Legend has it that when Dayu ruled the water, the world was divided into Kyushu, and Xuzhou was one of Kyushu.

As one of the ancient Kyushu, Xuzhou included two counties and three kingdoms in the Eastern Han Dynasty, namely Donghai County, Guangling County, Langxie Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom and Xiapi Kingdom, and the seat of governance was in Tan County.

In the more than ten years at the end of the first century, Xuzhou has ushered in three masters.

The first owner was Tao Qian.

【Pingding Yellow Turban】

In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the yellow turbans of Qing and Xu prefectures rose again, attacking the counties and counties, and the momentum was huge. The imperial court used Tao Qian as the assassin of Xuzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.

After Tao Qian arrived, he boldly appointed Zang Ba, a Taishan man who died in the East China Sea, and his fellow villager Sun Guan and others as generals, and as a result, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated in the first battle, and the remaining Yellow Turban Army was forced to flee from Xuzhou. After the yellow scarf was broken, Tao Qian worshiped Zang Ba and Sun Guan as the cavalry captain, and ordered Zang Ba and Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Feng and other troops to gather the army, and Zang Ba was the commander of the garrison in Langyu County to govern Kaiyang and garrison the north of Xuzhou.

【Tuntian】

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was not the first person to Tuntian, at least when Tao Qian died, Cao Cao had not yet started Tuntian, and Tao Qian soon began large-scale Tuntian after becoming the assassin of Xuzhou.

The cause of Tao Qian's Tuntian was the large-scale destruction of the Yellow Turban Army uprising in the Xuzhou area, and Cao Cao's Yellow Turban Army also raged in the Xuchang area, and it is no coincidence that Tao Qian and Cao Cao both practiced Tuntian in history.

Tao Qian recommended Chen Deng, a native of Pi, as the captain of the agricultural school and implemented tuntian in Xuzhou. With the efforts of Tao Qian and Chen Deng, Xuzhou's agricultural production has been restored and developed, and the harvest has been very rich.

Unlike Cao Cao's tuntian, because the Tao Qian group did not have the heavy military pressure of Cao Cao at that time, Tao Qian's tuntian was mainly used to restore people's livelihood, although there is no record in history, but Tao Qian's tuntian but the restrictions should be relatively light, or even none, and the tax is relatively low.

And Tao Qian became Xuzhou before he became the pastor, Xuzhou was relatively peaceful, and after the implementation of Tuntian, the people were rich, and the grain and rice were full of granaries, which were recorded in the "Three Kingdoms" "At that time, the people of Xufang were prosperous, the grain was very rich, and the displaced people returned to it." At that time, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Sili were mostly places of turmoil, and most of the displaced people came from these places.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao later invaded Xuzhou, and Tao Qian ultimately failed to protect them.

【Re-Alliance】

In history, everyone knows the name of the anti-Dong coalition army, but in fact, Tao Qian also once formed an anti-Li coalition army against Li Dao and Guo Yan.

In the first year of Chuping (190), due to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, a huge anti-Dong movement broke out in the Kwantung region, and even an anti-Dong coalition was established with Yuan Shao as the leader, but Tao Qian did not join it at that time.

Later, the famous general Zhu Jun once captured Luoyang, although he soon left because of the damage, Zhu Jun did not give up the crusade against Dong Zhuo. He sent a message to various states and counties in Zhongmu County, calling for troops to crusade against Dong Zhuo. After Tao Qian learned of this, he immediately sent 3,000 elite soldiers, and only some soldiers were sent from other states and counties.

Later, the Li Guo Rebellion broke out, Wang Yun was killed, Lü Bu fled to Chang'an, and the Xiliang army seized power again and took control of the Son of Heaven.

At that time, Tao Qian thought that Zhu Jun, who was still in Zhongmu, was a famous general in the world, a loyal minister, and could be entrusted with a big task.

In order to eliminate the Xiliang army again and set things right, Tao Qian united with the former Yangzhou Assassin Shi Zhou Qian, Lang Xie Xiang Yinde, Donghai Xiang Liu Kui, Pengcheng Xiang Jilian, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong, Taishan Taishou Yingshao, Runan Taishou Xu Xuan, the former Jiujiang Taishou Fuqian, Doctor Zheng Xuan and others jointly elected Zhu Jun as the Taishi, moved Mu Bo, and discussed Li Dao and others to welcome the Son of Heaven.

They wrote to Zhu Jun:

Since the country suffered from Dong Zhuo's disaster, now there has been a rebellion of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the young master has been kidnapped, Zhongliang has been brutally killed, and the capital Chang'an has been cut off, and we don't even know the good luck and evil of the people inside.

Therefore, whether it is an official of one party or a knowledgeable scholar, there is no one who is not worried and afraid. Everyone thinks that if it weren't for the wise and eloquent people, where would they be able to stop the chaos! It's been three years since I started the army. The states and counties watched each other, and there was no merit in attacking, only fighting with each other for personal gain, and distrusting each other. Qian and others discussed together to eliminate difficulties, and everyone said: "Generals, monarchs, and marquis, both civil and martial, should come out of the times, and there is no one who does not look up and look forward to all upright people."

Therefore, they encouraged each other, selected elite troops, and hoped to be able to penetrate deep into the enemy army and aim directly at Chang'an. There is a lot of material and food, which can support half a year.

With one heart and one mind, entrusted to the marshal.

It's a pity that in history, Li Dao, under the advice of Jia Xu and others, only used an order from the Son of Heaven to solve Zhu Jun.

After Li Wei sent people to use the edict of the Son of Heaven to recruit Zhu Jun into the court, Zhu Jun had two choices, one was not to listen to the edict, and jointly attacked Chang'an with Tao Qian and others to regain the Son of Heaven, and at that time, the military officials and soldiers did not want Zhu Jun to enter the customs.

But Zhu Jun didn't think so, he chose to obey the edict second, and in the face of the doubts of his subordinates, he said unhurriedly: "Use the order of the Son of Heaven to summon the courtiers, you should go without waiting for the call, let alone the edict of the Son of Heaven?" Moreover, Li Dao and Guo Yan are treacherous villains, and Fan Chou is a mediocre and useless person, without any other lofty strategies, and with equal forces, chaos will definitely occur. I took advantage of their unpreparedness and acted suddenly, and the big thing could have been successful. "Immediately thanked Tao Qian and others, and was ordered to enter Beijing as a servant. Tao Qian had no choice but to give up.

Later, Li Guo really had internal fighting, but Zhu Jun died of illness because he was angry.

The reason why the anti-Li coalition army was unknown in history was of course due to the reason why Li Dao, Guo Yan and others were not as good as Dong Zhuo combined, and there were also factors that the princes had no intention of being here, but as a marshal, Zhu Jun's responsibility cannot be shirked, at least he lived up to Tao Qian's kindness and efforts in vain.

[Forming an alliance to resist Shao and fight for Yangzhou]

In the second year of Chuping (191), Tao Qian formed an alliance with Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan against Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also joined forces with Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others.

As for why Tao Qian teamed up with Yuan Shu and Gongsun Chan to deal with Yuan Shao, there is no record in history, and at that time, Tao Qian and Yuan Shao had little intersection between the south and the north, but let's contact Tao Qian's complete ignorance of Yuan Shao's Kwantung coalition army a year ago, so it is speculated that Tao Qian and Yuan Shao may have had conflicts in the past, but it may also be because Tao Qian was ready to help Gongsun Zhan, after all, Gongsun Chan helped Tao Qian suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou in history.

In the third year of Chuping (192), Yuan Shu asked Gongsun Zhan for reinforcements, which opened the prelude to the Battle of Chuping. The three princes of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan invited Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to fight, but they were defeated by Yuan Cao's combined forces respectively. After that, Yuan Shu abandoned Nanyang and turned to Yangzhou, and at that time Tao Qian was also eyeing Yangzhou, so the two broke up, and also started a dragon and tiger fight in Yangzhou.

In the fourth year of Chuping (193), at the suggestion of Wang Lang and Zhao Yu, Tao Qian sent Zhao Yu to pay tribute to Emperor Xian to show his support for the Han family. Zhao Yu was appointed as the Taishou of Guangling, Wang Lang was appointed as the Taishou of Huiji, and Tao Qian's forces officially crossed the Yangtze River.

【Cao Song's Disaster】

In the same year, Cao Cao's father was killed by Xuzhou soldiers on the way to Yanzhou, Cao Cao twice crusaded against Xuzhou for revenge, and the blood flowed like rivers in the places he passed, Tao Qian was still invincible with the help of Liu Bei and others, but perhaps Cao Cao killed too much, which made the heavens angry and resentful, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong actually betrayed Cao Cao at this time, welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou, and Cao Cao was forced to withdraw his troops.

After Tao Qian experienced this catastrophe, the old man in his sixties could no longer hold on.