For Guan Ping, Guan Yu always felt guilty.

In his early years, he killed people in a rage, fled his hometown, and left his wife and children helpless, which also made Guan Ping bullied since he was a child. What's more, what he learned was not taught to Guan Ping. Because by the time Guan Ping reunited with him, he had already passed the best age for martial arts. Relying on the study of a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, he barely entered the realm of qi cultivation, but this achievement only stops there.

Even if Guan Ping can endure hardships and work hard, he will never want to touch the peak of martial arts in his life.

This also made Guan Yu feel very sad......

The drizzle dipped and soaked the robe.

Guan Ping asked softly, "Father, are you going to meet Xuande Gong next?" ”

Guan Yu was stunned and said in surprise: "This is natural, General Zuo's whereabouts are unknown now, if he can be killed, he will naturally be found." ”

"Father, rest assured, Xuande Gong will never be fine."

Guan Ping hesitated for a moment and said softly: "But there is a sentence, the child is like a fish in his throat, and he has to say it."

Father is loyal to Xuande Gong, but Xuande Gong may not take you seriously...... He was defeated by Xiaopei this time, and he didn't even contact his father, and the child always felt that he might not be as sincere to his father as his father was to him. In the future, I asked my father to be more careful. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he was furious.

"Huangkou child, Hugh is talking nonsense."

"Father, I know that I am young, I don't have much knowledge, and I don't have a wide vision...... But what I say comes from the bottom of my heart. Does Xuande Gong really value his father? Otherwise, my father would have been excluded from every big war. This time, I asked my father to garrison Xiapi, probably to prevent Guangling Zhu Ling from attacking. I always feel that Xuan Degong and the three generals are closer, but they are a little jealous of their father. ”

This sentence made Guan Yu speechless.

with the passage of time. Guan Yu also felt that the estrangement between him and Liu Bei seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.

I think that at the beginning, the three brothers joined the army together, and they were brothers.

At that time, Liu Bei often said that he wanted to rejuvenate the Han room and shine on the lintel, and Guan Yu also admired it very much.

But now, the rhetoric of the year. It seems that zài no longer exists. Last year, Xu Tian's hunting was obviously a contest between the royal family and Cao Cao, but Liu Bei, as a member of the Han family, was unwilling to help. If it weren't for Liu Chuang's hard fight against the two bears, he would save face for the Son of Heaven. I'm afraid the entire Han family will be disgraced. At that time, Guan Yu intended to assassinate Cao Cao, but was stopped by Liu Bei and persuaded him not to act rashly.

"The Son of Heaven is still alive, if you accidentally hurt the Son of Heaven, wouldn't it be a sin and deserve death?"

This was Liu Bei's explanation at that time, but after thinking about it later, I always felt that it was impossible to let go.

That is, from that time. Guan Yu was dissatisfied with Liu Bei. I believe that Liu Bei was also aware of Guan Yu's dissatisfaction, and on the one hand, he continued to woo, but on the other hand, he was estranged intentionally or unintentionally. The friendship between the two seems to be better than it was back then. Weakened a lot......

In contrast, Liu Bei seems to be closer to Zhang Fei.

Guan Yu didn't want to think about these things before, but now that Guan Ping brought it up in front of him, he had to think about it seriously.

"Frank. You will not say these things again later.

General Zuo treats me as a brother, and I will never let him go. But. Now is not the time to talk about these things, let's fight our way out of the encirclement first. ”

Looking at the dense Cao Jun at the foot of the dirt mountain, Guan Yu felt a chill in his heart.

I have to say that Cao Jun's bravery last night made Guan Yu a little frightened.

He has always been arrogant, but he must also admit that Cao Jun's ferocity last night was beyond his expectations. In particular, Cao Cao's newly formed tiger and leopard cavalry showed extraordinary combat effectiveness. Guan Yu also made a comparison in his heart, if the tiger and leopard cavalry and Chen Zhi's Bai Wei met, Bai Wei elite soldiers were probably not opponents. Moreover, he was very strange, how did Cao Cao train this cavalry? You must know that most of the cavalry in the Eastern Han Dynasty were mainly light horses. But the combat effectiveness of the tiger and leopard ride is particularly amazing, and it can easily exert its strength on a horse.

A military general of Guan Yu's level, relying on the strength of his legs and waist and abdomen, it is not difficult to change his moves.

But for those ordinary cavalry, this is undoubtedly very difficult...... Even the White Horse Righteous Servant who galloped the world back then, or the Xiliang Flying Bear Iron Armor Army under Lu Bu, seemed to be unable to do this. But Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride actually did it lightly.

This also made Guan Yu have to look at the tiger and leopard riding differently.

Who knows, Guan Ping smiled!

"Father, don't worry, I don't think Cao Cao wants to take his father's life."

"Oh?"

"Look at Cao's army, although it was surrounded by water at the foot of the mountain, it did not launch an offensive.

The child felt that Cao Cao had always been kind to his father, so he couldn't bear to attack. I thought that Cao Cao would definitely send someone to persuade him to surrender, hoping that his father would serve him. ”

"Really?"

"Father, if Cao Cao really wants to persuade him to surrender, what should you do?"

Guan Yu thought for a while, "You should fight to the death." ”

"If my father is like this, although he has the friendship of Xuande Gong, it will not help him much in the overall situation."

"Then what do you mean ......"

"Father, the great husband was born in the world, and he should have a useful body to serve the country.

The decline of the Han dynasty today is the time for my generation to gain a future. If my father had lost his life at this time, wouldn't he have failed what he had learned? The child thought that if Cao Cao really wanted to persuade his father to surrender, his father might as well pretend to be attached. If you really don't want to go, you might as well do something for him and repay this affection. If he knows the whereabouts of Xuande Gong in the future, it will not be too late for his father to go again, it is better than losing his life here in vain. ”

The words made Guan Yu frown.

He looked at Guan Ping in surprise and was silent.

Guan Yu found that Guan Ping had grown up...... It seems that he has more ability to think independently than before.

I was very happy, but at the same time I felt a little dissatisfied.

Surrender to Cao Cao?

Although Guan Yu also had a good impression of Cao Cao, he was a little hostile to Cao Cao since Xu Tian's hunting. Guan Yu is different from people like Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, he is a commoner, and he has always been loyal to the Han family. Cao Cao's actions that day made Guan Yu feel very uncomfortable. Although the surrender of Cao Cao could temporarily save his life, Guan Yu was a little hesitant when he thought of Cao Cao's ambitions.

"Father, if he dies, even if he is a loyal servant of the Han family, what can he do?

Those who are needed by the Son of Heaven. It is not a person who goes to the dead with anger, but a person who can serve the Han family...... Xuan Degong knew this very well, and the three generals also understood it. Even Uncle Liu Huang knows better. Look at Uncle Liu Huang, in order to preserve his strength, he did not hesitate to abandon his foundation and go to the remote place in Liaodong. Idlers may think that Uncle Liu Huang has no courage to confront Cao Cao, but in fact...... Uncle Liu Huang did it. Isn't it to preserve the strength of the Son of Heaven? Personal honor and disgrace are very important. If it's for the sake of the Han Dynasty, why not break your bones? ”

Guan Ping's righteousness was awe-inspiring, and Guan Yu couldn't help but be moved.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a commotion in the Cao army under the mountain. Followed by a group of people surrounding Cao Cao to the foot of the earth mountain to check the situation.

The Xiapi army on the mountain suddenly showed a panicked look.

Guan Yu glanced left and right, and also realized that the morale of the soldiers was completely gone.

Cao Cao besieged but did not attack, which also made the morale of the soldiers on the mountain gradually wear out.

At first, you can hold on to the heart of death. is willing to die with Guan Yu. But as time passed, coupled with this drizzle, people were sleepy and tired, hungry and cold. The original determination. It will be slowly worn away. Now, that breath of death is almost gone.

At this moment, a war horse rushed up the dirt mountain.

Immediately, the general shouted loudly from afar: "I am Xiahoudun, where is Yun Chang?" I have something to say. ”

Guan Yu and Xiahoudun are also old acquaintances.

When Liu Bei and Xiahoudun joined forces to attack Lu Bu. Guan Yu's garrison is not far from Xiahoudun's military camp, so there is also some friendship.

Later, when he was in Xudu. Xiahoudun was sick, and Guan Yu also visited Xiahoudun.

So seeing Xiahou coming over, Guan Yu glanced at Guan Ping in surprise, but saw Guan Ping looking at him without saying a word.

In my heart, I sighed.

Guan Yu got up and walked towards Xiahoudun.

It was in this lightning that Guan Yu had already made a decision: there was some truth in what he said......

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In March of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei defeated Xiaopei.

The Xuzhou uprising was more like a farce, as soon as Cao Cao Fu sent troops, all the qiē disappeared.

Liu Bei was separated from Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi in the chaotic army.

He fled with Xu Xuan, the wolf.

Seeing that the situation in Xuzhou was irreparable, he simply defected to Yuan Shao with Xu Xuan.

After Yuan Tan received Liu Bei in Qingzhou, he treated him as a guest and quickly informed Yuan Shao...... It stands to reason that Xu Xuan fled with Liu Bei, and the Haixi Xu clan would suffer a catastrophe. Fortunately, at this time, Xu Xuan's uncle, that is, Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Jiujiang under Yuan Shu, stole the heirloom jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand, came to Cao Cao's camp, and dedicated the jade seal to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao very happy.

Cao Cao served the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he seemed to be amazingly powerful, but he lacked an item that was enough to prove his orthodox status.

Yuan Shao commanded Hebei with the seal of the general, but Cao Cao did not have a jade seal that could compete with him. This is like the suppression of luck described in many flood novels in later generations. Yuan Shao's general seal is a treasure that can suppress luck, and now that Cao Cao has obtained the jade seal, he can't help but be able to fight against Yuan Shao's general seal, and at the same time, he can also divide Yuan Shao's so-called luck and turn it into his own use.

After Xu Xuan presented the jade seal, the Haixi Xu family was secured.

Cao Cao also knew that what Xu Xuan did was more of a personal choice, and it was difficult to implicate the entire family.

So, he worshiped Xu Xuan as the assassin of Xuzhou, and returned to the court with a big victory.

In this battle, Cao Cao couldn't help but defeat Liu Bei, solve the Xuzhou Rebellion, and even more shocked Jiangdong Sun Ce. This also allows him to no longer have to worry about the future in the short term. Moreover, persuading Guan Yu also made Cao Cao extremely happy. He has always admired Guan Yu, but Guan Yu has always been loyal to Liu Bei. There are also conditions for Guan Yu's surrender this time...... If he learns Liu Bei's whereabouts one day, he still has to go to find it. Although Cao Cao was not very happy about this, he did not take it to heart, but admired Guan Yu even more.

The reason why Guan Yu is loyal to Liu Bei is nothing more than that Liu Bei treats him very well.

If I had been better to him, he would have changed his mind sooner or later......

Even on the way back to Xudu, Cao Cao had already thought about how to persuade Guan Yu to join him!

It's just that when Cao Cao returned to Xudu, he got an unexpected news!

When he sent troops to Xuzhou, Chen Qi and Chen Deng, who were stranded in Xudu, fled when Yuan Shao's troops entered Liyang and Xudu was in chaos.

At that time, Xun Yu was stabilizing the situation and calming people's hearts.

Therefore, there is no vigilance against Chen Jue's father and son. Until the third day when Chen Qi and his son fled from Xudu. The servants of the Chen family realized that something was wrong and reported it to Xun Yu. Xun Yu hurriedly sent someone to chase him, but Chen Qi's father and son seemed to have disappeared, and their whereabouts were unknown.

This also made Cao Cao feel a little unhappy in his heart.

The reason why the Chen father and son acted like this is not without reason.

Historically, the Chen family has its roots and has always taken root in Xuzhou. And now, Liu Chuang has put the foundation of the Chen family. Uprooting from Xuzhou also caused Chen Jue's father and son, like rootless wanderers. Chen Denglai admired Liu Bei and finally chose to flee, which is not surprising.

Cao Cao is feeling. I treat you Chen father and son well, but you betray me like this, it's too hateful.

However, Cao Cao soon put the matter behind him.

Although Chen Qi's father and son are capable, for now, there is nothing to worry about.

Losing the foundation of Xuzhou, it was difficult for his father and son to pose a threat to Cao Cao in a short period of time...... Cao Cao's top priority. It is still necessary to deal with Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Liu Ye returned from Liaodong.

He reported to Cao Cao about his mission to Liaodong, and told Cao Cao that Liu Chuang was willing to marry him.

Cao Cao was overjoyed. Hurriedly asked: "What is Uncle Liu doing now?" ”

Liu Ye replied respectfully: "When He left Liaodong, Liaodong was busy with spring ploughing.

It is said that Uncle Liu Huang has introduced a crop from Jiaozhou since last year. And after improvement, it is determined to promote it in Liaodong...... Besides. In eastern Liaodong, he still mainly relied on millet and soybeans, and carried out large-scale land reclamation.

At the end of last month, Uncle Liu Huang ordered an inventory of household registrations and opened a large number of handicraft workshops in eastern Liaodong......"

Liu Ye reported everything he saw and heard in Liaodong.

Finally, he said: "When I left Liaodong, Uncle Liu Huang was using troops against Goguryeo, and his subordinates did not know what the current battle situation was.

But Uncle Liu Huang said that when Sikong and Yuan Shao used troops, it was the day he captured Liaoxi.

It's just that Liaodong is sparsely populated, and it is even more difficult for him to recruit soldiers and horses on a large scale, so it is his limit to seize Liaoxi and contain Youzhou soldiers and horses. ”

Cao Cao listened carefully to Liu Ye's report and nodded in appreciation.

Liu Chuang's use of troops against Goguryeo is reasonable...... According to Liu Ye's report, the Goguryeo people were indeed a trouble. If Goguryeo can't be solved, I'm afraid that Liu Chuang won't be able to free up his hands and go all out to deal with Yuan Shao. However, in this way, I have to bear a lot of pressure in the early stage.

It is necessary to let Liu Chuang take action, and this alliance is indeed indispensable for Cao Cao at present.

Cao Cao quickly made up his mind, "Ziyang's mission to Liaodong this time is indeed hard.

Why don't you go back and recuperate for a few days...... After a while, I am afraid that I will have to trouble Ziyang to go to Liaodong again, and I hope that Ziyang will not refuse. ”

In order to appease Liu Chuang and win over Liu Chuang, this marriage must be achieved as much as possible.

Cao Cao knew very well that the war between him and Yuan Shao had reached a critical moment that was about to break out. If you can't do everything you can to win Liu Chuang over, let him send troops to Youzhou, and share part of the pressure, he will have to bear all the strength of Yuan Shao in Henan, which is indeed a bit troublesome.

Then the next time Liu Ye goes to Liaodong again, he will have to take on the heavy responsibility of sending Cao Xian to complete the marriage.

Only when Liu Chuang gets tangible benefits will he do his best...... Well, it looks like a little more responsibility could be added to him.

Liu Chuang, now he is the Taishou of Liaodong, the captain of the Karasuma Guard, and the military of the four counties of the Fake Festival.

But these positions alone are not enough for Liu Chuang to deter Youzhou...... Moreover, Liu Chuang belongs to the kind of master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, if there are not enough benefits, he may not be able to do things wholeheartedly. But what kind of benefits should be given to him to make him more dedicated?

The benefits should not be too great, but they should be famous.

In this case, Cao Cao thought about it and finally made up his mind.

Liu Chuang now sits on three counties and already has the momentum of dominating Liaodong. Compared with when he was in Qingzhou, his strength has increased a lot......

If he doesn't have a big name, I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy his ambitions.

In this case, I will simply give you the name of the general of the expedition to the north, so that you can always take the military and seclusion.

With Liu Chuang's temperament, since he has obtained these benefits, if he doesn't hold the benefits in his hands, I'm afraid he won't be reconciled......

The greater Liu Chuang's momentum in Liaodong, the less pressure he will have!

As long as you are willing to work hard, why should I cherish an official position?