According to the rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, inland counties need to use people from their own counties as subordinate officials, but border counties are different from Sanfu land, and outsiders can be used as officials.

Guo Peng took advantage of the convenience of Shanggu County as a border county and accepted Mi Zhu as his subordinate officials.

This made Tao Qian feel very embarrassed, but he didn't give up yet.

He wrote to Mi Zhu to envelop him with the position of Xuzhou Don't Drive, but Mi Zhu politely refused, saying that he had followed Guo Peng and could not turn his back, thanks to Tao Yuanjun's love.

Tao Qian was very angry at the time, thinking that Mi Zhu had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai, his eyelids were shallow, a border county Taishou and a state assassin, which one was more powerful and could protect his family better, couldn't he see it?

Mi Zhu can see it.

So within a few years, Guo Peng made the history of Qingzhou Thorn, and Mi Zhu also followed him to Qingzhou as an official, just north of Xuzhou, the two states are adjacent, and Tao Qian is even more embarrassed.

can't get the Mi family, so he can only retreat and choose other families.

For example, Zhao Yu, a native of Langya, was appointed as a special driver, Wang Lang, a native of the East China Sea, was appointed as a member of the Zhizhong Engagement, and Chen Deng, a native of Xiapi, was appointed as the captain of the agricultural school, planting grains for Xuzhou to solve hunger, and vigorously appointing some people who could barely cooperate with him as officials.

Over the years, Tao Qian has indeed had a good life, and he has lived a good life.

To the south is Yuan Shu, who is beating Jiangdong.

To the north is Guo Peng, who is hard to scold Yuan Shao.

To the east is the sea.

To the west is the junction of Guo Yuan's two families.

He didn't have anything to do, he was guarded in the middle like a baby.

The people of Xuzhou have indeed lived a peaceful life.

But Tao Qian is not a simple civil official, this guy is also a military general, he has led soldiers to fight, and he has been tough face to face with the Xiliangqiang people, not to mention the battle record, he also belongs to the typical Confucian students of the Han Dynasty who are both civil and military.

All in all, he is not afraid of things, not afraid of things at all, at least until he is beaten to the point of collapse.

Therefore, Guo Peng set up an army in the south of Donglai County, near Xuzhou, to garrison him for a long time, which made him a little unhappy.

To be precise, it's very unpleasant.

Guo Peng started from pacifying Qingzhou, and let Xiahou Yuan garrison 3,000 troops in the south of Donglai County, in the name of guarding against the Yellow Turban Army, in fact, he was deterring Tao Qian, showing Tao Qian's face, and by the way, warning Tao Qian not to engage in the Mi clan, otherwise you will understand the end.

Especially not long after, Guo Pengna's sister Mi Zhen was a concubine, and with this relationship with the Mi family, Tao Qian's heart was even more uncomfortable.

It could have been one of his confidence in taking charge of Xuzhou and providing him with a lot of money and food, but now it all belongs to Guo Peng.

Tao Qian sent someone to investigate, and learned that the Mi family had been in charge of the war horse trade for Guo Peng a few years ago, transporting war horses from the north to the Central Plains and the south for sale.

To this day, this business continues, and many war horses were obtained by the Mi clan from the north, and then flowed into Huainan and Jiangdong through the Mi clan's relationship, and flowed into Yuan Shu's army and the private soldiers of the Jiangdong wealthy clan.

Jingzhou Liu Biao is also a big customer.

This business is really big, and then most of the income is obtained by Guo Peng, so Guo Pengfu's flow of oil, there has never been a shortage of money under his command, and the big projects in Qingyan Erzhou have been launched one after another.

Tao Qian's is called envy, jealousy, and hatred.

His envy is about to separate, really.

He wanted to move the Mi clan countless times, but he didn't dare because of Guo Peng's military might.

This time, Guo Peng's northern expedition to Yuan Shao, after Tao Qian learned the information, on the one hand, he was surprised, and on the other hand, he couldn't hold back his heart.

Mi has always been a thorn in his heart.

If the Mi clan is a scholar clan, it is a strong man, or an armed strong man with a large amount of land, a large number of guests and a considerable number of private soldiers.

Perhaps before Mi and Guo Peng got into a relationship, these private soldiers could be said to be used to protect themselves, but after they got in touch with Guo Peng, these private soldiers were equivalent to Guo Peng's special forces.

Once Guo Peng wants to do something to Xuzhou, Mi is simply Guo Peng's best internal response.

Can that ruler endure such a thing?

Now take advantage of Guo Peng to lead his troops north to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, wipe out the Mi clan, or make a lighter move, drive the Mi clan to Yanzhou, occupy their family property, and control the trade routes.

When Guo Peng finished beating Yuan Shao, he would definitely have no time to retaliate, so he could only say that he would suffer a dumb loss, and he would be tantamount to eating a big meal and making a lot of money.

Tao Qianmei thought like this, and was ready to do it and send his most trusted Danyang soldiers to do this.

As a result, as soon as the order was given, there was intelligence that there were signs of a large number of troops stationed in the direction of Mount Tai, and they were slowly approaching Xuzhou, and the situation was not right.

Tao Qian was shocked and immediately sent people to find out the accurate information, and the news he got was that an army in the direction of Donglai County and Taishan County was approaching the border of Xuzhou.

Guopeng set up the Donglai County garrison Xiahou Yuan and Taishan County garrison Yu Ban each led 5,000 men and horses to approach the border of Xuzhou, stationed troops near the border, drilled, and looked like they were going to fight.

Tao Qian was very nervous and a little puzzled at the same time.

Didn't Guo Peng go north to fight Yuan Shao? How can there be kung fu to send troops to attack themselves?

Mistaken, right?

To be mistaken, it was true that two armies approached Xuzhou and practiced near the border, but they did not cross the border and launched an attack on Xuzhou.

Tao Qian hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation to find out what was going on, and at the same time found his own leadership team to discuss this matter together.

Chen Deng, the captain of the Diannong School, Liu Kui, the minister of the East China Sea, and Cao Bao, an absolute confidant of Cao Bao and Cao Bao's fellow clan, Cao Hong, a native of Danyang, Yangzhou.

"Guo Zifeng's Northern Expedition to Yuan Benchu should have done his best, but now he actually sent 10,000 troops to approach our realm, what is the intention, what do you think?"

Tao Qian looked at his subordinates.

Everyone was a little surprised to learn about this, but then they all had their own opinions.

"Duke Ming, since Guo Zifeng went north to fight with Yuan Benchu, it is inevitable that he will not be able to plot against Xuzhou, otherwise he Guo Zifeng will really have such a strong force when fighting on two fronts?"

Liu Kui couldn't believe this,

"That's right, since Guo Zifeng is in the north to attack Yuan Benchu, can he still divide his troops to invade my Xuzhou in the south? This kind of thing, the general should not have any doubts, with Guo Zifeng's ability, he would never do such a thing. ”

Chen Deng further pointed out that this is impossible.

Cao Bao and Cao Hong also think so.

"Then why did he send troops to Xuzhou?"

Tao Qian was still not at ease.

"General, could it be because of the Mi clan?"

When Cao Bao said this, everyone present suddenly became enlightened.

Tao Qian was just stunned, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"Guo Zifeng, I really care enough about Mi's family! When fighting with Yuan Benchu, he didn't forget to protect the Mi family! Hum! ”

Tao Qian snorted heavily and slapped his case.

"Mi's is Guo Zifeng's money bag, how can he not care?"

Cao Hong opened his mouth and said: "Even Mi Zizhong's sister was accepted by Guo Zifeng as a concubine, you can imagine how much Guo Zifeng attaches importance to the Mi family, Ming Gong, Guo Zifeng's behavior must be a warning to us, don't do anything to the Mi family." ”

"The affairs of Xuzhou are not his turn Guo Zifeng to intervene!"

Tao Qian's face turned red, pushed away the table in front of him, and roared angrily: "Who is he Guo Zifeng?" What is he? The son of a county official dares to bark in front of me! ”

None of the subordinates dared to speak.

After Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down his mood, Chen Deng slowly spoke.

"General, although Guo Zifeng is arrogant, but his soldiers and horses are elite and good at fighting, this time he also made a clear posture, if we ...... I'm afraid that it will provoke these 10,000 soldiers and horses to invade Xuzhou, burn and loot, and the price is too great. ”