Pingyuan County Yamen

"That's great!" Liu Bei held the letter tightly excitedly, stood up suddenly, brushed his long robe across the table, and knocked the teacup to the ground: "It's God who really helps me!"

Standing beside Guan Yu saw that the elder brother who had always been calm had lost his composure, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, what is the saying in the letter?"

Liu Bei calmed down and said with gaze: "Cao Mengde raised tens of thousands of elite troops to attack Xuzhou. Tao Gongzu wrote to ask for help!"

"Ah! How to save?" Zhang Fei heard it and shouted: "There are only three thousand soldiers in the small county of Pingyuan, and only a hundred horses. There is not enough self-protection, so how can we talk about saving people?"

Zhang Fei said whatever he wanted, and Guan Yu had always been quite strategic. When he heard Zhang Fei's scream, he shook his hand and said, "Third brother is such a bad word! The small plain city is not the foundation; and Xuzhou Yinfu, if he can take this opportunity to take a city to live in, it is worth a try!"

"Well~~" Liu Bei nodded: "What my second brother said was exactly what he thought of. He sent an order to raise all the soldiers in the city and head to Xuzhou!"

Pingyuan County is already barren and has shortage of food and grass. The county's grain storage can only barely maintain thousands of soldiers. However, some time ago, Liu Bei responded to Yuan Shao's attack on Jizhou and wanted to get a share of the pie, but he didn't know that he had lost all the food in vain. In order to send troops to Xuzhou, Liu Bei collected dozens of days of food with his prestige among the people of the plains, so that he could successfully send troops.

In 194 AD, in order to avenge the murder of his father, Cao Cao raised 30,000 elite soldiers, wore plain white clothes, and raised two large banners of "revenge" and "bloody" to advance eastward to Xuzhou; on the one hand, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, sent envoys to Luoyang to write a letter to Cao Cao's crimes, saying that he was unjust, and asked the court to send troops to fight against him; on the other hand, he asked for help from all heroes from all over the world to help Xuzhou.

In early April, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as the vanguard, leading 1,000 troops to Xuzhou first; two days later, Liu Bei led 2,000 to Xuzhou; five days later, Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou, and Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, combined 8,000 troops to Xuzhou.

With more than 10,000 reinforcements, and relying on the high grain of Xuzhou City, Tao Qian had more confidence in resisting Cao Cao. All the people arrived, and Tao Qian, as the master, should host a banquet to fully serve as the landlord.

On the first night after the gathering of people, the lights were brightly lit in the palace of Xia Pi Chengzhou.

"Everyone!" Tao Qian smiled and picked up the wine glass and stood up, saying with a strong voice: "Now Cao Cao has been invaded for no reason, Xuzhou is in danger, and fortunately he has received help from all the officials. If the people of Xuzhou are exempted from this war, Qian sincerely worships the kindness of all the officials!" After that, Tao Qian raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and then slowly bowed to the people in the hall.

Everyone here, in terms of age, Tao Qian is 60 years old, the oldest; in terms of official positions, Tao Qian is appointed as the governor of Xuzhou, the highest; when they see this, they hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting, shouting: "Mr. Tao is righteous!"

Everyone sat down, Tao Qian twisted his gray beard and thought for a moment, saying, "According to the horse's report, Cao Cao's troops had arrived in Yuzhou, and within five days, they arrived in Xuzhou. There is a small city in the western part of Xuzhou called Xiaopei, which is the place that Cao Cao must attack. Now I want to raise 5,000 soldiers in Xuzhou and station them in Xiaopei. The dukes lead their troops and horses to garrison around the city to make a horn. What do you think?"

Tao Qian's arrangement is quite meaningful. You must know that in this military formation, it is a taboo to make a difference. If these forces are placed in a city, some friction will inevitably arise. When the enemy is in front of him, the possibility of conflicts and friction must be minimized and the enemy will be united.

Before Tian Kai, Kong Rong and Liu Bei could speak, Zhang Fei in the table spoke first: "We will send troops to help the battle, and Mr. Tao can arrange it as much as possible, but we will come quickly and quickly, so the food and supplies must be arranged first!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Liu Bei's old face turned red immediately, and he gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Be arrogant! Get out of here!"

"I~" Zhang Fei was about to continue, but Liu Bei stood up suddenly, but the low voice could not hide the anger in his heart: "If you say it again, you will have no brotherhood. Yun Chang, drag him out to me and hit the fifty boards!"

"Brother~" Zhang Fei wanted to say again. Guan Yu had already seen that Liu Bei was really angry, so he hurriedly dragged Zhang Fei. Before Zhang Fei could continue speaking, he pulled him out the door.

Liu Bei was also angry for reasons. After King Jing of Zhongshan, he could only make a living by selling straw sandals in the first half of his life. He finally encountered the Yellow Turbans to make trouble. It was just when he showed his strength, but he met Guan Yan to restrain himself everywhere and fought for several years. He tried his best to get the position of Pingyuan County Magistrate. Pingyuan County is relatively small and is not a place to achieve great success. This time, Tao Qian asked for help, Liu Bei's thoughts became lively: Xuzhou is rich, and it is the place where the dragon rose. It is an important first step to leave a good impression on Tao Qian. But now Zhang Fei's reckless words are likely to disrupt the first step of his plan. How can Liu Bei not be angry?

After Guan Yu dragged Zhang Fei out, Liu Bei adjusted his mood and forced himself to say, "My brother is reckless and speaks without any choice. You guys will atone for your sins!" After that, he bent down and bowed to apologize.

"Haha~~" A loud laughter, and one of the people in the seat stood up: "Donald Xuande doesn't have to do this!"

Everyone looked at it, it was not someone else, but Xuzhou Bianzhu.

Mi Zhu served as a different leader in Xuzhou, supplemented by Xuzhou political affairs, and was originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou. The matter of reinforcements and food and supplies had already been discussed with Tao Qian.

"Duke Xuande, my Xuzhou is in danger. If you need help from all the officials, you should use your own resources. What General Zhang said is reasonable. Don't be angry!"

Chinese people are just subtle. This is in principle. We come to save you. You are very rich in Xuzhou. You must have reported the cost. In fact, everyone knows this, but it will not look good if the window paper is broken.

Now that things have come to this point, since Mi Zhu has given him a step, Liu Bei can only smile embarrassedly and bow down to sit down.

This small episode made the atmosphere a little awkward. Tao Qian cleared his throat and said, "If you have no objection, let's make such arrangements to resist Cao Cao first. Ten days ago, I also wrote to the court to ask the General of the Cavalry to send troops to kill Cao. I believe that there will be a reply in Luoyang within a few days!"

When it comes to Guan Yan, everyone in the hall was moved except Kong Rong.

Let’s talk about Tian Kai first, who is Guan Yan’s "old leader". I remember that Guan Yan brought dozens of generals to Qingzhou, but he was appointed as a subordinate of the school. Later, he thought that he led troops to conquer the Yellow Turban Army as the descendant of Guan Zhong, but was defeated and turned to Huangfu Song. Although Huangfu Song had sent letters to plead with him, this was always a thorn in Tian Kai’s heart. Now, in just a few years, Guan Yan can actually become the General of the Cavalry, kill Dong Zhuo, and expel Lu Bu, and have the power in the court and the country. This is called Tian Kai’s feeling unpleasant.

Looking at Liu Bei again, compared to Tian Kai, he was also surprised by his upward development; but he felt more jealousy and even hatred. Since the grudges in Anxi County, Guan Yan had long been positioned by Liu Bei as his biggest enemy!

The other person, Mi Zhu, has a considerable friendship with Guan Yan, and even knows the important secret of his origin in the Yellow Turban! Although Mi Zhu is engaged in Tao Qian, from the perspective of Mi Zhu's businessman, Guan Yan's development is an important step for Mi Zhu to be happy to see, and even to plan for his family.

Everyone had their own thoughts, but no one responded to Tao Qian's words. Fortunately, Kong Rong was focused and replied with his fists: "Don't worry, a loyal and honest man in charge of the cavalry. If he knew Cao Cao's actions were violent, he would definitely block each other!"

Tao Qian nodded and raised his glass and said, "Donalds, Cao Cao's army is coming, and drinking more is useless. After drinking this cup, we should prepare our troops and enter Xiaopei to prevent Cao's army!"
Chapter completed!