Liu Bei just smiled faintly, and after the banquet began, he sat beside Chen Deng with his own acquaintance, either toasting or finding a topic to talk to him, and he always had the intention of showing goodwill.

After the banquet was over, Tao Qian suddenly invited Liu Bei to take a seat, Liu Bei refused, Tao Qian insisted on invited, Liu Bei had to comply, and then Tao Qian straightened his face and said to the public.

"The old man is old, the second son is not talented, and he is unbearable for the country. Liu Gong is the youth of the imperial family, with high virtue and talent, and he is not afraid of strength, if he does not solve the danger of Xuzhou this time, the consequences will be unimaginable. The old man hopes that Liu Gong can take over Xuzhou. The old man was willing to beg to recuperate. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Liu Bei's face was stunned, and his heart was also flooded with surging waves, sweat broke out in the palms of his hands, and he hurriedly bowed back to Tao Qian.

"I came to save Xuzhou for righteousness. There is no reason for it now, and the world will have a heart for it. I also hope that Tao Gong will take back his life, and he must not bear it! ”

When Tao Qian heard this, he immediately cast his eyes on Kong Rong. Kong Rong comprehended and said.

"Today, the Han Dynasty is late, and Haiyu is subverted. As the heir of the Han family, why not take advantage of this to make a career, accumulate power, and save the country? Xuzhou is rich, with a million household registrations, Liu Zhijun leads this, why worry about the great cause? ”

Liu Bei secretly observed the reactions of the surrounding Xuzhou civil and military forces, and saw that their faces gradually showed a look of expectation, and their hearts beat faster, but he still said.

"Tao Gong, under the emperor's order to govern Xuzhou, is orthodox. How can it be replaced? I will not dare to respond to this order. ”

Tao Qian saw that Liu Bei still refused, his face was slightly anxious, and he shifted his eyes and looked at Chen Deng. Chen Deng listened to Liu Bei's words silently, and his eyes had been staring at Liu Bei's eyes just now, as if he wanted to see through Liu Bei. And when Tao Qian looked over, Chen Deng groaned for a while, and then opened his mouth and said.

Tao Fujun was sick and couldn't look at things, but Tao Fujun was willing to give Xuzhou to show that he believed in the virtue of Ming Gong. As for the orthodoxy, as long as Tao Fujun repairs a letter and asks the imperial court, so it is okay, and I hope that the Ming Duke will not resign. ”

When Chen Deng spoke, Liu Bei's eyes were extremely bright and he listened carefully. If he wants to stabilize Xuzhou in the future, Chen Dengzhi is the key! And when Liu Bei heard Chen Deng's words, there was a bit of a taste of wrongness, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, and secretly said that if Chen Deng was unwilling to be convinced, the matter of Xuzhou would be postponed for the time being. After thinking about it, it was another shirk.

"Yuan Highway is the fourth and third dukes, the sea is home, and it is close to Shouchun, why not let it go to the state?"

A few months ago, after the truce between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao and Sun Jian, Sun Jian captured Yangzhou. As for Yuan Shu, he has always been afraid of Sun Jian and regards him as the biggest opponent in the struggle for hegemony in the south. So while Sun Jian attacked Yangzhou, he attacked Huainan County and took Shouchun. Yuan Shu was able to Runan, Nanyang, Huainan, the three counties are all wide and rich counties, the total area is almost comparable to Xuzhou, and the people of these three places are rich, rich in grain, Yuan Shu is extremely famous, no one dares to touch its tiger whiskers in the south.

Kong Rong didn't have a good impression of Yuan Shu, and said bluntly.

"Yuan Highway has dry bones in the mound, does not pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, and unreasonable soldiers commit Yangzhou, which is shameful. Sooner or later, such unkind and unrighteous people will be attacked by the princes of the world, what a point to worry about! Today's things, the sky and not to take, regret can not be chased. ”

Liu Bei listened, his face hesitated, so he was silent, but his eyes had been paying close attention to the faces of the people around him. Tao Qian saw that Liu Bei was still unwilling, and looked up to the sky and shouted.

"If you leave me, Xuzhou will be devoured by a strong tiger, and I won't be blind to death!"

At this time, Pan Feng couldn't hold back anymore and opened his mouth to persuade him.

"Not only does it promise Tao Gong, but also has the right to lead the state affairs, so that it can also solve the worries of Xuzhou and the people!"

"It's not the state and county that I forced him, he was kind enough to give in, why should my brother bother to refuse!"

Zhang Feiwen said angrily. Who knew that Liu Bei's eyes widened, and he pointed at Zhang Fei and scolded.

"Third brother, shut up!! Do you want to trap me in injustice? ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was suddenly angry, Zhang Fei was very innocent, and he didn't dare to refute, so he had to shut up angrily. Later, Tao Qian pushed again and again, but Liu Bei just didn't accept it. And everyone in Xuzhou had the heart to leave Liu Bei and persuaded each other. Liu Bei was like a hunter who was boiling his prey, and it was almost okay to see the heat of the prey, so he agreed to stay in embarrassment and assist Tao Qian in managing Xuzhou. Tao Qian was overjoyed, as long as Liu Bei was willing to stay, after time, he was not afraid that he would not take over Xuzhou. And when Chen Deng heard that Liu Bei promised to stay in Xuzhou for the time being, there was an inexplicable glint in his eyes, as if he understood something.

After that, Tao Qian gradually handed over the state affairs to Liu Bei one by one, and handed over his power to Liu Bei little by little, Liu Bei was ostensibly assisting Tao Qian, but in fact, the power of Xuzhou was gathering in Liu Bei's hands little by little under Tao Qian's intention.

However, it was said that Cao Cao led the army back to Yanzhou, and at that time, Li Xuan and Guo Yan had just started their troops. Cao Cao thought that it was not the right time, and many soldiers had just finished the battle in Xuzhou and needed to rest. At the same time, he recruited soldiers from all over Yanzhou who had not participated in the war in Xuzhou, and at the same time arranged Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to arrange war preparations such as baggage, grain and grass, and weapons.

What Cao Cao didn't expect was that at the time of his expedition to Xuzhou, the Yanzhou locusts suddenly rose up and ate all the rice. Each grain is a hundred, the price is as expensive as gold, plus the war in Xuzhou, Cao Cao used a lot of grain, the people have not yet had enough food, how can there be surplus grain for soldiers and horses to go to Chang'an.

Chang'an and his party, Cao Cao must go for the sake of the overall situation in the future. And the soldiers and horses have no food, and it is impossible to be a director. Cao Cao was worried about this day and night, and after Xun Yu arrived, he hurriedly consulted with him.

"There is a shortage of food this year, and the matter of Chang'an cannot be delayed. I don't know if Wen Ruo has a plan to solve the food shortage? ”

Before Xun Yu came, he knew Cao Cao's worries, and he had already thought about it, and after pondering for a while, he said the plan he had thought of a long time ago.

"I heard that Chen Di has a yellow turban Yu Dang He Yi, Huang Shao, etc., thieves loot the state and county, there are many gold silks, grain, such thieves, and it is easy to break, break and take its grain, in order to prepare for the affairs of Chang'an, the court is happy, the people are happy, and it can solve the current worries of the lord, which is a matter of good nature."

When Cao Cao heard this, his slender and sharp eyes suddenly lit up, and he responded with his jaw again and again. At that moment, Dian Wei and Cao Hong were called to prepare the soldiers who were transferred from Yanzhou, and three days later they led the troops to Chendi.

Cao Cao has always acted vigorously and resolutely, and his military orders are strict, and orders must be carried out. And including Cao Cao, as well as all the soldiers under his command, are strict with themselves, so the soldiers dare not slow down for half a minute. As soon as the decree arrived, the soldiers and horses of the various troops who went out quickly assembled, and under the leadership of Cao Cao, Dian Wei, and Cao Hong, they hurried to Chendi.

A few days later, He Yi and Huang Shao of the Yellow Turban Yu Party knew that Cao Bing had arrived, attracting the crowd to welcome them and meeting in Yangshan. Although there are many thieves, they are all foxes and dogs, rabble, and there is no rank, and the formation is messy. Cao Cao rode his horse and watched in front of the formation for a while, and he already had a way to break the enemy. Shilling Cao Hong led the spearmen and sword and shield soldiers of the front army to attack, Cao Hong waved his sword and roared, like a prostrate black leopard, rushing to the front. The soldiers behind Cao Hong were all like wolves and tigers, waving their weapons and following behind Cao Hong. Cao Cao leaned on his sword again, and ordered the soldiers of the Chinese army to shoot the thieves with strong bows and crossbows. Suddenly, the arrows and crossbows were like flint missiles, falling wildly into the thief's formation, shooting the thief in all directions, and there was a big chaos. Cao Hong took advantage of the chaos of the thieves, and sped up again and again, first killing the crowd of thieves, slashing with a big knife, killing several thieves in a row, and pouring into the crowd. The soldiers who came later took advantage of Cao Hong's bravery and took weapons or stabbed or chopped, killing the thieves in front of them for a while. Cao Cao squinted his eyes and listened to the incessant screams of the thieves, as if he was enjoying a beautiful song.

Yitian Sword moved slowly again, and Dian Wei behind Cao Cao laughed hungrily, grinned with his whole mouth, shouted, sat down with a snap of his horse, led all the cavalry behind him, and launched a charge. Dian Wei danced a pair of iron halberds, with gusts of fierce wind, rushing faster and faster, between the lightning and flint, he had already seen him kill into the crowd of thieves. Dian Wei danced wildly with the double halberds and danced impenetrable, forming a forbidden place of death around him, as he continued to move, one by one thieves were shadowed by countless swift halberds, or split or stabbed flying, and the death was extremely terrifying.

Cao Bing entered the flock like a tiger and blindly slaughtered thieves. In particular, the cavalry led by Dian Wei, under the continuous rush of Dian Wei like a raging storm, killed faster and faster, and a bloody bloody road opened up in the crowd of thieves, almost killing the thieves' rear army. He Yi was afraid that Dian Wei would be killed, so he hurriedly ordered a small leader to lead a cavalry army to block, and the small leader got the order, immediately led an army, and galloped towards Dian Wei. Dian Wei was killing vigorously, seeing a small leader killing, the hungry and thirsty battle intent in his eyes suddenly soared, patted the horse to meet it, and quickly ran to the small leader, only to hear Dian Wei suddenly roared, like a dragon running, so frightened that the little leader almost fell off the horse. Dian Wei took the opportunity to stretch out his huge arm, grabbed the little leader's head with one hand, and pulled it with a sudden force, falling to the ground. The little leader didn't have time to scream, only to see him collide violently with the ground, and the whole head exploded on the spot, and the death was extremely terrifying. Dian Wei's ferocity immediately frightened the surrounding thieves into dissipation.

At this time, Dian Wei suddenly turned to look at He Yi, and inexplicably showed a smile, which made He Yi feel that he was like falling into an ice cave, and his whole body was extremely cold. As He Yi fled, the remaining thieves no longer had the will to fight, and fled back like a low tide. After Cao Bing took advantage of the situation to chase and cover up and kill the thief out of Yangshan, Cao Cao ordered to stop the battle and temporarily go down to Yangshan.

The next day, He Yi was so frightened that he didn't dare to fight. Huang Shao didn't know the horror of Cao Zhai, so he led the army to Cao Zhai to fight. At the round of the formation, a general walked out to fight, wrapped in a yellow scarf on his head, wearing a green jacket, and holding an iron rod, very powerful, and screaming in a condensed voice.

"I am the Yaksha Homanye! Who dares to fight me? ”

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong with a playful smile in front of the formation. Cao Hong comprehended, shouted, flew off the horse, stepped out with a knife, and rushed towards He Man. He Man's body was a few points bigger than Cao Hong, and he laughed coldly, insinuating that Cao Hong was not self-sufficient, and he greeted him with an iron rod. The two swords and sticks collided violently, and there was a violent sound, and then I saw Cao Hong retreat three steps in a row, while He Man retreated more than six or seven steps in a row. The battle of strength, which is stronger and which is weak, can be known at a glance. The corners of Cao Hong's mouth were upturned, his eyes were full of disdain, He Man saw it, only to feel that an open fire was burning, and immediately rushed to Cao Hong, the iron rod fell like a huge mountain, but Cao Hong turned his body and quickly avoided it. Then the two of them stabbed me and I with a stick, and they fought, and they fought twenty or thirty times, and the winner was indistinguishable.

Cao Hong knew that this He Man was good at martial arts, and if he was hard, it was difficult to take it lightly, so he had a plan, and suddenly pretended to be powerless, and was defeated by He Man. How could He Man spare Cao Hong and rush over immediately. Cao Hong sneered in the back, suddenly turned around and kicked, and slashed He Man's right arm with a stick, cutting off his entire right arm with blood. He Man screamed, so painful that his whole face was almost distorted, and then Cao Hong stabbed again and slashed He Man's face, He Man's face was split in two, and he died on the spot.