Yongqiu.
Zhang Chao was walking around in the lobby with his hands behind his back, anxious and not knowing what to do.
But when the news came that the general took Zhang Miao's head and defected to Cao Cao, the Zhang family burst into tears and felt as if the sky was falling.
Fortunately, Zhang Chao stabilized the situation in time and strictly ordered those under the control of the Zhang family to The cities in Yanzhou were strictly guarded.
Although most of the cities surrendered to Cao Cao, the cities in Chenliu and Liangjun still obeyed the Zhang family and did not surrender to Cao Cao.
However, at this time, Cao Cao's army was coming towards Yongqiu.
Zhang Chao said that he could not stop Cao Cao's attack with his own talents and strength.
After thinking about it, he thought about Zang Hong.
Zhang Chao spared no effort in supporting Zang Hong.
When he was still in Guangling, he made great use of Zang Hong.
He appointed Zang Hong as a meritorious officer at the beginning, and then promoted him successively and regarded him as a confidant.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chao immediately called a close aide and said: "The disaster of my Zhang family is coming.
If anyone can save me, I'm afraid it's only Zang Hong.
Now I have a letter and I want you to ride a fast horse to catch it."
Go to Wuyang in the east and hand it over to Zang Hong and ask him to lead troops to rescue you.
You can go back as soon as possible."
"Yes, my lord."
The confidant took the letter, packed it up, and immediately rode off to Dongwuyang.
When the letter was delivered to Zang Hong, Cao Cao had already arrived at Yongqiu City.
Zang Hong also received the relevant news.
He wanted to lead troops to rescue Zhang Chao immediately, but he was now an official under Yuan Shao and led troops to rescue Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao always wanted to say hello to Yuan Shao, so he immediately wrote to Yuan Shao, requesting to lead an army to rescue Zhang Chao, and also asked Yuan Shao to send more troops.
Yuan Shao was very unhappy after receiving Zang Hong's letter.
Naturally, he was dissatisfied that Zang Hong still had an unforgettable relationship with Zhang Chao.
At the same time, he not only had to prevent the court from attacking him, but also secretly prepared troops to attack Gongsun Zan.
How could he dare to provoke Cao Cao?
If Cao Cao is made hostile to him, he will be enemies on three sides.
Yuan Shao summoned his important ministers and counselors to discuss the matter, and finally decided not to reply to Zang Hong and put off the matter.
Yongqiu City.
The day's fighting was over, and Cao Cao led his army back to the camp.
The fighting has been fierce these days.
The soldiers have been fighting with Lu Bu for two years and are already exhausted.
After these few days of fighting, the soldiers have suffered serious losses.
Cao Cao is also anxious in his heart.
This was the report from Man Chong who hurriedly walked in with a solemn look on his face: "My lord, I'm afraid the military advisor is in trouble.
He just woke up and said he wanted to see the lord."
"Why don't you leave quickly?"
Cao Cao hurriedly dropped the bamboo slips, stood up and hurried out of the tent.
Xingxi hurriedly came to a military tent.
Two soldiers guarding outside saluted immediately when they saw Cao Cao coming.
Cao Cao opened the curtain and walked into the tent to see Xi Zhicai, who was lying on the camp bed and looked haggard.
Cao Cao sat down on the horse in front of the bed, held Xi Zhicai's bony hand and said: "Zhicai, don't think about anything.
Recuperate well.
This super defense will not be broken by us for long.
When Yongqiu is captured, I will I will send you back to Puyang to recuperate."
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Xi Zhicai's face flushed, and he seemed to be more energetic.
He said: "My lord, Chenliu is not a place to stay for a long time.
Not only is Zhang Chao weak now, but we are also weak.
Liu Cheng will not let this go."
If there is a good opportunity, he is afraid that he will send troops into Yanzhou Today I see that the southeast corner of the east city wall is more damaged.
Tomorrow, the lord can let the stone machine throw stone bullets at that wall with all its strength.
It will definitely hit the city wall.
After the lord captures Yongqiu, he can only stay for two days at most, and then he will go immediately.
Leave your belongings and travel lightly, otherwise you will be easily caught up."
Cao Cao didn't believe it.
Xi Zhicai acted as if he could see the future.
The court wouldn't react so quickly.
He quickly said: "Okay, okay, I'll note it down.
Stop talking and get more rest."
Xi Zhicai grabbed Cao Cao's hand and said, "No, my lord, Xi was so favored by his lord that he was entrusted with the post of military adviser, but he failed to plan a bright future for his lord.
I'm really ashamed.
Now that Xi's life is about to be over, he can't be with his lord."
I have come up with some plans.
After Xi’s death, the lord should listen more to the advice of Cheng Yu, Mao Jie and Man Chong.”
"well" That night, Xi Zhicai died of illness, and Cao Cao was in great pain.
The next day, Cao Cao ordered the entire army to wear Xiao, and commanded the army to storm Yongqiu.
He adopted Xi Zhicai's strategy before his death and used a large number of trebuchets to launch a fierce attack on the southeastern end of the east city wall.
In less than half a day, the city wall was indeed destroyed by a large number of stone bullets.
When Cao Cao saw it, he immediately drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "The city is broken, soldiers enter the city, kill!"
Countless soldiers of Cao's army rushed to the gap in the collapsed city wall with weapons raised.
At this moment, Zhang Chao's defenders were completely defeated.
They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled, and the city soon became chaotic.
Cao's army launched a massacre in the city, and an unknown number of people were killed.
Zhang Chao and his entire family were captured.
That night, Cao Cao went into the cell to see Zhang Chao.
They didn't know what they talked about.
The next morning, Cao Cao ordered Zhang Chao and his family members to be taken outside the city and executed in public.
After capturing Yongqiu, Cao Cao ordered to reward the soldiers with the supplies captured from the city.
This meal of wine and meat lasted from morning to late afternoon.
At night, Cao Cao, who was very drunk, was woken up by Xia Houyuan, "My lord, my lord, wake up quickly."
After Cao Cao woke up, he said in a daze: "Wonderful talent, what's the matter?"
Xia Houyuan clasped his fists and said: "My lord, I just received the news that the imperial court has sent troops.
Xu Shu is leading 10,000 horses from Zhongmou.
Zang Ba is also leading 10,000 horses from Yangdi and is coming to Yongqiu.
Zang Ba's troops will be tomorrow at the latest You can arrive at Yongqiu in the afternoon.”
Cao Cao suddenly trembled.
He remembered Xi Zhicai's words before he died, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
He was no longer drunk, and immediately shouted: "Quickly order all the troops to prepare themselves immediately, we will evacuate overnight."
"Yes, my lord" Cao Cao's army withdrew overnight.
Cao Cao did not hesitate at all.
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He discarded all the supplies he had snatched in Yongqiu City and along the way, and the army retreated eastwards lightly.
Three days later, Cao Cao left Cao Hong and his three thousand troops to guard Jiyang, while he withdrew to Dingtao to rest and recuperate with a large group of troops.
June 16, Chang'an.
Liu Cheng kept fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan, but beads of sweat continued to drip from his forehead.
After drinking two bowls of sour plum soup, he finally felt better.
Guo Jia walked in sweating profusely and reported: "My lord, I just received news that Xu Shu's army captured Chenliu, Zang Ba captured Liang State, and by the way, Chen State was also captured."
Liu Cheng was so hot that he waved his hand and said: "If you take it, take it.
The imperial court has asked him to be the governor of Xuzhou.
Is he still reluctant to leave Chen Guo?
Since Xu Shu and Zang Ba have achieved their goals, let Xu Shu serve temporarily."
Chen Liu was appointed as the prefect, and Zang Ba was appointed Prime Minister of the Liang Kingdom.
As for the Chen Kingdom, has Jiang Gan returned?"
"Back" "That's right.
He spent two years as an undercover agent next to Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.
He made great contributions.
He was appointed as Chen Guoxiang.
He will take office in a few days."
"Yes, my lord" At this time, Chen Qun quickly walked into the lobby and reported: "Lord, I just received news that Zang Hong is resentful because Yuan Shao refused to send troops to rescue Zhang Chao, and announced that he will no longer be controlled by Yuan Shao."
"Oh" Liu Cheng was stunned.
This news surprised him.
Zang Hong would actually do this.
"So he plans to go it alone.
His decision is not very wise.
His Dongwuyang is in the middle of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
Neither Cao Cao nor Yuan Shao are willing to offend each other at this time.
Just watch, Yuan Shao will definitely send troops to attack Zang Hong, and may even lead the attack himself."
The counselors in the hall all looked at each other, and Xun Yu said: "With Yuan Benchu's temperament, he certainly can't bear such a shame and humiliation.
In a fit of anger, he will probably personally lead troops to attack Lord Zang Hong.
My subordinates think that we We can help Zang Hong.
Cao Cao is afraid of antagonism with Yuan Shao, so he will definitely not lead his army to attack Zang Hong.
If Yuan Shao leads his troops to attack Zang Hong, he can order Navy General Zhang Yun to lead a navy warship full of soldiers to reinforce Zang Hong."
When Liu Cheng heard this, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Okay, Wen Ruo's plan is very clever.
If Yuan Shao was leading his army to attack Zang Hong and heard that the imperial navy was dispatched, he would soon arrive at the river bank near Dongwuyang.
I'm afraid I'm going to be so scared that my butt will pee."
"Hahaha" When Yuan Shao received the news that Zang Hong announced that he was no longer under his control, he was so angry that he smashed everything he could see.
Zang Hong made it clear that he wanted to break away from him.
Isn't this a slap in Yuan Shao's face?
He was so angry that he immediately ordered his troops to assemble and personally lead the troops to conquer Zang Hong.
The counselors, staff, and officials all tried to dissuade him.
It was not impossible to attack Zang Hong, but Yuan Shao was not allowed to lead the troops himself.
After all, Jizhou still needed Yuan Shao to be in charge, but Yuan Shao was so angry that he could not listen.
He vowed not to withdraw his troops until Zang Hong's corpse was cut into pieces.
For a son of a noble family like Yuan Shao, he can throw away anything, even if he gives his wife to someone else, he can take it lightly, but he must not lose face.
Yuan Shao immediately led 30,000 troops to Dongwuyang to attack Zang Hong.
After the news reached Chang'an, Liu Cheng received the report and immediately ordered Zhang Yun, the naval general stationed at Mengjin Port, to lead more than a thousand naval warships and more than 10,000 soldiers down the river.
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Yuan Shao led his troops to Dongwuyang City and sent people to shout to Zang Hong to lead the entire city's soldiers and civilians to surrender, otherwise when the city was broken, all the jade and stone would be destroyed, and no chickens or dogs would be left.
Zang Hong was not willing to listen, so he led the entire city to guard and defend to the death.
Yuan Shao commanded his troops to attack the city for more than half a month, but Dongwu Yangcheng remained motionless.
Coupled with the hot weather, many of Yuan's troops who attacked the city suffered from heat stroke, many people died, and their morale plummeted.
Yuan Shao had to order the army to retreat thirty miles, thinking that Wait until the hot weather is over before attacking the city.
On this day, Yuan Shao was listening to reports on local government affairs in his tent.
A small school officer flew on horseback to report: "To report to my lord, something serious has happened.
A large number of warships were found on the river a hundred miles up the river.
After investigation, that It is the navy of the imperial court, with more than a thousand warships and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses."
"What!"
Yuan Shao was so shocked that he stood up involuntarily and shouted: "Why did the imperial court get involved?
It is none of my business, Yuan Shao's, to punish the rebellious Liu Cheng
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