After the jade seal was exchanged for Donglai County, Tao Ying merged all the small countries in Qingzhou. Then the large county of Hirahara County and the small countries were merged, and after the merger, it was easy to manage, and the newly established county was named - Hirakuhara Province!

Tao Ying was the first to hit the concept of the prefecture, and the level of the prefecture was equivalent to that of the taishou of each county. Because there are many small countries in Pingharonkyu, it is not allowed to change the name in this way.

After the establishment of the new plain mansion, Tao Ying set up the capital in Linji, the capital of Le'an State. Then he sent the most outstanding graduates of the official academy to serve as the governor of the plain prefecture. Then, in order to defend the Plains Mansion, Tao Ying transferred Shiting Taishou Taishi Ci to lead the Shiting Army to be stationed in Linji.

The military and political governor of Pingyuan Mansion was also served by Tai Shi Ci, so in July, Tai Shi and Tai Shi Ci led the troops to Linji to take office.

So in two months, Tao Ying exchanged a stone for a county and a prefecture, and surrounded most of Beihai and Qi occupied by Cao Cao in Qingzhou.

After capturing Qingzhou, Tao Ying sent another envoy to Xudu to celebrate Cao Cao's defeat of Liu Bei. Cao Cao also returned the salute, but he heard that Tao Ying had incorporated Yuan Shu's people, so Cao Cao knew that this Si must have won the jade seal.

So Cao Cao asked Tao Ying to bring up the jade seal.

Cao Cao sent an envoy to ask Tao Ying for the jade seal, and Tao Ying ordered the envoy to reply that the jade seal was gone. He has no heart to be called the emperor, not to mention that Cao Cao always hijacks the Han Emperor and does not seal himself as an official, so he doesn't mess with him. Now Tao Ying has given the jade seal to his good friend Yuan Tan. Yuan Dagongzi also returned to the northern land with the jade seal, and he won Qingzhou.

And Tao should have the merit of offering the jade seal, Yuan Shao was overjoyed after getting the jade seal, so the table Shao Tao should be the general of the chariot cavalry, leading Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou three animal husbandry.

Yuan Shao sent an envoy to meet the Emperor of Han, and when he heard that Tao should be asked to lead the land of Sanzhou, where did Cao Cao agree? Now that Yuan Shao is his old rival, and he has united with Tao Ying, how can he tolerate him?

So in Xuchang, Cao Cao reprimanded Yuan Shao's envoy and rejected Yuan Shao's request. After the envoy returned to Yecheng, he heard that Cao Cao actually dared to reprimand him, and in a fit of anger, he wanted to send troops to attack Cao Cao!

So a war for hegemony is about to start in the northern lands!

The battle of Guandu finally kicked off his curtain!

In September 198, Yuan Shao gathered heavy troops and stationed them in Liyang, preparing to attack Cao Cao in the south. Yuan Shao personally recruited, which made the people of Yanzhou panic. When many of Cao Cao's generals heard that Yuan Shao was going to conquer Yanzhou, they were frightened and wrote letters in private to befriend Yuan Shao, and when the time came, they would respond internally. The same is true for many people from large families.

Cao Cao was also shocked when he heard that Yuan Shao wanted to fight him to the death. Just when Cao Cao didn't know how to respond, Guo Jia put forward the theory of ten victories, which stabilized Cao Cao's confidence in facing the battle.

Xun Yu also proposed that if he fought Yuan Shao, he would have no worries, so Cao Cao wanted to make friends with Tao Ying. According to Guo Jia's strategy, the one who can pose a threat to himself now is Liu Biao of Jingzhou in the south, and Tao Ying of Xuzhou has been Ma Teng and Han Sui in the northwest. Yuan Shao came this time in the name of Qingjun's side, and then Chen Lin wrote a crusade against Cao Cao, which pierced the bones and made Cao Cao's blood almost vomit.

Tao Ying got the text, and after reading it, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Yuan Shao is really worthy of being the third prince of the fourth world, look at a guy who writes the text is so sharp, he really can't compare!" ”

Yuan Shao wanted to come, although Cao Cao was angry and bloody, he still had to put down his dignity to face Yuan Shao. So Cao Cao issued an edict to his younger brother in the name of Emperor Han, asking Sun Ce to send troops to attack Jingzhou and canonize Sun Ce as the pastor of Jingzhou.

In this way, Sun Ce attacked Jingzhou, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou naturally could not go north to threaten himself.

Ma Teng and Han Sui in the northwest, Cao Cao issued an edict to appease them, promoted them to the general of Zuo, and sealed the western Liangmu. After Ma Teng and others received the order, they were stationed in Xiliang and did not go south. These people are easy to dismiss, but Tao Ying, the traverser who is like a god, is not easy to dismiss. If Liu Bei leads Xuzhou, he can also take the opportunity to recruit him. However, Tao Ying occupied Xuzhou and operated in Xuzhou for nearly five years, and now he is even more proficient in food, and has invented a lot of strange things, which cannot be conquered for a while, but will let Yuan Shao annihilate himself in one fell swoop.

So Guo Jia put forward the strategy of dying lips and teeth, and sent an envoy to invite Tao Ying, and the two decided to talk in detail at the junction of Beihai and Langya. Cao Cao sent an envoy to Xuzhou, just as Tao Ying upgraded the only steam engine ship in Xuzhou.

Tao Ying invited the envoys aboard, and then ordered the soldiers to sail the Pengcheng on the Surabaya River. After driving to Tao Ying's proving ground, the soldiers lit the cannon and sank all the surrounding erection enemies.

Seeing such a half-iron and half-wood divine beast, the envoy was even more stunned. It's just that someone seems to have mentioned it in my impression, yes, it's Cao Pi! It's just that it was rumored to be a laughing stock in Yanzhou at that time, but I didn't expect Tao Ying to really invent him!

With this cannon, it seems to be much more powerful than the one sold to Yanzhou!

Just when the envoy was surprised, Tao Ying pointed to the Pengcheng and said to the envoy: "I am ready to promise Yuan Gong, when Yuan Gong and Cao Cheng are at war, I will use my 200,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou to seize the opportunity to capture Xudu, what do you think of this idea?" ”

Tao Ying said, and the envoy was sweating profusely when he listened. Even if you want to do this, you don't need to tell yourself, just prepare yourself to prevent him from sneaking up! The envoy naturally didn't dare to say yes, so he persuaded the benefits of reconciliation with Cao Gong.

Tao Ying still ignored him, and then pointed to the Pengcheng and said, "When the time comes, I will use this ship as a vanguard, and Cao Gong will have a warship that can defeat me?" Tao Ying said, the messenger knocked on the warship, don't accept the cannons at both ends and the guards, even if it hits, it will sink Cao Cao's wooden ship.

So the envoy persuaded him again, and Tao Ying said to the messenger after he got off the boat: "It is useless to persuade you, I never believe what I say." If Prime Minister Cao Cheng is sincere, he will first cash out the 10,000 taels of silver of the Juye Covenant, and then I will compare the benefits of Yuan Gong before making a decision! ”

The envoy returned to Xudu from Pengcheng in a gloomy manner, and told Cao Cao about the warship developed by Pengcheng that could travel without wind, and said that the warship was equipped with iron armor in the front and rear and flanks, and was equipped with a more ferocious rate of fire. Moreover, Tao Ying also asked Cao Cao to return the silver, and if he didn't return the silver, he would immediately help Yuan Shao deal with himself!

Guo Jia asked Tao Ying if he had promised to meet and discuss, now Yuan Shao is gathering soldiers and horses non-stop, and Cao Cao has also gathered soldiers and horses in the Liyang generation, the situation is so grim, what is Tao Ying's attitude?

The envoy conveyed Tao Ying's attitude and said to pay back the money, at this time, Yanzhou was fighting everywhere, and Yuan Shao was going to fight in the north, where did he have so much money to return to Tao Ying! If you don't have the money to pay back, you can't raise taxes again, and you have to raise donations from the big family. Now the big family is panicking and wants to befriend Yuan Shao, and if they ask them for money, they really run away.