Zhuge Liang said.

"And what do you mean?"

Liu Bei asked.

"Lord, this is Xuzhou, too close to Jingzhou, if we send a large army to meet Cao Cao's army, I estimate that Cao Cao will soon lead the army from Jingzhou into the hinterland of our Xuzhou, so that the war in our Xuzhou will break out in advance, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for us to control the situation, and we will be very passive at that time."

Zhuge Liang said.

"Strategist, I understand your concerns, but now we have no choice but to take a chance."

Liu Bei said resolutely.

Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head, unwilling to agree to Liu Bei.

Seeing this, Liu Bei's face instantly became gloomy.

"Strategist, do you think I can't do it?" Liu Bei said coldly.

"No, it's not like that, it's just that Cao Cao's strength is too strong, and the lord is not his opponent."

Zhuge Liang explained.

Zhuge Liang is an extremely cautious person, he thinks that Cao Cao's strength is very strong now, even if he and Sun Quan unite, he may not be Cao Cao's opponent, he naturally does not want Liu Bei to die, because the current situation is very unfavorable for Liu Bei.

"Hmph, I don't care what the situation is, as long as I can eliminate Cao Cao, it will be a great achievement, I don't care if you agree to send a large army to meet Cao Cao's army."

Liu Bei said unhappily.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Bei, he knew that it was useless to persuade Liu Bei again.

"In that case, then send a large army to meet the battle, but the lord must remember that once the army goes to meet Cao Cao's army, the lord must immediately retreat back to Xuzhou, and must not fall in love with the war, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhuge Liang said solemnly.

"I know what to do, now prepare now, I'll go south right away."

"Whoa."

Liu Bei got up and strode out.

Looking at Liu Bei's departing back, Zhuge Liang sighed lightly, his eyes full of sadness.

He didn't want to see Liu Bei die, and he didn't want to see Sun Quan die.

However, if he really prevented Liu Bei from facing Cao Cao's army, Liu Bei would definitely kill him.

Zhuge Liang sighed lightly again, in the end he didn't say anything, he now has no way to stop Liu Bei from going to meet Cao Cao's army, the only thing he can do now is to do his best to protect Sun Quan and Liu Bei's lives, so that Liu Bei can return to Xuzhou safely.

"Hey~"

Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh, and his gaze fell on a parchment scroll next to the desk.

"The lord will go south this time, and he will definitely be more auspicious."

Zhuge Liang sighed.

Liu Bei led an army of 50,000 to the south to meet Cao Cao's army, and the news soon spread all over the world.

Some people were shocked when they heard the news of Liu Bei's southward journey, what kind of courage is this? He dared to lead his army to Cao Cao's army.

However, some people scoffed at it with disdain.

"What, isn't it an army of 50,000? What's the big deal? Such an army is still trying to fight Cao Cao in vain, which is simply beyond their own strength. ”

"Hmph, that's it, the army of 50,000 also wants to compete with Cao Cao, I think this Liu Bei doesn't know what he's doing at all, not only stupid, but also an out-and-out reckless man."

"Hahaha, it's lively now, Cao Cao's army is going to meet the enemy, and Liu Bei's army of 50,000 is also going to meet the enemy, this kind of drama is really rare in a century."

......

In a small restaurant in Lujiang, Cao Xuan listened to the surrounding discussions and smiled disdainfully.

"In the current situation, Liu Bei's support is probably just a drop in the bucket."

The four emperors also wanted to watch the play at this time.

After all, Sun Quan has lost any combat power, and he doesn't know how long he needs to recuperate before he can recover.

As for Liu Bei, there is no way to confront Cao Cao at all.

……

In Lujiang City, Cao Cao also knew everything.

But Cao Cao was dismissive of Liu Bei's approach.

Cao Cao said confidently.

"Hehe, this time I'll see how Liu Bei dies this time."

Xun Yu sneered.

"The lord is wise, this time Liu Bei came to support, he must have asked for something, as long as we threaten a little, he will definitely surrender."

Xu Shu said.

"This time his army of 50,000 will definitely be wiped out." Xun Yu sneered.

"Huh."

Many of Cao Cao's henchmen laughed mockingly, they didn't believe that Liu Bei could set off a storm, and they were still quite confident in this.

......

Liu Bei didn't know that Cao Cao had already begun to plan against him.

Liu Bei marched northeast with an army of 50,000.

Liu Bei's army was on the road when it was intercepted by a Cao army.

Cao Cao's army dispersed, surrounded Liu Bei's army, and launched a frantic attack on Liu Bei, at first, Liu Bei was able to resist, but soon, he fell into a bitter battle.

"General, we can't stand it anymore, we must retreat, retreat back to Xuzhou." A partial general reported to Liu Beiyu.

Hearing the general's advice, Liu Bei was very angry, but he also knew that if he continued to stay, his army would definitely be wiped out, and he had to retreat.

"Okay, let's retreat."

Liu Bei ordered a retreat.

Liu Bei's army retreated outside the city of Xuzhou, and Liu Bei set up a formation outside the city of Xuzhou, and his army also stopped advancing.

Liu Bei was not in a hurry to attack Cao Cao's military camp, but waited for Cao Cao's army to come.

Now Cao Cao did not dare to rashly attack Eastern Wu, after all, there was Liu Bei in the rear, if he was sneak attacked, then his losses would not be less.

But Liu Bei didn't act rashly, he was just defensive, and his soldiers didn't dare to attack.

Time passes slowly.

Soon, Cao Cao's army rushed outside Liu Bei's camp.

"General, Cao Cao's army is coming, what should we do?"

A partial general asked.

"Let's wait and see what happens."

Liu Bei said lightly.

Liu Bei did not intend to take the initiative to attack, but waited for Cao Cao's army to attack.

At this time, Cao Cao already knew about Liu Bei's actions, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe, I want to delay time, but unfortunately your wishful thinking is wrong."

"Pass my order and give me a fierce bombardment of Liu Bei's 50,000 army and annihilate all their troops."

Cao Cao ordered.

"Yes!"

A group of strategists agreed in unison.

"Hehe, since you want to die, then don't blame me." Cao Cao sneered and gave the order to attack.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

With the order given, Cao Cao's 50,000 troops rushed towards Liu Bei's army, and in their opinion, Liu Bei's 50,000 army must be vulnerable.

The attack of Cao Cao's army was strong, and the army of Liu Bei's army was routed at the beginning.

Seeing this, Liu Bei's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly reversed the formation of the army and retreated back to Xuzhou.