Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 228

Liu Bei persuaded: "Yuanlong, the matter has come to this, we should cheer up and use all our strength to take back Xuzhou!"

Zhang Fei and others also persuaded each other with good words. Chen Deng stopped his tears, his eyes were red, and he said bitterly: "Master, why don't we go to the East China Sea? Mi Biejia is doing business by the sea in the area of ​​Qu County. He is powerful and has countless ships. At that time, even if Feng Yao cannot be stopped, he can retreat from the sea."

"That's right! Brother, Kong Wenju, Minister of Beihai, is now serving as governor of Qingzhou, and Qu County is also close to Beihai. We can ask Kong Wenju to send troops to help us defeat Feng Yao and take back Xuzhou!" Zhang Fei said.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "That's great! It's not too late, I'll set off immediately!"

Eastern Yanzhou
At the same time, Cao Cao was shocked when he heard that Feng Yao had defeated Xuzhou. He hurriedly followed the strategy of loyalty and sent troops along the Yellow River to attack Pingyuan County in Qingzhou!

Lu Bu of Puyang was overjoyed when he heard the good news, and immediately ordered to attack Cao Cao.

Lu Bu ordered Gao Shun to lead the army to attack Juancheng, Zhang Liao attacked Juyang first, and then Chengyang.

the seventeenth day of the first lunar month
Zhang Liao defeated Juyang!Cao Ren retreated to Chengyang!Cao Ren then withdrew all Chengyang troops to Juancheng, intending to occupy the city and defend it to the death.

Yuan Shu's subordinates Sun Ce, Wu Jing, and Sun Ben repelled Fan Neng and Zhang Ying in Hengjiangjin and Danglikou successively, then crossed the river, attacked Niuzhu with Zhou Shang, occupied Shicheng, and collected all Liu Yao's food and grass.

Zhang Xun was ordered to attack Guangling, and all the way was like a broken bamboo, and the counties of Guangling fell upon hearing the news!

Zhu Zhi of Wu County went north to avoid the pincer attack of Yan Baihu and Wang Lang, and fought against Xu Gong who was going south to attack Dayuquan County. He killed Xu Gong and took his army. The strength increased to 5000, and he went all the way north , Breaking through Wu County, the prefecture of Wu County, and occupying himself with the prefect.

Liu Yao, who was stationed in Qu'a, was only a hundred miles away from Wu county. He was frightened and wanted to invite Ze Rong and Xue Li of Moling to attack Zhu Zhi of Wu county.

Seeing that Liu Yao was weak, Ze Rong took advantage of the banquet to kill Xue Li, and recruited soldiers and men and women. Ruo Rong's force suddenly increased to 5000!

Although Liu Yao was extremely angry, but due to the current situation, he could only turn a blind eye and close one eye. Fortunately, although Ze Rong did not follow his order to attack, he was still attached to Liu Yao and stationed in Moling.

Runan County

Zhou Cang and Chen Dao all followed Feng Yao's plan and sent troops to attack Yingchuan on their own initiative.

Zhou Cang first collected the boats near the ancient city, making it impossible for Wenpin to pass through the Wushui, and then guarded the bridge, fighting with Wenpin every day. Although there were casualties, he successfully dragged Wenpin's [-] troops to the north of the Wushui!
Chen Dao, on the other hand, marched his army to the city of Yancheng, dispatching a small number of soldiers every day, pretending to attack the city in various ways, which made Lou Fa very distressed.

Xun You's army was dragged back by Chen Guoxiang Yuan Si, and had to return to Yingyin's lair and fight Yuan Si in Xu County.

After Gan Ning first arrived in Xinxi, he didn't care about Huang Zu's attack, relying on the advantage that he grew up in the mountains and his soldiers were familiar with the mountain roads. Destroy mountain roads.

Huang Zu's grain roads were cut off, morale plummeted, and soldiers in the army kept fleeing every day. Huang Zu had no choice but to withdraw his troops from Xinxi, and returned to defend Chi County, holding a stalemate with Gan Ning, not daring to attack again.

After several days of fighting in Xuzhou, most of the counties surrendered after hearing the order. Lu Fan stationed troops in Tancheng in the East China Sea as his governing place.

the nineteenth day of the first lunar month

Xiapi City, where Feng Yao garrisons
All the soldiers who fled from Zhang Fei's men were thrown into Feng Yao's hands, about [-] soldiers. Feng Yao selected [-] elite soldiers and kept them for his own use. Cao Bao made Cao Bao's army reach [-].

Cao Bao was delighted to win the soldiers. After returning home, his daughter Cao Yanran said: "Father, Mr. Feng has two states, but he only has [-] soldiers, and his sworn brothers Zhou Cang, Chen Dao and others have only [-] soldiers." More than [-], and you not only got the position of prefect, but also above his righteous brothers Zhou Cang and Chen Dao, and you also have [-] soldiers, aren't you afraid of Feng Yao's suspicion?"

Cao Bao was shocked and asked, "Then what should I do? You know that now that Xuzhou has not been completely captured, the lord must not want to take concubines first!"

Cao Yanran said: "Father, I heard that Feng Yao respects his elders and is a filial man. Father, why don't you ask Feng Shijun's father-in-law Gong Du, and then ask Feng Shijun's most dependent military advisor Xu Shu, you will definitely get something!"

Cao Bao found Gong Du overnight and complained to Gong Du.

At that time, Gong Du also had a lot of troubles because of his daughter. He was also eager to get his name right just like Cao Bao. He understood Cao Bao's mood very well, and patted Cao Bao's shoulder and said, "My dear brother, we A son-in-law is not easy! All my life, I have nothing else to ask for, but to be by my son-in-law’s and daughter’s side, silently working hard in their careers, and that’s enough. Military power and official position are not important to me! I hope my dear brother Can be like me too!"

Cao Bao got more advice from his daughter and Gong Du one after another, and he was even more panicked, but Feng Yao didn't dare to disobey his order, so he could only beg Gong Du in a low voice: "Brother Gong, I can only ask you to come forward, my lord, please be with me as soon as possible." Let my daughter get married!"

"Well, brother, don't worry, if the lord asks about this matter, I will definitely help you out, but you will have to rely on yourself for other matters!" Gong Du said.

"Thank you, Brother Gong!" Cao Bao resigned.

Afterwards, Cao Bao found Xu Shu again. When Xu Shu saw Cao Bao, he smiled and asked, "Your Majesty Cao, do you want anything from me?"

"Yes! It's just that I haven't spoken yet. How did you know about it?" Cao Bao wondered.

"Hehehe! Come on! Let's talk in detail on the kang. Although it's spring now, it's still cold at night. I'm no longer young. I need to pay attention to cold protection and take good care of my body!" Xu Shu chuckled a few times, and put Cao Bao Pull up the kang.

"Mr. Cao, you should be feeling a little bit hard to get off now! Although the lord is young, his wit is different from ordinary people. Sometimes his words and deeds seem extremely unreasonable, but they coincide with the secrets! Do you know why?" Xu Shu While talking, he poured Cao Bao a cup of hot tea.

Cao Bao sighed, "Mister, please help me!"

"Mr. Cao, please drink a cup of tea first, don't worry!" Xu Shu said.

Cao Bao followed Xu Shu's example and tasted it slowly. After a cup of tea, Cao Bao seemed to have realized something, and said: "Tea is really good. It can make people calm. I used to only know how to drink alcohol, even tea. I drank it all in one gulp, I have never experienced the taste of it in detail!"

Xu Shu smiled and said: "Congratulations, it seems that you have already understood. If so, I will help you!"

Cao Bao hastily cupped his hands in thanks.

Xu Shu said: "Actually, my lord didn't think too much about getting married after Xuzhou was settled, and adding [-] troops to you, but this unintentional move just put you on the back of a tiger. If you Because of this, you get carried away, your desire for power grows rapidly, and the lord will soon find out, then I'm afraid you will follow in the footsteps of the Chen family!"

"And why did this happen! I can't explain it clearly. I can only say that the lord has the body of a real dragon and is chosen by heaven! Every word and deed of the lord coincides with heaven's secrets!"

Cao Bao's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and he kept nodding.

Xu Shu said again: "You can calm down and taste the bitter tea, which also proves that you have the idea of ​​resting your body and recuperating. It should not become an obstacle to the Lord's great cause in the future, so I am willing to help you!"

"Yes, what you said is very true. My Cao family is very lucky to be able to rely on the big tree of the lord. I dare not think about it anymore! This time, as long as the lord can accept my daughter as a concubine as soon as possible, I would rather not give up. Banquet, no wedding!" Cao Bao said.

(End of this chapter)