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I did not resist and allowed the strong to suppress me. Because I understood Tao Qian, his character was upright and he had very strong strength.

During his time in the history of the Xuzhou, he was able to allow the people of the Xuzhou to live a peaceful and happy life, free from the troubles of war, and did his best to maintain the lives and peace of the people.

But, from how Tao Qian had asked the Xuzhou to give this information to him, he could tell that the abilities of his two sons were something that Tao Qian had used up most of his life to obtain. This kind of hard-earned power, ordinary people would probably leave it for his son, but why would Tao Qian give the Xuzhou up to him three times when he was about to die?

"Your brother-in-law killed Yuan Gong's daughter Yuan Xing, and their entire family fled. Don't tell me they shouldn't be killed?" Master Tao shouted.

I laughed out loud. "I have long heard of Master Tao's brilliant prowess, but looking at it now, it seems to be nothing more than this! Firstly, the Yuan Gong forced my Zhen Family to marry because he was plotting to obtain the wealth of my Zhen Family. Secondly, my brother-in-law is a famous local scholar and is well-matched. However, that Yuan Xing tried to force him into a corner, which is why he ended up getting himself killed! Third, we left the upper clarinet because of helplessness. I just got married, if there weren't any major events, how could I have thought of running away? "But if we don't leave, my whole family will suffer a fatal disaster!"

I gritted my teeth and continued, "Three, I killed ninety-eight people of all sizes, went to seven counties, twenty-one small towns, and thirty-seven villages, saving close to a hundred thousand civilians. Every time my soldiers arrived at a place, I would never let my subordinates harass them or even cause a famine in a barren village.

These words made Tao Qian speechless. After much difficulty, he finally recovered and said: "Then why did you kill Chunyu Qiong and Gao Lan?"

"The two of them want to destroy my entire family. As a great man who stands between heaven and earth, if they can't even protect their own wives and children, then what's the use of my hands?" I shouted.

"Alright!" Tao Qian immediately stood up: Let go, I will personally reminisce with Master Diao!

"Master Tao, this is …" I pretended to be confused.

Tao Qian laughed loudly, and his white beard took the chance to tremble, "Greatest Ambition is mistaken. I knew that you had saved countless civilians along the way, but unfortunately, you were too far away, or else I would have really wanted to help you out! I just wanted to see if Lin Xiongtu was as brave and righteous as the rumors say.

"Thank you for your praise, Master Tao. I am truly afraid!" I cupped my hands.

Tao Qian said: "You came here, could it be that you received Cao Mengde's message to ask for his help?"

"No, I came on my own accord." I said, "Dong Zou caused chaos and imprisoned His Majesty in the palace. Now, she is living within water and fire. As a Chinese, how can I just ignore him?"

"But you only have five thousand men." Master Tao narrowed his eyes.

I thought to myself, Master Tao is amazing, he actually still knows about my number. I'm afraid Master Tao is different from the historical books, the historical books only said that Tao Qian is a wise man, but they didn't say that his soldiers know about it.

Furthermore, everyone knew that Master Tao had repeatedly asked for peace in order for the common people to avoid war and chaos. Therefore, everyone thought that Tao Qian was a useless person.

But in this chaotic world, there was only the people who could live through a mission like Tao Qian.

"So what if you have five thousand men? Even if it is one for one, I can reduce the enemy by five thousand!" I laughed.

Tao Qian nodded his head in approval, he took a sip of his tea and said: "Then what do you think of this expedition against Dong Zou?"

In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after experiencing the chaos of the Yellow Turbans, the status of the Han Dynasty rapidly declined. The power of the various prefectures rose greatly, and the struggle between He Jin, the general of the imperial court, and the eunuchs also became more and more intense.

All these contradictions broke out the day when the Han Ling Emperor passed away. The outer court officials fought with each other, and neither Zhang Jean nor Duan Guang were allowed to enter the Yellow River, while Dong Zhuo, who had originally been entrusted with the task of entering the capital to eradicate the power of the eunuchs, saw the situation and quickly changed his course. He found the Young Emperor Liu Ya and Prince Chen Liu Tong, who were led out of the palace by his eunuch, and took the initiative.

I can't say it too deeply, as others will suspect me. I can't say it too lightly either, as people will look down on me, so I chose to say a few words that were of the utmost importance: "If we unite as one, we will definitely be able to destroy the Dong Zou!"

"Alright!" Tao Qian nodded, and then sighed.

"Why does Master Tao sigh?"

"It's easy to speak of unity as one, but it's difficult to bring it into practice. The status of the Han family is currently on the decline, and the dukes have their own ulterior motives as they wish to unite. That is a fantasy!" Tao Qian said.

"I see that Master Tao has currently brought eight thousand people. I have a bold idea." I looked at Tao Qian.

Tao Qian made a gesture of invitation, "Please speak!"

"Why don't you let me hang the Xuzhou's banner of Master Tao as well?" "No," I said.

If you are allowed to hang the banner of my army, then the Yuan Gong cannot make a move against you. After all, the counties have their own masters, and like this, I will give you a chance to resist the pursuit of the Yuan Gong, and even include you in my five thousand elite soldiers. It can be said that this is a win-win situation for your King Lin, and only your King Lin can think of a win-win situation! "

"Then Master Tao's meaning is …"

"Yes, there is no need to prove Greatest Ambition's reputation in Hebei. Right now, all the dukes in the world view the lives of the commoners as grass. I'm afraid there isn't much left of Greatest Ambition's reputation as a bandit group, even if it expends its military resources to exterminate bandits!" Tao Qian said in praise, he immediately spoke to Mei Fang, "Go get one of my Xuzhou's banner!"

"Yes sir!"

But at this time, a man dressed in plain clothes came over and said: "This cannot be done, Yuan Gong is fourth generation third master, he is not someone we can afford to offend. If Yuan Gong knew that we were protecting Lin Xiongtu and making things difficult for us, wouldn't it be difficult for us?"

"Have you ever had an opinion on the subject?" Tao Qian said.

As soon as I heard the name, I knew that he was a famous leader in the history of Buddhism, a man who talked about compassion all day long, but also a demon who singled out those who trusted and were friendly to him, a standard ingrate.

This man was a standard Bodhisattva. He was extremely hypocritical, and most likely, this was the case as well.

JianRong was a famous benevolent person in his hometown. He would often give some treasures to the believers in the temple.

During the Great Chaos of the late Han Dynasty, Qu Rong brought a few hundred of his own disciples to seek help from his homeland's Xuzhou, Mu Tao Qian. He was extremely proficient in buddhist arts and was able to quickly gain Tao Qian's trust.

Tao Qian admired this fellow villager of his, especially his reputation of not loving money, which made Tao Qian feel at ease. Therefore, he appointed him to be the Minister of State of the Lower Pi Nation, and at the same time, he was responsible for transporting the money and foodstuffs from the three places of Grand Dominance, Lower Wu, and Peng City to the Prefecture City of Tan.

The financial work of any group would be controlled by their trusted aides, Tao Qian trusted them fully. He did not expect this old villager who was also a great benefactor to actually keep all the money and grains from the three counties.

Tao Qian was furious, but Xuzhou was facing Cao Cao Cao's provocation, and Yuan Shu was also glaring at him. At a time like this, the inside of Xuzhou could not allow any chaos to occur, and could only hold it in.

It could be said that this gave Tao Qian the chance to contend for hegemony.

Gu Rong looked at me and said, "We should tie him up, and when Yuan Gong comes, we should give him to Yuan Gong. This should also be smooth sailing, and we should gift him a favor. It will be very helpful to our relationship in the future!"