A year later, Cao's army rushed to Xuzhou again!

Liu Bei was defeated, but Cao Cao retreated again due to civil strife in Yanzhou!

In the winter of the same year, Tao Qian died of illness!

Liu Bei took over as the governor of Xuzhou under the recommendation of Mi Zhu and famous scholar Chen Deng and others!

This year, Liu Bei was 34 years old!

When Liu Bei was 24 years old, he raised an army in his hometown Zhuo County. He took only ten years to become a prince with a territory and a vassal of territory!

Before Liu Bei took over the governor of Xuzhou, Chen Qun, the Yuzhou detachment, advised him not to take over the position of Xuzhou governor. Xuzhou was a place of four battles. Cao Cao was eyeing him in the west and was adjacent to the powerful Yuan Shu in the south. Now that he entered Xuzhou, he would definitely trigger fierce battles. If Lu Bu took the opportunity to attack the rear again, the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, the position of Xuzhou Mu was very attractive to Liu Bei, who had been wandering around for many years. Liu Bei finally did not adopt Chen Qun's suggestion and accepted the seal left by Tao Qian!

The situation in Xuzhou was very complicated at that time. Xuzhou had a total of five counties and states, namely Xia Pi, Pengcheng, Langya, Donghai, and Guangling County.

Because Tao Qian was from Danyang County, Yangzhou, during his reign in Xuzhou, Tao Qian mainly relied on Danyang soldiers in military affairs!

The Danyang soldiers were famous all over the world for their strong combat power at that time. Although they could not defeat Cao Cao, they were still more than enough to suppress the uprising and stabilize the prefectures and counties!

Tao Qian's prime minister, Su Rong, the commander Cao Bao, Xu Dan and others who held military power were all from Danyang! The hero Zang Ba and others of Mount Tai were stationed in Langya. Although they were nominally subordinate to Tao Qian, they actually became their own overlords!

In addition, Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, was a famous scholar in Langya, while Chen Deng was born in a local aristocratic family. Chen Deng's great-grandfather Chen Yaku (wei Sansheng), was promoted to the prefect of Guanghan, and his grandfather Chen Qiu was appointed as the Grand Marshal, and was ranked among the third Duke.

The famous famous scholars Hua Xin, Guan Ning, Zheng Xuan, the master of classics at the end of the Han Dynasty, and Lu Zhi, Liu Bei's teacher, all came from Chen Qiu's goal!

Chen Deng's uncle was Chen Yu, the prefect of Wu County, and his uncle was Chen Cong, the prefect of Ruyin, and his father Chen Gui became the prime minister of Pei State!

Even if the Chen family in Xuzhou looks at the world, they are still famous families in the front line of aristocratic families!

For Liu Bei, who was in his early thirties, Xuzhou, which had such a complicated situation, was far beyond his ability level. He could neither control the fierce Danyang military general group and Taishan heroes from the military, nor could he suppress the local gentry in Xuzhou from his identity!

Seeing that Liu Bei was short-sighted and did not listen to advice, Chen Qun was very disappointed with him!

196 AD!

As Chen Qun expected, Yuan Shu led a large-scale attack on Xuzhou!

Liu Bei led his army to fight.

Cao Bao and other Danyang generals took the opportunity to lead Lu Bu into Xia Pi and captured Liu Bei's family!

Good fortune will come unparalleled, but misfortunes will never come in one single way!

On the front battlefield, Liu Bei was not Yuan Shu's enemy and was defeated in a mess!

Liu Bei had no choice but to gather the remaining troops to advance east, but was defeated by Yuan Shu again in Guangling. Guan and Zhang fought to the death to protect Liu Bei and broke through the encirclement. Liu Bei led the remaining troops to defeat him and fled to Haixi in a hurry!

At this time, Liu Bei had no way forward and no way to retreat. He betrayed his relatives and had no help. He was extremely distressed. The army was cut off from food, and a tragedy of people eating people happened.

Fortunately, Mi Zhu spent all his family money to provide support, which prevented Liu Bei from starving to death!

In desperation, Liu Bei had to ask for peace from Lu Bu and return to Xiaopei again!

At this time, Liu Bei was humble from a humble background, lacked political vision, and had no high profile, so he had no attraction to the talents of the gentry!

Chen Qun from Yuzhou, Chen Deng from Xuzhou, and Liu Bei's early friends Tian Yu, Qian Zhao and others finally chose to go to the other party and stayed away from themselves!

Fortunately, Liu Bei treated others sincerely and had a kindness and righteousness, so that Jian Yong, Sun Gan, Mi Zhu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, who were born in the common people, were always willing to follow him and became the capital for him to fight against fate again in the future.

Xuzhou's experience allowed Liu Bei to see through people's hearts and learn to endure. He believed that a strong enough soul could dominate the world in the end! He even endured the weight of the crown!

After this defeat, Liu Bei led the remnants of defeated soldiers and fled westward to Cao Cao!

Cao Cao warmly received Liu Bei and asked the emperor to report to Liu Bei as the left general!

Liu Bei followed Cao Cao to Xudu and began his third life of living under someone else's roof after Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian!

Since joining Cao Cao, Liu Bei has learned to keep a low profile and grow vegetables in the yard all day long.

On the surface, he pretends to be indifferent to current affairs, but in fact he is planning to make a big move!

At that time, General Dong Cheng and others were ordered to conspire to Cao Cao by the emperor's bloody edict.

Liu Bei did not dare to participate at first, until one day, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to the mansion to cook wine and enjoy the plum blossoms, and he expressed a sentiment during the meal, which completely changed Liu Bei's idea!

Cao Cao and Liu Bei sat opposite each other, holding up a cup to drink! Let's have a happy book

The servant who was cooking wine for the two suddenly pointed to the sky and said to Cao Cao: "Look, lord, there is a dragon hanging in the sky!"

Cao Cao looked in the direction of the subordinate's finger and said, "The dragon hanging in the sky is like a dragon rolling and floating, and it is like a river turning over the sea and the river!"

Liu Bei agreed, "It's indeed a wonderful scenery!"

"Can you know the changes of the dragon?" Cao Cao asked!

"I don't know the details, please give me advice!" Liu Bei said!

"The dragon can be big or small, and can rise or hide. If it is big, it will prosper and fog. If it is small, it will hide its shape. If it is rising, it will fly into the universe. If it is hidden, it will lurk in the waves. Now it is deep in spring. The dragon changes when it is riding on time, it is like a person who is successful and traverses all over the world!" Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and said, "The dragon is a thing that can be compared to the heroes of the world. My virtue has been around for a long time. You must know the heroes of the world. Please try to speak for yourself!"

As I spoke, the sky suddenly became cloudy, as if a heavy rain was about to come!

Liu Bei smiled slightly and said modestly: "You can recognize the hero with your naked eyes!"

"Xuande is too humble!" Cao Cao said with a smile!

"It is really unknown to be grateful and have to serve in the court!"

Cao Cao smiled slightly and said, "I have never seen his face, but I will also hear his name!"

Liu Bei drank a few sips of Chinese wine and said, "Yuan Shu in Huainan, he has enough soldiers and food, so he can be a hero!"

Cao Cao shook his head with disdain and said, "I will capture it sooner or later!"

"The fourth generation of Yuan Shao, Hebei, is now in the three states. There are many subordinates who can serve, and they can be heroes!"

Cao Cao said with disdain, "Yuan Shao is harsh and brave, he likes to make plans without decisions, cherishes his life when doing big things, and forgets his life when seeing small profits. He is not a hero!"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bei said, "There is a man named Ba Jun, who is so powerful that he can be a hero!"

"Liu Biao's name is not true, he is not a hero!"

Liu Bei frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "There is a man with strong spirit, the leader Jiangdong, and Sun Bofu is a hero!"

"Sun Ce is not a hero by pursuing his father's name!"

"Liu Jiyu from Yizhou can be a hero!" Liu Bei said!

"Although Liu Zhang was a royal family, he was just a gatekeeper, so he was such a hero!"

Liu Bei said with a little hesitation: "What about Ma Teng, Zhang Lu, Han Sui and others?"

"What's the point of such a mediocre person?"

Seeing Cao Cao treating the heroes of the world like grass, Liu Bei decided to use a big move and said: "Li Yang from Liaodong is of great character and good character, can he be a hero?"

Cao Cao was slightly stunned. After pondering for a long time, he said lightly: "This child is scheming, elusive and unpredictable!"

"I don't know if I have this apart!"

At this moment, bursts of thunder sounded from the sky!

After Cao Cao had been brewing for a long time, he spoke: "A hero has great ambitions, good strategies, and the opportunity to hide the universe and exert the ambitions of heaven and earth!"

"Who can take it?" Liu Bei asked!

"Today, only the heroes are the only ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the one

Liu Bei was about to pick up the food, but he suppressed the smell of alcohol in his stomach. When he heard this, he was shocked and his chopsticks were scared to the ground.

The discussion of heroes when cooking wine in green plums seems very exciting, but in fact it is a beautiful misunderstanding!

Judging from Cao Cao's reassurance in sending Liu Bei to the expedition, when Cao Cao said the last sentence, he had no malice in his heart. It is very likely that he just saw that Liu Bei was a little decadent when he planted vegetables. He wanted to encourage him, cheer him up and belittle Yuan Shao.

But the speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Liu Bei's mood quickly changed from shock to panic. Since he could not continue, he simply made up his mind and participated in the conspiracy of Dong Cheng and others!

Liu Bei has always had great ambitions and could not be willing to stay in the underworld for a long time, but Cao Cao's words did play a catalyst, making Liu Bei anxious to find the opportunity to leave!

Soon Cao Cao heard the news that Yuan Shu wanted to go north to surrender to Yuan Shao, so he wanted to send troops to intercept him!

Liu Bei took the opportunity to volunteer!

Cao Cao agreed to Liu Bei's request very happily and sent Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao to go out with Liu Bei.
Chapter completed!