Legend of Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that it was Tao Qian, Cao Cao sneered: "Tao Qian, even if Zhang Kai killed my father, it is a bloody enmity. If I, Cao Cao, don't report it, then I, Cao Cao, will be a son of man in vain."

Tao Qian said again: "The one who killed Mr. Cao was Zhang Kai, what has he to do with the people of Xuzhou? Why did General Cao have to kill the people of Xuzhou?"

Cao Cao said disdainfully: "Zhang Kai killed my father, it must be your connivance. Since my father died at the hands of Zhang Kai, I want the people of Xuzhou to come and bury my father."

The last sentence Cao Cao basically roared out.

Seeing Cao Cao like this, Tao Qian knew that he could no longer persuade Cao Cao with words, and could only fight with real swords and guns.

At this time, Cao Cao's insolent voice entered Tao Qian's ears again.

"Old thief Tao Qian, it is useless for you to say anything this time. I just want to use the heads of Xuzhou and you, the old thief, to be buried with my father."

Seeing this, Tao Qian was furious for a while, then turned his horse's head and went back.

At this time, Cao Cao pulled out the Yitian Sword, pointed the tip of the sword at Tao Qian, and said loudly: "The whole army will attack. Those who kill Tao Qian will be promoted to one rank; those who capture Tao Qian alive will be promoted to three ranks."

Under the heavy reward promised by Cao Cao, tens of thousands of Cao Jun's elite soldiers rushed towards the Xuzhou Army roaring.

Although the Xuzhou army said that the commander-in-chief Cao Bao is an idiot and has no ability at all, but this time Tao Qian also brought Tao Kan out together. After the command of the [-] Xuzhou Army brought out by Tao Qian this time.

But although Tao Kan's strength is not weak, there is still a lot of gap compared with Cao Cao, and Tao Kan can only use [-] soldiers and horses, while the number of soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's hands is two or three times that of the Xuzhou Army. .

Under Cao Cao's central dispatch and the impact of Xia Houyuan, Pan Feng, Bian Xiang and other fierce generals, the [-] Xuzhou army in Tao Kan's hands was quickly defeated by Cao Jun.

Looking at the Xuzhou Army soldiers who were fleeing everywhere, Tao Kan's eyes flashed a little unwillingness, but under the attack of these tens of thousands of elite Cao Jun, Tao Kan had to take Tao Qian and started to escape.

With Tao Kan's eyesight, he can naturally understand that the current Xuzhou Army is not Cao Cao's opponent at all. If they don't leave when the Xuzhou Army has not been completely defeated by Cao Cao, then after the Xuzhou Army is completely defeated by Cao Cao, they may not be there anymore. Opportunity left.

So Tao Kan took Tao Qian to withdraw as soon as the Xuzhou army showed signs of defeat, but Tao Kan and Tao Qian withdrew, Cao Bao did not react so quickly, but Cao Bao was an extremely timid person.

After Tao Kan and Tao Qian withdrew, Cao Bao also felt something was wrong and was about to run away, but he was a step too late after all.

When Cao Bao just turned the direction of the horse, a long knife appeared behind Cao Bao, and then a deep bone wound appeared on Cao Bao's back.As a result, Cao Bao fell off the horse, and then twitched a few times, obviously dead.

Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Bao who fell to the ground and died, and smiled disdainfully.Although this Cao Bao is one of the most famous generals in Xuzhou, in Xia Houyuan's eyes, he is just a waste, a waste that he can't even catch with a knife.If Xuzhou is such a waste, then this Xuzhou can be said to be no match for them at all.

Chapter 200 The Siege of Cao Cao

Tao Qian and Tao Kan had already evacuated before the Xuzhou army was defeated by Cao Cao, so neither of them was seriously injured, but they didn't know that Cao Bao died under Xia Houyuan's sword until they returned to Xiapi City.This time, less than 1 of the 2 soldiers and horses brought out by Tao Qian fled back to Xiapi City.This means that at least [-] people died in the hands of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was able to deal with the people of Xuzhou, let alone these Xuzhou troops, Tao Qian would never think about how many of the 2 soldiers and horses would be captured by Cao Cao.Because according to Cao Cao's behavior after entering Xuzhou, it is estimated that these [-] people were all killed by Cao Cao, and few of them survived.

Thinking that the [-] yuan was due to his death in the hands of Cao Cao, Tao Qian felt a twinge of pain in his heart.If he hadn't fought at that time, maybe the [-] Xuzhou army would not have died in the hands of Cao Cao.

Seeing Tao Qian's self-reproach, Tao Kan felt angry and said to Tao Qian, "Father, now is not the time to be sad. Now Cao Cao's [-] troops are outside Xiapi City. If father is still If it looks like this, then we might as well surrender to Cao Cao and let Cao Cao slaughter us."

Seeing Tao Kan's angry words, Tao Qian just came to his senses. If he is in such a state now, then there is no need to fight Cao Cao in the future, and he can surrender directly.

Fortunately, Tao Qian was awakened by Tao Kan, and he changed his mentality in time. Otherwise, whether Xiapi City can block Cao Cao's attack or not is another matter.

After the previous battle with Cao Cao, Tao Qian understood his son's ability. Compared with other officials in Xiapi City, Tao Qian obviously believed in his son more.

"Shixing, what do you think we should do next?"

After thinking for a while, Tao Kan said: "Cao Cao's [-] troops are strong and strong, and they have won successive victories. If we fight him head-on at this time, the gain will not be worth the loss, and we will be defeated by Cao Cao. So what we have to do now is to temporarily avoid Cao Cao. The edge of the city, relying on Xiapi City to hold on. With the strength of Xiapi City and the food reserves in the city, we can at least last for several years. Moreover, although Cao Cao has an army of [-], our Xiapi City, although before We have already lost [-] soldiers and horses, but now we have almost [-] troops. Under such circumstances, as long as we stick to Xiapi, I believe it is impossible for Cao Cao to quickly defeat Xiapi City."

Tao Qian nodded his head to express his agreement, but he said worriedly: "Although that is the case, I am worried that those aristocratic families in Xiapi City will have other thoughts."

Tao Qian's worry was not unreasonable. Since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu relied on his family to restore the country, the number of famous families of the great man has increased, and it has also become bigger and bigger.For example, the Yuan family in Runan, the Xun family in Yingchuan, the Wang family in Taiyuan, and the Sima family in Hanoi are representatives of the aristocratic families.

The philosophy of the aristocratic family is to put the family first and then the country. Only when the interests of the family are guaranteed, the children of the aristocratic family will start thinking about how to ensure the interests of the country.

Although the current aristocratic family is not as good as it was hundreds of years later, it is already a cancerous existence.These aristocratic families absorb nutrients from the big tree of the big man to thrive, but when the big tree of the big man has gradually aged and decayed, they do not hesitate to abandon the big tree and look for a new big tree to attach to it Continue their nourishing ways.

And Tao Qian has been in Xuzhou for so many years, so he naturally understands the dangers of the aristocratic family, but because the aristocratic family is deeply rooted in the local area, officials in the Han Dynasty must rely on the aristocratic family if they want to govern the place well, so the aristocratic family is in such a situation where there is no fear. Slowly grow bigger.

What Tao Qian was worried about was whether these aristocratic families would stumble behind him when he led his troops to resist Cao Cao's attack, or at the extreme, they would open the city and surrender to Cao Cao directly.

Tao Kan also understood what Tao Qian was worried about, but this time Tao Kan smiled confidently: "Father, don't worry, these aristocratic families will definitely not be an obstacle to Father this time, and they will even send people to help Father defend the city."

"Oh, why?" After hearing Tao Kan's words, Tao Qian couldn't help being a little puzzled.If Tao Qian believed that the families in Xuzhou would not trip Tao Qian, then Tao Qian would not believe that these families would send people to help him defend the city.You must know that the main purpose of these aristocratic families is to protect themselves. As long as they can preserve the inheritance of their aristocratic families, then they don't care who owns the world.

Although every aristocratic family has some private farms and hermits, and there are also servants of the nursing home, and these nursing homes basically exist relative to the elite soldiers, that is, the private soldiers of the aristocratic family, just with a different name.If these aristocratic families could send their private soldiers, the pressure on Tao Qian would indeed be less, but according to Tao Qian's understanding of these aristocratic families, they would not make a choice until the last moment.

Tao Kan said: "Father, Cao Cao slaughtered so many people in the city, did he ever let the family go?"

Tao Qian was taken aback by Tao Kan's question, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

Indeed, as Tao Kan said, Cao Cao massacred the people in Xuzhou, and he did not let the family go.In the past, the aristocratic family was able to rely on their own identities to escape disasters for us.But this time Cao Cao obviously didn't buy it.In Cao Cao's eyes, there is no difference between the aristocratic family and those ordinary people.

Tao Kan continued: "What Cao Cao did in Xuzhou has offended these aristocratic families. At the same time, these aristocratic families will also worry that if Xiapi City is breached, they will be greeted by Cao Cao's butcher knife. I am holding that kind of unrealistic fantasy, but as long as Cao Cao starts to attack the city and tell these aristocratic families about these advantages and disadvantages, I believe they will make a correct choice. And they will never choose Cao Cao. "

Tao Kan was confident when he said the last sentence.

"Okay!" After hearing Tao Kan's words, Tao Qian couldn't help applauding. After Tao Kan's analysis, Tao Qian suddenly felt that Cao Cao was not so scary anymore, and his possibility of defending Xiapi City was greatly increased.

And after Cao Cao defeated the [-] Xuzhou Army, basically [-] Xuzhou Army died under Cao Cao's sword, and there were no prisoners.After that, Cao Cao reorganized his army.

On the second day, Cao Cao's [-] troops came to the outside of Xiapi City. Looking at the tall Xiapi City, Cao Cao responded with such a hideous expression.

Then Cao Cao ordered the [-] troops under his command to divide and surround Xiapi City, and surrounded Xiapi City so tightly that not even a single bird could fly out of Xiapi City.

When Cao Cao led an army of [-] to surround Xiapi City, Tao Qian also became anxious, and under the tremendous pressure of Cao Cao, Tao Qian became more and more prone to anger.

Fortunately, there is still Tao Kan in Xiapi City. Once Cao Bao dies, the [-] troops in Xiapi City can almost be said to have completely fallen into Tao Kan's control. Now Tao Kan holds military power and is in an unstable state. Before Tao Qian recovered, Tao Kan was the controller of the [-] army in Xiapi City, and the safety of the people in Xiapi City was in the hands of Tao Kan.

Although Tao Kan said that his prestige is not enough, the officials in Xiapizhong can only be dead horses as living horse doctors now, pinning their hopes on his son Tao Kan.

However, Tao Kan is confident that he can rely on the [-] soldiers in Xiapi City to resist the attack of Cao Cao's [-] troops. This is Tao Kan's confidence in himself.

Even if the opponent is Cao Cao, Tao Kan still has such self-confidence. This is a kind of self-confidence based on his own ability, and it is also the basis for Tao Kan to become a generation of famous generals.

In the days that followed, Tao Kan fully proved his own strength. Tao Kan led his troops to block Cao Cao's several violent attacks. blocked.After a few days of siege, Cao Jun had never climbed the city wall of Xiapi City, even if Pan Feng, Cao Hong and other fierce generals went out to attack the city, the result was the same.

Chapter 2 Mi Zhu's Advice

Although Xiapi City successfully resisted Cao Cao's first few waves of attacks due to the existence of Tao Kan, and three days after Cao Cao launched an attack on Xiapi, Tao Kan took Tao Qian's order to look for each family. Several big aristocratic families in Xiapi City.Although these aristocratic families believed that Cao Cao should not do anything to them based on their own identities, but in the previous cities, Cao Cao did not show mercy to the aristocratic families.

Therefore, under Cao Cao's pressure and Tao Kan's persuasion, most of the aristocratic families in Xiapi City also handed over their private soldiers to Tao Kan to command.They all understand that once these private soldiers go out, they may not come back, but there are no eggs under the cover of the nest. Compared with Cao Cao killing them all after breaking through Xiapi City, it is obviously a good idea to hand over the private soldiers. choose.

As a result, Tao Kan had thousands more elite soldiers in his hands. With the more than 3 soldiers in his hands, Tao Kan resisted Cao Cao's crazy attack.

And after several days of siege without results, Cao Cao also learned about Tao Kan's ability. After the siege was over, Cao Cao said to Tao Kan on the city wall of Xiapi: "Unexpectedly, although Tao Qian said He is an incompetent person, but his son is a capable person."

Facing the strong city of Xiapi, and it was guarded by a general like Tao Kan, Cao Cao had no good solution for a while.And the counselors brought by Cao Cao didn't have any plans to break the city for a while.Due to the massacre of people by Cao Cao in Xuzhou, the current Xiapi City can be said to be united and united against the enemy.During the siege, Cao Cao discovered that not only the original Xuzhou soldiers and family private soldiers were defending Xiapi City, but also many common people were also helping to defend the city.

And the source of all this is because Cao Cao's actions in Xuzhou have caused panic among the people in Xiapi City, and people often explode with great strength in desperate situations.Under the strong pressure brought by Cao Cao, Xiapi City can be said to be very difficult to attack now.