However, it was said that Cao Cao was angry when he read Liu Bei's letter and wanted to kill the envoy, and Guo Jia next to him hurriedly admonished: "Liu Bei came to the rescue, salute first and then soldier, and the lord should use good words to comfort him, so that Xuzhou neglected to take precautions; Then the city will be attacked, and the city will be destroyed. "his words, keep the money to make it, and wait for the book to be returned.

During the discussion, suddenly a meteor flew in, saying that Lu Bu had attacked Yanzhou, entered Puyang, and stopped at Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fanxian, which were designed by Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to defend and be preserved.

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the report: "Yanzhou is lost, I have no home to return to, and I must not be saved." However, Xuzhou has been attacking for a long time and is about to succeed, I intend to order the whole army to take Xuzhou as soon as possible day and night, and then return to Yanzhou, what do you think? ”

Guo Jia said at this time: The lord can't, Lu Bu, the jackal, and Chen Gong give advice for him, if he is allowed to make it bigger, I am afraid that Yanzhou will no longer be the lord, and Xuzhou is in danger of Pingchuan, even if Xuzhou is captured, if more soldiers are left to rescue Yanzhou, it is difficult to defend if there are fewer soldiers; At this time, the lord happened to sell his favor to Liu Bei and retired to save Yanzhou. Cao Cao followed, and then replied to Liu Bei on the one hand, and withdrew from the camp on the other.

At this time, Liu Bei didn't know the news, he heard that Tao Qian's condition was worse, so he took Gao Ping to visit Tao Qian.

Gao Ping entered the inner room and saw a beautiful figure waiting in front of Tao Qian's sickbed, it was Tao Zhi who made Gao Ping a little scared.

Tao Zhi glanced at Gao Ping lightly and did not speak.

When Tao Qian saw Liu Bei coming in, he reluctantly sat up, and a hint of blush appeared on his gray face.

The two talked for a while, and just when Liu Bei was worried about Tao Qian's illness, Sun Qian suddenly ran in in a hurry. While running, he shouted: "Tao Gong is overjoyed, overjoyed, Cao Cao has withdrawn, Cao Cao has withdrawn." ”

When Tao Qian heard this, he immediately sat up straight, looked at Sun Gan who ran in in disbelief and asked, "Gongyou, don't lie to me, Cao Cao really retreated?" Cao Cao's shadow pressed on the old man's heart like a mountain, so much so that at this time he couldn't believe that this nightmare had passed,

Sun Qian gasped and said: "It's true, as Mr. Ziqing said, not long after Liu Yuanjun's letter arrived in Cao Ying yesterday, Cao Jun began to pack up and retreat to Yanzhou overnight. Saying that, he saluted Gao Ping and said, "Hearing what Mr. said last night, Qian was quite skeptical, and I didn't want to verify it today. "Everyone knows that it is impossible for Cao Cao to withdraw for a letter from Liu Bei, and there can only be other reasons, so it is even more miraculous that Gao Ping can predict the prophet.

Tao Qian said to Gao Ping happily: "Mr. is a true god, I have been slacking off a lot before, and I hope that Mr. Haihan." Gao Ping hurriedly returned the salute and said busily: "This time, it is all about the prestige of my family lord Cao Cao is afraid, and Gao Ping will never dare to take credit." ”

Tao Zhi also looked at Gao Ping in shock at this time, she couldn't figure out how Gao Ping let Cao Cao withdraw from the army, she didn't believe that Cao Cao was scared away by Liu Bei's letter.

Tao Qian was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "This time Xuzhou can escape a catastrophe, Xuande has made great contributions, after thinking about it, Cao Cao peeped at Xuzhou, and only Xuande can protect Xuzhou. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he didn't think about it, so he hurriedly excused himself. Tao Qian must let go, while Liu Bei is reluctant to obey.

In the end, Sun Qian only suggested: "You can let Liu Yuanjun live in Xiaopei to train troops first, or you can let Cao Cao make a comeback." Isn't it what you want? ”

Liu Bei thought that this was also a compromise solution, so he agreed.

When Tao Qian heard the news of Cao Cao's retreat, his spirits improved a lot, so he pulled Liu Bei to chat. Gao Ping saw that he had nothing to do, so he withdrew.

At this time, he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him, and saw Tao Zhi chasing after him in small steps and said, "Mr. is free at night?" ”

Gao Ping's heart jumped, this couldn't be an appointment with himself, thinking about Gao Ping, he hurriedly said: "But Lord Tao Qian is looking for it?" ”

Tao Zhi stared at Gao Ping's face and said, "If my father is looking for Mr., will Mr. be free?" ”

Gao Ping said embarrassedly: "Recently, there have been a lot of trivial matters in the army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for Gao Ping to get out at night." By the way, Yu Cai remembered that Cao Bao's bet had not been cashed out, so he said goodbye first to collect the bet" After speaking, Gao Ping found that the shadow beside him was silent, only to see Tao Zhi bowing his head and saying nothing, his shoulders twitching slightly.

After a while, Tao Zhi said softly: "Why is Mr. in a hurry to leave every time he sees Tao Zhi?" Did Tao Zhi really make Mr. so annoying? ”

Gao Ping only felt that the defense line in his heart was collapsing little by little, and he was busy with his heart, and said softly to Tao Zhi: "No one will hate a beautiful woman like Miss, Gao Ping does have something important today, and Gao Ping will come to apologize another day." ”

Tao Zhi immediately raised her head when she heard this, and a trace of chuckle crossed the corner of her mouth: "Then it's decided, next time you are not allowed to say something." Seeing that there was a little aggrieved in her expression, Gao Ping couldn't help but cry out, shook his head and sighed and walked out.

"That's right" Tao Zhi's soft voice came: "The little woman once swore that if anyone retreats from Cao Cao and relieves the siege of Xuzhou, she will - who to marry" The last three words were as thin as mosquito sounds, and a jade face was as ashamed as a ripe apple.

Gao Ping stumbled, so he didn't fall down, and then his brain teaser came to his heart: "Oh! Then I will go back to congratulate my father-in-law, the lord is really powerful, not only the prestige intimidates Cao Cao, but also can be favored by beauties. ”

"Hmph" Tao Zhi screamed when she heard this, and her jade foot stepped on the ground twice and ran towards the back hall.

Xuzhou Xiaopei City.

After Liu Beijun settled in Xiaopei for a few days, Gao Ping pulled Guan Zhang and the others to force Cao Bao to pay debts, and it is strange to say that Cao Bao actually agreed very happily to hand over 5,000 Danyang soldiers to Liu Bei, and at that time he went to the school to order troops, and asked Guan Zhang Er to select his own elite soldiers, which made Gao Ping very puzzled. Later, Mi Zhu told Gao Ping that Tao Qian had recruited Cao Bao into the government many times in the past few days, and everyone didn't know what he was talking about, but every time Cao Bao came out, he looked hateful.

"You said your name is Chen Qun?" When Gao Ping saw Xiao Pei's county order, he was unbelievably happy.

Chen Qunzi long text, Yingchuan Xuchang people. It is an internal political talent who can be ranked with Xun Yu, Xun You, and Zhong Xuan, and later he has been in the imperial history of Wei, with him, he doesn't have to worry about internal affairs, and he can also think about Liu Beijun's future development.

Tao Qian is sixty-three years old this year, and he died this year in history. According to history, after his death, Xuzhou will be handed over to Liu Bei in accordance with his last wishes, but in Gao Ping's view, the situation in Xuzhou is far from being so simple, Xuzhou has Langya, Guangling, Pengcheng, Donghai, Huaiyin five counties, in addition to Langya County, which has always had a yellow turban rebellion, the other four counties can be said to be in the hands of four big families, these four are the Mi family centered on Pengcheng, the Chen family centered on Xiapi, the Zhao family centered on Guangling and the Cao family centered on the East China Sea, if it were not for Tao Qian's high esteem, There is a high reputation among the people of Xuzhou, and Xuzhou may have been divided by these four families a long time ago, and even now, most of the power in Xuzhou is in the hands of these four families, and Liu Bei may need the support of these four families if he wants to take over Xuzhou smoothly.

And among these four families, the head of the Mi family is Mi Zhu, and the Chen family is now in charge of Chen Deng and his father Chen Qi, looking at their attitude towards Liu Bei, it should not be a problem to persuade them to support Liu Bei, and Zhao Yu, the head of the Zhao family, did not show up this time, and the Zhao family has been entrenched in Guangling County for a long time in Xuzhou, but it is closer to Yuan Shu in the south, as if Guangling has been separated from Xuzhou, so their reflection can not be taken into account, and the remaining family is only the Cao family, The head of the Cao family is Cao Bao, who was severely humiliated by Gao Ping that day, this person looks reckless, but in fact he is scheming and vicious, and it is really difficult to get him to agree than to ascend to the sky.

Fortunately, as long as the four families tightly hold on to the Mi and Chen families, they will have at least half of the support, and it is not impossible to take over Xuzhou by Tao Qian's will.

Under Gao Ping's strong recommendation, Liu Bei handed over all the internal affairs of Xiaopei to Chen Qun to take care of, Chen Qun also lived up to expectations, and took care of Xiaopei in an orderly manner.

Because Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei were fighting inextricably, Liu Bei asked Jian Yong and Sun Qian, who were sent by Tao Qian to help him, moved the treasury and people of the plain to Xiaopei, and Xiaopei, who was originally looted by Cao Cao's army, became prosperous for a while.

The war in Xuzhou was over, Tian Kai and Kong Rong both returned to their stations, and of course Tao Qian also gave the two rich money and food as compensation; Zhao Yun took the white horse cavalry back to Hebei, after all, they had been born and died on the battlefield together, and everyone was drunk before leaving.

So much so that they didn't set off until noon the next day, and everyone sent Zhao Yun to the outside of Xiaopei City.

Gao Ping suddenly came to Zhao Yun's side and said: "General Zilong, I see that there are generals in the north who are about to fall, it is likely to be on Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, if General Gongsun has an accident, then General Zilong must not act recklessly, leaving a useful body to come to Xuzhou again, and we can serve the court together." "Ah, Gao Ping has been looking for Zhao Yuntao for the past few days, wanting Zhao Yun to stay in Xuzhou directly and not return to Gongsun Zhan, but Zhao Yun is a dead brain, before leaving today, Gao Ping had to use the celestial phenomenon to tell Zhao Yun that Gongsun Zhan has not many days, and he can't let Zhao Yun run into the hands of others.

But at this time, Zhao Yun just glanced at Gao Ping in surprise, nodded, turned over his horse, and galloped away. This Gao Ping is outstandingly resourceful, but every time he curses my general Gongsun, I don't look at the face of the envoy, I am about to turn my face.

Unexpectedly, it was these words that left Gao Ping's clever position in Zhao Yun's heart in the future. In the years to come, as long as Gao Ping mentioned the celestial phenomena, no matter how shocking it was, Zhao Yun would support it without a brain.

Everything is decided, Liu Bei and the generals practice military horses every day, Xiaopei City is small, Liu Beijun wants to expand the army and there is no way to expand, fortunately, the grain and grass have Tao Qian to respond.