In the fourth year of the first peace, spring.

Cao Cao and Tao Qian intensified the conflict over the ownership of Xiaopei and other cities.

First, Tao Qian sent Xu Tan to garrison Xiao Pei and refused to give in, and then Cao Ren and Cao Hong attacked Xiao Pei and killed Xu Tan.

Knowing that Tao Qian personally led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xiaopei, Cao Cao adopted Xi Zhicai's "plan to divide the enemy" and set up false flags in Xiaopei and Guangqi, but in fact, only a few soldiers and horses were left to garrison Xiaopei and Guangqi, and Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Pengcheng.

Tao Qian didn't know whether it was true or not, so he ordered Lu You to lead 2,000 people to save Pengcheng.

But in the middle of the way, Lü You was ambushed by Cao Cao's 8,000 soldiers and horses, and almost the entire army was wiped out, and Lü You was beheaded by Xiahou Dun.

Then Cao Cao Lianke counted the county, and the soldiers pointed directly at Pengcheng.

Tao Qian, who learned of the plan, hurriedly gave up attacking Xiaopei and Guangqi, and turned south to save Pengcheng.

The two sides fought in Pengcheng, Tao Qian was defeated, and more than 10,000 of his generals died, and Surabaya was not flowing.

In less than a month, Tao Qian successively lost more than ten cities such as Xiaopei, Guangqi, and Pengcheng, and lost Xu Tan, Lu You, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Fu Yang.

Looking at the soldiers and horses that were urgently transferred from various counties and counties, Tao Qian's fear in his heart was slightly alleviated.

But to Cao Cao, Tao Qian was even more angry.

Within a month, Xu Tan and Lu You's two cronies were beheaded, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed.

Cao Cao did not leave a pawn.

Even though the Xuzhou soldiers surrendered in the Battle of Pengcheng, they were all beheaded by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao couldn't afford it, and he didn't dare to raise it.

And such a ferocious method also made Fu Yang and Wu Yuan's newly arrived guards frightened.

"Report!"

"Cao Cao sent the pioneer Cao Hong, and he has arrived at the foot of Fuyang City!"

Before Tao Qian could purge the soldiers and horses, Cao Hong had already killed under Fuyang City.

What Tao Qian didn't know was that before Cao Hong arrived in Fuyang City, Wuyuan's guards had been deceived out of the city and beheaded by Xiahou Dun.

Cao Cao was menacing and meticulous, and Tao Qian was even difficult to find out the movements of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.

"Cao thief, the old man is inseparable from you!" Tao Qian roared angrily, but he could only roar.

In the past month, Tao Qian has made a wrong step and made a wrong step.

Originally, in terms of troops, Tao Qian had an advantage.

But first asked Xu Tan to increase his troops by 2,000 to Xiaopei, but Xu Tan was self-conscious and brave, and gave up the advantage of defending the city to fight with Cao Ren and Cao Hong out of the city and was beheaded.

Tao Qian personally led the army, and fell into Cao Cao's plan to divide the troops, and lost the soldiers and horses.

hurriedly went to Pengcheng, and was treated by Cao Cao for work.

The superior forces directly became the weak forces.

Cao Bao looked at Cao Hong under the city, and panicked in his heart.

"Ming Gong, our army is newly defeated, morale is difficult to recover, and these soldiers and horses are urgently recruited from various counties and counties, and the army is not solemn and embarrassing."

"It's better to send someone to Qingzhou for help."

Cao Bao cautiously proposed.

Cao Bao, who followed Guan Yu to fight Dong Zhuo, was very aware of the courage of the Qingzhou soldiers.

At this time, Cao Bao couldn't think of anyone other than the Qingzhou soldiers who could resist Cao Cao.

Tao Qian's eyes were a little gloomy: "The old man still has the strength to fight, why do you need Liu Xuande to help?" Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the old man can still turn defeat into victory. ”

Cao Bao wanted to speak and stopped, and sighed secretly.

Tao Qian has Tao Qian's pride.

If the war is unfavorable, he hurriedly asks Qingzhou for help, then what face does he Tao Qian have to lead Xuzhou?

In the past, Tao Qian had also conscripted Xiqiang traitors such as Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang, and Han Sui, and pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Xuzhou, which had a sense of arrogance.

Wu Yuan.

Cao Cao sent a large number of spies to find out the information.

"Zhicai, do you guess this Qingzhou, will it send troops to save Tao Qian?" Cao Cao played with the famous sword, his eyes were like a pool, deep and bottomless.

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Qingzhou wants to save it, but it has to have a reason to save it." ”

"Although the Duke of Ming has conquered more than a dozen cities, he has not committed any crimes against the people in every city, only takes the official food in the city, and only kills Tao Qian's soldiers."

"Since there is no moral damage, it is naturally difficult for Qingzhou to have righteousness."

Cao Cao sneered: "That's just right!" Liu Xuande is the most important person, and his reputation is the most. ”

"Tao Qian is at fault first, and he refuses to admit his mistake, then I will beat him until he admits his mistake."

"As long as he is captured alive, Xuzhou can be decided."

In order to avoid giving Liu Bei a reason to send troops, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou this time, and the constraints on military discipline were very strict.

All soldiers who disturb the people will be punished by military law, so as to deter the three armies and appease the people of Xuzhou!

But at the same time, in order to deter the people of Xuzhou, Cao Cao did not leave a pawn for the soldiers of Xuzhou who dared to resist!

Under the combination of grace and power, there was hardly a strong family in Xuzhou in Pengchengguo who dared to disobey Cao Cao's orders at this time.

After all, these powerful clans are not convinced by Tao Qian.

Now Cao Cao is only staring at Tao Qian, and they can't offend Cao Cao.

Xi Zhicai said: "Tao Qian's morale has not recovered, and the soldiers and horses urgently transferred from various counties have not yet cleaned up the army, which is a great opportunity to break the city." ”

"Wu Yuan and Fu Yang are in a rivalry, tonight you can pretend that Wuyuan City is asking for help, lead Tao Qian's soldiers and horses out of the city, and take Fu Yang in a battle!"

Cao Cao nodded and agreed with Xi Zhicai's strategy.

Tao Qian wants to regroup, and it is impossible to give up Wuyuan at this time, otherwise Fu Yang's lonely city will be difficult to defend.

Really.

Hearing that Cao Cao was attacking Wuyuan, Tao Qian did not dare to be negligent, and urgently ordered Xiao General Zhang Ji to send troops to rescue.

Whether it was Tao Qian or Zhang Xu, they didn't expect that Wuyuan City would have been seized by Cao Cao long ago.

When Zhang Zhi arrived, Cao Bing feigned retreat.

And after Zhang Yu rashly entered the city, he found that the city was full of Cao soldiers!

After capturing and killing Zhang Xu, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers and horses to change to the Xuzhou soldier armor banner, which made people pretend to be Zhang Xu and deceive Fu Yang at night.

Tao Qian heard that Wuyuan was lost and Zhang Zhen was defeated, and he was even more frightened in his heart.

In a panic, Tao Qian did not doubt the authenticity of Zhang Xu's identity, and was directly robbed of the city by Cao Bing.

If it weren't for Tao Qian's fast running, this battle would have been captured by Cao Cao.

"It's pretty fast."

failed to capture Tao Qian alive, Cao Cao was quite regretful.

Tancheng is the city of Tao Qian's governance for many years, the city is high and deep, and it is not easy to attack.

Coupled with Tao Qian's successive schemes, it is almost impossible to cheat the city again.

Xi Zhicai said: "There is Tao Qian's tuntian land near Tancheng, and these tuntian people belong to Tao Qian, not to the family of Xuzhou. ”

"Now that spring ploughing is approaching, troops can be sent to destroy Tao Qian's tuntian, and gather the money and grain of the people in the tuntian to supplement military supplies."

"Without the grain and grass in Tuntian, Tao Qian's grain and grass this year cannot be replenished, so he can only forcibly levy grain and grass from the family."

"The more the family in Xuzhou hates Tao Qian, the more they will accept Ming Gong."

Cao Cao laughed: "Zhicai's words are very much in line with my heart." ”

Whether it is Cao Cao or Xi Zhicai, there is only one cognition of the people of Tuntian: serfs.

These Tuntian people were Tao Qian's personal slaves.

Tao Qian is at fault, Cao Cao vented his anger with Tao Qian's private slave, it would not arouse the disgust of the wealthy families in Tancheng, and it would also let this group of people know Cao Cao's attitude.

This time I came to Xuzhou, just with Tao Qian's personal grudges, and it has nothing to do with everyone.

But if someone wants to help Tao Qian, it is his Cao Cao's enemy!

This is the conspiracy that Xi Zhicai planned for Cao Cao.

Inside Tancheng.

Tao Qian was very depressed.

Since Xiaopei has been chased by Cao Cao to Tancheng, Tao Qian can't help but wonder if he will march to fight.

"Duke Ming, now that the defenders of Tancheng are less than 5,000, it is better to ask Qingzhou for help." Cao Bao proposed again.

If Tancheng is lost again, the families of all the generals in the city will suffer from military disasters because of this.

Tao Qiantie's face was blue.

There are soldiers in Langya, there are soldiers in Xiapi, and there are soldiers in Guangling.

But these soldiers and horses were either afraid of Cao Bing, or they listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement.

"This is an internal matter in Xuzhou, the old man is stuck in Tancheng, and when Cao Cao's army runs out of food, he will naturally leave." Tao Qian is still insisting.

The dignified history of a state assassin was beaten and cowered in Tancheng.

Tao Qian didn't have the face to ask for help!

At this moment, Mi Zhu spoke: "Envoy, you may not need to ask Qingzhou for help. ”

"Last year, I sold grain and grass to Qingzhou on credit, and recently Liu Qingzhou sent Guan Yu to escort the grain and grass south, and I have arrived in Jiqiu City."

"But send someone to tell Guan Yu that the people of Tuntian outside Tancheng have been threatened by Cao Bing, and it is likely to delay spring ploughing."

"These Tuntian people were originally resettled by the monarch for Qingzhou, and Guan Yu will definitely not sit idly by."

"As soon as Guan Yu comes, Cao Cao will definitely mistakenly think that Liu Qingzhou has sent reinforcements."

"In this way, maybe you can deceive Cao Cao."

Zheng Ping's plan, Mi Zhu is clear.

In order to avoid Tao Qian's suspicion, Guan Yu went south to the East China Sea on the pretext of escorting grain and grass.

Mi Zhu sold grain and grass to Qingzhou on credit, and Tao Qian also knew about it.

Now if you want to return the grain and grass, you naturally have to send troops to escort it.

Tao Qian's heart was moved.

Guan Yu wanted to come by himself, so it wasn't Tao Qian who took the initiative to ask for help.

"Zizhong, quickly go and inform Guan Yu."

"But you can't tell in the name of the old man."

Tao Qian kept a straight face and stubbornly maintained his face.

Mi Zhu sighed secretly, feeling very uncomfortable with Tao Qian's awkward statement.

It's all defeated to this extent, and I'm still thinking about maintaining face.

i.e. the city of hills.

Guan Yu has been secretly stationed in the army for more than ten days.

Although the purpose of going south is to retreat Cao Cao's troops, this time must be grasped well.

"Second brother, don't send someone to deliver the letter."

"Tao Qian was reluctant to ask Qingzhou for help, but acquiesced to the second brother to protect the people of Tuntian."

"What a treacherous old horseman."

"We're still allies!"

Tian Yu was very unhappy.

This is equivalent to that if Guan Yu had a conflict with Cao Cao, it would have nothing to do with him Tao Qian.

Lu Su stood with his sword, and his words also despised Tao Qian: "Tao Gongzu admires fame on the outside, but he is not true on the inside, and he is a snobbish and cold villain." ”

"It's not sincere to form an alliance with Qingzhou."

Tian Yu said again: "Our army is small, Cao's army is large, how can we break the enemy?" ”

Lu Su said: "The envoy and Cao Cao have no old grudges and new hatreds, and they may not need to use swords, I think they can directly show the banner and go to Tancheng openly." ”

"Send someone to send a letter to Cao Cao again, analyze the pros and cons, and make Cao Cao retreat."

"What does General Guan think?"

Although Lu Su is a marching military division, he is still young and has little experience, so he will still let Guan Yu give him guidance after this advice.

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair: "Cao Cao's soldiers are in full swing, and he has been fighting all the way from Xiaopei to Tancheng, how can he withdraw because of a letter?" ”

"If you send a letter, it will make Cao Cao think that Qingzhou is weak and dare not start a war with him."

"Immediately send a message to Yide and let him surprise Xiaopei!"

"As for us, we will stop fighting Cao Cao first and take it by surprise."

Lu Su was stunned: "Mr. Ke Xianmou said that the reason why I sent troops was that the villagers in Tuntian in the East China Sea were suffering, but Cao Cao has not yet plundered the villagers in Tuntian, so will it be too early to send troops at this time?" ”

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes narrowed: "Zijing, you are too sincere!" Soldiers, treacherous! ”

"Although Cao Cao has not yet plundered the villagers of Tuntian, his soldiers and horses have frightened the villagers of Tuntian."

Lu Su's eyes widened: "Scared, scared?" ”

Koji Yi licked the knife on the side, and there was a bloodthirsty taste: "Although Cao Bing did not plunder the villagers of Tuntian, they showed off their might outside Tancheng, making the villagers of Tuntian tremble all day long. ”

"This is already a provocation to us!"

"I am waiting to go south, not to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, but to show Qingzhou's position and attitude, so that Cao Cao can take the initiative to withdraw his troops."

"Whoever messes with us, who dies!"

"Even if it just scares the villagers of Qingzhou, you have to pay the price of blood!"

Lu Su still didn't understand: "It's ......"

Guan Yu's eyes were cold, and he interrupted: "Zijing, you have to remember." When marching and fighting, only the dominant side is qualified to analyze the advantages and disadvantages with the weaker side. ”

"If you send a letter at this time, it is equivalent to letting Cao Cao know that Xiao Pei still has Yide's soldiers and horses hidden outside."

Lu Su's heart was shocked, and after pondering Guan Yu's teachings, he felt a little ashamed in his heart.

Directly sent a letter to Cao Cao to analyze the pros and cons, thinking too naïve.

Without absolute superiority, why did Cao Cao withdraw because of a letter?

Cao Cao also had wise men in his army, and rashly demonstrating was equivalent to making Cao Cao prepared, and Zhang Fei's surprise attack would not work.

As Lu Yi said, this trip to the south is to show Qingzhou's position and attitude.

scared the people of Tuntian, but it was just a reason for Cao Cao to step down on the surface.

First soldiers, then salutes.

Only when the tiger shows its claws can the hungry wolf be feared.

Instead of pretending to be a sick cat, go and say to the hungry wolf: Don't mess with me.

All the way south, Guan Yu broke the Xiandeng camp into pieces and hid troops near Tancheng.

He took the lead in the camp, and attacked Cao Hong's camp with Lu Yi and Tian Yu at night.

Cao Hong was caught off guard, and he didn't expect Guan Yu to hide troops in the East China Sea.

I didn't expect Guan Yu to say hello and rob the camp directly.

Cao Hong resisted desperately, but where was Guan Yu's opponent, he was captured by Guan Yu after a few face-to-face shots.

"Guan Yu! Is Qingzhou going to war with Yuzhou? Cao Hong, who was bound, glared angrily.

fought in Xuzhou for a success, but was accidentally captured by Guan Yu.

Cao Hong's inner anguish and anger can be imagined.

Guan Yu's face was grim: "Why did you destroy Tuntian and loot the money and grain of the people of Tuntian?" ”

Originally, I was just looking for a reason, but I didn't expect Cao Cao to really set up troops to destroy Tuntian and plunder the people of Tuntian.

This made Guan Yu's tone quite cold.

Cao Hong was stunned: "Are these Tuntian people related to Qingzhou?" ”

Tian Yu snorted coldly: "Everyone in the world knows that the Duke of Xuande of Qingzhou entrusted Tao Tingshi to settle 100,000 hungry people in the East China Sea. ”

"Don't you know?"

Cao Hong said angrily: "Strong words, they are just Tao Qian's personal slaves. ”

"Guan Yu, is Qingzhou really ready to go to war with Yuzhou!"

Guan Yu's eyes remained unchanged, which made people loosen Cao Hong's shackles, and threw a letter to Cao Hong: "I remember that you also asked Yuan Shu in the past, and I won't kill you today." ”

"Bring this letter to Cao Tingshi. Bad East China Sea Tuntian people spring cultivators, Qingzhou will never die! ”

(End of chapter)