So Guan Yu told Cao Cao about his sister-in-law's dream and said: "My two sisters-in-law were crying on the ground because they missed my elder brother too much, so I was in a bad mood." Cao Cao smiled and comforted Guan Yu, and asked someone to bring some Drinks, frequent toasts to each other.
Guan Yu was a little tipsy, so he pulled up his beard and said, "I can't serve my country and betray my brothers. I'm really not worthy of being a human being!"
Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu's beard and asked, "Your hair is very strange. Do you know the number?"
Guan Yu said: "There are probably hundreds of them, and there will be fewer every autumn. In winter, they are packed with soap yarn to prevent them from breaking."
So Cao Cao used gauze to protect Guan Yu's beard and comfort him.
On the second day, he went to see Emperor Xian in the morning. Emperor Xian saw Guan Yu's beard wrapped in a brocade bag and asked about the situation.
Guan Yu then said: "My beard is very long, and the Prime Minister gave me a brocade bag to wrap it up."
Emperor Xian spread it out and found that the length had exceeded his lower abdomen. Emperor Xian said: "Ai Qing is such a handsome beard."
After that, Guan Yu had another name, "Beautiful Beard Gong."
One day, Cao Cao hosted a banquet for Guan Yu. After the banquet was over, he personally saw Guan Yu off. He saw that Guan Yu's horse was very emaciated, so he asked, "Why is your horse so emaciated?"
Guan Yu said: "My body is very heavy and the horse cannot carry it, so I look very thin."
So Cao Cao asked his left and right men to bring a horse over. He saw that the horse's body was like charcoal and its appearance was very majestic.
Cao Cao smiled and pointed at the horse and said, "I wonder if you know this horse?"
Guan Yu still had an impression of this kind of horse. When the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, Lu Bu's mount was exactly this horse, so he replied: "Is this Lu Bu's mount, the red rabbit horse?"
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, it's this horse!" After saying that, he handed the horse's reins to Guan Yu personally. Guan Yu bowed and said thank you.
However, Cao Cao was a little dissatisfied and said: "I have always given you money and beautiful women, but you have never thanked me. Now I have given you a horse, and you come to thank me instead. Is it because humans are not as noble as horses?"
Guan Yu said: "I know this horse. He can travel thousands of miles in a day. I am honored to have it now. If I know the whereabouts of my brother, I can see it earlier."
Cao Cao regretted hearing this, and Guan Yu resigned.
After Cao Cao left, he felt very regretful, so he found his matchmaker Zhang Liao and said, "You have also seen that I am very good to Guan Yu, but he often expresses his intention to leave me. Why is this?" Woolen cloth?"
Zhang Liao was very surprised after hearing this. He did not expect that such an environment was not enough to make Guan Yu change, so he said: "I don't know about this matter, please let me find out."
The next day after the meeting, Zhang Liao went to visit Guan Yu in person. When he saw him, he saluted and Zhang Liao said, "I recommended you to Prime Minister Cao. I have not treated you badly, have I?"
Guan Yu said: "I deeply feel the Prime Minister's kindness, but although my body is here, my heart is missing my brother and reminiscing about the past."
Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "Brother, what you said is wrong. A real man is not a real man. Liu Bei is your eldest brother, but he may not treat you better than the prime minister. Why do you always miss the past?"
Guan Yu replied: "Of course I know that the Prime Minister is very good to me, but before this, I met Liu Bei and considered him my elder brother. We live and die together and cannot break promises. I will definitely not stay here in the end. But I will definitely repay the Prime Minister for his kindness to me and then leave."
Zhang Liao sighed: "If Liu Bei has passed away, do you plan to surrender to the prime minister?"
Guan Yu said: "I don't know how, I will go to the wild!"
Only then did Zhang Liao realize that he didn't really know the friend in front of him very well, and also knew that Guan Yu would never stay here, so he resigned. After returning home, he told Cao Cao what happened. After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed: "For the sake of the master, he does not despise his own roots. He is really a righteous man in the world."
Xun Yu sneered and said, "He said that he would perform meritorious service to repay the prime minister's kindness. I don't think that's true." After hearing this, Cao Cao just smiled awkwardly.
Liu Bei went to join Yuan Shao directly on the recommendation of Yuan Shao's son, but he sighed and worried every day.
Yuan Shao was still in a good mood, at least there was nothing to worry about at home for the time being, so he asked, "What is Xuande worried about?"
Liu Bei said: "I don't know what's going on with my second brother. His wife, children, and children have all been captured by Cao's thieves. He can't serve the country, and he can't protect his family. How can he not be worried?"
Yuan Shao smiled and said: "Then you have found the right one. I have actually wanted to send troops to Xudu for a long time. Now that the weather is getting warmer, we can use troops."
So he immediately called a meeting to discuss how to march into Xudu.
Tian Feng and Yan Liang were also recalled by Yuan Shao, so Tian Feng did not go back to the Daoxiang Village dungeon.
Hearing that Yuan Shao was preparing to raise troops, Tian Feng came to admonish him and said: "Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou before, but Xuzhou was empty, but we did not send troops. Now Xuzhou has been occupied by Cao Cao. Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and cannot underestimate the enemy. I think it is better to root for him." Let the stalemate continue and wait until new opportunities arise before sending troops."
Yuan Shao began to think about it. Seeing Liu Bei on the side, he asked Liu Bei, "Tian Feng advised me to stick to it now. What do you think?"
Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao is a thief who deceives the emperor. If Ming Gong doesn't go to attack him and the stalemate is like this, I wonder what the people of the world will think. I'm afraid I have lost my righteousness and it is hard to explain!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "What you said makes sense." So he prepared to send troops.
After Tian Feng heard this, he immediately came out to stop him. Yuan Shao was furious and said: "You people only know how to show off your literary talents and despise force, which will make me lose my justice!"
Tian Feng kowtowed and said, "If you don't listen to your good ministers, you will definitely get off to a bad start."
Yuan Shao was furious and sent people to behead Tian Feng. Liu Bei came out to advise him and imprisoned him in prison.
Jushou knew that Tian Feng was somewhat rejoicing after he was imprisoned, so he united his clans, dispersed their property, and said goodbye to everyone: "I will go with the army. If I win, I will be successful. If I fail, then I will die." I will be in danger!" Everyone bid farewell to him with tears in his eyes.
Yan Liang didn't understand when he knew that Tian Feng was in prison, but as a warrior, he couldn't say too much. It happened that Yuan Shao sent himself as a general to attack Baima.
After Jushou learned about it, he admonished him: "Yan Liang has a narrow temperament. Although he is brave, he cannot be a coach."
Yuan Shao said: "He is our general in Hebei. How could you expect him?"
So the army marched to Liyang, and Liu Yan, the governor of Dongjun, asked Xuchang for help.
