Chen Xi had thought that once the matter with Xuzhou was laid bare, given Liu Bei's typical style with the common people and his relentless pursuit against Cao Cao, an unyielding clash was inevitable. Sadly, Chen Xi had guessed the beginning right but not the process, and the result of eliminating Cao Cao had already veered off onto another path—a development Chen Xi could not allow to happen!
Even Chen Xi had to admit that Cao Cao had played a good move in creating momentum, just as he had previously ordered Liu Yan to do. However, despite Chen Lin's and Mii Heng's articulate pens, proving that Cao Cao had indeed killed that many people was rather difficult. What they could spread was only the fact that Cao Cao indeed carried out a massacre, which resonated with the feudal lords everywhere.