It is said that Cao Cao was very angry because Tao Qian suddenly intervened in Yanzhou, where he was located, and raised a large army to take Rencheng.

Que Xuan was also shocked when he heard that Cao Cao had raised tens of thousands of horses, and hurriedly invited Cao Bao, the general sent by Tao Qian, into the city to discuss the matter. Cao Bao was also very afraid at this time because of Cao Cao's soldiers, so he deliberately wanted to avoid Que Xuan. Que Xuan asked him to drive his men and horses into the city and resist Cao Cao's army with him, but Cao Bao thought in his heart that it was okay to enter the city, and if there was a mistake, he couldn't run even if he wanted to. At the moment, with Que Xuanxu and the snake, he only said that he would put other horses outside the city, which could be horns for each other, and when Cao Cao attacked him and Rencheng, he attacked Cao Cao since then; And if Cao Cao beats him, Que Xuan can also open the city to answer from the city, so that nothing goes wrong.

Que Xuan was good at calculating, and when he heard his words, he thought that it was no better, so he didn't insist on inviting him into the city. After that, Cao Cao led the army to Rencheng, Que Xuan opened the city in a battle, lost the first battle, and suffered heavy losses, and Cao Bao observed from the side, seeing that Que Xuan's side was unfavorable, and the heart that was about to move immediately stopped. After that, Cao Cao saw that Que Xuan was guarding the city gate without fighting, so he immediately shifted the target to Cao Bao and led his army to attack Cao Bao outside Rencheng at night.

Cao Bao has always been trembling, he couldn't sleep at all in the middle of the night, and he was really startled when he suddenly heard the killing shouts outside the camp. At the moment, he didn't care about the lives of other soldiers, led his henchmen, and secretly fled from the back of the camp. Cao Bao had 5,000 people and horses, but in order to save his life, he took away hundreds of henchmen, and the rest were either killed by Cao Cao's army, or they surrendered to Cao Cao.

In Ren City, the 'Son of Heaven' Que Xuan heard the movement outside the city in the middle of the night, and when he got the news that Cao Bao left without a fight, he was so frightened that his face was completely pale. Originally, at the beginning of his army, although he knew that Yanzhou was Cao Cao's territory, he also knew that Cao Cao was still preparing men and horses in Dongjun at this time, and it was winter, so Cao Cao probably would not send troops to come, so he was lucky. In addition, his road is like a bamboo, and the situation is very good, so he can't help but overestimate his own power, even if Cao Cao comes, he doesn't take it seriously. However, when he was defeated in the first battle outside the city and lost more than a thousand men, his original contempt and arrogance were suddenly reined. It's just that although he failed for a while, he thought that there were still Cao Bao's 5,000 men outside the city, and he felt a little more down-to-earth, and he didn't feel disappointed.

However, when Cao Bao, whom he had high hopes for, was defeated overnight, and he didn't even have time to wait for his reinforcements, he fled directly, and he was also very cold in his heart. At this point, he finally understood that Cao Cao was definitely not easy to provoke, but he stupidly ran to Rencheng to die. Now, even if he wants to take Ren Cheng's money and food and escape, I'm afraid it's too late. Now, it's good to be able to try to save your life.

After Cao Cao defeated Cao Bao and left, Que Xuan did not dare to stay here for a long time, and before Cao Cao prepared the siege equipment to forcibly take Rencheng, he opened the gate of Rencheng in the middle of the night, and ran away without a trace. When Cao Cao found out, he was slightly stunned, and then entered Rencheng and pacified the people. Here, since he proposed to swear to kill the 'Son of Heaven' and punish Tao Qian, there is absolutely no reason to take back what he said. After staying in Rencheng for only one day, he immediately sent troops and horses, served as a city, Linshanyang, passed Yanzhou, and forced Xuzhou directly.

Speaking of which, although he occupies the land of Yanzhou, in fact, with the expansion of ambitions, he has already started the idea of Xuzhou. It's just that he has just recently gained Yanzhou, and many places are in urgent need of appeasement, so it is naturally inappropriate to rashly attack Xuzhou. It turned out that in his plan, he was going to rest for a year or two and then attack Xuzhou with thick troops. It's just that now it seems that the opportunity has found him, if he doesn't send troops to Xuzhou, he always seems to feel sorry for Brother Tao Qian.

As a result, Cao Cao was also very unkind, and with a burst of anger, he pressed Xuzhou to come. Halfway through, his front men caught up with the 'Son of Heaven' Que Xuan, and the two sides fought again. In this battle, Que Xuan once again lost more than 2,000 troops and horses, and he himself escaped with only the remaining thousands of soldiers. Que Xuan had just experienced a big defeat, and he was very discouraged, always thinking that Tao Qian would be fully responsible for this matter, if he hadn't sent some birdmen to catch him up, and told him so many bird words, he couldn't have done these things stupidly, now it's good, he hasn't taken the grain and grass, and the people and horses are almost lost, how can he not be angry? He was angry, and he didn't think of going back to Xiapi to prepare people at this time, but went directly to Kaiyang, ready to find Tao Qian to theorize about the matter.

Poor Tao Qian was originally calculating Yanzhou, and he didn't want to be a non-person because of him, and he couldn't understand the opportunity, in order to covet some small gains, he rashly sent troops to Rencheng, resulting in this defeat, and he was also remorseful in his heart. Look at Cao Bao coming back with hundreds of remnants, almost cutting them alive. However, considering that Cao Bao was born in a wealthy family, he was only afraid that he would move the foundation of Xuzhou, so he only blamed a few words, and did not blame too much. However, when he heard that Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to send troops to force Xuzhou to come, he was also so frightened that he trembled all over, broke out a burst of sweat, and jumped up from the couch at once. And he found out that because he was frightened by Cao Cao, he scared Shen Keyueyu's wind chill to death.

Because he heard that Cao Cao was coming, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to Zang Ba in the city to discuss peace talks. There were not many people in Zang Ba City who could fight, and if Tao Qian attacked two or three times, he probably wouldn't be able to resist it, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken. It's just that Zang Ba didn't expect that because of Tao Qian's illness, he was trapped in the city for a long time and did not attack, which gave him a chance to breathe; Now because he set himself on fire and provoked Cao Cao, he led the troubled water away and gave Kaiyang City a great opportunity again. Although it is said that if he does not make peace with Tao Qian, before Cao Cao attacks him, he will be able to pick up some bargains if he attacks him. However, Zang Ba knows very well that although this bargain is in front of him, with his current situation, he can't get it at all. What's more, with him, Cao Cao came in anger, Tao Qian was only afraid that he would suffer a big loss, but he didn't have to rush to make a move. So, Zang Ba also drove the donkey downhill and made peace with Tao Qian.

Of course, a rare opportunity, can Zang Bayan not slaughter Tao Qian ruthlessly? Naturally, the conditions put forward are harsh to death, and they want food and armor. Although Tao Qian knew that Zang Ba was taking advantage of the fire to rob, he couldn't help but be satisfied with him one by one and agreed to his various unreasonable demands. After sending Zang Ba and signing the Kaiyang City Alliance under Kaiyang City, Tao Qian immediately withdrew his troops from Kaiyang City, and he didn't dare to delay for a day.

Cao Cao's coming, Pei County, Yuzhou is the first place, Tao Qian understands this very well, so, when Cao Cao's army did not arrive in Pei County, he hurriedly gathered his men and horses in his place, ready to fight Cao Cao to the death. However, Cao Cao did not wait, he waited for Que Xuan's defeated army first. Que Xuan led the men and horses, and when he came to Tao Qian, he didn't give Tao Qian any face, and accused Tao Qian in person that he shouldn't have given him clothes, armor, money and food, and deceived him to attack Rencheng. It's okay if Que Xuan doesn't say it, as soon as Que Xuan points this out, Tao Qian is angry. Thinking that the reason why he was stupid and sent troops to Rencheng was entirely because of the illusion given to him by Que Xuan's victory, so that the situation in Xuzhou had come to this point, he had already scolded Que Xuan many times. If he hadn't seen it at the time of distress, he would have already settled the account with Que Xuan. It's good now, he hasn't said anything yet, but he complains first. Tao Qian was so angry that his lungs exploded, and he scolded Que Xuan, and he showed no mercy.

Que Xuan's temper was also hot, and the two of them almost scolded each other. However, one is the 'Son of Heaven', and the other is an important minister of the court, so what is the scolding like, naturally someone came out and quickly pulled the two of them apart. After that, Que Xuan returned to the tent, unable to relieve his anger, and wanted to leave. But his henchman told him that he was the one who provoked Cao Cao first, and once Tao Qian was broken by Cao Cao, he would be unable to protect sooner or later. What's more, he is no longer what he was now. At the beginning, he had soldiers and horses to compete with Tao Qian, but now, there are only thousands of soldiers and horses, what can he do to fight Tao Qian? Although Que Xuan is a foolish person, he is not vague when he listens to what his confidant and strategist say, and he also knows that this matter is good, if he returns to Xiapi like this now, he will give Cao Cao a chance not to say it, he is also offending Tao Qian, and he is killing himself.

Que Xuan was worried about this, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Thinking of the quarrel with Tao Qian just now, I was afraid that Tao Qian would hate him because of this, so I asked my henchmen if there was a remedy. The confidant strategist gave him an idea, asking him to let go of the respect of the 'Son of Heaven', wronged him, and asked him to go to Tao Qian to make amends. When Que Xuan heard this, he still refused at first, but he couldn't help but think about it carefully, thinking of the power of this, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and personally come to apologize to Tao Qian.

Tao Qian quarreled with Que Xuan for a while, thinking that he had a falling out with Que Xuan at this time, but he was afraid that it would be inappropriate, so he also regretted it. You must know that although Que Xuan didn't have many people in his hands at this time, if he returned to Xiapi in one go, and then gathered Xiapi people, and united with Kaiyang Zangba to make trouble behind him, it would also give him a headache. For this reason, he was also afraid that Que Xuan would not be righteous at this time and leave in a hurry, so he deliberately arranged for someone to monitor Que Xuan's actions.

Fortunately, Que Xuan was not so unrighteous, and at this time he actually came to apologize to him in person, and Tao Qian accepted it when he saw it, and said a few warm words in the two to express reconciliation. Just one day after that, Cao Cao's army appeared more than ten miles away from Pei County, and a great battle was about to break out.