Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222
"Okay, since you agreed, I will grant you the post of Captain Mojin. Be sure to keep it secret, and then hand over the finances to me!"

Cao Cao asked again.

"Here!"

Cao Zhen clasped his fists and went down, then went to the barracks to select the candidate for Captain Mojin.

The people Cao Zhen selected were all local rogues, thieves, and idlers. Of course, there were also some strong soldiers. After all, digging graves is also a laborious job, and a few capable ones are needed.

Sure enough, a month later, Cao Zhen returned to Cao Cao's barracks with a large amount of gold, silver and jewels. Cao Cao looked at the dozens of full boxes in front of him, smiled, patted Cao Zhen, and said, "Your boy, this time, I will give you money." But it’s a great achievement, the gold and silver are enough to buy hundreds of thousands of deniers of grain!”

On the same day, Cao Cao ordered his men to take the gold and silver to Jingzhou, exchanged for a large amount of food and grass, and planned to crusade against Lu Bu in Puyang City and seize Puyang again.

"Boom boom boom!"

After the three drums passed, Cao Cao proudly pointed at Lu Bu and cursed in front of the battle: "You traitor who betrayed his master and murdered his father, today is your time to die!"

Lu Bu also shouted loudly: "Cao Mengde, our army is short of food, and our soldiers have no fighting spirit. Do you really want to fight at this time?"

"Hahahaha, soldiers have no heart to fight? You open your dog eyes and see how my morale is!"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Cao Jun shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Hearing Cao Jun's roar, Lu Bu couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He saw that Cao Jun's morale was boosted, and they all looked at him covetously. What falls on my side is not 01:30!

At this time, Chen Gong, who was standing next to Lu Bu, said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian, the enemy is strong and we are weak. Why don't you retreat to Puyang for now, stick to Puyang, and wait until our army can provide food, and it will not be too late to fight again!"

"No, retreating before fighting, doesn't it make me look cowardly, no! I don't believe that Cao Mengde can get the rations, I think they are just bluffing!"

After finishing his speech, Lv Bu danced his halberd and jumped on his horse. He came to the front of the two armies and shouted: "Lv Bu from Jiuyuan is here. Does anyone in Cao's army dare to fight?"

Lu Bu wanted to be a general with Cao Jun in order to increase the morale of his soldiers.

However, how could Cao Cao give him this opportunity, and with a wave of his hand, Cao Cao's six generals Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Xu Chu, Le Jin, and Yu Jin came out to encircle Lu Bu. At that time, Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng Wei Xu and others were there Before returning from hunting for food, Lu Bu fought against the six generals alone, how could he resist them? After a few rounds, Lu Bu abandoned these men and fled to the rear on Pegasus.

With a wave of Cao Cao's Yitian sword, all the soldiers under his command came out.Fight with Lu Bu's army.

Lv Bu's army hadn't had enough to eat in the past few months, so they still had the strength to fight. As soon as they confronted each other, they showed signs of defeat. After half a quarter of an hour, Lv Bu's army was defeated. Lv Bu led his army back to the city of Puyang. The Patriarch closed the city gate tightly and cursed at Lu Bu, "You tyrannical man, you are so cruel, you still want to enter the city?"

As he said, he bent his bow and set up an arrow and shot an arrow at Lu Bu. Lu Bu was furious and wanted to attack the city, but Cao Jun came after him, and the city was flooded with arrows. Lu Bu had no choice but to abandon Puyang City and head east. Run over to the county.

Lu Bu collected the remnants of the defeated generals, and found that there were less than 2000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry left in his hands, and less than [-] soldiers and horses left, so he had to temporarily station at Zangba in Taishan County.

Besides Xuzhou, Tao Qian was old and bloody, and Cao Cao's army was under pressure, and he was frightened. Although he looked good, he fell to the root of the disease.

Not a few months after Liu Bei arrived in Xiaopei, he received a letter from Tao Qian, inviting Liu Bei to Xuzhou to discuss major issues.

After Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou.Hearing that Tao Qian was seriously ill, he hurried to the state pastoral mansion.

I saw Tao Qian lying on the bed, already emaciated, and Tao Qian's two sons stood aside.

Seeing Liu Bei coming, Tao Qian hurriedly motioned to his two sons to help him up, and then said to Liu Bei, "Please Xuande, it's nothing else, the old man is critically ill, and the day and night will not be safe. , The common people are the most important, accept the great seal of Xuzhou, and the old man will die in peace."

Liu Bei hastily stepped forward and shook Tao Qian's hand and said, "Uncle Tao is a lucky man, he will be fine! Besides, your son can also take up the post of governor of the state, and I will try my best to assist him!"

"Xuande doesn't need to say too much, I know very well what my two sons are capable of. I hope that after my death, the two of them can live a prosperous life!"

After Tao Qian finished speaking, he died with his fingers.

After Tao Qian's death, Xuzhou's officials, soldiers and civilians crowded in front of the mansion holding the big seal and cried: "If Liu Shijun does not lead this county, we will not be able to live in peace!"

"Yes, my lord, if you are not in Xuzhou anymore, if Cao Cao invades Xuzhou again, who can be the enemy?"

Sun Qian also said.

Only then did Liu Bei accept the great seal of the prefect of Xuzhou.

Besides, after Cao Cao put down all the chaos in Yanzhou, he set his sights on Lu Bu again.

"Lu Bu, Jiuhuye, if you let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. Now that the tiger has been injured, why not go all out and hunt it down!"

Cao Cao said.

"My lord, now that our army has enough food and morale, it's time to go all out. Take down the Taishan bandits, drive out Lu Bu, and hold the entire Yanzhou in your hands!"

Xi Zhicai also followed suit.

On that day, Cao Cao asked Liu Xie for an order to attack Lu Bu.

"Following the fate of the heavens, the emperor ordered that Lu Bu of Jiuyuan was the traitor Dong Zhuo first, but he reformed himself and punished the traitors for His Majesty. Furious, I ordered Lu Bu to come to Xudu to take the blame, and if Lu Bu dared to resist the order and refused to obey, he would be killed!"

Cao Cao came to the barracks with the imperial decree and read aloud to the soldiers.

After reading, Cao Cao shouted again: "Lü Bu once harmed Yanzhou, but now his strength has been greatly weakened. He is short of major generals and food and grass. It is a good time for me to take revenge. Do you dare to fight?"

"Battle! Fight! Fight!"

Cao Jun all shouted loudly.

"Okay, send troops to Taishan County, set off immediately!"

With a wave of Cao Cao's Yitian sword, tens of thousands of troops marched towards Taishan County.

When Lu Bu heard that Cao Cao was coming, he was shocked and asked Chen Gong again and again.

"Fengxian, the only way out now is to flee to Xuzhou. Xuzhou and Cao Cao have a deep blood feud, and Liu Bei has newly led Xuzhou, so there is not enough troops. He will definitely need someone to deal with Cao Cao with him, so let's go to Xuzhou!"

Chen Gong replied.

"Okay, then let's go to Xuzhou!"

(End of this chapter)