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Looking at the backs of the people talking excitedly and leaving one after another,
Thinking again that Cao Ren "kidnapped" himself was for that gentleman,
Yi Ji couldn't help but feel a little curious, "Who is Cao Ren, a gentleman who speaks so smoothly?"
Suddenly, Yi Ji felt that Cao Ren was going to kidnap him to Chenliu, and it didn't seem that bad.
After Cao Ren occupied Guangqi County, he didn't stay much.
He sent a team of guards to deliver Yi Ji to the Chinese army led by Cao Cao, and then moved towards the next target.
Boss Cao is in a good mood recently.
News came from Juancheng,
Although they still publicize that Mr. Cao can no longer get out of bed,
But in fact, the old man can eat, sleep, and torment his concubine, and his life is very comfortable.
The father is brave and the son is naturally in a happy mood.
When he thought of his father, Cao Cao couldn't help but think of his eldest son, Cao Ang.
"By the way, Zixiu should be turning eighteen this year. It's time to recruit him back and take him with him to teach him well."
Just when Cao Cao was wandering around the world,
Suddenly someone came from outside to report that General Cao Ren had "invited" a great talent. I want to trouble my elder brother Cao Cao to help him deliver it to Lu Yan, the prefect of Chenliu County...
"This is eating something inside and outside!" When Cao Cao heard this, he became very angry.
"You hired a great talent, and you didn't want to send it to me, your eldest brother, but to Lu Yan?
Cao Zixiao, so brave!"
But after he was a little more angry, Cao Cao thought again, "In order to treat his friend Xi Zhicai's illness, Lu Yan has been addicted to acupuncture and acupuncture recently.
Even the diary is full of professional terms related to medical skills, as if he is about to go crazy.
Sigh...I didn't expect that people who aspire to become immortals would also have such an emotional side..."
Lao Cao thought that it was not easy for gods to be immortals, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Forget it, let's send more people to help Mr. Lu with some government affairs.
Zhicai is now my right-hand man. As long as his disease can be cured, I will give you as many Lu Xianren as you need!
Eh? That’s right!
Isn’t Zixiu a talented person?
It just so happens that Mr. Lu is also short of people, why don’t we let him go out to practice as well?”
Cao Cao thought this idea was reliable.
And maybe his son is gifted, and if he stays with Lu Yan, he might be able to learn two skills?
Thinking of this, Boss Cao felt that his idea was really reliable!
So, Cao Cao shouted loudly outside,
"Someone is coming!"
"What are your orders, my lord?" the guard entered the camp and asked Cao Cao with clasped fists.
"Send someone to escort Mr. Yiji to Chenliu.
By the way, I will go to Dongjun again and ask Ang'er to stop farming and go to Chenliu first to listen to Prefect Lu's arrangements!"
"Here!" The guard outside the door agreed and ran away in a hurry.
...
Cao Ren sent away the prisoners of Yiji and Xuzhou troops.
Next,
His goal is another county around Pengcheng, Liu County.
There is also an army of 5,000 men stationed in Liu County.
After the general who stayed behind heard about Lu You's defeat in Guangqi County, he decided to stay behind closed doors and prepare to defend to the death.
When they arrived at Liuxian County, no matter how much Cao Renlejin's men yelled and cursed, the defenders just couldn't get out.
However, Cao Ren was just a vanguard among vanguards. He was not in a hurry if the defenders did not come out.
They even simply stationed outside Liu County and waited for Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan's army to return from their raids.
I didn’t even wait two days,
After the troops of the Xiahou brothers swept away the surrounding defenders, they came to join Cao Ren outside Liu County.
After the reunification, Cao's army totaled 20,000 people.
Five thousand people face an army of nearly 20,000 people. How can a small county town be defended?
The guard in Liuxian County will tell you loudly, "Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy! Watch your guard!"
So when Cao Ren, Le Jin, and the Xiahou brothers came to Liuxian County with a strong force of 20,000 soldiers and horses to challenge,
The generals who stayed in the county simply fled through the back door, abandoning the city with the defenders...
After occupying Liu County effortlessly, Cao Ren repeated what he did in Guangqi County in Liu County.
This time, the two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan were stunned.
The person who was most unhappy with Lu Yan at the beginning was you, Cao Ren.
Nowadays, it’s you Cao Ren who is Lu Yan’s backbone everywhere. “This is the human heart, it’s too complicated!”
By the time Cao Cao's Chinese army arrived at Pengcheng, all the county towns around Pengcheng had been wiped out one by one. The next thing to do was to encircle Pengcheng.
What Boss Cao has to face is Pengcheng held by more than 20,000 people led by Tao Qian.
After arriving outside Pengcheng,
Cao Jun began to set up camp, bury pots to make rice, and rush to make siege equipment.
People in Xuzhou are still migrating in the rear, so Cao Cao is not in a hurry.
The next day,
In order to put some pressure on Tao Qian and others, Cao Cao
So he led all his generals and troops to line up neatly and arrived at the gate of Pengcheng for Tao Qian's military parade at the top of the city.
On top of Pengcheng City,
Tao Qian, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others were shocked in their hearts when they looked at the dark mass of Cao's army under the city, which was in uniform and impressive appearance!
"Hiss! This Cao Ah Man's army is even more elite than when we saw it a year ago!" Tao Qian couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Tao Qian looked at Cao Cao's army banner and suddenly had a lot of thoughts.
Cao Cao was once one of the initiators of the alliance to challenge Dong, and he and Tao Qian were once close partners and comrades-in-arms.
But later, due to the dispute between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, Tao Qian and Cao Cao belonged to two camps, so they fought against each other and became really popular.
A few years ago, Gongsun Zan invited Tao Qian and Yuan Shu to attack Yuan Shao and Cao Cao together.
At that time, Cao Cao had just entered Yanzhou and his buttocks were not even hot yet.
Tao Qian took the opportunity to enter Dongjun and garrisoned Fagan County.
However, even though Cao Cao was troubled internally and externally, he, Tao Qian, was still beaten and left in embarrassment...
Now that Cao Cao has undergone a period of cultivation and integration, the strength of his army is more than twice as strong as a year ago.
However, although Cao Cao's army was powerful,
But Tao Qian believed that Cao Jun still had a fatal flaw, and that was food!
Although Cao Cao's attack was nominally to give the people of Xuzhou a month's buffer time, in fact it was more likely to raise food, grass, ordnance.
Tao Qian's idea is correct.
Xun Yu indeed took action to levy grain and grass from various counties.
It's just that Tao Qian would never have thought that Chen Liu's food would be stolen so much!
Even if their current grain reserves are not enough, they can still use money to buy them.
Anyway, Yingchuan County is so close to Liu Biao’s Nanyang County, so it’s not too much to buy some food!
Tao Qian's thinking should be that of a normal person at this time.
"Spring comes after winter, which is supposed to be a time of drought. It is difficult for the people to have enough food at home, and it will certainly not be easy for him, Cao Cao, to raise food and grass.
When Thief Cao comes this time, he will definitely not have enough food and grass, and what he most hopes for is a quick victory!"
After figuring out Cao Cao's intentions, Tao Qian decided to hold on to Pengcheng and wait for Cao Cao's army to run out of food and supplies before retreating.
At the same time, he was also asking for help from all directions,
If reinforcements really come, they might be able to counterattack Cao's army, which would bring shame to Xuedong County's defeat!