Since the autumn of the fourth year of the early peace, Cao Cao with 30,000 troops, and borrowed 5,000 soldiers from Bao Xin and the general in the ban, combined with 35,000 soldiers and horses to the southeast to attack Tao Qian, first recovered Yanzhou Rencheng, Tao Qian was defeated and retreated, and then Cao Cao entered the territory of Xuzhou, the soldiers were divided into three roads, Cao Cao led the army, on the forbidden left road, Cao Ren on the right road, all the way like a broken bamboo, within two months to attack more than ten cities, to the winter, the army along Surabaya has arrived at Pengcheng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tao Qian gathered troops outside Pengcheng to fight with Cao Cao, fought hard for three days, Tao Qian was defeated, more than 20,000 dead and wounded, Surabaya did not flow, Tao Qian retreated to Tan County, Donghai County, that is, the seat of Xuzhou, Tao Qian's lair.

Cao Cao attacked Fu Yang to the east, swept Peng Chengguo, and then turned northeast to attack the territory of Donghai County.

Because Cao Cao has conquered Montenegro, Yellow Turban, Yuan Shu in the past two years, and now it is Tao Qian, without stopping, the people's livelihood in Yanzhou is withering, food and grass are scarce, and Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers and military discipline are corrupted, so they loot and slaughter everywhere in Xuzhou, in addition to the defenders everywhere, the people have also suffered countless people.

The north of Xuzhou is Langya State, south of Donghai County, east of the vast sea, north of Qingzhou Donglai County and Beihai Kingdom, west of Yanzhou Taishan County.

The first general under Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is Cao Bao, Cao Bao was born in the Xuzhou clan, his brother Cao Hong is Tao Qian's cronies, Cao Bao controls most of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, but Xuzhou also has a strong force, in Langya State, is the cavalry captain Zangba.

Zang Ba was originally a native of Huaxian County, Taishan County, Yanzhou, and his father Zang Jie was the county jailer, because he did not obey the law and did not obey the Taishou to kill the prisoner privately, and was too angry and let his father be taken into custody by the county government to prepare for the crime, Zang Ba, who was eighteen years old, learned that his father was imprisoned, and gathered more than a dozen diners to rescue his father in Xishan, Fei County, and killed Taishou, when more than 100 people were afraid of Zang Ba and Yong were afraid of Zang Ba and fled to Donghai County, since then Zang Ba's filial piety and courage are famous all over the countryside.

In October of the fifth year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban of Qingxu and Xu Prefecture revived, plundered the counties, the imperial court appointed Tao Qian as the assassin of Xuzhou, suppressed the Yellow Turban, Tao Qian arrived in Xuzhou and appointed Zang Ba and his fellow townsman Sun Guan and others in the East China Sea as generals, the Yellow Turban was broken in a war, and then the Yellow Turban was driven out of Xuzhou, Tao Qian worshiped Zang Ba and Sun Guan as the cavalry captain, so that he was stationed in Kaiyang County, Langyu State, and stationed in the north of Xuzhou.

In the past five years, because the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has always been raging, it is Zang Ba who has not moved troops to Kaiyang, and Zang Ba is brave and heroic, and his subordinates have gathered Taishan Kou such as Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and Chang Xian, with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they have become the overlord of their own side, and even Tao Qian can not be easily mobilized.

At this time, Kaiyang County rode in the palace of the lieutenant, Zang Ba, Chang Xian, Sun Guan, Sun Kang brothers were all there, the atmosphere was dull, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Tao Qian's soldiers and horses were defeated and retreated, and the four of them naturally knew.

When Tao Qian attacked Yanzhou before, the general Lü Youbing entered Yanzhou to serve as a city, and Zang Ba also divided his troops to the west and captured Huaxian and Fei counties in Taishan County.

In fact, after Tao Qian settled in Xuzhou, he used Cao Bao and other people from wealthy families, and Zang Ba, who relied on him at first, could only become a marginal general, so Zang Ba was also quite dissatisfied with Tao Qian and respected himself.

Now Cao Cao's offensive line is in the south, and Pengcheng, the place of fierce fighting, is more than 400 miles away from Kaiyang.

But they have received the news that Tao Qian was defeated in Pengcheng, the soldiers and horses were heavily damaged, Cao Cao's army had turned north, and the city of Tanxian in the east was difficult to attack, and Cao Cao most of them had to come to take Fei County, Hua County and Kaiyang first.

Seeing Zang Ba's solemn expression, the rough Chang Xuan said loudly: "Xuan Gao, don't worry, Mount Tai is our place, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, why not be afraid of Cao Cao, a person from afar." ”

Zang Ba sighed: "A certain is not afraid of Cao Cao, but remembers Zhang Qingzhou's previous letter, he once said that Cao Cao's army entered Xuzhou, it will inevitably slaughter innocents and hurt the people, let me wait to talk about Tao Gongzu earlier, evacuate the people, we have not paid attention to it, and now Cao Cao's army has really slaughtered a lot, and I feel guilty." ”

Zang Ba has a bold personality and values righteousness, and likes to help the weak, so he wins the hearts of the people, and Chang Feng is different from Zang Ba, he was born as a thief, and he also does more robbery on weekdays, and laughed when he heard this: "Xuan Gao is not free from the benevolence of women, how can there be no killing in the war, he slaughtered the untouchables by himself, what do you have to do with me, that Zhang Liao is the Qingzhou pastor, and he can't even take a Qingzhou, so he came to interfere in my Xuzhou affairs, it's really ridiculous." ”

Zang Ba glanced at Chang Feng dissatisfiedly, and said solemnly: "Zhang Qingzhou is a heroic man, and has a trip to love the people, he is seen in Donglai, and the people are all benefited by it, we are from a poor background, we should respect him, he is also kind this time, but not to be insulted." ”

When Zhang Liao wrote the letter before, Zang Ba was going to comply, but Chang Feng made a few comments on the side, which made him hesitate for a while and did not act, so he felt guilty now.

Chang Xuan was blamed by Zang Ba, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, but there was nothing more.

Sun Guan opened his mouth and said: "Now that Cao Cao's army is going north with victory, it is necessary to take back Fei County and Hua County first, and it is better for us to be careful." ”

"If Fei County and Hua County can't defend it, let the Dian Nu and Lu'er retreat here, and I'll wait for Kaiyang to form a battle with him."

Zang Ba had a proud spirit, groaned, and said: "Botai, Zhongtai, you two will move the people of Kaiyang to the north of Langya first, so as not to harm the innocent when Cao Cao comes, and it is really not possible to move into Donglai first." ”

"Okay." Sun Guan and Sun Kang brothers have always respected Zang Ba, and when they heard this, they immediately went down to do so.

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In the north of Kaiyang County, there is Yangdu County.

At night, in the southeast of Yangdu County, in a mountain range of abandoned Taoist temples flashing lights, outside the Taoist temple, there are more than 20 people, looking like most of them are doormen and family members.

Inside the Taoist temple, there are seven people having dinner.

A middle-aged scribe, a woman in her thirties, an elegant young man of about twenty years old, two young girls of about fourteen or fifteen years old, a boy of thirteen years old, and a child of about ten years old.

The middle-aged scribe looked at a few juniors who were eating politely and politely, his face worried, and he looked at the flickering lights and lost his mind slightly.

The elegant young man on the side first took care of the woman's meal respectfully, and then came to the scribe and asked in a low voice, "Uncle is worried about the trip?" ”

"Well......" The middle-aged scribe nodded: "Now that Cao Cao has invaded Xuzhou, Tao Gongzu can't stop it, the county is uneasy, and I heard that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are looting and slaughtering everywhere, I'm afraid that I will encounter trouble on the way, and I don't care, but you are out of business, and I have no shame to see my brother under Jiuquan." ”

The elegant young man sighed: "The Han family is declining, the princes are rising, and there is a trend of the late Qin Dynasty chasing the deer, the situation is like this, there is nothing to do." ”

The thirteen-year-old boy on the side seemed to hear their words, and walked over while the two sisters and younger brother were not paying attention, he was only thirteen years old, but his expression was unusually calm, and he said in a low voice: "Uncle don't worry, if you can't go south, you can go north, my nephew heard on the way that Qingzhou Mu Zhang Wenyuan has a good way to govern Donglai, or he can go to Donglai to settle down, and after the war in Xuzhou is settled, he will consider going elsewhere." ”

When the middle-aged scribe heard this, his heart moved, he groaned, and looked at the elegant young man: "Ziyu, you think it's ......."

I didn't want to think that at this time, an urgent voice suddenly came from outside: "Master of the family, quickly dodge, there are soldiers and horses coming here." ”

The middle-aged scribe's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he hurriedly ordered a few nephews: "Quickly avoid the queen, and stay here for your uncle to deal with it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the temple, hundreds of them.