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Chapter 338 Great Changes in Yanzhou
The second master's horse is fast, but powerful and heavy.

The Qinglong Yanyue knife slashed towards Xu Chu with an arc, like lightning.With a cold light on the edge of the knife, he ran towards Xu Chu's neck.

If you really complied with that sentence, as soon as you make a move, you will know if there is one.

With just this knife, Xu Chu saw that Guan Gong was very different from the previous Liang Gang.A feeling of rushing blood suddenly emerged, Xu Chu swung his saber and roared, and the big saber swung out to meet Guan Gong's Qinglong Yanyue Dao.

Strange to say, everyone watching the battle clearly saw that the two swords had touched, but they didn't hear any sound.

The moment the two horses pedaled wrongly, they heard the harsh sound of metal rubbing against each other, creaking...clang!

Xu Chu's horse with a green mane is a BMW horse that Cao Cao bought from Saibei with a lot of money.But compared to the Dawan horse in the Western Regions, it is still a step behind.There is no way, Dong Bi's occupation of Hexi and the four counties is equivalent to cutting off the source of horses from Xiliang to Kanto.

Not to mention that Cao Cao couldn't buy it, even Ma Teng, who had lived in Liangzhou for a long time, was also helpless.

However, this horse with a green mane was comparable to the red horse under Guan Gong's crotch. The two horses neighed violently at the same time, and backed away at the same time.It was also the profound meaning of the sword technique that carried weight lightly, Xu Chu broke Guan Gong's back move, and Guan Gong also made Xu Chu unable to continue attacking.To some extent, Guan Gong and Xu Chu are evenly matched in this round.

These two, who are willing to convince each other.

Xu Chu turned his horse's head and swung his saber to meet Guan Yuyou;

In terms of exquisite sword skills, Guan Yu is slightly better.

But when it comes to the dexterity of the machine, Xu Chu has the upper hand again.

why?Xu Chu's horse is equipped with double stirrups, which can be turned over on the horse to use force, and a big sword makes the knife cloud roar.

In this regard, Guan Yu suffered a disadvantage.

If you want to compare yourself, Xu Chu is one step behind Guan Yu.But the use of double stirrups enabled Xu Chu to perfectly combine the sword with the horse.A small stirrup at least added three points of Xu Chu's strength, so that Guan Gong was struggling.

Even so, the two were inseparable.

In front of the formation of the two armies, only the rumbling of war drums and the neighing of horses were heard, and the time of a stick of incense passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Bei couldn't help but gasped.I know my brother's abilities well, but I didn't expect Cao Cao to have such a strong general?
Glancing at Juhu, Liu Bei gritted his teeth and rushed out of the formation.

Xiahoudun, who was behind Cao Cao, had seen his blood boil for a long time. When he saw Liu Bei coming out, he let out a sharp roar, raised his spear and jumped on his horse, stopping Liu Bei.The two guns came and went, fighting together.Xiahoudun is not much worse than Xu Chu.Although he was shot blind in one eye, the hard training of martial arts in the past few years is quite different from that in Xingyang.

Back then, when the four generals fought against Dong Pi, they were killed and turned on their backs.

For Xu Chuxiahou Dun, this was simply unacceptable.After several years of hard training, I have unknowingly broken through to the point of lifting weights as lightly as possible.On the other hand, Liu Bei has indeed become somewhat slack under Yuan Shao's command these past few years.

Under the ups and downs, after dozens of rounds, Liu Bei couldn't resist.

Seeing a flaw, he flicked his spear, pulled his horse and left.

Xiahou Dun chased after him, roaring angrily, "Wu's one ear, stay alive and leave before it's too late."

Guan Gong, seeing Liu Bei in danger, wanted to go to the rescue.Unexpectedly, Xu Chu slashed fiercely and entangled him tightly.

Cao Cao, who was holding the battle, saw it and immediately ordered someone to raise the command flag.

The army immediately swarmed up, and the one who rushed to the front was the black-armored heavy cavalry, led by Xia Houyuan.

This black armored army is named Tiger Cavalry, with a total of 800 people.

It was completely formed according to Dong Bi's troll warriors. After discovering the mystery of the double stirrups, the progress was very obvious.

Juhu has never seen a troll warrior, but Tao Qian has.

Seeing the tiger rider rushing towards him, Tao Qian's face changed drastically, and he said in his heart: No, could it be that Cao Aman and Dong Jiazi joined forces?
"Retreat, retreat!"

Tao Qian pulled on his horse and ran into the city.

He is really old too. If he had been 20 years earlier... no, even [-] years earlier, Tao Qian would have fought Cao Cao desperately.

But now...

Since becoming the Xuzhou shepherd, Tao Qian's early bravery has almost been worn away.The next battle in Xingyang City made him even more frightened.Nowadays, people are old and weak, what kind of heroes are they still playing?Since Tao Qian was defeated by the Kwantung Allied Forces in Xingyang, he has become extremely resigned to his life.As for Dong Bi, there is even a kind of fear from the bottom of my heart.

But when Tao Qian retreated, the formation of the entire Xuzhou army was disrupted at once.

Tiger cavalry charged, leopard cavalry intercepted.After breaking into the Xuzhou army, they killed all the Xuzhou soldiers on their backs, and blood flowed like rivers.

Guan Gong finally got rid of Xu Chu's entanglement, and killed two tiger riders with all his strength.

"Big brother, big brother..."

In the distance, Liu Bei was in a panic when Xiahou Dun chased him.Hearing Guan Gong's shout, he quickly shouted: "Yun Chang, save me!"

Guan Gong opened his eyes wide and let out a series of roars.

With every roar, Qinglong Yanyue Dao will definitely cut down a tiger rider.

This is the thunder knife technique created by Guan Gong combined with Zhang Fei's non-return spear technique.Relying on a breath of pure dantian qi, each cut must be done with all his strength, with infinite power.This Thunder Saber, as the name suggests, is like flying with thunder, killing people.

Even the tiger rider's heavy armor could not withstand Guan Gong's blow.

At this time, Xu Chu had returned to Cao Cao's side. Seeing Guan Gong's majesty, he couldn't help but praise: "What a fierce general!"

"Zhongkang, how is this person better than you?"

"If there were no double stirrups, I would definitely be no match for him... Even if there were double stirrups, if he used this saber technique just now, I would be hard to resist."

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help feeling admiration.

"What a fierce general, under the two tigers, it is a pity to be regarded as this king..."

The two tigers are talking about Lu Bu and Dong Pi.Lu Bu was called a vicious tiger, and to Dong Pi, the princes gave him the vicious name of a violent tiger.

On the one hand, it is because of Dong Bi's bravery, on the other hand, it shows Dong Bi's cruelty.

Guan Gong was already out of breath and exhausted after chopping eighteen knives.Although the power of this Thunder Saber technique is great, the energy that can be consumed is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.However, he also got to Liu Bei's side, and after forcing Xiahou Dun back with a single blow, he shouted, "Brother, hurry to the city..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei pulled his horse and fled towards Xiapi.

Guan Gong blocked Xiahoudun with a horizontal knife, but this time, he was no match for Xiahoudun.

In the distance, Xia Houyuan bent his bow and set an arrow, aimed at Guan Gong, and the arrow swished.Xia Houyuan's archery skills, under Cao Cao's command, can be said to be unmatched by anyone except Tai Shici.The arrow was as fast as lightning and hit Guan Gong's shoulder.

Hearing Guan Gong's scream, he exerted his last effort to force Xia Houdun back, dragged his sword and fled on the horse.

At this time, Liu Bei rushed into the Xiapi city gate.

"Second brother!"

Seeing Guan Gong running away, Liu Bei couldn't help but cry out.

The third brother is dead, if the second brother has any troubles, this will make me... how to live in the future!

Pulling the horse wanted to catch up, but was held tightly by Juhu.

"Mr. Xuande, hurry up and enter the city, otherwise it will be too late. If General Guan is fateful, he will join you. If...you will die in vain if you catch up."

Liu Bei struggled desperately, but was dragged into Xiapi by Juhu's men.

Cao Cao drew his sword and pointed at Xiapi, and the sergeant charged Xiapi like a tide.In Xiapi City, fortunately, there is Mi Zhu sitting in town.Seeing Cao's army attacking the city, they drew their swords and shouted. In an instant, arrows rained down on the top of the city, aiming at Cao Cao's army.

This battle lasted from daytime to evening.

Seeing that Cao Cao attacked Xiapi city several times and was driven down several times, the anger in his heart became more intense.

The next day, Cao Cao sent an order to each battalion: If they can't break through Xiapi City in three days, they will all be killed.

Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, and Xu Chu led their troops one after another to attack Xiapi in turn.Cao Cao personally supervised the battle and beheaded two lieutenant generals who were retreating before the battle, causing all three armies to attack desperately. For a while, Xiapi City was crumbling.

But until the evening of the next day, Cao Cao received a letter from Xun Yu.

After reading the letter, Cao Cao couldn't help but shudder.What is the content of this letter?It turned out that after Yanzhou was attacked by Juhu, and after Cao Cao's army marched to Xuzhou, Bian Zhao, the son of Bian Rang, a famous scholar from Chenliu, rebelled.

Who is Jean here?

Let's start from the end of the fourth year of Chuping...

Bian Rang, a native of Chenliu in Yanzhou, was once the prefect of Jiujiang. He is a celebrity today and is sought after and worshiped by countless scholars.

After Qin Jie's death, Bian Rang refused to follow Liu Yao's command, so he resigned and returned to his hometown.

Cao Cao respected Bian Rang very much. Hearing that Bian Rang returned to his hometown, he naturally received him very warmly and asked him for help.

Let this person, the moral articles are very good, but there is a problem.

He is too lofty, as long as he is not pleasing to the eye, regardless of the occasion, and no matter who you are, he will scold and sarcasm when he opens his mouth.The reason why Bian Rang was unwilling to follow Liu Yao was that Liu Yao was an official appointed by Li Jue.And Cao Cao also expressed his obedience to Li Jue and Guo Si. In Bian Rang's eyes, Cao Cao's current official position was changed because of this.

Think about it, can Bian Rang give Cao Cao a good face?

Therefore, not only refused Cao Cao's invitation, but also scolded Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was not angry on the surface, but in his heart, he was holding back a fire.Bian Rang was in his hometown, criticizing the world and cursing Cao Cao all day long.After drinking too much, he wrote the names of Cao Cao, Li Jue, Guo Si, Dong Pi, Liu Yao and others on several logs.Then play the game of throwing pots with the family, throwing arrows at the few logs, and the one who wins can drink a glass of wine.

It's okay for you to swear, but you do...

Thinking that Cao Cao is also a vassal after all, where should this face be put aside.

In a rage, he grabbed Bian Zang.It's also here that he doesn't know how to live or die, and Cao Cao won't really kill him if he says a few good words.But he wanted to show his integrity, he still cursed every day in the prison, completely swearing Cao Cao's patience, and ordered Cheng Yu to kill him in prison.However, Cao Cao still cherished his talents and did not pursue his family members.

If you change someone, Cao Cao will kill him.

But Bian Rang was different, he was a world-renowned scholar, even He Jin was very courteous to this man back then.

His book "Zhang Hua Fu" has been spread all over the world and has a very high reputation.

Cao Cao killed this man, but angered the Yanzhou gentry.But the gentry were also very smart. When Cao Cao was around, no one stood up to speak.Cao Cao is not here now, and Juhu has been tossing in Yanzhou for a while.

Bian Rang's son, Bian Zhao, couldn't sit still!

Junyi's hometown rebelled, and after ascending to the top, most of the soldiers in Yanzhou followed, and all of them rebelled.

Cao Ren's several battles failed to quell the rebellion, but instead made Bian Zhao and others stronger.

This gentry's rebellion is not as rebellious as Zhang Jiao's.It was quite organized, which caused Cao Ren and others a headache.

In just half a month, Puyang and other places fell one after another, leaving only three places including East Afan County, which were firmly guarded by Xun Yu and others.

Cao Cao turned pale when he heard the news, "Yanzhou has suffered a loss, and we will be homeless... But Xiapi is about to be destroyed. If we withdraw our troops here, I will not be reconciled. Tao Qian, the old thief, has the intention of killing my father. Qiu, how can we let him be at ease?"

Guo Jia and others also felt very annoyed.

Indeed, Xuzhou will be destroyed in a few days.

If you give up like this, don't say that Cao Cao is not reconciled, who among the generals in the big tent can feel reconciled?

But if Yanzhou is really lost, Cao Cao will lose the foundation of his foothold, and he cannot treat this matter carefully.

Guo Jia swayed and refracted lightly, his eyeballs rolled around, thinking about his heart.

"My lord, in the current situation, Yanzhou should be the most important thing. Xuzhou...just put it in Tao Qian's hands temporarily. Jia has a plan to make Xuzhou turbulent. After I clean up Yanzhou, I will go back and take Xuzhou, but It's as easy as pie."

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes lit up.

"Feng Xiao, I would like to hear the details!"

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Note: Regarding the Bianrang Rebellion, there is indeed something in history. Cao Cao almost lost the entire Yanzhou because of this incident.

In addition, there are different opinions on whether Cao Cao was born as an eunuch.In history, Cao Teng had two brothers. According to the rules, it is impossible to adopt a stepchild from someone with a different surname.Moreover, Cao Cao's daughter was later related to Xiahou's family by marriage.According to the regulations at that time, people of the same clan were not allowed to intermarry.

If Cao Cao was really adopted by Xiahou's family, then he should not be married to Xiahou's family.

Therefore, the statement that Cao Cao was born as an eunuch should be deliberately fabricated by Luo Da to belittle Cao Cao.Of course, this stuff still needs to be verified.

Personally, I am more inclined to Professor Li Dongfang's point of view, that is, Cao Cao was originally a member of the Cao clan, and he may be related to the Xiahou family, but he was definitely not adopted from the Xiahou family.

(End of this chapter)