Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu with the help of Zhou Yu, and then joined forces with his uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Bi to defeat Wang Lang.
Later, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and Sun Ce took the opportunity to attack Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao.
It was not until the end of June in the first year of Jian'an that Liu Yao was finally defeated by Sun Ce and was eventually driven out of Yangzhou and fled to Jingzhou.
A generation of princes finally made the little overlord Sun Ce famous.
After Sun Ce defeated Liu Yao and basically unified the eight counties in Jiangdong, he also announced his separation from Yuan Shu and prepared to send people to Xuchang to bleach his identity.
Chen Deng was a very discerning man. After Lu Yan revealed his intention to cooperate with him to defeat Yuan Shu's army, Chen Deng had already made up his mind to join Cao Cao.
Although Cao Cao suppressed the aristocratic family somewhat, in Chen Deng's eyes, Cao Cao's rule was also full of opportunities.
Spices, bookstores, and cloth, no matter if they are taken out individually, they are hugely profitable industries, not to mention that there is a legal official business organization like the United Chamber of Commerce.
As long as they can connect with the Chamber of Commerce, the family has the means to carve out a small piece of profit from this big cake.
Although money is important, what truly aristocratic families value more is knowledge.
If you want to know something like knowledge, he will definitely not be too little.
Nowadays, although due to the large-scale issuance of new paper, they can no longer form a monopoly on knowledge, on the other hand, it can actually make the family's own collection richer.
Everything has pros and cons, it all depends on how the family views and transforms it.
After cooperating with Chen Deng to defeat Yuan Shu's army besieging Pengcheng, Lu Yan did not march rashly again.
In his opinion, if Yuan Shu was not hopelessly stupid, he would definitely recall Qiao Rui and Lei Bo.
If Yuan Shu really wants his last elite to hang around like this,
Lu Yan would definitely not mind that after joining the reinforcements dispatched by Yingchuan, he went directly south to destroy Yuan Shu's hometown of Shouchun.
From Yingchuan, to be precise, they should be reinforcements from Yangzhai and Wancheng.
They were led by two generals, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao, with a total of 25,000 troops. They were taking over the territory captured by Lu Yan and rushing to Pengcheng.
Even if they had to divide their troops to garrison important areas, when these two armies were reunited, Lu Yan still had more than 20,000 troops. Adding in the more than 20,000 troops of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they now had nearly 50,000 troops!
Although Yuan Shu claims to have 800,000 troops, most of them are new recruits who have just been recruited. Their combat effectiveness may not be as good as the field soldiers of Chenliu County... It's just that the numbers are more deceiving.
About three days after Lu Yan captured Pengcheng,
Qiao Ruizai received the order to retreat, and finally withdrew his troops overnight and rushed back to Shouchun all the way.
When Qiao Rui retreated, Yingchuan's reinforcements had not yet arrived, so he gave up the idea of intercepting Qiao Rui and Lei Bo.
After all, Yuan Jun still has nearly 60,000 troops, and Lu Yan only has a little more than 10,000 troops, so he still has to give others some face.
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After Chen Deng officially joined Cao Ying, he was promoted to the post of governor of Dongjun due to his great contribution to the defense of Pengcheng.
Dongjun is one of the gateways for Cao Cao to go north, and its geographical location is quite important.
Chen Deng was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun. Man Chong, the current prefect of Dongjun, accumulated merit and was promoted to Xuchang and became the order of Xuchang.
However, Chen Deng cannot leave Pengcheng for the time being, and all personnel transfers must wait until the end of the war.
Xiapi City, Prefectural Mufu Center.
In today's parliament, Cao Cao behaved a little differently than usual.
Since the meeting began, Cao Cao has been half-squinting his eyes, as if he has been resting his mind.
Cheng Yu glanced at Lao Cao from time to time. He didn't know what happened to his master today...
When Jia Xu saw Cao Cao closing his eyes and concentrating, he was also happy and relaxed. He shook his feather fan and nodded his head while catching fish.
Liu Bei usually behaves as gentle as jade, but his temper is actually very strong.
Seeing that Cao Cao didn't seem to care about the war outside, and none of Cao Cao's men dared to speak, Liu Bei simply stood up, raised his hands and asked: "Captain, I'm afraid the reinforcements from Qiaorui are about to arrive. Are we just going to wait like this?"
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After hearing Liu Bei's question, Cao Cao replied without raising his eyelids: "That's right, wait!"
When Liu Bei received such a reply, he was surprised and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little angry.
But after all, he was also a man of great power. After standing blankly for a moment, Liu Bei once again handed over his hand and returned to his seat with an expressionless expression.
Fortunately, everyone was not kept waiting too long, and soon there was movement outside the Sheriff's Mansion!
"Report!!!" the messenger yelled at the top of his lungs, "Qiao Rui Camp is empty! They have evacuated overnight!"
Qiaorui actually withdrew overnight without any warning!
The civil and military personnel under Liu Bei and Cao Cao were all stunned for a moment. Even Jia Xu's right hand, which was gently shaking the feather fan, paused slightly for a moment.
"What's going on?" Cheng Yu immediately looked at Cao Cao on the throne, "My lord seems to have foreseen it? But how did he foresee that Qiao Rui would retreat???"
More and more people have noticed the same problem.
When almost everyone's eyes except Jia Xu were focused on old Cao Cao,
Cao Cao then slowly opened his eyes, and his expressionless face showed an expression of "It's just as I expected"!
"Lord! Did you know that Qiao Rui would withdraw from the army?" Cheng Yu couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked first.
Cao Cao stood up, took a step forward, looked at the clear sky outside the meeting hall, and replied: "You can say that."
"Then how did you know?"
"It's actually very simple..."
"Very simple?" Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao's figure that seemed to have become taller and more mysterious, and thought to himself: "Then why is there so much fog in front of me?"
Cheng Yu's heart felt a bit like being scratched by a cat, and it was so itchy that he couldn't stand it anymore. "My lord, please stop pretending and tell me what's going on!"
Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu who was about to stamp his feet in anxiety, and suppressed a chuckle and said: "It's really simple... I just counted the time and concluded that Lu Yan has almost captured Pengcheng."
"Huh?" Cheng Yu opened his mouth, not knowing how to continue.
"Is this a special meow okay?"
"Counting the time, we should capture Pengcheng? This can also be counted??"
Only Taishi Ci straightened his back slightly, raised his chin slightly, observed the fussing colleagues with his nostrils, and whispered: "Master, take Pengcheng, isn't it a matter of course? Isn't there anything surprising?"
But Liu Bei felt that Cao Cao's words were unconvincing, so he came out again and asked: "May I ask Lieutenant Cao, how are you sure that Lu Qiaoqi has captured Pengcheng?"
"How can you be sure?" Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and muttered in his heart: "Will I tell you that I saw it from his diary?"
After thinking about it, this was really not easy to explain, so Cao Cao simply said: "Based on my understanding and trust in Mr. Lu..."
Well, Lao Cao is just cheating, pretending he didn't say what he said...
Liu Bei was slightly startled, and then returned to his position. His status did not allow him to pursue him.
Just when everyone was wondering whether Boss Cao had obtained some inside information in advance, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the conference hall!
After the sound of horse hooves disappeared, Cao Cao's personal guards came to report instead of the messenger.
"Report! Lord! Great victory in Pengcheng! This is the news from Lu Qiaoqi!"
"Hahaha!" When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately laughed and ran to the bodyguard and said, "Mr. Lu has really lived up to Cao's trust! Where is the letter? Give it to me quickly!"
"My lord actually got it right!"
Everyone in the hall saw that Cao Cao had just learned the news, and they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in their hearts.
"No wonder my lord has been as stable as Mount Tai even though he is guarding the isolated city, just because there is a Lu Qiaoqi outside!"