"Liu Bei!" Yuan Shao couldn't suppress the anger in his heart: "Come on, quickly tie Liu Bei up, push out the camp gate and behead the public!" ”

Shaoqing, Liu Bei, who had already commanded the previous vanguard army on behalf of Gao Lan, was directly tied to the big tent.

Yuan Shao, who was furious, didn't want to listen to Liu Bei's explanation at all, and immediately ordered Liu Bei to be pushed out and executed.

However, this time, Liu Bei knew that Lu Dao had today, and after these days of contemplation, he still dared to stay in Yuan Shao's camp, and he was naturally sure to be fooled.

He was tied up by Yuan Shao to be beheaded, and he didn't even ask questions, and he wasn't too nervous, but he said with a smile: "Ha Lu Ha...... If the world asks who is the most confused in the world, it must be Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu. Liu Bei is the emperor's uncle today, suffering from Cao Cao's persecution before coming to Hebei to be like-minded, in order to crusade against Cao Cao, Liu Bei is willing to go to the soup for the beginning of the fire at all, but helpless, some people can't tolerate Liu, either, since the original is not afraid of being ridiculed and confused by the world, ridiculed by the world for its mediocrity, not afraid of being despised by the world for its injustice, not afraid of not being afraid of the world will never dare to have the world's celebrities in the future, then kill Liu Bei, come on, Ha Lu Ha ......"

Yuan Shao's face sank, and he ordered someone to escort Liu Bei back to the big tent, and said in a cold voice: "Liu Bei, what else do you have to say now?" Could it be that Yuan wronged you? Do you dare to lie here to confuse the public? Yuan beheaded you, where are you confused? And how to be mediocre? How can it be unjust? ”

Liu Bei was secretly laughing in his heart, because, as long as Yuan Shao could let him speak, then he knew that he couldn't die.

At that moment, Liu Bei said calmly: "Liu Mou knows that he wants to kill Liu Bei this time." It is estimated that you are listening to someone's greedy rumors, saying that Liu Bei colluded with Guan Yu and caused Yuan Benchu to lose a general, right? If it's really because of this. Then Yuan Benchu, you are not confused? ”

"Humph! Even now, do you still want to quibble? Could it be that you still want to say that the red-faced general who defeated Zhang He in Cao Ying and killed Gao Ran was not Guan Yu? Are people similar? Since that person is your second brother Guan Yu, then, if he killed Yuan's general, can you still push it? Yuan's killing was only light. I saw that you still have the name of Uncle Liu Huang, otherwise, Yuan Mou would have to relieve the hatred in my heart by delaying you to death! Yuan Shao hated to step forward and slap Liu Bei twice.

"Ha Lu Ha. That's right, the red-faced general in Cao Ying is indeed Liu's second brother Guan Yu. This, when Guan Yu cut Gao Lan. Liu Bei happened to be across the river. can see it clearly, and it has been confirmed that the general is indeed Guan Yu. Liu Bei said bluntly.

"And what else do you have to say? Even you confessed it yourself, and you still don't admit your guilt?! Yuan Shao glared a little angrily.

"I really knew how to laugh at the beginning, why did Liu confess his guilt? Just because that person is indeed Guan Yu, Liu Bei is going to confess his guilt and die? Liu Bei pretended to be relaxed and said: "Didn't Yuan Benchu know the way? You say, who will be the person Cao Cao hates the most in his heart now? ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shao was a little curious by Liu Bei's question.

"Cao Cao has been in the army since he started. Occupy Yanzhou to get Yingchuan, and Emperor Xian established today's Han court. This period of time. Cao Cao's development can be said to be smooth, among them, Cao Cao's most hated will never be Tao Qian, who killed his father in the first place, but should be Lu Bu, who caused his backyard to be lost, but now Lu Bu has become a thing of the past, so Cao Cao's most hated thing now should be you...... I! Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao, nodded and looked at himself again, and said: "Liu seized Xuzhou, turned against Cao Cao, and then announced the emperor's blood edict and denounced Cao Cao, which almost shook Cao Cao's foundation. And at the beginning, you don't say it anymore, now you are fighting with Cao Cao's military horses, and the original army has put pressure on Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao will inevitably hold a grudge against you. Therefore, the people Cao Cao hates the most are you and me. ”

"So what?" Yuan Shao acquiesced to Liu Bei's statement.

"Hehe, that can prove that Cao Cao must want to destroy you and me before he will be happy. can be proved, how could Liu still collude with Cao Cao to harm your generals? When Liu Bei said this, his expression was straight, and he said to Yuan Shao solemnly: "This should be Cao Cao's conspiracy, my second brother, it is estimated that he voted for Cao Cao because he was forced to do so, so Cao Cao drove Guan Yu to defeat Zhang He and behead Gao Lan, and then provoke you and me, so that you could kill Liu at the beginning." In the beginning, don't you even understand this? If you behead Liu, then this is a matter of relatives and enemies, and in the future, how will the world see you? Aren't you confused? ”

Listening to Liu Bei's words, the anger in Yuan Shao's heart actually dissipated.

"What's more......" Liu Bei followed and said: "Liu Bei, as the deputy general of General Gao Lan, after General Gao was beheaded, Liu has been conscientious, and you have not made any mistakes in commanding the army at the beginning." How to say, Liu is also your subordinate at the beginning, and now, against Cao Cao's army, the big battle is imminent, if you are beheaded, it is not a good sign to behead the generals before this battle. ”

"Hmph, no matter what, Guan Yu is your second brother, he beheaded a certain general of Yuan, this matter must not be so good, you are Guan Yu's eldest brother, you must give an explanation to Yuan, otherwise, it will be difficult for Yuan to calm the anger of the generals." Although Yuan Shao felt that what Liu Bei said seemed to make sense, he was unwilling to spare Liu Bei so easily.

"Isn't it easy to get an explanation?" Liu Bei said: "Ming Gong, you say, how does General Zhang He compare with a certain second brother Guan Yu?" Who is superior and who is inferior? ”

"This ...... Naturally, it's your second brother Guan Yu. Yuan Shao also admitted that Guan Yu was indeed more powerful than his general Zhang He, and now, he also remembered the situation when Zhang Fei and Guan Yu fought against Lu Bu before the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang He was even difficult to defeat Guan Yu, so do you still need to compare Zhang He with Guan Yu?

"What about the comparison between the second brother Guan Yu and General Gao Lan?" Liu Bei said again.

"It's better to be your second brother Guan Yu." Yuan Shao didn't think much about it and responded.

"So, what about Zhang He and Gao Lan's two generals? Will they be able to defeat Guan Yu? ”

"This ......" Yuan Shao thought about it, and felt that Zhang He was not the enemy of Guan Yu's one-hit attack, and Gao Ran was afraid that it would be difficult to defeat Guan Yu's full blow, in this case, one Guan Yu seemed to be much more powerful than the two generals under his account, but he was not easy to say, because he was afraid that he would weaken his prestige, and his two generals were not as good as others. How to put the face called Yuan Shao?

Liu Bei didn't wait for Yuan Shao to say it, so he said to Yuan Shao: "I and my second brother Guan Yu and third brother Zhang Fei were married in Taoyuan at the beginning. He once made a vow that the brothers would work together to support the Han family, not to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day and month of the same year. And the second brother Guan Yu is loyal and righteous, no matter what. As long as my brother Liu Bei shouts, he will definitely come to vote in the starry night. Wait for a certain letter and send a henchman to Guan Yu. Guan Yu came to meet each other, in this way, Ming Gong has Guan Yu's help, is he still afraid of Cao Cao? ”

"Good!" Yuan Shao heard Liu Bei say that he wanted Guan Yu to surrender to him. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. All the dissatisfaction with Liu Bei was put aside at once.

"That'...... Please also ask Ming Gong to loosen the tie and wait for a letter from Liu. Liu Bei turned sideways to let Yuan Shao see his hands tied behind his back, and then said to Yuan Shao again: "By the way, Ming Gong doesn't know, Liu saw it with his own eyes that day, and saw Guan Yu slash General Gao Ran with a knife, at that time, although General Gao Lan's war horse was split in half by Guan Yu. However, General Gao Ran did not seem to be split. may have been injured by the sword qi burst out by my second brother, and he fell into the Qinghe River by the impact of the energy. Liu thought that with General Gao Lan's skills, if he hadn't been directly killed by my second brother, he might not have died if he fell into the Qinghe. ”

"What? General Gao Ran is not dead? Yuan Shao said with a little surprise.

"It is very likely, but it is a pity that Liu was on the other side of the Qing River, but the other bank was full of Cao Cao's military horses, which was difficult to search and rescue, but when the lord and your army were killed, Cao Cao was so frightened that he abandoned Yanjin and retreated to Guandu on the other side of the Yellow River, Liu had already sent someone to search for General Gao Lan, but it has been several days now, but he has not found it. I think, if you don't know the public, you can send someone to look along the banks of the Qing River, maybe you can also rescue General Gao Lan. ”

"Yes, yes, no matter what, if you live to see people and die, you have to see corpses!" Yuan Shao thought that Gao Ran was not dead, so he hurriedly called someone out and ordered him to send military horses to search along both sides of the Qing River, and it was necessary to find General Gao Lan.

In this way, if Gao Ran had not been killed by Guan Yu, then Liu Bei would not have been guilty of death. Yuan Shao ordered the men and horses to search for Gao Lan before untying Liu Bei.

Again, Liu Bei escaped again, but Liu Bei knew in his heart that he would not stay in Yuan Shao's camp for long, and if he didn't leave in time, maybe he wouldn't be so lucky next time.

In order to get Guan Yu's favor, Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to attack Cao Cao immediately, after all, across the Yellow River, it was not so easy to attack it. On the one hand, he stepped up Liu Bei's persuasion of Guan Yu to vote, and on the other hand, he stepped up the arrangement of the army to cross the river to attack.

As for Cao Cao, when he saw that Yuan Shao's army was changed to Yanjin, he was not afraid of Yuan Shao for a while, because in this way, as long as he guarded Guandu, he was not afraid that Yuan Shao would invade other places against him. In this way, Cao Cao could also take the opportunity to consolidate the Yellow River defense line, and by the way, consolidate his rule over Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou and other places that he recaptured.

Of course, Cao Cao also quickly transferred military horses and ordered Xiahoudun to lead the troops to defend the Guandu Pass, and he returned to the court first.

The military horses he left in Guandu reached more than 100,000 or 200,000 in total, so he was not afraid of Yuan Shao's attack for the time being.

Now, Cao Cao is worried about Guan Yu, because Liu Bei's affairs in Yuan Shaojun's affairs have been confirmed, and Guan Yu has been talking many times recently, and Cao Cao estimates that Guan Yu wants to resign from him. Therefore, Cao Cao felt that when he didn't have to worry about Yuan Shao's military horses for the time being, his most important thing was to stabilize Guan Yu.

Guan Yu wanted to leave, but he had no way to go, if he didn't find out if Cao Cao could really keep his promise and was really willing to let him go, then it would be easy to say. Guan Yu was afraid that he would not resign from Cao Cao, so it would cause Cao Cao to be more vigilant, so he would send more people to keep an eye on him. Of course, because of his sister-in-law's problem, Guan Yu didn't dare to easily turn his face with Cao Cao. He didn't have anything himself, but he knew that if he really turned his face with Cao Cao, then his sister-in-law Liang Lan would definitely be difficult to preserve.

He has come this far now, but he doesn't want to make his sister-in-law suffer now.

Therefore, Cao Cao wanted to return to Xudu, and Guan Yu had no choice but to go along and return together.

It is very close to return to Xu from Guandu, and half a day is enough. It was precisely because it was so close that Cao Cao could return to Guandu at any time to preside over the battle with Yuan Shao, so Cao Cao dared to leave Guandu easily.

Cao Cao thought that Guandu was too close to Yuan Shao, just across the Yellow River, and sometimes, if he was not careful, it was possible for Guan Yu and his sister-in-law to cross the river and join his brother, if Guan Yu and Liu Bei met. That means that Yuan Shao has more members like Guan Yu to help him.

Guan Yu's courage Cao Cao can be regarded as having seen it, the more brave Guan Yu is, the more reluctant Cao Cao is. He didn't want to become an enemy with Guan Yu, he didn't want Guan Yu to impact his own military formation like he had attacked Yuan's army before, and he didn't want Guan Yu to kill his generals. Seriously, Cao Cao would rather kill Guan Yu than hope that Guan Yu would be his enemy in the future.

Therefore, the only way to bring Guan Yu back to Xudu is to bring Guan Yu back. Keeping Guan Yu away from the front line will make it possible to prevent Guan Yu from returning to Liu Bei's side. Well, for Cao Cao. He didn't want to abide by the agreement to let Guan Yu leave, and naturally he didn't believe too much that Guan Yu would leave his brother to return to Han after escorting his sister-in-law back to his brother. For this promise, Cao Cao will not be gullible no matter what.

Know the way. When people are gone, they are gone. When the time comes, who will Cao Cao cry to?

Stealing a few free days, Cao Cao accompanied Guan Yu almost all day long in Xudu, feasting every day, hoping to use his enthusiasm to influence Guan Yu, so that Guan Yu could sincerely follow him and serve himself.

One day. When Cao Cao and Guan Yu were having a banquet, there was a flash report.

It turned out to be the Runan area. There are the remnants of the Yellow Turban who came out to make trouble, taking advantage of the opportunity for Cao Cao's army to fight with Yuan Shao in Yanzhou, the Yellow Turban thief leader Liu Pi and Gong Du were also very brave, Cao Hong led the army to quell the chaos, and he was defeated repeatedly, and now he is here to move the rescue troops.

When Guan Yu heard the report, his heart moved, and Guan Yu also vaguely guessed that Cao Cao's plan was to keep himself away from Hebei and Yuan Shaojun, in order to prevent himself from going to Liu Bei under Yuan Shao's account. He knew that if Yuan and Cao fought again, Cao Cao would definitely not let him go with him again, and he would definitely see him die in Xudu. At that time, even if Cao Cao is not in Xudu, it will not be easy for him to leave with his sister-in-law. Especially, if Cao Cao was here, Guan Yu didn't turn his face with Cao Cao, which would be easy to talk about. However, if Cao Cao wasn't here, then those who stayed behind to guard him and his sister-in-law wouldn't be so easy to say. When the time comes, those who are ordered to guard him and his sister-in-law will carry out Cao Cao's orders and launch an attack on him and his sister-in-law, and at that time, he may not be able to keep his sister-in-law safe.

Therefore, Guan Yu pondered for a while and said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, now that Yuan Shao's army is in Yanjin, it is possible to attack Guandu at any time, so it is not good for the Prime Minister to mobilize military horses to fight in Runan, Yuzhou." However, Runan is already the prime minister's rear, and if the rear is unstable, I am afraid it will also shake the morale of the army. is just a yellow turban thief, Guan is willing to serve the prime minister and go to break the thieves in Runan. ”

"Oh? This ......" Cao Cao couldn't help but hesitate a little, and took Guan Yu to leave because of this, shaking his head and saying, "How can this be done?" In this battle with Yuan Shao, Yun Chang, you have already made great contributions, and now you are still paid a lot, how can you let Yun Chang work hard to rejuvenate the army? ”

"Prime Minister, Guan Mou is also idle in Xudu, please rest assured, Guan Mou joined the army in the crusade against the Yellow Turban thieves, and I can't see those thieves causing trouble to the people, this can be regarded as Guan Mou's doing a little bit for the people of Runan." Guan Yu naturally didn't dare to reveal the slightest intention of leaving under the pretext of leaving, and said it nicely.

Cao Cao couldn't find a request to stop Guan Yu for a while, if Guan Yu asked for battle, he didn't allow it, and he was afraid that Guan Yu would misunderstand him and not worry about Guan Yu. It was not too good to leave Guan Yu with a suspicious impression. Cao Cao thought about it, then nodded and agreed to Guan Yu's request.

This is mainly the Guandu in the Runan region that is in the south and the north with him and Yuan Shao, Guan Yu has reached the south, and Cao Cao does not have to worry that Guan Yu will immediately throw himself into Yuan Shao's army. Of course, Cao Cao is still a little uneasy, ordering 50,000 troops, focusing on banning and Lejin as Guan Yu's deputy generals, his purpose is naturally to keep an eye on Guan Yu and beware of Guan Yu's departure.

The next day, Guan Yu took his sister-in-law and marched to Runan with the army. Regarding the affairs of the army, Guan Yu knew that Cao Cao had already arranged it, so he didn't have to worry about it at all, and he naturally understood in his heart that Cao Cao was letting Yu Ban, Le Jin and other generals keep an eye on him.

Xun You stayed in Xudu to preside over the affairs of Xudu, and heard that Cao Cao actually asked Guan Yu to lead the army to the expedition, he hurriedly met Cao Cao, and made it clear to Cao Cao that Guan Yu had the heart to return to Liu, and it was not appropriate to let him lead the army to the expedition, I am afraid that Guan Yu would leave from now on.

Cao Cao told Xun You that he had ordered Yu Ban and Le Jin to keep an eye on Guan Yu, so that Guan Yu could not leave.

In this way, Xun You was a little calm.

Sure enough, although Guan Yu wanted to take the opportunity of leading the army to pacify the Yellow Turban Thieves in Runan and leave with his sister-in-law, Yu Ban and Le Jin and other generals were almost inseparable from Guan Yu. Moreover, Yu Ban and Le Jin also sent many soldiers to guard their sister-in-law Liang Lan, saying that they were all thieves, and they sent someone to take care of Liang Lan for Guan Yu, so that Guan Yu could deal with the thieves with peace of mind.

In this way, Guan Yu had no choice but to endure it first, and led the army to Runan.

When he arrived in Runan, Guan Yu learned that Runan City had fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves, and Cao Hong had returned to Xudu to report after defeat.

Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little strange, Cao Hong was also a general under Cao Cao's account. Why so unwarlike? Can't beat some of the remnants of the Yellow Turban?

You must know that the current Han Dynasty has long been divided by the heroes, and the Yellow Turban Riots that swept the Han Dynasty have long been history. The Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, which claims to be one million, has long been wiped out, and even the Yellow Turban Thieves in Mount Tai have been almost wiped out, where did so many Yellow Turban Thieves come from?

Guan Yu couldn't understand it, so he naturally didn't rush to attack, so he asked Yu Ban and Le Jin to set up camp near Runan City first, and then make plans after exploring the situation in Runan City. (To be continued......)