I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 581: Who will fight Xuzhou for me?

It's no wonder that the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang sneered. Although they didn't know what kind of allies Tao Qian and Cao Hong had found, and although they didn't know what the opponent's combat strength was, looking at the entire Han Dynasty, they could compete with the three of them and others. There are not many troops under his command.

Unless Tao Qian can move Dong Zhuo from Liangzhou, or Yuan Shao and Cao Cao from the south, maybe he can compete with their brothers, and the rest of the small characters will just die even if they come here.

The army that Cao Hong thought was his savior was nothing in the eyes of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

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The army galloping in from a distance also attracted the attention of Liu Jian and Li Gu.

Li Gu's face seemed a little nervous: "My lord, it seems that Tao Qian not only found someone to come to administer justice, but also invited reinforcements to help."

Liu Jian said very easily: "Captain Li, don't be anxious. Although you are proficient in swordsmanship and are now in charge of the affairs of the school affairs office in the southeast, you still know about our army and the other army's use of troops on the battlefield." Very few, looking at the warlord forces in Xuzhou, no matter who comes to support Tao Qian, they are just a leaf in the wind in front of our army, completely worthless."

"Besides, it's still unclear whether the army coming this time is here to help Tao Qian."

When Li Gu heard this, he fell silent.

Obviously, Liu Jian's last words left Li Gu puzzled.

The frontline school affairs office sent people out to accompany various envoys from Xuzhou to meet various heroes in Xuzhou, including Liu Yao, Kong Rong, Zhao Yu, Ying Shao and others. It was Liu Jian who asked the envoys to pass the message on his behalf...

Except for these people, Liu Jian just sent people to send secret messages to the other powerful local warlords, such as Zuo Rong, Que Xuan, Xiao Jian and others.

As for the specific content of the letter, none of the school officials under Li Gu knew. They were only responsible for delivering the letter, so no one knew what Liu Jian said to these people...

Therefore, now that these people have arrived in Xuzhou with their troops, I am afraid that only Liu Jian knows what their stance is and what their attitude is.

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Soon, I saw the army approaching Tancheng. Looking at the flags of the other side, they were the two powerful men in Xuzhou - Zuo Rong and Que Xuan.

Seeing their flags, Cao Hong on the city wall suddenly beamed with joy.

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed, and then he winked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately understood.

Then they saw the two brothers riding their horses backwards, changing the rear army into the front army, causing the officers and men of the three armies to move backward.

Zhao Jun is specifically responsible for the dispatch of troops and horses in the formation.

Soon, Guan Yu was seen rushing from the rear formation to the front formation. He came to the front of the formation, stood on his horse, and then pulled the horse's reins hard, letting the two front hooves of the war horse be raised high, and let out bursts of neighing. Voice.

The army stopped not far from Guan Yu.

Guan Yu raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, pointed at the two people in the front, and said loudly: "Who are you? Why are you here!"

Then Que Xuan immediately rode forward and said respectfully to Guan Yu: "General, don't be suspicious. We are not here to make enemies of Xuande Gong. We are just representing the local tycoons in Xuzhou to show condolences to the people." We have come to punish Tao Qian for our crime! Please allow me to go to Tancheng, General."

Guan Yu never expected that the other party would actually say that. He looked at Que Xuan up and down, as if he was considering the authenticity of the other party's words.

Behind Que Xuan is Zuo Rong, another local tycoon with armed forces in Xuzhou.

Zuo Rong acted much more directly than Que Xuan.

He whipped the horse's whip, made the horse come forward, and threw a human head under Guan Yu's horse's hooves.

Zuo Rong bowed his hands to Guan Yu very respectfully: "General, please look, this head represents our sincerity, this is Cao Bao's head!"

"This man received Tao Qian's instructions and wanted to lead his troops back to Tancheng to fight against Duke Xuande. Duke Que and I intercepted and killed this man on the way, beheaded him, and collected his people, hoping that the general would tell Xuande Regarding Duke De, we are not here because we are enemies of Duke Xuande."

Guan Yu didn't know whether the head in front of him belonged to Cao Bao, but if he didn't recognize it, Liu Bei must have known it.

I think this person would not lie about this matter.

So Guan Yu immediately ordered people to send the head to Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to identify it.

Not long after, he saw Liu Bei coming with Zhang Fei. He looked at Zuo Rong and Que Xuan, cupped his hands and said, "That's Liu Bei. I wonder what the purpose of these two heroes leading their troops here is?"

Que Xuan said loudly: "Mr. Cao Cao made another stupid move, causing Xuzhou to be in ruins."

"There are many people displaced, and this is all Tao Qian's fault."

"It's just that this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Xuande. Please don't get involved in this matter."

Liu Bei was very surprised when he heard this.

But he quickly regained his composure and looked at Zhang Fei and Guan Yu: "Two worthy brothers, since this matter is a private matter between Que, Ergong Zuo and Tao Qian, then we should not get too involved. I would also like to trouble you two worthy brothers to go and greet those people below Shicai City, so that we can temporarily evacuate Tan City."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the order, and saw Liu Bei's 3000 troops, as well as Kong Rong, Ying Shao, Zhang Chao, Zhao Yu and others slowly evacuating Tancheng.

Cao Hong and the pottery merchant were overjoyed when they saw this situation.

They didn't react a bit at first, thinking that they were bound to go through a fierce fight.

I never thought about what Guan Yu and Zuo Rong said, and then Liu Bei passed by again.Afterwards, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, as well as those under the city who were inclined to Liu Bei, left Tancheng.

Tao Ying excitedly said to Cao Hong: "It is Mr. Cao who has foresight and made many preparations in advance! Everyone in the world says that Liu Bei is good at fighting. When we met today, they were just bragging. He met the soldiers of Zuo Rong and Que Xuan. Horses, they are all so afraid, if Cao Bao’s soldiers and horses come back, wouldn’t Liu Bei wet his pants?”

Cao Hong didn't expect that the matter would be solved so easily.

However, Tao Ying could say this, which made Cao Hong very happy and proud.

But I saw him laughing loudly and saying: "Now that Liu Bei has retreated, today's disaster will be solved..."

Before Cao Hong could finish feeling proud, he heard a sudden and earth-shattering sound of horns from under the city.

Immediately afterwards, they saw the troops of Que Xuan and Zuo Rong displayed under Tancheng.

Then I saw Zuo Rong pointing at Cao Hong on top of the city and loudly saying: "Cao Hong, where is Tao Qian? Let him come to see us as soon as possible!"

Zuo Rong's words were very rude. After hearing this, the people in the city couldn't help but feel a little chill in their hearts.

After all, this Zuo Rong is not a kind person.

This man was cruel by nature but believed in Buddhism and made great contributions to the development of Buddhism in China.

He defected to Tao Qian and supervised the transportation of grain to the three counties in the south of Xuzhou. However, he secretly appropriated a large amount of the supplies for himself and accumulated financial resources. He then worshiped Buddhism on a large scale in the south of Xuzhou, built luxurious Buddhist temples, cast gold and bronze giant Buddhas, and dressed them in brocade. He also held a Buddha Bathing Festival, attracting more than [-] believers.

Although he has his own force, he is still considered Tao Qian's subordinate.

However, after Cao Cao invaded southern Xuzhou, Zuo Rong's power was also squeezed a lot. According to Tao Qian and Cao Hong, Xiapi and Pengcheng were occupied by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao respectively. Zuo Rong's power was greatly reduced. Logically speaking, he should Tao Qian should be more attached.

But today, listening to his attitude when shouting outside the city, it seems that this is not the case.

Tao Qian had recovered slightly at this moment. When he heard Zuo Rong's shout, he saw him supporting his body vigorously and trying to get to the city wall.

Hua Tuo quickly looked at Tao Qian and shook his head.

Obviously, Hua Tuo did not want Tao Qian to continue handling these secular affairs.

If this continues, Tao Qian will definitely die.

But obviously, Tao Qian is not afraid of death now.

The anger in his heart is now enough to smooth out everything else!

Even his life.

Tao Qian called for people to help him up and go to the city wall.

His eldest son, Potter, obviously noticed something was wrong.

He hurriedly came to Tao Qian's side, and said to Tao Qian with his whole body trembling: "Father, how about we stop holding on, my son thinks that Zuo Rong's coming is not good, we... we don't have many soldiers and horses in Tancheng, how about we , how about we reconcile with Liu Bei? Let’s admit our mistake to Liu Bei, maybe, maybe he can help us..."

"Bastard!"

Tao Qian was so angry that he trembled with anger at Tao Shang's words: "Now that things have reached this point, how can you still back down? Even if the knife is placed above our heads, we can't back down even half a step!"

After saying that, Tao Qian stretched out his hand, pushed the potter away, and came to the edge of the city wall.

"Ze Rong, Tao is here!"

Zuo Rong laughed when he saw Tao Qian standing at the top of the city.

He cupped his hands towards Tao Qian and said, "Mr. Tao, long time no see. Mr. Zuo pays homage to Mr. Tao!"

"Goodbye?"

Tao Qian sneered and said: "Don't say those unnecessary words. Who are you, Zuo Rong? I know best. It's a pity that I trusted you so much that all the food routes to Tancheng for the three armies were lost, and you were left to sit in vain. Da, why are you taking advantage of my danger today to seize my inheritance?"

Zuo Rong shook his head and said: "What Tao Shijun said is wrong. Zuo and Mr. Que are here today to fight against the sins of the people of Xuzhou!"

"Although Tao Shijun is the leader of Xuzhou, during his tenure, he did not practice virtuous governance, stayed away from the virtuous, and stayed close to villains. He was the chief culprit that caused millions of people in Xuzhou to suffer unreasonable disasters. You are old and cannot take charge of Xuzhou's affairs. Today We are here to advise you to leave Tancheng, resign and return home, and the court has appointed talented people to come to Xuzhou to take charge of the overall situation and save the people of Xuzhou!"

Que Xuan shouted from the side: "Tao Qian, if you know what's going on, get out of the city and go back to your hometown in Danyang County!"

Tao Qian was shaking with anger, his eyes were blood red.

Tao Shang and Tao Ying also lost their previous look and were trembling all over.

Cao Hong looked at the scene in front of him in despair.

At this moment, he finally felt that he was really a clown.

Tao Qian shouted: "I won't resign, what will you do if you wait?"

"Then I'll attack the city soon!"

(End of this chapter)