Yuzhou has long been divided, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian have carved up Yuzhou, and they have all appointed their own Yuzhou assassins.

Of course, except for Liu Bei, who was canonized by the Chang'an Imperial Court, everyone else played by himself.

To put it bluntly, it was to ignore the authority of the central court and appoint local officials, usually officials of a lower rank or the same level than themselves.

In layman's terms, it is to pick an auspicious day of the zodiac, in the face of the Chang'an court, in the direction where the emperor is located, put an incense case, write a seal, and recite a few words, and then even if you have given the emperor a seal, and then you can take office.

Tao Qian only controlled the land of Peiguo and a county close to Xuzhou, so Liu Bei, as the assassin of Yuzhou, could only stay in Peiguo, which was a third of an acre, and with his strength, he could only protect himself, but other counties were not something he could worry about.

A major event that took place in December 191, although it was different from the time in history, took place in the same place in history.

Cao Cao, who felt that he had gained a firm foothold in Yanzhou, received a letter from his father Cao Song, who had already returned to his hometown.

The letter said that he heard that the Yellow Turban Rebellion had been pacified, the world was relatively stable, and Cao Cao had also gained a foothold in Yanzhou, so he didn't want to stay in the countryside of Langxie anymore, and wanted to return to Cao Cao's side to retire, and as people get older, they will miss their children even more.

He has been in Langxi for many years, and the Qingzhou Army has always taken good care of him, not only did he not commit any crimes in Qiu, but even sent troops to protect him.

Cao Cao was also a filial son, and when he received a letter from his father, he immediately sent his minister Ying Shao to Lang Xie to greet him.

Cao Song has served as a high-ranking official in the imperial court for many years, and has purchased a lot of family property, and it is said that there are more than 100 heavy vehicles.

The Qingzhou army heard that Cao Cao sent someone to pick up Cao Song, and Liao Hua personally led the army to send the Cao family's gifts out of the Lang evil country.

When the convoy passed through Xue County, it was attacked by a large group of cavalry, who not only robbed the property, but also killed Cao Song and his youngest son Cao De.

Of course, some people say that Tao Qian originally sent his subordinates to escort Cao's father and son out of good intentions, but his subordinates became interested in wealth and killed them for money.

Some people also said that Tao Qian and Cao Cao had a grudge against each other, and directly sent people to intercept and kill.

Anyway, either way, the fact is that Tao Qian's people killed Cao Cao's father and brother in Tao Qian's land.

Cao Cao was originally a filial son, and the hatred of killing his father was not shared, and this also gave him the best excuse to enter Xuzhou.

Therefore, he immediately raised the army of Yanzhou and crusaded against Tao Qian.

Cao Cao's army has many generals, Le Jin, Li Dian, and Cao Renbing are divided into three routes, all of which are pioneers, and they are invincible along the way.

From Rencheng along Surabaya all the way to the south, he quickly conquered Guangqi, Qi County, Xue County and other places, but encountered Liu Bei's stubborn resistance in Xiaopei and could not be attacked for a long time.

Cao Cao ordered the army to bypass Xiao Pei and continue southward, and Tao Qian also led his troops to engage Cao Cao, but he was still defeated.

Tao Qian abandoned Pengcheng and retreated to Tan County in Donghai County, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to conquer Pengcheng.

After the city was broken, first, the hatred of killing his father was vented, and second, most of the local people supported Tao Qian, and the whole city was slaughtered, and more than 100,000 people were driven into Surabaya to drown, and the corpses blocked the river.

Tao Qian wrote to Yuan Shu in Yangzhou and Tang Zhou in Qingzhou for help. Cao Cao continued to attack Wuyuan to the east, Xiapi, and finally besieged Tan County for several months, and then turned to capture Xiaqiu, Suiling and other counties.

Everywhere they passed, they were all slaughtered by the Cao army, the chickens and dogs were not left, and the ruins of the city walls were not inhabited. Cao Cao's killings were so excessive that many of his subordinates, especially officials who were not members of the Cao family, were dissatisfied.

In the end, Yuan Shu sent 20,000 reinforcements from Jiujiang to the north. The Qingzhou army was also led by Lu Dai and Liao Hua to lead 30,000 troops from Langxie, entered Lanling, Changxi, and cut off the return route of Cao's army.

Liu Bei also spared no effort to attack the flank of Cao Cao's army, and finally Cao Cao had to retreat back to Yanzhou because his army was exhausted and his stomach was hit by the enemy.

Tao Qian thanked Liu Bei for desperately saving him and sent Peng Chengguo and Peiguo to Liu Bei.

Lu Bu received the battle report from Xuzhou, and he also found it interesting, it seems that history is still moving forward, and what should happen will still happen.

Qingzhou sent a letter asking what position should be maintained? Lu Bu replied that Qingzhou's own interests were the first and let them make their own choices.

Qingzhou is ostensibly headed by Tang Zhou, but in fact, all major and small affairs are said by the tiger-faced military master, and Lu Bu believes in his judgment ability.

What Lu Bu is most interested in is that in real history, when Cao Cao went east for the second time to conquer Xuzhou, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao and others colluded with Lu Bu to usurp the counties of Yanzhou while Cao Cao's army went out, and almost put Cao ** into a desperate situation.

I wonder if this will happen in the history of this time and space? Let's wait and see.

The battle in Liangzhou was uneventful and smooth at first, and all the counties of Wudu County had been recovered, and there was really no movement on the Yizhou side.

The Baimaqiang and the Shenwolf Qiang near the Qiang Road were successfully appeased by Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao even married the daughter of the great leader of the Baimaqiang as a concubine.

Ma Teng also successfully recovered the counties of Hanyang County as he expected, and he sent Hou Cheng to lead the second cavalry division to recover the two counties of Anding and Beidi, and Fa Zheng followed Hou Cheng there.

Before leaving, Fa Zheng told Ma Teng to wait for Zhang Liao to meet him before continuing to move forward.

Ma Teng promised well at the time, but after Fa Zheng and Hou Cheng entered Anding County, Ma Teng changed his mind.

Ma Teng left only one brigade to garrison Ji County, waiting for Zhang Liao, and he led two brigades to advance to Longxi County.

The one left behind was Guo Yan's Eighth Cavalry Brigade, and when Lu Bu saw this report, he also scolded Ma Teng for being reckless and earnest, and was carried away by the victory.

However, the distance is far away, the information is not smoothly transmitted, and the carrier pigeon system of the Ministry of Intelligence is now only extended to Ji County, and this notice is already ten days ago.

Lu Bu could only order Ma Teng to stop advancing, while urging Zhang Liao to quickly follow up and answer Ma Teng.

Lu Bu had a hint of foreboding, something was going to happen in Liangzhou!

Liangzhou, Longxi County.

Ma Teng's 3rd Cavalry Division had already arrived at Di Dao, and Ma Teng was no stranger to this place.

It was here that there was a mutiny, and he was forced to join the rebels of Han Sui and others.

The world is reincarnated, and when he came back here, he had already become an official army again, and he was still chasing Han Sui's rebels.

Ma Teng is now full of ambition, and Lu Bu's command is full of talents, although Lu Bu trusts himself very much and also prefers his son Ma Chao.

However, since he joined the Lu Bu Group, he has not made any great contributions, and his subordinates have been disrupted and reorganized.

After he was appointed by Lu Bu as the commander of the Liangzhou Assassin and the Third Cavalry Division, there were doubts both in the court and in the military system.

felt that Ma Teng's merits were not well matched with his positions, especially Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others only mixed with one brigade commander, and they were even more worried about his official fortune.

So Lu Bu asked him and Zhang Liao to recover Liangzhou, and he felt that this was simply a godsend.

So he tried to take every opportunity, and he wanted to give as much credit as possible and silence those who questioned him.

That's why he didn't listen to Fa Zheng's advice, and waited patiently for Zhang Liao to join him, after all, Fa Zheng still looked at him as a child of the same age as his son Ma Chao, and he was just a combat staff officer, what do you know?

Tan County (tanxian), 下邳 (xiapi) Suiling (suiling)

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