Legend of Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

But at this time, Cao Cao remembered Tao Kan who had commanded soldiers in Xiapi City to resist his fierce attack several times in the past few months. When he started to attack the city, Cao Cao knew that the commander of the army in Xiapi City had been replaced by Tao Kan. Kan, at that time Cao Cao laughed at Tao Qian because he had no one under his command and could only send his son into battle.

But after half a month, Cao Cao didn't have such an idea. Within the first half month, Tao Kan successfully proved his strength to Cao Cao and everyone in Xiapi City.

In fact, if Cao Cao and others hadn't killed Cao Bao in a previous battle with Tao Qian outside Xiapi City, the command of the army in Xiapi City might not have fallen into Tao Kan's hands. An idiot, but he has been in Xuzhou for many years and has a lot of power, and Cao Bao will definitely not hand over his military power just like that.

Unfortunately, Cao Bao died in the battle between Tao Qian and Cao Cao. After Cao Bao died, Tao Qian handed over the command of all the soldiers in Xiapi City to Tao Kan.And it was precisely because Tao Kan was in charge of the defensive war in Xiapi City that he was able to defend Xiapi City under Cao Cao's extremely fierce attack.

And this battle also destined Tao Kan to be the best figure in Cao Cao's heart. After all, to be honest, Cao Cao has been in the market for so long. I have suffered such a big loss in my hands.

After attacking Xiapi several times to no avail, Cao Cao also had to envy Tao Qian for having a good son. If it wasn't for Tao Kan, then Tao Qian would have fallen into his hands long ago.

At this time, Cao Cao looked at the envoy sent by Tao Qian, his majestic eyes swept away, and the envoy was so frightened that his legs became weak and his whole body was weak.

In the eyes of the current Xuzhou people, Cao Cao is a big devil who kills without batting an eyelid. Every time he captures a city, he will slaughter a city. Is such a thing human can do, so even though Tao Qian repeatedly promised that Cao Cao would not kill him He, but the messenger was still terrified.

But Cao Cao looked at the envoy without saying a word.At this time, Xia Houyuan suddenly stood up and shouted at the messenger, "Why don't you kneel when you see General Zhendong?"

The envoy was so frightened by Xia Houyuan that his legs went limp, and he knelt down in front of Cao Cao, and at the same time said tremblingly: "Tao, Taozhou Mupai, send me, come, send me to General Zhendong , send a letter."

After speaking, the messenger handed the letter written by Liu Bei to Cao Cao.Naturally, Cao Cao would not accept the letter with his own hands. Naturally, a personal guard took the letter from the envoy and checked it to make sure that there were no poisonous hidden weapons, and then handed it to Cao Cao. He opened the letter and read it.

In Cao Cao's mind, since Tao Qian would choose to send someone to deliver a letter to him at this time, it must be something important. Although it is impossible for Tao Qian to dedicate the city, if it is anything else Not sure.

However, the actions of the envoy aroused the laughter of all the civil and military personnel in Cao Cao's big tent at this time.

It seemed that Tao Qian's subordinates really didn't have many people, and they would send such a person as an envoy.

But Cao Cao's face became more and more ugly when he read the letter sent by the messenger. After reading the whole letter, Cao Cao slapped the table in front of him and cursed angrily: "What is he, Liu Bei?" , He dared to ask me to retreat, and said that if I didn’t retreat, I would rather suffer from both sides, and he didn’t even look at it, does he have the right to suffer from both sides?”

At this time, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, who were beside Cao Cao, looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Whether it was Cao Cao who came to persuade him to retreat or Kong Rong who wrote to him and Tao Qian to persuade him to make peace There has never been such a big fire.Moreover, from Cao Cao's tone, it seems that the letter was not written by Tao Qian, but by Liu Bei.

I also knew about Liu Bei, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, but even if Liu Bei wrote this letter, it was nothing more than persuasion and the like, which would not make Cao Cao so angry.

At this time, Xi Zhicai also took the letter from Cao Cao. After reading it carefully, there were actually not many fierce words in the letter, and there was no content that Cao Cao would suffer both losses if he did not retreat. The letter vaguely mentioned that if Cao Cao did not retreat, they would not give up.

But after reading this letter, Xi Zhicai frowned. There is nothing wrong with the content of this letter, but after reading it, people can't help but feel angry. I just don't know whether it is a coincidence or Liu Bei. on purpose.If Liu Bei did it on purpose, what purpose does Liu Bei have?Shouldn't he come to persuade Cao Cao to retreat?But making Cao Cao angry doesn't seem to be able to achieve the result he wants, or does Liu Bei have other plans?

Interesting if so.

Seeing that Cao Cao's anger was getting bigger and bigger, and it was already a little bit out of bounds, Xi Zhicai quickly said to the envoy who was still kneeling: "You step back first."

Just kidding, if this envoy is allowed to stay here any longer, maybe Cao Cao will do something to invite him.Although the two armies do not fight each other, Cao Cao is not the kind of person who is willing to follow the rules.

If Cao Cao beheaded the envoy in this big camp, it would be a big stain on Cao Cao's reputation, although Cao Cao's son after Xuzhou slaughtered the city has no good reputation in the world.

And the messenger ran away as if he was running for his life after getting Xi Zhicai's consent.

After the envoy sent by Tao Qian left, Xi Zhicai was going to try to persuade Cao Cao, first to calm down Cao Cao's anger, because Cao Cao couldn't do anything in his current state.

But just when Xi Zhicai was about to speak, a personal guard came in and said to Cao Cao, "General, a letter from Yanzhou."

After Cao Cao got the letter from Yanzhou in his hands, he spread it out and read it.

But after reading it, Cao Cao's face turned pale for a while, as if he saw something in the letter that he couldn't believe.

When Cao Cao read the letter, he was in a bad mood, and said in an unbelievable tone: "Yanzhou, it's over."

When Cao Cao finished speaking, all the civil and military personnel under his command were in a state of sluggishness, but Yanzhou had Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, and Yu Jin stationed with [-] soldiers and horses. How could Cao Cao finish his sentence?What happened to Yanzhou?

However, after Xi Zhicai read the letter from Yanzhou, he said in a heavy voice: "Chen Gong in Dongjun led Lu Bu to Yanzhou, and now most of Yanzhou has fallen into Lu Bu's hands. According to what the letter said, Lu Bu has now led the troops to Puyang."

Chapter 2 Fifteen: Cao Cao Retreats

When Xi Zhicai read out all the contents of the letter, the whole camp fell into a strange silence, but it seemed to be the calm before the storm.

After digesting the news, the generals couldn't sit still. In their eyes, Yanzhou has Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, and Yu Jin sitting in the town, and there are [-] soldiers and horses. No matter how they look at it, nothing will happen. right.

But I didn't expect that something happened to Yanzhou. I saw Xiahou Dun stood up first and said in an unbelievable tone: "Military teacher, did you misunderstand? Breaking through, Lu Bu Zaiyong is only one person, how could he capture most of Yanzhou so easily."

"Chen Gong!" Xi Zhicai spit out two words slowly.

At this time, Cao Hong heard Xi Zhicai's words and couldn't help being furious: "This Chen Gong is really a white-eyed wolf who can't eat enough. The general kindly took him in. I didn't expect him to do such a thing."

At this time, all the generals in the tent also reacted one after another, and they all came here to scold Chen Gong, and even some grumpy people said that they were going to kill Chen Gong.

When everyone in the tent was cursing, Cao Cao also came back to his senses, but now Cao Cao looked gloomy, and said to the advisers under his command: "This Yanzhou is now captured by Lu Bu, what should we do? "

Xi Zhicai said: "Yanzhou will never allow any loss, and two troops, Kong Rong and Liu Bei, have already arrived outside Xiapi City, so the only plan now is to evacuate Xuzhou and take back Yanzhou from Lv Bu first. The most important."

Cao Cao sighed when he heard the words: "That's the only way, but it's a pity that this old thief Tao Qian couldn't be awarded the head this time."

Guo Jia persuaded at this time: "My lord, don't worry. This Tao Qian is just a dead bone in a tomb. There will be opportunities to kill him in the future. There is no rush. The most important thing now is to regain Yanzhou from Lu Bu. Otherwise, if Yanzhou is completely occupied by Lu Bu, our army's rear will be blocked. Although we will have an army of [-], we will be alone and helpless. I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to move forward in Xuzhou."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, but seeing that Xiapi City is about to be captured, it's really hard to give up at this time."

Guo Jia bowed at this time and said: "My lord, you can only gain if you give up. Although this Xuzhou is now in the hands of Tao Qian, if the lord wants Xuzhou, he can take it at any time. Now this Xuzhou is only temporarily in Tao Qian's hands." It's just in Qian's hands. As long as the lord gets rid of Lu Bu, but with Yanzhou as the base, Tao Qian will definitely not be able to stop the troops from Xuzhou, so why should the lord worry?"

Cao Cao forced a smile on his face when he heard the words, and said to Guo Jia: "This is how we will be filial piety, but if we leave Xuzhou like this, it will inevitably make the world think that I am afraid of Tao Qian."

When Cao Cao said this, Guo Jia continued: "Now that Liu Bei is writing a letter to persuade him to make peace, my lord might as well sell this Liu Bei's face, and just say that he should make peace with Tao Qian and withdraw his troops from Xuzhou."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's the only way to go."

Guo Jia said: "My lord, don't worry, Tao Qian is a dead bone in a tomb, but Liu Bei is ambitious. According to Jia's estimate, Liu Bei's visit to Xuzhou this time is probably not just to rescue Tao Qian. Xuzhou probably also has some schemes. The lord can see from Liu Bei's letter that although Liu Bei stated that he wanted to seek peace on behalf of the lord He Taoqian, he actually wanted to anger the lord so that there would be no reconciliation between the lord and Tao Qian. Chance."

Cao Cao was puzzled at this moment: "But why is Liu Bei doing this? What good is it for him?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, if there is no chance of reconciliation between the lord and Tao Qian, and after reading Liu Bei's letter called seeking peace, which is actually to anger the lord, the lord must We will lead our troops to attack Xiapi City by force, but Xiapi City cannot be captured in a short while, and then Liu Bei will be able to fish in troubled waters."

When Cao Cao heard the words, he secretly said angrily: "This Liu Bei really has good intentions. If Feng Xiao hadn't reminded me, I would have fallen into his scheme. I'm afraid I've been busy for a long time to make a wedding dress just for him."

At this time, Guo Jia secretly slandered: "This Liu Bei's move is a conspiracy, and it is Cao Cao's character. Then Liu Bei has already figured out Cao Cao's character. It is expected that Cao Cao will read the letter he wrote. Afterwards, he will definitely be furious. With Cao Cao's character, even if he and others see Liu Bei's calculations at that time, they will not be able to dissuade Cao Cao who is in a state of fury.

And the most important thing is that there is nothing wrong with Liu Bei's letter after a closer look, and no one will suspect that this is Liu Bei's scheme, they will only think that Cao Cao is too tyrannical.

But what Liu Bei didn't expect was that Cao Cao would receive an urgent message from Yanzhou at this time. If the news from Xun Yu came a little later, Cao Cao would have led his troops to attack Xiapi City long ago.

It's a pity that man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation. Liu Bei would never have thought that Lu Bu and Chen Gong would actually occupy most of Yanzhou's territory at this time, making his plan turn into a waste of nothing.

At this time, Cao Cao also began to summon the envoy sent by Tao Qian.Fortunately, Xi Zhi didn't let the envoy go back directly just now, but waited for a response, otherwise, I'm afraid it would be a waste of time.

When the envoy walked tremblingly into Cao Cao's tent, Cao Cao snorted disdainfully, and the envoy almost fell to his knees in fright.

Cao Cao looked at this obviously unqualified emissary, although he really wanted to cut the emissary with a knife, but under the attention of Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others at the side, he could only hold back his temper and said to the emissary: ​​"This What Liu Xuande said in the letter is sincere, this general retreats for Liu Xuande's face, and will leave Xuzhou in a few days, and you go back and report to Tao Qian."

"What?" The emissary couldn't hear clearly for a while, and thought he had an auditory hallucination.But then, after seeing Cao Cao's face that was obviously suppressing his anger, he hurriedly saluted Cao Cao and others, and then retreated.

Although the envoy was a little puzzled, when he just came in to deliver the letter, Cao Cao obviously wanted to cut himself into pieces, but why did his attitude change after a while.