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464. War breaks out in Xuzhou

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    "Forget it, his father is dead, so we won't cause trouble for him." Liu Zhe thought for a while and finally decided not to pursue the case. If he was pursued, Cao Cao would not dare to attack Xuzhou, then he would not  What a deal.

    "Otherwise, Liu Zhe would have asked Cao Cao to hold him accountable, which would have caused trouble for Cao Cao.

    Guo Jia did as Liu Zhe wanted and expressed his opinions in a calm manner, asking Cao Cao and Tao Qian to exercise restraint and not to use their own will.

    When Cao Cao found out, he ignored him. He was determined to attack Xuzhou and avenge his father.  In fact, Cao Cao was very sober. Although his father's murder made him angry for a while, he was not an ordinary person. After the anger passed, he realized that this was an opportunity.

    Among the princes in the world, Liu Zhe is the most powerful. He occupies the four states of Hebei, has a large territory, a large population, and a strong army.

    It just so happened that this man was Cao Cao¡¯s neighbor. Cao Cao had to open one eye when sleeping, otherwise he would have nightmares.

    Cao Cao's territory is now considered large, including Yanzhou, two Sili counties (Hongnong County and Henan Yin), and about half of Yongzhou.  However, a large territory does not necessarily mean that it will become stronger immediately. Yanzhou was ravaged by the Yellow Turbans and is now in a slow recovery.

    "The situation in the Second County of Sili is even worse. Hongnong County was ravaged by Dong Zhuo, and its population can only be regarded as two or three kittens, and there are many elderly people. The population of Henan Yin was moved away by Liu Zhe, leaving hundreds of miles without a human habitation.

    The same is true for Yongzhou. The melee between Dong Zhuo's generals was extremely destructive, causing a large number of people to flee, and Yanzhou was required to feed Yongzhou in return.

    Therefore, Cao Cao's life was not easy and he lived in poverty. Therefore, he had long focused on wealthy places, such as Jingzhou and Xuzhou.

    It¡¯s a pity that he never had an excuse before, but now it¡¯s better. His father was killed by Tao Qian¡¯s men in Xuzhou. If he didn¡¯t take advantage of such a good opportunity, he wouldn¡¯t be called the traitor Cao Cao.

    Since it is under the banner of avenging his father, it is natural to do it more realistically.

    After capturing several cities, Cao Cao ordered the massacre of the cities.  This is done firstly to make everyone feel that this is revenge for the father, and secondly, it hopes to frighten the remaining enemies and achieve the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting, making the subsequent battles easier.

    However, the effect of conquering the enemy without fighting was not achieved, but instead gave Cao Cao other "gains".

    First, Lieutenant Liu Zhe of Youzhou immediately made people condemn him and began to mobilize the army to gather on the other side of the Yellow River and the border with Qingzhou, which gave Cao Cao a headache.

    Second, Liu Bei of Yuzhou and Yuan Shu of Shouchun came out to condemn Cao Cao's inhumane behavior, and then sent troops to Xuzhou to help Tao Qian, which made Cao Cao furious. These two guys actually took advantage of it?

    Then Cao Cao divided his troops, led by Xiahou Dun to intercept Liu Bei's army, and led by Ban to intercept Yuan Shu's army.

    Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Guangling, also issued a statement, stating that he and Tao Qian would temporarily put aside their conflicts and unite to deal with Cao Cao.

    Tao Qian was very pleased and felt that Gongsun Zan was very capable and had no doubts. After all, the conflict between him and Gongsun Zan was an internal conflict in Xuzhou. Cao Cao was from outside and was their biggest enemy.

    Tao Qian did not have too much doubt, and then he withdrew the troops defending Gongsun Zan, intending to use all his strength to deal with Cao Cao.

    But because of his carelessness, Tao Qian was attacked by surprise.

    Gongsun Zan has been suppressed by Tao Qian in Guangling for so long, and he has long hated Tao Qian, an old man.

    And Cao Cao's invasion of Xuzhou was undoubtedly a golden opportunity for him, so he pretended to negotiate peace with Tao Qian. In fact, he had been persuaded by Cao Cao. It turned out that Cao Cao promised him that as long as Xuzhou was captured, the two would share equally.

    Cooperating with Cao Cao is undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger, but Gongsun Zan has no other choice. This is the only way he can have a chance, so he agreed to Cao Cao's conditions without hesitation.

    He deliberately paralyzed Tao Qian and took advantage of Tao Qian to withdraw his troops, and then he took the opportunity to make a sneak attack.

    Being attacked by Gongsun Zan, the Xuzhou army defending Gongsun Zan was quickly defeated by Gongsun Zan. Then Gongsun Zan's army rushed straight to Xiapi and surrounded Xiapi city.

    Xiapi was besieged. Tao Qian couldn't bear the blow for a while and actually fell ill.

    The coach was like this, and the people below suddenly became a mess.

    In the end, Gongsun Zan still failed to occupy the entire Xiapi County because Cao Cao came.

    At this time, Chen Gui and Chen Deng paralyzed Gongsun Zan and pretended to surrender. In fact, they secretly sent people to pretend to surrender to Cao Cao, and persuaded Tao Qian to abandon the cities along the way. Cao Cao rushed to Xiapi without any bloodshed.

    Let Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan face each other in Xiapi.

    Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son were thinking about letting Cao Cao and Gongsun ZanIn a fight of fire, the good fisherman will benefit.

    But the result was that Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan actually united and attacked Xiapi together.

    The attack by Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan made everyone else in Xiapi City panic, and Tao Qian was bedridden. In the end, Tao Qian's subordinate Cao Bao actually opened the city gate privately and surrendered to Cao Cao.

    Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately divided his troops into two groups. One group entered Xiapi and the other group attacked Gongsun Zan.

    Gongsun Zan was attacked by surprise and retreated in chaos.

    Cao Cao quickly captured Xiapi, but he didn't have time to be happy.

    Cao Cao received the news from Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun was defeated by Liu Bei and was seriously injured. His left eye was shot by Zhu Huan, Liu Bei's general.

    Cao Cao was furious

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