Chapter 430

It turned out that Tao Qian had lost all his strength and could no longer speak.

"Tao, Tao, Tao!"

Liu Bei was shocked, holding Tao Qian's wrist in both hands and shaking it gently. However, Tao Qian did not respond. When Xuzhou Wenwu saw this scene, they burst into tears. Only Mi Zhu kept calm.

"Lord Xuande, a country can't be without a monarch for a day, and Xuzhou can't be without a master for a day. Since Tao Shijun has given the seal letter of Xuzhou governor to Xuande Duke before his death, please ask Xuande to take over as governor of Xuzhou." Mi Zhu Zheng se Dao.

Liu Bei shook his head: "isn't this taking advantage of others'

Zhang Fei was dissatisfied and said, "elder brother, you are really wordy. This is the last wish of Tao Junjun. You can promise it."

Zhao Yun also advised: "Xuande Gong, Cao's army besieged xiapi in all directions. Now we can't delay time. We'd better leave the city first."

"Well, I'll wait until I get out of town, and I'll talk about the letter printing later."

Zhang Yu's troops, led by Zhang Xianjun, rushed out of the plain to protect him.

Liu Bei fled to Taishan county. He knew that the plain would never return. Cao Cao would send troops to besiege the plain.

After Tao Qian was buried, MI Zhu suggested that Liu Bei should go to Luoyang.

"Liu's chariots ride the world's heroes, level the northwest, fix Guanzhong, fight the Central Plains, and support the imperial court. Emperor Xuande and Liu Qiqi jointly pacified the Yellow turban thieves. They were all imperial clans. Why not go to Liu Qiqi to preside over justice? "

When Mi Zhu went to Puyang, he had a good impression of Liu Ye, so he recommended Liu Bei to Puyang.

Liu Guanzhang and others fought together with Liu Ye at that time, and their friendship with comrades in arms was very deep, so they readily agreed to go to Yanzhou. Cao Bao's family's industry was originally in xiapi, but now there is nothing left to be left by Cao Cao's water attack. In a rage, he took more than 3000 Danyang soldiers to Liu Bei. For a while, Liu Bei's army did not lose any money in rescuing Xuzhou, but his strength rose greatly.

After calming down xiapi, Cao Cao immediately ordered Qingqi to carry letters to Donghai County.

Zhao Yu was not a fierce general, but he was not a strong general. Therefore, he led his troops to fight against Shi Huan's attack. However, after knowing that Tao Qian was killed in xiapi Chengpo, he had no choice but to go out of the city to surrender.

After Donghai County was broken, there were two places in Xuzhou that were not settled down. One was Zang Ba and other bandits from Mount Tai, and the other was the father and son of Chen Yi and Chen Deng who led the army to garrison Guangling county.

"Zhicai, Zhongde, do you want to continue to attack Taishan county and Guangling county?" Cao Cao said with a smile.

Originally, Xunzi's urgent documents about grain and grass had already been sent. However, after xiapi, Donghai and other counties were broken, Cao's army got more than 100000 stone grain and grass, which could support the army for two or three months.

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "my Lord, although our army attacked Xuzhou because of the old Taigong, the more important thing is to fight for hegemony. Now, the attack of xiapi city by water has lost the popular support in Xuzhou. The most important thing is to revitalize the people of Xuzhou. If we continue to carry out the war, there will be unrest."

Although the dramatists provided Cao Cao with the strategy of flooding xiapi City, he broke through the unbreakable xiapi city overnight, but he drowned tens of thousands of people. In addition, before the Cao army slaughtered the city, Xuzhou people were killed and injured nearly 50000 people.

Therefore, it is natural that Xi Zhicai does not recommend to continue to move troops.

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu also nodded and said, "it is true. Besides, Zang Ba and Chen's father and son have always been the local snakes in Xuzhou. Usually, even Tao Qian himself is hard to command. If our army treats each other with courtesy, it's OK to say that if we send troops to attack and force each other, we are afraid of years of fierce fighting, which is even more unfavorable."

"Although our army won the siege of xiapi, its spirit has been exhausted. Both Zang Ba and Chen's father and son have been operating there for many years. If our army is separated, it will be difficult to solve the war between two or three months. I am afraid that Mr. Wen Ruo will send an urgent document."

Cao Cao nodded, stroked his beard and said, "well, what do you mean is, gentle policy?"

The actor nodded: "yes, that's right. Zang Ba is a rebellious and aloof person, and no one has ever been satisfied with it. However, this time, the Lord started to mobilize the masses, and he even went down several counties in a month to make Xuzhou famous! It must be that Zang Ba is not willing to fight with the Lord's sword and soldiers. The Lord can follow Tao Qian's example and make Zang Ba the governor of Mount Tai and ride the Duwei to pacify Zang ba. "

"Well, Zhicai, you can write it yourself, but Qidu Wei is too small. If you want to be a general, you should make Zang ba a general." Cao Cao said with a smile, "let's make him a good general."

"General? The Lord's official position is nothing but general Fenwei, and even yuanrang and secai are just school captains. "

Cao Cao ha ha ha a smile: "because of this, Zang Ba will feel that some value him."

Cheng Yu added with a smile: "as for Guangling, Chen's father and son can do the same. Chen Deng is appointed the prefect of Guangling, and they are allowed to continue to take charge of Guangling. It is not too late for our army to get a firm foothold in Xuzhou in the future, and then slowly get rid of Zang Ba and Chen's father and son."

"Good!" Cao Cao said in a high spirited way: "then make Chen Li the prefect of Guangling, and order Chen Deng to be the governor of Xuzhou. He will come to xiapi and give advice."Don't drive is the highest official position in a state except for the State animal husbandry and governor Shi. I didn't expect that Cao Cao would appoint Chen Deng as another official.

The playwright clapped his hands and laughed: "it's a clever plan. If Chen Yi is made the prefect of Guangling, the Chen family will obey our army. Chen Deng will accept the position of driving for the sake of family interests. When Chen Deng enters the dynasty, it will be peaceful in Xuzhou."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "well, in this case, Zhicai is in charge of Zang Ba, Zhongde is in charge of Guangling, and you are in charge of separate actions."

Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu accepted the task of Cao Cao and followed up the whole process. They wrote a letter to Chen's father and son and Zang Ba respectively. According to Cao Cao's words, they were divided into Chen's father and son, and Zang BA was given a high official and a high salary.

Zang Ba immediately wrote back, saying that he firmly supported the rule of Cao Jun and accepted Cao Cao's official post. Chen Yi also readily agreed and sent his son Chen Deng into xiapi. For a while, the color of Xuzhou changed, and Cao's flag was planted everywhere.

After Cao Cao gained Xuzhou, he immediately issued the policy of pacifying the people. Many of the people in Xuzhou left one after another. With the gradual implementation of the policy, the number of people who left slowly decreased.

With the pacification of Xuzhou, Cao Cao's power expanded rapidly. With Qingzhou and Xuzhou, with a population of millions, Cao Cao became the third largest vassal in the world after Liu Ye and Yuan Shu. The alliance between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao also changed subtly.

Yuan Shao devoted himself to the decisive battle with Gongsun Zan, but secretly mobilized General Gao Lan to lead 5000 soldiers to settle in Nanpi city.