As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone was silent. Guo Jia made it very clear that in order to achieve the final victory in this troubled world, no prince would be willing to make wedding clothes for others.
Gongsun Zan can be regarded as the overlord of the party, and he will not do such stupid things. Everyone understands that as long as Luo Yang defeats Cao Cao and Sun Jian, then it will be his turn! If he does not want to surrender to Luo Yang, he must hurry up and
Stop Luo Yang before his strength reaches great heights!
"Hmph!" Luo Yang snorted coldly and said, "Forget it! Send an order to Youzhou and ask Qin Mi to come back! Without Gongsun Zan's help, I don't believe that I can't win this battle? What if Gongsun Zan wants to join forces with Cao Cao and Sun Jian?
, that would be even better! I want to wipe them all out in one fell swoop!" Luo Yang has not been as enthusiastic as he is now for a long time since he took charge of Chang'an. Although Luo Yang was still blaming Zhou Cang for being too impulsive before, proper impulsiveness can break through with force.
If you're lucky, you might be able to solve a lot of problems!
Luo Yang's words undoubtedly made all the generals present very excited. Although Xi Zhicai and other advisers were hesitant at first, seeing Luo Yang's firm look and the momentum of the generals, they finally chose to agree with Luo Yang's decision.
After Luo Yang said these words, Lu Xun, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong, who had just joined Luo Yang's tent, all looked at each other, with an inexplicable light shining in their eyes. As for He Qi, he suddenly raised his head.
He started to look at Luo Yang, and his expression suddenly showed the same excitement as those of the generals around him!
"Okay!" Luo Yang slapped his thigh fiercely and shouted: "Whether it's Cao Cao or Sun Jian, even if we add Gongsun Zan! With the help of all the princes, why worry about not being able to defeat the enemy?"
"Drink!" Everyone shouted in unison, even the four Lu Xuns who had just joined were no exception.
Just when Luo Yang and his generals had made up their minds, far to the east of the Central Plains, in Pengcheng, the capital of Xuzhou, a major event that would later shock the Central Plains was also happening!
In the governor's house in Pengcheng, a series of coughs came from the wing in the backyard. In the wing, Tao Qian was being served by his maids, drinking bitter potion one after another. He drank several times in a row.
Tao Qian's mouth was full of tears, but he couldn't stop coughing and coughed up more than half of it. The maid next to him saw it and quickly wiped the corners of Tao Qian's mouth with a good silk scarf. The originally white silk scarf was suddenly covered with brown
The medicine was soaked. Seeing that the medicine could not stop his cough, a hint of gloom appeared on Tao Qian's face that was already pale from coughing. With a wave of his hand, he directly took the medicine from the maid's hand.
The bowl was overturned, and he shouted angrily: "Get out! Ahem! Get out! Get out of here!"
Seeing Tao Qian getting angry, all the maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and no one dared to say a word. At this time, Tao Qian's most trusted subordinate Zhao Yu, who had been standing by, frowned.
He stepped forward and said to Tao Qian, "My lord! This medicine can relieve the pain. Please drink this medicine so that you can recover as soon as possible!"
"Ahem!" Tao Qian coughed and snorted: "What kind of ghost medicine are you drinking! Ahem! This medicine is useless at all! Zhao Yu! Ahem! Go and kill all those doctors.
Now!" At this moment, Tao Qian no longer looked as benevolent as before, but looked more like an angry tyrant!
Seeing Tao Qian's appearance, Zhao Yu had a headache, but anyway, his loyalty to Tao Qian prevented him from disobeying any of Tao Qian's orders. Zhao Yu immediately raised his hands to Tao Qian and said: "Please, my lord."
Don’t worry, I’ll leave this matter to my subordinates!”
"Huh!" After hearing Zhao Yu's words, Tao Qian's anger dissipated a lot, and even his cough was temporarily relieved. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and his face regained a trace of ruddy color, and he lay back.
, just lying on the quilt that had been placed on his back. After resting for a moment, Tao Qian said: "Zhao Yu, how is the situation in Pengcheng now?"
Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, as if he was still considering whether to answer Tao Qian's question. Although Tao Qian was still seriously ill, his mind was very clear. He glanced at Zhao Yu and understood what Zhao Yu was thinking.
He snorted coldly and shouted: "Say it! Is there any news that I can't accept now?"
"Uh!" After hearing what Tao Qian said, Zhao Yu quickly replied: "Return to my lord! Now in Pengcheng, the Chen family, the Cao family and the Mi family are already ready to make a move. They have deployed manpower in the city defense.
They were all blatantly disobeying orders! Obviously, these three families wanted to test the lord's physical condition! Chen Gui, his son and Mi Zhu all came to visit the lord before, but their subordinates found an excuse to send them away! As for that
Cao Bao of the Cao family has now controlled the four gates of Pengcheng, and also intends to annex the defenders of Pengcheng. If the Chen family and the Mi family did not want the Cao family to dominate, I am afraid that the Cao family would have completely controlled Pengcheng by now!"
"Ahem!" Upon hearing the news, Tao Qian's eyes widened and he coughed violently again. The sound of this cough made Zhao Yu's throat feel itchy and his whole body felt uncomfortable.
He was dying, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only stand there motionless. After coughing for nearly half a stick of incense, Tao Qian raised his body, stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, and snorted coldly.
Said: "Okay! Okay! It's really great! I didn't expect that my illness would reveal the wolfish ambitions of these guys! Humph! Do they think that because I'm sick, I won't be able to deal with them? Don't forget,
This Xuzhou still belongs to me! Zhao Yu! How are the manpower we arranged among the defenders now?"
Zhao Yu quickly replied: "Reporting to my lord, Zuo Rong has now established a firm foothold in the army. It's ridiculous that Cao Bao thought that Zuo Rong was loyal to him, so he placed great emphasis on him, even closing the gates on the east and north sides of the city.
Leave it to Zuo Rong to take care of it! Among the defenders in the city, nearly 60% of the soldiers are already in the hands of the eldest son and the second son!" The eldest son and second son in Zhao Yu's mouth are actually Tao Qian's two sons.
Tao Shang and Tao Ying. However, in the eyes of outsiders, Tao Qian's two sons were completely ignorant and unskilled playboys. No one took the two brothers seriously. But they didn't expect that these two brothers turned out to be pretenders.
Pigs eat tigers, and unknowingly, they control nearly 60% of Pengcheng's defenders!
"Okay!" After hearing Zhao Yu's answer, Tao Qian took a deep breath and temporarily stopped his coughing. His face also regained a little of its former look, and shouted: "Zhao Yu, you can use my words now."
In the name of calling Chen Gui and his son, Mi Zhu brothers, and Cao Bao to the Governor's Mansion! It was said that I wanted to discuss with them about Xuzhou's successor! Humph! They thought that I was seriously ill and no longer had the ability to deal with them, so they would definitely
Come and keep the appointment! Then ask Shang'er and Ying'er to mobilize troops to ambush the governor's mansion! I will use this to get rid of these disobedient dog slaves!"
"Lord!" After hearing Tao Qian's words, Zhao Yu did not immediately agree. Instead, he said to Tao Qian hesitantly: "Isn't it inappropriate to act in such a hurry? It's better to wait until the eldest son and the second son are completely different.
Take control of the defenders before taking action! That can also reduce the losses of the Pengcheng defenders! Besides, Zuo Rong has not yet found out how strong the Chen family, Cao family and Mi family are? If you start so rashly, you will inevitably encounter accidents
ah!"
Tao Qian did not give up the idea because of Zhao Yu's persuasion, but shook his head and said firmly: "No! We must take action as soon as possible! Zhao Yu, don't forget, I have more than just enemies to deal with.
These dog slaves are just helpless! In order for Shang'er and Ying'er to safely control the power of Xuzhou, we have to deal with one more person!"
When Tao Qian said this, Zhao Yu immediately seemed to have thought of something, his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "Lord! Do you mean Liu Bei?"
"That's right! Ahem!" Tao Qian coughed a few more times, quickly covered his mouth with a silk scarf, and said intermittently: "Liu Bei is extremely ambitious! We used illness to test him rashly, and I'm afraid it has caused
Otherwise, he would not have escaped from Pengcheng so quickly! Huh! If he had stayed in Pengcheng honestly at that time, maybe I would have been deceived by him! But since he would escape in a hurry,
That means he has something evil in his mind! Ahem! If Shang'er, Ying'er and others take charge of Xuzhou in the future, the biggest threat will be this Liu Bei!"
Although Tao Qian said this, Zhao Yu still hesitated and said: "My lord! Even if Liu Bei has great ambitions for Xuzhou, according to the intelligence, Liu Bei is still staying in Guangling. So what's the use of Liu Bei and my lord taking action early?"
What about the relationship?" If it were normal times, Zhao Yu would not have so many questions about Tao Qian's orders. The main reason is that Tao Qian's orders this time are too relevant! If he is not careful, Tao Qian's layout for so many years will be destroyed.
The result was a failure! As a counselor who was extremely loyal to Tao Qian, Zhao Yu had the responsibility to question any questionable orders given by Tao Qian.
Tao Qian also knew that Zhao Yu was absolutely loyal to him, so he did not get angry. He finally stopped his coughing, took a deep breath, and then said: "Whether it is the Chen family, the Cao family, or even the Mi family,
What they want is not to stand on the stage and take control of the power of Xuzhou in person! What they like to do is to stand behind the scenes and control a puppet to replace me as the governor of Xuzhou! And in Xuzhou, in terms of fame and strength, Liu Bei is undoubtedly their most popular
Suitable candidate! Even if Liu Bei is still in Guangling now, I think Liu Bei's army may appear outside Pengcheng at some time to assist Chen Gui's rebels! So I must take advantage of Liu Bei's still in Guangling.
, get rid of these three families completely! Without them as internal agents, even if Liu Bei wants to take action, it will be much more difficult!"
As he spoke, Tao Qian's originally somewhat chaotic eyes flashed with a fierce look, and he snorted coldly: "As long as I'm here, they can't even think of getting Xuzhou!"
ps: Ma Jia came back from sweeping graves in the countryside today. He got home very late. I can only update one chapter for the time being. I will definitely add it in the future~~~~