"The two of you probably don't know, but Cao Cao is good friends with my master, and has nothing to do with Kong Beihai. Why did the master offend his friend and help Kong Beihai?"

The man became anxious when he heard it, so he said:

"Lord Liu's words are wrong! Which princes in the world don't want to monopolize the world, if Lord Liu can convince your lord to send troops to help my lord, my lord is willing to submit to the Lord Governor of Liaodong."

When these words came out, the military commander was also surprised.

Originally, their plan was to seek military assistance first, and the second step was to show their final hole cards.

But what they didn't expect was that this time, Liu Xuan, the prefect of Liaodong, didn't even see him, and he had already confided all his plans.

If they don't come up with all the plans now, I'm afraid they will be even more hopeless.

They can only take a risk, they can only hope that Liu Bowen can persuade Liu Xuan.

When Liu Bowen heard this person's words, he was only slightly fluctuated, and he was not too excited.

Liu Bowen knew in his heart that Kong Rong was scared out of his wits by Cao Cao this time. As his master said, this Kong Rong simply didn't have the ability to accomplish great things.

It's just that he is not even as good as Yuan Shu in the matter of being a county guard and unifying the world in a peaceful and prosperous age.

So Liu Bowen pretended to be surprised and asked:

"Oh? Your master really said that?"

The man said with certainty:

"My lord really told me to wait. Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, to discuss with the prefect. My lord will never go back on his word."

Liu Bowen nodded after hearing this, and said:

"Okay, I will write to my lord to inform the lord of this matter, but you two need to wait here for a few more days. The lord has given the news, and Liu will notify the two of you as soon as possible."

When Liu Bowen said this, the two knew that Liu Bowen hadn't lied to them at the beginning, and Liu Xuan must not be in Liaodong anymore.

So the two could only nod their heads in agreement, and said:

"Then we will wait for the good news from Mr. Liu, but please hurry up, Mr. Liu. I am afraid that my lord will not be able to wait. I have been waiting here for seven days. If I don't return to Qingzhou for a long time, I'm afraid My lord will be worried."

Liu Bowen nodded after hearing this, and said:

"Okay! Please return to the inn first, and I will quickly inform my lord about this matter."

After hearing this, the two had no choice but to bid farewell to Liu Bowen and leave. Liu Bowen ordered them to be sent out of the mansion.

After waiting for the two to leave, Liu Bowen ordered someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, quickly wrote a letter, and then called a Jin Yiwei.

Jin Yiwei came to Liu Bowen, knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands, and asked:

"I don't know what my lord has ordered?"

Liu Bowen held the letter he just finished writing in his hand, and then asked:

"Where is my lord now?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Yiwei hurriedly replied:

"My lord, my lord has just arrived in Jingzhou, and is now taking the generals to Nanyang County."

Liu Bowen knew Liu Xuan's whereabouts as soon as he heard it, so the letter in both hands was handed over to Jin Yiwei, and he said:

"Give this letter to the lord quickly, and ask the lord to make a decision."

After Jin Yiwei took the letter, he cupped his hands and said:

"The subordinate will do it now, please rest assured, my lord."

Liu Bowen nodded, then waved his hand again, signaling to Jin Yiwei to go down to work quickly.

Jin Yiwei quickly left Liu Bowen's mansion, and quickly left Liaodong with a letter.

At Cao Cao's place at this time, Cao Ren was already preparing to lead his troops to Qingzhou.

Cao Cao specially went out of the city to see Cao Ren and others off. This time, Cao Ren was the main general for the expedition to Qingzhou, with Cao Zhang and Xia Houyuan as the vanguard.

Cao Ren led an army of 25, and after half a month, they arrived in Qingzhou, outside the city of Pingyuan County.

Cao Ren directly asked Cao Zhang to go to the city to call for battle. When Cao Zhang arrived at the city of Pingyuan County, he pointed his sword at the defenders on the city wall and shouted:

"I am Cao Zhang! I have been ordered to attack old Kong Rong today, open the city gate and surrender, or I will kill you all when the city is broken!"

Cao Zhang was still as violent as ever. When the guard in Pingyuan County heard that it was Cao Jun coming, he hurriedly said to the guards around him:

"Go to Beihai to inform the lord that Cao Cao's army is approaching the city, whether to fight or surrender, please give me a message from the lord!"

It's not that this general is greedy for life and afraid of death, because when Kong Rong learned that Cao Cao was attacking Yuzhou, he had already ordered them not to act rashly and wait for his order!

Even if Cao Cao's army arrives, they can't open the city to fight, just hold the city and wait for his news.

That's why there was this general. The first time he saw Cao Cao's army was not to go out of the city to fight, but to let the guards quickly inform his lord of the news.

I saw that the personal guard had received the order from the general who defended the city. His horse had already been prepared. He went directly down the city wall, turned on his horse, and rushed out from another city gate.

After explaining this matter, the defending general directly opened his mouth and ordered to the soldiers on the city wall:

"Listen up, brothers. Without my order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to fight. Just hold on to the city. The lord's reinforcements will arrive soon."

The soldiers also received an order a few days earlier, no matter who came to attack the city, they were not allowed to go out of the city to fight.

Therefore, everyone carried out the orders of the generals who defended the city very thoroughly, and they just silently transported rolling stones and wood to the city wall, which are the equipment for defending the city.

After giving all the orders, the general shouted to Cao Zhang outside the city wall:

"General Cao came from afar, why is this so, why don't we sit down calmly and have a good talk, my lord has no intention of being an enemy of Duke Cao."

Cao Zhang heard the generals defending the city wall speak so politely, and shouted:

"Okay, since you want to talk, then open the city gate, shall we talk again after entering the city?"

The general who defended the city heard that this guy is not stupid, and he wanted to trick himself into opening the city gate. He turned around with a smile on his face, and shouted at Cao Zhang:

"General Cao was joking. The city gate will not be opened at the end of the day. It's good to talk like this. I have already informed my lord. When my lord arrives, I will give General Cao and Duke Cao a satisfactory answer."

The man paused while talking, thought for a while, and then continued:

"General Cao can set up camp outside the city to rest now. We really don't want to fight openly with Cao. We are all allies. I hope Duke Cao will not be blinded by some young people and cause unnecessary losses to both of us!"

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