Chapter 127: Cao Cao's soldiers invade Xuzhou

This Jizhou mourning, Gunzhou is a great joy, first Cao Cao received Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu three, and then there is a general to lead hundreds of soldiers to take refuge in Cao Cao, since Yun is Taishan Juping people, surnamed in the name ban, the words are written, the bow and horse are skilled, the martial arts are outstanding, Cao Cao is very happy, ordered to be a lieutenant colonel, in charge of soldiers and horses.

So far, Cao Cao has advisers, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew, Cheng Yu; Wu Youmeng generals, Dian Wei, Yu Ban, Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren Cao Hong, Li Dian Lejin, Weizhen Shandong, and Cao Cao also relied on his own strength, so he wanted to take his old father Cao Song to Gunzhou to live in his old age, so he sent a young general to Langya to take his father Cao Song.

It is said that this Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang and ran to Chenliu County, which was occupied by Cao Cao's clan, and later Cao Cao raised troops against Dong Zhuo, this Cao Cao's father was afraid of causing trouble, so he lived in seclusion to the land of Langya, and received a letter from his son Cao Cao that day, so he packed up the family, with gold and silver, a total of more than 40 people, and four or five carriages rushed to Gunzhou.

Cao Song and his entourage, only Cao Cao personally sent dozens of small soldiers to pick up back to Gunzhou, when passing through Xuzhou, this Xuzhou Taishou Tao Qian saw that Cao Cao was powerful, so he had the heart to curry favor, personally met Cao Song, and stayed in the house to feast and drink for one night, before sending Cao Song out of Xuzhou.

There are a lot of bandits and bandits in Xuzhou, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban have just been exterminated, Tao Qian is afraid that Cao Cao's father will lose in Xuzhou, so he sent his subordinate Captain Zhang Wen, leading 500 soldiers, to personally escort Cao Song out of Xuzhou. ”。

Cao Song was also old, dazzled and deaf, and said after a long time, "Okay, good, thank you Lord Tao Qian for your hospitality!" ”。

When Tao Qian heard this, he was relieved, so he asked Zhang Wen to send a letter.

It is said that this Cao Song and his party, the road Huayin boundary, suddenly heavy rain fell from the sky, everyone just waited to find a place to shelter from the rain, just someone found that there was an ancient temple nearby, this Cao Song and a group of people drilled over, the temple to there are a few thin monks, received everyone, this Cao Song saw the ancient temple dilapidated, the monk was bitter, so he had the heart to help, ordered someone to take out a few pieces of gold, to give the host of the ancient temple, and counted as a heart.

The monks in the temple saw that these people were so generous, and they didn't dare to slack off at the moment, but the scene of Cao Song sending money to the host of the temple was seen by Zhang Wen on the side.

Zhang Wen was born in the Yellow Turban, and later took refuge in Tao Qian's men, and this Tao Qian has no generals to rely on, so Zhang Wen is quite reused, and Zhang Wen is a person, born in the market, defected to Tao Qian to be able to save a life, but there is no oil and water, and the life is not salty or light, and this time I saw that Cao Song brought a lot of gold and silver, so he had bad intentions, and discussed with his lieutenant general, "You and I defect to Tao Qian, there is no benefit, but now Cao Song has countless gold and silver, it is not difficult to get rich, Only wait until the third watch in the middle of the night, everyone went in, cut Cao Song, took the property, and went to the mountains to fall into the grass together, but they were also at ease, why bother to be angry under Tao Qian's hands? ”。

Zhang Wen and the deputy general and the sergeants hit it off, the night wind and rain did not stop, Cao Song was sitting in a meditation room, suddenly heard the four walls shouting loudly, when Cao Cao appointed the general noticed that something was wrong, he pulled out his sword out of the Lang to watch, but was hacked to death by everyone, Cao Song saw that the matter was critical, so he got up and wanted to run, but the chasing soldiers had arrived, Cao Song could not, so he had to hide in the toilet, but was rushed in by the sergeant Zhang Wen, hacked to death with a knife, at that time hundreds of people divided Cao Song's property, beheaded the living mouth, one did not stay, the most after Zhang Wen set fire to the temple, led 500 people to flee to Huainan, but he ran fast, but he caused a lot of trouble for Tao Qian, the Taishou of Xuzhou, because Huayin was still in Xuzhou, and this basin was tied to Tao Qian's head alive.

Zhang Wen didn't kill people yet, but a small soldier sent by Cao Cao ran away, and then immediately ran back to Gunzhou to report the matter to Cao Cao, Lao Tzu was killed, and the whole family was destroyed.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "Tao Qian killed my father with his army, this hatred is not shared, I should lead the army and level Xuzhou, so as to solve this hatred!" Then Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were left to lead 30,000 troops, staying in Juancheng, Fan County, and Dong'e County, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all killed and went to Xuzhou.

Xiahoudun, Yu Ban and the two were the vanguard of the army, and they attacked Xuzhou at a gallop, and Cao Cao had an order, "But if you get the city, you will slaughter all the people in the city, and you will take revenge on your father!" ”。

At that time, Jiujiang was too guarded by the border, and Xuzhou Tao Qian befriended, heard that Xuzhou was in trouble, so he personally led five thousand troops to rescue, Cao Cao heard about this, furious, and let Xiahoudun intercept on the road, while letting the enemy not Xiahoudun, he wanted to lead the troops back to Jiujiang, no longer to care about Xuzhou affairs, and at that time there was a person around him who objected, it was Chen Gong!

But it is said that since this Chen Gong left Cao Cao, he took refuge in Jiujiang Taishou Bian Rang, and engaged in it under his hands, but here let his people have no ability, nor any ambition, Chen Gong's belly full of economic Lun can not be displayed, this time Xuzhou is in trouble, Chen Gong said Bian Rang, "The adult is friendly with Tao Qian, and he should help!" This side let him follow, but when he met a Xiahoudun on the way, this guy retreated, and Chen Gong repeatedly persuaded him, and Bian Rang insisted on returning to the place of Jiujiang, and said bluntly, "Cao Cao is powerful, and he can't be an enemy!" ”。

Chen Gong Nian was cowardly, "Although Cao Cao is powerful, he may not be invincible, you are as timid as a mouse, and you are unbearable!" Then he angrily left Bian Rang.

In fact, the reason why Chen Gong tried his best to prevent Cao Cao's soldiers from committing Xuzhou was not because he abandoned Cao Cao before, nor because of Cao Cao's treacherous face, but because he was really worried about the people of Xuzhou, because Cao Cao threatened to slaughter all the people of Xuzhou, and although Chen Gong was not a kind person, he knew that Cao Cao at this time was perverse, so he must stop it.

Chen Gong left the border, so he rushed to Cao Cao's camp and asked to see Cao Cao, and Cao Cao knew that Chen Gong at this time must have come to be a lobbyist for Tao Qian, so he wanted to refuse, but he thought about it left and right, after all, there was a friendship between master and servant before, and he couldn't wipe off his face, so he had to ask to meet in the account.

Chen Gong got straight to the point, "I heard that Cao Gong raised troops to Xuzhou to avenge his father's revenge, and everywhere he went, he wanted to kill all the people, so he came, as far as I know, this Tao Qian is a humble gentleman, not a person who forgets his righteousness, and his father was killed, but Zhang Wen did it, not Tao Qian's sin, nor the sin of the people of Xuzhou, why bother?" ”。

Cao Cao was furious, "Your Chen Gong abandoned me in the past, what face do you have to see me again today, Tao Qian killed my whole family, I Cao Cao swore to take out the courage to remove my heart, before I can relieve my hatred, although you Chen Gong is Tao Qian's lobbyist, but if I don't listen to you, what else can you do?" ”。

When Chen Gong heard this, he knew that it was hopeless to persuade Cao Cao, bid farewell to the barracks, and sighed, "I can't save the people of Xuzhou!" ", then galloped to the Bohai Sea to guard Zhang Miao.

At that time, Xun You was in Cao Cao's army, and when he saw Chen Gong say goodbye, he walked out, and this Xun You also knew that Cao Cao could not be advised at this moment, so he simply did not mention the matter of dismissing the army, but said, "In my opinion, this Chen Palace is also extraordinary, since it is not used by the lord, why bother to keep it?" ”。

Cao Cao sighed and said, "This person saved my life in the past, I can't bear to kill him, let him go!" ”。

But said that Tao Qian was in Xuzhou, and heard that Cao Cao's soldiers were coming, and everywhere he went, he killed countless people, Tao Qian said angrily, "I, Tao Qian, are guilty, but the people of Xuzhou have suffered this catastrophe, and my heart hurts!" As the so-called thankless hard work, this Tao Qian originally intended to tie Cao Cao, but he didn't want to cause a catastrophe, this time Cao Cao came to attack, but he was helpless, and urgently summoned the officials to discuss and deal with it.

Cao Bao, who was the lieutenant of Xuzhou at the time, said, "Since Cao Cao is coming, how can he be arrested, and he is willing to help Jun break Cao."

At that time, Tao Qian led the soldiers and saw Cao Cao's army and horse array from a distance, neatly aligned, covering the places outside the city, and where the Chinese army was, a white flag was erected, with the big words "revenge".

Seeing Tao Qian go out of the city, Cao Cao, surrounded by a group of soldiers and horses, walked out of the formation, dressed in a vegetarian shirt, pointed at Tao Qian and scolded, and Tao Qian also went out of the battle, owed a salute, and argued, "I wanted to marry Cao Gong, so I sent Zhang Wen to escort my father Cao Song, I don't want this person to change his thief's heart, so it is really not Tao Qian's reason, I hope Cao Gong will see it!" ”。

Cao Cao scolded on the horse, "Old horseman, dare to kill my father but dare not admit it, but he is talking nonsense here, who can capture this person alive?" ”。

On the side of Xiahoudun came out, Tao Qian saw that the other party was chasing, so he walked into the formation, Cao Leopard on the side of the spear prancing horse, facing Xiahoudun, the two horses intersected, the weapons were connected, the fight was not a few rounds, this Cao Leopard leaked timidity, could not parry, and Xiahou was about to kill Cao Leopard, at this time, suddenly the wind was fierce, flying sand and stones, it was a common storm in Xuzhou, at the moment the two armies were chaotic, Cao Leopard saw the opportunity, he turned the horse back to the city, and Tao Qian did not dare to fight again, collected troops back to the city.

The land of Xuzhou is dry and irritable, it is late autumn, it is the time when the autumn wind is cold, and the storm that suddenly appeared just now is like this, it often blows and often stops, and the local people are not impressed.

Cao Cao saw the strangeness of this wind, so he asked others, and was relieved to learn that no one was doing it, and Xiahoudun returned to Cao Cao's side and said, "Next time, I will kill that Cao Leopard and Tao Qian to relieve the hatred of the lord!" ”。

Cao Cao also collected troops, but did not mention this matter, but said that in Jizhou City at this time, Gao Fei was in the study, and asked Guo Jia, "Cao Cao's soldiers committed Xuzhou, what should I do in Jizhou?" ”。

"I'm afraid that Cao Cao will not be able to attack Xuzhou for a while and a half, and this matter will change, in my opinion, this Cao Cao sent all the main forces to the Xuzhou border, and the base camp of Gunzhou has very few soldiers and horses, this is the emptiness of the rear, and there will be chaos!"

Gao Fei smiled, "Could it be that Mr. means to use the soldiers and horses of Jizhou to sneak attack Gunzhou?" ”。

Guo Jia also said with a smile, "No, Gunzhou is far away from Jizhou, even if the lord can capture Gunzhou, what to do, if you stay, it will be a chicken rib, and it will be difficult to take care of the first place in Jizhou, and it will be a pity to abandon it, so the problem of Gunzhou is not Jizhou!" ”。

"What does that mean, sir?"

Guo Jia coughed lightly and said, "Let's wait and see, there will be chaos in Gunzhou, and it is best for the lord to watch from the wall!" ”。