Chen Xi looked at Tao Qian's gray hair and the figure holding a cane to greet Liu Bei, and sighed silently, time is really not forgiving.
"I have met Mr. Tao." Liu Bei, Chen Xi and his party saluted Tao Qian.
"Xuande is right." Tao Qian bowed his figure and held his crutch in his hand, saluting Liu Bei, just like he called Hulao Pass back then.
Although he is already dying, he still retains the blood of a military general. Probably the killings during this period of time made Tao Qian unable to do what he wanted, but he also felt the atmosphere of the fighting back then.
"Mr. Tao." Liu Bei stretched out his hand to help Tao Qian. He clearly felt that Tao Qian's time was running out.
"Hahaha, it doesn't have to be like this." Tao Qian laughed, but he clearly felt the sadness of a hero in his twilight years, "Follow me, I recognize the two people behind you, Chen Zichuan, this one should be the designer Cao Mengde "
"Wen He has met Mr. Tao." Jia Xu said with a calm expression.
"Xuande asked the Danyang soldiers to follow your troops and stationed outside the city. You can bring the civil servants and generals with me." Tao Qian nodded to Jia Xu, and then said to Liu Bei. This was clearly handing over the military power. Give it to Liu Bei.
"Taogong, it's better to see a doctor first." Liu Bei stretched out his hand to support Tao Qian, and then gave Hua Tuo a look.
"No need, I know my body myself. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm terminally ill. I originally thought that Cao Mengde and I were of the same mind, but it's a pity" Tao Qian was obviously disappointed when he said this, but compared to Cao Cao at that time, he was shattered. When he had faith, it was obvious that he had opened his eyes a lot now.
"Wen He. Have you noticed something strange?" Chen Xi said in a low voice, "Although Tao Qian killed everyone in the Xuzhou family for disobedience, they are not so deserted. You see, except for the Tao family His bodyguards include Chen Deng and Tao Qian¡¯s ministers, but there are not many other aristocratic families.¡±
"If Tao Gongzu dies at this time, who will benefit the most and who will be the most troublesome?" Jia Xu said silently, looking at the head of Xiapi City.
"You mean someone wants to put Tao Qian to death at this time?" Chen Xi frowned, if Tao Qian died at this time. Although Xuzhou Liu Bei still accepted it, the blow to Liu Bei's reputation was a bit big, and more importantly, many people had excuses.
"Don't worry. I have already made arrangements. With Zilong and Zhongkang beside me, even if the arrows rain down, it is impossible to hurt Tao Gongzu." Jia Xu said calmly, "Although I don't know who is fanning the flames behind the scenes. But for this It¡¯s an opportunity for us.¡±
Although the conversation between Chen Xi and Jia Xu was very low. They were also far away from Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, but both of them were smart people. After listening to Chen Xi's questions, they both moved closer to Liu Bei calmly.
"Bang!" With a soft sound, several huge black crossbow arrows struck in the direction of Tao Qian and Liu Bei. Zhao Yun and Xu Chu both took action, directly using their inner energy to push them away, and then Zhao Yun carried the Yitian Sword. He jumped towards the city wall and saw that Zhao Yun had not yet landed on the city wall. A large rain of arrows shot in the direction of Zhao Yun and Liu Bei and others below the city.
"Zilong, be careful!" Liu Bei reacted at this time and shouted.
Zhao Yun was seen moving several feet out of thin air and dodged all the crossbow arrows. Then the Yitian Sword in his right hand slashed in the direction of the city wall, and more than a dozen sword rays instantly killed the soldiers who were manipulating crossbows and preparing to attack Liu Bei again.
Chen Xi opened the folding fan and waved at the arrows coming from the sky. The strong wind blew some of the arrows to one direction, and Xu Chu shot down all the remaining arrows with his sword.
Xu Chu then brandished his sword and rushed towards the black-clad troops pouring out of the city gate. He opened and closed, ignoring the tight military formation of the opponent, and killed dozens of people. Then the tiger guards swarmed up and directly killed a group of assassins. They were defeated, killing nearly a hundred people and capturing several people.
Jia Xu picked up an arrow, frowned, and looked at the blue tip, "Poison, but it's strange. I knew this was going to happen, but it was different from what I expected."
A hidden Taoist priest in the city gate cave, with Zuo Ci's disciple Ah Sin, silently watched Liu Bei's men clearing out the dead soldiers, and constantly evaluated the strength of Liu Bei's men.
¡¾It seems that the destiny should be with Liu Xuande, and the remaining one should be Cao Mengde. The Battle of Xuzhou is equivalent to saying that Liu Xuande's destiny robbed Cao Mengde's destiny. What would happen if a destiny person was killed? ¡¿The Taoist priest hiding in the city gate was slightly excited. He found that he might know how to restore the glory of these "immortals" himself.
¡¾Both Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande obviously have the ability to counter us. Zuo Ci bets on Liu Xuande, and Li Jin is optimistic about Cao Mengde.They are all cautious people, and with a group of civil servants and fierce generals, ordinary assassination methods will never be effective. ] The Taoist priest carefully thought about the strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and silently gave up the idea of ??continuing to test.
¡¾It seems that we can only find another destiny person, I hope it is not Yuan Benchu, otherwise, we can only use Cao Cao's scale to weigh the weight. ¡¿The Taoist priest glanced in the direction of Zhao Yun, then quickly withdrew his gaze, and quickly left with Sinyin, who was eager to try.
"Has Zilong been injured?" Liu Bei saw Zhao Yun jump off the city wall and look up and down.
"Yun is fine." Zhao Yun said calmly, then frowned slightly, his energy swept through the city gate, and then he began to wonder if he was mentally allergic.
"Make Xuande laugh." Tao Qian was not frightened by the scene in front of him at all. On the contrary, he was still thinking about joking with Liu Bei. However, it was obvious that a cold light flashed in Tao Qian's eyes at the moment he spoke. The Xuzhou family is really Being ignorant, regardless of whether he was provoked this time or not, Tao Qian, who had already cut most of his body into the ground, had no mercy at all, "There are so many Xiaoxiao in Xuzhou, they will be killed incessantly!"
In this way, Liu Bei and Tao Qian completely ignored the assassins in front of the city gate and calmly led their men towards Xiapi Mansion Office.
"Wenhe, what did you just say?" Chen Xi asked, following Liu Bei.
"This thing is wrong. It deviates greatly from what I guessed. In other words, someone intervened, but why did they intervene now? And since they intervened, it ended with just a test. This is unreasonable." Jia Xu said with a slightly gloomy expression.
"As for Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu, if they take action, they will definitely not do it in such a hasty manner. As for other princes, what is the purpose of this behavior? This kind of intensity is not like an assassination at all, but a test." Li You said softly.
"Don't worry so much for now. This matter has been pushed to Cao Mengde's head. We can create whatever conditions we need. Just kill the family." Chen Xi said calmly, "We don't need to worry about this matter. If you hold on tight and don¡¯t let go, the result will be worse than the result!¡± (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature for better and faster updates!