Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 72 each with their own minds

Not long after, the three hurried into Tao Qian's room.

The first person, with a face like a crown of jade, lips like rouge, ears hanging down to the shoulders, and hands above the knees, is Liu Xuande and Liu Bei who are temporarily in charge of Yuzhou Governor.

It is said to be temporarily held because although the Han court approved the official position, it is only an empty title, because now Yuzhou is occupied by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, and Liu Bei can't go there if he wants to.

Now Liu Bei is attached to Tao Qian, and his relationship with Yuan Shu is extremely delicate. Liu Bei is the governor of Yuzhou, but Yuzhou is actually controlled by Yuan Shu, while Tao Qian is in charge of Xuzhou Mu, and Yuan Shu calls himself Xuzhou Bo.

However, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan were all anti-Yuan Shao alliance, but they all had ulterior motives.

Liu Bei followed closely behind two people, one was tall with a face like a jujube, the other had a beard and leopard eyes, majestic and mighty, they were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Seeing Tao Qian propped up on the sick bed, Liu Bei tried to force himself to sit up to greet him, so he rushed up a few steps, supported Tao Qian and said, "Grandfather, please rest in peace and recuperate, and don't work lightly."

Tao Qian lay back on the couch, took Liu Bei's hand and said, "Xuande, I'm afraid it won't be easy for me to recover from this illness."

"But what I'm worried about is that Xuzhou was invaded by that Cao thief again. If this continues, Xuzhou will be killed and no one will be left."

"I regret it quite a bit. If I hadn't provoked him last year, Xuzhou wouldn't have become like this."

Liu Bei sighed: "Of course Grandfather Gong made the move first, but that day he saw Que Xuan making trouble, so it's just the best way to strike first, it's not an exaggeration."

Tao Qian sighed, "I was overthinking myself. Now that Cao Cao is powerful, and Yuan Benchu ​​is behind him, no one can control him. What can I do now?"

Liu Bei mused: "We can only fight with our backs. Now that Cao Cao has made a comeback and slaughtered Fei County, it is obvious that he is not ready to reason with the public."

Tao Qian sighed: "Although it is so, I still want to try."

"Cao Cao said that I detained his father Cao Song's family, which is really nonsense."

"I found out that Cao Song's family should live in Taishan County, north of Fei County."

"I got the news a few days ago, so I sent an order to Captain Zhang Kai, asking him to bring an army horse to Taishan County to find Cao Song, and send him back to Cao Cao. Maybe it will save Cao Cao from attacking Xuzhou."

Hearing this, Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Tao Qian saw that the faces of the three people were different, and said, "What's wrong?"

Liu Bei sighed: "Gong Zugong's move, I am afraid that something will happen unexpectedly."

"Zhang Kai is the general of the Yellow Turban, if he has a different heart, what should he do?"

Tao Qian was surprised when he heard the words: "How do you say that?"

Liu Bei took out a kit from his bosom, took out a note inside, and handed it to Tao Qian.

Tao Qian unfolded the note and saw a line written on it.

"Zhang Kai secretly formed a relationship with Yuan Shu, intending to kill Cao Song and flee to Huainan."

When Tao Qian saw it, his back was covered in cold sweat, he suddenly sat up from the couch, and said in a broken voice, "Who wrote this?"

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's Zhao Zilong, who used to be the chief rider under me. He met a stranger, and this note was written by that stranger."

Tao Qian shook his head when he heard this, and said, "The stories of strangers are illusory, don't they just lie?"

Liu Bei said, "I believe in Zilong's character, so he won't lie to me."

"If what the note says is true and Cao Song is killed, Cao Cao's army will definitely intensify the massacre of the city, and the people of Xuzhou will never recover."

"So I came here this time to tell Grandpa Gong that I want to bring hundreds of people to chase Zhang Kai back. I will send Cao Song back to see if there is any room for improvement."

"If Grandfather Gong agrees, please give me a warrant so that I can order Zhang Kai."

Tao Qian listened, pondered for a while, and said decisively: "Then it depends on Xuande Gong."

He ordered someone to write a warrant, stamped it, handed it to Liu Bei himself, and said, "No matter if the matter is successful or not, Xuande must rush back as soon as possible. The only person in Xuzhou who can fight against Cao Cao is Xuande."

Liu Bei bowed immediately: "Grandpa, don't worry, Bei will definitely live up to you, sir."

Tao Qian watched the three of them go out, and a counselor said, "Cao Cao is powerful, if Liu Bei uses this to escape, wouldn't Xuzhou be in danger?"

Tao Qian listened, and said coldly: "Xuande will never do such a thing, so don't talk too much later."

He drove everyone else away, and sat up suddenly from the sick bed, his eyes gurgling non-stop.

Which doggy strategist sent a letter to Liu Bei?
It's true that I won't live long, but what about after death?
Cao Song is dead, Cao Cao will never die with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei can avenge himself, right?
Bandit Cao beat me so badly, even if I went to hell, I don’t want to make it easier for you!
Liu Bei is indeed loyal, I hope he can come back this time, otherwise Xuzhou will fall into the hands of Cao thief, I will not be reconciled!
Liu Bei and the other three left the house and went to count the troops. Zhang Fei couldn't help but said, "That fellow Zhao Yun has already betrayed Gongsun Zan and turned against Yuan Shao. He is already an enemy of us!"

"What if the elder brother is cheated by him?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei said, "Zilong must have some difficulties, I believe he will not harm me."

Zhang Fei was still indignant, and muttered, "I don't know what's so good about Zhao Yun. Big brother can value him so much, so he ended up being a rebellious boy..."

After hearing this, Guan Yu said, "Third Brother, listen to Big Brother."

"You want to make big brother angry?"

Zhang Fei stopped talking.

At the same time, in Yuan Shao's mansion, Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and several counselors were sitting and talking.

Pang Ji had a happy expression on his face: "Congratulations, my lord, Cao Cao sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and he will definitely not be able to take it down within a few months."

"Whether Cao Cao gets Xuzhou or not, it will be of great benefit to us, at least we don't have to worry about the future."

"Now Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army in Bingzhou, has been beaten so hard that he dare not cross the border. Now is a good time to attack Tian Kai Taoqian in Qingzhou!"

As soon as Pang Ji said this, the counselors such as Jianpei all agreed.

Yuan Xi saw it and shook his head secretly.

This was clearly Yuan Shang's idea. He wanted Yuan Tan to attack Qingzhou as soon as possible, so that Yuan Xi could only stay away from Jizhou and could not compete with Yuan Shang.

He knew that he couldn't do without talking at this time, so he said, "Cao Cao has already occupied Yanzhou, and if he takes Xuzhou, where will my Yuan family fight in the future?"

"Cao Cao occupies Yanzhou and Xuzhou, so he can covet Yuzhou Sili. At that time, our way to go south and west will be blocked by him. How to expand?"

"I think Cao Cao can't be allowed to attack Xuzhou so quickly. If we want to fight, we have to wait until we have pacified Qingzhou."

"At that time, Qingzhou is adjacent to Xuzhou, and we can also get a share of it. At least we must occupy a route from Xuzhou to the south."

As soon as Yuan Xi's words came out, Tian Feng, who was pretending to be asleep in the corner, suddenly opened his narrowed eyes.

Just as he was about to speak, Guo Tuxin stood up and agreed with Yuan Xi.

Seeing Yuan Shang, he was furious in his heart. Guo Tuxin commented that he belonged to Yuan Tan, and it was self-evident that he expressed his support for Yuan Xi at this moment.

If Yuan Tan takes Qingzhou, he can collude with Yuan Xi to plot Xuzhou. When he occupies Jizhou himself, can he fight against the useless Sili?
He said: "Second brother's words are not unreasonable, but Xuzhou Tao Qian is already at odds with his father, keeping him is also a confidant, if we get rid of him earlier, we can get one side safe."

"What's more, Cao Cao is father's subordinate, what kind of waves can he make?"

As soon as his words came out, the trial assistant Pang Ji also tried his best to advocate, and the two sides were at odds for a while.

Yuan Shao saw that the opinions of the two sides were evenly matched, so he turned to Tian Feng and said, "What is Mr. Yuan Hao's opinion?"

Tian Feng said: "I want to hear first, what can Mr. Xian Yi do to stop Cao Cao?"

"Now that Cao Cao has invaded Xuzhou, should the Lord order him to retreat?"

Yuan Xi heard this, and said: "I said that day, if there are changes in Xuzhou and Yanzhou, I will ask my father to borrow a general and five hundred troops."

"Now that things have come true, I would like to lead my troops to Taishan County."

After hearing this, Tian Feng asked in confusion, "Why Taishan County?
(End of this chapter)