Guan Yu also persuaded: "Since Tao Qian is so humble, it is better to agree to the right." ”

Zhang Fei also persuaded: "This matter is not that you want to rob this place, but that the other party must be humble, why do you want to excuse yourself like this?" ”

"Hey, you're trapping me in injustice!"

Liu Bei sighed, but he didn't let go, Tao Qian humbled again and again, he just didn't accept it, Yu Yi had never seen such a stubborn person.

Tao Qian had no choice but to give in and said: "If you refuse to obey, then forget it, near Xuzhou, there is a small city called Xiaopei, which can garrison some troops, then you can stay here to garrison and protect the safety of Xuzhou, how about it?" ”

Tao Qian's words revealed his true intentions, and Yu Yi scolded in his heart, it turned out that Tao Qian did not want to humble Xuzhou from the heart, but because he experienced Cao Cao's incident, he felt afraid, and wanted Liu Bei to be a bodyguard to keep Xuzhou safe.

Everyone started a new round of advice, and Yuyi was about to suggest that Liu Bei leave Xuzhou and return to Pingyuan County, but Liu Bei actually agreed. This makes Yu Yi not understand, if accepting Xuzhou is unjust, then what is it to accept Xiaopei, it is really ironic.

After Tao Qian rewarded the army, Zhao Yun also began to resign, Liu Bei pulled Zhao Yun and sent him far away, and finally cried.

Yu Yi, who was at the scene, felt very embarrassed and said, "Zhao Yun, don't go, otherwise my eldest brother will be even more sad than losing his daughter-in-law." ”

Zhao Yun smiled, still said goodbye, and replied: "Yuyi, if you have a chance in the future, you come to Gongsun Zhan, and I will take you to some places to play." ”

"Haha, it's a deal!"

Yuyi waved his hand.

Kong Rong and Tian Kai both completed their respective tasks and returned with the army. Liu Bei took his headquarters to Xiaopei to repair the city wall and pacify the local people.

After settling in, the four brothers began to chat, and Yu Yi asked, "Now that we are stationed in Xiaopei, what should we do in the plains of our base area?" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The fourth brother probably hasn't been to the plains, that place is materially poor, perennial drought, no harvest, and there is no point in stationing." ”

Zhang Fei said: "The eldest brother is older than us, and the fourth brother has a lot to learn, so follow us with peace of mind." ”

Yuyi shook her head and walked into her room.

Guan Yu said: "Maybe the fourth brother has not fully integrated into our kind of life, so it's good to let him be quiet." ”

Before Yuyi had a disagreement with Liu Bei because of the direction of development, and now he has some opinions on the matter of Xuzhou, he thinks that Liu Bei attaches too much importance to righteousness, so he will suffer deeply.

Cao Cao led the troops back from Xuzhou, Cao Ren came to greet him, and explained the situation that Lu Bu's power was very large, and Chen Gong gave him advice, Yanzhou and Puyang had been lost, and Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fanxian were connected together by Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, and some tricks were used to preserve them.

Cao Cao sighed: "This public platform, it's a big deal for me, if he hadn't instigated Lu Bu to attack me, I wouldn't have to retreat, it's really hateful, but I also know that Lu Bu is a person, and he has no courage and no strategy, so he doesn't have to worry about it." ”

So they set up camp first, settled the soldiers, rested, and prepared for the next step before discussing the strategic deployment.

Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao was back, and after Teng County, he recruited two deputy generals, Xue Lan and Li Feng, and said: "You two have performed very well, I have long wanted to use you, you can take 10,000 troops and hold Yanzhou." I'll take some people myself and go to the Cao camp. ”

The two agreed, and when Chen Gong found out, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "The general abandoned Yanzhou, what are you going to do?" ”

Lu Bu replied: "I want to garrison Puyang and form a full momentum." ”

Chen Gong said: "No, Xue Lan can't hold Yanzhou, this time there is a hundred and eighty miles to the south, there is a natural danger of Mount Tai, you can ambush 10,000 people there." When Cao Cao heard that Yanzhou was gone, he would definitely speed up his march, and when they were halfway through, he would ambush them, and then he could capture Cao Cao alive. ”

Lu Budao: "I am stationed in Puyang, naturally I have my intentions, how can you be clear?" So he didn't adopt Chen Gong's words, and he had to use Xue Lan to guard Yanzhou.

Cao Cao's troops marched on the dangerous road of Mount Tai, and when Guo Jia saw it, he hurriedly dissuaded him and said: "You can't go any further, this is a good place for ambushes, and there must be ambushes for them." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "You don't know Lu Bu, he is a scheming guy, let Xue Lan guard Yanzhou and go to Puyang by himself, how could he set up an ambush here?" Let Cao Ren order an army to besiege Yanzhou, and I will directly enter Puyang and quickly attack Lü Bu. ”

Chen Gong heard that Cao Cao's troops were very close, so he offered a plan: "Now that Cao Cao has come from afar, he is sleepy and tired, and he must want to fight quickly, we can drag it, and we can't let him get his way." ”

Lu Bu was not happy to hear it, and said: "I ride my red rabbit horse, roaming the world, where there is an opponent, how can I be a turtle with a shrunken head, besides, a little Cao Cao, I don't care about it yet, and when he goes down the village, I will personally go to capture him." ”

Cao Cao's troops approached Puyang and set up tents not far away. On the second day, he took everyone to attack, Cao Cao rode a horse under the banner of the door, and saw Lu Bu from a long distance, in the center of the array, Lu Bu took the first horse, and 8 generals were lined up on both sides, respectively, Yanmen Mayi, surnamed Zhang, named Liao, and the word Wenyuan; Taishan Huayin people, surnamed Zang, famous tyrant, the word Xuangao; The others were Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Lu Bu personally led an army of 50,000, and the drums shook the sky.

Cao Cao pointed at Lu Bu and said, "I don't have any grudges against you, why did you attack my state and county for no reason?" ”

Lu Budao: "They are all cities of the Han Dynasty, everyone has a share, how can it be said that it is your state and county?" After speaking, let Zang Ba fight.

Cao Cao's army was happy to enter and exit the horses to greet them, the two horses intersected, and fought more than 30 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat, so Xiahoudun came out to help the battle, and Zhang Liao on the Lu Bu array also dispatched to fight with him.

Lu Bu saw that everyone was fighting well, his hands were itching, he picked up Fang Tian's halberd and attacked in person, Lu Bu's reputation they knew, Xiahoudun and Le Jin left when they saw this, Lu Bu took the opportunity to rush and kill, Cao Cao's army was defeated, and he retreated thirty or forty miles, and Lu Bu withdrew his army.

At the first stop, Cao Cao failed, and hurriedly discussed the situation after returning home. Yu Ban suggested, "I watched from the mountain today, and I saw that to the west of Puyang, there was a very small camp, and there were no people. We lost the battle tonight, Lu Bu will definitely not prepare, he can lead his troops to attack this place, if he can successfully take it, then Lu Bu will definitely be afraid, this is the best policy. ”

Cao Cao thought about it and felt that there was no problem, so he followed this suggestion, and took Cao Hong, Li Dian, Mao Jue, Lu Qian, Yu Ban, and Dian Wei, six generals, with more than 20,000 horses, and marched from the trail overnight.