Jiangdong has been in chaos since Sun Ce was assassinated. Everyone was hesitating whether to support Sun Ce's son Sun Shao or Sun Ce's brother, and finally with the support of Wu Guotai, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others, Sun Quan inherited his father's and brother's foundation and led Jiangdong.

Sun Quan is a person with lofty ambitions and a high heart, and he finally became the lord of Jiangdong, so he naturally wants to do something, especially to prove to the world that his ability is not under Sun Ce. Taking advantage of the battle between Cao and Yuan, they sent troops to Guangling County, wanting to capture Xuzhou.

At this time, the people of Shanyue learned of Sun Ce's new funeral and raised troops to make a rebellion, and Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and other generals went to Shanyue to quell the rebellion. Sun Quan thought that Cao Cao was too busy to fight against Yuan Xidu, and Guangling County was far away from Cao Cao's center of influence, so he was negligent in his defense, and personally led an army of 50,000 troops, with Cheng Pu, Tai Shici, Zhou Tai and others as generals, and set out to conquer Guangling.

Chen Deng's reputation is not obvious, but his ability is full, and he has the help of the world's elite Danyang soldiers, Sun Quan attacked Guangling several times without return, and he could only lead the army back to Jiangdong, fortunately, Sun Quan is young, and he can endure humiliation more than his father and brothers Sun Jian and Sun Ce. After Sun Quan's crusade against Guangling failed, he also understood his shortcomings, and began to concentrate on the development of Jiangdong, making great efforts, waiting for the opportunity, and going north again.

Xun Zhan was ordered by Yuan Xi to persuade Chen Deng to switch to Yuan Xi. When Chen Deng learned of Xun Zhan's intentions, he didn't know if he could discuss the matter with his father Chen Si. Although Chen Si was old, he had insight into the world and said to Chen Deng: "Although we have repelled Sun Quan several times, once Zhou Yu quells the civil strife in Jiangdong and leads the army north, I am afraid that we will not be able to compete with Danyang alone. ”

Chen Deng understood what his father meant, but he was worried that he would not be reused by Yuan Xi. Chen Deng asked Xun Zhan: "If you have been friends with me for many years, you should know that I have a long-standing grudge with Jiangdong Sun Quan, and now that Jiangdong has pacified the civil strife, he will go north one day, if there are no reinforcements, I am afraid that Guangling will not be able to resist." ”

For the two fathers and sons of the Chen family, the most important thing is to ensure the interests of the family, Guangling is a place where the three families must fight, who can guarantee the interests of the Chen family, or it can be said that whoever has the most favorable conditions will take refuge in Guangling County! Of course, the last thing Chen Deng wants to take refuge in is Sun Quan, as a last resort, if Yuan Xi and Cao Cao don't send troops, he can only negotiate terms with Sun Quan.

Yuan Xi also knew the virtue of Chen Deng's father and son, but in order to get Guangling County, he decided to let Gan Ning lead the Bohai Sea Army south to Guangling County. Xun Zhan told Chen Deng about Yuan Xi's reward for Chen Deng and his support for Guangling County, and Chen Deng learned that Yuan Xi had already begun training the navy, and knew that he had the intention of going south, and named himself the general of Zhendong, which was to reuse himself to contain Sun Quan!

Chen Deng was overjoyed, and only Yuan Xi would value his talent so much, so he decided to take refuge in Yuan Xi, leaving Xun Zhan to set up a banquet for entertainment. When the wine reached a high place, Chen Deng asked Xun Zhan truthfully: "Youruo, don't hide it, my Chen family is thin, and in order to keep this bit of family property interests, I have also switched to others several times." At first, under Tao Qian's hands, it was safe, and later he voted for Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao, but Cao Cao has not perished, so I switched to the general, I am afraid that I will be infamous for the third and fourth days! ”

Although Xun Zhan is not optimistic about the loyalty of the Chen family's father and son, the two of them have a very accurate vision of people, as long as they see the hope of victory and the protection of interests, they will not deliberately rebel. Xun Zhan defended Chen Deng: "Cao Cao killed the people of Xuzhou for no reason to avenge his father, and he has lost the hearts of the people of Xuzhou. Moreover, the general is wise and martial, sooner or later he will seize the Central Plains and eliminate Cao Cao, and it is the right time for Yuanlong to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light! ”

Under Xun Zhan's persuasion, Chen Deng defected to Yuan Xi, and Guangling County was also included in Yuan Xi's sphere of influence, and at the same time, Yuan Xi ordered the Bohai Sea Army to go south and enter Guangling. Feng Ganning was the general of Zhengnan, the governor of the navy, and Chen Deng was the deputy governor of the navy and the general of Zhendong, and the two guarded Guangling together against Sun Quan.

On the other side, Cao Ren took the risk to support the Tibetan tyrant, and the armies of the Tibetan tyrant and Sun Guan were facing the attack of the two brothers, Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan, and if he did not send troops, he had only one way to surrender. Cao Ren left Puyang, just as Yuan Xi and Yuan Xi met, Yuan Xi and Cao Ren met in a narrow way, defeated Cao Ren, and Cao Ren could only retreat to Puyang. However, what Cao Ren was even more unexpected was that Zhang Jaw actually took advantage of his departure to open the gate of Puyang, Puyang had already fallen, and he had to lead the remnants of the army back to Xuchang.

Zangba and Sun Guan were besieged by Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan's 100,000 troops, and finally agreed to take refuge in Yuan Xi under the persuasion of Zhang Yan. Although Yuan Tan was angry about Zangba, Sun Guan and others defeating him several times, under Yuan Xi's persuasion, the two sides released their suspicions. Yin Li and Chang Ene of Donghai County saw that Yuan Xi's army was pressing, and they also chose to surrender, and Yuan Xi completely pacified Xuzhou.

The internal forces in Xuzhou are complex, whether it is the earliest Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, or the later Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao have not really been able to get the entire Xuzhou, only Yuan Xi with an army of more than 100,000 people can make the various forces in Xuzhou willing to surrender, but the personnel arrangement in Xuzhou is also a headache for Yuan Xi.

In order to eliminate the situation that the Taishan thieves were in Mount Tai and the tail of the East China Sea, Yuan Xi incorporated the Taishan thieves and established a Taishan army, with the Tibetan tyrant as the main general, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and Chang Ene as the deputy generals, stationed in Xiabil, Zhang Yan led the Black Mountain Army, stationed in Pengcheng, and ordered Gao Ran to be stationed in Xiaopei to jointly defend Cao Cao.

Taishan County and Donghai County are located near Qingzhou, and Yuan Tan sent troops to take over first. Yuan Xi also received the news of Cao Cao's return to Xuchang, and after dealing with the matter of Xuzhou, he was preparing to return to Yecheng in case of Cao Cao. Zhang Jaw also sent good news that Puyang had been captured.

Just when he sighed that everything was going well and wanted to celebrate, Jia Xu felt faintly uneasy and reminded Yuan Xi: "General, I think that capturing Puyang may not be a good thing!" General Zhang's army was originally stationed near Chenliu, which could resist and supervise Cao's army to go north and seize Puyang, although it ensured the stability of Xuzhou, but it also exposed Jizhou to Cao Cao's eyes, once Cao Cao's army attacked, the consequences were serious! ”

Attack Jizhou? Under Jia Xu's suggestion, Yuan Xi also began to worry about this possibility! I was really carried away by the victory, Yecheng fell, I may lose everything, it's too late to regret it, there are the families of the soldiers, and there are the people I love the most!

Regardless of whether Cao Cao would do this or not, he had to return to Yecheng as soon as possible, so Yuan Xi led the army to return to Jizhou directly from Qingzhou, and did not go to join the army of Zhang Jaw, for fear that Cao Cao would learn from himself, divide his troops to block his main force in Puyang, and the other army sent troops to attack Yecheng.

Things really developed as Jia Xu worried, Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's advice, and led the army to take Hebei non-stop, once Yecheng was captured, even if Xuzhou was lost, the situation could be reversed in an instant. Cao Cao led the army north, invincible all the way, Zhang Jaw took away half of the army to capture Puyang, although Sima Yi had 20,000 soldiers and horses, but in front of Cao Cao's army was still too weak, and successively lost Guandu, Baima, Liyang camp, can only retreat to Yecheng, relying on the tall walls of Yecheng to resist Cao Cao.

At this time, Yecheng was also in a panic because Yuan Xi was not there, and the soldiers and horses of Yecheng were only thirty or forty thousand when Sima Yi's remnants were counted, and the Cao army outside was nearly 100,000. Fortunately, Yecheng was too guarded and judged, and gathered reserve troops to help defend the city gate.

Yuan's business in Yecheng for many years, naturally deep-rooted, supported by the people, the most important thing is that Yuan Xi has already arranged, the reserve team Tuntian army enthusiastically asked to participate in the war, and the army in Yecheng is as many as 100,000, which is only a lot more than the Cao army under the city.

Under the support of the generals, he walked up to the city wall and shouted to Cao Cao under the city: "Cao Cao, I still have 100,000 troops in Yecheng, I don't know where you got the confidence to come to Hebei to show off your might?" ”

Cao Cao also smiled proudly: "Matching, don't bluff!" You Hebei no more than 200,000 troops, Zhao Yun took away tens of thousands, Zhang Jaw took away tens of thousands, Yuan Xi went to hide from me Xuzhou also asked 100,000, I expect that you only have 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, or surrender as soon as possible, otherwise break the city, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”