When meeting Liu Bei, Cheng Yu called Liu Bei with the official position of Pingyuan Ling, obviously not recognizing his identity as a pastor of Xuzhou.

Although Liu Bei was not annoyed by this, Zhang Fei, who came with him to greet Cheng Yu, glared at him and yelled at Cheng Yu: "You guy, my eldest brother is courteous to you, how can you be so big?" ”

Cheng Yu didn't pay attention to Zhang Fei, but the corners of his mouth twitched, turned over and jumped off the horse, and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong, if you don't like to call you to be the plain order, how about calling you by your first name?" ”

"Cheng Gong, but it's just a matter of preference!" Liu Bei had the city government in his chest after all, and he didn't mind Cheng Yu's arrogance too much, but responded very humbly.

Then, Liu Bei stood sideways, made a gesture of invitation to Cheng Yu, and said to Cheng Yu: "Cheng Gong, please come in and speak." ”

When Cheng Yu raised his feet and walked forward, Liu Bei caught a glimpse of a young man in dark green clothes in Cheng Yu's team, frowning and glaring at Cheng Yu.

The young man's eyes were very resentful, obviously so rude to Cheng Yu, and a little blind.

Just by this glance, Liu Bei had a little more impression of this young man.

At present, Cao Cao's army is approaching Xuzhou, as long as the troops are in the city, Xuzhou will become a lonely city, and it will not take long for it to fall into the hands of Cao's army.

In this case, it is reasonable for a Cao Jun envoy like Cheng Yu to behave a little arrogantly.

On the contrary, the young man, who was in Cao Ying, would stare at Cheng Yu because of Cheng Yu's arrogance, which made Liu Bei feel a little close.

Cheng Yu entered Xuzhou, and for six or seven consecutive days, the two sides were just talking about asking Liu Bei to dedicate Xuzhou.

A few days later, when Liu Wei, who was thousands of miles away, learned that Cheng Yu had entered Xuzhou and had an arrogant attitude, he just smiled slightly, withdrew the guards who reported the news, and did not say anything.

At this time, Liu Wei was standing on the shore of the lake with Guan Qing, and behind him stood Wang Liu and Wang Zhen.

Guan Qing, Wang Liu, and Wang Zhen all heard what the guards said, and knew that Cao Cao sent Cheng Yu to Xuzhou in order to let Liu Bei give up Xuzhou, and the three women were a little anxious in their hearts.

can look at Liu Bian, but find that Liu Biao is still calm and relaxed, as if Xuzhou did not fall into Cao Cao's hands and has nothing to do with him.

"Your Highness!" Finally, Guan Qing still couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked Liu Wei: "Cao Cao has already come to Xuzhou, if he is allowed to win Xuzhou, in the future, he will coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which is not good for His Highness, how should His Highness deal with it?" Why did His Royal Highness know that Cheng Yu had entered Xuzhou, but he would be so calm? ”

"Cao Cao's purpose is not Xuzhou, why should this king be in a hurry?" Turning his head to look at Guan Qing on the side, Liu Wei then turned his gaze to the lake in front of him, and said to Guan Qing: "Cheng Yu is calm and calm, and he is gentle and elegant when talking to people, but now he is so arrogant to Liu Bei, it can be seen that he did not go to Xuzhou to persuade Liu Bei to surrender." ”

"It's not to persuade Liu Bei to surrender, so why is he ......?" Liu Bian's explanation made Guan Qing feel more and more confused, not only her, but even Wang Liu and Wang Zhen, who were standing behind Liu Bian, looked at Liu Bian, and their eyes flashed with doubts that could not be concealed.

"If this king didn't guess wrong, I'm afraid it was to get Tao Qian's bones and his family!" Looking at the lake in front of him, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth pulled up a strange smile, as if he was talking to himself: "It's just that this king hasn't figured it out, why did Cheng Yu do this?" Although Liu Bei is cunning, he attaches great importance to keeping face in front of others, so that the world thinks that he is a generous person. How can Cheng Yu convince Liu Bei to sacrifice Tao Qian's whole family! ”

When Liu Wei pondered in his heart how Cheng Yu could persuade Liu Bei to donate Tao Qian's family and bones, in the study in the Xuzhou official mansion, Liu Bei was kneeling with a person.

Kneeling in front of Liu Bei was not Cheng Yu, who came to persuade him to surrender, but Jiang Gan, who came to Xuzhou with Cheng Yu.

"What Ziyi just said is indeed true?" Looking at Jiang Gan suspiciously, Liu Bei said to Jiang Gan with some weakness in his heart: "Could it be that for Cao Gong, this Xuzhou is not as important as the head of Tao Qian's family?" ”

"Tao Qian and Cao Gong have a grudge against their father!" Kneeling opposite Liu Bei, Jiang Gan lowered his voice and said to Liu Bei: "If Xuande Gong is willing to escort Tao Qian's bones and the whole family to Cao Gong, a certain person is willing to intercede with Cao Gong for Xuande Gong and implore Cao Gong to withdraw from the army." ”

"Why don't you want Cao Gong to retreat!" Before Jiang Gan's words fell, Liu Bei let out a long sigh with an entangled face, and said to him: "It's just that Tao Qian is gracious, and Bei knows that Cao Gong wants to kill his whole family, how can he be willing to send his bones and relatives to Cao Gong's hands?" ”

"The army has already arrived in the city, and seeing that Xuande Gong himself is difficult to protect, he still thinks about others!" Jiang Gan sat up straight, a smile of indifference pulled up at the corner of his mouth, arched his fist towards Liu Bei, and said to Liu Bei: "A certain solid suit, such as Xuande Gong's high wind and bright festival, until the day of Xuzhou's city breaking, a certain is willing to collect the body for Xuande Gong." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Gan stood up, bowed to Liu Bei with his fists folded, and said to Liu Bei: "Since Xuande Gong has made up his mind, he will retire!" ”

"Slow down!" Jiang Gan was about to turn around and leave, Liu Bei hurriedly knelt up, and as soon as the words came out, tears had already flowed down his eyes.

"What does Xuande Gong mean by this?" Seeing Liu Bei crying, Jiang Gan hurriedly stepped forward, supported him with both hands, and said to him: "If you have something to say, why did you cry?" ”

With tears on his face, Liu Bei didn't get up, but looked up at Jiang Gan, and said to Jiang Gan: "Ziyi has good words, Bei doesn't understand, it's just that Tao Qian is gracious, and Bei really can't bear to harm his family......"

Liu Bei's words were righteous and thin, but his tone was extremely soft.

From his tone, Jiang Gan had already heard that as long as there was a suitable reason and method, Tao Qian's bones and family members were probably going to be given to Cao Cao.

"So-and-so has a plan!" Holding Liu Bei's two arms with both hands, Jiang Gan pondered for a while before saying to Liu Bei: "Then Cheng Yu came this time, firstly, to get Xuzhou, and secondly, to let Xuande Gong kill Tao Qian's corpse and behead all the Tao clans on the street." Xuande is righteous and thin, and he will not do this. As soon as Cheng Yu proposed to ask Xuande Gong to do so, the Duke sent his family out of Xuzhou City in the name of protecting Tao Qian's family, and brought Tao Qian's bones with him, which was his own measure. ”

"But you want to hijack in the middle of the road?" As soon as Jiang Gan's words were finished, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and asked him in a low voice: "In this way, how does Cao Gong know that they were sacrificed?" ”

"Cao Gong didn't want to attack Xuzhou, what he planned was nothing more than killing his father's enemy!" Helping Liu Bei up, Jiang Gan then said to him: "As long as Tao Qian's family and their bones are obtained, Cao Gong's heart to conquer Xuzhou is already light, and with a little persuasion on the side, thinking of the fatigue of soldiers and horses, Cao Gong will definitely collect his troops and return to Xuchang." ”

When Ziyi said this, he felt a little more stable in his heart. Although Jiang Gan did not make a promise that Cao Cao would definitely withdraw his troops, Liu Bei knew that with Jiang Gan's identity, it was really unreliable to be able to say such things, so he sighed lightly and said with some compassion: "It's just that the poor Tao family has to die for the sake of the stability of Xuzhou!" ”

has already decided to betray the Tao family, but Liu Bei can still say such a thing, which makes Jiang Gan despise him in his heart.

However, Jiang Gan did not show it on his face, but smiled, helped Liu Bei up, and said to him: "Xuande Gong only acts according to the plan, and the rest is left to so-and-so!" ”

"There is Lao Ziyi!" Holding hands with Jiang Gan, Liu Bei thanked him in a whisper.

Holding hands, the two looked at each other and smiled, and a conspiracy against Tao Qian's family was decided.

On the third day of the plan with Jiang Gan, Cheng Yu mentioned that he wanted Liu Bei to hand over Tao Qian's family, and Liu Bei refused on the spot.

After parting unhappily with Cheng Yu, Liu Bei hurriedly ran to Tao Qian's mansion and persuaded the Tao clan to leave Xuzhou quickly and hide in a place where Cao Cao could not find it.

The Tao clan had already received the news that Liu Bei had rejected Cheng Yu on the spot, and they were convinced of Liu Bei, and they left Xuzhou City under the escort of a team of Xuzhou soldiers on the same day.

Sending the Tao family out of Xuzhou City, Liu Bei did not forget to let Tao Qian's coffin get out of the tomb, and declared that he would fight to the death with Cao Cao, fearing that Xuzhou City would be broken, Tao Qian's body was an insult to Cao Cao, so he handed it over to the Tao clan and took it to a hidden place to bury.

Liu Bei's righteous act not only made the Tao clan grateful to him, but even the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou vowed to follow him to the death.

Suddenly, Liu Bei's reputation in Xuzhou has been unprecedentedly improved.

No one knew that the Tao clan had left Xuzhou and were on their way south, when a team dressed in black had long been dormant on both sides of the road, quietly waiting for them to come.

After Liu Bei's report, he knew that Cao Cao's crusade against Xuzhou was to exterminate them, and the Tao clan did not dare to delay in the slightest, and hurriedly escaped from Xuzhou City under the escort of a team of Xuzhou troops.

Perhaps in order to hide people's eyes and ears and prevent Cao Cao from discovering the existence of this team, or perhaps for some other reason, the number of this Xuzhou army is not very large, only thirty or fifty people.

Escorted by a small group of Xuzhou troops, the Tao clan left Xuzhou and marched straight to the south, away from Cao Cao.

Along the way, the men and women of the clan were all sad.

After all, Tao Qian has been running Xuzhou for several years, and for the Tao family, Xuzhou is their home.

After all, people will love home, they have left Xuzhou far away, and there are many people from the Tao clan, turning their heads to look at the gradually hazy Xuzhou City, their eyes are full of reluctance and attachment.

But they didn't know that the real doom had not left, but had just begun.