However, it was said that Cao Cao heard that You Heng was killed by Huang Zu, and said with a smile: "The rotten Confucian tongue and sword will lead to the disaster of killing, and the arrogant should be warned." I want Liu Biao to be good at making friends with celebrities, but he is also uncomfortable and humiliated, he has no tolerance for people, and he doesn't want to be infamous because of jealousy, but he uses a borrowed knife to kill people, but it is not decent. but refused to surrender, and when the army was raised, he fought against it. ”

Cheng Yu advised: "It is the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and it is not appropriate to use troops. ”

Xun Yu also said: "Yuan Shao and Chen's soldiers are not peaceful, and Liu Bei is far away from being destroyed, but he uses troops to Jiang Han, which is undoubtedly a sacrifice of his henchmen and his siblings." If Liu Bei is destroyed first, and then Yuan Shao, Jiang Han can be swept away. ”

During the discussion, he followed Dong Chengmi into the newspaper: "Ji Tai, a native of Luoyang, the imperial physician of the dynasty, is called Ping, and everyone calls him Ji Ping, and he has been going to the uncle's mansion to treat Dong Cheng every day. On the fifteenth day of the first month, I went to my uncle's mansion to drink until the evening, which was probably not good for the prime minister. ”

After a while, Qin Qingtong, a slave of Dong Cheng's family, came to inform: "Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, Chongji, Wu Shuo and others often go to the uncle's mansion to conspire with the uncle, presumably to murder the prime minister. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the imperial physician Jihei drank with the head of the family. The head of the house took out a piece of white silk, and Yoshihei bit off one of his fingers and swore an oath. I peeked under the window and was found, I was struck with a rod forty times, locked in a cold room, twisted the iron lock at night, fled to a relative's house for refuge, hated him for being ruthless, and came to tell him. ”

Cao Cao hid Qin Qingtong in the mansion.

The next day, Cao Cao falsely claimed that he had a head stroke and called Jiping for treatment.

Ji Ping thought that there was an opportunity, so he poisoned the medicine, intending to plot against Cao Cao. When he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ji Ping made a diagnosis and offered the medicine in person.

Cao Cao suspected that the medicine was poisonous, so he deliberately pushed the medicine and splashed it on the ground, and the floor tiles burst immediately.

Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Ji Ping was taken down left and right, and he saw that a finger was missing.

Cao Cao made people severely torture and interrogate the behind-the-scenes commanders, and Ji Ping scolded endlessly, hitting the stairs and dying.

Cao Cao arrested and imprisoned Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, Chongji, and Wu Shuo in the name of a banquet, and then took Qin Qingtong to Dong Cheng's mansion, searched out the edict and the righteous petition, and arrested and imprisoned Dong Cheng's entire family.

Cao Cao broke the edict and took the edict to see the emperor.

Emperor Xian saw it and said, "There is no such edict." I issued all the edicts, and they were sealed. If there is no picture, can anyone do it? ”

Cao Cao was helpless: "Since Your Majesty doesn't know, it must be forged by Uncle Guo, and his crime should be beheaded." ”

Then Dong Cheng and his whole family were escorted to each door and beheaded.

Cao Cao's anger has not disappeared: "Although the internal troubles are punished, the external worries still exist." Liu Bei and Ma Teng are also among them, and they must be removed. ”

Cheng Yu said: "Ma Tengtun's army is in the west of Liang, and it can't be easily requisitioned, as long as you send a letter of condolence, so that you don't have suspicions, and then add a knight and a knight, and lure into the capital to make a plan." Liu Bei is now in Xuzhou, and he is not to be underestimated. It's just that Yuan Shao often has the heart of plotting against Xu Du, and sends male soldiers to hold on to our army in Guandu. If our army once marched eastward, Liu Bei would inevitably ask Yuan Shao for help, and Yuan Shao would take advantage of the situation to attack and break through Liyang and Guandu, wouldn't Xu Du be in danger? ”

In the middle of the discussion, the hole blends in.

Cao Cao asked Kong Rong: "Wenju came at the right time. Last time, I wanted to behead Liu Dai and Wang Zhong, but I was dissuaded; wanted to please Liu Bei, Wen Ju said, 'It is cold in the middle of winter, it is not appropriate to move troops, and it is not too late to wait for spring'. Go to spring this winter, raise troops to fight against Liu Bei, and then Tumateng, how about it? ”

Kong Rongxiang had different political views from Cao Cao, and had a gap with Yuan Shao, so he asked and replied: "The prime minister coerced the princes of heaven to support the Han family, and his ambition was to be in the world." Ma Teng is located in the western corner and is far from worrying. Liu Bei's soldiers were outnumbered, and most of the soldiers and horses he led were sent by the prime minister, as a royal prince of the Han family, he did not dare to rebel against the Han for the time being. Today, it is Yuan Shao who can compete with Cheng for the world, if Yuan Shao is destroyed first, Liu Bei will naturally lose his dependence, why worry about the injustice of the world? ”

Cao Cao listened to the opinions of the two and thought to himself; Could it be that he was angry to crusade against Liu Bei first, and he should not delay the great cause of unifying the world because of his momentary anger. Instead, I thought about it; Liu Bei is a hero among the people, if he does not take advantage of his feathers and extinguish it, it will be a hidden danger.

Just as he was hesitating, Guo Jia entered and asked about the conquest, Guo Jia said: "It is correct to delay the discussion of Ma Teng. Although Yuan Shao is strong, he is suspicious and constant by nature, and the generals and strategists are jealous and suspicious of each other, so there is no need to worry. Liu Beixin reorganized the army, the soldiers were few and few, there were few strategists, and the people were not convinced, and the troops were divided to defend the city, and the prime minister led troops to the east, and each was broken, and a battle could be decided. ”

Cao Cao saw that the three of them agreed on not to ask for Ma Teng for the time being, but there was a disagreement on whether to seek Liu Bei or Yuan Shao first, thinking that what Guo Jia said was very much in line with his own wishes, and he was afraid that he would make a wrong decision because of a moment of anger, so he secretly summoned Xun Yu to discuss.

Xun Yu said: "Ming Gong should put the world first. Ma Teng doesn't have to worry about it. Yuan Shao was proud of his heavy troops, but he was ambitious and talented, suspicious in employing people, hesitant, and never moved lightly until he was urgent. If Yuan Shao is the first to try, it will be a nest to hold each other, protracted, during which Liu Bei's feathers have been abundant, Ruoxi and Ma Teng are connected, and then the emperor's uncle tells the world, King Qin's Kyoto, set off a storm, and it is difficult to calm down. Now taking advantage of Liu Bei's pre-successful climate, one blow can be broken, cut off Yuan Shao's wings, and then draw Yuan Shao is very easy, first easy and then difficult, the world can be determined. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this: "It is exactly what I want." Then he personally led an army of 200,000 troops, and in the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), the troops attacked Xuzhou in five ways.

It is said that Liu Bei knew that Yuan Shao and Cao Jun were holding Guandu, so he called Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong to guard Xuzhou, Guan Yu to protect his family and guard Xiapi, and he and Zhang Fei led the army to guard Xiaopei, thinking that it was a horn and responding to Yuan Shao.

Sun Qian heard the news that Cao Cao had led an army to attack in Xuzhou, and first reported to Guan Yu in Pi, and then Xiaopei informed Liu Bei.

Liu Bei repaired a letter and sent Sun Qian to Hebei to ask Yuan Shao for help.

Sun Qian saw Tian Feng and asked Yuan Shao for help.

Tian Feng led Sun Qian to meet Yuan Shao and present the letter.

Just when the youngest son of Yuan Shao's five sons, the most beloved, was suffering from scabies, he was in a trance, read the letter, and threw it aside: "The youngest son is sick and his life is dying, how can he have the leisure to talk about these miscellaneous things?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Now Cao Cao is conquering Liu Bei in the east, Xu Du is empty, if you take advantage of the void to enter, you can protect the Son of Heaven and save the people, this is a good opportunity to achieve great things." ”

Yuan Shao said: "I also know that the opportunity is rare, how can I get sick with my child, if there is negligence, the child's disease is not treated, and it is difficult for me to live." If your life is not guaranteed, how can you have a great cause? ”

So he decided not to send troops, and turned to Sun Gan and said, "Go back and explain the reason to Xuande." If you are not satisfied in the future, you can come to take refuge, and I should help you. ”

Tian Feng hit the ground with a cane: "Due to the illness of my child, I lost a good opportunity." It's a pity that the big thing goes! With that, he sighed.

Sun Qian saw that Yuan Shao refused to send troops, so he had to return to Liu Bei in the starry night.

Liu Bei was shocked: "What can I do about this?" ”

Zhang Fei said: "Brother, don't worry. It is often said that 'the soldiers will block, the water will come to cover the soil', now the Cao army is far away, it will be poor, take its first arrival, it will definitely not be prepared, go to rob the village first, and the enemy army can be broken. ”

Liu Bei turned his worries into joy: "I always thought that the third brother and a brave man, the last time Liu Dai was captured alive, I knew that I could still use the plan." Today's offer of 'waiting for work with ease and attacking it unprepared' is also in line with the art of war. "But according to his words, divide the troops and rob the village.

On this night, only Sun Qian was left to guard Xiaopei, and taking advantage of the cloudy night, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei divided their troops into two teams and attacked left and right.

Cao Cao has been proficient in the art of war since he was a child, and personally led the troops, after a long time on the battlefield, Wen Tao's martial arts strategy is not comparable to others, how can there be no reason not to be guarded, so he set up a plan of "opening the net on all sides and ambushing on all sides", waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Zhang Fei led the army into the village first, but he saw that it was cold and cold, and there were no horses.

Just confused, suddenly the torches on all sides were raised, shouting loudly, Zhang Fei knew that it was a plan, and hurriedly killed out of the village, but was surrounded and intercepted by the eight-sided military horses lying in ambush outside the village, and most of the leading soldiers were Cao Cao's old army, and they all surrendered and returned when they saw the urgency.

Zhang Fei rushed left and right, killing a bloody road, wanting to return Xiaopei, but the way to go was broken; wanted to vote for Xuzhou and Xiapi, but was afraid of intercepting and killing halfway, so he had to flee in the wilderness.

Liu Bei approached the gate of the village, suddenly heard the shouts in the village, knew that Zhang Fei was in the plan, hurriedly returned to the army, but was intercepted and killed, and when he broke out, only the general Xiahou Bo and more than 30 cavalry old troops followed.

At this time, Liu Bei wanted to go to Xiaopei, but when he saw the fire in the city, he knew that he had lost it; I wanted to throw myself into Xuzhou and Xiapi, but I saw that the enemy soldiers were all over the mountains and fields, and cut off the way.

When he had no way out, he remembered Sun Qianbao's words that Yuan Shao 'if he was unsatisfactory, he could come to take refuge', so he left for Qingzhou.

was walking when he was stopped by Li Dian.

Liu Bei's troops entangled Xiahou Bo with Li Dian to fight, and Liu Bei took the opportunity to flee north.

Xiahou Bo saw that Liu Bei was far away, but he couldn't expect the enemy, so he patted his horse and went south, and Li Dian chased after him.

Xiahou Bo suddenly lost his horse and was captured by Li Diansheng.

Liu Bei traveled 300 miles a day to Qingzhou on horseback, and entered to see Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, the assassin of Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan Su respected Liu Bei, stayed in the pavilion, sent a letter to his father Yuan Shao, and sent Benzhou people to escort Liu Bei to the mouth of the plain the next day.

When Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei's troops were defeated and surrendered, he was overjoyed, and personally went out of the city thirty miles to welcome Liu Bei to Yecheng, and treated him very well.

Besides, Cao Cao took Xiaopei that night, and then marched to Xuzhou.

Mi Zhu and Jian Yongliu couldn't hold it and abandoned the city.

Cao Cao's army entered the city, and the people were finished, and they planned to capture Xiapi.

Cao Cao loves martial arts talents, knows that Guan Yu is a loyal and righteous man, and wants to collect it for his own use, so according to Cheng Yu's plan, he ordered dozens of troops in Xuzhou to surrender to Xiapi, saying that Xuzhou was lost and came to defect.

Seeing that it was an old soldier, Guan Yu did not suspect it, and called for the door to be opened and incorporated into the city.

The next day, Cao Cao ordered the vanguard Xiahoudun to lead 5,000 troops to Xiapi City to challenge, but Guan Yu closed the door.

Xiahoudun made people insult the city in every way, Guan Yu couldn't bear the humiliation, and led 3,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to meet the battle.

After more than ten battles, Xiahou was defeated and left, Guan Yu chased for more than 20 miles, fearing that he would lose his troops and return.

Halfway to the road, only to hear a cannon, Xu Huang on the left, Xu Chu on the right, two teams of military horses intercepted the way.

Guan Yu grabbed the road and left, and was blocked by the ambush soldiers on both sides with strong bows and crossbows, and the arrows were blocked by flying locusts.

Guan Yu was full of spirits, and just fought hard to kill the two of them, and met Xiahoudun to return to attack.

Guan Yu fought until late, with no way back, and was forced to a dirt mountain, and the right to rest for a while.

Cao Cao immediately ordered his soldiers to surround Tushan and attack Xiapi with a large army.

Dozens of Xuzhou soldiers stole open the city gate and welcomed Cao Cao into the city.

Cao Cao taught the soldiers to raise fire in the city and confuse Guan Yu's army.

Guan Yu saw that the fire in the city was on fire, and he knew that the city had been lost, and he was worried about Liu Bei's family, so he was frightened, and rushed down the mountain several times overnight, but he was shot back by random arrows.