Cao Cao led his army to kill towards Xuzhou like crazy. What he thought was that he was naturally swearing to kill Tao Qian.

Tao Qian also had many surrenders. On the one hand, he was actively preparing to defend the city and explained to Cao Cao that there was a misunderstanding. On the other hand, he even sent soldiers to find Liu Bei.

Tao Qian was in trouble and was invading the east. He knew that Cao Cao had many powerful generals and famous ministers, and the Qingzhou army was very strong in physical fitness. He had very few powerful troops in Xuzhou and had no talents under his command, so the possibility of failure was very high.

Tao Qian himself is in his fifties, so it doesn’t matter if he dies, but he is worried about his two sons.

Xuzhou was under the control of Tao Qian, but his two sons were surrounded by the army of civil and military officials and became two factions, both of whom wanted to become the leader of Xuzhou.

Tao Qian was naturally willing to give this to his son. It was normal for his son to inherit his father's business.

However, the relationship between the two sons was so cruel that they were sowed by the aristocratic families in Xuzhou. They were both childish people and had no mind. They were played with and applauded by the aristocratic families hidden behind them. They kept threatening to kill the other party. They hated the other party to the core, but they didn't know that many things were done on purpose by those aristocratic families to sow their relationship.

Tao Qian was loyal to all the aristocratic families in Xuzhou, but he was not easy to get into such a thing, because the entire aristocratic families in Xuzhou were involved in this, divided into two factions, and joined the camp he was optimistic about.

These aristocratic families are not thinking of betraying Tao Qian, but just standing. They slander each other, but instinctively want to protect themselves, and raise their impression in Tao Qian's mind. Once the young master whom they support becomes the governor of Xuzhou, the Xuzhou aristocratic families who support another young master will definitely be liquidated. With so many interests in this whole Xuzhou, this big cake will be redivided.

The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat.

Tao Qian absolutely did not want to see that after his death, one son became the new Xuzhou Mu, and immediately raised the butcher knife to his other son.

Over the years, Tao Qian has been observing and trying to stop the hatred between his two sons.

But as time goes by, the hatred becomes deeper and deeper.

Tao Qian was helpless. He also found that his two sons were both narrow-minded. If they were not seduced by the position of Xuzhou Mu, they could still be harmonious with each other. However, once they were involved in huge disputes of interests, they would all want each other to die immediately.

Under such circumstances, Tao Qian, who was already old, gave up his plan to pass on his son. He knew that his two sons were not capable and could not make achievements in this troubled time.

Instead of this, the Xuzhou Mu would give it to others. Without this hope, the two sons could live in harmony and become an ordinary family, and would not be more like fighting with other princes.

This is Tao Qian's plan. He originally planned to invite Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was much stronger than Cao Cao. With Xuzhou's own strength, even if Cao Cao was angry, as long as he was still rational, he would definitely not dare to attack.

But Yuan Shu was already preparing to draw 50,000 troops to go to Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu had a lot of troops, but in the northern part of Yuzhou, he had to station 100,000 troops to guard Cao Cao, and Nanyang also had to station troops to defend Liu Biao. The army that could be mobilized was about 100,000 troops.

Now 50,000 are heading to Jiangdong and 50,000 active troops. Yuan Shu is preparing to continue gathering in Shouchun and then serve as the second group of troops to conquer Jiangdong.

After all, Zhao Fei had an army of 110,000. Yuan Shu was sent out to be safe.

In this way, when Tao Qian sent someone to ask for help, Yuan Shu felt a little embarrassed.

Xuzhou and Jiangdong are both very important, and it is difficult to decide which one is more important.

Most people still advised Yuan Shu to give up attacking Jiangdong and let Sun Jian rectify his troops and occupy Xuzhou.

Compared with Jiangdong, Xuzhou is much richer. Zhao Fei has no direction to unify Jiangdong, so Yuan Shu can attack it calmly.

But Xuzhou is different. Once it is occupied by Cao Cao, Cao Cao will have too much strength to grow, and he can confront Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao had 300,000 Qingzhou troops, and in terms of the army, he was no less than Yuan Shu. His talented generals were even more powerful than Yuan Shu. The only thing he lacked was that the Qingzhou army had not yet been trained, and the time for the army was still short, and the soldiers under Yuan Shu were not as strong as that of the military power.

Another thing is that Cao Cao's money and food were much less than Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu got most of the property of the Yuan family. The Yuan family had much deeper background than the Cao family, and there were countless money and food. Yuan Shu had been expanding his army and was not worried about the consumption of money and food, and his strength was developing rapidly.

But Yuan Shu was a little nervous and anxious. He did not listen to this opinion, but chose the second method, both Jiangdong and Xuzhou.

Sun Jian's 50,000 army continued to be sent to Jiangdong, but the subsequent 50,000 reinforcements were gone, but instead they were changed to Commander Ji Ling. Adding 50,000 to raise a 100,000 army to attack Cao Cao in Xuzhou.

In addition to Yuan Shu, Tao Qian also asked Gongsun Zan for help, and he could not put his hope on his family.

The governor of Qingzhou was Tian Kai. At this time, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were in fierce battle and could not draw any troops, but Xuzhou could not ignore it. After all, it was a state with a large population, and it was able to greatly enhance Gongsun Zan's strength.

So after thinking about it, Tian Kai sent Liu Bei, the prime minister of Pingyuan who was a separate army, to run to Xuzhou with a side army.

Naturally, Liu Bei would not object to Tian Kai's order. He had a very keen political vision and could see the interests and opportunities in this instant.

During this period, Liu Bei, as a plain prime minister, did not develop much strength. After all, he was a subordinate of Gongsun Zan. No matter how he developed, the army was surnamed Gongsun.

While Liu Bei worked hard to win over the soldiers of his troops, he also tried his best to visit talents.

In addition to the unshakable Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei also discovered Zhao Yun, a talented person under Gongsun Zan.

After Zhao Yun joined the army with Yuan Shao for a period of time, he saw the darkness in Yuan Shao's army. No matter how he fought, his military achievements were deprived of by people from other aristocratic families.

This made Zhao Yun very angry and realized that Yuan Shao was not a person who accomplished great things. He only knew how to play power, gathered aristocratic families, and balanced the forces, but did not know how to win over his subordinates. The Yan Liang and Wen Chou who relied on were both reckless men who were not very proficient in military affairs.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou should be similar to Dian Wei and Xu Chu. Their ability to command the army should be slightly stronger than Dian Wei and Xu Chu, but the strength is limited, and it is okay to recruit tens of thousands of troops. However, Yuan Shao often let Yan Liang and Wen Chou and others command tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops alone, which is a bit too much.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou had a poorer military ability, so he naturally could not be fair and strict. They were not a great military commander like Zhang He, which led to a mess in the army. Talents like Zhao Yun, who were born from civilians, would inevitably feel that they were too frustrated.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were the opposite. Yuan Shao valued the aristocratic family and despised the army. However, Gongsun Zan was originally from a small family, and few aristocratic families would surrender to him. The only thing Gongsun Zan could rely on was his white horse righteousness.

This also led to Gongsun Zan's military management being very good and extremely strict. He would reward his soldiers with merits and punish him for his faults. Anyone who dared to be greedy for other people's merits? Once discovered, he would be beheaded immediately. No matter who it is, he would be unlucky.

For this reason, Gongsun Zan once killed one of his Gongsun clan members who violated military rules without mercy. Since then, no one in the army dared to violate military rules.

This is also the reason why Baima Yi is strong. Every soldier is willing to fight to the death because they know that all rewards can be exchanged for military merits. No one dares to be greedy for their contributions. If you make efforts, you will definitely gain.

Such an atmosphere is naturally very in line with Zhao Yun's appetite.

What's more, Gongsun Zan has always used tough measures to deal with foreign tribes. Yuan Shao was weak in the early stage. In order to resist Gongsun Zan's offensive, he even spent a huge amount of money and food to instigate the Xianbei alien army to attack Gongsun Zan's rear.

This is also what Zhao Yun despises Yuan Shao the most. In Zhao Yun's opinion, no matter how Yuan Shao fights, he should not attract foreign races as a helper.

Gongsun Zan is tough-minded. He is used to being tough in front of alien races. Most of his reputation is obtained from alien races. Therefore, it is naturally impossible to spend a huge amount of money and food to retreat like Yuan Shao.

Besides, Gongsun Zan does not have so much money and food. Even if he has it, he will use it to expand the army and will not bow to the alien race.

Gongsun Zan sent a large army to resist the Xianbei army and even counterattack the foreign countries. In this way, there were naturally fewer troops attacking Jizhou, which gave Yuan Shao a chance to breathe and rest.

Zhao Yun became more and more disgusted with Yuan Shao's actions and defected to Gongsun Zan. With his powerful force, he began to show his talents in the army.

After all, Gongsun Zan is not greedy for military achievements. Zhao Yun is so powerful that it is much easier to make a name for himself than to be with Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan was busy with affairs and didn't have much time to pay attention to the talents below, so he didn't know how powerful Zhao Yun was.

But Liu Bei is different. He is just plain and has little government affairs. He has time to make friends with Gongsun Zan's subordinates.

Zhao Yun is a top military general, and his temperament is different. Liu Bei immediately discovered Zhao Yun's talent.

Liu Bei was ecstatic. His personality was already charming. Although his status was not very high, he was approachable, which made Zhao Yun feel quite good about him.

Liu Bei himself has low military strength, but he can become sworn brothers with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with his personal charm, and be able to defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as his elder brother, so that they can help him willingly and never leave their lives. This method is unprecedented and unparalleled.

Zhao Yun is a pure and freshman. Liu Bei, a charming black-bellied man, is naturally very good at winning Zhao Yun, the pure little lamb.

This time, when Liu Bei went to Xuzhou, he secretly transferred Zhao Yun to his command. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian. Literature registered members recommend this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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