The news of the exhaustion of reinforcements from both roads soon spread throughout the Yuan army camp. Resisting Liu Bei's forces with the power of a state, many soldiers were originally afraid of themselves. With the death of the generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou; The strategist Guo Tu was captured and Feng Ji died. But the army's heart became more and more turbulent.

Yuan Shao's qi and blood were out of control, and after fainting, the camp was presided over by Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and Zhang He. It's just that they can't come up with any good way, so they just order to close the camp gate and defend it.

Liu Bei was in the camp, and he didn't care about Yuan Shao, but after letting him go, he asked Guo Tu to be brought up. For Guo Tu, he doesn't have such a good attitude.

Guo Tuzi Gongzhi, a native of Yingchuan, served under Yuan Shao very early. He once lobbied Han Fu as a lobbyist to let Jizhou. In later generations, some people listed him as one of the four major strategists under Yuan Shao, but the reason was that people couldn't laugh or cry: although Guo Tu didn't have much ability, Yuan Shao just liked to listen to him.

Not to mention that he is a courtier, but it is inevitable to figure out his intentions and flattery. Guo Tu has done a lot of things in history that have had a far-reaching impact on Yuan Shao's forces. For example, he advocated a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao attacked Wuchao, he attacked Cao Ying instead of saving the granary, but Zhang He couldn't attack it for a long time, and then falsely accused Zhang He Gaolan of not doing his best, causing the two generals to defect before the battle, and Yuan Shao was defeated. Of course, he was just the one who came up with the idea, and Yuan Shao was the one who got the idea. Guo Tu can't be blamed for the blame.

Liu Bei saw Guo Tu and asked: "Gong Ze has been in Jizhou for a long time, I want to break Yuan now, what can Gong Ze teach me?" ”

Guo Tu saw Liu Bei asking, and he was happy in his heart, secretly saying that the decline of the Yuan family is like this, and he thinks that it is the endless Han Zuo, since this is the case, he must help Liu Xuande with a good life, and he will have a chance to enter the body in the future. So he shook his spirits and spit out the matter of Jizhou in every detail. After Liu Bei listened, he saw that his expression was a little pretentious and a little flattering, and he didn't like it in his heart, but he knew that the people around him could not all be virtuous people, and such people were also indispensable.

Just thinking about it, suddenly the soldiers from outside came to report, saying that the scout was outside, and he met a person, saying that he was a disciple of the Xu family, and he wanted to see the lord and have important things to do. Liu Bei's heart turned, and he said, "Bring it up!" ”

Guo Tu saw that Liu Bei was going to see a guest, so he got up and saluted and wanted to leave. Liu Bei waved his hand and stopped: "It's okay, the public will listen to it together." ”

After coming in, he bowed to Liu Bei, and then said: "The villain is Xu Lang's doorman, and now on the orders of the Lord, he has come to deliver letters and generals." With that, he took out a honey pill from his bosom. took it left and right, and after reading it a priori, he handed it to Liu Bei.

This guest had time to observe the surroundings at this time, and took a slight look, but he saw that Guo Tu was also sitting, and he was shocked in his heart. However, although he recognized Guo Tu, it was obvious that Guo Tu did not recognize him.

With a little effort, Liu Bei crushed the honey pill, and a silk silk was revealed inside. Liu Bei took a closer look, couldn't help laughing, and then passed this silk to Guo Tu, and said: "Look at the public rules!" ”

Guo Tu looked at it, but he was surprised in his heart. Fang Cai himself was still thinking about which Xu clan this Xu clan was, but he didn't expect it to be really that Xu Ziyuan, it seems that he is also the same as me, and he thinks that the Yuan clan will be defeated. Otherwise, how could all such a confidential matter in this letter be shaken clean. Alas, with this person, most of the work that he had just made to speak was gone. Thinking clearly in his heart, his face is a whole face, and there is no more smugness.

When Liu Bei saw it, he thought that this was also a clever person. When he heard the report just now, he knew that this Xu clan was only afraid that he would not be able to get rid of Xu Yu in Yuan Ying. Although it is recorded in history that Xu Yu rebelled against Yuan and Cao because his family broke the law and was treated, in Liu Bei's opinion, this person is accustomed to taking risks, and once wanted to abolish Emperor Ling of Han and re-establish the Marquis of Hefei with everyone. It may not be that he saw that Yuan Shao couldn't succeed, so he switched to Cao Cao. Now that Yuan Shao is in danger, it is normal for Xu You to have a dozen small calculations in his heart.

It was deliberately left that Guo Tu was here, and sure enough, when he saw the person who came, he admitted that he was a guest. Liu Bei just wants Guo Tu to know that with you or without you, whether it is Yuan Ying or Jizhou, no one will communicate with me, so you have to be honest.

Sure enough, when Guo Tu saw that Xu You had sent someone, he immediately lost his voice.

Xu You said in the letter that Yuan Shao was dim, the two sons under his knees were fighting, and the ministers were not in harmony, not the master. Therefore, he is willing to help Liu Bei in order to seek Jizhou. If Liu Bei had this intention, he could make the doorman come back with a letter.

This is not that Xu You does not believe in Liu Bei, but that he is afraid that the big war will be together, and it will be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me.

Liu Bei had no choice, so he happily ordered the left and right pen and ink to wait, wrote a letter, and returned it to the guest, ordering him to go by himself. Then he ordered someone to recall Yan Yan and Wei Yan. I sent them to attack the county before, but I wanted to harass Yuan Shao and make him divide his troops. Now that the decisive battle is imminent, it is impossible to divide the troops outside, and he has broken Yuan Shao with all his strength, and the counties and countries can be determined.

In Yuan's military camp, Xu Yu got a reply and was overjoyed. Originally, he saw that Yuan Shao had been unlucky since he met Liu Bei, and he was thinking about how to get out and leave, but it happened that something happened to Wei Jun's family again. Then push the boat and jump ashore. If you can help Liu destroy Yuan this time, it can be regarded as a great merit, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to stand in Qingzhou.

It's just that things didn't go as he wanted, and according to the doorman, Guo Tu is now Liu Xuande's guest. He frowned, and he didn't expect that Guo Gong would fall so quickly. His generation has always been flattering, how could he have a little bit of a scholar's backbone. Guo Tu surrendered to him not surprised, but this great credit, with Guo Tu here, he was afraid that he would have to share half of the profits.

After Yuan Shao woke up, he saw Tian Feng and Fu Zhu on his side, so he hurriedly asked, "Liu Xuande has any changes." ”

The two of them said to each other: "My lord, there has been no movement in the enemy camp yet, and my lord can rest and recuperate." When Yuan Shao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't know that Guo Tu and Xu You had already sold Jizhou's old bottom.

They also can't complain about Yuan Shao and others, they only know that Guo Tu was captured and trapped in Liu Ying. Even if Guo Tu took refuge in Liu Bei, they would be able to understand. But what I never expected was that Guo Tu had such no bottom line, so he voted for the new owner and sold the old owner completely. And there is also a Xu Yu lurking in the dark. It is true that the time is also fate.

In fact, not only Guo Tu and Xu You, but even Fu Zhi and Tian Feng, they couldn't muster up the strength to deal with the Qingzhou Army. After all, in addition to Liu Bei's soldiers, there is also one of the most important things, which is the name of righteousness. China has always fought and paid the most attention to fame. If you want to be famous, you must be righteous, so that the world will obey you. This is the power of righteousness and the human heart.

Liu Bei has the authorization of the Son of Heaven, not to mention, and he himself is also a member of the Han family. In the case that the world still nominally belongs to the Han Dynasty, this is the greatest righteousness.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao, he had Liu Wei in his hand before and barely said, now Liu Wei has died stubbornly, and knowing that there is still an emperor in the world, he set up Liu Wei's young son without authorization, what is his mind, the people of the world are like watching the fire, and his brother Yuan Shu braved the world's disapproval in Yangzhou and brazenly called the emperor, but it made the reputation of the Yuan family in Runan ruined a little bit in the hearts of the people of the world. Under the rise and fall of the other, Liu Bei's luck is naturally rising.