At the same time, in Xuzhou.
The Cao army was like a hot knife through butter, taking down five cities in a row and expelling Tao Qian to Tancheng of Donghai County.
Tao Qian's generals Cao Bao and Liu Bei were stationed in the east of Tancheng, trying to intercept Cao Cao's army with Tancheng.
However, in Cao Cao's eyes, this weak force was not a threat at all.
Cao Cao's army defeated Cao Bao and Liu Bei's army, captured Xiangben, won successive battles, and captured Fei County, Hua County, Jimo and Kaiyang.
Tancheng had become an isolated city!
As long as he took down Tancheng and killed Tao Qian, Cao Cao would win this battle!
Commander's tent.
He had thin eyes, a long beard, and was seven feet tall.
Cao Cao was wearing chainmail armor, and his messy hair had not been cleaned for a long time, but his eyes were filled with joy.
Commander of the tent.
On the left were the military strategists, Xi Zhicai, and a few core civil officials.
On the right were the generals who had gone out with the army: Dian Wei, Yu Jin, Yue Jin, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and the others.
Tao Qian was left with only a lone city. Whether it was Cao Cao or the generals and generals, they could not hide the joy in their hearts.
As long as they fought, they would be able to take down Tancheng, and the three armies would celebrate!
"Surround the area and attack the reinforcements. We will first defeat Tao Qian's reinforcements and then return to Tancheng.”
"Zhicai should be the first to contribute to the plan of this battle!”
Cao Cao praised him generously.
When the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou invaded Yanzhou, Xun Yu recommended him to Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao established himself in East County, Li Mu started to live in seclusion and was in love with Cai Wenji.
Cao Cao had no choice but to ask Xun Yu to recommend talents. Only then did a talented person enter Cao Cao's camp.
Xi Zhicai did not let Cao Cao down. He defeated the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, Yuan Shu in Kuangting, and Tao Qian in the Eastern Expedition. All of them had planned many good strategies for Cao Cao.
"My lord, you praise me too much. Compared to Li Mu, my plan still has many shortcomings.”Xi Zhicai was humble.
He had to be humble!
When Cao Cao established himself in East County, he had over a thousand soldiers under him, most of them newly recruited.
However, under Li Mu's plan, Cao Cao defeated the enemy with fewer people and won consecutively.
Moreover, every battle was a battle strategy formulated by Li Mu.
However, Xi Zhicai was different. Although he had made many plans to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, defeat Yuan Shu in Kuangting, and attack Tao Qian in the Eastern Expedition, Cao Cao did not adopt them all.
With Xun Yu's words," No one in the world can be better than Li Mu in terms of victory in front of two armies ", who would dare to claim credit and be arrogant?
"Zhicai, don't belittle yourself." Cao Cao laughed. Although Xianmou was talented, he would not come up with a plan unless he was on the verge of death. This military plan still had to rely on his ambition!”
"When Xianmou took the initiative to help me defeat the Black Mountain Army, I thought that it was because Xianmou admired my reputation. Later, I found out that the Black Mountain Army destroyed Xianmou's family business in Puyang and even wanted to snatch Xianmou's little wife.”
"If it wasn't for the Black Mountain Army, I'm guessing that Xianmou would be hiding in Puyang.”
Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt depressed.
Li Mu was talented, and very talented!
Especially when he won in front of the two armies, he constantly schemed and calculated.
However, Li Mu didn't want to get involved.
If he could lie flat, he wouldn't use his brain too much.
After Xun Yu recommended him, Li Mu even wrote a letter to Cao Cao, saying," He is good at strategizing in battle. He is ten times better than me and can be a military adviser."
Because of this sentence, Xi Zhicai had a high position as soon as he entered Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao didn't even give him a trial period and directly let Xi Zhicai be in charge of the tactical plan to break through the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
The result was obvious.
Not to mention anticipating the enemy, Xi Zhicai couldn't even deal with Cao Cao's proud soldiers.
In the end, it was Cao Cao who came forward to help Xi Zhicai stabilize the situation.
Cao Cao sometimes wondered if Li Mu was helping the actor or flattering him.
While chatting.
Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent.
A sweaty scout with three beast feathers on his back barged into the commander's tent.
Normally, scouts only had one feather.
Two beast feathers represented important military intelligence, while three represented important military intelligence, which involved life and death!
Seeing the scout with three feathers on his back, the expressions of the generals changed.
"My lord, urgent report from Yanzhou!"
The scout knelt on one knee, holding a special bamboo tube with both hands. He was sweating profusely and panting heavily.
Cao Cao suddenly stood up and said,"Hand it over!"”
Dian Wei stepped forward and handed the bamboo tube to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao swiftly took out the silk book from the bamboo tube and glanced at it. His face instantly turned pale.
"Zhang Mengzhuo, you really don't care about our past friendship.”
When Xi Zhicai saw this, he quickly went forward and asked,""My lord, what happened in Yanzhou?”
Cao Cao handed the silk book to Xi Zhicai and slammed his fist on the table in front of him."Zhang Miao and Chen Gong are welcoming Lu Bu into Yanzhou. The counties of Yanzhou are responding. If Yanzhou is lost, I will have no home to return to!”
What was the meaning of extreme joy begetting sorrow?
This was called extreme joy begets sorrow.
They were about to break into Tancheng and destroy Tao Qian, but in the end, Yanzhou's home was stolen!
"My lord," said Xiahou Yuan angrily,"I beg you to order me to lead the light cavalry back to Yanzhou and behead Zhang Miao and present his head to my tent.”
All of a sudden, the generals were furious and they all requested for orders.
The victory of breaking through Xuzhou was in sight, but now, because Zhang Miao and Chen Gong had stolen the house, they had failed on the verge of success.
After working hard for a few months, all the credit was gone, and his house was even stolen.
Their relatives might even be robbed and humiliated by the rebels.
Who wouldn't be angry?
Cao Cao was equally furious. If possible, he hoped to appear in Juancheng and attack Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to vent his anger.
However, the reality was that in the information sent by Xun Yu, almost all the counties in Yanzhou had rebelled.
Cao Cao was not thinking about beheading Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, but how to ensure that he could gain a foothold in Yanzhou.
"Zhicai, do you have a good plan?"
Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhi Cai. In this commander's tent, only Xi Zhi Cai could understand Cao Cao's true concerns.
(I wrote 50,000 words on the same day.)
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