Chapter 52: Persuasion of Peace

After Liu Bei entered the city, Tao Qian hurriedly went down to the city to greet him and led everyone into the palace. After the two sides finished the ceremony, Tao Qian hurriedly set up a banquet to entertain him, and sent people to work in the army.

After chatting for a while, Tao Qian nodded at Mi Zhu, how shrewd Mi Zhu was, he was a little bit clear, and he also felt that Liu Bei was not an idle person.

At this time, Tao Qian didn't understand what he meant, so he hurriedly took the Xuzhou card and handed it to Liu Bei with both hands, Tao Qian nodded and smiled, Liu Bei saw it, and said in amazement: "What does this mean?" ”

Tao Qian said angrily: "Fang is fighting in all directions today, the dynasty is sluggish, and the public is a relative of the Han family, and it is appropriate to support Sheji." The old man is old and incompetent, and he is willing to give Xuzhou to the capable. Don't shirk. Humility should write his own expression and play the imperial court. ”

Liu Bei hurriedly left the table when he heard this: "Although Bei is a Miao descendant of the Han family, his merits are meager, and he is afraid that he is incompetent for the plains, how dare he lead Xuzhou Mu?" In addition, Liu Bei really came here today for righteousness. When the public said this, did he suspect that Liu Bei had the intention of annexing Xuzhou? ”

Of course, Liu Bei didn't believe that Tao Qian would really let Xuzhou Yu himself, this was the first time the two had met. Although Tao Qian's face was sincere, Liu Bei would never believe this kind of pie in the world, not to mention that he came to save Xuzhou with volunteers.

Seeing that Liu Bei was not accepted, Tao Qian hurriedly picked up the Xuzhou brand seal, held it in front of Liu Bei with both hands and said: "This old man is sincere, don't shirk!" ”

How was Liu Bei willing to accept it, pushing it with both hands, the two pushed the Xuzhou token around, one sincerely gave in, and the other never dared.

Zhang Fei couldn't look at it anymore, so he rushed over, grabbed the card seal and said: "Brother is quite out of breath, this old man wants to give it away, and my brother will accept it." ”

Seeing that Zhang Fei was so unreasonable, Liu Bei said angrily: "Third brother, Hugh is unreasonable. If this is the case again, Hugh will call me big brother in the future. ”

After that, he snatched the card seal, handed his hands to Tao Qian and said: "My brother is unreasonable, Tao Gong must not blame him, don't mention this matter again, and refuse to accept it." ”

Again and again, Mi Zhu suggested on the side: "Now Cao Cao's army is besieged, and first discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy." When Cao Jun retreats, he will discuss the matter of Xuzhou. ”

Liu Bei didn't answer this, but said: "Prepare a letter to persuade Cao Cao to quit the army and reconcile." If he does not comply, it is not too late to engage him again. ”

Subsequently, Liu Bei wrote out the letter prepared in advance and sent someone to Cao Ying.

When he got to no one, Zhang Fei asked Liu Bei: "Big brother, we are here for Xuzhou. Tao Qian gave in every way just now, why didn't you comply? ”

Liu Bei said: "Do you take this drink seriously? ”

Zhang Fei realized something after hearing this.

Cao Cao was discussing the siege of the city, and suddenly heard that there was a war letter in Xuzhou, and the list of letters opened was actually Liu Bei's peace letter.

The text says:

Prepare from the alliance on the same day, you have to worship the king's face, and the day after tomorrow is on one side, and the fate is on the same side. Xiang respected his father Cao Hou, but because Zhang Min was unkind, he was killed, and it was not Tao Gongzu's crime.

Thinking of the past, Junxing is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, practicing the virtue of faithfulness, and never loving to kill people.

Now the people of Xuzhou, because they do not want to be the swords of the Ming Duke with flesh and blood. There is no rest day and night, the parents are grieving and do not know, and the wife is crying but does not listen.

They each have parents and wives, and at this time it is a famine year, and hunger and cold are inevitable, between death and life.

And the Yellow Turban relics are disturbed outside, and Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched inside.

It is useless to raise this unrighteous army, and it is useless to defeat the generals, so why should the lives of the people be happy and the thieves happy?

I hope that the Ming Duke will first take the urgency of the imperial court and then have personal enemies, and withdraw the troops of Xuzhou to save the country. Xuzhou is very lucky! The world is very lucky!

Cao Cao was furious after reading the letter, what is Liu Bei, if it wasn't for himself when the tiger was imprisoned, how could Liu Bei and the others have a bright future, and dare to be their enemies today?

scolded Liu Bei for being ungrateful, and he was still angry after scolding. Seeing the Xuzhou messenger kneeling on the ground, he trembled, and was furious in his heart: "Come on, pull it out and behead it!" Hurry up and siege the city. ”

Although Guo Jia has never seen Liu Bei, but he has heard of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, when the tiger was imprisoned, Guo Jia was serving for Yuan Shao's subordinates, so he knew a little about this matter, and knew that these two people were very brave, and if they got the elite soldiers of Xuzhou, they would be like a tiger with wings.

Although Guo Jia did not take Liu Bei to heart, his subordinate Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were quite scrupulous. Both of them are fierce generals in the world, how can Guo Jia not see through the true appearance of these two? Therefore, he knew more about its power, so Liu Bei could not be underestimated, so he hurriedly said:

"Keep people under the knife!"

Guo Jia stepped forward and said to Cao Cao: "Liu Bei came to the rescue, salute first and then soldiers, the lord should use good words to slow down his heart, and then march to attack the city, and the city will be broken." ”

Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, suddenly reacted, and nodded yes. So he treated the envoy kindly, and sent a book to slow his heart.

However, he said that he had just sent away the messenger from Xuzhou, and Cao Cao and the others were discussing the matter of marching into the army, and suddenly there was a quick report from the direction of Puyang.

Cao Cao is secretly surprised, what emergency will Puyang have? Busy coming in to speak. After a while, as soon as the messenger came in, Cao Cao only felt that his heart sank, and he saw the messenger panting and said: "General Hui, Yanzhou is in an emergency, and Lu Bu's troops are attacking Puyang!" ”

Cao Cao was shocked: "If I lose Yanzhou, I will have no roots, and I can't wait for this!" ”

As soon as Guo Jia heard it, he figured out the root cause.

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words, and after replying to Liu Bei, he pulled out the village and slowly retreated.

Lu Bu left the capital with his family, holding Fang Tian's halberd, and led the remnants of 2,000 people from Bingzhou to kill out of the city. Among them, there are more well-known generals in the world such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.

Lu Buwei's fame shocked the cool land of the West, as the so-called, if you don't know Lu Fengxian, it is in vain to call you a hero, how can anyone not recognize Lu Bu? What's more, Xiliang has always advocated bravery, Lu Bu is simply the idol of Xiliang soldiers, these Xiliang soldiers saw Lu Bu and preached to each other: "Look! This is Xiliang Lu Bu! ”

When the Western Liang soldiers heard the name of Lu Bu, they gave way one after another, not only did not dare to resist, but also rushed to see the style of the flying general.

In this way, Lu Bu and his group did not waste their efforts to kill out of the capital, all the way south, and then looked back at the smoke in the center of the capital, and couldn't help but feel sad from it, and suddenly pressed it in his arms, Fang remembered that Wang Yun had given him a package before leaving, telling him to unite the princes of Hebei to return to Beijing to welcome the holy car.

Lu Bu sighed, opened the package, and saw that there was a holy decree inside, and he couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that this was the emperor who knew that the government would be unstable, and he wrote it himself, and his words were sincere, so that he could return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Lu Bu is the god of protecting the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Han Xian has felt close since he saw it.

Seeing that it was difficult to see loyal people except for Lu Bu and Wang Yun around him, he naturally handed over the heavy responsibility to Lu Bu, and even handed over the jade pendant he was equipped with to Lu Bu as a token for him to mobilize the princes of Hebei. Seeing that Emperor Han Xian trusted him so much, Lu Bu was grateful, and secretly vowed to unite the princes to welcome the king.

Lu Bu settled down and thought about where to go, and there was no one in the world who had the ability to welcome the saint than Eryuan. He thought that he had killed Dong Zhuo and avenged the blood of the Yuan family, and this place was not far from Runan, so he could go to Runan Yuan Shu first, and unite with Yuan Shu to welcome the king. So he led two thousand soldiers and horses to Runan.

But he said that Yuan Shu received Lu Bu's letter, and he was overjoyed at the moment, if he got Lu Bu's help, why worry about the world? But Yuan Shu knew that Lu Bu was the god of guarding the Han Dynasty, and after thinking about it, if Lu Bu knew that he had the heart to fight for the emperor, it would be a big obstacle, so he made a plan after thinking for a while, and trapped Lu Bu to death in Runan.

When Lu Bu entered the city, Yuan Shu went out of the city to greet him, and said with a smile on his face: "I have to help each other first, why worry about big things?" ”

Lu Bu arched his hand and said: "Duke Yuan is polite, and thank Duke Yuan for taking me in, the general of the defeated army." ”

Yuan Shu laughed, and immediately arranged a banquet to entertain Lu Bu.