When Guo Jia said this, he seemed to have completely forgotten that at this time in Jiangxia County, Jingzhou, Liu Bei accepted the submission of Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu, sent troops to transfer generals, approached Yangzhou Lujiang County from Runan, and confronted Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army.

It was precisely with Liu Bei's new backer, as well as the pressure from Runan to attack the Lujiang River, that Huang Zu was able to stabilize the battle line and resume the confrontation with Sun Cejiang's eastern army.

However, he can say this so confidently precisely because of his grasp of the situation in the world.

Now, Lu Bu is dominant, and he already owns half of Thailand in thirteen states in the world, which means that if Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce do not unite, it will be difficult for anyone to compete with Lu Bu alone.

Especially with Zhang Ji, who was entrenched in Nanyang, Shun Lu Bu, Guo Jia was worried that with the stationing of Lu Bu's army, Xiangyang, fearing that he would be forced to surrender under pressure, would also choose to surrender, which would mean that Lu Bu would not be bloody, so he would get the accumulation of Liu Biao in Jingzhou for many years, and his strength would be further strengthened.

Cao Cao didn't think so far about this, but Guo Jia didn't think so far-reachingly, and asked with a slight frown: "Liu Xuande, it's okay, it's not impossible to join hands with him to fight against Lu Bu, but Jiangdong Sun Ce, with the big river as a barrier, will he think so?" ”

Guo Jia nodded, with a confident smile, and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, Nanyang Zhang Ji has been surrendered, Jia thinks that Lu Bu will definitely put down all mundane affairs and concentrate on Xiangyang." ”

"Xiangyang?!"

Cao Cao just groaned slightly, that is, he understood what Guo Jia said, his face changed greatly, his eyes were blazing, and he nodded: "No wonder Lu Bu will let Jia Xu leave Chang'an and go south to Nanyang, and persuade Zhang Ji and his generals, it turns out that as soon as he learns the news that Liu Biao is seriously ill, he has this plan."

"Exactly!" Guo Jia echoed, "It's a pity. Between the lord and Jingzhou, there is still a Yuzhou, otherwise ......"

Cao Cao was also silent, as soon as Liu Biao died, Jingzhou was indeed a big piece of fat, but unfortunately, he didn't have such a long hand to be able to touch it.

But he immediately thought that at this time, he was most annoyed. It should be Liu Bei, right?

"But the lord thought of Liu Yuzhou?"

Guo Jia asked with a smile, and without waiting for Cao Cao to answer, he replied with a smile: "Liu Yuzhou wants to compete with Lu Bu for Nanyang, but it is in vain, and Nanyang is lost." Liu Yuzhou wants to get involved in Xiangyang again, but he can't reach it. Since Lu Bu is very likely to get Xiangyang. Lu Bu also has a naval army that can rival Jiangdong. At that time, Sun Ce will find that it is really difficult to compete with Lu Bu with only a few counties in Jiangdong. ”

Cao Cao nodded, but in his heart, there was a sense of powerlessness. How could it be that after so many years of work, Lu Bu was already so strong, so strong that he still had to unite with Liu Bei and Sun Ce, the juniors, to fight.

However, emotion is emotion. Cao Cao quickly adjusted his mood and said to Guo Jia: "In this case, I still have to ask Feng Xiao to think more about this matter, otherwise, alas, once Lu Bubing is out of the Tiger Prison, Kanto Prefecture, but no one can stop it." ”

Since it had been decided to use troops against Qingzhou, Cao Cao immediately acted resolutely, gathered troops, and prepared grain and grass, but after only a month's preparation, the army left Dongping and went to Qingzhou Qi to kill.

When the news of Cao Cao's attack on Qingzhou spread, many people were in the mood of watching the excitement, wanting to see what Lu Bu's reaction would be, whether he would send troops from Wei County and take the opportunity to attack Yanzhou East County, or would he send troops from Jizhou to attack Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County?

To everyone's surprise, Lu Bu did not react to this, he stayed in Xiangyang all the time, as if he did not know anything about Cao Cao's move.

Lu Bu's behavior also made Liu Bei very puzzled, and when he received a letter from Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, he was even more puzzled.

In the government office in Chen County, the capital of Chen Guoguo, Liu Bei is also sitting opposite Xi Zhicai, and now, by his side, the most inseparable thing is not his second brother Guan Yu, or his third brother Zhang Fei, but his unattractive Xi Zhicai.

Liu Bei let out a sigh of relief, handed over the silk silk in his hand to Xi Zhicai, and sighed lightly: "It's really strange, what is the purpose of Tao Yuanjun inviting him to go to Xiapi at this moment?" Could it be that he blames Bei for not sending troops to Yanzhou to help Kong Beihai? ”

Xi Zhicai carefully read Tao Qian's letter, handed it back to Liu Bei, and replied: "Lord, Tao Envoy Jun should not be for this matter. ”

"Oh, then what did he do? Still in such a hurry? ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said to Liu Bei: "What is the matter, why don't you ask Tao Yuanjun?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, looked at Xi Zhicai, and had a question in his heart, but he didn't ask it, he never thought that Xi Zhicai seemed to see through what he thought, and said to him: "The lord is worried that Tao Yuanjun intends to be unfavorable to the lord?" ”

After speaking, Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "According to Zhicai's view, Tao Yuanjun's move seems to be related to Cao Mengde's dispatch of troops to Qingzhou, but it should not be that the lord should send troops to Qingzhou with him, otherwise, he can send troops from Lang Evil and attack Taishan County." ”

Liu Bei sighed, fell into deep thought, did not answer, and after a long time, he turned his head to Xi Zhicai and said: "Well, that's all, tomorrow morning, I will take someone to Xiapi immediately." ”

"The lord must remember that as soon as the matter of guarding is handed over to General Zilong, if there is any change, his subordinates will make proper arrangements."

Liu Bei nodded "um", although he had decided to go to Langxie, but the shadow in his heart always lingered.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei took Zhao Yun and five hundred guards to Xiapi at a gallop.

Behind him, Xi Zhicai was no easier than him, and a series of arrangements were made to send people to hurry up and send them everywhere.

A few days later, Liu Bei rushed to Xiapi and entered the city smoothly, and when he saw Tao Qian, he immediately understood what was going on.

It turned out that Tao Qian had a beautiful moonlit night before the moon, and he was greedy for a few more cups, but he was infected with wind and cold, and he was cured and treated.

But Tao Qian's two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying, have no talents, not to mention, and they have been idle since they were young, not to mention taking over the power of Xuzhou, even if they give him a county order, I am afraid that they will not be able to cope with it.

In front of Tao Qian's sickbed, Liu Bei respectfully saw Tao Qian, greeting him, Tao Qian waved his hand to dismiss the servant women and maidservants, and Liu Bei said in a weak voice: "Xuande is far away, old man, should be, shouldn't be, so anxious, really, really old man, I know that time is running out, no, entrust a proper person, old man, old man, those two rebels, but, can ......"

"Make the gentleman's words heavy!" Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help Tao Qian lie down, and said humbly, "The two brothers are benevolent, envoys, why are you so humble?" ”

Liu Bei knows a lot about Tao Qian's family affairs, even if he wants to say some polite words, to Tao Qian's two sons, he can only pour the word benevolence at most, and then raise it higher, he is worried that it will backfire, making Tao Qian feel that he is hurting him.

Tao Qian closed his eyes for a long time before he had the strength to continue: "Qingzhou, Cao Mengde, the army, into Qingzhou, Wenju, but difficult, difficult to match, he, he a few days ago, has a letter, once, once the Cao army enters the Beihai, he will, that is, will lead the army, avoid Xuzhou, old man, think about it, Xuzhou, only entrusted to Xuande, can, avoid the war, Wenju, dang, also have this intention. ”

After hearing this, Liu Bei was very ashamed, his eyes were full of tears, he pounced, knelt down in front of Tao Qian's sickbed, and wept and said: "Envoy, Kong Envoy, care for Bei, when this Qing and Xu are in trouble, Bei is prepared, but he can only stand by and watch, how to prepare, how to ......"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Bei was already choked up and unable to speak.

Tao Qian waved his hand weakly, and it took a lot of effort to let Liu Bei get up, sit on the edge of the bed, grab Liu Bei's hand with his dry hand, and said to Liu Bei emotionally: "In today's world, tigers and wolves everywhere, Xuande, benevolent people, you, you can't send troops, help Wenju, old man, Wenju, don't blame you, really, it is the situation, the old man is now, time is running out, entrusted to Xuzhou, is also the old man, selfish, look at the world, in addition to Xuande, and, who can tolerate, the old man, the two are not a rebel!" ”

Tao Qian was seriously ill and had not recovered, his speech was intermittent, and he was weak, and after saying this, he was already panting, his face was flushed, and he seemed a little overworked.

Liu Bei hurriedly grabbed Tao Qian's hand and comforted: "Let the king rest with ease, and after a while, he will be healed. ”

Tao Qian heard Liu Bei's words, didn't think about it, and thought that Liu Bei had agreed to his trust, so he immediately reached out and patted his palm weakly, without saying a word, he closed his eyes tiredly, and after a while, when Liu Bei held his dry right hand with both hands, he fell asleep.

In the next few days, Liu Bei was in Xiapi, dealing with the government affairs of Xuzhou on behalf of Tao Qian, and the war in Qingzhou came like flowing water every day, so that Liu Bei could know the latest progress.

But in his heart, Liu Bei knew that Kong Rong was invincible to Cao Cao's army, and now, although there was a general Tai Shi Ci leading the army, according to Cao's army at the foot of Fu Zhen Mountain in Beihai County, once Tai Shi Ci's army was defeated, it was only a matter of time before the entire Qingzhou fell into Cao Cao's hands.

And Kong Rong is really as Tao Qian said, just before Cao's army invaded Beihai, he had already started to retreat to Xuzhou Langxie, although it was not to empty the entire Qingzhou, but it was also to take away all the essence he had accumulated over the years, and did not leave Cao Cao at all.

In Liu Bei's arrival in Xiapi ten days, Tao Qian finally did not survive, swallowed the last breath, at this time, Kong Rong has retreated into Xuzhou Langxi County, Tai Shi Ci in Cao Jun two ways under the attack, defeated and invincible, follow Kong Rong's retreat road, to Xuzhou Lang evil retreat.

At this time, Lu Bu had left Xiangyang and returned to Chang'an from Nanyang.

He was summoned by today's son Liu Wei to rush back to Chang'an, since he was promoted to hussar general, he has successively pacified Youzhou, Jizhou, and Jingzhou, and has made outstanding achievements, even if it is Yang Biao, Cai Yong and the scholars and courtiers headed by it, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to Lu Bu's exploits.

The government and the opposition were divided into two factions because of a letter from Taiwei Zhang Xi, and they quarreled with each other.

Zhang Xi went to the emperor Liu Bi, and suggested that Lu Bu be the king with a different surname to show his merits, and the fief was Jinyang, that is, where Lu Bu started his home, and where Liu Bi, the son of heaven, ascended the throne.

Because of the fiefdom, once Lu Bu is crowned king, he will be the king of Jin, and he is also the first king with a different surname since the establishment of Guangwu. (To be continued......)

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