In Kaiyang City, Tao Qian held a big banquet in the prefect's mansion. Tao Qian sat in the center of the hall. On the left were Sun Gan, Cao Bao, Zang Ba, Chen Deng and others, and on the right were Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, Pingyuan Ling Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others.

Tao Qian was very happy with the arrival of Tian Kai, Kong Rong, Liu Bei and others. After a while of greetings and introducing each other, Tao Qian quickly became familiar with everyone.

After drinking for three rounds, Tao Qian said, "This time in Xuzhou, the Dukes are not afraid of powerful enemies and are helping each other with justice. This really touched me. It's just that Cao Cao is powerful and has strong soldiers and horses. I don't know if Xuzhou can escape this time..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei suddenly shouted: "Issue Tao, please rest assured that as long as my elder brother is here, Cao Cao will definitely be beaten away. I guess I should have seen it just now. My elder brother just came, and when Cao Cao saw my elder brother, he was afraid of my elder brother's reputation and did not dare to fight with us, so he actually withdrew his troops. My elder brother..."

"Third brother! Don't be rash in front of Envoy Tao!" Liu Bei, who was sitting there, hurriedly scolded.

Zhang Fei retorted: "Brother, what's the point of making mistakes? What I'm talking about is the truth. If Cao Cao wasn't afraid of his reputation, why didn't he withdraw his troops early and late, but he retreated at that time?"

He turned his face and said to Tao Qian again: "Envoy Tao, you don't know anything. My elder brother is behind King Jing of Zhongshan and a relative of the Han Dynasty. When Zhang Jiao and others led the Yellow Turban Army to rebellion in the early years, my elder brother led his army to attack..."

When Tao Qian heard Zhang Fei say this, he was extremely surprised. He looked at Liu Bei carefully. Seeing that Liu Bei looked strange and had a very unique appearance, he hurriedly asked, "Xuande, are you really a relative of the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Eunuch Tao, I am indeed the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, but my family has fallen into this."

Seeing Liu Bei's open-minded language, Tao Qian was overjoyed and stood up quickly, walked straight to Liu Bei, took out the seal and ribbon on his body, held it with both hands, and said respectfully: "If it is disturbed today, Wang Gang is not strong; Duke Xuande is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and it is appropriate to support the country. I am old and incompetent, so I would rather give in to Xuzhou than refuse. I should write a manifesto and submit it to the court to submit it to the governor of Xuzhou."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone present was surprised, and even Liu Bei was stunned. Unexpectedly, Tao Qian suddenly said this.

"Tao Jun is drunk and actually talks nonsense. Lord Jun has always had a bad alcohol tolerance. Please forgive me." Sun Gan hurried over, supported Tao Qian with a smile on his face.

Tao Qian threw Sun Gan away and said loudly: "I am not drunk, I am sober. I am just going to entrust Xuzhou to Xuande Gong. Xuande Gong is a relative of the Han Dynasty and will definitely be able to lead Xuzhou civil and military officials to revitalize the Han Dynasty..."

Liu Bei hurriedly refused: "Although I am a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, I have little achievements and little virtues. When I was in the Plain Order, I was worried about not being very competent every day, let alone the entire Xuzhou? The Tao envoy was in Xuzhou for a long time and managed Xuzhou in an orderly manner, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. What kind of virtue can I, Liu Bei, dare to take on this important task? Please forgive the Xuande and cannot obey the order!"

Chen Deng frowned. Seeing this scene, he hurriedly whispered to Zang Ba who was sitting beside him.

Zang Ba had a gloomy face and said loudly: "Now Cao's army is still stationed outside the city, and everyone is sitting here. He does not discuss strategies to retreat to the enemy, but he wants to give in to his seal and ribbon, and what do we soldiers who have been born and died like?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, and even Cao Bao's face was a little unhappy.

Kong Rong and Tian Kai came out to persuade him one after another. Tao Qian saw Zang Ba, Cao Bao, Chen Deng and others were a little unhappy. After Sun Gan's persuasion, he had to give up.

Tao Qian returned to his seat, took a sip of wine, and then said, "Don't you know if you have any strategies to get rid of the enemy?"

Liu Bei volunteered to stand up, clasped his fists and said, "Envoy Tao, I and Cao Cao had a friendship when they were attacking the Yellow Turban Army. I want to write a letter to Cao Cao to express his interests and persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops. If he insists on refusing to withdraw his troops, he has to fight. This is called first ritual and then military service."

"Okay, then please ask Duke Xuande to write a letter quickly. I will let someone shoot to Cao's camp overnight." Tao Qian said excitedly.

Liu Bei asked someone to bring paper and pen. He picked up the pen, wrote a letter in front of everyone, then folded it and handed it over to Tao Qian.

After reading it quickly, Tao Qian was extremely happy and said to Sun Gan: "Gongyou, please go to Cao's camp in person and send this letter to Cao Cao."

Sun Gan clasped his fists and said, "Gongyou received the order."

Afterwards, Sun Gan brought the letter written by Liu Bei and left the city overnight, and came to Cao Jun camp as an envoy.

Cao Cao was sitting in the big tent, planning with Guo Jia and Xun You about how to attack the city tomorrow, but when Dian Wei walked in from outside the tent, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Dian Wei clasped his fists and said, "Report to the lord, Tao Qian sent an envoy to meet the lord."

"Envoy?" Cao Cao guessed, "Is it because Tao Qian couldn't hold on anymore and took the initiative to send someone to surrender?"

Guo Jia and Xun You looked at each other, and could not guess what the intention of Tao Qian's envoy was at this time.

"Bring the envoy in!" Cao Cao shouted at Dian Wei.

"Here!"

Dian Wei turned around and came out of the big tent. Soon after, he took Sun Gan into the big tent and reported to Cao Cao again: "Lord, the envoy of Tao Qian is brought here."

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at Sun Gan standing in front of him. Seeing that Sun Gan was handsome, very elegant, and had no intention of being afraid of him.

"Sun Gan, Beihai, pay homage to the envoy Cao." Sun Gan respectfully bowed to Cao Cao.

"What did Tao Qian send you here?" Cao Cao asked coldly.

Sun Gan took out a letter from his arms, held it in his hand, and said loudly: "There is a letter from the envoy Cao here, so please check it out!"

Dian Wei took the letter from Sun Gan and handed it to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao opened the letter and read it quickly, his brows became more and more tight. Finally, he paid attention to the signature. Seeing that the letter was actually written by Liu Bei, he was furious and tore the letter to pieces and said sternly: "Who is Liu Bei? He is just a villain weaving mats and selling shoes. He dared to persuade me with a letter, and there was a sarcasm in the middle! Dian Wei pushed Sun Gan out to behead him and showed him the public. He immediately ordered his troops and must take down Kaiyang City tonight!"

When Sun Gan heard this, he was calm and had no intention of being afraid.

Dian Wei happened to catch Sun Gan, but Guo Jia shouted: "Please wait!"

Guo Jia hurriedly bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Lord, the two armies are fighting, and they will not kill the envoys. Besides, Mr. Sun is a famous scholar in Qingzhou. If he kills him, he will probably damage his reputation. Please show mercy to treat Mr. Sun happily."

Cao Cao agreed with Guo Jia's words, so he waved his hand to Dian Wei, and Dian Wei retreated aside and stopped moving.

Guo Jia leaned into Cao Cao's ear and whispered: "Liu Bei and others come far away to rescue, first be polite and then the soldiers. The lord should answer it with kind words and ask Sun Gan to take it back to be slow. Then suddenly advance to attack the city, and the defenders in the city will be caught off guard, and the battle will be defeated!"

Cao Cao thought for a while, agreed to Guo Jia's suggestion, and immediately asked Dian Wei to take Sun Gan away, and strictly protected him, so that no one would be allowed to get close.

Seeing that Cao Cao would not kill him, Sun Gan clasped his fists and thanked him, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

As a result, Sun Gan and Xiahou Yuan were full of worries. He was so thin that he was knocked to the ground by Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan didn't care about Sun Gan, so he walked straight to Cao Cao, clasped his fists and said, "You lord, something is wrong..."

When he said this, Xiahou Yuan realized that there was still Sun Gan in the tent, so he came to Cao Cao's ear and whispered: "Report to the lord, the scout came to news that the 30,000 troops stationed in Gaoping County had been wiped out, Le Jin was killed, Cao Ren was captured, and even Yu Jin, who went to assist Cao Ren, surrendered. In addition, the prefect of Shanyang, Lu Qian, was killed, Bao Shao and Bao Xun brothers took the lead in rebelling, and showed Changyi City to Zhang Yan. Now, the whole city of Changyi was All Shanyang County have been occupied by Zhang Yan. In addition, Chen Gong, the prefect of Dongjun, and Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, secretly united together to welcome Lu Bu to Yanzhou together, and respected Lu Bu as the governor of Yanzhou, occupied Puyang, Chenliu and other places, and then divided troops to attack the counties. All parts of Yanzhou surrendered in a hurry. Only Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun and others were guarded by the three cities of Juancheng, Dong'a and Fan County, so that they would not fall into Lu Bu's hands."

After hearing this, Cao Cao's face turned pale, his eyes were filled with surprise, and he hurriedly said, "Yanzhou is my foundation, and I must not be lost, otherwise I will be homeless..."

Guo Jia hurriedly interrupted Cao Cao and whispered: "The situation is urgent, our army should withdraw its troops as soon as possible. It just so happened that the lord could sell Liu Bei a favor..."

Sun Gan sat on the ground. He could see the changes in expressions on Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Guo Jia, Xun You and others clearly, and he could read lips. He knew everything about Cao Cao and others just now.

When Dian Wei took Sun Gan out of the tent, Sun Gan thought to himself: "It turns out that Zhang Yan really led his army to annihilate Cao Ren's army and broke into the hinterland of Yanzhou... It seems that what Chen Deng said about besieging Wei and saving Zhao was true."

Not long after Sun Gan left the tent, Xiahou Yuan chased him out of the tent again and said to Dian Wei: "My lord has an order, telling you not to let Sun Gan go, and temporarily lock Sun Gan in the camp, and no one is allowed to get close to him."

"Here!"

Cao Cao was too excited just now and said something. He was worried that Sun Gan would inform him after he went back, so he asked Dian Wei to lock Sun Gan up.
Chapter completed!