Seeing the meandering march of the team with banners covering the sky, Dong Cheng couldn't help but feel a trace of joy in his eyes.
Cao Cao finally defeated Chen Liu's Zhang Miao.
In mid-October, the army returned to the court.
This result was both expected and unexpected by everyone.
What is expected is that Zhang Miao is unable to survive alone and will definitely be defeated by Cao Cao's army.
What was unexpected was that it took Cao Cao only one month to fully recover Chenliu County.
In fact, this battle can be included in the classic art of war tactics of the late Han Dynasty and used as research materials: When Cao Cao had an absolutely superior position, he did not rush down quickly to attack Chen Liu.
Instead, Xia Houyuan was used as a partial force to attack back and forth on the grain road that circled Chenliu.
Cao Ren's main force, on the other hand, firmly restrained Chen Liu's main force, dragging Zhang Miao to the point of physical and mental exhaustion.
In the end, Cao Cao's army was still watching eagerly from the sidelines, making noises and making full use of psychological warfare.
When the entire Chenliu County army was devastated and the whole city mutinied, Cao Cao's three armies came down with a drum and captured Zhang Miao alive.
At this time, Cao Cao did something that shocked the world.
After completely regaining Chenliu County, Cao Cao did not massacre the Zhang family.
Instead, he wrote to the emperor to pardon Zhang Miao for the crime of rebellion and to join Xuchang as Yilang.
For this reason, Yuan Shao was very dissatisfied with Cao Cao and cursed Cao Cao as a treacherous person who did not know whether to live or die.
Yuan Shao had insulted Cao Cao not once or twice.
Until Cao Cao established the emperor and had a sharp weapon against Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao still did not put Cao Cao on the same level as his opponent.
And Zhang Miao can be said to be the culprit who caused Yuan Cao's rebellion.
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Miao have been running friends since childhood.
Zhang Miao helped Yuan Shao plan to kill Dong several times.
However, after the Ma family started a big chapter in the era of competition between heroes, Zhang Miao became dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's approach of separatist rule. , accused Yuan Shao many times, which made Yuan Shao dissatisfied.
After Yuan Shao supported Cao Cao in taking over Yanzhou, he asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao always politely refused.
After Cao Cao defeated Zhang Miao this time, instead of trying to please Yuan Shao, he even put aside his personal grudges.
This naturally made Yuan Shao even more dissatisfied with Cao Cao and claimed that he would attack Cao Cao, the treasonous thief.
It can be said that the Yuan and Cao families have finally entered the moment of a decisive battle.
The reason why Yuan Shao dared to do this was because he already had free energy, but Gongsun Zan, who had completely placed himself in Youzhou above Yanzhou, burned himself in his grave, and the power of Youzhou fell completely into Yuan Shao's hands.
At that time, Gongsun Zan was huddled in the tower of Yijing.
Montenegro commander Zhang Yan and Gongsun Xu led 100,000 troops and divided into three groups to rescue Gongsun Zan.
Before the reinforcements arrived, Gongsun Zan secretly sent a message to Gongsun Xu, asking him to lead 5,000 cavalry in Beixi and hold up torches in response.
Gongsun Zan went out to fight from the city.
Unexpectedly, this secret letter was robbed by Yuan Shao, and he used his plan to raise the torch as scheduled.
Gongsun Zan thought that reinforcements had arrived and led his troops to attack.
Yuan Shao set up an ambush to attack Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan was defeated and returned to defend the city.
At the same time, the 100,000-strong army calling each other from afar was stopped midway due to the temporary withdrawal of Bu Dugen's Xianbei tribe.
Yuan Shao was overjoyed, so he dug tunnels to the tower of Gongsun Zan's castle, destroyed its watchtower, and gradually reached the central mound.
Gongsun Zan knew that he would be defeated, so he first killed his wife, children, and sisters, and then set fire to his grave.
For Yuan Shao, this victory was tantamount to picking up a piece of pie that fell from the sky.
If Bu Dugen had not suddenly withdrawn his troops and Zhang Yan's three armies attacked together, the two families would definitely have been locked in a stalemate for a long time.
But things took an unexpected turn, allowing Yuan Shao to completely get rid of his major troubles with almost no effort.
From this, Yuan Shaozhi was very proud.
While regaining the remaining forces of Gongsun Zan along the way, he cursed Cao Cao in Yanzhou.
On the surface, Yuan Shao was still as arrogant as usual, but in fact, Yuan Shao's strategy had shifted to Yanzhou. , What he did was just making excuses for Yuan Shao to conquer Cao Cao in the future.
Unfortunately, it was already winter, and both families were in a period of post-war weakness.
Apart from the war of words, no real moves were seen.
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However, the sky in Jiyanxu Sanzhou was already covered with dense clouds at this time, as if a winter snowstorm was coming soon.
It can be said that Cao Cao should be in an extremely uncomfortable mood when he returns to Xuchang.
Therefore, at this time, everyone in Sikong Mansion was talking, but no one dared to talk loudly.
Doubts, anger, joy and confusion were all intertwined in Xu Du's large cauldron.
The heat contained in the cauldron slowly raised the temperature of the water in the cauldron.
The reason why this pot of water has not boiled yet is because Cao Sikong, who is sitting in the upright position, has not said a word yet.
For Cao, Yuan Shao's rebuke this time was by no means as easy to deal with as usual.
It can be said that Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shao's lack of time to squeeze out all the oil and water he could squeeze from Yuan Shao.
But there has never been any reward for Yuan Shao.
This time Yuan Shao is about to stabilize the north.
Even a fool can imagine what Yuan Shao will do to the Cao family next.
Everyone is waiting to see how Cao Cao responds to this difficult situation.
"Everyone, you have worked hard these days."
Cao Cao said calmly as he looked at the people below.
There was no trace of fear or worry in his expression, instead there was a sense of success in his conspiracy.
The people who are qualified to be in this room are Cao's important ministers and generals who stayed in Xudu, as well as the local governors of nearby counties.
Everyone was waiting for Cao Cao's next words with solemn and anxious faces, and the room seemed very quiet.
Cao Cao looked around, his majestic eyes making everyone he touched feel trembling.
Then, his eyes finally fell on Xi Zhicai.
It was only then that everyone discovered that Xi Zhi's face was also extremely calm.
There was no urgency at all about the impending storm, and he seemed to be leisurely waiting for Cao Cao's next news.
"Zhicai, how is the investigation going on about Zhang Yan's sudden troop withdrawal?"
"Back to my lord, Zhang Yan's withdrawal was entirely due to Bu Dugen's desertion before the battle.
And Bu Dugen's desertion before the battle was because of the turmoil in his base camp."
Xi Zhicai revealed the information in his hand.
His tone is always calm and unhurried.
"Oh," Cao Cao nodded without making any comment, waiting for Xi Zhicai's next explanation.
"On the second day of Bu Dugen's expedition, the Tuoba tribe, who had always been on good terms with Bu Dugen, suddenly sent troops to attack the Bu Dugen tribe, annexing many small tribes around Bu Dugen in one fell swoop, and even secretly assassinated them.
There were many family members of senior generals in Budugen.
The war between the two families started without warning, and Budugen had to return to the army for rescue. " "If I remember correctly, the Tuoba tribe, which was not well-known two years ago, has snowballed into the second largest force on the Bingzhou grassland since it received support from the Ma family."
At this time, Cao Cao Finally becoming interested, he raised his head and asked.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in confusion: Why was Cao Sikong so interested in the Di army in the north, regardless of Yuan Shao's wrath?
"Yes, the Tuoba tribe is as ferocious as wolves and as vicious as snakes.
They implement the strategy of Shunchang and rebellion against all tribes.
In just one year, they have risen in the territory of the Xiongnu.
Later, their power gradually penetrated into Budugen Xianbei tribe, it is reasonable for the two sides to go to war."
"Yes, everything is reasonable, but the timing is a bit too weird."
Cao Cao chuckled twice, ignoring the surprised eyes of those below, and continued: "I don't understand why that tribe would live and die under Gongsun Zan.
When the time comes, fight back."
"Of course, one move can affect the whole body.
If Wei Chen's guess is correct, it was Ma Chao who secretly helped Yuan Shao and killed Gongsun Zan."
Xi Zhicai said these words as if there were no waves in the ancient well, but above the entire hall, But he couldn't help but let out a sound of inhalation at the same time.
It seems that the matter in front of me is far more serious than Yuan Shao's desire to attack the Cao family. s: Thanks to Haotian, Huoyi, Singles, and Han Gugu for their rewards
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