Tao Qian saw that Liu Bei was xuan ang, open-minded in language, and his heart was overjoyed, so he ordered Mi Zhu to take the Xuzhou brand seal and give it to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was stunned: "What does Gong mean?" Tao Qian said, "Today's disturbance, Wang Gang is not vibrant; Gong Is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and it is appropriate to help the society." The old man is old and incompetent, and is willing to give up Xuzhou to him, and the public will not resign. Tao Qiandang wrote his own statement and played the imperial court. Liu Bei hurriedly left the table to pray again, saying: "Although Liu Bei is of Miao descent from the Han Dynasty, his merits are weak and weak, and he is still incompetent for the plains. Now it is righteous, so we have come to help. When he made this remark, could he have suspected that Liu Liu had the intention of annexation? If you have this thought, the emperor will not bless! Tao Qian said, "This is the old man's truth." "Repeatedly give in, where Liu Bei is willing to accept."
Mi Zhu stepped forward and said, "Now that the soldiers are approaching the city, they should discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy." On a peaceful day, you can give in again. Liu Bei said, "I should cultivate the book to Cao Cao, and be kind enough to persuade him to make peace." If Cao Cao did not comply, it would not be too late to fight again. So he passed on the three villages, temporarily did not move, and sent someone to send books to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was in the army, discussing with the generals, and the military academy came to report that Xuzhou had a war book. Cao Cao opened the book to see, but it was Liu Bei's book, which said:
"Prepare yourself to worship The King's Face outside the Guan, and then the day after tomorrow is on each side, and it is not enough to serve." Xiang, the honorable father Cao Hou, was actually killed because of Zhang Min's unkindness, which was not the crime of Tao Gongzu. Seeing the remnants of the Yellow Turban, it is disturbed on the outside; Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched inside. May the Ming Dynasty first be anxious for the imperial court, and then have a personal vendetta; withdraw xuzhou's troops to save the country: then Xuzhou is fortunate, and the world is very fortunate! ”
Cao Cao looked at it and scolded, "Liu Bei, dare to come to the book to persuade me!" And there is irony in the middle! The order came and went, while trying to attack the city. Guo Jia stepped forward and said, "Liu Beiyuan came to the rescue, first salute and then soldiers, the lord should first respond with good words to slow Liu Bei's heart; then enter the army to attack the city, and the city can be broken." Cao Cao obeyed his words and stayed behind to entertain him, waiting for the reply.
During the discussion, a meteor scout Ma Fei suddenly reported the disaster. Cao Cao hurriedly asked him why, and the detective reported that Lü Bu had attacked Yanzhou and entered Puyang. It turned out that Lü Bu had been rebelled by Li and Guo, and had escaped from Wuguan to surrender to Yuan Shu, who blamed Lü Bu for being repeated and refused. Lü Bu went to vote for Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao took Lü Bu in and broke Zhang Yan with Lü Bu at Changshan. Lü Bu thought that he was successful, and arrogantly despised Yuan Shao's generals, and Yuan Shao wanted to kill Lü Bu. Lü Bu then went to vote for Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang took Lü Bu in. At this time, Pang Shu was in Chang'an City, secretly hiding Lü Bu's wife and children, and returning lü Bu. When Li Dai and Guo Feng heard about it, they beheaded Pang Shu and wrote a letter to Zhang Yang, telling Zhang Yang to kill Lü Bu. Lü Bu therefore abandoned Zhang Yang and went to join Zhang Mi.
Cao Cao withdrew
It just so happened that Zhang Mi and his brother Zhang Chao led Chen Gong to see Zhang Mi. Chen Gong said to Zhang Miao: "Today, the fall is falling apart, and the heroes are rising together; the people of the king and the people of thousands of miles are subject to people, and they are not laughed at!" Now Cao Cao conquered the east, Yanzhou was empty, and Lü Bu was a warrior of the world, and if he and Lü Bu took Yanzhou together, they could dominate the industry. Zhang Mi was overjoyed, so he ordered Lü Bu to attack Yanzhou and follow Puyang. Only juancheng, Dong'a, and Fan County were designed by Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to be saved, and the rest were destroyed. Cao Ren has fought many battles, but he cannot win, and hereby urgently.
Cao Cao was shocked to hear the news, and said, "Yanzhou is lost, I am waiting for homelessness, I must not rush to take it!" Guo Jia said, "The Lord is just and sells his personal feelings to Liu Bei, and retreats to retake Yanzhou." Cao Cao agreed, immediately returned the letter to Liu Bei, and pulled out the village and retreated.
The envoy returned to Xuzhou, entered the city to see Tao Qian, presented a letter, and said that Cao Bing had retreated. Tao Qian was overjoyed and sent someone to invite Kong Rong, Tian Kai, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others to come to the city to meet. After the feast was over, Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to the throne and bowed his hand to the crowd: "The old man is old, the second son is not talented, and he cannot bear the heavy responsibility of the state." Liu Gong was the emperor's concubine, and Deguang was highly talented, and could lead Xuzhou. The old man is willing to beg for leisure. Liu Bei said, "Kong Wenju ordered me to save Xuzhou for righteousness." Now that Xuzhou is in possession for no reason, the world will regard Liu Bei as an unrighteous person. Mi Zhu said, "It is at this time that the Han Dynasty is in decline, Haiyu is subverting, and making meritorious achievements." Xuzhou Yin fu, hukou millions, Liu Lingjun led this prefecture, can not be shirked. Liu Bei said, "I would never dare to answer this matter." Chen Deng said, "Tao Fujun is sick and cannot cure things, so Ming Gong should not resign." Liu Bei said, "Yuan Highway IV and the Third Duke, hai nei returned, near Shouchun, why not give in to Xuzhou?" Kong Rong said, "The bones in the tomb of Yuan Highway are dry, and he has his teeth hanging!" Today's events are a god-given opportunity not to be missed, lest regret be untraceable. Liu Bei insisted.
Tao Qian let Xuzhou
Tao Qian wept bitterly, "If Jun ruo abandons me, I will not be blinded!" Guan Yu advised, "Since you have promised Tao Gong to give way, your brother can temporarily have the right to lead the state affairs." Zhang Fei also said, "It's not that I forced his state and county, he gave in with good intentions, so why bother to resign!" Liu Bei said angrily, "You are going to trap me in injustice?" Tao Qian pushed and shoved repeatedly, Liu Bei just did not accept.
Tao Qian said helplessly, "If XuanDe will not obey, there is a Yi near here, named Xiao Pei, who is enough to raise an army, please Xuan De temporarily garrison the army here to protect Xuzhou." How is it? Everyone advised Liu Bei to stay in Xiaopei, and Liu Bei obeyed. Tao Qian rewarded the army for having finished, Zhao Yun resigned, and Liu Bei held his hand and waved tears away. Kong Rong and Tian Kai also bid farewell to each other and led the leaders back to their garrisons.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei brought their troops and horses to Xiao Pei to repair the city walls and soothe the residents.