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've 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 was already dying, he still retained the blood of a 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 reached out and helped 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, and this one should be the designer Cao Mengde Jia Wenhe."
"Wen He has met Mr. Tao." Jia Xu bowed calmly.
"Xuande asked 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 military power. Give it to Liu Bei.
"Tao Gong, 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, it is not so deserted. You see, except for the Tao family His bodyguards, Chen Deng, and several of 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 top 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 would still accept it, the blow to Liu Bei's reputation would be a bit big. , and more importantly, many people have 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 in a low voice, and they were far away from Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, both of them were people with sharp ears and eyes. 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. Jumping towards the city wall, I saw that before Zhao Yun landed on the city wall, a large rain of arrows were shot in the direction of Zhao Yun and Liu Bei and others below the city.
"Zilong, be careful!" Liu Bei finally reacted and shouted.
I saw Zhao Yun move several feet out of thin air, dodged all the crossbow arrows, and then slashed the Yitian Sword in his right hand in the direction of the city wall. More than a dozen sword lights instantly killed those who were manipulating the crossbows and were preparing to attack Liu Bei again. Soldiers.
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. After defeating them, they killed nearly a hundred people and captured 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 eliminate the dead soldiers, and constantly evaluated the strength of Liu Bei's men.
[It 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 cave was slightly excited. He found that he might know how to restore the glory of these "immortals" of his own.
[Both 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. Both of them are cautious people. Together 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.
[It seems that I can only find another destiny person, I hope it is not Yuan Benchu, otherwise, I 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 jumping off the city wall and looking up and down.
"Yun Wuhao." 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.
"Wen He, 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.
"According to Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu, if they took action, they would not be so hasty. As for other princes, what is the purpose of such actions? 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 tightly and don’t let go, your efforts will be worse than your efforts!” (To be continued.)
