Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 281 Can I save you?
Liu Bei looked up at Liu Xie on the city wall for a long time, then sighed and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have come to you, King Qin, on the order of Duke Yuan!"

"As long as your majesty opens the city gates and lets the army march into the city, everything will be fine."

"Your Majesty, don't be stubborn."

When Liu Xie heard what Liu Bei said, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Are you safe?

If the army really enters the city, I will be a puppet again!
Kong Rong on the side looked at the cavalry all over the mountains and plains outside the city, took a long breath, and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, you must not open the city gate."

Liu Xie suppressed the fear in his heart and looked at Kong Rong.

Kong Rong said: "Although I have always disliked Cao Cao, I have to admit that Cao Cao still supports His Majesty."

"And this Yuan Shao has never thought that His Majesty is the lord of the world."

"In his early years, His Majesty was held hostage by Li Jue and Guo Si, and he called upon the world to be King Qin."

"Yuan Shao is in Jizhou, obviously closer, but he has done nothing."

"Why?"

"Yuan Shao even wanted to make Liu Yu the emperor."

"These all show that Yuan Shao has already had evil intentions."

"If the city gate is opened this time, based on Yuan Shao's ruthlessness, His Majesty will probably die in unknown circumstances."

"In this situation, we only have three options."

Liu Xie hurriedly asked: "General Zhennan, what are the three options?"

Kong Rong looked down at Liu Bei and others and said: "First, your Majesty is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and it is only natural and right for the emperor to die for the country."

Liu Xie: "."

Kong Rong looked at Liu Xiejie again and said, "Don't you want to be a wise king? This is the path a wise king should choose."

"It is impossible for a wise king to surrender to his subjects."

"Everyone in the world can surrender, but the wise king cannot."

Liu Xie's expression darkened, and his voice trembled uncontrollably as he said, "What are the two other options?"

He didn't have the courage to die.

If it had happened, he would have died long ago!
As early as when Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others were making trouble, he suffered humiliation.

Even when the harem was raped by these traitors, he did not dare to speak.

Especially last year, Cao Cao killed Dong Guiren, who was pregnant with his flesh and blood relatives, in front of him, and he did not dare to resist.

Thinking of the scene where Dong Guiren kept begging him, he would dream of Dong Guiren holding the baby every night and scolding him for his incompetence.

Kong Rong continued: "The second way is to wait for the heroes of the Central Plains to gather from all directions. But -"

Kong Rong paused and then said: "Now Yuan Shao has at least tens of thousands of cavalry here."

"And well-trained."

"With such a huge power, other heroes from the Central Plains may not dare to come."

"Even if you really dare to come, it will only delay the time for us to be attacked."

Liu Xie shed tears and said, "What about the third option?"

Kong Rong looked towards the east of the city and said, "The third thing is to ask Shouchun for help."

"Shuchun was captured by Jiangdong."

"In order to defend Yuan Shao from going south, Jiangdong must have sent heavy troops at this moment."

"The current situation between Jiang Dong and Yuan Shao is life and death."

"Even if there is a huge disparity in strength, Jiangdong will definitely use all his strength to defend the city."

"but--"

Kong Rong said quietly: "There is no difference between Jiangdong and Cao Cao."

"Once you ask for help from Jiangdong, Your Majesty may have to go back to his old ways."

Liu Xie didn't dare to reply and just lowered his head.

When Kong Rong saw this, he didn't rush him.

General Geng Ji and others did not dare to speak when they saw this.

Liu Bei, who was under the city, saw that Liu Xie and others did not respond, so he did not press any further.

He discussed with Zhang He, and finally the two cavalry groups divided into four groups and surrounded the entire Xudu.

That's their job.

Prevent anyone in the city from escaping Xudu.

Next, just wait.

Waiting for Yuan Shao to arrive in person with his army.

Shouchun.

Lu Yi listened to Chen Gong's complete analysis of the situation in the Central Plains and determined various strategies to face Yuan Shao before letting everyone go to rest.

During this rapid march, everyone needs to rest.

Moreover, to face strong enemies, one must have full spirit.

However, before he had slept for two hours in the bedroom prepared for him by Chen Gong, Chen Gong woke him up and said: "The urgent battle report just came. Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei and Zhang He to lead nearly [-] cavalry and marched directly. Outside Xudu City, four city gates were surrounded."

"Nearly ten thousand cavalry!"

"Pang Tong and Huang Gai's 5000 men stationed in Guandu did not stop them at all."

"It looks like they were either defeated or on their way back."

"What shall we do now?"

"Should we immediately lead our troops to assist? Or should we wait and see what happens?"

Lu Yi got off the bed, rubbing his brows and keeping pace.

When Cao Cao was the King of Qin, it was because he was weak and needed the golden sign of the Emperor to recruit talented people. He also went about conquering under the banner of righteousness.

But now there are only seven princes in the world: Yuan Shao of Hebei, Cao Cao of Tongguan, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, princes of Guanzhong, Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Shixie of Jiaozhou and his own Jiangdong.

The current situation between Hebei Yuan Shao and Tongguan Cao Cao and themselves will definitely lead to a fight to the death.

Regardless of whether there is the golden sign of the Emperor, it will not be affected.

It is impossible for the talents under their management to abandon them and seek refuge with them.

The princes in Guanzhong will be dealt with by Cao Cao sooner or later, don't even think about it.

Not to mention, this group of people are rebels themselves, and recruiting them will only cause trouble.

Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Shixie of Jiaozhou were all the main defenders.It's not a climate at all.

Therefore, in the current situation, the emperor is indeed not of much use to him.

Moreover, the emperor has many things to do.

If he was honest, everything would be easy to talk about.

But he had just been rescued by Cao Cao from the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si and moved the capital to Xudu. He began to be dishonest and colluded with so-called loyal ministers several times to cause trouble.

Even in the early days of Guandu, when Cao Cao was under pressure, he issued a "Belt Edict."

Now, Cao Cao kept him in Xudu for some reason, but he still didn't stop causing trouble.

First, Xun Yu, who did not follow Cao Cao, was killed.

Now, without any brains, he directly openly recruited the Central Plains general Qin Wang to fight against Yuan Shao and himself.

Such people.

If he really goes to help, even if he saves his life, he will not be grateful. Instead, he will think that he is the son of destiny and continue to torment.

I am not like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had a group of loyal soldiers who followed him in the north and south.

And he only rose up by uniting the major families.

Although the Lu family is getting stronger and stronger now, it has even become the first family in Jiangdong.

However, the strength of the Lu family is far from being able to resist the alliance of other aristocratic families.

Once the emperor is saved and the emperor causes trouble and unites other aristocratic families to fight against him, then he can only spend a lot of time dealing with him every day.

Now that Yuan Shao is moving south, Cao Cao is likely to capture Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Yizhou and other places.

There is also a Jiaozhou Shixie in his abdomen.

But there is no such thing as leisure time.

Thinking of this, Lu Yi stopped and said to Chen Gong, "Ms. Yuan has been in mourning for more than two years now."

"She is the woman betrothed to Gu by Yuan Shu during his lifetime."

"I came here only once. I left in such a hurry before that I didn't even see her."

"Now that I think about it, it's really wrong."

"Gongtai, please make arrangements. I will go to Shu County now. First, I will pay homage to Yuan Shu, and second, I will have a heart-to-heart talk with Yuan."

Chen Gong responded.

He quite agreed with Wu Hou's decision.

If the emperor is honest, then saving him is good. As a minister of the Han Dynasty, he can give the Han Dynasty his final explanation.

However, the emperor doesn't know how to be grateful at all, and he is too tolerant.

Now that the strength of the Han Dynasty has been exhausted, it is really ridiculous that he still dreams of restoring the glory of the Han Dynasty.

He thinks everyone is Emperor Guangwu?
Not to mention, now that Jingzhou, Jiangdong, Xuzhou and other places are under the governance of Wu Hou, the army has done nothing to harm the people, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone is doing good.

If the emperor is introduced again, it will definitely cause some waves.

It was the emperor and these civil and military ministers who benefited, but it was the common people who suffered.

He didn't want to.

Now Wu Hou thought the same thing. Without saying a word, he trotted out immediately, prepared his carriage and horses, and asked Shi Huan to take two thousand Jiangdong disciples to escort Lu Yi to Shu County immediately.

Taishi Ci, Jia Xu and other generals and counselors also sent Lu Yi away.

Ji Ling asked curiously: "Why did Marquis Wu return to Shu County in such a hurry?"

Chen Gong said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that Mrs. Yuan is mourning Yuan Shu in Shu County. Marquis Wu thought of this, so he rushed to meet her. After all, the couple came together, how could they not visit?"

Looking at the others again, Chen Gong said: "Everyone should go out less recently and have a good rest. When Marquis Wu comes back after enough rest, we will make another plan."

All the generals and counselors responded one after another and went back to rest.

Let’s talk about Xu Du.

After Liu Bei and Zhang He besieged the city, they did not attack the city for several days.

However, they also surrounded the four city gates of Xudu, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.

Liu Xie sat alone in the palace hall, dumbfounded.

At this moment, General Geng Ji walked in.

Liu Xie quickly stood up and said: "General, what's the situation outside? How many heroes from the Central Plains are here? Do they have any plans to open a gap so that we can get out?"

Geng Ji stopped not far in front of Liu Xie and said with a bitter look on his face: "No, I didn't see anyone coming to help."

"and--"

Liu Xie looked at Geng Ji nervously.

Geng Ji's voice was a little disappointed and he said: "The agents sent out by me have found out that Yuan Shao, led by one hundred thousand infantry archers, has crossed the Yellow River and captured Puyang and Chenliu, and is coming with great momentum."

Liu Xie sat down on the dragon chair and said with a desperate look on his face: "Aren't there Jiangdong troops in Guandu? Didn't they resist?"

Geng Ji breathed out and said: "Cao Cao from Guandu led his troops to withdraw. They are all in Tongguan. They are the main force."

"Although Jiangdong sent reinforcements to support, there are only 5000 people."

"How can 5000 people resist a hundred thousand infantry archers?"

"Not to mention, Liu Bei and Zhang He led [-] cavalry to besiege the city, which means that the [-] infantry archers have already withdrawn."

Liu Xie screamed: "What about Puyang and Chen Liu? Didn't those aristocratic families organize some resistance?"

Geng Ji smiled bitterly and said: "One hundred thousand archers, Your Majesty! Moreover, among those aristocratic families, which one is not a disciple of the Yuan family?"

"Yuan Shao, the Fourth and Third Duke, was born, and all the Han Dynasty are disciples and former officials of the Yuan family."

Liu Xie lay slumped on the dragon chair.

Seeing him like this, Geng Ji hesitated for a while, and then summoned up the courage to say: "Now, we can only ask for help from Shouchun."

"If it's now, it's still too late."

"There are only ten thousand cavalry besieging the city gate."

"With my careful work, I can still escape and ask for help from Shouchun Jiangdong."

"But once Yuan Shao's [-] archers and infantry arrive, there will be no way to save the day."

Liu Xie looked at Geng Ji with a pale face.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Give me some more time to think about it."

(End of this chapter)