According to the rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the counties and counties in the mainland needed to use their own county as their subordinate officials, but the border counties and the three auxiliary places were different, and people from other places could be used as officials.

Guo Peng took advantage of the convenience of Shanggu County as a border county and arranged Mi Zhu as his subordinates.

This made Tao Qian feel very embarrassed, but he didn't give up.

He wrote to Mi Zhu to win him over with his position as a different leader in Xuzhou. Mi Zhu politely declined, saying that he had followed Guo Peng and could not betray him. Thank you for your kindness.

Tao Qian was very angry at the time and thought that Mi Zhu had no idea about Mount Tai and had shallow eyes. A prefect of a border county or a governor of a state, which one is more powerful and able to protect his family. Can't he tell?

Mi Zhu saw it.

So within a few years, Guo Peng became the governor of Qingzhou, and Mi Zhu also followed him to Qingzhou to become an official. He was just north of Xuzhou, with the two states adjacent to each other, so Tao Qian became even more embarrassed.

If you can't win over the Mi family, you can only choose other families in the second place.

For example, Zhao Yu, a native of Langya, Wang Lang, a native of Donghai, was appointed as a member of the ruling school, Chen Deng, a native of Xiapi, was appointed as a commander of the Diannong School, planted grains for Xuzhou, solved hunger, and vigorously appointed some people who could barely cooperate with him as officials.

Over the years, Tao Qian has indeed lived a good life and has lived a good life.

In the south is Yuan Shu, who is struggling to Jiangdong.

Guo Peng is in the north, and he is striking Yuan Shao.

To the east is the sea.

To the west is the junction of Guo and Yuan families.

He had nothing to do, and was protected in the middle like a baby.

The people of Xuzhou have indeed lived a peaceful life.

But Tao Qian was not a simple civil servant. This guy was also a military general. He led troops to fight wars and fought face to face with the Qiang people in Xiliang. Not to mention his achievements, he was also a typical Confucian scholar in the Han Dynasty who was both civil and military.

In short, he is not afraid of things, nor is he afraid of things at all. At least he is not afraid of things until he is beaten to collapse.

So Guo Peng set up an army in the south of Donglai County, near Xuzhou, for a long time, which made him a little unhappy.

To be precise, it's very unhappy.

Since the pacification of Qingzhou, Guo Peng asked Xiahou Yuan to garrison 3,000 troops in the southern part of Donglai County, called the Yellow Turban Army. In fact, he was to intimidate Tao Qian and show Tao Qian his face, and warn Tao Qian not to mess with Mi, otherwise you will understand the consequences.

Especially not long after, Guo Peng appointed Mi Zhu's sister Mi Zhen as his concubine, and Tao Qian felt even more uncomfortable when he had this relationship with Mi.

It could have been one of his confidence in taking charge of Xuzhou and provided him with a lot of money and food, but now it is all over Guo Peng.

Tao Qian sent someone to investigate and learned that the Mi family had been in charge of war horse trade for Guo Peng several years ago, transporting war horses from the north to the Central Plains and the south for sale.

To this day, this business continues. Many war horses were obtained by the Mi family from the north, and then flowed into Huainan and Jiangdong through the Mi family's relationship, and into the private soldiers of Yuan Shu's army and the Jiangdong tyrants.

Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also a considerable customer.

This business is really big, and most of the profits are obtained by Guo Peng. Therefore, Guo Pengfu has never had any money shortages happening under his command, and the major projects in Qingyan and the two prefectures were launched one by one.

Tao Qian was so envious and jealous.

He was so envious that the wall was about to separate, really.

He wanted to move Mishi countless times, but he did not dare to be afraid of Guo Peng's military power.

This time, Guo Peng attacked Yuan Shao in the north. After Tao Qian learned about the information, he was surprised on the one hand, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but feel his eagerness.

Mi has always been a thorn in his heart.

It would be fine if the Mi family was a gentry, but they were still armed powerful men with a large number of land, a large number of guests and a considerable number of private soldiers.

Perhaps before the Mi family and Guo Peng formed a relationship, these private soldiers could be said to be used to protect themselves, but after they formed a relationship with Guo Peng, these private soldiers were equivalent to Guo Peng's ranger.

Once Guo Peng wants to do something to Xuzhou, Mi is simply Guo Peng's best instinct.

That ruler can endure such a thing?

Now, taking advantage of Guo Peng leading his troops north to fight Yuan Shao to destroy the Mi family, or take a lighter move to drive the Mi family to Yanzhou, occupy their property and control the trade routes.

After Guo Peng finished fighting Yuan Shao, he would definitely have no time to take revenge, but he would only say that he would suffer a loss, and he would be like a big meal and make a big profit.

Tao Qian thought happily, and was about to take action and send his most trusted Danyang soldiers to do this.

As a result, as soon as he ordered, another intelligence came, saying that there were signs of a large number of troops stationed in Mount Tai, and he slowly approached Xuzhou, but the situation was wrong.

Tao Qian was shocked and immediately sent someone to find the accurate information. The news was that an army from Donglai County and Taishan County approached the Xuzhou border.

The magistrate of Donglai County, Xiahou Yuan and the magistrate of Taishan County, set up by Guo Peng, each led 5,000 troops to approach the Xuzhou border, stationed troops near the border and trained, and looked like a faction was about to fight.

Tao Qian was very nervous and a little confused.

Didn’t Guo Peng go north to fight against Yuan Shao? Why did he still have the opportunity to send troops to attack him?

Have you made a mistake?

That's right, two teams approached Xuzhou and stationed troops near the border to train, but did not cross the border and attacked Xuzhou.

Tao Qian quickly sent someone to inquire about the situation and figured out what was going on. At the same time, he found his own leadership team to discuss the matter.

Chen Deng, the chief of the Diannong School, Liu Kui, the prime minister of the East China Sea, and the same clan who is absolutely close to Cao Bao and Cao Bao, and Cao Hong, a native of Danyang, Yangzhou.

"Guo Zifeng should do his best to attack Yuan Benchu ​​in the north, but now he has sent 10,000 troops to approach our territory. What do you think?"

Tao Qian looked at his subordinates.

Everyone was a little surprised to learn about this, but they all had their own opinions afterwards.

"Ming Gong, since Guo Zifeng went north to fight with Yuan Benchu, it would be impossible to plot against Xuzhou. Otherwise, if he fought on both sides, Guo Zifeng really has such strong troops?"

Liu Kui felt unbelievable about this.

"That's right, since Guo Zifeng was attacking Yuan Benchu ​​in the north, he could still divide his troops south to attack our Xuzhou? The general should not have to worry about such a thing. With Guo Zifeng's ability, he would never do such a thing."

Chen Deng further pointed out that this is impossible.

Cao Bao and Cao Hong also think so.

"Then why did he send troops to Xuzhou?"

Tao Qian was still uneasy.

"General, could it be because of Mi?"

Cao Bao said this and immediately made everyone present suddenly enlightened.

Tao Qian was just stunned and his face immediately became gloomy.

"Guo Zifeng, I really care about Mi Family! I never forget to protect Mi Family when I fight with Yuan Benchu! Hum!"

Tao Qian snorted heavily and slapped his desk.

"Mi is Guo Zifeng's money bag, how can he not care?"

Cao Hong said, "Even Mi Zizhong's sister was taken as a concubine by Guo Zifeng. You can imagine how much Guo Zifeng attaches importance to Mi. Ming Gong and Guo Zifeng's behavior must be a warning to us not to attack Mi."

"It's not his turn to Guo Zifeng to intervene in Xuzhou!"

Tao Qian's face turned red, he pushed away the case in front of him, and roared: "Who is Guo Zifeng? What is he? The son of a county magistrate dares to bark in front of me!"

The subordinates dared not speak.

After Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down his mood, Chen Deng spoke slowly.
Chapter completed!