Beast King Three Kingdoms

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It is said that since Cao Cao broke the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, his power has greatly increased, and talents have joined him, and his rule has gradually prospered.

In his spare time, Cao Cao thought of his old father Cao Song, who is considered successful in his career now, thinking that he should be filial, so he ordered someone to go to Langya County to bring Cao Song to Yanzhou to enjoy the blessings.

Cao Song's family lived in seclusion in Langya County for refuge. When they received Cao Cao's letter, they were naturally overjoyed. After packing up, more than forty members of the family, plus more than a hundred followers, came to Cao Cao.

Via Xuzhou.

At this time, Tao Qian had just sent away the last group of people and completed the 'deal' with Yuan Shu.

Hearing that Cao Song wanted to go to Yanzhou, Tao Qian hurriedly greeted him and invited him to Xuzhou for hospitality.

Tao Qian's original intention was to show his favor to Cao Cao, and in a big battle with Yuan Shu, Xuzhou lost troops. At this time, Tao Qian did not dare to offend Cao Cao, a strong neighbor, otherwise Cao Cao and Yuan Shu would attack from north to south, and he would have no way out. up.

After warmly entertaining Cao Song's family, Tao Qian personally sent them out of the city a few days later.

To avoid an accident, Tao Qian specially ordered captain Zhang Kai to lead five hundred soldiers to escort Cao Song, but he didn't expect that this order would lead to a catastrophe in the end.

Zhang Kai was born in a Yellow Turban bandit, and reluctantly joined Tao Qian, but his evil intentions remained unchanged. Seeing that Cao Song was carrying a lot of property, Zhang Kai immediately became malicious. He beheaded Cao Song's family at night, took the property, and fled south.

Someone from Cao Song's entourage escaped, and the flying horse reported to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao cried and fell to the ground when he learned that his father had died.

Needless to say, the father's feud was irreconcilable, Cao Cao didn't hesitate, and directly raised his troops to kill Xuzhou. At the same time, he ordered all the troops to kill all the people in the city, as a memorial to his deceased father.

Cao Cao thought very well, but it's a pity that Cao Jun met very few people along the way, and there were hardly any people within a hundred miles.

As if he had punched cotton, Cao Cao was very depressed.

"Xuzhou is rich, how can the population be so sparse?" Cao Cao was puzzled.

For this expedition, Cao Cao only brought Guo Jia, an adviser, while Xun Yu and Cheng Yu stayed in Yanzhou. As for Xi Zhong, he was sick and could not accompany him.

Cao Cao told Guo Jia his doubts.

Guo Jia has already seen this suspicious point, so he went to various villages to observe it. The remaining traces prove that the people have not left for a long time, but this makes Guo Jia even more confused.

"This matter is quite strange, and Jia should not jump to conclusions." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

After hearing this, Cao Cao felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had known this before, he should have left some ordinary people to ask about it. Now that he killed none of them, he would not be able to find out the details.

At this time, Xiahou Dun came in dressed in military uniform, and said to Cao Cao, "Brother! Old Tao Qian has been prepared. I'll search around, but I can't find anyone."

During these days, Cao Jun searched everywhere for the traces of the people in Xuzhou, but unfortunately they found nothing. Apart from killing hundreds of people at the beginning, in the next few days, they did not meet ten people in total.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions. Xiahou Dun's words made Cao Cao secretly suspicious.

"Could it be that Tao Qian wanted to plot against my father early on? So he was prepared?" If Tao Qian had plotted against Cao Song early on, in order to guard against Cao's suspicion, the more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

"Damn it! Old thief Tao Qian, I never thought that you would actually want to harm my father. At first, I still felt a little guilty in my heart, but now it seems that you deserve it!" At the beginning, Cao Cao also knew that Tao Qian did not harm his father. It's just that he covets Xuzhou, so he bites Tao Qian, and his original intention is to take Xuzhou.

Because of this, Cao Cao still felt a little guilty towards Tao Qian.

But Xiahoudun's "awakening", Cao Cao's guilt suddenly disappeared, leaving only the hatred of gnashing of teeth.

Guo Jia knew Cao Cao very well, and he could tell what was on his mind just by looking at his expression.

At the moment, Guo Jia shook his head secretly. With his resourcefulness, he had already considered all kinds of possibilities, but in his opinion, the possibility of Tao Qian harming Cao Song was very small.

First of all, this does not agree with Tao Qian's character. Based on Guo Jia's understanding of Tao Qian, his character is weak, and he can't even suppress the ruling family, let alone provoke other princes;

Secondly, Tao Qian had just fought Yuan Shu, even if he wanted to plot against Cao Cao, it would never be at this time;

In the end, Tao Qian had no enmity with Cao Song, and there was no reason to kill him at all, to attack Cao Cao?Obviously impossible, he and Cao Cao also have no grudges, this will anger Cao Cao instead.

Therefore, Guo Jia concluded that killing Cao Song was definitely not Tao Qian's intention.

"Forget it! After all, the reason for attacking Xuzhou may not be important." Guo Jia was really free and easy, and he just gave up if he couldn't figure it out.

Having said that, Cao Cao's thinking is not necessarily a bad thing, at least it has strengthened his determination to attack Xuzhou. As for the saying in the Art of War that "the Lord should not be angry but rejuvenates the army", Guo Jia didn't think so.

Guo Jia believes that the art of war can be used as a reference, but not relied on. It is said that it is better to have no books than to have no books. This is the reason. Sometimes anger can also become the driving force for progress.

Just like that, because of a misunderstanding that could be called a coincidence, Cao Cao was immediately furious, and the army rushed straight to Xuzhou City.

Tao Qian was shocked when he learned that Cao Cao was invading. He had just moved the people on the border of Xu and Yan to the south, and he finally sent Yuan Shu, a 'pig' away. How difficult.

After inquiring, Tao Qian finally knew the whole story, and it turned out that Zhang Kai under his command was responsible.

"Damn yellow turban thief." Tao Qian cursed fiercely in his heart.

Right now Xuzhou has just experienced a big battle with Yuan Shu, losing [-] soldiers and horses, which can be said to be a serious injury, and it is completely powerless to fight against Cao Cao.

Of course, it is impossible to catch it without a fight.

When Cao Cao's army arrived, Tao Qian didn't dare to fight and stayed behind closed doors.

Looking at the densely packed army below the city, Tao Qian was terrified, and came to the top of the city and shouted: "Meng De is angry! I wanted to make friends with Meng De, so I ordered Zhang Kai to escort your father. I didn't want to change my mind, but unexpectedly It has nothing to do with me to do such a thing that is worse than a beast, I hope Meng De will investigate clearly."

"Old man!" Cao Cao scolded, "If you had no evil intentions, how could you have moved the people of Yanxu land early? It's clearly a conspiracy for a long time, and you dare to speak out here?"

Tao Qian was speechless. He moved the people away just to appease Yuan Shu and prevent him from going north, and had nothing to do with Cao Song.

Just as he was about to explain, Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore and ordered the army to attack the city.

I saw countless Cao Jun rushing towards Xuzhou City like a tide.

Seeing this, Tao Qian didn't have the time to talk about it, so he hurriedly ordered all the troops to stand on guard and prepare for the battle.

Cao Jun was not afraid of death, and desperately attacked the city.

Naturally, Xuzhou's army did not dare to be negligent. Crossbow arrows and arrows kept pouring down the city to prevent Cao's army from ascending the city.

A big battle killed a full three hours.

Guo Jia expected Cao Cao's anger to subside, and stepped forward to persuade him, "My lord! The army is very tired when it first arrives, today is enough."

Although Cao Cao was unwilling, he also knew that what Guo Jia said was reasonable, so he said vaguely and unwillingly, "Withdraw the troops!"

Ding!Ding!Ding!

When the sound of gold ringing came, Cao Jun turned around and retreated one after another, but after a while, all the soldiers who attacked the city withdrew back.

Cao Cao took a deep look at Xuzhou City, and ordered the army to return to the camp.

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