In June 196, the second year of Jian'an. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After Liu Wei explained the affairs of Nanyang, he led an army of 20,000 to return to Chang'an, 10,000 of the 20,000 troops were Chang'an's soldiers and horses, and 10,000 were the Imperial Forest Army.

After crossing the Wuguan Pass into Chang'an, Liu Wei first paused in Chang'an, and at this time, Liu Wei also received a news that Tao Qian had died of illness!

Tao Qian, who should have died of illness in 194 AD, lived for two more years because of Liu Wei's butterfly effect, but after all, he did not escape the torture of illness, and slept on a stormy night.

Tao Qian entrusted Gu Mizhu and Cao Bao to let them support their eldest son Tao Shang to assassinate the history of Xuzhou.

Outside Xuzhou City, Cao Bao came to find Zhao Guangyi and Xi Zhicai with a happy face, and in a secluded thatched hut by the lake, Xi Zhicai was also terminally ill.

"General Zhao, Tao Qian died of illness, his son Tao Shang inherited his throne, he is just an incompetent person, can not be in charge of Xuzhou, I have long hoped to defect to Zhao Zhijun, but there is an order to shirk!" Cao Bao bowed to Zhao Guangyi to show his loyalty.

It's just that Zhao Guangyi has the heart to deal with this at this time, and Xi Zhi is about to die, Zhao Guangyi waved his hand and said: "This matter will be discussed later, please ask the best doctor in Xuzhou for me!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "It's useless, I should have died a long time ago, I have been cultivating for a while in the past year." General Cao, please go out first, I have something to say to the second general! ”

Cao Bao nodded and exited the hut, Zhao Guangyi looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Strategist, you hold on for a while, I will take you back to Yanzhou to see my brother."

"No need, I insist... When I came to Xuzhou, I didn't want to say goodbye to life and death, so let me find a place to guarantee and die quietly, and I would be content. Before leaving, I have a few things to do for you! Xi Zhicai said weakly.

"The military advisor said."

"The first means to take Xuzhou, although Tao Qian died, but the pottery merchant succeeded to the throne, the pottery merchant was incompetent, but there was no fault, although Cao Bao took refuge in us, but there was no deep hatred between Yan and Xu, and he could not succeed if he defected directly. So we need to send troops to Xuzhou and intimidate Xuzhou with the might of soldiers and horses, and then it will be easy for Cao Bao to defect. ”

Zhao Guangyi was puzzled: "But didn't the military advisor say that Yan Xu didn't have a deep hatred?" Under what name did our army send troops? ”

"After I die, I will have a name, I am afraid that I will not survive today, and after my death, you will say goodbye to the potter without mourning, and ask him to escort us back. When you kill them on the way, you will say that they have coveted our goods and have evil intentions, and I have been slain by him in the rebellion. The chief strategist of Yanzhou died in Xuzhou, and this reason is enough to attack Xuzhou! ”

"The ...... of the military advisor" Zhao Guangyi was suddenly extremely surprised, and his face was full of grief and said: "The military advisor insists on coming to Xuzhou, has this day been planned for a long time?"

Xi Zhicai's pale face hooked slightly, and Xi Zhicai continued without denial: "Taking Xuzhou is the first thing, now I tell you about the great cause of the lord, you must relay it to the lord!"

Zhao Guangyi's face was solemn when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "Strategist, please say, I will definitely tell my brother word for word."

"If the Son of Heaven is the strongest today, Qingzhou and Youzhou are all under his orders, I have already seen it. Even if the lord takes Xuzhou, he will only occupy the three states of Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, and he is far from being able to compete with the Son of Heaven. The next move of the Son of Heaven should be to deal with Yuan Shao, so the Son of Heaven must not be allowed to succeed, let the lord abandon his previous suspicions, and join forces with all the princes, as long as he looks for an opportunity to let the Son of Heaven lose a game, then Qingzhou, the power of the secluded will collapse, and then the lord will have a strong chance to resist the Son of Heaven. Xi Zhicai advised.

"Don't worry, I remember everything!" Zhao Guangyi nodded and said.

Xi Zhicai closed his eyes tiredly, and after a long time, he whispered: "Leopard is a mediocre talent, you can't reuse him." And give this letter to the lord! ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded and took the letter, the moment he took the letter, Xi Zhicai's withered arm like a tree root hung down weakly, Zhao Guangyi was startled, went up and sighed, but found that Xi Zhicai had lost his breath.

Zhao Guangyi's expression became much more relaxed, he turned his hand to open the letter, Zhao Guangyi looked at Xi Zhicai's corpse and said coldly: "You really guard against me, saying that I am not willing to condescend to others and let my brother guard me?"

Zhao Guangyi's expression changed, and he muttered: "Since you see my ambition, you will know that I will definitely read the letter, why do you still write this letter, so much more?" Could it be that you have informed my brother that this letter is a warning to me not to act rashly? ”

A letter left by Xi Zhicai made Zhao Guangyi suspicious, Zhao Guangyi couldn't think of a reason after thinking about it for a long time, it seems that he can only wait until he returns to Yanzhou to see what Zhao Kuangyin's attitude is towards him. Immediately, Zhao Guangyi conspired with Cao Bao to seize Xuzhou in addition to the thatched hut, and Cao Bao expressed his full cooperation.

The death of Xi Zhicai, Zhao Guangyi did not send it, and went to bid farewell to the pottery merchant that night, saying that he had few soldiers and asked him to send troops to escort him.

Who dares to offend Zhao Guangyi in Xuzhou? Now that this great god is going to go to the pottery merchant, he is naturally happy, so he sent a general with three hundred horsemen to escort Zhao Guangyi back to Yanzhou.

Halfway through, Zhao Guangyi sent Shi Wansui to rob and kill all the soldiers and horses sent by Xuzhou to protect him in accordance with Xi Zhicai's strategy, and released the news that the Xuzhou generals intended to kill him when they saw Cai, and the military advisor Xi Zhicai could not be killed.

After returning to Yanzhou, Zhao Guangyi came to see Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin was grief-stricken when he learned the news of Xi Zhicai's death, and Zhao Guangyi told Zhao Kuangyin about Xi Zhicai's instructions when he was dying. But seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was not wrong with him except for grief, Zhao Guangyi breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Xi Zhicai did not tell Zhao Kuangyin about his ambitions.

A few days later, Zhao Kuangyin walked out in grief, Xi Zhicai worked hard to fulfill my own life and won Xuzhou, how could he live up to it? With Cao Bao's internal and external cooperation, Zhao Kuangyin immediately raised 30,000 troops, and attacked Xuzhou in the name of revenge for Xi Zhicai.

When the news reached Xuzhou, the pottery merchant immediately summoned the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures, and Cao Bao directly went straight to the point and said: "Yanzhou soldiers and horses are attacking, and his chief military advisor Xi Zhicai died in our Xuzhou, and he has a monstrous hatred for you Xuzhou." Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers are strong and strong, how can we be his opponents, it is better to surrender as soon as possible. ”

The potter said with a sad face: "I have just taken over the great business from my father, can't everyone work together to help me defend against the enemy?"

"No, where are we the opponents of the Yanzhou soldiers and horses, not to mention that the Yanzhou soldiers can fight well, and they hate us, if we resist, when the city is broken, how can we live?" Cao Bao shook his head, not giving the potter a glimmer of hope.

The potter looked desperate, could it be that Xuzhou has not sat down for a few days, and it is about to change hands? Even if the potters didn't want to throw themselves in, most of the military power was in Cao Bao's hands, and the potters were helpless.

Mi Zhu immediately shouted: "It hasn't been long since the Qingxu alliance was formed, you Cao Bao can't resist, and there are Qingzhou soldiers and horses, now you can invite Qingzhou soldiers and horses to come to resist Zhao Kuangyin."

"Hmph, look at these civil and military forces, who else wants to resist Zhao Kuangyin? Xuzhou can't hold it, don't waste your efforts. The road to the south of Qingzhou has been blocked by my troops, and they don't want to send troops to the south, so the eldest prince should prepare for surrender! ”

The potters looked at the crowd of civil and military officials, and one by one they dodged, and some of them were simply destroyed, and directly asked the potters to surrender.

Where is this deliberation, this is clearly a coup d'état!

The potter sighed and reluctantly accepted the fact. Cao Bao sneered, let people take the pottery merchant down, as for Mi Zhu, Cao Bao could not restrict his freedom, the Mi family has a big business, although the military power is not as good as Cao Bao, but there are more or less, and the Mi family still has tens of thousands of customers, Cao Bao does not dare to attack Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu returned home, found the contact person of Jinyiwei left by Yu Yunwen, and asked, "How is it, Mr. Yu has any news?"

"Sir, don't worry, my military advisor got the news when Xi Zhicai died, and he is ready to send troops to meet you." Jin Yiwei comforted.

"I'm afraid it's too late to send troops, Cao Bao has been deployed from the north, you can't go south, even if you attack it will take several days. At that time, I was afraid that Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers and horses had already arrived in the city! Mi Zhu shook his head and said.

Jin Yiwei said with a smile: "My soldiers and horses don't take dry roads, but water roads, why can soldiers and horses stop them?"

Mi Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and said in confusion: "There is no big river connection between Qingxu and Xu, where is the waterway to go, Mr. Don't be joking."

"Yes, there are thousands of miles of waterways in the east of the two states!"

Mi Zhu reacted at this time, and said in shock: "Take the sea route, will this work?"

This news made Mi Zhu unable to digest for a while, the sea in this era is still a taboo, that is, in later generations, some places of the sea can not be explored in depth. It is the water army, which is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, some can run rampant in calm lakes, and some can run rampant on the swaying river. The navy that can run rampant on the Yangtze River is also the most powerful navy in the world.

Now Qingzhou actually wants to take the sea route, which makes Mi Zhu unbelievable.

"Don't worry, my Qingzhou Navy has been established for many years, and it is composed of people from the sea in Donglai County, and the place where it was established is trained at sea, and I have a lot of understanding of the water conditions at sea, wind and waves. Our warships are even taller, can accommodate hundreds of people, and are not afraid of the wind and waves at sea! Jin Yiwei explained.

However, the voyage of this era was not Liu Wei's family, and in history, the Gongsun family of Liaodong sent troops from Liaodong and once plundered Donglai and other places. In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan also sent people to Baodao.

It is also completely feasible for the Qingzhou naval army to go south to Xuzhou along the coastline.

Mi Zhu took a breath and exclaimed: "I can't imagine that there is a powerful naval army in Qingzhou, it's really surprising, what can Master Yu say need my cooperation?"

"The military advisor said, his trip is just to pick up people, save people, what do you have to bring people to prepare early, and the pottery merchant, Tao Ying brothers, when the military advisor sends someone to send news, you will go to rescue them, and then we will take you to the sea from the waterway to Qingzhou." Jin Yiwei said.

"This is simple, I have tens of thousands of disciples, and it is easy to go to the Assassin Mansion to bring out their young lords and brothers! Then I'll wait for the news from Junshi Yu! Ha ha. Mi Zhu laughed.