Of course, Deputy Director Tao knew what it meant to raise a carbuncle, and what it meant to let the tiger return to the mountain, with endless troubles. He also knew that for a peerless warrior like Lu Bu, if he wanted to capture him alive, the probability would be as low as embezzling public funds to buy lottery tickets and winning the jackpot.

, the risk factor is even greater.

But Tao Ying had no choice. Killing Lu Bu at this time would be harmful to Xuzhou but not beneficial. If Lu Bu died in the hands of the Xuzhou army, the first person to benefit would be the more dangerous Uncle Liu Huang. This has been learned from Lu Bu’s daughter Lu Die.

It was confirmed in his mouth that the Xuzhou army had just captured Lu Bu and before he could decide whether to release or kill him, Liu Huangshu could not wait to fish in troubled waters. If Tao Ying really chopped Lu Wenhou into pieces, he would have done Liu Huangshu a big favor and was loyal to Lu Bu.

Those arrogant and powerful generals are likely to unite around the benevolent Uncle Liu Huang and launch bloody revenge against the Xuzhou army.

In addition to facing bloody revenge from Lu Bu's army, killing Lu Bu will also directly benefit Deputy Director Tao's more dangerous enemy, Boss Cao. Without the strong restraint of Lu Bu's army, he will regret the release of Deputy Tao.

Boss Cao, the director, will never miss this God-given opportunity to nip the danger in the bud. Uncle Liu Huang, who has a common enemy, will definitely seriously consider the possibility of forming an alliance with Cao Cao's army. By then, the Cao and Liu families will attack together, and their strength will be great.

Deputy Director Tao was so inadequate that he couldn't even cry.

So there was no other way. After weighing it again and again, the only thing Deputy Director Tao could do was to bite the bullet and release Lu Bu. At the same time, in order to prevent the somewhat stupid Marquis Lu Wen from becoming angry in the future and causing trouble for him when he returned. After his attempt to marry Lu Bu failed,

Deputy Director Tao could only quickly find a way to release Lu Bu unconditionally, and also unconditionally return the Fang Tian Painted Halberd and Red Rabbit Horse that he had finally obtained. Deputy Director Tao, who was not controlled by Luo Li, did not return it because of Lu Die's plea.

The key to the Red Rabbit Horse is where Lu Wenhou put his fiery temper. If the Red Rabbit Horse is not returned, Lu Wenhou will definitely raise troops to snatch it and cause the war between Tao and Lu to restart, so there is no other way. Tao Ying can only be obsessed with lust.

, returned the war horse honestly.

Of course, during this period, Deputy Director Tao seriously considered recruiting or forcing Lu Bu to surrender. He tried to take the opportunity to annex Lu Bu's team, but he also thought of Uncle Liu's eternal saying, "If Dong Zhuo is not seen in public, Ding Yuan's business will be the same." Deputy Director Tao

He quickly gave up this idea. Deputy Director Tao did not have the confidence to make Lu Wenhou loyal to him, nor did he want Lu Wenhou to be accused of murdering his son-in-law after killing his second father.

Fortunately, although Lu Wenhou was dark-hearted, he was not as shameless as Deputy Director Tao and Liu Huangshu. After being unconditionally released by the 'magnanimous' Deputy Director Tao, Lu Wenhou really didn't have the face to start a war with Deputy Director Tao again - at least he didn't have the shame to start a war immediately.

They just defeated Uncle Liu who was fishing in troubled waters, and then immediately led the army back to Yanzhou. The wealthy but relatively weak Five Counties of Xuzhou finally avoided another crisis. Deputy Director Tao, who was not strong enough, finally won some valuable time to recuperate.

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After these news spread, it was also at this time that those tycoons and traitors who had ambitions for the five counties of Xuzhou were surprised to find that in just over half a year, the once recognized nerd Tao Yingtao, the second son of Tao Yingtao, took him to establish the organization with his own hands.

The gentlemen's army actually beat up all the princes and heroes in the five counties of Xuzhou one by one. Even with the pitifully small number of troops, they actually never lost a single battle. They were as powerful as the three brothers Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Liu Bei.

They were all beaten to pieces by the gentlemen's army. They lost soldiers and generals without taking advantage of them at all.

It was also at this time that the name of Tao Ergong truly became famous all over the world. Under the banner of benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trust, gentleness, respect, thrift, and humiliation, the army of gentlemen truly became a great army recognized and respected by all the heroes in the world. They had great feelings for Xuzhou.

The ambitious princes had to carefully consider the consequences of provoking the second son of Tao. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu, who had originally concluded an alliance with the Xuzhou army, considered strengthening their contacts and feelings with the Xuzhou army in order to obtain this important opportunity at the critical moment.

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who are hostile to the Xuzhou army, are jealous and hateful. They all regard Master Tao as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, and they want to get rid of him as soon as possible!

Of course, Tao Ying would not care too much about what the heroes of the world thought of him. After confirming that Lu Bu had withdrawn and left the increasingly obedient general Sun Guan to lead an army of three thousand to guard Xiaopei, Tao Ying led the main force to triumph.

On the day Tao Ying arrived in Xuzhou, Xuzhou soldiers and civilians came out to warmly welcome Tao Ying's triumphant victory. The official road was crowded with people, and all the people cheered Master Tao Ying in unison.

With tears in his eyes, he had to thank the people repeatedly and say some hypocritical words of gratitude. But no matter what, Deputy Director Tao really won the support of the people in Xuzhou. The people of Xuzhou who had suffered from the war were also grateful that they could have such a

A young man led the troops to defend against the enemy and loved Deputy Director Tao very much.

Tao Ying was so anxious to return to Xuzhou because of Tao Qian's illness. As early as when Tao Ying besieged Xiaopei, Chen Deng and Cao Bao sent letters one after another saying that Tao Qian was critically ill and asked Tao Ying to make plans as soon as possible. However, the war was urgent at that time, and Tao Ying

He couldn't withdraw, and he didn't dare to announce Tao Qian's illness to shake the morale of the army. He just concealed it blindly. Now that Liu Bei has finally left, and Lu Bu has also left, Tao Ying will naturally come back in a hurry to prepare to succeed - oh, that's wrong, he is so kind and righteous as well as loyal and filial.

Deputy Director Tao, who had both ends, had to quickly return to Xuzhou and prepare to support his brother Tao Shang to inherit the throne of Xuzhou governor.

Tao Qian's condition was more serious than Tao Ying expected. After meeting Tao Ying in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, Tao Qian could no longer speak. He could only point to the beams in the lobby with his fingers. Deputy Director Tao seemed puzzled.

His meaning was confused, and Chen Deng, who was next to him, explained for Tao Qian: "Sir, when my lord was still able to speak, he once told me that as soon as you come back, second lord, you will immediately take out the documents of my lord's succession in front of everyone.

Read out and officially pass on the throne. Now that you have returned in triumph, I think it’s time to confirm my lord’s successor.”

"My father is still alive. Isn't this inappropriate?" Tao Ying asked hypocritically. Then he turned to the pottery merchant who was waiting next to Tao Qian and asked even more hypocritically: "Brother, what do you think?"

"Brother, this is my father's order. We brothers must not disobey it." A truly honest and honest pottery merchant rarely had a firm attitude and said firmly: "While my father can still witness it with my own eyes, I will immediately take out the inheritance from my father."

The document was read out in public to give my father an explanation."

The eldest brother, Tao Shang, had said so. What else could Tao Ying, a brother, have to say? So the Tao brothers immediately summoned all the civil and military officials in Xuzhou and asked Cao Hong to personally remove the dusty iron box from the beam and show the proof in public.

The seal remained intact, and then the Tao brothers invited Tao Qian's three most trusted ministers, Cao Bao, Chen Deng and Zang Ba, and asked them to open the iron box in public. They took out Tao Qian's handwritten letter of succession and gave it to Chen Deng in public.

read out.

"Father, no! I am just the second son. There is still an eldest brother here, so I really don't dare to be a son!"

It was no surprise that Tao Ying's name was written on the transfer document, and our Deputy Director Tao also firmly refused without any surprise. He knelt in front of Tao Qian, kowtowed and shed tears, and begged Tao Qian to take back his life in tears -

-Although Tao Qian was at a loss for words at this moment, Deputy Director Tao still firmly refused and begged Tao Qian not to abolish the eldest son and establish a younger one. He also begged Tao Qian to establish a pottery business instead. He also said that he would fully assist his brother in inheriting Xuzhou's foundation.

, Absolutely no second thoughts! - Although even Tao Ying himself did not believe this kind of nonsense. But without saying a few words of such coaxing, Deputy Director Tao would be embarrassed to explain to the world no matter how thick-skinned he was.

Faced with the "sincerity" of his younger brother, Tao Shang, who was very self-aware, of course insisted on rejecting his good brother's good intentions - just kidding, almost all the important officials in Xuzhou sided with Tao Ying, and most of the Xuzhou army were direct descendants of Tao Ying.

The pottery merchant dared to compete with his younger brother for the position today, and he might not be able to see the sun tomorrow. So the pottery merchant firmly refused, and even brought Tao Qian’s Xuzhou governor’s seal, and knelt down in front of his younger brother, crying bitterly.

He begged his younger brother to accept it, saying that he would never compete with his younger brother for his father's inheritance. He would rather serve his brother as the master.

Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for brothers to fight each other for power, but there are not many brothers who are as humble as Tao Shang and Tao Ying. Therefore, seeing the appearance of Tao Shang and Tao Ying brothers, it is inevitable that Xuzhou civil and military officials will

Full of emotions, they all persuaded Tao Ying not to disobey his father's orders and accept Xuzhou. Xu Fang, a famous scholar in Xuzhou who once accidentally missed the line once, knelt down in front of Tao Ying and cried loudly, saying, "If the second master doesn't accept Xuzhou,

, none of us can live in peace! I hope the Second Young Master will take pity on the thousands of living things in Xuzhou and don’t refuse anymore."

"My dear brother, please don't refuse anymore." The pottery merchant also cried bitterly. He kowtowed to Tao Ying repeatedly with the seal in his hand, and said a shocking sentence, "My dear brother, if you say anything else, you must not destroy the young and establish the young."

If so, the stupid brother will immediately kill himself in front of the wise brother, so that the wise brother can't refuse!" With that, Tao Shang really drew his sword and was about to kill himself. Fortunately, Xuzhou's civil and military officials held him firmly, and Deputy Director Tao was not forced to do so.

The sinner who killed his brother.

There is no other way. Although sitting on the throne of the local emperor, the governor of Xuzhou, is actually harder than a slave washing the toilet, but in order to save the life of the eldest brother, and for the sake of thousands of creatures in Xuzhou and the world, our Deputy Director Tao also

He had no choice but to weep and accept the seal of the Xuzhou Governor, and officially became the veritable lord of the five counties of Xuzhou. When Tao Ying held up the seal, the hall of the Xuzhou Governor's Office also rang with thundering cheers, except for Tao Ying himself

Besides, everyone was beaming with joy, as happy as if they had inherited the post of Xuzhou Governor.

After formally accepting the post of governor of Xuzhou, Tao Ying had to kowtow to Tao Qian to thank him. Tao Qian could not speak, but his eyes were full of relief and joy. When Tao Ying finished his salute and stood up again, Tao Qian had already closed his eyes.

, passed away with a smile on his face, formally fulfilling his promise to Tao Ying, and persisted until Tao Ying returned in triumph before taking his last breath. The three brothers Tao Shang, Tao Ying and Tao Ji burst into tears until

Faint.

In just one day, two major events, Tao Ying's succession and Tao Qian's death, happened simultaneously in Xuzhou city. Naturally, the five counties of Xuzhou were shocked. Tao Ying cried so hard that he could not manage the affairs of the state. Naturally, Xuzhou's government and military affairs were indispensable.

There was some confusion, but fortunately, Chen Gui, his son, Lu Su and others were both military and political talents. While Deputy Director Tao pretended to cry bitterly and passed out several times, Chen Gui, his son, Lu Su and others resolutely shouldered the heavy burden and helped Tao.

Political affairs should be handled and the local area stabilized. At the same time, the five counties of Xuzhou also paid tribute to the three armies and held a large memorial ceremony to commemorate Tao Qian's spirit in heaven.

In addition, considering that everyone was still an honorary official of the Han Dynasty, Chen Gui and his son and Shao Lu Su had to forge a testament of Tao Qian and send it to Chang'an, stating that Tao Ying was the governor of Xuzhou, the pastor of Xuzhou, and Anton

General, inherit Tao Qian's title of Marquis of Liyang - that is to say, just going through the motions, it doesn't matter whether Li Jue and Guo Si, who now control Emperor Xian, agree or not. Even if they don't agree, there is nothing they can do against our Deputy Director Tao.

It wasn't until Tao Qian was buried in the Yellow River that our Deputy Director Tao really took over the power and began to adjust personnel in a big way. Chen Deng, the former captain of the Agricultural School, relied on his support to take over the legacy left by Mi Zhu without any surprise.

Xuzhou took the post and became Tao Ying's chief assistant in government affairs; Lu Su was granted the title of Military Academy Captain and worshiped as a military advisor; Cao Bao and Zang Ba were named the Prefect of Xiapi and the Prefect of Langya respectively - both were empty titles and still controlled the headquarters.

Soldiers and horses were stationed in Pengcheng and generous rewards were given;

The chief of the special agents; Chen Dao and Xu Sheng were both appointed Sima of the Point Army. They were all directly subordinate to Tao Ying; the rest of the civil and military officials were promoted and rewarded, and most of them remained in their original posts, so I will not list them one by one here.

As for Tao Ying's honest eldest brother Tao Shang, out of guilt for Tao Shang's younger brother taking over his brother's position, Deputy Director Tao was a rare mercy and did not kill his eldest brother to eliminate future troubles forever. He named Tao Shang the Prime Minister of Pengcheng and went to the Emperor to request the title for Tao Shang.

In order to repay his elder brother who took the initiative to give up the throne, Tao Ying originally planned to present Tao Shang as the pastor of Yuzhou, but considering the complicated situation in Yuzhou, both Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu appointed governors of Yuzhou. There was no need to conflict with them over a false title.

So I gave up in the end.

Having just inherited his cheap dad's family business, Deputy Director Tao did not even dare to make major adjustments to the five counties for the sake of stability, and tried to keep a low profile to avoid conflicts with other princes. This move was of course to buy time to consolidate internally. But

It is a pity that Deputy Director Tao's enemies and friends are destined not to give Deputy Director Tao this time. They all want to take advantage of the internal turmoil in Tao Ying's new leadership, or take advantage of his friend Tao Ying.

The next piece of fat. Or put a stumbling block for Tao Ying, so that Tao Ying cannot successfully pass the power handover. What's worse, he also wants to take this opportunity to settle an old debt with Tao Ying...

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First, let’s look at Gongsun Zan, the only friend of Xuzhou’s army. After receiving the news of Tao Qian’s death and Tao Ying’s succession, Gongsun Zan, who still had some friendship, was very sad about the death of Tao Qian, a die-hard ally, and planned to send envoys to Xuzhou to pay homage to Tao Qian.

Tomb, by the way, was on good terms with Tao Yingtong and maintained an alliance. However, at this time, Liu Huangshu, who had defected to Beihai Prefect Kong Rong and borrowed a place to stay, jumped out and wrote to his classmate Gongsun Zan, suggesting that Gongsun Zan take advantage of the situation and take advantage of Tao Yingxin's successor.

Not daring to offend his allies, he sent envoys to Tao Ying to borrow food and troops to help Gongsun Zan fight against Yuan Shao.

Of course Gongsun Zan is very aware of Liu Bei's sinister intention to disgust Tao Yingyi, but people are selfish. In addition, Yuan Shao has been defeated steadily on the battlefield, and the ace white horse Yi Cong has been killed by Qu Yi.

After being destroyed, Gongsun Zan really needed to replenish his strength, and Tao Ying's ruthless methods in dealing with Liu Bei also made Gongsun Zan a little dissatisfied, so Gongsun Zan finally changed his mind and decided to take advantage of the opportunity to borrow 10,000 troops and 100,000 dendrobium from Tao Ying.

to alleviate the current bad situation.

Tao Ying was not a friend of Marquis Lu Wen. After receiving the news of Tao Qian's death and Tao Ying's succession, Chen Gong was of course overjoyed and immediately suggested that Lu Bu send an envoy to Xuzhou to pay tribute and try to form an alliance with Tao Ying to fight against Cao.

Lü Bu, who was troubled by the food shortage, did not refuse, and immediately sent Xu Si to pay filial piety to ease the relationship with Tao Ying and test the alliance against Cao Cao. Chen Gong secretly confessed to Xu Si behind Lv Bu's back, and asked Xu Si to persuade Tao Ying privately.

If you send a matchmaker to propose marriage, it is best to try to get the Tao and Lu families to become in-laws and join forces to fight against Cao Cao.

When Yuan Shao, a friend of Deputy Director Tao's enemy, received the news that Tao Ying had inherited Xuzhou, the arrogant and arrogant Yuan Sangong, of course, cursed Tao Ying, how could he be so virtuous and capable, and how dare he lead a large county to rank with the princes? But

It is a pity that Yuan Sangong is currently being restrained by Gongsun Zan and is too far away from Xuzhou. He cannot teach the younger generation a lesson, so Yuan Sangong had no choice but to accept the advice of counselor Shen Pei and decided to send Yan Liang to lead an army of 10,000 men.

Go south, help Cao Cao deal with Lu Bu, get rid of this wolf, tiger, and leopard that may threaten Jizhou, and then use Cao Cao's hands to deal with Tao Ying, this little kid who doesn't know the heights of the world!

Deputy Director Tao's popularity is indeed not very good. Having only one friend is not very reliable, but he has several sworn enemies. At least Liu Bei and Cao Cao wanted to chop Deputy Director Tao into pieces! Among them, Uncle Liu Huang was better, but he was too powerful.

A weak person can only shoot a few cold arrows in the back and borrow the help of others to disgust Deputy Director Tao, but Boss Cao is different. After receiving the news of Tao Qian's death and Tao Ying's succession, Boss Cao revealed the case on the spot.
To be continued...