A biao cavalry appeared in Linyi County, led by a general sent by Tao Qian.

He looked at the brightly lit position in front of him, and remembered the message that Tao Qian asked him to bring: Try to capture him alive, if you really can't be captured alive, don't be merciful, kill directly.

Through Tao Qian's order, it can be seen how much resentment he has against Cao Cao.

"Cao Song, who has been an official for many years, because of his power and profit, I don't know how many people's fat and ointment have been looted, which makes the Cao family rich."

"If it weren't for Cao Song relying on money to go up and down and bribe Zhang Rang and others, how would Cao Mengde have a smooth career in office?"

The confidant generals sent by Tao Qian had the same thoughts as Tao Qian, and they all looked down on Cao Cao's family, thinking that they were a party of eunuchs.

In fact, not only Tao Qian, but also many scholars disagreed with Cao Cao because of his background. Yanzhou celebrity Bian Rang, it is because of this that he has brought death to himself.

"The Cao family has a huge fortune, and the wealth is rivaled by the country. If you kill Cao Song today, you will definitely be able to get a lot of money. ”

Thinking of this, the general under Tao Qian's account suddenly became extremely excited.

At this time, he didn't care about Tao Qian's order to capture Cao Song alive as much as possible. He raised the spear in his hand and shouted, "Kill!" ”

But it was said that when Cao Song heard the sound of horses' hooves, he thought it was the troops that should be answered, what do you say?

It turned out that there was a lack of war horses in Xuzhou, and there was no organized cavalry in the entire Langya country. On the contrary, Yanzhou went out of the army, and Cao Cao also had a cavalry under him.

Cao Song heard the sound of horses' hooves, and felt that there were at least a thousand cavalry behind. It happened that this place was at the junction with Taishan County, and Cao Song also sent someone to inform Ying Shao in advance.

Therefore, Cao Song thought that this was the cavalry sent by Ying Shao to meet them.

He sent his son Cao De out to meet Ying Shao's army. But he didn't want to, Cao De just walked to the door and was killed by the Xuzhou army who rushed in.

When Cao Song heard the shouts of killing, he was terrified, knowing that this was a chasing soldier sent by Tao Qian.

Cao Song was able to rank as the third prince before, although he was an official who spent money to buy, but he can also see his courage. Therefore, he is not a stupid person.

When he was in Langya, he already knew that he was under house arrest by Tao Qian in disguise and taken as a hostage.

He also knew that if he didn't run away, he wouldn't have to worry about his life; If he escapes and is caught by Tao Qian again, he will definitely live and die.

Thinking of this, Cao Song shouted to the house slaves and the dead soldiers, and went to block the Xuzhou soldiers.

He himself ran to the back of the courtyard with his concubine, trying to escape over the wall. Cao Song loves his concubine very much, so he let his concubine climb over the wall first, but the concubine is obese and can't turn over.

Cao Song didn't want to leave his concubine, so he hid in the toilet with his concubine.

After the Xuzhou army killed Cao Song's house slaves and dead soldiers, they sent people to search for Cao Song, and after finding two people in the toilet, they killed them all.

The Xuzhou army had just finished killing Cao Song and others, and suddenly heard shouts outside, but it was Ying Shao who came to meet Cao Song with soldiers and horses.

When the general saw this, he was horrified, and he didn't care about taking Cao Song's belongings, so he fled directly with the corporal in a hurry.

Cao Song came down all the way, with a lot of domestic slaves, as well as the dead soldiers sent by Cao Cao. Together, these people will definitely not be too weak.

If Cao Song could surround the cart loaded with goods into a barrier to resist the cavalry's charge, he would not necessarily be killed by the Xuzhou cavalry so quickly.

In that case, he can wait for Ying Shao and lead his troops to the rescue.

However, it was precisely because of Cao Song's misjudgment that the whole family was killed.

Ying Shao came with soldiers and horses, and after finding out that Cao Song was dead, he knew that he had failed in his duties. Fearing Cao Cao's punishment, he disbanded the army and abandoned his official position overnight to defect to Yuan Shao.

Bingzhou, Jinyang City, Chen Xu listened carefully to Li Ru read the battle report to him.

"Xuzhou Mu Taoqian killed Cao Mengde's father, fearing that Cao Mengde would retaliate, and led his army to attack Rencheng in southern Yanzhou. In a hurry, Cao Cao personally led a large army to conquer Tao Qian, broke it, and conquered more than ten cities in Xuzhou one after another. ”

Later, due to the lack of food and grass, Cao Mengde withdrew from the army. The first battle of Cao Tao came to an end for the time being. ”

Not long after the outbreak of the Battle of Cao Tao, Liu Yu of Youzhou led 100,000 horses and horses to attack Gongsun Zhan. Before leaving, he engaged in Cheng Xu's dissuasion and was beheaded by Liu Yu. ”

After receiving the news, Gongsun Chan was shocked and wanted to escape. But he didn't want to, Liu Yu's corporal was not good at fighting, and he couldn't attack the city under Gongsun Zhan's command repeatedly. ”

After Gongsun Chan stabilized his mind, he gathered hundreds of elite warriors, looking for a good opportunity to set fire to the wind and take advantage of the situation to raid. Liu Yu was defeated and fled north to Juyong County. ”

"Gongsun Zhan pursued Liu Yu, and the city fell on three days, captured Liu Yu, and killed him."

Chen Xu and the others were all embarrassed when they heard Liu Yu's fate.

Liu Yu is a capable official in governing the country, but he is vulnerable when he fights. The 100,000-strong army was broken by a few hundred people of Gongsun Zhan, which is really incredible.

Chen Gong stepped forward and said: "Lord, Cao Cao killed the virtuous and virtuous in vain, causing the Yanzhou officials to deviate from morality. Now, he has a bad relationship with Tao Gongzu in Xuzhou and Yuan Highway in Yangzhou. ”

"If the lord and father-in-law raise a large army, attack Yanzhou in the east. I am willing to act as a lobbyist, with a three-inch tongue, I can say that Tao Qian and Yuan Shu will join forces to attack Cao, and the officials of all counties in Yanzhou will definitely rebel one after another. ”

"At that time, Yanzhou Cao Cao will be captured by the lord!"

Chen Gong had a very close relationship with Bian Rang, and after he heard the news that Cao Cao had killed Bian Rang, he immediately hated Cao Cao.

Fortunately, he did not abandon his personal interests for official reasons, so he persuaded Chen Xu to send troops to attack Yanzhou at that time. It was only when Tao Qian attacked Cao Cao that he persuaded Chen Xu to take the opportunity to send troops to Dongjun.

However, the results were still discussed on the side of the state, and the news of Tao Qian's defeat had already come. In desperation, the attack on Yanzhou died in this way.

Chen Gong did not give up, and had to put Cao Cao to death. That's what I offered, the plan above.

After Chen Xu heard Chen Gong's words, his heart was moved. Others don't know Cao Cao's horror, but Chen Xu, who comes from later generations, how can he not know?

If you can take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate Cao Cao in one fell swoop, you will definitely be able to get rid of a big trouble.

What's more, Dongjun is the hometown of Chen Xu, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, and Wang Yan, and it would be a great pleasure to be able to bring Dongjun under his command.

"No!"

Tian Feng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The strategy of merging states is to first cultivate and recuperate, and then serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and take over the world according to Guanzhong. ”

"Although Yanzhou is rich, it is the land of four wars. If the lord captures Yanzhou, he will inevitably become a thorn in the side of Yuan Benchu of Jizhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, and Yuan Highway of Yangzhou. ”

"At that time, if we give up Yanzhou, the money and food we consume for this dispatch will be meaningless."

"If you insist on stationing heavy troops in Yanzhou, Yanzhou will definitely be in war in the future. If you want to spare your spare strength to win the pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky. ”

Li Ru also nodded and said: "The words of the public platform are very good! Now that the lord has formed an alliance with Yuan Benchu, wouldn't it be treacherous to rashly attack Yuan Benchu's henchmen? ”

"Besides, now Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Bogui are in truce. Even if we and the others jointly attack Cao, Yuan Benchu will be able to draw troops to support. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Jia Xu a few times, and stopped talking a little.

Chen Xu followed Li Ru's gaze and saw Jia Xu who was squinting, his heart moved, and asked, "What is Wen He's opinion on this matter?" ”

Jia Xu seemed to have just woken up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes a little worried, and said: "The lord has captured Hanoi County and Henan Yin, and he has already had a grudge with Li Dao and Guo Yan. ”

"I abandoned the Xiliang Army and came to join the lord, which brought some trouble to the lord. If the lord led his troops to attack Cao Mengde, the Xiliang army might not sit quietly in Chang'an City. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu closed his mouth again.

When Chen Xu heard this, he was shocked.

Jia Xu is right, Xiliangjun may have hated Chen Xu to the bone now. If the state attacked Cao Cao in vain, Li Dao and others were likely to take advantage of the fire to rob.

In fact, after Tian Feng finished speaking, Chen Xu had already extinguished his intention to attack Cao Cao.

As Tian Feng said, the strategy of merging states is to take advantage of Guanzhong, and attack Liangzhou. Then he occupied the land of the four states of Bingzhou, Sili, Yizhou, and Liangzhou, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

If you rashly attack Yanzhou, let's not talk about whether you can get the land of Yanzhou. Even if you can occupy some territory, you will definitely drag the entire annexed state into the quagmire of war.

War not only consumes money and food, but also causes hundreds of people to be robbed and soldiers to die.

At that time, the annexation of the state did not necessarily have the spare strength to continue to attack the division in order to achieve the strategic goal of merging the state.

Chen Gongnai is a smart man, and at first, he was just blinded by hatred. After hearing the words of Tian Feng and the others, he stood on the spot, without saying a word, and his face was a little depressed.

After a while, he said to Chen Xu: "Lord, I didn't think about it." ”

After saying this, Chen Gong's whole person seemed to have collapsed. He made a gesture to Chen Xu, and left the state pastoral mansion in a bit of despair.

Chen Xu looked at Chen Gong's bleak back, and his heart was a little complicated.

How can Chen Xu not know about Chen Gong's mood? The relationship between Bian Rang and Chen Gong is like the relationship between Qiao Xuan and Chen Xu, and even surpasses.

After all, Chen Xu didn't study with Qiao Xuan for long. But Bian Rang's guidance to Chen Gong was protracted. It can be said that if there is no promotion of Bian Rang, there will be no current Chen Palace.

Chen Xu also wanted to eliminate Cao Cao, but the actual situation of the current state did not allow him to do so. It is impossible for him to ignore the overall situation of the state for the sake of Chen Gong's personal vendetta.

In the final analysis, the current Bingzhou is still accumulating strength, preparing to capture Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and implement the great blueprint outlined by a few strategists for the Bingzhou.

Although Chen Xu is the lord of a state, he can't do what he wants.