Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

"Liu Bei's army is too large to be resisted. My lord, let's go quickly." The scout urged anxiously.

"Damn it!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Liu Bei to do this.

"Cao Cao, you bastard, prepare to die!" At this moment, a loud noise came from the flank of Cao's army, followed by Xu Chu's voice.

"Oh no, Xu Chu has caught up with us. Retreat, retreat!" Cao Cao thought to himself that something was not good and quickly led his army to retreat.

When Xu Chu saw Cao Cao running away, he immediately wanted to chase him, but before he could make a move, he ran into Liu Bei's army who came to intercept him.

Xu Chu was furious and started fighting with Liu Bei's soldiers without saying a word. Xu Chu was a strong martial artist with extraordinary talent, and ordinary soldiers were no match for him.

Not long after, Cao Cao disappeared from everyone's sight.

Xu Chu, on the other hand, chased after the soldiers of Liu Bei's army, not letting go of any chance.

The soldiers of Liu Bei's army fell one by one under Xu Chu's horse's hooves.

"Zhongkang, don't kill him. It's time for us to leave. Otherwise, Liu Bei's army will come." Guan Yu shouted.

Guan Yu's words awakened Xu Chu, who was furious. Xu Chu saw that more and more soldiers from Liu Bei's army were gathering, and he sighed in his heart: "Forget it, we can't kill them all anyway."

Xu Chu spurred his horse and hurried back.

Guan Yu also followed Xu Chu back.

At this time, Xu Shu had already caught up and said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, where is Cao Cao?"

"Gone." Xu Chu replied.

"Gone? How could this happen?" Xu Shu was a little confused. He was still planning to pursue the victory.

"I don't know either, but Cao Cao escaped very quickly." Xu Chu shook his head.

Guan Yu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Wenyuan, did our plan succeed?"

Xu Shu said bitterly: "No, Cao Cao has already seen through our conspiracy."

"No wonder Uncle Liu didn't send a large army here. It turns out he had anticipated that we would rebel." Liu Bei was filled with emotion.

"My lord, let's retreat quickly. If Cao Ang knew that you had surrendered to the enemy, you would definitely not survive." Guan Yu said worriedly.

In fact, Liu Bei was also very afraid of Cao Ang's anger, after all, he had betrayed Cao Ang.

But now he had no chance to retreat.

Xu Shu said, "My Lord, I think we must rush to Xiangyang right now because we are running low on food and grass."

Liu Bei then remembered that he had no food, so he immediately gave the order: "Okay, set off for Xiangyang immediately."

"My lord, who will take care of things here?" Guan Yu asked.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, "Let's leave this to Xu Yuanzhi."

Xu Shu gladly accepted the job.

……

When Cao Ang learned from Cao Cao that Cao Cao had defected to Sun Ce, he became furious.

"You little bastard Cao Ang, how dare you lie to me!" Cao Ang cursed and swept everything on the table to the ground.

Guo Jia and others were shocked and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Cao Ang suppressed his inner anger and said, "Gentlemen, please stand up. Liu Bei deceived me and deserves death!"

"My lord, Liu Bei deserves to be put to death. I suggest that Liu Bei be executed," Jia Xu suggested.

"I second the motion." Li Gui also agreed.

The other ministers also agreed.

Cao Ang shook his head. Liu Bei was his uncle after all. If Liu Bei was really punished, it would probably chill the hearts of others.

"Forget it! Although Liu Bei deserves death, I will spare his life for his loyalty.

"I will spare his life, but demote him to a commoner, confiscate his property and exterminate his clan, as a warning to others!" Cao Ang decided to forgive Liu Bei just once. If Liu Bei heard what Cao Ang said, he would probably vomit three liters of blood. The only mistake he made in his life was deceiving Cao Ang.

"My lord, please be merciful!" everyone shouted.

Cao Ang waved his hand and asked everyone to leave, leaving only Guo Jia and Li Gui.

"Fengxiao, Gongtai, do you think Liu Bei really betrayed me this time, or is there another hidden secret?" Cao Ang asked.

Guo Jia and Li Gui looked at each other, and Li Gui cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there must be something fishy about Liu Bei's actions."

"Oh? How do you mean?" Cao Ang became interested.

"My lord, Liu Bei has about 50,000 fewer troops than ours. How can he deal with us?
Unless Liu Bei was kicked in the head by a donkey.

Furthermore, Liu Bei's soldiers were all newly recruited and could not be trained in a short period of time.

Liu Bei will never be able to hold back our army with his own prestige or troops. Liu Bei will end up with only one outcome - escape!" Li Gui analyzed.

Cao Ang deeply agreed with this. According to common sense, there was absolutely no way Liu Bei could delay for such a long time.

"My lord, there must be some hidden reason behind Liu Bei's action. Please allow me to investigate it thoroughly." Guo Jia suddenly said.

Li Gui raised his eyebrows. He understood that Guo Jia was fighting for the right to investigate, so he remained silent.

Cao Ang thought about it for a while and decided that it would be a good idea to let Guo Jia investigate so as to avoid any misunderstandings in the future.

So Cao Ang said, "Since Fengxiao wants to investigate, then let's do it. As long as there is irrefutable evidence, we will severely punish Liu Bei."

"Thank you, my lord!" Guo Jia was overjoyed that Cao Ang actually handed over the power to him.

Cao Ang asked Guo Jia to do his job as soon as possible, and Guo Jia said goodbye.

"Why didn't you speak just now?" Cao Ang asked Li Gui after Guo Jia left.

Li Gui touched his nose awkwardly: "I think it's better to let Feng Xiao handle this matter. I won't get involved."

Cao Ang glared at him and said, "You! Forget it. I'd better go and see Lu Bu."

Lu Bu was seriously injured, and Cao Ang was still very worried about his safety.

"My lord, General Lu is now recuperating in the tent in the north of the city." Dian Wei brought Cao Ang to the outside of Lu Bu's tent: "General Lu has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the tent to disturb him."

Cao Ang's face turned cold. Lu Bu was on guard against him.

"Then don't worry about him. You go down first." Cao Ang waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" Dian Wei agreed and left.

Cao Ang pushed open the door of Lu Bu's tent and saw Lu Bu lying on the bed unconscious.

"Fengxian!" Cao Ang called out to Lu Bu hurriedly.

Lu Bu slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw that it was Cao Ang, he smiled and said, "My lord, I am fine."

"You are still okay even though you are injured like this?" Cao Ang shouted angrily, "I order you to return to the capital immediately and treat your injuries."

Lu Bu shook his head: "My lord, I am fine."

Lu Bu is now desperate and is trying every possible means to find a cure. He always feels that Cao Ang will abandon him on the battlefield.

Cao Ang said sternly: "I don't care, you must return to Beijing tonight. Otherwise, I will send you back to Hulao Pass."

Lü Bu smiled bitterly and said, "My Lord, I was injured in the chest, not in my legs. I will take care of myself."

"You!" Cao Ang was very angry.

At this time, Lu Bu also felt that he had said too much, so he lowered his head and said.

"My Lord, please let me stay here.

During this period, I have also gotten used to fighting on the border. If I return to the capital, I will not be able to adapt." (End of this chapter)