Xuzhou, frontline,

"My lord, Sun Quan has sent an envoy to Liu Bei's side." Cao Cao, who was going out to attack Liu Bei, got enough news to affect the situation of the battle.

"Only messengers were sent? The main force of the Jiangdong Army hasn't moved yet, right? Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.

"Not moving yet. It's just that Jiangdong has stopped the war in Jingzhou, and the troops have withdrawn, and if they haven't moved, they are ready to move! The person said.

The Jiangdong Sun family is not Liu Biao, and the soldiers have always been warlike representatives in the eyes of the world. They seem to be unable to sit idle for a moment, and often as soon as they leave the previous battlefield, they immediately ponder the next battle. Therefore, the Jiangdong Army withdrew from the Jingzhou battlefield and is likely to invest its forces on the Xuzhou side.

I have to admit that Cao Cao is the most difficult of all the princes today, much more difficult than the Jingzhou forces that are almost about to collapse. Liu Biao in Jingzhou, basically there has always been only one enemy of the Sun family in Jiangdong, and when Cao Cao went to fight Zhang Xiu, he didn't really start a war with Liu Biao. In contrast, when Sun Quan attacked Liu Biao, he was faced with the dilemma that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao could both help Liu Biao. As a result, Liu Biao, who had such an advantage, was the first to be destroyed in the end!

As for Cao Cao, he was surrounded by the two princes of Sun Quan and Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao and Liu Bei were counted. This is still outside, and inside, Emperor Xian has been doing things non-stop. Cao Cao took a wrong step casually, and it might be a catastrophe. But it is precisely because of these kinds of things that Cao Cao has extraordinary self-confidence and courage. Even if Sun Quan really sets foot in Xuzhou again this time, Cao Cao will not waver in the slightest!

"Who did Sun Quan send?" Guo Jia next to him suddenly asked.

"Tai Shi Ci."

"Tai Shi Ci? It seems that Sun Quan really plans to protect Liu Bei. The people around him immediately talked about it.

Tai Shi Ci is a famous righteous man, when Kong Rong Beihai was besieged, Tai Shi Ci rushed out to find Liu Bei for help, Tai Shi Ci and Liu Bei formed a relationship, so Sun Quan sent Tai Shi Ci to Xuzhou, obviously revealing a friendly signal, Sun Quan wants to help Liu Bei!

"Not necessarily, or rather, on the contrary, I think that Sun Quan will not only not help Liu Bei, but I am afraid that he will also target Liu Bei!" Guo Jia suddenly said something amazing.

"How so?"

"First of all, Tai Shi Ci belongs to Sun Ce's faction, and he is not Sun Quan's henchman, Sun Quan probably won't tell Tai Shi Ci his true thoughts." Guo Jia said.

"This is just speculation, besides, Sun Quan has always been eclectic in employing people, and there has never been a faction, Dong Xi and others promoted by Sun Ce, Sun Quan has also been reused?" The side questioned.

"That's right." Guo Jia nodded, "This is indeed my conclusion after subjective assumptions. And what really makes me subjective is Sun Quan's personality. Guo Jia said, "When I was in Luoyang, I saw Sun Quan, the country is easy to change its nature, and some of Sun Quan's temperament is estimated to be impossible to change in a lifetime. ”

"Bonghyo's words really reminded me." Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, "Sun Quan has been a prodigy since he was a child, he is arrogant, in Luoyang, in the face of Yang Xiu, who is much older than him, Sun Quan is not merciful, but it is a dispute caused by a misunderstanding, Sun Quan is planning step by step, putting people to death, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he will repay him." Such a guy was designed by Cihang Jingzhai this time, how could Sun Quan tolerate this breath? Cao Cao said, "Liu Bei is close to Cihang Jingzhai, and at this juncture, Sun Quan is indeed unlikely to really help Liu Bei!" ”

That's exactly what happened! Lord, if my guess is correct, Sun Quan sent Tai Shi Ci to deliberately give Liu Bei a wrong signal, his purpose is to lead Liu Bei to retreat in the direction of Jiangdong when Liu Bei is defeated and retreats, at that time, Liu Bei is afraid that he will really fall into the mouth of the tiger! ”

"I see, hahaha, no wonder the Jiangdong Army has never moved. In that case, let's give Sun Quan another big gift! Cao Cao was full of arrogance, "Pass the order, within ten days, I will capture Xuzhou!" ”

A few days later,

Xuzhou fell.

Liu Beikong is loved by the people, and how can he compare to Cao Cao's iron cavalry in the Central Plains. With the help of the thunderbolt, Liu Bei couldn't even hold on for a few more days.

Since Liu Bei did not have too many generals under his command, although the territory left by Sun Quan to Liu Bei was already a castrated version of Xuzhou, the territory was still too large compared to Liu Bei. Fortunately in normal times, when it comes to wartime, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei must go out to lead an army, which leads to the fact that when Liu Bei was defeated and fled, there was no master around him.

Well, Liu Bei didn't realize this problem at this time, and it wasn't a day or two since there were no masters around. The top priority, Liu Bei needs to consider the most, is which direction to flee.

Where there is life, there is hope. Liu Bei's experience is similar to but different from Cao Cao, Cao Cao came all the way under pressure, and the more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became, while Liu Bei failed all the way and fought repeatedly. The loss of Xuzhou did make Liu Bei very sad, but Liu Bei knew more clearly that only by saving his life first could he make a comeback.

In fact, at this time, Liu Bei already had a good place to go in his heart, that is, to go to Jingzhou, at least Cihang Jingzhai had promised in Jingzhou, and Jiangdong stopped fighting, which also gave Jingzhou enough respite.

But the problem now is that Liu Bei can't go directly to Jingzhou! Jingzhou is west of Xuzhou, just separated by Cao Cao's territory, Liu Bei crossed from Cao Cao's territory, is it not exciting enough or not fast enough? So in fact, Liu Bei only had two choices left, either to go north to join Yuan Shao, or to go south to Sun Quan. Of course, there is actually a third way that is not impossible, and that is to go east to the sea to become the king of the pirates (hey!). ）。

To the south? Or to the north? Sun quan? Or Yuan Shao? To be honest, if possible, Liu Bei didn't want to choose any of them. These two people are the top two princes in the world today, each of them is extremely smart, Liu Bei goes, maybe he can save his life, but will they easily let Liu Bei go?

It used to be easy, but it was hard to come out!

However, it is difficult to return, and Liu Bei is not without opportunities. Yuan Shao is a nobleman, a decent person, very particular about doing things, measured, Liu Bei will at least not be restricted too much, over time, there will inevitably be an opportunity. As for Sun Quan, the children of the soldiers are definitely not easy to deal with, but the son fell into the hands of Cihang Jingzhai, if Cihang Jingzhai came forward, he might be able to fish Liu Bei out.

Just when Liu Bei was entangled, a team of more than a dozen people rode towards him,

"Liu Yuanjun, quick, follow me! I'll protect you! With me here, the current Cao Cao doesn't have the courage to make a move on my Jiangdong people! ”

This person Liu Bei just met a few days ago, it was Tai Shici!

"Brother Ziyi! You haven't left yet! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly greeted him, it seems that God asked him to choose Sun Quan.