Previously, Guan Yu had spurred his horse and raised his blade. Within two hours, he had captured Cao Cao's generals Liu Dai and Wang Zhong alive amid an army of thousands and flung them to the ground.
"Yun Chang, do not be rude!"
Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly ordered his men to prepare food and wine and entertain the two well to calm their nerves. Then he summoned everyone to discuss how to deal with the generals.
Liu Bei felt that their newly reorganized troops in Xuzhou had yet to fully accept their leadership, while Cao Cao had plentiful soldiers, capable generals, and formidable strength. Thus, he said, "I wish to return all the captured soldiers and horses and send these two generals back to make peace with Cao Cao. What do you think?"
Chen Feng sneered. "My lord, surely you're joking at a time like this?"
Counting the days, the Belt Edict affair was about to blow up. Then Cao Cao would learn that you, Yuan Shao, and Ma Teng had all signed up to kill him. Make peace, my ass.
The adviser Sun Qian agreed. "Our strategist is right. I doubt Cao Cao will let us off so easily."
Hotheaded as ever, Zhang Fei immediately shouted, "Then I'll kill those two scoundrels and spare us any future trouble!"
"Wait, General Zhang!"
The moment Jia Xu spoke, Zhang Fei glared at him. Jia Xu hurriedly explained, "These useless fools don't even have blessings. If you kill them, do you want Cao Cao to replace them with someone more powerful?"
Despite his rough manner, Zhang Fei had a shrewd side. He was no mindless brute like Li Kui, and immediately understood Jia Xu's meaning. He laughed. "You're right, Master Wenhe! Still, even if Cao Cao comes himself, I'll just capture