Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei was going to come to vote for him, and led a team of staff to wait outside Xuchang City early.

When Liu Bei lost Xiao Pei and fled all the way north, Cao Cao had already learned that Liu Bei would come to Xuchang to join him.

If Liu Bei did not come, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to find an excuse to send troops to Xuzhou.

Since Liu Bei came, it was like sending Xuzhou to Cao Cao, how could Cao Cao not go out of the city to meet him in person?

Although he had thought that Liu Bei would be very embarrassed, Cao Cao never thought that Liu Bei would be so embarrassed.

Liu Bei was followed by only more than 100 soldiers with torn armor, including Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, who also looked embarrassed.

In Liu Bei's team, there were two women.

Although the two women were dressed in brocade costumes and rode on horses led by two soldiers, their expressions were very sluggish, as if they had not rested for many days.

Standing outside the gate of Xuchang City, seeing Liu Bei and his party coming from a distance, Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked at each other and strode towards Liu Bei.

A group of staff members and generals who stayed in Xuchang and did not go to Huainan to conquer Yuan Shu saw Cao Cao walking towards Liu Bei, and hurriedly followed.

"Xuande Gong!" There was still some distance between him and Liu Bei, so Cao Cao clenched his fists with both hands, arched towards Liu Bei and said, "I have been waiting here for a long time!" ”

Seeing Cao Cao coming up, Liu Bei hurriedly turned over and got off the horse, and walked quickly towards Cao Cao.

Before Cao Cao approached, he couldn't cry, hugged his fists and bowed down deeply, crying and saying to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong saves so!" ”

I had long heard that Liu Bei loved to cry, but I didn't expect him to cry loudly as soon as they met, Cao Cao was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reached out to hold Liu Bei's wrist and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong don't want to be like this, and go into the city to speak." ”

Helped up by Cao Cao, Liu Bei said to Cao Cao with tears streaming down his face: "That Lu Bu raided Xiaopei, and the reserve of major generals was outnumbered, and he almost killed ...... for him."

"Xuande Gong has suffered!" Gently patting Liu Bei's spine, Cao Cao comforted and said: "When you arrive in Xuchang, Duke Xuande will be like arriving at home, and he will be raised for two days after entering the city, and then he will discuss Lu Bu with the public!" ”

After Cao Cao's words, although Liu Bei stopped crying, he still wiped his tears as he walked with Cao Cao when he walked into the city.

The news that Liu Bei had entered Xuchang soon reached the ears of Liu Wei in Luoyang City.

Knowing that once Liu Bei entered Xuchang, the Xuzhou area would no longer be stable, Liu Wei hurriedly summoned Xu Shu, Pang Tong and Jia Xu, who had already returned to Luoyang after the disaster relief, to the mansion.

In the front hall of Luoyang Palace.

Liu Wei sat on the first seat, and under him knelt down Xu Shu and others.

has also received the news that Liu Bei has entered Xuchang, and Xu Shu and the others already knew what Liu Wei had summoned them for before they came to the palace.

Sitting in the hall, the eyes of the servants were all cast on Liu Bian, who was the leader.

Looking around at Xu Shu and the others, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said to the servants: "I think the three of them also know that Liu Bei voted for Cao Cao. ”

Liu Wei really mentioned this matter, Xu Shu hugged his fists and said: "I just got the news later, that Liu Bei was an enemy of Cao Cao in Xuzhou earlier, and now he has voted for Cao Cao, and he is ......desperate to think about it."

"This king doesn't mind how Liu Bei is." As soon as Xu Shu's words were finished, Liu Wei took over his words and said, "What this king is really worried about is Lu Bu!" ”

"Your Highness is worried that Lu Bu won't be able to hold Xuzhou?" It was already seen that Liu Wei was very concerned about the war in Xuzhou, and Xu Shu then said to him: "If Cao Cao breaks through Xuzhou, he can take advantage of the situation to capture Huainan." My Great Qin army is now short of food and grass and is unable to march south, so I can only watch Cao Cao succeed. ”

Sitting facing Xu Shu and the others, Liu Wei nodded but did not speak.

"Cao Cao won Huainan, he must wave his army to the north, and the battle with Yuan Benchu is inevitable!" At first, he pondered slightly, and then Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "Yuan Benchu's soldiers are strong and strong, and His Royal Highness will ...... at that time."

"Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Yuan Benchu did not recognize the position of the Son of Heaven under His Majesty today, and only acquiesced with the mediation of this king. But Yuan Benchu has not been a minister to His Majesty, and he has never paid tribute to His Majesty, there will be a battle between Cao and Yuan! Looking around at Xu Shu and the others, Liu Wei took over the conversation, first briefly analyzed that there would be a battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao sooner or later, and then said: "Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, the heavy snow will close the road after the autumn harvest, and although the army has military rations, it is still unable to go out, and this king is very worried about the ...... of Lu Bu."

"Your Highness thinks Lu Bu can't hold Xuzhou?" From Liu Wei's expression, he saw a strong worry, and Pang Tong on the side hugged his fists and asked him.

"Hmm!" Nodding, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he said to the servants in the hall: "Lu Bu is brave, and his wisdom is not weak. It's just that this person is too stubborn and self-serving, although there is Chen Gong in front of the tent, but at the critical moment, he may not listen to Chen Gong. Once Cao Cao sends troops, Xuzhou is afraid that it will be difficult to protect! ”

Just a few sentences, Lu Bu was analyzed vividly, and the servants in the hall glanced at each other, and Xu Shu hugged his fists and asked Liu Wei: "I don't know if His Highness has a peace plan?" ”

"Xuzhou can be lost, Lu Bu can't die!" Liu Wei was silent for a moment, but what he said was completely unexpected by Xu Shu and the others.

The servants were all stunned, looking at Liu Wei a little blankly, and Xu Shu even opened his mouth to ask him: "If Xuzhou is lost, Cao Cao will definitely be powerful, but if Lu Bu dies, I'm afraid it won't do much harm to His Royal Highness......"

"Isn't it harmful?" Looking at Xu Shu, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth pulled up a faint smile, and said to Xu Shu: "The harm that the military advisor said is that if Lu Bu dies, this king will not suffer direct losses. It's just that the military advisor never thought that Lu Bunai was driven to Xuzhou by the king, and it was also the king's support that gradually grew stronger in Xuzhou. If he is defeated and dies, even if the people of the world do not regard this king as killing people with a knife, they will think that this king wants to occupy Xuzhou and does not succeed! ”

Liu Wei's words stunned everyone in the hall, and all three pairs of eyes looked at him, but no one interjected.

"The lesser of two evils!" A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and Liu Wei said to Xu Shu and the others: "When I supported Lu Bu at the beginning, I wanted to use him to delay Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao would not develop so fast. But at the moment, it may be difficult to achieve the goal......"

"Your Highness is planning to send troops to rescue Lu Bu......?" Having said this, Liu Bian's meaning was very clear, Jia Xu lowered his eyelids and groaned for a while, and then said to Liu Bian: "It's just that the army goes out, and the cost is really too huge, I'm afraid it will ......."

"I'm afraid that after a battle, the soldiers and civilians under the rule of this king will be hungry for a winter!" Before Jia Xu finished speaking, Liu Wei had already taken over his words.

"Exactly!" Liu Wei hit the nail on the head, and Xu Shu and others almost unanimously confirmed his statement.

"Someone!" His eyes narrowed slightly, and Liu Wei shouted to the door: "Please General Deng come to discuss the matter!" ”

Hearing Liu Biao say that he wanted to invite Deng Zhan to come to the meeting, the servants in the hall were stunned for a moment, and Pang Tong asked Liu Bian: "Your Highness wants to ...... dragoon?" ”

Before Pang Tong's words were finished, Liu Wei looked at him, nodded slowly and said to him: "Exactly!" The Dragoons have been training for a long time, and it's time to go to the battlefield to test the results of their drills! ”

Knowing that Liu Wei planned to send only more than 500 dragoons to Xuzhou, Xu Shu and the others first glanced at each other, and everyone had an uncertain look on their faces.

Once Cao Cao waved his troops into Xuzhou, he would definitely have an army of more than 100,000 troops approaching the city of Xuzhou.

With only 500 dragoon guards, I'm afraid that even if they rush to Xuzhou, they won't be able to achieve anything!

The expressions on the faces of the servants were already betraying their true thoughts to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei did not say anything, the Dragoon Guard is a team that has received special warfare training according to his requirements, and such a team will definitely not start a large-scale battle with Cao's army when it enters Xuzhou, and it must also be a hidden method when taking action.

It is reasonable that Xu Shu and others, who have only been in contact with large corps operations, do not understand this kind of special operations interspersed behind enemy lines.

At the same time that Liu Wei had decided to send a dragon cavalry guard to infiltrate Xuzhou, Cao Cao ordered a banquet to be held in Cao Cao's mansion in Xuchang to entertain Liu Bei, who had come to serve him.

On top of the banquet, Liu Bei told Cao Cao with snot and tears how Lu Bu bullied him, and how he first took Xuzhou from him, and then robbed Xiaopei, driving him away like a lost dog.

Cao Cao, who had sent troops to attack Liu Bei earlier, just blindly explained when he listened to Liu Bei's crying.

At the banquet, the two did not look like rivals who had attacked each other, but like old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and the strong friendship was overflowing in the banquet.

Cao Cao did not agree to immediately send troops to attack Lu Bu to vent his anger for Liu Bei, and on top of the banquet, he just blindly persuaded with kind words.

"Bei is now a person who has nowhere to go, thanks to Cao Gong's acceptance, Bei is deeply grateful!" Liu Bei originally planned to instigate Cao Cao to crusade against Xuzhou, but Cao Cao always only comforted him with good words, and did not show the idea of marching to Xuzhou.

"Don't mind Xuande Gong!" Raising his hand and waving at Liu Bei, Cao Cao said to him with a smile on his face: "Xuande Gong and a certain are both Hanchen, and they should have been fully supported. Some misunderstandings earlier have long since disappeared! Now that Xuande Gong has come to Xuchang, he will treat Xuchang as his own home, and he will raise it, and after two days, he will recommend His Majesty to Xuande Gong! ”

Coming to Xuchang like a lost dog, but he didn't expect to have the opportunity to see Liu Xie because of the blessing of misfortune, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists with both hands, bowed deeply and bowed to Cao Cao and said: "Cao Gong is as heavy as a mountain to Bei, please be prepared!" ”