When things came to this point, Cao Hong and Cao Bao took the potters together to summon hundreds of generals from Danyang in the army and state the truth to them.

Telling them that Tao Qian was dead, and then inviting Tao Qian's body out, the army was shocked and almost collapsed.

Cao Hong operated a wave of extreme operations, moved out of the potter, and made the potter cry miserably in front of everyone.

"Now that the situation is collapsing, anti-thieves are everywhere, Tao has no way to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, and can no longer take everyone to live in Xuzhou, this is Tao can't live with you, but my father and son have done their best, there is really no way.

My father was worried about being tired and died, Shang Youxin killed the thief and was unable to return to the sky, tens of thousands of thieves were outside the city, we were all in danger, the people of Xuzhou would not let us go, once we failed, we would be slaughtered by the people of Xuzhou! Is this what you want to see? ”

The officers settled down, you look at me, I look at you, and then they all looked at the potter.

The potter continued to give a speech in the manner he had rehearsed before.

"But today's plan, there is only one way, that is, we will do our best, work together, kill to the south, kill through Xuzhou, cross the river back to Danyang, return to our hometown, so that there is a way to live, gentlemen, Tao can not give you glory and wealth, only wish you to live! Survive this life! ”

The potter gave a big gift, and the officers' faces were complicated, but soon, someone stood up and made a statement.

"Duke Xu has great kindness to my father and son, it was Duke Xu who let my father and son join the army, so my father and son did not starve to death, I am willing to desperately escort His Highness across the river and go home!"

"Me too, Xu Gong has fed my family, and my life is Xu Gong's! I am willing to escort His Highness home! ”

"Me too!"

"I do, too!"

"Count me in!"

The officers were indignant, and all of you and I were echoing, and they all agreed, and they all agreed to protect Tao Qian's body with the pottery merchant to return to their hometown and start a new life, so soon, the army's morale was stabilized.

is also a native of Danyang, Yangzhou, and the sense of identity of regional origin is far greater than any other unreliable relationship in this era.

Those recruits from Xuzhou were allowed to stay in the city to guard, and there were about 10,000 soldiers and horses from Yangzhou, all of whom were gathered, with the old and the young, and swore to follow Tao and cross the river home together.

In order to show momentum, Cao Hong and Cao Bao also made a large number of white flags for the army, and each person tied a white cloth towel on his head to show that he would not forget Tao's kindness.

Tao Qian did something practical for his son in the end, so that all the Danyang soldiers were willing to escort them Tao to return to their hometown together.

But also, all Danyang people understand that this is not only the way of life for Dow, but also the way for everyone in Danyang.

Tao Qian fell, died, and their backers were gone, they came to make a basic plate for Tao Qian, but Tao Qian was gone, they couldn't gain a foothold in Xuzhou, and if they stayed, they would inevitably be **** and liquidated.

Over the years, Tao Qian has used them to fight wits and power with the people of Xuzhou, persecuted many people, and as soon as he falls, these Danyang people's families will be killed, their property will be deprived, and they will have no way to live.

Only by fighting to the death, running south desperately, crossing the river, and returning to their hometown, can everyone live.

The spirit of the army was gathered together, the morale was greatly boosted, and everyone was high-spirited, seeing this scene, Cao Hong and Cao Bao's faces finally showed smiles.

On 23 August, 4,000 Mi troops led by Mi Fang and 20,000 Chen allied troops led by Chen Deng met 30 miles southeast of Tanxian County.

An army of 24,000 men met here, and then marched together to a place only fifteen miles from Tan County.

They set up camp here, then went to observe the situation, and found that Tanxian County was under full martial law, so they prepared to attack the city.

Chen Deng also talked with Mi Fang, talking about what kind of future and benefits they would get after the success of the big event, and touted each other.

As a result, I didn't expect that before they attacked the city, the soldiers in the city actually began to take the initiative to attack, and they actually took the initiative to attack.

Cao Bao led more than 10,000 soldiers to take the initiative to fight Chen Deng Mifang's Xuzhou rebels.

The difference between a professional and a non-professional army is still obvious.

Although Chen Deng is not unfamiliar with military affairs, his subordinates have been in the army for less than three months from the formation of the army to the start of the war, and the training is basically equal to nothing, and the level of this rebel army is about the same as that of any new army in the Eastern Han Empire.

Against the elite Danyang soldiers who had been trained well in wartime for a long time, Rao was Chen Deng's calm and calm command, and he dispatched his own family and the elite private soldiers of the Mi family to contend with them, but they were still defeated.

Mainly caught off guard, I didn't expect Cao Bao to do his best to attack, instead of retreating.

Moreover, the Danyang soldiers waved a white flag, tied a white cloth towel on their heads, and rushed over with a desperate expression to kill the enemy, completely crushing the combined forces of Chen Deng and Mi Fang in momentum.

Chen Deng and Mi Fang were defeated, the defeat was like a mountain, and the two fled back to the barracks after desperately escaping, and then closed the door, Cao Bao followed closely and led the army to attack Chen Deng and Mi Fang's camp.

After several hours of the battle, Chen Deng and Mi Fang, who had lost their sharpness, were defeated by Cao Leopard, who had no way back in a desperate battle, Cao Leopard broke through Chen Deng and Mi Fang's camp, killed countless people, and Chen Deng and Mi Fang were forced to retreat south with a small number of soldiers and horses.

Chen Deng lost hundreds of generals, Mi Fang also lost hundreds of people, including his generals, and most of the family elites on both sides died in this battle to protect them.

Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers were too fierce, and this battle was even more fierce, almost beating Chen Deng and Mi Fang's army, Chen Deng and Mi Fang were forced to continue to flee south, and Cao Bao led the Danyang soldiers all the way south to pursue.

This situation is very strange.

Chen Deng ran desperately, ran and ran, and found that something was wrong.

Cao Bao's army is very numerous, according to what he knows, there are only so many in total, this is all brought out, not afraid that Zang Ba will steal from behind?

Or did Zang Ba betray them?

What the hell is going on?

Chen Deng, who has always regarded himself as a behind-the-scenes operator, finally found that his grasp of the situation was not as full as he imagined.

Cao Bao actually chased them and fought, chasing them all the way, doing his best, not caring about Tan County behind him at all.

They were helpless.

Mi Fang and Chen Deng didn't know what was going on.

But they did need to flee for their lives, they fled all the way, Cao Bao chased and fought all the way, the Danyang soldiers with white flags and white scarves chased them with red eyes, and the troops of Chen Deng and Mi Fang, who had killed, did not dare to stay at all, and fled all the way south.

The battle happened so suddenly that the other rebels didn't know what was happening when they arrived in Tanxian.

More than 40,000 rebels came from different places and were led by different people, and they saw Tanxian County, where the city gate was wide open and surrendered, as well as a messy battlefield with dead bodies everywhere.

What happened, everyone was not clear, found the people in the city and asked, it turned out that Tao Qian was dead, all the Yangzhou people escorted the pottery merchants to the south to kill, to kill back to Yangzhou, the first rebel army to arrive outside the city was killed by Cao Bao collapsed.

They don't know anything else.

Rebels, you look at me, I look at you, full of surprise.

Then, I don't know who took the lead, and Tan County suffered.

The mission is gone, there is no master in Tan County, and the city gates are wide open, so what should they do?

Grab it! Where to go after grabbing!

Tao Qian is dead, and the rest of the Yangzhou people have all fled back to Yangzhou, and they are only going to pursue when their brains are broken!

So these rebels rushed into the county seat of Tanxian like crazy and began to burn and loot unscrupulously.

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