In the simulated scene...

August of the third year of Jian'an (198 AD).

Cao Cao had just transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses from Xiaopei on the front foot, and he received the alarm that Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) was pressed by the army, and Yanzhou encountered the alarm of the second sneak attack crisis, and he jumped up in shock on the spot.

Cao Cao has been a horse for half his life and has encountered various life and death crises. At the age of thirty-five, he would join the princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and was ambushed by Xu Rong in Xingyang, and was killed until the whole army was annihilated, and his arm was also shot by a cold arrow, and he fell off the horse, and the line of life and death was not for Cao Hong's sacrifice of his life and horse, and he would have almost died on the battlefield:

When he was thirty-nine years old, he fought with Lu Bu in Yanzhou, and the plan of the Nakata clan strayed into Puyang City and was ambushed.

When he was forty-two years old, that is, last year, he was attacked by Zhang Xiu's Xiliang army in Wancheng, if it weren't for Dian Wei's desperate fight, and the eldest son Cao Ang gave up his life to let the horse, he probably wouldn't have survived now.

Among all the crises encountered in this half of his life, the most painful thing for him was Lu Bu's sneak attack on Yanzhou and Zhang Xiuwancheng's sneak attack, the damage caused to him by these two sneak attacks was indelible, the former almost left him with nothing and died on the spot; The latter caused him to lose his eldest son, nephew and fierce general Dian Wei. Even though four years and a half have passed since these two events respectively, every time I think about it, it still makes Cao Cao's heart ache and sigh, and it is difficult to let go of it for a long time.

This is also the reason why the strong enemies around Yanzhou are feeding, and Cao Cao should have dealt with the most powerful Jiao Zhongqing first, but he just stared at Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu and beat them violently.

You can lose the battle for world domination, and the sneak attacker must die!

Cao Cao has had a good life in recent years, first beating the biggest threat Lu Bu back to Xuzhou and regaining control of Yanzhou; Then he followed Xun Yu's suggestion, welcomed the Son of Heaven Liu Xiefeng to Xudu, occupied the legal and moral high ground, and began a good life of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes".

has the talisman of the Son of Heaven in hand, whether it is Lu Bu in the east, Zhang Xiu in the west, or Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in the south; Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang in the north did not dare to invade his Yanzhou easily.

Who would really dare to risk the condemnation of the world to attack the territory of the Son of Heaven?

After the pressure was greatly reduced, Cao Cao decided to set about cutting out the threat around Xu Du in preparation for the next war with Yuan Shao.

The first one to fall into his field of vision was Zhang Xiu, who was entrenched in Wancheng. Cao Cao's preferred Zhang Xiu was not because he had a grudge with Zhang Xiu (the two sides had not yet made a feud at that time), but because Zhang Xiu was the weakest and had the fewest soldiers.

But unexpectedly, it was such a not strong opponent that made him taste the most painful defeat in his life.

When the Wancheng Shock happened, Cao Cao was unbelievable, and many people thought that he had angered Aunt Zhang Xiu by taking him, but Cao Cao knew that this was not the real reason. First of all, the atmosphere of this era is to encourage widows to remarry, his move to take the Zou family, strictly speaking, has nothing to do with humiliating Zhang Xiu, but is closer to appeasing and co-opting Zhang Xiu, there is a precedent to follow, after the death of the general He Jin, Cao Cao married He Jin's daughter-in-law as a concubine, and adopted He Jin's grandson He Yan;

The second is that the weight of the Zou family in Zhang Xiu's heart is not high enough to make the latter desperate.

The most puzzling thing is that after Zhang Xiu rebelled against him, he did not go to Yuan Shao or other princes, but still stayed in Wancheng honestly.

That's weird.

The scale of the battle of Wancheng was not large, and no matter whether it was won or lost, it did not change the situation in the north and the Central Plains, but for Cao Cao, it was a very tragic battle. In this battle, Cao Cao himself was wounded by a stray arrow, and his mount fell in the chaos of the army, and if someone had not given up his horse, he would have fallen. His default heir, his eldest son Cao Ang, also fell in the battle, and his confidant Dian Wei also lost his life in vain in order to delay time for him.

Cao Cao's motives for rebellion made Cao Cao puzzled, and he always felt that there was a fog covering his eyes, making him unable to understand the truth of the matter.

It wasn't until he saw his other son, Cao Pi, the ten-year-old second son, riding a pony and returning from the battlefield of Wancheng with his other son, that he realized.

Immediately realized that Zhang Xiu was not worried, this person would come to vote for him sooner or later!

So, Cao Cao turned around to attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou, thinking that when Lu Bu was settled, and then Jiao Zhongqing was defeated, he could fight with Yuan Shao with peace of mind.

But unexpectedly, before Lu Bu was destroyed, there was another situation - Jiao Zhongqing led tens of thousands of troops to approach Xiaopei, putting on a posture of being determined to win Yanzhou.

The timing of this dispatch of troops was neither early nor late, which made Cao Cao very uncomfortable. Earlier, he could face it calmly; Later, he eliminated Lu Bu.

Cao Cao knew all the details of Jiao Zhongqing, this person was the son-in-law of his old friend Cai Yong, after becoming the assassin of Yangzhou, he had always respected the Son of Heaven, and often sent people to Chang'an, to Luoyang, to Xudu to pay tribute. Basically, wherever the Son of Heaven is, the tribute will be delivered. Not long ago, Jiao Zhongqing asked to lead the army to attack Jiangxia and punish Jiangxia for guarding Huang Zu too much.

At that time, Cao Cao read the seal, made up his mind, and casually approved a "agree to send troops".

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot of the watch seal of "Sending Troops to Jiangxia" arrived in Huainan, Jiao Zhongqing killed Xiao Pei on the back foot?

In this case, it is difficult not to remind Cao Cao of the Son of Heaven in Xudu City, who secretly contacted Jiao Zhongqing in order to regain power, so the latter's troops pressed the border, intending to sneak attack Yanzhou and regain the Son of Heaven.

If this is the case, then there must be many people in the capital who should cooperate with the outside world.

Xuzhou can't stay for a long time.

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, looked at the towering head of Xiapi City, and reluctantly gave the order to "retreat".

Xuzhou, you can play at any time; The danger of Xudu is urgent.

Just when Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Xuzhou and rushed to Xiaopei day and night to meet Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu).

Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Zhoumu Mansion.

Liu Biao heard that Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Xuzhou and held on to Xiaopei with Jiao Zhongqing, the assassin of Yangzhou, and finally believed the rumor that the Yangzhou army had "attacked Jiangxia and attacked Yanzhou" that had been spreading in Jingzhou before.

Huang Zu also thought so.

He also received the news that Jiao Zhongqing and Cao Cao were holding on to Xiaopei, and felt that he could finally harden up and give Sun Ce an unforgettable lesson.

At the beginning, when he heard the news that Jiao Zhongqing and Sun Ce would attack Jiangxia with an army of 100,000, Huang Zu was very frightened. He is not afraid of Sun Ce, Sun Ce's father Sun Jian is not his opponent, not to mention a hairy boy, he is afraid of Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu), it is rumored that this Yangzhou assassin has the courage of Xiang Yu, the strength to pull out the mountain, and the wisdom and courage are both complete, when the six counties of Pingjiangdong were leveled, Sun Ce was captured seven times and seven verticals, and it only took one month to destroy Yuan Shu.

With such a terrifying opponent, Huang Zu really didn't have the confidence to win. Previously, he looked at the word "Jiao" floating outside the city every day, and he was so nervous that he didn't dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle.

Now, after learning that this banner is just a disguise, Jiao Zhongqing himself is not here, and in Xiaopei in Yuzhou, Huang Zu feels that he has done it again.

In this wave, he will beat Sun Ce until he loses his armor and runs away!

Otherwise, how can the bird gas that has been blocked in Jiangxia City for several months be repaid?!

Thinking like this, Huang Zu ordered all his troops and horses, bravely fought out of the city, and went straight to Sun Ce's camp.

The course of the war was as he expected, there were only more than 2,000 people in Sun Ce's camp, and when they saw the Jingzhou soldiers killed, they immediately became chaotic, and no matter how Sun Ce shouted, it was difficult to stop the rout.

Sun Ce was "helpless", so he had to flee east with the defeated army, trying to escape back to Yuzhang.

Seeing the current victory, Huang Zu didn't care to think about why Sun Ce was defeated without a fight, and he was defeated so simply, so he immediately led the army to chase and kill him.

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