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Zhang Fei and Guan Yu left, except for Liu Yi, the other strategists followed back to Qingzhou, Xuzhou to see Tao Qian didn't need so many people, because Liu Yi knew that it was useless to go to many people, whether he could get Xuzhou or not depends on whether the trajectory of history would be changed.

Liu Yi still has some small abacus in his heart, I want to see if it can be started, the land of Xuzhou is fertile, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are still next to each other, if Xuzhou can be won, it will be of great help to Liu Bei's foundation.

Do everything to see the will of God.

"Ziang, let's go too, Tao Gong is old, I don't know how long I can last, I hope to see him for the last time", Liu Bei said with emotion, looking at the direction of Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

"Okay, let's move forward at full speed, whether we can see Tao Gong or not depends on luck", Liu Yi said with a smile, Tao Qian's old man is very shrewd, and he will definitely not burp before he arranges the aftermath.

In this way, Liu Bei, Liu Yi, and Zhao Yun led the white-robed army to set off, and after Cao Cao fled, Liu Bei and the others didn't move much, so they were still quite close to Pengcheng.

Soon, he arrived at Tao Qian's place in Pengcheng, turned over and dismounted.

"Xuande Gong, let the white-robed army wait here, Zilong will go in with us, and if something happens, we can deal with it", Liu Yi looked at the number of white-robed soldiers and horses behind, if he entered Pengcheng, Tao Qian would not have to jump up in fright.

30,000 people, as well as war horses, a group of people who are pressed by the black, well-equipped, squeezing into the city, will definitely cause turmoil, Liu Bei came here just to take a look at Tao Qian, of course, according to Liu Yi's meaning, it is to see if there is a cheap advantage, there is no need to bring the army into the city.

"Okay, Zilong, let them wait here, let's go", Liu Bei said with a smile, tidied up his clothes, and went to Pengcheng.

When entering the city, there was a little wave, but after Liu Yi revealed his identity, it was resolved.

"It's Xuande Gong in front," a young man walked over and asked, looking at his expression, he seemed to be sure.

"Your Excellency?" , Liu Yi looked at the young man suspiciously, his eyebrows were clear, but he hadn't seen it, he turned his head to look at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was also full of doubts.

"In Xia Mi Fang, my brother Mi Zhu, I met Xuan Degong by chance, and I came to see it, I don't know if there is a place that can help", the young man said with a smile on his face.

"It turned out to be Zizhong's younger brother, just right, we are going to see if Tao Qian can lead the way", Liu Bei said with a smile.

"It's good for Xuande Gong to call me Zifang, please here", Mi Fang saw that Liu Bei really asked him to help, and hurriedly said.

You must know that the current Liu Bei is not the original little deflated three, sitting in Qingzhou, with 100,000 armor, higher than Tao Qian's status, Mi Zhu is working under Liu Bei, the status of businessmen is not high, how can Mi Fang not be happy, Liu Bei actually treats him so kindly.

Liu Bei glanced at Liu Yi, Liu Yi nodded, knowing what Liu Bei meant, Mi Zhu and Liu Yi are very close on weekdays, whether there is a younger brother Liu Bei may not know, but Liu Yi must know that when people come to talk, it is impossible to ask if there is such a person, Liu Bei will talk to each other first, and then determine if there is such a person when he is free, anyway, they don't lose anything, Liu Yi nodded and told Liu Bei that there was indeed one.

"Zifang, how is Xuzhou lately, is there anything going on", Liu Bei asked with a smile.

It's really easy to do, Qingzhou rushed over, all the energy was on Cao Cao, and when he came to Xuzhou, he didn't care much about Xuzhou's affairs, at this time, he just asked about the situation in Xuzhou, otherwise his eyes were black, how to go to the power center in Xuzhou.

"Yes, it's not a small matter", Mi Fang turned her head left and right, and found that there were not many people next to her, so she said cautiously.

"Oh? Let's take us to have a meal first, and by the way, talk about the situation in Xuzhou", Liu Bei looked at Mi Fang's expression, he was a little unsure of the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't dare to go to see Tao Qian casually.

"Okay", Mi Fang nodded, took Liu Bei and the others to a tavern and called a room.

"Zifang, what happened in Xuzhou, why do you see that your face is so serious", Liu Yi asked suspiciously.

"Don't talk about other places, just our Pengcheng, it's really chaotic recently, since Cao Cao entered Xuzhou, our Pengcheng has not stopped", Mi Fang poured a cup of tea for Liu Bei, and said helplessly, thinking of Pengcheng's matter, a little embarrassed.

"Let's talk about it specifically", Liu Bei said with interest, and took a sip of the teacup.

"That's the case, before Cao Cao was going to conquer Xuzhou, Tao Gong got the news and was going to ask Xuande Gong for help, I didn't expect you to support so quickly, and Cao Cao was blocked at the gate of Xuzhou, I should have been very happy, but people's hearts are sometimes so elusive, those families don't know what to smoke, and some voices suspect that Xuande Gong is plotting Xuzhou", Mi Fang told the story of the time, and sighed repeatedly.

"Suspect me of plotting Xuzhou? Where does this start", Liu Bei looked confused, how did he come to fight Cao and become a conspiracy Cao Cao, is it easy for me to be so active.

"The main thing is that Xuande Gong you came too fast, faster than Cao Cao, as soon as Cao Cao entered Xuzhou, you came, and more importantly, you haven't stopped Cao Cao, let Cao Cao enter Xuzhou and kill, which gives those families a lot of rhetoric, now the opinion of Xuande Gong is not so good, Chen Jia Chen Deng raised his head and said that he was going to watch from the wall and see what you were going to do", Mi Fang continued.

"Chen Deng? Be an onlooker? Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi suspiciously, not understanding what the situation was.

"Xuande Gong, it seems that we have moved other people's cakes, and the mistakes made by Cao Cao are all counted on our heads", Liu Yi said with a sneer.

Sometimes people are so cheap, or they are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, Liu Bei is here to support Xuzhou, those families know that Liu Bei will not make a move on them, so Cao Cao is to blame Liu Bei for his killing, aren't you here to support. Why did you put Cao Cao in, what kind of heart did you have, plus Liu Bei and Tao Qian had a good relationship, those families were looking at Tao Qian's position with a blank eye, and now that Liu Bei is here, of course, those families will unanimously want to squeeze Liu Bei out.

"In this way, who is Chen Deng, why would the family listen to him", Liu Bei asked suspiciously, he didn't know much about the situation in Xuzhou, and he couldn't tell the difference between those families.

"Chen Deng is from the Chen family in Xuzhou, a big local family in Xuzhou, and has a lot of right to speak. And when he was twenty-five years old, he was promoted to filial piety, and then served as the county magistrate of Dongyang County, Guangling County, Xuzhou. During this period, he raised the elderly and orphans, regarded the people as wounds, won the love of the local people, agricultural production gradually recovered, and the social order was also stabilized. The rapid development of agriculture in Xuzhou and the sharp increase in grain output are largely due to him", Mi Fang is about to dig out Chen Deng's old things, and he introduced them in detail.

"Then this person still has some skills", Liu Bei said with a smile.

"Yes, Xuzhou Chen Deng is also a first-class talent in the world, Xuzhou can still be a happy land after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, attracting displaced people to vote one after another, Tao Gong Chen Deng has made great contributions, but unfortunately, the short-term prosperity of Xuzhou did not last long, and was destroyed by Cao Cao's guy", Liu Yi also sighed with some emotion.

Liu Yi remembered that after Liu Bei got Xuzhou in the romance, Chen Deng didn't seem to have made much effort to help Liu Bei, or he didn't help Liu Bei at all, and launched an attack on Xuzhou controlled by Liu Bei in Yuan Shu. Liu Bei personally led his troops to meet the enemy in Xuyi and Huaiyin, and the two sides fought fiercely for more than a month without a victory, and the battle fell into a stalemate. At that time, Yuan Shu secretly wrote to Lü Bu to win over Lü Bu to cooperate with him. Lu Bu was overjoyed and led his troops to march towards Xiapi. At this time, there was chaos in the city of Xiapi. Liu Bei's Zhang Fei had a conflict with Cao Bao, Zhang Fei killed Cao Bao, and Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers immediately mutinied, and there was chaos in Xiapi City. Xu Tan, Zhang Zhen and others, who were originally Cao Bao's cronies, opened the city gate to greet Lu Bu, but Zhang Feili was defeated and could only be defeated. Liu Bei's family and the families of officials and generals left in Xiapi were all captured by Lu Bu. When Liu Bei heard the news, he hurriedly led his troops back to help, but at this time, the army had no fighting spirit at all, and it was about to collapse at the touch of a button, so Liu Bei could only gather the remnants to attack Guangling in the east, and was defeated by Yuan Shu, and had no choice but to retreat to Haixi in desperation. After coming to Haixi, Liu Bei's remnants were miserable, the army was exhausted, and the soldiers killed each other and fed on human flesh. Although Mi Zhu scattered all his family wealth to fund Liu Bei, it was still to no avail, and Liu Bei fell into a desperate situation. At this time, Chen Deng did not go to the rescue of Liu Bei, not only that, but judging from the development of events in Xuzhou after the incident, Chen Deng not only did not stand on Liu Bei's side to deal with Lu Bu, but became Lu Bu's subordinate. Obviously, at this time, Chen Deng had already reneged on his promise to Liu Bei to summon 100,000 foot cavalry and let you establish great achievements, all of which were related to the attitude of the Xuzhou forces represented by Chen Deng.

In fact, as now, in this complex social environment, the powerful landlords and clan forces in Xuzhou are also in a dilemma like other regions. On the one hand, they should try their best to protect their vested interests and do not want turmoil and chaos to cause damage to their own interests. On the other hand, they were reluctant to accept the intervention of foreign forces, and became a battlefield for the princes to fight. Moreover, they were suspicious of the management of outsiders, so when Tao Qian, a native of Yangzhou appointed by the imperial court, entered Xuzhou, the Xuzhou forces adopted a method of superficial support and in fact a wait-and-see approach. Therefore, there will be situations such as many celebrities who do not sell their accounts. With Tao Qian's effective control in Xuzhou, the self-interests of the Xuzhou forces were guaranteed. As a result, Tao Qian gradually became the political leader of the Xuzhou forces. Under these circumstances, Tao Qian was able to successfully begin his reign in Xuzhou for several years. Because of this, when Tao Qian killed Cao Cao's father's family and caused Cao Cao's bloody massacre of the city, the forces of Xuzhou united to resist Cao Cao's crazy attack. From this point of view, the Xuzhou forces themselves have not yet emerged a recognized local political leader, so they have to rely on the "outsider" Tao Qian. This situation lasted for a long time in Xuzhou until Tao Qian's death. At this time, although Chen Deng has already emerged in Xuzhou, he is still very young after all, not enough to become the leader of the Xuzhou forces, but because Chen Deng entered the political arena under the promotion of Tao Qian, it is likely that he and Tao Qian maintain a good working and personal relationship, coupled with the huge influence of the Chen Deng family in Xuzhou, Tao Qian and the Xuzhou forces both regard Chen Deng as the intermediary between the two sides to communicate and coordinate. At this time, Chen Deng gradually became a spokesman.

Now that Tao Qian is sick, of course the Xuzhou family will want to hug Chen Deng's thighs, firstly, Chen Deng's family is not weak, and secondly, Chen Deng also has some ability, so many families obey Chen Deng's arrangement, which is why Chen Deng can represent the Xuzhou family on the wall.

"Xuande Gong, what are you going to do when you come to Xuzhou this time", Mi Fang asked suspiciously, it stands to reason that Liu Bei should also leave after beating Cao Cao, why are you coming to Pengcheng again.

"Tao Gong is seriously ill, and Bei has been deeply favored before, so I came to see Tao Gong", Liu Bei said with a smile, and there was nothing to hide.

"Deeply favored? Tao Gong is really so good", Mi Fang was a little puzzled, looking at Liu Bei's expression, as if Tao Qian was really good.

"Where did Zifang say that?" , Liu Bei was also a little puzzled, isn't Tao Qian, a good old man, known to everyone, how to look at Mi Fang's expression It doesn't seem to be like this. Could it be that there is something hidden?

"Tao Gong's governing ability is indeed very good, but as for the personality, maybe Xuande Gong doesn't know much, or doesn't know enough deeply, Tao Gong was born in a small family, lost his father at a young age, and is known for his wandering. Later, when he became a son-in-law, he became broad and was able to become a general, when he was only fourteen. When he was a small official, Tao Qian was famous for contradicting officials, which is a real thing." Mi Fang said with a smile.

Liu Bei and Liu Yi looked at each other. I really haven't heard this rumor, it seems that my understanding of Tao Qian is really far from enough, that is, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road asked for Dong, they went on business for a while, and then when they passed by Xuzhou, Tao Qian gave them a lot of food, at least these two things seem to be Tao Qian's people are still good.

"I was going to Qingzhou to take office. Lack of food and grass, it is Tao Gong who has solved the urgent need of Bei, in Bei's opinion, Tao Gong is still a good person", Liu Bei obviously didn't believe Mi Fang's statement, this kind of rumored thing, how can it be taken seriously, human transmission has long been distorted.

"That should be Tao Gong valued the potential of Xuande Gong, maybe the people of Xuzhou also have a good sense of Tao Gong, but what he does, we families are very clear", Mi Fang smiled, whether Liu Bei believed it or not, anyway, he only needed to let Liu Bei understand the real situation, how to decide to see Liu Bei.

"Zifang, according to what happened to Tao Gong when he was a child, I can't see Tao Gong's character, is there anything else besides this?" , Liu Yi looked at Mi Fang's expression that couldn't help laughing, and asked suspiciously, I feel that there is still a story.

"Indeed, it was when I was a child, let's talk about a recent thing, when the Xuzhou Yellow Turban started, Tao Gong was the assassin of Xuzhou, and the military talent was lacking, so he could only rely on conspiracy. Relying on this typical villain's behavior to eliminate dissidents", Mi Fang looked at Liu Bei after speaking, and found that Liu Bei was also deep in thought, and said no more.

"Okay, Zifang doesn't need to say any more, we all understand", Liu Yi said with a smile.

Liu Yi actually doesn't buy much of Tao Qian's image as a good man, anyway, if you are good to me, then I will repay you if I have the opportunity, just like when I went to Qingzhou, Tao Qian gave a lot of grain and grass, this kind of favor, Liu Yi has always kept it in mind, so he always pays attention to Cao Cao's father's movements, no, I came to repay Tao Qian's favor.

As for whether Liu Bei will not be able to accept this kind of thing, Liu Yi said that he is not worried at all, how is Tao Qian, who is it, whether he will calculate Liu Bei, Liu Yi has not considered it at all, because in Liu Yi's opinion, how many Tao Qian can't calculate Liu Bei, how can Uncle Liu Huang be a waste of fame, so these things Mi Fang said, Liu Yi should be regarded as listening to the story, who does not have the ability to judge good or bad, anyway, whether Tao Qian is a good person or a sinister villain, it doesn't matter now, people die and birds are in the sky, and nothing can be left. Liu Bei and Liu Yi took a look at Tao Qian, and said goodbye to see if he could get Xuzhou in his hands, and he wouldn't be too verbose with Tao Qian, what does Tao Qian's character have to do with it.

"Then Xuande Gong, are you going now", Mi Fang asked with a smile, just understand it, seeing Liu Bei was a little excited, everything shook out, and he had to follow Liu Bei in the future, this image is not good.