【三国演义】EP05Tao Gongzu thrice ceded Xuzhou陶恭祖三让徐州

Cao Cao, in Yanzhou, organized his troops and widely recruited the wise and the good. In succession, strategists such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Man Chong, and Lu Qian, along with military generals like Yu Jin and Dian Wei, came to offer their allegiance, and Cao Cao put them to good use one by one. At this time, Cao Cao had strategists among his civil officials and fierce generals among his military officers, causing his might to be felt throughout Shandong. Consequently, Cao Cao sent Ying Shao, the governor of Mount Tai, to his hometown to bring his father, Cao Song, back. When Ying Shao and Cao Song passed through Xuzhou, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, warmly entertained them for two days and then sent his subordinate, Zhang Kai, to escort them for a while. However, Zhang Kai betrayed them, murdered the entire Cao family, took their wealth, and fled to Huainan. Ying Shao barely escaped with his life and defected to Yuan Shao.
曹操在兖州，整顿兵马，广招贤纳士。先后有谋士荀彧、荀攸、程昱，郭嘉、满宠、吕虔等人，武将于禁、典韦等前来投奔，曹操一一予以重用。此时曹操部下文有谋臣，武有猛将，威震山东。曹操于是派泰山太守应劭到老家去接父亲曹嵩。应劭与曹嵩一行经过徐州时，太守陶谦盛情款待了两日，然后派部下张闿送一程。哪知张闿杀了曹嵩全家，取了财物，逃奔淮南去了。应劭死命逃脱，投了袁绍。