When Gongsun Zan of Youzhou was mighty, Tao Qian, an ally of Xuzhou, had a very hard time.

The angry Cao Cao Xingbing took revenge, and the ferocity of Cao Bing really made Tao Qian tremble. From the autumn of the fourth year of the early peace, after Cao Cao marched into Xuzhou, he quickly expanded his power to the southeast, connecting more than ten cities in Xuzhou until Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is extremely famous. In the Chu and Han dynasties, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, built the capital Pengcheng. In the Western Han Dynasty, Pengcheng belonged to the Chu State, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it belonged to the Pengcheng State. Pengchengguo is 1,220 miles away from Luoyang, with eight cities under its jurisdiction, with more than 86,000 households and a population of more than 450,000. With such an important place, Tao Qian was naturally unwilling to give it up.

So, Tao Qian and Cao Cao started a fierce battle in Pengcheng. But it is obvious that Tao Qian, a veteran, is not Cao Cao's opponent. In the battle of Pengcheng, Cao's army won a great victory and beheaded more than 10,000 people, and after the defeat, Tao Qian could only retreat to Xuzhou's Zhouzhi Tan County. After the victory, Cao Cao chose to continue to march to Xuzhou, and slaughtered and plundered the city. It is rumored that Cao Junkeng killed tens of thousands of people in Surabaya, making Surabaya flow. This move is also a surprise to the world!

Compared with Cao Cao, the things that Gongsun Chan did in Youzhou are really nothing! Even though people also knew that this troubled world was coming, there were still many people who couldn't believe it after such a thing as the slaughter of the city.

But Lu Bu understands that this real troubled era has just begun! In the future, it will only get more and more chaotic!

Let's say that Cao Cao ordered the slaughter of the city and connived at the killing and plundering of the soldiers, but I don't know if it was really to vent his anger or intimidate Tao Qian. Anyway, after the slaughter of the city in Xuzhou, it doesn't matter how the people of the world view this matter. It was that Tao Qian who really frightened Cao Cao's actions!

As a veteran of the Han Dynasty, Tao Qian was not without courage when he was young. It's just that after this old age, he really doesn't have the blood and courage he had when he was young. At this time, Tao Qian was sixty-one years old, which was a proper decay. This half of the body has entered the loess people. In the face of Cao Cao's killing and plundering, Tao Qian was angry and angry, and even more remorseful and ashamed. All kinds of complex emotions are added together, and this body is also unable to support it.

Outside the city, there is still Cao Jun who slaughtered the city, but inside the city, the physical condition of Tao Qian, the backbone of the heart, is getting worse every day. No one knows when Cao Jun will be able to break the city! Xuzhou can be described as in danger! Helpless, Tao Qian had no choice but to pin his hopes on a few of his allies.

However, none of Tao Qian's three allies seem to be reliable. Gongsun Zan of Youzhou is too far away, and it is impossible to take care of this matter. And Shouchun's Yuan Shu, it's very good not to rob while it's hot. After thinking about it, Tao Qian could only pin his hopes on Lu Bu in the state.

So Tao Qian sent an envoy Cao Hong, who came to Jinyang to ask Lu Bu for help. It's just that when Cao Hong arrived in Jinyang, Lu Bu was still on his way to Zhang Yan. So this Cao Hong waited in Jinyang for more than ten days, and then he brought Lu Bu back.

But what he never expected was that after returning, Lu Bu did not summon him at the first time. This made him complain!

He came to Jinyang, but he was entrusted by Tao Qian to resolve the crisis in Xuzhou. This was originally anxious, and the long time of more than ten days made his patience long gone, so in a fit of anger, he made a disrespectful speech.

After knowing that Cao Hong's words were disrespectful, those civil and military officers under Lu Bu's account were angry. But Lu Bu laughed it off and was not angry.

On the second day, Lu Bu summoned Cao Hong in the state capital.

Cao Hong is seven feet tall, wearing a straight black dress with a beam crown on his head, with a good appearance and a pale complexion.

Judging from Cao Hong's appearance alone, it can't be seen that he looks like a treacherous villain. But Lu Bu heard that this Cao Hong was Tao Qian's cronies. Tao Qian trusts him very much, and he often asks him about the political affairs of Xuzhou. It is those Xuzhou celebrities, Zhao Yu, Wang Lang, Xu Fang and others, who cannot be compared. can be in terms of talent and morality, but Cao Hong is far inferior to a few celebrities above, and he is a villain. But Cao Hong, the villain, has no bad deeds, but he has never heard of it.

Facing Lu Bu, Cao Hong did not have the slightest respect, but took the lead in asking, "The prince is the Marquis of Wen of the Han Dynasty, and he is the governor of the state, why did he betray the alliance and abandon his righteousness?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Ru, Jia Xu, and Dong Zhao, who were sitting on Lu Bu's left and right, all changed their faces.

When Lu Bu heard this, he also felt a little ridiculous, "Tell me, when did I betray my alliance?" ”

"Since the prince and my Xuzhou are allies, and now my Xuzhou is attacked by that Cao Cao, and the day is not safe! But the prince was calm here, but he had no intention of sending troops. Let me ask, isn't this treachery? ”

Cao Hong's face was slightly angry, obviously wanting to vent his anger these days, "In the last spring, then Cao Cao marched into Hanoi, if it weren't for my lord Tao Gongtun's troops to deter Cao Cao, Hanoi would be in the hands of the prince at this time?" But now when my Xuzhou is in danger, how can the prince be safe here! ”

"And what do you want me to do?"

Lu Bu looked at Cao Hong, and his tone was a little cold.

"Then it is natural to quickly send troops to attack Yanzhou and solve the danger of Xuzhou."

Cao Hong replied.

Lu Bu chuckled, glanced back left and right, and then said, "I don't know how critical the battle situation in Xuzhou is?" ”

"When I left, Cao's army was already in the city!"

A trace of resentment flashed in Cao Hong's eyes, "On the way, I heard that Cao Jun killed tens of thousands of people in Surabaya, and Tao Gong was also bedridden in a fit of anger!" I'm afraid that this Cao army may break through the city at any time! ”

"So, Tao Gong asked you to come here to let me enter Yanzhou quickly?"

Lu Bu asked rhetorically.

I don't know if he noticed the strangeness in Lu Bu's tone, or something else, Cao Hong hesitated at this moment. Without waiting for Cao Hong to continue speaking, Lu Bu quickly spoke, "I think with Tao Gong's intentions, he will never let me send troops at this time, right?" ”

Cao Hong was a little aggrieved, and according to Tao Qian's intentions, he didn't expect Lu Bu to march into Yanzhou. He just wanted Lu Bu to be able to garrison more soldiers and horses on the border between Hanoi and Yanzhou, so as to make Cao Cao worried.

"Cao Hong, Cao Hong! Tao Gong regarded you as a cronie, but he didn't let you serve as the driver and governor of Xuzhou, nor did he let you be the Taishou of 2,000 stones in a county, I don't think Tao Gong is still old and confused. ”

Lu Bu's complexion finally changed, and he said sharply, "Ridiculous! But you question me self-righteously, and speak righteousness before me, what do you think you can do? ”

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Seeing Lu Bu suddenly turn his face, this Cao Hong was also shocked!

Only then did he realize that the person in front of him was not his former colleagues, nor was he Tao Qian, who had always been tolerant of him. Lu Bu was furious, even if he cut him down, it was not impossible.

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Hong broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt!