On the chaotic land of Xuzhou, several days have passed since Tan County, the capital of Xuzhou City, was defeated.
But the governor of Xuzhou in the Jianghuai area still couldn't believe that their reinforcements were still on the way, and Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian died in the battle like this.
Is it true that Cao Jun's troops are flying?
They didn't know the details of the city's destruction. They only knew that Cao Jun used a huge stone cart to attack Tan County, and then the city was broken.
Once Tan County was destroyed, the celebrities of Qingxu who originally lived here fled again.
They were unwilling to join Cao Cao who massacred the people of Xuzhou, so they could only continue to flee south.
After Cao Jun conquered Tan County, he did not stand still, but pursued Pengcheng to the west and the Jianghuai area to the south.
The brutality of Cao's army also aroused the resistance of the Xuzhou family, so scenes of battles between the two sides can be seen everywhere on the land of Xuzhou.
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The sun rose as usual, and the wilderness outside Xiapi City was shrouded in dazzling sunlight, so bright that it was difficult to see what was happening.
At this time, a convoy that had escaped from Tan County was driving crazily towards Xiapi.
On one of the carriages, a young girl was hugging her maid tightly, her body rising and falling with the bumps of the carriage.
Five days ago, she was still the innocent lady from a famous family, but five days later she had to flee with her brothers.
People like her are simply the epitome of Xuzhou's scholar-bureaucrats. But she is slightly different. Her surname is Mi, and her two brothers are named Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.
So her name is Mi...
The convoy was still moving at high speed and had not stopped in the past few days. No one knew how many miles they had traveled.
In short, every time Miss Mi couldn't hold on anymore and got sleepy, when she woke up again, the convoy was still running.
Because of this, Miss Mi is no longer as scared as before. She can always see her brother's solid back in the motorcade, and he is still as reliable as ever.
Miss Mi is not worried about how she will live in Xiapi later.
Even though she didn't know much about her family's business, Miss Mi still understood that her family's business was not limited to Langya and Donghai. So they could live a good life after arriving in Xiapi.
It's just that Miss Mi doesn't care too much about the family business. Even if Langya and Donghai are lost, the Mi family is still one of the most wealthy businessmen in the world, so the pretty good life in the eyes of the girl may be comparable to that of a prince.
No way, you can't say that Miss Mi doesn't understand the sufferings of the world, but on the contrary, she is quite kind-hearted for this class.
When all her close friends were competing for beauty, she would give people porridge every year.
It's just that she comes from a wealthy family, so she has been accustomed to a wealthy life for a long time.
Suddenly, the convoy panicked, and people behind were shouting loudly.
Then these carriages, which were supposed to stay together for warmth, ran wildly as if they had encountered a natural enemy.
The whole convoy was in chaos.
Miss Mi didn't know what was happening at all. She was shivering while hugging the maid. She looked left and right, but she couldn't see her brother.
At this time, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and a young and heroic knight ran against the traffic flow.
From a distance, he shouted to Miss Mi:
"Little sister, get off the carriage quickly and I will carry you on my back."
Miss Mi immediately saw that this was her second brother, Mi Fang, and she felt at ease.
She jumped out of the carriage suddenly, and before she even landed, her second brother caught her in his arms and carried her on his horse.
When Mi Fang turned the horse's head, Miss Mi asked:
"Second brother, where has the eldest brother gone?"
Mi Fang didn't have time to explain, so she only replied:
"The eldest brother is organizing troops to resist the Cao thieves, and they are coming from behind."
Mi Fang's words made Miss Mi's heart rise again. She was worried and scared when she thought that her eldest brother was going to fight against the tiger and wolf Cao Jun.
At this moment, a group of cavalry came out from the front.
They passed directly by Mi Fang and the others.
One of the riders came over, took a look at Mi Fang and Miss Mi behind him, and urged:
"You guys hurry up and go to Xiapi, there's going to be a big battle here soon!"
After saying this, the cavalry general will urge his horse to catch up with Pao Ze in front.
At this time, Mi Fang was very anxious and asked quickly:
"General, where did your army come from?"
The cavalry general took a look at Mi Fang's clothes and replied:
"We are the subordinates of General Yangwei, and we have just arrived in Xiapi. There are currently few soldiers in Xiapi City. The general and the Xiapi Prefect have recruited many Guizhou leaders who came down from the upper reaches. But these people have never used weapons. I see you
You are a cavalry commander, are you willing to follow me on the battlefield?"
It turns out that this cavalry general has a crush on Mi Fang.
But Mi Fang shook his head and refused. He did not say his identity, but explained:
"The boy has the intention to kill the thief, but the little sister is behind me, so I have to send her into the city first."
This passage makes people doubt that Mi Fang is greedy for life and afraid of death. The cavalry commander also had this idea, so he looked at Mi Fang with a little contempt.
But he didn't say much, he just told Mi Fang to leave quickly, and then left.
Mi Fang looked over there reluctantly, sighed, and then led Miss Mi to gallop on horseback.
Holding her brother in her arms, Miss Mi pouted:
"Second brother, it's Wan'er who is dragging you down. Wan'er knows that the second brother has always wanted to go to the battlefield, but the eldest brother has always refused to let him."
Mi Fang in front smiled and said fondly:
"Little sister, there is nothing more important than you. Besides, if you want to kill Cao Cao, I will send you to Xiapi first, otherwise my brother will have to skin me if he finds out."
Miss Mi smiled, it was sweet and her heart felt warm.
Even though troubled times have come, the brothers have not changed.
Suddenly, Mi Fang mysteriously said:
"Do you know who the general Yangwei the cavalry general mentioned just now is?"
Of course Miss Mi doesn't know.
But she heard her second brother teasingly say:
"Isn't it that boy Chen Deng? Since he fought with the Taishan Army, this boy has been rising in the ranks and is now a powerful general. It's just a pity."
When Miss Mi suddenly heard Chen Deng's name, she blushed. Of course she knew that her eldest brother had wanted to betroth her to him.
So she also knew what the second brother's last sigh meant. Wasn't it because Chen Deng had a wife that it didn't work out in the end?
The Mi brothers would never agree to make their little sister their concubine.
Thinking of this, Miss Mi secretly made a decision.
Of course Mi Fang didn't know this. As he was running, he suddenly saw an army marching out of Xiapi City, and then the gate was closed.
At this time, Mi Fang was in a panic, changed direction in a hurry, and then went to a jungle to hide.
Now that we can no longer enter the city, we can only find a place to hide first.
Just as the two brothers and sisters were hiding, a high-pitched horn sounded not far away. Following the deafening sound of the horn, the dust in the distance suddenly seemed to be knocked away, and the sky suddenly rose into haze.
There, the battle began.
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The battlefield where Mi Fang and the others were on was flat, except for a gentle slope where they were hiding.
He just took his little sister, took off the horse's bridle, let go of the mount, and then both men and horses lay down on the slope, and then watched the battlefield in the distance without moving.
Victory or defeat there determines the lives of countless people.
Including the two of them.
At this time, the earth beneath his body shook suddenly, as if a stick had been pierced into the center of the earth, and then stirred left and right.
Chen Deng's army and Cao's army collided on this plain.
The cheers in the distance became louder and louder, Mi Fang's heart almost jumped into her throat, and sweat dripped from her forehead.
It wasn't until he saw his little sister looking at him with concerned eyes that Mi Fang managed to swallow her saliva, but the saliva was burning in her throat.
The young man's blood was ignited by the fighting on the battlefield in front of him. How he wished he could gallop on the battlefield like those people.
In this harmony, Mi Fang became more and more excited. He tightly grasped the soil on the ground, and his hands and fingers sank into the ground without even realizing it.
In the distant dust that covered the sky and the sun, Cao's army was fighting from east to south. A large banner fluttered in the wind, with the word "Xiahou" tattooed on it.
Chen Deng's army marched from south to north. In addition, there was another army fighting alongside them. They held high the banner with the word "Zang".
Mi Fang immediately recognized that this was Zang Ba's Langya Army.
The Langya Army now has a bad reputation. Many people accuse Zang Ba and others of abandoning the country without fighting. However, Mi Fang's brother is a high-level official in Xuzhou. From his brother, Mi Fang learned more details.
In fact, Zang Bajun always wanted to fight.
But in the Langya area, Xuzhou's local faction wanted Cao's army to consume Zang Ba first, and then support the march north. However, they did not expect that Zang Ba's army decisively compressed the battle line to the Mushui area after the unfavorable situation in the first battle.
The Xuzhou Army had no choice but to go north for support, but they did not want the Xuzhou Army to be defeated after the Battle of Mu Shui. Zang Ba could only lead the Langya Army to the rear.
Then Xuzhou made overwhelming accusations against Zang Ba, and Xuzhou also cut off supplies to Langya's army.
Having lost his foundation and been cut off from supplies, Zang Ba could only lead Langya's army to the Xiapi area. He had dealings with Zuo Rong, the Prime Minister there.
Zuo Rong promised Zang Ba that he could go south to eat.
Zang Ba's departure caused the city to lose part of its troops and left hidden dangers for subsequent attacks.
This is Xuzhou, destroying its city walls.
After sighing this, Mi Fang didn't blink, because the fighting on the distant battlefield reached its climax.
The commander of Cao's army on the opposite side was Xia Houyuan, who was known as the "Flying General" among Cao's troops. He led his five thousand men to pursue day and night.
Although the art of war is extremely wonderful, it is also very dangerous.
So as soon as they entered the battle, Cao Jun was in a disadvantageous position.
Because the pursuit was too fast, there was a huge disconnect between the various units. When Chen Deng's army suddenly attacked, the friendly forces behind him had not yet arrived.
As a result, the Cao army on the opposite side continued to sound the horns, shrink the front, and let the front and rear troops quickly retreat to the center, trying to form a dense defense line to resist the siege of Chen and Zang armies.
While Cao's army was shrinking its defense line, intensive drumbeats also came from the square formations of Chen's and Zang's armies.
The sound of the drum was like heavy rain hitting the tiles, rapid and violent.
Amid the sound of drums, Chen's and Zang's armies attacked.