In the middle of October, the frost has just passed, and the weather is cold.

Since Cao Cao's army held high the banner of righteousness to conquer Xuzhou, in just a few days, the territory of Xuzhou and the entire Dongguan County have all fallen.

Cao Cao's army was divided into three routes and stationed in Dongguan, Linqu, Mengyin, and Dong'an counties.

The fall of the four counties made the whole of Xuzhou rumorful.

At that time, in Xuzhou City, Tao Qian dragged his seriously ill body and forcibly gathered all the generals and subordinates in the county.

In the main hall, Tao Qian, who was holding his figure, raised his eyes and quietly looked at the subordinates lying down.

"The four counties have been captured by Cao Cao, what should we do now?!"

Tao Qian's voice was a little hoarse, far from being as loud as before, and there seemed to be a twilight in his voice.

On the left side of the chief, Chen Qi coughed lightly.

"Lord, for today's plan, I will wait for Cao Jun to negotiate peace!"

Chen Qi admonished, saying that it had been more than ten days, but in fact, Cao's army captured the entire four counties of Xuzhou, to be precise, it was only three days.

The entire four counties are as if they have been ready to surrender for a long time.

As if symbolically resisted, the four counties followed Cao Cao one after another.

With such a fast speed, the entire Xuzhou Shi clan was a little caught off guard!

The fall of the four counties is nothing, Cao Cao's army is menacing, and the fall of towns is something that the Xuzhou scholars have long expected.

But!

After Cao Cao captured the four cities this time, he was not in a hurry to continue the attack, but seemed to be preparing time for Xuzhou.

This made the Xuzhou Shi clan seem to understand something.

Cao Cao wants to negotiate peace?

After thinking about it, Chen Qi's father and son probably felt that Cao Cao's move was the purpose.

The other party didn't want to offend the Xuzhou Shi clan, and the Shi clan didn't want to offend Cao Cao, after all, although Cao Cao occupied the righteousness in this battle, it was just that Cao Song did not die after all.

Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time was enough, and peace was acceptable for both sides.

The Shi clan, led by Chen's father and son, began to encourage Tao Qian to negotiate peace.

And at this moment, in the main hall, after Tao Qian heard Chen Qi's advice, his eyes just glanced at the other party lightly, and did not pay attention to it.

Who is Cao Cao?

Tiger wolf too!

He had previously united with Yuan Shu to invade Yanzhou, and now Cao Cao has occupied Dayi, only four counties, which can satisfy the appetite of the other party.

Tao Qian doesn't believe it!

As for why Cao Cao is staying in the land of the four counties now, Tao Qian can't guess, but he feels that Cao Cao will definitely not choose to negotiate peace so easily.

What Chen Qi and Xuzhou thought, Tao Qian naturally understood.

These scholars will only consider their own interests, and the Xuzhou in their eyes has never been his Tao Qian's.

Tao Qian didn't pay attention to Chen Qi, and his eyes were already looking at Cao Bao on the side.

After the latter came to his senses, he got up instantly.

"Envoy, the last general is willing to ask for his life against Cao Jun!"

As Cao Bao got up, Sun Guan, Zang Ba, and Yin Li on the side didn't take long to get up and ask for their lives.

It seems that Sun Guan, Zang Ba and others defected to Tao Qian after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

They are not local generals in Xuzhou and have nothing to do with the wealthy family in Xuzhou, nor are they like Cao Bao, they are Tao Qian's real henchmen.

This time, Tao Qian convened the generals, and after Cao Bao understood Tao Qian's thoughts, he made clear the attitude of the other party.

The rest is the side of Sun Guan and others.

Is it from the position of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, or the position of the Xuzhou wealthy family.

Zang Ba and others, there are not too many choices.

However, they and the Xuzhou Hao clan will not be all the way after all!

Tao Qian looked at Zang Ba and the others quietly: "I will never compromise with Cao Mengde!" ”

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In the city of Xuzhou, Tao Qian was discussing how to deal with Cao Cao's attack when a group of Xuzhou generals were discussing how to deal with Cao Cao's attack.

On the other side, on Mengyin City, Cao Cao was dressed in dark colors and was quietly watching the situation in Mengyin City with Xi Zhicai.

This time to conquer Xuzhou, three days to the four cities, such a speed even Cao Cao himself did not expect.

And the reason for all this was only because before he conquered the four cities, Xi Zhi ordered his scouts to go deep into the city to spread the news of Yanzhou, along with some of Yanzhou's policies.

Even Xi Zhicai didn't expect that he would just spread some news.

That's how good it works.

The defenders of the four cities only resisted slightly, and Cao's army naturally entered the four counties.

"Until today, I didn't know that the battle could still be fought like this?"

Cao Cao sighed a little that the strategy of Xi Yu made Cao Jun's entry into the four counties go smoothly and not smoothly.

Even, in the past, those people who saw the soldiers trembling did not have much resistance to Cao Jun.

The people of the four counties are all watching, and their eyes are waiting for anticipation.

I look forward to Cao Jun being able to bring them the same life as the people of Yanzhou.

"My lord, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have all governed the country with benevolence, and the word benevolence has already penetrated into the hearts of the people of the Han Dynasty!"

"These people may not have much knowledge, but they also know what is good and what is bad!"

Xi Zhicai was quite emotional.

The ideas in Xi Yu's mind are always so unexpected, but the effect is really good.

The most important way to use soldiers is the way of people's hearts.

Soldiers, attack the heart!

This attack is not the heart of the princes, but the heart of the people of Xuzhou.

"I think Fengyi should have expected such a situation a long time ago, so he would say such things before leaving!"

Cao Cao chuckled at the corner of his mouth, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but think that before the army left, Xi Yu had told him.

If the capture goes well, you might as well stay for a while and apply Yanzhou's policy directly to the capture of the towns.

The people of Xuzhou are in Yanzhou.

Now for more than ten days, Cao Ying's officials have been preaching Yanzhou's policy of dividing fields in the four counties of Xuzhou these days.

Nowadays, the enthusiasm of the people around him praises Cao Jun's reputation.

Cao Cao felt it in his heart.

Even if these four counties are recaptured by Xuzhou in the future, I am afraid that these people's hearts will also be towards themselves.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little confused in his heart.

What exactly did he want?

It is the pride of the young man, the pride of fighting the sword, or the ambition of the general who conquered the west later, and the second is when the Han Dynasty was endangered, he supported the building to the general's ideals.

What he cared about at first was indeed the world of the Han Dynasty.

It's just that he wants to show his ability, worship the marquis, glorify the ancestors, and protect the descendants.

But!

At this moment, Cao Cao's heart has changed somewhat.

After the capture of the four counties, the faces of the people of the four counties of Xuzhou were full of smiles, and the joy of welcoming the king was really seen by him.

What he wants is to calm the world and restore the Han to its former glory!

But is it the great man at his peak, is it really what the people of the world yearn for?

Cao Cao was a little confused!

At this time, if Xi Yu is on his side, he really wants to ask, what is the world that the other party yearns for?