What is unexpected is that the melee in Xuzhou was provoked by Xuzhou Mu Taoqian.

It can really be said: if you don't die, you won't die.

Maybe Tao Qian thought he was a tiger, but the surrounding princes had long regarded him as a fat sheep and wanted to pounce on him and take a bite.

In the fourth year of the first peace, Xia Pi Que Xuan gathered thousands of people, proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, and began to rebel, wanting to be the emperor.

In a provincial capital, at the location of the headquarters of a large military region, a few thousand ruffians and untrained peasants were summoned to dare to rebel, and it can only be said that Que Xuan was bold enough. But what is even more surprising is that Tao Qian actually admitted that Que Xuan was the Son of Heaven and was willing to recognize him as the master.

People in this era are stupid and naïve. As the commander of a large military region spanning several provinces, Tao Qian went to cooperate with Que Xuan, a small underworld leader who had only gathered a few thousand people, and recognized him as the Son of Heaven and the lord of the Lord. Que Xuan actually believed it, and the two of them happily went to expand their territory and fight Cao Cao.

The two merged together and sent troops together. In the autumn of the fourth year of Chuping, the Xuzhou army invaded Hua and Fei counties in Taishan County, Yanzhou, and attacked the boundaries of Renchengguo.

Then Tao Qian turned his face: How can you, a bandit leader, be worthy of being my lord? Then he killed Que Xuan and swallowed up all his men.

Cao Cao learned the news, of course, he was very angry. In order to teach Tao Qian a lesson, Cao Cao began to send 100,000 troops to attack Xuzhou for the first time.

Cao Cao's army set out from Dingtao, conquered more than ten small counties all the way, and went southeast to Pengcheng, where the Battle of Pengcheng occurred with Tao Qian's army.

The topography of Xuzhou belongs to the plain, the roads extend in all directions, and Pengcheng is the gateway of Xuzhou.

Pengcheng here has a double meaning, which is not only the name of Pengcheng country, but also the name of Pengcheng country.

Pengcheng belongs to the hilly area, there are two mountains of ovary and camel in the east, two mountains of Yunlong and Phoenix in the south, Chuwang Mountain in the west, Jiuzhi Mountain in the north, and the unknown Ganglian ups and downs, forming a circle of natural special barriers. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers.

Throughout the ages, I don't know how many wars, large and small, have occurred in Pengcheng.

After Xiang Yu defeated the Qin army and deterred the princes, he established the capital Pengcheng and established himself as the overlord of Western Chu.

The walls of Pengcheng are strong, and the food reserves in the city are sufficient, if Tao Qian guards the city, he will not fight. Cao Cao will definitely have to pay a very heavy price to conquer.

Tao Qian is a literati, although he has fought with Huang Pusong in the past, and he has also personally suppressed the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army, he is indeed a bit of a level in military affairs, but compared with Cao Cao, it is far from enough.

Tao Qian's judgment of strategy was seriously wrong, not relying on Pengcheng's high walls and sufficient grain and grass for a lasting defense, but putting Pengcheng's main force outside the city, wanting to fight Cao Cao in a dignified and righteous battle.

The Pengcheng army fought a great battle with the morale-boosting Cao army, and the result was: Tao Qian's army was defeated on all fronts, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed for it, and the corpses were scattered all over the battlefield.

Tao Qian retreated to the city and personally commanded the battle in the city, taking the lead, which greatly encouraged the originally low morale of the Xuzhou army and moved the originally depressed soldiers to defend the city together at the cost of their own lives.

Cao's attack was repeatedly blocked, but there was nothing to be done, braving the rain of arrows shot from the city, climbing the walls of Pengcheng for several days, fighting for several days, and destroying hundreds of siege ladders. But they were never able to storm the city, and every day they did not make any progress except to bring back countless corpses. Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat.

After Cao Cao's victory in Pengcheng, he continued to sweep eastward, and finally turned north into Taishan County, Yanzhou, and recovered Hua and Fei counties, which had previously been occupied by the Xuzhou army, and the First Battle of Xuzhou ended.

The first time Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Tao Qian gritted his teeth and held on, without asking for foreign aid. So Gongsun Kang and others are just waiting and seeing.

After the war, Gongsun Kang sent someone to Tao Qian and said: Our Qingzhou and Xuzhou are closely connected, a strip of water, and friendly from generation to generation. We understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. So be sure to squeak next time you have a problem.

Tao Qian was moved to tears: What a good person! Gongsun Kang is really a good person. There is nothing to say, the next time Cao Cao Xiaoer dares to come to Xuzhou again, he must call the champion Hou to teach Cao Cao a lesson.