I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 371 Cao Cao: You can tolerate this?
"kill!!!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rallied their old troops in the city and seized the city gates.

Zhao Yun quickly led his soldiers from outside the city, advancing with unstoppable momentum towards the prefect's mansion!
"Inspector! Liu Bei has rebelled!"

"What the hell?"

The inspector originally intended to try diplomacy first and then slowly interrogate Mi Fang, but who knew that Liu Bei's reaction would be so intense!

Hurriedly arriving at the base of the wall, the inspector climbed a ladder and looked out. Sure enough, he saw that the prefectural governor's mansion had been completely surrounded by Liu Bei's troops!
"Liu Bei! What are you planning to do? Rebel?"

The inspector was all bark and no bite, and he still wanted to use the rules of a prosperous era to suppress Liu Bei.

But Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were all heroes who emerged from the chaos of war!
Zhang Fei, fully armored, tapped his ear with his little finger: "You corrupt official! Can't you tell?"

If this isn't a rebellion, then what is?

The inspector seemed not to hear Zhang Fei's words and continued to persuade Liu Bei: "Liu Bei! Disperse your troops! I promise I won't make things difficult for you anymore! You probably guessed that I'm just following orders from above! Why are you making things difficult for me?"

"..."

Liu Bei felt that the other party was treating him like a child.

How many treacherous events did Liu Bei experience in the first half of his life?

Inheriting Xuzhou, taking in Lü Bu, conquering Yuan Shu, establishing a foothold in Xiaopei, plotting to eliminate Cao Cao...

If these things happened to an ordinary person, they would have been dead long ago!

But this inspector was actually using this delaying tactic against me?
Liu Bei, too lazy to pay attention to the other side, shouted: "Yun Chang! Yi De! Prepare to attack!"

"Here!"

The inspector was completely alarmed when he saw that Liu Bei remained unmoved!
"Liu Bei! Mi Fang is still in the mansion! Do you really not care about his life?"

Before Liu Bei could reply, Mi Zhu, standing on the carriage shaft behind him, shouted at the inspector: "Tell Zifang! He does things alone, so he must bear the consequences himself! I will support his wife! Tell him not to worry!"

The inspector stared blankly at Mi Zhu, who had become so righteous that he was almost wicked, and was quite speechless.

Why are all the men under Liu Bei's command madmen?
At this moment, Liu Bei helped Mi Zhu out of the carriage, saying, "Zizhong, there's no need for this."

Mi Zhu replied, "Zifang has already committed a grave crime by harming our lord once!"

"If the war is delayed because of him now, then the crime will be even more serious!"

Mi Zhu grasped Liu Bei's arm—

"My lord! Give the order!"

"I'll just pretend my brother is dead!"

With the assurance of his elder brother Mi Zhu, the soldiers on both sides finally stopped worrying.

The walls of the prefectural governor's residence were less than ten feet high.

Liu Bei's elite troops had fought countless battles across the country! Now that they were free from constraints, how could they not be incredibly decisive and efficient?
There was no need to make a ladder; they could simply climb over the wall and break through the weak defenses in an instant!
Liu Bei rushed in and saw that the inspector had been subdued, so he ordered his men to strip him naked and hang him from a tree.

Liu Bei picked up his horsewhip and struck the ground hard.

"You say you're being instructed by someone, and I believe you! Besides, I won't ask who's behind you!"

"But as an inspector, you are supposed to oversee criminal cases and investigate illegal activities! Yet you disregard the law so arbitrarily, without asking any questions, and don't know how many people have been tortured into confessing by you!"

Liu Bei swung his whip again.

“I’ve encountered a supervisor before! He was just like you! Blind and ignorant! I gave him two hundred lashes back then! This time, since you were acting under orders, I’ll only give you one hundred lashes!”

Liu Bei grabbed his horsewhip and struck the inspector hard, causing the inspector to let out a bloodcurdling scream!

A full one hundred times!

By the end, they were mostly out of breath and had little to breathe.

At this moment, Zhang Fei also realized what was happening, and with a suspicious look on his face, he came to Liu Bei's side and whispered:

"Brother, you used a willow branch last time! Why are you using a horsewhip this time?"

"Oh, I forgot!"

Liu Bei, with his characteristic cunning, put away his riding whip and then went to Mi Fang's side.

Mi Fang knelt on the ground, looking haggard.

"Ugh."

Liu Bei sighed, but still personally helped Mi Fang up.

"Zifang, have you suffered any injustice?"

Mi Fang replied meekly, "This inspector originally wanted me to implicate the lord and shift all the blame onto him, so he did not torture me."

Liu Bei bent down and patted Mi Fang's clothes, which were covered in yellow dust: "It's good that you weren't wronged!"

With Liu Bei's words "That's good," Mi Fang finally burst into tears!
"I have failed my lord! I have failed my brother!"

"The main problem is that we've been completely broke too many times before! I was really scared! So I thought I'd save up some money and supplies for a rainy day... My lord! I was foolish for a moment, just kill me!"

Mi Fang had clearly heard Mi Zhu's shout.

"I have failed my lord!"

"stand up!"

Just as Mi Fang was still crying, Liu Bei suddenly roared, stunning everyone present.

Liu Bei cupped Mi Fang's face in his hands and wiped away the tears on her cheeks.

"How could I not understand Zifang's thoughts?"

"Back in Xuzhou, if it weren't for your and your brother's great help, I, Liu Bei, might have starved to death in Haixi long ago!" "Moreover..."

Liu Bei looked around at this land that he knew so well, and suddenly laughed, "Zifang was right! We really are about to start our escape again!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The surrounding soldiers also burst into laughter.

indeed!

Do people not know what the consequences will be for leading troops to storm the prefect's mansion?

But they still followed Liu Bei and charged in!

It's nothing more than another endless journey with no end in sight! Under Liu Bei's command, how could such things be lacking?

Liu Bei ordered his soldiers to pile up all of Yuan Shao's army's flags and the seal that Yuan Shao had given him, and then set them on fire!

Instead, a flag that was almost completely undamaged, even tattered, was raised again.

【Chinese】.

Liu Bei always kept this banner!

He slapped Mi Fang's shoulder hard again: "Zifang! Let's go!"

"Do you still remember the road to Liaodong?"

Seeing that Liu Bei truly didn't hold her mistakes against her, Mi Fang was moved to tears once again!
This time, however, he didn't let Liu Bei wipe away his tears, but instead wiped them away himself, saying, "Of course I remember!"

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[Liu Bei rebels against Zhao and seeks to restore the Han dynasty! He leads his soldiers all the way to Liaodong!]

When the officials of Ye City heard this news, they almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

Guo Tu, in particular, had extremely cold hands and feet.

The affair with Liu Bei was entirely his doing.

To uncover the truth about Liaodong, one must start with Yuan Xi, Gongsun Du, Liu Bei, and others.

Guo Tu thought Liu Bei was the easiest target, but little did he know that this target would break his teeth!
Liu Bei held a very special significance for the Yuan-Zhao regime!
When Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, he did so in the name of Liu Bei, launching an attack on the Central Plains.

Moreover, Liu Bei was a member of the Han imperial family... although he was a member of the Han imperial family from the most distant of the three, for certain reasons, Liu Bei's title of being a member of the Han imperial family was already known to everyone in Hebei, and even became a benchmark in Yuan Shao's political propaganda!
Not only did the Liu family abdicate, but even the Liu clan members acknowledged Yuan Shao's position as emperor! Only in this way can one be said to have received the mandate of heaven!
But Liu Bei has now raised the banner of the Han Dynasty again, which is undoubtedly a heavy slap in the face to Yuan Shao!

"It's gotten out of hand!"

Guo Tu hurriedly entered the palace to discuss countermeasures with Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Cao Cao was also preparing to enter the palace.

Like Guo Tu, Cao Cao was also anxious!
However, Cao Cao wasn't worried about what to do with Yuan Shao; he was more eager to see what would happen!
These days, Cao Cao has no need to deal with political or military affairs. He spends his days drinking and composing poems, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. He can even leisurely read a few books, take a few concubines, and teach his children. How wonderful!

Such a life was comfortable, but for Cao Cao, it was a bit too leisurely! Now that he heard that Liu Bei had made such a commotion in Youzhou, how could he not be excited?

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile at the thought of Yuan Shao's dark face because of this.

If Cao Cao hadn't encountered Guo Tu on the road, he probably would have walked all the way to Yuan Shao with that smile on his face!
"Alas! Your Majesty!"

As soon as Cao Cao met Yuan Shao, he loudly complained about his troubles.

"I told you long ago that I wanted to kill Liu Bei, but His Majesty never believed me!"

"Back in Xuchang, that ingrate Liu Bei treated me like this! Now he's using the same trick again, betraying His Majesty!"

With eight parts exaggeration and two parts sincerity, Cao Cao immediately began to berate Liu Bei in the palace in Ye City!

It would have been better if they hadn't been scolded; the scolding only made Yuan Shao and Guo Tu's faces turn even darker!

What was Liu Bei's status at that time? And what was Cao Cao's status?
Listening to Cao Cao and killing Liu Bei is something only a fool would do!
But now, Cao Cao has found an opportunity to use the momentum of his scathing criticism of Liu Bei to criticize Yuan Shao!

Yuan Shao was also feeling a headache at this point: "Mengde, say less!"

Immediately, Yuan Shao turned his attention to Guo Tu: "How did things turn out like this?"

"Wasn't it just an investigation into warhorse smuggling? How did it manage to force Liu Bei to rebel?"

Guo Tu was also suffering in silence, unable to express his bitterness.

Anyone with eyes can see that Liu Bei's defection this time was not a sudden whim, but a long-planned scheme!

But this can't be said out!

If we reveal it, what will happen to all the propaganda we did with Liu Bei's help?
Therefore, Liu Bei's defection must have been forced by someone!

As for the blame, it naturally fell on Guo Tu!
Guo Tu could only swallow his anger and say, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to find evidence of Liu Bei's collusion with Gongsun Du!"

Liu Bei's defection should absolutely not be characterized as him still having any loyalty to the Han Dynasty! Rather, it should be characterized as Liu Bei colluding with Gongsun Du to seize a large amount of wealth, and then defecting out of fear of being discovered!
Cao Cao, at this point, was eager to create chaos and was also encouraging Yuan Shao—

"Liu Bei was incredibly audacious; it's not surprising that he committed treason."

"But how dare a mere Gongsun Du do such a despicable thing!"

"What does this mean? It means that Gongsun Du completely disregards His Majesty and the Great Zhao!"

"I urge Your Majesty to immediately dispatch troops! To punish Gongsun Du and completely pacify Liaodong! To present the heads of Gongsun Du and Liu Bei to the ancestral temple! Otherwise, it will not be enough to appease public anger!"

Cao Cao's face was full of righteous indignation, as if to say, "You can tolerate this? I certainly can't!"
This put Yuan Shao in a difficult position, unsure of how to respond.

With battle against Liu Miao imminent, where would they find the energy to launch a distant expedition to Liaodong?
Besides, who doesn't know that it's possible to travel from Liaodong to Qingzhou? Even if Liaodong is conquered, do you think you can capture Liu Bei and Gongsun Du?

But if we don't express our opinion, wouldn't that weaken our prestige for nothing?

"Liu Bei... he's really a big problem!"

(End of this chapter)