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2591. I will give him a big gift

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    Cao Cao was not yet ready for a full-scale war with Liu Zhe, so he did not send any soldiers to Cao Ren in order to prevent the battle from expanding.

    He only asked Liu Bei to lead people to reinforce Cao Ren, but he also wanted to divert trouble to the east. He hoped that Liu Zhe would vent his anger on Liu Bei and divert Liu Zhe's attention.

    However, Cao Cao did not expect that Liu Bei would suffer such a big loss. All three of his generals were injured, and his soldiers suffered heavy losses. Of the 6,000 troops and horses, less than 2,500 returned to Xiangyang in the end.

    "Zhu Huan, Wei Yan, and Ji Ling were forced into the mountains. It took the three of them and their soldiers more than half a month to get out of the mountains. When they came out, they were like beggars, almost dead.

    When such a general and his soldiers returned to Xiangyang, it was said that Liu Bei shed tears on the spot.

    Then he immediately sent someone to Xudu to ask Cao Cao for an explanation.

    "Liu Bei is really a waste. The three generals he sent all came back defeated. They are a waste." After Cao Cao received the detailed results of the battle, he did not hide it at all and despised Liu Bei in front of his subordinates and confidants.

    "Of course Liu Bei cannot be compared with the King of Wei."

    Yang Xiu was the first to speak up: "Liu Bei is just a foot trafficker, how powerful can his subordinates be? How can Liu Bei's generals compare with the generals of King Wei?"

    Although Yang Xiu is usually arrogant, his words are annoying, and his popularity among Cao Cao's men is not good, Yang Xiu's words made everyone present feel comfortable, and they felt that Yang Xiu was finally able to say nice things.

    "King Wei, how do you reply to Liu Bei's people?" Cheng Yu asked aloud.

    Liu Bei sent someone to ask for an explanation. If it had been before, Cao Cao would have ignored him and just sent him back.

    But things are different now. Cao Cao has already planned to form an alliance with Liu Bei to deal with Liu Zhe. If Liu Bei is not given an explanation, there will definitely be a gap between the two sides in the future, so that they can win each other's trust in the future.

    "Well, what do you think we should say?" Cao Cao asked.

    Cao Ren abandoned Zhu Huan and Wei Yan and ran away. In this regard, no matter how you say it, Cao Ren is in the wrong.

    "You mean General Cao Ren knew there was an ambush behind him and had to retreat?" Jiang Jidao.

    "It's useless."

    Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Liu Bei cannot be convinced by this statement."

    Then, he said to Cao Cao: "King Wei, Liu Bei sent someone to ask for an explanation. In fact, he has another purpose."

    ??Another purpose?

    Cao Cao was startled and looked at Cheng Yu with eyes filled with doubts.

    "King Wei, the angel who made you king is still in Ye County." Cheng Yu said calmly.

    Cao Cao and many people present understood immediately.

    One of the conditions for Cao Cao's previous agreement to support the canonization of Liu Bei as king was that Liu Bei send people to reinforce Cao Ren.

    In order to be crowned king, Liu Bei finally arranged for Zhu Huan and others to reinforce Cao Ren.

    After learning that Liu Bei agreed to send reinforcements, Cao Cao asked the emperor to send an envoy to Xiangyang to prepare Liu Bei as king.

    The envoy sent to Xiangyang was none other than Xi Liu, the imperial censor who had been sent to canonize Liu Zhe for the first time.

    After Xi Lu arrived in Ye County, he refused to go south even to the death. His reason was very good. There was a war ahead and he had to wait until the battle was over before going.

    But in fact, the battle between Cao Ren and Zhang He was in the northwest of Ye County, which was far away from Ye County, but Xi Lu still did not dare to go.

    Cao Cao didn¡¯t push him, since he wasn¡¯t the one to make him the king anyway, so it was okay to make Liu Bei anxious for a while, so he agreed to let Xi Lu stay in Ye County.

    At the same time, people were arranged to go to Xiangyang to help Xi Liu explain and reassure Liu Bei.

    Now that the battle is over, Xi Lu still has not left for Xiangyang.

    This made Liu Bei angry. I sent people to help your Cao Cao, but you didn't fulfill your promise?

    Therefore, this is the real reason why Liu Bei sent people to Xudu.

    "Well, that's it." After Cao Cao understood, a smile appeared on his face.

    "King Wei, you might as well send someone to ask the imperial censor to leave."

    Cheng Yu suggested: "Prevent Liu Bei from becoming resentful because of this."

    Cao Cao nodded. Indeed, it would not do him any good if he continued.

    "Tell Liu Bei's people that I am giving him a great gift."

    Cao Cao said: "Help him deal with Liu Zhe."

    Cao Hong and others may not be clear, but counselors such as Cheng Yu and Jiang Ji understood what Cao Cao meant.

    Liu Bei¡¯s men??Zhang He's men suffered a big loss, which was not a good thing for Liu Bei. At least he lost a lot of face.

    At this time, the imperial court canonizing him as king will greatly enhance Liu Bei's reputation.  Liu Bei's title of king was enough to offset the impact of Liu Bei's defeat at the hands of Liu Zhe.

    At the same time, there is a deeper meaning.

    Liu Zhe's men had just defeated Liu Bei, and the court here consecrated Liu Bei to him as king.  It is clear who the imperial court is helping. This will make people all over the world think that the imperial court is biased towards Liu Bei and is wary of Liu Zhe.

    Letting the people have this idea is definitely a huge gift for Liu Bei.  That's why Cao Cao said this.

    "My lord is wise." Cheng Yu couldn't help but admire.

    As long as Liu Bei understands the deeper meaning, not to mention that Liu Bei only lost a few thousand soldiers and his generals were slightly injured, even if he lost one or two generals, Liu Bei would probably be willing.

    Because the benefits were so great that Liu Bei couldn't refuse.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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