Chapter 99 Liu Bei Retires Cao Cao
At the city of Xuzhou, Cao Cao and Tao Qian were still confronting each other. Although Cao Cao had only more than 20,000 people and was about to face a siege, Cao Cao's army was indeed a real elite and had seen veterans with blood.
The Xuzhou army had not conducted a decent drill for a long time. If it weren't for the number of soldiers and the solid city defense, Xuzhou would have changed hands as early as the first wave of siege.
Now, if Cao Cao launches another round of attack and reinforcements are not allowed to arrive for a long time, Xuzhou will be in danger of being captured. Although Xuzhou still has an advantage in the number of troops, the Xuzhou soldiers have been abandoned for too long.
Reinforcements, when will they come? Who can save me Xuzhou? Tao Qian sighed in despair.
Just as Tao Qian sighed and was about to throw the jar, the sound of horse hooves rumbling on the ground.
Cao Cao let the entire army enter the battle preparations. Cao Cao understood that at this critical moment, the one who could come to Xuzhou would definitely not be his own army. Since it was not his own army, it would not be a friendly army. After all, he could not stand the righteousness at this time.
The team stopped about three miles away from Cao's army. This army was an elite cavalry with about ten thousand people.
Tao Qian looked closely and found that this was Liu Bei's army, and it seemed that he was saved.
Duke Xuande saves me!
Don’t panic, the envoy of Tao, Liu Bei is here and Xuzhou, and there is no accident.
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he rushed forward and said, Brother Meng De, please listen to Bei's words. Now Your Highness sent Bei to come and said that it was an unintentional mistake with Brother Meng De and the envoy Tao. The main culprit was the bandit soldier Zhang. Your Highness advised Meng De not to commit murder and let the people of Xuzhou have a way out.
Cao Cao said, Xuande, your words are empty and unreasonable. Whether Your Highness has said it all comes from the mouth of your Liu Xuande. I have a grudge against Tao Qian to kill my father. You, Liu Bei, should you retreat quickly, otherwise, don’t blame me, Cao Mengde for showing mercy!
Cao Mengde, you acted in a rebellious way and harmed the people. God was angry and people were resentful. I, Liu Xuande, kindly advised you to turn back. If you never repent, then we will see the truth under our hands!
Where did I, Cao Mengde, come from! Cao Ning, lead my troops to charge!
Cao Mengde was so angry that he was a little confused because his father was dead. At this time, the enemy's reinforcements had arrived and were in full swing. It was not the best time to fight against the enemy at this time. What's more, his lair was not as stable as he imagined.
Liu Bei did not say nonsense and directly contacted Cao Cao. Liu Bei's subordinates Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun, so although Liu Bei had few soldiers, the morale of the soldiers and the quality of the generals were better than Cao's army.
After about an hour of confrontation, the two left thousands of corpses behind, Cao Cao's army was the first to withdraw from the battle circle.
After a round of war, Cao Cao realized that Liu Bei was really a difficult bone, so Cao Cao confronted Liu Bei and Tao Qian again.
Liu Bei said, Brother Meng De, I would like to advise you again, aren’t you still going to retreat? Are you really blinded by the obsession in your heart? You must know that Ren Zijian is a tiger and wolf man, so confident that your left-behind general can block Ren Zijian’s military attack? Brother Meng De, don’t mislead yourself. Besides, Envoy Tao also said that he was also very sad for your father’s death. Brother Meng De, don’t worry, I swear as the emperor’s uncle, Liu Xuande, will take Zhang Kai’s head and send it to Envoy Cao. Meng De, I advise you again to withdraw the army.
Cao Mengde sighed a long sigh, pondered for a while, and said slowly that the emperor's uncle had said this to this point, and he was also carrying the will of His Highness. What reason do I, Cao Mengde, do you have to not withdraw the army?
The entire army retreated! With Cao Cao waved his horse whip, the remaining 20,000 Cao troops took Cao Cao as an arrow and left in the direction of Yanzhou.
After persuading Cao's army to retreat, Tao Qian hurriedly welcomed Liu Bei into Xuzhou City. Tao Qian stepped forward and held Liu Bei's hand tightly, and said affectionately, Tao Gongzu, thank Your Highness, thank Duke Xuande for his life! After that, Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei and bowed to him.
Liu Bei quickly supported Tao Qian and said, "The envoy is serious." Bei was borne by the emperor's order and came to rescue Xuzhou. His highness was so wise that Bei did not dare to take credit. Moreover, Bei was the emperor's uncle, and Bei couldn't bear to look at the common people of the Han Dynasty in this disaster. After saying that, Liu Bei choked up a little.
Tao Qian was deeply moved, Tao, the envoy is truly benevolent and righteous. I, Tao Gongzu, are a very old man. I am a little helpless in governing this Xuzhou. Now I, Tao Gongzu, am the last time I am in charge of the envoy as the master. I hope the envoy will tell Your Highness that I, Tao Gongzu, would like to follow His Highness to the leader.
Liu Bei said that the envoy's loyalty to the emperor and loving the people can be seen by heaven and earth. Liu Bei decided to tell His Highness the original intention of the envoy's intention.
Not to mention that Liu Bei and Tao Qian were all happy, let’s talk about Cao Cao who returned to the army. Cao Cao had retreated not yet thirty miles, and only one Cao army scout rushed over.
Lord, something big is wrong. Ren Yi's thief incited the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Ren Yi's thief's iron cavalry and the Yellow Turban thief are mutually supportive, and the troops are unstoppable. Now the thief army has already stepped down from the counties and counties around Yanzhou and is attacking the last barrier of Yanzhou, Chenliu County, and Lord Guo Ziyi can't stand it anymore!
What did you say? Cao Cao was shocked and angry. Hurry up, the whole army was running non-stop, and rushed back to Chenliu! Guo Ziyi, you must resist. Your commander's talent is not inferior to me, Cao Mengde, you can definitely do it. Cao Cao kept thinking in his heart.
When changing the perspective to Ren Yi. On the fifth day when Cao Cao led his troops to attack Xuzhou, Ren Yi received a scout about Cao Cao's movements. The above said, General, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Xuzhou today. His subordinates estimated that it would take about five days to send troops when this letter came to the general. At that time, it would be a good time for the general to send troops.
Ren Yi gathered the generals together. After some discussion, everyone thought that troops should be sent to occupy Yanzhou. Ren Yi made a quick decision, with Ren Cunxiao as the main general, Zhao Kuo as the deputy general, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao and others as side generals, and ignited 60,000 cavalry and directly raided Yanzhou.
At the same time, Ren Yi gave Ren Cunxiao and Zhao Kuo the Yellow Turban Token, which will facilitate contact with the local Yellow Turban Army.
Yanzhou and Sizhou are bordering. While Ren Yi raised his troops, he released the carrier pigeons and released a large number of Yellow Turban scouts who reported the news.
Therefore, as soon as Ren Yi's cavalry arrived, he found that the border defense in Yanzhou was not solid. Due to the large-scale unrest of the Yellow Turban Army in the territory, a large part of the border defense forces had to resist a large number of Yellow Turban Army that could break through the city at any time.
This gave the Northern Metro Cavalry great convenience. Basically, the Iron Cavalry can take down a county in Yanzhou with one charge. If a county is taken away, the Yellow Turban forces under Ren Yi will come to take over. Therefore, the Iron Cavalry of Ren Yi's army can kill the generals and seize the flags in an invincible way without encountering the resistance she yearned for. About six or seven days later, the Northern Army fought at the city of Chenliu. At this time, there were still two days before Cao Cao arrived in Xuzhou.
Chapter completed!