God-level Emperor System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 Cao Cao Attacks Tao Qian

Chapter 280 Six Cao Cao Attacks Tao Qian
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Brother Zizhong, you want to fork. It's not that they will attack after the autumn harvest, but Cao Jun will attack Xuzhou when the autumn harvest happens. In this way, he doesn't need to raise too much food and grass. As long as he defeats the Xuzhou army, Cao Jun will attack Xuzhou." If you can take advantage of the situation and attack Xuzhou, then all the unharvested grain and grass in Xuzhou will become his grain and grass, and he will not wait for you to harvest before attacking."

According to general military rules, it must be after the autumn harvest that there will be a large amount of food and grass before attacking and having the confidence to fight a protracted war. However, Guo Jia guessed that Cao Cao would not do this because he had incorporated a large number of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, which greatly enhanced his military strength.

The emperor also said that Xuzhou has no generals, and there are almost no generals who can fight against Cao Cao's generals, so it will be quite difficult for Tao Qian to block Cao Cao's soldiers.

Moreover, Cao Cao also understood that the emperor would not allow him to capture Xuzhou so easily, so Cao Cao would definitely do it in advance to wipe out the Xuzhou army in the field instead of fighting a siege battle, so that Tao Qian had so much food to garrison.

With Guo Jia's analysis, Mi Lan was convinced, and soon went to see Tao Qian. Tao Qian was also nervous after hearing this, but still had a little fantasy:
"Cao Cao can't do it! He dares to fight me to the death, after all, we are still Han Chen."

Tao Qian admits that he doesn't have many Xiaoyong generals, but he still has tens of thousands of soldiers, especially the brave Danyang soldiers. This is the basis for him to sit in Xuzhou and stabilize Xuzhou Mu. If he doesn't believe it, he can't stop Cao Cao , Whoever messes with him can't eat good fruit.

Mi Lan persuaded: "My lord! Cao Cao is not what he used to be. He is no longer the one who relies on Yuan Shao for development. He is equal to Yuan Shao in strength. He took Yanzhou first, and now he has defeated Yuan Shu and won more than half of Yuzhou. His army is strong and his horse is strong, what else? Attack Liu Bei against the will of the Son of Heaven, and we have to guard against it."

Well, when it came to supporting Liu Bei, Tao Qian also regretted it a bit. Although he was allied with Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan was not good at all. His younger brother asked him to save him. Now he turned all the troubles on his side.

He also knew that Cao Cao would definitely not let it go, so he had to say: "Zi Zhong, your reminder was timely, and I will make arrangements to make them vigilant against Cao Cao. If necessary, I will let people harvest the grain in advance. If Cao Cao really wants to I, Xuzhou, are not so easy to bully by fighting to support war."

Although he had made arrangements, Tao Qian still did not believe that Cao Cao would fight himself desperately.

Mi Lan bowed: "My lord is wise! But my lord should also transfer the taxes of the cities close to Yanzhou to Fucheng in advance, leaving only Junxiang's expenses."

"Haha! Zizhong is right." Tao Qian nodded in agreement. To be honest, he was not very confident. It might be okay for his troops to suppress the bandits, but it was still not enough to fight against the officers and troops of other states and counties. , after all, he was expelled from Yanzhou by Cao Cao's elite, and the strength of Cao Cao's troops should not be underestimated.

So Tao Qian wrote to Cao Bao to tell the troops to prepare for the battle, and he also called in Chen Deng, the lieutenant of the Diannong school. Chen Yuanlong was in charge of this aspect.

Naturally, Chen Deng would not resist, saying that he would definitely help Tao Qian do this well, but seeing Mi Lan hesitated here, he asked, "By the way, Zizhong! How is the situation in Yuzhou Mountain? I heard that you and Yuzhou Mountain We have a close relationship, and these days there is no lack of support there."

Yuzhou Mountain is in Donghai County, Taoqian Prefecture Prefecture, just under the nose.

Yuzhou Mountain recruited refugees every day, and he was also afraid that he would not be able to get rid of it. After all, Zang Ba was a special case, occupying Langya County as the tyrant, and he had nothing to do with him.

Don't look at Tao Qian as being honest, but he is not blind. Seeing Chen Deng ask, he also paid attention.

Mi Lan knew why Chen Deng asked a little bit, it was not to give him eye drops, but Xuzhou produced salt, this coastal area is a place for cooking salt, salt is an important source of tax revenue for Xuzhou.

Otherwise, how could Xuzhou be so rich.

Chen Deng was afraid that Yuzhou Mountain would also produce salt, and he would compete with the government for benefits. This was also Tao Qian's greatest concern. No matter who it was, no one could take out his pocket.

So Mi Lan didn't hide much, she talked about the situation of Yuzhou Mountain, and said that the development of Yuzhou Mountain is to go to the sea, mainly fish industry, and the future will be mainly shipbuilding, and shipbuilding craftsmen will be exported in the future. Hope to do ocean trade.

When Tao Qian heard this, he believed it for sure. Yuzhou Mountain is so big, and its development is limited. As long as the salt area is not moved, it will be fine. As for shipbuilding, there is no need to worry. They never pay much attention.

Not to mention ocean trade, what a big joke.

Time is getting closer to autumn, and the border between Yanzhou and Xuzhou seems to be peaceful. Cao Jun took the initiative to retreat and did not intend to fight. However, Tao Qian received Cao Cao's secret distribution of the main force in Liang Guo in Xuzhou Zuoze, and it was possible to break through from the south of Pei Guo. With the intention of entering the country, he paid more attention to Mi Lan's reminder in his heart.

Urge Chen Deng to organize manpower to return the grain grains that are about to mature to the warehouse as soon as possible.

At the same time, he continued to send more people to mobilize troops to Peiguo.

"My lord's military report is urgent!" His confidant Cao Hong came to report urgently!
Tao Qian's eyelids twitched and he asked, "Cao Cao has attacked me in Xuzhou!"

Cao Hongdao: "Lord Cao Cao has sent troops, but he is attacking Taishan County."

Tao Qian was taken aback!I took it over and saw that it was indeed a request for help from Taishan County.

Originally, this Taishan County was the territory of Yanzhou, and it was logically Cao Cao's territory, but these days the warlords are fighting, and whoever occupies it, don't you see that Yuan Shu still leads Yuzhou, but most of Yuzhou's territory is in Cao Cao's hands.

So this Taishan County is in Tao Qian's hands, how can Cao Cao not grab it, and it is natural to send troops.

Tao Qian immediately summoned Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, and Chen Qun to attend the ceremony, and then sent troops to Taishan County.

When Mi Lan returned to the mansion, Guo Jia was waiting at home and asked, "Why is Feng Xiao coming here again?"

Guo Jia said: "Brother Zizhong, Jia came here for the stability of Xuzhou. I heard that Cao Cao sent troops to Mount Tai. Tao Shijun has increased his troops."

Mi Lan said in her heart that you got the news very soon, she nodded, not wanting Guo Jia's face to suddenly darken, and asked: "Why is Feng Xiao's face suddenly so?"

Guo Jia sighed: "Brother Zizhong, this is Cao Cao's strategy of attacking the west. If he wants to seize Mount Tai, the Xuzhou army attacked Mount Tai last time when they withdrew from Yanzhou. You must have sent a lot of soldiers to Mount Tai."

Mi Lan's heart skipped a beat, her complexion turned bad, she turned and left, and asked Tao Qian to see him, Tao Qian smiled and said, "Don't worry Zizhong, even if Cao Cao plays around, he won't be able to invade Xuzhou, I have a large army in Peiguo. Watch out, he won't be able to eat well."

Mi Lan persuaded: "My lord, don't take it lightly! Taishan County can't be compared with Xuzhou's importance, it's better to withdraw all the people, otherwise it will be easy to defeat them all."

Guo Jia told Mi Lan that this was a move to divide the troops, and the main force was to attack Xuzhou. Mi Lan also felt the same way, so she persuaded Tao Qian to give up Mount Tai. And with.

Tao Qian shook his head, how could he easily give up the meat in the pot, although he is old, but he is not Liu Biao, he still has an enterprising heart, so he refused with a smile.

Cao's army in Taishan County attacked fiercely. Two members of Cao Cao's fierce generals advanced along the banks of Wenshui River, and soon attacked the county town of Fenggao. The Xuzhou army sent urgent letters one by one.

(End of this chapter)