Volume 2 Counting the Edge and Revealing the Peak of the Martial Arts Chapter 234
Cao Cao rode a Dawan horse and stood in front of the battle, and said loudly: "I think you already know, there are some guys who don't know what to do are coming to Xuzhou, wanting to send Tao Qian's old thief to death, since they are so anxious to die, I Cao Cao will not stop them, soldiers, they want to come, then let them see how powerful our Cao army is!" ”
"Roar!"
The black army is arrayed on the earth, different from the previous scattered lineup of the Qingzhou army, and now the Cao army, after rectification, the Yanzhou army and the Qingzhou army, and even the tiger and leopard cavalry and the tiger army, are all under the command of Cao Cao, and the generals and strategists when they set off from Yanzhou are also gathered together, unlike the previous scattered everywhere, fighting separately, the current Cao army, and the chaotic situation not long ago can be described as a world of difference.
The banner is like a cloud, the guns are like a forest, and the land of Xuzhou is now trembling in front of this huge army.
The army marched directly towards Xuzhou City, not long ago, Guo Jia had brought the tiger and leopard cavalry to the city, and the 50,000 troops sent by Xuzhou City were defeated overnight under the surprise attack of the tiger and leopard cavalry, which made the entire Xuzhou City panic, and Tao Qian almost surrendered the city.
It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, Guo Jia's immortal achievements, but because of the abnormal behavior of the Qingzhou Army behind him, he had to miss it, until Guo Jia and the tiger and leopard cavalry retreated overnight, and the people of Xuzhou City have not reacted, and this time, Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops to make a comeback, he wants to take back the Xuzhou City that Guo Jia did not accept before, and then take it back, in the face of such a strong army, even if Xuzhou City is impregnable, it cannot withstand such a huge army attack, not to mention, they have deeply understood the power of Cao Jun before, Guo Jia only relied on 8,000 tigers and leopards to ride, overnight defeated the Xuzhou army with an army of 50,000, and now the Cao army that came here, than the number of troops led by Guo Jia before, is dozens of times more, they just marched the footsteps, can make the whole land tremble, in the face of such a huge number of Cao army attack, the panic in Xuzhou City can be imagined.
"What, Cao Jun has arrived?"
Tao Qian, who had just recovered a little, was frightened again when he heard that Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops to come to the city of Xuzhou again.
Previously, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was killed by Zhang Min, a subordinate of Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, which attracted Cao's army to attack Xuzhou, making Tao
Qian was terrified all day long.
This timid and cowardly old man, at best, only has the talent and courage of a civil official, but because of the arrival of troubled times, he had no choice but to become a prince, just to protect himself, he did not become a hegemon at all, competing for the ambition and strength of the world, when Xuzhou had nothing to do, he could still fulfill the responsibility of a state pastor and manage this place well, but once the war broke out suddenly, his courage and strength were completely exposed.
Because of this incident, he has been unable to sleep and eat for many days, especially overnight, Guo Jia's tiger and leopard cavalry actually defeated the 50,000 Xuzhou army, and the soldiers came to the city, crushing Tao Qian's already overwhelmed heart, and the persuasion of Chen Qi's father and son forced the palace to make Tao Qian give up resistance for a while and wanted to give up Xuzhou.
But the situation suddenly turned around, for some reason, Guo Jia and the tiger and leopard rode together, disappeared on the battlefield, leaving only the panicked Xuzhou City, and tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops on the battlefield, puzzled.
But after this incident, Tao Qian's old body couldn't bear such suffering, and he fell ill all of a sudden.
Fortunately, because of the rebellion of the Qingzhou army, they patronized and plundered various towns, and did not rush to attack Xuzhou City, which was still in panic, so they were able to breathe and rest and calm the panic in the city, otherwise, even if Guo Jia and the tiger and leopard cavalry retreated, Cao Cao's army came to the city, Xuzhou City would be easily captured because of panic, which led to chaos.
And now the situation is different, the chaos in the city has basically subsided, most of the tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops captured by the tiger and leopard cavalry have also returned to the city, although they were attacked by the tiger and leopard cavalry at night, were killed by surprise, plus the main general captured, so that the original morale was not high Xuzhou army instantly lost its combat effectiveness, thus surrendering, but the Xuzhou army killed in the battle is not very many, most of the Xuzhou soldiers chose to give up resistance, became thousands of tiger and leopard cavalry prisoners, it is really a miracle in the world.
But with the inexplicable withdrawal of the tiger and leopard cavalry overnight, these tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops returned to Xuzhou City and became an important force in the defense of Xuzhou.
Moreover, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, as well as Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, all sent reinforcements one after another, so that the generals of Xuzhou City
The scholars were greatly encouraged and their morale was high, and even when they heard that Cao Cao's army had made a comeback and marched on Xuzhou again, they were not as panicked as before.
Seeing that the whole city of Xuzhou today is united and wants to fight to the death with Cao Jun with the same hatred, Chen Qi's father and son, who were originally instigated by Guo Jia's letter, wavered again.
"Father, what should we do now?"
The Chen family's eyeliner is all over Xuzhou, and they are much clearer about Cao Jun's movements than the old and mediocre Tao Qian, this time after they learned the news of Cao Jun's civil strife, they once gave up their plan to join Cao Cao, and also moved to attack Cao Jun's plan to take advantage of the chaos, but at that time, because Tao Qian was ill, he couldn't make a decision, so their plan could only be abandoned.
This is the style of their two fathers and sons, no matter who is their master, as long as it is unprofitable, they will bite back in the back, and then take refuge in a more powerful master, there is no loyalty at all, there is only profit, and the creed of the fittest.
At first, when Cao Cao's army was pressing, Chen Qi's father and son also gave advice to Tao Qian, and wanted to force Cao Cao to withdraw from the army with the poisonous plan of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, but the weak Tao Qian couldn't give up his heart, so that Chen Qi was very disappointed in him, so after reading Guo Jia's letter, he decided to vote for another master.
But things did not go as expected, Guo Jia led the tiger and leopard to ride to break the Xuzhou army, scared Tao Qian's heart and guts, Chen Qi and his son saw that the time was ripe, so they pushed the boat to encourage Tao Qian to open the city to surrender in order to save the lives of his family and the people of Xuzhou City, Tao Qian, who was exhausted, could not withstand such suffering, and he was kind-hearted, worried that continuing to resist would anger Cao Cao even more, implicating the people of Xuzhou City to be slaughtered, so he reluctantly agreed to the proposal to surrender the city.
Just when everyone thought that Xuzhou would be merged into Cao Cao's hands and become a sensational event in the world, and their two fathers and sons would also find the master and prepare to show their strength, accidents followed.
First, Guo Jia and the tiger and leopard cavalry retreated overnight, and then the news of the rebellion of the Qingzhou army reached the ears of Chen Qi and his son, and then the Qingzhou army was pacified, and Cao Cao once again led the army towards Xuzhou City.
Several changes in a row make it difficult for Chen Qi and his son, who are used to being opportunistic, to decide, which side should be bet on?