After Tao Qian secretly calculated to himself, he finally decided to send Dong Zhuo a letter asking for help.

As for how Dong Zhuo responds, that's Dong Zhuo's business.

You still have to have your own attitude, no matter how you say that you are also an official appointed by the imperial court, as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo shouldn't ignore it, right?

And with the current situation, after Cao Cao led the army to attack Xuzhou, the local family in Xuzhou has obviously changed differently.

Big families like the Chen family and the Mi family, who have been cooperating with them, can't see anything for the time being, but some of the smaller families below will definitely have different reactions.

In the end, Tao Qian, who has been up and down in officialdom for so many years, naturally will not completely rely on the family in Xuzhou, which is why he summoned Cao Bao and Xu Tan alone.

Cao Bao and Xu Tan are their own lieutenant generals, holding military power, as long as these two people do not have problems, then they have the capital in their hands.

After some review, Tao Qian sighed slightly in his heart, he didn't expect his army to be so useless.

Now I can only count on outside rescue.

This kind of passive situation of Tai'a being inverted and giving him a handle made Tao Qian very uncomfortable.

……

White flags.

White nails.

In the silent march of the dense white army, a large white snowflake seemed to have fallen on the originally gray-brown land, and the snowflakes moved slowly in the eyes of others.

As the area of snowflakes became larger and larger, a large group of people gradually appeared outside Boyang City, Pengcheng County.

Cao Cao's army gathered here, except for the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground, a murderous aura between heaven and earth permeated it.

The guards at the head of Boyang City had already mobilized after discovering the movement outside the city.

The beacon tower in the city was already lit, sending a signal of danger to the rear, and at the same time waiting for reinforcements.

A man who looked like a general on the city wall looked at the white army outside the city, and there was a look of worry in his eyes, but this worry disappeared for a moment, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

As if resigned to fate, he shook his head helplessly, and muttered, "Leave it to fate." ”

After a long time

Outside the city, a ride suddenly ran out of the "snowflakes".

"Da!"

"Da!"

"Da!"

"Yu!!"

A horse roared, and the horse stopped not far from the city gate.

The soldiers on the city wall spontaneously filled their bows and arrows, and the general on the city wall waved his hand when he saw the comer, and the soldiers on the city wall gathered their tight bowstrings again.

The man outside the city glanced at the soldiers on the city wall, his face did not change in any way, and he only heard him raise his voice: "My lord has ordered me to pass on the message to you." ”

"Persuade you to surrender as soon as possible, and don't make unnecessary resistance."

"Persuade you to surrender as soon as possible, and don't make unnecessary resistance."

"Persuade you to surrender as soon as possible, and don't make unnecessary resistance."

……

The man outside the city was obviously a loud voice, otherwise he would not have been sent to spread the word, and his loud voice reached the ears of the soldiers guarding the city on the city wall, and the soldiers who were originally hesitant looked at each other even more when they heard this.

The soldiers couldn't help but look at the general standing on the city wall.

The general did not answer, but sighed lightly, and ordered the guards beside him, "Fetch the bow." ”

"Whoa."

The guards around him hurriedly presented their bows and arrows.

The general held the bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, and fastened the arrow on the bowstring, and his right arm was tense, and a huge force came, and the bowstring was instantly filled.

"Whew!"

"Poof!"

With a deafening thud, the arrows sped away at an invisible speed, and then plunged into the land outside the city in front of the herald's mount.

"Hiss!"

"Yu!"

The herald sat down on his horse, and the horse's hooves were raised high because of the neighing sound of the sudden arrow, and the horse's guard was not slow, and quickly tightened the reins of the horse, and controlled the frightened mount.

The herald looked at the city wall with a gloomy face, and the arrow was shot from somewhere in the city wall.

He narrowed his eyes and did not find the culprit, but he already knew that the army in the city was ready to resist stubbornly.

It was normal for the herald to not notice the archer, because the general who shot the arrow went straight down the city wall after releasing an arrow, preparing for the subsequent defense of the city.

The herald patted the horse's neck, and after calming the mount, he stopped saying a word, and went straight to the army as the horse came and went.

The man who shot the arrow just now did not shoot the arrow directly at him, and there was already the meaning of "the two countries are at war, and they will not be killed", and the herald naturally did not joke with his own life.

Cao Cao's side seemed to have known that the other party would have this attitude, and after the herald returned to his own formation, bursts of drums sounded.

"Boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The drumbeat is getting faster and faster, and a big battle is inevitable.

……

In Pengcheng, the capital of Xuzhou, Tao Qian was discussing with the officials, when suddenly an attendant hurried over and whispered in Tao Qian's ear for a while.

Tao Qian's face was cold and he couldn't see anything unusual, he just nodded slightly, waved his hand and ordered the attendant to push it down.

After a long time, the relevant matters discussed in the council hall had been decided, Tao Qian's eyes swept over the next crowd, and he slowly spoke: "Princess." ”

Hearing this, everyone moved their eyes to Tao Qian, and secretly thought to themselves in their hearts, what happened to Tao Yuanjun.

And those who are good at observing words and emotions immediately think of the attendant who came to whisper to Tao Qian, I am afraid that the problem lies with that person.

Tao Qian straightened his chest and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I just reported that Cao Cao had broken through Boyang, and now he is waving his army to Pengcheng. ”

"What!"

"Boyang City is broken?!"

"Coming to Pengcheng?"

"How's that for good? How can this be good?! ”

"The frontline is full of waste. can let Cao Cao's soldiers and horses drive straight in. ”

"Master Li can't say that, when have we seen you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy on the front line?"

"You ......"

"Humph!"

“……”

For a moment, the council chamber was in a mess.

Boyang City is located in the northwest of Pengcheng, Xuzhou, Cao Cao came from Taishan County, Yanzhou, because he passed through Boyang City by Liangfu.

After occupying Boyang City, you can use Boyang City as a base to gain a foothold in Xuzhou.

Now that Cao Cao occupies Boyang City, threatening Peng Cheng has made most of the people present panic.

However, there were still a small number of people who did not panic, but still looked at Tao Qian at the top.

"Princesses."

"Everyone!" Tao Qian raised his voice, "Don't panic. ”

After a moment, the chamber fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Cao Cao is now powerful."

"Then ......" Speaking of this, Tao Qian paused and said slowly: "Then I'll quit Pengcheng later!" ”

"Exit Pengcheng?"

"Does the envoy mean to give up Pengcheng?"

"It's not big, is it?"

Everyone saw that Tao Qian's eyes were firm, and his expression did not seem to be fake.

Many people secretly admire it, you must know that Pengcheng is where Xuzhou is located, Tao Qian said to give up, such a decision must be decisive.

At this time, Chen Deng, who was at the head of the city, got up and asked, "Dare to ask the envoy, if we give up Pengcheng, then where should we go?" ”

Tao Qian chuckled lightly and replied: "The battle between victory and defeat, is it a matter of gain and loss in one city and one place? ”

"After abandoning Pengcheng, we should organize our troops and horses and retreat to Tancheng and wait for Qingzhou's rescue."

Chen Deng listened to Tao Qian's explanation, nodded, and sat down again.

Tao Qian is decisive, and after getting the news of Boyang's loss, he immediately had the current arrangement, which shows that he has a plan in his heart.

How can a person who can become a ruler of a party be so easy to get along with?

If you encounter some people who have lost their ground, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures, and I am afraid that Cao Cao's army will have already reached Pengcheng at that time.