In Luoyang City, Liu Wei got the news of Shouchun's defeat, and the news had also reached Xuzhou.

has arrived in Xuzhou, Jia Xu did not see Liu Bei, and only Mi Zhu and Mi Fang received him.

The messenger who came to Xuzhou from Shouchun brought Jia Xu the news of the defeat of the Qin army.

Sitting in the wing room of the Xuzhou official mansion, Jia Xu held the letter of the defeat of the Qin army in his hand, and his brows were tightly locked.

He already understood why Liu Bei did not see him, before the battle began, Liu Bei must have analyzed the pros and cons, and believed that the Qin army had no chance of complete victory, so he adopted a delaying strategy.

Once the Qin army grasped the battle situation, Liu Bei would immediately meet Jia Xu, and the army would immediately advance towards Shouchun.

If the Qin army showed defeat, Liu Bei would definitely not risk sending troops.

As a generation of heroes, Liu Bei knows the truth that he can't set himself on fire.

The Qin army and the Cao army competed for Shouchun, no matter who won or lost, this battle was just a partial battle, and there was not much loss on both sides at all.

If Liu Bei sends troops, Shouchun is lost, and the Qin army retreats to Qin, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to Xuzhou in a big way to wipe out Liu Bei from the troubled times!

After receiving the news that Qin Jun had lost Shouchun, Jia Xu already understood that it was meaningless for him to stay in Xuzhou.

With a light sigh and the letter on the table in front of him, Jia Xu slowly stood up and walked towards the window.

Before he reached the window, the voice of the guard came from outside the door: "Qi Jia Zhonglang, General Mi Fang asks to see!" ”

Hearing that Mi Fang was coming, the corners of Jia Xu's mouth twitched slightly, revealing an unsurprising indifferent smile, and said to the outside of the house: "Please General Mi come in and speak!" ”

The reason why Jia Xu didn't go out to greet Mi Fang was entirely because he was Liu Wei's staff.

As a member of King Qin's staff, there was no need for him to personally go out to greet Liu Bei's generals.

The door was gently pushed open by the guard, Mi Fang strode into the house, arched at Jia Xu who was standing at the window with his fists, and said with a smile: "I have been neglecting Zhonglang for several days, and I have just returned to the mansion before I learned that Zhonglang was waiting, I am really uneasy in my heart, and I will come to meet Zhonglang later!" ”

Hearing Mi Fang speak, Jia Xu's face was instantly full of smiles, and he arched his hand towards Mi Fang and said, "There is General Lao Mi!" Liu Yuanjun has been tired for days, and he is going to visit now! ”

Before Mi Fang could speak, the voice of the guard came from outside the door again: "Qi Yu Zhonglang, Liu Yuanjun is here!" ”

The guards reported to Jia Xu that Liu Bei was coming, but in fact, Liu Bei was still some distance away from the wing room at this time.

As soon as he heard the guard say that Liu Bei was coming, Jia Xu hurriedly walked towards the door, and when he got out of the wing, he saw Liu Bei leading Guan Yu and Zhang Fei towards him.

Seeing Liu Bei, Jia Xu hurriedly greeted him.

Although he had already seen Liu Bei's intention to avoid seeing him for days, Jia Xu did not intend to expose Liu Bei's calculations, after all, Liu Bei was still a usable ally with Liu Wei in the near future.

"Zhonglang!" Jia Xu walked over to greet Liu Bei, Liu Bei had already seen him, greeted him with a smile, and the pace under his feet also sped up a lot.

Just from the smile on Liu Bei's face, it is absolutely impossible to see how much he has in his heart, if it is not Jia Xu, but an ordinary official, there may be some suspicions, Liu Bei really has something important these days.

"Why did you come in person?" When he arrived in front of Liu Bei, Jia Xu first smiled and arched his hand at him, and then said, "Just need someone to come and summon it!" ”

"Jia Zhonglang is the person next to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, seeing Zhonglang is like seeing the King of Qin, how dare you slack off?" With the same smile on his face, Liu Bei gave Jia Xu a salute back, and said to him: "A certain person only got Xuzhou recently, Xiaopei, Xiapi and other places are unstable, and a certain person must go in person, but he neglected Zhonglang!" ”

"I heard that Zhonglang is coming, because the King of Qin wants to join forces with Cao Cao to defeat Cao Cao?" Jia Xu smiled slightly and did not answer, but Liu Bei directly cut to the topic.

Liu Bei cut the topic to the alliance with the Qin army, Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said to him: "The Cao army attacked Shouchun, and the king of Qin sent troops to rescue, and at the same time asked a certain person to come to the joint envoy, hoping that the envoy could also send soldiers and horses to attack the Shouchun Cao army!" ”

"Oops!" When Jia Xu said this, Liu Bei slapped his slap violently, and said with a look of annoyance: "I almost delayed King Qin's important business!" ”

At first, he said this with a look of annoyance, and then Liu Bei said to Guan Yu behind him: "Second brother, hurry up with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and go to Shouchun to help the Qin army!" ”

Guan Yu responded with a fist, turned around and was about to leave, Jia Xu hurriedly shouted: "General Guan, slow down!" ”

Jia Xu said something to stop him, Guan Yu stopped, looked back at him, and his face showed a touch of incomprehension.

The news of the defeat of the Qin army had just reached Xuzhou, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't know it, although Liu Bei knew, he didn't tell the two, and only pretended to be completely unaware.

"It's too late to send troops at this time!" Jia Xu sighed, turned his head and said to a guard standing at the door of the wing, "Get the letter on the table in a certain room!" ”

The guard, who had received Jia Xu's instructions, turned around and entered the house, took the letter from the low table, ran out of the room quickly, and when he got behind Jia Xu, he bowed down and handed the letter to Jia Xu with both hands.

Taking the letter from the guard, Jia Xu handed the letter to Liu Bei and said, "Let the envoy take a look at this letter!" ”

After receiving the letter handed to him by Jia Xu, Liu Bei glanced up at him with some doubts, unfolded the letter, and quickly skimmed through it.

The letter introduces the entire process of the Qin army's fight with Cao's army in Shouchun.

Having received the news of the defeat of the Qin army, Liu Bei was not surprised by the result, but he felt shocking for the whole process of the battle.

The defeat of the Qin army was not particularly surprising to Liu Bei, but after reading this letter, Liu Bei secretly felt a burst of remorse in his heart.

He regretted that he did not send troops to assist the Qin army in attacking the Cao army!

Judging from the details of the battle introduced in the letter, in the whole battle, the Qin army only fought a small victory outside the city after evacuating Shouchun, and the Qin army was in a passive situation of being beaten throughout the battle.

I always thought that the Qin army was strong enough, but I didn't expect to suffer such a big loss, Liu Bei already faintly felt that after the fall of Shouchun, his Xuzhou might also be in danger.

"It's broken! Something has delayed a big event! After reading the letter, Liu Bei slapped his forehead fiercely, and said with remorse: "If you send troops earlier and defend Shouchun, you will also hit Cao Cao head-on!" ”

Liu Bei said this completely out of his heartfelt thoughts, and Jia Xu on the side looked at his face full of chagrin, and he just sneered in his heart!

"Cao Cao has Shouchun, there are only two ways to go!" Returning the letter to Jia Xu, Liu Bei said to him: "One is to continue to go north and attack Xia Cai, and the other is to turn around and take me Xuzhou!" ”

"What you say is true!" Jia Xu smiled slightly, nodded, and said to Liu Bei: "General Zhang Liao has already led 20,000 troops into Xia Cai, and General Tai Shici has also gathered the remnants in the Shouchun area, and the strength of the Cao army is about the same as the strength of our army deployed in Xia Cai, so I don't think I will go to Xia Cai ......."

I didn't know that Zhang Liao had already led 20,000 soldiers and horses into Xia Cai, and Liu Bei was still looking forward to Cao Jun marching to Xia Cai, and then he would send troops to the rescue, which was also almost the same as assisting the Qin army to win the Battle of Shouchun. Compared with helping the Qin army win the battle of Shouchun, winning the battle in Xia Cai was more beneficial to Liu Bei.

But Jia Xu said that Zhang Liao had already led the army into Xia Cai, and Tai Shici was still in the Shouchun area, and he could rescue Xia Cai at any time, Liu Bei immediately felt that the next target of Cao Jun would definitely not be Xia Cai City, which was holding the throat of Huaishui.

"A certain person only cared about the whole line of troops and horses, and did not meet Zhonglang in time!" Thinking that Cao Cao was very likely to attack Xuzhou next, Liu Bei was already a mess in his heart, and when he spoke to Jia Xu, his two eyes were also red: "I delayed the major military affairs, Zhonglang save me!" ”

When Liu Bei spoke, tears were already glenched in his red eyes.

Looking at Liu Bei, who was crying, Jia Xu sighed lightly and said: "If you miss the fighter, Cao Cao is afraid that he will crusade against the envoy next!" ”

Jia Xu's words confirmed Liu Bei's guess in his heart.

Thinking that Cao's army had advanced eastward earlier, under Cao Cao's attack, there was almost no power to fight back, and Liu Bei still felt a cold sweat on his back to this day.

After Xu Du first betrayed Liu Xie, and then turned his back on Cao Cao, Liu Bei knew that if Cao Cao captured him, I am afraid that he would be in a different place this time, and there was no possibility of survival.

"Zhonglang save me!" Panic in his heart, Liu Bei didn't care about Guan Yu and the others beside him, his legs were bent, and he knelt down for Jia Xu, crying and saying: "Bei's net worth and life are all in the hands of Zhonglang!" ”

didn't expect Liu Bei to kneel down for him, and Jia Xu was also taken aback.

However, he knew very well that if he was kneeling by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were standing behind Liu Bei, would definitely feel unconvinced.

Sure enough, when Liu Bei knelt down, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already frowned slightly.

Jia Xu didn't delay much, hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Bei up, and said to him: "Please get up quickly!" If you are like this, how can you be at peace in your heart? ”

was helped up by Jia Xu, the tears on Liu Bei's face did not dry, and he still said with a crying voice: "Zhonglang save me!" ”

Liu Bei's expression made Jia Xu feel very disdainful in his heart.

When the Qin army fought bloodily in Shouchun and asked him for reinforcements, he avoided it, just waiting for the Qin army and the Cao army to fight and lose both, and then seek an opportunity to profit from the fisherman.

Now that he thought that Cao Jun might come to crusade against him next, he panicked in his heart, and blindly asked Jia Xu for help, just because he wanted Liu Bianneng to send reinforcements when Xuzhou was attacked by Cao Jun.

Helping Liu Bei up, Jia Xu hesitated slightly, and then said to him: "Don't panic when you return to Luoyang, you will be very powerful when you return to Luoyang to show the King of Qin, if Cao Cao crusades against the King, the King of Qin will send troops to save him!" ”