Xu Shu's strategy is simple and direct, just like most people with colds and flu only use big green roots to boil water, and after drinking, it is useful if it is useful, and it is useless if it is useless.

"Dedicated to Xuzhou and Cao Liu, and then go to General Wei together?" Chen Deng, whose water stains had not dried, were stunned for a moment.

"Or you can also offer General Yuwei of Xuzhou, and then defect to Cao and Liu......" Xu Shu replied calmly. Under the overall situation, you and I actually don't have much superfluous action to do, so we can only take advantage of the neutral position to belong to one party, and show our ability and make great achievements before taking his prescription. Only in this situation, if you want to offer General Yuwei of Xuzhou, the key is only Langya Zang Xuangao, and we are actually powerless. And once General Wei goes south and Xuzhou is his gain, the Central Plains will have a smooth road, and a big war is inevitable...... Although a war is inevitable, how can you and I start this war for our own selfishness? ”

Chen Deng was silent.

"I know what Yuanlong is thinking," Xu Shu sighed. "You are the leader of the Chen generation, and your roots are all in Xuzhou, and if you leave suddenly, there will be nothing left...... But in the future, Brother Yuanlong, if you don't go out of Xuzhou for a day, you will be just a heroic person who relies on your family and local forces for the rest of your life, and you can't become a real hero...... Besides, Brother Yuanlong, no matter who Xuzhou belongs to in the future, there is actually no place for you! ”

"But if you leave Xuzhou and go to General Wei, you will have a place to use martial arts, is it a real hero?" After a long time, Chen Yuanlong still found it difficult to accept.

"Of course not." Xu Yuanzhi's tone suddenly eased. "I don't know how Yu is doing, but I really want to find an opportunity to ask General Wei in person one day...... Isn't it good to be the Duke of Zhou, why do you have to be self-reliant? ”

"This kind of thing ...... Chen Deng laughed and couldn't control it." I can answer for General Wei, 'I can take his place', what is there that I can't say? General Wei's exploits are there, the strength is there, and it is not natural to have such thoughts when he has come to this point? And don't look at Cao Fenwu and Liu Yuzhou, what are they shouting every day at this time to revive the Han Dynasty, Yuan Zhi, there is really a day when they defeat General Wei and become the strongest in the world, will they not have this mind? ”

"If so." Xu Shu pursed his lips slightly for a moment before asking. "What are you Chen struggling with?"

Chen Dengdeng was speechless.

"Actually, people's hearts are always like this." Xu Shu sighed. "If you want to do it according to your ambition, you always have to get in the way of reality, and if you want to do it according to reality, you can't help but be lofty, and now General Wei's mind is obvious, what can you do if you don't put the so-called Han revival on Cao and Liu? In fact, I do the same to General Wei, if I don't respect him, how can I hope that he can become a saint like Duke Zhou? ”

"......"

"But if he really said the words 'I can replace him', I have nothing to say, since I have received the grace of others, after I have made my wish in Xuzhou this time, I will use this life to repay his young man's grace to help me get out of trouble."

Chen Deng was silent for a long time, then got up and left.

Xu Yuanzhi didn't care about this, he knew Chen Deng's difficulties - if the son of the first family in Xuzhou couldn't make up his mind to leave Xuzhou, this so-called strategy would be meaningless to his people.

However, a moment later, Chen Deng actually went and returned.

"Brother Yuanlong, are you going to go to Hebei with me?" Xu Shu was in good spirits.

"It's still hard to determine." Chen Yuanlong, who was drenched again, sat down opposite Xu Shu proudly. "But I thought about it...... Don't say whether I go or not, just say whether this matter is or not, our Chen family is actually destined to be a person of negative grace in General Wei, and as you said, if General Wei enters Xuzhou at this time, the war will start in Xuzhou, born in Si and grow up in Si, how can you sit idly by? In other words, the current situation is ahead, how can the husband sit idly by and ignore the ambitions? ”

"Well said!" Xu Shu was silent for a moment and bowed slightly.

"So far, what is Yuanzhi's plan?" Chen Deng earnestly inquired. "Who should Cao Liu choose?"

"Don't choose, let them do it themselves." Xu Shu replied calmly. "As for the strategy, as I said before, it's almost nothing...... Now that General Wei is far away in Yecheng, and General Guan Yunchang of Zhendong is also in Qingzhou, they really want to get Xuzhou, and the only hope is that this matter can be slowly plotted...... It is best to calmly buy Zang Ba, and then use the messenger to persuade Tao Xuzhou himself to promise that Xuzhou will return to Hebei in public. And if the purchase fails, Tao Xuzhou will not allow it, then he can only use force, but at this time, it is generally too late, because Cao and Liu will not sit idly by. What we have to do is just to make the situation tense, so that General Wei will not have time, and let Cao and Liu make a decision as soon as possible! ”

"Yuan Zhi...... Didn't you say that you want to Tao Xuzhou ......? ”

"What can you do about this?" Xu Shu disagreed. "Actually, two fake books will do...... Even if it is a fake book, there is no need, as long as you go to visit Lu Zike (Lu Qian) tonight, implying that Zang Xuangao has actually voted for General Wei; I went to General Anton's mansion with Yuanhua Gong in the evening and met Mrs. Gan privately behind the hall, only saying that Tao Xuzhou's body may be speechless and shocked at any time, so if Cao Liu and the two are really heroes, they will naturally take action, and the specific Cao Liu is which, you might as well let Tao Xuzhou pick it himself. ”

"It's also ......," Chen Deng responded suddenly. This trick adds fuel to the fire, and thirty-six plans can become thirty-seven plans. ”

Xu Shu wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't pay attention to the other party, but continued: "And there is another advantage to such a move, that is, it can make Picheng less messy!" ”

"I know that." Chen Deng nodded immediately. "Xu Tan and Zhen Rong are all Taoxuzhou villagers, one has soldiers but is stupid, one has ordnance, grain and grass but is extremely greedy, once Tao Xuzhou is dead, there will be no one to control, no matter who takes over, there will be chaos at that time, but it is better to take advantage of Tao Xuzhou is still there, and there is still prestige for Danyang soldiers."

At this point, Chen Deng paused for a moment, and then said again: "In fact, all the forces in Xuzhou were reluctant to move before, because they were afraid of chaos, but if you think about it carefully, I am afraid it is better to make a decision first, but it can be less chaotic......

"Where are you afraid of chaos?" Xu Shu suddenly sneered. "But you know very well that once Tao Xuzhou goes, no matter who of the three outside gets Xuzhou, according to their strength, it is impossible for you to really continue to hold the real power of Xuzhou...... So it's like a hen lying under her wings. Brother Yuanlong, I will send you a heartfelt word today! ”

Chen Deng's face was solemn: "Yuan Zhi, please speak." ”

"If it really comes to the moment when you need to make a decision, you might as well help a person who is willing to say bluntly that Xuzhou will be cleaned up after getting Xuzhou, because this kind of person is a trustworthy person...... At least people don't bother to deceive you! ”

Chen Deng became more and more speechless, but he bowed his head again.

Immediately, the two heroic people of Huhai who were not afraid of heaven and earth simply acted according to the plan and directly broke the deadlock situation in Xuzhou.

In other words, the balance of Xuzhou is already very fragile, and once Chen Deng, a heavyweight figure who is himself a pole of Xuzhou, and Xu Shu, who represents the authority of medicine through Hua Tuo, suddenly goes out to create chaos in person, the effect is surprisingly good...... In fact, when Chen Deng and Xu Shu told others, they were still very conservative, but only a day or two later, rumors were already spreading in Xiapi City, Tao Qian went from being speechless in shock to dying at any time, and there was also a scene of Mrs. Gan stealing General Anton's seal; Zang Ba has changed from a possible private meeting with General Wei to Langya has belonged to Hebei, and Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops have been stationed at the border of Donghai County, and they may be killed at any time, and the city will be slaughtered at that time!

There is no need for the two of them to muddy the water anymore, and there is no need for them to create a panicked situation, and the entire Xuzhou has completely entered a state of combat readiness...... In this case, even Chen Qi, Zhao Yu, Cao Hong, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, and Mi Fang, who could see Tao Qian himself, couldn't control the situation.

Because once the balance is broken, once chaos and confrontation are provoked, the situation is not human...... These people are not all the way.

For example, on the evening of the second day, after hearing the rumors, Xia Pi Xiangrong's first reaction was to escape from Xia Pi City in the rain over the wall, and then went outside the city to give orders, and then gathered tens of thousands of Buddhist believers and thousands of county guards, and then stationed in Ge Yi Mountain, across Surabaya, east of Xia Pi City, where he had stored grain, grass, and ordnance as Xia Pi Xiang for several years.

There is no way, unlike in history, now Xuzhou is surrounded by powerful princes on three sides, and Zhirong can't go anywhere, so he can only seek some security in this way.

Or else? You can't let him float out to sea, can you?

So once he thought that Tao Qian was dead, he really felt that the sky had fallen, and he was also one of the few people in Xuzhou City who really wanted Tao Gongzu to survive.

And when he got the call of the pottery merchant, and was protected by the fellow villager Xu Tan and the Danyang soldiers, he entered the city to see Tao Qian again, and found that the latter did not reach that step, knowing that it was a rumor, but he still refused to disband his subordinates, and even refused to return to live in the official temple in the city...... No way, this time it's fake, what if it's real next time? Mermaid meat?

Since Di Rong refused, Cao Hong and Cao Bao's uncle and nephew had sufficient reasons to continue to maintain martial law in Xiapi City itself, and then Xu Tan also had a reason to move thousands of Danyang soldiers from his headquarters to the south bank of Surabaya to echo Zhirong, and since the sword and soldiers had already confronted each other around Xiapi City, Zhao Yu, Mi Fang, and Chen Qi had no reason not to send their cronies to let the county soldiers in their respective counties gather at various key points, ready to defend or respond.

Things came to this point, Tao Gongzu was originally heroic and short-breathed, and at this time he was even more cold, and he didn't even have the mind to question Zang Ba's eldest son Zang Ai, but simply sent his eldest son Tao Shang as a messenger, and one went to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven and return General Anton and Xuzhou Mu Yin Ribbon; And the second son Tao Ying packed up the utensils and prepared to return to his hometown in Danyang to wait for death.

But at this time, Yu Gong and private, Chen Qi, Mi Zhu, Cao Hong, Zhao Yu, and even Yu Zhenrong and others would not agree with Tao Qian's willfulness, and everyone knelt down to perform the courtiers' courtesy, so as to talk about it, and finally let Tao Ying go home to clean up the old house, but let the Tao merchant stay here with the palm print...... There is really no way, if the potter also leaves, there is not even a reliable messenger between the various forces, I am afraid that there will be a fire immediately.

The situation was stalemate for another four or five days, and the situation deteriorated day by day, but for some reason, there was no movement on the border where the information should have been received, whether it was Cao Liu or Langya in the north, they all turned a deaf ear. And on the morning of this day, it was only six days after Di Rong fled outside the city, and the pottery merchant suddenly went out of the city in person to invite Xu Tan and Ji Rong, and summoned the three families of Chen, Mi and Cao in the city, plus Zhao Yu and Zang Ai, to gather in General Anton's mansion.

Tao Qian is still alive after all, and the eldest prince of the Tao family came to invite him, so there is no reason why everyone should not go...... However, I am afraid that it is inevitable to make a little more preparation.

"What?" Chen Deng, as a powerful faction who controlled the Tuntian troops in Xuzhou, went to the hall with his father, but met Xu Shu standing under the corridor of the hall, and couldn't help but come forward to ask.

"I don't know." Xu Shu also shook his head solemnly. "Only Tao Xuzhou hurriedly invited Yuan Huagong to come here early this morning, first administered acupuncture and moxibustion to him, and then boiled a refreshing medicine, as if he wanted to have a strong support for the body...... Extreme caution is required. ”

Chen Deng had no choice but to nod...... After all, if Tao Qian made a decision, any ideas he and Xu Shu had would only be in vain.

In this way, Chen Yuanlong hurriedly went to the hall with his father, but Xu Shu also took the opportunity to stand outside the hall with a grand sword.

However, Chen Qi, Chen Deng; Mi Zhu, Mi Fang; Cao Hong, Cao Bao; Zhao Yu, Zang Ai; Soon after Zhenrong and Xu Tanju entered, Tao Qian had not yet appeared, Cao Peng, a subordinate of General Anton's Mansion, the middle and upper subordinates of Xuzhou Prefecture, the Danyang soldiers outside the city, the local Tuntian soldiers, all kinds of Sima, military marquis, and even the famous families in Xiapi City, actually came one after another...... In the end, the hall could not stand at all, and many people had to wait outside under the porch, but at this time it was still the tail of the rainy season, and the weather began to be gloomy again.

This situation made the previous giants more and more uneasy.

This is not over, when it started to rain outside, in the hot and humid weather, Cao Cao's envoy, General Fenwu's subordinate Lu Qian Lu Zike actually came here alone, and what was even more stunned was that Chen Yu, the eldest son of Chen Qiu, the elder brother of Chen Qi, the former Yangzhou Thorn Shi, the Taishou of Wu County, and the eldest son of the late Taiwei Chen Qiu, also came to the lobby of General Andong's mansion...... Behind him, it was a recognized talent and celebrity in Xuzhou in the past, Xuzhou Maocai cited by Tao Qian, and Wang Lang and Wang Jingxing in the middle of the state in the past!

Of course, Wang Jingxing was accompanied by a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young swordsman behind him, and only Xu Shu and Chen Deng cared about it.

But no matter what, Wang Lang is now a servant of Shang Shu, and he is always stationed in Yecheng, and everyone always knows.

In other words, not only are all the key figures in Xuzhou here today, but also Cao Cao's envoys and Gongsun Xun's envoys are also here, which shows that some things can't be avoided.

Soon after Wang Lang entered, he didn't have time to greet the old people in Xuzhou, and he heard a cough behind the hall, and then saw that Tao Gongzu, who was stubborn in the past, was now yellow-faced and coughing, and could only barely get out with the support of his eldest son and a young lady with skin like snow...... The so-called old state is complete!

Everyone in the hall was silent at first, but they couldn't help but ignore the potter and Hua Tuo, who came out with the medicine jar later, and set their eyes on the young lady...... As we all know, this can only be Mrs. Gan, and it can only be said that today's Gongsun, Cao, and Liu, the three families are all here.

In other words, it may be because she is too beautiful and her complexion is too special, so this lady Gan, who is like a white jade, has always been a little rumored, it is said that her person is not a close branch of Tao Qian's wife, and some people even say that she is just a native of Xuzhou, just because of her beauty, her surname happens to be Gan, so she was raised by Tao Qian as a niece, and she was originally ready to win over the leader of the Danyang soldiers under her command, but later she mistakenly promised Liu Bei.

But these things don't matter now, because that marriage was completed by Cao Cao's own father, the former Taiwei Cao Song, and it has long become an important symbol of the Central Plains Alliance...... Liu Yuzhou's wife is Tao Xuzhou's niece, who dares to say that it is not?!

However, Mrs. Gan's appearance this time, in addition to the political significance, only looked at her although she looked sad, but she couldn't cover her skin like snow and her beauty like a flower, which was in stark contrast to her uncle Tao Gongzu's dull complexion and old spots, which made people feel particularly embarrassed.

"Shame on you!" Tao Qian had just sat down at the top, and before he could speak, someone touched the scene, and couldn't help but burst into tears and leaned over to apologize. "After returning to Xuzhou for a few days, I just thought that there would be a time to meet, but I couldn't come to visit the general, but asked the general to summon me ......"

Tao Qian raised his eyes and saw that it was Wang Lang, but he couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Why is Jingxing like this? Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature is also, and Hebei and the Central Plains are confronted, you don't want to come to see me in person, is this to blame you? And although Tao Qian is old today, but when he dies, you have a heart, and you don't have to mourn today...... I want to live a few more days! ”

When Wang Lang heard this, he became more and more sad, but he could only endure it and get up and return to his position.

"Zizhong, are you all here today?" Seeing Wang Lang get up, Tao Qian turned his head and asked him if he was in the state. "You report it to me."

Mi Zhu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out to repeat the people present today as much as possible.

"That's good." Tao Qian listened carefully to the list before he said slowly. "Zang Xuangao's side can't catch up, and everyone in the rest of the states seems to have tried their best to arrive, not only that, Lu Zhen under Cao Fenwu, Wang Servant and Guo Sima who held the festival for General Wei are also here, then some things can be spread out and said......"

There was silence in the hall for a while.

"I called you here today, in fact, I want to introduce you to a relative of mine, who smelled that I was seriously ill, and galloped to Xiapi yesterday, and slept in the side yard of my house last night, so I didn't have time to meet you." Tao Qian continued to speak slowly. "And in my opinion, if he can come here in person, then I will have nothing to say...... But see him. ”

Everyone was confused and looked at each other, but soon, with Tao Qian's words, two people suddenly walked out of the back of the hall.

A man in front of him, seven feet long, with long arms above the knees, with few beards and white faces, with a crown and brocade clothes, proudly held his sword out; The person in the back, with a majestic physique, white skin and a lush beard, is also proudly holding the sword.

Up and down the hall, there are actually not a few people who know these two people, so they have already been dumbfounded, and there are many people who don't know these two people, but they are naturally confused.

Chen Deng didn't know either, so he couldn't help but use his elbow to push his father's waist and ribs, that Chen Qi was dumbfounded, but he ignored it after being pushed by his own son a few times, but after a while, like many people, he hurriedly came out of the ranks, leaned over and bowed, and called Liu Yuzhou and General Zhang!

It turned out that these two people turned out to be Liu Xuande and his brother Zhang Yide!

And Zhang Yide stood on the side of the hall with a knife, Liu Bei slowly walked to the hall, his face did not change, and he calmly returned the courtesy: "I heard that my uncle was sick, I didn't dare to slack off, I galloped here yesterday, but I don't want to see you today, I haven't seen you for many years, and your demeanor is still the same!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people in the hall couldn't hold back any longer, and they all bowed down to salute, and many people outside the hall also flocked in, scrambling to be the first.

The summer rain was urgent, and there was thunder and lightning for a while, and in the panic, Chen Deng in the hall and Xu Shu outside the hall were all dumbfounded...... Only today did they know what it means to be heroic in the world with a mere lake and sea!

For a while, only Guo Fengxiao, who had been silent, couldn't help but smile slightly.

—————I'm a dividing line with very white teeth—————

"There is a scholar in Xuzhou called Cao Hong, who received the Pi order, known as slander, and Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is seriously ill, and the public discusses that Xuzhou will return, or return to Taizu, or Cao Cao, or Liu Bei...... Hong discussed with everyone, but sighed: 'Who is the person, everyone is beautiful, the power of General Anbiwei, and the virtue of Cao Fenwu?' 'The next day, the ministers of the Qian Conference, prepared to come out alone, the crowd was shaken, and they worshipped, and Hong was the first! - "New Yanshu". Volume XXVII. The ***** S: There is always a silver alliance in the most difficult times...... I'm embarrassed to sell miserably. I know that this big guy is a big deal, but it is still a great recognition and encouragement for me, thank you very much!