Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought fiercely in Xiapi, Liu Bei relied on Xiapi City to defend, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were united in their efforts, and they were able to resist Cao Cao's brave attack.

On the fifth day of the battle between Cao and Liu, Cao Cao received a battle report from Yanzhou, just when he didn't know how to solve the crisis in front of him, his adviser Guo Jia offered a plan, let Cao Cao take Xuzhou in one go, Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's advice, and issued a death order, if he could not break through Xiapi City within three days, all three armies would fight.

On the sixth day, as Cao Cao waved the flag in his hand, in an instant, ten thousand crossbows were fired together, ten thousand troops moved, and the dense Cao army was wrapped in dust all over the sky, covering the sky, and the tide was like a flood of swarming down Picheng, and the sky above the entire Xiapi City was filled with the sound of war drums and shouting and killing in the sky, which was terrifying.

Cao Cao personally rushed to the city with his sword, urging the soldiers to move the earth and stones, fill the trenches and plug the trenches, Liu Beijun in the city of Pi had already been waiting for the battle, the big stones and huge trees, the boiling water and hot oil rolled down at the same time, the soldiers of the two armies killed the sky and the earth was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and the city of Xiapi was soon filled with the corpses of the soldiers on both sides.

Although the arrows on the city tower are like rain, but did not stop the Cao army's brave fight, there are two members of the general to avoid the forward, Cao Cao Qing sword who came to supervise the battle under the city, he personally dismounted to untie the soil and fill the pit, so the Cao army of all the size of the soldiers fought bravely, the military prestige was greatly inspired, Liu Beijun could not resist, the Cao army rushed to the city first, cut the lock and fell, wave after wave of Cao army flocked into the city.

Under the desperate protection of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei led 3,000 remnants of soldiers to kill out of Xiapi City and moved closer to Xuzhou City. When Cao Cao reorganized his troops and horses in Xiapi City for several days and was about to lead a large army to surround Xuzhou City, he suddenly received a letter from Xun Yu, in which Xun Yu said: "Yuan Shu invaded Yanzhou, Li Tong couldn't resist it, and lost several battles in a row. I hope that the lord will return to Xudu as soon as possible! ”

Cao Cao took Xun Yu's letter and hesitated, he believed that in his life, there were three major enemies: Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu, and now he finally had the opportunity to kill Liu Bei. He didn't want to miss this opportunity, otherwise he wouldn't know when it would be until the next time.

In the end, I don't know what Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, but he actually prompted Cao Cao to leave Xiahou Yuan to garrison Xiapi City, and he himself led the army back to the division without mentioning it.

At this time, it is the middle of June, and the weather in Xiliang is getting hotter and hotter.

The lights in Lu Bu's mansion were bright, and it was already dark at this time, and the sky had already darkened, with butter candles as thick as babies. The entire conference hall was reflected transparently, and Jia Xu, Xu Shu, and Fa Zheng sat upright on the hall.

Lu Bu shook the battle report in his hand: "Cao Cao withdrew his troops, I'm afraid there won't be no follow-up moves...... what does the military advisor think he will do?" ”

Jia Xu swayed the folding fan and sneered: "It's nothing more than sowing discord, the two tigers fighting for food, this is Cao Cao's usual method, there is a way: one mountain does not tolerate two tigers." That Tao Qian is not a good stubble, is it really possible to let Liu Bei and others settle in Xuzhou? Cao Cao is calculating. As soon as he retreated from Xuzhou, he was afraid that he would not be able to go south in a short time, and Tao Qian and Liu Bei would inevitably fight! “

"Sandpiper and clam compete, fisherman profit!"

Chen Gong said: "I am a bystander, they are the authorities and fans, and they are often the simplest. The most old-fashioned strategy, but it is the most useful, the most practical strategy, from the moment Liu Bei set foot in Xuzhou, Xuzhou is destined to be peaceful! ”

Fa Zheng nodded: "It just depends on whether Liu Xuande has the ability to win Xuzhou." But how can Tao Qian'er beat Liu Bei?"

On the contrary, Xu Shu kept his head down and pondered, and did not speak, he knew how to cultivate obscurity, the people in this hall, two are Lu Bu's chief military advisors, one is a descendant of the royal family, a young rising star, unless he has to do so, he will not easily offend, after all, he has not yet figured out the character of the two, if he speaks in vain, I am afraid that it will cause the other party to feel guilty.

Lu Bu looked at Xu Shu, who had been silent, and asked with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, what do you think!" ”

Xu Shu raised his head and said softly: "Lord Qiqi, I have been reading Liu Bei's information recently, this person has a stoic temperament, has been defeated repeatedly, defeated repeatedly, and has suffered several setbacks, but he is silent, and he also knows how to forbear, he is indeed a figure that cannot be underestimated." But based on this alone, I'm afraid it's not Tao Qian's opponent! ”

Lu Bu nodded and motioned for Xu Shu to continue.

Xu Shu said: "Tao Qian has been operating Xuzhou for many years, but no matter what his purpose, he did govern Xuzhou quite well, diligent and loving the people, benevolence and righteousness, and won the love of the people of Xuzhou and Shilin, known as "Tao Envoy Jun", although Liu Bei is also good, hanging the name of the Han family all the way to spread benevolence and righteousness, but also quite popular with the common people, especially his righteous support for Xuzhou, has attracted the respect of the people of Xuzhou, if he can get the support of Xuzhou Shilin, I am afraid that he may be able to compete with Tao Qian, but it is a pity ......"

"What a pity?" , Fa Zheng asked eagerly.

"It's a pity that Tao Qian has two sons who are not angry, if Tao Qian dies, how can his son be Liu Bei's opponent, so as long as Liu Bei can wait, he will be able to sit on the treasure seat of Xuzhou without blood!"

When Jia Xu and Chen Gong heard this, they were stunned at first, and then nodded again and again.

"If Tao Qian is smart enough, in order to prevent their Tao family from cutting off the incense, maybe he will personally hand over the power to Liu Bei before he dies!"

Xu Shu added thoughtfully.

Lu Bu looked at Xu Shu with a calm face, but his heart was already turbulent, Xu Shu's every sentence and analysis was like a yellowed history book, page by page unveiling the historical precipitation that had been immersed in his heart for many years. Such a person is fortunate, but missing it is a disaster, no wonder Jia Xu reminded him at the beginning that he would kill him if he couldn't get his life, but now it seems that what he said is true.

Jia Xu glanced at Xu Shu appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Whether Liu Bei can gain a foothold in Xuzhou depends on his ability, whether it is a dragon or a tiger, a snake or a worm, let's wait and see, if he can't even fight Tao Qian, it will really disappoint us." ”

Chen Gong nodded: "Wen He is right, if Liu Bei can't even fight Tao Qian, how can he fight Cao Mengde?" ”

Lu Bu got up and said, "By the way, how about Jiangdong?" ”

Since he heard that Sun Jian was assassinated, his heart was happy and sad, if he wanted to say who he admired in this life, except for Cao Cao, only Sun Jian was left, when the Tiger Prison was a battle, he could have wiped out Sun Jian and his generals, but he let Sun Jian go, one is to let Sun Jian and other princes have a gap, so as to destroy the Kwantung coalition army; Second, he is also to lay the groundwork for Jiangdong, otherwise the thief will let Liu Biao's family dominate, and he will not be able to attack Jingzhou in the future; Third, he also admired Sun Jian's personality and intended to let him live.

In exchange, Sun Jian promised that as long as Lü Bu attacked Jingzhou, he would lead the Jiangdong army to attack Liu Biao until Lü Bu captured Jingxiang. It's a pity that Sun Jian still didn't escape the reincarnation of fate and died tragically under other people's arrows.

At the same time, Sun Jian's death also sounded the alarm in Lu Bu's heart, he could not relax his vigilance because of the change of history, although he was in Xiliang at this time, far away from the Central Plains, but he would not be plotted by others and die in the hands of people, Sun Jian's death is the proof.

Jia Xu said: "Sun Jian died, and was posthumously presented by Cao Cao as the Marquis of Yangzhou and Changsha at this time, and his eldest son Sun Ce inherited his title!" ”

Lu Bu frowned: "What's the situation over there now?" ”

"After the death of his father, Sun Ce was cast under Yuan Shu's account, and has been helping Yuan Shu to fight in the east and west, and has made a lot of military achievements, last year he borrowed a lot of soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu, and laid a foundation in Jiangdong, a little bit of self-respect, Yuan Shu urged him to go to Shouchun several times, but he refused, Yuan Shu has been connected to Liu Biao at the moment, eyeing Jiangdong!"

Lu Bu was silent, it seems that there has not been much change, Sun Jian is still dead, Sun Ce borrowed Yuan Shu to take the throne, the next step, it should be time for Yuan Shu to be the emperor, thinking of Yuan Shu, Lu Bu couldn't help but scold his idiot, "Tu Gao, the representative of the Han Dynasty", just based on this proverb, he wanted to take the jade seal and want to steal the artifact, I really don't know what to say.

Lu Bu sometimes pondered alone, if Yuan Shu became emperor later, if he and Yuan Shu succeeded in merging back then, whether history would change, the answer is unknown.

Lu Bu seemed to think of something again, and asked Jia Xu: "I didn't see Yishan when I returned from the west, where did he go." ”

Jia Xu was stunned: "I haven't seen him for a long time, if the lord doesn't ask, he won't pay attention to it!" ”

Where Yang Fu went, he really didn't know, he hadn't seen Yang Fu for a long time, the last time he saw him, it was when he recovered Longxi, and now it's almost a year since he saw Yang Fu come to Longxian to report on his work.

Yang Fu has both virtue and ability, and is upright, so he has won the trust of Lu Bu, and he and Jiang Xu were the first batch of Shilin gate lords to support him when Lu Bu settled in Hanyang, so after Lu Bu settled in Hanyang, his position did not change, or when Hanyang joined the army, the military and political governor of Hanyang County, except for Taishou Weikang, he was the largest.

So his disappearance instantly attracted Lu Bu's attention.

"Does Bo Yi know where he is?"

Jia Xu shook his head: "I didn't explain, wait until tomorrow to let Yuan Zhi go to Hanyang in person!" ”

Lu Bu looked at Xu Shu and gave an order: "Yuan Zhi, tomorrow you go to Jicheng, pay a visit to Hanyang Taishou, and by the way, ask Yang what he is doing in the army." ”

Xu Shu immediately agreed.

Lu Bu saw that there was nothing else, so he immediately dismissed everyone.

Jiameng Pass, named because it is located in Jiameng County, when King Zhou Shen was five years old, King Ba and King Shu had fought because of personal enmity, so King Qin Huiwen took the opportunity to send the general Sima Co out to attack Shu, and the Bashu army launched several fierce battles outside Jiameng Pass, the Bashu army was guarded according to Jiameng Pass, and the Qin army also suffered heavy losses at that time.

After the Qin State destroyed Bashu, it placed Jiameng County and governed Zhaohua. This Jiameng Pass, located in the Qinshu transportation hub, Jialing River and Bailongjiang River converge here, through Hanzhong by land, down to Chengdu, along the Jialing River, you can know the important town of Langzhong in Brazil.

Jiamengguan mountain peak is wonderful, since it becomes a moat, the main peak is connected to the jade base, the ground is connected to the Jincheng, the sword pavilion is with Jiameng, standing in Jialing and pillowing white water, the ancients called Jiamengguan the male of heaven, at this time on a peak in Jiamengguan, a middle-aged scribe with a dignified body jumped to look at the mountains and mountains in the distance and laughed loudly: "It's been a year, it's finally done, it's time to go back!" (To be continued......)