Cao Bao, after Lu Bu came to help, cooperated with his soldiers and horses many times, and married his daughter to Lu Bu as his side wife, and the relationship with him is very familiar.

Even tied to one, in fact, it is also to have another way out.

Their civil and military forces in Xuzhou are well aware of Tao Qian's inability to return to the sky, and they are also looking for another way.

After all, most of the people who can achieve something in troubled times are not stupid people.

It's just that Tao Qian has been good to them for several years, and when he governed Xuzhou, he was committed to implementing a benevolent and virtuous government to win the hearts of the people.

Now, the lord told him about it in front of him and asked Lu Bu to lead Xuzhou.

If Lu Bu leads Xuzhou, he can recruit troops to grow, and he can get the Danyang soldiers under his command to be attached, at least he can hold Xuzhou from being attacked.

And there are many generals under his command, all of whom are fierce generals who have fought for many years, maybe they can really make Cao Cao helpless.

Most importantly.

The lord did not take Xuzhou, and after retreating, Cao Cao's reason could not stand.

His so-called attack on Xu because his father was killed, and his menacing momentum will be stopped.

Of course, this also means that his own lord has really been forced to this step by Cao **, so he made this decision.

"I'm afraid of Liu Bei......"

Cao Bao wanted to speak and stopped, he knew that saying this at this time was a bit of a suspicion of slandering others, so he immediately laughed twice and changed his words: "No, actually, he is worried about the two brothers around him." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Tao Qian let out a long sigh and said, "Liu Bei is still a loyal person. ”

"He will follow my decision and let him go to Xiaqiu in the south and garrison Huailing, but he will refuse Yangzhou in the south and aid Xiapi in the north."

"Lu Bu will guard my Xuzhou land in the future, if he is willing to make friends with Liu Bei, the two of them will work together to keep it for a long time."

"If Cao Cao attacks the south and goes around, then Lu Bu can send troops to attack and disturb."

"If Pi is captured, Liu Bei can send troops to help, so that although the general trend is irreversible, it can make Cao Cao exhausted."

"This is the last plan I can think of."

"These days, I have already made it clear to Gongyou and others that the checks and balances of the three factions in Xuzhou cannot be broken, and now although the Chen family and other scholars are useless, they still have to be courteous, respect them, and not have the slightest neglect, and then stabilize the situation, and then let them return to their positions, dominate internal affairs, and promote personnel."

"Help me burn these letters."

"In the future, my wife and children will be handed over to you, and I have no desire to join the government, but I just want them to be rich ordinary people."

"......"

Cao Bao's heart tightened.

Leave it to the future?

His mood was clouded for a moment, and he knew that he had made a mistake.

He thought that the lord was going to hide behind the scenes and watch the situation change, but he didn't expect that he had reached the end of the crossbow and was half buried.

Is this his final arrangement for Xuzhou?

Thinking of this, Cao Bao reached out and borrowed the fragments of the letter handed over by Tao Qian.

Silk cloth, letters, bamboo slips.

Most of them are broken parts, which are what they seized in the fire pit in Cao Cao's camp, and Cao Bao has also seen it, but at this time Tao Qian clearly said that he would burn it.

He knew what it meant.

However, there is an imbalance in the heart.

Many of these letters are true.

Cao Bao knew that Xi Zhicai and Chen Deng were communicating with each other, although it was wartime, but the secret agents on both sides could not be eliminated, and Xuzhou was in Cao Ying, and there were still bright and secret agents who were investigating.

In addition, there are still among the people.

That's the case, in an extremely difficult situation, Xi Zhicai also sent someone to send a letter to Chen Deng, that is, to frame him.

The epistle was half-burned and left, leaving these traces, not for the sake of framing.

"My lord, the last general understands."

Cao Bao pinched the letter and put it into his arms.

He listened to everything, but Chen Deng's father and son had never sincerely surrendered to the lord over the years, and he had always kept this matter in his heart.

The people of this scholar clan don't look down on ordinary people, nor do they look down on military generals.

But he is doing things that are pretentious and close to the Cao family.

Burn these letters?

Cao Bao didn't plan to burn it down immediately.

……

Seven days later.

Tao Qian died of illness.

Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others to take soldiers and horses to Huailing and Xiaqiu to station.

And he went to Xuzhou alone to worship.

And congratulate Lu Bu on obtaining Xuzhou.

Lu Bu was a memorial for the table, wearing a white robe, because he received Xuzhou, he recognized Tao Qian as his lord, and it was because of this that Tao Qian's previous subordinates would recognize him.

In this way, he met Liu Bei.

The two talked for a long time, and then left.

Tao Qian was mourned.

The news will naturally spread throughout the north and south, and after the autumn harvest, the Cao army may attack again, in short, Lu Bu will not be in peace in the following days.

Liu Bei returned to Xiaqiu that night.

The three brothers drank a meal with Sun Qian and the people of the Mi family.

In the end, two Confucian scribes, Sun Qian and Jian Yong, were left.

The five of them took advantage of the wine and talked about the current situation in Fuhan.

"Tao Gong, worthy of being the lord of a state, before the funeral, you can arrange all the things in Xuzhou, I naturally admire, now Xiaqiu, Huailing land is not as rich as the hinterland, but it also gave me a place to stay."

"As for Lu Bu, he has soldiers and horses in his hands, a military general, and married the daughter of Cao Bao, so he can just lead the land of Xuzhou."

The most important thing is that after Liu Bei understood the situation in Xuzhou, he had already taken away the two commoners, Sun Qian and Mi Zhu, who were extremely rich and had strong assets.

These two families are not the inheritance of the scholars, but they want to seek a change in the identity of the scholars in the troubled times.

"Oh, according to me, it should be the eldest brother who leads Xuzhou!! That Tao Qian, who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai! Zhang Fei was quite resentful, and drank a few sips of stuffy wine and became angry.

The three brothers came to Xuzhou at the most critical time, which can be said to have strengthened Tao Qian's momentum and stabilized his military spirit a little.

I also lost Zilong for this!

Now I don't know where Zilong is, I'm afraid he has been imprisoned by Cao Cao.

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense," Liu Bei pretended to be angry and glared at Zhang Fei, "We are not here to plot against Xuzhou. ”

"Tao Gong handed over Xuzhou to Lu Bu because of his reputation abroad and his generals."

"And we, living in Huailing, are in the south of Xuzhou, so we can defend the land of Xiapi in many ways, and then defend Tan County."

Tan County is not lost, Langya is still there.

Gradually, the people will be at peace.

Sun Qian smiled and said, "Actually, if the lord does this, it is still Xuande Gong who is looking forward to you." ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei smiled calmly, "Gongyou, tell me, how to face me?" ”

"When the people's hearts are settled and Lu Bu is defeated, he will naturally miss the government of benevolence and virtue, and the people of Xuzhou will definitely still care about you."

"I see......"

Liu Bei smiled helplessly, "It's just that I don't know how Cao Cao will deal with it." ”

If he really did what he thought in the past, he would attack Xu after the autumn harvest and fight with Lu Bu, at least he would lose both.

"That's right, when I left, I heard a piece of news from the army."

"Cao Cao's strategy for this march is the young man's main initiative...... It was he who said that he moved Cao Cao, won the hearts of the people with benevolence, and destroyed the popularity of my lord. ”

"This young man is not simple."

"Who the hell is it?" Liu Bei was suddenly curious, but at the same time, he was also a little unexpected, why couldn't such people follow me.

If I can get this great talent, it will be a lot more difficult to plan in the future.