On the day of the spring flowers, Gan Ping first gave birth to a girl, and a few days later, Mi Lan also gave birth, the same girl. Although they were all unhappy that they did not give birth to a boy, they all felt satisfied and relieved when they saw Liu Ze happily hugging their daughter and laughing.

Liu Ze named Liu Qiong for the eldest daughter, and Liu Yao for the second daughter, all of which have the meaning of beautiful jade, and everyone praised in unison, Cai Yan was erudite, and immediately pointed out the source of the two words: "The poetry of Wei Feng has said, 'Vote for me with a peach, repay it with Qiong Yao', and the husband has achieved a very good name for Qiong Yao." Liu Ze is a great khan, which will be seen by future generations, and he must think that he is a fan of romance novels.

Just when Liu Ze was still immersed in the joy of family, news came from Xiao Pei's side that Lu Bu was here!

With the help of Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao's brothers and Chen Gong, Lu Bu took a salary from the bottom of the kettle and took Cao Cao's old nest Yanzhou, Cao Cao's backyard caught fire, and he couldn't care about the deep hatred with Tao Qian anymore, so he killed him in a hurry. When Cao Cao walked to the pass of Kang's father, he found that this place had not been occupied by Lu Bu, so he laughed and said: "Lu Buguo is also incompetent! ”

Because Xun Yu and others held the three places of Juancheng, and these three cities were the places where money and food were critical, Cao Cao's army was able to breathe. Then Cao Cao marched to Puyang, Chen soldiers were in the wilderness, and Lu Bu launched a battle for Yanzhou. Lü Bu sent troops to meet the battle, but Cao's army was unfavorable and retreated thirty times. Cao conspired with the public, taking advantage of Lu Bu's victory and Yi Jiao, attacking Puyang Xisai at night, Cha Lu Bu was defensive, Cao's army was repeatedly surrounded and intercepted, fortunately there were Lejin and Dian Wei desperately rushed to kill, so they had to get out of the siege.

Chen Gong offered a plan for Lu Bu, and ordered the giant Toda clan in Puyang City to surrender by deception. Introduce Cao Rucheng. Cao Cao Guo hit his plan, led the troops into the city, did not arrive at the county government, only listened to the golden drum in unison, the fire in all directions, and the sound of shouting and killing was like a river falling into the sea. Cao Cao knew the plan, went straight to the north gate, was intercepted and killed, and then approached the south gate, but was blocked. Turn around the north gate. Lu Bu jumped on his horse and killed. The halberd pointed at Cao Helmet and said, 'Where is Cao Cao?' Cao pointed to the front and said: "The one who rides the yellow horse is." Originally, Lu Bu knew Cao Cao, but it was difficult to distinguish when it was dark, so Cao Cao escaped, and Lu Bu chased after him. Cao Cao turned the horse's head. Look at the east gate and run. When the fire of the East Gate Tower was ignited. Fortunately, Dian Wei came to the rescue, and rushed out of the east gate with fierce smoke and smoke, and Cao Cao's left arm was burned.

Cao Cao was defeated and returned to the camp. The plan was calculated, Xu said that Cao Cao was burned to death, and the whole army hung filial piety to mourn, ambushed around the military camp, and led Lu Bu to fight. Lü Bu really led the army to kill, but was surrounded by the ambush army, losing many soldiers and horses, Lü Bu fought to the death and escaped back to Puyang City. In the autumn of that year, the locusts suddenly rose, eating up the grain, the Dongjun Dou rice fifty times, the people cannibalized each other, the two armies ran out of food, and the troops were temporarily dismissed. Cao Cao obeyed Xun Yu's Jianyi, moved to the southwest, defeated the Yellow Turban thief Kou He Yi and Huang Shao who were in Yingchuan of Chen Guo, pocketed Chen Guo, Liang Guo, and Yingchuan, and expanded his power to the area of Yuzhou.

In the spring of the following year, Cao Cao regained his strength, recovered the lost territory of Yanzhou, first set Tao, followed Kejuye, killed Lu Bu's subordinates Li Feng and Xue Lan, and then attacked Puyang. Lü Bu went out of the city to meet the battle, and the six generals of Cao Jun Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Xiahou Xin, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, and Le Jin fought against Lü Bu, and Lü Bu could not support it, so he turned his horse back to the city. Chengzhong Tian hated Lü Bu's violence, surrendered to Cao Cao, and closed the door. Lü Bu was not allowed to return to the city, so he had to flee southeast with the remnants of his army. When Chen Gong was in Shanyang, he saw that the big event had gone, and said: "The lonely city can't be defended, so it's better to go in a hurry." Nai and Gao Shun protected Lu Bu's family, abandoned Shanyang, and went south to chase Lu Bu. Cao's army broke through Yongqiu, killed Zhang Chao and slaughtered the three clans of the Zhang family, and Zhang Miao surrendered to Yuan Shu halfway for his subordinates to kill the head and dedicated it to Cao Cao. Lu Bu's alliance has fallen apart, the army has fallen like a mountain, and under the destitude, Lu Bu has to find a way out again.

Some of his subordinates mentioned that Lü Bu was now more powerful than Cao Cao, and only Yuan Shao in Hebei and Yuan Shu in Huainan could be cast to the north, or Yuan Shao could be cast to the north or Yuan Shu to the south. Lu Bu hesitated when he heard this, after he ran out of Chang'an, but he had defected to Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, not only was he reused, but he was also in danger of being murdered by the two brothers.

Chen Gong said: "I heard that Liu Runde is the new leader of Xuzhou, and you can go to it." The former Cao Cao's soldiers invaded Xuzhou, if it were not for the lord to occupy Yanzhou and force Cao Cao to return to the army, how could the siege of Xuzhou be relieved, the lord is kind to Xuzhou, and the palace tasted that Liu Runde will help the world with benevolence and virtue, and he will be able to treat the lord well. ”

When Lu Bu heard it, yes, if I hadn't stabbed Cao Cao in the back, Xuzhou would have been slaughtered by Cao Cao long ago, according to this view, we are also the great heroes of Xuzhou's salvation, Liu Ze has no reason to refuse. The Lord decided, and Lu Bu led his remnants of the defeated army to Xuzhou.

If you want to go to Xuzhou, you must naturally go to Xiaopei, and Xiaopei is guarded by Zhang Fei. Lu Bu traveled to the boundary of Xiaopei and immediately sent a messenger to see Zhang Fei and explain his intentions. Knowing that Zhang Fei despised Lu Bu's personality to the extreme, he angrily denounced him as a slave with three surnames, ignored Lu Bu's request at all, refused to allow him to enter the country, and beat the envoy severely and drove him out of the city.

When Lu Bu heard the news, he was furious and said hatefully: "The ring-eyed thief deceives people too much! I swear to destroy it! Although Lu Bu was defeated, there were still tens of thousands of horses under his hands, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, Lu Bu couldn't stand this nest of anger, and immediately ordered Zhang Liao Gaoshun to order the troops and horses to attack Xiaopei.

Panicked, Chen Gong hurriedly stopped it, and said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, our army will be newly defeated, and Yanzhou will be lost, just like a rootless Ping, and you must not regenerate incidents." Regardless of whether Xiao Pei can take it or not, this sword and soldier together will be at odds with Liu Ze, if Cao Cao sends troops to chase after him, how can we gain a foothold? I hope the lord will think twice! ”

Lu Bu also calmed down, it is true that he is like a lost dog now, if even Liu Ze is offended, there is really no way out, but this evil breath in his chest is difficult to swallow. "The butcher of Zhuojun has insulted me repeatedly, I will not take revenge, and I will not be a man! Gongtai, this road ahead is dead, where should we go? ”

Chen Gong said: "This Zhang Fei has a rough personality, I have often heard that Liu Ze and his kindness ordered him to guard Xiaopei and prevent the lord from entering the country, presumably it must have been Zhang Fei's anger, not Liu Ze's instructions." The lord sent a messenger to Xuzhou to make a detour to Liu Ze and Chen Qing in person, explaining our intentions, and there may be a turnaround. ”

According to his words, Lu Bu sent a messenger to bypass Xiao Pei and go straight to Xuzhou.

Lu Bu's defeat and defection to Xuzhou was already expected by Liu Ze, and sure enough, what should have come has come.

Mi Zhu took the lead in opposing Lu Bu's entry: "Lu Bu is a tiger and wolf, treacherous and cunning, with a heart like a snake and scorpion. Such villains must not be taken in, and it will be a disaster to keep them! ”

Chen Deng also said: "Lu Bu is a lost dog, and he has a bad relationship with Cao Cao, if the lord takes this person in, he will be jealous of Cao Cao." The former Cao Cao was persuaded to retire by his father's enemy of Xuzhou. Now Tao envoy Jun is deceased, Cao Cao raised troops to invade the realm and no excuse, if because of Lu Bu, Cao Cao re-raised the army in Xuzhou, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

The staff had a lot of discussions, and most of the opinions were that Lu Bu had a bad character, and he would rebel after a long time today, and he would not build Liu Ze to lead the wolf into the house.

Liu Ze smiled slightly and glanced at Jia Xu, this guy likes to squint and nap when he arrives at the meeting, and always expresses his opinions lightly, but Liu Ze is not ready to let him go every time, and asks him to speak by name.

"Wenhe, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "This time there are no good ideas for subordinates, Lu Bu is also a jackal and a tiger, serving it can hurt people, if the lord has the skill of taming the tiger, he can accept it, if not, he can't accept it, and the lord can consider it at his own discretion." "Jia Xu's meaning is simple and clear, Lu Bu is a tiger jackal, you have the ability to tame him to make him hurt, if you don't have the ability to control him, I'm afraid that you will be hurt by him, as for whether you have this ability, then you have to let Liu Ze weigh it himself.

For Lu Bu, Liu Ze probably knows better than anyone else, he is the snake in the farmer and the snake, the wolf in Mr. Dongguo's pocket, don't look at him now that he is half frozen and half stiff, once he recovers, he will definitely bite you mercilessly. This kind of scum, there will never be any loyalty, in his eyes, there will always be only interests, for the sake of interests, he can betray anyone mercilessly, even if you give him more benefits, it is impossible to fill his desires.

Liu Ze definitely didn't have the idea of taking Lu Bu for his own use, but Lu Bu had eight strong generals under him, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, eight strong generals, a top strategist Chen Gong, and a wolf cavalry and trapping camp in the state, all of which made Liu Ze salivate. Lu Bu, known as the world's number one brave general, is worthless in Liu Ze's eyes, but what is really valuable is these peerless generals and elite journeys that Lu Bu's subordinates have not been reused.

"The former Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, if it wasn't for Lu Bu's attack on Yan, the disaster of Xuzhou would be difficult to solve, whether he wanted it or not, Lu Bu was responsible for Xuzhou. If Lu Bu is refused to vote, it will block the way for the world's talents to vote. A certain intention has been decided, welcome Lu Bu into the city. ”

Now that Liu Ze has decided to accept Lu Bu, it is difficult for everyone to say anything. Liu Ze treated the envoy kindly and made a letter of reply, expressing his welcome to Lu Bu to Xu. He also sent an order to Zhang Fei, ordering him not to block Lu Bu's entry.

After Lu Bu received the letter, he was overjoyed, and immediately counted the soldiers and horses and looked at Xuzhou.

After Zhang Fei received the military order, although he was 10,000 reluctant, he had to follow Liu Ze's order and let Lu Bu's men and horses go east to Tancheng. Watching Lu Bu's men and horses go east, Zhang Fei was still faintly worried, Liu Ze didn't have many soldiers and horses in Tancheng, once Lu Bu wanted to plot wrong, the eldest brother was not prepared, in case he attacked Xuzhou, wouldn't it be bad. So Zhang Fei didn't care whether he disobeyed the military order or not, passed Chen Zhi over, and ordered him to guard Xiaopei on his behalf, and he immediately ordered 10,000 elite soldiers to follow Lu Bu to Wangtan City. (To be continued......)