Li Pu was injured all over his body and directed everyone at the scene to take care of it before going to rest.

"What! Hangu Pass was broken? Li Li was killed by Pan Feng!" Li Jue kicked over the soldiers who came to report the news.

"Impossible! Hangu Pass is one of the rare dangerous passes in the world. How could Pan Feng break it so easily?" Li Jue couldn't believe it.

Li Jue had full confidence in Hangu Pass. There were only 5,000 soldiers guarding the pass, so he specially sent Li Li with 5,000 soldiers to support him.

In Li Jue's expectation, Hangu Pass can survive until at least two months later.

Ma Tenghan was defeated and retreated to Xiliang. It was impossible for him to have spare power to cooperate with Pan Feng's attack in a short period of time. Pan Feng was blocked outside Hangu Pass. He had enough time to face the 100,000 troops led by Zhang He.

Now that Pan Feng has cleared the border in two days, Pan Feng will appear in Tongguan in a few days.

The war with Pan Feng started at the same time, which Li Jue didn't want to see.

Moreover, Chang'an was already hit by disaster this year and lacked food and grass. Now that the two armies are at war at the same time, the number of people eating horses and chewing is astronomical.

It doesn't matter if you give the soldiers some porridge or something in normal times, but once a war breaks out, if you give the soldiers some porridge, their morale may collapse without having to beat yourself up.

I'll pay for your life, but you can't even bear to have a dry mouth! You're just being a bastard!

Therefore, the difference in food and grass consumption between wartime and non-wartime can even reach a gap of three or four times.

Li Jue was a little scared. Pan Feng, who was so powerful in the world, plus Bingzhou's 100,000 troops...

"Someone is coming!"

"General."

………

"Pan Feng has already conquered Hangu Pass, and it only took two days."

Cao Cao took the letter and handed it to Guo Jia.

Cao Cao has raised an army to avenge his father Cao Song, and is now at the critical moment of entering Xuzhou.

I thought that Pan Feng's attack on Hangu Pass would take at least a month even with Pan Feng's bravery.

There are more people in Tongguan and the terrain is more dangerous. Even if Cao Cao overestimates Pan Feng, it will take at least three months. If it doesn't go so smoothly, half a year is possible.

But he didn't expect that Li Pu actually broke through the city in two days. Now Cao Cao had no idea what would happen.

If Pan Feng captures Sili Chang'an, almost the entire north will be in Pan Feng's hands, which is not good news for Cao Cao.

"It seems we have underestimated Pan Feng." Guo Jia read the letter and handed it to Cheng Yu.

"Once Pan Feng captures Sili Chang'an, no one in the entire north except us can be called Pan Feng's opponent."

"Fengxiao means..."

"After Pan Feng captures Chang'an, our next target will definitely be us."

"Send the order! Speed ​​up the march!"

Unable to wait any longer, Cao Cao felt that his time was running out.

If he cannot capture Xuzhou while Li Pu is attacking Chang'an, and can confront Li Pu with only one state, no matter how optimistic he is, Cao Cao will not see any hope.

The only plan now is to win Xuzhou quickly, capture Xuzhou's money, food and population, and recruit all the soldiers. Only then can there be any hope of a decisive battle with Li Pu.

………

"Now Cao Cao is going to attack Xuzhou. I regret killing Cao Cao's father by mistake, but the big mistake has been made. I only hope that Cao Cao will kill me and spare the people of Xuzhou."

The regret on Tao Qian's face and the fact that he was crying bitterly made everyone present feel extremely sad.

Cao Cao led his troops to attack, and Tao Qian was naturally prepared. Tao Qian led an 80,000-strong army and stationed himself in Pengcheng.

The walls of Pengcheng are tall and very suitable for defense.

Tao Qian knew that he was the one who killed Cao Song and had nothing to do with anyone else, but how could he just give it to Cao Cao to kill?

By this time, it no longer mattered whether Tao Qian deliberately killed Cao Song, or whether his subordinates were motivated by the wealth.

Cao Cao needed a territory to add to his power, and Tao Qian knew that once the city of Xuzhou was defeated, not only himself, but also his family and people would be killed.

So Tao Qian staged this scene in front of all his subordinates.

Just to let everyone work together to fight against Cao Cao.

And Liu Bei is also on the list.

After Liu Bei and Guan Yu escaped from Jixian that day, they suddenly felt that the world was so vast and they had nowhere to go.

Later, I accidentally learned that Tao Qian of Xuzhou was recruiting various forces to conspire for great things. Tao Qian wanted to invade Chang'an to rescue the emperor.

When Liu Bei learned of this, he rushed to Xuzhou to meet Tao Qian without stopping.

Tao Qian saw that Liu Bei was majestic and a descendant of the royal family, so he sent Liu Bei to garrison in Xiapi.

Xiapi is not a small place, but a county. However, the general of Xiapi rebelled and claimed to be the emperor.

Tao Qian was at a loss as to what to do, when Liu Bei arrived.

So Tao Qian appointed Liu Bei to garrison Xiapi. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei actually killed the rebel generals of Xiapi in one month and gathered his soldiers.

Now Liu Bei also has 20,000 soldiers in Xiapi. How could Tao Qian forget Liu Bei when he fought against Cao Cao?

"Don't worry, Mr. Tao, Cao Cao is a slave to Xuzhou for revenge, and he will never allow Cao Cao to step into Xuzhou."

Liu Bei walked out from the side and saluted Tao Qian.

Liu Bei's ideal is to help the Han Dynasty. No matter what he thinks in his heart, he has indeed been working hard in this direction.

Now that Tao Qian had given him what he had always wanted, he was naturally very respectful to Tao Qian.

Now that Cao Cao is aggressively attacking Xuzhou, he is not only attacking Tao Qian, but also him.

After Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, would he let Liu Bei take over a county alone?

impossible.

When we walked out of Tao Qian's house, it was getting late.

Pedestrians on the road passed in front of Liu Bei in twos and threes. Liu Bei looked at the three people walking in front of him, then looked at the north, and then sighed sadly.

"Brother, why are you sighing?"

"Well, ever since I found out that my third brother surrendered to Han Fu because of us, I have been thinking about my third brother day and night. Although I have a small foundation, my brothers are far apart. How can I not feel sad about it?"

Liu Bei was about to burst into tears as he spoke, and Guan Yu quickly comforted him.

"Although my three brothers are far apart, the agreement between Yide and Pan Feng does not violate the oath that my three brothers made that day. What's more, the eldest brother now has his own fief. If the third brother knew about it, he would travel thousands of miles away.

It's a pity that my third brother came to vote..."

Guan Yu shook his head as he spoke. He had nothing to say about Zhang Fei's loyalty. If one day he was captured by someone and had no choice but to surrender, he would definitely make an agreement with that person.

But he didn't have any hope in Zhang Fei's brain. If there was a war, his third brother might have a sudden inspiration, but it would really be difficult for him to make preparations quietly, find out the news, and come thousands of miles to invest.

"But it doesn't matter. If we defeat Cao Cao this time, we will definitely become famous all over the world. Maybe my third brother will get the news about us."
Chapter completed!