Chapter 19: Turning Chaos into Order
Chen Gong and Zhang Liao never dreamed that there would be a trench in the urn city, Cao Ang had not occupied this city for a long time, where did the time come from to dig the trench? It's a pity that Zhang Liao didn't have time to think about it at this time, his war horse stumbled, and even people and horses plunged into the trench.
"Release the arrows..."Sima Yi waved his hand lightly, there were plenty of arrows on the upper floor of the urn city, all of which were used by Hou Cheng to prepare to shoot Cao Ang, but now because of Chen Jue's calculations, Cao Ang shot his own sergeant in turn, I don't know how Hou Chengquan would feel if he knew it? I saw a rain of arrows pouring down, and in the urn city, the shouts of the soldiers and the neighing of the horses were endless.
Outside the city, Cao Ang also arrived with the Hui army, and at this time Chen Gong had already heard the shouts in the city, but the people and horses were blocked at the gate of the city, neither entering nor retreating, and Chen Gong was anxious.
"Strategist, Cao Jun is back! Let's go! The deputy general next to him grabbed Chen Gong and said loudly, "No! Xuzhou can't be lost, Zhang Liao can't die! If so, how should I face Wen Hou! Chen Gong burst into tears at this time, but at this point, it was no longer his own power to recover.
Seeing that the deputy general did not hesitate, he grabbed Chen Gong, put it on the saddle of another personal soldier, and shouted: "You few! Protect the military division first! Even if you die, you have to let the military advisor return to Wenhou! β
"No!" I saw that the pro-soldiers turned their horses' heads, and then took Chen Gong Jiechen away, and the deputy general turned his horse and carried his knife, looked at Cao Ang, who was gradually approaching, and shouted: "The whole army!" If you stop them with me, you will die, and you will not let them touch a single hair of the military advisor! β
In the urn city - "Haha, Zhang Liao, you kid should let Lao Tzu be captured alive!" At this time, the Xuzhou army was powerless to resist, only Zhang Liao, who slowly crawled out of the trench, still wanted to fight, but saw that he was covered in blood, his legs were constantly trembling due to excessive blood loss, and he held a war knife picked up on the ground in his hand, standing proudly alone in the field, staring at Gan Ning, who had led the crowd to surround him.
"Good man!" Gan Ning looked at Zhang Liao and couldn't help nodding secretly, then turned over and dismounted, and said to Zhang Liao: "Come on!" Zhang Liao's eyes flashed, and the war knife slashed at Gan Ning, but unfortunately Zhang Liao was in his heyday, but he only fought a draw with Gan Ning, and now he was covered in blood, how could he defeat him?
But seeing Gan Ning flashing sideways, then looking back at the handle of the knife and smashing it on Zhang Liao's head, Zhang Liao rolled his eyes, and then slammed the knife into the ground, supporting his whole body and standing in place - he refused to fall down even before fainting.
Zhang Liao supported the war knife and fainted, Cao Sergeant watched quietly for a moment before he dared to step forward to tie him up, at this time Cao Ang was also after dealing with the enemy army outside the city, returned to the city, saw this scene, sighed, and instructed his subordinates: "Let the doctor take care of Zhang Liao, don't be lazy." β
Gan Ning walked with a big knife and muttered: "Count this kid lucky, Lao Tzu saw that he was seriously injured, so he didn't kill him, if he was in his heyday, he would definitely cut him off the horse with his own hands!" β
Cao Ang shook his head and smiled: "You ghost is also a fierce man, but in fact, you are also a person who cherishes heroes." Gan Ning muttered when he heard this: "What do you know, I think back then, Lao Tzu killed people like eating beans, no matter what kind of hero he is, when he hears Lao Tzu's name, he can be frightened!" β
Cao Ang shook his head and smiled bitterly, let Gan Ning blow nonsense, and then raised his head and said with a sigh of relief: "The whole army, stationed in Xuzhou City!" β
At the end of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao fought a decisive battle with Lu Bu on the plain of Xuzhou, and the plain almost became a battlefield of Shura, with mourning all over the field, and the sky was stained with blood, like purgatory on earth. In the end, Cao Cao defeated LΓΌ Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry and defeated the cavalry myth that dominated the world with the improved tiger and leopard cavalry and the newly formed repeater army, but Cao's army, especially the tiger and leopard cavalry, also paid a great price.
In the middle of the war, Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan of Xiao Pass in the north all came to help, flanking Lu Bu's army, Lu Bu's two fists were difficult to defeat with four hands, after all, the generals of the Cao army and Guan Zhang were defeated, the elite of the military horses were damaged, and Lu Bu himself was injured by Dian Wei and Guan Yu, and ran down and fled under the protection of his own soldiers. Of course, Dian Wei's left wrist was cut by a halberd, and Guan Yu's long beard was also cut off by more than three inches.
In the battle of Xuzhou, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were lost, and the generals under his command, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were captured, and Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing died. Among the five thieves in Mount Tai, except for Zang Ba, who is still stubbornly resisting, the remaining four have all sent people to Cao Jun to surrender, and Xuzhou can be said to be the overall situation.
Cao Cao was not in a hurry to go to Xiapi, but sent Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and Li Dian to follow Lu Bu's defeated army and surround Xiapi, and he led the army to Xuzhou City to prepare military affairs.
In the meantime, there is a small episode, since ancient times the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass, on the way to Xuzhou, Guan Yu asked Cao Cao to break Lu Bu, and begged Lu Bu to ask Qin Yilu's wife Du Shi, although Cao Cao promised to make a promise, but in his heart he was curious, what kind of color is the woman who can be appreciated by Guan Yu? Subconsciously, there was a hint of interest in this woman. What Guan Yu didn't expect was that this Qin Yilu would be used by Cao Ang and Guo Jia in the future, and almost lost the lives of their three brothers.
In addition, in the battle of Xuzhou, Cao Angsheng captured Zhang Liao, and Sima Yi planned to capture Gao Shun, and the two gradually became famous, and were praised by the Central Plains as a rare handsome figure among young talents. After returning to Xu Capital in the coming year, he was rated as a "Yuedan Commentary" by the famous critic Xu Shao, who made a nursery rhyme, juxtaposing the two with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu, and the limelight was unique for a while.
But said that Cao Cao Fang arrived in Xuzhou, Guo Jia immediately ran to look for Cao Ang, as soon as they met, they saw the prodigal son smiled and said: "This time in Xuzhou, the general showed his majesty, and won the hearts of the generals in the army, but unfortunately Liu Bei was not counted to death, but he always consumed most of his soldiers and horses, and gave him a little hardship." That's fine. β
Cao Ang was not angry when he heard this: "Brother Feng Xiao still talks about cool things? For the sake of these big ears, I even cut my hair, you are good, a pity is over? No more follow-up? β
Guo Jia sat down under Cao Ang with a smile and said, "This kind of thing, you can't be in a hurry, it depends on the timing." Cao Ang sighed when he heard this: "Yes, when the Xiapi is broken, it's not too late to make plans after returning to Xudu, by the way, Cao Ang made an appointment with the Chen family father and son to discuss a major event, why don't you listen to the sacrificial wine here?" Help me say a few words when I'm fine. β
"Oh?" Guo Jia became interested when he heard this, and immediately asked Cao Ang about the 'big event', and the two talked for a while, and then heard Xu Yi report that Chen Qi and Chen Deng came to visit.
This is the first time Cao Ang has seen Chen Deng, not to mention his resourcefulness, but just looking at this appearance is good, his face is elegant and modest, and he has some approachable smiles.
When Cao Ang was looking at Chen Deng carefully, he saw Chen Deng bowing to Cao Ang, and said in his mouth: "See Lord Hou." Guo Jia's heart jumped, and then he began to squint at Chen Deng, he obviously wanted to marry Cao Ang, but if he called 'General', it would be a little rusty, Chen Deng now belongs to Cao Cao, he can't call Cao Ang the lord, right? Therefore, this Hou Ye shouted extremely cleverly.
Cao Ang got up with a smile and said: "Cao Ang has heard Mr. Daming's name for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today, this is Guo Jia, Guo Sai Wine, I guess both of you have heard of it, right?" Chen Deng glanced at Guo Jia in surprise when he heard this, and then smiled: "Guo Gong's name, Chen Deng is like thunder. β
After the three of them greeted each other, Cao Ang invited Chen Jue and Chen Deng to sit down, and said with a smile: "The recovery of Xuzhou this time depends on the help of Chen Gong's father and son, and Cao Ang thanked his father here." With that, he gave a salute.
"Where, the general is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and came to Xuzhou to help the old man, if you want to thank the old man, it should be the old man who is thanking." Chen Qi also did not take advantage of Cao Ang, and returned the salute. Seeing this, Cao Ang smiled like a little Buddha, "Hehe, the doctor is polite, in fact, inviting the doctor and his son to come today is actually a matter of annoying the two of you." β
Chen Deng glanced at his father suspiciously, but saw that Chen Qi squeezed his eyebrows slightly at him, and then did not move, waiting for the following. Chen Deng took the opportunity to say: "I don't know what the Hou Ye has, my father and son will definitely serve." β
Cao Ang said with a smile: "My father accepts people, has never been important, only takes his talents, I am ready to invite my father tomorrow, in Xuzhou to set up a Zhaoxian Hall, recruit talented people, but so I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction with the Xuzhou family, so I want to ask the father and son to plan on their behalf, the Chen family is deeply rooted in Xuzhou, if there are Chen Gong and his son planning this matter, it should be worry-free." β
Cao Ang wants to set up a recruitment hall in Xuzhou has his deep meaning, convening talents is only one of them, in fact, the main purpose is to dig the corner of Dongwu, in history Sun Quan and Jiangdong set up a recruitment hall, take the talent of the people and accept, in fact, a large part of this is from Xuzhou southward migration, Xuzhou household registration is solid, millions of households, among which there is indeed no lack of wisdom and good fighting ability, the first step in this recruitment hall, can even attract a part of Yangzhou's talents, after all, Cao Cao in name is orthodox. Moreover, if Chen Deng's father and son can help, they can also suppress the family members in Xuzhou who are dissatisfied with this move, which is why Cao Angxun, the father and son, came.
What kind of person Guo Jia is, after listening to Cao Ang's words, he can figure out his meaning, and said with a smile: "Lord Sikong is a virtuous person, and he has always had the style of 'Yan Zhaowang's daughter buys thousands of miles of horse bones'. β
Chen Deng didn't dare to respond casually when he heard this, after all, he was offending people and wanted to turn against many big clans in Xuzhou, this Zhaoxian Pavilion was good for the Cao family, but it was a hot potato for the Chen family, but he saw Chen Qi carefully pondering the meaning of Guo Jia's words, and when he was young, this old man suddenly opened his eyebrows and smiled: "In this case, how dare my father and son disobey orders." β
Cao Ang nodded gratefully at Guo Jia, and after a few people discussed for a while, the Chen father and son got up to say goodbye and leave. After the two left, Cao Ang smiled and said to Guo Jia: "If it weren't for Brother Fengxiao's clever words, I don't know how much Cao Ang would have to spend to move these two people." β
Guo Jia smiled and shook his head: "Alas, it's not as good as the general, he actually came up with such a strategy to dig the corner of Yangzhou, and now although Jiangdong Sun Ce is in charge of the six counties, it is just an iron-fisted means to deter the Jiangnan Shi clan. As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other and smiled. But what Cao Ang didn't expect was that in the future, among the characters raised by the Zhaoxian Hall in Xuzhou, there were indeed a few treasures that he and Cao Cao couldn't put down.
But it was said that after Chen's father and son came out, Chen Deng saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly said: "Father, why did you agree to him so easily when you offended people so much?" Chen Jue squinted and glanced at Chen Deng: "Confused, don't agree, do you and I have any other way out?" β
When Chen Deng heard the words, he saw the old man Chen Qi smile faintly: "Besides, didn't you hear the meaning of Guo Jia's words?" The style of Yan Zhaowang's daughter buying thousands of miles of horse bones? What do you mean? is to tell you that as long as you are a good bone, Cao Cao will also buy it. β
Chen Dengwen said with his forehead: "But the child is always relieved, I heard that Cao Cao has never paid attention to the family, and blatantly violated the filial piety and honesty of the imperial court. And in the name of Tuntian, seize the wealthy land of the orthodox scholars, in the past, Wang Mang changed the law, violated the ancestral system, and fell into a thousand years of infamy, I am afraid that Cao Cao will be after all "
"Nonsense!" Chen Qi stomped his foot fiercely: "Confused! How can the commonplace move be compared with Wang Mang? If it is a peaceful and prosperous world, Cao Cao's move will undoubtedly be tied to the cocoon and die at the end of the road, but if there is chaos today, if you take the world, you will rule the world! If you want to change chaos into governance, you should do very different things, you think, in the past, Gaozu achieved the emperor's business, and the people used: Xiao He is a small official of the county government, Peng Yue's thief, Fan Xu's dog slaughterer, Xiahou's infant horseman's disciple, Di Bu is a slave, and Chen Ping is a thief and sister-in-law. Which one is the son of a wealthy family? But with this crowd, Gaozu can achieve the imperial industry and open the Han family for 400 years, which is to change chaos into governance! β
Chen Deng seemed to have an understanding when he heard this, only to see Chen Qi trembling and said: "Then Cao Ang is only more than 20 years old, he can see this status quo clearly, and boldly set up a recruitment hall, if you can help him succeed" Chen Qi paused, glanced around, and whispered: "If you can help him succeed, he will also be the founder of the country in the future, and he will be famous in history." What is it to offend a few Xuzhou giants now? β
When Chen Deng heard this, he suddenly said: "Thank you for my father's advice, it seems that the child has read a lot of Confucius and Mencius!" Chen Jue smiled: "Yes! Confused, read confused, the prince who is the winner, the loser Kou, whoever lives in this world, who is orthodox! β
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