Chapter 638

The Black Mountain Army side was even more so; they were all under the same master as Jia Wu, and the fighting was actually just acting, so the Black Mountain Army had no casualties at all.

But on the surface, they still pretended to have suffered significant losses, just to deceive Yuan Shao.

In the Prince of Zou Qian's Mansion in Xiangyang,

Jia San hurried over to report to Su Xuan: "My Lord! Shi Xie and his son have also been captured alive. How should we deal with them? General Gan Ning and the others can't make a decision."

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows and said: "No special treatment; just follow our rules and regulations!"

"If the sins committed are sufficient, just execute them directly; if the sins are not deep, then throw them into the mining area and let them mine to redeem their sins!"

Yes, Shi Xie is the King of Nanyue, but what does that have to do with Su Xuan?

He doesn't recognize this title at all, okay?

He is not familiar with Shi Xie either. Wanting to get special treatment here?

That's impossible!

"Uh... yes! I understand! I will go and convey your meaning, my Lord!"

Jia San cupped his hands and accepted the order, and under Su Xuan's wave, he quickly retreated.

In Xiapi City, Xuzhou,

Liu Bei gathered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Deng, and others to discuss the invasion of Cao Cao and Lu Bu.

"Chen Yuanlong, Second Brother, Third Brother, now, Lu Bu's army has not yet retreated, and Cao Cao has invaded! Furthermore, Cao Cao has sent an envoy, wanting to form an alliance with us to join hands against Lu Bu;"

"Cao Cao even promised that he would let me continue to be the Lord of Xuzhou afterward. What do you think?"

Guan Yu frowned: "Big Brother! Cao Cao's words cannot be trusted, right? You and he are both warlords! If we really help him defeat Lu Bu, can he really give up Xuzhou?"

"Then wouldn't he have fought for nothing?"

"I don't think such a good thing can happen!"

"If it really comes to that, Cao Cao will probably annex us together and occupy all of Xuzhou, right?"

"That's right!"

Zhang Fei nodded affirmatively: "Second Brother is right, I think so too! Cao Cao clearly has bad intentions. Big Brother, you can't trust him!"

"Hmph! Although I hate Lu Bu, I hate Cao Cao even more; I always feel this guy doesn't look like a good person."

His dissatisfaction with Lu Bu was more because of Lu Bu's several times killing his master.

Of course, there was also a kind of unwillingness and stifling because his martial power was not as good as Lu Bu's.

"Is that so?"

Liu Bei smiled; this time his Second Brother and Third Brother were clear-headed, which was a good improvement.

He didn't rush to a conclusion, but looked at Chen Deng, Jian Yong, Sun Zou Qian, and others and asked: "Mr. Chen Yuanlong, what do you think?"

Chen Deng immediately said: "Your Majesty the King of Qi, I believe that what the two generals said is reasonable! Cao Cao's talk of an alliance cannot be trusted!"

"This is just a typical alienation tactic, wanting to alienate you, Your Majesty, from Lu Bu!"

"Furthermore, I suspect that the conflict between the Third General and Lu Bu before might also have had Cao Cao's hand in it secretly!"

"After all, the process of this conflict was too abrupt!"

"Cao Cao has always coveted this Xuzhou. If we really help him defeat Lu Bu, his next target will definitely be us!"

"By then, relying on our side alone, it will be impossible to defeat Cao Cao, who has hundreds of thousands of troops!"

"Therefore, I believe we should send an envoy to reconcile with Lu Bu and then jointly resist Cao Cao!"

"Drive Cao Cao back first, and then consider the relationship with Lu Bu later."

Sun Zou Qian cupped his hands: "I second that!"

"Me too!"

Jian Yong also quickly spoke up.

"Good!"

Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction and said to Sun Zou Qian: "Sir Gongyou, are you willing to make a trip to Lu Bu's camp on my behalf to discuss reconciliation and an alliance to resist Cao Cao?"

"I dare not disobey!"

Sun Zou Qian accepted the order and, without delaying much time, quickly set off, left Xiapi City, and came to Lu Bu's camp outside the city.

He found that Lu Bu was already packing up and preparing to retreat.

"As expected, Lu Bu is not stupid either; he knows he needs to guard against Cao Cao first!"

"It seems this matter should be relatively smooth!"

With such thoughts, Sun Zou Qian quickly met Lu Bu and Chen Gong and stated his purpose directly.

"My Lord believes that the conflict between the General and my Third General should be due to Cao Cao's secret provocation;"

"Now Cao Cao has invaded with a large army, and his purpose is clearly to take Xuzhou. He is our common enemy!"

"My Lord is willing to reconcile and form an alliance with the General to jointly resist Cao Cao. I wonder what the General thinks?"

Sun Zou Qian cupped his hands to Lu Bu and said.

"Oh?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "Before, Mr. Chen Gongtai said Liu Liu Xuande was righteous and had a sense of the big picture. I was still skeptical, but now hearing the gentleman's words, I really believe it!"

"Okay! I agree to the reconciliation and alliance!"

"I think you can see that I am already packing up and preparing to retreat to Peng Cheng to reinforce!"

"However, this time Cao Cao's invasion is in two routes: one to take Peng Cheng and one to take Taishan Commandery!"

"Therefore, I need to split troops to support Taishan Commandery!"

"In this way, the troops in Peng Cheng are a bit insufficient! I wonder if your Lord is willing to send some troops to Peng Cheng to support me and jointly resist Cao Cao?"

He had been developing in Xuzhou for too short a time, and the troops currently under his command were only 50,000.

Among them, more than half were new recruits.

He didn't have any confidence in resisting Cao Cao with just these troops.

"This..."

Sun Zou Qian clearly didn't expect Lu Bu to ask for help, so he was stunned and said: "I cannot make the decision for my Lord on this matter. However, I am willing to return and report to my Lord as soon as possible!"

"In my opinion, this matter is a good thing for both of us, and my Lord should agree!"

"If the General has nothing else, I will return to the city immediately and report to my Lord. What does the General think?"

He really couldn't make the decision on this matter!

They hadn't thought of this before...

Perhaps they all subconsciously thought that a person as tough as Lu Bu couldn't easily ask for help, right?

"Okay!"

Lu Bu nodded: "Then please go and return quickly, sir!"

"I will set off for Peng Cheng immediately. Mr. Chen Gongtai will follow the main force and depart later. When the time comes, you can discuss it with Mr. Chen Gongtai!"

He couldn't wait for a moment!

If he didn't go back, Peng Cheng might fall!

"Very well! There is no time to lose; I will set off now!"

Sun Zou Qian accepted and left directly.

After Lu Bu watched him walk away, he looked at Chen Gong: "Chen Gongtai! Things are exactly as you expected! Liu Bei is really willing to reconcile and form an alliance to deal with Cao Cao together. I have to say, this person really has a good temper!"

"If it were me, I really might not be willing!"

"You!"

Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu with amusement: "When it comes to the big picture, can one make a decision based on one's own likes and dislikes?"

"Liu Bei making such a choice is the performance that a mature warlord should have!"

"Haha!"

Lu Bu laughed aloud: "The gentleman is pointing out that I am not mature! However, you are right; my personality is just like this! It's hard to change!"

"Sir! Do you think we can really drive Cao Cao back this time and continue to hold Xuzhou?"

Hearing Lu Bu's question, Chen Gong also frowned: "I'm really not sure about this!"

"The latest intelligence shows that Cao Cao's army on the Taishan Commandery route has already broken through the border pass and entered Taishan Commandery!"

"Peng Cheng is also in jeopardy! Even if you set off now, General, you might not be able to rescue Peng Cheng in time!"

"Therefore, I can't be sure!"

"So, General, you go to rescue Peng Cheng and do your best;"

"If you find it impossible, please retreat in time and come to Xiapi to meet up;"

"At that time, we will jointly resist Cao Cao's offensive with Liu Bei!" ===== CHAPTER 640 =====