Several people nodded in unison when they heard this, and what Cao Ying said was not unreasonable. Tao Qian was appointed by Emperor Ling to assassinate Xuzhou, and soon after taking office, he pacified the Yellow Turban thieves who were in rebellion in the territory, and then greatly implemented benevolent government, accepted the displaced people, encouraged Tuntian, and promoted Buddhism, Xuzhou recovered in less than three years, and even better than before.

What's more important is that Tao Qian is famous, and he has won the hearts of the people in Xuzhou, as a prince, his surname has no quarrel with the world, and he can't find an excuse to send troops. You must know that in that era, the most important thing was to be famous, and a good excuse could not only appease the people under his rule, but also make the people under the other party's rule deviate from it.

Everyone was thinking hard, and suddenly a soldier came to report in a panic: "Enlighten the lord, the big thing is not good, the old lady Cao has an accident"

Cao Ying frowned, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and said loudly: "Why are you so flustered, and tell me in detail!" ”

The pro-soldier only promised: "Old lady Cao Cao was killed by Xuzhou assassin Shi Taoqian when he was passing through Xuzhou."

"What" Cao Ying was in a hurry before he could finish listening, and "wow" spit out a mouthful of blood, standing unsteadily, and crumbling.

"Lord!" Several people hurriedly supported Cao Ying and comforted him with kind words.

Cao Ying is also a resolute person in the end, and after only a moment, he eased his expression, gritted his teeth and said: "Tao Qian, I have no grudge against you, I dare to kill my whole family, it is hateful!" I swear not to share the sky with you! After that, he turned around and shouted: "Go and invite Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren and other generals, I want to wash Xuzhou in blood and avenge my father!" ”

Xun Yu and the others felt a pang in their hearts, and secretly said that this matter is too coincidental, right? was worried about the excuse of sending troops, and such a thing happened immediately, if all this was arranged by Cao Ying, it would be terrible.

In fact, this matter really has something to do with Cao Ying, this time he pacified the Qingzhou Yellow Turban**, Cao Ying's subordinates have strategists, military generals, and Weizhen Shandong. At the beginning, Cao Song was dismissed by Dong Zhuo and returned to Chenliu for refuge, and then Chen Liu's military disaster broke out, so Cao Song took refuge in Langya, and he was safe and sound for several years.

After winning Yanzhou, Cao Ying had the idea of using troops in Xuzhou, so he sent Taishan Taishou Yingshao to Yaoya County to take his father Cao Song. Cao Song received the letter, and then he and his brother Cao De and a family of more than 40 people, with more than 100 followers, more than 100 cars, and came to Yanzhou.

But it is said that Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian Tao Gongzu is not stupid, Cao Ying is poor and innocent, how can he accommodate hundreds of thousands of displaced people? How to feed an army of two or three hundred thousand? I already vaguely felt that Cao Ying would use troops in Xuzhou. Xuzhou is the land of the four wars, there is no danger to defend at all, and Xuzhou is not united within the country, Zang Ba, who is in charge of part of the military power first, is only a cooperative relationship with him, and the county guards such as Zhenrong, Zhao Yu, and Xue Fu are also in their own ways, and the only ones who can really be used are Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others. After all, Tao Qian is only a state assassin, and nominally only has the right to supervise the queen mother of each county, not the state pastor who can monopolize power.

In the past, Cao Song was in Langya, and Tao Qian was not afraid that Cao Song would suddenly attack, but he sent someone to monitor him early in order to stay as a hostage. Now that Cao Ying wants to use troops against Xuzhou, he naturally doesn't want to give people a handle, so he sent someone to take his father's family to Yanzhou in advance.

Tao Qian, as the head snake of the ground, soon learned of this, and immediately sent the captain Zhang Min to lead 500 troops to greet him. Tried to put Cao Song under house arrest in the name of hosting a banquet and hospitality, and prevented him from leaving the country.

However, he said that this Zhang Min was originally a member of the Yellow Turban Yu Party, and he did not get any benefits after being subdued by Tao Qian, but he just reluctantly stayed to listen to the order. Seeing that Cao Song had more than 100 cars and countless belongings, he was moved by evil intentions in his heart, called the leaders of his subordinates, and discussed in a quiet place: "We are the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party, and we are reluctant to surrender to Tao Qian, and there is no benefit. Now the Cao family has countless heavy vehicles, and it is not difficult to get rich and noble, but tonight three watches, everyone cut in, killed Cao Song's family, took the property, and went to the mountains to fall into the grass. What is the plan? All agreed. That night, Zhang Min led 500 troops to catch up with Cao Song's convoy, and without saying a word, he slashed with a knife. Ying Shao, who was in charge of this matter, only had two hundred soldiers, how could he stop Zhang Hong's five hundred yellow turban elites in a hurry? Cao Song's two brothers and their wives and concubines were all killed, and Zhang Min led 500 people to flee to Huainan with their belongings. Only Ying Xun barely escaped under the escort of his subordinates, but he indirectly killed Cao Ying's family, knowing that Cao Ying would never let him go. After discussing with his subordinates, he hurriedly took a small property from Taishan and rushed north to Yecheng, Jizhou to join Ma Chao.

However, it was said that Cao Ying was eager to avenge his father, and almost poured out of the nest, leaving only Manzhong and Cheng Yu, leading 30,000 troops to guard Juancheng, Fanxian, and Dong'e counties, and the rest went to Xuzhou. Xiahoudun, Yu Ban, and Gao Ran were the vanguards, and they invaded Xuzhou with an army of 100,000. Cao Ying ordered Dan to win the city and slaughter all the people in the city to take revenge on his father.

As for Lu Bu in Yingchuan, Cao Ying was not worried, because Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao and Chen Gong enough to contain Lu Bu, after all, Lu Bu only had more than 20,000 parts, and it was okay to defend the city, and it was not enough to send troops to attack the city and plunder the land, not to mention that Zhang Miao was also a prince all the way, and his troops were only stronger than Lu Bu, and he had a good relationship with Cao Ying, and he would never let Lu Bu attack Yanzhou.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch, but it was said that Xun You rushed to Yingchuan on the order of Ma Chao to persuade Lu Bu to send troops to Yanzhou. Xun Youguan worshiped the military master and sacrificed wine, and led five or six intimate obedients to Yingchuan with the edict of the Son of Heaven. Entering Yangzhai City, Xun You did not rush to persuade Lu Bu, but first visited his old friends Guo Jia and Du Xi.

That night, the three of them had a drink in Guo Jia's mansion. Guo Jia was born in a dilapidated small family, and had a vision when he was young, listening to Sima Hui's lectures in Yingchuan Academy, and then he lived in seclusion, secretly befriending Yingjie, and did not associate with the world. Therefore, except for people who are in the same way, few people know his name.

Du Xi is also from a small family, and he is friends in the same circle with Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan and other talented people in Yingchuan. Since Li Dao sent troops to plunder Yingchuan, Du Xian has been fleeing in all directions. And because of the chaos in Jingzhou, Du Xi did not go to Liu Biao's men as a diner as in history, but went to Yangzhai City to join his old friend Guo Jia. As the saying goes: rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, and Lu Bu will not plunder the common people in the city no matter how virtuous he is! Therefore, it has been safe for two years!

After the greetings, Xun You said: "It is a troubled time, and it is also an era of heroes and heroes. ”

Guo Jia said: "Gongda has already identified the master, why do you need to ask again? Could it be that in Gongda's heart, the champion Hou Fei is the master of the world? ”

Xun You smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said, "Definitely!" Champion Hou's talent is beyond the reach of ordinary people! The magnitude of the plot is beyond the expectation of my generation, and it is also doubtful! ”

Du Xi said: "The champion Hou coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the plotter is nothing more than the Ninety-Five!" Gongda's words are too much! ”

Xun You shook his head and said, "You two don't know!" Pacifying the world is just the first step of the champion Hou, and the real highlight is still to come. After a pause, he asked, "Do you two know what this world looks like?" Do you know what the other side of the ocean looks like? What is the situation of the Great Qin Empire west of the Western Regions? ”

A series of three questions made the two of them look at each other, as if falling into a fog. Guo Jia asked: "Could it be that Brother Gongda knows!" ”

Xun You said: "I didn't know before, since the champion Hou Fang knew that there is a heaven outside the sky, in addition to the land of our thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, there are many vast and boundless lands in the world, and there are countless ethnic groups, which is really eye-opening!" ”

Du Xi said: "There is such a thing? Please give it a try! ”

Xun You did not hide it, and directly copied some of the "nonsense" that Ma Chao said, although this knowledge was a little unbelievable at the time, but the Western Great Qin Roman Empire was real, and people with a little insight knew about it, and the famous Silk Road was indirectly traded with Rome. As for corn, sweet potatoes and other crops, although everyone can't believe everything, Ma Chao can't make up these things out of thin air, and it may not be said that they really exist.

The two of them were silent when they heard this, their brows furrowed, and after a long time, Guo Jia sighed: "Before, the general of Fenwu Cao Ying sent someone to recruit the two of us, I look at the general trend of the world, Cao Ying is sandwiched between Yuan Shao and Ma Chao, the strength is the weakest, although there is a military strategy, but it is difficult to climb to the sky if you want to achieve great things." Yuan Shao in the south is relatively powerful, but his concept of people is very deep, the etiquette is complicated, the outside is wide and the inside is taboo, and the achievements are limited! Jingzhou Liu Biao and Xuzhou Tao Qian are both dogs guarding the house, sooner or later it will be difficult to escape the situation of destruction, in addition to the champion Hou, only Jiangdong Sun Jian and Shuzhong Liu Yan can compete with it, and the one who depends on it is just a natural danger! ”

Xun You said: "My family master is determined to expand externally, and he just wants to end the civil war in this troubled world as soon as possible, and he is unwilling to start a war with the princes of the Kwantung region at the moment, and the worry is nothing more than to preserve the vitality of the Han nation." At present, the lord sent Pang De as the commander, with Fa Zheng and Xu Shu as military advisors, waving 50,000 troops to Hanzhong, and Liangzhou Mu Han also sent troops to smash Mianzhu from behind. This time, he personally sat in Yecheng, and the plotters were none other than Youzhou and Qingerzhou. If the act goes well, half of the Han can be included in the bag, under the deterrence of millions of armor soldiers, the princes of all walks of life can only bow down and surrender all the way, so as to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight. ”

Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "Another reason is that I am afraid that the princes of the Kanto region will unite to fight against it, right?" Champion Hou is far-sighted, and the result is very human! As I expected, Brother Gongda came to Yang Zhai to persuade Lu Bu to weaken Cao Ying by Lu Bu's hand and to kill people with a knife! ”

"Yes!" Xun You didn't hide it, and said suddenly: "The two of them are full of economic wealth, have talents from heaven and earth, born in troubled times, just choose the master and do things, achieve a career, and go down in history." Wouldn't such condescension bury what you have learned in the countryside? Champion Hou has great ambitions, loves the people like a son, benevolence is all over the world, at this moment is the time to employ people, if the two want to be a leader, they are willing to be recommended people, Bao Er and so on can be on the stage of history to show their strength, glory and wealth, and leave a name in history. (To be continued.) )