So Cao Cao's subordinates had sufficient soldiers and sufficient food, with counselors and military generals. There was no one in Shandong who were disobedient. At this time, Cao Cao remembered his father and sent Taishan Prefect Ying Shao to Langya County to take his father over.
His father had been taking refuge in Chenliu because of Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo and lived in seclusion in Langya. He received a letter that day and was very happy to learn that Cao Cao had a foothold now. He immediately took his younger brother and family with forty. The rest of the people, more than 200 attendants and more than 100 cars, were heading towards Yanzhou, but Xuzhou was the only way to pass.
The prefect of Xuzhou Tao Qian, whose courtesy name is Gongzu, is gentle and pure. After learning about Cao Cao's power, he always wanted to make friends with Cao Cao. There was no reason. He knew what his father was going to go through. He was very happy and went abroad to greet him in person. Thank you and salute, set up a grand banquet, and hosted the family for two days.
Cao Song was about to leave, so Tao Qian personally sent him out of the city wall and specially sent the commander Zhang Kai to escort him with more than 500 troops. The family walked to the same place. It was late summer and early autumn, and it suddenly rained heavily. , can only rest in a dilapidated ancient temple.
A monk came out to entertain them. After Cao Song settled the family, he ordered General Zhang Kai and Ma Tun to gather on both sides. However, the temple did not have that large space, so the soldiers who came here could only be wet in the rain. The weather was a little cold, so naturally Some complaints.
Zhang Kai felt bad when he was ordered by Cao Song, so he called his leader to discuss in a quiet place, saying, "We are the remnants of the Yellow Turban thieves, so we had no choice but to surrender to Tao Qian, and we didn't get him. The little benefit is that the task of escorting Cao Song is now on us. He has brought countless family members and supplies. I think there must be valuable things in it. It is very easy for you to get a fortune, it only needs to be three tonight. In the near future, we entered the temple together, killed Cao Song's family and all the children, snatched their finances, and then lived a leisurely life for the enemy in the mountains. What do you think?"
These people were originally the remnants of the Yellow Turban Thief, and they never had the idea of doing things safely in their hearts, so they all agreed to this matter.
The storm had not stopped that night, Cao Song was sitting in the house. Suddenly he heard the shouts of killing outside and shocked the sky. His younger brother Cao De quickly raised his sword and went out to find out what was going on. He was stabbed to death. Cao Song hurriedly took his wife and concubine to the abbot. Walking into the room, I wanted to climb over the wall behind and escape. A concubine was too fat and could not come out at all. Cao Song was really anxious, but couldn't bear to give up and left, so he hid in the toilet together. After being discovered by the rioters He slashed randomly and died under the knife. Ying Shao knew that the situation was over, so he went to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Zhang Kai's sudden attack caused the entire Cao family to fall into danger. He killed all other families and took property. In order not to leave any evidence, he burned all the temples with him with more than 500 people. I ran away in the direction of Huainan.
This happened very suddenly. Although Ying Shao went to Yuan Shao and some of them did not go, the soldiers who escaped reported this situation to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao heard about it, he cried very sadly and knelt down. On the ground, I was heartbroken.
Everyone helped him up, Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "Tao Qian deliberately sent someone to kill my father. This hatred is irreconcilable! I will lead the army now and must wash away Xuzhou City to eliminate it. I only hate it in my heart!”
So he left Xun Yu, Cheng Yu led 30,000 troops to guard Juancheng, Fan County, and Dong'a County. The others rushed to Xuzhou together. Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, and Dian Wei were the pioneers, and Cao Cao issued a harsh order.
As long as the city is captured, no matter who the people in the city are killed, they will kill them all.
This incident soon reached Chang'an, and Yu Yi and Jia Xu began to discuss again, saying, "I heard that Tao Qian has a good reputation and always has the intention of currying against Cao Cao. Such a move is not to bring a stone to the point of bringing a stone to the point of
Shoot yourself in the foot?"
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Can you play Go? How about we play chess?"
Compared to Go, Yu Yi is better at playing chess, but others ask for a game, but there is no reason to refuse, so he said, "Come on, will I still be afraid of you?" At the same time, Yu Yi thought to himself, if there is a mobile phone
Just use it to your hands. If you build a computer with the highest difficulty, you will definitely defeat Jia Xu.
Jia Xu held a white chess in his hand, observing the situation on the board, and said, "I think the same as you. Tao Qian's doing this is like sticking out his head and chopping it up for others. It's really unreasonable."
Yu Yi sighed, "Is that so?"
Jia Xu affirmed Yu Yi's words and said, "You are right. I investigated Zhang Kai. It's just a matter of blame. Tao Qian is too stupid and sent such a person to go."
"What do you mean?" Yu Yi was observing the situation while holding the black chess and thinking about the next route.
"This Zhang Kai is the remnant of the Yellow Turban Thief. He is extremely greedy. Tao Qian sent him to escort the Cao family. Isn't this sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth?"
Jia Xu said with a smile.
"So that's it, but Cao Cao also has counselors. We can think of it, and they should also think of it, why not tell him about this?"
Yuyi still has questions.
"This is their cleverness. Cao Cao is now in a strong military force, but his morale is not unified and he has not experienced a great war. This attack on Xuzhou is just a good time to practice."
Jia Xu touched his beard and looked at the chessboard.
"But he wants to kill all the people in Xuzhou, what is the difference between his behavior and Dong Zhuo?"
Yuyi continued to ask.
"If anyone who accomplishes great things is not limited to trivial matters, if he blindly retreats and gives in, he may not be able to achieve great achievements!"
"Okay, you have lost!" After saying this, Jia Xu stood up and made a move to give in.
"Actually, I still think it's good to lose to you. I'm still young. In a few years, I will definitely be better than you!"
Only then did Yu Yi realize that the line of defense he built on the edges had been broken at some point.
"Okay, I'll wait and see!" Jia Xu bowed and left Yu Yi's mansion.
This incident attracted Yu Yi's attention. He believed that it would be sooner or later for Tao Qian to be destroyed by the city, and he should notify the people in the city to escape as soon as possible. Yu Yi felt that he knew Cao Cao's behavior but did not understand it, but none of these matters.
After all, I met in Luoyang at that time. At that time, Cao Cao was going to assassinate Dong Zhuo with the Seven-Star Sword. Later, he failed and helped him escape. Now Cao Cao has become a murderous devil.
Jiujiang Prefect Bian Rang had a good relationship with Tao Qian. When he heard that Xuzhou was in trouble, he brought five thousand soldiers to rescue him. Cao Cao was very angry and sent Xiahou Dun to intercept them halfway.