Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 371 New 3 Kingdoms 11

"Third brother, what you said is right. My eldest brother ran around to rescue Xuzhou and suffered a lot of cold shoulders. After gathering men and horses, he traveled day and night to come here. Now Xuzhou Wuyou treats us like this. Is this the way to treat guests?" Guan Yu said coldly, stroking his beard.

"General Guan, General Zhang, the Marquis of Liyang has passed away, and Chen Yuanlong has been ordered to submit a memorial to the court requesting a title. The situation here is delicate. The three of you are going into the city to pay your respects to Governor Tao. The officials of Xuzhou are waiting sincerely, but the troops cannot enter the city! Lord Xuande, please say something!" Mi Zhu bypassed Zhang Fei and came to Liu Bei, bowed and begged.

"Ah, I think the siege of Xuzhou has been lifted, so we brothers should leave to avoid any misunderstanding. Zi Zhong, we brothers will not enter the city. We will bow three times to Xia Pi City here as a condolence to Governor Tao. I hope he will not blame Liu Bei for being rude." Liu Bei was obviously very dissatisfied with Xia Pi's refusal to let him lead his troops into the city.

"In that case, thank you Lord Xuande for understanding Xuzhou's difficulties."

Mi Zhu was too lazy to pretend and quickly followed Liu Bei's words. If it was before, the Mi family did not support Chen family to take charge of Xuzhou. But this time the situation was different. The Buddhism supported by Tao Qian not only brought great disaster to Xuzhou (Cao Song stayed in the temple), but also did nothing when the army was approaching.

What's even more ironic is that the person who saved Xuzhou was a Taoist priest, who almost single-handedly defeated Cao Cao, who was at the height of his power.

Tao Qian used this Taoist priest as a endorsement and gave the post of governor to Chen Deng. Who would dare to object? Besides, Chen Deng was indeed quite talented and could handle this position.

Liu Bei just wanted Mi Zhu to bargain. If 10,000 soldiers and horses couldn't enter the city, then they could carve out a place in Xuzhou and give him an official position. He was not greedy, and a county governor would be enough. Who knew that Mi Zhu would just play dumb and say the deal was done? How did the Mi family make money doing business like this?

He left Kong Rong with 10,000 troops and came to Xuzhou. It was impossible to go back, and Xuzhou could not accept them because of the delicate situation. After Liu Bei pretended to salute Xiapi City in the barracks, he returned the borrowed troops and dismissed the recruits. He took the 2,000 people who were willing to follow him south to Yangzhou to look for opportunities.

At this moment, the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Yao, was forced by Yuan Shu and could not even enter Shouchun, the seat of government, so he had to set up another place in Qu'a, Wujun. Sun Ce was now pressing on step by step and urgently needed support. That place would be a good place to go.

Liu Yao was very fond of Liu Bei, who came to his aid in times of need, and directly placed him on the front line of the conflict with Yuan Shu, opposite Sun Ce, who was known as the Little Overlord.

Back to Cao Cao, he had originally taken his troops to capture Xuzhou under the pretext that Zhang Kai robbed his father, but who knew that a Taoist priest with special powers came and beat him, forcing him to abandon his chariot and flee in a panic. He had just returned to Yanzhou with a few thousand remaining soldiers when they were robbed. His bedridden father knew that his son had suffered such a great defeat and died.

When he was about to be eliminated in the knockout round, he had to admit his mistake to Xuzhou and redeem Cao Ren and a group of generals and advisers.

Guo Jia and the uncle and nephew Xun showed Cao Cao a way out when he was in trouble. Facing the attacks from Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, what he needed to do was to stabilize the only three remaining counties and expand towards Qingzhou at the same time.

Cao Cao is worthy of being the director and screenwriter's biological son. He arranged Cao Ren, Xun Yu and Xiahou Dun to guard their current territories respectively. He took Guo Jia and Xun You to attack Qingzhou, first taking the city and then recruiting people. The surrender of 300,000 Yellow Turban Army allowed Cao Cao to achieve a counterattack from the trough in his life in just one year.

The next step was a major counterattack. Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu and forced him to surrender to Yuan Shu. The next step was a fierce battle with Yuan Shu. Although he hated Xuzhou and wanted to wash away the shame of the defeat in Xiapi at any time, his advisers were opposed without exception, even Cao Ren was opposed.

For Cao Cao, there was not only this one bad thing, but also the gossip about him, which made him so angry that he had to eat his rice on the spot and couldn't eat or sleep for several days.

It was at this time that a booklet appeared in their circle with a very thought-provoking title, "The Whole Story of Cao Cao's Defeat at Xia Pi", which recorded how Cao Cao had his eyes on Xuzhou and used his own father to send troops, but was beaten black and blue.

Who hasn't lost a battle? The key is that in addition to recording Cao Cao's ugly behavior in the battle, such as abandoning his chariot, grabbing a horse, wearing armor and cutting his beard to escape, there are also small things such as his earnest teachings to his cousin Cao Ren on the road, and the few times he peed while chewing on the roadside.

Everyone knows that Cao Cao's words and deeds are out of line, but it is the first time to see a general riding in such a luxurious carriage and carrying snacks along the way. In addition to this novelty, he can even use his own father. When he was recommended as a filial and honest official on the spot, who endorsed him?

You scatter saliva all the way during the march and battle, do you think you are a dog? Even Cao Teng, that damn eunuch, is more cultured than you.

Under the influence of this booklet, some people thought that Lu Bu looked much more handsome. When it came to mocking Cao Cao, everyone was surprisingly unanimous.

After being angry for a few days, Cao Cao quickly prepared himself mentally. He used the phrase "the victor writes the history books" to trick himself into packing up his things and weapons and continued to fight Yuan Shu.

The current situation is like this. Yuan Shao has captured Gongsun Zan, and now everyone in Hebei has the surname Yuan, and they are plotting to take Guanzhong; in Guanzhong, because Jia Xu has become a good man, everyone is living a good life, but Ma Teng and Han Sui are a bit annoying, and they also want to attack Guanzhong; now Lu Bu has surrendered to Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shu asked him to continue working with Cao Cao, because Chen Gong's assistance to Cao Cao is not easy.

So many people thought that the next place to break the balance of the situation would be Guanzhong. At that time, two things happened, which became the flashpoint of a big melee.

The health of Liu Biao of Jingzhou was getting worse day by day, and the issue of succession began to be exposed. Between his eldest son Liu Qi and his second son Liu Cong, Liu Biao definitely preferred Liu Qi, but his wife Cai did not like him.

In fact, Cai's attitude is not important. The key is that her brother Cai Mao and cousin Zhang Yun also don't like Liu Qi, which is fatal. If he wants to give it to Liu Qi, he can't control it. If he wants to give it to Liu Cong, he has worked in Jingzhou for nothing for so many years.

Before I, Liu Biao, came to Jingzhou, the local tyrants had the final say here. Even after I, Liu Biao, died, the local tyrants still had the final say here. So, didn’t I, Liu Biao, come here in vain?

If you can't make a decision, just put it off day by day. The problem still can't be solved now, and even your eldest son's life may be at stake.

When Liu Biao was emoting about this matter, Sun Ce was also emoting. He originally worked for Yuan Shu, and he shed blood and made contributions for Yuan Shu, and even when he was injured, he still rushed forward desperately. But Yuan Shu only treated him as an employee, and he could not become a shareholder and get dividends. Even Lu Bu, who came later, rode on his head.

Sun Ce, who felt that progress was far from being achieved, noticed the changes within Jingzhou and thought that this was an opportunity to break away from Yuan Shu. But as I said, the opportunity was there, and he only had a few veterans and a few troops left by his father Sun Jian, so it was not an ordinary requirement to take Jingzhou.

For this reason, he drank to drown his sorrows every day.

"Sir, there is someone outside the mansion who wants to see you." The servant walked around the wine jars on the ground and came to Sun Ce with a note in his hand.

"When my father was alive, the house was packed with people, but now..." Sun Ce took the note, opened it, and jumped up immediately when he saw the man looking up: "Hurry, help me up!"

The servant didn't understand what was going on and quickly helped the drunk Sun Ce up, then hurriedly trotted towards the door.

"Gongjin, Gongjin!"

Although he was still a long distance away from the door and didn't even see anyone, Sun Ce opened his mouth and shouted outside.

The guard at the gate opened the door quickly when he saw Sun Ce coming. Sun Ce jumped over the threshold, walked down the stairs in three or two steps and hugged the young man in white.