Chen Gong betrayed!

It was a big blow to Cao Cao.

You must know that Cao Cao had great respect for Chen Gong, and in order to thank him for his help twice, he even asked the imperial court to canonize him as the Taishou of Dongjun.

I didn't expect Chen Gong to betray him.

The loss of Puyang, Dongjun, and Chen Liu made Cao Cao like a thunderbolt.

These important cities are his important territory and an important source of money and grain.

Now that they are all lost, what will Cao Cao use to feed so many soldiers and horses?

This can be said to be a fatal blow to Cao Cao.

Seeing Cao Cao's pale face, Guo Jia and the others felt that something was wrong.

"General, what's going on?"

"It's fine." Cao Cao immediately put the urgent report into his arms, and pretended to be calm and said, "My father has been buried."

Guo Jia glanced at Cao Cao, and he knew it in his heart.

It's definitely not that simple.

However, he knew that since the lord refused to tell the truth, there was naturally a reason.

He didn't move to help cover up. "The general will mourn."

Cao Cao nodded gloomily and walked towards the tent.

Guo Jia and Liu Ye hurriedly followed.

In the handsome tent, without waiting for Guo Jia and them to ask, Cao Cao told the situation first.

Guo Jia heard that Chen Gong had rebelled, and Puyang, Dongjun, and Chen Liu were all lost.

He was shocked and said, "Yanzhou is lost, and we are homeless. General, you must rush back immediately to reclaim the lost territory."

Liu Ye also said: "It's just right to sell a favor to Liu Bei and take the opportunity to withdraw from the army to recapture Yanzhou."

Cao Cao nodded, immediately wrote a letter in person, sent someone to Liu Bei and Tao Qian, and withdrew from the village that night.

In Xuzhou, Cao Cao's envoy entered the city to see Tao Qian and presented the book.

Hearing that Cao Cao was about to retire, Tao Qian was so happy that he almost jumped up from the hospital bed.

That's great.

No matter what Cao Cao retreated from. Just know that he is out of the army.

The crisis has finally passed.

Thinking of Cao Cao's aggressive leadership this time, he almost cut himself with a thousand knives.

Tao Qian was really frightened by Cao Cao's ruthlessness.

I'm older, and I really don't want to suffer like this again.

He hesitated, but finally made up his mind.

He sent people to invite Kong Rong, Tian Kai, Liu Bei and others to come to the palace to celebrate the repulsion of Cao Cao.

After the banquet was over, Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to take a seat, and he said to everyone.

"The old man is old, the second son is not talented, and he is not worthy of the country's heavy responsibilities. Liu Gong is the youth of the imperial family, with high virtue and talent, and can lead Xuzhou. The old man is willing to beg to recuperate."

Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard that Tao Qian wanted to let him take over Xuzhou.

This......

Is there green smoke coming from the ancestors?

How could there be such a good thing?

I am willing to send troops to rescue Tao Qian, on the one hand, for the sake of fame.

On the other hand, he just hoped that Tao Qian would give food and grass relief to him in the face of his desperate rescue like this.

It is best to carve out a city for yourself to garrison, or to escape from the plain and away from the hegemony between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao.

The hegemony of these two forces is really not something that they can meddle in.

If one is not good, his three brothers will be directly crushed by Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Only then did he rush to help Tao Qian's excuse to leave.

But Liu Bei really didn't dare to expect Tao Qian to give Xuzhou to himself.

The scene in front of him made Liu Bei a little unable to believe what he heard.

He almost blurted out that he agreed.

Years of forbearance allowed Liu Bei to retain the last shred of reason.

Why did Tao Qian give Xuzhou to himself at this time?

Liu Bei, who calmed down, understood.

Tao Qian, this old thief, this is trying to roast me on the fire.

Let me bear Cao Cao's wrath!

Dog thief. Don't!

took over Xuzhou in this way, which directly angered Cao Cao.

Besides.

I did not communicate with the Xuzhou family and exchange interests.

Without the support of these people, he would not have been able to take over Xuzhou smoothly.

Liu Bei instantly changed his face, and said with a straight face: "Kong Wenju ordered Bei to come to save Xuzhou, for righteousness. Now there is no justification, and the world will be prepared for the unrighteous."

Liu Bei and Kong Rong were persuaded to come to the rescue by themselves, and Mi Zhu also knew the character of Liu Bei and others very well along the way.

This man is very resilient and can achieve great things.

If you help him at this time, it will be a charcoal in the snow. When Liu Bei really sits firmly in Xuzhou, he will definitely receive a generous reward.

"Today, the Han Dynasty is late, Haiyu is subverted, and he is making achievements, at this time. Xuzhou is rich, with a million household registrations, and Liu Zhijun is responsible for this, and it is impossible to resign."

Liu Bei shook his head firmly and said, "I will never dare to respond to this matter."

Chen Deng looked at the crowd in the hall looking at him, he just hesitated for a second and said, "Tao Fujun is sick and can't take care of things, so don't quit Ming Gong."

Where would Liu Bei easily accept this hot potato, and continued to excuse himself.

"Yuan Highway IV and the Third Duke, the return of the sea, close to Shouchun, why not let it be in the state?"

Kong Rong is also very satisfied with Liu Bei, a guy who thinks highly of himself than Yuan Shu.

It is obvious that Liu Bei is better to get along with, and he is in Xuzhou.

If something happens in the North Sea, it also helps.

He opened his mouth and said, "The dry bones in the Yuan Highway mound, why worry about it! Today's things, heaven will not take them, and regrets cannot be pursued."

Liu Bei insisted on refusing.

Tao Qian wept and said, "If you leave me, I won't be blind to death!"

Guan Yu saw Liu Bei's repeated resignations, and he was very puzzled and said, "Since you accept the Tao Gong's concession, my brother has the right to lead the state affairs."

Zhang Fei even shouted, "It's not the state and county I forced him; He was kind enough to give in, so why bother to refuse!"

Liu Bei glared angrily at his two brothers. What are you two making a fuss about, I didn't see that Tao Qian wanted to roast me in the fire.

He rebuked, "Do you want to trap me in injustice?"

Tao Qian pushed again and again, but Liu Bei just refused to accept it.

Tao Qian could only take a compromise approach, saying: "If Xuande will refuse to obey, this near Yi, called Xiaopei, is enough to garrison the army, please ask Xuande to temporarily garrison this Yi to protect Xuzhou." How so?"

Others also persuaded Liu Bei to stay in Xiaopei.

Liu Bei is also eager to become the assassin of Xuzhou. He refused to say yes. I was afraid that I would be pushed to the front by Tao Qian and Cao Cao.

The most important thing is that he has not yet contacted the major families in Xuzhou, so he does not dare to agree to take over Xuzhou.

As for the words of the soldiers Xiaopei, they can seek to seize Xuzhou, and they can retreat to protect themselves and escape from the mess in the plains.

Liu Bei no longer shirked and accepted the position of Xiao Peixiang.

Tao Qian's army was over, Zhao Yun resigned, and Liu Bei held his hand and said goodbye in tears.

Kong Rong and Tian Kai also differed from each other and led the army back.

Liu Bei, Guan and Zhang led the headquarters army to Xiaopei, repaired the city walls, and appeased the residents. At the same time, he sent people to visit the major families in Xuzhou to contact his feelings.

Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao had already returned with his troops, and he still wanted to move some more people back.

The most important thing is that he still wants to meet Cao Cao again.

He called Xu Huang over. "I know what you're capable of. Now I give you an important task, you lead 10,000 troops and hold Yanzhou. I personally led my troops to break Cao."