The conflict between Cao Cao and Tao Qian began as early as after he got the Son of Heaven.

Cao Cao got the Son of Heaven, for Cao Cao, he did have a lot of help in righteousness, at least in terms of talents, there are a large number of talents who come to vote, this admiration is not the name of Cao Cao, if it is compared to fame, Cao Cao is not much stronger than Chen Moke, these admirers are all looking at the face of the Son of Heaven.

Don't care whether the words of the Son of Heaven are useful or not, but the Son of Heaven is here, in the hearts of the people, even if it is orthodox, so after Cao Cao brought the Son of Heaven out of the Meridian Valley last year, and deceived Liu Biao to welcome the Son of Heaven to Juancheng, although his power did not increase much, there were not a few talents who came to defect.

But there are more talents, which is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing, Cao Cao only has a state in Yanzhou, and half of Yingchuan in Yuzhou, and the important positions in the court are still held by Chen Mo, Huangfu Song, Zhao Wen, Zhong Xuan, such a level of figures, really want to be dismissed, no matter which one, it is not a simple person or a family.

Huangfu Song, behind him is the entire Guanlong Shi clan, even Zhu Jun who came over can't let him, not to mention Zhong Xuan, the relationship between the Yingchuan talents under his command and Zhong Xuan is good, Zhao Wen represents Shudi, and his influence in the Central Plains is not too great, but it can also represent the entire Shu Shi clan.

The rest of Jiuqing Chen Mo didn't choose people when he picked them, he only looked at his reputation, and he chose scholars who had great influence in various states and counties.

Whatever one is dismissed, it is equivalent to provoking the scholars of a state or a county, because of the matter of the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao is equivalent to offending Chen Mo and Liu Biao at the same time, and the hatred between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu has also been a long time, if there is another mistake in the matter of the Three Princes and Nine Qings, then Cao Cao will really be enemies on all sides, and it is useless to hold the Son of Heaven, at least Yuan Shu will definitely take the opportunity to attack, and Yuan Shao will not be able to help him.

But if it is not sealed, there will be so many talents, and there will be no way to place them, so not long after getting the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao planned to expand outward to relieve the pressure caused by too many talents.

But to the west, Chen Mo has already done the land of Heluo is operated by Xu Huang, a general under Chen Mo, unless Yuan Shao agrees to fight Chen Mo with Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to do it alone.

But although Chen Mo and Yuan Shao calculated each other, they did not tear their faces publicly, Yuan Shao only provoked Zhang Yang to make trouble for Chen Mo in Hanoi, and Yuan Shao is now busy completely destroying Gongsun Zhan, so naturally he is not willing to tear his face with Chen Mo, if it weren't for this, Cao Cao would not have had to take the risk at the beginning, and he lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses through Nanyang and offended Liu Biao before bringing the Son of Heaven back.

It is naturally even more impossible to fight with Yuan Shao, the land of the four battles in Yanzhou, Cao Cao can now defend it safely, the biggest reason is that he still belongs to Yuan Shao's vassal, at this time Cao Cao needs Yuan Shao's support, so he naturally does not dare to turn his face with Yuan Shao.

As for Yuan Shu, although he won for a while before, it was also because Liu Biao helped cut off the grain road, and he defeated Yuan Shu, and now he has turned his face with Liu Biao because of the matter of the Son of Heaven, and Cao Cao still has no bottom against Yuan Shu alone, so now only Tao Qian is left.

In fact, in last year's competition, Cao Cao has always had the upper hand, defeated Tao Qian in Pengcheng County, captured more than ten cities, forced Tao Qian to retreat to Tan County, closed doors, Cao Cao occupied Suiling, Xiaqiu and other places, it can be said that he has won a lot.

It was only later that due to the shortage of food and grass, the army was withdrawn, and all the people in more than a dozen counties were moved to Yanzhou, and the grain and grass in the city were taken away with all the grains, and even in order to deter the people, in Pengcheng, the land of several counties was slaughtered, Suiling, perhaps looking at Chen Mo's face, and there was no slaughter of the city, but the means of moving the people were not gentle.

Counting up, in the past year, Cao Cao first fought with Yuan Shu, and then went to Guanzhong, and after coming out, he also did a fight with Liu Biao, and then went to the southeast to fight Tao Qian, and it is not strange that he ended up with a shortage of food and grass.

But if you don't fight, you can't do it, seeing that Chen Mo has got three assistants here, and his wings are getting fuller, Yuan Shao's side, Gongsun Chan has gradually withdrawn from the Qingzhou battlefield, and Youzhou is about to be unbearable, and the situation of the two heroes has been completed, although Cao Cao has won the Son of Heaven, but if he doesn't find a base area, with the topography of Yanzhou, whether Chen Mo goes east or Yuan Shao goes south, he will bear the brunt, how can he not be in a hurry?

Of course, in order to be able to attack Xuzhou so that Yuan Shu would not come to help, Cao Cao's layout began as early as when he was at war with Yuan Shu.

Originally, the relationship between Tao Qian and Yuan Shu was still good, when the two Yuan separated, Yuan Shao plotted to seize Jizhou, Yuan Shu possessed Nanyang, Runan, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, and Chen Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou, was appointed by Yuan Shu.

At the beginning, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu competed, in order to avoid Tao Qian's attack, Cao Cao secretly ordered someone to go to Xiapi to persuade Chen Qi to help, Cao Cao and Chen Mo had a good relationship at that time, and secretly formed an alliance, and Chen Deng also had some friendship in Luoyang back then, so he asked Chen Qi to help.

So there was a later incident when Yuan Shu's army was defeated and could not escape Shouchun, Chen Yu refused Yuan Shu to enter, and Tao Qian wanted to enter the army to assist Yuan Shu, but it was also Chen Jue's secret obstruction, which made Tao Qian's troops not very timely.

Chen Yu is Chen Jue's brother, counting it, Chen Mo has to call Chen Yu an uncle, Yuan came to recapture Shouchun, Chen Yu fled to Xiapi with his younger brother Chen Cong.

And Yuan Shu had just lost to Cao Cao at that time, and he didn't want to be attacked on both sides, so he didn't continue to investigate, but the alliance with Tao Qian was broken.

But Cao Cao took the Son of Heaven from Chen Mo's hands, which also made Chen Qi feel cheated, and when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou next, Tao Qian wanted to unite with Yuan Shu again, but Yuan Shu hated the previous incident and ignored it.

Cao Cao's layout of Xuzhou has been completed so far, completely isolating Xuzhou, this set can be said to be quite beautiful, Xuzhou is almost equivalent to Cao Cao's meat on the chopping board.

At the beginning of this year, Cao Cao's father Cao Song returned to his hometown from Langxie, and was killed by Zhang Min on the way, which is also Chen Mo's acquaintance, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Min returned to Shun in time and served in Xuzhou, and later after Tao Qian took office, in order to stabilize his rights and interests, he promoted some generals, Zhang Min is one of them.

However, Zhang Min is not a person who follows the rules, although he has won Tao Qian's attention, but he led his troops to entrench in the Langya area, recruiting troops and buying horses, quite a bit of land and king, and Taishan thieves are also quite related, just to develop the territory, naturally have money and food, Cao Song passed by with his family wealth, how could Zhang Min not be tempted?

So Zhang Min led his troops to intercept and kill Cao Song and seize his family property, but then he learned that this was Cao Cao's father, Zhang Min, who knew that he had caused a big disaster, didn't say a word, he took the money and ran away with his cronies, but this account was counted by Cao Cao on Tao Qian's head, avenging his father, even if Yuan Shu wants to help now, it is not easy to come forward, after all, it is just like Cao Cao and Chen Mo, he and Cao Cao are brothers, but Cao Song is also his elder, Cao Cao now wants to avenge his father, Yuan Shu is really difficult to make a move at this time.

And this year's drought in Guanzhong, Cao Cao in order to avoid Chen Mo from making trouble, also sent people to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui, and promised the official position to send troops to contain Chen Mo, as for Liu Biao, Cai Mao is Cao Cao's classmate, when Cao Cao and Liu Biao formed an alliance to take Cai Mao's way, now although the two are opposed, Cai Mao can still appease Liu Biao, so Cao Cao's rear is relatively stable.

One is for revenge, and the other is to expand the territory, Cao Cao hit Xuzhou this time, the reason is absolutely sufficient, and Tao Qian really has no ability to stop Cao Cao again, according to this situation, taking Xuzhou is almost a sure thing.

But after thousands of calculations, Cao Cao still missed something, and his rear was not stable.

At the beginning, the Yanzhou scholars welcomed Cao Cao into Yanzhou, not to let Cao Cao operate big, just to let Cao Cao help them expel the Yellow Turbans, but Cao Cao was not a master who could be manipulated, after expelling the Yellow Turbans, his power grew rapidly, and like Chen Mo, Cao Cao also understood the disadvantages of the scholars being too strong, so in Yanzhou, Cao Cao's methods were quite tough, in order to deter the Yanzhou scholars, he killed Bian Rang.

Chen Mo also knows about this matter, in fact, he can't complain about Cao Cao, Bian Rang is a celebrity, and he is a big celebrity, He Jin was polite when he saw Bian Rang, Chen Mo's father-in-law Cai Yong also appreciated Bian Rang, and his literary cultivation was absolutely outstanding.

But Bian Rang also has a lot of problems with celebrities, looking at the background of people, even if Cao Cao became a Yanzhou pastor, in the eyes of Bian Rang, he is still the adopted son of a eunuch, no matter how big an official you are, you should look down on it, and these emotions are also directly expressed in front of Cao Cao, Cao Cao also had the intention of deterring Yanzhou scholars at that time, and Bian Rang also happened to hit the muzzle of the gun and was killed by Cao Cao's cane.

At that time, Chen Mo wrote a letter to remind Cao Cao and asked him to be careful, which was tantamount to offending the Yanzhou scholars, Cao Cao did make some preparations, after he left, Cao Ang and Xun Yu stayed in Juancheng, Cheng Yu guarded Dong'a, and asked the general to guard the father, and each county also had its own arranged henchmen.

But at this time, Liu Bei came, originally, Liu Bei was invited by Tao Qian and Kong Rong to come to help, but on the way he met Chen Gong, Chen Gong made a plan, if Liu Bei went directly to Xuzhou, it may not be Cao Cao's opponent, but Cao Cao sent troops this time, Yanzhou was empty, at this time, if Liu Bei could attack Yanzhou, cut off Cao Cao's back road, and the siege of Xuzhou would be solved without a fight.

Liu Bei has been adrift for half his life, and what he wants most is a piece of territory of his own, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is also in Yanzhou, and he is a relative of the Han family, so naturally he can't watch the Son of Heaven become Cao Cao's puppet.

The two almost hit it off, even if they left, taking advantage of Cao Cao's absence, they invaded Yanzhou, with the help of Chen Gong and Zhang Miao and others, just like when they welcomed Cao Cao, the local scholars have surrendered, plus Liu Bei has two fierce generals around him, and he was blocked by Cao Ang and Xun Yu until Juancheng, even so, Cao Cao's hard work in the past two years was almost occupied by Liu Bei, and all of a sudden, Cao Cao almost became a rootless drifter!