After defeating Zhang Shu, the morale of Zhang Liao's army reached its peak. Hearing that the reinforcements from Bingzhou had come to Bianjing, Cao Cao was shocked, could it be that Tao Ying was really like a celestial? Can he really calculate that he is going to attack Bianjing this year?

Reinforcements are not terrible, what is terrible is to break the heart of a great man! Especially when Cao Cao heard that his brother Xiahou Yuan had been beheaded by Zhang Liao, Cao Cao's heart disease finally accumulated to the point that he couldn't bear it, and Cao Cao fainted as soon as his eyes were dark.

After three days of sleeping in the barracks, the outside was about to become a pot of porridge. Zhang Liao led the cavalry unstoppable, Xu Huang went to meet the battle, but he did not capture Bianjing for a long time, and the death of the general Xiahou Yuan made the Yanzhou soldiers and horses demoralized, so Xu Huang faced Zhang Liao in less than two hours, and Xu Huang's army was defeated by Zhang Liao's cavalry. It's not that Xu Huang doesn't work hard, but that Zhang Liao's cavalry equipment is too good!

Not to mention anything else, let's talk about weapons, in addition to the generals of Xu Huang's army, who are equipped with inferior steel knives produced in Xuzhou, the soldiers are all equipped with knives made in Yanzhou. And Zhang Liao's 5,000 elite soldiers, all the soldiers are equipped with inferior steel swords, the generals are equipped with medium steel weapons, and the weapons of the elite cavalry commanders at the level of a thousand commanders are all special high-grade weapons made in Xuzhou.

After nearly ten years of development, Xuzhou has been constantly improving steelmaking, although today's steel is not as good as later generations, but compared to Yanzhou, it has already been one in the sky and one is underground. The weapons can't keep up with others, and even the armor on Yanzhou is a lot behind. Yanzhou's armor can't take care of the whole body, and can only protect vital parts. Moreover, the Yanzhou armor is extremely heavy, so the soldiers' physical strength cannot keep up after a long time of fighting. The armor of Xuzhou has been made to a thin steel armor, the armor is light and hard, which greatly reduces the pressure on the war horse and the soldiers, that is, the soldiers will not feel very tired after fighting for a long time.

After Xu Huang's defeat, Cao Cao fell asleep again, so Cao Ren had to announce a temporary retreat to Chenliu and wait for Cao Cao to wake up before making a decision. After defeating Cao Cao, Zhang Liao led his troops to recover Caocheng, and after recovering the two cities, Zhang Liao and Bianjing Taishou wrote a letter to Xuzhou and Bingzhou to report the victory.

In April, in order to prevent Cao Cao from attacking Xuzhou, Jia Xu transferred the general Wen Chou to Liang to defend Liang with Liu Xun, and sent the general Ji Ling to Shanyang County to garrison, and then mobilized all kinds of soldiers and horses to prepare for Cao Cao's counterattack!

The battle report soon reached Xuzhou Mansion, and when he heard that Yanzhou General Xiahou Yuan was beheaded by Zhang Liao, Tao Ying didn't have too much joy on his face, but couldn't help but sigh. It's a pity that a generation of famous generals fell before the Three Kingdoms era began!

Cao Cao did not declare war on Bianjing, but still did not capture Bianjing, which shows that Bianjing is tightly defended on weekdays, so Tao Ying asked who was guarding Bianjing, and the messenger said that Deng Ai, the governor of Bianjing, had joined the army, Ma Tan and Taishou Wang Su. As soon as he heard Deng Ai's name, Tao Ying was pleasantly surprised and asked if it was Deng Ai from Nanyang? The envoy nodded, and when he heard that it was indeed Deng Ai who broke through the Shu Kingdom in history, Tao Ying jumped up from his seat excitedly.

"Reward, must be rewarded!"

Tao Ying kept talking, but the person who defeated Cao Cao was Zhang Liao, not Deng Ai, so it was not appropriate to reward him again. Tao Ying wanted to immediately promote Deng Ai to the governor of Yuzhou, but everyone persuaded him. Deng Ai is young, not to mention that there are many powerful generals in Yuzhou, how can he be promoted like this? After the final compromise, Tao Ying promoted Wang Su, the Taishou of Bianjing, to Guangling Mansion, and promoted Deng Ai to the position of Taishou of Bianjing and the governor of the military and horses.

After rewarding Deng Ai, I heard that Ma Jian also appeared at this time, so Tao Ying appointed Ma Jian as the commander of Fengqiu County, and Mao Jue as the county to save Cao County. The people of Fengqiu are grateful for Zhang Liao's life-saving grace, so in order to commemorate Zhang Liao, Tao Ying renamed Fengqiu Liaocheng, and named Zhang Liao as Liaocheng. changed the name of Fengqiu City, and Tao Ying renamed Rescue Cao City to Ai Cheng to reward Deng Ai for his contribution in the Battle of Bianjing.

Zhang Liao wanted to dedicate Xiahou Yuan's head to Tao Ying, but Tao Ying couldn't bear to see it, so he asked Xiahou Yuan to be buried on the spot, so Xiahou Yuan was buried next to the ditch in Liaocheng, and his opposite bank was the tomb of Liaocheng County Order.

After holding Bianjing, Zhang Liao wanted to go south to continue to attack Chen Liu, but Deng Ai said that Cao Cao ran Chen Liujiu, Guo Jia and others were outstanding, and they should not go deep alone, and wait for the order of Xuzhou Mansion to make plans. So Zhang Liao and the two continued to be stationed in Bianjing, after Cao Cao woke up, he heard that Bianjing had recovered Fengqiu and rescued Cao Cheng, and the headache recurred, and the headache was splitting, so everyone had to send him back to Xudu for treatment.

After Cao Cao returned to Xudu, Emperor Xian issued an edict to canonize Tao Ying as the Duke of Peng Guogong and let him shake hands with Cao Cao and make peace. Tao Ying was reluctant to make peace, but Jia Xu stopped him: "My lord, if you send troops to attack Yanzhou now, I am afraid that if you can't attack it for a while, you will fall behind the handle and the princes from all walks of life." It is better to continue to recruit troops, it only takes three years, and when Xuzhou has trained 500,000 troops, then Cao Cao can be eliminated in one fell swoop to unify the Central Plains! ”

Jia Xu's plan has never been wrong, so Cao Cao has a good trust in him. Seeing Jia Xu's opposition, Tao Ying asked a few more people, Zhang Zhaoyan now Xuzhou is spending a lot of money, especially the annual investment in basic education in the state capital and Youzhou government will consume one-tenth of Xuzhou's tax revenue, so it is better to wait for the two states to stabilize, and then take care of themselves before carrying out the expedition.

The two important ministers said so, Tao Ying had no choice but to accept the mediation of Emperor Xian, accept the canonization of Emperor Xian, and take the Duke of Peng Guo himself. Just one title let Cao Cao fight in vain, Tao Ying was reluctant to do this, so in order to prevent Bianjing from being surrounded and beaten again in the future, Tao Ying asked Cao Cao to cede the Hanoi army of the Sili Captain Department in the north of Bianjing and Shangdang County in Bingzhou to himself.

Tao Ying made a request, Cao Cao lay on the bed and had a headache every day, and no one led the troops to the expedition if he wanted to agree, so he had to agree to Tao Ying's request and ceded the Hanoi County of the Sili Lieutenant Department to Tao Ying. This battle gave Tao Ying a wake-up call, let Tao Ying know to strengthen the defense, and at the same time gave Tao Ying Sili to Hanoi County, so that Tao Ying gained a lot.

After getting Hanoi County, Tao Ying carved out Bianjing City from Yuzhou Mansion and established a new mansion - Bianjing Mansion. The territory of Bianjing Mansion is the entire Hanoi County plus the three cities of Bianjing, the capital is set in Bianjing City, with Deng Ai as the prefect, Ma Jian as the army, and Mao Jie as the governor of the soldiers and horses. In just two years, Bingzhou, Youzhou and Hanoi counties were obtained, which made Xuzhou's territory all connected except for Nanyang.

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