It is said that Yu Ban discovered the secret of Liu Bei's cavalry, and Cao Cao immediately ordered the whole cavalry to be equipped.

Cao Cao's camp has also changed slightly, and he is full of expectations for this black bump.

After dinner, Guo Jia came to Cao Cao worriedly.

The things that are entangled in the heart are nothing more than war.

Facing Zhao Chen's suppression from the tactics and battlefield flexibility, Guo Jia was very uneasy in his heart.

He bowed deeply to Cao Cao and said, "My lord, today's defeat is Jia's fault, and I ask the lord to punish him." ”

Cao Cao beckoned very indifferently and replied: "Failure is a common thing in soldiers, and it doesn't matter." Today we suffered a loss outside the city of Xiapi, and tomorrow we will find a way to defeat him, and that city will still be ours. ”

Guo Jia was willing to be punished on the surface, but he was quite worried inside. Cao Cao's suspicious and fickle character, he himself has not fully figured it out, if Cao Cao puts all the sins on him out of anger, Guo Jia will have no way out.

After all, it didn't take long to join Cao Cao's account. In the past six months, he has been inaccurate and effective about Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's strategies.

Therefore, it was deeply valued by Cao Cao.

Since fighting with Zhao Chen three times, each strategy has been easily resolved by Zhao Chen, and it is difficult for the lord not to suspect that he has not gone all out, thus losing trust, and there is no place for him in the army.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was willing to forgive him, and Guo Jia felt a little relieved.

He cautiously mentioned the discovery on the city wall of today's distant view: "My lord, although today's army has suffered a setback, Jia has also found a favorable factor for our army. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao raised his head and asked, "What did Feng Xiao find?" ”

"This morning, after General Cao Ren set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, Zhang Fei wanted to come with Lu Bu to break the formation, but was stopped by Zhao Chen. Hou Chen Gong and Zhao Chen seemed to have a quarrel, and the subsequent confrontation between the two armies Chen Gong was only on the city wall and did not participate. Therefore, Jia guessed that the Liu Lu coalition army was not as strong as imagined, but there was a huge gap, especially in the concept of Chen Gong. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly became interested: "Chen Gong is Lu Bu's think tank, if there is a gap between Chen Gong and Liu Bei's army, he may be able to make good use of it." ”

"The lord is wise, Jia thinks of a plan, but he can break Liu Lu."

Cao Cao asked expectantly: "What is the plan, come quickly and quickly?" ”

Guo Jia leaned into Cao Cao's ear and explained his thoughts in detail.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed into a line from the original, then slowly widened, and finally smiled with satisfaction.

"Good! Just act according to the plan of filial piety. ”

The next day, Cao Cao personally led an army of 30,000 to the intersection of Surabaya and Yishui outside Xiapi City.

Yesterday's battlefield has been cleaned, but there are still a lot of blood stains on the scene.

Cao Cao chose the narrowest and cleanest position on the water and sat down and waited.

The outpost had already reported this news to Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and everyone went up to the city wall to look, and sure enough, they saw Cao Cao sitting on the bank of the river.

Lu Bu sneered: "Cao Mengde, I just suffered a defeat, and today I came to Picheng again, haven't you tasted enough defeat?" ”

Cao Cao sneered and said with a smile: "How can Wen Hou believe in himself, the previous defeats were all due to Liu Bei and Zhao Chen, what does it have to do with you?" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he became angry and shouted: "Don't forget, your two Xiahou generals were injured by my hands!" ”

Cao Cao still smiled: "Cao knows that Wen Hou is two pounds, brave but unwise, and the husband is far inferior to Liu Xuande." Liu Xuande's account has Zhao Chen, Wu Guan, Zhang, and Tai Shici. ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Bu immediately became angry.

"Cao thief, deceive people too much!"

I only heard Cao Cao say again: "Wen Hou rest first, I came today to invite Liu Xuande to come and talk about it." ”

Lu Bu turned to Liu Bei with wide eyes, as if asking, what is Cao Cao looking for you?

Liu Bei was a little puzzled, and asked Cao Cao: "Cao Mengde, you and I are meeting on the battlefield now, what is there to say?" ”

"What? Xuande didn't dare to come? Afraid of the 30,000 army behind me? It's okay, let the army retreat a mile, so as not to disturb your and my narrative. ”

After saying that, Cao Cao's army really retreated a mile back.

Liu Bei still didn't dare to go out of the city, and when he hesitated, he set his eyes on Zhao Chen.

"What does the military advisor think?"

Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Lord, Chen doesn't know what Cao Cao has to say to you, but according to Chen's opinion, it doesn't hurt to chat, maybe you can find a strategy to break Cao Cao." ”

Liu Bei nodded solemnly: "In that case, I will go down to the meeting for a while." ”

"Lord, since you want to go down, let General Ziyi follow, I can protect you. Then let Yide and Yun Chang each lead 5,000 men, ready to go out of the city at any time. ”

Tai Shi Ci is the person who chased Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe, with Tai Shi Ci by Liu Bei's side, Cao Cao always has to weigh the hole cards in his hand, so as not to stab casually.

Liu Bei rolled his eyes and immediately decided: "Just follow the words of the military advisor." ”

After a while, Liu Bei came out of the west gate of Xiapi City, rode his horse to the confluence of the two rivers, and faced Cao Cao across the river.

Behind him stood Tai Shici, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stood not far away.

Liu Bei took the lead in asking, "What's the matter with Meng De?" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "It's okay, I just want to talk to Xuande about my preferences." ”

"Preferences?" Liu Bei was very puzzled.

"Yes, preference. Xuande is over 30 years old, I don't know if there is anything I particularly like? ”

Liu Bei said boredly: "Is Meng De idle and wants to have fun here?" Why don't you go back to Yanzhou and deal with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu well. ”

Cao Cao laughed: "Why did Xuande say this? You and I are heroes in the world, and heroes will naturally sympathize with each other when they meet, how can we make sense without chatting? ”

was called the hero of the world by Cao Cao, although Liu Bei couldn't guess what Cao Cao meant, but he had some joy in his heart.

He responded to Cao Cao: "Don't dare to be a hero in the world, Meng De might as well say it directly, what is the matter?" ”

Cao Cao didn't reply to Liu Bei's question, just kept arguing, and laughed vigorously, laughing loudly.

Others seem to be two old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have endless words.

Cao Cao's laughter reached the ears of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, who were far away in Xiapi City.

Lu Bu said suspiciously: "Gongtai, what are they talking about so happily?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head.

Because the road was too far, the two did not shout, so they could not hear the specific content of the chat.

Cao Cao's laughter made Chen Gong feel more and more uncomfortable.

Lu Bu's words just reminded Chen Gong.

"Not good, General! Liu Bei is afraid that he will betray the general! I'll have to wait to make plans. ”

Lu Bu turned his head in surprise.

"Is what the public station said true?"

"These two have known each other for a long time, and today they are talking happily in the city, except for plotting Xuzhou, there is nothing else."

Lu Bu gasped, and he hesitated in his heart.

After a while, Cao Cao got up and left, and just after walking a short distance, he turned his head and shouted: "Xuande, wait for your good news!" ”

Liu Bei frowned, ignored it, and returned to Xiapi City with Tai Shici.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he was stopped by Lu Bu and Chen Gong.