Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei Weeps Himself Sick After I Strip Xuzhou Bare

He transmigrated as Tao Wang, the youngest son of Tao Qian, Inspector of Xu Province.

At this point, Cao Cao was pressing in with a massive army. His father, Tao Qian, was so terrified he coughed up blood. Liu Bei was putting on his "Three Cessions of Xu Province" act of false benevolence, about to get the province's wealth for free and even make off with Zhao Zilong, who had only been lent to him!

Looking at Uncle Liu, who was refusing on the surface but had greed shining in his eyes, Tao Wang smiled:

"Uncle, your benevolence is unmatched! My Tao family doesn't want Xu Province anymore. It's yours!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed to take it off his hands, but that very night...

Tao Wang tore away Liu Bei's hypocritical facade and turned the divine general Zhao Yun to his side. "Zilong, rather than be used as a weapon by a hypocrite, why not follow me and protect the people?"

Then Tao Wang packed up his family's enormous fortune overnight, took the tycoon Mi Zhu with him, and led away thirty thousand elite, battle-hardened Danyang troops!

The next morning, Liu Bei threw open the gates of Xu Province with a beaming smile, only to collapse on the spot:

The treasury was cleaner than a face, the mice in the granaries were starving, and Cao Cao's army loomed outside the city like a dark cloud!

His personal guard rushed in with a report: "My lord! Zhao Yun has defected and run off with Tao Wang! The Mi family has taken everything! All the elite troops are gone!"

Liu Bei spat out a mouthful of blood that soared several yards into the air. Beating his chest, he wailed, "You unfilial Tao brat! Give me back Zilong! Give me back my provisions!"

By then, Tao Wang had already gathered a mighty army, won over a divine general, and secured a vast fortune. He watched the chaos engulfing the Central Plains with cool detachment and embarked on his quest to rule the realm!