Chapter 642   Each has its own plans (53)

Mi Zhu had already defected to Liu Bei. As the saying goes, "There are thousands of people in the family and one person in charge." He presided over a meeting of the clan elders, just taking the same form. He had originally made up his mind to increase investment in Liu Bei.

Out of trust and favor for Lu Yun, Mi Zhu made a decision in an instant. Instead of being unable to stand firm in Xuzhou and his family wealth was divided by Lu Bu, Zangba and others, it would be better to put all the chips on Liu Bei.

Mi Zhu felt a lot when he thought of Fan Li’s Sansan Family Wealth.

He asked himself that he could not do anything to make the money he earned with hard work for others, and he could only do a big venture capital investment.

Since it has been decided, Mi Zhu is not hesitating, first find Liu Bei, express his feelings, and express his intention to marry.

Liu Bei is already at a loss, and his family is captured by Lu Bu and he doesn't know how to live or die, so he naturally will not refuse Mi Zhu's kindness.

Mi Zhu was not reluctant to make money from his family. He first solved the supply problem of Liu Bei's thousands of troops, and then married his sister to Liu Bei with a big fanfare, and married two thousand elite private troops.

After Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, the total number of troops reached tens of thousands, but Tibetan Ba, Sun Guan and others did not sincerely submit and were in a state of separatism. After Liu Bei lost Xia Pi, they successively accepted the reward from Lu Bu, but did not directly send troops to attack Liu Bei.

There was no real war between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, and the war was not damaged by many troops, but they were disbanded because of the lack of logistics supplies.

The remaining army was more than 3,000, all of which were backbones he brought from the plains and Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers.

After replenishing military funds, the army's combat effectiveness was restored, but it was still not enough to fight with Lu Bu.

After the Mi family and Liu Bei got married, Liu Bei's affairs were Mi Zhu's affairs.

Mi Zhu legitimately found Chen Deng and others and proposed the intention of reconciliation with Lu Bu.

With these aristocratic families coming forward to deal with each other, Lu Bu dared not to give face.

Besides, he has not yet gained a foothold in Xuzhou and does not want to have a big battle with Liu Bei.

Lu Bu was particularly afraid that Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others would take advantage of the situation.

After receiving the news that Liu Bei asked for peace, Lu Bu was very moved.

According to Chen Gong's meaning, he did not want Liu Bei to stay in Xuzhou, which became an unstable factor.

But it was not only the army that was defeated by Cao Cao, but also his invincible confidence!

Therefore, although he already has Xuzhou, he does not have the confidence to compete with Cao Cao alone and wants to leave Liu Bei as his helper.

Under Chen Gong's plan, Lu Bu simply acted like a good person to do it to the end!

He not only agreed to Liu Bei's peace request, but also returned Liu Bei's wife to him on the pretext of repaying Liu Bei's favor for taking in, and asked Liu Bei to lead the army to station in Xiaopei.

Xuzhou restored peace, but the host and guest changed their power, Lu Bu became the master of Xuzhou, and Liu Bei returned to Xiaopei and became Lu Bu's dependent.

Although Liu Bei used benevolence, righteousness and morality as the norm for his actions, he was not a soft persimmon that could be controlled by others. He was attacked by Lu Bu and dreamed of robbing him back.

With the support of Mi Zhu's money and grain, Liu Bei once again recruited more than 10,000 troops, which was comparable to that of Lu Bu's army.

After Mi Zhu's lobbying, the aristocratic families in Xuzhou began to sway, and even the separatist warlords such as Tibetan Ba, Sun Guan began to wait and see.

Liu Bei took advantage of his people's hope in Xuzhou, coupled with the secret support of Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others, and regained many prefectures and counties in Xuzhou, secretly controlling most of Xuzhou. Xuzhou was about to return to Liu Bei's hands.

Who knew that Liu Bei's subordinates were not doing anything secretly, and the news leaked, and Lu Bu's subordinates discovered Liu Bei's small moves. Of course, Lu Bu was unwilling to sit down and wait for the defeat. Only the cities occupied by Lu Bu such as Xia Pi took back Xuzhou and asked Lu Bu to take the initiative.

Lu Bu adopted Chen Gong's suggestion and personally led his army to attack Xiaopei.

Liu Bei felt that the period of regaining Xuzhou was ripe, so he sent troops to confront Lu Bu, hoping to conquer the world with one battle and regain Xuzhou.

When the two armies fought, Liu Bei's disadvantage of lack of cavalry appeared again. He was led by Lu Bu and defeated the military formation. He was defeated and had to go to Xudu to join Cao Cao.

Xuzhou, which was about to be obtained, was once again lost by Liu Bei, and it was completely lost.

At this time, Cao Cao had already welcomed Emperor Xian of Han from Luoyang to Dao Xudu, and initially formed a trend of "using the emperor to command the princes".

Liu Bei and Cao Cao did not lose the same camp and had fought each other, but they were both such confrontation of standing side by side and did not make enemies.

After arriving in Xuzhou, although Liu Bei was rescued Tao Qian, he did not have any conflicts with Cao Cao, and the two even got along well on the surface.

Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao. Some of his advisers advocated killing Liu Bei, while others advocated accepting Liu Bei, which Cao Cao could not make a decision for the time being.

At this time, Xi Zhicai had already passed away. Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to replace Xi Zhicai's position, which was highly appreciated by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia for his opinion, and Guo Jia advised:

"No. The lord promotes righteous troops and eliminates violence for the people. He only relies on trust and righteousness to attract heroes, but he is still afraid that he will not come. Now Xuande has the reputation of a hero, and he will surrender in poverty. If he kills him, it will harm the virtuous. A wise and conspiring man in the world will doubt himself when he hears it, and he will be trapped in the front. Who can decide the world? Eliminate the trouble of one person to block the hope of the world: the opportunity of safety and danger must be observed."

Cao Cao originally wanted Liu Bei and Lu Bu to fight each other. After hearing Guo Jia's words, he decided to accept Liu Bei and use Guo Jia's plan to provoke Liu Bei's capital Lu Bu.

Therefore, Cao Cao not only equipped Liu Bei with troops, horses, food and grass, but also submitted a letter to Emperor Xian of Han and appointed Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou, asking him to attack Lu Bu.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Liu Bei led his troops to fight with Gao Shun, the general of the Central Army under Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, the prefect of the northern region. It was not good. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to rescue him, but was also defeated by Lu Bu.

Liu Bei was defeated and regained the remaining troops and joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu.

After conquering Xia Pi, Lu Bu was captured and Xuzhou fell into Cao Cao's hands, no longer owned by Liu Bei, causing him to lose his foundation.

Liu Bei was resentful of Lu Bu's robbery of Xuzhou and urged Cao Cao to kill the capricious Lu Bu.

Although Cao Cao accepted Liu Bei, he did not dare to let him lead his troops alone. They returned to Xudu together and were regarded as the emperor's uncle by Emperor Xian of Han and named the left general.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), General Dong, the chariot and cavalry, received the imperial edict of Emperor Xian of Han, and Liu Bei secretly joined.

Later, Cao Cao and Liu Bei "cooked wine to discuss heroes", and Cao Cao said to Liu Bei:

"Today, you and me are the heroes."

Liu Bei was frightened and his chopsticks fell, knowing that Cao Cao could not tolerate him.

When Cao Cao sent and attacked Yuan Shu, Liu Bei took the initiative to attack Yuan Shu with Zhu Ling, and Yuan Shu died of illness on the way.

Liu Bei did not dare to return to Xudu again. He marched into Xia Pi, killed Xuzhou Governor Che Zhou, and left Guan Yu to guard Xia Pi, and performed his duties as a prefect. He led his troops back to Xiaopei to compete with Cao Cao.

With the help of the Mi family, Changxi from the Donghai and all counties surrendered to Liu Bei, and he pulled up tens of thousands of troops.

At that time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already turned against each other because of Emperor Xian of Han's official positions. Therefore, Liu Bei joined Yuan Shao in northern to fight against Cao Cao and once again gained a firm foothold in Xuzhou.

(End of this chapter)
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