"Sir, it's not good!"

Tao Qian was awakened by the noise and firelight from outside the window, and Zhao Yu's anxious voice came outside the house.

Tao Qian said loudly while dressing, "Xingxiao, what happened?"

"Sir, things are urgent! Cao Bao rebelled and Xingye opened the south city gate. Now Cao's army has entered the city, and the city is in chaos. Please follow me to escape to the north gate!"

Zhao Yu's voice was anxious and fast, and Tao Qian's hand, which was dressed, froze. Fortunately, the maids were not scared and were still helping Tao Qian put on their clothes tremblingly.

Tao Qian was stunned for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Put it off! Take off your clothes and take two sets of short shirts from servants. Xingxiao, you come in and change your clothes too. You can't take off this outfit!"

He turned his head calmly and said to the maid: "Mr. Cao is so famous that it will not be difficult for me. Go and pass on the message and let them sleep peacefully. When the official is settled, he will naturally contact them. Tao Yong, go and ask the guards to change into their servants' clothes, take only the generals, and let the others go with them."

"promise!"

"I know."

Zhao Yu looked at Tao Qian who was calm and suddenly felt a very strange feeling. He was busy as a dog of a family. Unexpectedly, Tao Qian was so calm when things came to an end. This was just like two people, or people were like this. When there were many choices, they would be worried about gains and losses, but when there was only one choice, they would be devoted and their worries and wisdom would come naturally.

At this moment, Tao Qian's existing wisdom came back!!

"Xing Xiao. Have you thought about it and really go with me? You can stay there too. With the talent of Xing Xiao, Cao Cao will definitely be of great use!"

"My jokingly, even though Yu is not talented, he is unwilling to be a thief. Wherever he plans to go, his subordinates must follow him. If he continues to be an official, his subordinates will be a clerk. If he lives in the mountains and forests, he will be a companion."

"Okay, it's true that people are in trouble. The ancients are really not bullying me! Let's leave quickly from the north gate."

"Did you already have a certain opinion?"

Tao Qian walked out with big strides and said with a smile: "Zhiwen wrote to me the previous letter, saying that if there is any accident, he can go to Jixian to join the emperor. The emperor is just the time to use people. Although I, Tao Qian, have no talent, I still have talent for hundreds of miles. Being loyal to the emperor can be considered a reputation for this life!"

"Go together!"

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Cao Bao opened the south gate in the middle of the night and put Cao's army into Xia Pi. When other aristocratic tribes in the city saw that the situation was not good, they were busy surrendering to Cao Cao. There were no one who wanted to resist Cao Cao. Except for some strange people taking advantage of the situation, there were very few battles in the city.

Under Cao Bao's leadership, Xiahou Yuan took the lead in surrounding Tao Qian's residence. Tao Qian's guards did not resist, but cooperated to disarm.

At dawn, Cao Cao came to Tao Qian's mansion, and Tao Qian's two sons and his wife were waiting outside the door.

Cao Cao stood high on his horse and looked down at the Tao family who was very respectful and respectful. He was naturally very unhappy, but he felt a sense of conquest.

"You are Tao Qian's family?"

"That's right, Caomin Tao Yu, his younger brother Tao Hong, the others are the families of my brothers."

"Caomin? Why do you call yourself acaomin? Haven't you both become an official?"

"Sir, my brothers are both foolish, so they did not become officials. They just taught students in the Cheng Middle School Pavilion and did not have an official position."

Cao Cao looked at the two of them carefully. In the morning light, he felt that although these two were humble, they were full of books and righteousness, neither arrogant nor humble, and they were not disgusted with Cao Cao or timid. Cao Cao couldn't help but praise him secretly.

"Tao Gongzu is honest and honest. It's true that people are as good as his name. What a pity! I still want to use it for him more, but I didn't expect it but couldn't get it!"

"Are you two willing to become an official?"

"Sir, my brothers have insufficient talents. If they agree, I will naturally obey the arrangements of my parents and ask them to hire them. If they think it is not possible, my brothers are still willing to teach in the library and cultivate talents for the whole world."

"Okay! Just follow the two of you, I won't disturb you. Miaocai, you are here to stay, don't let the rioters come and harass them. In addition, do you know where Tao Gongzu is going?"

"Lord, the last general has found out that Tao Gongzu and Zhao Xingxiao have already left the north gate overnight, so I'm afraid they have already walked away!"

"Well!" Cao Cao sighed and left.

"Miaocai, look at them!" Cao Hong, behind Cao Cao, whispered, and Xiahou Yuan nodded understandingly.

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At dawn, Cao Cao was promoted to the hall in Xia Pi's government office. All the original officials who had followed Cao Cao or were caught were sitting in the hall. Cao Cao was sitting high and looking through the official document list found in the warehouse.

Taking over the population list of a city is very important and formal, but this list is now held in the hands of Xi Zhicai on one side, while Cao Cao was reading a book written by Wenwu of Xia Pi to Tao Qian.

The court was very quiet, and only Cao Cao let out an unknown chuck from time to time. Everyone was very frightened when the people in the hall looked at Cao Cao and his former colleagues around him. Many of them attacked and scolded Cao Cao. Who wrote it naturally knew what they had.

Looking at Cao Cao watching with interest, these people were also pounding, and the sweat on their heads was even more unknowingly, even though it was the coldest winter now.

After a while, Cao Cao casually threw the letter on the desk, slowly glanced at everyone, and said, "Come on, come and get the brazier!"

Soon, two soldiers carried a brazier to the lobby and stood aside waiting for Cao Cao's further instructions. Cao Cao suddenly stood up, raised his hand, and his wide sleeves swept across the desk. With a strong wind, the net on the desk suddenly flew down the hall. Everyone in the hall shivered involuntarily, thinking that they were about to have a disaster!

"It's all burned!" Cao Cao said lightly.

Xi Zhicai smiled with a pursed lips and looked at the stupid civil and military officials in the hall, with a little cramped look in his eyes.

Cao Cao suddenly laughed as the two soldiers were busy throwing the net on the ground into the brazier to light it.

"Don't panic, everyone. I just want to see who has the ability to see. At that time, everyone was the leader. Will I blame you? Now everyone has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. I will definitely take the initiative to hire you. The past things have passed, and everything that should be burned is burned. You still need to grasp what you will do in the future!"

"The subordinates must be the lord who will die!"

"I'll be willing to die!"

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand and pointed at Cao Bao and said, "Guardian Cao Bao, I heard that you have a good relationship with Zhuo Rong, but you are willing to go to Pengguo. I will tell you that you are awesome to Zhuo Rongxiao and urge him to stop the army and change the flag as soon as possible?"

Cao Bao quickly stood up and bowed and said, "I am willing to go!"

"Okay! Xiahou Yuan!"

"Don't be here!"

"I ordered you to lead your army to protect Cao Bao to Pengguo, and you must not make any mistakes in protecting along the way!"

"promise!"

"Everyone else will fulfill his duties for the time being, appease the people in Xia Pi City, and restore order in the city as soon as possible!"

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

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"Zhicai. Is there any news about Tao Qian?" Cao Cao took a sip of hot tea and moistened his throat, which was a bit dull.

"No, my subordinates think that Tao Qian is no longer important, why should the lord care?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and laughed awkwardly. To be honest, Cao Cao was still a little worried. This was also a kind of worrying about gains and losses. Cao Cao always thought of others by himself, which made him look a little overestimated Tao Qian's will.

"Zhicai said very well. Now Tao Qian is betrayal of his relatives and has no support from his soldiers, and his son is all in the city, so it is indeed not a problem."

"That's right, the lord should be worried about Fang Zhiwen. At this moment, he was outside Ling County and restrained Chen Deng. Chen Deng could only stand by and wait for help. What is the lord's plan to be in the area?"

Cao Cao frowned. When he talked about Fang Zhiwen, Cao Cao had a headache. Although he took Xia Pi easily, Peng Guo would also fall into his pocket. Although Cao Cao lost Guangling, his harvest was still huge. Especially in Xia Pi, Tao Qian's treasury fell into Cao Cao's hands intact. The clans of Xia Pi must have paid no less to save their lives.

Once the territory is available, there is real profit. As long as there is a period of stable time, Cao Cao can digest the territory in his hand and turn it into his own strength. At that time, going south, north, and west are optional options, and the development momentum is unprecedented!

The only trouble is how to drive Fang Zhiwen, the annoying guy, away from Xuzhou.

"Now Guangling has become a white land, but that's why Fang Zhiwen has no ability to continue to go deeper west, because his supplies will not be able to keep up. If he occupied Guangling's official, he would be worried. Now, at most, it is to turn Guangling and even the east of Xia Pi into white land with solid walls and clear fields to isolate Fang Zhiwen's attack."

"Well, the lord's plan is good, but what about Lingxian? It would have been great if he had made up his mind to let Chen Deng retreat directly to the lower prime minister earlier."

"One time and another time. At that time, I didn't know that the battle in Xia Pi would be so smooth. I left Lingxian to restrain Fang Zhiwen. Who knew that now he would be restrained by Fang Zhiwen. Chen Dengyou had to go and save him, otherwise he would lose all his heart!"

Xi Zhicai nodded slowly. Chen Deng, it seems like a big trouble now!

"There are sufficient troops in Lingxian City and there is no shortage of food, grass and equipment reserves, and Fang Zhiwen only has more than 30,000 cavalrymen. It is impossible to come up suddenly. We can also arrange it calmly and see how to force Fang Zhiwen away and pick Chen Deng up."

Cao Cao looked at the map with his head down, and his fingers slowly turned around the teacup. He thought for a while and said, "Take Peng Guo off first, arrange the defenses of Xiaxiang, Gong County and Xu County. In addition, Huailing must be rebuilt. After this line of defense is built, it is not too late for us to think about how to resolve the siege of Ling County!"

"Then let Chen Deng stay in Ling County, it will be almost done in one month!"

"Well, it should be no problem. If you can't hold on for a month, Chen Deng will not be worthy of relying on it!"

Cao Cao smiled coldly while stroking his beard.
Chapter completed!