In this era of competing for hegemony, not only young people like Han Cheng have the ambition to dominate the world, but even the elderly who are over half a hundred years old also have the ambition to dominate the world.

Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian is such an ambitious old man.

Tao Qian, the word Gongzu, is a native of Danyang County, Yangzhou. In 188 A.D., there was a large-scale rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and Tao Qian was appointed by the Han Dynasty as the assassin of Xuzhou, but this year, he was already fifty-seven years old.

After Tao Qian quickly pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou, he began to recuperate the people, vigorously tuntian, attract displaced people, and occupy Xuzhou as his own.

Since Li Dao and others took control of the government, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian couldn't sit still.

Other princes waited, but Tao Qian, who was sixty-one years old, really couldn't afford to wait.

For his own ambitions, Tao Qian united with Zhou Gan, the former Yangzhou assassin, Yin De, the minister of the Lang Evil State, Liu Kui, the minister of the East China Sea, Ji Lian, the minister of Pengcheng, Kong Rong, the head of the Beihai Dynasty, Yuan Zhong, the Taishan Taishou Yingshao, the Runan Taishou Xu Xuan, the former Jiujiang Taishou Fu Qian, and the doctor Zheng Xuan and others respected Zhu Jun as the Taishi, and played the slogan of "eradicating the rebellious ministers and thieves and rescuing the Han Xian Emperor".

Everyone knows that the rebellious ministers and thieves are talking about Li Xu, Guo Yan and other people from the cholera court.

But more importantly, the slogan on the surface is false, and the ambition hidden under the slogan is true.

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Inside Chang'an City

Li Dao and others, who held the power of the imperial court, received the news that Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian had raised troops, and they were furious but had nothing to do.

Just when there was nothing to be done, Li Dao and the others remembered the person who made them want to be close again, but at the same time they were very jealous - Jia Xu.

So Li Dao ordered his own soldiers to call Jia Xu to ask for advice.

When Jia Xu saw Li Dao's personal soldiers coming, he knew what was going on, and he already had a plan in his heart. He tidied up his clothes and came with Li Dao's personal soldiers.

The Council Chamber of the General's Mansion, although Li Dao is a chariot general, the General's Mansion was still forcibly occupied by Li Dao.

As soon as Jia Xu arrived, Li Wei and others couldn't wait to tell Jia Xu about the current situation, only to see Jia Xu look confident, and said indifferently:

"I have two plans for this. The first plan is to 'borrow the mountain to block the bull'.

Xuzhou is still a state of Yanzhou from our Chang'an, and now Yanzhou already belongs to Cao Cao, as long as we let the emperor canonize Yanzhou to Cao Cao, then Cao Cao will definitely not let Tao Qian and others' army pass through Yanzhou. We can stop Tao Qian's coalition army without much effort, without a single soldier;

The second calculation is the plan of 'drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle', didn't Tao Qian and others respect Zhu Jun as the prince, so we agreed to Zhu Jun's position as the prince, and asked the emperor to order Zhu Jun to enter the court.

As a Han minister, how dare Zhu Jun disobey the emperor's orders. If Zhu Jun enters the court, what reason do they have to raise troops to attack us? ”

One of the top three seats in the hall looked at Jia Xu and asked puzzledly, "Since you have a second plan, why do you still use the first plan?" Isn't it a snake to add to it? When everyone looked at it, the person who spoke out was the right general Fan Chou. After Fan Chou finished speaking, everyone present also felt that they all had this question in their hearts.

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "How can there be a foolproof strategy for marching and fighting? What if Tao Qian and the others refuse to withdraw their troops and have to attack our Chang'an? We don't have to prepare a few more strategies in advance to be prepared. ”

After hearing this, everyone praised Jia Xu for his resourcefulness.

After Jia Xu left, Li Wei said to Guo Yan and Fan Chou: "The matter of Yanzhou Mu is handed over to my son Li Shi, and this matter will be successfully completed." ”

Guo Yan and Fan Chou both knew Li Wei's careful thoughts: Li Wei and his wife both liked Li Shi very much, and there was not much danger in canonizing Yanzhou Mu, but it could exercise the child's ability, so Li Wei tried to let Li Shi go.

The two of them couldn't refute Li Dao's face, so they nodded and agreed.

After seeing that the two agreed, Li Wei asked his son Li Shi to secretly go to Yanzhou to meet Cao Cao.

It's just that Li Wei overestimated his son Li Shi's ability, and the final result surprised him.

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A few days later, Li Shi secretly arrived in Dongwuyang County, Dongjun County, Yanzhou, and directly sent someone to Cao's Mansion to deliver his prayer post.

Cao Cao saw that Li Dao's envoy remembered that he had received the news of Tao Qian's army a few days ago, and he instantly understood what Li Dao meant, and ordered his subordinates to bring Li Shi into Cao's mansion.

As soon as Li Shi met with Cao Cao, he conveyed the intention of his father, Li Dao, to Cao Cao, who could get the imperial court to recognize Cao Cao's legitimacy as a Yanzhou pastor, but Cao Cao was not allowed to attack Sizhou for any reason, and helped Li Dao stop Tao Qian's army.

At this time, Cao Cao regarded himself as a Hanchen, how could he be in cahoots with the national thief Li Dao in private?

And Cao Cao is a scheming person, how can he be a gunman for Li Dao?

rejected Li Dao's proposal on the spot and asked people to release the news.

Cao Cao's subordinate Shou Zhang Ling Cheng Yu knew the news and hurried to meet Cao Cao.

This Cheng Yu, whose name is Zhongde, is a native of Dong'e, East County, Yanzhou, whose real name is Cheng Li, because he dreamed of Mount Tai holding the sun in his dream, he changed his name to Cheng Yu.

Although Cheng Yu is brave and brave, his temperament is too straightforward, rigid and arrogant, so his popularity in Yanzhou is very poor.

Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao and said to him: "Lord, I heard the news that Li Dao secretly sent someone to meet with the lord and recognize the lord's Yanzhou pastor, but the lord did not agree?" ”

Cao Cao replied without changing his face: "The news was released by me, and it is true!" ”

Cheng Yu asked anxiously, "Why did the lord do this?" ”

Cao Cao looked righteous and arrogant, and said: "Li Dao, the national thief, just like Dong Zhuo back then, how can I reach an agreement with the national thief?" ”

Cheng Yu was shocked in his heart, this is not like the words of Cao Mengde, who "would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me".

After thinking carefully for a moment in his heart, he understood Cao Cao's thoughts in a flash of inspiration:

"One is that Cao Cao is a Hanchen, if he and Li Dao secretly meet and reach an agreement, even if he becomes the rightful Yanzhou pastor, it will be difficult to become the lord of the world. Yes, but if you want to take a positive path, how can you be sneaky? Second, Cao Cao didn't want to be used as a gunman by Li Dao? ”

Thinking about these two layers of Taoism, Cheng Yu tentatively said to Cao Cao: "Lord, why don't I go and see Li Dao's envoy." ”

Cao Cao feigned anger and said, "What do you see him doing? ”

Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao was slightly angry, so he knew that he was thinking the same as he thought, and continued: "My lord is wise and martial, and he led the army to attack Sizhou and fight all the way to Hongnong County.

Because Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian saw that our lord sent troops, Yanzhou was empty, and he led the crowd to take the land of Yanzhou, so my lord retreated to meet the enemy;

His Majesty the Emperor knows the loyalty of our lord, so he named my lord as the pastor of Yanzhou. ”

After Cao Cao listened to Cheng Yu's words, he said happily in his heart: "Zhongde really understands me!" But he said calmly: "Zhongde, you can do this matter, I believe you!" ”

Cheng Yu turned around to see Li Shi and asked him to convey this meaning to Li Wei.

Li Wei, who was in Chang'an, received a letter from his son, and although he didn't quite understand why Cao Cao bothered so much, he still acted according to the plan for the sake of his son's reputation.

A month later, Cao Cao led his troops to walk around Hongnong County, Sizhou, and the imperial court officially named Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou.

Seeing that Cao Cao had become the pastor of Yanzhou, Li Wei helped himself and others resist Tao Qian's attack, and said in his heart: "This is good! As long as you don't come to beat me, I'll give you a little bit of land, and you can toss it. I can safely deal with people who threaten me, such as Ma Teng in Xiliang. ”

As a result, Li Dao, who had almost zero political IQ, asked his servant Zhao Qi to persuade Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou to make a truce.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan fought for several years, and both sides were exhausted, and it happened that the imperial court gave the steps, and the two sides had a tacit understanding to withdraw the army and truce.

After the withdrawal of the army, Yuan Shao heard about Cao Cao's Yanzhou pastor, so he sent someone to contact Li Dao, wanting to paint the tiger according to the cat, and Cao Cao used the same method, led the army to walk around Hedong County, and asked the imperial court to make himself the pastor of Jizhou and the pastor of Qingzhou.

Li Dao said in his heart: "As long as you don't come to attack my Chang'an, everything else is easy to say!" From Yuan Shao's meaning, after some action, Yuan Shao was named Jizhou Mu and Qingzhou Mu.

At this time, Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Shu raised troops to kill Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, and led Yangzhou Mu, also known as Xuzhou Bo, and Feng generals Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui were generals.

After Yuan Shu heard the news that his brother Yuan Shao was named Jizhou Mu and Qingzhou Mu, he also sent people to contact Li Dao.

At this time, Li Dao also wanted to make friends with the powerful Yuan Shu, so he sent Taifu Ma Riyan to Shouchun County, and awarded Yuan Shuzuo General with Fu Jie, fake the festival, and entered the Marquis of Yang Zhai, and recruited Zhu Zhi, Sun Ce, Hua Xin and others as officials.

Who is Yuan Shu? That was the first person who dared to be the emperor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Fu Jie actually casually recruited celebrities, how could such a good thing be placed in someone else's place?

So Yuan Shu let his subordinates rob Ma Riyan of the talisman held, and tried to force Ma Riyan to be his military advisor, Ma Riyan wanted to leave but couldn't, and became angry and fell ill every day, and died in Shouchun County after the year.

Han Cheng, who was in Taiyuan County, Taiyuan County, Bingzhou, also heard the news that Cao Cao was named the pastor of Yanzhou, and because of the intelligence battalion's investigation, he knew more, so he summoned Li Ru and Fu Zhu to discuss what to do about this matter.

Fu Zhu always hoped that Han Cheng could be officially canonized by the imperial court, so he said to Han Cheng: "Lord, Cao Cao's strategy is very good, we can also use it according to his strategy." ”

Han Cheng said: "Although this plan is good, it is still a little short for us now. ”

He didn't know what Han Cheng meant by what he said, so he didn't ask any more questions, and just waited quietly.

After listening to Han Cheng's words, Li Ru knew what Han Cheng meant in a moment of thought, and said, "My lord, we can not only send someone to contact Li Dao, but also send someone to contact Guo Yan.

As long as he tells him the news of Lu Bu's presence in the public, he will be able to facilitate this matter, and the lord may be able to get unexpected gains from this. ”

After listening to Li Ru's words, Han Cheng felt that this plan was feasible, and said to Li Ru: "Okay! Captain Han sent someone to deal with the matter according to this idea. ”

After listening to Li Ru's words, the frustrated professor on the side realized that what the lord Han Cheng said was almost missing an excuse to attack Shangdang County.

Ashamed, he said: "My recent energy has been too obsessed with the official canonization of the imperial court, and I almost delayed the big event." ”

Similarly, at this time, Fu Zhi was also very puzzled in his heart: "Why is Captain Han so familiar with Guo Yan?" I heard that Guo Yan was a horse thief when he was in Xiliang, could it be that the mysterious Han Xiaowei was also a horse thief when he was in Xiliang? ”