The Ninth Army, officially reorganized into the Ninth Army, had 40,000 people.

Broadsword Ox, Captain of the Lancer Army.

Li Hao, long-range siege army.

Huang Yan, a heavily armored broadsword army.

Zhao Zilong, the Flying Dragon Department, more than 5,000 crossbow light armored cavalry.

Zhang Yan, Montenegrin Army.

Li Dao, Flying Bear Army.

There is also Zhang He's Changjian Shi and Yan Liang's Yan Zi Department.

Gan Ning took Sun Qing and organized a special operations unit to be responsible for reconnaissance, assassination and other secret operations.

Dian Wei was still in charge of the 300-man guard battalion, and the bald man Wang Dang had been following Dian Wei.

Pang Tong served as a military advisor, Wei Zhen, and grasped logistics.

Of the 40,000 troops, Cao Cao provided 50,000 people with food, but he was also self-sufficient, and there was no need to levy grain from the people of Chenliu.

I had nothing to do, and I had another winter.

"Pang Tong, looking for Zhang Sujing's silk silk, I want to make a eulogy!"

Early in the morning, Zhang Guang, Pang Tong, and Dian Wei were eating noodles in a fortune-telling noodle restaurant.

The spring rain was continuous, the weather was humid, and the three of them put a lot of spicy oil into the noodles, all of them were sweating profusely, and Pang Tong's spicy tears and snot came.

Pang Tong wiped away the sweat with his sleeves and his head, and looked at Zhang Guang with some coercion.

"Big brother, who do you want to count to death? That Wei Zhongdao was opened by your Chrysostom, and he died of illness last winter! ”

"Pang Tong, have you read so many books in vain? Man, can I count me dead? ”

Zhang Guang said that he was about to get up and hammer Pang Tong, but Pang Tong hurriedly escaped from the noodle shop.

Not long after, he returned to the noodle shop with a bundle of plain silk.

"Big brother, is that enough?"

Zhang Guang rolled his eyes, cut off a small strip from above, and lifted the pen to dance with a dragon and a phoenix.

"From then on, life and death are boundless, without thinking, and unforgettable. Even if we meet, I don't know each other, my face is dusty, and my temples are like frost. Thousands of miles of lonely graves, nowhere to talk about desolation. ”

"Chen stayed behind to guard Zhang Guang, and left a word to pay tribute to Cao Gong and Cao Song."

"Big brother, don't mess around, Cao Cao's father Cao Song is alive and well, Gan Ning just sent back the news, Cao Song is preparing to come to Juancheng from Lang Xie to find Cao Cao."

"Pang Tong, let me ask you, whose territory do you have to pass through from Langya to Juancheng?" Zhang Guang took out his private seal and printed a chisel on the silk.

"Tao Qian's Xuzhou, ah, you mean, Tao Qian will harm Cao Song?"

"Tao Qian doesn't dare, think about who Tao Qian's subordinates have a grudge against Cao Cao?"

"Oh, big brother, just say it directly, and Pang Tong is so eloquent, I'm in a hurry to die!" Dian Wei shouted on the side.

He has already eaten three bowls of spicy noodles, his mouth is spicy and red, and he is still there to ask Sun Lao Er to cook another bowl.

"Tao Qian's subordinates are all lieutenants, Zhang Min."

"He was originally a remnant of the Yellow Turban Army, and he always hated Cao Cao who led the army to exterminate them."

"In addition, Cao Song must have brought a lot of property with him on this trip, and it is strange that the greedy Zhang Min does not kill him."

"Big brother, if Cao Song is not killed, you take this to Changyi, and you are not afraid that Cao Cao will destroy you?" Pang Tong said.

"If he dares, I'll kill him first." Dian Wei got up violently, and the noodles in his mouth sprayed everywhere.

"Eat your noodles well."

"Oh!" Dian Wei took his noodle bowl and went to the next table.

Zhang Guang cut a piece of silk again, handed over the soiled Dianwen of the noodles sprayed by Dian Wei to Sun Lao Er to burn, and prepared to write a new one.

"Pang Tong, don't forget, your eldest brother and I are the Destiny Teller, although I can't count others to death, it's still okay to count when others die!"

"Who knows if you are going to die!" Pang Tong stood there muttering.

"Dian Wei, let's go, go to Juancheng!"

"Okay! Sun Lao Er, wrap me a bag of pancakes, put some spicy oil on it, and I'll take it with you to eat on the road. "Dian Wei is used to Sun Laoer's craftsmanship, and the things outside are not spicy enough.

"Pang Tong, take good care of our home! It's really not possible, so close the city gates at night during this time! When Zhang Kai left the noodle shop, he confessed to Pang Tong.

Zhang Guang rode a horse, Dian Wei followed, and a battalion guard followed.

"Close the gates at night? No, Cao Cao's father was killed, and something big must happen in Yanzhou and Xuzhou. ”

Pang Tong sat there thinking about what Zhang Guang said one by one, realized that something big was about to happen, and hurriedly ran to the city to find Gan Ning.

"Pang Tong, what's going on? I just saw the lord and Dian Wei hurrying out of the city, and you came to me in such a panic? ”

Gan Ning looked at Pang Tong who was running in a hurry, as if he had never seen Pang Tong so flustered, he beat a drum in his heart, and hurriedly greeted the city wall.

"Gan Ning, Hanoi Lu Bu, what's the recent movement?" Pang Tong asked rhetorically.

"Lu Bu? Think about it! ”

"His subordinate general Gao Shun has formed a trap camp of nearly 1,000 people, and it is said that he can fight well."

"Also, it's Chen Gong, who became Lu Bu's adviser."

"Chen Gong? Became Lu Bu's adviser? Now something big is going to happen! What about Zhang Miao? Is there any movement? Pang Tong continued to ask.

"He, after being ambushed by Ji Ling last time, he re-recruited a team of nearly 10,000 people, and he sighed in the Taishou Mansion every day, saying that Cao Cao was unfair to him."

"Pang Tong, what the hell is going on?"

Pang Tong did not answer Gan Ning, ran up the city wall, stood on the head of the city, looked at the direction of Xiangyi City, where Zhang Miao was located, and looked at the direction of Hanoi County, where Lu Bu was located.

"Gan Ning, from today onwards, as soon as the unitary time passes, close the city gate, disperse all the people of the reconnaissance group, and pay attention to the movements of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao."

"Zhang Miao is very likely to be moved by Chen Gong's words and turn to Lu Bu."

"Pang Tong, it's not so exaggerated, is it?" Gan Ning was surprised.

"When the eldest brother leaves, tell me to close the city gate at night, let's pay more attention, you hurry up and arrange it."

"Where are you going?" Gan Ning looked at Pang Tong, who left in a hurry, and didn't believe that Lu Bu dared to attack Yanzhou, let alone that Zhang Miao would vote for Lu Bu.

"I'm going to find Zhao Zilong, I have to ask him to get Wei Zhen back, all the personnel of the department have stayed in the city recently, don't run around."

Zhang Guang took Dian Wei to the north, but he was not in a hurry, Zhang Guang calculated the time, and just when Cao Cao got the news of Cao Song's murder, he entered Juancheng.

Juancheng, Cao Cao's newly built Yanzhou Pastoral General's Mansion, Cao Cao was furious.

"Tao Qian, this horseman, is so bold that he dares to harm my old father, kill, send troops, and let the whole of Xuzhou come to my father's funeral."

"Lord, don't be impatient in this matter!" Xun Yu persuaded.

"My old father has been killed, don't be impatient? Could it be that Cao Cao can't swallow his anger? ”

"Lord, now, the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan has been reconciled, and Yuan Shu has also gained a firm foothold in Huainan."

"If the lord sends heavy troops to attack Xuzhou, I am worried that Yuan Shao in the north, Tian Kai and Liu Bei in Qingzhou, and Yuan Shu in the south will take advantage of the chaos to seize my Yanzhou and the north of Yuzhou!"

"What then? Xuzhou is not fighting? Cao Cao was furious.

"Fight, of course you have to fight, how can you not avenge the revenge of killing your father?" It was Zhang Guang's voice.

Zhang Guang, who was ordered by Cao Cao to enter and leave his general's mansion at any time, walked into the main hall with Dian Wei.

"Brother Zhang Guang, why are you here?" Cao Cao and Xun Yu were both surprised and curious.

"Alas, it's a step too late, I calculated that Xiaoman's father would be a catastrophe, so hurry up and come over, it's still a step too slow."

Zhang Guang choked up and said, Zhang Guang is becoming more and more proficient in this kind of acting.

"Brother Zhang Guang, you have a heart, alas, pity my old father, it's all fate! You just said that I can attack Xuzhou, tell me in detail! ”

Zhang Guang saw that Cao Cao was eager to know why he could fight Xuzhou, and scolded in his heart: You are really a big traitor, your old father just died, and you want to seize the territory!

"It's simple." Zhang Guang spoke his mind.

"The war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, although it was mediated by Emperor Han Xian, they still don't believe each other, and the two of them have been fighting for more than two years, and the grain has been exhausted."

So, the two of them will just wait and see. Absolutely not rash. ”

"As for Yuan Shu, he was just driven out of Yuzhou by Xiaoman, and he finally gained a foothold in Huainan, and he didn't dare to send troops north."

"The only one who can help Tao Qian is Liu Bei, the king of benevolence and righteousness, but Gongsun Chan doesn't let Tian Kai help, and Liu Bei only has a few thousand soldiers and horses, which is not enough to worry about."

"Xuzhou, just attack, that is."

"Xun Yu, how is it, Brother Zhang Guang thinks more than us, right? After passing the order, except for Zhang Miao stationed in various parts of Yanzhou, the rest of the departments marched to Xuzhou with me. Cao Cao ordered.

"Slow, Xiaoman, I haven't finished my sentence yet." Zhang Guang motioned to Cao Cao not to be anxious.

"None of them will act rashly, but we'd better be cautious."

"Lord Xun Yu can draft an obituary to inform the princes of the world, explaining that Xiaoman's expedition to Xuzhou was because his father was killed by Tao Qian, indicating the benefits and stakes, so that they restrained each other and did not dare to move lightly."

"Okay, Xun Yu, you go to handle this matter quickly, and at the same time notify Xiahoudun, Li Dian and others to lead the troops to assemble and prepare to march east to Xuzhou." Cao Cao ordered again.

Cao Cao seized the heart of Xuzhou for a long time, and he wished to take the cities of Xuzhou immediately.

"Xiaoman, Xiahoudun should continue to garrison Dongjun, Lu Bu in Hanoi, there are already nearly 10,000 people under his hands." Zhang Guang suggested.

"Haha, Brother Zhang Guang, are you saying that Lu Bu will take the opportunity to take my Yanzhou? Lu Bu, even if he has three heads, he can't seize such an opportunity, and, Yanzhou, isn't there still Zhang Miao and you? ”

"Xiaoman, don't you believe me about this?" Zhang Guang asked.

"Brother Zhang Guang, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that Lu Bu definitely doesn't have this IQ and this courage."

"Well, I wish you a successful victory and capture the cities of Xuzhou, this is a text for Old Man Cao, I will go back to Chenliu to help you guard Chenliucheng."

Zhang Guang handed over the silk silk to Cao Cao, turned around and walked out of Cao Cao's general's mansion.

If Cao Cao could patiently listen to Zhang Guang, Zhang Guang would tell Cao Cao that Chen Gong had defected to Lu Bu and that Zhang Miao would most likely also defect to Lu Bu.

However, Cao Cao was in a hurry to capture Xuzhou, and with his understanding of Lü Bu, he did not believe that Lü Bu had the courage to take the opportunity to attack Yanzhou, and did not give Zhang Guang the opportunity to finish speaking, and also ruined his opportunity to unify Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

"From then on, life and death are boundless, without thinking, and unforgettable. Even if we meet, I don't know each other, my face is dusty, and my temples are like frost. Thousands of miles of lonely graves, nowhere to talk about desolation. ”

Xun Yu and Cao Cao got together and finished reading the laying essay written by Zhang Guang.

"Lord, how do I feel, Zhang Guang is sure that the old man will definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe?"

"Alas, strange people, they are too high-spirited and refuse to be used by me."

"My lord, just now he reminded us to pay attention to Lu Bu in Hanoi, didn't he?"

"No, Lu Bu, I understand, it is impossible to have that courage, you hurry up and deliver the obituary to the princes of all walks of life, our whole army is advancing eastward, it won't take much time to take the entire territory of Xuzhou."

"Since the lord has made a decision, then let's decide!"

After all, Yanzhou crossed the Yellow River, and there were years of war, and it was a broken land, and there was a thorn in Yuzhou, Guo Gong, who was not optimistic about Cao Cao, and controlled Cao's army everywhere.

Cao Cao urgently needed a good piece of land to develop and expand his strength.

Xuzhou is the best choice.

Cao Cao's eastward advance was very smooth at the beginning, and it didn't take long for him to hit Pengcheng, Xuzhou.

Pengcheng is the location of Tao Qian's Xuzhou pastoral mansion.

In order to vent his resentment that his father was killed, Cao Cao went everywhere, and there were no survivors.

Tao Qian asked for help everywhere, but only Liu Bei led 5,000 soldiers and horses to help.

Because of Liu Bei's arrival and Uncle Liu Huang's help, coupled with the bloody massacre of Cao's army, the soldiers and people of Pengcheng shared the same hatred and vowed to fight to the death with Cao's army.

"This place is only ten miles away from Pengcheng, notify it, camp on the spot, rest well, start attacking Pengcheng tomorrow, after breaking the city, no one will be left."

Cao Cao ordered to prepare to start attacking Pengcheng tomorrow and bloody Pengcheng.

"Lord, Liu Bei has now arrived in Pengcheng, and Pengcheng is only afraid that it will not be easy to attack."

"Xun Yu, you don't always destroy your own prestige and grow the ambition of others."

"Lord, please think twice, we don't have much food, and Zhang Guang once reminded us to beware of Lu Bu, don't you attack Pengcheng for the time being, and go back to Yanzhou?"

"Okay, Zhang Guang is indeed smarter than us, but he is not a god, we have already hit Pengcheng, didn't Lu Bu come to attack Yanzhou?" Cao Cao was a little displeased.

"That's right, Xun Yu, don't always say frustrating things there." Xiahoudun was not happy anymore.

"In this way, no matter what, let's talk about capturing Pengcheng, when that time comes, our family will rest, and Xiahoudun will lead his troops back to Yanzhou." Cao Cao thought about it, or let it go.

"That's all it can be."

Xun Yu is worried about it, he has already arrived in Pengcheng, he really hasn't fought before, and no one wants to do it.