Jia Xu is in the first year of junior high school

On December 28, the fourth year of Jian'an, Li Dian and Xu Huang gathered 13,000 soldiers and horses, marched eighteen miles outside Puyang City, and set up camp.

At this time, Liu Bei only had 3,000 men in Puyang City.

"Change defense?"

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this.

He pointed at Xu Ping who came to deliver the message and cursed: "Cao's army is now camped eighteen miles outside Puyang City. Changing defenses at this time is no different from offering the city."

Xu Ping said: "This is not a villain's decision. My master also acted under orders."

Liu Bei looked at Xu Ping and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Please reply to General Ziyuan. Unless you are prepared and do not want to change defenses, you cannot change defenses now.

Cao's army is approaching the city. If Puyang changes its defenses, all previous arrangements will inevitably be shaken... If Cao's army takes the opportunity to attack, Puyang will definitely return to the hands of Cao's thieves. Please go back and put in a good word, sir, and tell General Ziyuan about the situation here. Please tell me. General Yuan, could you be more considerate."

"Well..."

Xu Ping hesitated.

Sun Qian hurriedly stepped forward and secretly handed a piece of gold horseshoe to Xu Ping.

"Sir, you are tired and have had a hard journey.

It’s just that the current situation is that my general has no choice. If we change defenses at this time, it will inevitably cause turmoil on the entire Henan front. Please put in a good word, sir."

A smile suddenly appeared on Xu Ping's face.

"In this way, the villain will report back truthfully."

"Thank you sir."

Liu Bei saw Xu Ping out of the yamen gate, and his expression darkened.

"Brother, why do you need to be in good terms with Na Po?" Guan Yu stepped forward and said.

Liu Bei shook his head and replied softly: "I don't want to do this, but I have no choice! Yuan Benchu ​​suddenly asked me to change my defense, which is quite strange. I'm worried that the thief Cao may have used some trick to make Yuan Shao suspicious of me, so he That’s why I made this decision…”

"so what?"

"Brother, you don't understand!"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Now we are living under Yuan Benchu's tent, but we are valued by Yuan Shao, which arouses suspicion.

In addition, the eldest son treated me with great courtesy, which will definitely make people suspicious. Although you and I have been working under Yuan Shao for a short time, the situation on Yuan Shao's side is very complicated. Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, should be Yuan Shao's heir; but Yuan Shao only loves his youngest son Yuan Shang, which makes his generals have their own thoughts... As far as I know, Yuan Shao's six major plotters have been divided into several factions. Among them, Guo Tu is judged by discipline, and each of them plans for his master, while Tian Feng is upright and upright. , he offended Yuan Shao with his words and was imprisoned. Although Ju Shou was respected by Yuan Shao, he could not trust him. Xu You was aloof and arrogant, and was greedy and despicable, so he could not be entrusted to him. We are afraid of being disliked by everyone when we come to join him. ah."

After Guan Yu heard this, he was silent.

"So Yuan Shao is not strong enough to hold on?"

Liu Bei didn't answer, just sighed softly.

"Lord, something bad is happening!"

Just when Liu Bei and Guan Yu were about to turn around and return to the government hall, Guan Ping rode up to the front of the government hall, dismounted and knelt on one knee, panting.

"Frankly, why are you so rude?"

Guan Yu asked sharply.

Liu Bei stopped Guan Yu, stepped forward and helped Guan Ping up, "Tanzhi, what happened?"

"Xu Ziyuan's slave is outside the city with his third uncle..."

"What's going on with your third uncle?"

"I had a conflict with my third uncle."

"ah?"

"The third uncle came back from patrolling the city. Unexpectedly, he encountered Xu You's slave who was out of the city. So the third uncle stepped forward to interrogate him. Unexpectedly, the slave was unreasonable. Not only did he refuse to obey, but he even insulted the uncle. The third uncle became angry and took the slave The slaves were pulled off their horses, tied under the city gate and beaten."

When Liu Bei heard this, his head buzzed.

"Yun Chang, come with me quickly to stop Yide."

Before anyone could prepare his horse, Liu Bei jumped down the steps, grabbed Guan Ping's horse, jumped on his horse, and rushed towards the city gate with his whip raised.

Guan Yu also stamped his feet, "How could Yide be so reckless?"

"Father, it's not the third uncle who is reckless, but the slave who is too arrogant?"

"Forget it, we'll talk about this later. Let's rush there first."

Guan Yu and Guan Ping strode towards the city gate. At this time, below the city gate, Zhang Fei was holding a riding crop and was beating Xu Ping fiercely.

"You little slave, do you dare to be arrogant again?"

"Black guy, if you have the guts, beat me to death...otherwise I will let Liu Xuande die without a burial place."

Zhang Fei already had a hot temper, and he became even angrier after hearing this.

"I will let you die without a burial place now."

Xu Ping was beaten with a whip until his skin and flesh were torn, and he screamed in agony.

"General, please stay here. General, please spare my life."

"If you continue to hold on, grandpa will respect you as a good man and spare your life. Since you beg for mercy, you will not be spared..."

Zhang Fei scolded and beat him at the same time.

Liu Bei came galloping, and Xu Ping was beaten with bruises all over his body.

"Yide, don't stop yet."

Liu Bei shouted loudly, and without waiting for the horse to stop, he jumped off the horse and staggered over.

"Brother, don't stop me. If I don't beat this bitch to death today, I won't stop."

"Would Yide be willing to die before I die?"

Liu Bei was about to collapse and roared.

"Brother, how do you say this?"

"you you you……"

Liu Bei pointed at Zhang Fei and trembled all over.

He pushed Zhang Fei away, went to Xu Ping, and untied Xu Ping.

"Sir, don't be surprised. This is a misunderstanding."

Xu Ping was supported by someone, pointing at Liu Bei and saying: "Liu Xuande, this matter is not over yet... a certain family will take revenge sooner or later."

"I will chop off your dog's head now."

Liu Bei shouted: "If Yide doesn't keep silent, I will commit suicide in front of you."

This time, Zhang Fei was frightened and he quickly shut his mouth.

Liu Bei also wanted to go over and plead with Xu Ping, but Xu Ping took out the gold horseshoe from his arms and threw it at Liu Bei's feet.

"A certain family cannot afford the reward given by Duke Xuande, let's go..."

As he spoke, Xu Ping left Puyang in embarrassment with the support of his retainers. Liu Bei stood under the city gate, watching the retreating figures of Xu Ping and his party, in a daze, his mind went blank. It was over, this time, but

Xu You was completely offended! He raised his hands to cover his face and let out a long sigh. Turning around, he saw Zhang Fei's honest face, but the anger in his belly could not be released.

"Yide, you are so ignorant."

After Guan Yu arrived and heard what happened, he couldn't help but blame him.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "Yun Chang, please don't blame Yide. This is not Yide's fault. He just wanted to protect my reputation..."

"But……"

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Liu Bei held Zhang Fei with one hand and Guan Yu with the other hand and walked to the Yamen.

At the gate of the city, two men who looked like porters looked at each other and quietly slipped away from the gate without being noticed by anyone.

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"Hehe, God help me!"

When Cao Cao heard the scout's report, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

At this time, Cao Cao's army was stationed at Wei Ziying, twenty miles outside Changyuan County. It was only a day and night's journey from Baima.

Xiahou Yuan's strong attack on Yanjin attracted Yuan Shao's attention to a great extent.

The attacks of Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Xu Huang also restrained Yuan Shao's troops to a certain extent. Cao Cao clearly put forward a posture of wanting a decisive battle in Henan, which also made Xu You more determined.

This idea led me to personally go to the Yanjin battlefield to supervise the battle...

But in this way, no one noticed that Mr. Cao had arrived in Changyuan.

Cao *** is a bold person.
To be continued...