After a day and a night, Tao Qian slowly woke up under the medical officer's treatment. However, he also had to face the news of Xiaopei and Xiapi's decline.
Xiaopei was gone, and Xiapi was not far away.
"How did this happen?"
"That, that Xu Zhen…who is he?”
When Tao Qian asked this question, Cao Bao, Chen Deng, and the others in front of him did not know at all.
Other than the two of them, there was a wealthy scholar named Sun Qian. He was extremely rich in Xuzhou and was famous for his generosity.
He had helped many refugees in the village, so he had a very high reputation among the commoners.
So Tao Qian recruited him to engage in.
Originally, he didn't say anything, but Sun Qian, who had always liked to visit teachers and friends and inquire about the world's situation, happened to know.
"My lord, I know a thing or two about this man."”
" You, you tell me." Tao Qian waved his hand, gesturing for Sun Qian to come closer.
"Xu Zhen did do something last year that shocked Yanzhou.”
"The remnants of the Yellow Turban army from Qingxu entered Yanzhou to cause chaos. They fought with Cao Cao in Shouzhang and other places and killed Bao Xin.”
"After that, the Cao army became dispirited and didn't dare to fight. This person ambushed the Poison Lord's camp and killed him with a single strike. After that, Cao Cao's army fought and their morale rose greatly. They fought for a day and night and defeated the Yellow Turban Moth bandits. Only then did they have 300,000 surrendered soldiers and a million people.”
It was not that Xu Zhen's name was not resounding, but the speed at which it spread in this era was really touching.
If the traveling merchants didn't stop, they would have to walk slowly for half a year from south to north.
Moreover, they wouldn't deliberately spread their reputation. As for the dukes, they would only secretly scout for information.
The information was as short as possible, so many things could not be spread immediately.
However, Sun Qian understood it quite well. When he heard Xu Zhen's name, he could not help but say something with an interesting expression.
" However," Sun Qian smiled bitterly," This person has made great contributions, but for some reason, he has never been promoted. He is only a lieutenant in Cao Cao's army.”
Tao Qian sighed deeply," Could it be that Cao Cao has so many generals under his command that he can't be ranked…"
"How many soldiers do we have now?"
Tao Qian asked weakly.
Cao Bao's expression turned cold." Thirty thousand. There are at least thirty thousand Elixir Yang Soldiers."”
"Cao Bao sent out his troops and Chen Deng drafted a document to announce to the world that Cao Cao intended to invade my Xu Prefecture in the name of suppressing the bandits.”
"Here, I'll do it now!"
After Chen Deng received the order, he immediately turned around and left. Cao Bao waited for him to leave before coming forward and whispering to Tao Qian,"The gentry should send out people who are slaves, while the commoners should send out money to reward the army. Only after a great victory can Xuzhou be protected.”
" That's right." Tao Qian nodded." Send the troops first, and Gongyou will think of a way later."”
Sun Qian heard this but didn't say anything.
Actually, he was not happy about it.
Every time they sent troops or defeated bandits, it would be like this.
Cao Bao led Danyang soldiers to send troops to eliminate thieves. Every time there were casualties, the scholars would fill the slaves into the camp, train new soldiers and supplement the soldiers.
As for the plebeian tycoons, they were Sun Qian and Mi Zhu. Each of them represented the two tycoons of Xu Prefecture and provided them with money and grain.
Each had their own merits, but they also restrained each other, thus balancing the factions in Xu Prefecture.
This was how Tao Qian had maintained the stability of Xu Prefecture for many years. Although there were bandits, everyone supported Tao Qian.
He was a very powerful figure.
Tao Qian stood up and looked at Sun Qian seriously.""Don't feel reluctant. If I say so, Cao Cao will definitely have no reason to fight. The people of Xu Prefecture will naturally support us and resist Cao Cao's army.”
"This autumn, Cao Cao will definitely retreat."
"Understood, my lord." Sun Qian bowed deeply and turned to leave.
……
At this moment, in Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao marched for three days and stationed his army in Xiaopei. The first thing he did after arriving at the city was to go to the government office and call Xu Zhen, Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren.
The four of them stood on their left and right, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan on the left, Xu Zhen and Dian Wei on the right.
" Tell me, I've heard about it long ago." Cao Cao smacked his lips, his thick beard moving a few times." You guys fought over whether or not to rob."”
"What is the reason?"
Cao Cao looked at Xu Zhen." Why don't you allow the army to plunder?"”
"How do you suppress the resentment of the soldiers?”
"Moreover, you are not the commander, how can you overstep your authority and forcefully do such a disobedient thing?”
" Yi Feng," Cao Cao's face was ashen and he was extremely furious. His voice was deep and deep as he slowly said,""Do you know that this is also a violation of military rules?”
"You have repeatedly violated the military rules. Even the greatest contribution cannot protect you. If you don't give an explanation today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.”
It was mainly because Cao Cao was confused…
If Xu Zhen was the first one to rush in and snatch it after entering the city, he wouldn't be surprised at all.
This kid liked to eat more and occupy more.
No mercy.
Especially since this Xiao Pei had just been taken over by the rebel army of Que Xuan. Did they need to show mercy to the families of these rebel soldiers?
It was already good enough that he did not slaughter the city to show his determination to face the Han Dynasty.
Xun Yu also looked at Xu Zhen expectantly.
If he didn't say it well, it would be difficult for him to help.
Xu Zhen suddenly laughed coldly." Que Xuan is plotting against the Emperor, and the people are already in a panic. If we don't rob them now, they will be grateful."”
"I don't know my lord's temper, but if it were me, I would have long regarded Xiaopei and Xiapi as my own cities. The people in my cities are my own people.”
"No one will snatch their own people, right?! Oh, no, Yu Du, Ge Bei, and Dong Zhuo were robbing their own people.”
"I knew that my lord was not such a person, so I stopped General Xia Hou. If my lord thinks I'm wrong, then I'll go feed the horses.”
Moreover, you probably don't know how badly you were scolded in your later life.
If it wasn't for the fact that there were too many Cao thieves in the future, there would probably only be those who really cursed the city thieves.
The biggest stain in his life was the two massacres in Xu Prefecture!
Although he vented his anger, he had set his prestige and made people tremble in fear.
However, it was also met with the desperate resistance of the people of Xuzhou, allowing Liu Bei to take advantage of it.
"Sun Wukong has even fed horses before. I don't care.”
"Who's Monkey Sun?"”
Xu Zhen smacked his lips. There was no way to explain this. I'll write it for you another day.
" Alright, alright." Cao Cao's serious face was filled with smiles when he heard this." Hehehe…"
Cao Cao pointed at Xu Zhen and said,""Well said!"
"As expected of my subordinate!"
"Xu Prefecture is my territory!”
"The people of Xu Prefecture are my people, Wen Ruo! Order the entire army to obey!"
" Yes." Xun Yu immediately bowed deeply.
Cao Cao straightened his back and said,"Every time we attack a city, open the granaries to release food and gather refugees!"”
"The people of Xu Prefecture are the people of the Great Han Dynasty. They are the people under my rule. They will not invade the city. The traitor Que Xuan has nothing to do with the people.”
"Go ahead."
Cao Cao raised his chin.
When Xun Yu raised his head again, he was already smiling. He stroked his beard and smiled with his hands behind his back."My lord is wise. In this way, Xuzhou will definitely be won.”
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