Cao Cao has been upset recently, Yuan Shao is fighting against Gongsun Chan at this time, if he wins Gongsun Chan, then Yuan Shao will definitely increase his strength, and he will send troops to Xu Du without scruples. Cao Cao wanted to attack Yuan Shao first, but it was early spring at this time, and it was really not appropriate to cross the river and cross the river to attack the north, not to mention his new victory over Lu Bu, Xuzhou was pacified not long ago, and the people's hearts were not stable, and it was not appropriate to work again.

Cao Cao only hoped that Gongsun Zan could stay until the end of spring, when he had already recuperated and recovered his combat strength, but at this time he could only sigh and drink some idle wine. Liu Bei is known as a hero, the so-called heroes see the same thing, Cao Cao can chat with Liu Beiji, not to mention that Cao Cao also wants to hear Liu Bei's views on the general trend of the world, so he often chats with him.

On this day, the two were talking about the dispute between Chu and Han, and suddenly Dong Zhao came to report, and when Cao Cao saw Dong Zhao coming in, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. Dong Zhao has always been the most well-informed among the strategists, and Dong Zhao is also responsible for the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan. At this moment, there must be something ominous, and sure enough, Dong Zhao entered the store and said:

"Lord, Gongsun Zhan was attacked by Yuan Shao and died in the fire."

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, stopped the wine in his hand and said:

"What's going on? Let's talk about it! ”

Dong Zhao then described the incident in detail, and Cao Cao sighed after hearing it and said:

"It's providential!"

Then he smiled and said:

"It seems that the old man's good days are over."

At this time, Dong Zhao said again:

"There's worse news."

Cao Cao sighed and said:

"What's the news?"

Cao Cao looked at Dong Zhao, but listened to Dong Zhao:

"Now Yuan Shu is not sympathetic to the army and the people in Huainan, and there are many opponents under his rule, Yuan Shu knows that he has violated the mandate of heaven, and he is called the emperor in vain, and wants to make people return to the emperor's name Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has a new Yijing, and the soldiers are strong and strong, if Yuan Shu helps, it is difficult to recover, and the lord should be in a hurry."

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, this political move could not be said to be thoughtful, where did Cao Cao know about Yuan Shao's background? But Yuan Shu is a disciple of the Buddha from the east, but everyone in the cultivation world knows, this huge background, but now he has voted for Yuan Shao, obviously, Yuan Shao has a great way to come, thinking of this, I can't help but worry.

When Liu Bei heard Dong Zhaoyan and Gongsun Zhan being broken, he couldn't help but feel silently sad. Gongsun Chan has helped him many times, and his subordinate Zhao Yun regards him as a confidant, but now he doesn't know where he is, whether he is still in the world? was sad to himself, and when he heard what Dong Zhao said, his heart moved: Why don't you take this opportunity to get out of Cao Cao's net.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, if Yuan Shu votes for Yuan Shao, he must pass through Xuzhou, Liu Bei is willing to beg a group of men and horses, intercept Yuan Shu along the way, and call him to Xuzhou!" ”

Cao Cao was thinking about Yuan Shao's affairs, Liu Bei proposed to just interrupt his thoughts, thinking a little, Liu Bei had lived in Xuzhou for a long time, knew the terrain of Xuzhou, and could just intercept Yuan Shu, and immediately said:

"Good! I and your 50,000 elite soldiers will definitely capture Yuan Shu! ”

Cao Cao lost his mind for a while, but he forgot about Guo Jia and others' calculations against Liu Bei, and it was really the number of days.

Let's say that Liu Bei took the talisman, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and immediately said:

"I'm going to send troops."

So I hurried home to pack my bags and get ready to go out of the city.

When he arrived at home, he urgently called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare to send troops to Yuan Shu. Guan and Zhang Wen said that they were going to crusade against Yuan Shu, and they were overjoyed.

In the early morning of the second day, Liu Bei led his troops out of the city, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei with a radiant look and said:

"Why is it that the eldest brother is not as usual today, and he sent troops so hastily."

Liu Bei smiled at Guan Yu and Zhang Feidao:

"I'm in Xudu, like a bird in a cage, a fish in a net, this line is like a fish into the sea, and the bird is on the green night, how can I not be in a hurry?"

After that, he glanced at the two of them, and the three of them laughed.

Liu Bei and his entourage were in the army, but on the way they met Guo Jia and Cheng Yu coming back from collecting food, seeing this Liu Bei leading the troops out of the city, Guo Jia was shocked, but he was shocked that it was not Liu Bei's soldiers, but Liu Bei's expression, Guo Jia saw his expression, knew what he was thinking, and hurriedly stepped forward and smiled:

"Where is the Admiral?"

Liu Bei has never been able to see through Guo Jia, how dare he talk nonsense, he thought a little, and said busily:

"Fengxiao, this trip is confidential, and Liu Bei can't tell him."

After speaking, he ignored Guo Jia and rode forward.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and they both knew that something was wrong, so they immediately threw down their soldiers and horses, and rode back to see Cao Cao first.

However, it was said that Liu Bei knew that things had changed after seeing Guo Jia, and he was nervous, so he hurriedly said to Guan Zhang:

"Order the sergeant to hurry!"

Liu Bei knew in his heart that once Guo Jia returned to Xudu, he would definitely let Cao Cao take back the talisman, and if he took back the talisman, it would be difficult for him to get out of the cage.

Sure enough, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu rode into the city and went straight to Xiangfu to see Cao Cao, Cao Cao was thinking about how to deal with Yuan Shao at this time, and saw Guo Jia and Cheng Yu coming to the mansion and said happily:

"The two of you came just in time, and I just wanted to discuss with you about the Northern Expedition to Yuan Shao."

Guo Jia hurriedly said:

"The lord is confused, Yuan Shao is small, Liu Bei is big, how can he be allowed to lead his troops out of the city?"

Cao Cao suddenly slapped his head and said:

"Oh no, I was in a hurry because of Yuan Shu, but I forgot Liu Bei, alas!"

Guo Jiadao:

"As soon as Liu Bei goes, it is really like a fish entering the sea, a tiger entering the mountains and forests, and he should be recalled as soon as possible, alas, but I'm afraid it's too late."

Cao Cao did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered Xu Chu to lead his troops to retrieve the talisman.

But he said that Liu Bei was leading his troops forward, and suddenly saw the dust behind him, and exclaimed:

"It's not good, if Cao Cao comes in person, I can't get out anymore."

Zhang Fei's long sword shook and said:

"It doesn't matter who comes to him, whoever dares to block my eldest brother, let him enter with a white knife and come out with a red knife."

Guan Yu heard this:

"Third brother, Hugh is rude, but my brother is too worried, Cao Gong is busy with official business, and he will never come in person."

Liu Beizhi and Guan Zhang discussed it was useless, so he immediately grabbed the reins, turned the horse's head to meet him, and only relieved his mind after seeing Xu Chu, Xu Chu stepped forward and said:

"Cheng.... The prime minister has a life, please ...... Please return to ...... General Go, there is ...... Something. ”

This is probably the most said sentence in Xu Chu's lifetime, and his face is flushed.

Liu Bei smiled when he heard this:

"Will be outside, the king's order is not affected, Xuzhou is urgent, the prime minister was very urgent yesterday, Liu Bei did not dare to slack off, the general can quickly return to Xudu, the prime minister, Liu Bei don't discuss with him, just to quickly eliminate the prime minister's troubles."

Xu Chu knew that Cao Cao had always been good friends with Liu Bei, and often came to the mansion to get together with Cao Cao, and listened to Liu Bei's words and Cao Cao was very close, and said in his heart: If you go back to show the prime minister, don't offend Liu Bei, and the prime minister will see the crime in the future.

So he didn't answer, nodded, and led the troops back, detailing Liu Bei's words.

Cheng Yu said:

"Liu Bei refuses to return to the army, and the wolf's ambition is obvious,"

When Cao Cao heard this, he said:

"It's okay, with Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao by my side, Xuande doesn't dare to change, besides, since I said this, how can I regret it?"

In fact, the second half of Cao Cao's words was helpless, but he couldn't get it because of a momentary miscalculation. And the first half of the sentence is well-founded, Lu Zhao is secondary, but this Zhu Ling is not simple, this is a second-rate general, in fact, this Zhu Ling is the second best general among the generals with foreign surnames, and his merits are only inferior to Xu Huang.

Zhu Ling followed Cao Cao and also experienced some twists and turns.

Zhu Ling first followed Yuan Shao, and later Qinghe Ji Yong rebelled against Yuan Shao and surrendered to Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao sent Zhu Ling to attack, Zhu Ling's relatives were in the city at that time, and Gongsun Zhan's generals took Zhu Ling's parents and brothers in the city to lure Zhu Ling to surrender. Zhu Ling sacrificed himself because of his parents in his previous life to save others, and now he remembers it, holds a grudge, and cries:

"Once a husband is born with someone, how can he take care of his family."

So he attacked Qinghe regardless of his relatives and captured Ji Yong for life, but unfortunately his parents and brothers died unexpectedly.

Later, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Yuan Shao had sent Zhu Lingdu to supervise the three armies to help Cao Cao, Zhu Lingyin was opened by Yang Ji, although the spiritual sense is very weak, but also knows people, early to see Yuan Shao's weakness, knowing that it is futile to dominate the world, and Cao Cao is quite charming.

When Xiahou Yuan saw Zhu Ling, he talked with him and wanted him to return to Cao Cao, so after the battle of Xuzhou, Yuan Shao sent all the generals to return to the camp, only Zhu Lingdao:

"I have a lot of people, and no one can compare to Cao Gong, this is the true master. Now that we have met, how can we abandon it? ”

So he stayed and did not return.

This Zhu Ling decisively turned his back on Yuan Shao and defected to Cao Cao when Yuan Shao was strong and Cao Cao was weak.

This kind of decision is either a great loyalty or a great traitor. Thinking that Zhu Ling had relieved the old lord Yuan Shao's family for destroying his family - Gongsun Zan lured Zhu Ling's mother and brother to surrender on the city, Zhu Ling directly said, "Once the husband was born in a person, how can he take care of the family!" "Sending troops to attack the city, the city is broken and both mother and brother are killed. Such ruthless people are Liu Bang and his ilk.

Moreover, Zhu Ling relieved Yuan Shao's destruction of his family, but he could betray Yuan Shao in the blink of an eye, isn't this more than ruthless and ruthless? Therefore, Cao Cao was very jealous of this person, and after Zhu Ling defected to Cao Cao, he personally led the Jizhou soldiers under his command to defend one side, which was quite a bit of a feeling of self-respect. Cao Cao was even more worried, and later finally sent Yu Ban to seize the power of Zhu Ling's army, and Xiahou Yuan maneuvered around it, so Cao Cao turned to trust Zhu Ling.

This time, there was a character like Zhu Ling next to Liu Bei, so Cao Cao was not very worried.

But said that Liu Bei returned to Xuzhou, driven out by Xuzhou Daizhou pastoral car to meet, the day of the feast, until late at night, before it dispersed, the banquet ended, Sun Gan, Mi Zhu came to Liu Bei's house to see, everyone hugged each other and cried, it turned out that Liu Bei went to Xudu with Cao Cao, but the family was left in Xuzhou by Sun Gan, Mi Zhu and other care. So Liu Bei went home to catch up with his family, and on the other hand, he sent people to explore Yuan Shu's recent situation.

After Yuan Shu was crowned emperor by the name, he was extremely extravagant, and all the products were according to the royal standards.

Even far more than the royal family, there is almost no wine pond meat forest. Huainan was originally a rich land, but how could Yuan Shu be so profligate, with Yuan Shu several times out of the unfavorable, soon Huainan land was out of money, and the people were dissatisfied.