The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 67 067
In Kaiyang City, Tao Qian held a big banquet in the prefect's mansion. Tao Qian sat in the center of the hall, with Sun Qian, Cao Bao, Zang Ba, Chen Deng and others on the left, and Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou, on the right. Kong Rong, Minister of Beihai, Liu Bei, Minister of Pingyuan, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others.

Tao Qian was very happy for the arrival of Tian Kai, Kong Rong, Liu Bei and others. After a while of greetings and introducing each other, Tao Qian quickly got acquainted with everyone.

After drinking for three rounds, Tao Qian said: "Xuzhou is in trouble this time. I am really touched by the gentlemen who are not afraid of powerful enemies and rescue each other with righteousness. It's just that Cao Cao is powerful and has a strong army. I don't know if Xuzhou can escape this time." One calamity..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei suddenly shouted: "Tao Shijun, don't worry, as long as my elder brother is here, Cao Cao will definitely be beaten away. Tao Shijun must have seen it just now. My elder brother just came, so I don't know what to do." After Cao Cao saw my elder brother, because he was afraid of my elder brother's prestige, he didn't dare to fight with us, so he voluntarily withdrew his troops. My elder brother..."

"Third brother! In front of Tao Shijun, don't make mistakes!" Liu Bei who was sitting there hastily reprimanded.

Zhang Fei retorted: "Brother, what can I do wrong? What I said is the truth. If Cao Cao is not afraid of the prestige of the elder brother, why didn't he retreat sooner or later, why did he retreat at that time?"

He turned his face and said to Tao Qian: "Tao Shijun, you don't know, my elder brother is the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and he is a Han family clan. In the early years, when Zhang Jiao and others led the Yellow Turban Army to rebel, my elder brother also led the army to attack How about..."

Tao Qian was very surprised when he heard what Zhang Fei said, and looked at Liu Bei carefully. Seeing that Liu Bei had a strange appearance and a very human appearance, he hurriedly asked, "Xuande, are you really a member of the Han clan?"

Liu Bei nodded, and said, "Tao Shijun, I am indeed the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, but it was only after my family fell into decline that I ended up here."

Seeing Liu Bei's open-minded language, Tao Qian was overjoyed, stood up quickly, walked straight to Liu Bei, took out the seal ribbon tied to his body, held it with both hands, and said respectfully: "Nowadays the world is in chaos, and Wang Gang is depressed; The family members of the Han Dynasty should do their best to support the country. I am old and incompetent, and I am willing to give up Xuzhou, and I beg Duke Xuande not to refuse. The old man should write a letter of appeal to the court, proclaiming Duke Xuande as Xuzhou Shepherd."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was surprised, even Liu Bei was dumbfounded, never expecting Tao Qian to say these words suddenly.

"Tao Shijun was drunk, and he started talking nonsense. Mr. Shijun has always been a bad drinker, please forgive me." Sun Gan hurried over, supported Tao Qian with a smile on his face Said.

Tao Qian threw Sun Qian away and said loudly: "I'm not drunk, I can't be more sober. I just want to entrust Xuzhou to Xuande Gong. Let's revitalize the Han Dynasty together..."

Liu Bei hastily declined and said: "Although I am a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, I have little merit and virtue. When I was in Pingyuan, I worried every day that I would not be incompetent. Let alone the whole Xuzhou? Tao Shijun has been in Xuzhou for a long time, and he has managed Xuzhou in an orderly manner. The common people live and work in peace and contentment, how can I, Liu Bei, dare to take on this important task? Please forgive Xuande for not obeying orders!"

Chen Deng frowned, seeing such a scene, hurriedly whispered something to Zang Ba who was sitting beside him.

Zang Ba had a sullen face, and said loudly: "Cao Jun is still stationed outside the city, and everyone is sitting here, not discussing the strategy of retreating the enemy, but wanting to give up Yinshou. What do you think of us soldiers who are born and died?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, and even Cao Bao's face was a little displeased.

Kong Rong and Tian Kai came out to persuade them one after another. Seeing that Zang Ba, Cao Bao, Chen Deng and others were a little displeased, Tao Qian had no choice but to give up under Sun Qian's persuasion.

Tao Qian returned to his seat, took a sip of his wine, and then said: "I wonder if you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Liu Bei volunteered to stand up, clasped his fists and said, "Tao Shijun, Cao Cao and I had friendship when we were fighting against the Yellow Turban Army. I want to write a letter to Cao Cao, explaining the interests and persuading Cao Cao to withdraw. If He insisted on refusing to retreat, so he had to fight against each other, which is called courtesy first and soldiers later."

"Okay, then I ask Mr. Xuande to write a letter quickly, and I will have someone shoot Cao Ying overnight." Tao Qian said excitedly.

Liu Bei asked someone to bring a pen and paper. He picked up the pen and wrote a letter eloquently in front of everyone, then folded it and handed it to Tao Qian.

After Tao Qian read it quickly, he was very happy, and then he said to Sun Gan: "Gongyou, please go to Cao Ying yourself and send this letter to Cao Cao."

Sun Gan clasped his fists and said, "Gongyou takes orders."

Afterwards, Sun Qian took the letter written by Liu Bei and went out of the city overnight to come to Cao Jun's camp as an envoy.

Cao Cao was sitting in the big tent, planning with Guo Jia and Xun You how to attack the city tomorrow, when he saw Dian Wei walking in from outside the tent, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Dian Wei clasped his fists and said, "Report to my lord, Tao Qian sent an envoy to meet my lord."

"Messenger?" Cao Cao guessed, "Could it be that Tao Qian couldn't hold on anymore and sent someone to surrender on his own initiative?"

Guo Jia and Xun You looked at each other, but they couldn't guess the purpose of Tao Qian's envoy at this time.

"Bring the envoy in!" Cao Cao shouted at Dianwei.

"Here!"

Dian Wei turned around and left the big tent. Not long after, he led Sun Qian into the big tent, and reported to Cao Cao again: "My lord, the envoy Tao Qian brought it here."

Cao Cao raised his head and glanced at Sun Qian who was standing in front of him. He saw that Sun Qian was dignified and very refined, and he had no intention of being afraid of him at all.

"Sun Qian of Beihai, pay homage to Mr. Cao." Sun Qian saluted Cao Cao respectfully.

"What did Tao Qian send you here for?" Cao Cao asked coldly.

Sun Qian took out a letter from his pocket, held it in his hand, and said loudly: "Here is a letter from Cao Shijun, please read it!"

Dian Wei took the letter from Sun Qian and handed it to Cao Cao.After Cao Cao opened the letter and read it quickly, his brows became more and more wrinkled, and finally he paid attention to the signature. Seeing that the letter was written by Liu Bei, he was furious, tore the letter to pieces, and said sharply: "What is Liu Bei doing?" People too! It’s just a villain who weaves mats and sells shoes, and dares to persuade me with a book, and there is a sense of sarcasm in it! Dianwei, push Sun Qian out and behead him to show the public, immediately gather troops and horses, and must win tonight Kaiyang City!"

When Sun Qian heard this, he was calm and composed, and he didn't mean to be afraid at all.

Dian Wei just started to catch Sun Gan, but Guo Jia called out: "Please wait!"

Guo Jia hurriedly cupped his hands to Cao Cao and said, "My lord, if the two armies are at war, don't kill the envoy. Moreover, Mr. Sun is a famous person in Qingzhou area. If you kill him, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the lord. Please be merciful, my lord. Good life to entertain Mr. Sun."

Cao Cao agreed with Guo Jia's words, so he waved his hand at Dian Wei, and Dian Wei stepped aside and didn't move.

Guo Jia leaned close to Cao Cao's ear and whispered, "Liu Bei and others came to rescue from afar. They should be courteous before soldiers. My lord should answer with kind words and let Sun Qian take them back to calm down. Then they suddenly attacked the city, and the defenders in the city were caught off guard. , it can be broken in one battle!"

Cao Cao thought for a while, agreed to Guo Jia's suggestion, and immediately asked Dian Wei to take Sun Qian away, and strictly protected him, not allowing anyone to approach him.

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't kill him anymore, Sun Gan clasped his fists in thanks, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

As a result, Sun Qian collided with the flustered Xia Houyuan, and he was knocked down to the ground by Xia Houyuan, who was thin.

Xia Houyuan didn't care about Sun Qian either, and went straight to Cao Cao, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, something is wrong..."

At this point, Xia Houyuan realized that there was still Sun Qian in the tent, so he leaned into Cao Cao's ear and whispered in a low voice: "My lord, the news came from the scouts, saying that the [-] troops stationed in Gaoping County have all been dispatched." The army was annihilated, Le Jin was killed, Cao Ren was captured, and even Yu Jin who went to assist Cao Ren surrendered. In addition, Shanyang prefect Lu Qian was killed, Bao Shao and Bao Xun brothers took the lead in rebellion, and showed Zhang Yan Changyi City, now the entire Shanyang County has been occupied by Zhang Yan. In addition, Chen Gong, the prefect of Dongjun, and Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, joined together secretly to welcome Lu Bu to Yanzhou, and respected Lu Bu as Yanzhou Shepherd. Occupying Puyang, Chenliu and other places, and then dividing troops to attack the counties, all parts of Yanzhou surrendered. Only Juancheng, Dong'a, and Fanxian were guarded by Xunyu, Chengyu, Xiahoudun and others. Fall into Lu Bu's hands."

After Cao Cao heard this, his face turned pale, his eyes were full of surprise, and he hurriedly said: "Yanzhou is my foundation, and I must not lose it, or I will be homeless..."

Guo Jia hastily interrupted Cao Cao, and said in a low voice, "The situation is urgent, and our army should withdraw as soon as possible. It just so happens that my lord can sell Liu Bei a favor..."

Sun Qian was sitting on the ground, and he could clearly see the changes in the expressions on the faces of Cao Cao, Xia Houyuan, Guo Jia, Xun You, etc., and he could lip-read, so he could clearly understand what Cao Cao and others were talking about just now.

When Dian Wei took Sun Gan out of the big tent, Sun Qian secretly said in his heart: "It turns out that Zhang Yan really led his army to wipe out Cao Ren's army, and broke into the hinterland of Yanzhou... It seems that what Chen Deng said about encircling Wei and saving Zhao is true." .”

Not long after Sun Qian left the big tent, Xia Houyuan chased him out again, and said to Dian Wei: "The lord has an order, please don't let Sun Qian go, temporarily lock Sun Qian in the big camp, and no one can approach him." .”

"Here!"

Cao Cao was too excited just now, and he said it all at once. He was worried that Sun Qian would tip off the news after he returned, so he asked Dianwei to lock Sun Qian up.

In this way, Cao Cao will not be harassed by Xuzhou soldiers if he pulls out his camp overnight.When Xuzhou soldiers find out that Cao Jun is gone tomorrow, it will be too late to pursue them again.

(End of this chapter)