Liu Bei and Liu Cao met for the first time in their lives.

Speaking of Liu Cao, he was also a young man who had made his fortune with clean politics. When he was a young man, he broke into the enemy camp to save his cousin's uncle, and then made a name for himself and rose through the ranks. At the age of thirty-eight, he was finally appointed as the inspector of a province in Yangzhou (today's Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province). Unfortunately, Yuan Shu occupied Shouchun (present-day Lu'an City, Anhui Province), and was greeted by Wu Jing and Sun Ben, who brought him to Qu'a (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province). He was greeted by Wu Jing and Sun Ben, and was finally defeated by Sun Ce.

At this time, although he was less than 40 years old, his temples were gray and his face was covered with frost. Seeing Liu Bei, Liu Cao said with red eyes:

“Brother Liu Bei!”

Liu Bei's heart was saddened by this. Seeing the other party in such a sorry state, Liu Bei also said with emotion.

“Liu Cao, how did you get to such a state!”

When Liu Careless heard this, he burst into tears and told what happened to him during this period of time. It turned out that since Sun Ce had broken away from Yuan Shu, he was supported by his good friend Zhou Yu and Zhou Shang, the prefectural-level governor of Danyang (present-day Xichuan County, Henan Province), and his army had expanded to nearly 10,000 men. He then led his army to conquer Hengjiangjin (present-day Chongqing) and Danglikou (present-day Maanshan), and was invincible along the way. He then attacked Niuzhu Mountain (Dangtu County, Anhui Province), where Liu Cuo was hoarding grain and ordnance, and conquered Moling (a district of present-day Nanjing), Meiling (a district of present-day Nanjing), Huxu (a district of present-day Nanjing), and Jiangshi (a riverside area near Qixia Mountain). In the end, Liu Cao's defenders on the outskirts of Qu'a (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province) were annihilated, forcing Liu Cao to leave the city for a duel. As a result, Liu Cuo was defeated and retreated to Dantu (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province) with the remnants of his army.

Speaking of this, Liu Careless said afterward:”

Liu Bei! That Sun Ce is fierce, I'm afraid he will come after us again! Why don't you join me in retreating to Dantu (present-day Dantu City, Jiangsu Province), and then we'll make a plan!”

Liu Bei listens with a frown and subconsciously looks at Liu Xian. Liu Xian listened to Liu Cao's description, and already understood the current state of Jiangdong. Simply put, Danyang County (between present-day Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province), and Wu County (present-day Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, and Shanghai City) to the north have basically been completely conquered by Sun Ce. If they wanted to gain a foothold, Qu'a (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province) and Jiangshi (the riverside near Mount Qixia) had to be captured! Retreating to Dantu (present-day Dantu City, Jiangsu Province), there will be no strategic buffer.

Liu Xian suddenly smiled and said:

“Just now, did Liu Cao say that Sun Ce would pursue?”

Hearing Liu Xian's words, Liu Cao frowned, he and Liu Bei talk, where is the place for you a villain to interrupt? But out of courtesy, Liu Cao still said:

“That Sun Ce's son won the victory, he should follow up the victory!”

Liu Xian looked toward the direction of Qu'a, according to Sun Ce's character, said Qu'a (present-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province) there are pursuers is sure to have, but Liu Xian is the future to come, he naturally knows that Sun Ce has long been in Dantu set up an ambush, in accordance with the history of the Liu Carefree retreated to the Dantu (present-day Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province, between) after the ambush was Chen Wu ambushed, and defeated, so it was defeated to the Yuzhang County (present-day Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province), to continue to survive! The army of Yuzhang County (present-day Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province) continued to survive.

This time, both before and after the enemy, how to do? Slightly think about it, he said with a slight smile.

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“Sun Ce at this time a great victory, is bound to be pampered. My lord may as well ambush Sun Ce on the spot and take him by surprise! I think there are soldiers in the direction of Dantu (between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province today), I am afraid there is an ambush!”

Liu Careless was already scared by Sun Ce, and now he is bent on retreating, when he heard Liu Xian's words, he was furious and said.

“You little man, what do you know about the art of war? How did Sun Ce know that I would retreat to Dantu (between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province), where the ambush! The enemy army is now in the midst of a great victory, and is well-fortified and strong! If we stay here, we will be sitting ducks! “

After saying that, he said towards Liu Bei:

“Liu Bei, return to Dantu with me now, and then we'll talk about it!”

Liu Bei saw Liu Cao's eagerness to retreat from the army and could not help but feel a sinking in his heart. How can he retreat when the enemy is in front of him?

Moreover, Liu Xian said that there was an ambush in the direction of Dantu (between present-day Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province), which should be based on facts. At that moment, Liu Bei made a decision in his mind. At the same time, Liu Xian listened to a cold laugh. Dantu (between present-day Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province) direction ambush, if the retreat, will certainly be another defeat! Must be Zhou Yu Sun Ce grasped the heart of Liu Cao, in advance they ambushed in the Dantu road. Waiting for him to take the bait, but Liu Cao is hard to bite the hook, since Liu Cao so want to lose troops, then he can not help, perhaps this for Liu Bei is not a good thing.

So he said in a cold voice:

“That Sun Ce is coming soon, our army is setting up an ambush here, so it's a good time to wait for the enemy! Since you are afraid, you can lead your army to Dantu (between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province). Our army will set up an ambush here, so you can escape without fear, right?”

Seeing Liu Xian guessed that he was fleeing, Liu Cao seemed to be stepped on the tail of a mouse, his face reddened and said:

“You little child, how can you be so wild!”

He looked at Liu Bei and said sharply:

“Liu Bei, what are your plans?”

Liu Bei at this time face expressionless said:

“Brother Liu Xian, what you said is not unreasonable, our army will ambush here, brother Zhengli will retreat at ease!”

Seeing that Liu Bei even did the same, Liu Cao was more than furious and coldly shouted:

“Good consigliere! That's all, if you are willing to stay here, I won't stop you. Taishi Ci, let's go!”

Tai Shi Ci originally met Liu Bei also listen to happy, did not expect that now actually unhappy parting. Sighing slightly, he arched his hand and said to Liu Bei:

“That's it, Liu Bei take care!”

“Wait!”

At this very moment, Liu Xian faintly smiled and said:

“General Taishi Ci is very strong, why don't you stay here and ambush Sun Ce with us! In this way, the victory rate will also increase a lot!”

“This ....”

Taishi Ci hesitantly looked towards Liu Cao. Seeing this, Liu Cao's brows furrowed, he had not used Taishi Ci much because he was afraid of being accused of nepotism, and now that he saw Taishi Ci's hesitation, he immediately said in a cold voice:

“Taishi Ci, what are your thoughts again?”

Taishi Ci clasped his fist and said in a deep voice:

“Liu Cao, the kindness of Liu Cao's knowledge should be repaid here! I'll hold off the enemy for you here!”

Seeing Tai Shi Ci's words of love and righteousness, Liu Cao can't help but sigh long and hard:

“That's all, take care Tai Shi Ci!”

After saying that, he led his army towards Dantu without looking back. Liu Xian saw Liu Cao leaving and said in a loud voice.

“Liu Cao be careful, in my opinion, the direction of Dantu (between Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province today) is extremely dangerous!”

Listening to this, Liu Cao was more than furious in his heart and said angrily:

“Even if there is an ambush, I don't need you to bother about it, little boy, what do you know...”

For a while he cursed and left. When Liu Cao left, Liu Bei revealed a smile. I didn't expect Tai Shi Ci to be willing to stay! Back then, Tai Shi Ci's lone stance of breaking through the siege to bring help was still fresh in his mind! This is a rare and fierce general!

He immediately went forward and pulled Taishi Ci and said:

“With the help of Tai Shi Ci, this battle will be a great victory!”

Tai Shi Ci was touched in his heart, ever since he defected to Liu Cao, he was not valued and did not have the slightest chance to lead the army. Now compared to Liu Bei's attention, it is a world of difference! He said in a deep voice:

“Liu Bei don't worry, I will serve to the death!”

Liu Xian left Taishi Ci behind and secretly said in his heart that this fierce general was mostly accepted! He busily said:

“My Lord, General Ziyi, let's quickly ambush! I'm afraid the enemy is about to arrive!”

Liu Bei nodded his head and immediately followed the plan. Before they were separating, Liu Xian tapped Zhang Fei's shoulder and said:

“Zhang Fei.”

Zhang Fei twisted his head around strangely and said.

“What are the consigliere's orders?”

Liu Xian said with a straight face:

“When the enemy army arrives later, if Sun Ce is in the army, please ask Zhang Fei to go and confront them! If you can kill them, then do your best to kill them!”

Zhang Fei cracked a smile at his words and said:

“Good! Even if the consigliere didn't say anything, I've been wanting to meet this Sun Ce for a long time! I would like to see what he is capable of to be called the Little King of Hegemony!”