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Chapter 90 The Eve of the Battle of Guandu II

Of course, Liu Bei couldn't know about such a sensitive topic, so he said, "How can you know who is the hero in the world?"

Since Cao Cao had asked such a question, he would not let Liu Bei go so simply. He smiled and said, "It's okay to talk about it. Even if you have never met you before, you can talk about it when you hear the name. If you make any comments."

Liu Bei was helpless and had been brewing for a moment before he began to mention: "Yuan Shu in Huainan had the ambition to be the emperor. Although he had failed and became a traitor, he had also dominated the country and had sufficient military and food. Can he be a hero?"

Cao Cao smiled disdainfully: "The defeated general has a dry bone in the tomb. He rebelled against the traitor. He will not live long. He will be captured and killed by me sooner or later. He will be considered a hero."

Liu Yu thought about it and said, "Yuan Shao, Hebei, had four ancestors and three dukes. He now owned four prefectures in Hebei. He is known as the largest prince in the world. He has strong strength and ambitions to plan for the world. Can he be a hero?"

Cao Cao was also disdainful. He shook his head and smiled, "Yuan Shao? I and I grew up together in Luoyang. I know his character, being harsh and brave, indecisive, and cherishing my body when doing great things. It depends entirely on the remaining empress of our ancestors. Only then can we achieve this achievement. What kind of hero?"

Liu Bei said again: "Is there a person ranked among the eight masters of the world, and the power of the nine provinces is in Jiuzhou. Can Liu Jingsheng, Jingzhou be a hero?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "The name is not true, and he is not a hero."

Liu Bei said again: "Sun Ce from Jiangdong is full of energy and has dominated Jiangdong. Can he be considered a hero?"

Cao Cao paused, then shook his head and said, "It is not as good as his father by his name, nor is it a hero."

Liu Bei said again: "Can Liu Zhang, Yizhou be a hero?"

Cao Cao smiled contemptuously and said, "Although he is a relative of the Han Dynasty, he is incompetent and has no ambitions. He can only guard the land of Yizhou and is not worthy of the word "hero".

Liu Bei was silent and did not continue talking.

Cao Cao drank a cup of wine and said, "Why didn't Xuande continue to talk? Isn't there anyone else not?"

Liu Bei was reluctant and asked, "Liu Yu and Liu Shimin, Guanzhong, captured the city in his early years, captured Hanzhong, Guanzhong, and Liangzhou, and attacked the Huns again. Can they be heroes?"

Cao Cao did not answer immediately. He thought of the nineteen princes in his early years to attack Dong, and also thought of Liu Yu's continuous rise over the years. After a while, he took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Liu Shimin is extremely cunning. Looking at his rise, no one in the world can surpass him. I am not as good as him. He is the true hero of the world!"

Liu Bei felt sad and had a feeling of envy, jealousy and hatred, so he continued to remain silent.

Cao Cao was also silent for a while, and suddenly he smiled again: "Although he has to admit that Liu Shimin is a hero, he is not the only one in the world who is a hero, there are two more."

Liu Bei asked curiously: "Who is the Prime Minister talking about?"

Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei and suddenly tentatively said: "Of course it is me and Brother Xuande."

Liu Bei was shocked and realized that there was murderous intent. His back was cold. At this moment, the rain was coming and the thunder sounded loudly. Liu Bei's mind changed, and the sea of ​​consciousness flashed by. His hand shook instantly, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground. After the thunder, he pretended to be calm and leaned down and picked up the chopsticks. At the same time, he seemed to be bowing to Cao Cao. After getting up, he shook his head and said helplessly: "The power of shock just now is even this."

Cao Cao was a little drunk. He didn't know that Liu Bei did it on purpose, but just took it as thunder. It shows that Liu Bei was not a person with a strong mind. He let go of his mind, so he joked: "A real man is afraid of thunder?"

Liu Bei smiled helplessly and said, "The saint's clouds and thunder are the will of heaven. Who in the world dares not be afraid of heaven's will? Bei must not be afraid of it."

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this. Everyone was afraid of thunder, but Cao Cao was not afraid. Then Cao Cao did not continue to test Liu Bei. After drinking several more cups with Liu Bei, he was drunk and let Liu Bei leave.

Liu Bei left the prime minister's mansion, his back was covered in cold sweat.

Xu Buping is afraid that the storm will begin, and Cao Cao is also a tiger and wolf. He lives at the moment of Cao Cao. Sooner or later, Cao Cao will see through the murder and try every means to leave Xu Du.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei's vision was indeed fierce. Although he didn't know the matter of the robbery, he felt the turbulent and avoided Xu Du.

Liu Bei was afraid that he would be killed by Cao Cao sooner or later when he stayed in Xudu.

Taking advantage of the sudden news in Huainan that day, Yuan Shu lost Shouchun and fled to the south of the Huai River. After losing his strength, he was attacked by Sun Ce and lost Yuzhang. The two counties of Poyang finally couldn't hold on and wanted to take the jade seal north to surrender to Yuan Shao. Liu Bei found that Yuan Shu would pass Xuzhou north, so he asked to order a team of people to intercept Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao didn't think much about it for a moment, but was fooled by Liu Bei's words. He directly regarded Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao as generals, and ordered Liu Bei as the nominal governor to lead 50,000 troops to Xuzhou to intercept Yuan Shu and regain the jade seal.

Liu Bei was killed and didn't know how excited he was. He packed his clothes with Zhang Fei, Guan Hai and others overnight. The next day, he hurriedly left Xudu with Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao, generals with 50,000 Cao soldiers, and headed straight for Xuzhou.

When Liu Bei left the territory of Xudu, Cao Cao suddenly regretted that although Liu Bei had no real power, he should not have let Liu Bei leave Xudu like this. He ordered Xu Chu to lead five hundred cavalry to chase him, hoping to recover Liu Bei.

However, Liu Bei was swimming in the sea and never returned. When Xu Chu caught up, Liu Bei was approaching Xu Chu and fooled Xu Chu: "Xuzhou is already close to you, and the orders of the king outside the country are not accepted. This is just to kill Yuan Shu and take back the treasure jade seal from the country to the Prime Minister. There is no other idea. General Xu can go back to Xu Du to report to the Prime Minister."

Xu Chu was Liu Bei's opponent when he came, and Cao Cao did not ask him to kill Liu Bei, so he was fooled by Liu Bei back to Xu Du.

Soon, Liu Bei successfully intercepted Yuan Shu. After killing Yuan Shu, he fooled Zhu Ling again. Lu Zhao returned to Xudu with the imperial seal to report his victory to Cao Cao. The 50,000 troops he brought were stationed in Xuzhou first, protecting the border and safeguarding the people, and waiting for Cao Cao's orders.

In this way, Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were deceived by Liu Bei back to Xudu for the purpose of presenting the jade seal. Now, the general of the main army was no longer there, and Liu Bei was the nominal general of the army, and instantly seized power and quickly turned Cao Cao's 50,000 troops into his own.

Xu Du, Cao Cao first saw Xu Chu return without success, and then saw Zhu Ling. Lu Zhao brought only one hundred or so people back to Xu Du, and all the 50,000 troops were left in Xuzhou and gave them to Liu Bei. Cao Cao was so angry that he almost killed Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao and the other two.

Only then did Cao Cao suddenly realize that he had been deceived by Liu Bei.

However, it was too late to say anything. Soon, again news came from Xuzhou that Xuzhou City and Xia Pi were controlled by Liu Bei one after another. Guangling Prefect Chen Deng also betrayed him and surrendered to Liu Bei. Therefore, Guangling County was also controlled by Liu Bei.

The six counties in Xuzhou instantly left the third one, plus the 50,000 army, Cao Cao's losses were really heavy, and it was so miserable.

Cao Cao roared: "Liu Bei's thief, I'm too lying to me, I swear to kill you!"

Then he raised 200,000 troops and divided his troops into five groups. While Liu Bei was not yet firm in his foothold, he rushed to Xuzhou.

After Liu Bei seized the three counties of Xuzhou and Cao Cao's 50,000 troops, he knew that Cao Cao would not let him go and would definitely raise an army to attack him. So he planned with Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others and wrote a letter to ask Yuan Shao for help...

Just at this moment, Dong Cheng took advantage of Cao Cao's attention to Liu Bei and finally sent the robbery out of Xudu. Because Yuan Shao had a good deal with Dong Cheng, the robbery was directly sent to Yuan Shao.
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