Chapter 41 Liu Bei comes to help, and the three-party coalition forces support Xuzhou!
In the capital city, the emperor's uncle Dong Cheng, the prime minister Wang Yun, and the king of patrons Liu Bei were drinking.

At one point, an urgent memorial was delivered over a distance of 800 miles. The envoy from Xuzhou knelt before Liu Bei and said, "Uncle Liu, Ji Hao has evil ambitions and has gathered the Qingzhou army to attack Xuzhou. Please help us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Bei's expression immediately became solemn.

"He finally chose Xuzhou?"

In fact, at the beginning, Liu Bei did not want to block Ji Hao's official position, fearing that he would be pushed to the limit. However, a counselor named Jia Xu came forward and explained the interests to him.

Let Liu Bei understand that once Ji Hao took Xuzhou, the two states would be in his hands and he would be unstoppable.

So, he deliberately blocked Ji Hao.

Make him the governor of Jizhou and force him to compete with Yuan Shao.

But unfortunately, Ji Hao was not fooled, and neither was Yuan Shao - Jizhou in the north was already under the control of Yuan Shao, who cut off the ferry crossing on the Yellow River, blocking the court's communication with the north.

Except Chengtian Ferry, there is no other way to enter Jizhou.

Yuan Shao also showed enough courage. He left his back to Ji Hao and sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.

And now, Ji Hao sent troops to Xuzhou.

One in the south and one in the north, they seemed to be trying to divide the world. How could Liu Bei not be alarmed?

"He is looking for death. Now that Uncle Liu is in the court, how can we let him do what he wants?" Dong Cheng said, "I will go and ask the emperor to let you, Xuande, lead 50,000 troops to rush to Xuzhou to help!"

Liu Bei nodded to this.

On the same day, he gathered his troops and headed for Xuzhou in a mighty procession.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei accompanied them, as did Jia Xu.

Yes, Jia Xu.

He was originally a counselor under Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo was defeated, he chose Liu Bei to choose another wise leader. In the original novel, he chose Li Jue and Guo Si. Later, when the two generals were defeated, he followed Zhang Xiu and surrendered to Cao Cao with his lord. Eventually, he became one of the "Four Great Counselors of Cao's Camp."

But under the butterfly effect, Liu Bei defeated Dong Zhuo with his clan soldiers and became the King of Backers.

He rose so strongly that Jia Xu chose him.

"Ji Hao's courage is unmatched in the world. Even Lu Bu is inferior to him. Although I have a second and third brother, I am still not completely sure!"

Liu Bei said while on the road.

In response, Jia Xu smiled and said, "The courage of an ordinary man can defeat three armies, but it cannot defeat the whole world. There is no need to worry about it. The victory or defeat on the battlefield is not about personal bravery, but about the use of troops."

Liu Bei did not refute when he heard this, but he was still worried.

"Can you stop talking nonsense? I've given you the position of military advisor, so just say something useful!" Zhang Fei said.

Guan Yu was a little more polite, but he also said: "Please give me some advice, military advisor!"

What this means is that you have to come up with a strategy to deal with Ji Hao, otherwise it will not be easy to get the position of military advisor.

In response to this, Jia Xu secretly shook his head in his heart.

Liu Bei was a rare wise leader, but he had two sworn brothers. Although they were both brave enough to fight against ten thousand men, they were arrogant and did not know how to restrain themselves. In the end, they would probably suffer a great defeat because of this!

However, since Jia Xu chose Liu Bei, he naturally had to contribute.

Xiaoxiao said: "My lord, you can write a letter to invite Lu Bu of Yanzhou and Yuan Shu of Yangzhou to fight against Ji Hao together. The former has been defeated by Ji Hao twice, so he must be dissatisfied and will definitely go. The latter has coveted Xuzhou for a long time and will not let Ji Hao get Xuzhou!"

This made Liu Bei's eyes light up.

Write a letter immediately to contact.

Finally, when Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, Lu Bu also led 30,000 troops to Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu personally led an army of 100,000 to meet in Xia Pi City.

Together with Tao Qian's own 30,000 soldiers, there were a total of 200,000 soldiers and horses. In addition, there were Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling, Sun Ce, Jia Xu, and Zhou Yu, which made the lineup quite luxurious.

When Ji Hao found out about this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"After all, they are the royal family of the Han Dynasty, with amazing background. They are righteous and have the support of hundreds of people. If Qingzhou had not been managed by me for three years and has become an iron bucket, I would be worried that something would go wrong in our nest!" said Ji Hao.

But there was no worry on his face.

He also began to select his generals.

"I will personally lead the expedition this time, Zhao Yun will be the vanguard, and Meng De, you will be in charge of logistics! Zhang Liao will continue to stay at Chengtian Ferry, but only one person is enough, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan will all go with the army." Ji Hao said: "As for the civil officials, Xun Yu will stay in Qingzhou, Guo Jia and Chen Gong will be the military advisors and go with the army!"

Like Liu Bei, Ji Hao also put together a dream configuration.

Not low at all.

But there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and the two Xiahou together commanded a "Chengtian Army" of 10,000.

Zhao Yun led the "Datong Army" of 10,000.

Ji Hao personally led the "Haotian Army" of 10,000!
As soon as the 30,000-strong army left Qingzhou, they saw a dense crowd of 200,000 troops lined up in three camps in front of them. Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu, with a group of civil and military officials, stood in front of the army.

I have been waiting for Ji Hao for a long time.

Someone may ask here, how come Liu Bei and his men came thousands of miles to provide support faster than Ji Hao left?
Of course Ji Hao did it on purpose.

He did not attack the city directly because once he took it he would have to defend it. Unless he could reach Xia Pi in one go, it would be difficult to defend the city if he took Langya County alone.

It would be better to let the enemy gather.

In this way, if the action is taken at the border between the two states, Ji Hao can attack if he advances or defend if he retreats, which is safer.

Anyway, Qingzhou’s “Great Wall” is a solid barrier that the enemy can never break through. They can play a game of attrition. Qingzhou is not afraid of anything!
"Ji Chengtian, you are the governor of Yanzhou. Why are you attacking Xuzhou instead of taking your own territory?"

From a distance, Liu Bei shouted loudly.

Want to use force to overwhelm others.

But Ji Hao didn't care. It had come to this point, and there was no need to hide anything. He said directly: "I don't want to either, but the Xuzhou nobles exploit the people. Every day, there are tens of thousands of victims fleeing to my place. Facing the filth in the world, my Datong Army cannot turn a blind eye. We can only send troops to take Xuzhou and solve the source of the evil!"

After saying that, he smiled.

He then said, "How about you, the King of Patrons, help me get rid of the bad guys, and I will withdraw my troops immediately?"

These words made Liu Bei stunned.

I never expected that Ji Hao would use such a title. I wanted to say that the court has its own laws, but after thinking about the current state of the court and looking at the major families in Xuzhou headed by Tao Qian, I saw that the court had its own laws.

There was no response in the end.

Others could touch the major families in Langya, but Liu Bei could never touch them.

Because the Han Dynasty is the largest aristocratic family, Liu Bei's character setting has always been to gain the support of the major aristocratic families. If he falls into Ji Hao's trap, he will kill the people of the aristocratic families.

Then even if he has become the "king of backers", he will become a commander without troops.

No one will continue to support him!

"No matter what, you should not send troops to Xuzhou!" Liu Bei said very firmly: "As long as I, Liu Xuande, am here, I will not let you touch a blade of grass or a tree in Xuzhou!"

In response, Ji Hao sneered.

"Really? I'm afraid you don't have that ability!"

(End of this chapter)