Within a few days, the news that Yuan Shu was defeated by Guo Peng reached Tao Qian's ears.

After Tao Qian heard the news that Guo Peng broke Yuan Shu and led his troops south, he was first overjoyed and felt that Xuzhou was safe, then he was shocked, he felt that Xuzhou was not safe, and then he felt frightened and felt that Xuzhou was ...... I'm in trouble.

This is not some boring speculation, nor is it an unreasonable speculation, because his henchman Cao Hong also thinks so.

"Guo Zifeng broke the Yuan Highway, the Yuan Highway was destroyed at the moment, if the Yuan Highway was destroyed, all the Central Plains were occupied by Guo Zifeng, and he had a righteous name, then only Xuzhou in the Central Plains did not belong to Guo Zifeng, Guo Zifeng had some ideas, and Xuzhou was in danger."

"I know what you say, and I'm asking you what to do! Yuan Highway can't hold on for long, once Yuan Highway is finished, Guo Zifeng's next target must be Xuzhou! ”

Tao Qian's face could see a clear look of panic: "In this case, what should I do?" ”

Cao Hong looked at Tao Qian, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Why don't you speak?"

Tao Qian was anxious and took Cao Hong's hand and asked.

"It's not that you don't speak, but that you ...... Ming Gong also rest assured, Guo Zifeng's attack on Yuan Shu has a righteous reputation, as a Hanchen crusade against the emperor and the thief, it is justifiable, the people of the world can't say anything, but they have to applaud him and support him, but Xuzhou is different.

Ming Gong is the imperial court appointed Xuzhou Mu, General Anton, the name of the rule of Xuzhou, this time Yuan Highway called the emperor, Ming Gong clearly refused, but also Yuan Highway attacked, everyone in the world knows that Ming Gong is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, Guo Zifeng is also a Han Chen, if you want to attack Xuzhou, there is no excuse at all. ”

Cao Hong said.

"You mean, Guo Zifeng won't come to attack me?"

"Naturally not, because he has no excuse, no righteous reputation, rash attack on Xuzhou, will make the world doubt his intentions, in front of everyone, as long as Guo Zifeng does not have the heart of disobedience, he will not attack Xuzhou, although Ming Gong can rest assured."

When Cao Hong said this, Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again.

"You're right, I'm the Xuzhou Mu appointed by the imperial court, General Anton, where does Guo Zifeng have an excuse to attack Xuzhou? He won't have an excuse to attack Xuzhou! ”

Tao Qian laughed to himself as he spoke, and then laughed out loud.

Cao Hong looked at Tao Qian's slightly rickety back a little helplessly.

Tao Qian is old, really old.

Are you starting to deceive yourself?

If you want to add sin, why should you do it?

For the strong, the weak must be guilty even if they are not guilty, and the strong need an excuse to swallow up the weak, but is it hard to find this excuse?

Guo Peng's swift offensive and powerful military strength have already frightened Tao Qian, and Tao Qian, who still wanted to compete with Guo Peng, has completely woken up, he has understood that he cannot be stronger than Guo Peng, and the Xuzhou army cannot defeat Guo Peng's army.

Guo Peng's general trend has been achieved, and the Central Plains and Hebei are about to be completely mastered by him, and it is still justifiable, and there is no transgression.

The Qingzhou Mu appointed by the imperial court, Yanzhou obtained in order to suppress the Yellow Turban, and the three states of Hebei obtained by the crusade against Yuan Shao with the support of Yuan Shu, and then was justifiably given to Guo Peng by the imperial court to govern it.

Justifiably, there is no place to attack at any point, justifiably.

It's this justifiable and most terrifying.

Why didn't anyone find out that Guo Peng was such a terrible figure before this?

Oh, I see.

Cao Hong suddenly realized at this moment.

Because of Yuan Shu, because of the Yuan Shu who has a strong sense of presence in the jump, compared with Yuan Shu, Guo Peng is too low-key.

has always been hiding behind Yuan Shu, being Yuan Shu's follower, being Yuan Shu's minions, doing everything according to what Yuan Shu said, being Yuan Shu's loyal subordinate, never disobeying Yuan Shu, and having a very good relationship with Yuan Shu.

Therefore, people in the world only pay attention to Yuan Shu, but not Guo Zifeng.

Until Yuan Shu became emperor, Guo Zifeng once rebelled, crusaded against the rebels in the name of Hanchen's righteousness, and instantly took the five northern states out of Yuan Shu's nominal rule and successfully became independent.

This series of operations can be called a model of counterattack.

When did this man begin to plan this series of actions?

Cao Hong was suddenly very curious, and wanted to know how Guo Zifeng did all this.

It's a good background of the scholars, but the scholars are also divided into three, six, nine, etc., the grammar class is from the scholar family, and the status is low in the ranks of the scholars, and the grandfather is too shou, but the father is just a county order.

As the son of the county commander, his starting point in life is far lower than that of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the Confucian scholars who have the right to interpret Confucian classics, but he can actually overthrow Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the sons of the fourth and third princes who are regarded as the world's overlords.

It's incredible.

When also? Fate?

Or is it something else?

Cao Hong didn't know.

But Cao Hong knows a little.

As soon as Yuan Shu died, there was no one in the world who could compete with Guo Peng.

At this moment, he actually sympathized with Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu as a traitor, because Yuan Shu has also been playing the role of a protective umbrella in Xuzhou in a sense.

If there was no Yuan Shu, who knows when and what method Guo Peng would use to get the righteous name of crusading against Xuzhou?

Guo Peng will definitely not let go of Xuzhou, definitely!

What he really wanted to say just now was not what he said, what he wanted to say was to persuade Tao Qian to open a little, surrender early, and not use troops to fight Guo Peng, so as to protect the family, protect himself, and protect Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is not Tao Qian's Xuzhou alone, Xuzhou is Xuzhou of Xuzhou people, Tao Qian is a foreign ruler, and the foundation of his rule is a group of cronies and two armies of Danyang and Taishan.

These two troops and horses can suppress the local forces in Xuzhou and give Tao Qian an advantage, but these two troops and horses together cannot resist Guo Peng's troops.

Can Tao Qian understand? Can you figure it out?

If not, Cao Hong was very worried that someone would help Tao Qian figure it all out.

Coincidentally, the news of Yuan Shu's defeat reached Lujiang, and Lujiang County, which was already panicked, was even more chaotic.

Many people made an appointment to flee in the direction of Jiangxia together, and went to Jingzhou, where there was no war, to avoid trouble, and wanted to ask for Liu Biao's asylum.

Originally, Jiangdong was also an option, but Jiangdong is also fighting now, Sun Ce and Liu Xun, as well as the local forces of Wu County in Danyang County, are in chaos, and the road to Jiangdong is not safe.

Therefore, a large number of people who survived the plunder of Yuan Shu began to move towards Jiangxia.

Faced with such a situation, the Zhou Yu family in Shuxian County also fell into a difficult choice.

After Zhou Yu heard the news of Yuan Shu's defeat, he immediately concluded that Yuan Shu was finished, and insisted on his own views at the family meeting, convincing many clansmen, everyone thought that Yuan Shu was finished, and there was no value in continuing to wait and see.

Then there are three paths that belong to the Zhou family.

First, follow the general trend, go west to Jiangxia, take refuge in Liu Biao, and go to Jingzhou, where there is no war, to survive.

Second, cross the river to find Sun Ce, take refuge under Sun Ce, and help him make contributions.

Third, stay in Lujiang, wait for Guo Peng to call, and then use Zhou's previous connections to ask for a career under Guo Peng.