Chapter 59 5. The motive for committing the crime is unknown

193 AD was the busiest season in the world. The heroes of the world each picked their own opponents to fight. Generally speaking, there are three battlefields for the heroes to relieve boredom: The first battle was in the Jingzhou area, where Liu Biao fought Yuan Shu. The second battlefield was in the Qingzhou area, where Yuan Shao fought against Gongsun Zan. The third battlefield was in the Xuzhou area, where Cao Cao beat Tao Qian madly. What I want to talk about now is Tao Qian.This old Tao sadly reminded him that he was guarding Xuzhou. This piece of land was not too far from the Dagon Prefecture occupied by Cao Cao, so Cao Cao thought that it would be best to connect the two pieces of land to have strength.So Tao Qian won the bid.

The saddest thing about Tao Qian is that Cao Cao was the winner later on, so the old Cao family tried their best to discredit Tao Qian, saying that Tao Qian reused villains and made Xuzhou a mess.Even the history books at that time said so. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that a great historian Sima Guang dug through the historical materials and found that it was the history writers who smeared Tao Qian, so the image of Lao Tao's failure was slightly repaired. In short, Tao Qian is far inferior to Cao Cao in terms of intelligence, strength, and propaganda ability, and he is destined to suffer.So as soon as the two sides fought, Cao Cao took dozens of cities in a row, which made Tao Qian dumbfounded.

What should I do?How can this be fixed?Tao Qian was so sad that he cried, and discussed with his subordinates: "Cao Cao has such a distinctive style, you must invite him to be the boss, if you don't invite him to be the boss, he will beat you up... ...how can this be done?" The subordinates suggested: "The reason why Cao Cao is so fierce is because he has a backer. Look how thick-skinned this Cao Cao is. A few days ago, he was still in the camp of begging for Dong. He bared his teeth and claws, and found that he couldn't get anything for begging Dong. So he followed the wind and defected to Dong Zhuo's generals Li Kuo and Guo Si. Boss, why don't we go to Li Kuo and Guo Si as well."

good idea!Immediately write a letter of determination to Li Kuo and Guo Si, and resolutely support these two stupid soldiers.So Tao Qian also wrote a letter of loyalty to Li Wei and Guo Si. The two guys were overjoyed when they saw the letter, and immediately appointed Tao Qian as the prefect of Xuzhou. Sure enough, Cao Cao did not come to fight Xuzhou, but Cao Cao's own father, Cao Song, did come. Few historians have noticed that the death of Father Cao in Xuzhou is the most peculiar unsolved case in the history of the Three Kingdoms.Previous historians pretended not to know that Cao Cao seized more than a dozen cities in Xuzhou before Father Cao entered Xuzhou in order to prevent the people from discovering this problem.Once this matter is discovered by the masses, the masses will shout: "It's weird, Cao Cao beat Tao Qian so miserably, why does Father Cao still go to Xuzhou?"

yeah, why?It must be nonsense to say that Father Cao sent him to his death on purpose.But if Father Cao is not willing to die, then he shouldn't pass through Xuzhou. Of course, historians can also cover up and say: This is because Cao Lao was deceived by Tao Qian, thinking that his son was afraid of beating Tao Qian, and he didn't dare to do anything to him, so he swaggered to Xuzhou.But this explanation is not right. If Father Cao doesn't take Tao Qian to heart, he should still be very concerned about his own safety. How could he let Tao Qian win? However, history is like this. First, Cao Cao beat Xuzhou Tao Qian desperately, until Tao Qian was in tears, and then Cao Cao staggered and passed by Xuzhou.He went in sideways and came out lying down.

Who killed Father Cao?There are different versions in history books about the murderer who killed Father Cao, and each version was denied by himself. "Three Kingdoms" obtained Wei court files, and first accused the murderer named Zhang Kai, a captain, who was ordered by Tao Qian to kill Father Cao.Then "Three Kingdoms" itself changed its words and said that the reason why Zhang Kai killed Mr. Cao was because Mr. Cao had too much money on him, and it was motivated by wealth, not by Tao Qian's order. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" did not mention the name of the murderer. It first said that Tao Qian sent soldiers from Yinping County to kill Father Cao.Then he changed his words and said, no, no, the one who killed Father Cao was actually the light cavalry sent by Tao Qian, not the soldiers of Yinping County at all.

The murderer is unknown, and the motive for committing the crime is unknown, but Mr. Cao was indeed killed. With the body as evidence, this matter cannot be faked. Cao Cao was furious, looked up to the sky and screamed, and said: "I want to make the land of Xuzhou into a ghost land on earth!" Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, went down to Pengcheng, down to Fuyang, down to Qulu, down to Suiling, down to Xiaqiu.Five cities in a row. There are hundreds of thousands of residents in the five cities. Cao Cao ordered: "Whether men, women, old or young, all should be killed, and even chickens and dogs should not be left behind."

Hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered by Cao Cao, and Xuzhou became a land of ghosts. Tao Qian was unable to support himself and was forced to retreat again and again to Tancheng. Cao Cao found that he could no longer move forward. Because Liu Bei is in Tancheng.