Chapter 77 Wei Jun's shock (thanks to the large sum of [Jingchu Feilong]]
After finally escaping to the gates of Pengcheng City, the helmet on Cao Bao's head was gone, and he looked very embarrassed with his disheveled hair.
"Open the door! Open the city gate quickly!" Cao Bao shouted loudly from about a hundred steps away from the city gate, "Don't you see Zhou Mu is back? Open the city gate quickly!"
After all, Tao Qian was quite young, so this shock made him feel out of breath.
After Cao Bao shouted, he waited for more than ten breaths.
There are still a group of people on the top of the city who are quiet,
Not to mention opening the city gate, no one even answered.
"I have an unpleasant feeling again!" Tao Qian's heart thumped, and he instantly thought of Cao's army heading towards the East China Sea!
"No! Leave quickly!"
Tao Qian's reaction was quite fast, and his keen sense of smell saved his life again!
Although the remaining Xuzhou Army did not know why Tao Qian did not enter Pengcheng and instead shouted to leave quickly, they were right to follow the boss.
really,
Tao Qian and his group ran hundreds of meters away.
The gate of Pengcheng suddenly opened, and then a cavalry of Cao Army rushed out!!
"It's Cao Jun, it's Cao Jun!"
"Pengcheng is lost, Pengcheng is lost!"
"Run quickly!"
"Run away!"
Cao Ren and Le Jin chased for a while,
After killing and capturing nearly two thousand Xuzhou soldiers, he looked regretfully at Tao Qian who quickly disappeared before his eyes.
Le Jin couldn't help but sigh: "This Tao Qian is not only alert, but he also runs so fast!"
Even Le Jin, who led the cavalry in pursuit, could only look back and sigh, let alone Cao Ren, who led the two-legged infantry to catch up.
When he came to Le Jin's side, he happened to hear Le Jin's emotion, so Cao Ren smiled and replied: "Tao Qian is a prince after all, and he still has some abilities, but he is still a lot worse than his elder brother...
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Le Jin was deeply convinced and said: "Of course, how can such a person as my lord be compared to an old man?"
The Battle of Pengcheng,
Xuzhou's more than 20,000 and nearly 30,000 soldiers were beheaded, more than 8,000 of them, nearly 5,000 of them were captured, and countless grain, grass and baggage were obtained.
Tao Qian was defeated and fled to Tancheng in the East China Sea with several thousand remaining troops.
The two brothers Mi Fang and Mi Zhu, the generals of the Pengcheng garrison, retreated to Tancheng first after losing Pengcheng.
I can't go back to Xiapi for the time being. There is still an "Emperor" showing off his power there...
Tancheng is relatively close to Qingzhou, so it can be defended while waiting for reinforcements from Tian Kai and Liu Bei.
The people of Xuzhou did not invade the places where Cao's army passed. Coupled with the attraction of various notices, the people of Xuzhou began to migrate to Yanzhou one after another.
...
The Xuzhou battlefield is advancing with great success, and the situation is excellent.
In Jizhou and Youzhou, the balance of victory slowly began to tilt towards Yuan Shao.
In order to support Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan sent Liu Bei and Tian Kai out.
How could Yuan Shao miss such a good opportunity?
So, when Cao Cao was singing a triumphant song on the battlefield in Xuzhou, Yuan Shao took the initiative to send troops to fight Gongsun Zan.
However, I don’t know if God will help Gongsun this time.
Just when Yuan Shao had defeated Gongsun Zan in a few games and was preparing for a full-scale attack to defeat Gongsun Zan's army in one fell swoop,
Wei Jun, but bad news suddenly came: Wei Jun's defenders rebelled and united with the Black Mountain Army, and actually broke through and occupied Yecheng!
There is Zhang Yan's internal support in Ye City. Zhang Yan has been planning for a long time, and this time he acted quickly and accurately!
Xindu,
Yuan Shao was having a celebration banquet with his ministers and generals. When everyone was drinking, suddenly a messenger came to report:
"Retribution! Lord! It's a disaster! It's a disaster!"
The orderly soldiers rolled and crawled into the meeting place. Their embarrassed appearance and the shrill wails of a maniac made Yuan Shao and all the civil and military officers tremble in their hearts.
When the crisis came, Yuan Shao entered sage mode again.
Although Yuan Shao was panicking in his heart, he remained calm on the surface, "Why are you panicking? I'm here to tell you all the big things!"
Yuan Shao's gesture made the messenger calm down immediately.
"Report to my lord, there is a mutiny in Yecheng!
The mutinous soldiers and the three armies of the Montenegrin Army, Yu Du, Li Damu, and Yu Shigen, joined forces outside and have already captured Ye City!
The prefect of Yecheng sent people to break out of the siege to report to the lord.
Please, my lord, send troops to rescue immediately!"
"What?!!!"
"impossible!!"
"It's over, my family!"
"My son!"
As soon as the news about the messenger came out, everyone in the audience was shocked!
There was a chaotic sound of "Bang Ling Bang Bang". Many people stood up unsteadily with pale faces, knocking over a table full of drinks and dishes.
Yecheng was Yuan Shao's seat in Wei County, Jizhou.
It was just because he wanted to fight Gongsun Zan in Youzhou that he stayed in Xin and never went back.
I originally thought that Yecheng was close to the Yellow River and belonged to the interior of Jizhou. On the south bank of the Yellow River were Cao Cao's Chenliu and Dongjuns, so it should be as stable as an old dog.
But he didn't expect that Zhang Yan would get a chance under such circumstances.
Most of Yuan Shao's officials have already moved their families to Yecheng, which they thought was very safe.
But now,
Yecheng was captured by the Black Mountain Army. Wouldn't it happen that all the family members in Yecheng would be wiped out in one sweep, and their life and death would be uncertain?
Those people with pale faces seemed to think that their loved ones were about to leave them forever, and their hearts were so painful that many people suddenly started to cry.
Yuan Shao stood at the top,
Although his hand holding the wine glass was trembling slightly, his face was still tense.
At this time, Jushu, who had recovered from the shock, endured the great grief in his heart and asked the messenger: "Are you sure the news is true?"
The messenger patted his chest and said, "How dare you lie about such a thing? The brother who made it out of the siege is lying in the hospital. We only need to confirm with him."
Yuan Shao had no expression on his face, slowly put down his wine glass, and asked: "Do you know how the families of the officials are?"
"This... little one doesn't know..."
However, what are the virtues of the Yellow Turbans in Montenegro? Does anyone here know about them?
The family members were captured by this group of wolves and tigers...The end is simply unimaginable.
"Lord, please allow me to lead the troops to recapture Yecheng!" Wen Chou suddenly stood up and asked Yuan Shao for orders.
Tian Feng hesitated at this time and said: "But now we are ready to fully attack Youzhou.
If we withdraw our army at this time, and if Gongsun Zan suddenly attacks us, we may fall into a passive position."
"Gongsun Zan can fight at any time, but if our hometown is gone, what else can we do?" someone retorted angrily.
Tian Feng stopped talking. Although his family members were also in Yecheng, the calmness of a top wise man still allowed him to consider the overall situation first.
But he knew that many people were now overwhelmed by grief, and no matter what he said, those people would not pay attention to him.
However, what people like the Yuan Group didn't expect was that the Black Mountain Army was actually not monolithic.
Montenegro Army,
There is the "anti-Yuan faction" represented by Yu Du, who escaped from Xuzhou, and the "fence-riding faction" represented by Tao Sheng, a former official of the Han Dynasty.
Tao Sheng was originally a county official in Neihuang County. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, he also followed the uprising.
But his influence was not very great, so he later defected to the Montenegrin Army and became the first unit of the Montenegrin Yellow Turbans.
And in the Black Mountain Army, he called himself "General Pinghan".
This person has been a bandit for a long time, but in his heart he still yearns to return to the Han Dynasty and Yuan Shao's power.
Because of this,
When the Black Mountain Army captured Yecheng, Tao Sheng took the initiative to send people to protect Yuan Shao and the family members of other civil and military officials.
However, Yuan Shao and his subordinates are not aware of this good thing yet.
With family members uncertain about life and death and worried,
The soldiers no longer had the desire to fight Gongsun Zan. Now they just wanted to return to Yecheng quickly and rescue their families.
Yuan Shao has already understood this,
He had to bear the pain and temporarily gave up his plan to attack Youzhou.
After leaving only the necessary defenders behind, he led a large army to fight back to Wei County and towards Yecheng!