VIII. The Battle for Yanzhou

At this time, Cao Cao opened his mouth and asked: "The situation in Yanzhou is like this, what do you think?" ”

Cao Ang spoke first: "Now that Lu Bu and Zhang Miao only occupy Chenliu and Dongjun, our army has Dongping and Jibei, and although the other Taishou support Zhang Miao, they do not dare to send troops to help, we should take a short rest, immediately drive to Fancheng, and make a decision after grasping the overall situation." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½β€

All the generals claimed that it was, and Cao Ren also said: "Our army has been traveling for more than a month, and the people are sleepy and lacking, even if we reach the front line, we can't fight immediately, and the situation in Juancheng is unknown, so we should reorganize the army again." ”

Cao Cao nodded and asked at Xi Zhicai, "What do you think, sir?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "The eldest prince and General Cao are reasonable, and in addition, they should send people to send a message to the three counties of Qingzhou, and station troops at the junction of Qingzhou and Xuzhou to deter Tao Qian and Liu Bei, and they can't let them move the mind of attacking back and forth." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "After a day of rest, the army will be mobilized, Zilian, and send a document to Lejin, so that he can raise the elite soldiers of the two counties at the junction of Qingxu and Xu to deter Tao Qian's old thief." ”

Cao Hong responded: "No." "This is the end of the military conference.

After leaving the county government, Cao Cao put Cao Zhang on the ground and let him walk on his own, while Cao Ang followed Cao Cao, Cao Cao suddenly smiled and said, "Do you wonder why your father took your third brother to discuss matters?" ”

Cao Ang nodded and said, "The third brother is only five years old, and he doesn't know the world. ”

Cao Cao smiled and said: "When the class teacher returned to Yanzhou, his father was extremely worried, suffering from gains and losses, your third brother asked his father, didn't he already let your uncle Yuan Rang go to garrison Dongjun?" How can it be so easy to fall short? Xiao'er's unintentional words reminded his father of Yanzhou and Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and Yuan Rang, so he was relieved for his father, and sure enough, these three people kept the two counties so that my Cao family still had a foothold, a five-year-old child, who could say this, seemed to have the guidance of the gods, so he took your third brother to participate in the deliberations to see if your third brother would reflect. ”

Cao Zhang sighed in his heart when he heard this, how can I react? If it weren't for what Cheng Yu said, I wouldn't even know why Zhang Miao rebelled, Cao Ang smiled at this time: "I see, I think it's just the third brother's unintentional words." ”

Cao Cao also smiled: "It is indeed because my father is suspicious." ”

The father and son walked to Cao Jun's station, and it was just dawn at this time.

A day later, Cao Cao led the army all the way to Fancheng in Dongping County, but Bian, Mrs. Ding, Mrs. Huan, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang were all left in Dongping County, because it was a life-and-death battle, so they could not bring their families.

Born in sorrow and died in peace, perhaps because the Cao family foundation is facing an unprecedented crisis, so even Cao Pi, who has always been carefree, has also opened his mind, and actually began to learn to ride a horse, this kid is really good, he looks good after riding for a few days, Cao Zhang also began to read at this time, and Cao Cao and the generals were fighting with Zhang Miao in Dongjun and Lu Bu, this fight is half a year.

All kinds of war reports and family letters flew to Dongping like snowflakes, and the family letters had Cao Cao's, but more of them were Cao Ang's, it turned out that Cao Cao's army arrived in Fancheng before he knew that Xiahoudun had been leading the army and Lu Bu to fight outside Puyang, although it was difficult to win, he was still struggling to support, and then Cao Cao's army arrived, Cao Cao immediately personally led the troops to attack Lu Bu and eliminate a partial division.

This battle completely started the battle for Yanzhou, the two counties have attacked each other in the past six months, even Cao Cao himself has personally gone into battle, it can be seen that the war is fierce, Cao Ang specifically mentioned that once they were under siege, Cao Cao wanted to organize the dead to break through, Dian Wei should be the first to respond, the enemy army approached him five steps and then the halberd came out, Lu Bu's army immediately fell twelve people, and then Dian Wei brandished a double halberd to kill a bloody road, and there was no one under him, Cao Zhang only felt blood boiling in his eyes, thinking that this Dian Wei was really extremely violent.

The family letter also mentioned that although Cao Cao was at a disadvantage in the battle, he still rushed into Puyang once, and Lu Bu launched a fierce street battle, and finally although he was driven out, but in less than half a day Cao Cao led the army to the city, such a high fighting spirit made Lu Bu and Chen Gong so frightened that they did not dare to go out of the city to engage in the battle, at this moment, Cao Zhang realized that his obscene father Cao Cao was such a brave and resourceful hero, no wonder his wives are all beautiful girls, since ancient times beauties love heroes, this is not true at all.

It was so stalemate until September of the same year, it was the harvest season, but the locust plague came suddenly, both sides were suspended because of the problem of grain and grass, Cao Cao knew that he could not take back Puyang and could not take back Dongjun, so he simply retreated back to Juancheng to rest, a month later, Cao Cao sent a letter home, because the locust plague was serious, and the recovery of Yanzhou was far away, and morale was low, at this time Yuan Shao wrote a letter to Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to take refuge in him, at this time Cao Cao was shaken for a while, but the strong and resolute Cheng Yu stood up at this time.

He encouraged Cao Cao and said: "Yuan Shao has the heart to annex the world, but he does not have the ability to annex the world, how can the general be subservient to such figures?" The general has the power of a dragon and a tiger, how can he become a disciple of Han Xin and Peng Yue? Although Yanzhou has fallen, our army still has two counties in Dongping and Jibei, Juancheng is still in control, and there are no less than 10,000 soldiers who can conquer the habitual war. Cao Cao was extremely moved after hearing this, and immediately gave up the idea of taking refuge in Yuan Shao.

In the letter, Cao Cao highly praised Cheng Yu, at the beginning of Zhang Miao's rebellion, if it wasn't for him controlling the two counties and giving Cao Jun a chance to breathe, now Cao Jun has disintegrated, and when Cao Cao wavered, he once again strengthened Cao Cao's confidence, and at this moment, Cheng Yu's status in Cao Cao's mind was already very high.

In this way, LΓΌ Bu and Cao Cao spent the first year of Xingping in a stalemate, that is, in 194 AD, in the last month of this year, Tao Qian died, and Liu Bei picked up a ready-made bargain and easily got Xuzhou.

And this year Cao Zhang spent his fifth birthday, at this time Cao Zhang took the bronze mirror to look at his own appearance when he found that he was no longer the appearance of his previous life, it can be seen that this body is still Cao Zhang's body, and because of this, he developed very fast, Cao Zhang is the most capable of fighting among all Cao Cao's sons, the history books say that he is "less good at shooting, strong and strong, hand and beast, do not avoid danger and obstacles." Count from the conquest, the will is generous. "He is a good man who can fight and is strong in martial arts.

Obviously, the current Cao Zhang has eaten the sweetness of this body, at the age of five, he not only has strong arm strength, he can easily overturn Cao Pi, and he can learn to ride a horse-drawn bow, and he will be fine after a while, this situation makes Cao Zhang feel very happy, he is so powerful at the age of five, and he may be a fierce general like Dian Wei when he becomes an adult.

At this time, the 7-year-old Cao Pi was slowly able to bend the bow and shoot arrows, which is not easy for a child, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang, two brothers in Dongping County to read and write, learn to ride horses and archery, in a blink of an eye to 195 AD, that is, the second year of Xingping, in the beginning of spring, Cao Cao, who was stationed in Juancheng, sent a letter to his family, saying that he wanted to win or lose a battle with Lu Bu, this year, Cao Zhang entered the age of six.