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1072. Cao Cao attacks Gongsun Zan

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    Let Sun Ce understand that there is no point in persisting anymore. Even if Shouchun City is captured, Lujiang will suffer losses. At the same time, Cao Cao can deal with Gongsun Zan, so he can divert his troops to deal with Sun Ce.

    After understanding his situation, Sun Ce had to make a painful decision and ordered to withdraw his troops.

    In the sixth year of Jian'an, the sudden war between princes in the Central Plains caught the whole world off guard. No one expected that Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan, Sun Ce, and even Liu Biao would join this war.

    Gongsun Zan sent troops to fight against the puppet emperor Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu could not resist and retreated. Instead, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the victory to pursue and surrounded Shouchun.  Jiangdong Sun Ce sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan, and finally he captured Shouchun and drove away Yuan Shu.

    As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind. Sun Ce, who captured Shouchun, was attacked by Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun. Shouchun changed hands and fell into Cao Cao's hands.  Sun Ce was unconvinced and came back with a force of 50,000 troops to attack Shouchun.

    Cao Cao's general Cao Ren faced Sun Ce's 50,000-strong army and attacked day and night. He showed his extraordinary defensive strength and blocked Sun Ce's attack, preventing Sun Ce from climbing the city wall. After this battle, Cao Ren became famous all over the world and was called  This is Cao Zixiao who is as solid as gold.

    Facing Sun Ce¡¯s attack, Cao Cao did not send reinforcements, but instead aimed at Gongsun Zan, who was extremely wary of him in Xuzhou.

    In order to paralyze Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao took the initiative to reduce the number of troops in the border confrontation and pretended to send troops to Shouchun to reinforce Cao Ren. For a time, the border between Xuzhou and Yanzhou and Yuzhou was peaceful, and the two armies got along harmoniously.

    This illusion really confused Gongsun Zan. When Gongsun Zan saw Cao Cao's men fighting Sun Ce in Shouchun, he felt at ease for a while, and then he was ready to turn his attention to Yuan Shu in Xuyi, Huainan.

    Although Yuan Shu was in poverty, he had a strong family background. Even if he fled to Xuyi, the wealth and treasures he carried were still enough to attract people's envy. Moreover, the Xuyi area was close to Hongze Lake and the water conservancy conditions were quite good. If he could capture it, he could manage it well.  , it will definitely become a big granary in the future.

    Therefore, Gongsun Zan wanted to take advantage of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was a idiot. Gongsun Zan didn't take him seriously at all. If he wanted to attack Xuyi, he could just send troops directly from Guangling. Guangling was the first place Gongsun Zan operated after he transferred to the official position.  , has become Gongsun Zan's hometown. Gongsun Zan has a deep foundation in Guangling. Once Xuyi is captured and connected to Guangling, Gongsun Zan feels that he will have a strong rear, and he will not have to worry about the instability of the rear when dealing with Cao Cao.

    Therefore, after Gongsun Zan thought twice and saw that Cao Cao was really busy dealing with Sun Ce, he took action.

    Gongsun Zan did not mobilize too many soldiers stationed at the border. Instead, he gathered a little from the east and a little from the west, and slowly mobilized a few soldiers from various counties to form an army of 30,000, preparing to go to Xuyi.

    He did not move much against the soldiers on the border. Even if Cao Cao put on a peaceful posture, Gongsun Zan did not dare to relax his vigilance. After all, Cao Cao had become as fond of sneak attacks as Liu Zhe.

    At the same time, in order to prevent Cao Cao from learning about it, Gongsun Zan led his team to Xuyi quietly, being careful along the way and within his own territory, trying not to let too many people know about it.

    It has to be said that Gongsun Zan¡¯s move was indeed deceived by many people. Even many Xuzhou officials did not know what Gongsun Zan was doing.

    However, Gongsun Zan was so secretive that he hid it from many of his own people, but he could not hide it from Cao Cao.

    To be precise, Gongsun Zan¡¯s actions were guessed by Cao Cao¡¯s counselors.

    The biggest difference between Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao is not only their different origins, but also the team of counselors under their command.

    Cao Cao's counselors include Cheng Yu, Jiang Ji, Mao Jie, Man Chong, Dong Zhao, Wang Lang, Jia Kui, Du Ji, Yang Xiu, Sima Lang, Wang Jie, Chen Gui, Chen Deng, Huan Jie and a large group of counselors.  It can be said that except for Liu Zhe, Cao Cao is the most powerful counselor among all the princes.

    On the other hand, Gongsun Zan did not have any outstanding counselors. If he insisted on having counselors, then he only had two counselors, Guan Jing and Zou Dan.

    Of course, these two counselors are incomparable to those of Cao Cao.

    It's not that Gongsun Zan didn't want to recruit counselors, but he stabbed Tao Qian in the back and had already offended the big families in Xuzhou. No one with some strength wanted to hang out with Gongsun Zan. They would rather go to Cao Cao, Liu Zhe, and even Yuan Shu didn't want to go to him.  Gongsun Zan.

    Xuzhou originally had a pair of excellent counselors, namely Chen Gui and his son.

    It is a pity that they stabbed Tao Qian and killed Tao Qian because of their resentment towards Gongsun Zan, so they would rather go to Cao Cao than go to someone like Gongsun Zan.

    To thisIn this situation, Gongsun Zan didn't have a good solution, but he thought that he could do it on his own. He didn't need any advisers to tell the story, so Gongsun Zan made many decisions by himself and rarely talked with his subordinates.  Help people discuss.

    Just like this time, he secretly led his troops to prepare for a surprise attack on Xuyi, and no one else knew about it except for a few generals who followed him into battle.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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