"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Mi Bei is willing to go to Cao Ying as an envoy, I don't know who can go to Tian Kai and Kong Rong for help. Tao Qian's slightly old and cloudy eyes swept over the people present, and his tone seemed to be very soft, but his heart was very flat.

The reason why Tao Qian was in such an indifferent mood was because he felt a little sad. Tao Qian has been a Xuzhou assassin for several years, however, he doesn't even have a real confidant. Let's just say that just now I found a candidate to make Cao Ying, but no one was willing to stand up. Even Mi Zhu was forced out in the end, in such a situation, how could Tao Qian not be depressed?

Tao Qian thought that others didn't contribute to him, but he didn't think to find a reason from himself.

Mi Zhu gave Tao Qian a lot of money every year to let Tao Qian raise the army, Tao Qian is good, not only is not grateful to others, but covets other people's wealth, such a person, who is willing to be loyal to him? and Cao Bao, don't look at him to control most of the military power in Xuzhou, but he is just pushing the Cao family to the front, so that other families in Xuzhou will be targeted at the Cao family, so that Tao Qian can balance the power of the Xuzhou family, and he can completely control Xuzhou.

Therefore, Tao Qian has reached the point where he is now, and it can be said that he is to blame.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to solve problems for my lord, and I am willing to ask Tian Kai for help!"

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to go to Kong Rong for help!"

"My lord, my subordinates..."

Hearing Tao Qian's words, more than a dozen of the dozens of officials present stood up to ask for their lives. This time it was not a thankless task to go to Cao Ying, but to go to Tian Kai and Kong Rong for help, it was simply a credit for nothing. Of course, most of the people who speak are of lower rank, such as Bingcao Engagement, Cangcao Engagement, Book Cao Engagement, and so on. And people with high levels like Cao Bao and Chen Deng didn't speak, and such a small credit didn't mean anything to them.

Tao Qian looked coldly at the people who were actively signing up, and sneered in his heart, why didn't he actively sign up when he went to Cao Ying just now. He still has to sing and make harmony with Cao Bao to force Mi Zhu, and now Mi Zhu must be extremely dissatisfied with him. Therefore, no matter how small the credit is, Tao Qian will not throw it to these guys.

"Yuanlong, I heard that you have an old relationship with Tian Kai, so you will go to Tian Kai for help this time, can you?"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Chen Deng is the captain of the agricultural school, responsible for leading the people to cultivate and plant, mostly in spring and autumn. It's summer now, and Chen Deng basically has nothing to do, so he naturally won't shirk Tao Qian's appointment. Moreover, as Tao Qian said, he and Tian Kai are good friends and often exchange letters, and this time he happened to take the opportunity to meet his friends on a business trip, which was also a good errand.

Let Chen Deng go to Tian Kai for help, and make it clear that he will give this credit to Chen Deng, and Tian Kai will send troops to reinforce him nine times out of ten. For Chen Deng, this credit is of little use. However, for other lower-ranking officials, it is a good credit. When there is a change of officials in the future, this merit may be able to help them be promoted. It's a pity that Tao Qian was dissatisfied with their previous actions and refused to give them even such credit. Speaking of which, Tao Qian, as a state assassin, is also a little smaller. If you give credit to others, you may be grateful. Now giving the credit to Chen Deng, not only did he not get Chen Deng's gratitude, but also made others complain, I have to say that it is not easy for Tao Qian to be able to do the history of the state assassination.

Perhaps, Tao Qian also understood, but he didn't care. He is already this age, and he has no chance of promotion. In this case, he is the biggest in Xuzhou, and he can do whatever he wants. In this troubled world, he can keep Xuzhou for a while, if he dies, how can he care so much.

Well, the credit for going to Tian Kai is gone, and there is also the credit for going to Kong Rong for help. So, naturally, others are also thinking about this.

Going to Kong Rong for help is a steady credit. Because Tao Qian and Kong Rong have an old relationship, Kong Rong will definitely send troops to reinforce them. Therefore, this time the competition was even more fierce than the previous one, and after a quarter of an hour of arguing, there was still an endless dispute. In the end, everyone wanted to get this opportunity, so they looked at Tao Qian. Tao Qian was the one who made the final decision, and they naturally looked at Tao Qian with blank eyes, hoping that Tao Qian would let them go.

Tao Qian didn't seem to see their gaze, but instead looked at Cao Bao's brother Cao Hong. Obviously, Tao Qian was going to let Cao Hong go to Kong Rong for help.

Although Cao Hong is a little stupid, it doesn't matter. Go to Kong Rong for help, just take Tao Qian's handwritten letter to Kong Rong, and don't even need to say a word, it's simply a publicly-funded travel plus a credit for nothing. Cao Hong was a little stupid, but he still saw what Tao Qian meant, and when he stood up excitedly, he wanted to thank him.

Tao Qian secretly scolded the fool in his heart, you stood up before you even spoke, as if they had premeditated. However, Tao Qian decided that Cao Hong, and no one would object to it in the future, Cao Hong would be Cao Hong!

However, Tao Qian took it for granted, and someone really stood up to stop it.

"My lord, there is a candidate under him, and it is suitable to go to Kong Beihai for help. ”

The person who stood up and spoke was Mi Zhu, and I saw that he had an indifferent face, and he didn't seem to be worried that he had angered Tao Qian.

In fact, it is precisely like this, you Tao Qian want to murder yourself and seize your own family wealth, do you still need to take your thoughts into account? Mi Zhu's benevolence and righteousness have a good name, but it is true, it does not mean that Mi Zhu is a pedantic person. If Mi Zhu is a pedantic and honest person, can the huge wealth of the Mi family be preserved until now? Therefore, Mi Zhu deliberately stood up and spoke before Tao Qian was about to announce his candidate, so as to embarrass Tao Qian, as the so-called if you are not kind, I will be unjust.

Tao Qian's cheeks twitched, and he secretly said in his heart that he was too anxious, afraid that he had angered Mi Zhu, a handsome gentleman. At the moment, he could only ask with a smile: "Mi Beijia, I don't know who you are the candidate?"

"My lord, the candidate for my subordinate is my brother Mi Fang. I have an old relationship with Kong Beihai, and my brother admires Kong Beihai's knowledge, and he has long wanted to meet him, but he has no chance. This time I went to the north to ask for help, but it was just right, and I hope that the adults can agree. ”

Everyone was stunned, secretly thinking that Mi Zhu would be joking, and Mi Zhu's younger brother Mi Fang's temperament would go to Kong Rong to talk about knowledge, don't joke about it! Therefore, everyone's first thought was that Mi Zhu was grabbing credit for his younger brother. However, after thinking about it, it was not right, Tao Qian wanted to attack the Mi family, even if the Mi family got more credit, what could it do? Soon, everyone understood what Mi Zhu meant.

Mi Zhu was appointed as an envoy to Cao Ying, once Mi Zhu is not in Xuzhou, with Mi Fang's character, there will definitely be a lot of trouble. If Mi Zhu was not there, it would be much easier for the Cao family and Tao Qian to deal with the Mi family. Although Mi Fang and Mi Zhu are brothers, one is a gentleman, who is honest and elegant and has the style of the ancients, and the other is unlearned and unskilled, like a ruffian, and Mi Fang is the latter.

Historical stories all show that Mi Fang is indeed a scum among the scum, a scum among the scum.

Cao Wei and Eastern Wu jointly attacked Shu Han, when Guan Erge was in crisis, Mi Fang was a bastard enough, and he didn't send troops to support, but also surrendered to the enemy, which led to the defeat and death of Guan Erge, and finally Shu Han was greatly injured and finally perished, and at the same time, because of Mi Fang's betrayal, Mi Zhu also died of illness. Of course, Guan Yu's defeat Mi Fang is not the main reason, but it also occupies a very important reason.

Therefore, without Mi Zhu's support, Mi Fang would definitely be played to death by Tao Qian and the Cao family when he was alone in Xuzhou.

In the past, Mi Fang made a lot of trouble in Xuzhou, and thanks to the Mi family's money, Mi Fang helped Mi Fang settle it. Otherwise, Yi Mifang's brain and personality are estimated to have died many times. Therefore, Mi Zhu left Xuzhou this time, and naturally Mi Fang could not be allowed to stay in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian and Cao Bao also understood what Mi Zhu meant, but Tao Qian had no way to refuse. If he refuses, it is clear that he will tell Mi Zhu that I want to engage your brother, if this is the case, Mi Zhu will probably break with Tao Qian directly.

The Mi family is a huge rich man in Xuzhou, and how many private soldiers there are, even Tao Qian, the history of Xuzhou, is not clear. Meng Weijun, one of the four princes of the Warring States, has 3,000 disciples under his command, which sounds very awesome. However, although it is not clear how many customers there are, there are definitely no less than 10,000.

In Xuzhou, many people have been favored by the Mi family. Some people are funded by the Mi family when they are in a desperate situation, these people are people who can give their lives to the Mi family, they are just like terrorists, if Tao Qian dares to do something to Mi Zhu, I am afraid that there will be a bunch of people who will suicidally impact Tao Qian the next day. There were once people who were unfavorable to the Mi family, and before Mi Zhu made a move, some people who had received the favor of the Mi family took action and killed those thieves. It is precisely because of so many reasons that Tao Qian did not dare to deal with the Mi family blatantly.

In addition to these guests, the Mi family also has private soldiers, although their combat power is worse than that of the regular army. However, it is better to have a large number of people and not be afraid of death.

Therefore, Tao Qian and Cao Bao can use Yang Mou to deal with the Mi family, but they can't harm the lives of the Mi family. Otherwise, it will be a situation where everyone dies together.

Therefore, Tao Qian must also agree to let Mi Fang go to Beihai for help.

Since Mi Beijia said so, then let Mi Fang go to Beihai for help. ”

Tao Qian said with a kind face, but anyone could feel the dissatisfaction in Tao Qian's heart. He promised Mi Zhu, and he was completely persecuted, just like he and Cao Bao persecuted Mi Zhu at the beginning. This is really a cycle of heavenly principles, retribution is unpleasant, and it comes so quickly.

Depressed for a moment, Tao Qian put aside the Mi family's advance, looked at the subordinates and said, "Everyone, now that the matter of asking for help has been raised, let's discuss how to deal with Cao Cao's army." Although there is support, we cannot put our hopes in others. Don't drive, what is the best plan for you first?"

Although Mi Zhu is now torn apart with Tao Qian, however, in the face of Cao Cao's enemy, he will not be emotional. After all, Cao Cao's invasion of Xuzhou will bring what kind of harm it will bring, everyone does not know that the foundation of the Mi family is in Xuzhou, and once Xuzhou is harmed, the impact on the Mi family is also great. Therefore, Mi Zhu still stood up and put forward his own opinions.

"My lord, Cao Cao's army came from the eastern county of Yanzhou, and it must pass through the road of Feng County, then pass through Pei County to attack Pengcheng, and finally turn to Xiapi. Therefore, Pengcheng is the top priority and must be heavily defended. As long as he set up a heavy army in Pengcheng to resist Cao Cao, Cao Cao came from afar, and the grain and grass were unsustainable. ”

Cao Cao's military talent, Tao Qian, who has been beaten once, has a deep understanding. No one in Xuzhou could compete with Cao Cao, so Mi Zhu's defensive strategy was undoubtedly the best.

Pengcheng is one of the important cities since ancient times, the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yao have built their capitals in Pengcheng; during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Pengcheng belonged to the Song State, and the Later Chu State destroyed the Song State, and Pengcheng returned to the Chu State. The Qin State ruled the world and set up Pengcheng County here. When Qin died, Chu and Han clashed, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, built the capital Pengcheng.

At that time, because Xiang Yu's reward caused many people to be dissatisfied, Qi rebelled, and Xiang Yu led the army to square up. At this time, Liu Bang gathered the kings from all over the world who were dissatisfied with Xiang Yu and attacked Pengcheng. Xiang Yu Qi has not yet been pacified, if he returns to Chu to rescue, he will definitely suffer from the enemy. Moreover, Xiang Yu's Chu land was lost, the rear fell, and the lone army went deep. If you want to go back to help Chudi, it will be a long journey, which is not conducive to the war. It can be said that the situation faced by Xiang Yu is extremely critical, however, it is in this situation that Xiang Yu personally led 30,000 elite cavalry south, rushed thousands of miles, and fought against Liu Bang's 560,000 army with 30,000, and defeated it in half a day. It has created a miracle in history of winning more with less and quick victory.

The topic is a bit far away, and let's go back to Pengcheng first, all in all, Pengcheng is a strategic location. Therefore, the solidity of Pengcheng is inevitable. Cao Cao led 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers to attack Xuzhou, with the strength of Pengcheng, if there were no special circumstances, only 10,000 horses were needed, and under the condition that the grain and grass in the city were sufficient, it was enough to hold on for several years. Therefore, as long as Pengcheng is held, Cao Cao's strategy of attacking Xuzhou is bound to fail.

"What Mi Beijia said is exactly what I want, then, who can lead the army to Pengcheng to resist Cao's army?"

"My lord, I want to go!"

Although it is certain to defend Pengcheng, there is no absolute in the world, and no one dares to guarantee that it can be defended. Moreover, if someone who does not have a little military talent to command the army, it will make Pengcheng lose if it is not done well. Therefore, no one in the officials present stood up for their own boredness, and in the end, it was naturally Cao Bao who stood up to receive the order.

Cao Bao still has some military talent, and it is unlikely that he will defeat Cao Cao. However, to defend Pengcheng, Cao Bao is confident that he can still do it.

Tao Qian nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "General Cao is worthy of being my general in Xuzhou, and I am afraid that no one can handle this important task except General Cao." However, there has been no war in Xuzhou for a long time, and the soldiers are afraid that their combat strength is insufficient. Therefore, this time, the official asked my son Tao Shang to be the deputy general of General Cao, and led 10,000 Danyang soldiers to garrison Pengcheng. My son potter has never been on the battlefield, but this time he just went to study, and I hope that General Cao can teach him well. ”

Cao Bao lowered his head and frowned slightly, but he still nodded and responded, "Yes, my lord." ”

Tao Qian made his eldest son Tao Shang Cao Bao's lieutenant general, apparently to give Tao Sheng some military exploits so that he could take over Xuzhou in the future. In this regard, Cao Bao naturally will not object. No matter who comes to power, as long as it does not affect the status of his Cao family in Xuzhou, Cao Cao doesn't care. However, let the potter follow him, Cao Bao is a little disgusting, yes, disgusting!

It is said that Tao Qian has two sons, the eldest son, Tao Shang, who is five big and three thick, and quite manly. However, what makes people a little unbearable is that the potter's sexual orientation is a bit problematic, yes, the potter likes men. And the more fierce the man, the more he likes it, and it is obvious that Cao Bao is within this range. Moreover, the issue of the potter's sexual orientation is not a secret matter for the upper officials in Xuzhou. The potter also directly expressed his meaning to Cao Bao, Cao Bao's sexual orientation is very normal, and when he heard the potter's words, he wanted to chop up this disgusting guy on the spot. However, the potter is Tao Qian's son, and Cao Bao can only blow this guy away in the end.

Therefore, when Cao Bao heard that the potter followed him, the degree of nausea in his heart can be imagined.

In addition to the potter, Tao Qian also had a second son, Tao Ying. Tao Ying looks like he inherited Tao Qian's handsome appearance, with a beautiful style, and he is really a beautiful man. Of course, if Tao Ying doesn't speak, it's still very likable, but once Tao Ying speaks, the degree of nausea is comparable to that of his brother.

Could it be that Tao Ying also likes men as much as the potter? That makes people a little suspicious, whether these two guys are Tao Qian's species.

Of course, Tao Ying's sexual orientation is no problem, Tao Ying still likes women. Moreover, it is rumored that Tao Ying is pursuing Mi Zhu's sister Mi Zhen. However, there is no problem with Tao Ying's sexual orientation, but on the other hand, the problem is extremely serious. That is, Tao Ying's temperament is very sissy, and when he sees a woman, he likes to be commensurate with each other as sisters. Not only that, Tao Ying is also dressed like a woman, she likes women's red clothes, and she has a big red flower on her head.

If you think about it, Tao Ying said "Good sister, sister is coming...", thinking of this scene, it makes people chill.

I don't know what Tao Qian did in his last life, but his two sons are so strange.

Tao Qian rubbed his brows and exhaled: "Okay, for the time being, you all retreat!"

Hearing this, everyone saluted Tao Qian and left one by one.

When everyone left, Tao Qian sighed helplessly. Tao Qian is naturally clear about the personalities of his two sons, but now, he has no way to change it, so he can only blame him for not having a good education in the early years. If his two sons had become a little talented, he wouldn't have to be so tired, and he would have handed over Xuzhou to his son a long time ago.

Now, Tao Qian can only do his best to run Xuzhou, and what can be left by his children and grandchildren, Tao Qian can only take one step at a time, as for the result of the two sons, Tao Qian didn't think so much. Over the years, Tao Qian has become more and more powerless, and it seems that he has not long to live.

"Alas, do your best, let it be the fate of heaven!"

Tao Qian sighed quietly, and then the room fell silent again.