At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"What? The city is broken?"

"Yes! When Lu Bu led his army to attack, for some reason, there were many more soldiers of Lu Bu's army in the city. They cooperated from inside to outside, and the city gate was quickly breached by them. Now Lu Bu's army is coming to the prefect's mansion, general! Let's go! No more It's too late to go!"

"how so……"

Zhang Chao remained motionless with a look of shock on his face. In the end, the soldiers couldn't see it, so they rushed outside while pulling Zhang Chao.

Rushing to the gate of the prefect's mansion, Zhao Chong, the army commander who was transferred into the city by Zhang Chao before to strengthen the defense, was leading troops to protect the prefect's mansion, and a group of Lv Bu soldiers were attacking the prefect's mansion. Zhang Chao looked around and saw that the city was in a mess. Black smoke billowed from many places.

"What happened?! Brother?!"

Zhang Chao was completely confused about the current situation.

"I don't know. When we realized it, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses began to attack the prefect's mansion. They must have sneaked in before! General, we can't stay here anymore, let's go! Dian Wei! Lead an assault! Kill me a way come out!"

Zhao Chong gave an order to his subordinate Dian Wei.

"Yes!"

A ferocious burly man with a pair of halberds and a big round waist nodded, responded with a low voice, and raised his halberd.

"Come with me!"

A group of strong soldiers who were also big and round began to charge, and immediately caught Lu Bu's soldiers who were attacking the prefect's mansion by surprise.

Fortunately, because Zhang Chao suspected Lv Bu before, he selected a group of elite soldiers to enter the city to strengthen the defense. Otherwise, he would die here if he couldn't even get out of the prefect's mansion.

Seeing Dianwei fighting continuously with his double halberds, Zhang Chao gradually calmed down.

He began to realize that Zhang Miao was probably killed, and the best outcome would be to be placed under house arrest by Lu Bu. Lu Bu's ambition was really aimed at Chenliu County!

There is no other way to go right now, we must fight a bloody way out of the city!

If you run to the east, you must go east. Escaping the city gate is victory.

He didn't have time to think more, he could only think about how to escape.

Following the guards all the way to the east of the city, they suddenly encountered a strong obstacle.

"Don't think about leaving!"

A familiar yet unfamiliar person appeared in front of Zhang Chao, leading a group of tough-looking soldiers to block their way.

"Gao Shun!"

Zhang Chao was furious: "You bunch of thieves who have no regard for kindness! My brother treats you so kindly! You actually repay your kindness with revenge!"

"It's useless to talk too much! Trapped in the camp! Attack!"

Gao Shun didn't talk much, but his sentences were succinct. With one order, hundreds of soldiers around him formed an army formation and attacked fiercely, with momentum like a rainbow.

"Kill them all!"

Zhang Chao roared angrily, vowing to kill the bastard in front of him.

Then there was chaos.

This day is July [-]th in the third year of Chuping.

And three days ago, on July [-]th, Han Hao left Hanoi with his own soldiers, entered Dongjun, came to Puyang County, and found Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun.

At that time, Cao Cao was arranging the harvest of summer grain and paying taxes. He was so busy that he suddenly heard that a Hanoi man came to visit him.

Well, I don't have any impression, but the other party said that there is something very important to come to tell.

Cao Cao felt that there was nothing wrong with meeting him, so he took some time to meet Han Hao.

As a result, Han Hao made Cao Cao immediately be on guard as soon as he met Han Hao. Maybe he was about to face a war.

Cao Cao was shocked, and hurriedly asked the reason. Hearing what Han Hao said, his heart beat suddenly.

Lu Bu is here?

"This is absolutely true. This is what Hao learned from the Hanoi prefect's mansion. The prefect Zhang Jun gave Lu Bu [-] troops and enough food and fodder to reach Chenliu. Lu Bu led his army towards Chenliu. Chenliu Liu is a county in Yanzhou, and Lu Bu brought thousands of troops into Chenliu, but Guo Qingzhou didn't know about it, it's not normal."

Han Hao said eagerly.

It's not just abnormal, it's too abnormal, what the hell is Zhang Miao going to do?

Cao Cao had a good relationship with Zhang Miao in Luoyang. After he was transferred to be the prefect of Dongjun, he also exchanged letters with Zhang Miao several times, helping Guo Peng to appease Zhang Miao and telling him not to worry.

But now he didn't tell anyone, and put Lu Bu, who had thousands of soldiers, into Chenliu County. What does this mean?

Cao Cao immediately sent someone to Chenliu County to find out the news, and then asked Cao Ren, Captain Yangwu, to come and meet him.

Guo Peng placed Cao Ren in Dongjun, led [-] guards to guard Dongjun, and cooperated with Cao Cao to build Dongjun into a forward base. Now that this kind of thing happened, Cao Cao naturally wanted someone to call Cao Ren.

Cao Ren came soon, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Brother, has Lu Bu arrived in Chenliu County?"

"Well, I just found out about this. I sent someone to investigate, but I don't know the specifics yet."

Cao Cao frowned: "What is Lu Bu going to do?"

Han Hao suddenly said again: "Mr. Cao, before I came, I learned that Lu Bu came to Hanoi from Yuan Benchu."

"At the beginning?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment: "Could it be related to Yuan Benchu? Could it be..."

It's okay not to say, but when Yuan Shao is mentioned, Cao Cao is not afraid to speculate on him with the worst malice.

The reason is nothing more than that Cao Cao was shocked and disappointed by what he did in the past few years.

Once upon a time, that passionate youth no longer exists.

As soon as Yuan Shao was mentioned, Cao Cao couldn't help but think that Yuan Shao had something to do with this matter. Maybe it was Yuan Shao and Lu Bu who conspired to seize Yanzhou.

Cao Cao couldn't sit still for a while.

Cao Ren couldn't sit still anymore, thought for a while, and said, "Brother, let me put the army on combat readiness first, and if something happens, I can lead the army to fight immediately."

"That's right."

Cao Cao nodded.

Two days later, the spies sent by Cao Cao came back to report, and the reported news confirmed that Han Hao's warning was correct.

Lu Bu attacked Chenliu County and plundered Chenliu County. Chenliu County was in chaos, and a large number of refugees began to flee to the southwest of Dongjun County.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and thumped the table hard, and then acted immediately.

He told Cao Ren the news and suggested that Cao Ren immediately lead [-] garrisons to go south to Changyuan County to defend and organize a defense line. He would then lead [-] garrisons and some county soldiers to Yan County to prevent Lu Bu from leading his army north to east. County, disturb the East County.

Then Cao Cao immediately began to write warrants and sent them to the counties, ordering the entire county to enter a state of combat readiness.

After Guo Peng was stationed in Qingzhou, he set a rule for combat readiness, not only for the army, but also for the counties and counties.

Normally, the counties don’t have many defensive forces, only hundreds of county soldiers, and their combat power is limited. But once they enter the state of combat readiness, the counties can open their arsenals and recruit strong men to join the army temporarily to protect the most important cities after being ordered by the prefect of the county.

At the same time, the operation of fortifying the wall and clearing the field was carried out, so as not to give the enemy a chance to supply supplies on the spot.

The prefect of the county and the magistrates of the counties must lead the recruited men to guard the city tightly, prevent the city from being lost, block the enemy's advance, and wait for the army to come to help.

At the same time, Cao Cao immediately dispatched a six-hundred-mile horse to rush to Lu County, told Guo Peng the news, and asked Guo Peng to lead his army to help.

He was very worried, not only Lu Bu was involved in this matter, but Yuan Shao was also involved!

In case Yuan Shao attacked Dongjun from behind...

Cao Cao suddenly found himself in trouble, not knowing whether he should stay in Puyang or go to Yan County for defense.

Han Hao noticed Cao Cao's doubts, recommended himself, asked to be an official, and led the army to set up defenses in Yan County.

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After discovering Cao Cao's entanglement, Han Hao keenly realized that this was a very good opportunity.

This is a very good opportunity to show your talents.

So Han Hao introduced his resume, saying that he has experience in leading troops and is willing to participate in the war.

"I am here because I admire Guo Qingzhou's achievements, so I come to join Guo Qingzhou, and I am willing to be a member of Guo Qingzhou's account. I also ask Mr. Cao to trust me."

Han Hao made a big gift.

Cao Cao realized that he had no choice, so he chose to trust Han Hao.

So he nodded, and immediately appointed Han Hao as a fake Sima, and led the remaining [-] garrison soldiers and hundreds of soldiers from Dongjun County to Yan County to assist the magistrate of Yan County in guarding the city.

But I stayed in Puyang to mobilize the strong men, while guarding against Yuan Shao, while preparing to support Yan County and Changyuan at any time.

At this time, the frontier messenger sent Cao Cao urgent information, saying that after investigation, they found signs of Yuan Shao's army activities near Fanyang County, and they didn't know what it meant.

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and immediately frowned.

Yuan Benchu!

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and hated Yuan Shao, but felt a headache.

I have only one person, and I have to support the front line, and I have to guard against Yuan Shao sending troops to attack Puyang.

Just when Cao Cao was in a dilemma, he suddenly received a warrant from Guo Peng.

The warrant said that Guo Peng learned that Yuan Shao's Jizhou soldiers and horses had signs of moving south, so he dispatched the marching commander, Ma Xizhong, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and led [-] soldiers and horses to Dongjun. Prepare to defend against Yuan Shao's attack.

Cao Cao was so pleasantly surprised that he didn't know what to say.

There is such a coincidence?

His request for help had only been sent out for a day, but Guo Peng had already sent troops here!

Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief.

Because of Han Hao's arrival and warning, Cao Cao had a few more days to prepare, and he was more prepared and more confident. Now that another [-] troops were coming soon, he felt more at ease.

When Lu Bu sent troops to basically take down the county seat of Chenliu County and plundered it, the defense of Changyuan and Yan County had already begun.

This was something Lu Bu never expected.

Lu Bu's goal is not only Chenliu County, but the entire Yanzhou.

So after occupying Chenliu County and recruiting the army of Chenliu County, Lu Bu began to prepare to attack Dongjun and Jiyin County.

In order to attack, he plundered several counties and surrounding manors in Chenliu County, obtained enough grain, grass and ordnance to satisfy the appetite of the soldiers, and then formally launched an attack.

Hurry up, as soon as Guo Peng can't react and take Yanzhou down, this is the best!

Lu Bu, who advocates quickness, precision and ruthlessness, immediately started to act.

He divided his forces into two groups, one led by him personally to attack Dongjun, and the other led by his trusted general Gao Shun to attack Jiyin County, while his trusted general Wei Xu stayed to guard Chenliu County to ensure logistics.

Lu Bu's actions are always so fast and violent.

It only took five days from stabbing Zhang Miao to death to occupying the entire Chenliu County.

Zhang Miao's head played a big role. Although he felt a little sorry for Zhang Miao, Lu Bu felt that it was okay for Zhang Miao to contribute his head for his own great cause.

Anyway, he himself said that he would forgive Lu Bu, so why should Lu Bu be ashamed?

As for Zhang Chao, he didn't know what is good and what is bad, and he actually wanted to resist. It was only natural that he was killed by Gao Shun.

A large number of Chenliu's garrison surrendered, and Lu Bu forced strong men to join the army, and forced them to lock men. In a short period of time, he forcibly recruited [-] soldiers and horses. He led [-] troops to attack Dongjun and gave Gao Shun [-] to attack Jiyin County.

These "armies" who have no sense of belonging are Chen Liu's defenders in the morning and Lv Bu's invading army in the evening. The rapid change of roles and identities is ridiculous.

But this is also normal, nothing more normal, in this era, and in the next 1000 years, it is very normal, and it is happening all over the world every moment.

Every victim of violence, given the chance, basically becomes a perpetrator.

It doesn't matter if it's Lu Bu, Ying Bu or Rag, as long as someone gives them this opportunity, of course they will follow.

Isn't war just about grabbing money, food, and women?

So when Mr. Guo heard the news, he was not surprised at all.

In fact, someone from Guo learned that Lu Bu had entered Chenliu County no later than Cao Cao did.

Almost at the same time, someone in Guo knew that Lu Bu had entered Chenliu County to look for Zhang Miao.

Based on the fact that Lu Bu left Yuan Shao and went to Hanoi County, and took away [-] troops from Hanoi County, Guo Peng also basically guessed what Lu Bu wanted to do.