drag it until the opponent's military food is insufficient, the opposite side will naturally retreat.

"Report! Good news, my lord! At this time, Mi Zhu hurriedly walked in and said with a happy face. Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family, one of the three major families in Xuzhou, and is currently engaged in Xuzhou.

"What's the good news? Cao Cao retreated? Tao Qian suddenly came to his senses and asked.

"Uh, no!" Mi Zhu cried and laughed. It is estimated that Tao Qian is now dreaming of Cao Cao's retreat.

"Hey, what's the good news?" Tao Qian sighed.

"Two good things, the first is that Liu Bei heard that we were forced by Cao Cao's soldiers, so he specially sent troops to the rescue!" Mi Zhu said with a smile on his face.

"Liu Bei came to the rescue? This is true! When Tao Qian heard this, he suddenly had great hope in his heart, and asked a little incredulously. The plain is not far from Xuzhou.

"Of course, we have already received a letter from Lord Liu Bei, and he has already set off from the plains! Soon to arrive at the boundary of Xuzhou! Mi Zhu nodded.

"Good, good, Xuande is really a righteous man!" Tao Qian was overjoyed. He knows Liu Bei's ability, the three brothers who formed a righteous alliance in the battle of Tiger Prison Pass that day were the most dazzling figures in the alliance army except for Lu Xuantong, especially the love and righteousness skills, which is simply a heavenly existence, not to mention that the three brothers also have the record of joining forces to defeat Lu Bu, with their three brothers to help, presumably Cao Cao will also feel a headache.

"My lord, there is one more good thing!" Mi Zhu didn't seem to be enough at this time, and spoke again.

"Speak quickly!" Tao Qian was in a good mood at this time, and his face was a little red, and he urged.

"Cao Cao has given up slaughtering the city!" Mi Zhu smiled.

"Has he changed his mind?" After Tao Qian heard this, he walked down directly from the top in an excited mood, and asked with a red face.

"Yes, it is said that Lu Xuantong of Wuling passed on a letter to him, so that he could distinguish between public and private, and the two armies could not anger the people, and because of Lu Xuantong's life-saving grace back then, Cao Cao gave up slaughtering the city." Mi Zhu said, with a hint of mystery on his face, green salt, fine wine, these are all profiteering things, and I don't know if the second brother has arrived in Wuling.

"Lu Xuantong is also a benevolent and righteous person!" Tao Qian was already excited at this time and didn't know what to say, before a stick of incense, he was still worried about the safety of Xuzhou and the people and didn't know what to do, but now he has all the ways at once, so what else does he have to worry about.

"My lord, at this time, the people are no longer in the way, we just need to guard to the death, wait for Lord Liu Bei to come to the rescue, and then join forces with him, we will definitely be able to resist Cao Cao!" Chen Deng also said with a smile on his face. He has naturally heard of the reputation of Liu Bei's three brothers, so he believes that Xuzhou will not be at a complete disadvantage as before.

"Immediately pass on my order, send another 20,000 troops to Guangling to support Cao Bao, and let him definitely defend Guangling County for me and wait for reinforcements!" At this time, there was no worries, and Tao Qian also regained his spirits, and his face was full of fighting spirit.