At the same time as Liu Bei set out on the expedition, another big battle was also raging.

After receiving the emperor's secret edict, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng and Bingzhou assassin Shi Han Sui raised troops to kill Chang'an.

Although Ma Teng's son Ma Chao is only seventeen years old, his awakened mecha is very strong, and he is also heroic, killing several of Li's generals in a row.

But in the end, due to the long battle line, the soldiers ran out of food and grass, and had to lead the troops back to Xiliang.

After a period of marching, Liu Bei and his party successfully arrived outside Xuzhou.

At this time, everyone finally saw Cao Cao's mecha troops, and there were at least thousands of mecha outside Xuzhou City.

Compared with Liu Bei's side, there are only hundreds of mechas, and the strength is completely disproportionate.

However, Liu Bei decisively gave the order to attack.

Liu Guanzhang and the three of them charged ahead, and Liu Feng protected Hua Yingying behind.

What he didn't expect was that the hundred mecha soldiers he had subdued in front of him did not move, and he knew that they were waiting for his orders.

He motioned for them to charge together, and they began to move.

The siege of the Cao army here is very anxious, the city wall of Xuzhou is high and strong, and there are anti-aircraft trebuchets on the city wall, even if it occupies the advantage of numbers, it is difficult to capture it for a while.

At this time, their flanks were suddenly attacked by Liu Bei's troops, and they panicked.

Seeing this, the other party's lord led his troops to kill them, but Zhang Fei was brave and fierce, and Yu Ban was directly killed and retreated.

The people tore open a gap and entered the city.

Cao Jun didn't know how many mecha Liu Bei had, so he didn't dare to pursue rashly.

Liu Bei entered the city, and Tao Qian set up a banquet to treat him.

Liu Feng settled down, Hua Yingying and the others went to the banquet with Kunde.

During the banquet, Tao Qian saw that Liu Bei was very lofty, his words were good, and he was overjoyed, so he ordered Lu Zhu to take the Taishou seal and let Liu Bei. "What do you mean?"

Liu Bei asked in shock.

"Xuande is a member of the Han family, and he should help the imperial court. The old man is old and incompetent, and he is willing to give up Xuzhou."

"Although Liu Bei is a Miao descendant of the Han family, his merits are meager, and he is afraid that he will be incompetent as a plain minister. Now that he has come to help for the sake of righteousness, Tao Gong said this, does he suspect that Liu Bei has the intention of annexation? If I have such thoughts, the emperor will not forbid me!"

This is the truth of the old man!"

Tao Qian said with a trembling voice.

He gave in repeatedly, but Liu Bei showed that he resolutely refused to accept it.

"The lord has waited for Cao Cao to retreat, and it is not too late to let go."

At this time, Mi Zhu next to him came out to play a round game.

Watching the performance of the two, Liu Feng on the side only smiled and did not speak.

Tao Qian didn't know if he was sincere, but Liu Bei's resignation was true or not~

But this is not important, the final result is that neither of them can get Xuzhou.

And he knew that Cao Cao would soon retire, because Lu Bu's kid would work behind his back.

"I also asked Xuande to write a letter to Cao Cao and ask him to withdraw from the army."

Tao Qian said very respectfully.

Liu Bei naturally would not refuse.

The next day, Liu Bei wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw from the army.

After Cao Cao got the letter, he scolded Liu Bei for being a big-eared thief.

However, at this time, the spies came to report that Lu Bu had attacked Yanzhou.

It turned out that Lu Bu fled from Chang'an, and successively defected to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang and others, but they couldn't last long, and now Zhang Miao's men attacked Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the news, so he had to sell his favor, reply to Liu Bei, and hurriedly retreat to recover Yanzhou.

Hearing that Cao Cao had withdrawn, Tao Qian was overjoyed and invited everyone to gather again.

After the banquet, Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to sit on the upper seat and repeatedly asked Xuzhou to do so.

"Liu Bei came to save Xuzhou for the sake of righteousness. Now that he occupies Xuzhou for no reason, the whole world will think that Liu Bei is an unrighteous person!"

"If you leave me, I will die without turning a blind eye!"

Kong Rong, Lu Zhu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei also persuaded Liu Bei to take the printing card, and even Liu Feng, who had been watching the play, pretended to persuade him, but Liu Bei still refused

Accept.

Tao Qian had no choice but to ask Liu Bei to settle down in Xiaopei near Xuzhou first to defend Xuzhou.

During this period, Liu Feng insisted on practicing the Five Birds Opera, and he felt that his physical strength had improved a lot.

At the same time, the relationship between him and Hua Yingying also continued to heat up, only Huang Yueer was no longer the cheerful and smiling girl she used to be.

There was a hint of maturity between her eyebrows, a little more sorrow.

Liu Feng didn't have much to do about it, he thought it would be better to help her take revenge.

He is also always concerned about his enemies, and now his strength is not good, so he can only wait for the opportunity to move.

It is said that Cao Cao led his troops back to Puyang and set up camp.

Lu Bu led 5,000 mecha soldiers to fight with Cao Cao, and got Chen Gong as his military advisor.

Although there were many Cao generals, the mecha were not as good as Lu Bu, and the Cao army was defeated.

That night, Cao's army went to attack a camp west of Lü Bu.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu listened to Chen Gong's plan and set up an ambush early, and a large number of ambushes appeared.

Cao's army was defeated again, and Cao Cao personally went into battle but was chased by Lu Bu and couldn't get out, so he was so anxious that he shouted for help.

At the critical moment, a team of reinforcements arrived and intercepted Lu Bu.

The battle lasted until dusk, when it suddenly rained heavily, and both sides collected their troops and returned to their camps.

The armies of Cao Cao and Lu Bu were difficult to see for a while.

Chen Gong came up with a plan for Lu Bu, asking the wealthy Toda clan in Puyang City to pretend to surrender to Cao Cao, lying that Lu Bu was not in the city, and asked Cao Cao to come and attack the city, and Tian was willing to make an internal response.

At the beginning of that night, Cao Cao led the guard mecha into the city, and when he knew the middle time, he could no longer rush out.

Cao Cao fled to the north gate, and bumped into Lu Bu chasing after him in the firelight, Cao Cao hurriedly removed the mecha and hid in the corner, smearing the dirt on his face.

Lu Bu's mecha was immediately killed, and he asked him in the corner where Cao Cao was.

Cao Cao casually pointed to the people in front of him and deceived Lu Bu before he escaped death.

Cao Cao fled back to Dazhai and immediately issued an order: the army is mourning for filial piety, and it is hypothesized that Cao Cao has been killed.

He himself led a large group of elite mechs to quietly ambush.

When Lu Bu heard the news, he immediately led his men and horses to kill, but was defeated by the ambush soldiers.

At this time, locusts were everywhere, and the crops were eaten.

The two armies had no food to fight again, so they had to temporarily cease fighting.

Soon after, Tao Qian fell seriously ill.

Tao Qian knew that he was old and his health was difficult to improve, so he invited Liu Bei to discuss military affairs.

Tao Qian once again gave up the seal, and asked Sun Qian and Lu Zhu to assist Liu Bei.

Liu Bei still excused himself repeatedly, and Tao Qian died with his fingers.

Liu Feng, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and everyone persuaded each other repeatedly, and the people of Xuzhou also came to ask for each other, and Liu Bei agreed to be Xuzhou Taishou for the time being.

When Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei had won Xuzhou, he couldn't help but be furious, so he ordered troops to attack Xuzhou. Seeing Cao Cao's anger, the strategist Xun suggested that he attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and other places to seize local grain.

Cao Cao captured Yingchuan, Runan and other places according to the plan, surrendered Xu Chu, a native of Qiaoxian County, and was named the commander.

Cao Cao recovered Yanzhou and Puyang.

Lü Bu was defeated by Cao Cao and cornered, and came to Xuzhou to seek refuge with Liu Bei.

"Lu Bu is a warrior today, and he should go out to greet him!"

"Lu Bu is a tiger and wolf, he can't be taken in, and if he stays, he will inevitably hurt people."

"If Lu Bu hadn't attacked Yanzhou that day, how could Cao Cao have withdrawn from Xuzhou? Now that Lu Bu has come to join me, how can I not take him in?"

"My brother is also very good-hearted. Even so, it is still necessary to guard against Lu Bu."

Liu Bei and others discussed Lu Bu's stay in the Xuzhou meeting hall.