Let's say that Zhang He and others went south from Qingzhou and finally entered the territory of Xuzhou, and the first to enter the territory of Langxie County.

They weren't in a hurry to go south, just because Fang Yun's military order had an extra task, that is, to go to Langxi County to find a Zhuge family, the previous head of the family, Zhuge Jue, had been the governor of Taishan County, and he should have died.

Their main task is to find this family, and then no matter how many clansmen are left in this family, they will be tied up and sent to Jinyang, if they resist and cause their own casualties, they can be killed directly.

Fang Yun was very interested in Zhuge Liang, and even to his brother Zhuge Jin, as well as the clansman Zhuge Dan, one of the three was Wolong, one was a tiger, and Zhuge was the dog who guarded the house.

In addition, Zhuge Liang also has a younger brother Zhuge Jun, who is thinking that he is busy with farming every day to support his brother's study, so he neglects to study.

It's just that during this time period, he may still be able to rescue and rescue, as long as he doesn't leave Langxi's hometown.

At this time, Cao Cao had just launched an attack on Pengcheng County, and the war had not yet spread to Langxi County, so according to Fang Yun's thoughts, it was right that their family still hadn't left.

It's just that no matter how you say that, smart people naturally have foresight. Zhuge Xuan, the current head of the Zhuge family, is also a bit of a brain, knowing that Tao Qian can't stop Cao Cao, and it is not a way to continue to stay in Langxie County. In desperation, in the name of the head of the family, he left his hometown of Langxie with the main clansmen and took refuge in Yangzhou.

When Zhang He and the others discovered the Zhuge family, Zhuge Xuan, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin had already taken the first step. Zhuge Jun went a little late, but was chased by Zhang He and them, and Zhuge Jun, who was only six years old, naturally had no way to resist, was tied up, and sent someone directly to Jinyang. At the same time, there were also the Shu tribesmen of the Zhuge family, including Zhuge Dan.

After doing this, Zhang He and the others went south. But before him. The cavalry troops of the Thousand Trap Camp and Yang Feng had already moved south, and at this moment, they were about to enter Donghai County.

Not long ago, Tao Qian personally led his troops to fight Cao Cao in Pengcheng County. As a result, he was directly beaten by Cao Ren. In desperation, he could only retreat to Tan County, the seat of Xuzhou Prefecture, and at the same time silently prayed, hoping that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.

Yuan Shujun was the most arrogant, went north directly, and occupied most of the land in Xiapi County. Even. They didn't plan to rescue yet, they just wanted to eat Guangling County. Of course, this was what Sun Ce meant, and he wanted to make Guangling and Xiapi counties his base.

It's just that the deputy general Ji Ling is actually the chief general appointed by Yuan Shu, and he is only to spy on Sun Ce in the name of the deputy general. As long as Sun Ce has any abnormal behavior, he will seize military power and then kill Sun Ce.

The army is full of Yuan Valve's old troops, and this army can only be commanded by Yuan Valve. Although Sun Ce had the reputation of being the commander-in-chief, some armies were not able to seize power by virtue of their personal charm or the favor of their soldiers.

Sun Ce was still too tender in the end. At most, a child from a military general family doesn't know what a gate valve is.

"The lord ordered us to come to the rescue of Xuzhou, is it inappropriate for you to so openly seize Xuzhou's territory?" On the way, Ji Ling said so casually, as if he was asking, and he seemed to be talking to himself.

"Xuzhou is Fang Yun's ally, and Fang Yun and Yuan Valve originally did not deal with each other, and it will not be said that the lord will still use troops against Xuzhou in the future. In that case, what does it matter if it's one day earlier or one day late? Sun Ce was also dissatisfied. It's all warlords, what excuse do you need? He didn't believe it, Yuan Shu didn't have any idea about the land of Xuzhou.

"The lord is the eldest son of the fourth and third princes of Yuan Valve, and he is the legal heir of Yuan Valve. What do you think. Will he accept a colleague who rashly attacks the Han without any legitimate reason? If you do this, you will only damage the reputation of the lord, and most importantly, it will cause him to be attacked by other princes! When Ji Ling heard this, he rarely became serious.

Along the way, he barely spoke. It looks like a vase. It can be said that Sun Ce is still very satisfied with his performance, and thinks that he is nothing more than that. But I didn't want to be in this kind of place, and directly refuted him.

"I'm a general, I said yes! I really don't understand, it's rare for Xuzhou to be weak now, but it's the best time to expand its sphere of influence, when will it not attack at this moment? At that time, we only need to leave Donghai County, and even Pengcheng County and Langxie County, to Tao Qian, and help him repel Cao Cao! Sun Ce simply said his excuse.

"I hope you mean what you say!" Ji Ling warned him, and then continued to act as an ornament.

And this conversation faintly made Sun Ce feel that something was wrong, which may be the sixth sense of a martial artist. It's just that since nothing happened, he can't say what's wrong.

On the other hand, Cao Cao is also in trouble at the moment.

He created two new positions, Captain Mojin and General Faqiu Zhonglang, and also got him a lot of military expenses. But sometimes, having money doesn't mean you can buy things, especially when all the forces are hoarding and there is always a shortage of food and grass!

The grass is easy, just cut a handful. But where does the food come from? You must know that in the absence of enough animal or vegetable fat, the consumption of staple food by the soldier is very huge, and a soldier will even consume five to six catties of grain a day.

Cao Cao went out with 30,000 troops, but he did not have enough food.

In the beginning, he made purchases through merchants. But after he slaughtered the people of Xuzhou, many cities did surrender directly, but it also directly made him angry, and the surrounding merchants would rather not make this money than sell grain to him. Especially the Liang merchants, who were mainly from the Mi family in Xuzhou, did not sell him a single grain.

The biggest difference between Cao Cao and Fang Yun is his background.

Fang Yun didn't know that before he knew his background, he was a common man who was bitter, and he could starve to death at any time, so he had to join the Yellow Turban Army sequence.

Cao Cao is a eunuch, and it is obvious that his grandfather Cao Teng, no matter how benevolent he is, cannot get out of the sequence of eunuchs. And this also made him and his father naturally included in the sequence of eunuchs.

After independence, he always wanted to downplay this camp, claiming that he was actually a descendant of the founding father Xiahou Ying. In fact, the Xiahou family is also helping to publicize, but it can't really be recognized by the family, especially when this celebrity openly sneers at him, and even continues to promote Cao Cao to other families as a eunuch and pretend to be a son of a family.

So he finished playing, but in this way, there was a sense of being a thief, which made Cao Cao even more unrecognized by the family. Even his friend, Zhang Miao, who was the Taishou of Jiyin County at the time, had a certain rift with him because of this.

Under such circumstances, if Cao Cao learned from a tyrant like Fang Yun to divide the land, then he naturally did not need to consider the problem of grain and grass. But if you really do that...... Unless he has a golden finger, even if he fuses the martial soul of Yingzheng, it is useless. The family will leave him, and even the courtiers below will be separated from morality, and eventually the whole power will fall apart.

At that time, even if there are Xiahou brothers, what if there is a group of clansmen to help? Could it be that he, Cao Cao, was able to rely on these few people to govern the huge Huaxia? Or do you want to let the recruitment order come out in advance? It's just that if he really stands on the opposite side of the family, I'm afraid that the recruitment order will not be useful!

Therefore, he can attack the people, but he cannot attack the family, unless he has enough reasons. Obviously, he didn't, so even if the family didn't sell him food, he couldn't just do anything to them.

These days, seeing that the military rations are becoming more and more scarce, Cao Cao also knows that he must fight quickly!

He issued an order, and the whole army quickly attacked Donghai County, and the purpose was naturally to govern Tan County in Xuzhou. As long as you lay down here, then Xuzhou will really become a borderless land, and when the time comes, you just need to send people to take over the other counties! And as the new ruler here, those families naturally can't help but sell him a face.

The army began to set off, from Pengcheng County to Donghai County.

At the same time, after Yuan Shujun received the news, Sun Ce had to give up attacking Guangling County and go north to rescue. In fact, he was very unhappy in his heart, this Yuan Shu actually gave up such a good opportunity to expand his territory for the sake of such vanity and face. There's really no future at all with him, you have to find a way!

And Yang Feng and Gao Shun also got the news, accelerated their speed, and arrived in Tancheng next. Knowing that Fang Yun had sent them to the rescue, Tao Qian personally went out of the city to greet the two and extended his highest thanks and greetings.

The two were not hypocritical, thanked Tao Qian, and then began to discuss how to resist Cao Cao. At the same time, they also need to wait for Zhang He, after all, according to the latest information, Cao Cao's Xu Chu, Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan are all innate generals. This kind of existence may not be impossible to restrain the day after tomorrow, but it requires the sacrifice of a large number of soldiers.

The other party has three innate generals, and the two of them can match them. Therefore, it is necessary to wait for the arrival of Zhang He. In fact, they also knew that Zhang He would inevitably arrive here in a day or two at most.

What they need to do is to hold Tancheng within these two days, and then see the situation and cooperate with Zhang Heli and the outside.

However, when they knew that Yuan Shu had actually sent someone to the rescue, they were immediately depressed. I was afraid that I couldn't help but scold secretly: You Tao Qian don't trust others too much, right? Didn't see us, came as soon as I received the order! This is good, Yuan Shujun's intention is unknown, if he really came to the rescue, I am afraid that three-year-old children may not believe it.

Originally, one Cao Cao was troublesome enough, but it turned out that there was another Yuan Shu. Now don't say that after Zhang He comes, the inside and the outside should be together, I'm afraid that when he comes, it is also a difficult task to defend Tancheng! (To be continued.) )

PS: Tao Qian was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and the three parties converged in Xuzhou. Fortunately, Liu Bei does not have the strength to send troops for the time being, otherwise I am afraid that the forces of the Quartet will converge. Please stay tuned tomorrow for what the outcome will be!