Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Xuzhou Crisis
Because Lu Bu was in a hurry to go home to deal with the locusts, Li Dao walked very calmly, only taking away the hundred officials and the Son of Heaven. The people of Luoyang are blessed and have not been implicated.
Cao Cao got a big advantage and immediately led an army of 10,000 to occupy Luoyang.
You must know that Luoyang is very close to Xuchang, and it is an important place in Gyeonggi, with fertile land and a large population, even if it suffers the most wars, it still does not lose its important position.
A great happy event, Cao Cao rewarded the three armies, and after three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao remembered his father who was still taking refuge in Langya.
The old father is in his sixties, and it is time to enjoy his old age.
Cao Cao wrote a letter asking his father to move to Xuchang and live with him, so as to fulfill his filial piety.
When the old father received the letter, he began to prepare, and the Cao family's wealth was obvious to all.
Daddy Cao Peng sold his family property, brought gold and silver, and there were several carriages at once, and there were 100 people in the family.
Cao Peng passed by Xuzhou, Xuzhou Thorn History, Tao Qian knew about it, and wanted to befriend Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao was a hero.
Zhang Min was sent to escort him, but Zhang Min was moved by Cai, and led his subordinates to kill Cao Hui, and then fled with the money, and no one knew where he went.
Cao Cao heard the news, wept bitterly, the three armies were wrapped in white cloth, after this period of development, Cao Cao occupied most of Yanzhou and Luoyang, it can be said that the soldiers are strong and strong, the total strength is close to 40,000 people, immediately mobilized 20,000 troops, and the mighty slaughter came to Xuzhou.
In Xuzhou City, Tao Qian was in a hurry, had a heart attack, sat on the chair, and the maid hurriedly massaged his chest and back, which was rescued.
The military generals of Xuzhou are all there, Tao Qian sighed: "Cao Cao's 20,000 army came with hatred, what good can you do?" ”
Xuzhou has a huge area and more than 60,000 troops, but there are not many troops that can be mobilized.
In particular, the Xuzhou Army belongs to the traditional team, and the mobilization for war is very slow, and it has to be trained before the battle.
Now Xuzhou can mobilize about 20,000 people, but the Xuzhou army has no fierce generals, and there will be a nest of bears and soldiers.
Therefore, Tao Qian had no choice but to let his subordinates find a way.
Chen Deng spoke first: "Lord, Cao Cao has many generals, and he comes with hatred, he will definitely kill, if there are no elite soldiers and strong generals, we will definitely be defeated." I thought of a hero who could defend himself against the Cao thief. ”
"Who?"
"This person is a member of the Han family, Liu Bei, and now he is the commander of the plains, although he does not have many troops, but he has fierce generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are thousands of enemies, and can resist Cao thieves."
As soon as Chen Deng finished speaking, Cao Bao immediately objected: "We have a large number of soldiers in Xuzhou, and now the wheat harvest has just happened, and we ordered the people to grab the wheat and enter the city to guard the city, Cao Cao will not be able to break it for three or five years." If you really want to ask for reinforcements, then why not invite Lu Bu in Qingzhou, Liu Bei is still Lu Bu's subordinate. ”
Chen Deng shook his head: "Lu Bu's wolf ambition has won over Zang Ba and let him come to Xuzhou, can it still be good." Liu Bei has few troops, and when Cao Cao is driven away, he can send him away with some money. ”
Tao Qian thought about it, but Liu Bei was more reliable: "Then quickly ask Liu Bei to come to Xuzhou to help defend against the Cao thief." ”
Liu Bei's 3,000 troops soon moved south and came to Xuzhou to fight Cao Cao.
Cao Cao didn't look at the rapid increase in troops, but the actual combat effectiveness was not good, under the joint attack of Liu Bei and the Xuzhou army, he did not get any benefits, and the 20,000 army only took Xiaopei, attacked Pengcheng to the east, and turned to fight on the east bank of Weishan Lake in the north of Xuzhou.
said that it was a battle, but in fact, there was no Xuzhou army in this area, and it was all the people of Xuzhou.
The people suffered, Cao Cao's army had no grass everywhere, farm tools, money and grain, and even beautiful women were wasted.
An army of five or six thousand people led by Cao Ren actually rushed to Surabaya County, which was under the jurisdiction of Rencheng County.
Cao Ren rode on a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and shouted happily: "Brothers, there is a village in front, and all the money and grain have been swept." Don't kill people at will, it's not good to spread the word. ”
One general laughed: "If you die, you won't be able to spread it." ”
Cao Ren was noncommittal, waved his hand, and prepared to let the army enter the village.
At this moment, suddenly a short horn sounded.
An ironclad cavalry of more than 1,000 people appeared in front of him, and the banner turned out to be Lu Bu's army.
The leader of the generals, holding a big iron gun, and three big characters on the big flag behind him, scared Cao Ren with a spirit, because it read: Trap camp three big characters.
"Where did the grass come from, harming the people for no reason."
Cao Ren laughed: "Hahaha, I think of it, you are Gao Shun." Today I have an army of 5,000, and you are only more than 1,000 people, and your time of death has come. ”
Gao Shun urged him to come immediately, and he raised his gun and stabbed him.
Cao Ren waved his knife to parry, and the two fought in one place, but it was only seven or eight rounds, and Gao Shun turned his horse's head and ran.