Chapter 25 startle Xuande

Although Liu Bei had been planning to rebel against Cao for a long time, he was always uneasy after signing the Yudai edict, so Cao Cao sent him to intercept Yuan Shao, which was a blessing from heaven for him.After he led his troops to leave Xudu, it can be said that the dragon entered the sea and the tiger came out of the cage. He played a trick to deceive Zhu Ling and Luzhao, and killed Che Zhou to occupy Xiapi.At that time, Tao Qian entrusted Liu Bei with the position of state shepherd, so he was already popular in Xuzhou. In addition, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Liu Yan, Xue Yong and other diaspora subordinates gathered one after another. Waiting for Yao to make a momentum, he summoned more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in a blink of an eye.Although most of them are bandits and mobs, as long as they are trained and dispatched carefully, it is enough to take advantage of Yuan Cao's battle.

Later, Liu Dai and Wang Zhong led troops to attack. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei tried their best, and after only a while, they beat Cao Bing to pieces and fled in embarrassment. Hundreds are not my opponents. Even if Cao Cao personally leads the army, it is not certain whether he can defeat me!" In fact, he had already planned in his heart, Xuzhou's generals were tied to Changba and Yanzhou, and the soldiers were busy dealing with them. Xu He and Chen Deng couldn't defend against Sun Ce, no one cared about him at all.More importantly, Yuan Shao had raised troops in Yecheng, and the army was approaching Liyang in a few days, so Cao Cao would never attack him at this time.So Liu Bei acted boldly without any scruples, leaving Guan Yu to guard Xiapi. On the one hand, he sent Sun Qian north to contact Yuan Shao.

Unexpectedly, on the seventh day after arriving in Xiaopei, he was still chatting with Liu Yan about Cao Cao's mistakes, when scouts came to report that Cao Cao personally led troops to attack, and they were almost at the door of the house.Liu Bei was shocked and couldn't believe it. He personally led Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and dozens of riders out of the city to the hills to watch.Seeing Cao Cao's banner from a long distance, and seeing that the soldiers and horses that came this time were very different from the previous ones, and there were many cavalry among them, Liu Bei's heart trembled.He couldn't figure it out, how could Cao Cao and Cao Cao be here?Don't look at Liu Bei's big words before, although Xiaopei has nearly ten thousand horses, they are all mobs, weapons are not ready yet, and many Xuzhou people have always been scared by Cao Cao, this battle is impossible to fight!Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bei simply didn't even return to the city, left those soldiers and horses, and fled with his relatives in a hurry.

When Cao Jun killed Xiaopei, there were no guards in the city, and the messy soldiers were even more at a loss.At the critical moment, whoever remembered the old rule of Cao Jun besieging and then surrendering to slaughter the city, simply opened the door, and everyone knelt on the ground, warmly welcoming Cao Jun to "receive". Cao Cao was ecstatic when he entered Xiaopei. Not only did he take back the city, but he also got the food, grass and supplies prepared by Liu Bei. Moreover, with a little selection of these recent miscellaneous soldiers, some of them could be sent to Guandu. There were more than 40,000 troops against Yuan Shao. up.

But cutting the weeds had to get rid of the roots, so Cao Cao couldn't delay, leaving only Cao Chun and others to collect troops, and he, Zhang Liao, and Xia Houyuan led the troops to continue eastward, and wanted to catch up with and kill Liu Bei before he fled back to Xiapi.The cavalry followed the infantry, and the wind and lightning flew sand and rocks along the way. Cao Jun trekked for two days in a row, but he didn't even see Liu Bei's shadow, and he had arrived at Xiapi City. The White Gate Tower came into view again. Cao Cao revisited the old place and saw that there were few defenders in Xiaosuo at the top of the city. He suddenly understood, and sighed to Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan: "Liu Bei with big ears is good at escaping! He must have expected that I would drive straight in. , just don’t go back to Xiapi, divert the northeast and go directly to Qingzhou.”

Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth: "Damn it! You actually played 'Golden Shell Get Rid of the Cicada' with us." "What did you say?" Zhang Liao didn't understand. "Take off the cicada from the golden shell..." Cao Cao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Miaocai, this is to make the golden cicada escape its shell. Do you have time to study? The soldiers in the army call you 'General Baidi'. Does that sound good to you?" "What is white land is not white land, it is good land that can grow crops." Xia Houyuan didn't care so much, "According to me, divide up your troops and chase after the big-eared thief, lest he and Changba will piss together again!"

Zhang Liao laughed at his rude words, and hurriedly clasped his fists to grab the order: "The final general is willing to lead a sentry to chase Liu Bei!" "Damn it, I came up with the idea, so I should go." Xia Houyuan is also competitive. Cao Cao smiled slightly: "Miaocai leads the troops. If the pursuit is not enough, then lead the troops to assist Wu Dun, Yin Li and others to attack Changba nearby." "Good!" Xia Houyuan exclaimed triumphantly, "Hugging grass and beating rabbits, I'm leaving right away!" After saying that, he ordered the people in the headquarters to head north in a hurry.Zhang Liao was the first to ask for orders. Seeing that Cao Cao was partial to his relatives, he was very displeased, but Cao Cao suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered, "Wen Yuan, it is Guan Yunchang who stayed behind in Xiapi! Here is your chance to repay your favor..."

Hearing what Cao Cao said, Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel sad.At the beginning, when he joined Cao Ying, he had the intention of going to death, but Meng Guan Yu was moved by reason, moved with emotion, and pledged his life, so he stayed to assist Cao Cao.Since Zhang Liao joined Cao Ying, he has worshiped as General Zhonglang, received the title of Marquis of Guannei, and surrendered Zang Ba. He deeply feels that Cao Cao is a wise master.Unexpectedly, there are many strange things in the world. Guan Yu, who tried to keep him in Cao Ying, became a traitor.According to Zhang Liao's thoughts, the best result is of course that Guan Yu surrenders the city, neither fighting nor hurting his face.But he also knew Guan Yu's temper. Ma Yanyue Dao under his crotch would rather fight to the death than surrender;Zhang Liao thought about it, and felt a dilemma between loyalty and righteousness.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Cao Cao understood what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "Wen Yuan, would you like to say that Guan Yunchang returned?" "Of course I am willing. But Guan Yunchang is a fierce person, I'm afraid he won't..." "Aren't you also a fierce person?" Cao Cao made Zhang Liao blush with one sentence, "As long as I treat each other with sincerity and sincerity, Yun Chang will definitely be of use to me." Even though he said this, he felt regretful in his heart. If Fan Ruo was willing to keep his promise and bestow Du's beauty on Guan Yu, he might have won her over to him long ago. Not only would there be no such battle today, maybe even Liu Bei's conspiracy could be learned by the way.But Cao Cao delayed the big event because he was greedy for beauties, and made Mrs. Ding very unhappy.Now God has given him another chance, and this time he must subdue Guan Yu.When we send troops in the future, Guan Yu on the left and Zhang Liao on the right, how majestic it will be... Thinking about it, Cao Cao smiled fascinatedly.

"My lord...My lord...what's the matter with you?" Zhang Liao saw him smiling strangely. Cao Cao felt that he had lost his composure, so he quickly stopped his smile, twisted his beard with his hand and pretended to be deep, and said: "Since Wen Yuan is willing to lobby, I have a plan to help you achieve this great success." "Oh?" Zhang Liao didn't believe it, "There is such a plan." "Don't worry, as long as I resort to this strategy, Guan Yu will definitely be in chaos. If Wen Yuan comes forward to persuade him, he will surrender willingly." Cao Cao was full of confidence, and turned to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, hurry up and get rid of him." Wu Zhou, the supervisor of the army, and Yuan Min, who visited the river embankment, called over."

"What do you want them to do?" Zhang Liao didn't understand why the two armies wanted these two literati before the battle. "Of course it works." Cao Cao looked mysterious...