The shouts of killing under the city sounded, and Liu Bei's heart suddenly hung up. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Zhang Fei led the front army has been surrounded by Cao Jun's pocket, and whether his Chinese army should go forward to help Zhang Fei or return to support Guan Yu has become a dilemma. Liu Bei made a judgment on the situation, that is, if he returned to the army, he would inevitably be besieged by Cao's army on all sides under the city. At this time, Cao Bao will definitely not open the city gate to let his troops enter the city, which is equivalent to falling into a dead place. If you move forward, although you know that there is an enemy encirclement, you may not be able to break through after joining forces with Zhang Fei. And Cao Cao's purpose must not be to eat his lone army, but to break through Tancheng. So when the pressure under the city is high, I have a chance on my side. Liu Bei decisively ordered his troops to advance at full speed, join Zhang Fei, and then concentrate on breaking through the enemy's encirclement.

Tian Kai, Tian Jing and others trapped in the camp were still strengthening their defenses just now, guarding against Cao's army from rushing into the camp at any time. Now it was suddenly found that the Cao army besieging the camp was obviously much less. The shouting and killing sound from not far away was much more intense than before, thinking that the reinforcements sent by Tao Qian were rushing in the direction of the camp and encountered Cao's army.

Although the enemy situation outside was unknown, Tian Jing still felt that he had to go out of the camp to join Tao Qian's reinforcements, otherwise the situation would only become more and more unfavorable to the Youzhou army. Tian Kai felt that what Tian Jing said was reasonable, and asked Xiahou Lan to lead his troops to stick to the camp, and he recklessly went out with 3,000 cavalry.

This disrupted the deployment of Cao's army, and it was originally just a ploy to besiege the Youzhou battalion, in order to attract Tao Qian to open the city for support and take the opportunity to capture the city. Therefore, the main forces of Cao's army were concentrated near the city gate. But Liu Bei's desperate bet, and Tian Kai's cavalry raided and disrupted the Cao army besieging outside.

The situation under the city was even worse, Guo Jia decided to pretend to be a defeated army to take advantage of the chaos to deceive the city, but Guan Yu's accidental discovery fell short. The Cao army under the city has now been discovered, the city gate has been closed, there are bows and arrows in the city, and more than 1,000 people and horses under the city are surrounded and suppressed. And those Cao troops who were originally ambushed around the city gate could not change the situation even if they joined the battle group, and the siege of the city in the dark and night only increased the number of casualties.

Although Guo Jia was still a little unwilling in his heart, Cao Cao decisively ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The Xuzhou army and the Youzhou army repelled Cao Cao's army in the dark of night. There's a lot of luck in it.

Tian Jing was secretly observing the retreat of Cao's army, which could be said to be fast and fast, and although he retreated, he did not mess with the rules at all, and the troops were uniform. Tian Jing had to be impressed by Cao Cao's ability to lead troops and admired him very much.

Liu Bei and Tian Kai's teams converged, and after killing Cao Cao's Cao army, they went to Tancheng to see Tao Qian together. The largest number of losses was more than 1,000 people in the city, and the remaining were less than 300, Guan Yu was covered in blood, killing nearly 100 enemies and beheading more than 10 people, which can be described as the first achievement.

Tao Qian set up wine for everyone to celebrate, Tian Kai came to the class, Tao Qian personally toasted, and asked Tian Kai to come to Japan to express his gratitude to Gongsun Zhan. Although Liu Bei is also a reinforcement, but during this period of time, Tao Qian already has the intention of soliciting, but he sees it as his own person. Today, Liu Bei has made great contributions, especially his subordinate Guan Yu led more than 1,000 people to guard the city gate, which is a lot of credit. In front of Tian Kai, Tao Qian is not good at directly rewarding now, but he took out a lot of grain, grass, gold and silver to Liu Bei.

At the banquet, everyone discussed the future countermeasures, considering the strength of Cao's army, Tao Qian suggested that Tian Kai lead the troops into the city, and everyone held on, waiting for Yuan Shu's reinforcements to arrive before making plans.

After Tian Kai returned to the camp, he arranged for the generals to enter the city. Tian Jing believed that after this battle, Cao Cao would definitely not continue to storm Tancheng. Cao Cao's next step is likely to be to trap Tancheng with troops, and then send troops to clear the surrounding counties first, such as Langya, Xiapi, Guangling, these places are all in danger. The key now is not to hold the city, but to immediately send troops to the surrounding counties. Only in this way can the foundation of Xuzhou not be lost, otherwise even if Tancheng is held, it will only be a lonely city.

Tian Kai felt that Tian Jing's analysis was very reasonable, so he decided to take Tian Jing to see Tao Qian. Tao Qian was still in a relatively comfortable mood because he had just retreated from Cao Cao's army, and he was chatting with Liu Bei about the next strategy.

Seeing Tian Kai coming, Tao Qian and Liu Bei got up to greet him, and after everyone saw the salute, Tian Kai directly explained his intentions. And let Tian Jing personally analyze the situation for Tao Qian and Liu Bei. After hearing this, Tao Qian gasped, and also felt that if Cao Cao adopted such a tactic, he was afraid that Xuzhou would die in less than three months. Tao Qian glanced at Liu Bei, "I don't know that Xuande thought that Cao Cao would send troops to the three counties." ”

Liu Bei looked at Tian Jing and said, "Since this General Tian can think of this plan, I'm afraid that Cao Cao has already thought of it, and now Cao Cao's soldiers and horses may be on their way to the three counties." ”

Tao Qian sweated on his forehead, "Then what should we do, we are afraid that it will be too late to send troops at this moment, right?" And now that Tancheng is trapped, where can we send troops and horses to support? ”

Liu Bei is also having a headache about this matter. Where did the soldiers and horses come from now? But Liu Bei suddenly thought of Yuan Shu's reinforcements. "Tao Gong, now Yuan Shu's reinforcements are only afraid that they have reached the junction of Yangzhou and Xuzhou at this moment, so let Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses support the Xiapi defenders on the spot. And before Yuan Shu arrived, the people of the Bei Yuan Shuai Headquarters rushed to Xiapi to help Lord Zhenrong to garrison. Xiapi guarded, then Guangling was worry-free. ”

Tao Qian also felt that this discussion was very good, "What Xuande said is indeed a good policy, and it can be implemented according to this." Now the problem is Langya Zang Ba, Zang Ba is a fierce general, and there are Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Guan, Sun Kang and others as minions, and they are strong. But Zang Ba has always listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and basically divided the territory alone. At this time, it is really unknown whether it will fall to Cao Cao. ”

"If this is the case, we should send a person who can speak well to persuade Zang Ba, and then Tao Gong will have to offer some generous conditions." Liu Bei said.

"This is a tricky matter, Tao's account is engaged in Mi Zhu, and now he has gone to Shouchun to ask for help and has not returned, and now there is no suitable adviser to go. I don't know where Mr. Jian Yong and Mr. Jian Xianhe may go under the Xuande account? Tao Qian asked Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also frowned, "Don't hide it from Tao Gong, now Xianhe has not returned in Youzhou." ”

Tao Qian didn't expect it, "Gongsun Chan has already sent troops to help, but Mr. Xianhe is stranded in Youzhou, could it be that Gongsun Chan is deliberately embarrassed?" ”

"It's not, it's just that Mr. Kenwa went to invite someone, so he hasn't returned yet. Tao Gong was afraid that he would have to invite someone else to go. Liu Bei said.

"I don't know who wants Xuande Gong to be so attentive to Mr. Xianhe to invite him personally?" Tao Qian was a little curious.

"I know this, the person invited by Mr. Xianhe is the family teacher Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong." Now Tian Jing answered. "Since Mr. Xianhe can't go because he invited my master, it's better to leave this lobbying matter to me."

"It turned out to be General Zhao Yun, I heard that this person was full of guts, and he once helped Xuande Gong rescue Bohai Taishou Kong Rong, and took the head of the Yellow Turban Thief in the Ten Thousand Horse Army, which can be described as a fierce general. This little general turned out to be a disciple of General Zhao Yun, and he was fortunate to meet him. Today, it is the little general who sees through Cao Cao's strategy, which shows that the little general is extraordinary. But this lobbying for Zang Ba, in addition to Chen Shuo's power, is also in great danger. Once Zang Ba surrenders to Cao, the little general's life is worried, and Tao doesn't dare to let the little general get into danger. Tao Qian said this, in fact, he didn't believe that Tian Jing was competent.

"It's okay, since I dare to go, I naturally have full certainty, in case I can't convince Zang Ba, I also have a whole body plan. He only needs to write a book of Tao Thorn Shixiu, and prepare some affordable things, such as sealing officials and making wishes, grain and grass, gold, silver and jade silk, etc., and Tian Jing can set off immediately. Tian Jing said.

The more relaxed Tian Jing said, the more bottomless Tao Qian's heart became. I had to use my eyes to ask Liu Bei's opinion. It is not the first time that Liu Bei has paid attention to Tian Jing, and in the letters that Jian Yong brought back, he praised Tian Jing very much. When Tian Kai brought troops to help, Liu Bei specially asked Tian Kai to introduce Tian Jing, and found that this son was not very old but had a very set of troops, and his strict law was like a battle-hardened veteran. This time it was this person who saw through Cao Cao's plan, if it was not bad, the Youzhou army was able to seize the opportunity last night, and I am afraid that it was also the credit of this son. This son is the best choice regardless of Taowu strategy, and he should be wooed in the future, but fortunately, this son is Zhao Yun's disciple, but there are many more opportunities.

"Tao Gong, I think this General Tian Jing has a good vision and ambition, so he should be able to take on this role." Liu Bei said.

Tao Qian's biggest advantage is that he trusts Liu Bei, since Liu Bei said it was good, Tao Qian also felt good. So arrange it right away. Zang Ba is now the actual controller of Langya County, but he has no name, and his official position is only that of a cavalry captain. Therefore, Tao Qian appointed Zang Ba as the minister of Langya this time, and Wu Dun, Yin Li and others were promoted; There is not much grain and grass in Tancheng now, so it cannot be provided, but Tao Qian promised that Zang Ba could collect taxes (in kind) in Langya, and he would not have to hand it over to Xuzhou for ten years; A total of 20 cars of gold and silver were used as the military salary for the anti-Cao war. Tao Qian gave such a big weight, and it was impossible to do it, Langya was always more than a hundred times stronger in Zang Ba's hands than in Cao Cao's.

On the second day, Tian Jing and Tian Kai set off with six hundred reserve white horses after their resignation, and the people sent by Tao Qian, Ma Tian Jing, were useless, leaving only a guide, and twenty carts of property were escorted by their own soldiers and horses.

It takes three days to travel from Tancheng to Langya, and I don't know if Cao Jun has started to act. Tian Jing asked Li Kang and Leping to lead a large group of people behind, and he took Xiaoliu Lu Qilin and the two of them to hurry up and rush to Kaiyang, where Zang Ba was located, a day in advance.