Chapter 337 Volume The Traitor
Liu Bei’s tone was so sincere that even Guan Yu and Zhao Yun behind him couldn’t help but be moved.

Although it is unlikely to make Cao Cao surrender now, what if?
Both of them looked at Cao Cao expectantly, and Cao Cao’s expression was also very interesting.

“Does Xuande really think he can defeat me?”

“I, Cao Mengde, have occupied all of the Central Plains, and have 100,000 soldiers under my command! And now you are advising me to surrender?”

Cao Cao shook his head: “Xuan De, you are a little too conceited!”

Liu Bei did not rush to explain, but asked Cao Cao: “To occupy all of the Central Plains and have 100,000 soldiers under his command… Is this Meng De’s ambition?”

“Since it is not Meng De’s ambition, let alone occupying all of the Central Plains, even if it is occupying all of Guandong, what will it matter?”

As Liu Bei spoke, he was about to grab Cao Cao’s hand: “Meng De! Now that the Holy Emperor is on the throne, the Han Dynasty is on the verge of revival! Can’t you turn back and serve the Emperor?”

When Cao Cao heard Liu Bei’s words, he looked a little dazed.

When he reacted, he found that Liu Bei had already held his hand…

“Snapped!”

Cao Cao quickly pulled his hand back, feeling a little scared.

“Liu Xuande, you are still so charming!”

Looking up at the sky, Cao Cao saw that the sun had shifted, and he smiled knowingly.

“Liu Xuande, you are too hasty to conclude that I am the loser now!”

“Do you know why I suddenly invited you to meet me?”

When Liu Bei saw that the gloom in Cao Cao’s eyes had completely disappeared and he had returned to his former treacherous character, he realized that something was wrong.

“Cao Cao! What on earth do you want to do?”

Cao Cao simply stopped hiding it.

“I invited you to meet me. The people in your camp will definitely be on guard against the direction of my camp, thinking that I will surprise you!”

“In this case, they will naturally send more scouts to the east to keep an eye on our army’s movements. Am I right?”

Liu Bei nodded.

“You, Cao Mengde, have always been treacherous. You might mobilize the army when we meet. We must be on guard!”

But when Liu Bei heard Cao Cao say it himself, he was certain that Cao Cao would not launch a surprise attack on his camp.

What was Cao Cao’s purpose in bringing himself here?
Seeing that Liu Bei was thinking hard but to no avail, Cao Cao finally laughed out loud: “Liu Bei! I have sent Cao Chun and Cao Ren to lead troops to attack Luoyang from the north through a small road!”

“Now you and Lu Bu are attacking from both sides, which is indeed fierce! But after you go all out, the rear will be left empty!”

“Sun Jian attacked Luoyang from the south in the past, causing Dong Zhuo to be defeated! I will do the same thing today, let’s see what the emperor will do.”

Cao Cao was completely confident of victory at this moment: “When the emperor in Luoyang is surrounded, both you and Lu Bu will have to lead troops to Luoyang to provide assistance, and the danger in Henan will naturally be resolved!”

Stand up.

“Liu Xuande, this battle has just begun. It is too early for you to persuade us to surrender now!”

Liu Bei glared at Cao Cao: “I treated you with sincerity, but you just wanted to deceive me?”

As they spoke, the words became more heated and Liu Bei could not help but slam the table and stood up.

“Ok?”

Xu Chu behind Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and put his hand on the hilt of the sword!
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun behind Liu Bei also stepped forward and confronted him!

Cao Cao stood behind Xu Chu and said, “Liu Bei! Sincerity and righteousness are useless in this world! It’s just that you have an emperor above your head to protect you from the wind and rain, so you can’t feel the difficulties of the world!”

“If you had been wandering around since you escaped from the plains, even you would have changed sooner or later!”

Liu Bei put his hands on Guan Yu and Zhao Yun’s shoulders and asked them to step back temporarily, while he stood at the front.

“Cao Mengde! Humanity and justice are irresistible!”

“It’s not the emperor who protects me, but the people who are beginning to support the emperor!”

“You don’t even understand this principle, how can you win this battle!”

……

Cao Cao is now extremely angry and he wants to knock Liu Bei, who is always talking about benevolence and morality, to the ground!
But when Cao Cao saw Guan Yu and Zhao Yun behind Liu Bei, he gave up the idea.

“Okay! I’ll be waiting for you! I hope you can still be so calm after I get the emperor!”

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, “Then please wait and see, Meng De!”

It was not until Cao Cao walked away that Liu Bei’s forced calmness disappeared without a trace!

“What should we do? Cao Cao actually ordered a surprise attack on Luoyang?”

“Now that Lu Bu is leading his troops outside, Luoyang only has a few thousand defenders! If Cao Cao captures it, wouldn’t that be disastrous?”

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun comforted Liu Bei and said, “Don’t panic, uncle. We still have the military advisor. At least go and discuss things with him first, and then make plans!”

After Zhuge Liang passed the imperial examination and was “exiled” to Jingzhou, the emperor gave him the position of “Military Advisor General”. In addition, Zhuge Liang had gradually gained the trust of Liu Bei in the past two years, so it became a common practice for Liu Bei’s army to ask the military advisor for help when encountering difficulties.

“Yes! And Kong Ming!”

Liu Bei rode back to the camp quickly and immediately discussed with Zhuge Liang and asked for countermeasures.

But after hearing this, Zhuge Liang just smiled without saying anything and gently waved his feather fan.

Ma Chao was not familiar with Zhuge Liang yet. Seeing that Zhuge Liang was still playing tricks, Ma Chao angrily shouted, “If the emperor is in danger, we should lead our troops to support him immediately. Why are you so calm?”

After that, Ma Chao asked Liu Bei to grant him a military token so that he could lead the cavalry to Luoyang for rescue!

“Meng Qi, don’t worry!”

Liu Bei tried to comfort him, but he couldn’t help but complain to Zhuge Liang: “Kong Ming! Seeing your expression, I think you must have known what was going on! If so, you should tell us and don’t make us anxious!”

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and shook his head with a smile.

“Don’t worry, uncle. Since Your Majesty chose to garrison Luoyang personally, how could you not have expected Cao Cao to attack Luoyang from the south?”

“The reason why the former Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo was forced to withdraw from Luoyang was because Sun Jian attacked Luoyang from the south and occupied the geographical advantage, which led to his defeat.”

“With the wisdom of the emperor, how could he repeat the same mistake and let Cao Cao succeed?”

Zhuge Liang’s words were full of admiration for the emperor: “It is for this reason that the emperor wants to build Luoyang.”

“This not only keeps the Luoyang area stable and ensures the safety of the army heading east, but more importantly, the emperor has built a hundred-foot-high tower in the name of “sacrifice” to the south of Luoyang – Jinyong City!”

“Jinyong is the strong city in the sky!”

“Your Majesty, if you build Jinyong City in the south and use crossbows for defense, you can easily keep Cao Cao’s 100,000 soldiers out of the city!”

Zhuge Liang was so happy at this moment!
I can finally say it!
When he participated in the imperial examination, he accidentally guessed the court’s true intention of building Luoyang, so the emperor issued a gag order for him not to tell anyone else about it.

This included the emperor’s plan to attack from Luoyang, the emperor’s construction of Jinyong City in the south of Luoyang, and the emperor’s placement of the Zhuge Liannu he invented in Jinyong City…

These were once secrets, and Zhuge Liang did not dare to disclose them easily even when facing Liu Bei.

But seeing that Cao Cao really led his troops to attack the south of Luoyang, Zhuge Liang naturally had no scruples and told all of the emperor’s arrangements in Luoyang!

“So, Uncle Emperor, Mengqi, you can rest assured! The emperor has made more preparations for this battle than anyone else in the world! Even though Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had quick wits, they were verified by the emperor, Zhongda, Dezu and others, and they found a way to deal with it. There is no need to worry at all!”

When Liu Bei heard that the emperor had built a hundred-foot-high tower in Luoyang to guard against Cao Cao, his panicked mind suddenly calmed down.

Especially when Liu Bei heard that the emperor had moved Zhuge’s crossbow to Jinyong City, he felt that Luoyang was as solid as a rock!
“The Zhuge Crossbow invented by Kong Ming is so powerful that it will definitely make Cao Cao fall flat on his face!”

Zhuge Liang’s mouth twitched: “Uncle, that crossbow is called Yuanrong Crossbow, not Zhuge Crossbow…”

“Even His Majesty has given you the name Zhuge Liannu, Kong Ming, do you still want to disobey the order?”

Liu Bei not only did not feel ashamed to name things with surnames, but he also helped Zhuge Liang to name the things he was tinkering with.

“What about Zhuge sailboats, Zhuge artillery vehicles… By the way, Kong Ming, have you ever asked someone to refine elixirs before? Do you want to invent some elixir that can heal the wounded and the dying?”

“…”

Zhuge Liang quickly put the feather fan in front of Liu Bei’s big mouth to interrupt the other party’s words. At the same time, he was also glad that he had been keeping the secret for the emperor and did not leak it.

“Uncle, those things are not finished yet. They are just rough models. They are nothing.”

“In short, we don’t need to worry about your majesty’s safety. Even if Cao Cao attacks Luoyang, it is within the emperor’s expectations.”

“Cao Cao revealed the news to the emperor’s uncle before, just to make the emperor’s uncle lose his composure and lead his troops to rescue the emperor.”

“Now that we know that the emperor is worry-free, we should give Cao Cao a surprise!”

Liu Bei understood what he meant, and laughed heartily: “Kong Ming is right!”

“Before, Cao Cao was so proud of me that he considered me his defeated general. I must defeat him once first. Let’s see how he can ridicule me with the past events in the future.”

Cao Cao sent a special force to attack Luoyang, anticipating that Liu Bei would immediately go to Luoyang to rescue the emperor.

In this case, if Liu Bei did not suddenly launch an attack on Cao Cao, it would be a bit unfair to Cao Cao’s “good intentions”!

That night.

Liu Bei left Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang to guard the central army camp, and he personally led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals to cross the Yingshui River by boat to attack Cao Cao’s camp!

Cao Cao had suffered from salivation during the day, so after taking the medicine, he went to bed early in his clothes.

He was woken up in the middle of the night and was about to kill someone in his dream when he realized that it was Xu Chu who broke in himself!

“My lord! Liu Bei led his troops to attack our camp! Please sound the drums to fight immediately!”

No?

Cao Cao felt that the medicine he drank before going to bed suddenly surged up from his stomach.

Knowing that the emperor was in trouble, instead of withdrawing troops to rescue him, he launched an attack on his own camp?

Isn’t Liu Bei a loyal minister?
How could a loyal minister disregard the emperor’s safety and choose to attack his own camp at night?
Cao Cao couldn’t figure out the key, but instead the headache he had suppressed with great difficulty came to his mind again…

(End of this chapter)