In the Han Dynasty, the beginning of June in the Taichu calendar is the summer solstice!

Xuzhou.

Since the summer solstice, the weather has gradually become hotter.

The continuous lack of rain makes people even more irritated in this hot weather.

Donghai County, inside Dongping City.

Because of the turmoil in Yanzhou, before Cao Cao left, he summoned Cao Ren and the Dongping City garrison to confront the Xuzhou army at a distance.

Fortunately, the unrest in Yanzhou did not have much impact.

After his worries were eliminated, the pressure on Cao Ren also eased a lot.

However, because of the policies formulated by Xi Yu and others, Cao Ren always felt timid when dealing with things.

During this period, he received a lot of praise because of these policies.

Some even praised him for his good handling of government affairs.

However, Cao Ren was not happy at all for such praise.

"How long does it take for the lord to arrive?"

After asking the deputy general next to him, Cao Ren looked at the government affairs in front of him and felt that his head was about to get bigger.

As a military commander, although Cao Ren handled government affairs, he didn't have many problems.

However, as a military commander, who is willing to devote himself to the documents.

Being able to go into battle and kill the enemy is the best thing.

Unfortunately, the current situation in Xuzhou cannot be solved with a battle.

"About two days!"

After the situation in Yanzhou was settled, Cao Cao returned to Xuzhou, but he did not directly arrive at the front lines of the two armies at the first time.

Although he didn't know what Cao Cao was doing, Cao Ren didn't take the initiative to ask about this kind of thing.

Knowing that Cao Cao would arrive in two days, his mood improved a lot.

"Is there any letter from Xuzhou?"

……

Xuzhou, Tancheng!

Within the Chen Mansion.

At the beginning, the Chen family and his son planned to support Liu Bei.

Now in Xuzhou, as Tao Qian is old, frail and seriously ill, this situation may not last long.

Once Tao Qian dies, the situation in Xuzhou will no longer be as stable as before.

Chen Gui and his son had already made plans earlier.

These aristocratic families themselves put their family first, but they only came into contact with each other.

Chen Gui and his son felt that Liu Bei and them did not seem to be on the same journey.

"Yuanlong, what has Liu Bei done recently?"

In the lobby of the Chen Mansion, Chen Gui sat in front of the ice mirror, stretching out his hand to gently fan the cool breeze.

Next to him, Chen Deng knelt down beside him.

"Since you became seriously ill, Liu Xuande has been keeping to himself and has shown no signs of abnormality!"

Chen Deng sighed.

His original plan was to cater to Liu Bei and become the shepherd of Xuzhou. Later, Tao Qian also had the same intention.

It's just that Chen Deng visited Liu Bei several times in succession, but the other party kept evading him.

In his words, it seemed as if he was not willing to serve as Xuzhou Shepherd at all.

But Chen Deng could tell that Liu Bei was quite moved by the territory of Xuzhou.

Just look at how the other party has behaved in Xiapi since he entered Xuzhou, and even treated the people.

It is enough to see that Liu Bei is very ambitious.

The other party is definitely not a person who is willing to accept the status quo.

It's a pity that this person's attitude towards the gentry is not very clear, but he is quite close to the common people.

"Humph!"

"Liu Bei doesn't know what's good and what's good. If that's the case, there's no need for us to cater to him!"

Chen Gui sneered.

During the previous spring plowing, he heard that Liu Bei took the initiative to lead the people to open up wasteland and cultivate in Xiapi City, and he earned a lot of reputation.

That man was willing to get close to the people, but his attitude towards them, the nobles of Xuzhou, was neither good nor bad.

It's like they were hanging on purpose.

I really thought that without him, Liu Bei, there would be no one else to take over Xuzhou.

Big deal, so what if you flatter Cao Cao?

Even though Cao Cao's attitude towards the gentry in Yanzhou was not very good, it was still the matter of the gentry in Yanzhou and had nothing to do with him in Xuzhou.

This time Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou. Although his policies were similar to those of Yanzhou, for these aristocratic families, it was not harmful to their bones.

"I have always heard that Cao Cao is a cruel person, but this war makes me think that Cao Cao is not what the rumors say!"

Chen Gui glanced at Chen Deng.

The father and son had already analyzed some situations earlier.

Even if you surrender to Cao Cao, it actually means nothing.

After all, Cao Cao is also from an aristocratic family, and the interests of all aristocratic families in the world are actually the same.

Even if Cao Cao takes control of Xuzhou, he will not harm the foundation of the Xuzhou family.

This point, after this period of time, Cao Cao's attitude towards Xuzhou, Chen Deng and his son can be seen.

"Father has decided?"

After hearing Chen Gui's tone, Chen Deng raised his head and looked at him.

During this period, my father frequently exchanged information with Cao Ying.

Chen Deng is very clear about this matter.

In the entire Xuzhou family, there are many who exchange information with Cao Ying.

After all, in this era, who doesn’t have two or three relatives?

These aristocratic families can be passed down to this day, and there are many marriages between them.

What's more important is that because of the reason that the great Han people promoted filial piety and integrity, there were many mutual recommendations in the same year.

Marriage is just a way to strengthen a certain relationship.

After all, the aristocratic families are still connected to each other.

It is precisely because of this relationship among aristocratic families that there are so-called cliques and so-called disciples.

The party’s ban is also aimed at the so-called aristocratic families.

The influence of the aristocratic family was so great in this era that sometimes the role of the imperial court was minimal.

The problems of the aristocratic family have already begun since the Guangwu revival.

Chen Gui nodded, he had no intention of getting close to Liu Bei.

Cao Cao is a good candidate, and it is not too late to join him now.

As for the entire Xuzhou situation in front of us, it seems that sooner or later it will fall into Cao Cao's hands.

Tao Qian can't hold it, and neither can Liu Bei!

Regarding his father's views, Chen Deng doesn't have much meaning.

He also stands on his own side.

I initially planned to choose Liu Bei just because Liu Bei might be beneficial to the Chen family.

But the current situation seems like it would be better to surrender directly to Cao Cao!

It is better to make friends with Cao Cao early than to be attacked by his troops.

……

When the Xuzhou family began to exchange letters with Cao Ren, there was no movement from Liu Bei and others in Xiapi City.

Inside Xiapi City.
To be continued...