In the autumn of 194, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou for the third time.

This time, Cao Cao changed his offensive route, starting from Taishan County in Yanzhou and entering Xuzhou through the Lang Evil Kingdom.

On the Pengcheng route, hundreds of thousands of people were killed by Cao's army. There is nothing to grab. Not to mention food, even if you eat human flesh, you can't find a living person.

So this time, Cao Cao entered the Lang Evil Country and went south to the East China Sea Kingdom, planning to do a good job of harming these two counties, which is still the old principle: kill all, rob all, and eat all. The goal is clear: to kill, rob property, and take food; Bloodbath Xuzhou, chickens and dogs are not left!

20,000 Liaodong iron horsemen have long been transported to Xuzhou, and they are in the castles of Langxie Country and Donghai Country respectively, waiting for battle.

This time, Gongsun Kang is not used to Cao Cao, if he is allowed to slaughter, the population of Xuzhou will be gone, then who will Gongsun Kang rule?

As soon as Cao Cao's army set off, Yanzhou Chen Palace began to jump up and down, contacting Zhang Miao and Liu Xuande everywhere. Because he had been prepared, Liu Bei sent someone to Tao Qian and said: I want to go deep behind the enemy and go to Yanzhou to attack Cao Cao's nest. Siege Wei to rescue Zhao and let Cao Cao retreat.

Liu Bei went to Yanzhou, and the only person Tao Qian could rely on was Gongsun Kang. Gongsun Kang also lived up to expectations, and immediately rushed to Tancheng with 20,000 Liaodong iron horsemen. Tao Qian still wanted to defend the city.

Gongsun Kang smiled and said, "On the plains, my Liaodong Iron Cavalry has never been afraid of anyone. There is no need to defend the city at all. Tao Gong rest assured, this time we will win! ”

After Tao Qian saw the majestic appearance of the Liaodong Army, he listened to his strategy.

20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, 30,000 Xuzhou infantry and Cao's army set up a battle formation on the great plain of Xuzhou Donghai Kingdom and began to fight hard. Gongsun Kang had already given an order in advance: 'Don't take prisoners, kill them all!' ’

Gongsun Kang didn't have a good impression of these human-eating beasts.

This was the first meeting between Gongsun Kang and Cao Cao. In front of the second army, Gongsun Kang looked at Cao Cao. I saw Cao Apu's short stature, short and fat, dressed in a golden robe, with a big beard, carefully combed and beautiful. The small eyes are not big, but they radiate a compelling cold light.

The two of them said some nonsense about long-admired names, such as thunder and thunder, and the bright moon in the sky.

Cao Cao rebuked Gongsun Kang: "I attacked Xuzhou to avenge the killing of my father, which is justified." Why are you here to stop me? ”

Gongsun Kang said earnestly: "Gong Cao, you have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Xuzhou. Stop it, and leave some fire for my Han people. ”

There is no way to talk, so there is only a fight.

Cao Cao asked: "Gongsun boy, do you dare to fight with me?" ”

Gongsun Kang replied: "Why don't you dare, let the horse come!" ”

Cao Cao sent Yu Ban, but Gongsun Kang didn't send anyone, and he patted his horse to meet him. And the generals of Liaodong actually acquiesced, and no one stepped forward to stop him.

Yu Ban was overjoyed, thinking that the immortal merit was within reach. Swing your sword to meet you.

As soon as it was closed, Gongsun Kang knocked away Yu Ban's three-pointed knife. The iron spear shot horizontally, and swept Yu Ban under the horse. The soldiers were ordered to tie him up and take him to the back.

In Cao Cao's team, Le Jin and Li Dian hurriedly rushed out, wanting to rescue Yu Ban. Gongsun Kang waved his gun to stop them, and he was one against two, and he did not fall behind at all.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Chun, and Xiahou Yuan also rushed out. Gongsun Kang didn't want to enjoy Lu Bu's treatment, the kind that was besieged as soon as he appeared.

He shouted: "The whole army charges!" ”

The generals of Liaodong, four people came this time: Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Xu Sheng, all of whom are characters of the three armies, and compared with Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Chun, and Xiahou Yuan of Cao Jun, they are not inferior, and even slightly better. Each found an opponent, caught and killed, and kept pressing Cao Jun's generals to fight.

The Liaodong iron cavalry began to urge the horse to charge, and Cao Cao sent the tiger and leopard cavalry to meet it. Cao Jun's tiger and leopard riders were brave, but the number was too small, only 3,000 people. Let the 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry rush to pieces with a single charge. They did not reach Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and they were defeated and retreated.

Gongsun Kang didn't use the bed crossbow, he still hid his hand. But the crossbows deployed by the cavalry were a great achievement. When facing each other, rows of crossbow arrows shot Cao Jun to the point of a ghost crying wolf, like mowing grass, falling down one by one.

The Xiangyang iron knife is also worthy of its name, and even Cao Jun's weapons can be cut into two sections. Several of Cao's infantry surrounded a Liaodong iron cavalry, and the Liaodong soldiers just turned the Xiangyang long knife in a slight circle, and cut off the spears stretched out by Cao's army. Cao's army suffered setbacks one after another, and retreated in defeat.

"Liaodong Iron Cavalry, invincible!" The Liaodong soldiers shouted slogans while fighting bravely to kill the enemy. In the end, even the Xuzhou infantry and Danyang elite soldiers who followed them to kill the enemy began to shout. They are completely approved of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

Cao Cao saw that the situation was not secondary, and hurriedly Mingjin collected his army, killing and wounding tens of thousands of people. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry won a great victory, returned triumphantly, and set up a large camp outside Tancheng City.

The two sides confronted each other for a few days, and Cao Cao suddenly received news from Yanzhou: Chen Gong and Zhang Miao had rebelled and led Liu Bei into Yanzhou.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was still tenaciously alive and did not die, which was the first major change made by Gongsun Kang to this era. Dong Zhuo will not die, and the Xiliang army will not disperse. Lu Bu was also covered, and the lucky ones didn't wander around.

Therefore, Chen Gong could not contact Lu Bu to enter Xuzhou as in history, and his only choice was to contact Liu Bei, who was known for his benevolence, righteousness, virtue, and kindness to the people, and asked Liu Bei to enter Yanzhou.

After Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others rebelled against Cao Cao, the situation was very favorable to them. Zhang Miao has served in Yanzhou for more than ten years, and has a certain foundation, "all counties should respond". Cao Cao's influence in Yanzhou was only Juancheng and Fan County and Dong'e in Dongjun.

At this time, Chen Gong's mind was still very sober. knew that only Liu Bei could fight against Cao Cao.

Cao Cao made Chen Gong's generals stay in Tundong County, and Chen Gong then welcomed Liu Bei as Yanzhou Mu with his Zhongdong, according to Puyang.

Cao Cao heard the news now, and in order to ensure that the territory of his hometown was not lost, he could only withdraw from the army.

Cao Cao's third attack on Xuzhou had to end because of the betrayal of Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others.

In the early days of Liu Bei and Zhang Miao's union, although it had a great impact, the results were not ideal. Cao Cao once had an evaluation of this: "Once Liu Bei gets a state, he can't take Dongping, cut off his father, and the way of Mount Tai to take the risk to me, and it is Tun Puyang, I know that he can't do anything." ”

From this, we can see that Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Miao are obviously not opponents of the same grade. Although Liu Bei and Zhang Miao also had a victory in Puyang, this was only a tactical success, not a strategic victory at all.

Soon Cao Cao regrouped his forces and launched a counterattack, and won one victory after another on the battlefield. At the end of the second year of Xingping (195 AD), Cao Cao completely recovered Yanzhou and drove Liu Bei to Jingzhou. During this time, Chen Gong's performance was not good, judging from the situation on the battlefield, even if Chen Gong had made suggestions, the result was lackluster and defeated.

Of course, that's all for later.