After remembering all the credits, Xu Sheng still refused to leave, Tao Ying thought that he still wanted to fight for something in exchange for the support of the soldiers, so Tao Ying waved his hand and said: "Divide ten dead horses for you to eat, and those captured war horses will also belong to you, you select elite soldiers from the army and distribute them to him, so that they can join your team!" ”

Ten horses were given meat to eat at once, Xu Sheng couldn't be happier, he didn't know how many years he hadn't eaten meat. But Tao Ying promised him so, but he still didn't leave, Tao Ying asked him what was wrong, Xu Sheng struggled for a long time and finally knelt on the ground and asked: "There is something unknown under the lord, why are the sons and daughters of Xuzhou fighting hard, but leaving the cavalry in the woods and abandoning it?" If the lord had sent us to join the battle, he would not have suffered so many casualties! ”

It seems that the majority of Xuzhou soldiers want to ask this question, if the cavalry is against the cavalry, Xu Sheng is desperate, this is hard to guarantee that it will not be a greater victory!

At the mention of the cavalry in the woods, Tao Ying thought about it and patted Xu Sheng on the shoulder and said, "Wen Xiang doesn't know, when I first led the troops, the soldiers were all dissatisfied, and there were many people who disobeyed orders. However, there is no one in the army who is close to me, only the general, so I don't want to lose the general! After Tao Ying finished speaking, he patted Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng was even more moved when he heard that Tao Ying regarded him as his only cronie!

When Xu Sheng was sent away, Tao Ying wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "Alas, which bastard hid my cavalry in the woods?" This tension actually forgot about me and the cavalry, but fortunately he knew how to pursue by himself, otherwise wouldn't it be a big loss? ”

Fought the first victory in Xuzhou next to Surabaya, although it was more than less, but this is enough for Tao Ying to be proud of! In order to comfort people's hearts, Tao Ying even sent someone to cross Surabaya to Xiapi to report the victory, Tao Ying even wrote a letter to his father Tao Qian not to worry, and asked the adults to lift the martial law in Xiapi City, so that the people can regain their activities!

Tao Ying is a person who doesn't like to cheat, but Chen Deng suggested expanding the results of the battle, changing the defeat of Cao Chun's cavalry with 1,000 stunned to defeating Cao Chun's cavalry with 5,000 people, and seriously wounding the enemy general Cao Chun!

This news was passed to the rear base one by one, and the originally panicked people gradually regained their confidence, not to mention this, but after a good night's rest by Surabaya, Tao Ying commanded the army to move closer to Tan County at dawn.

At this time, Tan County has been surrounded into an iron bucket, Tan County is a small city, but Liu Bei's three brothers and Cao Bao were stunned to rely on the advantages of many troops and sufficient food and grass to defend it.

In the Surabaya generation, in addition to Tanxian and Xiapi, the only big city left was Pengcheng, which was later the location of Xuzhou City. When Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, he moved the seat of Xuzhou from Xiapi to Pengcheng, so when the sentinels kept reporting the news of Qianxin, Tao Ying had a new idea in his heart.

He always wanted to make Cao Jun unpredictable, and when Cao Cao heard that Cao Chun had been defeated at the Surabaya River, he was furious. The army led by Cao Chun is his future ace cavalry tiger and leopard battalion, how powerful the tiger and leopard cavalry is to lose to an unknown gentleman, this battle is simply to give people a name!

As if to save his dignity, Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Tan County. In this Eastern Crusade, Cao Cao was like a bamboo, but this Tan County could not be attacked for a long time, and after experiencing another big battle outside the city, Cao Bing, who was originally full of confidence, was a little demoralized.

In the early morning of the next day, Tao Ying basked in the warm sunshine and looked at the curling smoke rising from the camp behind him, and suddenly ordered the camp to leave a hundred people to guard, and everyone else rushed to Pengcheng, he wanted to take the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao to attack Pengcheng to relieve the pressure on Tanxian!

It seems that even Cao Cao didn't dare to think about what was going on in his head in this posterity, and Chen Deng persuaded him not to go deep alone, otherwise Cao Cao's front and back attacks would be a dead end.

Tao Ying didn't care, he had his own plans!

Tao Ying summoned Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng led a few fellow villagers to come. Tao Ying carried out the mountains of armor in the camp one by one, and there were many Xuzhou soldiers who were killed, and many of them were Cao Chun's cavalry.

After a visit, Tao Ying pointed to the armor on the ground and arranged it for Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng frowned a little at first, but after Tao Ying said it a few times, Xu Sheng let people walk out of Tao Ying's tent with the armor.

After sending Xu Sheng away, Tao Ying summoned Chen Deng again, and after Chen Deng came, Tao Ying hurriedly beckoned him to sit down. Sure enough, Chen Deng came, but he still didn't forget to persuade Tao Ying not to take risks.

"Lord Taishou, let's go directly to Tan County, don't go to Pengcheng!"

Tao Ying nodded, and saw that Tao Ying agreed to Chen Deng, so he breathed a sigh of relief, it was a blessing to be able to meet the lord who listened to persuasion! However, Tao Ying said again: "I have thought about it, it is indeed inappropriate for me to go to Pengcheng, but from today onwards, I will appoint you as the Taishou of Pengcheng, and the day after tomorrow, you will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to take office!" ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, Chen Deng almost vomited blood, who doesn't know that Pengcheng is now Cao Cao's territory? Could it be that this thing allowed itself to use 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Pengcheng? You must know that the defenders of Pengcheng must be no less than a thousand, and Pengcheng's defense is so strict, how can Cao Thief be so shrewd and take risks at will?

Chen Deng immediately persuaded again: "Lord Taishou, let's hurry up to Tan County, presumably Cao Thief must know the news of Cao Chun's defeat, and he will definitely concentrate his forces to attack Tan County, if you don't go, I'm afraid Tan County will not be able to hold it!" ”

After Chen Deng finished speaking, Tao Ying suddenly said: "Cao Cao will definitely not let us join General Cao Bao, presumably someone has ambushed us halfway by now!" ”

Tao Ying thought about it, and his first thought was like this, it was true that Tao Ying would also choose to ambush him halfway, let alone the treacherous Cao Cao?

"yes, since he's already ambushed us halfway, what are we going to do? We are aiding General Cao Bao, and now that Cao Cao's army has come out to stop us, won't our task be completed? ”

Many generals around him began to talk about it, and Chen Deng next to him was even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Deng persuaded again: "Lord Assassin Shi appointed Gongzi as the Taishou of Tanxian County, let's lead everyone to resist the Cao thief, don't Gongzi want to fly to Tan County immediately when he goes down?" ”

Leading Xuzhou's first general Cao Bao? Leading the late Han Dynasty hero Liu Bei? It's not that Tao Ying looks down on himself, those two are people who are proud to the core, how can they be people who are willing to listen to others? What's more, he is still a gentleman who has no fame!

So after a night of thinking, Tao Ying decided to take advantage of the chaos to grasp his army, only with the army, can he have his own position in Xuzhou in the troubled times. Developing your own power is the king, not to mention that you now have Xu Sheng and Chen Deng, when will you not strengthen yourself to save your life at this time?

So after thinking about it for a long time, Tao Ying finally made this decision, that is, to take Pengcheng as a base, and then try to develop. Anyway, Cao Cao's Eastern Expedition will definitely not be able to destroy Xuzhou this time, he doesn't have to worry about this at all!

Chen Deng wanted to persuade him again, but Tao Ying directly handed him the tiger talisman and asked him to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to detour to the northwest to attack Xiaopei, and then go halfway and immediately return to Pengcheng!

After the order, Tao Ying looked at the fertile fields that had been ravaged by war horses in the distance, and it seemed that success or failure depended on whether God would give face! In front of the military order, he had to respect, so he could only lead the troops to go, everyone left, Tao Ying left more than a dozen soldiers on the south bank of Surabaya, and ordered the soldiers to build a pontoon bridge to prepare to cross the Surabaya River.