Dian Wei rushed towards the spot where Xiao Jian fell from his horse in three steps. He was annoyed when he saw Xiao Jian, who was already dead. He kept asking how Xiao Jian's ancestor could give birth to such a person who couldn't help but beat him.

The goods, the credit that originally belonged to oneself, disappeared in vain.

Dian Wei thought of what he was angry about, and slapped Xiao Jian Weihan's bones severely. Cao Cao's soldiers around him were frightened. This black man was too cruel.

"Dian Wei! Come here!" After hearing Xiahou Dun's call, Dian Wei picked up his halberd and quickly came to the side of Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun.

"Master Fu, what do you want from me?" Dian Wei said with a big grin, looking completely different from the murderous and bloodthirsty look just now.

"Why are you giggling? Haven't you always wanted to meet my eldest brother? Now you can't recognize him in front of you." Xiahou Dun said to the straightforward Dian Wei.

"Brother?" Dian Wei saw Cao Cao next to Xiahou Dun, who was casting a scorching look at him, and immediately knelt down and bowed, "Dian Wei has met Mr. Cao!"

"Brother Dian, get up." Cao Cao bent down to help Dian Wei, who was kneeling in front of him. He found that the veins on Dian Wei's thick forearms were bulging. The moment Cao Cao's hands came into contact with Dian Wei's arms, Cao Cao felt as if he was on his knees.

It's like touching a hard rock, "General, you have so much strength!"

"I am not a general, I am now the commander of the village." Dian Wei explained with some shame.

"Brother means that you will definitely become a general in the future." Xiahou Dun said with a smile.

"Thank you so much, Dian Wei!" Cao Cao wanted to pull Dian Wei up, who was kneeling again, but due to Dian Wei's amazing physical strength, Cao Cao had no choice but to smile and accept Dian Wei's enthusiastic kneeling.

"When did Brother Dian join us?" Cao Cao asked, remembering that Xiahou Dun's men did not have such brave men.

"This happened three months ago. He was originally the commander of Zhang Miao's side. He heard about Zihuan... and heard about Mr. Wen Ruo and I's military strategy and came to join the army. I think he has

With a little bit of brute force, let him become a village commander first." Xiahou Dun explained.

"Sent from Meng Zhuo? Meng Zhuo won't fall out with me because of Brother Dian, right?" Cao Cao has a very good relationship with Zhang Miao, and he also knows that a mere minister in Dianwei probably has never even met Zhang Miao.

Yes, but he still asked hypocritically.

"Brother, you are worrying too much. If Zhang Miao valued Dian Wei, why did he only let him be a captain?" Xiahou Dun knew that Cao Cao was interested in this fierce general under his command, so he responded tacitly.

"Your Majesty, I failed to capture the enemy chief alive just now, but killed him instead. Dian Wei, please punish me." Dian Wei said respectfully to Cao Cao.

"Why did you come to me from Meng Zhuo?" Cao Cao ignored Dian Wei's apology and just asked himself.

"I think Shi Jun is the greatest hero in the world." Dian Wei replied seriously.

"Tell me, tell me, why am I a hero?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard Dian Wei's answer. This was the first time that he was called a hero by an outsider.

"I made you run thousands of miles to chase Dong's thieves, collect the Yellow Turban thieves who invaded Yanzhou, make sure the refugees have food, and make the soldiers feel at ease fighting for the country. Each of these can be called heroes." Dian Wei counted them one by one.

Cao Cao was a little surprised when he heard about Cao Cao's achievements over the years. He didn't expect that what he did could be admired by others.

"Where are you from?"

"A native of Chenliu County."

"Dianwei, how about you follow me from now on?"

"Why are you standing there in a daze? Why don't you thank your lord quickly?"

"Thank you, my lord, and your envoy. From now on, I, Dian Wei, will entrust my life to you." As Dian Wei knelt down for the third time, the battle of Rencheng, which lasted for more than a month, finally ended with Cao Cao's victory.

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In the fourth year of Chuping, September.

Cao Cao's three armies advanced together and captured more than ten cities in Xuzhou. While Cao Cao completely eliminated Tao Qian's main army, he also cut off Tao Qian's supply line relying on Surabaya to support Pengcheng. Tao Qian was besieged in Tancheng County and had no choice but to do so.

He had no choice but to ask for help from Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong.

Outside Tan City, Cao Jun’s camp.

"It's really too much to bully someone!" Cao Hong slammed the wooden slips in his hands to the ground, and said angrily to Cao Cao who was sitting on the seat, "I will definitely take care of this ungrateful maniac when I go back.

Health."

"Brother, we can't swallow this tone easily." Xia Houyuan picked up the wooden slips that fell on the ground and read them with anger on his face, "Zihe, please tell us how the emperor humiliated us.

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"Sigh... I have some talent and reputation here, and I am on good terms with Zhang Miao, Kong Rong and others, so my words are a bit more arrogant. If he hadn't personally handed this thing to me, I wouldn't be able to show it to my eldest brother. After all, at this time

This is the critical period of the confrontation with Tao Qian." Cao Chun said helplessly, and then told the story of his encounter with Bian Rang.

When Cao Chun returned to Yanzhou to mobilize military supplies, he passed by Chen Gong's mansion, and when Chen Gong was welcoming the guests, he happened to see Cao Chun who had just finished his official duties. Cao Chun served as the Huangmen when he was eighteen years old.

With the position of Minister, the Yanzhou nobles have always regarded Cao Chun as the "enlightened faction" around Cao Cao.

Chen Gong's mansion was holding a symposium, and Chen Gong invited Cao Chun to attend as the head of the family. Cao Chun had nothing to do, so he followed Chen Gong into the mansion. The mansion was full of famous people from Yanzhou, including the learned

A gifted person must give in and be courteous at the same time.

When everyone saw Cao Chun arriving, they deliberately ignored him. After staying for a while, Cao Chun felt bored and was about to get up and leave. Yi Yi grabbed Cao Chun and handed the wooden slips in his hand to Cao Chun.

"Go and tell Cao Amo, these are what I want to say to him." After saying this, Bian Rang turned around and left in a cool manner, continuing to chat with the nobles, not taking Cao Chun seriously at all.
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Cao Chun felt deeply humiliated, so he read the contents of the wooden slip. Cao Chun found that it was full of slanderous words against Cao Cao. After weighing the pros and cons, Cao Chun decided to hand the wooden slip to Cao Cao.

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"Don't you mean that I am a man of no virtue and talent, and sending troops to Xuzhou is an unjust war?" Cao Cao touched Cao Pi's head and smiled indifferently, "You are not as big as Zi Huan. Zi Huan saw this

I wasn’t as angry as you when I made the wooden slips.”

"Father, uncles, Bian Rang and Tao Qian are old acquaintances. He will naturally help Tao Qian by saying a few words. I think this person is short-sighted and there is really no need to be angry with him." Cao Pi faced Cao Honghe, who was getting angry.

Xia Houyuan said, "The most important thing right now is to capture Tancheng. We have been besieging Tancheng for seven or eight days. The longer it takes, the worse it will be for us."

"Zihuan is right. Conquering Tancheng is the main business. You two should control your bad temper. When we return to Yanzhou, I won't believe that the other side dares to be so arrogant. He is just talking nonsense while my eldest brother is away."

Xiahou Dun put down the wine glass in his hand and consoled Cao Hong and Xia Houyuan.

"I don't look down on those stinky Confucian scholars who know how to talk." Cao Hong said still unconvinced.

"Okay, you have been fighting for so many years, so don't be angry about such a trivial matter." Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhicai, who was sitting in the side seat, and Xi Zhicai just laughed it off, "Winter is about to begin.

If we still can't capture Tancheng, we will have to prepare to retreat when we run out of food and supplies. Now let's think about how to break the city."

"How come there is not enough food and grass?" Xiahou Dun asked curiously, "Hasn't Zao Boxiao's farming method already been implemented? He promised at that time that we will definitely not be short of military food in the future."

"Farming and accumulating grain is something that happens overnight. Now I just hope that Tancheng can be conquered as soon as possible. We can't waste time with Tao Qian all the time." Cao Cao sighed.

The Cao army outside the camp, under the command of Cao Ren, once again launched an attack on Tancheng. Once again, they were helplessly repelled by the Xuzhou army. This kind of fruitless attack has been carried out more than twenty times in the past few days.

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Tao Qian is anxiously waiting for news about Kong Rong in the official office. The continuous siege over the past few days has made Tao Qian's already old body even more tired, and the white hair on his head also looks a lot thinner.
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"How's it going? Is there a letter from Wenju?" Tao Qian stood up and asked immediately after seeing Chen Deng.

"No, but there is a letter from Yanzhou." Chen Deng shook his head and said.

"Yanzhou? Whose letter?" Tao Qian asked doubtfully.

"Be courteous while yielding." Chen Deng handed the letter in his hand to Tao Qian, and Tao Qian quickly opened the cotton thread and read the contents of the letter.

"Wen Li still doesn't understand Cao Cao well enough. If this eunuch could only listen to a few of his criticisms, why would he be in today's predicament?" Tao Qian sighed after reading the contents of the letter.

"My lord! My lord!" Cao Bao rushed into the lobby in a panic and shouted loudly to Tao Qian who was sitting there.

"Don't be rude! Why are you in such a panic?" Tao Qian looked at Cao Bao with dissatisfaction. Tao Qian had been angry with this general who fled after the defeated army for a long time. Now Cao Bao broke into the government residence without any notice. It seems that this is a vulgar act.

People are indeed in a difficult position.

"Kong Rong's reinforcements are coming from the east!" Cao Bao said excitedly to Tao Qian, frothing at the mouth.

"Hurry! Go and have a look!" Tao Qian couldn't help himself. He followed Cao Bao to the city wall with bare feet. Through the crenellations on the mother wall, Tao Qian saw many Beihai soldiers holding large banners with the Chinese character Kong and heading toward them.

Coming from Tancheng, "Heaven will not destroy me, Tao Gongzu!"

Cao Ren also discovered the unusual movement on the east side of the camp at the same time. After seeing Kong Rong's army, he quickly sent someone to report to Cao Cao. After receiving the news, Cao Cao put down the military book in his hand and immediately came to the camp tower to overlook.<

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"Kong Wenju is here after all." Cao Cao sighed as he looked at the large scroll with the word "Kong" flying in the air.

"Brother, what should we do now?" Cao Hong asked cautiously, looking at Cao Cao's disappointed expression.

"Withdraw the troops and return to Yanzhou." After Cao Cao said that, he turned around and went downstairs with Cao Pi beside him. Cao Pi saw Cao Cao's strong unwillingness in Cao Cao's eyes.

Cao Cao's army retreated in an orderly manner as ordered, and Kong Rong's Northern Navy also stationed themselves at a safe distance with tacit understanding. Tao Qian in the city did not dare to attack easily when he saw this. Tao Qian had been frightened by Cao Cao.
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