After untying the rope on Wen Chou's body, Tao Ying pointed to the village next to him and said to Wen Chou: "General Wen, do you think I look like that soldier and horse?" I captured you, not to seek a position in the general, just because you stepped into the land of the mound, that is, to invade my Xuzhou territory, as a Xuzhou pastor, how can I sit idly by? ”

Hearing that the young man in front of him was the famous Tao Ying, who invented things indiscriminately, Wen Chou couldn't help but want to scold him in his heart! This goods are clearly loyal to the general Yuan Shao, but behind the scenes, he is against Yuan Shao everywhere! He invented some ghost cannon, so that when the general attacked Gongsun Zhan, he suffered heavy damage. And after breaking Yijing, I found that there was not much money left, and I asked the reason that it was earned by Xuzhou General Commercial Bank!

Moreover, this product is also trading with Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, so that Yuan Shao has not been able to exterminate Zhang Yan so far.

"Since this is the case, then it is up to Taozhou Mu to deal with it alone!"

Tao Ying thought about it, and said at this time that Wen Chou would surrender himself, but Wen Chou was definitely unwilling. So Tao Ying asked Wen Chou to be arrested in Fengqiu City, and then taken care of by Haosheng. After taking Wen Chou away, Tao Ying asked Wen Chou's cavalry to be incorporated again. Cao Cao came over, and Tao Ying hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister Cao, I saved your life today, how can you thank me?" ”

Cao Cao replied to Tao Yingji: "I will definitely thank you for defeating Yuan Shao!" ”

Tao Ying doesn't believe it, Tao Ying's favorite thing to do now is to rob while the fire is hot!

So Tao Ying brought the map and asked Cao Cao to write down the small yellow city and give it to him as a reward for saving him. Cao Cao had no choice but to assign another county to Tao Ying, so that the three cities of Bianjing, Xiaohuang, and Fengqiu became a corner. After getting the city, Tao Ying let Cao Cao go again, and then said to Cao Cao when he left: "Prime Minister Cao, I know that after a long time, you will naturally run out of food and grass." And Xu Du grain and grass can't be raised, when there is no grain and grass, remember to come to Fengqiu to find me, I have hoarded 20,000 people here enough to eat two years of grain, and I will sell it to you at a low price! ”

Cao Cao was even more angry when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do in front of him!

When Cao Cao left, Tao Ying released 200 captured Wen Chou soldiers, and then asked them to go back to Yuan Shao's camp to tell Yuan Shao that General Wen Chou had been beheaded by a red-faced and bearded general. These people have never seen anyone behead Wen Chou, Tao Ying just comforted them like this. So after the cavalry went back, he hurriedly told Yuan Shao.

Hearing that his other general was actually beheaded by a red-faced and bearded man again, Yuan Shao was furious and arrested Liu Bei again! This time Liu Bei quibbled again, Liu Bei promised to go and persuade his second brother to surrender, and then Yuan Shao would be able to get a general who was more powerful than Yan Liangwen and Chou!

In April, Yan Liang was killed, Wen Chou was arrested, and after the loss of the second general, the two sides entered a phase of stalemate. During this period of time, the two sides have won and lost each other, and after entering the stage of stalemate, this time it is difficult for Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao kept transporting grain from everywhere, and the land of Hebei was rich in grain, but what about Cao Cao? After so many battles, the food has long been depleted. Cao Cao wrote several times to ask Xun Yu to raise grain and grass, but Xun Yu was helpless. Where the army is exhausted, the people are already very miserable, where can they still levy grain?

Cao Cao wanted to collect money from the big clans and then go to buy grain, but almost all the money of the rich people in Yanzhou was deposited in the banks of Xuzhou. If you want to withdraw money, you have to go to Xuzhou! It is also stipulated that it must not be received for one year, otherwise it will have to pay a high storage fee.

A Yanzhou that looks strong on the outside, but is already in the middle, makes Cao Cao really feel the huge pressure.

However, it is also no better for Yuan Shao in the north now, because Yuan Shao's internal contradictions are huge. There are many contradictions between the strategists, and the generals cannot cooperate with each other, plus Yuan Shao is also indecisive, and he delays a lot of fighters, so the battle of Guandu also constantly consumes Yuan Shao's strength.

Tao should be stationed in Fengqiu for a period of time, and then returned to Bianjing to station. Although Fengqiu is good, compared to Bianjing, Fengqiu is still much worse. After returning to Bianjing, Tao Ying urged the newly appointed Taishou to go to Xiaohuang to build a new city, so that Xiaohuang could truly become a barrier to Bianjing. And Tao Ying felt that the name Xiao Huang was too ugly, so Tao Ying simply changed his name.

Thinking about it, this city was obtained by saving Cao by himself, so in order to commemorate his exploits and let the people of Yanzhou remember, so Tao Ying Tao Ying simply named him - Save Cao Cheng!

Sending people to take advantage of the chaos in Yanzhou, Tao Ying hurriedly recruited people and then expanded the city wall, and then carried cannons on the city wall as a defense. In this April, another news came from the south, that is, Sun Ce, the Taishou of Danyang, was assassinated and killed by Xu Gongmen. Sun Ce's death was when Danyang was the most vulnerable, and at this time, Yu Ban sent a message from Huainan, saying that he would take the opportunity to attack Sun Ce and recapture the land of Danyang.

Now Tao Ying was awarded the title of Yangzhou pastor by the emperor, and Tao Ying, the land of Yangzhou, is now only Danyang and Luyang have not been recovered. The others have been recovered, Sun Ce died, it was the time when it was unstable, if the opportunity was missed, and when it was stable, it would not be easy to recruit him again!

Yu Ban sent a message that Tao Ying had already known that Sun Ce was going to die, and he didn't dare to attack Xu Gong stationed in Youquan when he occupied Wu County! This Sun Ce didn't listen to his own persuasion, look, let's die!

Yu abstained from attacking Sun Ce, but Tao Ying knew that this was not the time to attack Sun Ce, because if he could not completely defeat Sun Ce, then he would fall into a continuous war, and Xuzhou's economy would be dragged down. When the time comes, others will not use it to attack themselves, and they will be finished.

Therefore, Tao Ying replied to Yu Ban and asked him to guard the city tightly, and he must not move at will!

The time soon came to September, and Cao Cao's grain and grass were no longer enough for a month, so Cao Cao wanted to return to Xudu and then make plans. But Xun You persuaded Cao Cao not to withdraw his troops, if he retreated, it would be chaotic!

In August, Yuan Shao visited Guandu in person. Yuan Shao knew that Cao Cao's soldiers were elite, so he adopted the advice of his advisers and piled up sand and soil as a camp wall. The sand of the mound was ten miles long from east to west, and Cao Cao attacked several times but was repelled by Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao had little food and wanted to fight quickly, but Yuan Shao deliberately dragged him. From February to October, Cao Cao's army had been reduced from 20,000 to 10,000. Moreover, even these 10,000 soldiers and horses are wounded soldiers.

Seeing that Cao Cao returned to the camp to defend, Yuan Shao's subordinates had strategists to offer advice, relying on the advantage of numbers, Yuan Shao's army piled up tall earth mountains to advance, and then used bows and arrows to shoot Cao Cao's soldiers on the mountain. Cao Cao's soldiers could only crawl with their shields, and when Yuan Shao's army saw it, their stomachs hurt when they laughed, and they scolded Cao Cao for crawling like a turtle.

The battle ahead became more and more tense, and Tao Ying, who was a villain, began to let spies spread war reports everywhere in Yanzhou, saying that Cao Cao was short of food in front of him, and he would collect everyone's food and then resist Yuan Shao.

If you want to escape, there is only one way at present, hurry up and go to Xuzhou! Moreover, Tao Ying spread rumors everywhere, saying that if Yuan Shao attacked Yanzhou, he would plunder the property of the big families in Yanzhou to reward the generals. Moreover, the city gates will be opened, and the soldiers will rob for three days at will, and the Yanzhou men will be captured as slaves, and the women will be pulled and sold to the Qinglou!