Chapter 3 The source of the white cloud is from nowhere (thanks to the South of the Silver Alliance)
Xu Shu's strategy is simple and direct, just like most people who catch a cold only boil water with Daqing root. After drinking it, it will be useful, and if it is not, it will be useless.
"Present Xuzhou and Cao Liu, and then go to join General Wei together?" Chen Deng, whose body was still wet with water stains, was stunned for a moment.
"Or you can offer Xuzhou to General Wei, and then defect to Cao and Liu..." Xu Shu answered calmly. "Under the overall situation, there is not much extra action you and I can do. We can only take advantage of the neutral stance to
Xuzhou belongs to one party, and it has shown its ability. After making great achievements, it is not regrettable to choose another way. Only in this situation, if you want to dedicate Xuzhou to General Wei, the key is only Langya Zang Xuangao, and we are actually powerless. Moreover
Once General Wei goes south and gains Xuzhou, the road to the Central Plains will be smooth, and a war will be inevitable...Although a war is inevitable, how can you and I start this war for our own benefit?"
Chen Deng remained silent.
"I know what Yuan Long is thinking," Xu Shu sighed. "You are a leader of the Chen family, and your roots are in Xuzhou. If you leave suddenly, everything will be gone... But let me tell you next, brother Yuan Long, when you
If you don't leave Xuzhou for a day, you will be just a proud man who relies on your family to dominate local power, and will never become a true hero... Besides, Brother Yuanlong, no matter who Xuzhou belongs to in the future, you will actually have no use for you.
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"But if you leave Xuzhou and join General Wei, you will be able to use your skills and become a true hero?" After a while, Chen Yuanlong still found it difficult to accept.
"Of course not." Xu Yuanzhi suddenly softened his tone. "I don't know about you, but I really want to find a chance to ask General Wei one day... Is it bad to be the Duke of Zhou? Why?
Do we have to overthrow the Han Dynasty and stand on our own feet?"
"Such words..." Chen Deng couldn't help laughing. "I can answer for General Wei, 'I can take his place.' What's left to say? General Wei's achievements are there, and his strength is there.
Isn't it natural to have such thoughts after reaching this point? And don't look at Cao Fenwu, Liu Yuzhou and the others are shouting about reviving the Han Dynasty every day. Yuan Zhi will really wait for them to defeat General Wei one day and become the strongest in the world.
Don’t you have this intention?”
"If so." Xu Shu pursed his lips for a moment, then asked, "What are you, Mr. Chen, struggling with?"
Chen Deng was immediately speechless.
"Actually, people's hearts are always like this." Xu Shu sighed. "If you want to follow your ambitions, you will always be hindered by the reality. If you want to follow the reality, you can't help but have high aspirations. Now General Wei's intentions are obvious.
, what else can we do if we don’t place the so-called revival of the Han Dynasty on Cao and Liu? In fact, I feel the same way about General Wei. If I didn’t respect him and respect him, how could I hope that he could become a saint like Duke Zhou?”
"Can……"
"But if he really said the words 'I can take his place', I would have nothing to say. Since I have received favor from others, after I fulfilled my wish in Xuzhou, I will spend my whole life repaying him for helping me get out of trouble."
That’s right.”
Chen Deng was silent for a long time, then stood up and left.
Xu Yuanzhi didn't pay attention to this. He knew Chen Deng's difficulty - if the son of the first family in Xuzhou could not make up his mind to leave Xuzhou, this so-called strategy would be meaningless to him.
However, a moment later, Chen Deng actually left and returned.
"Brother Yuanlong, are you going to Hebei with me?" Xu Shu cheered up.
"It's still hard to decide." Chen Yuanlong, who was wet again, sat proudly opposite Xu Shu. "But I thought about it...not to mention whether I will leave or not, but only whether I will do this or not. We, the Chen family,
In fact, General Wei is destined to be regarded as a ungrateful person. And as you said, if General Wei enters Xuzhou at this time, the war will definitely start in Xuzhou. He was born and raised here, how can he sit idly by and ignore it? Besides, when is the time?
The situation is in front of us, how can a man sit back and ignore it if he only has empty ambitions?"
"That's good!" Xu Shu was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Now that things have happened, what is Yuan Zhi's plan?" Chen Deng asked sincerely. "Who should Cao and Liu choose?"
"There is no need to choose, just let them do it themselves." Xu Shu replied calmly. "As for the strategy, I have said it before, it is almost non-existent... Now General Wei is far away in Yecheng, and Zhendong General Guan Yunchang is also in Qingzhou. They really
If you want to win Xuzhou, your only hope is that the matter can be settled slowly... It is best to bribe Zang Ba calmly, and then use a messenger to persuade Xuzhou himself to promise Xuzhou to return to Hebei in public. But if the bribery fails,
Tao Xuzhou doesn't allow it, so the only option is to use force, but it's usually too late at this time, because Cao and Liu won't just sit idly by. What we have to do is to make the situation tense so that General Wei can't have time.
Let Cao and Liu make a decision early!"
"Yuan Zhi...didn't you say you wanted to Tao Xuzhou...?"
"How can you do this?" Xu Shu disagreed. "Actually, two false letters are enough... Even false letters are not necessary, as long as you go to visit Lu Zike (Lu Qian) tonight and hint that Zang Xuangao has actually surrendered to General Wei; I will
After accompanying Duke Yuan Hua to General Andong's Mansion, he met with Mrs. Gan privately at the back of the hall. He only said that Tao Xuzhou's body might go into aphasia and shock at any time. If Cao and Liu were really heroic figures, they would naturally take action, and the specifics were
Which one is Cao or Liu? You might as well let Tao Xuzhou choose."
"That's right..." Chen Deng suddenly responded. "This call adds fuel to the fire. The thirty-six strategies can become the thirty-seven strategies."
Xu Shu hesitated to speak, but in the end he ignored the other party and continued: "And there is another advantage of doing this, that is, it can save Xiapi City from a lot of trouble!"
"I know this." Chen Deng nodded immediately. "Xu Dan and Zuo Rong are both from Tao Xuzhou. One has soldiers but is stupid, the other has weapons and food but is extremely greedy. Once Tao Xuzhou dies, there will be no one."
It can be controlled. No matter who takes over, there will definitely be chaos. Instead, it is better to do something while Tao Xuzhou is still here and still has prestige over the Danyang soldiers."
At this point, Chen Deng paused for a moment, and then continued: "In fact, all the forces in Xuzhou were reluctant to move before, just because they were afraid of trouble, but if you think about it carefully, I'm afraid it would be better to make a decision first, which would lead to less trouble...
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"You are not afraid of causing trouble." Xu Shu suddenly sneered. "But you know very well that once Tao Xuzhou leaves, no matter who among the three outside gets Xuzhou, based on their strength, it is impossible for your family to continue
He holds the real power in Xuzhou...so he is just deceiving himself and others like a hen burying its head under its own wings. Brother Yuanlong, I will give you a heartfelt message today!"
Chen Deng suddenly looked solemn and said: "Yuan Zhi, please speak."
"If it really comes to a time when you need to make a decision, you might as well help someone who is willing to say that he will clean up Xuzhou after winning it, because this kind of person is an upright and trustworthy person...at least they won't bother to deceive you!"
Chen Deng became more and more speechless, but nodded heavily.
Immediately, the two heroic men, fearless of heaven and earth, simply acted according to their plan and directly broke the stalemate in Xuzhou.
In other words, Xuzhou's balance is already very fragile, but once Chen Deng, an important figure in Xuzhou himself, and Xu Shu, who represents the medical authority through Hua Tuo, suddenly go out in person to create chaos, the effect will be surprisingly good... In fact,
, Chen Deng and Xu Shu were still very conservative when they told others, but just a day or two later, rumors were already spreading in Xiapi City. Tao Qian went from being in shock and aphasic to dying at any time, and he also added Gan.
The drama of the lady stealing the seal of General Anton; Zang Ba's possibility of having a private meeting with General Wei turned into Langya already belonging to Hebei, and Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops have been stationed at the border of Donghai County, and they may come at any time and massacre the city!
There was no need for the two of them to muddy the water or create a panic situation. The entire Xuzhou was completely on a state of war readiness... In this case, even Chen Gui, Zhao Yu, Cao Hong, and Cao Bao could see Tao Qian himself.
, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang could not control the situation.
Because once the balance is broken, once chaos and confrontation are provoked, the situation becomes beyond human control... These people are not from the same group.
For example, on the evening of the second day, after Xiapi Prime Minister Zuorong heard the rumors, his first reaction was to climb over the wall in the rain and escape from Xiapi City, and then went outside the city to issue orders. Tens of thousands of Buddhist believers and Buddhists immediately gathered.
Thousands of soldiers from the county were then stationed at Geyi Mountain in the east of Xiapi City across Surabaya, where he had stored grain, grass and ordnance for several years as Prime Minister of Xiapi.
There was no way, unlike in history, now Xuzhou was surrounded by powerful princes on three sides, and Zuo Rong could not go anywhere, so he could only seek some sense of security in this way.
Otherwise? We can't let him go out to sea in a floating boat, right?
So once he thought that Tao Qian was dead, he really felt like the sky was falling. He was also one of the few people in Xuzhou City who really hoped that Tao Gongzu could survive. The solemn request for Hua Tuo to treat his illness before was even more heartfelt.
And when he was summoned by the pottery merchant and protected by his fellow villager Xu Danji's Danyang soldiers, he entered the city and met Tao Qian again. After discovering that the latter had not gone that far, he knew it was a rumor, but still refused to dismiss his subordinates.
He even refused to go back to live in the official temple in the city... There is no way, this time it is fake, what should I do if it is real next time? Are you going to let the mermaid be eaten?
Since Zuo Rong refused, Cao Hong, Cao Bao's uncle and nephew had sufficient reason to continue to maintain martial law in Xiapi City itself, and then Xu Dan also had reason to move thousands of Danyang troops from his headquarters to the south bank of Surabaya to echo Zuo Rong, and
Since the swordsman confrontation between the left and right sides of Xiapi City has become like this, there is no reason for Zhao Yu, Mi Fang, and Chen Gui not to send out their cronies and let the soldiers from their respective counties gather at key points to prepare to defend or respond.
When things got to this point, Tao Gongzu, who was already short of hero, was even more heartbroken now. He didn't even think of questioning Zang Ba's eldest son Zang Ai, but simply sent his eldest son Tao Shang as an envoy to Chang'an to meet the emperor and return General Anton.
, Xuzhou Mu Yinshou; and his second son Tao Ying packed up his utensils and prepared to return to his hometown in Danyang to wait for death.
But at this time, both public and private, Chen Gui, Mi Zhu, Cao Hong, Zhao Yu, and even Yu Zuo Rong and others would not agree with Tao Qian's willfulness. Everyone knelt down to observe the courtesy of the ministers, saying good or bad things, and finally let Tao Ying
I went home to tidy up my old house, but I left the pottery seal here... I really have no choice. If the pottery leaves, there won't even be a reliable messenger between the various forces, and I'm afraid there will be a fire soon.
Merger matter.
The situation remained at a stalemate for another four or five days, and the situation was deteriorating day by day. However, for some reason, there was no movement at the border where the message was supposed to be received. Both Cao Liu and Langya in the north turned a deaf ear. But on this day
In the morning, it was only the sixth day since Zuo Rong fled out of the city. The pottery merchant suddenly went out of the city in person to invite Xu Dan and Zuo Rong, and summoned the Chen family, the Mi family, and the Cao family in the city, plus Zhao Yu, Zang Ai, and Hui.
At General Anton's Mansion.
After all, Tao Qian is still alive, and the eldest son of the Tao family has specially come to invite us, so there is no reason for everyone not to go...but I am afraid that some extra preparations are unavoidable.
"What's going on?" Chen Deng, as a powerful man in charge of Xuzhou's field troops, went to the hall with his father. However, he met Xu Shu standing on the corridor outside the hall and couldn't help but step forward to ask.
"I don't know." Xu Shu also shook his head solemnly. "Only Tao Xuzhou hurriedly invited Yuanhua Gong here early this morning. First he gave him acupuncture, and then he took some refreshing medicine, as if he wanted to strengthen his body.
What you are told...you must be extremely careful."
Chen Deng could only nod... After all, if Tao Qian made a decision, whatever ideas he and Xu Shu had would be in vain.
In this way, Chen Yuanlong hurried to the hall with his father, while Xu Shu also took the opportunity to stand outside the hall with his sword in a grand manner.
However, shortly after Chen Gui, Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Cao Hong, Cao Bao, Zhao Yu, Zang Ai, Zuo Rong, and Xu Danju all entered, Tao Qian had not yet shown up.
Officials from above and below, soldiers from Danyang outside the city, local field soldiers from all walks of life, military princes, and even famous families in Xiapi City came in droves... In the end, there was no room in the hall, and many people had to wait in the corridor outside.
It happened that it was still the end of the rainy season, and the weather started to become gloomy again.
This situation made the previous giants even more uneasy.
This was not over yet. When it started to rain outside at noon, in the sultry and humid weather, Cao Cao's envoy Lu Qian and Lu Zike, who worked under General Fenwu, actually came here alone. What was even more shocking was that the Chen Gui tribe
Brother, the former governor of Yangzhou, the prefect of Wu County, and the eldest son of the late captain Chen Qiu, Chen Yu, actually came to the lobby of General Anton's Mansion... Following him was a recognized talent and celebrity in Xuzhou in the past, named by Tao Qian.
Xuzhou Maocai, Wang Lang and Wang Jingxing were engaged in the administration of the state in the past!
Of course, there was a young swordsman in his mid-twenties accompanying Wang Jingxing, and only Xu Shu and Chen Deng cared about it.
But no matter what, Wang Lang is now a minister and is stationed in Yecheng. Everyone will always know about it.
In other words, not only were all the important people in Xuzhou present today, but Cao Cao's envoys and Gongsun Xun's envoys were also present. This shows that some things cannot be avoided.
Not long after Wang Lang entered, he didn't have time to greet his old friends from Xuzhou when he heard a cough in the back of the hall. Then he saw that Tao Gongzu, who had been so stubborn in the past, now had a yellow complexion and kept coughing.
With the support of the young lady, he managed to walk out... the so-called old age appeared!
Everyone in the hall was silent at first, but they couldn't help but ignore the pottery merchant and Hua Tuo who then came out with a medicine jar, and turned their attention to the young lady... As we all know, this can only be Mrs. Gan.
Well, I can only say that the three families of Gongsun, Cao, and Liu are now here.
By the way, maybe because of her beauty and special skin color, there have always been some rumors about Mrs. Gan who is like white jade. It is said that she is not Tao Qian’s wife’s clan. Some people even say that she is just a native of Xuzhou, just because
She was so beautiful that her surname was Gan, so she was favored by Tao Qian and raised as his niece. It turned out that she was planning to win over the leader of his Danyang soldiers, but later she was promised to Liu Bei by mistake.
But these things don't matter now, because the marriage was completed by Cao Cao's biological father, the former Taiwei Cao Song, and it has long become an important symbol of the Central Plains Alliance. Not to mention that Mrs. Gan's matter is just
Rumors, even if there is real evidence, are meaningless now... Liu Yuzhou's wife is Tao Xuzhou's niece, who dares to say otherwise?!
However, the political significance of Mrs. Gan's appearance this time was aside from the fact that although she looked sad, her skin was like snow, and her beauty was like flowers. The sharp contrast with her uncle Tao Gongzu's dull complexion and overlapping old spots was in stark contrast to her.
The person was extremely sad.
"I'm so ashamed of myself!" Tao Qian had just sat down at the table, but before he could say anything, someone fell in love with the scene. He couldn't help but burst into tears and even leaned over to apologize. "I've been back in Xuzhou for a few days, thinking that we would meet again someday.
But I couldn’t come to see the general, and instead asked the general to summon me..."
Tao Qian looked up and saw that it was Wang Lang. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Why is Jingxing doing this? Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. Moreover, Hebei is at odds with the Central Plains. You can't come to see me in person. Do you blame me?"
?Although Tao Qian is old today, he has not yet died. Even if you have the intention, there is no need to mourn today...I still want to live a few more days!"
When Wang Lang heard this, he became even more sad, but he could only hold back and stood up and returned to his seat.
"Zizhong, are you all here today?" Seeing Wang Lang getting up, Tao Qian turned around and asked Mi Zhu, who was riding in his state. "You want to retaliate with me."
Mi Zhu did not dare to neglect, and quickly went out to repeat the story to the best of his ability for those present today.
"That's good." Tao Qian listened carefully to the list before he spoke slowly and seriously. "It's okay if Zang Xuangao can't make it in time. Everyone in the other states seems to have tried their best. Not only that, Cao Fenwu's Lu
Wang Pushe and Guo Sima, who have been engaged in maintaining the integrity of General Wei, are also here, so some things can be discussed..."
The hall was silent for a moment.
"The reason I called you here today is actually to introduce you to one of my relatives and descendants. He heard that I was seriously ill. He galloped to Xiapi yesterday and slept in the side yard of my house last night, so he didn't have time to meet you." Tao
Qian continued to speak slowly. "But from my point of view, if he can come here in person, then I have nothing to say... but you can meet him!"
Everyone listened in confusion and looked at each other, but soon, as Tao Qian spoke, two people suddenly walked out slowly from the back of the hall.
The man in the front, with a body of seven feet, long arms over the knees, a short beard and a white face, with a crown and a brocade robe, stands out with a sword in his hand; the person in the back, with an extremely strong physique, white skin and a lush beard and beard, also stands out with a sword in his hand.
from.
In fact, there were not a few people in the hall who knew these two people, so they were already stunned. There were also many people who didn't know these two people, but they were naturally doubtful.
Chen Deng didn't recognize Chen Deng, so he couldn't help but elbow his own father in the waist and ribs. Chen Gui was dumbfounded and ignored him after being pushed several times by his son. Instead, after a while, he and many
Like people, they hurriedly came out of the queue, bowed and bowed, and called Liu Yuzhou, General Zhang!
It turned out that these two people were Liu Xuande and his younger brother Zhang Yide!
After Zhang Yide stood at the side of the hall holding his knife, Liu Bei slowly walked into the hall, his face unchanged, and he returned the courtesy calmly: "Bei heard that my uncle was ill, so he didn't dare to neglect him. He came here yesterday with great ease, but he didn't expect to see him today.
You are old friends, I haven’t seen you in many years, but your style remains the same!”
As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people in the hall could no longer hold back and bent down to salute. Even outside the hall, many people swarmed in and rushed in.
It rained heavily in summer, and thunder and lightning flashed for a while. In the panic, Chen Deng was in the hall, and Xu Shu was outside the hall. They were all speechless... Only today did they know what it means to arrogantly judge the heroes of the world with the mere arrogance of lakes and seas!
For a moment, Guo Fengxiao, the only one who had remained silent, could not help but smile slightly.
————I have very white teeth————
"There is a scholar in Xuzhou named Cao Hong, who leads Pi Ling, who is always known as Calamator. Tao Qian, the pastor of Xuzhou, is seriously ill. Everyone thinks that Xuzhou should be returned to Taizu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei... Hong
After discussing with everyone, he sighed: "Who is Bei, and everyone praises him for his power as general Anbiwei and his virtue as Cao Fenwu?" The next day, Qian held a meeting with the officials, and Bei came out alone.
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