Guo Jia and Xiahoudun led the army into Xuzhou City, and when they were stationed on the border of Xuzhou, Xuchang also had an army in the direction of Xuzhou.

The leader of this army is none other than Cao Cao, who is shouldering the revenge of killing his father and is bent on avenging Cao Song.

An army of 20,000 or 30,000 people drove out of Xuchang City, and there was no sound along the way except for the footsteps of the soldiers walking and the occasional neighing of the war horses.

All the soldiers of Cao Cao's army were all tied with sackcloth on their heads, and their faces were angry, as if they were going to raze the entire Xuzhou to the ground when they arrived in Xuzhou.

Leading the team forward, a fast horse galloped from the front, to a place more than ten steps away from Cao Cao, the cavalry on horseback pulled the reins, stopped the war horse, ran quickly in front of Cao Cao, took out a letter from his arms, raised his hands high, and said to Cao Cao: "Qi Ming Gong, the military advisor sent a letter!" ”

Knowing that it was a letter sent by Guo Jia, Cao Cao bent down, took the letter from the soldier's hand, opened it and read it carefully.

Looking at the letter, Cao Cao's brows tightened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes in an instant.

Cheng Yu, who followed Cao Cao and saw that Cao Cao's expression was wrong, hurriedly whispered to Cao Cao and asked, "Ming Gong, what's wrong?" ”

Cao Cao didn't speak, just handed the letter to Cheng Yu, gritted his teeth and said: "The military advisor wants to only feint to attack Xuzhou, but a certain person has a grudge against Tao Qian to kill his father, how can he swallow this breath?" ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Cheng Yu did not answer immediately, but unfolded the letter and looked carefully at what Guo Jia said.

After reading the letter, Cheng Yu's eyelids lowered slightly, and then said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong, what the military advisor said is not bad? ”

"Even you see it that way?" Before Cheng Yu's words came out, Cao Cao glared at him, and said angrily: "Could it be that the revenge of killing his father is not avenged?" ”

"It's not that you don't report it, but you report it thoroughly!" Cao Cao, who was shrewd in the past, was now carried away by hatred, Cheng Yu knew that if the words were inappropriate, Cao Cao would definitely be furious, and hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Even if Tao Qian is really dead, in the future, if he breaks through Xuzhou, the Duke of Ming can also get him out of the grave and kill the corpse to vent his anger." As for Tao Qian's family, regardless of men, women, old and young, they will all be killed! ”

The thought of watching Tao Qian die at home made Cao Cao feel a burst of pain in his chest.

Just when Cheng Yu also wanted to persuade Cao Cao, Cao Cao, who was riding on horseback, suddenly covered his head with both hands and shouted: "Hurt me!" ”

With a loud shout, Cao Cao fell off his horse.

The two soldiers who followed Cao Cao, seeing that he was about to get off the horse, hurriedly jumped up and supported him with their bodies, so that he did not fall and bleed.

Cao Cao suddenly had a headache, and the army had to be stationed for the time being.

For three or four days in a row, Cao Cao fell into a coma, but he was in a hurry to the staff and generals who accompanied Cao Cao on the expedition.

It wasn't until the evening of the fourth day that Cao Cao woke up leisurely.

When he awoke, all his staff and generals gathered around his bed.

Lying on the bed, looking around at the staff and generals gathered around him, Cao Cao sighed leisurely, slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of turbid tears rolled down his cheeks with the movement of his closed eyes.

After a long time, when Cao Cao opened his eyes again, he said to the people around him: "According to the words of the military division, feint to attack Xuzhou ......"

Just saying this, Cao Cao turned his head to the side again, closed his eyes, and never looked at the staff and generals around him.

Although he is a generation of heroes, he also has a weak side in his heart.

His biological father was killed, even if it was Cao Cao, it was difficult to suppress the grief in his heart. What made it even more difficult for him to choose was that the enemy was in Xuzhou, but he could only watch the enemy die and have a whole corpse.

The people gathered in Cao Cao's tent glanced at each other, and they didn't know how to comfort Cao Cao, so they retreated and left Cao Cao's tent.

In the city of Xuzhou, Tao Qian learned that Cao Cao's army was approaching Xuzhou, and he also regretted it very much in his heart, so he sent someone to intercept Cao Song, and under the fright, he couldn't afford to be sick.

Lying on the bed, Tao Qian ordered someone to call all the family members to him.

Tao Qian, who was dying, looked around at the family members around him, let out a long breath, and said to his family with endless remorse in his tone: "Uncle Liu Huang came to Xuzhou and told a certain Cao Cao about all kinds of unbearable. A certain regret should not have a brain fever for a while, but he didn't listen to the emperor's uncle's words, and ordered Zhang Min to intercept and kill Cao Song. Now that a certain person is about to die, you still have to live, if there is something, you can ask the imperial uncle to come and discuss......"

Surrounding Tao Qian, everyone was teary-eyed, and from Tao Qian's weak speech, they all knew that he must be dead soon.

Just as everyone was listening to Tao Qian's instructions, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the door of his bedroom.

"Tao Gong!" As soon as he arrived at the door, Liu Bei held on to the door frame and howled: "Tao Cheng is in the prime of life, and he was still talking and laughing with a certain person earlier, but why is he bedridden at this time?" ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei staggered, threw himself to Tao Qian's side, stroked Tao Qian's bloodless hand, and said to Tao Qian with tears on his face: "Cao Cao's army is approaching Xuzhou, Tao Gong must take care of himself, and when Cao's army comes, lead the soldiers to fight the enemy!" ”

Lying on the cover, looking at Liu Bei who was full of tears, Tao Qian shook his head weakly, and said to Liu Bei: "If this Xuzhou is handed over to several sons of a certain to guard, I am afraid that it will not take long before it will fall into the hands of Cao Cao." If Uncle Huang doesn't give up, Xuzhou's soldiers and horses will be handed over to Uncle Huang's command to help me Xuzhou not be broken by Cao thieves! ”

"Don't worry, Gong Tao will definitely do his best to help Gongzi break the enemy!" Holding hands with Tao Qian, Liu Bei said to him with tears on his face: "This Xuzhou will definitely not fall into the hands of Cao Cao." ”

Nodding his head slowly, Tao Qian closed his eyes very tiredly.

Seeing Tao Qian close his eyes, Liu Bei stood up, clasped his hands into fists, bowed to Tao Qian, and said to Tao Qian: "I will go to receive soldiers and horses and prepare to resist Cao!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Bei raised his arm, wiped away his tears, and turned around and exited Tao Qian's bedroom.

After Liu Bei left, Tao Qian opened his eyes again and stretched out his hand to the eldest son Tao Shang who was kneeling beside him.

Seeing Tao Qian stretch out his hand, the pottery merchant hurriedly held Tao Qian's hand tightly with both hands, and looked at Tao Qian with tears on his face.

"It's useless for the father!" Lying on the bed, turning his head to look at the potter, Tao Qian said to the potter in a very gloomy tone: "When you go to be a father, you have to work with your brother to listen to Uncle Liu Huang's placement and help him do his best to break Cao." This Xuzhou will belong to the two of you brothers in the future, but don't just play chess and delay business......"

"Father, don't worry!" Holding Tao Qian's hand tightly with both hands, the potter sobbed and said to Tao Qian: "The son will definitely govern this Xuzhou properly and not disgrace his father's name." ”

With the promise of the potter, Tao Qian glanced at Tao Ying who was kneeling beside the potter again, and it was not until Tao Ying also nodded silently with tears in his eyes that he closed his eyes with relief.

At the moment when Tao Qian closed his eyes, two people suddenly rushed in from outside the door.

The two of them, dressed in the armor of the general of the Xuzhou army, led a hundred and ten soldiers, rushed to the house, and one of them shouted loudly: "Tao Gong, the Cao army is coming, if there is no one in charge of this Xuzhou, what should I do?" ”

"We have already served Uncle Liuhuang, and Tao Gong will give this Xuzhou to Uncle Huang, what can we do?" As soon as the general who spoke first finished speaking, another general took over and proposed to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

It was none other than the Mi Zhu Mi Fang brothers under Tao Qian's command who rushed into the house.

Tao Qian, who had already closed his eyes, heard the two of them talking, his body was suddenly full of strength for some reason, he sat up suddenly, raised his hand and pointed at the two, his eyes were round, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "poof", fell headlong, and then there was no sound.

"Father!" Tao Qian fell, and the pottery merchant and Tao Ying brothers hurriedly pounced on him, howling and shaking him, as if they wanted to shake him awake.

"Tao Gong!" Tao Qian didn't move, and the room suddenly wailed, and the servants and maids knelt together.

Leading the soldiers, the Mi Zhu Mi Fang brothers who were blocking the door, but there was no expression on their faces, Mi Zhu pulled out some of the long sword at his waist, and shouted at everyone in the house: "The two of us recommend Uncle Liu Huang to be the pastor of Xuzhou, who are you waiting for?" Stand up and speak! ”

"Father, why are you ......waiting?" Mi Zhu's voice fell, Tao Ying took a step forward, raised his hand to Mi Zhu, and asked in a trembling voice.

But before he finished speaking, the potter on the side hurriedly hugged him, his eyes full of tears, and shook his head at him.

Seeing the Tao Shang shaking his head, Tao Ying knew that if he talked too much, he was afraid that he would really be in a different place today, so he stopped speaking, and just let the tears run across his face.

"Tao Gong!" Just when Mi Zhu Mi Fang forced the Tao Shang brothers to give up the position of Xuzhou Mu, a howl suddenly came from outside the door, and Liu Bei rushed in from outside the house, pounced on Tao Qian, and cried loudly.

"Why don't you go get the seal?" Liu Bei lay on Tao Qian's body and cried loudly, but Mi Zhu glared at the pottery merchant and shouted loudly.

was drunk by Mi Zhu, Tao Shang knew that his life was all in Liu Bei's hands, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran to the back hall to get the big seal of Xuzhou Mu, held it with both hands, held it high above his head, and said to Liu Bei, who was still lying on Tao Qian's body and crying bitterly: "Uncle Liuhuang, my brothers have no talent and no virtue, and today I am willing to let Xuzhou to Uncle Huang......"

Hearing that the potter was going to give Xuzhou to him, Liu Bei turned his head, his face was still full of snot and tears, and said to the potter: "A certain is a guest, how can he be willing to get this Xuzhou, the son is like this, don't you have to fall into injustice?" This seal, a certain categorically refused to accept! ”