After Le Jin was released, he returned to Xudu with 2,000 soldiers. The wound on his shoulder had not recovered and he looked very embarrassed.
The soldiers who had surrendered told Cao Cao about the situation. Cao Cao was shocked and summoned his counselors to discuss, saying: "I think Yu Yi is just a kid with a yellow mouth. How can he defeat my 5,000 elite soldiers with 500 soldiers?"
Everyone was talking about it, which was indeed beyond everyone's seriousness. When no one responded, Cao Cao stood up and said: "Give me the command, and I will personally lead the troops to encircle Daoxiang Village!"
At this moment, someone reported that Le Jin was back.
When Le Jin saw Cao Cao, he remembered Yu Yi's previous instructions, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, saying: "Prime Minister, save me!"
Cao Cao quickly stepped forward to help him up and asked, "What's going on?"
Le Jin said: "We attacked Daoxiang Village, but we didn't expect that Yuyi had arranged many ambushes, which resulted in the loss of our troops. It is really my fault!"
Cao Cao turned around and sighed: "Failure is a major military matter, but what happened next?"
Le Jin said: "I marched straight in with two thousand soldiers and horses, and finally defeated Daoxiang Village."
Everyone was a little disbelieving after hearing this. Cheng Yu came out and said: "Even if you conquered Daoxiang Village, why didn't you get any loot? You are blatantly lying in front of the Prime Minister!"
Le Jin looked a little aggrieved and said, "Look at the wound on my shoulder." After saying that, he took off his shirt. Everyone looked at the wound and saw that there was a big gash. It was obvious that the injury was serious.
Le Jin continued: "After I entered Daoxiang Village, Yu Yi and others had already run away and entered the Taihang Mountains."
Cao Cao nodded and asked: "It's a pity not to catch Yu Yi, but he can resist our 5,000 army with 500 soldiers and horses. It seems that this person is not simple. Do you know him?"
All the counselors shook their heads and said that they did not know such a person at all. Only Cao Cao looked into the distance and recalled: "When Dong Zhuo was in power, Yu Yi was a popular man around Emperor Ling. I asked Situ Wang Yun to borrow the Seven-Star Sword, because Lu Bu's sudden appearance led to the failure of the assassination. The situation was very dangerous for a time. It was Yu Yi who bribed the city gate guards and I was able to escape. I tried my best to win over him from behind, but he was Liu Bei's sworn brother. I also met him once in Xuzhou. , and there was no news after that. Now it seems that he is not that simple, and his intelligence may not be as good as yours."
Xun Yu said: "I am also paying close attention to this person. Strangely enough, it is rare to find out about his deeds in Daoxiang Village."
During the discussion, there was suddenly another report that Xu Shu had entered Xuchang on horseback.
When Yu Yi came, Cao Cao took Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and other counselors out of the city to greet him. Xu Shu arrived at Cao Cao's mansion and paid homage to Cao Cao. Cao Cao said, "You are a wise man, why do you have to submit to Liu Bei?"
Xu Shu said: "I have been on the run since I was a child, hiding in various places in the rivers and lakes. I happened to go to Xinye and assisted Liu Bei. My old mother is here. Fortunately, I am kind. I am very grateful."
Cao Cao said: "Now that you are here, you can serve your mother morning and night and observe filial piety. I can also have the opportunity to listen to your teachings."
Xu Shu thanked her and left. He went to his mother eagerly and burst into tears.
Xu's mother was very surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xu Shu said: "I recently served as a sergeant under Liu Shijun. Because I got a letter from my mother, I rushed to Xuchang overnight."
After hearing this, Xu's mother became furious and said: "I didn't expect that you would wander around the world for so many years. I thought that your studies would improve, but I didn't expect that you would not be as good as before! Since you are studying, you should understand that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both balanced. Could it be that Didn’t you know that Cao Cao was a traitor who deceived the emperor? Liu Bei’s benevolence and righteousness are known all over the world. He is also a clan member of the Han Dynasty. Since you are his sergeant, you should always assist him. Now you are actually doing it for a forged letter? It's so stupid not to understand the reason, to abandon the light and turn to darkness, and to bring notoriety to yourself! How can I have the face to meet you! You have defiled your ancestors and are not worthy of being born between heaven and earth!" After the scolding, Xu Shu became more energetic. Not daring to come out, she just knelt on the ground, not daring to see her mother. Not long after, Xu's mother went into the back hall.
Soon after, someone came out to report that Xu's mother had hanged herself. Xu Shu quickly entered and found that her mother had been dead for a long time.
When Xu Shu saw his mother's death, he was deeply saddened. It took a long time for him to recover slowly.
After Cao Cao learned of this situation, he sent someone to bring gifts to express condolences, and arranged for Xu Shu's mother to be buried in Nanyuan. Xu Shu did not go anywhere, but exclusively guarded the tomb, and refused to accept any reward from Cao Cao.
Le Jin's incident made Cao Cao a little relieved about the situation in Hebei. After all, Yu Yi fled into the Taihang Mountains. If he didn't succeed, there would be no threat, so he discussed the matter of attacking south.
Xun Yu suggested: "The weather is still very cold now, so it is not the time to use troops. Wait until spring comes, and then use the troops to press in."
Cao Cao accepted this suggestion. In order to familiarize the army with waterways, he built a temporary pool with water from the Zhang River and named it Xuanwu Pool, allowing the soldiers to practice in it and prepare for the southern expedition.
In Xinye, Liu Bei was very sad after Xu Shu left. He was thinking about how to invite Kong Ming to come out, when he suddenly heard the news about Hebei.
It turns out that the situation in Daoxiang Village has always been reported to Liu Bei. When he learned that Yu Yi defeated Le Jin's 5,000 army with 300 soldiers, he was very excited and told Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun the news at the same time.
Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and Zhang Fei even sighed: "Inviting the fourth brother back to be a sergeant is ten times better than Fulong and Fengxia."
Guan Yu just smiled and said: "Fourth brother is usually very low-key around us. I didn't expect that he has such ability."
Only Liu Bei regretted it very much and said, "It's just that I'm stupid and don't have the talent to recognize my fourth brother."
Everyone was talking, prepared some gifts, and were about to go to Longzhong to find Zhuge Liang. Suddenly someone came to report that there was a gentleman outside the door, E Guan Bodai, who had a very good appearance and came specially to visit.
Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "Is this Zhuge Kongming?"
So I arranged my clothes and led everyone out to greet him in person. I saw that the man was not Kong Ming, but Sima Hui.
Sima Hui was a guide. Seeing that it was him, Liu Bei was also very happy. He invited him to sit in the back hall and asked: "Since I left, I have not had the opportunity to visit you because of the busy military affairs. Today you took the initiative to come here." , I must entertain you well."
Sima Hui said: "I heard that Xu Shu was here and happened to be passing by, so I came to meet him."
Liu Bei sighed: "Then you are late, because Cao Cao imprisoned his mother, and then his mother wrote him a letter, and he went to Xuchang."
Sima Hui said: "This is Cao Cao's trick!"
