When the army goes out, it will kill the green ox and white horse sacrifice flag, in order to pray for the blessing of the gods, the war will go smoothly, and return safely, and some of the more extreme generals will even kill the head of the sacrifice flag to show their incomparable devotion to the gods!

As for the unlucky ghost who was killed, it could be a messenger of the enemy, a deserter who was caught, or a prisoner who was brought out of prison, anyway, as long as someone made an offering on his head, as for whether the tribute was cut from that neck, the gods would not mind!

Jibei County, outside the city, is holding a grand expedition ceremony, Cao Cao stands on the high platform with a sword, and the rest of the generals are lined up on both sides of the armor, and a white horse is tied under the banner of the 'Cao' word army, because it is now the spring ploughing season, and it is unlucky to kill the cow, so it has to be used to sacrifice the flag.

"Sacrifice the flag, go on the expedition!" With Cao Cao's order, the shirtless executioner came to the white horse with a ghost-headed broadsword, first covered the horse's eyes with a black cloth to prevent it from being afraid, and then recited the prayer that had been passed down from generation to generation inside the executioner, and finally the knife flashed, and the horse's head fell to the ground!

An assistant on the side immediately ran up, caught the gushing horse blood with a wooden barrel, and then smeared it on the military chess, and this set of departure ceremonies was over!

After sacrificing the military flag, the next step is to say goodbye to the soldiers and relatives and friends, this expedition, Cao Cao took his eldest son Cao Ang and second son Cao Pi with him, hoping that they can exercise on the bloody battlefield, and take charge of the three armies in the future, although it is a little cruel, but it is full of fatherly love!

"I wish my husband countless times of peace and triumph as soon as possible!" Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Bian took the children to see off Cao Cao's father and son, Mrs. Ding served the wine, Mrs. Bian prepared a change of clothes, and the children held the cakes that wished victory, which could make people happy to death!

At least Cao Cao's big mouth never closed, and as for Cao Ang and Cao Pi brothers, they were more excited and nervous at this time!

Xiao Yi is much more pitiful, only his sister Xiaojing saw him off alone, and the gift is only a bowl of wine, the bowl is borrowed from others, and the wine is poured out of his own wine gourd.

Xiao Yi didn't worry about leaving her sister alone in Shanyang County, so she specially sent someone to take care of her and handed her over to Mrs. Bian to take care of, and lived in the General's Mansion, usually letting her and Cao Jie's sisters study and play together.

"Big brother, you can take me with you on the expedition! I'm not afraid to go into battle and kill the enemy! Xiao Jing patted the short sword on his waist, this blade had really drunk human blood.

"No, a little girl's family, she should stay in the rear honestly, and it's a man's business to go into battle to kill the enemy!" Xiao Yi didn't dare to take her, this long-distance attack on Xuzhou must be a vicious battle, too dangerous, besides, he didn't want Xiao Jing to have human blood in his hands anymore, let her live a normal life, with her own, it is enough to protect her from harm for the rest of her life!

On the other side, Guo Jia is also saying goodbye to Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, Cao Cao only brought Guo Jia with him among the four major strategists on this expedition, and the remaining three all stayed in Yanzhou to preside over daily government affairs, which is another trust in them, and the safety of their hometown is far more important than foreign conquest!

At this time, Mrs. Bian came over with a few children, with clothes, pastries, and daily necessities in her hands, which were specially prepared for Xiao Yi, and the specifications were the same as those of the Cao family's father and son, "Although the general is out to fight with peace of mind, Xiao Jing will treat it as my own, eat and live with the Cao Jie sisters, and I will not suffer the slightest grievance!" ”

"Thank you, madam, there will be a good reward in the future!" Xiao Yi hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him, regardless of whether the other party had the intention of winning people's hearts for his son, he was equally grateful!

Say goodbye to the brothers and sisters of the Cao family one by one, especially the three sisters of Cao Jie, they are all about to cry, I really doubt that they have so many tears, they cried once when they sent Cao Cao's father and son just now?

"Soldiers, go on the march!" As the marching drums sounded with a majestic rhythm, Cao Cao gave the order to go out with a sword in hand!

Under an order, the 60,000 army rushed to Xuzhou like a tiger out of the cage, looking at the iron military array, fluttering military flags, many people couldn't help but cry; After a few months, I don't know how many people will come back alive, and how many people will bury their bones in a foreign land and never see each other again, this is war!

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Xuzhou, hearing the news of Cao's army's large-scale attack, immediately made a mess, the people fled into the mountains, in order to escape the war, the counties are also actively organizing defense, they buried the wells outside the city, burned the houses, hid the grain, day and night to build the city wall, ready to build the sixty-two county towns of Xuzhou into sixty-two strong fortresses, their idea is, even if they can't stop the Cao army, they have to break his big teeth!

Just when the defenders from all over Xuzhou held their breath and were about to desperately defend the city, they were surprised to find that Cao Jun didn't pay attention to them at all, but spared the city without stopping, making the city defense that they had worked so hard to prepare become a useless waste, that feeling was like using all the strength to make a punch, and it ended up smashing on the cotton, not only did not hurt the other party, but he almost flashed his waist!

"What is Cao Jun going to do?" Looking at the dust in the distance, the defenders from all over Xuzhou looked at each other, and no one knew what to do, let them go out of the city to intercept?

Just kidding, everyone wants to stay away from these plague gods, who dares to take the initiative to provoke them!

Besides, the order issued by Lord Assassin Shi is also that the counties are defending the city, and they don't say that they will send troops to stop it!

In this way, the Cao army advanced all the way, except for a few unavoidable checkpoints that were broken by force, basically no major battles occurred, and it only took five days to advance to the city of Xuzhou!

"Cao Jun is here! Cao Jun slaughtered the city! ”

The wolf smoke of the alarm rose, and the assassin Shi Taoqian hurriedly climbed up to the city with a group of civil and military staff, and the scene in front of them almost shocked their jaws, and when they looked around, they saw that the city of Xuzhou had become a white ocean, and tens of thousands of Cao soldiers were wearing filial piety clothes, holding knives, rolling over, and a tall banner was erected in the center of the big array - revenge!

According to the estimation of Tao Qian and others, Cao Jun fought one city after another, and it would take one or two months to reach the city of Xuzhou at the earliest, with this time, they could calmly organize defense, raise the city, hoard grain and grass, replenish soldiers, and make all preparations for battle.

"Please answer before the Cao Gong Formation!" Tao Qian leaned on the city wall and poked his head out and shouted loudly, "There is no grudge against the public book below, and sending troops to escort the father is also out of a good intention, how do you know that it is self-defeating, so as to cause such a disaster, and I hope that Cao Gong will take pity on the innocent people of Xuzhou, retreat the soldiers and horses, and the history of the assassin is willing to give 200,000 pieces of grain and rice, 30,000 horses of cloth, how about giving ****?" ”

"Tao Qian's old man, the hatred of killing his father, I don't share the sky, if I don't take your head today, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Cao Cao was dressed in a plain manuscript, jumped forward, and scolded.

This time, Cao Cao is to avenge his father on the one hand, but it is also true that he wants to take Xuzhou, some grain, rice, cloth and silk want him to withdraw from the army, just kidding, he wants to eat it all!

"Lord Assassin Shi, it's useless to say more, the enemy army has already approached the city, and the last general is not willing to take a group of men and horses out of the city to meet Cao Cao to see if he has three heads and six arms!"

Speaking is Xuzhou - other Sima - Cao Bao, born in a famous family, has always been known for 'familiar with military books, quite knowledgeable martial arts', and was later recruited by Tao Qian to his side, specifically responsible for Xuzhou's military equipment, because he has always regarded himself very highly, no one in his eyes, under the praise of a group of sycophants, he proclaimed himself the title of 'Xuzhou's first general'!

When the princes of the Eighteenth Road were discussing Dong, Cao Bao was responsible for staying in Xuzhou, so he had never dealt with Cao Cao and others, and the ignorant were fearless, but he became the most determined main battle faction in Xuzhou, and wanted to show his skills in front of the two armies!

"Well, it's okay, the general still needs to be careful!" Tao Qian also knows that it is not possible to not fight at this point, so let's go out and try it, what if we win?

With the sound of drums, the gate of Xuzhou was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and Cao Bao led a group of men and horses to rush out of the city, showing off his might in front of the two armies, "I am the first general in Xuzhou, Cao Bao is also, who dares to fight with me for 300 rounds?" ”

"Xiao Lang, take back this person's head to the old man!" Cao Cao waved his horse whip and also sent his trump card, this first battle was crucial, so he did not hesitate to kill chickens with a knife!

"No!" Xiao Yi touched his nose, stretched out his hand to pull down the Chiyou ghost helmet, and waved the phoenix wings gilt boring in his hand to take Cao Bao directly, since the other party is known as the first general in Xuzhou, there should be two hits, and he still needs to do his best!

Seeing the other party rushing out of a general wearing a ghost face, Cao Bao was also slightly stunned, and heard those colleagues who participated in the Tiger Prison Pass Battle talk about it, what kind of 'ghost face Xiao Lang' is very good, could it be this person?

Xiao Yi jumped forward on the prancing horse, and smashed the phoenix wings gilt boring in his hand with all his strength with the sound of the wind, and as a result, he knocked the opponent's knock away with only one blow, and then the boring blade was lightly picked, and Cao Bao's frightened human head flew into the sky, and he couldn't understand when he was dying, but he was 'the first general in Xuzhou'? How did you lose in two rounds......

"I thought it was a powerful character, but it turned out to be a war scumbag!" Picking up Cao Bao's head, Xiao Yi spat contemptuously, returned to the Shuai Qi to give orders to Cao Cao, the whole process was extremely fast, and he almost brought back the head of the enemy general as soon as he walked!

"Xiao Lang is mighty! Xiao Lang is mighty! The soldiers of the Cao army shouted and cheered wildly, and their morale was greatly boosted!

Looking at the Xuzhou side again, everyone's faces were like ashes, and Shi Taoqian was even more shocked and almost fell off the city, "My first general in Xuzhou, that's it?" ”

"Soldiers, siege!" Cao Cao drew his sword and took the opportunity to issue an order for the whole army to attack!