Chapter 257: Unifying Xuzhou
In the opening of Langya Kingdom, Tao Ying sat in the courtyard with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and the stone table was full of food. This Qin Yilu is considered a well-off family, so this dish can still be taken out. Although the dishes were quickly placed on the table, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were not in the mood to eat them, but Tao Ying ate them with relish.
Cao Cao asked Lu Bu to be escorted, and soon in the courtyard, several soldiers escorted Lu Bu, who was five big and three thick, into the small courtyard. As soon as Lu Bu came to the courtyard, he knelt beside Cao Cao and begged for mercy. Cao Cao ignored him, and Lu Bu begged Liu Bei again, saying that when Ji Ling attacked Liu Bei, he had been kind to him. But Liu Bei also turned his face away.
After a while, Tao Ying knocked on the table and shouted, "Wenhou, I'm here, why don't you ask me?" Lu Bu looked at Tao Ying, after he came to Xuzhou, it seemed that he had not done anything of great significance to him. I don't know if it was a favor to lead the army to recruit Shanyang for him back then? However, he gave the country of Lu to himself to station, and he rebelled against him, how could he tolerate me?
But thinking that there was still a glimmer of life, Lu Bu was busy asking for help from Tao Ying. Tao Ying pointed at Lu Bu and reprimanded: "Why should I save you? I kindly took you in last time, but you took my eldest brother Xuzhou instead! Now, I have invaded the territory of Pengcheng several times, but Wen Hou said that I treat you well? β
Lu Bu was tied to the ground and did not speak, and Lu Bu at this time had no integrity as in history. If you don't kill him now, sooner or later he will rebel again, but if you kill him, I am afraid that the hearts of the soldiers from the north will be chilled.
Cao Cao pointed at Lu Bu and said: "I won't kill you, you give an order to Cao Xing to withdraw from the Lu State, and I will leave you in Xuzhou!" β
Lu Bu nodded hurriedly, and after Cao Cao handed Lu Bu over to Tao Ying, he ordered Tao Ying to write a letter and let Shanyang Zangba let him go. So Tao Ying also wrote a letter to Zang Ba to let him go, and at the same time, Tao Ying summoned Chen Gong and asked Chen Gong to write a letter to recruit Cao Xing to return to Xuzhou, return the Lu State to Cao Cao, and rule the Langya State himself. So after the reconciliation of Kaiyang, Cao Cao hurriedly led the soldiers and horses back to Yanzhou.
When Cao Cao arrived in the north of Shanyang County, he was intercepted by nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of Zang Ba, and Cao Cao showed Tao Ying's handwritten book to Zang Ba, and Zang Ba let Cao Cao go back to Yanzhou. Before Cao Cao arrived in Yanzhou, Xun Yu from Yanzhou sent a quick letter, saying that Yuan Shao in the north had more than 100,000 soldiers on the border and wanted to plot against him! After Cao Cao got the news, he hurriedly led his troops back to Xudu to station, and at the same time walked around the news, saying that he had finished conquering the land of LΓΌ Budelu.
Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao had finished conquering Cao Cao in less than two months, so he must have been prepared for himself, so he had to withdraw his troops and horses at the border. After Yuan Shao withdrew his troops, Liu Biao of Jingzhou also withdrew his troops and horses to Jingzhou. So Cao Cao's rear was preserved, and in this battle, Cao Cao won Hao Meng, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Wei Xu, and the land of Lu, but he did not pay compensation.
I just don't know if Tao Ying will kill him after handing over Lu Bu to Tao Ying! Anyway, if you kill him, it seems that it is not appropriate. Because after all, Lu Bu is the Marquis of Wen, and he was named General Zuo, and his official position is second only to him, so if he stays, his official position cannot be promoted again, otherwise he is at the same level as himself, how can he manage him? If you kill him, but you kill the ministers of the court, and you coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if you lose this reputation, who will listen to you in the future?
Therefore, it is best to hand over the hot Lu Bu to Tao Ying. Tao Ying killed him, just borrowed a knife to kill people, Tao Ying didn't kill him, sooner or later this thing would betray Tao Ying! After Cao Cao left, Tao Ying's people around Tao Ying had a heated debate about how to deal with Lu Bu.
Lu Bu knelt on the ground, and Jia Xu said beside him: "Lord, Lu Bu will be killed!" Has the lord forgotten the difficulty of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo? Lu Bu can't stay, a lesson from the past, I hope the lord will see it! β
After Jia Xu finished speaking, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others next to him hurriedly knelt down and asked to stay with Lu Bu. Liu Ye also persuaded on the side: "Wen Hou is dead to the south, lord, if he can betray Xuzhou once, there will be a second time." If one day he led his troops to capture Xuzhou, how could he keep the lord! β
Lu Bu kept kowtowing on the ground and said: "Please keep me in Taozhou, I am willing to fight for Taozhou and never betray Xuzhou!" β
Seeing Tao Ying hesitating, Chen Gong persuaded beside him: "What concerns does Tao Zhoumu have?" β
Tao Ying pointed at Lu Bu and said, "If I keep him, he will recruit troops and betray me like last time." If you don't stay, you are afraid of hurting the general's heart, and you are really at a loss! β
Chen Gong thought for a moment and said: "In this case, please leave my lord's life in Taozhou, and I will return to Xuzhou!" β
Nowadays, it is impossible not to return to Xuzhou. Seeing that Tao Ying wanted to take in Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others very much, Jia Xu sighed and said to Tao Ying: "So far, there is only one plan, if you keep Wen Hou's life, it will be fine, but Wen Hou must not use troops again in the future!" Mr. Chen, General Zhang, General Gao, and General Cao's troops and horses merged into the Xuzhou Army. Is Wen Hou willing? β
As soon as he heard that he was going to disperse his soldiers and horses to other soldiers and horses, and that he was not allowed to lead troops for the rest of his life, Lu Bu's heart sank. If you can't lead the troops, you think that you will never have a chance to rise in the future. But if you object, you are a dead word!
Tao Ying asked Lu Bu, and Lu Bu had to nod in agreement. Tao Ying turned his head to look at Chen Gong and the others again, and when they saw that they would not kill Lu Bu, they also nodded and said that they wanted to obey, but they could not abuse Lu Bu. So Tao Ying agreed to build a mansion for Lu Bu in Xuzhou and return his family to him. But Lu Bu is not allowed to leave the mansion, and those who violate it will be beheaded.
When Lu Bu saw that Tao should return his family, he was extremely happy in his heart, and he nodded in agreement. So Tao Ying began to write a letter to recruit Xiao Jian in the north, and now the three Xuzhou herdsmen, the pottery merchants were taken to the north by Cao Cao, and Lu Bu was obedient to himself, leaving himself a legitimate Xuzhou herd, so when the messenger sent the order to Ju County, Xiao Jian of Ju County surrendered to Tao Ying, and Tao Ying reappointed him as the minister of Langya.
After Xiao Jian announced his allegiance, Tao Ying started from Pengchengguo, and after four years, he finally unified Xuzhou little by little, and now he has the last piece of land in his own hands, and the dream of Xuzhou has slowly begun to be constructed in Tao Ying's heart!
Now Tao Ying's land has bordered Yuan Shaoqingzhou in the north, and the head office of the general business bank transports goods, and there is no need to bypass Langya country. And more importantly, Tao Ying reconnected the enclave he set up in Qingdao County to his own land, and from then on, Qingdao Handang was no longer alone!
After four years, while Cao Cao won Yanzhou and the land of Sanqin and Yuzhou, the powerful Yuan Shao in the north also gradually defeated Gongsun Zhan, to complete his original accumulation, Yuan Shu was the emperor in the south, Sun Ce occupied Danyang, and a new warlord war was about to begin gradually! And in this future war, Xuzhou will no longer be as poor and weak as Xuzhou in the Tao Qian period, and Tao Ying came out of Xuzhou, and he got the grain and grass Suzhou and Huzhou generation, and the southern military port Yuzhang and Nanyang, a large county with a population of nearly one million!
After the unification of Xuzhou, Tao Ying began to actively prepare for the next most famous battle in history - the Battle of Guandu! I don't know if my joining will make Yuan Shao collapse, or will Cao Cao be destroyed in one fell swoop? However, it can't be so much, and the first thing Tao Ying has to do now is to hurry back to Pengcheng to enjoy his wedding!