"Master Tao? Why are you awake? Your Excellency is not feeling well. I can take care of the affairs in Xuzhou. The prefect made a mistake. What's Zuo Rong and what's Liu Yao? This is a document to attack the Cao thieves!"
Tao Qian suddenly opened his eyes and spoke, which made Liu Bei tremble in shock. He secretly thought something was wrong, grabbed the letter with one hand, stuffed it into his arms, and pretended to help Tao Qian lie down again.
On the sick bed, watching Liu Xuande's actions, Tao Qian suddenly felt that this Hebei royal family with unparalleled kindness and virtue had become so strange.
He looked around the room and saw the burly man with a black face and a red face standing in front of the bed, his eyes even more terrifyingly cold.
Tao Qian suddenly felt great fear in his heart, and he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Where is Zang Ba? Where is Chen Gong? Come to me quickly!"
Tao Qian had already forgotten that the two people he mentioned were currently in Xiapi, and it was Mi Zhu Jinyan who called them out.
"Sir, don't scream, don't scream, why are you panicking?"
"I told you to stop barking!"
Liu Bei suddenly became nervous, and the panic that he was about to lose everything he gained instantly filled Liu Bei's heart. He knew that most of the Xuzhou soldiers in the city still listened to the words of the old man on the bed.
If what I did here today were to be spread, all my lifelong ambitions and ambitions to become a warrior would be forever in vain.
One careless move and he lost everything. Liu Bei was even more unlucky at this moment. He remembered Pingyuan's surprised and cold eyes when he defeated Fang Guang.
Fang Guang was growing up in Yanzhou, and this look in his eyes gradually became the deepest nightmare buried in the heart of the emperor's uncle.
"Shut up, Fang Guang, shut up!"
In Liu Bei's eyes, Tao Qian's face suddenly changed to Fang Guang. He snatched the quilt from Tao Qian and placed it on the face of the prefect of Xuzhou, not wanting to see Fang Guang's face again.
"Brother, big brother!"
"What's wrong with you, brother? Are you possessed by an evil spirit?"
Liu Bei felt a sudden pain in his arm. He shook his head and looked blankly. His second brother Guan Yunchang and his third brother Zhang Yide looked at him with horror on their faces.
Guan Yu's hand even held his own arm.
On the hospital bed, Tao Qian no longer struggled at all. Liu Bei's heart exploded as he lifted the quilt. The governor of Xuzhou strongly invited Liu Xuande to come here to resist Cao Cao. Tao Qian's tongue stuck out and there was no more brilliance in his eyes. He died on the spot.
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Liu Bei killed Tao Qian with his own hands a moment ago!
"What, what happened? Did I just do that?"
Liu Bei took a few steps back, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes. Although he was deeply scheming, it was his first time to do what he did today.
"Brother, you just went crazy and strangled Prefect Tao to death. What should you do? How about we rush back to the plains at starry night? Who can stop me and my three brothers together?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Fei thought of running away first, but Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and grabbed Liu Bei's shoulder.
"No, if I run away, everyone in the world will know that my three brothers are people who will turn against their benefactor!"
The three brothers were discussing when Tao Qian's bedroom was pushed open. Mi Zhu, who was impatient with waiting, walked in a few steps and saw that Tao Qian was dead. Looking at the three brothers, everything became clear instantly!
"Don't be anxious, lord, this is an unexpected disaster!"
"What happened today was just a mistake. Tao Qian was already dead. Master, don't panic. What happens in the house is not up to us?"
"I saw the arrangements here, and quickly summoned Tao Qian's family, and then issued an order. No mourning is allowed without the order of the new governor Xuande. We must first stabilize the situation!"
"Xuande, Tao Taishou died a few days prematurely. Now Xuande is the lord of Xuzhou!"
Mi Zhu was worthy of being a clan leader who had emerged victorious from the conflict between wealthy families, and he had already thought of the best solution to this matter in an instant.
Liu Bei stood quietly on the spot, looked at his future brother-in-law, and then nodded slowly and gently.
Fang Guang, who was far away in Yanzhou, didn't know that his arrival had changed Liu Bei's trajectory, and the inner demons he had planted made the emperor's uncle in this world move from hypocrisy and calculation to darkness!
In the first year of Xingping, AD 194, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, died in the government office.
Pingyuan ordered Liu Xuande to take the seal of the prefect of Xuzhou and command the state.
Three days later, Xuande ordered the three armies based on Tao Qian's legacy and led the troops south to attack Liu Yao in Yangzhou. The world was shocked!
Fang Guang, who was far away in Juyeze, didn't know that at this time, his influence on the world was not with Cao Mengde but with Liu Bei.
The selection camp is still hiding in the dark, waiting for Gao Shun to return from the west.
Xue Lan no longer had the intention of leaving the city to fight to the death. Watching Fang Guang gather the people of Yanjuye to harvest the grain, all he wanted to do was hold on until Gao Shun arrived.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the army to attack the city. The two big men showed off their power at the gate of Juye City every day. If Fang Guang hadn't restrained them, they would have entered the city first.
On this day, it started to drizzle in Juye Ze.
This is the first time it has rained in this area in several months, as if the heavens felt something unusual.
Xue Lan stood on the low city wall and watched Cao's army gather to attack the city.
A rough soldier from Cao's camp took off his pants and peed on the city wall. He even yelled and cursed, so he only asked Xue Lan's troops to go out of the city to fight.
"Everyone, please be patient. This is Cao's army's way of motivating generals. When Gao Shun returns to attack, everything will be fine!"
When Xue Lan saw that the captain next to him heard Cao Jun's insults, he lowered his head in shame and forced himself to comfort everyone, pointing to Cao Jun's way outside the city.
"Dong dong dong!"
The dull sound of drums suddenly came from the drizzle curtain. The drum tune was not the sound of Cao Jun's military drums that everyone was accustomed to.
A sharp-eyed captain stood on the city wall, looking far into the distance, and suddenly jumped up and shouted.
"General Xue, this is the banner of Bingzhou and the commanding flag of General Gao Shun. The trapped camp has arrived. Brothers, the trapped camp has arrived!"
Fan County is no less than five hundred miles away from Juye, and Gao Shun's infantry arrived here in just a few days.
Under the river embankment, Fang Guang also heard the dull sound of military drums at this time. On the day of the Battle of Puyang, there was chaos inside and outside the city, and he could faintly hear the sound of drums in his memory!
Under the city wall, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were both wearing iron armor, looked at each other and saw strong bloodthirsty in each other's eyes.
"Dian Wei, we will fight for a while and it will depend on which one of you and me captures more heads of thieves!"
Xu Chu shook the heavy iron ax in his hand, and he already had his men ready to lead the war horses.
"Tiger idiot, be careful. Gao Shun is different from the ordinary soldiers and horses of Bingzhou. He is trapped in the camp. He is a rare and sharp soldier in the world. You don't want to die here and be ridiculed by the world. You surrender to the lord and be destroyed in one battle!"
Dian Wei spoke politely, but there was concern hidden in his words.
Xu Chu's eyes flashed and he nodded heavily. Dianwei Xu Chu suddenly felt something in his heart. He looked towards the hidden Fang Guang and waved the weapon in his hand.
Under the river embankment, Fang Guang slowly pulled out the long sword from his waist. He was accustomed to the yellow turban and did not like to use the sword favored by scholars and generals in battle. He preferred the Han sword to kill the enemy.
"Today we are facing the enemy. Listen to my general's orders and act accordingly!"
"Without an order, even if Dian Wei and Xu Chu are beaten, we are still not allowed to rush out of here!"
"Remember, there is only conflict when it comes to battle, there is no such thing as a fierce battle. If the lance is broken, go back to the formation and get it!"