After Cao Cao obtained Yuan Shu's 5,000 troops, he immediately began to spread the word all over the world.

It is incumbent upon us to claim to prevent the Son of Heaven from acting perversely.

Cao Cao had arrived in Xuzhou at this time and began to strengthen the city walls in Pengcheng.

And Cao Ren, who was stationed in Xiapi County, had also begun to stock up on grain in preparation for the upcoming war.

When Cao Cao learned that Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu were both killed in battle, he defined the two as loyal ministers of the Han family, and the Son of Heaven went against the grain and killed loyal ministers indiscriminately.

In this era, it does not mean that the Son of Heaven can control every county.

The Son of Heaven can only influence the central government, and how to implement it depends on the local officials.

In addition, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty once issued an order to let each county recruit soldiers by itself to resist the Yellow Turbans.

This is the power given to both the political power and the military power, which has undergone a change of time.

In fact, the states and counties have become the personal belongings of the governors of various places.

For example, after Liu Yan's death, he thought about which son he would pass on Yizhou to, rather than saying that he would play the imperial court and let the imperial court send someone to manage Yizhou.

And what Lin Mu did was undoubtedly to break this conventional rule.

This is to seize power with the courtiers, not the virtuous son.

In Lin Mu's view, if he does this, it is a separation, which Lin Mu cannot tolerate at all.

Power is like this, the Son of Heaven takes more, and the courtiers take less.

And once the power is in the hands, how can it be so easy to give it away?

It is impossible to hand over power without seeing blood.

After some purging, the army marched again.

Liu Bei patted his horse and came to Lin Mu.

"Your Majesty, the army has arrived in Xiao County."

Lin Mu glanced ahead, and he could already see the city wall.

This city wall was actually built by Cao Cao, when Cao Cao wanted to attack Pengcheng, Cao Cao had already arrived under Pengcheng, and the materials and baggage were placed in Xiao County.

Cao Cao still valued his own food relatively seriously, so Xiao County, where the city wall was broken, was also repaired by Cao Cao.

If it weren't for Lin Mu's edict, Cao Cao himself would have taken down Pengcheng.

Xiao County is only ninety miles away from Pengcheng, so Lin Mu also feels that he should put his baggage here, after all, Boss Cao still has a vision.

But just then, there was a commotion in front of the army, but it soon became quiet again.

After a while, someone came to report to the woods, saying that they had been attacked by a small group of cavalry ahead.

There have been too many such small-scale attacks along the way, and since Lin Mu broke through Juyang, he has not encountered large-scale battles along the way, and it has always been this kind of small-scale operations.

Cao Cao realized that if he arranged the army again, it would become a tactic to add fuel, so he withdrew all the Cao troops along the way.

However, although Cao Jun withdrew, there was a lot of harassment along the way.

This tactic is like a fly, although it can't hurt the army, but it is like a fish in the throat and makes people uncomfortable.

Exhausting the army along the way is a good tactic.

It's just that now that there is a strong city, there is no need to worry about it anymore.

There has long been no one in Xiao County, this place was requisitioned by Cao Cao, and the local people have basically either run away or been killed, where are there still civilians.

It's just that there is no one to guard this Xiao County, which makes the forest a little strange.

Lin Mu looked at Xiao County not far away, and asked Liu Bei.

"This Xiao County is undefended? Is there any fraud? ”

Cao Cao harassed so often along the way, if he entered the city to rest for two or three days, Cao Cao's hard work along the way would not be in vain.

Liu Bei also sensed that something was wrong, with Cao Cao's temperament along the way, Liu Bei didn't believe that Cao Cao would give him a city so generously.

"The army marches slowly! Sent two hundred cavalry and entered the city to check. ”

Soon two hundred cavalry entered the city to inspect it, and there was nothing special in the city, an empty city, and the four gates were wide open.

After hearing this, Lin Mu spoke.

"Order the army to move slowly, don't be impatient!"

If it weren't for the fact that there was no one, Lin Mu would have wondered if Cao Cao was playing an empty city plan with him.

The army slowly entered, and just as Lin Mu was about to enter the city, Lin Mu suddenly noticed that the city seemed to have a strange smell.

And it seems that the gates are wet, and they are connected by wooden planks and painted to prevent insects and rats from gnawing them.

But the gates seem to be a little too new, and the paint on them hasn't dried yet.

Lin Mu suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly summoned Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty."

"Quickly recall the army in the city, there is an ambush in the city!"

Liu Bei glanced at Lin Mu in surprise, and then hurriedly turned around and let the army withdraw from Xiao County.

"Don't be impatient! Take your time! ”

If there is really an ambush in the city, there must be someone in the vicinity who observes, and if the army is too impatient, those people will definitely act in advance, and the army that enters the city will be in trouble at that time.

Liu Bei also understood that he couldn't panic at this time, so he followed Lin Mu's words and deeds.

But unexpectedly, when the army began to walk out, the city gate was suddenly ignited by two rockets on the city wall.

There was already oil on the city gate, and when it came into contact with these two rockets, the fire spread extremely quickly.

In just an instant, the entire city gate was completely set on fire.

Lin Mu looked up and found that there were ambushes on the city wall.

Seeing that the city gate was on fire, the soldiers began to panic, some ran outside the city, some ran inside the city, and the chaos became a mess.

Countless soldiers began to rush towards the outside of the city, but the city gate was already on fire, although the city gate was open, but Xiao County was not big, so the city gate was not big.

When the gate was lit, the scorching heat scorched the already narrow doorway like a furnace, making it difficult for the persecutors to approach.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly shouted at the soldiers in the city.

"Back into the city! Back into the city! ”

At this time, the city gate was on fire, but the city was not on fire, and there might be a way to survive when you retreated into the city.

There were cavalry patrols in the city, and there were no soldiers in ambush.

And there are not many soldiers on the city wall, plus they are on the city wall, which leads to a sneak attack.

After all, no matter how small Xiao County is, it is also a city, and it is still very simple to hide dozens of soldiers on the city wall.

But before Liu Bei could finish speaking, several rockets landed on the roofs of the houses in the city.

Then a fire began in the city, and it did not start from anywhere else, but from the rooftops of the houses.

Seeing this, Lin Mu finally understood.

After Cao Cao asked the people of Xiao County to evacuate Xiao County, he put a fire starter on the roof.

Then ambush soldiers on the city wall, and there is no need for many ambushes on the city wall, as long as they can ignite the fire in the city.

Twenty or thirty or even a dozen are enough, and they only need to set fire to the houses near the city walls, and they don't care about the rest.

Naturally, the fire will consume everything in the city.

There are fires everywhere in the city, so you don't need to be on point, and a few random arrows can set the whole city on fire.

Lin Mu stood up at this time and shouted loudly to the soldiers inside the city gate.

"Don't panic! Out in a row! ”

There weren't many ambushes in the city, and those ambushes were only used to light fires, not to kill soldiers entering the city.

Therefore, Cao Cao definitely has other followers.

Sure enough, it wasn't time for the soldiers in the city to start walking out.

The earth began to tremble, and Liu Bei's face turned pale when he saw this, this was the power of the cavalry impact.

And it seems that this cavalry is not small, at least there are more than 10,000 horsemen.

On a high ground in the distance, Dian Wei stood behind Cao Cao, and Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia stood on the side, all of whom were looking at the location of Xiao County in the distance.

Cao Cao saw that the imperial army was trapped by the fire, and the soldiers outside the city had not yet formed a formation, while his own cavalry was already close to Xiao County.

This is that the overall situation has been decided, even if the Son of Heaven can stabilize the army against his own army.

The nearly 10,000 soldiers who entered the city first could no longer survive.

Where else is this used to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army in Xuzhou, the imperial army's army is a total of 50,000, and now it has lost nearly 10,000, even if it does not collapse, it is difficult to have a climate.

I couldn't help but feel relieved, and I said in my mouth.

"Feng Xiao is really talented! Just a little trick can play this mediocre king, between the palms of his hand. ”

Guo Jia smiled, didn't say anything, just saluted Cao Cao, and then picked up the gourd and took a sip.

Cao Cao was even more happy when he saw this, uninhibited and talented.

On the contrary, it was Xi Zhicai who stepped forward to persuade.

"Don't drink too much in filial piety."

Guo Jia was already bohemian and uninhibited, and when he was in Yingchuan, he intersected with Xun Yu and others, and was known for his talents.

Therefore, when Cao Cao was thirsty for talent, this Yingchuan family recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao.

Now that Guo Jia has established such a meritorious service when he first came, they also have the merit of recommendation.

But if Guo Jia's debauchery angered Cao Cao, it would be troublesome.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao personally enlightened Guo Jia.

"This battle has been won by a big victory, and it doesn't hurt to drink some filial piety."

When everyone saw Cao Cao like this, they didn't say much, and looked up in the direction of Xiao County in the distance.

Cao Cao also looked up into the distance, and at this time, a group of cavalry had reached the front of Xiao County.

"Although Wen Qian can make meritorious contributions in this battle, it is indispensable to the plan of filial piety, and filial piety should be the first credit in this battle."

Wen Qian is the word for Lejin, and Lejin is the general recruited by Cao Cao when he was in Chenliu.

When Le Jin entered Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao didn't pay attention to it at first, but he showed his extremely strong ability when he was very happy.

Although Lejin is not tall, he is courageous.

In every battle, he must be the first to charge forward, and when he leads his troops to rush and kill, he is invincible.

Therefore, Cao Cao asked Le Jin to lead the cavalry to charge and kill the imperial army this time.

The court is already in chaos at this time, and the enemy will be scattered at this time.

But at this moment, suddenly a group of cavalry rushed out of the army of the imperial court and rushed towards Lejin and killed.

In the midst of such a chaotic army, not only did they not run, but they rushed to the enemy position, which was the first time I had seen it.

Cao Cao asked, pointing to the person who rushed out.

"Who is this?"

Xi Zhicai said after taking a closer look.

"This person is Liu Bei's sworn brother, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang."

"Oh? There were still such warriors in the army of the imperial court. ”

At this time, Cao Cao didn't know Guan Yu, and the princes of the Eighteenth Road discussed Dong at the beginning, although Liu Bei participated.

But within a few days, the news of Dong Zhuo's killing came out.

Hu Zhen, the guard of the Tiger Prison Pass, and Hua Xiong, who was supposed to be used as a whetstone by Guan Yu, did not die.

Therefore, Guan Yu did not become famous, even if Xi Zhicai talked about Guan Yu, he only said that Guan Yu was Liu Bei's sworn brother.

Guan Yu held the Qinglong Glaive Knife and killed Le Jin.

As soon as they fought, Guan Yu was a little surprised, this Le Jin didn't look amazing, but his strength was extremely strong.

When a master makes a move, you can know how your opponent is doing as soon as you fight.

Guan Yu was already at the end of the army, and although the army in front of him was a little flustered, it was none of Guan Yu's business.

At this time, seeing that Le Jin was close to Xiao County, it seemed that he wanted to raid the army, how could Guan Yu look at it like this.

So he led the army to rush towards Lejin, and the thousands of soldiers behind him really stalemate with the tens of thousands of cavalry led by Lejin for a short time.

Seeing that Guan Yu was able to fight back and forth with Le Jin, Cao Cao was very interested.

I didn't expect that in addition to the Son of Heaven in this imperial army, there were such brave people.

But no matter how brave you are, what can you do?

At this time, another army also began to appear in Cao Cao's field of vision.

"Wen Qian and Gongming have two bread sandwiches, and this tyrant's army has no power to return to heaven."

Xu Huang was originally a general under Yang Feng of the White Bo Army.

Later, Yang Feng originally wanted to take refuge in the imperial court, but when he heard that the Son of Heaven was cruel, he wanted to occupy a county as his capital.

He chose Yanzhou, but was beaten violently by Cao Cao, who was recovering Yanzhou at the time.

Although Yang Feng lost in the end and surrendered to Cao Cao, Xu Huang was favored by Cao Cao.

Xu Huang fought for fifty rounds with Xu Chu, who had just defected to Cao Cao.

Therefore, although Cao Cao felt that Yang Feng was not very good, he was extremely important to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also very good at governing the army.

In just a few years, Cao Cao was promoted to general Pi.

Xu Huang led the army to rush out, but at this time, the army of the imperial court was still a little scattered.

Seeing that Xu Huang was about to be killed, Zhang Fei screamed and killed Xu Huang.

There were only hundreds of people behind Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei's martial arts skills were superb and intercepted Xu Huang.

As soon as Xu Huang fought Zhang Fei, there were frequent dangers.

Cao Cao was a little surprised to see that Xu Huang was also intercepted.

He didn't expect that there would be many people in the imperial court's army, and one Guan Yu was already brilliant enough, but he didn't expect that there would be one now.

"Who is this man? There is a momentum of riding a thousand. ”

"This person is Liu Bei's brother Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide."

"It's a fierce general, but I didn't expect the Son of Heaven to go against the grain, and there are such people to serve him."

Cao Cao saw that Xu Huang was forced to retreat by Zhang Fei, and he felt a little emotional.

Guo Jia was also a little surprised when he saw this, he originally thought that the two armies would be able to defeat the imperial army, but he didn't expect to be stopped like this.

And the most important thing is that the imperial army did not collapse.

If any other army is released, it will be burned by fire behind it, and there is no danger to defend the plain, and then it will be attacked by cavalry.

It had long since broken and fled, but the imperial army gradually stabilized.

Cao Cao said with emotion.

"I didn't expect the imperial court to govern the army so strictly."

After saying that, he beckoned, and a warrior walked down the high ground from Cao Cao's side.