"Continue to stay in Xuchang court as an official? Bah! Brother, if you want to make me kill my brother, you can continue to stay in Xuchang court! The emperor hopes that you can stay, so I can resign immediately and follow me back to Xuzhou!"

"Even our Xuzhou enemy Cao Thief did not harm you. Yuan Shao is my father-in-law, so he would not harm you. I will spit out again! Cao Thief dare not harm you because I was holding his eldest son in my hand. He dared to touch a hair, so I would strip his eldest son a layer of skin! If Yuan Shao took you as a hostage, I could kill your sister-in-law and kill your nephew? Don't be naive! Although Cao Thief is treacherous, he can still communicate. My father-in-law is not treacherous, but water is in his head! You are held in Cao Thief, and I can bargain with him to ensure your safety. Yuan Shao held you in his hand. That day, water fell into his head and chopped you with a knife. I didn't even have the chance to keep someone under the knife!"

"Go back! Get back to me! If you don't want me to be a brother, give me Xuzhou immediately and become an official in the court. There will be a chance in the future. Now I will return to Xuzhou to save my life. You are not afraid of death, but I am also afraid of being criticized by my brother!"

After scolding his honest brother Tao Shang for the first time, Deputy Director Tao did not give the silly brother a chance to defend himself. He immediately ordered Chen Ying to write a resignation letter for the silly brother, ordering Ma Zhong to lead fifty guards into the city to bring his sister-in-law and nephew out of the city and place him in the military camp. Then he forced the silly merchant to stay in the military camp and not allow the silly merchant to return to Xuchang City. Although the silly merchant was scolded by his brother, he understood that this was his brother's kindness, so he accepted the brother's arrangement with tears in his eyes.

When Deputy Director Tao scolded his brother for being stupid, none of Jia Lao Poison, Liu Ye and others present dared to interrupt, and they all wondered why such a treacherous and vicious brother would have such a loyal and honest brother? Why would such a noble and pure brother have such a despicable and dirty brother? This is obviously not in line with the principles of genetics?

After finally sending away the honest brother, another urgent report was sent to Deputy Director Tao, saying that after the Jizhou army took Guandu, it had arrived at Xuchang at full speed. The team of the pioneer Yuan Shang had arrived at Yuanling, and calculated according to the route and speed. It is conservatively estimated that Yuan Shang's team would arrive in Xuchang the next afternoon. When he heard this news, Deputy Director Tao sneered first, then he was somewhat relieved and nodded, saying, "Fortunately, Yuan Shang was the pioneer. We don't need to worry too much. If Yuan Tan was the pioneer, it would be troublesome. It would not be so easy for us to withdraw from Xuchang smoothly."

"Is the lord worried that Yuan Shao will take the opportunity to attack our army? I will follow Xiang Yu to have a Hongmen banquet for the lord?" Shi Yi asked tentatively.

"I'm not afraid that my father-in-law will follow Xiang Yu, but I'm afraid that he will follow Xiang Rong." Deputy Director Tao replied with a wry smile: "I was seriously injured in the previous episode, and my father-in-law has taken the opportunity to annex Xuzhou. This time he met him in Xuchang, and it is hard to guarantee that he would not have the idea of ​​imitating Xiang Rong, so he found an excuse to trick me into his camp and slash me."

"This matter really needs to be wary of. After all, the strength of our army has already threatened Yuan Shao's northern overlord position. It is impossible to rule out that Yuan Shao follows the example of Zu Rong and assassinate the lord in a meal." Shi Yi nodded and suggested: "Since that, lord, you should not see Yuan Shao. The injury recurs. Tomorrow, you will lead the army to retreat to Chenliu, leaving only one army to defend the city and hand over the city defense to Yuan Shang's team."

"Is this okay?" Deputy Director Tao said hesitantly: "After all, Yuan Shao is my father-in-law. I took it away without even seeing him. One is that it is not etiquette, and the other is, I am afraid that my father-in-law will think I am guarding against him."

"Know and be cautious, and a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall. The lord will not see Yuan Shao, which is in line with the words and deeds of the saint." Xun Chen reminded: "Chen has been following Yuan Shao for a long time and knows his destiny when he sees small profits. This time, Xu Ji met in Xuchang. Yuan Shao only needs to suddenly tear his face and get rid of his lord, so he can lay the foundation for the overlord of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. It is difficult to guarantee that Yuan Shao will not have this evil idea. Moreover, even if Yuan Shao is unsure of this determination, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and Xin Pi will inevitably instigate Yuan Shao to do this. To be careful, the lord should prepare early."

"It is not entirely a bad thing to let Yuan Shao know that our army is guarding against him." Jia Lao Poison also advised: "At least you can warn Yuan Shao not to have a sudden attack, so that Yuan Shao knows that our army is always guarding against his sudden turn against him, and dare not have the intention of taking chances."

Deputy Director Tao calculated for a while, but in the end he was afraid of death, he had the upper hand and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell the troops to prepare for withdrawing troops. I'll retreat to Chenliu early tomorrow morning and leave Fu Yang to hand over the defense of Xuchang City to Yuan Shang. I went to Xuchang City to say goodbye to the emperor. All the gentlemen went to the camp. When they couldn't figure out the evacuation of Xuchang, they explained to them that this time our army was dominated by Yuan Shao, and formed an alliance with the Jizhou Army to seize Xuchang. The Jizhou Army was also the most powerful force in driving Cao thieves out of Xuchang. Our army must hand over Xuchang and Chenliu to the Jizhou Army, and try our best to appease the emotions of these soldiers."

The strategists agreed together, and everyone was acting separately. Jia Lao Poison went to the camp as a military advisor to announce the order to withdraw troops and lead the strategists to appease the soldiers' emotions. Deputy Director Tao entered the city alone and went to the imperial city to pay homage to Emperor Xian of Han. He made a resignation to Emperor Xian of Han in person and resigned as the chief censor for Tao merchants. Emperor Xian of Han, who was looking forward to living a good life in Xuzhou, was of course shocked. When asked about the reason quickly, Deputy Director Tao once again brought out the Tao Yuan alliance as an excuse, indicating that he came to Xuchang to serve the king and rescue the emperor. Now that Yuan Shao's army is about to return to Xuchang, he must of course fulfill his promise to be the chief of Yuan Shao and hand over to the defense of Xuchang City to Yuan Shao.

No matter how much Deputy Director Tao explained, it was useless. Emperor Xian of Han wanted to follow Deputy Director Tao back to Xuzhou. During the dispute, tears came out, questioning whether Deputy Director Tao was really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty? Deputy Director Tao kowtowed and bleeding, and swearing that he was indeed a real loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but he was not trustworthy. Since he agreed to transfer to Xuchang to the Jizhou army, he must fulfill his promise. He also said that if he moved the capital repeatedly, it would make the people uneasy. He would also bring the eternal infamy of the emperor's relocation, and urged Emperor Xian of Han to stay in the capital of Xuchang, which has a complete palace and ancestral temple. He tried his best to say that he did not want to bring Emperor Xian of Han, a currently hot potato, back to Xuzhou.

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao's attitude was firm and Emperor Xian of Han, who had no power or soldiers, had no choice but to wipe his tears and said, "Tao Aiqing insisted on keeping his promises and keeping his promises. I cannot force him to break his promises, but I still have one question to ask him. If Yuan Shao imitates Dong Zhuo after taking over Xuchang, if Cao Cao abducts power and dictates the emperor, what should he do?"

Deputy Director Tao was silent for a moment. Suddenly, he replied loudly: "If Yuan Shao also imitated Dong Zhuo, the thief of Cao deceived the king and took power. As a Han minister, I only need the emperor's imperial edict. I immediately urged the soldiers of Xuzhou to attack Yuan Shao and rescue the emperor again!"

"Okay. I will give you a secret decree!" Emperor Xian of Han was helpless, so he immediately ordered the palace servant to take a white silk, bit his finger and wrote a blood decree. Then he held it in front of Deputy Director Tao with tears in his eyes, and choked and said, "Aiqing Tao, you can bring this decree back to Xuzhou. If Yuan Shao imitates Dong Zhuo after entering the court, Cao Cao deceived the emperor and abusing power, Wan Wang You immediately held this blood decree, Xingyi troops attack Yuan Shao, and came to serve the king and rescue the emperor."

Deputy Director Tao knelt down and took the blood edict, and also choked and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that if there is really one day, I will come to Xuchang again next time, and I will definitely not be separated from Your Majesty!" After that, Emperor Xian of Han and Deputy Director Tao hugged their heads and cried bitterly, and it felt like the king was as deep as the sea and the ministers were as loyal as the mountain.

Regarding the decision of Deputy Director Tao to withdraw from Xuchang, the reactions of the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty were not as fierce as those of Emperor Xian of Han. Except for a few people who felt that Deputy Director Tao was not responsible enough, most of the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, including Fu Wan, were still very willing to stay in Xuchang. First, Cao had spent a lot of money to build the city of Xuchang. In addition to being angry with Cao, the Han Dynasty lived well and did not want to start again in Xuzhou again. Second, the reputation of the Grand Duke Yuan San was still good so far, and he did not do any particularly outstanding rebellious behavior. He was born in the family of the Three Dukes of the Four Generations and Three Dukes. He had a relationship with most of the civil and military officials in the Han court, so these civil and military officials in the Han court also hoped that Yuan Shaojun would take over Xuchang, so that they could have hope of getting better treatment and higher official positions in the Han court.

Thanks to the fact that most of the Han civil and military officials had such thoughts, the Xuzhou army's evacuation from Xuchang was generally smooth. The next morning, the entire army began to retreat, leaving only the 3,000 infantry under Fu Yang to guard Xuchang, waiting for Yuan Shang's team to arrive and hand over the city defense. The Xuzhou army did have some dissatisfaction with this, but because the Xuzhou army had been fighting for five or six consecutive years, most of the soldiers still missed their relatives and soil in their hometown, so the opposition was not too loud, and there was no turmoil.

At noon on the day when the Xuzhou army withdrew, Mr. Yuan Shang's team rushed to the city of Xuchang in a hurry. After learning that the main force of the Xuzhou army had withdrawn in the morning, Mr. Yuan Shang was somewhat regretful that he could not meet his brother-in-law again, but he didn't care about so much. He just couldn't wait to take over the Xuchang city defense that Fu Yang's team took the initiative to hand over. As soon as he entered the city, he ignored the winter wheat season and immediately closed the four gates of Xuchang and sent them.

Confidant Shen Rong led his army to serve as the Imperial Guard and took over the defense of the imperial city. He sealed the imperial city tightly like the eldest daughter of Cao. Then he entered the court to meet Emperor Xian of Han. As soon as he met, he asked his confidant Li Fu to ask for an official position for him. It was not until Emperor Xian of Han personally told Mr. Yuan Shang that Deputy Director Tao had already asked Yuan Shang to be the second only to the General of the General that Mr. Yuan Shang thanked the emperor with satisfaction, and was also grateful to his brother-in-law who was aware of his knowledge and tactful brother-in-law.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty civil and military officials said that there was no unhappiness in their hearts. However, because Mr. Yuan Shang was young, he did not care too much. He only hoped that Mr. Yuan San would arrive in Xuchang as soon as possible to reorganize the court and correct Mr. Yuan Shang's mistakes. However, one day later, when Mr. Yuan personally led the army in Jizhou to the city of Xuchang, he not only did not scold his son's stupid behavior, but also became furious because Deputy Director Tao had already led the army to withdraw. "The prince was bold and dared to lead the army to withdraw without my orders?"

There is a reason why the Grand Duke of Yuan was furious. Just like Xun Chen guessed, on the way to Xuchang, Yuan Tan's party did make many suggestions in front of Grand Duke of Yuan, instigating Grand Duke of Yuan to imitate Zu Rong and use the opportunity to trick Deputy Director Tao into the camp and take the lead in the Xuzhou army to take the opportunity to annex it, and then take over the five counties of Xuzhou, which are rich in the world and all the controlled territory of the Xuzhou army!

The Three Duke of the Great Yuan was very moved. It was just because Cui Yan, Chen Zhen and others firmly opposed it that they did not make up their minds on the spot. However, they also made up their minds and prepared to use the Xuzhou army as cannon fodder as soon as they arrived in Xuchang to attack and kill the remnants of the Cao army to the southern part of Yanzhou! If Deputy Director Tao refused to accept the cannon fodder task, the Three Duke of the Great Yuan would consider implementing the suggestions put forward by Guo Tu and Xinpi, and tricked Deputy Director Tao into the military camp to capture and kill him, and then took the opportunity to annex the Xuzhou army that had grown to an uncontrollable strength!

Ruyi's plan was a slap, but unfortunately, Deputy Director Tao ran away with great foresight, and even did not even see each other. The wishful thinking of Yuan Sangong failed. Of course, he would be furious and furious. Guo Tu and Xin Pi, the best friend of Yuan Tan, took the opportunity to seize the opportunity to stir up the flames and sneered in front of Yuan Sangong: "Lord, it seems that the Xuzhou army is also guarding against our army, but it is not surprising. Cao's thief is about to be destroyed. It is our turn to become the opponent of Xuzhou. Envoy Tao will not be able to prevent our army from being on guard."

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the Grand Yuan Sangong, and subconsciously remembered the warning Ju Su gave him when he was dying. Deputy Director Tao is more dangerous and terrifying than Boss Cao! Thinking of this, Grand Yuan Sangong snorted heavily and said, "If you want to be my opponent? If you have the courage, just come, be afraid that Tao Yingshuzi doesn't have the courage!"

Guo Tu and Xin Pi looked at each other proudly, very satisfied with the reaction and attitude of the Sangong of Dayuan. Although Cui Yan next to him was very dissatisfied with Guo Tu and Xin Pi's instigation, he also knew that what Guo Tu and Xin Pi said were facts. After the Cao army, which had no power to counterattack, it was indeed the turn of Dayuan Sangong to compete with Deputy Director Tao for hegemony. In addition to Deputy Director Tao, even Liu Biao, Ma Teng, Liu Zhang and others were not qualified to compete with the Jizhou army.

After sighing quietly, Cui Yan could only bow to the Grand Duke Yuan San and said, "My lord, please calm down. Although Tao Ying bid farewell without saying goodbye, our army's primary enemy is still Cao Cao, who has not died and has not been dead. Besides, in the battle of Yanzhou, our army and Cao's army suffered heavy casualties, and urgently needed time to recuperate and reorganize their troops. The Xuzhou army suffered the least losses. It is unwise to turn against Xuzhou at this time. According to the opinions of his subordinates, since Tao Ying insists on leaving, there is no need to stop him. We temporarily insist on friendly relations with the Xuzhou army, and it is not too late to make plans after our army recovers."

This time, even Guo Tu and Xin Pi dared not object to Cui Yan's unpleasant advice, because the vitality of the Jizhou army was indeed severely damaged at this time. The troops returning to Xuchang were less than 50,000, and most of them were defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers who had not recovered after the defeat in Xuchang. At this time, the decisive battle with the Xuzhou army, which had all the elite troops, was basically seeking death! The Grand Duke of Yuan also understood this in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Ji Gui's words are reasonable. There is no need to turn against Tao Ying'er at this time. If he wants to go, go. Wait until I reorganize the army and horse army, and then settle the score with him."

At this time, Emperor Xian of Han had already led all officials out of the city to welcome the Grand Duke Yuan San. Seeing the emperor going out to greet him, he saw a large number of civil and military officials with a rank of more than 1,000 stones on both sides of the road. Grand Duke Yuan San was proud and did not hesitate. He rode his horse in front of Emperor Xian of Han and took ten steps before he got off the horse and saluted. He refused to kneel all, but just knelt down on one knee and bowed with his fists, saying long live, and explained that he was in his armor and could not be polite, so he asked the emperor to forgive him. Emperor Xian of Han, who had just left the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth, was angry, but he didn't dare to say anything more. The civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty also looked at each other and began to regret the innocent fantasy they had about Grand Duke Yuan San.

"Father, the child is not convinced! The child is not convinced!" The incident happened again. Mr. Yuan Tan suddenly came to the Grand Duke of Yuan angrily, knelt down on his knees and said loudly: "Father, the child heard that the emperor had already given the second brother the General of Cavalry and the General of the Chariots, but he had no gift to the child! The child was not convinced. In the previous battle in Xuchang, only the child led his army to defeat Cao thieves several times and made the most contributions. Why were the second brother and the third brother all given important positions, but the child got nothing?!"

"There is this?" The Grand Duke of Yuan raised his eyes and asked Emperor Xian of Han arrogantly: "Son of the Emperor, is there really such a thing?"

"Yes." Emperor Xian of Han suppressed his anger and replied with a down-eyed look: "It was Tao Aiqing who paid the report. I originally planned to grant Tao Aiqing the title of General of the Cycling, but Tao Aiqing thought that he had made little contributions and was not worthy of receiving the position of General of the Cycling, so he was only willing to be granted the title of General of the Guard. He also reported that Yuan Shang was General of the Cycling, and Yuan Xi was General of the Cavalry, and I was approved."

The third grandson of Yuan was a little embarrassed, but his son-in-law took the initiative to give up the three highest positions in the military officer level to his Yuan family. He became the fourth child. If he still wanted to accuse his son-in-law of occupying a high position, he would be too greedy, right? On the other side, Mr. Yuan Tan was furious and roared: "What about me? What should I do?"

"As a matter of fact, I don't take me seriously, I have three masters in four generations? Bah!" Emperor Xian of Han was dissatisfied.

"The emperor, my eldest son Yuan Tan made many contributions in the battle with the traitor Cao Cao." In desperation, the third Duke of Yuan had to say to Emperor Xian of Han: "I want to report to my eldest son Yuan Tan as a former general, but I wonder what the emperor wants to do?"

Yuan San said openly. What else could Emperor Xian of Han say? He could only nod and check it out, but Mr. Yuan Tan was still furious because the former general was only fifth. Mr. Yuan Tan was not only to be under the two younger brothers, but also to be under Deputy Director Tao! So Mr. Yuan Tan did not kowtow and thanked him. He stood up and retreated angrily to the side. He also glared at Mr. Yuan Shang opposite him with a fierce look. Mr. Yuan Shang, who was laughing secretly, refused to show weakness, and also glared back at his brother fiercely, with four eyes intersecting, as if he had a series of Mars.

Seeing the wonderful performances of the three masters of Yuan and his son, the Han Dynasty civil and military officials present were stunned and they couldn't help but regret it. "Oh no, I didn't expect that Yuan Benchu, who was the third master of the fourth generation, was even more domineering than Cao Zhe, and was even more different from the brothers of Tao Envoy. If I had known this was the case, we should have urged the emperor to move to Xuzhou."

"Emperor, please enter the city." Grand Duke San of Yuan said again: "I first arrived in Xuchang and do not understand the geography. I also asked the emperor to guide the way for the poor ministers."

Emperor Xian of Han agreed in anger and personally led the way for the Grand Yuan Sangong to enter the city. Grand Yuan Sangong raised his steps with pride, but his steps were not yet at ease. A sudden turn of heaven suddenly came, and a staggered and almost fell. Fortunately, Qin Sheng and Cui Yan next to him supported him and asked Grand Yuan Sangong how the situation was. Grand Yuan Sangong felt his hands and feet numb, like an ant biting a needle. It took a long time to recover and shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay."
Chapter completed!