Lu Bu sent people to the fence and didn't have anything to say, since he sent himself to be the vanguard, he should be the one, what else can he say, he doesn't have the strength to compete with Liu Bei at present.

However, this time he was not without gains, under the advice of Chen Gong, he tried his best to have a good relationship with the Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao, and after coming back, he married Cao Bao's second daughter, and the relationship was close again.

Liu Bei quelled the rebellion within Xuzhou, Xun You and Cao Cao had already completed half of what they said in the past, and Cao Cao didn't think so that he didn't seize this opportunity, just waiting for Liu Bei and Lu Bu to fight each other, and that was the best time for him.

However, he immediately did one thing, and issued an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, giving Liu Bei the title of general of Zhendong, the marquis of Yicheng Pavilion, the title of Xuzhou pastor, and the promotion of Xuzhou, and adopted Xun Yu's strategy and attached a secret edict.

Liu Bei finally got relied on, and took two edicts and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Before, I thought that the imperial court would think that my official position was low and refused to give Xuzhou to me, but now, not only let me receive Xuzhou Mu, the general of Zhendong, but also ordered me to serve the edict to beg the thief, conquer Yuan Highway, and capture Shouchun!" What do you suggest, two virtuous brothers? ”

Guan Yu blushed and said: "Big brother, Xuzhou has just been pacified, and there are all kinds of waste waiting to be revived, you just have to be your Xuzhou pastor, govern Xuzhou, recruit troops, train and prepare for war." As for the conquest of Yuan Highway, it must be Cao Mengde's pretense of being the Son of Heaven and issuing an edict, so we don't have to pay attention to him. ”

Liu Bei shook his head, smiled slightly, and said: "I'm afraid that Yun Chang's words are inappropriate, we took the edict, but the secret decree was dismissed as an overkill, doesn't this mean that we will accept which one is beneficial to us, so it is not the way of a courtier." ”

Meng Zhang Fei took over angrily. said: "Fight it, Yuan Shu is not a good bird." You still remember that when you crusaded against Dong Zhuobu, he was the one who made trouble. Otherwise, the eldest brother will definitely sit on the position of the leader of the alliance, and in the future, he will do things with grain and grass, and it is great to be able to beat him up today. ”

Liu Bei straightened his body and said: "Let's not mention the previous things for the time being, today it is true that Yuan Highway has a heart of disobedience, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict, I can only be ordered to beg for thieves, but after this army goes out." Who should guard Xuzhou is a heavy responsibility. ”

Liu Bei's most trusted people were naturally Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and he was the most relieved to be guarded by one of the two of them, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and looked at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Don't let me defend the city, I've been suffocated these days, I have to be a pioneer to conquer Yuan Shu." ”

"Big brother, I am willing to stay in Xuzhou."

Liu Bei waved his hand. He said, "O Yun Chang, I need to discuss with you sooner or later when the army goes on the expedition, and you must go out with me." Yide, this task of defending the city can only be handed over. Don't shirk it. ”

Guan Yu also said: "Third brother, if you can guard Xuzhou well, it will be a great achievement. ”

Zhang Fei was helpless and reluctantly agreed. In fact, Liu Bei's selection of him was also thoughtful. Zhang Fei courteously treated literati and celebrities, and got along well with Chen Deng, Mi and other civil officials; Opposite. Guan Yu is arrogant and looks down on literati in his heart. thinks that civil officials are not of great use, and now that Xuzhou is recovering and developing, civil officials are busy, leaving Meng Zhang Fei can make Xuzhou's internal affairs go on normally, and leaving Guan Yu is afraid that something will happen.

At the same time, Shouchun Yuan Shu also received a secret edict from the imperial court, Yuan Shu looked at the secret edict and was extremely angry, found his own civil and military ministers, and scolded: "This, this, this!" This weaver and peddler, slaughtering pigs and selling wine, and wants to murder me! ”

The chief bookkeeper Yan Xiang asked: "The lord scolded the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang?" ”

"Exactly! Cao Mengde sent me a secret letter, saying that Liu Xuande had given a secret recital to the imperial court, framing me for being the emperor, and sending troops to capture Shouchun. Hmph, what is he Liu Xuande, originally a nameless rat, but he wants to lie that he is an imperial nobleman, a descendant of the royal family, deceiving the world and stealing fame, and Tian is shameless! Taking advantage of the illness and death of Tao Gongzu, he is not satisfied with stealing the land of a huge state, and the idea of beating my state and county is unbearable! ”

"The wind is going down, and the villain has the ambition."

Yan Xiangyan: "Liu Xuande is hateful, but is Cao Mengde a good person?" Is everything he says credible? It is still unknown whether Liu Xuande went to the imperial court, and even if there is such an omission, why did Cao Mengde report to the lord? Its intention was to let the lord compete with Liu Xuande, so that he could seek benefits from it and seize Xuzhou. ”

"This is reasonable, Cao Mengde has coveted Xuzhou for many years, once I start a war with Liu Bei, he will have a chance to seize Xuzhou, what a poisonous plan! So what should we do, according to Mr.? ”

Yan Xiang said: "I think that Liu Xuande has just put down the internal rebellion, and the soldiers and horses have not yet been prepared enough, and the important military and political affairs must be extremely chaotic at this time, and the lord can take the opportunity to send troops to attack Xuzhou." In addition, Lu Fengxian, who is currently stationed in Tun Xiaopei, is a greedy and changeable person, and he is short of food and salary to expand the army, so the lord can allow him money and grain, invite him to attack Xuzhou, and divide Xuzhou equally after success, so that he will succeed. ”

"Good, good!" Yuan Shu's eyes flashed with a fine light, Xuzhou is the place of the Central Plains, who doesn't want to get: "According to Mr.'s plan, Lianlu will be Liu." ”

Yuan Shu's generals Ji Ling and Liu Xun led an army of 300,000 to attack Xuzhou, and the first to bear the brunt was Guangling County, which had just been recaptured by Liu Bei and was once again poisoned by soldiers.

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard the news, he was not ready, just like Yan Xiang said, he had just put down the internal rebellion, and he still needed to sort out and arrange many affairs, and he wanted to delay it for a few days before sending troops, but who would have thought that Yuan Shu would call first.

"Yide, you must guard the city, first, you must not drink until you are drunk, and second, you must not be angry and willful, just guard the palace for a month, and I can return to the class." Liu Bei made an urgent deployment, and immediately went to Guangling County with Guan Yu to command 300,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Zhang Fei to guard Xuzhou.

Shouchun is much closer to Guangling County than Pengcheng, Ji Ling and Liu Xun are the first to attack, the effect is very obvious, the defenders of Guangling County have just been taken away, as a result, Ji Ling and Liu Xun did not take much effort to capture the entire territory of Guangling County, and then continue to take advantage of the situation to advance north.

A few days later, Liu Bei led the army to kill, and Ji Ling and Liu Xun set up a solid camp to fight against Liu Bei.

To be honest, Liu Bei is really not good at fighting, Guan Yu is not much stronger at present, the arrangement of troops is a mess, even if Guan Yu's level is higher than Ji Ling and Liu Xun, he can't be defeated for a while.

The two sides are holding each other in Xuyi and Huaiyin, and half a month has passed like this, and the two sides are still evenly matched, but Liu Bei is fighting locally, and it is very close to his granary, so he has a faint advantage, and it is only a matter of time before he wins.

As in history, Yuan Shu's envoy arrived at Xiaopei to meet Lü Bu and explained the meaning of unity, and Lü Bu, who urgently needed a basis, immediately responded, preparing to take advantage of the emptiness of Pengcheng to seize the city.

He has an advantage, because Liu Bei doesn't trust Danyang soldiers, so he didn't bring anyone, and all of them stayed in Pengcheng and Xiapi, and Cao Bao is still an old man.

One of the decisive factors was Liu Bei's exclusion of the Danyang soldiers, Zhang Fei seemed to have received a hint from Liu Bei, ignoring Liu Bei's military orders, drinking every day, and scolding those Danyang soldiers when he was drunk.

Lu Bu contacted Cao Bao, explained his plan to seize Xuzhou, and invited him to contact Danyang soldiers and cooperate with Lu Bu, how could Cao Bao not agree, whether it was his future or his kinship, he had no reason to help Lu Bu.

As a result, Cao Bao opened the gate of Pengcheng at night, Lu Bu took the opportunity to attack the city, the Danyang soldiers in the city rebelled, and the drunken Zhang Fei was defeated, escaped from Pengcheng, went to Liu Bei's front, and killed the oncoming Cao Bao on the way.

Lü Bu collected and surrendered all the Danyang soldiers, as well as 80,000 defenders. After dawn, the general Cao Xing was left to defend the city, and Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry and Danyang soldiers to kill Xia Pi.

The Danyang soldiers in Xiapi also rebelled, and when Lu Bu was killed, the Danyang soldiers opened the city gate and led Lu Bu into the city, and Chen Deng, who was working in Xiapi, could not control the situation, and finally fled and disappeared.

After Lü Bu entered the city, he immediately controlled Liu Bei's family and surrendered the other defenders in the city, so that Lü Bu had actually occupied Xuzhou and became the lord of Xuzhou.

Liu Bei once again became unfounded......

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