Cao Cao watched the reaction of the generals, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up, but he quickly put away his smile, because at that time he happened to hear Guo Jia say that the princes who could threaten him in the future.

The first person to rise in Cao Cao's mind was not Yuan Shao, who was in the limelight at the moment, but Wen Han, who looked like Wen Bufan.

"Extraordinary, if you don't follow closely, you will soon be thrown away by me. Then, if you are not strong enough to fight me, and you stand in my way. Then don't blame me for Cao Mengde's ruthlessness. ”

But on the other side, Liu Bei and his soldiers entered the city, and Tao Qian led Xuzhou to greet each other with civil and military forces, and went to the government together. After the ceremony, a banquet was set up to treat each other, and a wall of labor troops. Tao Qian was overjoyed when he saw Liu Bei's lofty appearance and open-minded language. And Mi Zhu was next to Tao Qian, and even said that Liu Bei's loyalty, righteousness and benevolence, Tao Qian listened to it, the more respectful he became, and he treated Liu Bei very enthusiastically.

In the days that followed, Cao Bing outside the city did not move, and Mi Zhu said that it was all the credit of Liu Xuande. Tao Qian also thought so, and immediately wanted to hand over the command of Xuzhou's soldiers and horses to Liu Bei. How dare Liu Bei accept it, he postponed it again and again, not to mention that Tao Qian's move was to trap him in injustice. He is a foreign general, the first time he came to Xuzhou, his merits are meager, if Tao Qian ceded power, he would be spurned by the world, and he would also be hated by the civil and military forces in Xuzhou. After listening to this, Tao Qian admired Liu Bei even more, thinking that he was really a loyal, righteous and virtuous person. Later, the weather suddenly changed, Tao Qian's old illness recurred, and he fell ill in bed, worried about the war, and had no intention of resting. One night, Tao Qian suddenly summoned Mi Zhu and asked him to invite Liu Bei. Liu Bei was resting, listening to Tao Qian's invitation, he didn't care about freshening up, so he hurriedly rushed to Tao Qian's mansion with Pan Feng and Zhang Fei.

As soon as Liu Bei arrived at Tao Qian's bedside, he saw Tao Qian holding a plaque wrapped in yellow cloth with both hands, Tao Qian saw Liu Bei coming, a smile appeared on his pale face, and then called Liu Bei to walk in. When Liu Bei entered the room, the moment he saw the plaque seal wrapped in yellow cloth, almost all of his attention was sucked away. However, what kind of person Liu Bei is, knowing that he was not paying attention to this thing at the moment, he simply withdrew his spirit and hurriedly walked into Tao Qian's side, only asking about his physical condition, and ignoring the things in Tao Qian's hands at all.

"Tao Gong, the weather is cold now, you have to rest a lot. In the past few days, Cao Jun still has not moved. In the battle of Tancheng, with me and General Cao (Cao Bao), you can rest assured. ”

"Hehe, good, good. Although Xuande is an outsider, he cares about Xuzhou in everything. How can the old man be so virtuous, how dare he be so favored by Xuande. Please also ask Xuande to be worshiped by the old man. ”

"Slow! Tao Gongshi is tormenting me. A few years ago, Tao Gong was loyal and righteous, and sent the army to join the Zhu Dong Yishi, although in the end the righteous teacher failed to save the saint, but it was enough to show Tao Gong's heart for the Han family. And Tao Gong is deeply loved by the people of Xuzhou. Hanchen who is as loyal to the country and loves the people as Tao Gong is rare in the world! Xuande has always admired Tao Gong, how can he allow Cao Mengde to be selfish and make Xuzhou miserable! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly helped Tao Qian up, at this moment, suddenly Tao Qian's face froze, and he stretched out his hand to pull the yellow cloth away, and the true face of the brand seal finally appeared, although Liu Bei knew what was inside, but when the card seal appeared in front of him, Liu Bei still couldn't help but feel his heart soaring, and his eyes endured a burst of strange color.

This is the Xuzhou brand seal, which represents the highest power in Xuzhou, and the Han court is orthodox. Tao Qian presented the Xuzhou brand seal with both hands, and Liu Bei pretended to be calm and exclaimed in amazement.

"What does Tao Gong mean?"

Tao Qian had a straight face, handed over the Xuzhou card seal again, and said in a condensed voice.

"Today's disruption, Wang Gang is sluggish, Xuande is a member of the Han family, and it is appropriate to support Sheji. The old man knows that you are benevolent and righteous, and you are also loyal, but it is a pity that the Han family is declining and cannot be reused for you. The old man is old and incompetent, and his health is getting worse day by day, if Xuzhou falls into the hands of Cao Mengde's traitorous male. I am willing to give Xuzhou to Xuande, and I hope that Xuande will not want to resign. After getting Xuzhou, treat the people well, accumulate strength, and save the Han family. After the crisis in Xuzhou was resolved, the old man should write his own statement and apply for the imperial court. ”

Liu Bei was so excited when he heard it that he could hardly hold it, but he knew that it was not the right time, so he hurriedly took a few steps back and bowed.

"Although Liu Bei is a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, his merits are measurable, and he has never benefited the people, and he is afraid that he will be incompetent for the plains. Now is the righteousness, so come to help. When Tao Gong said this, could it be that Liu Bei had the intention of annexation? If Liu Bei thinks like this, the emperor will not bless him! I also hope that Tao Gong will retract the preface, don't distort Liu Bei's mind! ”

"Xuan De Mo wants to misunderstand, this is the truth of the old man!!"

Tao Qian saw Liu Bei like this, and even more recognized Liu Bei's character, and insisted on giving in again and again, where was Liu Bei willing to accept it. There is no other reason, Cao Cao's army is outside the city at this time, and Liu Bei has already angered Cao Cao by intervening this time. If Cao Cao learned about it, he took advantage of this to get the Xuzhou seal from Tao Qian's hands without much effort. Cao Cao must have hated him deeply, and may even wave his army to attack and fight him to the death. Liu Bei is not afraid of Cao Cao, but he must do everything according to his ability, and now he is not Cao Cao's opponent. Even if he takes over the power from Tao Qian, the civil and military soldiers of Xuzhou will definitely have a lot of doubts about Liu Bei's intention to come to Xuzhou this time, and the people will be panicked, so most of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou will not obey Liu Bei's orders, so how can they face Cao Cao's tiger and wolf army.

Liu Bei deserves to be a hero, and the power of Xuzhou is in front of him, but he can not be chaotic, analyze it well, and continue to sit and wait for the opportunity.

Mi Zhu on the side, seeing Liu Bei like this, was also extremely admired in his heart. almost believes that Liu Bei is the embodiment of benevolence and righteousness. Mi Zhu saw that Liu Bei was unwilling, so he said.

"My lord, this army is coming to the city, and we should discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy. It's not too late to give in to things when things are peaceful. ”

Tao Qian listened to it, and felt reasonable, so he put down the Xuzhou brand seal for the time being, and nodded to comply. Liu Bei saw Tao Qian put away the card seal, and his heart was also a little fixed, he was afraid that he would not be able to control it, so he took the Xuzhou card seal at once. As for Pan Feng and Zhang Fei behind Liu Bei, the moment they saw Tao Qian put away the Xuzhou seal, both of them showed great disappointment on their faces.

After that, Tao Qian, Mi Zhu, and Liu Bei began to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy. Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao would not attack for a long time, but he must not want to lose a large number of troops, and then thought carefully that Cao Cao had another army in Guangling. At that moment, he knew that Cao Cao was going to wait for the end of the Guangling war, and surrounded the East China Sea alone, so he hurriedly asked.

"I don't know who is guarding Guangling. If Guangling is broken by another Cao army, the East China Sea will be isolated, so the East China Sea is in danger. ”

"Huh. Xuande doesn't need to be nervous about Guangling. Guangling is the captain of the agricultural school under my command, Chen Yua

Guarded by the dragon. Although this person has an unruly personality, he is very knowledgeable and resourceful. He was born in the Chen family, the Chen family is the most powerful and wealthy family in Xuzhou, and the old man was able to stabilize Xuzhou in his early years, all because of the Chen family. And it's Chen Yua

The dragon saw through Cao Cao's fake play. Otherwise, Xuzhou would have fallen into the hands of Cao Cao at this time. ”

Tao Qian heard Liu Bei ask about Guangling, without any urgency, and said with a smile. Mi Zhu also nodded again and again, as if he believed in this Chen Yua

The dragon will definitely be able to hold Guangling.

"Chen! Yuan! Dragon! ”

Liu Bei's eyes and pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted heavily in his heart. At the same time, Chen Deng's position in his heart was steeply raised to an extremely high position. It can be seen that the other Cao army not only has Cao Cao's most trusted command, known as the praise of strict management of the army, and the way of using troops is not inferior to Cao Cao's Cao Ren's leadership, but also made a plan three years ago almost burned Wen Han to death in Tongguan, and then used a series of beauties to kill Dong Zhuo, assisted by Cao Cao's chief strategist Jia Xu. Chen Deng was able to defend Changling under the attack of the army of these two people, then his ability must be amazing. If Liu Bei can get it, why worry about the great cause!

Liu Bei's heart began to beat wildly again, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, he felt that his luck had finally arrived. First, he received Guan Hai and tens of thousands of thieves from Beihai, and then Kong Rong lent 10,000 elite soldiers. Of course, from the moment Liu Bei borrowed it, he never thought about returning these 10,000 elite soldiers to Kong Rong. Later, he met Tai Shi Ci, whose martial arts were not inferior to Pan Feng and Zhang Fei, although Tai Shi Ci intended to go to Yangzhou to assassinate Liu Xuan, but Liu Bei had a lot of confidence and could use great righteousness and morality to keep Tai Shi Ci, a filial and righteous person, by his side.

And Xuzhou is engaged in other driving Mizhu, and it seems that he is also a person who is loyal and loves the people, and has a great impression of him Liu Xuande. Later, Liu Bei learned that the Mi family, where Mi Zhu was located, was the richest tycoon in Xuzhou, and his wealth was so great that he could even buy half of Donghai County. If he gets the help of the Mi family, he Liu Xuande will be able to get a huge amount of money to recruit soldiers and horses and reserve forces.

And what made Liu Bei Ruyi ecstatic the most was that Tao Qian, an old fool, had been dazzled by his own benevolence and righteousness, and insisted on giving up the power of Xuzhou to himself. In this way, as long as everything is done according to his own plan, his Liu Xuande's power can expand rapidly and become a great prince who sits on a state.

But at the moment, the most important thing is how to remove the biggest obstacle in front of you, and this obstacle is, of course, Cao Cao!

In an instant, Liu Bei had tens of thousands of thoughts in his mind, and after thinking about it, he sank his face and said.

"If Guangling can withstand another Cao army, and here in the East China Sea, Cao Cao will not dare to attack for a long time. With such a delay of half a month, I think Cao Cao may have the intention of withdrawing his troops. At that time, he prepared another letter to Cao Cao and persuaded him to reconcile. In this way, it may be possible to solve the crisis of the East China Sea and Guangling. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it. I hope that Cao Mengde will be willing to withdraw his troops. ”

Tao Qian listened, bowed his head silently, and sighed weakly.

Xuzhou is full of haze, and it seems that a big storm will hit at any time. In Chang'an, there is also a frightening and strange atmosphere, unpredictable.

However, it was said that since Fan Chou was killed by Li Xuan to seize the military power, Li Xuan and Guo Yan were afraid of each other and each took power. When Guo Yan saw that Li urged himself to lead the Great Sima, he personally went to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and ordered him to crown himself as a general. Emperor Han Xian was originally a puppet of the first control, how dare he go against Guo Yan's intentions, so he followed his will. When Li Qi heard that Guo Yan had won the position of a general, he was even more convinced that Guo Yan had the heart to exclude him, and the relationship between the two became more and more tense.

When Li Ru saw this, he went to the mansion of the two to explain the benefits. Two people are like fish and water, if they are together, they can depend on each other, and if they are separated, they will surely die.