Amidst the deafening drumbeats, countless chariots suddenly burst out of the phalanx of Chen and Zang armies.
This ancient military unit once again appeared on the land of Xuzhou, and it was thunderous when it appeared.
The heavy chariot rushed into Cao Jun's formation like an epic beast with unparalleled speed.
The phalanx, which was originally relatively tight, was like paper under this impact. Countless gaps were knocked out in an instant. Then the muscles and bones collapsed.
There are Xuzhou Army and Cao Army, but most of them are Cao Army. This kind of collision of chariots is simply beyond the power of human power to resist.
Coupled with the fact that the right side of the Xuzhou Army on the chariot kept stabbing downwards with their spears, Cao's army was defeated.
Then, there was another intensive drum sound, this was the second time of the military drum.
Under this military drum, two cavalry regiments of about 400 people ran and accelerated from outside the square formation, and then swept in along the gap opened by the chariot.
Cao's army had already been collided by chariots and their formation collapsed, and the officers and men were scattered to avoid the chariots' attack.
This is also the disadvantage of the chariot. Once the impact is launched, it will follow a linear attack path. As long as Cao Jun can identify the impact trajectory, it can be easily avoided.
But what Chen Deng wanted was this effect.
At this time, when the eight hundred Jianghuai cavalry wildly rolled into Cao's army, it was as simple as mowing the grass.
Without the protection of the formation, these Cao troops were as fragile as dolls under the iron cavalry, and countless lives were withered here.
But it wasn't over yet, Chen Dengjun's third drumbeat also sounded.
Cao Jun had been frightened out of his wits by the first two drums. When he heard the drums again, many people abandoned their robes and ran towards the rear.
But in Mi Fang's eyes, she saw that after the third drum beat, Chen Deng's army attacked across the board, and the shouts of killing from all the troops were deafening.
In particular, there was a brave general with a red helmet who took the lead. He held a horse pole and led a group of cavalry diagonally through the narrow gap, aiming directly at Cao Jun's great banner in front.
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly a tsunami erupted in front of me. Mi Fang couldn’t hear clearly at first, but then it gradually became one sentence:
"Capture the flag!"
"Capture the flag!"
"Capture the flag!"
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Then, there were even more intense shouts, calling out the name of the general who captured the flag.
Mi Fang heard clearly that they were shouting "Zhou Tai".
At this moment, Mi Fang was as excited as a child. He kept saying to the little girl next to him:
"Zhou Tai is really fierce this time, so fierce!"
Miss Mi didn't understand how powerful Zhou Tai was, but she was happy to see her brother so happy.
At this point, the war is almost over.
When Cao Jun's army fell, Xia Houyuan, who had already seen the unfavorable situation, fled in panic with the remaining Cao Jun Yijia troops.
Cao's army left countless corpses behind, while Chen Deng and Zang Ba's armies cheered loudly again.
On this day, the Xuzhou army was finally proud and proud. They finally defeated Cao's army for the first time in a field battle.
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Amid the cheers of all the officials, Chen Deng raised his arms and rode in front of the formation.
The Xuzhou military officers behind him couldn't actually see Chen Deng clearly at all, but they still felt that their coach was like a ball of flame, releasing endless passion and enthusiasm in front of them.
This is their commander-in-chief. Under the leadership of this man, they defended their hometown and let those despicable Qingzhou people see that they, the Xuzhou people, cannot be insulted.
In the distance, Miss Mi was also stunned. She looked at Chen Deng, who was admired by thousands of people on the battlefield, and her face suddenly turned red.
But beside her, Mi Fang didn't see the little sister's expression at all. He was completely immersed in a frenzy. He only felt that war was what people like him should participate in.
At this moment, he made up his mind to join Chen Deng's team.
I didn't expect this guy to be really good at leading troops.
It's a pity that he is not our brother-in-law.
Soon, the loud shouts of killing gradually faded away, and the exciting drumbeats seemed to leave their ears.
The world once again returned to peace.
It's just that some people's hearts are no longer peaceful.
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After receiving Xiahou Yuan's battle report, Cao Cao was furious.
Spontaneously heading south, the Qingzhou Army could be said to be invincible in every battle. The army passed by Langya and Donghai Kuo under its command, and the troops it encountered were overwhelming. It can be said that Xuzhou at this time was like a ripe fruit.
, just waiting for Cao Cao to take him into his arms.
Before this, Cao Cao was still very ambitious, thinking that it was inevitable to capture Xuzhou, and there was still plenty of military strength, so he planned to take advantage of the arrival of winter to fight all the way to the mouth of the Yangtze River.
But in this outlook, Xiahou Yuan was defeated and lost four thousand troops in one fell swoop. How could Cao Cao not be angry?
At that time, he was walking along the Yishui River with his army heading south. Good news from all directions flew to him.
The Manchu tribe destroyed three walls outside Pengcheng...
Cao Chun's troops plundered Siwu...
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In this way, good news comes frequently.
Especially when Cao Cao saw Cao Chun's battle report, he was even more pleased:
"Because my Cao family's thousand-mile horse attacked Si Wu without making a sound."
Siwu is actually not important, but if you continue to attack south, you can hit Xiaxiang, which is not only located downstream of the Surabaya River in Xiapi, but also a waterway hub in Xuzhou.
This city is located at the connection between Suishui River and Surabaya River, and then after the two waters merge, they will merge into the Yangtze River. In other words, once the Xiangxiang is captured, the supplies from the Yangtze River area to Xiapi will be cut off.
By then, Xiapi will be an isolated city.
But later, he received a military report written by Xia Houyuan himself.
The handwriting on the military newspaper was a bit sloppy, and it could be seen that it was written by Xia Houyuan on horseback. He told Cao Cao that the army going south to Xiapi encountered a counterattack by Chen Deng's army and returned with a disastrous defeat. In addition, there were Langya soldiers and part of the Xiapi army.
The Prime Minister's monk soldiers joined the battle.
Although Xia Houyuan confessed his mistake in the military report and took the initiative to apologize, Cao Cao was still trembling with anger.
He has told Xia Houyuan several times, that is, stop rushing to the limit easily. But your strengths are always your weaknesses.
Now that things are going well, we can obviously fight steadily, but Xia Houyuan insists on attacking and pursuing, which casts a shadow on the good situation.
But Qi returned to Qi. At this time, Cao Cao did not feel that the overall situation had changed. The Xuzhou army was much worse than the Qingzhou army, and now it has lost Langya, the entire Donghai County, Pengcheng, and part of the Xiapi Kingdom.
Guangling, how can you resist it?
So this is just a small setback on the road to success, not a big deal.
At this time, another group of knights came from the official road to the west. The dusty knights hurriedly delivered the latest news from the Central Plains to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took a look and felt urgent in his heart.
But it was Yuan Shao who was making big moves.
People all over the world thought that Yuan Shao would digest it for a while after taking down the Runan Yellow Turban Army. However, no one expected that Yuan Army General Ju Yi suddenly led an army of 8,000 people, flew to capture the three passes of Yiyang, and descended on Jiangxia.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou was shocked and hurriedly transferred troops from Xiangyang to support Jiangxia.
Thus, the war between Yuan Shao and Liu Biao started.
After seeing this military report, Cao Cao felt quite urgent, because among his planned goals, after capturing Xuzhou, he would move north along the Yangtze River to the Yuzhang area and completely occupy Jiangfang. And now Yuan Shao has also set his sights on the south, and
Directly to Jingzhou.
Jingzhou is at the head of the Yangtze River. Once Yuan Shao really captures Jingzhou, he will form a complete strategic suppression on Cao Cao.
Moreover, when the time comes, Cao Cao's territory is completely a long strip, but Yuan Shao's territory is unified into one. As long as Lao Yuan goes eastward along the Huai River, Cao Cao will be cut off.
When the time comes, Lao Yuan will just hold Lao Cao's balls and do whatever he wants.
But thinking so in his heart, Cao Cao continued to praise Yuan Shao on the surface. After all, they are currently allies:
"This Benchu is really a hero. He can hide the sky and the sea with one move and make everyone in the world stunned. I think Liu Biao can't stop Benchu."
And just when several other staff members were preparing to discuss the matter, another letter of appeal arrived, but it was coming from the direction of Qingzhou.
Cao Cao, who laughed at Yan Yan at first, suddenly felt his hands shaking after opening the letter.
Then he suddenly said to the people around him:
"No, I have a headache. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. All the troops have to move back, wait until I get better."
After saying that, Cao Cao retreated directly into the chariot and never came out again.
Only a group of staff were left looking at each other.
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Cao Cao withdrew his troops in a completely inexplicable manner.
They came like a rising tide in summer, and retreated in a hurry. The battle against Xu that lasted for several months ended in this way.
But Cao Cao still left the entire Langya and Donghai, leaving only a broken Xuzhou for Chen Deng and others.
Originally, Chen Deng and others were still reorganizing their troops in Xiapi to cope with Cao Cao's offensive later. When they suddenly received the news that Cao Cao had withdrawn his troops, they felt baffled.
On the one hand, they were worried that this was Cao Cao's trick and wanted to counterattack, but on the other hand, they also hoped that it was true because they also needed time to deal with the internal problems after Tao Qian's death.
Since the state's governance was broken and Xuzhou's Mu Tao Qian died in battle, Xuzhou was in a leaderless situation.
For example, the prefects in Pengcheng, Xiapi and other places were ready to move. If it weren't for the external pressure from Cao Jun, they would have grabbed this position long ago.
Later, after it was established that Cao Cao really withdrew his troops and returned, Xuzhou's civil and military officials gathered in Xiapi to discuss the candidates for Xuzhou's pastor.
It stands to reason that the state pastor is granted by the world, and even if Tao Qian dies, they will have to wait for the court to send another state pastor.
But now that the situation is so critical, I think the court should be able to understand them.
So everyone decided to nominate one from among those present.
At this moment, Mi Zhu suddenly came out and took out Tao Qian's handwriting before his death. In his last words, Tao Qian decided to leave the position of Zhou Mu to Chen Deng.
As soon as this handwriting came out, or rather as soon as the name Chen Deng came out, everyone was in an uproar, but no one stood up to object.
The local faction is happy, the Danyang Party agrees, the imperial faction does not object, and the powerful factions in various places are not willing to come forward, and would rather have Chen Deng at the front to challenge Cao Cao.
Therefore, it was decided that Chen Deng would become the pastor of Xuzhou.
Then, the first thing Chen Deng did as the shepherd of Xuzhou was to marry Miss Mi as a wife.
Therefore, Chen Deng, who was twenty-seven years old, spread his wings across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and became a prince in the world.