Cao Pi's position in the marching army was not backward or forward, but a little ahead of the middle. In front www.biquge.info of him, there were a thousand tigers and leopards under the command of Cao Chun. There are also two thousand tiger guard battalions commanded by Xu Chu. Originally, Cao Jun's Tiger Guard Battalion was only 1,000 people, but after last year's fierce battle with Yuan Shu, Zhang Xiu, and Liu Biao, Cao Cao's prestige was great, and many powerful local wealthy families in Yuzhou and Yanzhou came to take refuge.

This refuge is not just a light person, some people also brought money and food, for example, Xu Chu brought a strong man in the clan and a lot of money and food, so the Tiger Guard Battalion proudly expanded the 2,000 people. Now the Tiger Guard Battalion is led by Xu Chu.

Cao Pi's position is behind these two elite troops, and behind Cao Pi, there are 30,000 sergeants composed of Qingzhou soldiers, and behind the sergeants is the mighty team of people.

This Qingzhou soldier can be said to be the key to Cao Cao's fortune. A few years ago, in the third year of the first peace, that is, in 192 AD. At that time, Cao Cao had just been frustrated by the crusade against Dong Zhuo with the princes of the world, and settled in the East County of Yanzhou, serving as the Taishou of the East County.

At that time, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou gathered, and their power was prosperous, and they attacked the counties and counties, but the Taishou of Qingzhou asked Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan and others in the north for help, and several officials and troops worked together to defeat the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. The defeated stragglers poured into Yanzhou, on the border with Qingzhou, in waves. Gathering again in Yanzhou, Qingzhou is at the junction of Hebei, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, who were quite powerful there at that time, were afraid that the thief army would enter Hebei, so they naturally would not sit idly by, but when the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves ran to Yanzhou in Henan, it was naturally none of their business. Therefore, Yanzhou can only face the resurgence of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army alone.

This time, Yanzhou can't bear it. The supreme commander of Yanzhou, Liu Dai, the state assassin, was killed directly when he was fighting with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and for a time Yanzhou suddenly became a borderless land, and the wealthy clans around the country were too guarded and everyone was in danger, at this time someone said: "Wasn't the thief army defeated in Qingzhou by Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Baigui and other Taishou in Qingzhou?" Dongjun Taishou Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu are equally famous, and it was Cao Mengde who sent Dong Weiwen back then, and we should welcome him as the history of Yanzhou's assassination. Under his leadership, the thief army will be defeated. ”

This is the benefit of fame, when Dong Zhuo was in power, Cao Cao asked Dong Zhuo to let everyone in the world know his name, which caused a huge fight against Dong Lianjun. Later, although he did not do his best, but in the midst of danger, the first thing that others remembered was this world-famous Cao Mengde.

Invited by Yanzhou officials and wealthy families, Cao Cao took the lead, with thousands of soldiers and Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army day and night fierce battle, although the number of his army is much smaller than that of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, but its team is a habitual warrior who has fought with Dong Zhuoxi Liang, plus his subordinates Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian and other generals are not fuel-efficient lamps, tactical literacy is higher than the thief army, and with the help of other Taishou Hao clans in Yanzhou, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was finally defeated by Cao Cao and surrendered.

Cao Cao was not polite, and all laughed at this group of thieves, in fact, in addition to tens of thousands of middle-aged men, there were more women and children in this group of thieves, these women and children were either the rebels who began to rebel with their husbands and fathers, or the people who were later taken captive, in short, this group of Qingzhou soldiers was more than 100,000 homeless people who dragged their families with their mouths. Cao Cao selected the middle-aged men and formed a new army of 30,000 people, which everyone called the Qingzhou Army, while the others were placed in various cities in Yanzhou, enriching the household and persuading farmers to teach mulberry.

Today's Xu Du can have such a scale, Juntun and Mintun can become the foundation of Cao's army, all because Cao Cao has incorporated more than 100,000 people, and later history books write that Cao Cao surrendered more than 300,000 soldiers after a battle with Qingzhou thieves, and more than 100,000 men and women, which is an exaggeration, if this is the case, not to mention that Cao Cao can't afford to raise it, and the entire Yanzhou may not be able to afford it, not to mention that if it really drops more than 300,000 soldiers, why did Cao Cao get that little force during the battle of Guandu?

But in any case, it is an unchanging fact that the Qingzhou Army is the foundation of Cao's future strength.

Now walking behind Cao Pi's Qingzhou army is no longer the group of Qingzhou soldiers six years ago, the first year of Xingping, that is, in 194 AD, Yanzhou to Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao led by the local wealthy clan saw that the crisis had passed, began to disobey Cao Cao, an outsider.

Lu Bu, who happened to be driven out of Chang'an by Li Dao Guo Yan, wandered here again, so he came up with a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and took advantage of Cao Cao's crusade against Xuzhou Mu Taoqian because of the revenge of killing his father, and introduced Lu Bu into Yanzhou, in an attempt to break Cao Cao's foundation, but Cao Jun's grain was heavily occupied by Cheng Yu. Xun Yu and Xiahoudun held on until Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, causing the later Yanzhou Civil War. This battle is a year, Lu Bu himself is unparalleled, and his sergeants are the elite troops of Bingzhou Assassin Shi Dingyuan, and when he fights with such an army, there are most of the wealthy clans in Yanzhou next to him, so he naturally suffers heavy losses. Half of the Qingzhou Army was defeated in this year.

But it is precisely because of this that the surviving Qingzhou army is the elite of the elite, in the belly and back of the enemy, the military soul of the Qingzhou army came out, and those who were placed in various parts of Yanzhou not only resented their fathers, husbands, and sons for following Cao Cao to die, but instead sent the children raised into the army again, and worked hard for Cao Cao, who gave himself a place to live.

In addition, the Yanzhou Hao clan and Lü Bu were finally defeated by Cao Cao, and the Son of Heaven named Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou. The prestige rose again, and with the support of the four major families of Yingchuan in Yuzhou, plus the Cao family and the Xiahou family were both big families in Yuzhou, they controlled the boundary of Yuzhou without much effort. In a short period of time, many sergeants were recruited, and Cao Cao mixed them with the Qingzhou army, achieving the current 30,000 Cao army.

The 30,000 Cao troops were divided into several divisions, with varying numbers, led by Cao Ren, Le Jin, Yu Ban, and Shi Lian respectively. Cao Cao walked in front surrounded by the Tiger Guard Battalion, and Cao Pi was accompanied by two main generals, Le Jin and Cao Ren, and the protection work could be said to be very good.

Joining the expedition again, Le Jin and Cao Ren's attitudes towards Cao Pi have changed, because of Cao Ang's death, Cao Pi's identity has changed subtly, and Cao Pi's chess skills have spread all over Xu Du, in the hearts of the two, more or less feel that this 11-year-old Sikong Gongzi will not be idle in the future.

In the middle of the conversation, the two of them were a little more polite to Cao Pi. As Cao Cao's oldest son now, he is not familiar with the affairs of generals, and he is not suitable for the hardships of marching, so he will definitely not be able to pick up the big beam in the future, so he has been carefully observing the law of Cao's army marching and camping all the way, and at the same time asked Cao Ren for some knowledge of the art of war.