"Ahem, ahem!" He coughed violently, as if he wanted to tear his throat.

Standing in front of Tao Qian, Que Xuan's body moved back slightly, as if he couldn't withstand the ravages of Tao Qian's cough. When Tao Qian's cough was finished, he tentatively took two steps forward, squeezed his brows, and said stupidly: "This, Tao Yuanjun, you have to give a sentence, I ...... I'm waiting here for you to speak. The cough just now had made Tao Qian's face pale, and he couldn't sit still on the couch, so he moved his body back slightly, pulled the futon covering his body, and tried his best to keep his body in a comfortable state. When he heard Que Xuan's voice at this time, he reluctantly raised his head, glanced at Que Xuan, and said embarrassedly: "Ah, what else is there to say, didn't I tell you everything, this grain and grass and clothes...... Slow, slow! I think that since I, Tao Qian, promised to provide this for Your Majesty, it would be a matter of time, so why should Your Majesty be anxious about this matter? What's more, the grain and grass under His Majesty's account can still support more than ten days, and I can't be hungry for a while. Besides, when that time comes, the next batch of grain and grass should also arrive, so why should Your Majesty be in a hurry at this time? ”

Seeing that his complexion was very bad, he also became out of breath when he said this.

Speaking of which, Que Xuan is the person who is called the 'Son of Heaven', and Tao Qian is a minister of the Han Dynasty, and it is a bit funny for the two of them to talk about these when they meet. Que Xuan, the 'Son of Heaven' who wanted to come to the dignified house, has now reached the point of reaching out to Tao Qian to ask for food, which is really rare. Poor 'Son of Heaven' Que Xuan for this bit of food, grass and clothing, that is a thick skin, under Tao Qian's tent soft grinding and hard soaking for a long time, his mouth is dry, but he didn't say anything about Tao Qian. As for Tao Qian, although there is a 'Your Majesty' in his mouth, it is obvious that he is just acting on the spot, shouting casually, and he should not do the same thing at all. When the 'Son of Heaven' came, he was still bedridden and couldn't afford it, not to mention it, even his attitude towards speaking was obviously not correct, he still regarded him as a 'bandit', let him stand for a long time and didn't greet anyone to bring tea and water, and he didn't even prepare a seat for him.

However, these false gifts obviously Que Xuan didn't care very much, even he himself didn't have the consciousness of being the 'Son of Heaven', and there were 'me', 'me', 'me' and 'me' in three sentences and two sentences, and even 'I' had to be taken behind, no wonder Tao Qian didn't take him seriously. At this time, Que Xuan heard Tao Qian still reply to him with the same words, and he was angry in his heart, he took a horse step under his feet, rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Tao Qian and said: "Fuck it, Lao Tzu I have been talking for a long time, you Tao Qian still send me with this sentence, you don't treat me as the Son of Heaven, treat me disrespectfully, I also put my words here, if you don't solve the matter of grain, grass and clothing for Lao Tzu as soon as possible, Lao Tzu will pat his ass and leave, and he won't play with you!" ”

Tao Qian listened to him, didn't want to make a fuss, quickly smiled, and said: "Your Majesty, you succeeded to the throne and told the world, why don't I think you are the Son of Heaven, where is there any reason to dare to be disrespectful?" It's just that this grain and grass clothes and armor really need to be slowed down, and I can't be in a hurry for a while, so I ask Your Majesty to wait patiently. ”

"Humph!" Que Xuan snorted heavily, waved his sleeves, and shouted: "Lao Tzu doesn't care!" Anyway, when Tao Gongzu instigated me to raise troops to Kaiyang, he had already promised me, saying that once he came to Kaiyang, he would support me with food and grass, and 3,000 pairs of clothes and armor. Tell me honestly, are you sincere? Hmph, you delay me like this, just to let me help you take Kaiyang City, and then you don't need me, kick me away again, and in the end, you don't even admit it, yes or no? ”

Tao Qian sneered in his heart, with a look of sincere fear on his face: "This ...... How can what I Tao Gongzu say not count, since I promised to pay Your Majesty food, grass, clothing and armor when I first started the army, there is no reason to regret it, but these do need some time to prepare, and I ask Your Majesty for your leniency. Seeing that Tao Qian had said everything to this point, Que Xuan really had nothing to make it difficult for him, so he snorted lightly, rolled back his sleeves, and said, "Then I'll wait for you for a few days!" Without saying a word, he flicked his sleeves and walked away directly with his personal guards.

"Your Majesty, go slowly!"

Tao Qian said this, his face was overcast, and then he coughed violently. This cough was so bad that I almost lost my breath. After coughing, Tao Qian gasped heavily, gurgled twice in his throat, and scolded outside the tent: "If I am not afraid that you will make trouble behind me and deceive you, where do I need to promise you any food, grass and clothing." Hmph, since ancient times, birds have died for money, birds have died for food, you just wait, wait for me to give you food, grass, clothing, and armor! ”

Que Xuan just came out of Tao Qian's big tent when he saw a panicked soldier coming towards him, and he almost hit him. Que Xuan snorted, and without waiting for the left and right guards to make a move, he stretched out a fleshy palm, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted the man directly. The man was pitiful to be so touched by him, his face was purple, and he looked like he wanted to die. Fortunately, Que Xuan knew that this person was Tao Qian's subordinate, so it was not easy to kill him casually, so he gave him a little color and put him down.

"Hmph, I don't know who is dead or alive, who is it hitting against?"

The man landed, took a few breaths, looked at Que Xuan standing in front of him, shook his body, and said, "Yes, it's the little one damn it, the little one should be damned, it's against the general!" Que Xuan snorted: "General? "Apparently very concerned about this 'general', as if it was more annoying than hearing about bandits. He was annoyed, few people took his 'Son of Heaven' seriously, and actually called him 'General', which was obviously insulting him, and it was even more hateful than Tao Qian! Que Xuanwu was about to get angry, but fortunately, the man saw the opportunity quickly, and hurriedly lay on the ground, nodding to Que Xuan like pounding garlic: "The little one should be damned, the little one should be damned, the little one has eyes and no beads, and he shouldn't bump into His Majesty!" ”

They were so frightened that others lay on the ground to salute, and this salute was too heavy, Que Xuan saw that Fang Cai had just retreated slightly, shook his sleeves, snorted, and asked, "Okay!" Why are you flustered, but what happened? "Originally, this person was Tao Qian's subordinate, and there was no need to report the military situation to him, but now is a critical period, and the two families have cooperated, so there is no reason to hide it, not to mention, even if you say it, there is nothing important. When the man thought of this, he immediately said to Que Xuan: "Back to Your Majesty, some small things have indeed happened. Just before, the thief suddenly opened the gate of the city, and came out with several horsemen, and rushed out of the camp to our camp, and he did not know what his purpose was, so he quickly came to report to the envoy...... And His Majesty knows. ”

Que Xuan smiled, shook his sleeves and said: "The thieves came out and rode a few horses, so you panicked like this, I ...... I heard you right, right? ”

He laughed three times, ignored himself, and went directly out of Tao Qian's camp and went straight back to his camp. Speaking of which, Chen Rong went out of the city to deliver a letter, although he was stopped by a few people, and was killed by Zhang Fei, it took a long time, in fact, it was only two meals, Chen Rong and Zang Ba had already returned to the city, and a chaos naturally subsided invisibly, and Que Xuan did not see the excitement when they went back. Only on Tao Qian's side, his subordinates reported to Tao Qian that someone in Kaiyang City had come out, although Tao Qian was strange, but he was sick at this time, and he didn't know this, so he said casually: "If something like this happens outside, Liu Xuande must be aware of it, so don't worry." ”

Tao Qian was lying on the couch, and from time to time Liu Bei waited for him to enter his tent and told Tao Qian about it. Tao Qian couldn't figure out what the thief was going to do, but it was even more strange to hear Liu Bei say that the thief went around to Que Xuanying, released a few empty arrows and left, and did not hurt anyone.

Tao Qian was tortured by the wind and cold, and he didn't have the energy to think about this at this time, so he just asked Liu Bei to check at this time, Liu Bei nodded to him, and said: "Please ask Tao Yuanjun to rest assured about this, and prepare to explain it." At the same time, he thought about it and asked, "I heard that Que Xuan came to the Tao Envoy's tent just now, I don't know what happened?" Tao Qian frowned and shook his head: "It's not for those grains, grass and armor, he is afraid that I will not give him cash, so he is in a hurry to find me." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "The reason why Que Xuan came with us is precisely because he lacks these in the army, if Tao Envoy Jun you will satisfy him now, I am afraid that he will definitely stay after he gets it." Moreover, when I met with the thief when I came, I inadvertently noticed that Que Xuan seemed to be ashamed when he saw Zang Ba, which shows that his heart is unpredictable! Speaking of which, although he is standing with us for the time being, I am afraid that he is here and his heart is elsewhere, and he will not be used by us in the end, and if you meet his needs now, I am afraid that he will turn around and leave. Speaking of this, Liu Bei's eyes lit up and nodded, "Hmm! I know what Zang Ba is going to do this time. ”

Tao Qian was stunned for a moment and asked him, "Do you know?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said: "If my guess is correct, he Zang Ba was surrounded by Kaiyang, and seeing that there was no other way out, he wanted to find Que Xuan as a breakthrough and come up with a divisive plan." When Tao Qian heard this, he was also shocked in his heart, and said: "If you let Zang Ba say the opposite of Que Xuan, this will be troublesome, and you need to pay more attention to this matter, Xuande, don't let the accident be born in the elbow." Liu Bei naturally nodded heavily: "Please rest assured that Tao Yuanjun is here!" At that moment, he came out of Tao Qian's place, and while sending spies to investigate the movements of Que Xuan's side, he returned to the camp tent on the other hand.

Que Xuan returned to the big tent, and as soon as he sat down, he heard his subordinates report that the thief had shot a headless arrow, and immediately took all the letters on the arrow and handed it to Que Xuan. Que Xuan was stunned, and he didn't expect that this matter would be related to him, when he thought of the letter, he also had a ghost in his heart, and he took away the rest of the people, leaving only a few henchmen under the tent. At that moment, Que Xuan asked people to open all the letters, all of them were the same content, so he took one of them and read it. If you don't look at it, when you look at it, Que Xuan will be stunned.

In the letter to him from Zang Ba, he did not reprimand him for getting together with Tao Qian, but talked about some trivial matters that he met back then, and finally reminded Que Xuan a few words in the tone of a friend, saying that Tao Qian joined forces with him, because he was suspicious, with Tao Qian's personality, he could tolerate him for a while, but he was afraid that once he finished using him, when he took Kaiyang, he might have to clean him up next, and told him to do it for himself and prepare for Yunyun as soon as possible. Que Xuan looked back and forth, and was also shocked into a cold sweat, and was silent at the moment.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? But what the thief said in the letter did not listen to him? If so, don't look at it! Hearing the voice of his henchman, Que Xuanfang seemed to wake up. He took the letter and glanced at it again, only then did he let the other henchmen also look at the letter on the wooden case. Everyone seemed to be silent, obviously Zang Ba's words touched their souls, and they hesitated one by one. Before Que Xuan could speak, he started and said: "Whether this Tao Gongzu has bad water in his stomach or not, you can know with a little temptation." By the way, when Tao Gongzu invited me to join the army, he promised that as soon as he came to Kaiyang City, he would supply me with a batch of grain, grass, clothing and armor, but why hasn't he fulfilled it yet? Dare to love him forgot? If so, Your Majesty might as well take this opportunity to test his tone and see if he intends to fulfill his promise. If he gives it happily, it shows that he is open-minded, and Zang Ba's words are not to be believed; But if he pushes back, it is indeed a little suspicious, and His Majesty must be on guard. Otherwise, Kaiyang City was laid down for him, but we did a lot of wrongs, how can people in the world say that we wait? ”

"Yes, yes!" The people on the left and right nodded their heads in agreement.

Que Xuan went to Tao Qian this time, and few people knew his original intention, and he didn't have time to tell everyone when he came back, because everyone didn't know. At this time, when he saw that he was mentioned, he gritted his teeth and said: "If I say that Tao Gongzu pushed back and didn't hand over the grain, grass, and clothes and armor happily in the end, what do you think?" ”

"This ......"

The crowd was stunned. One of them stood up and said, "Since this is the case, then this matter is probably suspicious, and Your Majesty can't help but guard against it!" The rest of the people also nodded one after another, reminding Que Xuan that Tao Qian must not be prepared. Que Xuan gritted his teeth, glanced at the letter in his hand again, and said, "I need to make another determination on this matter!" ”

However, two days later, Que Xuan came to Tao Qian again to ask for food, grass, clothes and armor, but Tao Qian naturally did not give it to him. Before this, he Tao Qian had already learned from Liu Bei that when the thieves came out of the city that day, they sent a letter to Que Xuan, which made him even more jealous. Now that Que Xuan came to ask for food, grass, clothes and armor, Tao Qian not only did not give it, but also intentionally or unintentionally raised the matter, saying whether he received the letter from the thief, Que Xuan naturally did not admit it. The two of them couldn't get along, and Que Xuan snorted and went back to the big tent. As soon as he returned to the big tent, he immediately summoned his confidants and others to tell him about it, and everyone was also upset for Que Xuan.

At the moment, someone said: "I remember that before Yuan Benchu took Jizhou, the grain and grass all relied on Han Fu, but this time he won Jizhou, all the grain in Jizhou fell into his hands, and he distributed it how he wanted." Therefore, this feeling of looking up to people is indeed uncomfortable, if you can control one city and one pond by yourself, and get two rich lands, why do you need to look at others like today? ”

When this person's words came out, some people thought crookedly, and said in a low voice: "What you mean, General, is to prepare...... Took Tao Gongzu and took him Xuzhou? This is obviously unreliable, and the man immediately shook his head and said: "Tao Gongzu has strong soldiers and horses, if I want to take him, according to the current situation, it is absolutely impossible." However, although we can't take him, we can take two no man's lands, and it's not impossible to keep them for ourselves. ”

As soon as you say something to me here, Que Xuan heard it and had an idea: "Speaking of which, the reason why I Que Xuan raised righteousness in the first place was not because of Zang Xuangao's persuasion?" Now that I am the emperor, I beat him in turn, not to mention that I don't want to go in my heart, but I am afraid that the green forests in the world will not know what to say about me. Originally, things have come to this point, no matter what I say, I will continue to play with him Tao Gongzu. It's just that since he Tao Gongzu is not benevolent now, he can't blame me for being unjust, while we haven't had a stalemate with Zang Xuangao, I want to get lost and return to this troubled water, I don't know what you think? ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded and said, "We are all willing to arrange it from Your Majesty!" It's just that since His Majesty wants to break with Tao Gongzu, he doesn't know what to do next, whether to lead troops into the city to help Zang Xuangao, or find another way? Que Xuan said: "I am determined not to wade into this troubled water, that is, the two will not help each other." Neither help Zang Xuangao nor Tao Gongzu, the matter here is left to him. Some people don't understand: "But is that good?" If I leave like this, I'm afraid that Tao Gongzu will hold a grudge, right? ”

Que Xuan smiled and said: "If I leave like this, he Tao Gongzu will scold me twice at most, but if I go to help Zang Xuangao, I am afraid that I and Zang Xuangao may not be able to deal with him if they join forces, and I am only afraid that I will be in a difficult situation at that time." If there is no chance of winning, why should I go on this troubled water? But if I go, I didn't mix with his enemies, and he wouldn't be too angry with me, and I, although I didn't want to join forces with him, but nominally I still needed his support, so we couldn't make too much trouble, this Kaiyang City couldn't go, so we had to find another way. ”

Although the confidant and others sounded a little distorted, they were barely able to accept it, so they immediately asked, "Then has Your Majesty thought about where to take me and the others?" Que Xuan said: "In the past few days, I have also been thinking about this problem, I mean to prepare to develop to the west, first take Peiguo, and it is good to be connected with me, so that my land is connected vertically and horizontally, Xu Tu develops, and I am not afraid that he will not be able to compare with Tao Gongzu when the time comes." When everyone heard it, they naturally didn't say anything, and they all obeyed the meaning of Que Xuan: "Then when will we leave?" ”

Que Xuan said: "Naturally, it is better to be sooner rather than later, and later it will change!" "Que Xuan is secretly planning to run away here, Tao Qian naturally wouldn't have thought of it. In the eyes of Tao Qian and others, Zang Ba's letter at most made Que Xuan's position wavering and dissatisfied, and there should be no major problems. However, the matter of Que Xuan still made a fuss. After Que Xuan and his henchmen planned for a while, they pulled out the camp overnight in the next two days, and withdrew the soldiers and horses from Kaiyang City cleanly, and when Tao Qian waited for the news, Que Xuan and they had been gone for several hours. Tao Qian heard that his lungs were so angry that he almost jumped off the sickbed, and hurriedly asked someone to call Liu Bei to discuss the matter with Liu Bei.

As soon as Liu Bei came, Tao Qian told Liu Bei about the matter, and immediately declared that he was bound to capture the Que Xuan thief alive and bring it to the flag. Liu Bei also knew that Tao Qian was talking angrily, so he was silent for a long time, waiting for Tao Qian to finish speaking. Tao Qian was stunned, glanced at Liu Bei, and asked, "I'm talking about this, I don't know if you're listening to Liu Xuande?" Liu Bei nodded and said, "Tao Yuanjun's words, I will listen to every word in my heart." Tao Qian was surprised: "Since you listen to it in your heart, why don't you say a word?" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Don't worry, Bei is just thinking, if it is according to your intentions, as soon as Que Xuan leaves, you will immediately send troops to pursue, and you will have to take down the sacrificial flag in a battle, I don't know how many people and horses should be sent to do this?" I think that if there are fewer factions, it will really not help, but if there are too many factions, I am afraid that it will be mistaken again. If the thieves in the city know that something has happened to the men and horses in our city before the battle, I wonder how happy he will be, will he take the opportunity to send troops to attack us, and will the soldiers we have left behind be enough to deal with the thieves? Otherwise, even if the Que Xuan thief is captured alive, what can it do? Moreover, although Que Xuan only has thousands of men and horses in his hands, he occupies Xiapi City after all, if he knows that we are chasing, he will quickly rush back to Xiapi, and if we can't annihilate the enemy halfway, we need troops to come to Xiapi City, and then how many soldiers should be used? What is the amount of grain and grass lost? ”

Tao Qian was asked by Liu Bei, his heart was slightly startled, and he wiped his sweat and said: "Xuande's words are reasonable, however, I remember that I specially instructed Xuande before, let Xuande you must watch Que Xuan carefully, how can you not get the news until Que Xuan is gone?" Liu Bei said with a smile: "Don't hide it from you, in fact, Que Xuan is leaving, and before that, Bei also heard the news, but Bei didn't stop it." Tao Qian was stunned when he heard Liu Bei say. As soon as he was in a hurry, he coughed several times, coughing so much that his body became weak, and his face became more and more difficult to see. Liu Bei hurriedly stretched out his hand and patted Tao Qian on the back. Tao Qian shook his head lightly and looked at Liu Bei puzzled: "Xuande, Xuande, I put such a heavy responsibility on your shoulders in vain, how can you ...... Ay! ”

Listening to his sigh, it seems that he is angry and indisputable. Liu Bei didn't mind in the slightest, but glanced at Tao Qian, and asked slowly: "Bei also knew that this matter was reckless, and he didn't tell the envoy in time, but forgive me for talking too much, if Bei told you about this matter earlier, I don't know what you should do with it?" ”

"What to do?" Tao Qian was stunned by his question, and laughed three times: "Xuande, Xuande, you ask me how to deal with it?" He wants to go against me, what do you think I should do? If I persuade him not to listen, I will kill him, what else can I do? Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Kill him?" Even if he is killed by luck, then what about after that, and how will it end after that? Que Xuan's subordinates, where will they go, I'm afraid they won't easily obey you, right? In order to take revenge, most of them probably want to enter Kaiyang and defect to Zang Ba. Isn't that funding the enemy? At that time, Zang Ba will take advantage of the turmoil in my city and turn out of the city to attack us, how will we deal with it for a while? It's a dilemma! Moreover, with Que Xuan's cunning personality, is it easy to kill him? If you can't kill it, then you will erect an enemy in vain, and what good will it do to the king? ”

Tao Qian listened to Liu Bei's analysis, but he listened to it, but he thought about it, and said: "Even if this is the case, since he has rebelled, if he does not abandon the camp and leave, but attacks my army from the side, how should he deal with it?" Or did he directly contact the thieves in the city and defect to the thieves? Liu Bei smiled: "Has the envoy forgotten me, since I am watching, how can I let it succeed?" Moreover, the reason why I dealt with it like this was that I had already been sure that he would never do this, thinking that he, the 'Son of Heaven', wanted to be stable in Xuzhou, it was not necessary to make you support him behind his back, how could he be so confused and easily offend you? ”

When Tao Qian heard him say this, it seemed that this was the case, so it was not good to blame him more. turned his nose and snorted, and said: "Que Xuan, this guy left without saying hello, it is already unkind and unjust, does he think he didn't offend me?" Hmph, does he still want to ask for my forgiveness? Liu Bei said: "This can't be said like this, maybe in his opinion, he didn't get a grain of grain or a pair of clothes and armor from you before leaving, and he didn't attack you from behind, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, so in his opinion, he didn't offend you, so he naturally left openly." ”

Tao Qian sneered: "That's it, since he is gone, as long as you don't make trouble for me behind my back, I still have to be grateful to him." Liu Bei nodded and said, "It's good that you can understand this." Tao Qian thought for a while and said, "By the way, where did they go?" Liu Bei replied: "According to the report of the Tanma, it seems that they have turned back to Xiapi, but looking at their route, they should go to Peiguo." Tao Qian was stunned: "Does he want to fight Pei Guo?" Liu Bei nodded and said: "Peiguo is connected to Xiapi, if Peiguo can be defeated, it can increase the territory, it seems that he is most likely to pay attention to this." ”

Tao Qian frowned, and said: "This guy's idea is not bad, if this is the case, when he takes down Peiguo, it will be difficult for me to deal with him in the future." Speaking of this, Tao Qian coughed several times in a row, and it was obviously very difficult to say so many words. Liu Bei asked him if he was tired, if he could rest, Tao Qian was entangled in Que Xuan's matter, even if he was tired, there was no sense of sleepiness, and he still barely supported Liu Bei to talk to him.

At this time, Liu Bei's eyes flashed, and he said: "You are very worried, if you watch Que Xuan take Peiguo with this fang, I am afraid it will be too late to clean him up when I look back." I think we have to change Que Xuan's mind and let him not attack Pei Guo......" Speaking of this, Liu Bei paused and looked at Tao Qian. Tao Qian was slightly stunned, frowned, and said, "I don't know what Xuande's so-called 'not going to attack Peiguo' means?" Since he has decided something, can we easily overturn it for him? ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Everything is man-made." Thinking that he attacked Peiguo, the purpose was just to connect Xiapi and Peiguo, and in addition to this benefit, it seemed that he couldn't find it. But if he did not attack Peiguo, but instead attacked Shanyang and Rencheng, then there would be abundant grain and grass in these two places, and with his short-sighted vision, he would definitely do the same. It's a pity that his decision to attack Peiguo was made too hastily, so that he didn't think of these two good places, if someone told him, in order to be prepared, he would definitely abandon Peiguo and attack Rencheng and Shanyang. ”

Tao Qian frowned slightly, and said: "Although it will be detrimental to me to attack Peiguo and let Xiapi connect with it, but Xuande, why do you have to ask him to attack Rencheng and Shanyang, if you want to talk about grain and grass, it is not impossible to attack the nearest strategy, why do you want to go so far?" Liu Bei smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that this Rencheng and Shanyang are now in whose territory?" Hearing Liu Bei's words, Tao Qian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out two or five words: "Cao Cao, Cao Mengde!" ”

"It's Cao Cao and Cao Mengde!" Liu Bei nodded, smiled, and looked at Tao Qian, meaning that I have said everything to this point, and you Tao Gongzu should also understand. Tao Gongzu is not a fool, once he guessed Cao Cao, he immediately thought about it, and his eyes flashed: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Rencheng and Shanyang are indeed good places, and I don't hide from Xuande to know, in fact, I, Tao Qian, have also coveted these two places for a long time, but unfortunately because Xuzhou has not been decided for a while, I can't make a move, so I haven't interfered in the affairs of Yanzhou. If I want to come to Yanzhou to be controlled by eunuchs, it is really not my luck to be a big man, if I can get it, the business can be the gateway of my Xuzhou...... Ha ha. I understand what Xuande means, you Xuande asked him to attack the two places of Rencheng, if he can get it, I am lucky, there is Que Xuan this fang to guard, then I don't have to worry about directly facing Cao Cao's tiger and wolf army; And if it can't be obtained, it is tantamount to driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, using Cao Mengde's hand to get rid of Que Xuan, and at the same time weakening Cao Mengde's strength and creating a dilemma for Cao Mengde, this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, haha! ”

Tao Qian said that the more he thought about this, the happier he became, but he quickly thought that this Liu Bei deliberately let Que Xuan go, and he had already prepared for daring. If this is the case, Liu Bei's scheming is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. Although he was happy to make this scheme, but at the same time, he also had hidden worries, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to use Liu Bei so much, and whether he would be like Yuan Tan, who invisibly cultivated a Chen Nuolai. However, it seemed too early to say this at this time, and he quickly expelled these unfounded thoughts, but when he thought about it, he was sleepy. He glanced at Liu Bei and said helplessly: "This plan is good, but now that Que Xuan has gone to Peiguo, how can I convince it?" What's more, I broke my promise and didn't give him food, grass, clothes and armor, he was only afraid that he hated me too much, if he went, would he listen to me? ”

Liu Bei said: "Since ancient times, it has been said that it is profitable, and if there is no profit, it is not easy to persuade him, of course, it is not simple, we can only start from the word 'profit'." Tao Qian was stunned for a moment and asked: "Xuande means ......" Liu Bei said: "I mean, didn't he ask for grain, grass, clothes and armor, we gave it to him, he was naturally happy after he got it, and this happiness made him dizzy, they listened to what we said, and then they were afraid that he would not fall into our trap?" ”

Tao Qian listened and meditated for a while, thinking that now if he wants to persuade Que Xuan to attack Rencheng and Rencheng, he can only spend some money here. He made up his mind here, so he nodded and said, "Then this matter will be left to Xuande." Liu Bei also nodded, seeing that Tao Qian's complexion was getting worse and worse, he didn't dare to consume him here, and before he could discuss a few sentences, he came out of Tao Qian's tent. Outside the tent, Guan Yu waited for Liu Bei, and when he saw Liu Bei come out, he immediately greeted him.

Only he saw that Liu Bei's face was not good, and he seemed to have thoughts, so he immediately asked. Liu Bei told Guan Yu about the plan to persuade Que Xuan to go to Rencheng, Guan Yu heard it, nodded and said: "This is a good plan, if we can successfully persuade Que Xuan to go to Rencheng, then our army will have no worries." It's just that I see that you still seem to be worried, maybe the eldest brother thinks there is something wrong with this matter? Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry about this matter, I'm worried about Tao Gongzu." ”

"Tao Envoy-kun?" Guan Yu was stunned: "Isn't Tao Yuanjun good, why should the eldest brother worry about him?" ”

Liu Bei sighed, told Guan Yu about seeing Tao Qian's poor face in the tent, and then said: "Originally, this time the troops came in a hurry, but now it is winter again, Tao Gongzu's illness, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stay, if he can't stay, the three armies have no one to command, what is the use of waiting for me to spend money under Kaiyang City?" I'm just afraid that this time I came in a hurry, and I have to go in a hurry, and then I will cheapen the thieves in Kaiyang. Guan Yu was also stunned, if so, it was really hard to say. If even Tao Qian can't get up, who can command the three armies? Don't look at Liu Bei being reused by Tao Qian, but Liu Bei is just a foreign general, and everyone else is disobedient to him, even if Tao Qian reluctantly appoints Liu Bei as the commander, I am afraid that it will be difficult to command. Therefore, if Tao Qian is ill for a long time, I am afraid that this battle will not be able to be fought.

Of course, Liu Bei didn't have the heart to think about these at this time, so he immediately sent a person to lead the troops to recover Que Xuan, and then discussed with Que Xuan about sending troops to the city. Liu Bei here, the most reassuring thing is his second brother Guan Yu, who is to hand over this matter to Guan Yu. Guan Yu received the order, and immediately took hundreds of light horses to chase after him.

Although Que Xuan and his entourage had left a few hours early, they had too many people and horses, and they were inevitably delayed on the road, and they did not go out much. And Guan Yu and the others behind Que Xuan only chased for an hour, and they also chased Que Xuan. Que Xuan heard that someone was coming from behind, thinking that Tao Qian's pursuers had arrived, and while he was shocked and scolded, he didn't dare to be careless, and immediately put the baggage in front of him to rely on, and then put the men and horses away, each with a bow and arrows, and the sword out of the sheath, ready to fight at any time.

However, Guan Yu and the others naturally didn't come here to fight them, and when they saw that they were closer, the other party didn't leave immediately, but also slowly controlled the horse, walked over cautiously, and let people tell them that they didn't have malicious intentions here. Que Xuan saw that there were only a few people riding here, so he was relieved and let Guan Yu and the others come over. Que Xuankou immediately stepped forward and glared at Guan Yu: "What, you are not here to pursue, but what do you mean?" ”

Guan Yu was not in a hurry, pulled the horse and said: "I heard that Your Majesty suddenly withdrew his troops and horses, not only my eldest brother was surprised, but Tao Yuanjun was also puzzled, although for some reason, but the two of them respected His Majesty's decision very much, so they didn't mean to blame." It's just that Tao Yuanjun saw that His Majesty suddenly left like this, thinking that the promise he made with His Majesty had not been fulfilled, and he was afraid that His Majesty would leave because of this matter, and his heart was confused. For this reason, Tao Envoy Jun and his special general came over to say, let His Majesty take a slow step, Tao Envoy Jun promised that day of the grain and grass, clothing and armor have been in the rear, from time to time will be delivered, I hope Your Majesty smiles, but please wait a while. ”

Que Xuan thought he had heard it wrong, when did Tao Qian become so generous? But when the incident happened suddenly, they were also afraid of fraud, so they hurriedly sent people to the rear to investigate. Here, Que Xuan and Guan Yu had a few perfunctory words, only to hear Guan Yu say again: "I don't know where Your Majesty is going?" Que Xuan naturally inconvenient to say that he was going to clean up Peiguo, but he only lied because of the lack of food and grass, and was ready to turn around. Guan Yu didn't say anything, just smiled: "It turns out that this is the case, Tao Yuanjun was afraid that His Majesty would take Rencheng and Shanyang before him." ”

Que Xuan was stunned: "Rencheng, Shanyang? Why did Tao Envoy think that I would go and take these two places? ”

Guan Yu said: "Oh, Your Majesty doesn't know? As far as I know, there is plenty of grain and grass in this city and Shanyang, and if you can rely on it, why can't you raise soldiers? Tao Yuanjun was afraid that His Majesty would turn to attack these two places because of the lack of food and grass, and when the time came, he would not be able to attack before him. But now it seems that Tao Yuanjun doesn't have to worry about this. ”

Que Xuan was shocked when he heard this, and glanced at the left and right henchmen, and some of the left and right henchmen knew about it, and nodded to him surely. When Que Xuan was affirmed, he began to feel restless in his heart, and thought about it: "Although I said that if I attack Peiguo, I can connect it with Xiapi, but I can't get him but a square round of land, and there are not many actual discounts to get, and it is useless to lay down." I think that the most lacking thing in our army is grain and grass, and if the two places of Rencheng are really as rich as he said, I might as well take them instead...... As for Tao Gongzu, hehe, you also want to get it, I think it's difficult. ”

When Que Xuan thought of this, he already had a plan in his heart, but it was not easy to show it in front of Guan Yu, and he would not tell Guan Yu about his plan to attack Rencheng Erdi, but for the sake of An Taoqian's heart, he deliberately assured Guan Yu that he would never attack Rencheng's idea, so that Tao Qian could rest assured that he would attack Kaiyang. Guan Yu laughed twice in his mouth, but said in his heart: "Sure enough, the dog can't change the, as long as it's a little cheap, I want to take advantage of it, hehe, I'm not afraid that you will hide it from me, I'm afraid that you won't be fooled by me." Seeing Que Xuan's face, he also knew that Que Xuan was fooled, and he was relieved.

From time to time, the grain and grass escorted by the rear were really delivered, and Que Xuan saw that he was even more amazing, and he thought in his heart: "Tao Gongzu, this guy suddenly saw me leave, and he was afraid that I would turn to attack his rear because of this, so he immediately sent me the promised grain and grass." Haha, I can't see that Tao Gongzu eats hard or soft, and he won't be afraid of him in the future. Hehe, isn't he afraid that I will take the second land of Rencheng, and I will just go to fight with him. Speaking of which, you can't blame me, originally I only had enough grain and grass for more than ten days, if he didn't help, even if I had the heart to go to Rencheng, I couldn't, now it's okay, with these grains and grass, tsk, just on the road. Haha, when he Tao Gongzu knew that I took his grain and grass and attacked Rencheng, which he had coveted for a long time, I don't know how he Tao Gongzu would react? ”

As soon as he thought of Tao Gongzu's angry appearance in the future, he was happy.

Guan Yu finished handing over to Que Xuan, and he didn't stay here for long, he gave his hand to him, that is, pulled the horse, and went back to Kaiyang to resume his life.