Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

Fengcheng, the main hall of the county government.

Xia Houyuan sat upright, staring coldly at Sun Qian who was standing in front of the hall with his hands behind his back.

This counselor of Liu Bei, after meeting him in the city, asked to see Cao Yuan by name, his attitude was quite arrogant.

Xia Houyuan knew that the source of Sun Qian's arrogance was Liu Bei's five thousand troops outside the city.

If it weren't for protecting Cao Yuan, he would have been furious at this moment and beat Sun Qian with a stick.

If Liu Bei wants to attack the city, let him attack it. At worst, it will be a life-and-death battle.

Now, in order to protect Cao Yuan, Xia Houyuan had to choose to endure it and sent someone to invite Cao Yuan.

"General Xiahou summoned his subordinates to come. I don’t know what is going on?"

Cao Yuan strolled into the main hall and walked past Sun Qian without even looking at him. As soon as he saw Cao Yuan, Sun Qian's face immediately showed hostility.

Xia Houyuan pointed at Sun Qian and said,"This man's name is Sun Qian. Qian is Liu Bei's counselor. He has been ordered to send an envoy to see me. He wants to see you by name."

Liu Bei's envoy....

Cao Yuan glanced back at Sun Qian, vaguely guessing Liu Bei's intentions.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say, I'm very busy."

Cao Yuanxian sat down and said nonchalantly.

His attitude made Sun Qian feel angry.

Holding down his displeasure, Sun Qian said coldly:"My Lord said, as long as you return our wife and the Mi family's dowry , then go to my camp in person and kowtow to my Lord to apologize. Our Lord is benevolent and merciful, and will spare your life!"

Cao Yuan smiled coldly.

It turns out that this Sun Qian is here to give an ultimatum.

Liu Bei, this is to defeat the enemy without fighting.

"Liu Bei was reluctant to kill or injure his soldiers and did not dare to attack Fengcheng, so he wanted to threaten General Xiahou to hand me over."

"If I guess correctly, this little trick of Bai Lang's is probably yours, Sun Qian's, right?"

Cao Yuan exposed Liu Bei's intentions in an understatement.

Even Sun Qian, the person who proposed the plan, also pointed out

"How could he understand my plan so easily?"

Sun Qian shuddered and looked at the handsome young man in front of him again with surprised eyes.

After that, he took a sharp breath and regained his arrogance and self-reliance.

"Even so, so what! Sun

Qian snorted disdainfully,"Our army is five times larger than the defenders of Fengcheng. You should know that as long as our lord is determined to attack the city, he will be able to break the city in less than three days. By that time, if you want to kowtow and apologize again, My Lord begs for mercy, it will be too late"

"Is Liu Bei so confident?"

Cao Yuan took a sip of tea and asked.

"Cao Yuan, I know you are quite resourceful, but you should understand that in the face of absolute strength, your little tricks are completely vulnerable!"

"For your own sake and for the survival of the people in Fengcheng, I advise you to be more sensible. Sun

Qian threatened again with a sneer on his face.

Cao Yuan smiled disdainfully:"I, Cao Yuan, am not scared. If I refuse to throw myself into a trap, what can you do?""

"you——"

Sun Qian was speechless and his eyes flashed with anger.

He flicked his sleeves and turned towards Xia Houyuan

"General Xiahou, my lord does not want to be an enemy of Duke Cao, let alone attack Fengcheng."

"If this crazy little official hadn’t kidnapped my wife and humiliated my lord in front of everyone in the world, my lord would not have been forced to raise his troops to attack Fengcheng."

"I also ask General Xiahou to put the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city first and hand over this madman Cao Yuan. Our Lord promises to retreat immediately!"

Sun Qian saw that he couldn't fool Cao Yuan, so he had to ask Xia Houyuan instead. Unfortunately, he underestimated Xia Houyuan. Not to mention how important Cao Yuan was to Cao Cao, even if he was just an insignificant official in Cao Ying, he was also a member of Cao Ying, Xia Houyuan How could he hand him over because he was afraid that Liu Bei would become more powerful?

"Who is a big-eared thief? He dares to threaten this general! Xia

Houyuan was angered. He slapped the table and shouted,"Come here, cut off both of Sun Qian's ears and drive him out with sticks. Let the big-eared thief know what will happen if he threatens me, Xia Houyuan!""

As soon as these words came out, Sun Qian changed his face in shock.

He never expected that even if Xiahou Yuan was not threatened, he would humiliate him like this.

Cao Yuan was also quite surprised and secretly nodded in approval. He is worthy of being Cao Cao's brother and the Xiahou family Liu Bei dared to threaten him, but he would only be humiliating himself.

The guards on the left and right stepped forward with their swords drawn, and held Sun Qian down.

Sun Qian was frightened and angry, and shouted:"Xia Houyuan, how dare you humiliate him like this?" I, my lord, will flatten Fengcheng and let you and Cao Yuan die without a burial place!"

Xia Houyuan was deeply moved and waved his hand fiercely.

"Kaka!"

With two stabs, both ears were cut off.

Sun Qian howled in pain and fell to the ground, covering his broken ears.

Cao Yuan admired his miserable state and said coldly:"Sun Qian, do it for me too. Give Liu Bei an ultimatum. Go back to Xiaopei now and have a decent ending. Otherwise, within three days, I will send him home in a disastrous defeat!"

Sun Qian was shocked and angry, but he didn't dare to stay arrogantly anymore. He rolled and crawled away and ran away.

"General Xiahou protects Xiaguan like this, which really makes Xiaguan feel flattered."

Cao Yuan smiled and cupped his hands to Xia Houyuan.

"Don’t say it’s Cao...The king must have called me to protect you. Even if you are a pawn in Cao Ying, I, Xia Houyuan, will protect you!"

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_ Are you sure you can defeat Liu Bei within three days?"

"General Xiahou, don't be impatient, just wait patiently."

Cao Yuan said with relief.

Xia Houyuan then calmed down and asked no more questions. He got up and went to the city to take charge of the overall situation.

Outside the city,

Sun Qian, who had lost his ear, had left the city in a hurry and fled to Liu Jun's camp.

Inside the tent..Liu

Bei is still sipping the fragrant tea, waiting for the good news from Sun Qian

"If Xia Houyuan hands over Cao Yuan, I will cut him into pieces with my own hands and let out a good sigh of relief!"

Zhang Fei rubbed his fists and gritted his teeth.

Liu Bei's brows were filled with murderous intent.

At this moment, the curtain was raised, and Sun Qian, whose face was covered with blood, stumbled in and fell down in front of the tent.

His miserable condition shocked everyone.

Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked in surprise:"Gongyou, how did you become like this? Who did it?"

"My lord, it was Xia Houyuan who cut off both ears to humiliate my lord.~~"

Sun Qian cried with grief and anger and recounted

"Xia Houyuan?

Liu Bei's expression changed and he said angrily:"Why did he treat you like this?""

Sun Qian cried and told the cause and effect angrily.

Liu Bei's face became increasingly livid, and the anger gradually burned in his eyes.

"Not only did Cao Yuan refuse to come and apologize, he also made wild promises, saying that he would defeat our army within three days and told the lord to go back to Xiaopei immediately!"

Sun Qian fell in Liu Bei's arms and cried out in grief and anger.

Zhang Fei jumped like thunder and shouted:"Xia Houyuan and Cao Yuan, these two thieves, how dare you not take your elder brother seriously in this way? Brother, we are still waiting. What!"

Liu Bei's anger was instantly ignited.

The casualties of soldiers and the preservation of strength were all forgotten.

He jumped up and shouted angrily:"Give me the order, the whole army will be out of camp and arrayed. I will march immediately. Pingfeng City!"

Zhao Yun wanted to persuade Liu Bei to calm down, but seeing Liu Bei being carried away by anger, he did not dare to say a word.

Five thousand soldiers of Liu Bei, before the camp was set up, assembled in formation and marched towards the east gate of Fengcheng in a mighty manner..A siege battle is approaching.