Dian Wei, as fierce as a tiger!

This was the only thought in Taishi Ci's mind after confronting Dian Wei. Each move of the two one-handed halberds was thunderous. Taishi Ci's strength was not weak, but if it was the strength of his feet, he probably couldn't even hold on to the three-way matches. He could only rely on his skills to fight back and forth with the horse power, and with the help of horsepower, he could barely be on par with Dian Wei.

However, although Dian Wei was as fierce as a tiger, his pair of halberds were swung open and opened, and he was not an ordinary brave man. He was quite well-organized. Taishi Ci fought with Dian Wei for more than 80 rounds with his war horse. Finally, he felt exhausted and had to retreat.

"General, are you safe?" Zang Ba followed, looked at Taishi Ci who was panting and said with concern.

"This manpower is extremely powerful, I am not his opponent." Taishi Ci smiled bitterly. He had fought with Xiahou Dun that day. He thought that this person was already the number one powerful general under Cao Cao. Now when he saw Dian Wei, he realized that there were many powerful generals under Cao Cao. This person had all his skills. Even in the court, only Lu Bu could win. Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun might be able to fight, but they might not dare to say that they would win.

As for myself, I was still a little worse after all.

"General Ziyi stayed." Just as Taishi Ci saw that he was defeated by Dian Wei and was about to retreat to the city, the Cao army's army broke a passage, and saw Cao Cao coming down to the front of the formation under the escort of several military generals and shouting to Taishi Ci.

Although he was an enemy, Taishi Ci had no disgust towards Cao Cao. After all, Tao Qian was not the first to do this matter. If he had not come to Qingzhou this time, it was to check and balance the forces of all parties. Taishi Ci was too lazy to care about this matter. Seeing Cao Cao come out, Taishi Ci hesitated for a moment and bowed slightly on the horse's back: "Ci has seen Cao Gong."

"I heard for a long time that General Ziyi is a loyal and filial man. Cao sent troops to Xuzhou this time, but it was not for other things. Tao Gongzu was too hateful to kill my father and not be a son. Cao had no choice but to raise troops. This matter had nothing to do with Wen Jugong and Ziyi. Why did Ziyi fight hard? Cao really couldn't bear to meet the general with swords and weapons?" Cao Cao smiled and clasped his fists.

"Mr. Cao, please forgive me." Taishi Ci nodded and said, "The last general came here with the order and should not retreat easily. The last general was not very good about Cao Gong and Gong Tao. Even if Tao had something to do, what's wrong with the people of Xuzhou? I hope Cao Gong thinks twice."

"It seems that Ziyi is determined to make things difficult for Cao." A cold light flashed in Cao Cao's eyes and his face also calmed down.

"Mr. Cao, please forgive me." Taishi Ci took a deep breath and stood proudly, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Dian Wei, but he saw that Dian Wei had once again pulled out an iron halberd.

"Okay." Cao Cao's face turned gloomy. He waved his hand and signaled Dian Weimo to take action. He smiled and looked at Taishi Ci and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions. Cao will not force it. Today I will not talk about this disappointment. The general and I fell in love with him. Unfortunately, you and I are enemies and not friends now. Otherwise, we will definitely drink with General Ziyi for a night!"

Taishi Ci frowned slightly, but didn't know when he was so close to Cao Cao. He felt a little guilty in his heart. He sighed and clasped his fists and said, "God of Cao, please forgive me. If there is nothing else, I will say goodbye first."

"Why should Ziyi be so in a hurry?" Cao Cao called Taishi Ci and said, "Even if Ziyi doesn't want to talk too much with my enemy, you are not in a hurry. Although you can't drink and talk, you will be together today and next time you meet, you will probably have to fight on the battlefield."

"Mr. Cao's words are so serious." Taishi Ci sighed, it was hard to leave again.

On the city wall, Tao Qian and Xuzhou, who had heard the news, thought they would see a battle between dragons and tigers, but after they rushed over, they saw Taishi Ci and Cao Cao chatting enthusiastically under the city tower.

"What are they... talking about?" Cao Bao looked at Mi Fang beside him with a daze.

"How do I know?" Mi Fang rolled her eyes, but her brows frowned slightly: "But when did this Taishi Ci have a friendship with Cao Cao?"

The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Listening to the discussion between the two generals, Tao Qian's face changed suddenly, but he did not show it. He just looked at the array of Cao's army and said in a deep voice: "The Cao army is full of power, and now he is dragging Ziyi, is there any trick? I will stop the army by ringing the gold!"

"Dangdangdangdangdangdang~" Immediately, someone began to beat the golden bell.

Under the city, Taishi Ci was listening to Cao Cao's chatting about the mountains everywhere, and was embarrassed. Suddenly, he heard the sound of gold ringing. He felt like he was given a general amnesty. He quickly clasped his fists at Cao Cao, turned his horse's head, and led his army to the city.

"Lord, what are the ones you just said?" Until Taishi Ci returned to the city and saw that Cao Cao had no intention of taking the opportunity to attack the city, Dian Wei walked back with protection of Cao Cao, while looking at Cao Cao in confusion. He listened for a long time, but he didn't understand.

"How do I know?" Cao Cao shrugged his shoulders, and met Xi Zhicai and his group, leaving behind the generals with a confused look on their faces.

"Master, what does this mean?" Cao Ren looked at Dian Wei.

"Who will I ask?" Dian Wei groaned and followed without looking back.

"How can this barbarian say?" Cao Ren raised his eyebrows and looked at the entire Yanzhou. The only one who dared to resist him like this was Dian Wei. But he still had no choice but to beat Dian Wei, and he couldn't beat him. If he scolded him, this guy was really anxious and still attacked you. He could only sigh helplessly and go back to the camp with everyone. He couldn't ask Dian Wei, or Cao Cao.

But when Taishi Ci returned to the city, Zang Ba came up and said in confusion: "The general has an old age with Cao Cao?"

"No, today is the first time we met." Taishi Ci shook his head in a daze, roughly said what Cao Cao said to him before, and frowned: "What does Cao Mengde mean?"

I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't think of something wrong.

Zang Ba shook his head and did not answer. He didn't know what Cao Mengde was thinking, but this matter was indeed strange.

After everyone returned to the city, Tao Qian came to greet him in person.

"General Ziyi, what's the outcome?" Tao Qian warmly welcomed Taishi Ci back to the government office and asked in anticipation.

"Mr. Tao Gong, thank you. Dian Wei is as fierce as a tiger. He will not be his opponent." Taishi Ci bowed to Tao Qian with some shame.

"It's okay." Tao Qian waved his hand, sat down, looked at Taishi Ci, and said gently: "This victory or defeat is a common matter for military affairs. If it were not for General Ziyi's help, Pengcheng Kingdom would have been defeated by Cao Mengde long ago."

"Thank you, Mr. Tao," said Taishi kindly.

Afterwards, Tao Qian talked to Taishi Ci and kept silent about what Cao Cao said to him at the city. Taishi Ci also felt that there was nothing to say. After chatting, he stood up and said goodbye. He also wanted to rectify military discipline. When he fought with Dian Wei today, Taishi Ci asked himself that he was not Dian Wei's opponent. Next time he fought, he would not go to fight and could only rely on military power.

The Qingzhou Army was not as good as the elite of the Cao army, so it should take this opportunity to train more. Not to mention that it can be comparable to the Cao army, but at least it must be able to enforce orders.

Seeing Taishi Ci leave, Tao Qian's expression became a little gloomy.

"Lord, it seems that Taishi Ci has a strange intention. Otherwise, why don't you talk about what Cao Cao told him about under the city?" Xiao Jian, a counselor under Tao Qian, came to Tao Qian's side when he saw Taishi Ci leave, and bowed to him.

"Hmph!" Tao Qian groaned, "This person is a general of Wen Ju, and he is not my group, so how can he say something about strange intentions?"

"Otherwise." Xiao Jian shook his head and said respectfully: "Although it is not the lord's unit, the two sides are now united in the same hatred of the enemy. This person secretly communicated with Cao Cao, not only to the lord, but also to Kong Rong's order. Why not write a letter to Kong Qingzhou and ask him to order others to take over the Qingzhou camp in case that Taishici and Cao Cao are in harmony with each other inside and outside."

"This..." Tao Qian frowned slightly. Although he was suspicious, he was a prince after all and had eyesight. Pengcheng could survive until now, but it was entirely due to the contributions of Taishici and Zang Ba. Zang Ba was originally his unit, but now he followed Taishici's leader. This made Tao Qian very uncomfortable, but no matter how bad he felt, Tao Qian could still be clear. There were not many powerful generals of this level in the world. Kong Rong sent someone over here, but he might not be able to compare with Taishici.

And after all, Kong Rong is just helping himself morally. What would Kong Rong think if he runs to gossip like this?

"Don't mention this matter again." After a long time, Tao Qian shook his head and rejected this matter. Although he was very concerned about the conversation between Taishi Ci and Cao Cao, Pengcheng really couldn't be without Taishi Ci in charge at this time.

"Here." Seeing this, Xiao Jian could only bow and agree. Seeing that Tao Qian had no other words, he said goodbye and left.

Looking at Xiao Jian's back as he left, Tao Qian sighed lightly. As the governor of Xuzhou, his friendship with Kong Rong was quite good. Some things that others didn't know about were known, but he knew that Taishi Ci was not just an ordinary Qingzhou general, but also a Qingzhou general appointed by the court. Even as the governor of Qingzhou, Kong Rong had no right to mobilize Taishi Ci.

Not to mention Kong Rong assigning a general to take over, even if Kong Rong comes in person, he doesn't have the ability. Tao Qian is worried about not only Taishi Ci and Cao Cao's collusion, but also whether this is what the court wants?

Now the court has extended his hand to Qingzhou. Does it mean that the court wants to use Taishi Ci's hand to further extend its tentacles to Xuzhou.

Since the Zhongping period, Xuzhou has not paid tribute to the court for many years. When he is used to being a local emperor, Tao Qian naturally does not want to hand Xuzhou back to the court.

What was the attitude of the court? Tao Qian didn't think much about it before, but today's affairs couldn't help but think much about it.
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