Gao Shun felt that the current melee between the princes was by no means as fierce as in history, for three reasons, one was that Dong Zhuo controlled the imperial court and continued to give orders in Luoyang; secondly, his Gao Shun rose too fast and his strength was too strong, which suppressed the development space of other princes; In the end, many scholars were unwilling to assist Dong Zhuo or Gao Shun, and there were no other princes who could compete with Dong Zhuo and Gao Shun to assist, so they could only choose seclusion, such as the Xun family.

In this era, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and several prefectures in northern Xinjiang are safe and stable, and even if they live in seclusion, they still live very well without any danger.

Therefore, after Gao Shun's forces entered Yanzhou, several princes in Yuzhou felt that they were not Gao Shun's opponents, so they invariably chose to forbear, strengthen their defenses, and sit back and watch the situation change.

In the spring of the third year of Chuping, the battle of Jing and Yang broke out, attracting the attention of the world, Gao Shun did not attach importance to this, he believed that there should be little deviation from history, only Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia carefully deduced according to the intelligence every day.

Lu Su of Guangling County was in a state of excitement every day, and he looked forward to the best time to send troops and capture Jiujiang County and Lujiang County in one fell swoop.

Now he is strong and powerful, and he has no pressure to occupy the two counties.

A few years ago, Gao Shun asked Zhonglang to lead Pang De with 10,000 cavalry and their families, tens of thousands of people, to secretly arrive in Guangling County.

Lu Su felt that with these 10,000 cavalry, plus the 8,000 cavalry and 35,000 infantry trained earlier, he would definitely be able to sweep Yuan Shu's remaining troops in the two counties, occupy the two counties, and block Yuan Shu's counterattack.

At the beginning, Gao Shun planned to let Pang De's cavalry and their families settle in Jizhou; According to Gao Shun's plan, Xi Zhicai made suggestions: first, the strength of Lusu must be strengthened in order to successfully seize the two counties of Yangzhou; secondly, Pound did not have any popularity, and it was the ideal person to go to support Lu Su; Third, Guangling County has been sparsely populated after several wars, and these tens of thousands of people went to settle in Guangling County to facilitate resettlement and replenish the local population.

Gao Shun was determined to win Jiujiang County and Lujiang County, and there was no room for mistakes, and there was a lack of strong generals in Lusu, so he adopted Xi Zhicai's suggestion.

Now the strength of his naval army should not be underestimated, unless it is against the main force of the naval army in Shangjingzhou, he is invincible on the Yangtze River.

What Lu Su didn't understand was that Gao Shun adjusted the plan and forbade him to develop to Jiangnan, as for the goals after that, he could only wait until he took Jiujiang County and Lujiang County before discussing it.

Originally, Lu Su was aiming at the Jiangnan region, and Guangling County was just a springboard, but now Gao Shun adjusted the plan, Lu Su thought that this was Gao Shun's doubt about his ability, so he made a detailed plan to ensure that the two counties in Yangzhou and Jiangbei were occupied without fail.

Gao Shun didn't want him to develop in Jiangdong again, because he was worried that in the future, he would have a conflict with the Yellow Turban Army pretended to be Qin Guan, causing his own people to fight his own people; As for Lu Su's arrangements for the future, Gao Shun will be determined according to the development of the situation, either to govern Xuzhou or attack Jingzhou; At present, it is necessary to take the two counties of Yangzhou first, and then actively absorb the population, develop people's livelihood, carry out infrastructure construction, and recruit celebrities.

The last time there was an accident in Guangling County, Tao Qian was overly anxious and fainted, and after waking up, although he received the best treatment, he still left the root of the disease, and his body deteriorated, especially easy to fatigue and drowsiness, so he had to prepare for the future in advance.

What made him happy was that the two grandsons were accepted as disciples by Gao Shun, even if Gao Shun had no time to teach them now, let them both study with Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi respectively, this is also a great opportunity; He believes that with Gao Shun's character, he will definitely take more care of the two nominal disciples, after all, in this era, the emphasis is on being a teacher for one day and a father for life.

What made him feel relieved was that after the two sons arrived in Jizhou and Qingzhou, they actually knew that they were being people with their tails between them; According to the letter written back by the two old housekeepers, the two sons were very honest in the local area, and never dared to cause trouble.

Orange is born in Huainan is orange, and born in Huaibei is orange! In Tao Qian's view, it is the environment that creates people, and it is his dereliction of duty as a father, who runs around all his life, is busy with official business, and does not educate his children and grandchildren, so he can't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.

Fortunately, Gao Shun handed over the business of fine wine, cotton cloth and refined salt in the two counties to his two sons, and under the control of the two old housekeepers, the profits were not shallow, and the two sons were enough to become a rich man.

As parents, it has been the same since ancient times, and it is a blessing for children to be safe and sound.

The family affairs are worry-free, and the military and political affairs in the state also make him feel light.

According to the agreement between him and Gao Shun, starting last autumn, a large number of officers at all levels were secretly sent from Qingzhou, and they were successively assigned to different posts.

Now the county lieutenants of the counties and the governors of several counties are all sent by Gao Shun, these county lieutenants and lieutenants, not greedy for money and lustful, abide by discipline and law, set an example, and enforce the law fairly and strictly, strict requirements for subordinates, order and public order in various places have undergone earth-shaking changes compared with before, giving people a new feeling, although it has not yet reached the state of not leaving the road behind, not closing the door at night, but it is not far behind.

Those military attachés who have been placed in the army are now basically holding the posts of tun commanders, military marquises, and military commanders, and even a few of them have already attained the posts of commanders of other departments, and it is believed that it will not be long before these people will be able to play a greater role in the army and achieve absolute control over the army.

With Gao Shun as his backer, Tao Qian was full of confidence, and the defeat of Cao Bao last time gave him the handle to suppress the Cao family's strength in the army, strengthen his control over the army, and secretly install officers, which was much less resistant.

Tao Qian was puzzled in his heart, he really didn't know how Gao Shun cultivated these talents, young, strict self-discipline, and the level was not low, in view of this situation, at the beginning of the year, he applied to Fang Liang and sent ten low-level civil officials who could serve as county orders in advance, some were appointed by him as county officials, and some were appointed by him as state and county officials.

After several months of observation, the quality of these people exceeded his imagination, and they all did a very good job in their respective positions, not only working hard and doing their own work well, but also impeccable in good moral character.

If all the officials are replaced, the situation in Xuzhou will definitely be better, and the achievements he has made will be recorded on him, and he Tao Qian will definitely be able to leave a strong mark in history; It's just that the joy in his heart is shared with him, which makes him a little distressed.

I thought to myself in my heart, no wonder the champion Hou can rise strongly from the border county in just a few years and be unstoppable, it is not difficult for an official to be so good, it is rare that all the officials are so good, if the officials of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Gao Shun are so good, can the place be unstable? Can the people be happy? It's just that it's hard for him to rise if he doesn't want to.

In the spring of the third year of Chuping, Tao Qian received a secret letter from Gao Shun, asking him to secretly assist Lusu and seize Jiujiang County and Lujiang County in Yangzhou if necessary; Tao Qian was grateful to Gao Shun for trusting him, and even told him such a confidential matter.

In February, when the news of Gao Shun's reception of Yanzhou came, Tao Qian was secretly happy, fortunately he was not greedy and had no ambition, so he took refuge in Gao Shun in advance, and signed a secret agreement with him to lean on this big tree.

Now Gao Shun is firmly in the northern states, and his strength is extremely strong, and anyone can see that the person who can put down the rebellion in the world and end the troubled times in the future is none other than Gao Shun.

Subsequently, Tao Qian realized that his position in Gao Shun's mind was by no means as important as he thought before, and if Gao Shun wanted to seize Xuzhou, it would be as simple as exploring the bag and taking things; He couldn't help but secretly decide, and from now on, he would fully cooperate with Gao Shun, Qingzhou Mufangliang, and Lu Su of Guangling County to seek a stable life for future generations.

In order to please Gao Shun, Tao Qian decided to suppress the local clans in Xuzhou from now on to prepare for Gao Shun's smooth reception of Xuzhou; This change is very huge and rare for Tao Qian, which directly changed his previous concept.

In order to complete the support task assigned by Gao Shun, in order to befriend Lu Su, and to avoid Gao Shun being suspicious of him due to too many officers and soldiers in Xuzhou, Tao Qian decided to assist Lu Su with 5,000 Danyang soldiers and a large number of military rations and ordnance.

Lu Su was valued and trusted by Gao Shun at a young age, and he was in charge of the ruling side, and his future was limitless; Investing in Lusu now is just a good fate and leaving a way back for future generations.

Now Tao Qian's prestige in Xuzhou is incomparable, Cao Bao and others know that dissuasion will not affect Tao Qian's decision, so they all choose to remain silent, unwilling to cause more troubles and seek trouble; After all, Guangling County is still nominally under the rule of Xuzhou, and it is also Tao Qian's duty to send troops to strengthen the strength of Guangling County, and it is also for the sake of Xuzhou's safety and stability.

Lu Su has 5,000 Danyang strong soldiers, and he is even more confident.

In order to test Gao Shun's attitude towards him, Tao Qian specially wrote a secret letter to Gao Shun, hoping that Gao Shun would send civil and military officials to take over Xuzhou in advance, and he would live for a long time.

Gao Shun was unwilling to accept Xuzhou in advance, so he sent a messenger to Xuzhou to offer condolences, and brought many precious medicinal materials, which made Tao Qian feel warm; The letter brought by the messenger moved him for a long time, and Gao Shun promised to make him feel comfortable and relaxed.

Gao Shun wanted to shoot a famous doctor to treat Tao Qian, but he was afraid that Tao Qian would be suspicious, so he gave up.

Tao Qian thought in his heart, Gao Shun was really a trustworthy person, and he was absolutely relieved to entrust his family to him.

He was right.