Chapter 491 Liu Bei's reinforcements enter Tan County
On the second day after Sun Ce returned from Yuan Shu's mansion, he ordered his troops and set off with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zu Mao and Zhu Zhi, and went directly to Jiangdong.
In fact, he did not act because he was afraid that Yuan Shu would regret it, but Sun Ce really didn't like to stay on Yuan Shu's territory for a long time, even for a moment. Because for him, being able to get rid of Yuan Shu is what he wants to do the most now. From then on, he should be, "the sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps". And when he led the troops to leave Shouchun, not to mention, he felt that there was indeed a feeling, "the tiger enters the mountains and forests, and the dragon returns to the sea", which is so uncomfortable.
In fact, Sun Ce still doesn't understand much, if Ma Chao knew this, he would definitely understand that this could also be called a psychological effect in his previous life, but the ancients still couldn't explain this, but he could be regarded as understanding. After all, the so-called "people are in good spirits when they are happy", nothing more than that-
Sun Ce's side has already entered Jiangdong, so soon the "little overlord" Sun Ce and Sun Bofu will appear, and then they will sweep Jiangdong. And it will no longer be the previous Sun Ce Sun Bofu, the son of Sun Jian, who was under Yuan Shu's tent and under the fence.
At this time in Xuzhou, after Cao Cao was forced to withdraw again, it was said that the happiest people had to be two people. Needless to say, the first one is today's Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian Tao Gongzu. He is now past the age of the sixtieth year, and to be honest, he really has no ambition to compete with those young princes for the world. In fact, even if he has that mind, he doesn't have much strength, the so-called weakness of the heart. Since ancient times, there have been a few people like Lian Po Huang Zhong, who are old and strong. After all, they are just a few.
Tao Qian really didn't have that mind, he just wanted to keep his "one acre and three points of land" and live a mess until he died. The result is really "heaven does not fulfill people's wishes", because of his alliance with Yuan Shu and them, so it attracted the Yanzhou pastor Cao Cao Mengde, so when Cao Cao brought the army to Xuzhou last year, it really frightened Tao Qian.
There is no way, it has to be "soldiers to block, water to cover", he thought to himself. Although the Yanzhou army should be stronger than his own Xuzhou army, his own Xuzhou army may not be able to fight with others. As a result, he Tao Qian thought that he was very wrong, the Yanzhou army of the most descendant beat his Xuzhou army, and he could only retreat to Tanxian County, and the city gate was closed. Don't dare to come out again.
Shame, shame. For Tao Qian. Now that he is old, he is old, and he makes the world laugh at himself so much. has become a laughing stock, if he is more than twenty years younger, can he still make Cao Mengde so bullied. I think that when he was in the army, he Cao Mengde was still wearing open crotch pants. But as the saying goes, "a good man doesn't mention the courage of the year". Tao Qian also knew that it was useless to say anything now, he was indeed old, and he was already in his twilight years. People say that "people don't talk about muscles and bones for energy", isn't that what happened?
And at this time, he finally realized the gap between his Xuzhou army and Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army. Can there be no gap, the Yanzhou army is a team that often fights, and look at their own Xuzhou army, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then the eighteenth road princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, to the end of the year, except for the "Que Tianzi" a few years ago, there is no more war, so it has indeed been comfortable for a long time, so it really can't be compared with the Yanzhou army.
Mencius said, "Born in sorrow, die in peace", in fact, this is not bad at all, and it is actually the same here.
When Tao Qian watched Cao Mengde wantonly slaughter the people of Xuzhou in Surabaya and force himself to surrender, it was absolutely impossible to say that Tao Qian was very calm in his heart. But what can he do in this way, surrender, he must not be able to, and going out of the city to face the battle is not the opponent of the Yanzhou army, so he can only endure it, endure it again and again, until the grain and grass of the Yanzhou army in the last place really can't keep up, and then withdraw the troops and return, he dares to come out.
But in this way, Tao Qian had already hated Cao Cao, so when Cao Cao's father was going to move to Yanzhou this year, he specially ordered his subordinate, Zhang Min, who was born in the Yellow Turban, to escort them, and then intercept and kill them halfway, and the last one was not left. As a result, it became a tragedy, and Tao Qian was even more tragic. Cao Cao naturally knew that he instructed his subordinates to do it, so he sent troops to Xuzhou again, and this time it was even more justifiable, avenging his father, raising troops and hating, for his old father who died unjustly in Xuzhou.
This time, Tao Qian was even more scared, and he had not been in good health recently, so it might have a great impact on the morale of the entire Xuzhou army. So this time he summoned his right-hand man, Beihai Sun Qiansun Gongyou, to discuss how to resist Cao Cao's re-entry into the army.
Sun Qian really didn't know that his lord asked Zhang Min to kill Cao Song and his party, because after Zhang Min did this, he directly took his belongings and fled with his soldiers. If you want to say that Zhang Min is not a fool, he is also a person who has been mixed in the Yellow Turban Army. He knew that he, the Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian Tao Gongzu, let him do this, and if he dared to return to Tan County, then what was waiting for him would be death.
No matter what the situation is, he, the state pastor, will never admit that he instructed him to kill Cao Song and his party, and in order to give Cao Cao an explanation to the people of the world, the last sacrifice can only be himself. So for Zhang Min, it's better to run away, at least he took away all Cao Song's belongings, as long as he doesn't squander them, it's basically enough for a lifetime, what are you worried about.
So Zhang Min fled this time, and there was no evidence for this, so Sun Qian believed what his lord said, that is, Zhang Min had the intention of seeing wealth, and then killed Cao Song and his party, didn't he have taken away his property and fled, this is the most powerful evidence. As for Sun Gan, a few people like Zhang Min who were born as Yellow Turban traitors are good goods, and they are basically thieves. His lord shouldn't have taken him in at the beginning, what was the result, didn't this finally have an accident-
After seeing Sun Qian, Tao Qian hurriedly made a look of wrongedness and said, "Gongyou." Now that Zhang Min has killed Cao Song, the father of Cao Mengde, and his army, his army is about to arrive in Xuzhou, how can Gongyou teach me? ”
When Sun Qian heard this, he said in his heart, my lord, you shouldn't have taken in Zhang Min, who was born as a traitor in the Yellow Turban, what happened to the result, something happened.
"I heard that Beihai Taishou Kong Rong Kong Wenju is upright, and I think that the lord is now asking him for help because his subordinates have been wronged, and he will definitely agree to send reinforcements to Xuzhou!"
Tao Qian's eyes lit up. Kong Rong's relationship with himself is okay, if he knows about this, he can come. Even if you send 18,000 men, at least it's better to have reinforcements than no reinforcements.
"What Gongyou said is very true, so he also went to Qingzhou for Gongyou. Be sure to bring reinforcements from Kong Beihai! ”
Sun Qian nodded, "Without further ado." Let's go to the North Sea. Please rest assured that the Lord will live up to his expectations! ”
After Sun Qian left, Tao Qian was a little relieved, it is good to have reinforcements now, but how can the reinforcements in Beihai be the opponent of Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army. After Tao Qian thought of this, he was still worried-
As a result, Sun Qian successfully completed the task. Not only did he invite reinforcements from Beihai Kong Rong, but he also invited Liu Bei's reinforcements.
For Liu Bei, his heart is like a mirror. He also thought that it was Tao Qian who instructed Zhang Min to do this. But there are still a lot of people in the world who don't know the truth, and last year Cao Cao was really angry, you enter Xuzhou, enter the army, others won't say too much, but slaughtering the people, this is not right. It was a big mistake, but Cao Cao's reputation was quite good before, but he was affected a lot directly because of this incident, especially in Shilin, and was even criticized by the population.
And Liu Bei felt that this was a good opportunity, why did he say that. Because although he is now a small soldier, the most important thing is that he does not have a good territory, which is the foundation. Liu Bei is very confident that if he has a good territory and develops well, then he may not be able to become a strong soldier and a strong man, and his subordinates are full of talents.
Of course, there is another thing that is most essential, and that is a good name. And this reputation is earned by himself, so now it is time to accumulate his good reputation by aiding Xuzhou. So after Liu Bei listened to what Sun Qian said, he decided to go to Xuzhou directly. And in order to let his subordinates have more men, he deliberately went to Gongsun Zhan, borrowed 3,000 men, and went to Xuzhou to help the soldiers.
As a result, this came and went, and when he returned to Xuzhou, Tao Qian could only defend Tan County. And Cao Cao's army is eyeing the tiger and has been attacking Tanxian. So Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought first, but the number of people was very different, and the combat power was not good, and more importantly, people came for revenge. His father-in-law died in Xuzhou and was killed by Tao Qian, so many soldiers of the Yanzhou Army were filled with righteous indignation.
But in this way, Liu Bei broke into Tan County in the end, but it was really a heavy loss.
And Tao Qian was also very happy when he saw Liu Bei's reinforcements coming, but this was just the surface. Others don't know what to do, he Tao Qian old fox may feel that Liu Bei Liu Xuande is a person with great ambitions, and don't look at him and say that he is here to help himself, to put it bluntly, it is not for himself. And what kind of idea he had in his heart, Tao Qian felt that it was difficult for him to know the Dao.
However, everyone said that he was here to help the soldiers, and he couldn't slack off, so he had to talk to Liu Bei politely.
After the last time, Liu Bei decided to write a letter to Cao Cao and ask him to withdraw from the army. And this makes other people look at it, is it possible? But no one said anything, in fact, Liu Bei had his own ideas, although he had a battle with Cao Cao's Yanzhou army before, but at this time, it was better to salute first and then soldier. And let the people of the world see that Cao Cao's ruthlessness in slaughtering the people before, and his own risk for the sake of the people of Xuzhou, to see his own benevolence.
In this way, with comparison, can the world's evaluation of themselves be lower?
As a result, there was an unexpected gain, and Cao Cao actually retreated. Although everyone knew that the Dao was because Lü Bu and Lü Feng attacked Yanzhou first, and Cao Mengde had to collect his troops and go back to fight Lü Bu. But Liu Bei was happy in his heart, even if it wasn't because of himself, but the fact was a letter from himself, and then Cao Mengde withdrew from the army, but this is a fact that can't be changed.
So the second happiest thing is him Liu Bei Liu Xuande, even if Liu Bei has never regarded himself as the benefactor of Xuzhou, he has not shown anything. But the more he is like this, some officials and people in Xuzhou feel that Liu Bei is really a benevolent person, and he really deserves to be a relative of the Han family. (To be continued......)