As soon as Cao Cao was said to be strong, Tao Qian didn't care, he felt that what Tao Ying said was a bit excessive. Looking at the world now, who doesn't know the Yuan brothers of the Han Dynasty? Yuan Shu has occupied Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and the south is basically Yuan Shu's world. And what about the North? Yuan Shao in the north has gone from being the Taishou of a county to the history of a state, and now he has almost occupied the land of two states, and they are the most feared!

"Ying'er, you said that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are not enough trouble, but Cao Cao is the hero worth fearing, what do you mean by this?!"

Tao Qian coughed a few times, and Tao Ying hurriedly walked over to help him beat his back.

Seeing that Tao Qian was still confused by the apparent strength of the Yuan family brothers, Tao Ying persuaded while beating his back: "Dad, you see, although Cao Cao's soldiers are less than our Xuzhou, he came east twice, and we almost lost to him twice. Why is that? ”

After Tao Ying asked, Tao Qian fell into deep thought. The candle flame was still flickering, but the potter stood up and said, "Why is this?" ”

"Although Cao Cao has few soldiers, he is also fine! Although there are not many Cao Cao generals, they are all generals! Big brother, my soldiers and horses are far stronger than the soldiers and horses of Tanxian County, and I thought that my soldiers and horses were comparable to those of Yanzhou. But on that day, I met Cao Ren with a thousand soldiers and horses, and Cao Ren defeated my army with just a stick of incense, why is this? ”

Tao Ying said while looking at Tao Qian, but Tao Qian did not speak. No one seemed to want to interrupt Tao Ying, and no one stood up to argue, so Tao Ying could only continue.

"The child's defeat to Cao Ren is not all due to his lack of skill. Cao Cao's commanders include Cao Ren, and the generals include the Xiahou brothers and Lejin Cao Chun and other generals. However, the only veterans under Ran Er's subordinates were Zang Ba and others, but Zang Ba had already gone to Guangling to defend Yuan Shu. There is simply no one available in our army.

So I surrendered to Yu Ban to lead the troops for me, but I have handsome talents, but no good generals. I only have three generals under my command, my righteous brothers Xu Sheng and Zhao Yun, and the newly descended Li Dian. The oldest of them is only twenty-four years old, and the youngest is only twenty years old, and their ability is just a hairy child, how can they be the opponents of those veterans on the battlefield? ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, the pottery merchant retorted: "In the past few days, I have heard from the people who came back from Lanling that the general surnamed Zhao is extremely brave, he fights at night and is frightened. Even the general surnamed Xu was also famous in the battle of Lanling, how can my younger brother say that there is no one! ”

The pottery merchant seems to represent the perception of Tao Ying by most people in Xuzhou: he always feels that Tao Ying is invincible, and Cao Cao is not his opponent at all. But Tao Ying knew the reason why he could win, so he could only start persuading again.

"Big brother, Le Jin fought with Liu Bei for a day during the day, and Cao Cao heard that Yanzhou was attacked by Lu Bu, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and they all wanted to go home to defend Yanzhou, so Zhao Yun was able to lead the cavalry to defeat Le Jin at night. And Lanling, Xu Sheng's 30,000 soldiers and horses surrounded only 5,000 people less than Cao Chun's soldiers and horses, and Cao Chun's light enemy was first shot by the crossbowmen hundreds of people, and then his men sacrificed the city to capture him! ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Tao Qian couldn't help but nodded, yes, it seems that after so many battles, Tao Ying only fought hard, and he was defeated. Tao Qian asked Tao Ying how he could defeat Cao Cao in the future, so that he would not dare to invade Xuzhou again, Tao Ying thought about it and answered.

"Father, Lu Bubing has invaded Yanzhou, Yanzhou will be in war for two years, and in these two years, we must select new talents, reform the land system, recruit elite soldiers, and recuperate to resist Cao Cao!"

It seems that everyone in power knows this truth, but who is a talent and who is not a talent, and who can say for sure? Who hasn't looked away?

Tao Qian is old, and he doesn't seem to want to care so much.

So Tao Qian asked another question: "Ying'er, if I give up Xuzhou to Liu Yuanjun, what do you mean?" ”

Tao Ying knew what Tao Qian meant, but he still seemed to be a little resolute and said: "Dad, General Liu has a good name, and the heroes of the world will compete sooner or later." Therefore, Dad wanted him to govern Xuzhou, but Dad, you don't know that General Liu and Cao Cao are at odds. If they don't get along with Cao Cao, sooner or later they will come to Xuzhou again, if Xuzhou is in the quagmire of war, after all, it will decline rapidly. At that time, the people were not at peace, and all the talents fled to Jiangdong, but the Jiangdong Tiger Sun Quan was cheap! ”

Tao Qian looked at Tao Ying, this time he was no longer like a year ago, at that time he felt that Tao Ying was a mud that couldn't support the wall, but this time he was already a brave and resourceful general!

"Ying'er, I also thought about passing on the position of the assassin to you, but the Xuzhou family controls the wealth of Xuzhou and the real land of Xuzhou. Ying'er's equal division of land in Pengcheng has already violated their interests, how can they let you enter Xuzhou? What's more, following the ancient rites, it is necessary to let Shang'er take the throne, and Shang'er is loyal and honest......"

Tao Qian still wanted to speak, and coughed violently again. Tao Ying hurriedly persuaded again: "Dad, the body is important, let's talk about this later." I must carry out the reform in Pengcheng, otherwise two years later, Lu Bu, who is Cao Cao's rebellion, will definitely come to seek revenge on me, only if I am strong enough to survive, otherwise Pengcheng will be slaughtered by Cao Cao's blood! ”

A family banquet without the participation of outsiders, the father and son discussed for a long time, Tao Qian was tired and had to go back to rest under the escort of Tao Ying and the pottery merchant. The potter wanted to stay at home to rest, but Tao Ying was afraid that he would be in danger, because there were thousands of people from the family who had been robbed by himself in Tanxian County, and everyone wanted to die by himself, and he lived in Tao Mansion, and those assassins would injure the potters by mistake.

So Tao Ying insisted on going back to the post station, there were a large number of soldiers and horses at the post station, and there were Li Dian and Zhuge Jin who had just arrived by his side, presumably if it wasn't for Zhang Fei to kill, he would still be able to escape.

On the second day after returning to Tanxian, Tao Qian hosted a banquet for Xuzhou officials at the mansion.

In the hall of Taofu, the officials all came, the civil and military columns, everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and the scene was very harmonious. No one knows how many dark waves are surging in this seemingly harmonious Xuzhou Mansion.

After three rounds of drinking, many people persuaded Tao Qian to reuse Tao Ying, and he should be promoted to Tao Ying's official and let him serve in Tan County. Tao Ying sat on the side and listened quietly, but he was not in a hurry to object. Tao Ying knew that he was now alone in Xuzhou and had become the target of public criticism.

Tao Qian, who was sitting on the main seat, had a slightly red face, and he didn't know if it was because of the drink or because of the cough. However, if you get closer, you will see Tao Qian's somewhat disappointed expression.

Seeing that Tao Qian was a little embarrassed, Tao Ying didn't want to hand over his military power to come to Tanxian as an official, so Tao Ying hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Driving away Cao Cao today is really a great joy for me in Xuzhou." As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, my father, I want to marry Xiao Peigan's wife, and I want to ask my father to be the master today......"

As soon as he said that he wanted to marry a wife, Tao Qian finally showed a smile on his face. His son is the most unfilial, he is in his twenties but has not yet married. It's not that Tao Qian doesn't pick relatives for him, but that he forcibly occupies the people's daughters everywhere, making the chickens and dogs jump in Picheng, who else is willing to marry his daughter to him?