One is Xuzhou Don't drive Mi Zhu, the richest Mi clan in the East China Sea.

One is Chen Deng, the captain of the agricultural school, the Chen family of the head of the Xuzhou Shi clan.

and, Tao Qian's confidant Cao Bao, the highest official position in the Danyang military generals.

These three people almost represent most of Xuzhou's civil and military affairs.

Even if the potter and Tao Ying are Tao Qian's sons, they can't change the current situation.

Xuzhou Mu is an important position of the state, not a prince can pass on his heirs to his descendants, and the civil and military forces of Xuzhou are not Tao Qian's generals.

Tao Qian died.

The potter and Tao Ying had never been in office, so it was naturally impossible for them to be elected as the new state pastor.

Seeing that Cao Bao, Mi Zhu and Chen Deng all supported Guan Yu to temporarily lead Xuzhou Mu, the two brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying couldn't help but feel bitter in their hearts.

If Guan Yu becomes a pastor in Xuzhou, how can he avenge his father?

The two brothers are not fools either.

This incident was originally Tao Qian who killed Cao Cao's father first, and Guan Yu and Cao Cao did not have an undying hatred.

"General Cao, can you transfer some troops and horses to escort my two brothers back to Danyang? Now that my father is dead, my body should be returned to my homeland. "The potter has no choice but to settle for the next best.

Cao Bao saw that the potter was no longer arguing, and he didn't want to be too harsh, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "The two sons have this filial piety, which is the blessing of the pottery envoy." ”

Without the obstacles of the pottery merchants and Tao Ying, the civil and military forces of Tancheng unanimously decided to welcome Guan Yu into Tancheng and preside over the military administration of Xuzhou.

Half a day later.

Guan Yu came to Tancheng.

At the same time, Guan Yu came, and Qingzhou didn't drive Zheng Ping.

"Xianmou, I didn't expect you to come in person." Chen Deng's eyes moved, and he smelled something unusual.

With the current situation in Xuzhou, there is no need for either Liu Bei and Zheng Ping to come.

Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, and Cao Bao were there, which was enough to assist Guan Yu in stabilizing Xuzhou and repelling Cao Cao.

Now that Zheng Ping has arrived, it means that in addition to Cao Cao, Zheng Ping has another purpose.

After Zheng Ping saluted everyone one by one, he shook his fan and said: "Although there are many people's recommendations, Yun Chang temporarily accepted the post of Xuzhou pastor; But this Xuzhou Mu is only a temporary receipt after all, and it cannot be regarded as a real Xuzhou Mu. ”

"Recently, I got information that Lu Bu joined Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao and others to raise troops to Qin Wang."

"Li Dao and Guo Yan have been defeated and retreated."

"Li Dao and Guo Yan were just lucky to break Chang'an, and their foundation in Chang'an is unstable, they can't compete with Lu Bu and others."

"Once Lu Bu gets Chang'an again, the ownership of Xuzhou Mu will not necessarily be Yunchang."

Everyone was taken aback.

Mi Zhu asked: "Xianmou, then Lu Bu is just a martial artist, even if he gets Chang'an, how can he govern the government?" ”

"Although Lu Bu was named a general, he, a general, was teased by Wang Yun, and he couldn't even control the military power."

"Even if you win Chang'an again this time, it will be difficult to fight the ministers of the court."

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Lu Bu does have little power, and if he wants to fight with the minister of Chang'an alone, he naturally can't fight." ”

"But this time is different, Lu Bu has two more Yanzhou celebrities by his side, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong."

"Zhang Miao is known to have great ambitions, magnanimity and tolerance, and he will not divide Lu Bu's military power like Wang Yun."

"Dongjun Chen Gong is also a wise man in the world, and he has the ability to help the world."

"Lu Bu has the assistance of these two people, and he has the credit of King Qin's rescue twice, and his power in Chang'an will be even greater than that of Dong Zhuo in the past."

Chen Deng lowered his head and pondered: "Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others are all ambitious. If you are in power, you will certainly not be in a corner of peace. ”

"If that Chen Palace has a long-term strategy, it will definitely let Lu Bu control the power of Qingyanyu Xu Yangjing Six Prefectures in the way of the Son of Heaven and the Emperor of Zhuocheng."

"In this way, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong will be able to achieve immortal achievements!"

"Therefore, once Lu Bu replaces Li Dao Guo Yan, Chang'an will no longer easily give the state pastor, so that the land of Kanto will not be controlled."

"If you want Guan Junhou to become the pastor of Xuzhou smoothly, you have to have a battle exploit that Chang'an can't refuse!"

Suddenly.

Chen Deng looked up at Zheng Ping, and there was a little more surprise in his tone: "Xianmou, do you want to destroy Yuan Shu?" ”

Zheng Ping shook his fan and smiled: "Brother Yuanlong, if I didn't say a word related to Yuan Shu, you would have guessed the purpose of my trip." ”

Cao Bao asked, "Cao Cao occupies Peng Chengguo." If we wait to go south to fight Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao raises troops to harass our rear, won't he suffer from the enemy on his back? ”

Zheng Ping chuckled: "General Cao, do you know why Cao Cao didn't take advantage of the victory to fight Tancheng after beheading Tao Qian, but instead retreated to Pengcheng?" ”

Cao Bao was stunned for a moment: "I almost forgot about it." I am also very puzzled, Cao Cao killed Tao Yuanjun, but returned to Pengcheng, not fighting the East China Sea or Pi, as if waiting for someone to come. ”

Cao Bao's voice froze, and he asked uncertainly: "Could it be that Cao Cao is waiting for Yuan Shu to lead his troops north?" ”

Chen Deng said with certainty: "It won't be wrong." Cao Cao must have expected that if Tao Envoy Jun died, we would definitely support the people appointed by the Xuande Duke to temporarily lead the Xuzhou Mu. ”

"Now that Tao Yuanjun is dead, Cao Cao's excuse to avenge his father can no longer be used, and he wants to use troops with Xuande Gong, but Cao Cao does not take the righteousness."

"But Cao Cao doesn't want to return to Yuzhou, so he has only one way: lie about giving Xuzhou to Yuan Shu and lead Yuan Shu north!"

"Xuande Gong and Yuan Shu have an undying enmity, and they will inevitably lead troops to compete with Yuan Shu."

"And Cao Cao can turn passivity into initiative and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

"If my expectations are not bad, Cao Cao also wants to take the opportunity to make war achievements."

"If Cao Cao captures Yuan Shu, then the Son of Heaven in Chang'an will definitely reward Cao Cao."

"This Xuzhou Mu may become the person recommended by Cao Cao!"

"At that time, Cao Cao will sit on Xu Yu, and he will be able to go south to Huainan, south of the Yellow River, and Cao Cao will become the overlord."

Cao Bao scratched his head, not quite able to understand Chen Deng's whimsical analysis.

There will be no more than five people present who can understand.

Zheng Ping nodded and said: "In the south of the Yellow River, the only battle achievement worthy of being treated cautiously is Yuan Shu, who responded to the Son of Heaven of Zhuocheng and was named the Duke of Jiujiang." ”

"Yuan Shu, with Sun Jian as his general, is making every effort to sweep away the large and small forces in Jiangdong, and now even Liu Jian has defeated Yuzhang."

"The worse Liu Shu's defeat is, the greater his achievements in defeating Yuan Shu."

"Not only Cao Cao is greedy, but Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also greedy."

"And Qingzhou is also greedy for this exploit!"

The two emperors are in the same sky.

It doesn't matter whether Yuan Shu is the emperor or not.

As long as Yuan Shu supports the Son of Heaven in Zhuocheng, then Yuan Shu is a very tempting feats in the eyes of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao.

If in the past, whether this battle achievement was won or not, it was actually not very important.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan, they all want to try their best to win over Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others.

Therefore, the official is given to the official, and the marquis is to the marquis.

But now that the situation has changed, Zheng Ping can no longer act according to his previous strategy.

If Li Dao and Guo Yan are defeated, then the Son of Heaven in Chang'an can be regarded as truly in power.

With the wisdom of Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, they will no longer easily promise official positions to win over the Kanto heroes.

Zheng Ping went south to Xuzhou because he guessed that after Cao Cao's strategists got the news, they would also change their original strategic purpose.

If it is said that at the beginning, Cao Cao just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Then now, Cao Cao will also be like Zheng Ping's thoughts, waiting for the opportunity to use Yuan Shu to brush up on his military exploits!

As Zheng Ping guessed.

Cao Cao of Pengcheng also received Xun Yu's fast horse summons.

Cao Cao's face was solemn: "Lu Bu broke the Tong Pass, beheaded the Xiliang warrior Fan Chou, Li Wei's nephew Li Li was captured, and Guo Bi fled back to Chang'an City. Wen Ruo estimated that it would not be long before Li Dao Guo Yan would abandon the city and flee. ”

Xi Zhicai said disapprerovingly: "Li Dao Guo Yan has an unstable foundation in Chang'an, and it is not surprising that he will be defeated by Lu Bu." Lu Bu is a martial artist, and he will definitely not be accepted by that group of ministers, and I expect that Lu Bu will soon be driven out of Chang'an. ”

Guo Jia's eyes burned: "Ming Gong, is there anything else?" ”

Cao Cao was worried: "With Lu Bu, there are also Chen Liutaishou Zhang Mengzhuo, as well as Dongjun Juncheng Chen Gong and Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang. ”

"What a calculation!"

"Meng Zhuo was bluffing in Chenliu, holding a literary meeting and a banquet, but people went to Tongguan."

"Such a cover-up, Meng Zhuo's ambition must also want to serve the Son of Heaven to order not to be subordinate!"

"Zhicai, Fengxiao, our strategy against Yuan Shu has to be changed."

Cao Cao was very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao supported Liu Yi, so naturally he would not rob Liu Xie with Cao Cao.

Zang Hong was unambitious, and Cao Cao didn't care much about what would happen to Yanzhou.

After thousands of calculations, Cao Cao missed Zhang Miao.

Who would have thought that Zhang Miao would quietly go to King Qin to crusade against Li Dao and Guo Yan with Lu Bu!

If they dare to do this, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu will inevitably have internal responses in Chang'an.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to break through the Tong Pass so quickly.

Xun Yu was able to get the news, or because he had a correspondence with Chang'an's friend Zhong Xuan, and the messenger was shocked by the change in Guanzhong on the way to and fro, so he urgently informed Xun Yu.

Knowing that Lu Budu had broken the Tong Pass, Xun Yu was also uncomfortable in his heart.

Lu Bu is a martial artist, but Zhang Miao Chen Gong is not!

This change directly caused Xun Yu and Mao Jie's Fengtianzi to have a serious impact on the strategy of not being subordinate.

Xi Zhicai also put away his contempt.

King Lu Buqin, and King Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and King Chen Gongqin, are different.

The former is just a brave and unscrupulous martial artist, and the latter is a complement to a brave warrior and a famous strategist.

As long as Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong do not fight among themselves, this Chang'an is equivalent to the emergence of a powerful minister who is more difficult to deal with than Dong Zhuo.

Guo Jia pondered for a while, and asked in a condensed voice: "Ming Gong wants to destroy Yuan Shu!" ”

was taken first by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, and it became more difficult for Cao Cao to serve the Son of Heaven in order not to be subordinate.

For the sake of today's plan, if you don't want to be controlled by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao with the Son of Heaven's order, you have to make Lu Bu and Zhang Miao jealous.

Destroying Yuan and gaining military merits is the simplest and easiest to achieve.

One is a great merit of King Qin, and the other is a great merit of destroying Yuan, even if Lu Bu and Zhang Miao are in Chang'an, they don't dare to ask the state pastor at will.

Otherwise, you will not be able to convince the people!

Cao Cao nodded: "Not only do you want to destroy Yuan Shu, but you can't let Liu Bei get the first credit." ”

"Yuan Shu, it must be captured alive by this general."

"In this way, this general will have the opportunity to lead troops to escort Yuan Shu into Chang'an and hand it over to the Son of Heaven for questioning."

Cao Cao's thinking was clear.

The Son of Heaven cannot be controlled by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, and the power of the two must be divided.

And if you want to divide power, you have to set up a battle exploit that neither Lu Bu nor Zhang Miao can ignore, and then go to Chang'an to ask the Son of Heaven to reward him.

Cao Cao is now the pastor of Yuzhou, the general of Zhengdong, and the marquis of Xu.

Further up, it is the Third Duke General.

Liu Bei can get the right to fake festivals, can't Cao Cao get a fake festival after destroying Yuan Shu?

When official positions cannot be compared, they must be compared with military exploits and real power.

Unless Lu Bu and Zhang Miao want to follow the example of Dong Zhuo, Li Dao and others to give rewards indiscriminately, then Lu Bu and Zhang Miao have to follow the rules of the Han law!

Otherwise, Cao Cao will be able to participate in Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's crime of dictatorship, and come to the side of the Qing monarch again!

In terms of treachery, Cao Cao is the world's first-class.

Guo Jia paced and pondered: "Duke Ming can get the news, and Liu Bei in Qingzhou will definitely get the news." ”

"With Zheng Ping's strategy, he will definitely judge the impact of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's entry into Chang'an on the situation, so Qingzhou is likely to go all out against Yuan Shu."

"Jia thinks that it is not appropriate to garrison Pengcheng at this time."

Cao Cao said in a condensed voice: "Does Feng Xiao want the general to go directly to Peiguo and march to Huainan?" ”

Guo Jia nodded: "Not only that, but Ming Gong also has to make an alliance with Liu Bei!" ”

"On the grounds of conquest of the puppet emperor Liu Yi's Jiujiang Duke Yuan Shu, Liu Bei was invited to attack Huainan together."

"In this way, Ming Gong can take advantage of the righteousness, and it is difficult for Liu Bei to use tricks secretly."

"As for who can capture Yuan Shu, it's up to each of them to have their own ability!"

Cao Cao bowed his head and pondered: "Each depends on his ability." This can save a lot of unnecessary trouble. ”

"It's just that in this way, Xuzhou can only be ceded to Liu Bei."

Guo Jia shook his head: "That's not the case!" As long as Ming Gong does not agree and Lu Bu and Zhang Miao do not agree, the Xuzhou Mu appointed by Liu Bei can only be a hypocrisy. ”

"Liu Bei is already a Qingzhou pastor and has the right to fake festivals, so he doesn't need to capture Yuan Shu's military exploits."

"The only thing that needs to be guarded against is this Xuzhou Mu appointed by Liu Bei, who captured Yuan Shu alive!"

"Once Liu Bei's appointed Xuzhou Musheng captured Yuan Shu, he used this military exploit to show Chang'an, which was enough for the Son of Heaven to officially confer the title."

Cao Cao sighed lightly: "Meng Zhuo really gave the general a big gift." ”

If there was no Lu Bu and Zhang Miao to break through Tongguan, Cao Cao would not have to go to Yuan Shu at all, as long as Liu Bei and Yuan Shu would fight each other.

Cao Cao can also find a reason to fight Xuzhou casually.

After all, Li Dao Guo Yan was originally a traitor who held the Son of Heaven hostage, and the dignified Yuzhou Mu, General Zhengdong, and Xu Hou, do you need to listen to the traitor's edict?

But when Lu Bu and Zhang Miao took charge of Chang'an, he was not a traitor, but an order from the Son of Heaven.

Cao Cao couldn't attack Xuzhou casually.

After discussing the details with Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao wrote a letter and sent Wang Jun to Qingzhou to deliver a letter and invite Liu Bei to come to Xuzhou to meet the alliance.

Seeing that Cao Cao's face was gloomy, Guo Jia offered another plan: "Duke Ming, it is better to go to Jizhou to spread rumors, and say that Liu Bei, Mu of Qingzhou, intends to join Gongsun Zan to crusade against Yuan Shao." ”

"Yuan Shao has the heart to plot against Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Bei has a strong personal relationship with Gongsun Zhan, even if he guesses that someone is deliberately spreading rumors, Yuan Shao does not dare not beware of Liu Bei."

"And once Yuan Shao transfers troops on the border, Liu Bei in Qingzhou can only transfer troops to guard against Yuan Shao."

"In this way, Liu Bei's troops can be divided, so that they can't deal with Yuan Shu with all their strength!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

(End of chapter)