"Huh?" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "What happened in Luoyang?"

Cao Hong said: "Just just made a detailed return, the Sili Captain Liu Bei killed Guo Tu, the confidant counselor of General Pingxi Ma Yue, and also seriously injured Gao Shun, the general of Ma Yue. In order to avenge his subordinates, Ma Yue has raised 100,000 troops to attack Luoyang, and threatened to break Luoyang and slaughter the whole city."

"What! Is this kind of thing?" Cao Cao said with a sniff, "If the butcher Ma wants to fight Luoyang, Liu Bei will not be able to defend it no matter what."

Xun You continued: "In other words, the emperor will inevitably fall into the hands of the butcher horse in the end."

Guo Jia said: "Lord, the emperor must not fall into the hands of the horse butcher. Otherwise, the horse butcher will occupy the territory of Guanzhong, Hetao, and Liangzhou, and will have hundreds of thousands of tiger and wolf cavalry under his command, and they can also use the emperor to command the princes. In this way, the time, place, and people are all in the horse butcher. Who else can compete with him in the world?"

"But..." Cheng Yu looked shocked and suspicious, and asked Guo Jia, "Ma Butcher Ma really dares to take the blame for the world and raise an army to attack Luoyang? You must know that Luoyang's capital is dominated by the emperor and its interests are closely related. Who doesn't look at it? Ma Butcher Ma is not afraid of the coalition forces of the princes in the world?"

Guo Jia did not answer, but asked Cao Cao instead: "If the lord is Ma Pingxi, his confidant adviser was killed and the general was seriously injured, would he take his anger on Liu Bei and raise troops to retaliate?"

Cao Cao replied without hesitation: "Of course."

"So..." Guo Jia said this and said in a narrow voice, "Jia thought that the horse butcher would definitely raise troops to retaliate."

Chang'an.

The car is shaking, the horse is roaring, and thousands of troops are galloping to Chang'an.

On the third day after Ma Yue's military order was issued, Duan Wei and Yang Feng finally led 8,000 old subordinates to Chang'an. Five days later, Liangzhou Governor Ma Teng led 50,000 military farming soldiers, 20,000 Guo Si's old subordinates, 20,000 Qiang soldiers, and 30,000 county soldiers, a total of 120,000 troops also arrived in Luoyang.

For a time, large army gathered in Chang'an City and were covered with battles.

However, no one knows why Ma Yue mobilized such a large number of troops?

Hulao Pass.

Guan Yu's temporary residence.

Guan Yu was sitting on the case, drinking cup after cup. Although Liu Bei asked him to leave Luoyang and go straight to Xuzhou, Mo turned around and stopped on the way, after arriving at Hulao Pass, Guan Yu couldn't help but stop secretly and sent someone to sneak back to Luoyang to find out the news.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei became a gang in Taoyuan. The brotherly loves deeply, and Guan Yu really did not want to abandon Liu Bei and run away alone.

"General, something is wrong."

Guan Yu had three cups of wine and was about to get up and dance his sword when his personal captain Hu Ban rushed in.

"Hu Ban!" Guan Yu shouted anxiously, "What big thing happened?"

Hu Ban looked dark and cried: "Luoyang has been broken, lord..."

"What's wrong with him, brother?" Guan Yu was anxious, grabbed Hu Ban's collar and shouted sternly, "Tell me quickly."

Hu Ban cried, "The lord has been dismembered by the butcher horse, and his head has been hung above the east gate of Luoyang."

"Ah...Brother!"

Guan Yu shouted, his eyes turned dark and he fell backwards.

"General!"

Hu Ban rushed forward and held on.

After a while, Guan Yu woke up quietly and gritted his teeth and said, "But Ma, I'm not in line with you!"

Hu Ban gritted his teeth and said, "General, what should I do now? Will I be revenge when I kill myself back to Luoyang?"

"No, now when returning to Luoyang, not only will he not be able to avenge his elder brother, but he will also die in vain." Guan Yu had completely calmed down and said in a deep voice, "According to the elder brother's last wish, he would first protect the emperor to Xuzhou. As the saying goes, a gentleman will take revenge, it will not be too late for ten years, and he will talk about revenge later."

Xuzhou, Tao Qian’s official residence.

Lu Bu bowed long and said respectfully to Tao Qian: "I will thank the great Lord for taking in the eight thousand Bingzhou soldiers (in fact, there are only three thousand remaining soldiers left, and I have said nothing but intimidation).

Tao Qian clasped his fists and replied, "You are welcome, General."

Lu Bu said: "Since that's the case, I will say goodbye first."

Tao Qian said: "I have something to do, so I will give it away not far."

Lu Bu hugged his fists, turned around and left.

Watching Lu Bu disappear outside the door, counselor Chen Gui advised Tao Qian: "Lu Bu is a tiger and wolf man. You can stay by your side, and you may suffer from it in the future."

Tao Qian said: "I am a minister with Lu Bu in the same dynasty as Lu Bu. Now that Lu Bu is in poverty, how can he turn it away?"

Staff Mi Zhu sighed: "The great man is kind and righteous, and everyone knows it. I am afraid that Lu Bu will not appreciate this kindness."

Tao Qian said: "I treat people well, and people will treat me well. Don't persuade me again."

Chen Gui and Mi Zhu sighed lightly and stopped persuading each other.

Xiao Pei.

Before Guan Yu could enter the city, he saw a large flag with the word "Lu" flying from the top of the city. Another general led his troops out of the city gate and happened to meet Guan Yu. The two of them were stunned at the same time. It turned out that this general was no one else, but it was Zhang Liao, a powerful general from Yanmen who had fought with Guan Yu for dozens of rounds without a chance to win.

Zhang Liao nodded gently over Guan Yu and immediately led his troops to leave.

Guan Yu was puzzled and said to Hu Ban, the captain of the personal soldiers beside him: "Isn't Xiao Pei under the rule of Lord Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou? Why has it become Lu Bu's territory?"

Hu Ban volunteered: "The villain will ask someone to ask now."

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Go and go back quickly."

Hu Ban rode his horse away, and he hurried back in less than a moment, saying to Guan Yu: "General, the villain has figured it out. It turned out that Lu Bu and Cao Cao failed to compete for Yanzhou, and they were defeated and surrendered to Lord Tao Qian. Lord Tao Qian placed Lu Bu's old Bingzhou troops in this Xiaopei City."

"What, Lu Bu also defected to Lord Tao Qian?" Guan Yu's beautiful appearance suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and said angrily, "Damn it!"

Hu Banqi said: "General, what's wrong?"

Guan Yu fired: "Go and return the same way."

"What?" Hu Ban said in surprise, "I won't go to Xuzhou anymore?"
Chapter completed!