In the deafening beat of drums, countless chariots suddenly slaughtered from the phalanx of Chen and Zang's armies.

This ancient type of military appeared again on the land of Xuzhou, and as soon as it appeared, it was thunderous.

The heavy chariot with unparalleled speed, like an epic beast, rushed into the Cao army's array.

The originally well-organized phalanx was like paper paste under this impact, and countless gaps were knocked out in an instant. And then there's the collapse of muscles and bones.

There are Xuzhou Army, and there are Cao Army, but more of Cao Army. The collision of such chariots is simply not something that can be resisted by manpower.

Coupled with the fact that the right side of the Xuzhou army on the chariot kept stabbing downward with spears, the Cao army was defeated.

Then, another dense drum beat came, the second snare drum.

Under this snare drum, two cavalry corps of about 400 men accelerated from outside the phalanx, and then swept in along the gap opened by the chariot.

Cao's army had already been smashed by the chariot and its formation collapsed, and the soldiers were scattering to avoid the chariot's attack.

This is also the disadvantage of the chariot, once the impact is opened, it is a linear offensive path, as long as Cao Jun recognizes the trajectory of the impact, it can be easily dodged.

But that's what Chen Deng wants.

At this time, when the eight hundred Jianghuai horses swept the Cao army, it was as simple as mowing the grass.

These Cao troops, who were not protected by the queue front, were as fragile as dolls under the iron horses, and countless lives withered here.

But it wasn't over yet, Chen Dengjun's third drum beat also sounded.

Cao Jun had already been frightened by the previous two drums, and when he heard the drums again, many people directly abandoned their robes and ran towards the rear.

In Mi Fang's eyes, he saw that after the third drum beat, Chen Dengjun attacked on all fronts, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

In particular, there was a red-helmeted brave general, who was in the lead, holding a horse, and led a cavalry to slash diagonally from the crack, aiming at the Cao army in front of him.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly there was a tsunami in front of me, Mi Fang couldn't hear it clearly at first, and then it gradually converged into one sentence:

"Capture the flag!"

"Capture the flag!"

"Capture the flag!"

……

Then, there was an even more fierce shout, which was shouting the name of the military general who captured the flag.

Mi Fang heard clearly, they were shouting "Zhou Tai".

At this moment, Mi Fang was as excited as a child, and he said to the little sister on the side:

"This week, Tai is really fierce, fierce!"

Mi Girl didn't understand how powerful Zhou Tai was, but she was also happy to see her brother so happy.

And at this point, the war is almost over.

When the Cao army's Daxu fell, Xiahou Yuan, who had already seen the unfavorable opportunity, fled in a hurry with the remaining Cao army's armored troops.

Cao Jun left behind countless corpses, and the armies of Chen Deng and Zang Ba cheered again.

On this day, the Xuzhou army finally raised their eyebrows, and they finally defeated the Cao army for the first time in the field.

……

In the cheers of the officials, Chen Deng raised his arms and rode in front of the battle.

The Xuzhou soldiers behind him actually couldn't see Chen Deng clearly at all, but they still felt that their boss was like a flame, releasing infinite passion and enthusiasm in front of them.

This is their commander, who defended their hometown under the leadership of this man, and let those despicable Qingzhou people see that they Xuzhou people are not humiliated.

And in the distance, the Mi girl was also stunned, she looked at Chen Deng, who was admired by thousands of people on the battlefield, and her face turned red all of a sudden.

But on her side, Mi Fang didn't see Xiaomei's expression at all, his whole person fell into a frenzy, and he only felt that war was what people like him should participate in.

At this moment, he made up his mind that he must join Chen Deng's team.

I didn't expect this kid to really have a set of leading soldiers.

It's a pity, why isn't it our brother-in-law?

Soon, the loud killing cry faded away, and the exciting drum beat seemed to leave the ears.

Once again, peace was restored to heaven and earth.

It's just that some people's hearts are no longer at peace.

……

After receiving Xiahou Yuan's battle report, Cao Cao was furious.

Spontaneously sent troops to the south, the Qingzhou army can be said to be invincible, and its army has passed, Langya and the East China Sea are included in the command, and the army encountered is devastated. It can be said that Xuzhou at this time is like a ripe and hot fruit, waiting for Cao Cao to take it into his arms.

Prior to this, Cao Cao was still full of ambition, feeling that it was inevitable to take Xuzhou, and there was still a surplus of military strength, so he planned to take advantage of the arrival of winter to fight all the way to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

But in such a prospect, Xiahou Yuan was defeated, and he lost 4,000 troops at once. How does this make Cao Cao not angry?

At that time, he was walking on the river of Yishui with the army going south. Good news from far and wide flew to him.

Lü Qianbu Kera Castle......

Cao Ren's subordinate Wu Yuan......

Zhu Gaibu broke the 12 walls outside the city......

The full pet department broke the three walls outside Pengcheng......

Cao Chunbu plundered Siwu......

……

All these are frequent.

Especially when Cao Cao saw Cao Chun's battle report, he was even more pleased:

"If it's for my Cao family, this silent attack has hit Siwu."

Siwu is actually not important, but if you continue to attack south, you can hit Xiaxiang, and Xiaxiang is not only located in the lower reaches of Surabaya in Xiapi, but also a waterway hub in Xuzhou.

The city is located at the junction of Suishui and Surabaya, and then the two rivers merge into the Yangtze River. In other words, once the lower phase is taken, the materials imported from the Yangtze River to Xiapi will be cut off.

At that time, Xiapi will be a lonely city.

But later, he received a military newspaper written by Xiahou Yuan himself.

The handwriting on the military newspaper was a little sloppy, and it could be seen that Xiahou Yuan wrote it immediately. He told Cao Cao that his army in Xiapi had been counterattacked by Chen Deng's army and had returned in a crushing defeat. In addition, there were also Langya soldiers and some monks and soldiers of the Xiapi State Minister to participate in the war.

Although Xiahou Yuan confessed his mistake in the military newspaper and took the initiative to ask for guilt. But Cao Cao was still trembling with anger.

He had already told Xiahou Yuan several times, that is, don't run to the limit easily. But where your strengths are always your weaknesses.

It's okay now, it's obvious that it can be fought steadily, but Xiahou Yuan wants to rush and pursue, which casts a shadow on the good situation.

But when he was angry, Cao Cao didn't feel that the overall situation had changed. The Xuzhou army was already much worse than the Qingzhou soldiers, and now it has lost part of the territory of Langya, Donghai County, Pengcheng, and Xiapi Kingdom, and the remaining Guangling, how can it resist it?

So it's just a small setback on the road to success, not a big deal.

At this time, from the official road to the west, another rogue came, and the dusty knights hurriedly sent the latest news of the Central Plains to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at it, and there was urgency in his heart.

But it was Yuan Shao who had a big action.

People in the world originally thought that Yuan Shao would digest it for a period of time after taking the Runan Yellow Turban Army. However, what no one expected was that Ju Yi, the general of the Yuan army, suddenly led an army of 8,000 to fly to capture the three passes of Yiyang and descend from the sky.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou was shocked and hurriedly transferred troops from Xiangyang to support Jiangxia.

So, the war between Yuan Shao and Liu Biao began.

Seeing this military report, Cao Cao's heart was quite urgent, because in his intended goal, after taking Xuzhou, he would go north along the river to the Yuzhang area and completely occupy the river defense. And now Yuan Shao is also setting his sights on the south, and it is directly Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is at the head of the Yangtze River, and once Yuan Shao really takes Jingzhou, it will form a complete strategic suppression of Cao Cao.

And at that time, Cao Cao's territory was completely a long strip, but Yuan Shao was a group. As long as Lao Yuan goes east along the Huaishui, Cao Cao will be cut off by the waist.

When the time comes, Lao Yuan will just pinch Lao Cao's eggs, and do whatever he wants.

But thinking so in his heart, Cao Cao still kept touting Yuan Shao, after all, they are currently allies:

"This is really a hero at the beginning, a trick to hide from the world and make the people of the world stunned. I think that Liu Biao can't stop the original. ”

And just when the other staff members were about to discuss this matter, another letter was delivered, but the direction was Qingzhou.

Cao Cao, who was still smiling at the beginning, suddenly shook his hands after opening the book.

Then he suddenly said to the people around him:

"Oh no, I'm sick in the head. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. Tell all the armies to come back, and wait until my head is healed. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao retreated directly into the military carriage and did not come out again.

Only a group of staff members were left looking at each other.

……

Cao Cao withdrew his troops, and the withdrawal was completely inexplicable.

When they came, they were like a rising tide in summer, and once they retreated, they hurried, and the battle against Xu, which lasted for several months, came to an end.

But Cao Cao still left the entire Langya and East China Sea, leaving only a broken Xuzhou to Chen Deng and others.

Originally, Chen Deng and others were still reorganizing the army in Xiapi to deal with the offensive of the Cao army behind. Suddenly received the news of Cao Cao's retreat, and his heart was also inexplicable.

On the one hand, they were worried that this was Cao Cao's trick and wanted to return to the carbine, and on the other hand, they also hoped that it was true, because they also needed time to deal with the internal problems after Tao Qian's death.

Since the state was broken and Xuzhou Mu Taoqian died in battle, Xuzhou was in a situation where the dragons were leaderless.

For example, the Taishou in Pengcheng, Xiapi and other places are all ready to move, but if it is not for Cao Jun's external pressure, they have already grabbed this position.

Later, after establishing that Cao Cao really withdrew and returned, Xuzhou's civil and military forces gathered in Xiapi to discuss the candidate of Xuzhou Mu.

It stands to reason that the state pastor is sealed by the world, and when Tao Qian dies, they also need to wait for the court to send another state pastor.

But now that the situation is so critical, I think the court should be able to understand them.

So they decided to elect one of those present.

At this time, Mi Zhu suddenly came out of the ranks, he took out Tao Qian's handwritten letter before he died, and in his last words, Tao Qian decided to leave the position of state pastor to Chen Deng.

As soon as this handwritten book came out, or the name Chen Deng, everyone was in an uproar at first, but no one stood up to oppose it.

The localists are willing, the Danyang Party agrees, the imperial court faction does not object, and the powerful factions in various places are not willing to come forward, and they are willing to have Chen Deng in front of Cao Cao.

Therefore, Chen Deng's appointment as the pastor of Xuzhou was thus decided.

Then, the first thing Chen Deng did as the pastor of Xuzhou was to marry a millet girl with the gift of a wife.

As a result, Chen Deng, who was twenty-seven years old at the time, spread his wings and became the prince of the world.

(End of chapter)