C210

After Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and the others entered, they sat beside Liu Bei as usual. Mi Zhu, Jian Yong and the others sat next to Chen Deng.

After everyone had taken their seats, Liu Bei asked in a deep voice: "Xian He, do you know about Cao Cao's tragic defeat at Henei County?"

Sun Qian and Mi Zhu also frowned in silence, they really did not understand why Cao Cao was doing such a thing.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei already knew the contents of the letter, and their expressions were filled with helplessness.

"Sigh, Cao Mengde had no choice but to do so!" Liu Bei sighed, and handed over the letter that Zhang Fei had brought just now, "You guys can look at this and you'll understand!"

Chen Deng took the letter and opened it carefully. After reading it, his expression was extremely ugly, and he sighed as he handed the letter over to Jian Yong.

After Jian Yong finished reading, his face also changed greatly and he transferred it to Sun Qian and Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu returned the letter to Liu Bei with both hands, and said with a muffled voice: "Master, what should we do now?"

Liu Bei said in a solemn voice, "Gongsun Zanfuzi is too powerful. Whether it's Yuan Benchu or Cao Mengde, or me or Lv Fengxian, just one family is unable to contend against him! Just now, Yuan Long and I had a discussion and decided to contact Lv Fengxian and Cao Mengde ourselves. The three families have formed an alliance to rescue Yuan Benchu. Otherwise, once Yuan Benchu loses, we will inevitably follow in his footsteps! "

Chen Deng cupped his hands: "Master, that Gongsun Zan has already gotten the Nine Prefectures Cauldron, and Gongsun Xu has defeated Cao Mengde. Now is the time when his morale is at its highest, this subordinate thinks that now is not the time to send troops to save him!"

"But …" Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "Yuan Benchu is currently in a precarious situation, if we don't save him as soon as possible, once Gongsun Zanfuzi breaks through the Qinghe County City, wouldn't the matter be over then?"

Chen Deng slightly smiled, and said with great confidence: "Master, don't worry. Although Yuan Benchu's army morale is low, there are still a lot of people, and the food in the city is plentiful. As long as you make a decision to fight to the death, Gongsun Zanfuzi will not be able to take down the city easily! If the three families can ally successfully, this subordinate recommends that we split into two groups, one with a small amount of troops, and the other with a large number of soldiers to attack Youzhou, forcing Gongsun Zanfuzi to lead his troops and go back to support us! "

Sun Qian cupped his hands: "Master, Brother Yuan Long's plan to surround and save Zhao is not bad, but before this, news has come to report, when Gongsun Zanfuzi left the Youzhou, he ordered his subordinate General Yan Rou to guard the Ji County. He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, if Gongsun Zanfuzi is completely confident in Yan Rou, he might not even lead the troops to come back to provide reinforcements!"

Jian Yong laughed: "That's why we need to ally with Lv Fengxian as soon as possible! This man is the world's strongest general, if he was allowed to lead troops and assault Youzhou, wouldn't Gongsun Zanfuzi be afraid? "

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei snorted together. Even though they were not Lv Bu's match, they had some enmity towards him, and upon hearing Jian Yong praise Lv Bu as the world's strongest general, they were extremely displeased.

"The Constitution is right!" Liu Bei nodded his head, then suddenly laughed awkwardly: "Don't be afraid of the other masters' jokes, us three brothers had fought with Lv Fengxian before, and he is truly a brave man, we are not his match! This man was infamous throughout the world, no matter how brave and fierce Gongsun Zanfuzi was, how could he ignore him?

After Lv Bu and Cao Cao Cao had failed in their competition for the Yanzhou, they had led their army to Liu Bei. When Liu Bei first went to Tao Qian, he was placed in Xiao Pei, so Liu Bei placed Lv Bu and his men in the Xiao Pei. It could be said that Liu Bei had grabbed Lv Bu by the neck. Once a conflict broke out, the Xuzhou only needed to cut off the supply of food, and Lv Bu's army would collapse without a fight.

"Yes, sir!" Jian Yong stood up, cupped his hands and was ready to leave.

"Wait!" Liu Bei thought for a while, then called out to Jian Yong again. He turned around and instructed Guan Yu, "Second brother, Lv Fengxian is arrogant with his talent, and slightly looks down on scholars who dance with words and make ink.

"I will follow brother's orders!" Guan Yu stood up, clasping his fists as he replied.

Zhang Fei suddenly stood up and cupped his fists: "Brother, little brother also wants to follow second brother to meet that Lv Fengxian!"

Liu Bei hesitated: "Third brother has an impatient nature, if you anger that Lv Bu, it will instead be bad."

Zhang Fei hurriedly guaranteed, "Brother, don't worry, I will listen to Second Brother and the Constitution, just watch and speak less!"

"This …" Liu Bei frowned, he did not want the hot-tempered Zhang Fei to see Lv Bu at all.

Jian Yong laughed and said, "Master, the food that I will give to Lv Fengxian this month is going to be delivered in these two days. It would be better if this subordinate and General Guan go first, and ask General Zhang to send the food over from behind."

Jian Yong also knew Zhang Fei's temperament. He wanted to make a deal with Guan Yu first, so when Zhang Fei was about to send him the food, even if there was a conflict between their words, Lv Bu would not make too much of a fuss about the food.

Zhang Fei was extremely displeased to hear this, and said with his eyes wide open: "I am a general, how can I do small things like escorting food and fodder?"

Liu Bei said indifferently: "If third brother is not willing, then don't go!"

"Don't! "I'll go!" Ever since he fought with Lv Bu, he had always been unconvinced. He had been improving in his martial arts recently, and always wanted to find an opportunity to spar with Lv Bu again. Suddenly, he strongly requested to travel with Guan Yu and Jian Yong.

"Xian He, Yun Chang, the two of you can leave immediately!" Liu Bei smiled as he shook his head, and instructed Jian Yong and Guan Yu.

"I will follow the orders of my lord (brothers)!" Guan Yu and Jian Yong cupped their fists in salute and walked out in large strides.

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Mi Zhu, and ordered: "Zi Zhong, you and Yi De will go gather the food together.

"Here!" Mi Zhu stood up and responded as he cupped his fists: "Master, wouldn't it be a little too much to add another eight hundred stone?"

Last month, Liu Bei assigned two thousand stone provisions to Lv Bu. As Mi Zhu was in charge of the money and food, and he would often have to carry the food from his own granary to the treasury, he was very concerned about the consumption of the food. A few days ago, Mi Zhu heard from someone that he had not finished eating the two thousand stone rations, thus, even though he knew that Liu Bei and Lv Bu wanted to help him, he was still unwilling to part with them.

"That's it!" Liu Bei said indifferently.

Mi Zhu's heart trembled, he knew that Liu Bei was already unhappy, and quickly nodded his head and agreed.

"Zi Zhong, let's go!" Zhang Fei waved his hands and anxiously walked out.

Mi Zhu bowed to Liu Bei and quickly followed him out.

Just as he walked out of the door, Zhang Fei muttered: "Brother, you're really too intimate with that Lv Fengxian, what do you want him to do? Isn't it simple? Why not just directly cut off the supplies?"

had already thought of that in his heart, but he did not dare announce it to the masses. At this time, Zhang Fei spoke out his inner thoughts, he was very happy, but he was also worried that the words would reach Lv Bu's ears. At that time, he could only pretend not to hear it, and changed the topic to Chen Deng to talk about the matters at the Qinghe County.

"Yuan Long, do you think that the Nine Prefectures Cauldron that Gongsun Boyu obtained is real?"

Chen Deng was stunned: "This subordinate has never seen it with his own eyes, so I am unable to make an assertion! However, this subordinate knows Gongsun Zan a little, he is resolute and fierce, he will frequently choose to settle matters by force and will rarely play tricks, so this subordinate thinks that there is a 60 to 70% chance that the Nine Prefectures Cauldron is real! "

"When we were fighting Dong Zhuo, it was said that Sun Wentai (Sun Jian) received the Imperial Jade Seal, so Yuan Benchu asked around, but Sun Wentai denied the matter with a venomous oath, until Sun Wentai was killed by arrows as promised, and his son, Sun Ce used the Imperial Jade Seal to exchange for some troops from the hands of Yuan Road. Everyone in the world then realised that the rumors were true! Now that the Son of Heaven has lost his Imperial Jade Seal, his prestige has decreased a lot! " Liu Bei sighed emotionally, and said with a regretful tone: "What a pity that the Nine Regions Cauldron had actually fallen into the hands of Uncle Gongsun. If it were to fall into the hands of the Son of Heaven, it would barely be able to offset the negative effects of the Imperial Jade Seal's loss!"

Chen Deng said in a deep voice: "Master is right, but there is miasma in the palace, the traitor Li Que is holding the Son of Heaven hostage, if Master can get the Nine Prefectures Cauldron, then when the time comes I will send someone to get the position and take care of the Duke, I'm afraid the person will be as plentiful as the clouds!"

After Liu Bei heard these words, a glint of light flashed across his eyes, but he humbly spoke: "Yuanlong, you praise too much. It's a pity that Uncle Gongsun is so ambitious. If he was loyal to the imperial government, he would have given the Nine Prefectures Cauldron to the Son of Heaven. He would have expelled Li Que along with him, and made a name for himself in the imperial court! "

Chen Deng shook his head, and suddenly said: "Master, this subordinate has a suggestion, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

"Yuan Long, feel free to speak!"

If the three families successfully ally together and save Yuan Benchu this time, the master's name will definitely be spread throughout the world. At that time, why not ally with all the dukes to step forward and take care of the king.

Liu Bei's eyes flashed, and said with a stutter: "I'm afraid this is a later story, let's not bring it up for now! Yuan Long, I heard that you have some relationship with Xun You, who is under Cao Mengde's command, how about I invite you to the Yanzhou to meet Cao Cao Cao? "

"My lord, how could I dare disobey?" Chen Deng stood up, cupped his hands and said: "I hope that Master will be at ease, and will not fail his mission, and will convince Cao Mengde and the Alliance Master!"

"Very good! I will be waiting for Yuan Long's beautiful voice! "