Chapter 65 Yuan Shu's Army Arrives
Mi Zhu sighed and said, "Two days ago, Lu Bu raided Xuzhou, and now Xuzhou has fallen into Lu Bu's hands. The prefects of other counties may have turned to Lu Bu at this moment."
Liu Bei and Guan Yu were shocked. Guan Yu pulled Zhang Fei and said angrily: "It must be that you were greedy for drinking and drinking that made a big mistake! How did you assure us before my brother and I left? How did you deal with my brother? We were homeless in this loss in Xuzhou!"
Zhang Fei was extremely guilty, and suddenly shouted, snatching the waist of a soldier next to him, and then snatching the knife of a soldier next to him. Everyone present was shocked, but Guan Yu quickly saw his wrist. However, Zhang Fei was determined to die, and Guan Yu could hardly catch him. Zhang Fei struggled hard and shouted, "I'm sorry, brother! I apologize for death!"
Bang! Suddenly, with a crisp sound, Liu Bei slapped Zhang Fei hard. Zhang Fei was stunned and forgot to struggle.
Liu Bei shouted angrily: "I am the same as the righteousness of life and death. If you die, how can I and Chang Chang live alone!"
Zhang Fei collapsed, knelt down with a plop, and cried.
Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and let Zhang Fei go. Suddenly he thought of something, he asked hurriedly: "You have escaped, how are your sister-in-law and the others?" Zhang Fei lowered his head and couldn't speak. Mi Zhu sighed: "We also escaped by luck, and the ladies are all trapped in the city!"
Zhang Fei suddenly stood up and roared: "We will fight with Lu Bu when we go back. I will not give up until we kill the slave of the three surnames!"
Guan Yu shouted, "Third brother, don't be reckless! Now that Ji Ling's army is approaching, if we fight with Lu Bu and Yuan Shu's army takes advantage of the situation to attack, we will all be doomed! Because your recklessness has been abandoned by Xuzhou, you must not be reckless now!" Zhang Fei was speechless, lowered his head, and was very angry.
Mi Zhu said to Liu Bei: "Lord, what Chief Yun said is so great!"
Liu Bei thought for a moment, sighed and said, "Let's go back to Xuzhou first and talk to Lu Bu again and again."
On that day, Liu Bei urgently ordered the army to return to Xuzhou. At this time, the news of Lu Bu's occupation of Xuzhou had spread throughout the army, and many Xuzhou soldiers fled without their superiors. When Liu Bei came to the city of Xuzhou, there were only less than 40,000 troops left under Liu Bei's 70,000 troops, and almost half of them escaped.
When Ailang heard that Liu Bei was back, he came to the city gate tower to meet Liu Bei and sang: "Xuande, it was not that I intended to take your Xuzhou. It was because your third brother Zhang Fei was drunk and beat the soldiers in the city to change his mind. I was worried that it would cause a disaster, so he led his army into the city to take over Xuzhou!" Zhang Fei immediately stared at Liu Bei with a pair of ring eyes staring at Ailang, his eyes were about to spit out of fire, but at this moment he did not attack, but just his finger holding the Snake Spear turned white due to excessive force.
Liu Bei clasped his fists and said, "This is my third brother's fault, and it is no wonder that Fengxian is not. I have always been worried that it will be difficult to govern Xuzhou with my virtue, but the general is famous as the Yulin Guard General of the court. Xuzhou is handed over to the general, and I feel relieved."
Ai Lang said loudly: "Xuande can understand that no matter how good it is, it will be gone. By the way, I have protected Xuande's family well, so I will give it to Xuande." Then he waved his hand and opened the city gate immediately. A team of personal soldiers originally belonging to Liu Bei supported several cars and drove out of the city and headed straight to Liu Bei's army. The curtain of the car was lifted, revealing two beautiful faces like flowers. Sure enough, they were Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi.
Liu Bei clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Fengxian for being so kind and righteous."
Ailang said: "Please go to Xiaopei's troops temporarily. I will provide all the food and salary. Xuande doesn't have to worry."
"Since that's the case, thank you Fengxian." Then Liu Bei led the army back to Xiaopei.
Jia Xu, Liu Bei, who was standing beside Ailang, couldn't help but say: "Although Liu Bei is seeking fame, he can still be so calm when he encounters such a big change. The deep cunning is heartbreaking! This person is not simple, we must be careful in the future!"
Ailang looked indifferent. He had just won Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and the prefects of Xuzhou counties came to Saicheng one after another, and he was in high spirits.
Liu Bei brought his brothers' family and his troops to Xiaopei and settled down. Zhang Fei finally couldn't help it and asked, "Brother, let's swallow this tone!"
Liu Bei sighed and smiled and said, "Although Xuzhou was occupied by Lu Bu, we still have the city of Xiaopei and tens of thousands of troops, which is much better than in the past!"
Mi Zhu couldn't help but say, "Why should I go to Yuan Shao?"
Zhang Fei roared angrily: "It was Yuan Shao who instructed Lu Bu to seize our Xuzhou and go to join him for what?" Liu Bei looked thoughtful.
At this time, Guan Yu came in, clasped his fists and said, "Brother." Liu Bei quickly raised his head and asked, "How many troops are there with us to Xiaopei?"
Guan Yu sighed and said, "Only 20,000 people have come."
Zhang Fei couldn't help but curse: "Those ungrateful things are really damn!"
Liu Bei smiled and said, "It's no wonder they are. After all, people are walking towards a high place! In fact, there are 20,000 soldiers following us, which is a surprise to me!" Then he said, "You all go down and rest. These days have been really hard." Everyone bowed to Liu Bei and went one after another.
Liu Bei ordered someone to call Sun Qian and handed him a letter, and told him: "This is my handwritten letter to Prime Minister Cao. You set off for Xuchang immediately. Be sure to hand the letter to Prime Minister Cao with your own hands." Sun Qian took the letter with both hands and said with his fists: "I will definitely not be humiliating my fate!" Then he turned around and left.
By the way, Ji Ling was ordered to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Liu Bei, but suddenly received a report that Lu Bu had seized Xuzhou, while Liu Bei led his army to retreat to Xiaopei. Ji Ling immediately ordered someone to return the matter to Yuan Shu, and at the same time he led the army to drive directly to Xiaopei. After all, Yuan Shu's order was to attack Liu Bei instead of Lu Bu.
Not long after, the urgent report came to Xiaopei, and Liu Bei immediately ordered the armies to prepare for war, and at the same time sent Mi Zhu to Xuzhou for help.
Chapter completed!