Xuzhou, as one of the Central Plains Kyushu, is also the birthplace of the Han culture, but also the capital of the former Western Chu overlord, after the vicissitudes of time, although with the gradual passage of time, its status is gradually declining, but after all, it is still the most important state and county in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

Today's Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, who is sixty-three years old and has reached the age of sixtieth year, has long lost the ambition of his youth, and only thinks about how to spend his old age safely, handing over the position of his state pastor to one of his two sons.

It's just that Tao Qian's wish is obviously impossible to come true, not to mention because of his decentralization, but because of the open and secret battles of the martial arts under his command, it is said that in March this year, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion spread to Xuzhou, and the Xuzhou soldiers who had been peaceful for a long time, in the face of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban soldiers, it can be said that they were defeated again and again, losing their troops and losing their generals, losing the city and losing their land, and the shape became more and more dangerous day by day.

Xuzhou Prefecture Mansion, sixty-three-year-old Tao Qian, with the support of his son Tao Shang and Tao Ying, panted to achieve the position of state pastor, facing the silent Xuzhou Wenwu below: "Everyone, according to the spies to report, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has passed the Langya country, Donghai County is too guarded to report, Cheng County, Yinping, Qi County, Changxi, Hexiang, Zhuqi, Licheng, Ganyu, Qu County, Houqiu, these counties have all fallen, if there are no reinforcements, then Donghai County is about to lose, once Donghai County is lost, The Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou can come straight to my Xuzhou City, everyone, what can be done to solve this crisis now? ”

Tao Qian looked at the civil and military officers with anticipation, but unfortunately he was disappointed and angry, none of the civil and military officers below opened their mouths to put forward a plan, which made Tao Qian angry and disappointed to pat the case, and said loudly: "Everyone, you have come up with a way, is it possible to watch the Qingzhou thieves attack Xuzhou?!" cough cough cough cough ······"

"Father!"

The two sons beside Tao Qian were startled when they saw Tao Qian coughing hoarsely at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to continue to comfort Tao Qian.

"Newspaper~~"

A soldier of Tao in a light green robe, ran in quickly, knelt down on one knee, looked at Tao Qian who was on the head, and said breathlessly: "Report, the lord, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, carrying the edict of the Son of Heaven, led an army of 100,000, sent troops from Chendu, came to Xuzhou, the vanguard generals Zhao Yun and Zhang He led the 20,000 army, and now they have arrived in Xiaopei, they claim to be ordered by the Son of Heaven to ask the lord to give way, this is the content of the edict!" ”

Tao Qian's civil and military forces were shocked, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion had not been suppressed, and now there was another Cao Cao, and some scribes secretly said in their hearts, this is really an eventful autumn.

At this time, a scribe below picked up the bamboo slip from the soldier's hand and handed it to Tao Qian's hand, Tao Qian handed the bamboo slip in his hand to the potter on the side, and said with some difficulty: "Read." ”

"Yes!"

The pottery merchant respectfully took the bamboo slip, spread it out and read: "In the first year of Jian'an, in March, the Han Emperor edict said, for more than 400 years in our dynasty, the first emperors of the past dynasties are all deeply benevolent and generous, and all the people of the Han Dynasty are subject to the first emperor Long'en of the past dynasties, and now Qingzhou is in turmoil, and the demons confuse the public, and the thief's heart is not dead, called the Yellow Turban, gathering the crowd to attack the city, causing my tens of millions of people, caught in the war, torment, is unbearable, and now, I ordered Yanzhou Mu, Prime Minister Cao Cao, to hold the Jieyue, the emperor's order, to hold the sword of the Son of Heaven, and to supervise the military affairs of Qing and Xu Erzhou, and to be responsible for the affairs of the thieves, anyone who obstructs and refuses to obey is regarded as a Yellow Turban traitor to the party, and can be killed! ”

"This, this, how should this be!"

"Then who is Cao Cao, if he really wants his army to enter Xuzhou, won't this Xuzhou change hands in an instant?!"

"Yes, yes, it must not be allowed to enter Xuzhou, otherwise, Xuzhou will have a big change!"

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"Silence!"

Although Tao Qian has reached the age of the sixtieth year, he has been in charge of Xuzhou for decades, so that he still has some prestige among the civil and military forces under his command, so it is easy to quiet down below.

After the civil and military forces below quieted down, Tao Qian's gaze moved to the Wenchen who was standing most and wanted to go, and said: "Zizhong, what do you think about this matter, should the old man obey the edict of the Son of Heaven and let Cao Jun enter Xuzhou, or ······?"

Tao Qian's words were not all said, but Mi Zhu almost knew in his heart that he was not far from ten, but compared to Tao Qian still holding a glimmer of hope, Mi Zhu understood better in his heart, not to mention that Xuzhou at this time did not have any righteousness to stop Cao Cao, even if there was, in such a troubled world, just by relying on those soldiers in Xuzhou, how could they stop the wolf-like Cao army.

Mi Zhu, who shook his head in his heart, went out of the column to Tao Qian and said: "Lord, Cao Cao led the army into Xuzhou, it was approved by the Son of Heaven, and the edict of the Son of Heaven has now been issued to the world, if the lord refuses, then the 120,000 Cao soldiers can justifiably attack Xuzhou, on the contrary, if the lord accepts the edict of the Son of Heaven and welcomes the Cao army into Xuzhou, then the Cao army has no excuse to seize Xuzhou, Xuzhou, ten deaths! ”

"Hmph, Mi Zhu, what you said is a bit exaggerated, my lord, the last general Cao Bao asked for his life, led the Danyang elite soldiers, and went to Cao Cao, let him know that I may not be unmanned in Xuzhou!"

Civil and military discord is already the norm under Tao Qian's command at this time, and opposition for the sake of opposition has become the norm among the norms, not to mention, Cao Bao, who has always regarded himself very highly, actually doesn't put Cao Jun in his eyes at all in his heart, so after hearing Mi Zhu's words, Cao Bao of course jumped out immediately.

"Lord, the last general asks for his life to meet Cao Cao!"

"Lord, the last general will clear his life!"

"Lord, the last general asks for his life!"

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Cao Bao is the head of the generals, after he jumped out, the rest of the generals, whether they agree or disagree in their hearts, unless they want to be worn by Cao Bao in the future, then now, no matter what they think in their hearts, they all stand up one by one and ask for their lives to meet Cao Cao.

"Hehe, generals, it's really a lot of ambition and anger, the old man admires, but the old man doesn't know, have the generals ever thought that Cao Cao came to Xuzhou on the order of the Son of Heaven and sent troops to attack the heavenly soldiers, generals, is it possible that he wants to destroy my Xuzhou foundation?!" Standing behind Mi Zhu, Chen Qi, who had also reached the age of the sixtieth year, first praised it, and then said sarcastically.