That night, Tao Qian personally led the army to Xiapi despite his weak body.

Notices were also issued to inform them widely.

Yan Ming will negotiate with Cao Cao, and make it clear that it was the thieves under his command at this time, not on behalf of Xuzhou, and hoped that Cao Cao would focus on the overall situation and not cause war.

Although Tao Qian knew that this had no effect, as Chen Yuanlong said, this intention was not to make Cao Cao lose his heart to attack Xu.

Instead, let the rest of the princes have a reason to go out.

Otherwise, the unrighteous army will be obstructed in every way, and the morale will never be high, for a soldier and horse, these elements are extremely important and indispensable.

Unless it has reached the point where it can be suppressed by troops at will, without fear of human damage.

Otherwise, the teacher must be famous.

As soon as this announcement came out, Tao Qian's march was naturally much brisker, and after arriving in Xiapi City, he found that Cao Cao's army had not arrived, so he sent troops out of the city to explore the outpost, preparing to push the army, and make another camp outside Xiapi.

"Hmph, Cao Mengde does not occupy the benefits of Xiapi at this time, he will be in a dilemma, if I put the soldiers and horses outside the city to plan the wings, in order to deal with Xiapi, he can rescue wherever he attacks."

"The lord is wise!" On Tao Qian's side, the iron armor and iron armor only had a rather resolute face.

The mustache and chin beard are also quite rough and not curly, and the skin on the face is more wrinkled, with some marks like arrow or knife marks, and the skin is terribly rough.

This person is Cao Bao, who is Tao Qian's true confidant, who originally entered Xuzhou Lingzhou and brought Cao Bao and Danyang soldiers.

"Alas, the war is not my wish, but since Cao Mengde is so persecuted, I have no choice but to fight it and occupy the advantageous position to gain military momentum, I can, take the lead!"

Tao Qian's face was confident, with many years of experience in marching and fighting, this should be determined to be successful, and the lower Pi is stable.

……

Overnight, the sentinels did not find any traces of the enemy within a radius of thirty miles, so they boldly sent troops to camp, and set up another screen camp outside Xiapi as a countermeasure.

As a result, after finding the vicinity of the water source, when they were camping, they were suddenly killed by thousands of soldiers and horses from the mountains.

Kill a piece of armor and leave it behind.

At the same time, news came from the other side of the city that Cao Cao crossed the river and hoarded grain and grass in Dazedu on the south side, and it only took three days to reach the grain transportation time.

Seven days round trip.

From Xiaopei to Xiapi, there is almost no worry about food and grass.

"How can this be ......"

Tao Qian was excited for a long time, and after being hit head-on by the tiger ben who had already been ambushed, he was so angry again that his eyes were dizzy, and he went directly to the government office to raise him.

Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the army was dispatched like a tide, advancing separately from the three roads, and occupying the first three cities of Xiapi with lightning speed.

deceived a few more passes, making people think that Tao Qian's army was defeated, and in the chaos for a while, it seemed that Tao Qian was beaten with a few sticks on his head.

The situation suddenly became clear.

In the next few days, Tao Qian's army was only stationed in the city, and resolutely refused to go out of the city to fight.

You can only retreat.

So Cao Cao's first strategy has been successfully achieved, surround the Pi and Tun army, transport grain and accumulate in the rear, and then occupy the main roads in various places, surround the city wall to the west of Xiapi, and then find another way.

The confrontation between the two armies has already taken shape.

Tao Qian lost the last chance to occupy the geographical advantage, and at this time he had to stick to each other.

Originally, it was possible to strategize and gradually engage in battle, but after being ambushed and beaten, the defense of the city could only depend on perseverance and morale

……

At this time, Juancheng.

Pawn Farm.

Xu Zhen led people to complete the ditch excavation, and introduced a river from the Yellow River that flowed from Dongjun into the soil to irrigate the farmland.

I was resting in the yard of a wooden house on the hill.

[You work day and night, complete the ditch water conservancy, seek the well-being of the people, self-discipline +300, get an additional charm +2, and get the title of "good official"]

[Good Official: Charisma +3, Internal Affairs +5]

Interior.

At the moment of the influx of power, Xu Zhen felt that many of his previous understandings had suddenly become clearer, and his specialized knowledge and thoughts on domestic internal affairs were more transparent.

This is a reward for a dedicated increase in stats.

At the level of internal affairs, Xu Zhen's thinking, understanding, and knowledge will become more outstanding.

[Interior: 71]

"Very good, I have never deliberately increased, but I have been able to increase it by being on duty on time and persevering in office."

"It seems that the rewards of this system are also complementary to each other."

completed a major event, that is, the great success of digging ditches, so that the people were really convenient, and they also made themselves all kinds of political achievements.

"It's getting better and better, so that there are more projects to brush up on self-discipline, and there can be additional harvests."

Xu Zhen suddenly realized in his heart, and felt that the road in the future was much richer, but it was still the same sentence, and he couldn't easily fill the big head.

[Brawn: 80]

The accumulation of these days has just been exchanged to this point, and it can be regarded as the ability of a second-rate general.

If you fight with the fierce generals of the world to the death, you will inevitably be at a disadvantage, and if you want to win or survive, you need great skills and various factors, and you can't do it in terms of hard power.

And sure enough, after reaching [80], for each point exchanged, 2000 self-discipline points were already required.

Of course, with each improvement, the growth of various body data will gradually increase.

"It's done, my lord! That's what you said was done within three months, right? ”

Dian Wei came from a distance, his face was full of sweat, and the soldiers and horses of the southeast battalion he led stood under the field at this time to wipe their sweat, and they also took advantage of the rest to talk to each other.

Obviously, it was the soldiers in the army who began to ask questions.

After all, although this sentence stabilized the morale of the army and made them feel at ease to listen to Dian Wei's words, the only credit for the recent past was this digging ditch.

The matter of water conservancy belongs to internal affairs, and it is of course a merit in the pawn farmer's office, and it belongs to Xu Zhen's political achievements.

However, it is not very decent to give this to more than 2,000 people, right?

These days, in addition to water conservancy, it is to reclaim wasteland, or to sprinkle ash on existing soil to nourish the soil.

In short, every day is very fulfilling, and the days are the same, which gradually makes the soldiers a little unable to sit still.

I could only mention it to Dian Wei and ask Xu Zhen how he planned to share this merit.

At this time, Xu Zhen blinked and said, "Your military camp, your soldiers, why do you still have to ask me for meritorious service?" ”

"Huh!? This!? That's not what you said at the time!! Dian Wei was in a hurry.

How can you lead troops after you lose your trust, let alone lead troops, people will be like an empty sack, and they can't stand up straight.

"Your Excellency, you're not cheating on me, are you?"

Xu Zhen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Oh, three months is not too much and not too short, isn't it a credit to go to the territory to sweep up some thieves at will?" When I asked you to make meritorious contributions, I didn't say whether it was a big or a small achievement, right? ”

"This, this can't be like this, absolutely not!" Dian Wei sat directly on the ground, and there was no one else anyway.

"I can't say this kind of thing!"

"Oops, you've got it!"

Dian Wei's originally vicious face suddenly cried and mourned, and he hung his head in frustration and remorse.

You shouldn't believe it, you readers are really too bad......

"However, if you really want to make great contributions, it's not impossible, it's up to you to dare."

At this time, Xu Zhen meant something again, and his tone hung on Dian Wei, making him want to stop.

Dian Wei got up after a while, "Dare, don't dare, you can risk your life, if I really don't see anyone, it's uncomfortable to die." ”