Juancheng.
The scouts of Xuzhou reported that Tao Qian had abdicated the position of governor of Xuzhou to Xu Xiao, the county magistrate of Pei County, three days ago, and had sent someone to the emperor.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he was furious."I haven't taken revenge yet, and this Tao Qian actually dares to give Tao Qian to someone else? A mere Pei County Magistrate dared to oversee Xu Prefecture? We will attack Xu Prefecture!"
Cao Cao was furious!
Attacking Xuzhou had cost them a lot of money and food, and Yanzhou had been stolen by Lu Bu.
He was busy, and all of it was for someone else.
How could Cao Cao not be furious?
Xun Yu saw this and remonstrated,"My lord, please calm down! In the past, Gaozu was in Guanzhong and Guangwu was entrenched in Hanoi. They were both deeply rooted to balance the world. Advancing was enough to defeat the enemy, retreating was enough to hold on. Therefore, although Gaozu and Guangwu had temporary difficulties, they eventually succeeded in pacifying the world!”
"Ming Gong is in Yanzhou, the Yellow River, and the Jishui area. They are all dangerous places in the world, comparable to Guanzhong and Hanoi.”
"If we take Xu Prefecture now and leave more soldiers in Yanzhou, we won't have enough troops to attack Xu Prefecture. However, if there were too few soldiers left, Lu Bu would definitely attack Yanzhou again!”
"Ming Gong abandoning Yanzhou and attacking Xuzhou is abandoning the big for the small, abandoning the root for the end, exchanging safety for danger.”
Seeing Xun Yu's persuasion, Cao Cao's anger dissipated by half.
After a long time, Cao Cao sighed,"Wen Ruo, our army is short of food. It is not a good idea to keep defending this place!"”
Xun Yu remonstrated,"Ming Gong, the matter of grain and fodder is not difficult to resolve! In the Yingchuan area of Runan, the remnants of the Yellow Turban, He Yi, Huang Shao, and the others, plundered the prefectures and robbed a lot of grain, silver, and gold. These bandits were easy to break. The Imperial Court will be happy, the people will be happy, and your reputation will spread throughout Yuzhou!”
Cao Cao was overjoyed." As expected of Wen Ruo. With this, our army will not be short of food and fodder. Once we defeat the Yellow Turban, we will return to Puyang and defeat Lu Bu!"”
"Wise Duke!" Xun Yu praised.
After solving the problem of the lack of rations, Cao Cao's mood began to improve. He no longer treated the matter of Xu Xiao being appointed as the governor of Xu Prefecture emotionally.
"Wenruo, Fengxiao, do you have any impression of this Xiao Pei and Xu Xiao?”
"Previously, the scouts reported that Tao Qian had given Xu Prefecture to Liu Bei. Now, a nameless person has taken over as the governor of Xu Prefecture?”
Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia.
When Cao Cao went to Xuzhou, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu stayed in Juancheng, so they did not know much about Xiao Pei and Xu Xiao.
Guo Jia drank his wine and smiled." Have you forgotten, Ming Gong? During the Eastern Expedition to Xuzhou, General Yuan Rang passed by Xiaopei. This man opened the city gates to offer food and prevented a war in Xiaopei! Moreover, this person had asked General Yuan Rang to send a message to Ming Gong, advising him to reduce the killing and not to plunder the people along the way.”
"I remember now!" Cao Cao frowned. So it's this madman!"
At that time, Cao Cao was furious and ordered Xiahou Dun to be the vanguard. As long as the cities along the way were stubborn, they would be massacred and robbed.
Xiahou Dun passed by Xiaopei. Xu Xiao did not have an elite cavalry like the Snow Dragon Cavalry at that time, so it was difficult for him to compete with Xiahou Dun. Hence, he had prepared a large amount of rations thirty miles outside Xiaopei City in advance to reward Xiahou Dun!
When Xiahou Dun saw the provisions, he was too embarrassed to rob Xiao Pei again, so he bypassed Xiao Pei.
At that time, Xu Xiao had high hopes for Cao Cao, hoping to persuade him.
However, Cao Cao refuted him with the word 'fanatic'!
If it wasn't for Little Pei opening the city to offer food, they would still be slaughtered and robbed!
Guo Jia sighed slightly." Ming Gong, although this person is arrogant, he is also very capable. My lord, do you know why Liu Bei left Xuzhou?"”
"I'm also very confused about this matter. Is there any news from Xuzhou?" Cao Cao asked curiously.”
"I was just about to report this matter to Ming Gong!" Guo Jia nodded. I've already had my scouts confirm that Liu Bei was defeated by Xu Xiao and fled Xu Prefecture in a sorry state! Furthermore, Liu Bei's sworn brother, Zhang Fei, had been killed by Xu Xiao!”
What was that?
Cao Cao was shocked,"Liu Bei was defeated and even Zhang Fei was killed?" How is this possible?"
In front of the water pass, Guan Yu killed Hua Xiong with warm wine.
In front of Hulao Pass, Liu Guan and Zhang Sanying fought against Lu Bu.
Cao Cao had witnessed all of this.
Regarding Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's bravery, Cao Cao was both in love and admiration.
If not for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's loyalty to Liu Bei, Cao Cao would have already raised his hoe.
But now.
Liu Bei was defeated by Xu Xiao and even Zhang Fei was killed!
What was ridiculous was…
When they attacked Xu Prefecture previously, Xiao Pei did not have a single soldier to resist!
Not only did he not resist, he even sent Xiahou Dun a large amount of rations!
But now, Guo Jia was saying that Liu Bei was defeated by Xu Xiao?
This was ridiculous!
It was unbelievable!
"To be honest, when I first received this news, I was also very surprised. That's why I sent people to Xiao Pei many times to confirm the authenticity of the news.”
Guo Jia paused for a moment, and her tone became serious.
"That Xu Xiao hid 800 cavalrymen at some point in time. They are known as the 800 Snow Dragon Cavalrymen, and 800 of them broke through 3,000 without a single casualty!”
Cao Cao stood up in shock.
"This is impossible!"
"Not to mention that Xu Prefecture has very few cavalry to begin with. Eight hundred to three thousand, how can there not be a single casualty!”
"Even in a chaotic army, that Guan Yu could easily kill a few cavalrymen!”
"That's why I'm so surprised, Duke Ming!" Guo Jia shook his head. However, this was the truth. Some of Liu Bei's defeated soldiers had once said that the cavalry was extremely valiant and no one could stop them. If it wasn't for Guan Yu's timely protection, Liu Bei would have been killed by an ordinary cavalry in one exchange!”
Cao Cao fell silent.
Although Liu Bei's martial strength was not comparable to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he could not be underestimated.
He was much stronger than Fang Yue and Mu Shun.
After all.
If their martial strength was too low, they wouldn't dare to fight Lu Bu!
However…
Even with Liu Bei's strength, he couldn't defeat an ordinary cavalry?
This was even more ridiculous than when he heard Liu Sandao say that he could chop Lu Bu with his saber!
After a long time.
Cao Cao's tone became serious," That Xu Xiao, since he has such elite cavalry, why did he open the city to offer food?"”
Guo Jia smiled but didn't say anything.
Suddenly.
Cao Cao came to a realization,"Could it be that Xu Xiao had the intention to join me, so he was unwilling to fight?"”
He thought of Xu Xiao opening the city to offer food and asking Xiahou Dun to persuade him to reduce the killing and not to plunder the people along the way.
Cao Cao instantly understood!
This Xu Xiao must have been prepared to serve back then!
Guo Jia sighed,"Ming Gong, this is the only reason why Xu Xiao had such brave cavalry but didn't go against Ming Gong!" Now that Xu Xiao had succeeded as the governor of Xu Prefecture, he would definitely become a great enemy of Ming Gong!”
Cao Cao naturally understood what Guo Jia meant.
Back then, Xu Xiao had advised Cao Cao to reduce the number of killings, but he had been refuted as a madman. He must have felt hatred in his heart.
Just like Chen Gong, who failed to persuade him, he turned around and gathered Lu Bu to steal Cao Cao's Yanzhou!
Cao Cao was stunned.
I, missed another Chen Gongtai?
Did I miss out on a great talent?
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