"Do you want to show your strength? That's fine. After all, it's better for Xuzhou not to use weapons anymore."
After some mental struggle, Tao Qian finally decided to accept Cao Cao's "kind intention" reminder. He looked up at the two white cats and the long azure snake in the sky, which seemed to be decorations, and exhaled with a bitter taste.
Cool air.
It's a pity that Tao Qian was born twenty years too early...
Of course, such emotion has no meaning to Tao Qian now. It is just the old man's natural envy, jealousy and hatred when facing the energetic young people, and it has no practical significance at all.
"Lord Governor, do you really want to compromise with the eunuch? We really don't need to worry about Yuan Benchu's retaliation afterwards. With Dong Zhuo's strength, as long as we make a little move, we can make both him and the coalition lose. When the time comes...
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As Cao Hong's clan brother, although Cao Bao was not as good as his brother in literary talent, as a die-hard supporter of Tao Qian, Cao Bao was able to be awarded the command of the Danyang Army, one of the most elite troops in Xuzhou, by Tao Qian.
It can be seen that he still has some abilities, and Tao Qian's trust in him is rare among Xuzhou's four realms.
Although Cao Bao is not a famous person, and the Cao family is not an official family in Donghai County, when it comes to observing people's opinions and grasping the current situation, Cao Bao also has his own set of very effective theories, plus his understanding of Xuzhou
With his understanding of internal affairs, what he said now is obviously not arrogant nonsense - although it sounds a bit like it.
"Han Yu, please tell me what choice I should make. Don't beat around the bush with me."
Tao Qian did not explain or reprimand Cao Bao. Instead, he turned his face and looked at the man next to him wearing a red crane cloak.
The man was quite tall. He was nearly a head taller than Tao Qian when he was riding a horse. His face seemed to be more than ten years younger than Tao Qian, but in fact the age difference between the two was not that big, and
The time when Xiaolian was promoted was not different from each other by a few years. It can be said that they are a complete generation. But now they look like one is old and the other looks still young and vigorous.
"Why does Tao Gong need to ask Gui? With Gui's status today, I'm afraid some of his words are not planned for Tao Gong..."
"So what if it's from the perspective of a friend? Although I, Tao Gongzu, am not a kind person, I have done some good things for the people. Although my moral character is not necessarily very noble, at least it should not be enough for you, Han Yu, to wash my ears.
Bar."
"If they are friends... then how should Mr. Tao choose if he wants Xuzhou to become a paradise in today's world?"
Although the man was speaking to Tao Qian, he looked at the people around Tao Qian - including the brothers Cao Bao and Cao Hong who had just spoken. The two had somewhat similar faces. Although they were dressed in military uniforms, they did not look like soldiers at all.
The young man and a middle-aged scribe who was wearing the same red crane cloak and had a somewhat arrogant face.
Sure enough, upon hearing the man's question, the faces of those who were swept by the man's eyes showed expressions of attentive listening.
"I won't attack anyone unless they attack me. I'll block Xuzhou and wait for the weather." Tao Qian thought for a moment before speaking with a dodge in his eyes.
Although the first sentence makes it seem as if Tao Qian longs for peace, from the second sentence we can know that this old man is just like what Cao Cao said in the song "The Turtle is Longevity": The old man is in trouble, and his ambition is thousands of miles. Tao Qian's
The ambition is obviously not small.
No, perhaps since he saw the spectacle of meteors falling from the sky in the northwest, Tao Qian had some strange thoughts in his heart. However, Tao Qian obviously did not have the ability to turn them into reality at that time. But now,
Tao Qian felt that he might have a chance.
"So what does the governor think of Yuan Benzhu's ambitions?"
"Advance can be for Zhou Wu, retreat can be for Zhou Gong." Tao Qian could be said to have no pause at all regarding this issue.
"With Yuan Shao's ambition and Han Fu's performance, Jizhou can say that it is easy for him. To the west of Jizhou is Bingzhou Li Xue, who has made many military exploits since he started the Yellow Turbans, as much as Sun Wentai, Gongsun Bogui, Liu Xuande and others. Jizhou's
Dong is just a group of scholars, and there are many internal conflicts, but it is rich in products. It is not difficult to guess how Yuan Shao will choose between the two. Next..."
"What Han Yu means..." Tao Qian had vaguely guessed what the other party wanted to say.
"The matter of brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is probably known to the whole world now, and Yuan Shu is in Nanyang and Runan area. He not only needs to beware of Liu Biao behind him, but also needs to be careful of Dong Zhuo, so compared to Yuan Shao, he wants to put his hands on
I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach Xuzhou."
"What Han Yu means is that I have offended Yuan Shao and Cao Cao for a small matter, and offending all the princes in Guandong is the biggest problem, yes or no. Although Dong Zhuo is strong, judging from today's events, he is still weak after all.
As soon as Dong Zhuo fell, he
Of course, there will be people who are eager to jump out and cause trouble, and we in Xuzhou can naturally move in and out of it. If we advance, we can give the people of Xuzhou a chance to be famous throughout the ages; if we retreat, we can also protect the tranquility of our Xuzhou and the health of our respective families.
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"The Governor has always been a sensible person. Speaking of which, Prime Minister Pei hopes to use the Governor to protect the people under his rule. When the time comes, please do not stand idly by because Pei Guo is in Yuzhou."
"Well, Chen Hanyu, I am the governor of Xuzhou and I am meddling in the affairs of Yuzhou. You are planning to trap me into injustice."
Of course, Tao Qian said this completely as a joke, and everyone knew that it was just a joke.
As for what Chen Gui, the prime minister of Pei, was planning in his heart, Tao Qian didn't care. After all, no matter how high Chen Gui flew, his roots were still in Xuzhou and Xiapi Kingdom. As long as this didn't happen
If there is a fundamental change, then Tao Qian will be confident that he can control the situation.
Everything that happened in Hedong has proved that no matter how powerful the powerful are, if there is not enough army, then everything will be vain.
"Tao Qian moved. I didn't expect Meng De that your idea would be so useful."
As a veteran who has been fighting for many years, Cao Ren could clearly feel that Tao Qian's army's attack intensity was gradually increasing. However, Li Jue's troops, who were not well prepared for this, were still beaten even in the face of Tao Qian's army's gradually increasing attack intensity.
Caught off guard.
"If it wasn't for the sake of the Han Dynasty, I wouldn't want to take this tactic and endanger other princes for nothing."
Although Tao Qian's performance was very much in line with Cao Cao's expectations, his expression was not very complacent. He didn't know why Tao Qian became proactive, but one of the factors that influenced his decision was the attack of the Xiahou brothers.
It will definitely not be the weight that changes the balance of the scale. Moreover, with Tao Qian's status and strength, can he really swallow such a shame?
Although Cao Cao did not regret his decision, he felt somewhat unhappy in his heart.
After all, if he had as many troops as Tao Qian, he would be able to solve the problem even if he fought alone, instead of being like now, who has the title of general but has little ability to control his princes.
It seems like maybe I should also consider the issue of territory...
As Tao Qianjun changed his mind, the pressure on Cao Cao was reduced a lot, which also gave him more time to think about other things. Of course, unlike Li Shushi, who was habitually distracted, Cao Cao still had two eyes.
Half of them remained on the battlefield.
It feels like the metaphor above seems a bit harsh...
However, Cao Cao obviously did not expect that his move would become the trigger for a series of subsequent events, just like Lin Pingzhi. Although the Qingcheng Sect was indeed extremely interested in the Lin family's evil-fighting sword manual,
However, the fact that Lin Pingzhi killed Yu Canghai's son obviously had a considerable acceleration effect on the whole matter, and in the end, the family was ruined and almost died.
Well, things in the future belong to the future rather than the present, so we shouldn’t think too much about it and let’s focus on the present.
Because of Tao Qian's joining, the battlefield situation began to tilt towards the coalition side. However, although the tilt occurred, it could not really have any fundamental impact for a while. It was just that Li Jue could not enjoy himself as leisurely as he did at the beginning.
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However, Li Jue's luck obviously began to change, because his stomach had a tendency to change like Guo Si's.
The reason lies in someone's outburst...
"Thank you General for the rescue!"
"On the battlefield, don't talk nonsense, pay more attention to your surroundings, and don't fall into the enemy's tricks again!"
Just after rescuing his own soldiers who had fallen into the enemy's formation due to their rashness, Cao Ren couldn't wait to exchange orders.
"Inform the lord and let the two Xiahou generals choose the athletes who dare to die. We must 'capture the thief first and capture the king'!"
After saying this, Cao Ren led his personal guards and rushed towards the Xiliang army and loudly invited the Xiliang army to fight.
Cao Ren had followed Lu Bu on many "hunting" trips in Bingzhou, and he was very familiar with Lu Bu's fighting style. What our Lu Xiaoqiang children's shoes are most accustomed to doing is to use his martial arts to play one-on-one with those barbarians, defeating the opponent the most.
After the brave warriors are killed one by one, the enemy's morale will be greatly reduced. At the same time, there will be more flaws due to the chaos in the command system. After all, among the Hu troops who believe more in strength and respect the strong, those warriors basically occupy the most important positions.
The highest level of the chain of command.
It's not that Cao Ren didn't think of such a method at the beginning, but Lu Bu's fighting method was more suitable for smaller battles, rather than large-scale battles like now. At the same time, Cao Ren was not familiar with the Xiliang army's fighting style, and even more
Being steady, he was worried that after rushing forward, the opponent would seize the flaw and surround and kill the elites of Cao Cao's army, causing heavy losses to himself.
But now it's different, because Cao Ren keenly discovered the weakness of the Xiliang army that Sun Jian had seen. Although Cao Ren's strength could not achieve Sun Jian's astonishing results for a while, don't forget that the number of right-wing troops already occupied
has a considerable advantage, so the multiplication effect is obviously more obvious than that of the left wing.
Now, as the left and right wings fall into a passive situation at the same time, especially the left wing, which has shown a greater decline, Dong Zhuo's army is obviously in a crisis. What decision will Dong Zhuo make?
