Beihai County Governor's Office, outside Yingling City

The military flag hunting, the military revolution is in full swing, and 10,000 Beihai County soldiers are ready to go. In front of the 10,000 soldiers, Kong Rong rode on a war horse, dressed in a big fashion, holding a sword, and waved it forward.

"Let's go!"

Suddenly, 10,000 soldiers from Beihai County stepped on their feet and slowly marched towards Xuzhou.

Outside Linzi City, Tian Kai, who was appointed by Gongsun Zhan as the assassin of Qingzhou, also gathered more than 15,000 troops at this moment, and also waved his army to Xuzhou.

As for Liu Bei, Mi Zhu, Tai Shici and others going to Jizhou, they did not mention it.

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On the battlefield of Xuzhou

Cao Cao's troops were divided into two routes, one was Xiahou Yuan's 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, divided his troops from Shanyang County, attacked from Rencheng, and advanced all the way. Rencheng is also a large city in Xuzhou, with a city wall as high as more than ten meters, and it is also the frontier city of Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and is an important city to resist Yanzhou.

According to the normal strategy, if Xiahou Yuan wants to capture Rencheng, he will need at least hundreds of thousands of troops and a month's effort. However, Tao Qian withdrew all the defenses of Rencheng and did not intend to send troops to defend at all, so Xiahou Yuan only attacked the city for one day, and the generals stationed in Rencheng had already surrendered. If you don't surrender, you can't do it, Tao Qian has already transferred most of the soldiers, and now there are only 3,000 soldiers in Rencheng, knowing that he will be defeated, and the general defending the city is not Tao Qian's henchman, how can he give his life here for Tao Qian?

Moreover, Tao Qian also transferred all the grain and grass in Rencheng very ruthlessly, leaving only one month's grain and grass for 3,000 soldiers. If Cao Cao retreats a month later, Tao Qian will naturally send grain and grass again, if Cao Cao does not retreat, then let the guards of Rencheng figure out a way for themselves. It is also because of this reason that the guards of Rencheng have no heart to defend it, Tao Qian is going to give up on him, why does he still have to sell his life?

At the same time, Tao Qian's grain and grass for only one month also caused a problem for Xiahou Yuan. Cao Cao's expedition this time was not rich in grain and grass, and Xiahou Yuan's 15,000 army did not have much grain and grass. If Xiahou Yuan snatched the grain and grass from Rencheng, it would definitely cause fierce resistance from the soldiers of Rencheng, which would also slow down Xiahou Yuan's footsteps; if Xiahou Yuan did not snatch the grain and grass, there would be difficulties in insufficient grain and grass, no matter how Xiahou Yuan chose, there would not be much loss to Tao Qian.

And Xiahou Yuan was also very decisive and gave up these grains and grasses. The soldiers are fast, what Xiahou Yuan is good at is running thousands of miles, unloading the armor and weapons of the soldiers of Rencheng, and then continuing to attack.

Puxian, Xuexian, Tengxian, and other places had already been conquered in a few days, but the Wei County guards had a sense of responsibility and were stunned to defend for two days, and when the food was exhausted, the Wei County guards killed themselves; Xiahou Yuan admired the loyalty of the Wei County guards, and he did not commit any crimes against Wei County. Compared with Tao Qian's practice of giving up his own territory, Xiahou Yuan's attack along the way won Cao Cao a lot of prestige.

After capturing the three counties of Yinping, Tayang, and Wuyuan, it only took fifteen days for Xiahou Yuan's attacking army to reach a distance of 100 miles from Xiapi City, and as long as he marched day and night, he could reach Xiapi City. However, Xiahou Yuan only had 15,000 soldiers, 5,000 were still cavalry, and he didn't even have siege equipment, so it was impossible to attack Xiapi City, which was high and thick. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan stopped the pace of the attack and sent soldiers to inquire about Cao Cao's situation along the way.

Compared with Xiahou Yuan's Shun lì, Cao Cao's main troops along the way were very unsmooth.

Tao Qian gathered the army of Xuzhou to defend Cao Cao's army, every city was strongly resisted, and a small city required at least two days of Cao Cao's efforts, so it can be said that it was difficult to move forward.

Cao Cao's main force on this road started from Shanyang County, first in Dongjin County, and was garrisoned by Cao Bao's henchmen, so it took Cao Cao two days to capture it. Now Cao Cao's father has not been hung up, so after Cao Cao captured it, he did not slaughter the city, but just took down Cao Bao's henchmen and beheaded them to show the public. Originally, Cao Cao hoped that this would deter the next city and make it easier for his army to attack.

However, Cao Cao's killing of the generals defending the city caused more fierce resistance from the generals who defended the city later.

Since the city is about to die, how can these generals who defend the city not resist to the death? Then, some people will say, in this case, why not just not resist like the line of Rencheng, and just surrender in Kaicheng.

In fact, there is a very big difference between the two fronts.

This line of Rencheng has been abandoned by Tao Qian, and most of the generals in charge of garrisoning are generals who are not valued by Tao Qian. Therefore, Tao Qian did not have much restraint on them, and the families of these generals all lived in the same place with the generals, even if they surrendered, Tao Qian could not help them. However, on the front of Pengcheng, the people in charge of garrisoning were all Tao Qian or Cao Bao's henchmen, and they gave them the best treatment in peacetime, but now that the war has begun, how can they surrender casually? Therefore, the families of these generals are now living in Xiapi City, and once the generals surrender, Tao Qian will directly kill their families. It was also because of this reason that the garrison generals did not dare to surrender.

After the capture of Dongjin County, it was Fangdong County, and the battle of Fangdong County was even more difficult, with 10,000 Xuzhou soldiers in the city killed and wounded, and Cao Cao's army was also killed and wounded nearly 10,000. The combat power of Cao Cao's army was stronger than that of the Xuzhou soldiers, however, it was beaten to one by the soldiers of Fangdong County, which was a great loss for Cao Cao. After capturing Fangdong County, Cao Cao knew that the defenders were extremely crazy, and no soldier was allowed to surrender, and once there was such an intention, the soldiers' families would be killed together. The guard thought in his heart that if the soldiers surrendered, the city would be captured by Cao Cao, and he would die at that time. As long as his family members are still alive, it is fine, therefore, under great pressure, the soldiers defending the city are also extremely crazy, which makes Cao Cao suffer heavy losses.

Finding this situation, Cao Cao also changed his strategy, not the accomplice, but only the main culprit. Who is the main culprit in Xuzhou, of course, is Tao Qian.

Therefore, in the next few sieges, Cao Cao's resistance was not too strict.

On the tenth day, Cao Cao's army came to Feng County, Pei County. Don't look at Feng County as just a small city, however, the status of Feng County cannot be ignored. Because, Fengxian is the hometown of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and in ancient times, just the hometown of the founding emperor can scare people. If you move troops against Feng County, you will be attacked by everyone in the world. At the beginning, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu founded the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he had to go to Fengxian County to worship his ancestors, and he thought that he was Liu Bang's bloodline. Since Liu Xiu, successive emperors will send envoys to Feng County to worship their ancestors, if they don't do this, they will be attacked by the minister, saying that you are not surnamed Liu, you don't even worship your ancestors, and dare to sit on the throne surnamed Liu. Therefore, Feng County is a very special store in Xuzhou.

The county order of Feng County was not appointed by the imperial court, and the Xuzhou Assassin was not qualified to appoint him. The county order of Feng County is served by the children of the Liu family in Feng County, selected by the elders of the Liu family, and can only be served after the consent of the majority of the people. Moreover, because of the special status of Feng County, Feng County has a very large number of private soldiers, more than 20,000 private soldiers, which is a force that cannot be ignored.

Strictly speaking, today's world is Liu Xiu's world, although Liu Xiu considers himself to be Liu Bang's descendant. However, everyone's blood relationship has long been very estranged, and people recognize the Liu family in Feng County as their ancestors, and they put gold on the face of the Liu family in Feng County. Even if successive emperors sent envoys here to worship their ancestors, the Liu family in Feng County was warmly welcomed, and they didn't dare to look at others. After all, once the Son of Heaven and a courtier, if the envoy is angered, the Son of Heaven is annoyed, and you have nothing to say if you don't recognize you as an ancestor, and the ministers can say two sentences at most, and they can really drive the Son of Heaven out of power, which is simply looking for death.

Therefore, the Liu family in Feng County, except for an honorary status, actually does not have much influence.

According to this situation, the Liu family in Feng County did not interfere with Cao Cao's actions, just let Cao Cao pass, everyone had no harm in autumn, and no one had to lose. The Liu family continued to be the leader of Feng County, and Cao Cao beat his Xuzhou. However, the county commander of Feng County, who is not going to die, that is, Liu Wei, a child of the Liu family, has some friendship with Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian. Tao Qian wrote a letter to ask Liu Wei to help block Cao Cao, and when the time comes, Tao Qian will have a generous gift.

Liu Wei is nearly fifty years old, and he has reached a more stubborn and pedantic age. Liu Wei also thought that in the era of the Western Han Dynasty, their Liu family was a noble family, and it was just a trivial matter to let Cao Cao withdraw from the army, so he agreed to Tao Qian's request. Then, Liu Wei wrote a letter and asked his subordinates to send him to Cao Cao's camp, his tone was extremely arrogant, and his words were extremely arrogant, in a word, you either withdraw from the army, or you are against the people of the world.

Who do you want Cao Cao to be? "Rather teach me to bear the world, stop teaching the world to bear me", moreover, Cao Cao is still a hero, unless characters like Liu Bang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, can suppress him, and even if it is the "rule of Wenjing" Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi may not be able to suppress Cao Cao. Now he is just a descendant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and he is just a person who relies on the prestige of his ancestors to be a good man, and he wants to be able to suppress Cao Cao, which is simply a joke.

Therefore, Cao Cao ordered Liu Wei's men who delivered the letter to have their noses and ears cut off, beaten with sticks, and then thrown back to Fengxian.

Now it's okay, Liu Wei and the Liu family in Feng County are angry, Feng County is the hometown of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, they are the descendants of Liu Bang, and the bloodline is extremely noble, you Cao Cao dares to do this to us, it is disrespectful to the royal family. As a result, Liu Wei gathered the private soldiers of the big families in Feng County, with more than 25,000 troops, and even weapons and armor. In the past, if there is an ordinary family, there are weapons and it is said that in the past, having armor is no different from rebellion, but after all, Fengxian is the territory of the Liu family, and it is the descendant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the court will turn a blind eye when it knows it, after all, this is their nominal hometown.

Cao Cao was not ambiguous, he wanted to scare him away by relying on a little fame, but there was no door, and he immediately ordered the army to surround Fengxian, and only waited for Cao Cao's order to attack.

The Liu family in Feng County knows their own family affairs, and they seem to be very confident, and they still have more than 25,000 troops, so it is not a problem to resist Cao Cao's attack. However, the strength of Cao Cao's soldiers is basically known to those who are in Xuzhou. The Liu family's more than 25,000 troops are about the same as those of the peasants, and they usually farm for them, so if they really let them go to the battlefield, they will simply be sent to death. So, where did the people of the Liu family really dare to start a war with Cao Cao?

Although Cao Cao is not afraid of the Liu family in Feng County, he must also pay attention to the influence. After all, Cao Cao is not the prime minister of the government and the opposition, the major forces in the world are still there, and he Cao Cao only occupies Yanzhou, if he is really defeated, Cao Cao will still be unbearable. It's just that now that Cao Cao has besieged the city, if he retreats like this, won't it make the family think that Cao Cao is afraid of the Liu family? Therefore, Cao Cao did not withdraw his troops and continued to besiege the city, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

After besieging the city for two days, Cao Cao didn't want to continue to spend time in Feng County, so he decided to make a feint to let the Liu family in Feng County know that they were afraid and open the city gate first.

However, before Cao Cao could make a feint, the people in Feng County shot an arrow and said that they wanted to have a good talk with Cao Cao.

After all, the Liu family in Fengxian County is not really a royal family, but only a descendant of Liu Bang, and after hundreds of years, who knows if it is still Liu Bang's descendants. Therefore, the Liu family also had no confidence, and after some discussion, they still compromised with Cao Cao, and peace talks were enough.

After Cao Cao received the letter, he sneered in his heart, Liu Bang's descendants had become like this, and they had already compromised before they even fought. If Liu Bang knew, he didn't know if he would jump out of the ground in anger.

"Open the camp gates and get ready to welcome guests!"

Cao Cao sneered and ordered to go down, and suddenly Cao Cao's camp began to get busy.

Not long after, the gate of Fengxian City was wide open, and a group of carriages and horses slowly drove out of Fengxian County, and there were nearly a thousand guards on both sides of the carriages and horses.

The last time Mi Zhu sent an envoy to Cao Ying, Cao Cao also asked Xiahou Xuan, the main general, to greet him to show his importance to Mi Zhu. This time, the people who came out of Fengxian were more noble than businessmen like Mi Zhu in terms of identity. However, Cao Cao was extremely disdainful, not only did he not send Xiahoudun to greet him, but he also did not send another general with a bit of status to greet him, but just let a lieutenant wait at the gate of the camp.

The person who sent Cao Ying was Liu Wei, the county commander of Feng County, and Liu Wei actually didn't want to negotiate with Cao Cao, for fear that his life would be confessed to Cao Ying. However, the reason why Fengxian was opposed to Cao Cao this time was because of Liu Wei. The elders of the Liu family in Feng County don't care whether Liu Wei is a child of the Liu family or not, there are thousands of children of the Liu family, and it is not a matter if one dies. Therefore, under many pressures, Liu Wei had to serve as the envoy of this negotiation.

It is said that Liu Wei walked out of the carriage, and his heart immediately became angry, his descendant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao sent such a small character to greet him? However, Liu Wei was afraid that Cao Cao would attack Fengxian, so he could only get out of the carriage with an unhappy mood.

People like Liu Wei belong to the type of lust and inwardness, obviously very angry at Cao Cao's actions, feeling that he was insulted, but he didn't dare to say anything if he had ideas, so he could only hold it in his heart.

"Drink!" "Drink!"

Seeing Liu Wei get down from the carriage, Cao Cao's soldiers guarding both sides of the camp gate raised their spears and raised their heads to the sky and drank, and suddenly an awe-inspiring momentum pressed towards Liu Wei. Liu Wei had just gotten out of the carriage and had not yet stood firmly, when he was startled by the actions of the Cao soldiers, and he stumbled under his feet and almost fell to the ground. Liu Wei was really frightened, and almost ran away without turning around. However, being frightened like this, Liu Wei's brain was frightened.

Liu Wei thought in his heart that Cao Cao only besieged the city for two days and did not really attack Feng County, so it seemed that he did not dare to fight, but only scared them. Perhaps, hold on for a few more days, maybe Cao Cao will be scared. Thinking of this, Liu Wei suddenly felt confident, and his waist was able to stand up, where did he still need to be afraid of Cao Cao!

"This county commander heard that the combat power of Cao's soldiers is amazing, and today I want to have a good experience, you go with this county commander to see and see. ”

Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, held his head high, his chest straightened, took a figure-eight step, and walked calmly towards Cao Cao's tent.

Cao Cao's lieutenant led Liu Wei towards Cao Cao's camp with an expressionless face, and there were two rows of soldiers standing at Cao Cao's door, holding swords and axes and looking at Liu Wei coldly.

If it had been before, Liu Wei would have been scared to pee when he saw this formation. However, now Liu Wei felt that he had seen through Cao Cao and did not dare to attack Feng County, so he had no fear and walked into the camp with high steps. When he entered the camp tent and saw the oil pot in the center of the camp tent, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth rose with a trace of disdain, and then he looked directly at Cao Cao in the center.

"Liu Wei, the county commander of Feng County, Pei County, has seen Lord Cao Cao, the assassin of Yanzhou. Liu Wei just arched his hand casually, and there was not much respect on his face.

"Bold fanatics, seeing Shangguan so rude, don't be afraid of death!"

Cao Hong was irritable, and when he saw that Liu Wei was rude to Cao Cao, he immediately took the case, pulled out the saber on his waist, and was about to slash at Liu Wei.

"Zilian, don't be rude. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand to stop Cao Hong, and Cao Hong stopped at this time, but he still glared at Liu Wei angrily.

Liu Wei sneered in his heart, Cao Cao is really good at acting, is Liu Wei frightened when he is Liu Wei? Liu Wei, who thinks he is smart, feels that he has seen through Cao Cao's tricks, and there is no fear in his heart.

"I am the county magistrate of Feng County, Pei County, and Shangguan is the Lord of Xuzhou Thorn History, what do I have to do with Lord Yanzhou Thorn History? Besides, I am the emperor and nobleman after Gaozu, and when you see this county order, you still want to let this county order visit Er, etc., it is simply arrogant, is there still a son of heaven in your eyes!"

Liu Wei felt that his small universe had exploded, and it was really enjoyable to be able to scold Fang Xuan and guide the country in Cao Cao's camp. Before, Liu Wei felt that the clan elders of the Liu family were still a little angry when he asked him to envoy Cao Ying, but at this moment, he was thanking those clan elders for letting him envoy Cao Ying, so that he had such a majestic situation.

"Huh!"

Cao Cao chuckled, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said word by word: "Liu Wei County Order, can't you punish me on behalf of the Son of Heaven?"

Liu Wei didn't know that he was dying, he still held his head high, and said very stiffly: "That's nature!"

"Smack!"

Cao Cao slapped the desk, pointed at Liu Wei, and drank: "Bold fanatics, dare to pretend to be the royal family, aren't you afraid of death? ”

Well, Liu Weicai's courage was so frightened by Cao Cao that he immediately coaxed again, his head was "buzzing" non-stop, and a stream of water stains on his crotch soaked the robe.

Speaking of which, the Liu family in Fengxian County is the descendants of Liu Bang, and Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, are from two different places. Just like the Yuan family, the Runan Yuan family is the descendant of the Yuan family in the world, and the other Yuan family children are collateral families, which is the case with today's Fengxian and Liu Xiu's descendants. The Liu family in Fengxian County is just a sideline, how can they make a decision for the Son of Heaven? Just what Liu Wei said just now, it is also possible to destroy the whole family.

Liu Wei just wants to pretend to be forced, where can he really make decisions for the current royal family. Hearing that Cao Cao was going to escort him to Kyoto, where would he not be scared to pee? Liu Wei didn't want to think about it, if the son was controlled by Li Dao and Guo Yan today, it would be so easy for Cao Cao to see the Son of Heaven. Besides, the Son of Heaven is too busy to protect himself, where is there time to take care of their affairs?

Of course, this qiē Liu Wei is not clear.