"Although the military advisor's strategy is wonderful, all of this is on the premise that the second brother and Cao Mengde can catch up with Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses. How dare you be sure that Cao Mengde will cooperate one by one as you expected? ”

Suddenly, Guan Yu, who was standing on the right, asked Xi Long.

"The second general's concern is very reasonable. Long's intelligence is meager, and he does not dare to guarantee everything, everything is as expected. However, if Cao Mengde wants to become an overlord rather than a prince, he is bound to win it now. Based on this, Long dared to open the sea mouth and made a plan. ”

There were some things that Xi Long didn't say, but after thinking about it with Guan Yu's wisdom for a while, he gradually understood, nodded undoubtedly at the moment, and didn't speak for the time being.

"So, when does Zhicai think we should send troops?"

For Cao Cao, Wen Han and Xi Long had already analyzed it, and not long after Xi Long told the plan, Wen Han had decided to follow his strategy.

"I'm waiting for the time to send troops, and I still need to see Cao Mengde. Otherwise, the lord rashly sent troops and faced Li Xuan's troops alone, I am afraid that there will be unnecessary damage. ”

"Hmm. The words of Zhicai are also in line with my heart. At that moment, we will prepare the soldiers and horses first, and when the Yanzhou side moves, we will immediately send troops! ”

After Wen Han and Xi Long agreed, they immediately began to make a series of arrangements, for the situation in Chang'an, Wen Han had already transferred soldiers and horses from Bingzhou. At this time, the state was guarded by 30,000 soldiers led by Gao Shun, assisted by Zhang Hong, Zhong Xuan, Han Song and other strategists, and Yuan Benchu, who could pose a threat to the state, had not ended the war in Youzhou, so it should be no big problem.

At this time in Hedong, the number of new soldiers and veterans in Wenhan was nearly 70,000, of which the number of recruits accounted for 40,000 and the number of veterans was 30,000. After nearly a year of training, under the new training process and the five fowl operas set by Wen Han himself, these recruits are like a sharp blade with an open handle, but they still need to go through blood before they can become a real killing blade.

Under Wen Han's order, Guan Yu, Xu Huang, and Zhao Yun received orders one after another, preparing to convene the affairs of various departments. As for Zhou Long and Wang Lang, they prepared reserve affairs such as baggage and siege equipment for the army.

As a result, the whole Hedong began to appear busy again, and the soldiers and horses of the cities and counties were constantly pulling, and carts full of armor or grain and grass were shuttled through the streets of the cities under the impetus of a group of Hedong soldiers. The people of Hedong also smelled the breath before the war, and rarely went out of their homes.

Hedong is preparing for the chaos in Chang'an, and then look at Cao Cao, who was expected by Wen Han and Xi Long to become a key figure in the situation in Chang'an in the future.

Before January, Donghai County, Xuzhou.

At this time, Cao Cao still did not receive the good news from Guangling, and after repeatedly sending scouts to investigate, he learned that Chen Deng, the general of Guangling, was actually defending Guangling under the attack of the 30,000-strong army where Cao Ren and Jia Xu were located. Cao Cao heard it at the time, and he, who was usually sure of everything, actually showed a look of surprise.

Cao Ren and Jia Xu's ability, Cao Cao knew very well that this Chen Deng was able to defend Guangling under the joint efforts of these two people, which is enough to show his amazing ability. Later, Cao Cao learned from the documents sent by Jia Xu that it was this Chen Deng who saw through his fake play, and this person was the most powerful wealthy family in Xuzhou. As early as a few months ago, he united with the wealthy families of Guangling, dispatched private soldiers in each wealthy family, and then gave a lot of money to hire the people in the city, and built another urn city outside the city of Huaiyin in Guangling, and at the same time dug deep ditches and high bases, which should be to build Huaiyin into a solid city.

Waiting for Cao Ren's soldiers and horses, began to attack Guangling Huaiyin, under Chen Deng's sufficient defense, it was difficult to take advantage of the attack for several days, and after several battles, Cao Ren also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Unable to attack, Cao Ren asked Jia Xu for a plan, and Jia Xu put two plans in a row, first deliberately letting the soldiers pretend to be demoralized, and the camp was lax, so as to lure Chen Deng to attack. However, Chen Deng ignored it, only defended the city, and had no intention of using troops and horses to attack the city. Later, Jia Xu planned again, wanting to dig a tunnel and sneak into Huaiyin City, but Chen Deng seemed to know that Jia Xu would have this hand, and once Cao Ren's soldiers and horses began to start construction at night, he sent several light cavalry troops to disturb it. When Jia Xu saw Chen Deng find out, he had no choice but to stop digging the tunnel. Chen Deng was extremely cautious, and his resourcefulness was not low, and Huaiyin City was well defended and difficult to attack. At this point, Cao Renjun and the defenders of Huaiyin reached a stalemate.

The name Chen Deng was deeply imprinted in Cao Cao's heart. Cao Cao secretly scolded himself for underestimating the heroes of the world, originally he thought that Xuzhou was mediocre in both civil and military, and Tao Gongzu was an incompetent good man, so he didn't have to work hard to take Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, it's just a Chen Yua

The dragon forced his 100,000 elite soldiers into a predicament.

Guangling couldn't be attacked for a long time, and the East China Sea was difficult to attack because of Liu Bei's thorn. Cao Cao thought that time was getting more and more urgent, and the situation in Chang'an was becoming more and more tense, so he had the intention of withdrawing his troops. But he was afraid that he would withdraw the army at this time and be entangled by Liu Bei's soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers, so he called Guo Jia to discuss.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia were deliberating, and a soldier came to report that there was a war book in Xuzhou. Cao Cao frowned, and looked at it, it was Liu Bei's letter.

The letter reads: "Bei has to worship the king's face from outside the gate, and the day after tomorrow is on one side, and it is too late to serve." I heard that Cao Yanzhou and Tao Xuzhou moved troops because of a misunderstanding, Cao Yanzhou's soldiers were strong and strong, and Tao Xuzhou was not Cao Yanzhou's opponent. But Tao Xuzhou is an official of the imperial court after all, and he is ordered by the emperor to guard Xuzhou. If Cao Yanzhou is forcibly taken, I am afraid it will be incompatible. I have heard a little about respecting my father, and many of them may not be what Cao Yanzhou thinks. Tao Xuzhou has always been benevolent and righteous, how can it harm the heart of respecting his father. I also hope that Cao Yanzhou will be clear.

What's more, the remnants of the Yellow Turban are now disturbed outside, and Dong Zhuoyu's party is entrenched inside. Cao Yanzhou has a general and a minister, 20 soldiers, I hope Cao Yanzhou first the urgency of the court, and then personal enmity, withdraw the troops of Xuzhou, in order to save the country, then Xuzhou is very lucky, the world is very lucky! ”

Cao Cao read the book and laughed coldly.

"The big-eared thief is just a plain face, and he dares to persuade me with a book! And there is irony in the middle! It's really pretentious. Could it be that he really thinks that he is a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, and I, Cao Mengde, should respect him for three points! ”

Guo Jia took the letter from Cao Cao's hand, and after reading it for a while, he may have been laughed at by Liu Bei's confidence that came from nowhere. Guo Jia laughed for a while, and then admonished Cao Cao.

"In this way, the lord didn't just sell his favor to this Liu Xuande, retreated and rushed back to Yanzhou to prepare for Chang'an."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that Liu Xuande really thinks that I, Cao Mengde, are all about him!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and there was a terrifying killing intent in his eyes. However, Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao had actually made a choice in his heart, and what he said was just angry words. However, Liu Bei provoked Cao Cao's killing intent, but it was true.

"In this case, the lord should not repair a book. It is okay to say that the army is withdrawn, but the two counties of Pengcheng and Xiapi, before Cao Taigong is found for a day, we will never return it. If there is a difference, just kill it and fight back. What does the Lord think? ”

"Well, Feng Xiao's words are very much in line with me. is so teachable, that Liu Xuande must not be arrogant. ”

In fact, Guo Jia had already guessed Cao Cao's answer and smiled flatly. After that, Cao Cao went to the bookcase, repaired a book, and then called Liu Bei to make an envoy and asked him to pass it back to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei received the letter, he was also a little shocked when he saw that Cao Cao had agreed to withdraw from the army. However, Liu Bei quickly restrained his expression and rushed to the state pastor's mansion to inform Tao Qian of the matter.

Tao Qian heard that Cao Cao was willing to withdraw his troops, and immediately his pale face improved a little, as for Pengcheng and Xiapi counties, they were already meat that had fallen into the tiger's mouth, how could it be so easy to get it back. However, Cao Cao is willing to retreat, so Xuzhou will have a chance to breathe, and then it will be not too late to find an opportunity to recapture Pengcheng and Xiapi.

Tao Qian didn't think much about it, but agreed to Cao Cao's request, and at the same time bowed and thanked Liu Bei. Liu Bei saw it in his eyes, his heart was beating wildly, and his body was also boiling. As soon as Cao Cao retreated, then he could take over Xuzhou from Tao Qian. And he persuaded Cao Cao to retire, he must have won the admiration of the civil and military forces in Xuzhou, so that after he took over the Xuzhou seal, as long as he used a little means, he could consolidate his position.

The next day, Cao Cao received a letter from Tao Qian, and seeing the conditions of his promise, he ordered the Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong, and Dian Wei to each point their subordinates to start withdrawing their troops and rush to Yanzhou. At the same time, he sent people to Guangling to send letters, ordering Cao Ren, Jia Xu, Yu Ban and other civil and military forces to withdraw the Guangling army and lead the troops to defend the two counties of Pengcheng and Xiapi.

Let's say that the envoy returned to Xuzhou, entered the city and hurried to see Tao Qian, presented the book, and said that Cao Bing had retreated. Tao Qian was overjoyed, the tiger retreated, the danger of Xuzhou was solved, and the worries accumulated in his heart disappeared. This made Tao Qian feel as if he had eaten an immortal medicine, and his condition improved a lot in an instant, his face was full of red light, and he sighed.

"If it weren't for Liu Xuande, the people of Xuzhou would have been ravaged by the war, with heavy casualties, and the old man Xiang's head would not be guaranteed. Such a great kindness, if he doesn't report it, what face will the old man show. ”

At present, Tao Qian's determination to cede Xuzhou to Liu Bei is becoming more and more firm. Then he thought about Liu Bei Renyi, and it was difficult to convince him with his mouth and tongue alone, so he called Mi Zhu again. Although Mi Zhu is from Tao Qian, but seeing Tao Qian's old age, the management of the huge Xuzhou has gradually become weak, especially now although Cao Cao's troops retreated, but in Pengcheng, Xiapi is still a heavy army, Xuzhou at this time is in need of a bold male leader. And Liu Bei was born in the royal family, and has the virtue of virtue, facing Cao Cao's tiger and wolf division, he can be frank and not afraid of strength, and there are two fierce generals under his command, Pan and Zhang. This person is the most needed male lord in Xuzhou at the moment. Therefore, Mi Zhu also agreed with Tao Qian to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei, and after thinking for a while, he came up with a plan to teach Tao Qian to invite Kong Rong and Chen Deng, Kong Rong is a great sage in the world, highly respected, and Chen Deng has a sharp tongue, and the Chen family behind him is the most powerful family in Xuzhou. Tao Qian also felt reasonable, so he complied with Mi Zhu, and sent someone to invite Kong Rong and Chen Deng.

A few days later, Kong Rong and Chen Deng rushed to Tan County in the East China Sea to see Tao Qian. Tao Qian immediately elaborated on Liu Bei's merits, and explained that he had the intention of ceding Xuzhou, hoping that Kong Rong and Chen Deng would persuade Liu Bei with him. Kong Rong has always admired Liu Bei's benevolence, and remembered his grace to save Beihai, so he agreed. As for Chen Deng, he had been silent, not knowing what he was thinking, and when Tao Qian asked his opinion, Chen Deng's face turned pale, and when he saw that Tao Qian had made up his mind, he first agreed. Tao Qian was overjoyed when he saw the promise of the two, and immediately sent someone to arrange a banquet.

That night, Tao Qian held a feast on the grounds that Cao Bing had retreated, and invited Kong Rong, Liu Bei, and Xuzhou to gather large and small civil and military forces. After Liu Bei rushed to the banquet, Tao Qian first told everyone about his merits, and everyone praised him, Liu Bei Qianqian returned the salute one by one, and when he returned the salute to Chen Deng, Tao Qian made a special introduction. As soon as Liu Bei heard this, he saw through Cao Cao's fake play, and made Cao Ren and Jia Xu helpless to defend Guangling, Chen Yua, who was born in a wealthy family in Xuzhou

The dragon's eyes lit up and he bowed heavily as a sign of respect. Liu Bei gave Chen Deng a big gift, but Chen Deng only bowed his head slightly, as if he was not interested in Liu Bei. His attitude provoked Pan and Zhang, who were beside Liu Bei, to reveal their evil appearance again and again. Especially Zhang Fei, he grinned at Chen Deng even more.