After sobering up, Zhen Rong no longer thought about Xuzhou, but how to survive. Now that Cao Cao has torn his face, he has accepted Zang Ba and others. I think I also reached an agreement with Zhu Wenwu in Tancheng. Zhenrong hated it and regretted not being at the beginning. Why was he blind and lured Cao Cao, a jackal, to Xuzhou. It's good now, the times are changing, the enemy is strong and weak, and people are making it clear that they want to do it to themselves. At this fatal time, the backyard was also on fire.

Zhen Rong deeply doubted whether this Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had colluded. How could it be so coincidental? How did he know that Yuan Shu just didn't want Cao Cao to take advantage of it.

Zhen Rong was in the camp, jumped up and scolded Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and the ancestors of these two people were greeted by Zhen Rong for eighteen generations. I hate it. Bai sent Langya County to Cao Cao, and Bai sent 30,000 grains to Yuan Shu, but these two white-eyed wolves turned their faces and didn't recognize people.

Di Rong, who vented his hatred, cleaned up his mood, thought about it, and forcibly sent a messenger to Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao was very strange, and he also wanted to know, he had just cut off his head, and Zhen Rong dared to send someone, what did he want to do? So he received the messenger.

As a result, Cao Cao smiled, and it turned out that the messenger said that Zhen Rong wanted to surrender. Yes, Zhenrong wants to surrender. He didn't want to play anymore. He overestimated his strength and prestige, and felt that if he forcibly carried it again, sooner or later he would die without a place to bury. It's better to choose a thigh hug and save your life early.

Zhen Rong thought that he had so many parts and several other county territories, although he might not be able to defeat Cao Cao, but if he chose to surrender, Cao Cao would definitely accept himself happily. It turns out that Zhenrong is thinking too much again. After Cao Cao experienced the Yanzhou beating of his two brothers, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, he hated treachery the most. Moreover, after receiving the Rong, how to appease Zang Ba and Lu Zhu. You must know that the old department of Xuzhou hated Zhenrong to the core, and an important reason for tolerating his Cao Cao's intervention was to use Cao Cao's hand to destroy Zhenrong. If you just negotiated with Xuzhou here, you will accept the Rongrong again. Who knows what the reaction of Elk Zhu and others is, without the assistance of these local factions, they will not be able to sit still even if they forcibly get Xuzhou. The risk is huge. Otherwise, let's ask everyone's opinions before thinking about it.

So, Cao Cao did not kill the envoy this time, but left the envoy behind and asked him to wait for a while. With this hesitation, Cao Cao suffered a big loss.

When he was in the camp and heard the messenger's return, his mouth opened wide and he was stunned. This, how is this possible? It was repeatedly confirmed that Cao Cao did not show a warm welcome, but had to consult the opinions of all parties before making a decision. Then Zhenrong became angry, those people in Tancheng were eager to swallow themselves alive, would they still say good things about themselves in front of Cao Cao? Don't even think about it. Zhen Rong gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Cao Cao, you forced me." ”

So, he abandoned his baggage and led the army to flee back to Xiapi in the starry night. Cao Cao saw that the troops were retreating, so he didn't take it seriously, and only sent Cao Hong to lead the army to follow. Just don't let Zhen Rong run away. Then he took Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others into Tancheng to appease Lu Zhu and others.

Zhenrong rushed all the way to Xiapi, and the subordinates guarding Xiapi reported that Sun Jian had captured Xiaqiu and Xu County and was marching to Louting. I tried my best, but Sun Jian's department came too fiercely, and it came too suddenly, and he really couldn't stop it. Please also ask the Lord to atone for his sins.

Zhen Rong looked at the uneasy general, and thought, Sun Wentai recruited the yellow scarf, courted Dong Zhuo, and ruled the world. It's normal if you can't stop it, and it's strange if you block it. So the kind words comforted him and sent the generals away.

However, it was said that Sun Jian brought a trilogy and knocked down Pi from Peiguo. His original intention was to send troops from Xiaopei, directly defeat Pengcheng first, then go straight down from Pengcheng, and then defeat Pi. But thinking that Pengcheng is next to the East China Sea, as soon as he enters Pengcheng, he is afraid that Zhenrong and Cao Cao will know about it. When the time comes, Zhenrong and Cao Cao will unite to fight themselves, and then they will suffer. Thinking that Xiapi is the nest of Zhenrong, it has been in business for many years, and the treasury must be richer than Pengcheng, and Sun Jian, who has been a little poor recently, resolutely carried out Yuan Shu's order. Straight to Xiapi. When he entered Xiapi, he disguised himself again, deceived the army, and traveled day and night. When they arrived in the territory of Xiaqiu, no one in Xiapi knew that there was an enemy army with bad intentions in the territory.

Although Zhenrong fought in the East China Sea, Xiapi was peaceful. Sun Jian sent dozens of soldiers, pretending to be a business traveler, and even swaggered into Xiaqiu City like this. The soldiers came with the news that as long as you pay the gate tax, you will not be checked. What else did Sun Jian say, so he repeated this, and actually transported hundreds of soldiers to the city. During the night, a drum sounded, and fires broke out in the city, and the unprepared defenders were busy putting out the fires, and the city gates were lost. Sun Jian almost took Xia Qiu without blood.

Sun Jian occupied Xiaqiu, opened the treasury and looked, wow, he made a fortune. So he divided his troops to defend the pavilion in the north of Xiaqiu, and then sent troops to Xu County in the starry night. According to the gourd painting scoop, he got Xu County again. Sun Jian was planning to go down the Huaishui River, and after conquering Suiling, he would enter Guangling and join Yuan Shu. At this time, the spies came to report that Zhen Rong had returned to the teacher.

Sun Jian frowned, why did Xindao come back so quickly, and Zhenrong lost the East China Sea? If Cao Cao wins the East China Sea, then he will have to speed up and join Yuan Highway.

Chen Jibing entered Guangling, and he was also invincible along the way. The people of Guangling hated the killing of Zhao Yu by Zhenrong, although Yuan Shu's name was not right, and he forcibly occupied Yangzhou. But the name of the Runan Yuan clan is still several levels stronger than that of Zhenrong. So they took action, killed the officials appointed by Zhenrong, and dedicated the city to welcome Chen Ji.

He melted to Xiapi, took a little breath, and didn't dare to rest longer, so he immediately sent a messenger to see Sun Jian. When Sun Jian saw the visitor, he thought to himself that if Zhen Rong dared to send someone to accuse Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu would cut down the messenger with one sword.

The envoy saw that Sun Jian's sharp gaze only swept back and forth on his neck, and he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead, for fear that Sun Jian would drag himself out without giving him a chance to speak, so he immediately shouted at the top of his throat: "General Sun, great joy, great joy!" ”

Sun Jianzhang and Er King Kong were puzzled, wondering if this person was sick? But his face showed light doubts, oh, and asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

The envoy was ecstatic in his heart, afraid that you would not ask, so he said: "The master of my family heard that the general led the volunteers to come, and he was willing to lead the people to join the general, and entrusted the general with the three counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Guangling, and followed the general to save the people of Xuzhou from fire and water. ”

Sun Jian was completely stunned, is this Zhenrong brainbroken? Mentally abnormal? The envoy saw Sun Jian's face in disbelief, for fear that Sun Jian would think that his own lord was teasing him, and then be angry with himself. So without waiting for Sun Jian to ask, he told Sun Jian all the causes and consequences he knew, like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.

After listening to Sun Jian, he still felt like he was in a dream. In this way, Zhen Rong was afraid that Cao Cao would kill him, and then hated Cao Cao's lack of greed. So in a fit of anger, he chose to surrender to himself?

After thinking about it, Sun Jian felt that Zhenrong was credible. There is no other reason, think about it, if you change yourself and are sandwiched between Yanzhou and Yangzhou, you will definitely have to choose one side to hug your thighs. Since Yanzhou has little hope and it is difficult to save its life, it will become inevitable to throw itself into Yangzhou. That's the way to settle down and save your life. Otherwise, you really have to resist, and when the time comes, the first one to die will be Rongrong.

Now that Zhen Rong has made a choice, what are you waiting for. So Sun Jian sent people to report to Yuan Shu and Chen Ji. While returning to the army, I went down to see Zhenrong.

Zhen Rong saw Sun Jian, and looked grateful: "I have heard the general's name for a long time, and I have to see it today, and I have no hatred for the rest of my life." A certain was forced by a thief, but fortunately a general came to the rescue. The general is benevolent and righteous, Xuzhou is very fortunate, and the people are very fortunate. ”

Sun Jian didn't wait to see Zhen Rong anymore, and he didn't have to pretend to accompany him to say a few words and comfort him with his heart. For example, to ensure the safety of his life and property, and so on. As for the specific official arrangements, we have to wait for news from Yangzhou.

Zhen Rong was also very honorable, and after negotiating the conditions, he acted as the leading party for the second time, taking Sun Jian's troops to one county to receive one county, and one city to receive one city. Not long after, Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Guangling were all owned by Yangzhou.

Cao Cao received the news and was dumbfounded. Previously, he was in the East China Sea and Zhu Rong refused, and the two armies faced each other. Xiapi and Guangling are both in the rear, and it is difficult to transmit information, and they were deliberately concealed by the local snake of Zhenrong, because he did not know that Sun Jian and Yuan Shu had entered Xuzhou. Cao Cao didn't think about the possibility of Yuan Shu fighting for Xuzhou with him. But Yuan Shu Yangzhou has not yet sat firmly, and Liu Miao on the other side of the Jiujiang River is still eyeing it. And he took the lead of Langya, and when Yuan Shu reacted and wanted to grab Xuzhou with him, the dust had already decided that he had nothing to worry about. So he didn't take Yuan Shu to heart. Unexpectedly, Zhenrong, the dog thief, was so bold, and after a little hesitation, he turned around and cast Yuan Shu and seduced Yuan Shu in. Knowing this, it is better to allow Zhenrong first, and wait for the army to be collected, if everyone has any objections, then just find an excuse to cut it with a knife. It's better than the inexplicable heartache now.

Cao Cao thought to himself, benevolence, righteousness and morality kill people, don't learn Xuande in the future, pay too much attention to face, this time the loss is more than a star and a half. My heart hurts to death.

Later, sure enough, Cao Cao completely went to the road of utilitarianism. In terms of employing people, the first thing is to think about whether it is beneficial to oneself first. If it is beneficial, it will be done, and if it is not beneficial, it will stop.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he got Sun Jian's report. He also thought that he didn't know how long he would fight with Zhen Rong or Cao Cao this time. He also thought that if he could rob a county, he would be a county, and if he could rob a city, he would be a city, but it would not work, and he would just plunder the population and property back to Yangzhou. As long as Cao Cao can hurt his vitality and damage the fundamentals, he is willing to do it. Who would have thought that a big pie would fall on his head like this. Yuan Shu can wake up laughing in his dreams these few nights.

Without him, Guangling, Xiapi and Pengcheng were successful, which greatly supplemented the strategic depth of Yangzhou and Yuzhou. Take Sun Jian as an example, he is in Yuzhou, and Pei County will inevitably have heavy troops. Otherwise, the state of Lu, which is isolated in the encirclement of Yanzhou, will be at risk of being lost at any time, and from Pengcheng to wade upstream, it can enter Peiguo in minutes. Therefore, Pei County is a very important strategic support point. When Tao Qian was the assassin of Yuzhou in history, Liu Bei chose Bingtunpei County.

However, on the one hand, Sun Jian had to maintain his troops in Runan County to deal with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and on the other hand, he had to guard against Yanzhou and Xuzhou in Pei County in the north of Yuzhou, and the pressure was very great. Now as soon as the three counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Guangling are in hand, the situation will be different immediately. The well-developed water systems of Huaishui and Surabaya connect Peiguo, Pengchengguo, Xiapiguo and Guangling County together. When the time comes, whether it is defense or offense, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou will immediately live.