Outside Xiapi City, the loud horn sound resounded throughout the earth, a team of Cao soldiers wearing gray armor set up a formation on the flat wilderness outside Xiapi City, the Chinese army's main formation, a big banner fluttered with the wind, the black pressure of the Cao Army, gathered into four large phalanxes, stopped at a distance of two hundred steps from Xiapi City, the queue was strict, 40,000 troops lined up, except for the whistling wind, there was no sound.
Cao Cao, under the escort of Dian Wei, Li Jin, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and other military generals, stood in front of the formation, looked at the closed city gate, and laughed loudly: "Today is the day when the city of Xiapi is broken, and we must call the old thief Tao Qian to pay for his life to comfort the soul of his father in the sky."
Cao Ren raised his arms and said: "Break the Pi and behead Tao Qian" "Break the Pi, behead Tao Qian" has always been the revenge of killing his father, which is the biggest name of Cao's army attacking Xuzhou, that is, the Son of Heaven, and there can be no reason to stop it.
"Boom" The suspension bridge in Xiapicheng fell with a bang without warning, the ground shook a few times, and the huge roar even overshadowed Cao Jun's angry shouts.
"What do you mean" Xiahou looked at this scene in amazement, and looked at Cao Cao with some blankness, this hasn't started yet, why did the suspension bridge fall first.
Cao Cao shook his head, he didn't know either, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Crunch" The gates slowly opened.
"Do you want to surrender" Cao Ren sneered and said disdainfully: "Even so, you must not let go of that Tao Qian Lao'er" At this moment, in the open city gate, Tao Qian held a long sword, and his old body walked out of the city gate with slow and heavy steps.
"Lord, do you want to attack" Xiahou Xuan's eyes lit up, and the city gate was not closed as Tao Qian left the city, but was always open.
Shaking his head, Cao Cao frowned and looked at Tao Qian, who walked slowly out of the city gate, attacking the city at this time, it seemed that they were not right, even if they entered the city, they would be resisted to the death by the defenders, and who knew what was hidden behind the city gate Tao Qian was like this, slowly pacing to a distance of fifty steps in front of Cao Jun's array, raised the sword in his hand high, and slowly knelt to the ground under Cao Cao's cold gaze.
Cao Cao frowned, although he had the revenge of killing his father, but what Tao Qian said, he was also a celebrity, and at this moment, let an old celebrity kneel in front of him, no matter what he thought in his heart, in the eyes of outsiders, it was obviously his own.
Snorting coldly, Cao Cao said coldly: "Tao Gong, are you begging for mercy from Cao?"
"It's not begging for mercy" Tao Qian Xiao said: "It was not my intention to attack and kill Cao Gong that day, but it was actually my subordinates who made their own decisions." ” When Cao Cao heard this, he just sneered, who believes this Tao Qian is willing to die and return to Cao Gong, I only hope that Meng De can pity the people of Xuzhou, and don't let this Xuzhou suffer from the war" Tao Qian finished speaking, and suddenly put the sword across his neck.
Cao Cao's face changed, and he said sharply: "Stop him" It's late Looking at Cao Cao's suddenly changed face, a sneer flashed at the corner of Tao Qian's mouth, the two sides were fifty steps apart, even Dian Wei and Li Jin, in an unprepared situation, separated by such a distance, it was difficult to stop Tao Qian's self-harming actions, only to see Tao Qian pull the sword fiercely.
Hepeng's blood spurted out of Tao Qian's cavity like a fountain, and the lifeless corpse fell weakly, and between Cao Jun's and Xiapi City, it was full of desolation.
On the city wall of the "lord", Chen Jue knelt on the ground with a sad and indignant look on his face, and behind him, Xuzhou civil and military also knelt down, and the Xuzhou soldiers standing at the head of the city silently clenched the weapons in their hands, staring at the direction of Cao Jun.
Mi Fang took a team of soldiers and rode out of the city, silently came to the front of the two armies, and began to collect Tao Qian's corpse.
"Archer" Cao Hong raised his hand, and suddenly a row of archers raised their bows and arrows in their hands and aimed them at those Xuzhou troops.
Sighing, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Stop." ” "Lord" Cao Hong looked at Cao Cao in puzzlement, at the moment of Tao Qian's death, he could feel that the atmosphere suddenly changed in the direction they didn't want to see, including the soldiers guarding the city opposite, and even the soldiers of his own family behind him.
Cao Cao shook his head and didn't speak, just stared at the direction of Xiapi City.
The momentum that suddenly erupted with the same hatred and hatred, even Cao Cao frowned a little, and on the other hand, Cao Jun, at the moment when Tao Qian's corpse fell to the ground, the morale of the original rainbow seemed to have suddenly suffered an invisible setback, and it was no longer sharp.
The soldiers gathered Tao Qian's body and slowly retreated into the city, but Mi Fang did not leave, rode his horse and stood in front of the battle, looked at Cao Cao with complicated eyes, and said loudly: "Before my lord died, he dragged me to tell Cao Gong that he was willing to die to apologize, and the position of Xuzhou pastor has been entrusted to Mr.
Chen Qi Chen Hanyu. ” "Fart" Cao Hong couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, the purpose of their coming this time, in addition to killing Tao Qian, the most important thing was to take Xuzhou, why did he give up such an advantage based on the words of Tao Qian, a dead person "Chen Jue, Chen Hanyu" Cao Cao looked at Mi Fang and said in a deep voice.
"Not bad," Mi Fang said loudly.
Cao Cao nodded, stopped talking, and sighed for a long time: "When I say hello to the new lord of your family, Cao will not go to congratulate." ” "The end will be delivered."
Mi Fang frowned, Cao Cao's words made him feel very uncomfortable, what is the new lord as if he was a betrayer, but at this moment, he couldn't help it, agreed, turned the horse's head, and looked at Picheng.
Cao Cao looked at the Xiapi City that was close at hand with an ugly face, and although the gate of Xiapi City was open at this moment, there was an invisible force that could not be seen or touched to stop him, and that power was not a tangible force, but originated from the human heart.
The lord of his own family is in front of them, in order to protect the Xuzhou army and the people no longer suffer from the war, and die of self-slaughter, at this moment Tao Qian's image, in this Xuzhou army, has been infinitely elevated with his suicide, at this moment in the city, the army and the people are united, if Cao Cao attacked, even if he entered the city, he would be resisted to the death by the soldiers and civilians in the city, even if he captured Xiapi, how much of the 40,000 army could be left And with Tao Qian's death, the sense of revenge that has been continuously strengthened by him in the army also disappeared at the moment of Tao Qian's death, and Tao Qian's death was a little more tragic, which also made Cao Jun's soldiers have some pity, and when this pity is reflected in morale, it is not a good thing.
If he insists on attacking the city at this moment, I am afraid that the outcome will be unpredictable.
The open city gate, even if Mi Fang returned to the city, was not closed, so that Cao Cao felt a ridicule from Chen Qi or Tao Qian, the city gate is here, if you have the ability, you will attack it "Lord" Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others all looked at Cao Cao, with a strong unwillingness and war spirit in their eyes, they knew Cao Cao's purpose, for Cao Cao, Tao Qian's life compared with Xuzhou, it became secondary.
Cao Cao took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Withdraw the troops" The "lord" will not be reconciled.
"I said to retreat, you want to disobey the order," Cao Cao suddenly turned around and roared at the generals.
Because Tao Qian committed suicide, the plan to occupy Xuzhou fell short, to say that the most unwilling, I am afraid it is him, but he knows that at this time, Xuzhou is the trend of mourning soldiers, once the war starts, the outcome is unpredictable, even if he wins in the end, I am afraid that he will also suffer heavy losses, you know, around him, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and even Qingzhou Tai Shici, but they are all eyeing each other, once they see their hypocrisy and attack, what will he do to resist these people He had no choice but to retreat Cao Cao was rarely angry, and at this moment, seeing Cao Cao suddenly roaring angrily, the Xiahou brothers, the generals of the Cao clan and other fierce generals suddenly did not dare to say anything, and unwillingly began to command the soldiers and horses to retreat slowly.
Down the head of Pi City, looking at the slowly retreating Cao Cao army, Chen Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, this Pi City, there are only 8,000 defenders, he took the initiative to give up the city gate, is to fight a psychological war with Cao Cao, although the city gate is wide open, but the city gate in the hearts of the people, but it was closed by himself, the entire Xiapi City, is a sworn to kill the enemy mentality, in the momentum, the momentum of the mourning soldiers forced Cao Cao to retreat.
He won, ushered in a respite for Xuzhou, although now most of the entire Xuzhou was obtained by Cao Cao, he was a newcomer in the hands of the state pastor, only the land of Xiapi and Guangling two counties remained, but these two counties are all large counties, only when the time is ripe, it may not be impossible to recover the lost land, but the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the military heart and stabilize his position as the state pastor.
On the one hand, he ordered someone to go to the imperial court and submit the surrender table, the position of the state pastor, only if the imperial court officially canonized it, it can be regarded as justifiable, otherwise even if Cao Cao temporarily withdraws from the army, after a long time, after this mourning force gradually fades, Cao Cao can still use this name to attack Xuzhou, Chen Qi is scheming, and naturally will not give Cao Cao this opportunity.
As for the surrender of the table, if one day, the imperial court occupies the Central Plains, he has any other ideas, and he must surrender, but if the imperial court cannot recover the Central Plains, even if the table is surrendered, the imperial court is out of reach of Xuzhou.
"Zifang" Chen Qi turned his head, looked at Mi Fang, and said with a smile: "This time I can force the Cao army back, the ovary is not chaotic, calm and moderate, has the style of a general, and has made great contributions. ” "I" Mi Fang frowned, but was pulled by Mi Zhu, and then Mi Zhu said: "Zifang, thank you quickly." ” "I will thank the lord for his kindness."
Mi Fang was a little unwilling, but seeing that her brother's eyes gradually became sharp, she was unwilling to disobey, so she had to be unwilling.
Chen Jue smiled and nodded towards Mi Zhu, and promoted several other generals, all of them were rewarded regardless of the size of their official positions, and the restless minds of the civil and military forces in Xuzhou gradually stabilized, and they were considered to have a preliminary grasp of Xuzhou's military politics, but how to develop next depends on how the Son of Heaven will reply to him. t1706231537: