Legend of Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

But in Tao Qian's heart, Tao Kan is still not as good as Liu Bei, but Tao Kan is his son after all, and Tao Qian also wants to plan for his offspring. It's fine if Tao Kan doesn't have much ability, but now it seems that Tao Kan Clearly a man of extraordinary ability.

So now Tao Qian is struggling with whether to leave Xuzhou to his son Tao Kan or to Liu Bei who has the name of benevolence.

However, after some hard thinking, Tao Qian had an idea.Although Liu Bei is good, Tao Kan is his son. People living in this world, what they pursue is nothing more than honoring their ancestors. It is already very honorable to sit in the position of Xuzhou Mu, and Tao Kan's ability far surpasses himself. Then if he is given a chance, will he be the third man?Will the Tao family become as famous as the Yuan family?

Tao Qian didn't know these results, but Tao Qian dared to take a gamble on whether Tao Kan could make progress on the platform he provided.

But before that, Tao Qian still wants to test Liu Bei. In any case, with Liu Bei's current reputation and strength in Xuzhou, Liu Bei is an indispensable element if he wants to keep Xuzhou.

Although Liu Bei's reputation in Xuzhou has a tendency to surpass his own, Tao Qian believes that Tao Kan's ability can solve this problem well.This is Tao Qian's trust in Tao Kan, or Tao Qian's trust in Liu Bei's reputation of benevolence that spreads the world.

I don't know when Liu Bei has been labeled with benevolence, and he has become a Han family clan with a heart of benevolence and righteousness in the impression of the people all over the world.

After making his own decision, Tao Qian left his study and went to the place where the banquet was held. Today's purpose is to celebrate Cao Cao's retreat from Xuzhou. As for Tao Qian's own decision, But now no one knows.But after a while, maybe it will be known by those who came to the banquet in Xiapi City today.

But what is certain is that no one knows what Tao Qian is thinking.

Chapter 2 Liu Bei's Choice

After Tao Qian arrived, the whole banquet reached a climax.In any case, Tao Qian is still the Xuzhou shepherd and the nominal owner of Xuzhou. Although Tao Qian's reputation among the people of Xuzhou has slightly declined because of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, this did not make Tao Qian lose his support. The control of Xuzhou just means that Tao Qian's control over Xuzhou is not as good as before.

And above the banquet, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves. After all, there is no Cao Cao and his [-] troops are watching outside Xiapi City, and the atmosphere in Xiapi City is much more relaxed. Otherwise, I have been worried about Cao Cao's attack. After entering Xiapi City, he would massacre the city to vent his anger. Now that Cao Cao has retreated, everyone is happy.

Although Cao Cao's attack caused heavy losses to Xuzhou, but now Cao Cao has retreated, which means that Xuzhou is now safe, and the massacre of other cities will not happen in Xiapi City.

After the banquet was over, most of the guests had already dispersed, and those who remained were all important figures in Xuzhou. In addition to Kong Rong, Liu Bei and others who came to rescue Xuzhou, there was also Chen Deng, a native of Xuzhou. , Mi Zhu et al.And Kong Rong and Liu Bei brought several generals under their command this time. The four generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Wu Anguo were very conspicuous in this banquet.Especially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both of them have different appearances from ordinary people. Although Zhao Yun is now a handsome guy in real life, compared to a handsome guy, it is still the kind of strange-looking person that attracts people's attention.

Seeing that the people had almost left, Tao Qian called Liu Bei to the front of the seat, and then he cupped his hands and said to everyone present: "The old man Tao Qian is not talented, and was appointed by the court as Xuzhou Shepherd. After he succeeded, he worked hard every day. , I am afraid that the people of Xuzhou will suffer disasters because of Tao. However, although Tao is careful, this land of Xuzhou is still being targeted by Cao Cao, and this is the reason for the disaster in Xuzhou. This old man's fault."

Seeing that Tao Qian was already crying bitterly, Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him and said, "This is Cao Cao's relentless heart. He has plotted against Xuzhou for a long time. How could it be Tao Gong's fault?"

Only then did Tao Qian stop his tears, and said to Liu Bei: "The old man is old now, and the three sons under his knees have no talents except Shixing. Although Shixing has some abilities, but in this troubled world But we can't keep this Xuzhou, now the world is in chaos, Xuzhou needs a hero to keep the people of Xuzhou safe."

Hearing Tao Qian's words, everyone present already guessed what Tao Qian was going to do next, but the strange thing was that no one stepped forward to stop him, including Tao Qian's son Tao Kan.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others have their own calculations in their hearts, while Tao Kan knows that he is not a person who will fight for world hegemony. Even if he occupies Xuzhou now, he will not be able to hold Xuzhou in the end. No matter what, it will be a choice One person gave Xuzhou to him, so although Tao Qian didn't say hello to Tao Kan before, Tao Kan has no opinion now.

Tao Qian looked around at the crowd at this time, and said slowly: "Now Xuande is a clan member of the Han family, and he is also a man of high morals and talents. He can guard Xuzhou under the eyes of this bamboo spear, and the old man is willing to lay down here. Get sick in the city."

Hearing Tao Qian's words, everyone in front of Tao Qian was shocked. Although they had guessed what Tao Qian wanted to do just now, it was just a guess. After all, Xuzhou is not an ordinary place. There are countless rich and prosperous places in the world. This does not mean that you can give up if you give up.

And the most important thing is that Tao Qian said that he is willing to recuperate in Xuzhou, which is actually the meaning of being a hostage, in order not to make Liu Bei have any worries.

But now, everyone's eyes are on Liu Bei. They want to see what choice Liu Bei will make. After all, this is Xuzhou, a state, not a county.At the beginning, Yuan Shao used all kinds of schemes to obtain Jizhou. In the end, he even had a big battle with Gongsun Zan, and finally controlled Jizhou completely.

Although Xuzhou is not as good as Jizhou, it is also a state. If such an opportunity is put in front of me, what will I do?Everyone present was thinking about this question in their hearts at the moment.

But at this time, Liu Bei said to Tao Qian with a righteous face: "I came to rescue Xuzhou together with Kong Wenju, and what I did was just a word of righteousness. But Tao Gong let Xuande take control of Xuzhou this time, and everyone in the world will definitely come here." The general thinks that Xuande is an inhuman and unrighteous person, please don’t let Xuande fall into this unrighteous situation, and ask Tao Gong to take it back.”

Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei in front of him, but there was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes, but there was no change on the surface.

"Xuande don't want to refuse, Xuande is the only one in Xuzhou today, you can put the people of Xuzhou between water and fire." Tao Qian said seriously again.

At this time, Mi Zhu also persuaded Liu Bei: "Nowadays the world is in chaos, and the Han Dynasty is about to overthrow. Only by mastering Xuzhou can the people of Xuzhou be saved from the suffering of war."

At this time, Liu Bei pushed his hands again and again, and said to Mi Zhu, "Don't persuade Zizhong, this is an inhumane thing, and I, Liu Xuande, will definitely not do it."

And Chen Deng also said at this time: "Taozhou Mu is old and sick now, and can't handle the Xuzhou affairs in person, and I hope that Xuande Gong will not refuse again."

Liu Bei's expression did not change at this time, and he said to everyone: "Yuzhou Yuan Gong is a direct descendant of the Runan Yuan family of the fourth generation and third prince, and now he is in Yuzhou, not far from Xuzhou. The most important thing is that Yuan Shu There has always been a grudge with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will never be allowed to get Xuzhou, so why don't you go find Yuan Gonglu?"

Kong Rong said at this time: "Yuan Gonglu is just a dead bone in a tomb. He sits in the land of Yuzhou, but he is not the opponent of Cao Cao, and he has always been at odds with Yuan Shao. It may be another disaster for Xuzhou to fall into his hands." If Xuande refuses to accept what happened today, there will be no chance to regret it in the future."

Liu Bei still shook his head without saying a word.

At this time, Tao Qian tried to persuade Liu Bei: "If Xuande, you don't save the people of Xuzhou from fire and water, then I must die with regret."

When Tao Qian said this, tears kept streaming down his face.

At this time, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were moved by Tao Qian's actions, thinking that Tao Qian sincerely wanted to give up Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

At this moment, Guan Yu said: "Since Mr. Tao sincerely wants to do this, you might as well take charge of the Xuzhou affairs temporarily, and return it to Mr. Tao later."

Zhang Fei's voice was much louder than Guan Yu's: "Brother, is it possible that we want to take this Xuzhou by force? Taozhou Mu sincerely wants to give this Xuzhou to you, why do you refuse?"

What Guan Yu and Zhang Fei said was really for the good of Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei now has a plain to use as a base, the plain is under Yuan Shao's nose. It is very difficult to develop. If he can get this Xuzhou, then Liu Bei's The development will be faster, and it is possible to realize Liu Bei's original ideal.

On the contrary, Zhao Yun didn't say a word at this time, but looked thoughtful.

At this time, Liu Bei was furious at the request of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said sharply: "You are trying to trap me in a place of injustice!"

Seeing that Liu Bei's attitude was so firm, Tao Qian stopped pressing, but said to Liu Bei: "Since Xuande is unwilling, there is a small city called Xiaopei, where you can station troops. Since Xuande is unwilling to take over Xuzhou, how about asking Xuande to settle in Xiaopei, train soldiers and protect the people of Xuzhou?"

Liu Bei had just rejected Tao Qian's request, and it was not easy to refuse Tao Qian's other request at this moment, and this was more in line with Liu Bei's plan, so under another round of persuasion from everyone, Liu Bei immediately swallowed I agreed.And he assured Tao Qian that he would go to Naxiaopei with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to garrison troops in the near future to protect Xuzhou.

Afterwards, the crowd had another banquet before they dispersed.

Chapter 2 Zhao Yun Returns

When Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their three thousand soldiers to Xiaopei to set up troops, Tao Qian also sent someone to reward Liu Bei's soldiers. After all, this time Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were On the way to the south to rescue Xuzhou on the way to rescue Beihai, they must have not brought much food and supplies, but Tao Qian said that the equipment and food for only 3000 people is not a problem.

And just when Liu Bei was about to go to Xiaopei with [-] soldiers and horses under his command, Zhao Yun also rode his horse and came to Liu Bei.

Zhao Yun said to Liu Bei: "Mr. Xuande, Yun was ordered by General Xuande to rescue Xuzhou this time. Now that Cao Cao has retreated, Lord Xuande is going to station troops in Xiaopei. It is also possible for Yun to leave Youzhou. It has been several months. Yun will return to Youzhou immediately, and now he is here to bid farewell to Duke Xuande."

When Liu Bei saw Zhao Yun's arrival, he knew what Zhao Yun wanted to do. Although he felt a little bit reluctant, but after all, Zhao Yun was loyal to Gongsun Xu now, and Zhao Yun was still a loyal person. Before Gongsun Xu died, Zhao Yun was Never act against the Lord.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's purpose of borrowing Zhao Yun from Gongsunxu this time has basically been completed. He has now left an image of benevolence and righteousness in Zhao Yun's heart. The only person who should be there is probably himself, and with Zhao Yun's character, there should be many people with him.

To be honest, Liu Bei was not very optimistic about Gongsun Xu. In Liu Bei's eyes, it was a mistake for Gongsun Xu to offend Liu Yu and others. Liu Yu won the hearts of the people in Youzhou. Gongsun Xu who offended Liu Yu probably Living in Youzhou is not stable, let alone swinging troops all over the world.

But facing Zhao Yun's farewell at this moment, Liu Bei can only feel that this Gongsun Xu's life is good, and he has such a loyal subordinate as Zhao Yun. For Zhao Yun's departure, Liu Bei is extremely reluctant, but after all, this Zhao Yun is not his subordinate. Liu Bei couldn't keep Zhao Yunqiang, so he had to agree to Zhao Yun's request.

After Liu Bei agreed, Zhao Yun led [-] soldiers and horses under his command to leave from Xiapi. This time he went south and basically did not fight any big battles. It can be said that it is invincible and invincible on the battlefield.So the three thousand cavalry under Zhao Yun's command basically had no loss.

However, Zhao Yun still led his troops to fight Cao Jun, and in that battle, Zhao Yun also left a lot of corpses. Although the loss was not too great, Zhao Yun estimated that Cao Cao had already learned about the stirrups from the captured horses. Saddles and horseshoes are the secrets of the three treasures of cavalry. It is estimated that such equipment will become standard equipment for cavalry in the world before long.

Fortunately, Gongsun Xu knew about the stirrups.Saddles, horseshoes and other things without any technical content will be known to the princes of the world sooner or later, so Gongsun Xu didn't pay too much attention to them.

Gongsun Xu understood that as long as things without any technical content such as stirrups and saddles appeared on the battlefield, most of them would be imitated by other princes soon.But even so, Gongsun Xu would not care. This kind of thing is only important for forces with a large number of cavalry.And now there are not many forces that can have established cavalry. Except for Gongsun Xu, Lu Bu, Li Jue, Guo Si and others, only Yuan Shao can now have the strength to own a large-scale cavalry. Even Cao Cao is now Not too many cavalry.

Although in Liu Bei's eyes, he didn't think that Gongsun Xu could achieve much, but on the surface Liu Bei treated Gongsun Xu well, and there was nothing too hateful about it.

Anyway, the reason why Liu Bei borrowed Zhao Yun from Gongsun Xu this time was to show his face in front of Zhao Yun, let Zhao Yun know that he was there, so that if Zhao Yun was desperate in the future, he could be the first person he went to. one choice.Moreover, although he did not get anything substantial in Xuzhou this time, he won the hearts of the people. Although Cao Cao did not send troops to attack Xiapi in anger after reading his letter of persuasion as Liu Bei expected, but After seeing his letter, he retreated.

Although this incident seemed to be Cao Cao selling Liu Bei's face, so he retreated as soon as Liu Bei's letter of persuasion arrived, but Liu Bei knew in his heart that Cao Cao, who could not even be persuaded by Kong Rong, would be persuaded to retreat by himself.So the only explanation is that there is another strangeness in it, but I don't know what the strangeness is.

At this time, Liu Bei suddenly thought of Chen Deng and Chen Gong's persuasion from Tao Qian after he and Zhang Fei entered Xiapi City that day to persuade Yuan Shao to send troops to Yanzhou.Could this sudden retreat of Cao Cao have something to do with this incident?