Chapter 71 Chapter Nine: The Aunt Lost Her Nephew (2)

However, Cao Bao in Xiapi City was ready to move at this moment.Cao Bao was originally Tao Qian's oldest subordinate. At that time, Tao Qian chose Liu Bei as his successor, and Cao Bao was very dissatisfied.It's just that most of the county and county legion leaders and Xiapi city officials supported Liu Bei at that time, so Cao Bao couldn't do anything alone for a while, so he had to obey on the surface. However, Cao Bao's dissatisfaction with Liu Bei is increasing day by day, and he will never forget it because of the passage of time, on the contrary, it has become more and more intense.Now when Yuan Shu's army attacked Xuzhou, Cao Bao's deep dissatisfaction could no longer be controlled. He openly encouraged the old officials of Xuzhou to criticize Liu Bei's incompetence in ruling, and opposed the policy of open confrontation between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu.

Of course what Cao Bao did was noticed by Zhang Fei, because Zhang Fei was defending in the lower Pi at this time.Zhang Fei has always looked down on Cao Bao at all, thinking that he has no virtue or talent, and instead regards himself as Tao Qian's old subordinate.This time he took the opportunity to incite again, so he was very angry, thinking that keeping this person would definitely be the root of the disaster.Therefore, without discussing with his subordinates, he made his own decision and led a team of attendants in private to attack Cao Bao's mansion.Cao Bao was defenseless and unable to resist Zhang Fei, so he had to bow his head and capture him.But Zhang Fei never handed him over to Liu Bei, and killed him on the spot.

Obviously Zhang Fei's actions were too reckless, and the repercussions and shocks it caused were very huge.The officials in Xiapi City were all terrified.As a result, Cao Bao's supporters openly joined forces to fight against Zhang Fei.Xia Pi suddenly fell into chaos. When Yuan Shu got the news of the turmoil in Xiapi City, he thought it was an opportunity, so he sent someone to secretly contact Lv Bu, persuading him to take the opportunity to attack Xiapi City.If Lu Bu agreed to do so, he, Yuan Shu, would provide Lu Bu's army with a large amount of food.Lu Bu was left out in Xiaopei by Liu Bei, and he was a little unhappy at first, looking depressed all day long because his ambitions were not rewarded.Later, when I learned that Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were at war, and then Xiapi City was in turmoil again, I couldn't stop feeling a little itchy.It just so happened that Yuan Shu sent someone to contact him, why would Lu Bu not move?

Therefore, Lu Bu immediately led his troops to cross the river from Xiaopei to the southeast, and directly attacked Xiapi.Xu Dan, a Zhonglang general from Cao Bao's camp, saw Lu Bu coming to attack, and quietly opened the door to greet him.When Lu Bu entered the city, almost all the old officials in Xuzhou betrayed Zhang Fei.Zhang Fei was under a group attack, so he had to take advantage of the chaos and escape from Xiapi City. Liu Bei's wife happened to live in Xiapi, so she was captured by Lu Bu, and many of Liu Bei's direct subordinates were captured at the same time.But Lu Bu did not harm them, but protected them and treated them with courtesy, not daring to neglect them.

Liu Bei suddenly heard that there was an accident in Xiapi, so angry and anxious, he immediately led his troops back to the army.However, there was Yuan Shu in the back and Lu Bu in the front, and most of the relatives of the soldiers in the army fell to Xiapi and were in the hands of Lu Bu.Therefore, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and the army collapsed without fighting when they reached the city of Xiapi.Lu Bu knew that these soldiers were unwilling to fight recklessly due to their kinship, so he was very proud. However, Liu Bei had to pack up the remnants and seize Guangling because his soldiers were scattered.Unexpectedly, they encountered Yuan Shu's main force again.Liu Bei had lost his combat effectiveness at this time, so he had to retreat to Haixi to station.

Because everything happened so suddenly, Liu Bei was completely unprepared. When he retreated to Haixi, the army's food and grass were almost exhausted, and the whole army fell into a severe famine.Later, relying on the chief elder of Xuzhou, Mizhu, to dissipate his wealth and collect food from various places, he reluctantly assisted Liu Bei to tide over the difficulties. Seeing that the general situation was over, Liu Bei couldn't bear Xuzhou to fall into civil war, so he took the initiative to ask Lu Bu to surrender.Lu Bu also saw Liu Bei's affection for taking him in, and believed that Yuan Shu was too ambitious, almost crazy, unreliable in the end, and definitely not a partner.So he happily negotiated peace with Liu Bei.

Lu Bu gave Liu Bei the title of Inspector of Yuzhou and stationed him in Xiaopei, and agreed to unite with each other to deal with Yuan Shu.And Lu Bu called himself Xuzhou Mu, and garrisoned troops in Xiapi. Yuan Shu didn't expect that Lu Bu would get involved with Liu Bei again, so he was really disappointed and angry.So he became angry and declared that he would launch a general attack on Xuzhou. Facing Yuan Shu's threat, Lu Bu turned to surrender to Cao Cao, who had already established his capital in Xu County.In this way, Cao Cao had no reason to send troops to attack Xuzhou. In fact, during this period, even if Cao Cao wanted to, he didn't have the power to spy on Xuzhou.At this time Cao Cao was busy with two important things.One is to carefully plan to bring Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xudu in order to carry out his grand strategy of "serving the emperor".Another task is to deal with Zhang Xiu who stationed troops in Yuzhou.

Zhang Xiu was a native of Zuli County, Wuwei County, Liangzhou. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou was in chaos. Zhang Xiu led thousands of people and occupied Zuli County.Later, he joined the army of Zhang Ji, a famous general from the generation of uncles of the same clan. Who is Zhang Ji? He is one of the generals of the four major armies under Dong Zhuo, and he is as famous as Li Jue and Guo Si.Zhang Ji has always run the army rigorously, and has the highest reputation in the Liangzhou army.After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si fought for control of Guanzhong. As a result, the Liangzhou Army fell into a state of collapse.

Zhang Ji felt uneasy about this, and came forward to reconcile, but Li Jue and Guo Si did not listen to him because of their own forces.Zhang Ji had no hope of reconciliation, so he shook his head and sighed, and led a small number of directly subordinate legions to leave Guanzhong and invade the northern part of Jingzhou, trying to find a new territory. Liu Biao, shepherd of Jingzhou, of course didn't want Zhang Ji to invade, so he sent a large army to block it. In a scuffle between the two sides, Zhang Ji died. Once Zhang Ji died, Zhang Xiu continued to lead Zhang Ji's army as a legitimate son of the clan.

At this time, Jia Xu, the chief counselor of the Liangzhou Army, was also disappointed by the internal strife between Li Jue and Guo Si, so he left Guanzhong and went south to look for Zhang Ji.Jia Xu has always had a good relationship with Zhang Ji, and they also have the same views on the internal strife between Li Jue and Guo Si, so Jia Xu wants to come south to vote for Zhang Ji.However, when Jia Xu arrived, Zhang Ji was dead, so Jia Xu stayed by Zhang Xiu's side. Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao who blocked Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu was also a special character with a very unique style. When the states and counties of the Han Dynasty fell into war one after another, and when the leaders of the states and counties took the opportunity to expand their military force and territory, Liu Biao was different, trying to implement a conservative "lockdown policy" for security.Therefore, during such a long period of time, apart from a few head-on confrontations with the Sun's army guarding the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Biao seemed to be only trying to maintain the stability of the territory.He effectively controlled the army of prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, prohibiting them from participating in the struggle among the princes.