Chapter 13 The twelfth round of Tao Gongzu's three battles between Xuzhou Cao Mengde and Lu Bu

Cao Cao was in a hurry when a Biao army arrived from the south. Nai Xiahou Dun led the army to rescue and stopped Lu Bu to fight.At dusk, when it was raining heavily, they each led their troops to disperse.Cao returned to the stronghold, rewarded Dian Wei heavily, and made him the leader of the army. But he said that Lu Bu had come to the stronghold to discuss with Chen Gong.The palace said: "In Puyang City, there is a wealthy family named Tian, ​​with thousands of children. He is a rich family in a county; you can order someone to write a letter to Caozhai, saying that Marquis Lu Wen is cruel and heartless, and the people feel great resentment; now you want to move troops to Liyang. As long as Gao Shun is in the city, he can march overnight, and I will be the internal response.If you come, lure them into the city, set fire to the four gates, and set up ambushes outside.Although Cao Cao has the talent to know the world, how can he get rid of it here?Lü Bu followed his plan and secretly ordered the Tian family to send people to Caozhai.Cao Cao was hesitating because of his new defeat, when he suddenly reported the arrival of the Tian family and submitted a secret letter saying: Lu Bu used to go to Liyang, and the city was empty.All hope to come quickly, as an internal response.A white flag is planted on the city, and the characters of righteousness in big script are the secret code.Cao said with great joy: "Angel, I got Puyang!"Reward the visitor heavily, while packing up the soldiers.Liu Ye said: "Although Bu has no schemes, Chen Gong has many schemes."I'm afraid there is fraud in it, so I have to guard against it.If Duke Ming wants to go, he should divide the three armies into three teams: two teams will respond outside the city, and one team can enter the city.

Cao followed his words, divided the army into three teams, and came to the city of Puyang.Cao went to observe it first, and saw flags and streamers erected all over the city, and a white flag with the word "Yi" on the corner of the west gate, and he was secretly happy.It's the day's noon card, the city gate is opened, and two members will lead the army to fight: the front army Hou Cheng, and the rear army Gao Shun.Cao Shi sent Dian Wei to go out and take Hou Cheng directly.Hou Cheng couldn't resist the enemy, so he went back to Mawang city.When Wei rushed to the suspension bridge, Gao Shun couldn't stop him, and they all retreated into the city.Within a few days, some soldiers took advantage of the situation and came to see Cao. They said they were the envoys of the Tian family and presented a secret letter.Yue Yun: At the first watch tonight, when the gong is sounded in the city, the troops can enter.Someone should offer a door.Cao ordered Xiahou Dun to lead the army on the left, Cao Hong led the army to the right, and himself led the four generals Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Le Jin, and Dian Wei into the city.Li Dian said: "The lord is outside the city, let someone and others go into the city first."Cao shouted: "If I don't go, who will go forward!"So he led the troops straight in.The time is about to change at the beginning, and the moonlight is not yet up.Only the sound of blowing shells on the west gate was heard, and suddenly there was a shout, the torches on the gate were lit up, the city gate was opened wide, and the suspension bridge was lowered.Cao Cao scrambled to get in first.As far as the state government office, there is no one on the road.Knowing that it was a trick, he hurriedly called back his horse and shouted: "Retreat!"There was a bang in the state government office, and the four gates burst into flames; the golden drums rang together, and the shouts were like a river boiling over the sea.Zhang Liao was transferred out of the east alley, and Zang Ba was transferred out of the west alley.Cao walked to the north gate, turned out of Hao Meng and Cao Xing at Daobang, and killed for a while.Cao hurried to the south gate, but Gao Shun and Hou Cheng stopped him.Dian Wei glared and gritted his teeth, and rushed out.Gao Shun and Hou Cheng walked out of the city.Dian Wei went to the suspension bridge, but he didn't see Cao Cao when he turned around. He turned around and came back into the city, bumping into Li Dian under the door.Dian Wei asked: "Where is the lord?"Dian said: I can't find it either.Wei said: "You are urging the rescue army outside the city, and I will go in to find the lord."Li Dian went.Dian Wei went into the city, but couldn't find him; then he went out of the moat and bumped into Le Jin.Jin said: "Where is the master?"Wei said: I went back and forth twice, but I couldn't find it.Jin said: kill together and go to the Savior!When the two of them reached the gate, the wall of fire rolled down from the wall, Le Jin and his horse couldn't get in, but Dian Wei burst into smoke and burst into flames, and rushed in again, searching everywhere.

But when Cao Cao saw Dianwei go out, he was intercepted by people from all around, but he couldn't get out of the south gate. Then he turned to the north gate, and in the light of the fire, he saw Lu Bu coming towards him with his halberd and leaping horse.Cao covered his face with his hands, whipped the horse and passed.Lu Bu came from behind, patted his horse, struck Cao Cao's helmet with his halberd, and asked, "Where is Cao Cao?"Cao countered and said: "He is the one riding the yellow horse in front."When Lu Bu heard about it, he abandoned Cao Cao and rode his horse forward to give chase.Cao Cao turned his horse's head and walked towards the east gate, just in time with Dian Wei.Wei supported Cao Cao and killed a bloody road. When he reached the gate of the city, the flames were very strong, and firewood was pushed down under the city, and the ground was full of fire.Wei pushed aside with his halberd, and the flying horse came out first with smoke and fire.Cao Cao followed suit.When he got to the doorway, a beam of fire fell from the city gate, hitting the hindquarters of Cao Cao's war horse, and the horse fell to the ground.Cao pushed the joists to the ground with his hands, and his arms were bearded and haired, all of which were burned.Dian Wei came back to his horse to rescue him, and it happened that Xia Houyuan also arrived.The two rescued Cao Cao together and rushed out of the fire.Cao rides Yuanma, Dian Wei kills the road and walks.The scuffle continued until dawn, and the operator returned to the village.

All the generals bowed down to greet each other, Cao Cao looked up and smiled and said: "If I miss the common man's plan, I will repay it!"Guo Jia said: "Measures can be made quickly."Cao said: "Now I'm just going to count on the tricks: lie, I was burnt, and I'm dead."Bu will lead troops to attack.I am lying in ambush in Maling Mountain, waiting for the soldiers to attack them halfway across the crossing, and Bu Ke will capture them.Jia said: "It's really a good strategy!"So the sergeant was ordered to mourn and die, and to lie to death.Someone had come to Puyang to report to Lu Bu, saying that Cao Cao had burnt his limbs and died in the village.Bu Sui set up his army horses and rushed to Maling Mountain.When they were about to reach Caozhai, there was a sound of drums and ambushes everywhere.Lu Bu was able to escape in a deadly battle, and lost many troops; when he was defeated and returned to Puyang, he could not hold on.That year, locusts rose up suddenly and ate up all the rice.In the border of Kanto, there is one dendrobium per grain, fifty guan coins, and the people eat each other.Cao Cao was led back to Juancheng to live temporarily because his army was running out of food.Lu Bu also led his troops out of Tun Shanyang to eat.Therefore, the second office has the right to strike.

But Tao Qian was sixty-three years old when he was in Xuzhou, and he suddenly fell ill. He looked heavy and asked Mi Zhu and Chen Deng to discuss matters.Zhu said: "The reason why Cao Bing left was because Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou."Today, due to the famine of the year, the soldiers are stopped, and the coming spring will come again.The Fujun wanted to give way to Liu Xuande twice, but the Fujun was still strong at that time, so Xuande refused to accept it; now that he is seriously ill, he can just give Liu Xuande this face, and Xuande refuses to resign.Qian was overjoyed and sent someone to Xiaopei to ask Liu Xuande to discuss military affairs.Xuande Yinguan and Zhang took dozens of riders to Xuzhou, and Tao Qian taught him to come into the bedroom.Xuande asked Anbi, and said modestly: "Please Xuande Lord, it's nothing else: just because the old man is dying of illness, and it is difficult to protect him day and night; Wanwang Minggong takes pity on the Han family's city, and accepts the Xuzhou card seal, and the old man will die in peace!"Xuande said: "You have two sons, why don't you pass them on?"Qian said: "The eldest son Shang and the second son Ying are both unbearable."After the old man died, I still look forward to the teaching of Ming Gong not to let him be in charge of state affairs.Xuande said: "Be prepared for such a great task?"Modestly said: "One person can be a public assistant: he is from Beihai, surnamed Sun, given name Qian, and styled Gongyou."This person can be used to engage in.He also called Mi Zhu and said: Mr. Liu is an outstanding person in the world, and you should do good deeds.Xuande finally shied away, and Tao Qian died with his fingers.After all the troops mourned, they handed over the medals and seals to Xuande.Xuande firmly resigned.The next day, the people of Xuzhou crowded in front of the mansion, weeping and worshiping, saying: "If Liu Shijun does not lead this county, we will not be able to live in peace!"Guan and Zhang Ergong also persuaded again and again.Xuande Xu Quan led the affairs of Xuzhou; made sun Qian and Mi Zhu as assistants, and Chen Deng as the curtain officer; took all Xiaopei's army and horses into the city, and went out to comfort the people; at the same time, he arranged for funerals.Xuande and the sergeants, big and small, all paid filial piety and set up sacrifices.After the sacrifice, he was buried in the plain of the Yellow River.Tao Qian's legacy was presented to the imperial court.

Cao was in Juancheng, knowing that Tao Qian was dead, Liu Xuande led Xuzhou Mu, and said angrily: "I didn't report it, and you didn't spend half an arrow to sit in Xuzhou!"I will kill Liu Bei first, and then kill Qian Qian's body, to resent the former king!The order was passed on, and troops were sent to fight Xuzhou recently.Xun Yu came to remonstrate and said: In the past, the great ancestor protected Guanzhong, and Guangwu occupied Hanoi.Advancing is enough to defeat the enemy, retreating is enough to persevere, so although there are difficulties, it will eventually help the great cause.The Duke of the Ming Dynasty was the first to deal with Yanzhou, and He and Ji are important places in the world, which are also Guanzhong and Hanoi in the past.If we take Xuzhou today, if we keep more troops, it will not be enough, and if we keep less troops, Lv Bu will take advantage of the vandals. There is no Yanzhou.If Xuzhou is not allowed, where will the Ming Public Security Bureau go?Although Tao Qian is dead today, Liu Bei has guarded him.The people of Xuzhou, who have been prepared, will help prepare for a deadly battle.Minggong abandoned Yanzhou and took Xuzhou, which means abandoning the big and taking the small, going to the end and looking for the end, so as to be safe and easy to be dangerous: I hope to think about it.Cao said: "There is a shortage of food this year. It is not a good strategy for soldiers to sit here."Yu said: "It's better to take the Chen land to the east and send the army to eat; Runan, Yingchuan Yellow Turban Yudang He Yi, Huang Shao and others robbed the prefectures and counties, and they had a lot of gold, silk and food."Such thieves are easy to break.It is a matter of heaven to take the food from the broken ones to support the three armies. The court is happy and the people are happy.

Caoxi, following it, stayed at Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren to guard Juancheng and other places, and led troops to Chendi, followed by Ru and Ying.He Yi and Huang Shao of the Yellow Turban knew that Cao Bing was coming, and they led the crowd to meet them. They met at Yangshan Mountain.Although there were many thieves and soldiers at that time, they were all gangs of foxes and dogs, and there were no ranks.Cao ordered the strong bow and hard crossbow to shoot, and ordered Dianwei to go out.He Yi ordered the deputy marshal to fight, but Dian Wei stabbed him under his horse with a halberd.Cao led the crowd to take advantage of the momentum and rush past the village of Yangshan.The next day, Huang Shao led his troops here.At the circle of the formation, a general went out to fight on foot, with a yellow scarf on his head, a green jacket on his body, and an iron rod in his hand, shouting: "I am Jietian Yasha He Manye!"Who dares to fight with me?When Cao Hong saw this, he shouted loudly, dismounted from his horse, and stepped out with his knife in hand.Two times to fight in front of the formation, forty or fifty, the outcome is irrelevant.Cao Hong pretended to be defeated and left, and He Man came. Hong dragged his knife back to hack, turned around, hit He Man, and killed him again.Li Dian took advantage of the momentum and galloped straight into the bandits.Huang Shao was not as good as Di Bei, and was captured alive by Li Dian.Cao Bing concealed and killed the thieves, and took away countless gold, silk and food from them.He Yi was lonely, leading hundreds of horsemen to flee to Gebei.While walking, an army crashed out from behind the mountain.As the first strong man, he was eight feet long and ten girth around his waist; he held a big knife in his hand and blocked his way.He Yi held out her gun to meet her, but she only closed it, and was held alive by the strong man.The rest of the people were busy, they all got off their horses and were bound, and were driven into Gepiwu by the strong men.

But it is said that Dian Wei pursued He Yi to Gebei, and the strong men led the army to meet him.Dian Wei said: Are you also a Yellow Turban thief?The strong man said: "I captured hundreds of yellow turban riders in the dock!"Wei said: "Why don't you give it?"The strong man said: If you win the sword in your hand, I will give it to you!Wei was furious, and came forward to fight with his two halberds.From Chen to noon, the two will win or lose, and each will take a little rest.After a while, the strong man went out to fight again, and Dian Wei also went out.The battle lasted until dusk, each suspended due to lack of horses.Dian Wei's sergeants flew to report to Cao Cao.Fuck was shocked and hurriedly attracted all the future to see.The next day, the strong men went out to fight again.Seeing his majesty and majesty, Cao Cao was secretly happy, and paid Dian Wei, and today he will feign defeat.Wei led the battle; when the battle reached thirty, he was defeated and returned to the battle.The strong men rushed to the gate and shot back with their bows and crossbows.Cao hurriedly led the army back five miles, and secretly sent people to dig a pit and hide in the hook.The next day, Dianwei was ordered to lead more than a hundred riders out.The strong man laughed and said, "How dare a defeated general come back!"He rode his horse into battle.After a few battles, Dian Wei returned to his horse and walked away.The strong men only looked forward and rushed forward. They didn't pay attention to the embankment, even their men and horses fell into the pit and were bound by hooks to see Cao Cao.He lowered the tent and scolded the retreating sergeant, untied him personally, and hurriedly took his clothes, ordered him to sit down, and asked him his name.The strong man said: "I am from Qiao County, Qiao State: my surname is Xu, my first name is Chu, and my name is Zhongkang."To meet the bandits' rebellion, gather hundreds of people from the clan and build a strong wall in the dock to defend against it.One day when the bandits came, I ordered everyone to take more stones to prepare, and I personally flew stones to hit them, and the bandits retreated.Another day when the bandits arrived, there was no food in the docks, so they made peace with the bandits and agreed to trade cattle for rice.The rice had been delivered, and the thieves drove the oxen to the outside of the dock, and the oxen ran back and forth, but I held two oxtails with both hands, and walked backward for more than a hundred steps.The thief was frightened and did not dare to take the cow and leave: so keep it safe.Cao said, "I've heard the great name for a long time, are you still willing to surrender?"Chu said: "So what you want."Then hundreds of people from the clan were attracted to surrender.Cao Cao worshiped Xu Chu as the captain, and rewarded him generously.He Yi and Huang Shao were then beheaded.Ru and Ying Xiping.

Cao Cao's class teacher, Cao Ren and Xia Houdun received it, and said that he had made a detailed report recently: "Yanzhou Xue Lan and Li Feng's soldiers have all gone out to plunder.Cao then led the army to Yanzhou.Xue Lan and Li Feng were caught by surprise, so they had to lead their troops out of the city to fight.Xu Chu said: "I would like to take these two people as a gift of my opinion."Cao was overjoyed, so he ordered to fight, and Li Feng sent a halberd to meet him.After handing over the horse, Xu Chu beheaded and sealed Li under the horse.Xue Lan walked back to the formation, but Li Dian stopped him by the suspension bridge.Xue Lan didn't dare to go back to the city, so he led the army into Juye, but was rushed by Lu Qian's flying horse, shot an arrow under the horse, and the army collapsed.

When Cao Cao regained Yanzhou, Cheng Yu sent troops to take Puyang.Cao ordered Xu Chu and Dian Wei to be the vanguard, Xia Houdun and Xia Houyuan to be the left army, Li Dian and Le Jin to be the right army, Cao Cao himself to lead the central army, and Yu Jin and Lu Qian to be the rear.When the soldiers arrived in Puyang, Lu Bu wanted to go out to meet him himself, but Chen Gong advised him not to go out to fight.It can only be done after the meeting of the generals.Lu Bu said: Who am I afraid of?So he didn't listen to the palace's words, led his troops out of battle, and cursed with a halberd.Xu Chu then went out.Fight twenty together, end neither in victory nor defeat.Cao said, "Lü Bu cannot win alone."Then Dianwei was sent to assist the battle, and the two generals attacked.Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan on the left, and Li Dian and Le Jin on the right are all here, and the six will attack Lu Bu together.Bu Zhe couldn't stop him, so he pulled his horse back to the city.The Tian family in the city, seeing that Bu was defeated, urgently ordered people to pull up the suspension bridge.Bu yelled: Open the door!Tian said: "I have surrendered to General Cao."Bu cursed and led the army to Dingtao.Chen Gong hurriedly opened the east gate to protect Lu Bu's elders and children from leaving the city.Cao then won Puyang, and Tian's past crimes were forgiven.Liu Ye said: "Lü Bu is a fierce tiger, and he is tired today, so we must tolerate him."Cao ordered Liu Ye and others to guard Puyang, and led the army to Dingtao himself.At that time, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Zhang Chao were all in the city, while Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Hou Cheng patrolled the sea to collect food but did not return.When Cao Cao arrived at Dingtao, he led the army back forty miles to the village without fighting for days.When the wheat in Jijun was ripening, he ordered the army to cut the wheat for food.Report to Lu Bu carefully, and Bu leads the army to come.Approaching Caozhai, I saw lush forests on the left, fearing that some ambush soldiers would return.When Cao Cao knew that Bu Jun was going back, he said to the generals, "Bu suspects that there are ambushes in the forest, so you can plant more banners in the forest to suspect them."The long embankment in the west of the village has no water, and it can fully ambush the elite soldiers.Tomorrow Lu Bu will come to burn the forest, and after the army in the embankment is cut off, Bu can be captured.So fifty drummers were left to beat the drums in the village; men and women from the village were taken captive to shout in the village.There are many elite soldiers in the embankment.

But he said that Lu Bu had returned to Chen Gong.Gong said: "There are many tricks, don't underestimate the enemy."Bu said: "If I attack with fire, I can break the ambush."But Chen Gong and Gao Shun guarded the city.The next day Bu led the army, saw a flag in the forest, drove the troops forward, set fire on all sides, but there was no one there; he wanted to throw himself into the village, but heard the sound of drums.Just when he was in doubt, suddenly a Biao army came out from the back of the stronghold, and Lu Bu rushed over on horseback.At the sound of the sound, all the ambush soldiers in the embankment came out: Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Chu, Dianwei, Li Dian, and Lejin came to kill suddenly.Lu Bu was outnumbered, so he fled.Congjiang Chenglian was shot to death by Le Jin with an arrow.The cloth army stopped three times and went to the second stop, and the defeated soldiers returned to Chen Gong.Gong said: "It's hard to defend an empty city, so don't rush to it."So they and Gao Shun protected Lu Bu's family, and left Dingtao.Cao Cao killed the victorious soldiers into the city like splitting bamboo.Zhang Chao killed himself, and Zhang Miao went to Yuan Shu.All the land in Shandong was captured by Cao Cao.An Minxiu City is a no-brainer. But he said that Lu Bu was leaving, and all the generals would return when they met.Chen Gong has also been looking for it.Bu said: "Although our army is small, we can still defeat Cao."So he led the army again.It is exactly: the victory or defeat of a military strategist is a common thing, and it is unknown to come back again.I don't know how Lu Bu will win or lose, let's listen to the breakdown below. ① The straight line of latitude and longitude is called weft, and the interlacing of warp and latitude is called weaving.It is used here to describe a person with great talent, as if he can arrange the world. ② The snail shell can be used as a horn. ③ Three stops and three points.