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Unfortunately, Gongsun Zan thought that this was done very secretly and Cao Cao would not know about it, but he did not know that Cao Cao's group of counselors had already expected that Gongsun Zan would sneak attack Yuan Shu and attack Xuyi.
Among them, Chen Deng was very sure that Gongsun Zan would attack Xuyi, because Chen Deng had followed Tao Qian before and helped Tao Qian resist Gongsun Zan, who was already aggressive in Guangling at that time, and he knew Gongsun Zan very well.
After receiving the approval of his counselors, Cao Cao waited for Gongsun Zan to reach halfway before launching a sneak attack on Gongsun Zan.
This time, Cao Cao used tiger and leopard cavalry to clear the way, with Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Le Jin and other great heroes as the vanguard, and raided Xuzhou in one fell swoop.
Xiaopei, who bore the brunt of the sudden attack by Cao Cao's men, could not withstand it for long before Xiaopei fell into Cao Cao's hands.
" Xiaopei can be said to be Gongsun Zan's first line of defense against Cao Cao, and it is also the most important line of defense. This line of defense was broken through, and Xuzhou was stripped naked like a woman.
Breaking through Xiaopei is equivalent to breaking into Xuzhou.
Cao's army marched straight in, leaving Gongsun Zan's soldiers completely defenseless. They collapsed at the first touch and fled one after another. At this time, Gongsun Zan's generals realized that their lord had gone somewhere, and they couldn't find a backbone. In the end, they also brought If you keep your head down and run away, you can't stop it, you can't defend it, you can only run away.
In the end, when Gongsun Zan got the news, half of Xuzhou had already fallen. He hurriedly led his troops back and was unable to stop this corrupt situation. In the end, he had no choice but to cut off his strength and abandon the captured places, and hurriedly returned to the Pengcheng, Xiapi and other cities built defense lines to resist Cao Cao's attack and protect his last territory.
While Cao Cao was planning to attack Xuzhou, he did not forget Cao Ren of Shouchun, because he knew that once Shouchun was lost, Sun Ce would definitely use Shouchun as a stronghold and continue northward with his temper.
If Sun Ce and Gongsun Zan join forces, even Cao Cao will have a headache, so Cao Cao sent a messenger to contact Jingzhou Liu Biao and asked him to send troops to attack Sun Ce and relieve Cao Ren's pressure.
Cao Cao succeeded in attacking Xuzhou. Gongsun Zan retreated to Xiapi Guangling and other places. Sun Ce retreated after hearing the news. There is no doubt that Cao Cao was the biggest beneficiary of this feud between the princes.
Occupying large areas of land such as Xuzhou and Huainan, with a population of hundreds of thousands, greatly enhanced his strength. At the same time, his prestige in the court was further enhanced.
After this battle, Cao Cao regained a lot of his confidence after being ravaged by Liu Zhe. He ambitiously stared at the territories on the map that did not belong to him and drooled, planning to get rid of Gongsun Zan in one go. However, he was dissuaded by his subordinates and temporarily rested his troops to rest and wait for the opportunity.
In Jiangdong, Sun Ce had to retreat home in despair. Feeling that he had lost face, he vented all his anger on the rebellious bandits. Under his leadership, the bandits were beaten until they cried for their fathers and mothers. Many people He escaped back to the stronghold in the mountains, but he still couldn't escape Sun Ce's pursuit. Even the stronghold was defeated by Sun Ce.
After defeating the mountain bandits, Sun Ce planned to go to Liu Biao to settle the score, but Liu Biao was very vigilant. When Sun Ce's squadron returned to the court, he immediately asked Huang Zu to retreat and firmly guard Jiangxia, leaving Sun Ce with no way to deal with him for the time being.
After all, Jiangxia is also a big city. He just hit a wall in Shouchun, and Sun Ce has not regained his confidence to attack Jiangxia.
So for a while, Sun Ce endured it temporarily and waited until next time to deal with Liu Biao. What Liu Biao didn't expect was that because this time, Sun Ce had made up his mind. If he didn't deal with Jiang Xia and block Liu Biao from sending troops to deal with him, Sun Ce would not go north to fight against Cao Cao.
So Sun Ce¡¯s next attack target has been decided to be Jiangxia.
This time, Sun Ce temporarily let Jiang Xia go because his soldiers and horses were tired, and continued to deal with the bandits.
¡°I don¡¯t know who instigated it, but Sun Ce felt that all the bandits in Jiangdong were out to cause trouble.
"Damn it"
Sun Ce slapped the information he received on the desk and was very angry. Another county town was captured by bandits and they robbed property.
After Sun Ce vented his anger, he felt tired, even though after he came back, he led his people to continuously eliminate the bandits.
However, bandits are not like an army. They are often in groups of dozens or hundreds of people and do not gather together. Even if many bandits are eliminated, there are still many bandits that cannot be eliminated.
They live in the deep mountains and old forests, and they appear and disappear. They shoot east and west, making it difficult for people to guard against them. Their purpose is not to capture towns, but to plunder. After robbing things, killing people, and setting fires, they run away.
They have few people and are very convenient to move. They often arrive early when the officers and soldiers arrive.After everything was done, he disappeared without a trace.
Facing such an opponent, even Sun Ce, even though he killed countless bandits, still felt powerless.
The suppression of bandits during these days made Sun Ce physically and mentally exhausted. It was the first time that he felt so tired.
Unconsciously, Sun Ce slowly fell asleep. He was really tired these days.
While sleeping, Sun Ce suddenly felt something moving around him, and immediately woke up alertly.
When he woke up, he saw that Zhou Yu was preparing to cover him with clothes to prevent him from getting cold. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com