Seeing the red flag in white characters on Xuzhou City, writing "Liu Xuande of the Plains", Tao Qian hurriedly ordered the door to be opened. Liu Bei entered the city, and Tao Qian connected to invite Liu Bei to go to the mansion together.

Tao Qian was very happy when he saw that Xuande was eloquent and fluent in language, so he appointed Mi Zhu to capture the Xuzhou seal and give it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei said in astonishment: "Master Tao, what do you mean by this?" “

Tao Qian said: "Now the world is chaotic, and the court is not disciplined; You are a member of the Han family, and you are under pressure to support Sheji. The old husband is old and incompetent, and he is willing to entrust Xuzhou to you. Don't shirk. Tao Qian would write his own documents and apply for the imperial court. “

Liu Bei left the table and bowed again: "Although Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han Dynasty, his merits are small and his virtues are thin, and he is afraid of being incompetent for the plains. Now it's for the sake of justice, that's why I'm here to help. When you say such a thing, don't you suspect that Liu Bei has the intention of annexation? ? If I have this thought, God will not bless me! “

Tao Qianqian said: "This is my actual situation. Repeatedly humbled each other, Liu Bei has always refused to accept it.

Mi Zhu said: "Now the army is under the city, and the strategy of repelling the enemy should be discussed. When things settle down, it's okay to be humble to each other again. “

Liu Bei said: "I am going to write a letter to Cao Cao to persuade him to reconcile." If Cao Cao doesn't comply, we won't be slow to fight again. "So the text of the three villages, and will not move; Send someone to bring a letter to express his intentions to Cao Cao.

Besides, Cao Cao was in the army, discussing things with the generals, and someone reported that the Xuzhou war book had arrived. Cao Cao opened it and looked at it, it turned out to be Liu Bei's letter.

The book said: "I, Liu Bei, have seen the general since I was outside the gate, and I have never had the opportunity to meet the general, and I respect my father Cao Gong, in fact, because Zhang was unkind, so he was killed, which is not Tao Gongzu's sin." Now I see the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and the riots are outside; Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched in it. May you be in the urgent need of the court, and then personal vendettas; Evacuate the army in Xuzhou to save the country: Xuzhou is very lucky, the people of the world are lucky! “

Cao Cao read Liu Bei's letter and scolded: "Who is Liu Bei, what qualifications do you have to come to question me and let me withdraw from the army!" And there's irony in the middle! "Ordered to behead the envoys, on the one hand, to attack the city with all their might.

Guo Jia persuaded and said: "Liu Bei came to the rescue, salute first and then the army, you should answer with good words, and be slow to guard against it; Then they marched and attacked the city, and the city could be defeated. Cao Cao listened to him. , the money stayed, let the letter wait to send a reply.

was deliberating, and suddenly the meteor Ma Fei reported that the disaster had come. Cao Cao asked him what had happened, and reported that Lü Bu had broken through Zuo Fengyi and marched to occupy Hedong County.

It turned out that since Lu Bu encountered the chaos of Li and Guo, he escaped from Wuguan and went to Yuan Shu; Yuan Shu thought that Lu Bu was indecisive and refused to accept it.

Lü Bu defected to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao adopted him, and together with Lü Bu, defeated Zhang Yan in Changshan.

Lu Bu thought he was proud and arrogant to Yuan Shao's soldiers. Yuan Shao wanted to kill him.

Lu Bu went to Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang took him in, Pang Shu was in Chang'an City at that time, secretly hid Lu Bu's wife's family, and gave it to Lu Bu. After Li Xi and Guo Yan found out, they beheaded Pang Shu and wrote to Zhang Yang to teach him to kill Lu Bu.

。 Lu Bu then gave up Zhang Yang and went to Zhang Miao. It happened that Zhang Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao led Yao Guangxiao to meet Zhang Miao. Gong persuaded Zhang Miao and said: "Now the world is divided, and heroes are rising; Isn't it too ugly for you to be a person thousands of miles away, but you are controlled by others! Now Cao Cao is conquering the east, and Sili is empty; And Lu Bu is a contemporary warrior, if he chooses a subordinate, the great cause of unifying the world can be obtained. ”

, Zhang Miao was very happy, so he asked Lu Bu to send troops to attack Si Li, and then occupy Hedong County. Only Jingzhao, Hongnong, and Hanoi were preserved by Xun and Cheng Yu's design and defense, and the rest were broken.

Cao Ren fought repeatedly, but he couldn't win, so he is hereby urgent.

Cao Cao was very surprised when he heard the news and said: "Si Li has lost, I have no home to go back to, I must immediately consider the matter of returning to the army!" “

Guo Jia said: "You just sold your favor to Liu Bei, retired and left to go back to Sili." Cao Cao agreed, and immediately replied to Liu Bei, pulling out the village and retreating.

Besides, the messenger sent by Liu Bei returned to Xuzhou, entered the city to see Tao Qian, and presented a letter to Tao Qian and Liu Bei, saying that Cao Bing had withdrawn.

Tao Qian was very happy and sent someone to invite Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Xu Chu and others to the banquet in Xuzhou City. And sent people to send gifts to Kong Rong in Beihai.

Xue Rengui had not interfered in the affairs of Beihai before, and left it to Kong Rong to manipulate by himself, just because he respected his reputation, but Xue Rengui, who was far away in Yanzhou, heard that Kong Rong actually lent troops to Liu Bei, or asked Liu Bei to rescue Tao Qian, you lent troops to Liu Bei, isn't that a loan or a repayment? Although the soldiers and horses in Beihai were not trained and recruited according to Xue Rengui's specifications, they were just the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of ordinary princes, but Liu Bei, if you give him a glimmer of hope, he will be able to turn the river and the sea, and Cao Cao will soon be able to withdraw his troops because of Lu Bu's affairs, and he doesn't need to go to Tao Qian at all.

In order to prevent similar things from happening, Xue Rengui had to transfer Kong Rong to Yanzhou as a professor at Yanzhou College, and the name was to prevent the battle between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan from affecting Beihai. That's a problem

At the end of the banquet, Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to take a seat, and said to everyone: "My husband is old, and his second son is not a weapon, so he does not bear the heavy responsibility of the country. Mr. Liu is the green of the royal family, with high virtue and talent, and can lead Xuzhou. The old man was willing to ask for leisure to recuperate. “

Liu Bei said: "Kong Rong asked me Liu Bei to come to the rescue of Xuzhou for the sake of principle. Now if I take it for myself for no reason, Lu Yang Huaxia will regard me Liu Bei as an unrighteous person. ”

Mi Zhu said: "Now that the Han Dynasty is declining, the world is overturned, and the tree is established, it is at this time. Xuzhou is rich, with a million household registrations, Master Tao makes you lead Xuzhou, and the public cannot shirk. “

Liu Bei said: "I will never dare to accept this matter. ”

Chen Deng said: "Tao Fujun is sick and can no longer manage the affairs of Xuzhou, please don't shirk." “

Liu Bei said: "Yuan Shu IV and the Third Duke, everyone is expected to return at home, and it is close to Shouchun, why don't you give him the state?" “

Tao Qian said: "The dry bones in Yuan Shu's tomb, why worry about it! Today's events are not desirable, and it is too late to regret them later. “

Liu Bei insisted. Tao Qian cried and said, "If you leave me, I won't be able to turn a blind eye when I die!" ”

Guan Yu said: "Since Lord Tao is so humble, why can't my brother take charge of the affairs of the state for the time being?" ”

Xu Chu said: "It's not that we want to seize his state and county territory, it's that he wants to give it to us, why bother to resign!" “

Liu Bei said: "Are you trying to frame me for injustice? ”

Tao Qianqian gave in again and again, but Liu Bei just didn't accept it anyway.

Tao Qian said: "If Lord Liu Bei must refuse to listen to me, then this is close to a town named Xiaopei, which is worth garrisoning, please ask Xuande to temporarily be stationed in this city to ensure the safety of Xuzhou." What do you think? Everyone persuaded Liu Bei to stay Xiaopei, and Liu Bei adopted it. Tao Qian's consolation army is over. Kong Rong's Beihai soldiers, led by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, came to Xiaopei to repair the city wall and pacify the residents.

Besides, Cao Cao returned to the army, Cao Ren connected, said that Lu Bu was powerful, and Yao Guangxiao, an extraordinary strategist, had lost Hedong, Cao Cao's Jingzhao Yin, Right Fufeng, Henan Yin three places, relying on Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to design and connect, and defend the city.

Cao Cao said: "I estimate that Lu Bu has courage and no strategy, and it is not worth considering." ”

He ordered him to go down and set up camp and go down to the village, and then he would discuss it. Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao had returned to the army and had surpassed Teng County, so he said to his deputy generals Xue Lan and Li Feng: "I have wanted to use you two for a long time. You can lead an army of 10,000 and hold Yanzhou. I personally led my troops to attack Cao Cao. The two agreed.

Yao Guangxiao hurriedly entered the meeting and said, "The general gave up his subordinates, where do you want to go?" ”

Lu Bu said: "I want to garrison Hongnong, so that I can form a battle for hegemony in the Central Plains with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Xue Rengui." Xue Rengui is deeply trapped in Qingzhou and is unable to attack, and the two Yuan are fighting, so they can profit from it! “