Hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Cao Cao's gaze swept into the distance and slowly shook his head: "The military order has been issued, how can it be changed again, besides, Tao Qian's husband did plot to kill my father, how can I spare Xuzhou lightly!" Let's wait three days, and then it's not too late to collect troops. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Lord!" Xi Zhicai wanted to speak out again to dissuade him.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said: "I want the people of Xuzhou to know how incompetent Tao Qian's puppet is, and he will obey Tao Qian's puppet and block our army, and only die!" ”

Xi Zhi knew that it was difficult to move Cao Cao, sighed, and said no more.

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Donghai County, in Tancheng, Tao Qian was relieved after Cao Cao retreated, but after hearing that Cao Cao actually went deep into the Xia Pi Kingdom to slaughter the city, he vomited a mouthful of blood, and suddenly became much older.

After all, Xuzhou is the foundation of his business for many years, and he already has a deep feeling, but now he wants him to go out of the city to stop Cao Cao, but he doesn't dare, lest Cao Cao is leading him out of the city and taking the opportunity to ambush.

His spirit had all collapsed, and he had no youthful sharpness at all, and he felt that his limit was not far off.

Looking around, Tao Qian couldn't find someone to rely on for a while, and the original Zhao Yu and Wang Lang were sent by him to meet the Son of Heaven, and they were released as Guangling Taishou and Huiji Taishou.

Today's Zhizhong is engaged in Cao Hong, since the sunrise plan to chase and kill Cao Song caused a catastrophe, he has been hiding at home under the pretext of illness, but don't drive Mi Zhu busy, but he doesn't understand the military, so it doesn't help.

Cao Bao, the general he relied on, had been defeated repeatedly, and Tao Qian had lost confidence in him.

As for his two sons, Tao Shang and Tao Ying, who were mediocre in ability, Tao Qian did not let them participate in the military and political affairs of Xuzhou at all, so as not to invite a catastrophe.

Tao Qian only realized at this time that he was also a dumb person, there were many capable people in Xuzhou, and he couldn't be appointed, but at this time it was too late to regret it, and he was leaning on the couch and sighing, but when he saw that he didn't come in a hurry, he said happily: "Make you, make you!" Zhang Qingzhou sent troops to help! ”

"Really?" Tao Qian started from the couch all of a sudden, and his cloudy eyes revealed a look of great joy: "Where is Zhang Wenyuan?" Have you ever been outside the city? ”

He was still a little jealous of Zhang Liao, but at this time, when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, it turned out that Zhang Liao was the first to help, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Mi Zhu heard Tao Qian's inquiry, and his eyes showed respect: "Zhang Qingzhou has not entered the city, and has led his troops south to pursue Cao Cao." ”

"He really went after Cao Cao?" Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses did he bring?" ”

Mi Zhu praised: "About three or five thousand, I heard that Donglai is still uneasy, but Zhang Qingzhou heard that Cao Cao slaughtered the city in Xuzhou, and pursued angrily, so anxious and righteous, a true hero." ”

"Three five thousand." When Tao Qian heard this, the old man's face showed a look of shame, there were 350,000 soldiers and horses under his command, ten times that of Zhang Liao, and the elite Danyang soldiers, but they didn't dare to attack, in comparison, it was really embarrassing.

Mi Zhu said again: "Riding Captain Zang Ba led 5,000 soldiers and horses, followed Zhang Qingzhou to the south to pursue, envoy, can we send troops?" ”

Tao Qian wandered for two steps, and immediately said: "Order Cao Bao to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack, how can this difficulty in Xuzhou make Zhang Wenyuan specialize in beauty." ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Mi Zhu said: "I also went out with 3,000 guests to help in the battle. ”

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In the south of Xiapi City, there is a magnificent Futu Temple, it is built by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the face of Xiapi, there is a huge tower in the temple, there is a gold plate on it, there is a heavy building under it, the tower is nine layers of octagonal, each layer has cornices, each side is inlaid with copper realm, there is also a copper mirror facing the sky at the top of the tower, it is called "Nine Mirror Tower".

There is a statue of Buddha in the temple, take the copper as the body, the gold is wrapped, the clothes are brocade, the hall is surrounded by the pavilion all around, the pavilion road is circumferential, can accommodate more than 3,000 people.

At this time, Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai walked among them, looking at the magnificent atmosphere, Cao Cao turned his head and asked Xi Zhicai: "Can Zhicai know the way of Buddhism?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "I know a little, I heard that Emperor Xiaoming built the White Horse Temple, introduced Buddhas, translated Buddhist scriptures, Liu Ying, the king of Chu, once built the Futu Temple, and now I see the Futu Temple." ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I heard that Zhenrong often holds Buddhist meetings here, sets up more wine and rice, and sets up a banquet on the road, passing through dozens of miles, the people come to watch and eat and ten thousand people, spending hundreds of millions of dollars, which is appalling. ”

Xi Zhicai changed his color and said: "There is such a cost! ”

Cao Cao sneered: "Tao Qian is stupid, that Zhenrong was originally a yellow turban thief, after attaching to Tao Qian, Tao Qian took Zhenrong as a fellow villager in Danyang, and then handed over the grain of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Guangling counties to him for transshipment, this thief detained all the grain and grass, and used it to build this Futu Temple and hold a Buddhist meeting. ”

The drama is silent.

Cao Cao said: "In the later Han Dynasty for decades, there are four most prosperous places in the world, Jingshi, Nanyang, Hebei, Xuzhou, now Luoyang has turned into scorched earth, Hebei is the original base, Nanyang was destroyed in the hands of Yuan Shu, only this Xuzhou land, the most rich, extending in all directions, rich businessmen and ants, rich in the princess, Tao Qian, dry bones in the tomb, according to the anointed place but can not guard, and wanton squandering, every time I think of this, people are resentful in their hearts, should they not be killed? ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Tao Qian should be killed, but the people of Xuzhou should not be victimized." ”

Cao Cao's eyes were like eagles, he glanced at Xi Zhicai, shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, Ci is not in charge of soldiers, if Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, Gaozu, and even the Emperor Guangwu of the Later Han Dynasty called the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, such as Wu Han slaughtered Chengdu, blood drowned people's ankles, Geng Yiping County forty-six, slaughtered three hundred cities, it is really to kill a hundred examples, boost morale, invigorate the morale of the army, Zhicai does not know, the people of Xuzhou are the people of Tao Qian, willing to use it, it is difficult to break its courage without slaughtering, our army has been fighting for many years, the tired division, the morale is not good, and there is a lack of food and grass, must be because of the grain to the enemy, In two days' time, I will collect my troops. ”

He said that he called Cao Chun, the commander of the guards: "Zihe, how are the troops?" ”

Cao Chun said truthfully: "All the armies have grabbed a lot of grain, grass and winter clothes, which are enough for a month, and the Qingzhou soldiers have killed and plundered a lot, but they have not been dispatched because of the daily training of soldiers and horses. ”

Cao Cao listened to it and sighed: "Qingzhou soldiers are from a rogue background, and they are not of great use in the end, but only Wen Zezhen is a good general, but he is a sincere general, and I can't use it, it's a pity." ”

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In the southern part of Xiapi Kingdom, the two counties of Tuxian and Xiaqiu are a hell on earth, and the tragedy is still better than when Dong Zhuoyang moved the capital.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses plundered and slaughtered everywhere, especially the Qingzhou soldiers were the most, after Cao Cao's 30,000 soldiers and horses went south from Tanxian County, and the defenders of Pengcheng rounded, 30,000 of the 50,000 troops were Qingzhou soldiers.

Other soldiers and horses are good, only catch chickens and sheep, snatch grain and grass, and kill people by the way, but the Qingzhou soldiers are different, under Cao Cao's laissez-faire, burning, killing and looting all the way, those big families have long been hiding in the fort, suffering is still ordinary people and small rich families, countless people are driven to kill, countless women are insulted by brutal soldiers, children are brutally killed, and there are people who feed on people during the period.

For hundreds of miles, corpses were all over the field, blood soaked in the road, the people cried and shook the sky, powerless to resist, ran in all directions, and those who ran slowly died under the butcher's knife.

Cao Cao may not have known how brutal those indulged rioters would be after his order to slaughter the city, and after years of running around and fighting, once these soldiers released the irritability in their hearts, it would be extremely terrifying.

In the afternoon, in the northeast of Xiaqiu County, at the junction of the country, the Qingzhou soldiers set up a military camp here, and in front of the barracks, there were piles of people, including the corpses of children.

In the barracks, the women's weeping and screaming can be heard everywhere, and there are even those who directly drag the women outside to commit violence, and one by one the Qingzhou soldiers laughed and cooked sheep and slaughtered cattle, and their spirits were uplifted, and they couldn't help laughing.

The commander of this Qingzhou soldier was Xiahou Yuan, who looked at a map of Xuzhou in the camp, compared to one place after another, and turned a deaf ear to the situation outside.

At this moment, the ground shook suddenly, Xiahou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed greatly, he knew that this was a cavalry operation, and it came from the northeast, but Cao Cao's only cavalry under the command of Cao Ren now should be in Xiaqiu, not from the northeast.

Where did the cavalry come from? Enemy attack? Several thoughts flashed in Xiahou Yuan's mind in an instant, but he didn't dare to hesitate, raised his sword and shouted: "Quickly investigate, where is it to ride!" ”