With the passage of time little by little, the important role of Xuzhou was conquered under the strong military strength of Cao's army. When all the counties of Xuzhou were included in Cao Jun's territory, Cao Cao showed a very relieved smile.

With Xuzhou completely pacified, Yuan Shu finally withdrew his troops. After all, Xuzhou has been completely occupied by the Cao army, and the Cao army is gradually coming in reinforcements. If you continue to fight, it will be difficult for you to develop. Can't even beat a Zang Ba, if Cao Jun comes, won't he be completely defeated.

Yuan Shu is not stupid, so how could he continue to do such a thankless thing, so when the reinforcements of the Cao army had not yet arrived, Yuan Shu led all the soldiers to leave in a gray car.

After this battle, Cao's army completely pacified Xuzhou, which made Cao's army suddenly rise in strength. The importance of Xuzhou All the princes know that from ancient times to the present, Xuzhou is a strategic place for soldiers to fight. Xuzhou has a dense population and abundant material resources, which can bring a very important boost to any prince.

The war is about population and resources, and Xuzhou's dense population indicates that there are enough soldiers. Of course, in addition, Xuzhou Danyang is also a place rich in elite soldiers, which also indicates its importance.

If the Three Kingdoms began in Jingzhou, then Cao Cao's steps to the north began to take Xuzhou. If half of the history of the Three Kingdoms revolves around the competition for Jingzhou, then we also have reason to believe that the other half of the history of the Three Kingdoms revolves around the competition for Xuzhou.

After pacifying Xuzhou, Cao Cao stayed to lead the overall situation and solve the problem that Xuzhou still exists. Du Chen led the elite troops such as the Golden Viper Army to take the lead and headed towards Xuchang.

In fact, this is Du Chen's own meaning, after all, he cares about his wife and children at home. Therefore, after pacifying Xuzhou, he wanted to return to the court to reunite with his wife and children. Cao Cao was afraid that Du Chen would have any problems along the way, so he specially sent the Golden Viper troops to protect Du Chen.

However, although Du Chen was concerned about his wife and young family, he did not rush towards Xuchang. Instead, I went to Xiaopei.

On the way to Xiaopei, Du Chen has been thinking about a question, that is, whether this Liu Bei will stay or not.

Even if others don't know. But Du Chen is clear. This Liu Bei will definitely be a cloud-like figure in the future. And in the future development, Liu Bei is Cao Cao's biggest enemy.

The future Shu Han Emperor Du Chen did not have the ability to kill him, but now Xiao Pei is too guarded, and Du Chen is too light to kill him. The last time Lu Bu crusaded against Liu Bei, he fought hard, and most of the soldiers were killed and wounded.

Although Liu Bei also recruited many soldiers during this time, it was not enough for more than 5,000 people on the whole. You must know how many families there are in Xiaopei City. Using these people to feed five thousand soldiers, Liu Bei is definitely under a lot of pressure.

But even so, Liu Bei is still actively expanding his army, but these are all carried out in secret, if it weren't for Du Chen's placement of a lot of scouts in Xiaopei, I'm afraid he wouldn't know. So it is obvious that this Liu Bei is ambitious, even though he is very honest in Xiaopei. But his mind never stopped.

With Liu Bei's great ambition, Du Chen wanted to kill him directly. But Liu Bei's reputation is very good. Especially among the people, he can be regarded as a figure who has won the hearts of the people. If he really killed him, the consequences would be very difficult to bear.

Obviously, Du Chen also thought about the dark. But this idea flashed in Du Chen's mind, and then he left it behind. After all, Liu Bei has two top bodyguards by his side, and his own strength is not bad, how could an ordinary assassin assassinate him.

Neither can Ming. It's not good to be dark, which makes Du Chen really have a headache. But Du Chen also knew that Liu Bei's matter could not be delayed. Liu Bei, the old boy, is very shrewd, and he can sense it in advance if there is a slight disturbance. So it is often at the most critical time that Liu Bei has already slipped away.

So if he didn't hurry up, Liu Bei would definitely disappear in a hurry.

In Du Chen's thoughts, Du Chen led the army and finally slowly came to Xiaopei City.

At the east gate of Xiaopei City, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lined up in front of the city gate early to greet Du Chen.

In this regard, Du Chen was not the slightest surprised. After all, his identity is different, and he is a lieutenant at this time. Even if he didn't want to put on any pomp, his identity was already the biggest pomp, so no matter where he appeared, the Taishou there would go out of the city to greet him. Even though the Han Dynasty has fallen to the end of imperial power and the royal prestige has been lost, none of them dare to touch the bottom line and do things that are contrary to ordinary morality. Of course, Yuan Shu's fool is an exception.

Du Chen rode his horse to the city gate, and Liu Bei led Xiao Pei's officials to kneel down one after another and said, "The last general will see Lord Taiwei." ”

Seeing Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei kneeling in front of him one after another, Du Chen was indeed very satisfied in his heart. Although this matter will not come once, every time it encounters it, Du Chen will be happy in his heart for a while. After all, whether it is Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, they are all the top people in the Three Kingdoms. And he is nothing.

However, that thought was just a passing scene in Du Chen's mind, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, helped Liu Bei up and said: "Xuande, you and I have known each other for a long time, why do you need to make such a big gift, if you take me Du Chen as a friend, then get up quickly!" ”

And Liu Bei was very frightened at the table, and hurriedly said: "The etiquette is immutable, the adult is the captain of the court, and I am just a little Pei Taishou." As he spoke, Liu Bei suddenly showed an expression that was about to cry.

"Xuande is a descendant of the Han family, and his status is noble, how can I compare." Seeing this, Du Chen hurriedly praised.

"Alas~~" Liu Bei sighed, and then said: "What kind of Han descendant, it's just a name." And it's just my own admission. The world is so big, there are so many descendants of the Han family, is there still one less one who is not right? ”

Hearing this, Du Chen left an eye in his heart. He knew that he couldn't continue to follow Liu Bei's words at this time, if he was not careful, he would fall into Liu Bei's trap.

Liu Bei's words are not false at all, he, a descendant of the Han family, is just a matter of him, but no one admits it. Because Liu Bei had no evidence at hand to prove that he was a genuine descendant of the Han family.

A descendant of the Han family who only has no name has nothing at all, he can only deceive the poor people, and his name as a descendant of the Han family has no deterrent effect on the princes. Because they think that he is a descendant of the Han family, he is, but if they think that he is not a descendant of the Han family, then he is not.

"Don't mention these sad words, I've been tired for so long, and I finally feel that Xiaopeicheng, does Xuande let me spend the night at the city gate?" Du Chen hurriedly changed the topic and said.

Hearing this, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "What did Lord Taiwei say, the post house for adults to rest has been prepared early next morning, and my lord will come with me." With that, Liu Bei took Du Chen and walked towards Xiaopei City. In the middle of the night, Liu Bei opened a dinner party to wash the dust for Du Chen. Although Xiao Pei was a little smaller, Liu Bei's dinner was not very shabby. In this regard, Du Chen is still very satisfied, it is obvious that Liu Bei has put a lot of thought into this dinner. Judging from Xiaopei's financial situation, preparing such a dinner party is not a small expense.

However, after Liu Bei introduced the people who participated in the dinner, Du Chen expressed relief. Because there is another celebrity in the dinner, that is Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong. You must know that Mi Zhu is a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, whose ancestors have been engaged in reclamation for generations, raising nearly 10,000 servants and diners, and having assets of hundreds of millions.

Among the merchants, Mi Zhu is definitely the most successful. Of course, it also depends on his vision. At the right time, I met the right person. And for this right person, I chose not to give up. It is precisely because of Mi Zhu's vision and his persistence that he has become the highest-rated old courtier of Shu Han. (To be continued......)