Chapter 14: Cao Cao raises troops
Chen Nuo was sick on the couch because Wen Chou and Dian Wei were sick one after another, so he went to see Wen Chou first, and when he came out of Wen Chou's side, he wanted to see Dian Wei again. It's just that before he entered Dian Wei's bedroom, he heard the sound of Zhu Rong Qingyi in the room, so he left his steps, glanced out the window, and then retreated. When he came back, he met Zhao Xue, chatted with Zhao Xue for a while, and went straight back to the mansion.
Only he didn't stay in the house for long, and he still thought about the recent situation in Xuzhou and didn't know what was going on, so he didn't want to have a tanma from Kaiyang, Xuzhou, and reported the latest news of Xuzhou to Chen Nuoyu.
It turned out that Gao Shun was ordered by Chen Nuo to help Zang Ba Yu Kaiyang when he was in danger, and when Kaiyang was saved, he was supposed to come back, but because of the turmoil in Kaiyang City again, Chen Nuo had to keep him behind, and at the same time, he also transferred Chen Rong over. With the help of the two of them to Zang Ba, there will not be too much mistake if they want to come to Kaiyang, but soon after, they were as cunning as Tao Qian, not only were they not provoked by Que Xuan, but soon after returning to the army, they immediately formed an alliance with Que Xuan, and the two families raised troops and horses together, and surrounded Zang Ba in Kaiyang again.
After that, when Zang Ba didn't know what to do because he was worried about the future of Kaiyang, fortunately Gao Shun came up with a plan to sow discord, so that Zang Ba wrote a few words to Que Xuan, thinking that even if he couldn't make Que Xuan retire, he would be ashamed of him, so as to make further arrangements. After that, Chen Rong desperately went out of the city to deliver the letter and shot the letter into Que Xuan's army. Originally, it would have been difficult to teach the other party to waver in his mind with a letter in ordinary circumstances, but this matter was turned around by a small accident, and it was done all at once.
At the beginning of Tao Qian and Que Xuan's army, they originally promised Que Xuan to give Que Xuan corresponding benefits. But Tao Qian's old fox was too cunning, thinking that as long as he pinched the root of Que Xuan's grain and grass and did not replenish the grain and grass for Que Xuan in time, Que Xuan should be at his mercy and did not dare to say a word. However, how could he have known that when he did this, he would anger Que Xuan. In addition, Que Xuan originally felt that he was ashamed of his old friend Zang Ba in the matter of raising troops, so he weighed the two sides, and finally simply patted his ass and left, preparing to return to Peiguo first, and beat Peiguo down, so as to connect with the Xiapi forces.
It's just that he really left, but in the end he changed his goal.
Tao Qian was really unhappy because of Que Xuan's sudden farewell, and wanted to raise troops to attack Que Xuan's back, so he used this account. However, his anger was immediately persuaded by Liu Bei. Liu Bei has a far-reaching vision than him. So, Liu Bei persuaded Tao Qian that since the matter had come to this, he could only plan it. Talk to Tao Qian at the moment, and let Tao Qian trick Que Xuan into attacking Rencheng, so that the disadvantage will be turned into an advantage. At that time, no matter whether Que Xuan can defeat Rencheng or not, it will be beneficial to Tao Qianbai anyway.
If Que Xuan was lucky enough to succeed and occupy Rencheng and other places, it would be a gateway to the west, which could be used to resist Cao Cao's troops; Even if it fails, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to let Que Xuan and Cao Cao fight to the death, he can pick up ready-made cheap, this is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. Tao Qian was so full of calculations, and in order to win Que Xuan's trust, he deliberately listened to Liu Bei's opinion, endured the pain, and gave Que Xuan all the grain, grass, clothes, and armor promised to Que Xuan.
And Que Xuan, who was picked up by Guan Yu, and listened to his counter-persuasion, was immediately blinded by him, and said in his heart that Tao Qian gave him food and grass to help him succeed, and he was secretly happy in his heart. Que Xuan's side, sent Guan Yu away, without saying a word, immediately turned around, hugged thousands of troops, and rushed to Rencheng one by one. Not to mention, at the beginning, Que Xuan was quite smooth, capturing several cities along the way, and the soldiers pointed directly at the city of Rencheng, and there was no one who could stop it.
Originally, this city was Yanzhou's territory, and Cao Cao, as the pastor of Yanzhou, had the power to manage the military and political affairs of Yanzhou, where did Que Xuanhu come? Just when Que Xuanbing invaded Yanzhou, Cao Cao had already heard the news. If Cao Cao's temper was to dare to commit an offense, he would definitely break it into pieces. However, Cao Cao was also quite helpless at that time, and he couldn't spare his hand to deal with Que Xuan for a while. Although it is said that before this, Cao Cao invaded Yanzhou because of a million yellow turbans and killed Liu Dai, and the people of the state welcomed him as the pastor of Yanzhou, and he also took the opportunity to seize the power of Yanzhou, and informed his big brother Yuan Shao of the matter at the time. However, he broke the yellow scarf after that, and packed the yellow scarf for the Qingzhou soldiers, first, it took time; Second, he has just taken over Yanzhou, and many state affairs need time to be processed; Thirdly, because it is winter, it is inconvenient to raise troops, and it is difficult to raise funds for a while. There are these three reasons, so although Cao Cao got the news that Que Xuan raised troops against the 'Son of Heaven', he was helpless for a while, and he could only temporarily go by Que Xuan. However, Rencheng is an important city in Yanzhou, and he can't afford not to defend it, so he dispatched troops and horses on the one hand, and urgently sent the general Xiahoudun as the commander on the other hand, so that he could deter Rencheng.
However, Que Xuan came all the way, and the surrounding officials thought that they could not protect themselves because Cao Cao could not act in time. Que Xuan also didn't take Yanzhou characters in his eyes because of this, thinking that Guan Yu had said that Rencheng had food before leaving, he was also impatient, and he didn't have time to sort out the soldiers and horses in the rear, and directly killed Rencheng. Poor Ren Cheng was too late to prepare, because of the news that Que Xuan was so powerful, he left without a fight. In this way, before Xiahoudun arrived, Rencheng had been captured by Que Xuan. And Xiahoudun has not many soldiers and horses in his hands, and his responsibility is to prepare the military affairs of Rencheng to deter Rencheng. Now that Ren Cheng has been lost to the thief, he has no choice here, so he went back to Cao Cao directly.
Que Xuan took office in the city and reported to Tao Qian, and Tao Qian was also dumbfounded. In fact, Tao Qian had already contracted the wind chill on the road because of the winter troops, and when Que Xuan attacked Rencheng, he had been sick on the bed, and he did not launch a hasty attack on Kaiyang. dragged it down like this, Tao Qian thought that it would take some time to raise it, and the wind and cold would gradually get better, but he didn't expect it to get heavier and heavier. Because of the cold weather and Tao Qian's serious illness, Tao Qian was persuaded to withdraw from the army and fight again next year, but Tao Qian was unwilling, so he did not listen. It's just that Tao Qian, who was sick on the couch, didn't expect it, he thought that he would send Que Xuan to Rencheng and let him die, but now it's good, when he heard the news of Que Xuan's success, in addition to being shocked, he also had another plan.
Speaking of which, although Tao Qian is a pastor of Xuzhou, he is not satisfied with a Xuzhou, and he has always coveted the land of Yanzhou. It's just that he has the heart, but he doesn't have this opportunity. Before that, he heard about the death of Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and thought that the opportunity had come, but he took the opportunity to meddle in Yanzhou, but he didn't want to enter Qingzhou because of Yuan Tan. And after that, because of the Zang Ba incident, he was forced to return to Xuzhou, and naturally there was no chance to meddle in Yanzhou. Later, I heard that Cao Cao led Yanzhou Mu, which was itchy with hateful teeth, but he was helpless. What's more, after this, he Cao Cao broke through a million yellow scarves again, and his momentum was great, and after he heard about it, his courage suddenly became smaller, and he didn't dare to think about Yanzhou even more.
He originally thought that a figure as good as Cao Cao could easily pack up a million yellow scarves, but it would be difficult to deal with, and for the good opportunity he missed before, he could only sigh for a long time, helpless, and no longer dare to count on Yanzhou. However, when he heard that Que Xuan was able to penetrate into the hinterland of Yanzhou with thousands of people, his thinking suddenly became lively. Could it be that Cao Cao is just in vain? Could it be that the million yellow scarves were surrendered by Cao Cao just because of a moment of luck? Thinking of this, his heart began to have nowhere to rest. If before this, he deceived Que Xuan to go to Rencheng, just to let him be a gatekeeper, and now, because of Que Xuan's power, his ambitions have also begun to move.
Since Que Xuan's thousands of men and horses can attack Rencheng, what will be the situation if he sends troops? Of course, he also knew that he Kaiyang still had a thorn in his side, Zang Ba, who had not been eliminated, and it was really unwise to rashly meddle in Yanzhou at this time. But he never gave up this piece of fat, and in the end he had no choice but to send a team of soldiers and horses out, so that this team of people and horses would be under the banner of helping Que Xuan, but in fact, he was sharing the cup of Yanzhou, and he didn't want Que Xuan to sit alone.
Of course, he had not yet finished the affairs of Xuzhou, and at this time he rashly sent people to 'help' Yu Que Xuan, and most of the people in the group disagreed, and they persuaded Tao Qian not to do this, and even Liu Bei disagreed. But at this time, once Tao Qian saw that Yanzhou had an opportunity, where was he willing to let go easily, regardless of the opposition of the group at the moment, let Cao Bao lead a force of 5,000 people to help Que Xuan. Cao Bao couldn't get used to Liu Bei, he saw that Liu Bei didn't agree, so he deliberately supported Tao Qian, and now Tao Qian sent him, of course he was happy.
After that, Cao Bao led the men and horses to Rencheng and joined Que Xuan. Que Xuan didn't want Tao Qian to interfere in Yanzhou, but at this time, he was helpless by his rogue behavior, so he was stationed outside the city. And after that, Cao Cao occupied Rencheng because of Que Xuan, and heard that Tao Qian also intervened in this matter, no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help it. He can ignore Yu Que Xuan, but he can't ignore Tao Qian. Que Xuan is just a rogue emperor, he is not afraid, he can slowly free up his hands to deal with him, but Tao Qian can't, since Tao Qian is a pastor in Xuzhou, how can he meddle in his Yanzhou affairs? When the people under the tent heard this, they were all saddened and asked to lead troops to restore the city.
Cao Cao had already freed his hands at that time, and the reason why he didn't make a move for the time being was only because of the lack of morale, thinking that it was cold because of the cold, he was afraid that it would be difficult to mobilize the army. When I saw that the emotions of the generals were mobilized, I was also happy at the moment. Here, he also immediately prepared soldiers and horses, starting more than 30,000 troops from Dongjun, all the way to the city, vowing to punish the 'Son of Heaven', killing Tao Qian, who was abusive, and the momentum was quite immense.