Cheng Yu said: "When Liu Bei was the pastor of Yuzhou before, I begged to kill him, but the prime minister didn't listen, and now he sent troops, this is to put the dragon into the sea and release the tiger into the mountains and forests, and it will be difficult to restrain him in the future." Guo Jia said: "The prime minister cherishes talents, and it is understandable that he can't bear to kill Liu Bei, but he really shouldn't let Liu Bei go, and give him soldiers and horses. ”

Under the persuasion of everyone, Cao Cao realized the seriousness of the problem, so he sent Xu Chu with 500 soldiers to chase Liu Bei back.

Liu Bei and the others were still marching forward, and suddenly saw the dust flying behind them, and said to the people around them: "This must be Cao Cao's pursuers, let's deal with it carefully." ”

So he turned around to greet him, and ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stand next to him with their weapons, while Yuyi stood behind him.

From a distance, it was Cao Cao's tiger general Xu Chu, with a team of 100 people, he saw Liu Bei's strict soldiers, so he dismounted and went to the camp to find Liu Bei, Liu Bei beckoned to take a seat, and asked: "I don't know why you came here?" ”

Xu Chu said: "I was ordered by the prime minister to invite the general back, and there are some things to discuss." ”

Liu Bei said: "The general is outside, the king's order is not affected, I went to see the Son of Heaven, and said goodbye to the prime minister, now there is nothing else, you can go back quickly and help me return to the prime minister." ”

Yuyi also helped: "General Xu doesn't know, I recently got information, saying that Yuan Shu has sorted out the team and is about to set off, if you go back to Xudu at this time, then Yuan Shu will pass through Xuzhou smoothly, and when the two Yuan join forces, things will be uncontrollable, and please tell the prime minister about this situation." ”

Xu Chu thought for a while and said: "The prime minister often invited Liu Bei to drink during this time, and the two have always been good friends, and this time I asked Liu Bei to find him, and he didn't mean to let me fight, just let him go back, and now that the other party has also said it, I will reply to his words and let the prime minister rule again." ”

So he resigned Liu Bei, led the troops back, and went to see Cao Cao.

Looking at Xu Chu's back, Yuyi fell into deep thought, originally thought that Liu Bei was a stubborn old antique only for the Han Dynasty, without any grand ambitions, now it seems that Liu Bei is just good at hiding himself, and choosing to leave at this time is really a clever move, one is to let Cao Cao leave without recognizing it, and then if the matter of the edict is revealed, it will not affect itself.

After Xu Chu saw Cao Cao, he reported Liu Bei and Yuyi's rhetoric, there was nothing unreasonable in it, Cao Cao remembered Liu Bei's previous state, and he looked down on him in his heart, so he fell into hesitation.

Cheng Yu and Guo Jia said: "Liu Bei's refusal to come back at this time shows that he has hidden evil intentions." ”

Cao Cao said: "I have Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao by my side, I don't think he will act rashly, and I have already sent him on the expedition, and I can't recruit him back for no reason, in addition, Yuan Shu has already begun to act, if the fighter is delayed and the two Yuan are combined, then the disaster will be even greater." ”

After hearing this, the two strategists didn't have a better language to admonish, so they didn't chase Liu Bei.

Ma Teng saw Liu Bei leave like this, and the information he sent was very urgent, so he went back to his Xiliang.

Liu Bei returned to Xuzhou, and the people came to welcome him, and the assassin Shi Chexuan personally greeted him outside the city, set up a banquet, and Sun Gan, Mi Zhu and other people also came over and visited them one by one.

After the banquet dispersed, Liu Bei's first thing was to go to his family, and then send someone to inquire about Yuan Shu's whereabouts.

Soon obtained information, it turned out that Yuan Shu's life was too luxurious, which caused public anger, Lei Bo and Chen Lan all defected to Songshan, and now Yuan Shu's power is already very thin, so Yuan Shu wrote a letter to his brother, hoping to pass on the emperor's name to him, and at the same time hoped to return the jade seal to Yuan Shao's hands, Yuan Shao also sent someone to pick up Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shu began to pack up the people and horses, the palace forbidden royal things, and was already on the way to Xuzhou.

Yu Yi knew Liu Bei's thoughts and suggested: "Now that Yuan Shu is at the end of his crossbow, we should let him go and meet Yuan Shao." ”

Liu Bei looked at Yuyi and said, "Why is this?" ”

Yu Yi said: "Although Yuan Shao's power is very large, but he is not as capable as Cao Cao, if Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are allowed to cooperate, then Cao Cao's crisis will be even greater, and then he will not have the energy to deal with us, so we will have enough strategic period to recruit troops." After speaking, Yuyi took out a map and pointed to Yunnan: "I think the eldest brother can use Yunnan as a foundation, with Cao Cao's 50,000 horses, march slowly, and then take Sichuan in the east, and take advantage of the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and take advantage of the fisherman's profits to obtain the Central Plains, then the great cause can be successful." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Yuan Shu used the jade seal privately, he was a thief in the Han Dynasty, if I let him go, wouldn't I have to be infamous on my back!" ”

Yu Yi said: "Since ancient times, those who have become great things should not be informal, and in the past, Duke Wen of Jin was also stationed in many places, suffered a lot, and finally achieved great things." ”

Liu Bei became even more angry after hearing this, and said: "If you don't talk about love, what's the difference between you and beasts, don't talk about this matter anymore." ”

Yuyi knew that no further persuasion would be fruitless, so he left.

When Yuan Shu approached, Liu Bei came out with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhu Ling, and Lu Zhao's 50,000 troops, and happened to meet the other party's pioneer Ji Ling, Zhang Fei hadn't fought for a long time, and it happened that his hands were very itchy, and he didn't speak, so he took Ji Ling directly.

Zhang Fei and Lu Bu have fought many times, and their martial arts have also made great progress in the fight, and Ji Ling has fought for less than ten rounds, just listening to Zhang Fei's shout, he stabbed Ji Ling to death, and everyone else was defeated when they saw this.

Yuan Shu personally brought the soldiers to fight, Liu Bei divided the 50,000 troops into three routes, Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao on the left, Guan and Zhang on the right, he himself led the soldiers in the center, met with Yuan Shu, and scolded loudly in the formation: "You are rebellious, I now have the edict of the Son of Heaven to crusade against you!" If you know each other, dismount and surrender, and maybe your sins will be alleviated. ”

Yuan Shu laughed and said, "You are just a grass farmer who weaves a mat and sews small shoes, what qualifications do you have to despise me!" So he rushed over with soldiers and horses, Liu Bei temporarily retreated to the back, and then sent two armies on the left and right to kill him.

I didn't expect Liu Bei and the soldiers, they were killed all over the field by the other party, the blood flowed like a river, and the other Yuan troops had no fighting spirit, they fled one after another, and countless people were trampled on, and on the way back, they were robbed of money and food by Lei Bo, Chen Lan and other generals stationed in Songshan, and prepared to return to Shouchun, and found that this city had been occupied by bandits, so they could only temporarily retreat to Jiangting, and sent people to count the number of people, only more than 1,000 people, and they were all some old people, and they couldn't run.