At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Zang Ba did not accept the proposal of his subordinates and gave up the opportunity to make great contributions, but chose to turn northwards.

When Cao Hong learned of this, he was shocked. He didn't know what happened to Zang Ba. What was he going north at this time?

"What the hell is Zang Xuangao going to do?!"

The potter shouted in a broken voice.

He was already flustered enough, but now Zang Ba led the army and headed north without saying hello, ignoring orders, is this a breakup?

One-third of the army was taken away at once, and the situation in Tan County became more and more dangerous.

Cao Hong and Cao Bao thought for a long time, and decided to lead the army to attack decisively, to protect the Tao merchant, his younger brother Tao Ying and the whole family of the Tao family, and to attack south together, return to their hometown, and seek a way out.

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When things got to this point, Cao Hong and Cao Bao, together with the potters, summoned hundreds of generals from the army who were originally from Danyang, and told them the truth.

Telling them that Tao Qian was dead, and then asking for Tao Qian's body, the army was shocked and almost collapsed.

Cao Hong made a wave of extreme manipulation, moved out of the pottery merchant, and made the pottery merchant cry bitterly in front of everyone.

"Now that the situation is collapsing and rebels are everywhere, Dow has no way to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, and can no longer lead everyone to live in Xuzhou. This is because Dow is sorry for you, but my father and son have tried their best, and there is really no way.

My father died of worry and exhaustion, Shang wanted to kill the thieves and was unable to recover. Tens of thousands of thieves are outside the city. We are all in danger. Xuzhou people will not let us go. Once we fail, we will be slaughtered by Xuzhou people!Is this what you guys want to see? "

The officers settled down, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then all looked at the potter.

The potter continued his speech in the manner he had rehearsed.

"There is only one way for the current plan, that is, we will do our best and work together to fight to the south, kill through Xuzhou, cross the river and return to Danyang, and return to our hometown. Only in this way can we survive. Jun, Tao can't give you glory and wealth, I only want you to live! This life is safe!"

The pottery gave a big gift, and the military officers looked complicated, but soon, someone stood up and expressed their opinion.

"Grand Xu has shown great kindness to my father and son. It was Mr. Xu who allowed my father and son to join the army, so my father and son did not starve to death. I am willing to risk my life to escort His Highness across the river and back home!"

"Me too, Xu Gong fed my family well, my life belongs to Xu Gong! I am willing to escort His Highness home!"

"Me too!"

"I would too!"

"Count me in!"

The officers were furious, and you and I were all agreeing, and they all agreed to protect Tao Qian's body and return home with the potter, and start a new life again, so soon, the morale of the army stabilized .

Both are from Danyang, Yangzhou, and the sense of identity of regional origin is far greater than other unreliable relationships in this era.

Those recruits from Xuzhou were allowed to stay in the city to guard, while there were more than 1 soldiers and horses from Yangzhou, all of whom were gathered together to follow Tao to the death and go home together.

In order to show their momentum, Cao Hong and Cao Bao also produced a large number of white flags for the army to display, and each of them tied a white cloth scarf on their heads to show that they would not forget Tao's kindness.

After all, Tao Qian did some practical things for his son, so that all Danyang soldiers were willing to protect their Tao family and return to their hometown together.

But yes, all Danyang people understand that this is not only the way of life for Dow, but also the way for us Danyang people.

Tao Qian fell, died, and their backing was gone. They came to do the basics for Tao Qian. As a result, Tao Qian was gone. They couldn't gain a foothold in Xuzhou. If they stayed, they would be punished. and liquidation.

In recent years, Tao Qian has used them to fight with Xuzhou people for power and gain, persecuting many people. Once he falls, the families of these Danyang people will be killed, their property will be deprived, and they will have no way to survive.

Only by fighting desperately, running to the south desperately, crossing the river, and returning home, can everyone survive.

The morale of the army was gathered together, the morale was boosted, and everyone was fighting high. Seeing this scene, Cao Hong and Cao Bao finally showed smiles on their faces.

On August 23, 4000 members of Mi's army led by Mi Fang and 2 members of Chen Deng's coalition army joined forces [-] miles southeast of Tan County.

An army of 4000 men joined forces here, and then advanced together to a place only fifteen miles away from Tan County.

They set up camp here, then went to observe the situation, and found that Tan County was under full martial law, so they made preparations to attack the city.

Chen Deng also had a meeting with Mi Fang, talking about the future and benefits they will get after the success of the big event, and complimenting each other.

It turned out that before they attacked the city, the soldiers in the city actually started to attack on their own initiative, and they actually attacked on their own initiative.

Cao Bao led more than [-] soldiers to take the initiative to fight against Chen Dengmi Fang's Xuzhou rebels.

The difference between a professional army and a non-professional army is still obvious.

Although Chen Deng is not unfamiliar with the military, his subordinates have been in the army for less than three months, and they have basically no training. The level of this rebel army is about the same as that of any new army recruited in the Eastern Han Empire.

Facing the elite Danyang soldiers who had been well trained during the war, Rao Chen Deng commanded calmly and dispatched his family and Mi's elite family generals to contend against them, but they were still defeated.

The main reason was that he was caught off guard, and he didn't expect Cao Bao to attack with all his strength, instead of retreating.

Moreover, the Danyang soldiers were flying white flags, wearing white cloth scarves on their heads, rushing forward with the expression of a desperate battle and killing the enemy desperately, completely crushing the coalition forces of Chen Deng and Mi Fang in terms of momentum.

Chen Deng and Mi Fang were defeated miserably, and they were defeated like a mountain. They fled desperately before they fled back to the barracks, and then closed their doors. Cao Bao followed closely and led the army to attack Chen Deng and Mi Fang's camp.

After several hours of fighting, Chen Deng and Mi Fang, who had lost their vigor, were defeated by Cao Bao, who had no way out after a desperate battle. Cao Bao broke through the camp of Chen Deng and Mi Fang and killed countless people. The horse retreated south.

Chen Deng lost hundreds of family members, and Mi Fang also lost hundreds of people including family members. Most of the family elites on both sides died in this battle to protect them.

Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers were too fierce, and this battle was even more fierce, almost beating the troops of Chen Deng and Mi Fang. Chen Deng and Mi Fang were forced to continue to flee south, while Cao Bao led the Danyang soldiers to pursue southward.

This situation is very strange.

Chen Deng ran desperately, running, and found that something was wrong.

Cao Bao has a large number of troops. According to what he knows, there are only so many in total. This is all brought out. Are you afraid that Zang Ba will steal the house from behind?

Or did Zang Ba betray them?

what is the problem?

Chen Deng, who has always regarded himself as a behind-the-scenes trader, finally found at this time that he seemed to have less grasp of the situation than he imagined.

Cao Bao actually chased them and beat them, chasing them all the way, doing his best, not paying attention to Tan County behind him at all.

There was nothing they could do to fight back.

Mi Fang and Chen Deng didn't know what was going on.

But they did need to flee for their lives. They fled all the way. Cao Bao chased and beat them all the way. Danyang soldiers with white flags and white cloth scarves on their heads chased and killed them with red eyes. .

Because the battle happened so suddenly, the other rebels didn't know what happened after they arrived in Tan County.

More than 4 rebels came from different places and were led by different people. They saw Tan County, which surrendered with the city gate open, a messy battlefield, and dead bodies everywhere.

Nobody knew exactly what happened. When I asked people in the city, it turned out that Tao Qian was dead. All Yangzhou people guarded the pottery merchants and went south to kill them. They wanted to kill them back to Yangzhou. A rebel army arrived outside the city first. The one killed by Cao Bao collapsed.

They don't know anything else.

Rebels, you look at me and I look at you, with surprise on your face.

Then, I don't know who took the lead, and Tan County suffered a disaster.

The task is gone, Tan County has no owner, and the city gate is wide open, so what should they do?

Grab it!Where to go after grabbing it!

Tao Qian is dead, and the remaining Yangzhou people all fled back to Yangzhou, and they chased after their brains were broken!

So these rebels rushed into Tanxian County like crazy, and started burning, killing and looting unscrupulously.

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Burning, killing and looting after winning a battle is a common occurrence in this era.

The big soldiers will not rob you because you are also Han Chinese. They put their heads on their waistbands to fight, just to make a fortune.

So for a while there were cries everywhere, and dead people everywhere. The residents of Tan County and the powerful families in the city were unlucky, and they were treated as soft persimmons by this group of rebels.

But the looting soon stopped.

Not for anything else, just because Yu Jin arrived with his troops.

Together with Chen Gong, Yu Jin led more than [-] troops, led by Zang Ba and his [-] troops, and rushed to Tan County.

Zang Ba was unwilling to backstab Tao Qian, so he gave up this opportunity and chose to go north. He happened to meet Yu Jin's army going south from Taishan County through Langya County, so he took the initiative to surrender, expressing his willingness to lead the way and help The ban.

Chen Gong asked Zang Ba's behavior after Chen Deng's persuasion with a hint of interrogation, and then raised the same doubts as Sun Guan.

Ask Zang Ba why he didn't choose the way of fighting to determine the universe, but took the initiative to go north.

Zang Ba's answer is the same.

"Tao Gongzu is kind to me, and I don't want to confront him with swords."

Chen Gong and Yu Jin looked at each other, nodded silently, and then ordered Zang Ba to lead the army to open the way ahead, and the army quickly rushed to Tan County. He Chen Gong was taken aback, and Zang Ba was also taken aback.

"How could this be?"

Zang Ba was stunned on the spot, but Yu Jin was very angry and immediately gave the order to march.

Order Gao Lan, Yan Liang, Zhu Ling, Jiang Qi and other generals to lead their troops to Tanxian County to quickly restore order in the city. No matter who they encounter, as long as they dare to resist, or are still burning, killing and looting, they will be killed on the spot!

So Yu Jin inexplicably led his army to make dumplings for the anti-Tao Qian allied forces of the Xuzhou tyrants, and then quickly entered the city, encountering the anti-Tao Qian rebels.

The red-eyed rebels didn't care about Sanqi 21 at all. When they saw an army coming, they swung their knives and slashed. The Wei army immediately began to fight back.

After that, Yu Jin ordered Zang Ba's army to set up blocking positions at the gates on all sides of the city, and to kill all soldiers who were not from the Wei army leaving the city.

From the dusk to the dawn of the next day, blood flowed into rivers and piles of corpses in Tanxian County. Because the situation was extremely chaotic, Yu Jin and Chen Gong didn't know how many people the army had killed.

After dawn, Yu Jin and Chen Gong entered the city with Zang Ba to start counting.

By noon, the statistics show that the Wei army killed more than 2 people in one night, and Zang Ba's army fortified at the four city gates killed nearly 1 people.

Nearly 4 people died in the city in this way, and the county seat of Tanxian County almost became a city of blood.

There were less than [-] rebels in the city crying and calling themselves the rebels who came to fight Tao Qian, and they were lucky to be captured after dawn.

In the situation yesterday evening, the light was dim, and there was no distinction between the enemy and the enemy. As long as they encountered weapons in their hands and did not wear Wei Jun uniforms, they would be killed without mercy. There are simply too many people.

Yu Jin and Chen Gong didn't know what was going on until dawn.

Tao Qian died, and Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers rushed out of the city and went south, and the county seat of Tan County was abandoned.

When the anti-Tao Qian rebels arrived, they saw an empty city with no defenses inside. They decidedly became malicious and immediately entered the city to burn, kill and loot.

After looting and killing for a long time, when Tan County was in a mess, Wei Jun came.

Yu Jin and Chen Gongcai didn't know this situation, and decisively ordered to kill without mercy, so this group of "rebels" who burned, killed and looted were almost wiped out by Yu Jin.

In such a situation, Yu Jin and Chen Gong didn't know how to express the emotions in their hearts like ten thousand horses galloping past.

How could something like this still happen...

How could such a thing happen!

Yu Jin didn't know what to say.

They could only stay to clean up the mess in Tan County, then write a report to Guo Peng, and then send people out to investigate the news, and they must find out detailed and accurate information.

When Yu Jin and Chen Gong were scolding in the county town of Tan County, Cao Bao and Cao Hong also led an army to chase Chen Deng and Mi Fang to Huaipu County, hid in the county town, and summoned the army and strong men to defend the city to resist Cao Bao s attack.

Cao Bao is attacking the city with a purpose, pretending to be attacking the city, buying time for the old and young teams to pass through Huaipu County quickly and continue south, and then they will continue to go south, advance south, enter Guangling County, and try to return Township.

Cao Bao besieged the city and attacked fiercely, Mi Fang was in panic all day long, Chen Deng was calm and calm, commanded the army to defend the city, and repeatedly repelled Cao Bao's attacks, but the soldiers could not touch the siege of Huaipu County.

Chen Deng and Mi Fang's army lost too much, and only a thousand people came back. Chen Deng urgently mobilized two thousand strong men to defend the city, but the situation was precarious.

Under such circumstances, Mi Fang was terrified, and Xiang Ruorong, who accompanied Chen Deng in the rebellion, was even more terrified.

"What's going on? Is Cao Bao crazy? He doesn't care about other people, just chasing us? Is this going to kill us all before we stop?"

Mi Fang shouted loudly.

"There are other rebels attacking together! Why did Cao Bao just chase us? Is he going to die with us?"

Ruo Rong was also full of panic.

However, his words gave Chen Deng a huge inspiration.

"Have you noticed that Cao Bao's army is flying white flags and wearing white scarves on their heads?"

What Chen Deng said made Mi Fang and Ruo Rong stunned.