The two thousand thieves led by the two Yellow Turban men were all very strong, and they were still wearing leather armor, although they were a little shabby, they could still resist a little damage. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

didn't suffer much loss to the Qingzhou soldiers, and because they were not afraid of death, the target was Cao Cao in the formation, and after a burst of impact, he slashed and killed a few people or broke out of a small gap.

Qingzhou soldiers quickly stabilized their position, the gap was filled at once, and the two sides fought together, although the Qingzhou army was also excellent, but this group of yellow turban remnants was the elite of the thief army, after a long battle, and there were many people, and the fighting still had the upper hand, although it was still fighting on the periphery at this time, the shouting of killing was already deafening, and the smell of blood was clearly audible, Cao Pi couldn't stand it anymore, and clinged to Cao Cao tightly.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu are obviously used to seeing life and death, and their faces are calm, Cao Zhang is also relatively calm, but his calves and stomach are still a little trembling, but he didn't show a scared look, just kidding, he is an adult at all, and it is too cowardly to be afraid at this time.

After fighting for a while, the thief army got closer to the middle of the formation, but at this time, the tiger and leopard rider who was like a ghost had rushed into the thief army, and the knight of the tiger and leopard rider poked with an all-metal halberd with momentum, piercing two people at least, and four or five people at most, and then immediately threw away the halberd, pulled out his horse chopping knife and turned over and dismounted and slashed.

This group of steel monsters wearing black light armor is no better than the Qingzhou army, each person is tall and powerful, the one-meter-long horse chopping knife is like a wicker in their hands, and it is a piece of knife light when it is thrown up, and the enemy will be killed by a fierce chop, Cao Chun, who is not known for his martial arts in history, is even more powerful at this time, holding a horse chopping knife in just one round to behead a leader, and I don't know whether it is Liu Bi or He Yi.

Soon another leader was also killed, with the help of the tiger and leopard cavalry, the main force of the two thousand thieves army was all annihilated, no one escaped, and the blood had flowed to the feet of several people standing in the formation.

Cao Cao immediately ordered Cao Chun to take 300 horsemen, store water and food, and drive this group of people to Yanzhou as much as possible, fulfilling his promise to Xun Yu, and then directly drove the army into Yanling County.

The city wall of Yanling County has long been full of holes, there are at least ten or more gaps that can be rushed in, there are still some women and children in the county, women, the people of Yuzhou who were captured by the Yellow Turban thief army, and the children were born to those thieves and women, these people hid in the house when they saw Cao Cao's army come in, and some children were curious to watch by the side of the road at first, and they were soon pulled back into the house by women.

Cao Cao sighed in his eyes, and did not give an order to embarrass these people, in front of Xun Yu, he really did not dare to kill like in Xuzhou, but told Xun Yu that he would send these women and children back to Yanzhou for resettlement, Xun Yu was naturally more happy to hear it, so he asked for his own life to return to Xuchang, the Yingchuan Governance Office, to persuade his family to join Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was naturally overjoyed, and deliberately asked Cao Ang to lead four hundred tiger guards to escort Xun Yu to Xuchang, and at the same time let the army camp in Yanling County, Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan Xiahou Yuan's army was only half a day's way behind Cao Cao's army, so they also drove into Yanling County before dark, and the two Xiahou generals obviously did not expect the Yellow Turban thieves to be so vulnerable, but they were still very happy to win.

That night, Cao Cao slaughtered all the cattle in the county, comforting the sergeants, more than 300 people died in the Qingzhou army, more than 10 people died in the tiger guards, and one tiger and leopard rider did not die, and the achievements of tens of thousands of thieves were very proud, so Cao Cao was naturally in a good mood, but Cao Cao's good mood did not last long.

Xun Yu came back in the evening, he said that the Xun family on behalf of all the local clans in Yingchuan to take refuge in Cao Cao, and Yingchuan was Cao Cao's from then on, but before Cao Cao was happy, Xun Yu told Cao Cao an unfortunate news, that is, in addition to Yingchuan, the other six counties in Yuzhou have all taken refuge in Yuan Shu.

This made Cao Cao depressed, and immediately recruited Guo Jia to discuss the matter, of course, there were also Cao Zhang, which was the common expectation of Cao Cao and Guo Jia.

In the big tent, there are only Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cao Zhang, Cao Cao has a gloomy face, and the thief was exterminated by him, but Yuan Shu didn't say a word, and he divided most of the results, how did this make him feel better? I only heard him ask: "Wen Ruo, the extermination of the remnants of the Yellow Turban is only a matter of today, how did Yuan Shu collect the remaining six counties of Yuzhou so quickly?"

Xun Yu sighed and replied helplessly: "As early as before our army was launched, Yuan Shu received the news and immediately sent letters to the local heroes in all parts of Yuzhou, and agreed that as long as the lord broke the thief army, he would come to take over the counties of Yuzhou. ”

Cao Cao said angrily: "How can this be true! Yuan Shuxiao'er, through Huainan but ignored the Yingchuan Yellow Turban thieves who ravaged the counties of Yuzhou, and now the thieves are broken, so they come to collect the profits of the fishermen, how can there be such a good thing? ”

Guo Jia persuaded: "The lord must not fight with Yuan Shu at this time, and he must also write a letter of resignation to show goodwill, now that we have Yingchuan, the road to Luoyang has been unimpeded, and welcoming the Son of Heaven is the first priority, and we must not lose the big because of the small." ”

Xun Yu also spoke: "Yes, although Yuan Shu has an unstable foundation in Yuzhou, but he is a famous family, and many officials in Yuzhou have Yuan's old protégés, and it is not easy for the lord to win if he attacks rashly."

Cao Cao was silent, Cao Zhang also sighed secretly in his eyes, his father was killed and lived, it was really bleeding and sweating, but the result was good, only one county was obtained in a state, and all the others were occupied by the second generation of Yuan Shu, what is even more ridiculous is that the local powerful landlords, Cao Cao, who drove away the thieves for them, did not vote, but went to take refuge in Yuan Shu, who had long occupied Huainan in Yuzhou but turned a blind eye to the thief army, what a ridiculous thing?

But these became reasonable at the end of the Han Dynasty, because now these large and small landlords still like to tie up this kind of famous nobles, so Cao Cao wanted to kill the Yellow Turban thieves before he came, and he wanted to curry favor with the local wealthy families, so as to win their support, all of which was not as good as a letter from Yuan Shu, Cao Zhang glanced at Guo Jia, Guo Jia was also looking at him, and there was still an intriguing smile on his face, as if to say: "See? This is the power of the gate valve family? ”

Cao Cao suddenly laughed and asked Xun Yu: "Did Yingchuan also want to take refuge in Yuan Shu, but because my army arrived one step earlier." and easily defeated the thief army that has been raging for many years, so they are afraid of me, so they came to vote for me Cao Cao? I'm afraid that Yingchuan also has many protégés of the Yuan family, right? ”

Xun Yu sighed and said, "That's right, and... Speaking of this, Xun Yu's face showed contradiction, as if he wanted to say something, but he felt that saying it would anger Cao Cao even more.

Cao Cao smiled: "Wen Ruo, it's okay for you to say it!" ”

Xun Yu sighed, "Our people in Yingchuan are quite famous, the news is also well-informed, the lord let go of Zhang Miao that day, and then Zhang Miao was killed by his men on the way to escape, and then Zhang Miao's remnants of the army were scattered and scattered, some people fled to Yingchuan, and the remnants said that Zhang Miao fled to take refuge in Yuan Shu... ”

After saying this, Cao Cao's face darkened, and Cao Zhang couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that the rebellion of Zhang Miao and Lu Bu, and the officials from all over the country have attached themselves to it without stopping it, is also because of the influence of the Yuan family?" ”

Xun Yu sighed: "That's roughly the case. ”

Cao Zhang heard it and said in a lost voice: "Father, it was mentioned in your family letter that day that Yuan Shao had sent a message when you were in danger, asking you to lead your troops to join him, and this time was really just right!" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "These two brothers know about this, Yuan Shu plotted and incited, Yuan Shao acquiesced, and then one grabbed land and one made money, good means, good means." ”

Cao Cao got up and kicked over the table in front of him and said angrily: "The two thieves of the Yuan family, I swear not to stand with you!" ”