Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 284 The Death of Tao Qian
Early the next morning, Liu Xie had just left Cai Yan's room when he saw Han Tuozhou waiting for him in the lobby.

This guy came so early, but he didn't ask the maid to inform him. Liu Xie guessed that he had something important to tell, but it shouldn't be something urgent.

"Let me guess, Jie Fu came so early in spite of the cold, it should be because of some small changes in Xuzhou, isn't it?"

Liu Xie stretched, walked to the stove and found a comfortable position to sit down. He looked at Han Kanzhou and asked with interest.

"My lord's guess is correct. Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, was seriously ill, and because of the sudden cold weather since the beginning of winter, he accidentally contracted a cold. He unfortunately passed away three days ago."

Han Tuozhou bowed and saluted each word, speaking slowly.

"Fuck!"

Liu Xie was holding mouthwash and was about to rinse his mouth. After listening to Han Tongzhou's words, he almost spit out all the water on the maid in front of him, and some of it flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

It's terrible that this Han Yuzhou can speak so calmly about such an important matter, and he doesn't know who he learned from.

"How is the situation in Xuzhou now, but Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son have given him power?"

Liu Xie asked angrily while taking the wool cloth that the maid hurriedly sent to wipe the corners of his mouth and hands.

Liu Xie still remembered that Chen Deng almost used a knife to deal with Song Jiang at the beginning, but now he didn't want the Chen family to live too freely, and heard the news that they had successfully occupied Xuzhou.

"As soon as Tao Qian died, the news could not be concealed. Some people continued to spread rumors, saying that 'a state cannot be left without an owner for a day, let alone in these troubled times. The Chen family is full of loyal and talented people, with high positions, and they have also contributed to the fight against the Yellow Turbans. It is very important, and he is really the best candidate for the post of acting governor.' I believe His Highness also knows that this is all done by someone sent by the Chen family."

"However, the wishful thinking of the Chen family failed. Tao Qian's loyal general, Cao Bao, hated Chen Deng for dividing his military power. Therefore, because of Tao Qian's son, he insisted that he should be recruited from Tao Shang and Tao Ying. Select a son to assist, and then wait for Emperor Ping's edict before transferring to the new governor as the master of Xuzhou."

"This is interesting. Cao Bao came out halfway. How did the Chen family react? They have worked so hard for so long. Although a Cao Bao has military power, I'm afraid he still can't stop their determination."

"What the lord said is true. Chen Deng, who had been leading troops in Guangling County to confront Song Jiang, suddenly led his troops back to Xiapi and wanted to forcefully help Chen Gui ascend to power. Unexpectedly, he was secretly notified by Cao Bao's confidants in the army and revealed in advance Cao Bao mobilized his army and fought with Chen Deng outside the city of Xiapi. Both sides lost their troops and generals. In the end, Chen Gui led his private soldiers to join forces inside and outside. Only then did Cao Bao and his five thousand remnant troops flee. Xiapi was also defeated by Chen Deng. The family occupied it. Soon after, news came out that the two brothers Tao Ying, a pottery merchant, had lost their lives in the war. The Tao family's father and son had a funeral hall, and they were all gone."

"It's such a vicious plan to cut weeds and root out the roots. Most of this was done by Chen Deng. Although Chen Gui has some ambitions, he has been with Tao Qian for so long, so he still has some feelings and capacity. But it's not important, you continue to talk .”

Liu Xie admired Chen Deng's cruelty. People like him are actually more suitable for living in troubled times than Liu Xie.However, based on Liu Xie's current status, there are some things he doesn't like to do but have to do, and there will naturally be someone to help him do them.

Han Yuzhou said: "As soon as Chen Deng's troops withdrew, Song Jiang immediately sent people to take down the entire territory of Guangling County. Now it is estimated that he should go north to seize the Donghai Kingdom and Langya Kingdom. As for Cao Bao, his remaining [-] soldiers Most of the horses are elite soldiers from Danyang, so they occupied Pengcheng State north of Xiapi."

"Song Jiang's attack is fast enough. If he is to successfully take over the East China Sea and Langya, he Song Jiang will become the biggest winner of the Xuzhou Rebellion caused by Tao Qian's death. Chen Gui and Chen Deng After calculating for so long, so far we have only won one xiapi, which is a bit funny."

Liu Xie knew that the reason why Song Jiang was able to react so quickly must have reminded him of what Xun You said to him at the beginning, but Liu Xie's original intention was to let Song Jiang pursue and fight while Chen Deng was withdrawing his troops. Thinking that Wu Yong was smart, he took a fancy to the counties in the north.

"In this way, you now send an order to Xue Li in Qingzhou to send a general to lead troops from Chengyang County to seize Langya County. Once Langya County is taken, let him search for a family with the surname Zhuge in the territory. Once found, Don't be negligent, treat him as a national scholar. Then report immediately, and I will say that I will not go to Langya in person when the time comes."

"Here."

Han Yuzhou couldn't help being a little shocked. When he first attacked Qingzhou, Liu Xie never left Chenliu to leave Yanzhou, although it was because he was married to Zhen Jiang that it was difficult to separate himself.

But now Liu Xie showed such great importance to the Langya family surnamed Zhuge that he didn't dare to underestimate him, so he immediately passed Liu Xie's order to Xue Li as quickly as possible, and at the same time activated the Xuanjing Division to be near Langya. Use all your strength to find this mysterious Zhuge family in advance.

In fact, Liu Xie was not sure if Zhuge Liang was still in Langya, maybe he had already left to study in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, but he still had a glimmer of hope.

Although later generations have criticized Zhuge Liang's ability, there have always been rumors that Guo Jia is not dead, Crouching Dragon will not come out, and sometimes even Pang Tong and Xu Shu are brought along, but in Liu Xie's view, it is actually more of a coincidence in time.

Guo Jia died of illness on the way to conquer Wuhuan and Yuan Xi in the 12th year of Jian'an.And it was also in this year that Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, and Zhuge Liang came out to show his talent.

Both Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang are top-level talents with a large layout and great vision, but in comparison, one is good at military affairs, and the other is biased towards internal affairs. It is difficult to compare who is superior and who is inferior.

Guo Jianian died young at only 37 years old, so people have a little more reverie and expectation for him.Zhuge Liang's performance in the later stage was not outstanding for talents like them, except for his early performances such as burning Bowangpo and fighting the Confucians in Jiangdong.Xu Shu entered Cao Ying without a glance, and Feng Chu died in Luofengpo for the first time with the army.

But no one can deny Zhuge Liang's greatness. Although he is only one-third of the world's talents, for Liu Xie, he absolutely needs such talents, and he doesn't want to leave them to strong opponents like Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

"Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, one person can win the world!" I don't know if this sentence is full of water, or is it really Liu Bei's bad luck?

Liu Xie was indeed very interested in Zhuge Kongming, who had made great achievements in three parts of the country and became famous in the Eight Arrays, and wanted to see what kind of talent he had.

(End of this chapter)