The first battle of Yilu County played the prestige of Zhang Liao, the general of Nanzhonglang. The Bingzhou flying cavalry under his command won more with less, and defeated the elite of the 30,000 Cao army at the cost of 3,000. Killing more than 10,000 people and descending more than 10,000 people can be described as outstanding achievements. In particular, he killed Xiahoudun and Cao Xiu, annihilated the tiger and leopard riding, and ordered the Bingzhou Flying Horse to shock the world. The only regret is that the enemy general Cao Cao used a trick of "golden cicada shelling" and successfully escaped the round-up of the Bingzhou flying cavalry. But even so, the battle of the Bingzhou Flying Cavalry is also a remarkable achievement. As a result, the Flying Cavalry of Bingzhou was established independently, called the "Flying Cavalry Army", and Zhang Liao was promoted to a level by General Nan Zhonglang as General Guangwei.

The defeat of Cao Cao's main army did not mean that the crisis in Xuzhou was lifted. Langya still has Xiahou Yuan's Cao army, Pengcheng still has Yuan Shu's Ji Lingjun, and He Xian ordered the state army to go to Lu County for adjustment.

Zang Ba opened the city gate and led Sun Guan out of the city to greet him. Chen Qi also brought Yin Li from Bian County to visit, and at the same time brought bad news: Tao Qian is critically ill!

In the past few years, Tao Qian's body has not been very good. Xuzhou, under his leadership, was able to purge the Yellow Turban thieves in the territory, try not to get involved in the struggle between the princes, and maintain a relatively stable state of people's livelihood. Recently, as Cao Cao joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Xuzhou on the grounds that Tao Qian "shielded the thieves and did not cooperate with the investigation", Tao Qian was angry and fell completely ill. At the critical moment of the defense of Xuzhou, except for Tao Qian's close aides Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son, who knew the actual situation of Tao Qian, the rest of the generals did not know. Fortunately, He Xian took Jia Xu's risky plan, and quickly sent troops to Xuzhou to defeat Cao Cao, and also caught up with Tao Qian to see him for the last time.

Xuzhou Xiapi, the state pastor's house.

Under the witness of Chen Qi, Mi Zhu, Zang Ba and other important ministers of Xuzhou, Tao Qian lay on the sickbed and returned the gold seal symbolizing Xuzhou Mu to He Xian. In return, He Xian immediately asked the Son of Heaven to posthumously crown Tao Qian as General Anton and Marquis of Liyang, and recommended his eldest son Tao Shang and second son Tao Ying as Yilang and entered the court as officials.

Tao Qian shook his head and said: "My two sons have no ability to be officials and politicians, if the general does not give up, please take care of it on your behalf and be a rich man!" ”

"Don't worry, Tao Gong can rest assured, what is the salty day, and the two sons will be guaranteed to be rich and well!" He Xian promised Tao Qiandao.

Tao Qian nodded and swallowed the last breath of his life. There was a sudden cry in the governor's mansion, and mourning and joy arose, and white was everywhere. Chen Qi, Mi Zhu, Zang Ba, and Lu Fan, as Tao Qian's old generals, are all busy as the main forces in Tao Qian's posthumous life. Although Tao Qian entrusted Xuzhou to He Xian when he was dying, there was still an undercurrent surging under the calm appearance of Xiapi City.

In the big tent of the Nanyang Army, He Xian was reviewing the battle report. In Langya County, after receiving the news of the defeat in Cao Caolu County, Xiahou Yuan's Northern Route Army immediately abandoned its plan to continue the attack and withdrew its troops back to Beihai. In Pengcheng, Yuan Shu's Ji Lingjun defeated Cao Bao and captured almost the entire territory of Pengcheng State. Cao Bao relied on Chen Deng's strategy and retreated to Fuyang City to support him. After Yuan Shu learned that He Xian had defeated Cao Cao and Wei Yan sent troops from Shexian, he issued 7 military orders in one day, ordering Ji Ling to quickly withdraw from Pengcheng, withdraw to Shouchun, and meet Wei Yan. Ji Ling refused to listen to the order on the grounds that "the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign army" and continued to storm Fuyang City.

"Lord, the envoy of Xuzhou is asking to see you outside the tent!" Zhao Yun's voice sounded outside the tent, interrupting He Xian's progress in reading the battle report.

"Hurry up, please!"

He Xian put down the battle report, and saw Zhao Yun leading a middle-aged man dressed in black and wearing a hat into the tent.

"Mi Zhu of the East China Sea, participate in the lord!" After the comer entered the account, he removed the hat and looked at He Xian deeply.

He Xian hurriedly stood up and said with both hands: "Mr. Mi's name has been heard for a long time, when I saw it today, it was really elegant and extraordinary!" ”

"The lord has a good reputation, how dare Mi Zhu be a businessman?" Mi Zhu said modestly.

Elk Zhu, the word Zizhong, is a wealthy businessman in Qu County, East China Sea. The ancestors have been engaged in reclamation for generations, raising nearly 10,000 servants and diners, and have assets of hundreds of millions. After Tao Qian entered Xuzhou, he recruited Mizhu to do something else. Lu Zhu continued to fund gold, silver, goods and other materials to equip Tao Qian's Xuzhou army, so that Tao Qian treated him as a guest, and every time there was a major event, there were many consultations. In fact, as early as when He Xian was still a small Nanyang county lieutenant, the Nanyang caravan had already established contact with Mizhu, the largest merchant in Xuzhou, because of the connection of interests.

Seeing that He Xian's position changed from the lieutenant of Nanyang County to the lieutenant of Zhongyong, from the lieutenant of Zhongyong to the general of Zhongyong, and then from the general of Zhongyong to General Zuo and the general of the hussars, the territory of the Nanyang Army also expanded from the land of Nanyang County to the overlord across Jingzhou, Sili Lieutenant Department, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou. At first, under the command of Nanyang Xu Yu, after Xu Yu became He Xian's concubine, all the intelligence work of the Nanyang Army was handed over to Guo Jia. Mi Zhu is under the direct leadership of Guo Jia.

"Tao Gong was able to maintain righteousness and always be loyal to the imperial court, and Zizhong contributed a lot. These are mentioned by Feng Xiao and me! “

Previously, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian had many hesitations on the question of whether to take refuge in He Xian or Cao Cao. Mi Zhu always persuaded Tao Qian to follow the beginning, and firmly determined that Tao Qian would serve the imperial court, that is, obey He Xian's dispatch. By Tao Qian's side, Mi Zhu did a lot of work and spent a lot of money. Businessmen are profit-seeking, but they have their own spirit. Mi Zhu just took a fancy to He Xian's potential and decided to follow him with all his might.

"This is Mi Zhu's duty, how dare you ask for credit!"

"Merit is merit, passing is over! If you have any wishes, but it doesn't hurt to say it! “

"Thank you, Lord! In this case, Mi Zhu is welcome! Mi Zhu has a little sister Mi Zhen, who is fourteen years old this year, and her talent and appearance are unique. I have long admired the general's name, hoping to become the general's concubine. Mi Zhu said cheekily.

He Xian was stunned, but he didn't expect Mi Zhu's request to be his little sister. Thinking about it carefully, according to the character of Mi Zhu's big businessman, I am afraid that Mi Zhu wants to become an in-law relationship with He Xian, so as to further stabilize the Mi family's position within the Nanyang Army. Mi Zhen's admiration for such words is just an excuse made by Mi Zhu to hide people's eyes.

He Xian immediately laughed and said, "Zi Zhongmei will understand it. But Ben will already have a wife and a concubine, and he will not consider marrying for the time being. However, there are now many talents in my Nanyang Army, and there are countless handsome people. Take the young man who has recently joined the service, the two personal disciples of Pang Degong of Lumen Mountain: Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are both talented! Zhuge Liang is known as "Wolong", as soon as he came out of the mountain, he was favored by Zhu Jun, the general of Taiwei and Anxi, and was appointed to join the army and go to Guanxi Jingluo. Pang Tong is known as "Phoenix Chick", and now he is working under your top boss Guo Fengxiao, and Fengxiao has a good opinion of him. Over time, these two people will be the ministers of my Han humerus. If Zizhong didn't dislike it, he would have been able to introduce these two Junyan to your little sister! ”