Tao Qian very decisively chose to abandon Pengcheng after learning the news that Cao Cao's army had broken through Boyang City.

Because it was an organized and planned retreat, the state of the retreat of the army appeared to be orderly, all the way to the east to Tancheng.

Pengcheng

Cao Cao's face did not have the joy after winning this Xuzhou office, but his face was even more gloomy.

The surrounding generals saw that their lords were stunned and didn't speak, and they couldn't speak for a while.

After a long time, Cao Cao shook his head lightly and sighed lightly, "Heh." Tao Gongzu is also a character. "It's really fast enough."

When everyone saw Cao Cao speak, they dared to speak.

"Don't worry, this time Tao Qian can abandon Pengcheng and go, it can be seen that the lord's divine power is incomparable, and Tao Qian's old man has been frightened."

"yes, yes."

"After attacking Xuzhou, he was able to win consecutive battles, precisely because the lord commanded properly, Tao Qian'er was inferior to the lord in case."

"After capturing Tao Qian, he will be punished all over the door and avenge the Lord for the Lord!"

"That's right! Revenge for the Lord's Gazette! ”

"That's right, I will definitely kill Tao Qian'er to avenge the Lord Communion!"

“……”

“……”

After a while, all kinds of exclamations and angry rebukes filled the ears, followed by shouting to avenge Cao Cao.

Seeing that the crowd was excited, Cao Cao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Today, the whole army is resting, and send scouts to find out where Tao Qian is going, and I will make a decision tomorrow!" ”

Cao Cao, the general of the generals, spoke and shouted in unison: "Oh! ”

After everyone left, Xi Zhi came to Cao Cao's side and said softly: "Lord." ”

Cao Cao seemed to be thinking about something, and Xi Zhi went and returned without being noticed by him.

Cao Cao put away his thoughts and said slowly: "Zhicai came to look for me at this time, but is there something?" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded, and sat down directly under the head of the head, "Lord, this Tao Qian is too decisive, like this, if you want to recover Xuzhou, I'm afraid it's not so simple." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he sighed lightly, "Who said it wasn't, although it was like a bamboo after attacking Xuzhou, Tao Qian's side didn't have much loss." ”

"My heart is very worried." Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused and hesitated, "Tao Qian has been operating in Xuzhou for a long time, if he can't solve it quickly, if he falls into this place, I'm afraid Yanzhou will be in the way." ”

"Yuzhou Yuan Shu is okay to say, I'm afraid that Dong Zhuo, who is now entrenched in Yongzhou, will think of another thing, and then we will be attacked by the enemy, which is very bad."

Cao Cao was not complacent about the momentary victory, but worried about the battle that followed.

There is a saying that if people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries.

Cao Cao was familiar with military books, so he naturally knew what kind of situation he was facing now.

Xi Zhicai listened to Cao Cao's words, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "Now that Tao Qian has fled, his military horses have not suffered major losses, and we can only find another fighter." ”

"If a battle can be won, then Xuzhou is in the owner's pocket."

"In addition, in addition to Dong Zhuo in Yongzhou, Tiankai in Qingzhou also has to be guarded against, if nothing else, Tao Qian has asked Qingzhou for help at this time."

When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded, "Tao Qian should ask Qingzhou for help, but it's ......"

"Heh, Qingzhou Tian Kai is a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, and now Gongsun Zhan has no time to take care of himself at the beginning of the war, I expect that even if Tian Kai comes to help, the number is not much."

"This Qingzhou reinforcement is not a cause for concern."

At this time, I only heard Cao Cao continue: "I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight a battle." "Tao Gongzu does have some ability."

Now Tao Qian's strategy is to use Xuzhou's strategic depth to drag Cao Cao, as long as Cao Cao is dragged down, Tao Qian will still have a chance.

The transformation of victory and defeat in the battlefield is formed through slow accumulation, accumulating small victories into big victories, and slowly accumulating small advantages into big advantages.

Tao Qian did have a disadvantage in the early stage, but his direct abandonment of Pengcheng disrupted all Cao Cao's deployments.

Although the high walls of Pengcheng are thick and easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to besiege Tao Qian in the city, then Tao Qian is a bird in a cage and a turtle in an urn.

As long as Tao Qian is surrounded, then Cao Cao can free up his hands to recover the rest of Xuzhou, and when the rest of Xuzhou is settled, and then coerce Tao Qian with the general trend, then Tao Qian will only have a dead end.

But Tao Qian was too witty.

If you have a clever opponent, if you defeat him, you can show that you are more capable.

But......

As long as you are not a fool, everyone wants their opponent to be a pig-like existence, wouldn't it be beautiful to push all the way?

Do you have to make so many moths to make it more difficult for yourself?

Isn't that sick!

Cao Cao rubbed his brows, and after discussing with Xi Zhicai, the two of them rested separately, and they were quite tired from marching and fighting these days.

Now after capturing Pengcheng, it really needs to be repaired.

A few days later, the scouts came to report that they had heard the news of Tao Qian's army.

"Tancheng?!"

"Is this Tao Qian going to flee to the East China Sea?!"

"See, that's true."

"Then should I recover the other cities first, or go to Tancheng to fight Tao Qian?"

"This ......"

"Naturally, it is up to the Lord's decision."

“……”

“……”

Everyone in the big tent of the Chinese army first discussed, but in the end, it was Cao Cao who decided how to march and fight.

At this time, after Cao Cao learned of Tao Qian's whereabouts, he already had a plan in his heart.

When the big tent of the Chinese army gradually quieted down, I only heard Cao Cao shouting, "Tao Qian attacked and killed my father, this hatred is not shared, and now he can break the enemy all the way and endure the lives of the soldiers of the whole army." ”

"Cao has thanked you here."

With that, Cao Cao saluted everyone.

When everyone saw Cao Cao like this, how could they still sit still, and hurriedly got up to salute back.

However, I only heard Cao Cao continue to speak: "Now that Tao Qian's old puppet has retreated to Tancheng, I should fight to the death with him, and after this battle, I should be rewarded for meritorious deeds." ”

"Fight to the death with Tao Qian?" When the generals heard Cao Cao's words, they were stunned, and they only thought that Cao Cao was eager for revenge, and they didn't think much about it.

Just shouted in unison: "The Lord decrees." ”

Cao Cao's eyes swept over the generals and colonies, and said in a deep voice: "The victory or defeat is in this battle, I hope you will do your best!" ”

"Whoa!"

Immediately after Cao Cao issued the general order, the generals who received the general order began to arrange, and when everything was ready, Cao Cao waved his army to Tancheng.

……

Outside Tancheng, the sound of drums, arrows entering the flesh, and the sound of heavy objects hitting one after another.

It has been some time since Cao Cao led his army to Tancheng, but Tao Qian's vitality is not weak, and coupled with his early preparations, Cao Cao was unable to break through the city for a while.

"Mingjin retreats!"

"Bell!"

"Bell!"

"Bell!"

“……”

The piercing sound of gold sounded in the battlefield, and Cao Cao's army, which had been desperately advancing on the battlefield, also began to retreat slowly.

On the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city on Tao Qian's side also breathed a sigh of relief.

Another attack was repulsed.

How many times has this been.

Anyway, the soldiers who defended the city changed batch after batch, and the rolling stones, fire oil, and arrows used to defend the city were even more costly.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's side was repulsed again!