After defeating Li Gan, Tao Ying was stationed next to Yishui for nearly four days before waiting for news from Cao Cao. The weather has gradually warmed up, March has arrived, in March 194 AD, Cao Cao did not retire in February because of the grain cut, as recorded in history, but dragged on until March and was still stationed in Xuzhou.

Tao Ying doesn't know if this is because his arrival has changed history, so that history cannot rotate according to the existing wheels. But with the arrival of April, Tao Ying already had a vague sense that Zhang Miao was going to rebel against Cao Cao in Dongjun.

Because Tao Ying has seen Li Gan several times in these days, Li Gan was reluctant to say it at first, until Tao Ying bluntly told him that Zhang Miao of Dongjun wanted to rebel against Cao Cao, and he had already calculated it, but he could not determine the specific date.

Li Gan told the truth, it turned out that Cao Cao's food was indeed not much, and the soldiers could only eat one meal a day. However, because of Tao Ying's existence, Cao Cao was in a dilemma in Xiapi, wanting to retreat but afraid of Cao Bao's pursuit and Tao Ying's halfway interception. But if he did not retreat, there was not much grain and grass, so Cao Cao prepared to go north to plunder grain and grass.

There was another thing that prompted Cao Cao to quickly withdraw his troops, that is, Xun Yu sent a message in Yanzhou that Chen Liutai guarded Chen Palace and contacted the county guards everywhere, wanting to plot against him, and heard that they had begun to contact the soldiers and horses of the counties in Yanzhou everywhere, and they were already interested in welcoming Lu Bu into Yanzhou.

After hearing the news, Cao Cao hurriedly sent Li Gan to pacify the people of Anlu, and hurriedly withdrew his troops from Xiapi City. But he didn't want Li Qian's army and horses to meet Zang Ba's soldiers and horses as soon as they arrived at Yishui, and Li Gan's battle against Zang Ba could not be won, so he could only be stationed and waiting for help.

After listening to Li Gan's words, Tao Ying thought about it, he had changed a lot of history, but fortunately, the general trend in April would continue to happen, so he would be able to predict more historical trends, and his life would be much better in the future.

When Cao Cao's army withdrew from Xiapi to Yishui, it was already mid-March, and there was no Cao Bao chasing after him, so Cao Cao's march was particularly fast. When he arrived at Yishui, a small soldier had already come to report that the second son of the Tao family was willing to meet with Cao Gong and give him a meeting gift.

Cao Cao ordered the army to set up camp, and it was better to take the opportunity to attack Tao Ying, and after defeating Tao Ying, he could return to Yanzhou by taking his grain and grass. Cao Cao dismounted, held the sword, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll meet him for a while to see who he is?" ”

Everyone persuaded again, Cao Cao just walked forward, and after a while, the soldiers escorted two people from the front, and the two people were dressed in unusually neat armor, and they didn't have anything plugged in their mouths, but their hands were tied upside down behind them.

The two came to Cao Cao and hurriedly knelt down, Cao Cao glanced at the two, did not speak, and did not let them get up. Several generals around him drew their swords and wanted to kill the two, Cao Cao raised his hand, and everyone inserted their swords into the sword silk again.

"The defeated general Li Gan has seen the lord, and the defeated will be captured, and he can't repay the lord's kindness with his death, so he is really speechless to see the lord!"

After the two finished kowtowing, Cao Cao walked in front of the two for a while and said: "Since you know that you have no words to repay me, why are you still alive in the world?" ”

"This, please give death to the Lord!"

Li Gan sighed and knelt on the ground, and Li Quan next to him also knelt on the ground, he regretted a little that he didn't stay with Tao Ying like his younger brother Li Dian, how good it would be if he stayed, but it seems that Tao Ying didn't plan to stay with him.

"Lord, kill him, he has insulted the prestige of the lord, and the crime deserves death!"

A tiger general next to him glared angrily, but Cao Cao took two more steps and said, "What does Tao Pifu mean by putting you back?" ”

A careful strategist next to him looked at the two of them and suddenly said to Cao Cao: "Lord, although this Li Gan is a loyal and righteous man, he has two sons with the army, but now he sees one son returning, is there fraud in it?" ”

After Cao Cao listened, he saw that there was one less person by Li Gan's side. The ancients paid attention to loyalty and filial piety etiquette, and it was their children who returned, but it was their nephews who were lost, Li Gan, Cao Cao, knew that he would rather die his second son than leave his brother's son to make the villagers laugh.

Li Gan listened to the words of the strategist, and the sweat droplets on his forehead fell in front of his eyes, and it had not rained on the ground for a long time, and the sweat droplets splashed in the soil, wetting a piece of dust.

"Li Gan, where are you?"

Cao Cao was also a little suspicious, and without waiting for Li Gan to answer, Li Cheng next to him got up and said: "My father and son fought the pottery thief for the lord's blood, and my second brother was captured by the pottery thief, why does the lord wonder about my father and son?" ”

After Li Cheng finished speaking, Cao Cao's suspicions gradually disappeared, but perhaps for other things, Cao Cao's face became much softer after just thinking about it a little. Jumping off the horse, Cao Cao stepped forward to help the two of them up, and Cao Cao took out his waist knife and cut the ropes of the two.

Patting Li Gan, Cao Cao asked, "Do you have anything else to say if the pottery thief lets you come back?" ”

Li Gan hurriedly took out a folded piece of paper from his body and handed it to Cao Cao, and after Cao Cao received the paper, Li Gan said again: "Master Tao asked the lord to go to Yishui for a while." ”

As soon as he heard Li Gan call Tao Ying Tao Gongzi, Cao Cao's face changed, but he forcibly opened the paper, which read: "Cao, I captured three of your generals today, and I will keep one for later use, but these two people would rather die than surrender, and they should be true righteous people!" Cao dang reuse! ”

Cao Cao saw the creaking sound of his teeth, reached out and pulled out the knife and cut Li Gan with a knife, Li Cheng saw this and hurriedly pulled out his waist knife, but next to Xiahou Dun shot an arrow, an arrow pierced Li Quan's throat, and with a pop, Li Cheng also fell to the ground.

After choosing a place to set up camp, it was almost noon. The soldiers were hungry when they looked at the smoke rising in the distance, but Cao Cao's food was running out, he could have eaten two meals a day, but now he could only eat one meal a day, and the soldiers were reluctant to move anymore with knives and guns.

After the encampment was completed, Cao Cao left Cao Ren to guard the camp, and led his troops to meet Tao Ying next to Yishui with the support of the generals. This gentleman Cao Cao didn't want to mention it, but he defeated Cao Chun and captured him, and then defeated Li Gan, which is really not to be underestimated.

The two Xiahou brothers and a group of generals surrounded Cao Cao and rushed to Yishui, where nearly 20 large battalions were stationed, and the large battalions were all emitting wisps of green smoke, and the soldiers were cooking happily.

Seeing the arrival of Cao Bing, the scouts hurriedly beat the drum to give the alarm, and with the sound of the drum, soon the drums sounded in all the camps. The drums shook the earth, and groups of soldiers in the distance began to assemble, and after the soldiers were assembled, they formed a phalanx to meet the enemy.

Hearing that Cao Cao was about to see him, Tao Ying hurriedly put on his battle armor and rode a spear to see Cao Cao's honor. The men and horses of both sides rushed to an open space together, Zang Ba had already gathered people from all walks of life, and the 20,000 troops formed more than 20 phalanxes, and Tao Ying's soldiers and horses could not be seen from a distance.