Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162 Xuzhou Family
"My lord, once Han Fu surrenders to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's strength will be greatly enhanced, but Yuan Shao will need time to stabilize his new territory. Besides, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou is not a kind person. At that time, we can form an alliance with Gongsun Zan to fight against Yuan Shao together." At that time, with Gongsun Zan behind him, even if we sent troops to Xuzhou, Yuan Shao would not dare to act rashly, because he had no time to worry about us at that time!" Chen Gong said calmly.

Zhang De nodded.Zhang De knew that according to historical records, Han Fu would surrender to Yuan Shao in a short time, so he didn't have to wait too long.Now we should seize the time to prepare our troops for war, and when the time comes, send troops to Xuzhou!
"My lord, according to my opinion, the best thing for us now is to make friends with the rich and powerful in Xuzhou as soon as possible. If we have the help of the rich and powerful families in Xuzhou, it will be much easier for us to take over Xuzhou!" Chen Gong continued.

"A wealthy family?" Zhang De was taken aback for a moment.Although Zhang De knows the power of the aristocratic and wealthy families in this era, Zhang De does not have a deep understanding after all.Whether it was taking over Beihai before or attacking Qingzhou, Zhang De never encountered obstacles from the aristocratic class.After all, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, all the noble families in Qingzhou moved away, and the remaining ones were either killed by the Yellow Turban Army, or later robbed by Zang Ba, so Zhang De had never seen the local noble families.

Zhang De's understanding of the aristocratic class, apart from what he read in books and what he heard from others, was those big families in the capital, such as the Yuan family.A big family like the Yuan family, which has been prosperous for hundreds of years, is completely different from the local aristocratic families.Because the old officials of a big family like the Yuan family are all over the world, they no longer worry about the survival of the family. No matter who is in power, as long as the class of "scholars" exists, the Yuan family will not fall. What is more important is the struggle in the court, to gain more rights, while the local small aristocratic tyrants value the continuation of the family.

However, Xuzhou was not as seriously affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion as Qingzhou, so there were many wealthy families.Among them, there are three most representative ones.

The first is the Chen family in Xiapi.The Chen family is an aristocratic family in Xiapi. It is said that they are the descendants of Chen Ping, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty, and some ancestors once served as officials in the imperial court. The largest family in Xiapi.

The second is the Cao family in Pengcheng.This Cao family was originally in Runan, but later came to Xuzhou to escape the war.The Cao family got rid of a few people who are good at martial arts, so the Cao family can be counted as a powerful side in Pengcheng.However, unlike the Chen family in Xiapi, the Cao family's foundation in Xuzhou is far inferior to that of the Chen family.

The third thing I want to talk about is the Mi family in Donghai County.The Mi family was born as a merchant, the largest merchant in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Their ancestors have been farming and farming for generations. They have nearly [-] servants and diners, and their assets are hundreds of millions.It is also a representative of the young and Xu generations of businessmen.However, Mi's family was born as a businessman after all, so their status is not as good as that of Chen's and Cao's.But fortunately, all merchants in Xuzhou obey the Mi family, so the status of the Mi family in Xuzhou is not low.

The three great aristocratic families in Xuzhou represent Xuzhou's aristocratic, powerful and merchant classes, and some of the three families worked under Tao Qian.For example, Chen Deng of the Chen family is the lieutenant of Diannong in Xuzhou, Cao Bao of the Cao family is a general under Tao Qian, and Mi Zhu of the Mi family is Biejia of Xuzhou.

Zhang De also knows that if he can get the support of Xuzhou's aristocratic family, he will get twice the result with half the effort if he takes over Xuzhou.Think about it, Liu Bei was able to take control of Xuzhou mainly because of the help of the Mi family; when Lu Bu stayed in Xuzhou, he relied on the Cao family, and later Cao Cao governed Xuzhou, Chen Deng did a lot of effort, so Zhang De wanted to be in Xuzhou To gain a firm foothold, you must either get the support of the wealthy Xuzhou family, or completely eradicate the Xuzhou family.

The latter is definitely not possible. First, Zhang De has no grievances with them, and second, Zhang De does not want to fight against the world's aristocratic families.Therefore, Zhang De felt that it would be better to contact these companies in secret first, to find out what they said.

Thinking of this, Zhang De said to Chen Gong: "Sir, let's send someone to get in touch with everyone in Xuzhou first. Who do you think should be sent?"

"My lord, the Mi family has a lot of business dealings with us in Qingzhou. Uncle Zhi has always been in charge of these matters. I think it's best to let Uncle Zhi go." Mi Zhu replied.

Zhang De thought for a while, since Guoyuan came, it was much easier for Wang Xiu to be the Diannong school lieutenant, and he was relieved to let him go this time, so he nodded and agreed.

At this time, Zhang De's god-nephew Zhang Xing walked in, handed Zhang De a letter, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Thirteen, look, there is an urgent report from Chang'an!"

Zhang De looked at it, frowned, and handed the letter to Chen Gongdao: "Sir, look, Cao Cao has captured Hangu Pass, and Niu Fu and Li Ru are finished!"

Chen Gong took the letter over to read it, and was slightly taken aback.I didn't expect Niu Fu and Li Ru to lose so quickly!

Cao Cao bought Hu Chi'er with a lot of gold and silver treasures. Hu Chi'er also felt that Dong Zhuo was dead, and he might not have much success with Niu Fu, so he surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead the army to take over Hangu Pass.

The granaries needed by Niu Fu and Li Ru's army were all provided by Hangu Pass, so after Cao Cao took Hangu Pass, Li Ru ran out of food.

There are two options for Li Ru, one is to storm Chang'an, if Chang'an is captured, everything will be solved, and the other is to retreat.But now it is impossible for Li Ru to return to Hangu Pass, Li Ru's only way is to go to Wuguan.

Wuguan was guarded by Zhang Xiu. Although Zhang Xiu did not send troops to attack Chang'an after Dong Zhuo died, Zhang Xiu was also from Liangzhou Army after all, so he should take in Li Ru and Niu Fu's army.

Li Ru is a man who is good at intrigue and trickery, but not very proficient in leading soldiers to fight.So on the way of Li Ru's retreat to Wuguan, he was ambushed by Cao Cao's generals Xiahou Dun and Li Dian. Li Ru and Niu Fu were able to fight to the death, but lost most of their [-] troops.But the matter was far from over. Seeing Li Ru's retreat, Lu Bu immediately led his men to pursue him, only to meet Li Ru and Niu Fu who had been ambushed and defeated by Cao Cao.Li Ru and Niu Fu were newly defeated, and their morale was low. After the First World War, Niu Fu was beheaded by Lu Bu, and Li Ru's whereabouts were unknown.Li Ru Niu Fu's army was completely wiped out.

After this, Cao Cao did not continue to march into Chang'an, but retreated to Hangu Pass, and on the other side, he went to the court to ask for credit.Wang Yun was afraid that Cao Cao would enter Chang'an, so he came up with an opportunity to drive away tigers and wolves. He named Cao Cao the governor of Bingzhou and Marquis of Wuting, but Bingzhou was not Cao Cao's territory. Obviously Wang Yun wanted to use this to consume Cao Cao. combat power.

These things happened more than half a month ago, and the news has only reached Beihai now.Zhang De sighed softly, because of his arrival, history has changed, and Cao Cao's development path is also different from before, so what should he do?

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