The army drove to Peixian, but what was amazing was that Guan Yu's 30,000 horses were afraid of the battle, closed the city gates, and ignored Zhao Yun's army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The two rode their horses to the outside of the city, and the head of the city was full of shadows, just ordinary soldiers on routine duty, and there was not even a general who could speak.

"It's really strange that the enemy is setting up a suspicious formation and causing us to mess up our position?"

Just raised this idea, Zhou Yu ruled it out in a blink of an eye, don't look at Tao Qian's ability to defend a state, but his ability is so small that he doesn't bother to rub it when he becomes sand, he is a representative of the literati leader, which is a common problem at the end of the Han Dynasty, so the entire late Han Dynasty can slowly evolve from the confrontation of the princes of the Eighteen Roads to the competition of the Three Kingdoms.

In a blink of an eye, he said to Zhao Yun: "Tomorrow morning, I will order someone to call the battle to see what the situation of the enemy army is, and send people to Pengcheng for several days, so as to find out the situation in Xuzhou, otherwise we will be like blind people, and the consequences of indiscriminate killing are self-evident." ”

Infected by Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun was also a little worried about the situation, and according to what Zhou Yu said, he could only take one step at a time.

At this time, Pengcheng has changed a lot from the past, and the state governor's mansion is full of armored generals inside and out, as if it can't be approached.

Tao Qian is now sixty-four, but he looks like an eighty-year-old man, his face is wrinkled, his hair is completely gray, and he is paralyzed even when he sits at the table, looking extremely haggard.

At this time, the wooden door creaked, and a figure rushed in.

Tao Qian was not surprised, and his voice was hoarse: "Is it Cao Hong?" Come to me. ”

The man hurriedly ran a few steps and fell straight to the ground: "Tao Gong has suffered, let me help me to the bed to rest......"

Tao Qian didn't agree, grabbed his hand and said: "What's the situation outside, I didn't ask if someone came up to help, I'm afraid it will show a flaw." ”

Cao Hong was a little sad and said: "Peng Chengxiang and Don't Driver have all served Liu Bei, Cao Bao, Zhenrong and Liu Bei have also corresponded frequently, and Sun Guan Xiaojian, who was originally vacillating, also had secret correspondence, I am afraid he also served him." ”

Tao Qian coughed and said, "How is Wang Lang?" I recommended him to be the auditor, but I don't know if he will leave. ”

"Wang Lang was still in Pengcheng at this time, but he closed the door and did not see any guests, but he refused Liu Bei's invitation, but there were soldiers wandering in the courtyard, and I didn't dare to approach rashly."

The whole room fell silent, except for the gurgling sound of Tao Qian knocking on the table, which fell into a dead silence, and Cao Hong also knelt respectfully, waiting for the next step.

I don't know how long it took, Tao Qian sighed, and then got up and walked to a cabinet, where there was a secret compartment in the deepest part, and it was only popped out after fiddling with it.

A red cloth package stood on it and was held in the palm of his hand: "Cao Hong, now I only believe in you in the whole of Xuzhou, presumably Pengcheng has been martial law at this time, but in any case, you have to hand over this package to the hands of King Li's cronies, it is inevitable that Xuzhou will be stolen by thieves with wolf ambitions, and this million people will be harmed, you must never give up." ”

Cao Hong's heart chuckled, although he was a little afraid of death, but he was indeed loyal to Tao Qian, and he could be trusted like this, what else could he say.

hugged his fists and said: "Thanks to my lordship, I will definitely hand over this thing to King Li in person, even if I die, I will succeed." ”

Tao Qian patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "Go, remember, if you want to go out of the city, you can ask Chen Gui and his son, but you can't believe it all, these two people know how to judge the situation, and at this moment it seems that their hearts are towards Liu Bei, but as long as they make the key point clear, he must not dare to offend King Li openly." ”

"Yes."

After telling some details, Cao Hongcai left with his fists clenched, and the top priority was not to think about how to persuade Chen Gui and his son, but how to bring the seal of the Xuzhou Mu out of the Zhou Mu Mansion, don't forget that there are countless soldiers and generals outside.

At this time, a servant girl walked up with a jade plate, and I don't know what it was recorded.

Cao Hong hurriedly stopped: "Is this for the state pastor?" Alright, leave it to me. ”

The maid recognized Cao Hong, how dare she refuse, she gave a salute and went down, while Cao Hong picked up the jade plate and walked out.

Just walked two steps, but there was a commotion around the corner, and I heard that Liu Bei should be here.

"The last general, Cao Hong, meet Lord Situ Liu......"

Liu Bei was the Situ of Emperor Yuan Shu of Chen State, but Cao Hong shouted out when he was nervous, but fortunately, Liu Bei was already boasting of Situ, and he didn't notice this language problem for a while.

smiled: "It turned out to be General Cao, it's really rare to come to meet Tao Gong so late." ”

Cao Hong hurriedly said: "Tao Gong is seriously ill, I miss the kindness to my promotion, and I sent some food earlier, but Tao Gong was just about to sleep, so he ordered me to hand over this Qin Shi jade plate to Zhizhong for identification." ”

Liu Bei glanced at the jade plate, and the clear-eyed person saw that it was only made in recent years, how could it be the jade plate of the Qin Dynasty, this Tao Qian was also dizzy with old eyes.

But he didn't show it: "I just came from there, and I don't know if you can see Jingxing (Wang Lang), okay, don't delay the business, I still have to go and see Tao Gong." ”

Cao Hong hurriedly bowed his waist and hid the package in his arms: "Congratulations to the ...... adults"

When Liu Bei and Zhang Fei walked away, they got up, their palms were full of Han water, and they dared to stay there, so they sped up their pace and ran outside.

Liu Bei pushed open the door, but he didn't even order someone to pass it on, it seems that he has conspired with Yuan Shu for a long time, and even his behavior has become more and more frivolous.

Haha laughed and said: "Tao Gong, you are sick in bed, why don't you just recuperate with peace of mind, this jade plate of the Qin Dynasty is a trivial matter, and it is a matter of ordering people to pass it on, why bother General Cao to run late at night." ”

Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly covered it up: "Exactly, this person is very old, and his eyes are a lot cloudy. ”

But this stunned god did not escape Liu Bei's hypocrite's thief eyes after all, at this time, his face changed, and he remembered Cao Hong's various abnormalities, you must know that Liu Bei is a guest, and Cao Hong does not need to kneel and bow as a general, this conjecture is out of control.

turned to a cold voice and said, "Third brother, go to the general Cao ...... quickly General, please come back, I have something to command. ”

Zhang Fei was used to going straight and straight, only listening to the eldest brother's instructions, turned around and kicked open the wooden door, and ran towards the way he came.

Tao Qian dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, and at this time, he even had to greet Liu Bei with a smile, which could be regarded as a wronged little old man.

Liu Bei smiled again in a blink of an eye: "Tao Gong, you are sick in bed, I am in charge of the military and political affairs of Xuzhou, why don't you temporarily hand over the seal ribbon to me, after all, there are many official documents to be stamped with the ribbon." ”

This Liu Bei is not stupid, don't look at him as the Situ of Yuan Shu's reward, but the world only recognizes the emperor, unless there is a state seal ribbon built by the Han family himself, otherwise his name in Xuzhou is not right.

Tao Qian coughed and said, "Xuande, didn't I make it clear last time, I forgot where to put this seal, don't you believe it, you can order someone to rummage through my house for ......" (To be continued.) )