Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 396 The house leaks and it rains all night

In the Shouchun Prefecture.

Liu Bei's face was frighteningly gloomy.

After the emperor's bloody edict was issued and Liu Yao withdrew his troops, within just three days, the civil and military officials who had returned from Yuan Shu's family packed their bags and left as if fleeing for their lives.

To show his benevolence, Liu Bei let them all go without stopping them.

At this time, except for the three brothers in the hall, only Xu Shu, Chen Dao, Sun Qian and Jian Yong remained.

"Yuan Zhi, what should we do for now?"

Xu Shu thought about it for a long time, but in the end it was difficult to come up with a plan.

Once the emperor's blood edict was issued, Liu Bei was almost placed on the absolute opposite side of Cao Cao.

Following the imperial edict? The remaining princes surnamed Liu are all waiting to see Liu Bei's joke, and they will definitely not send troops to help. With only Huainan, facing the land of Cao Wei and Jiuzhou, there is no difference between an egg hitting a stone.

Are you not following the imperial edict? Liu Bei had built his reputation on loyalty and benevolence, which is why he gained his current reputation. Not respecting the Han Dynasty and not serving the emperor is a big label to be slapped on, and everyone in the world will regard Liu Bei as a hypocrite, hypocritical benevolence, hypocrisy, and there will be no chance to turn around in the future.

If you choose the former, you will die standing up; if you choose the latter, you will live on your knees.

"Brother, Cao Cao is very scary. If you give me three thousand soldiers and horses, I will go to Yecheng and poke ten thousand transparent holes in him right now."

Zhang Fei couldn't stand the silent and oppressive atmosphere at first, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Nonsense! Do you think you are Zhang Ziqian in Yunxiao Pavilion, riding down to Yecheng with three thousand cavalry?"

"Huh, that Zhang Manzi is just in Ye, isn't he in Xiangyang now? The other generals of Cao Wei are not worth mentioning in my eyes."

Liu Bei raised his head and said: "Yide, Yide, although there is no Zhang Wu in Yecheng, there are still Lu Bu and Zhao Yun. Not to mention that Cao Cao has hundreds of generals under his command, but there are only two of them, how should you deal with them?"

Zhang Fei waved his hand impatiently: "It's just Zilong. That Lu Bu is just a slave of the third surname. I haven't taken it seriously yet."

The others took refuge late and did not know the inside story. They only thought that Zhang Fei was brave and could fight Lu Bu fiercely.

But Liu Daguan and the other two looked at each other in silence, not knowing how to describe this guy.

People can be conceited, but they must be able to recognize themselves.

After the battle between Zhang and Lu in front of Hulao Pass, Lu Bu indeed lost his title as the best general in the world.

But this 'Zhang' is Zhang Wu's Zhang, not Zhang Fei's Zhang.

No matter how bad Lu Bu is, there is no problem in suppressing Zhang Fei and beating him.

What's more, Yecheng is the center of Cao Wei, so what if Zhang Fei really defeats Lu Bu?

If you don't say anything else, just promise that the two of you are by your side, how many people in the world can kill Cao Cao?

Liu Bei didn't like to talk to Zhang Fei, so he asked Xu Shu, "Yuan Zhi has a good plan."

"My lord mentioned Zhao Yun before, but it reminds me of someone. If I remember correctly, my lord must have an old relationship with General Gongsun. It would be better to borrow an imperial edict to recruit troops and buy horses openly, and secretly write a letter to make General Gongsun make peace and withdraw from Henan." Chapter to show sincerity."

Withdrawing from Yuzhang meant that Liu Bei never had the chance to get involved in Yuzhou, and had to shrink to Huainan to act as a barrier for Cao Wei to resist the northward invasion of Jiangdong forces.

This is also the only solution.

In fact, what Xu Shu was really worried about was that after the emperor's blood edict passed through the hands of Zhang Wu and Xun Yu, it would still spread out of Yecheng. This was obviously premeditated.

Now it is no longer whether Liu Bei is willing to secretly surrender to Cao Cao to end the war, but he is betting that Cao Cao is not so determined to destroy Liu Bei.

If Cao Cao was determined to destroy Liu Bei, they would have no chance from the moment Liu Yao retreated.

"Yuan Zhi said this is absolutely unacceptable."

Report! ~

Before Liu Bei finished speaking, a small school hurriedly broke into the prefect's mansion.

He knelt down and presented two letters: "Lord, someone outside the mansion sent two letters, saying that they were to be handed over to the military advisor."

"Where is the person who sent the letter?" "He left the letter and left."

Liu Bei didn't take it seriously and just nodded at Xu Shu. Xu Shu stepped forward to take the letter and looked at it. His expression became worse and worse. At the end of the day, he couldn't catch the letter and scattered it on the floor.

Liu Bei quickly got up and went down to the hall. He held Xu Shu's arm and asked with concern: "Why is Yuan Zhi so anxious?"

"Lord!"

Xu Shu cried out sadly, picked up the letter from the ground and handed it to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei took a rough look, he stayed where he was as if he had been struck by lightning.

Among the two letters, one is a letter from Xu's mother, saying that she is old and hopes that her son, Xu Shu, will be a filial piety.

The other letter was written by Wei King Cao Cao himself, saying that Xu Shu did not need to worry, and that he would take good care of Xu Shu's mother for Xu Shu. The threat is self-evident.

After a long time, Liu Bei regained his composure, patted Xu Shu's shoulder helplessly, and sighed: "Don't ask me what Yuan Zhi's plan is. If you want to leave, I will not stop you."

"You can't walk, what are you talking about?"

Liu Bei had no intention of paying attention to Zhang Fei anymore and slumped back to the main seat to sit down.

With tears in his eyes, Xu Shu bowed his hands apologetically and left the hall resolutely.

Filial piety comes first, no matter how much he admires Liu Bei or hates Cao Cao, once this kind of family letter comes out, he cannot help but leave.

If he doesn't leave, he won't be able to feel at ease for the rest of his life.

In the empty hall, there is no Xu Shu.

Liu Bei seems to have returned to the time when he first started his career, with three people including Wu Buguan, Zhang and Chen.

Wen only has second-rate counselors like Sun Qian and Jian Yong.

On the other hand, in Cao Wei, powerful generals such as Zhang, Lu, Zhao, and Huang were all enemies of ten thousand people, and there were more than a thousand warriors who were good at fighting.

The five masterminds are all extremely resourceful people.

The internal affairs are clear and the troops and horses are strong. Standing majestically in the north to see the world. If you don't move, it will be over. If you move, everything you point to will be wasteland.

Now that he has lost Xu Shu again, Liu Bei can no longer see any hope.

Yecheng, Palace of the Prince of Wei.

In the study, Cao Cao looked south, Guo Jia followed him to one side, and there was no one else around.

"Fengxiao thinks, will Xu Shu come?"

"My lord, be at ease. I expect that Xu Shu will come and be driven by my lord."

"Hehehehe, you are a prodigal son who knows how to find nice things to say. It is despised for Gu to threaten his mother, so he surrendered unwillingly. How could he be driven by Gu? Forget it, let him go, Gu Fu Jiuzhou , I don’t care about raising an extra person.”

Guo Jia shook his head: "Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. My lord is now the king of Wei, and he is only one step away from the position of ninety-five. He can still sacrifice his reputation to threaten Xu Shu, which shows that he loves talents very seriously. Secondly, the new tax law After the execution, the people in the north all thought of their lord's kindness, and in a few words they only knew that there was King Wei in the world but did not know that there was an emperor. Xu's mother was standing by and said that if Xu Shu did not serve, it would be unfilial. Therefore Jia asserted that Xu Shu would surrender , if you surrender, you will be driven by the Lord."

During the conversation, neither of them mentioned whether Liu Bei would let Xu Shu leave.

There is nothing to discuss on this point. If it were someone else, it would be impossible to let Xu Shu leave to aid the enemy.

But Liu Bei's temperament is known to the world. He would rather let the people in the world betray me than teach me to betray the people in the world.

If Xu Shu wanted to leave, not only would Liu Bei not stop him, but he would probably have to send him off at a distance of ten miles.

(End of this chapter)