"This day I am Xuzhou! However, the blame lies with Tao Qian alone, but Tao Qian does not want to affect his father and fellow villagers. Now, in order to report that the people of Xuzhou were not slaughtered by Cao thieves, Wenju was also asked to take over as Xuzhou pastor. With the name of the world, Cao Cao will not dare to usurp and rebel, so he can retreat from Cao's army! ”

Originally, Wei Tao thought that this invitation was to discuss how to retreat from Cao Cao, but what Wei Tao didn't expect was that Tao Qian would be like this again as soon as he opened his mouth.

"No, no, never!"

No matter what Tao Qian had in mind, for a great Confucian gentleman like Kong Rong, he would never be able to bear it.

The two pushed back and forth, but for a while, they were at a stalemate.

The others didn't feel anything, but the more Wei Tao looked at it, the more impatient he became, and finally understood why the coalition forces in the past were fighting Dong, and Cao Cao was disheartened and pursued Dong Zhuo, and left directly after defeat.

At that time, I didn't feel that I had less contact with the princes of the coalition army, but now I have more contact, but Wei Tao is bored for a while.

Can this be done?

"Mr. Wenju, I thought you could also grant this position first, and then return it to the son of Tao Gong after Cao Cao retreated, I don't know what I think?"

At this moment, another person spoke, and when he saw this person, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and the person who opened his mouth to persuade was none other than Xun You.

Xun You ignored the many eyes that looked at him, but smiled slightly and continued.

"If Mr. Wenju can take charge of Xuzhou Mu, then there may be a plan to retire Cao Cao."

"This ......"

Kong Rong, who was originally resolute in refusal, hesitated for a while, if he could avoid a catastrophe, it would be nothing to Kong Rong even if it damaged his reputation. What's more, Xun You's policy does not need to tarnish his name.

On the contrary, Tao Qian's face changed slightly at this time. But Tao Qian was ready to shoot at this time. If he regrets it at this time, then Tao Qian's reputation in his life will be ruined, which is also what Tao Qian wants.

"What Mr. Gongda said is extremely true, not to mention that Wenju's own ability is above the old man, and he can be in charge of a state, even now the old man has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he should have been seeking the next lord of Xuzhou, but the two sons of the old man are not talented. If it can't be trusted, it is entrusted to the Wenju, how can the Wenju not be accepted? ”

"This ...... This ......"

Tao Qian's repeated earnest words finally moved Kong Rong, Kong Rong's face changed, and after a while, his face was certain, and he bowed to Tao Qian and then said seriously.

Originally, the official position should have been appointed by His Majesty, but now His Majesty is in the hands of martial artists, and Xuzhou is facing persecution by Cao Cao, so he has no choice but to take office temporarily. When Cao Cao retreats, Rong will return his position to the hands of Tao Envoy. If there is a violation of this word, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and you will not be able to die! ”

The people present can have Tian Kai, Wei Tao and other state pastors, Kong Rong made a promise, if he doesn't admit it, even if the two of them start an army to fight, I'm afraid that no one in the world will think it's inappropriate.

Kong Rong really deserves to be a gentleman, even Wei Tao can't help but admire three points for doing this.

In fact, it is true, after taking over the Xuzhou seal handed over by Kong Rong, Kong Rong immediately turned around, walked in front of Xun You, and then bowed respectfully.

"I believe in the name of the Xun family, and I hope that Gong Damo will disappoint me. Dare to ask Mr. Gongda if he has a strategy to retreat from the enemy? ”

"The adults will find out about this tomorrow."

Xun You smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"General, I don't know ......"

Seeing that Xun You didn't answer, Kong Rong was slightly stunned, and then wanted to ask Wei Tao, but unfortunately Wei Tao didn't know what Xun You wanted, but he still trusted Xun You Wei Tao very much, so he also said.

"Tomorrow the battle will be known by Mr. Wenju!"

In this way, Kong Rong was also helpless, so he had to wait for the second day to understand.

The next day, Cao Cao was to make people challenge, and got the elite soldiers of Xuzhou led by Cao Bao, which restored the strength of Cao's army, although those soldiers were not good to attack Xuzhou City, but it was not a problem to protect the rear camp after mixing.

Of course, Wei Tao is not without benefits, now Kong Rong is the pastor of Xuzhou, and Kong Rong obviously does not attach as much importance to military power as Tao Qian, and allocated all the elite soldiers retained in Xuzhou to Wei Tao, so that he can barely gather an army of 15,000 people.

"Knock knock ......"

Out of the city, I saw that the Cao army array was in front of it, and the soldiers were even more majestic, on the other hand, Wei Tao's side, although it was also lined up, but there was always a look of fear.

"Ziyu, do you dare to go out of the city to fight me? The army of the night attack has been taken by me, so I can't help but make the city a prisoner of my ranks! ”

Cao Cao rode out on horseback and shouted suddenly.

"Our army will win, and the Xuzhou army will not be the opponent of our army!"

"Victory! Win! Win! ”

Sure enough, after the big victory, Cao Jun's morale reached its peak again, and under the three shouts and shouts, the sound shook the world and made people unconsciously frightened.

Just seeing this momentum, Wei Tao understands that if he really fights against Cao Jun, just like this, it is not enough, if he really wants to guard, I am afraid that he can only use the thick walls of Xiapi City to resist the wear.

However, when I talked to Xun Yu yesterday, although Wei Tao also didn't know about his plan from him, he already had some speculation in his heart, so he was calm at this time.

"I've seen General Mengde."

Xun You was not polite, and he just walked to the front of the battle and saluted Cao Cao.

"The general's attack on Xuzhou is to avenge his father, I don't know if I think so? Now that I heard that the culprit has been captured by the general, why does the general still not retreat? ”

Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou with such fanfare, even if those thieves fled to other states, no one would protect them, and after they were captured, they were given to Cao Cao.

"Humph! The rebels who harmed my father are hateful, but if it weren't for the old thief Tao Qian who made people like this, how could my father be killed? I also heard Wen Ruoyan say that Gongda's power is changing and the enemy is ahead of the curve, but now Gongda is going to be a three-inch move? ”

Cao Cao said that this is the case, but in fact, it can be said that all people of insight understand that they have invaded Xuzhou until now. Cao Cao is no longer just to avenge his father. More importantly, Xuzhou was brought under its command.

itself has occupied Yanzhou. If he can capture Xuzhou again, then Cao Cao's strength will naturally be greatly enhanced.

Although Wei Tao still had some heart to help Cao Cao even at this time, Wei Tao's thinking had gradually changed.

Originally, when Wei Tao thought that his family was funding Cao Cao at the beginning and allowing him to recruit troops, his plan was to join Cao Cao's army, and when the time came, it should not be difficult to become a trusted confidant general like Guo Jia and others with his own ability.

After all, Cao Cao has also fallen into crisis several times in his life, as long as he can save him. Then Cao Cao must have trusted him.

Moreover, Wei Tao's ambition has always been to expel foreign races, and he has the same ambition as Cao Cao, so it is not impossible to gain Cao Cao's trust in the future, and use his troops to resist or even expel foreign races.

But now the situation has changed a little, Wei Tao himself also has a lot of strength, although it is not as good as Cao Cao's subordinates, and the soldiers are elite, but it is impossible to put it into Cao Cao's account at will.

What's more, in today's situation, Wei Tao also understands that having his own strength is the only way to better realize his ambitions.

So it's now. Wei Tao's thoughts have changed somewhat, after all, he has been all his life. Cao Cao can still be said to be loyal to the Han family, if he can work with Cao Cao to support the Han Dynasty and make a contribution to the Han people, then it may be the most appropriate approach.

Since this is the case, it is naturally impossible to be like a subordinate, everything is for Cao Cao's consideration, and Wei Tao must also consider suppressing the growth of his strength.

"Ha Lu Ha...... Cao Mengde, I dare to ask, how is your strength better than that Dong Zhuo? In the past, Dong Zhuo could only flee in the face of the allied forces of the world, relying on the danger of the checkpoint to resist the enemy. Now Yanzhou and Xuzhou are all flat rivers, if there is an army attacking, why should you refuse? ”

Xun You smiled at this time.

"There are many heroes in the world, only you, Cao Mengde, monopolize the land of the two states, how can the heroes of the world tolerate it? Besides, now that Tao Qian has abdicated to make way for Xian, please get the world's great Confucian Kong Wenju as the pastor of Xuzhou, if he attacks Xuzhou again, wouldn't it be a shame for the world? Now it is adjacent to Jizhou in the north, and Yangzhou is adjacent to it in the south. ”

Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, Yangzhou Mu Yuan Shu, although the Yuan family has not yet fully mastered the place of these two states, but if Cao Cao really occupies this Xuzhou, then I am afraid that he will really be attacked from both sides.

"Haha......ha Gongda is really talented! It's a pity that Gongda has entered Ziyu's tent, otherwise I will invite him! ”

Cao Cao naturally didn't know the truth of the Dao, but now that Xun Yu broke it, he immediately laughed loudly.

"However, if you want to rely on this, I will return to Yanzhou regardless of the loss of troops, I'm afraid it's still a little impossible! Although Tao Qian gave up the position of Xuzhou pastor, it is an indisputable fact that my father died because of it. ”

Obviously, just by relying on the words of the moment, if you want to make Cao Cao submit, it is simply impossible.

"General Meng De, as far as I know, Xuzhou has come to Xuzhou to raise a large army, Yanzhou is already empty, if there are soldiers from the north to the south, I am afraid that Yanzhou will also be difficult to protect, the general does not care?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, not only Cao Cao, but also Wei Tao was stunned, and he didn't understand why Xun You said this.

After all, he came to Xuzhou only to ask Mi Zhu to help, and it was impossible for him to transfer troops to attack Xuzhou from the state. Xun You's threatening words were useful to others, but to Cao Cao, he could see through them at a glance.

"Humph!"

Cao Cao really snorted coldly, but Xun You didn't care at all, and said slowly.

"What's more, after several months of fighting, the grain and grass in the general's camp should be insufficient, if my main force guards Xiapi, then if there is a stalemate for three months, the general may have to retreat. In this way, it is inappropriate to think that the general attacked Pi Cheng at this time. ”

Speaking of this, Xun You paused slightly, and then his expression suddenly changed.

"How about a gamble with the general? Before my lord sent several generals to fight with General Cao, but unfortunately the battle was not over at that time, and now it is a comparison, if General Mengde wins, I and the state soldiers are no longer concerned about Xuzhou, if our army wins, it is to Xiaopei as the boundary, please retreat how about the general? ”

Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu deeply.

I have to say that Xun You's words hit Cao Cao's heart, for Cao Cao, he also knew that Lu Dao couldn't control the land of the two states with his current strength, and the best thing was to occupy Xiao Pei.

It's just that people's hearts are insufficient, and at this time of the battle, Cao Cao did not have the idea of going down to Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

"Is that true?"

Cao Cao set his sights on Wei Tao, and such a major event was naturally decided by Wei Tao.

"Naturally, take it seriously."

Wei Tao had already guessed that it would be inevitable if it was a battle, so he was very sure that he would respond to the words.

"Good! How are you going to gamble? ”

Since Cao Cao agreed, he didn't mean to regret it, so he just asked.

"How about a military flag for gambling? Bet on if we can shoot down this flag with an arrow! ”

Xun You raised his hand and pointed that it was Cao Cao who hung the military flag high behind him.

The military flag is equivalent to the general status of the chief general in the army, if the military flag falls, it often means that the main general has fallen, if the military flag can not be set up immediately, the army will be greatly impacted, and even cause collapse.

After all, in this era, there is no means of long-range communication, except for sending people to deliver messages, relying on military flags.

"Shoot from?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"How about being bounded by where I am?"

Although because Cao Cao was on the battlefield, the banner representing the main general was also moved forward, but Xun You's location was also a hundred steps away from the flag, and the flag was hung high, even several top generals in Cao Cao's army couldn't.

"Okay, I don't know who is fighting in the road? Zhang Wenyuan? Or Wei Ziyu, you come in person? ”

Cao Cao nodded, his gaze swept away.

Wei Tao shook his head secretly, Wei Tao is naturally proficient in archery, but he can't shoot down the flag with an arrow, and Zhang Liao is the same.

"General Ziyi, the safety of Xuzhou is entrusted to you."

At this moment, Xun You arched his hand to Tai Shi Ci next to him.

"Now Mr. Wenju is the pastor of Xuzhou, and this is an arrow related to the safety of Xuzhou, and only the general is qualified to shoot it."

"No!"

Tai Shi Ci was only slightly stunned, that is, in response, and then quickly took the bow and arrow from his back, aimed at the flag, only to see that the bow was pulled by Tai Shi Ci, and the bow was bent like a full moon!

Seeing that it was Tai Shici, Cao Cao was slightly stunned, but he didn't say anything, and as soon as he raised his hand, he suddenly saw a shocking shout behind him.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In the midst of the landslide shout, Tai Shi Ci was in a daze, and concentrated on aiming, and after a long time, his hand suddenly loosened, and an arrow shot straight at the flag like thunder and lightning.

"Whew!"

With a soft sound, the arrow swept straight by, and suddenly I saw that Cao Jun's banner was suddenly crooked, and it fell slowly, and under one arrow, Tai Shici shot it down!

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