"Envoy, the Cao bandits have indeed retreated!”
"Something must have happened in Yanzhou."
"Haha! The Cao rebels invaded our Xuzhou and deserve this disaster. Your Majesty, why don't we send troops to pursue the Cao rebels?”
In Tan City.
Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, and the rest of the Xu Prefecture civil and military officials were delighted.
But Tao Qian was hesitant.
At this moment.
It was reported that Tian Kai, the herdsman of Qingzhou, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, and Liu Bei, the prime minister of Pingyuan, had knocked at the gate of the city.
When Tao Qian heard that, he was instantly overjoyed."Quickly invite the distinguished guests into the city!"
Although Liu Bei had been defeated for a while, he had not been able to achieve his goal of becoming famous.
But Liu Bei was not discouraged.
Liu Xuande, who had been defeated repeatedly, would not forget his ultimate goal just because of a temporary victory or defeat.
After reorganizing his troops, Liu Bei got news of Cao Cao's retreat and contacted Tian Kai and Kong Rong to come to Tancheng together.
Everyone was defeated and could not defeat Cao Cao. No one was more glorious than the other.
Liu Bei thought.
Only in this way could everyone be happy and harmonious.
After all, they were all losers!
"It's all thanks to everyone's hard work to help my Xu Prefecture that we were unable to let the Cao bandits succeed!”
"A banquet has been prepared in the residence.”
Tao Qian warmly greeted Tian Kai, Kong Rong, and Liu Bei.
Everyone sat down and greeted each other.
Tao Qian deliberately asked the reason for Cao Cao's retreat,""Do you know the reason why the Cao bandits suddenly retreated?”
Tian Kai and Kong Rong shook their heads.
After all, their troops were so frightened by Cao Cao that they did not dare to approach Tancheng, let alone pry for information.
When Liu Bei heard this, his chance had come!
Although Liu Bei did not have the chance to pry for information, he had heard Chen Mu's deduction of the entire situation!
The chance to show off and make a name for himself had come!
Liu Bei coughed lightly and cupped his hands.”
"Minister Liu, please speak frankly!" Tao Qian was interested.”
Liu Bei's tone was neither fast nor slow, as if it was infectious."Before I came, I analyzed the situation of the Cao thief in Yanzhou.”
"Although Cao Cao is the herdsman of Yanzhou, the people of Yanzhou are only afraid of Cao Cao's military might, so they elected him as the herdsman. His appointment is not recognized by the court, and his name is not correct.”
"And this thief Cao killed the famous Bian Rang. The people of Yanzhou have long complained.”
"I also heard that this time, the Cao thief will move all the people in the city to Yanzhou. This will definitely make the local people of Yanzhou dissatisfied with the Cao thief.”
"Thus, I concluded that the sudden retreat of the Cao rebels must have been caused by the Yanzhou people.”
"Thief Cao is homeless!"
Liu Bei's analysis immediately caught everyone's attention.
"I didn't expect Minister Liu to have such knowledge!" praised Chen Deng, a famous official in Xuzhou. I also think that the sudden retreat of Cao Cao must be because something happened in Yanzhou, but he is not as knowledgeable as Minister Liu!”
"Xiapi's Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong, I'm impressed!”
A portion of Xu Zhou's civil and military officials also praised Liu Bei.
Tao Qian's expression turned ugly.
I'm not dead yet, and you bastards want to choose another master?
Tao Qian was well aware.
These two years, he had been beaten up too harshly by Cao Cao, causing the people of Xu Prefecture to be quite dissatisfied with Tao Qian.
There was Zhao Yu in front of him who had invited the prefect of Guangling and ran away.
There was also Wang Lang, who had invited the prefect of Kuaiji and also ran away.
Pengcheng's Zhang Zhao was famous for his talent, but Tao Qian had gone to invite him. In the end, Zhang Zhao had also run away.
The highly regarded Zuo Rong not only ran away, but also took a large amount of money and food.
Langya County's Zang Ba and Sun Guan even supported their troops and watched the tigers fight.
If Tao Qian didn't have the Elixir Yang Soldiers, this Xu Prefecture Overseer would have long existed in name only!
Thinking of this…
Tao Qian suddenly thought of a plan and cupped his hands towards Liu Bei.""I've long heard that Lord Liu of the Plains is a hero of the world!”
"Now that I'm old and my two sons are useless, I'm already unable to be the Overseer of Xu Prefecture.”
"Duke Liu is a descendant of the imperial family. He is virtuous and talented. He can be the herdsman of Xu Prefecture.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Liu Bei was numb.
Really, really, really want me to be the Overseer of Xu Prefecture?
When he arrived, Liu Bei was actually still a little apprehensive about Chen Mu's deductions.
After all, Tao Qian was the Prefecture Overseer. How could he let this Xu Prefecture Overseer go so easily?
He did not expect that his prediction would come true!
"No, no. If I accept it now, won't people accuse me of taking advantage of others?”
"A gentleman doesn't snatch what others like. I have to be humble!”
Liu Bei thought for a moment and quickly stood up to decline,""I was invited by Kong Beihai to save Xu Prefecture because of righteousness! Now that I'm here for no reason, everyone in the world will think that I, Liu Bei, am a heartless person!”
"This Xu Prefecture Overseer can only be the envoy!”
Seeing this, Mei Zhu thought that Tao Qian was really planning to give up Xu Prefecture, so he quickly advised,""Duke Liu! Now that the Han Dynasty was in decline and the sea was overturned, it was time to make contributions! Xuzhou was rich and had a million households! Envoy Tao is sincere in giving in, so please don't decline!”
Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard Mi Zhu's words.
Mi Zhu really thinks highly of me, Liu Bei!
Chen Deng also advised,"Envoy Tao is old and sickly. He can't take charge of the affairs. Please don't decline!"”
When Tao Qian heard this, he thought," Good heavens, you, Chen Dengcai, are sick. You're seriously ill."
Since when was I so old that I couldn't be a director?
As expected, snakes and rats were a nest, a group of people who fawned over the powerful!
Tao Qian suppressed his anger and maintained his smile.
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