The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 58 What does the world he yearns for look like?
In mid-October, just after the frost, the weather turned cold.

Since Cao Cao's army raised the banner of righteousness to conquer Xuzhou, in just a few days, the entire Dongguan County in Xuzhou fell.

Cao Cao's army was divided into three groups and stationed in Dongguan, Linqu, Mengyin, and Dong'an counties.

The fall of the four counties made the whole of Xuzhou jittery.

In Xuzhou City at that time, Tao Qian dragged his seriously ill body, and forced himself to summon all the generals and subordinates in the county.

In the main hall, Tao Qian, who was strenuously supporting his figure, raised his eyes and looked quietly at the subordinates lying down.

"The four counties have been captured by Cao Cao, what should we do now?!"

Tao Qian's voice was a little hoarse, far from the loudness of the past, and there seemed to be a wave of old spirit in his voice.

On the left side under the chief, Chen Gui coughed lightly.

"My lord, for the current plan, I shall negotiate peace with Cao Jun!"

Chen Gui remonstrated that it had been more than ten days, but in fact Cao Jun captured the entire four counties of Xuzhou, and it took only three days to be precise.

The entire four counties seemed to be ready to surrender.

After the seemingly symbolic resistance, the four counties followed Cao Cao one after another.

With such a fast speed, the entire Xuzhou gentry was caught off guard!
The fall of the four counties is not a big deal, Cao Cao's army is coming menacingly, and the fall of some towns is something that Xuzhou gentry has long expected.

but!
After Cao Cao captured the four cities this time, he was not in a hurry to continue the attack, as if he was giving Xuzhou time to prepare.

This made the Xuzhou gentry seem to have realized something.

Cao Cao wants to make peace?
After Chen Gui and his son thought about it, they probably felt that Cao Cao's move was for such a purpose.

The other party didn't want to offend the Xuzhou gentry, and the gentry didn't want to offend Cao Cao either. After all, although Cao Cao had righteousness in this battle, Cao Song didn't die after all.

Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time is enough, and the peace negotiation is acceptable to both parties.

The gentry, headed by the Chen family and his son, began to encourage Tao Qian to discuss peace.

But at this moment, in the main hall, after Tao Qian heard Chen Gui's remonstrance, he just glanced at him indifferently, and ignored him.

Who is Cao Cao?

Tigers and wolves too!
He joined forces with Yuan Shu to invade Yanzhou before, and now Cao Cao occupies Dayi again, only four counties, which can satisfy the opponent's appetite.

Tao Qian didn't believe it!

As for why Cao Cao stayed in the four counties now, Tao Qian couldn't figure it out, but he felt that Cao Cao would never choose to negotiate peace so easily.

Tao Qian naturally understood what Chen Gui and Xuzhou were thinking.

These gentry only consider their own interests, and Xuzhou in their eyes has never belonged to Tao Qian.

Tao Qian ignored Chen Gui and looked towards Cao Bao who was beside him.

After the latter realized it, he got up instantly.

"My lord, the final general is willing to ask for orders to fight against Cao Jun!"

As Cao Bao got up, Sun Guan, Zang Ba, and Yin Li who were beside him soon got up and begged for orders.

It seems that Sun Guan, Zang Ba and others had defected to Tao Qian after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

They are not local Xuzhou generals who have nothing to do with Xuzhou's rich family, nor are they like Cao Bao, but Tao Qian's true confidantes.

This time Tao Qian summoned all the generals, after Cao Bao understood Tao Qian's thoughts, he made clear the other party's attitude.

The rest is Sun Guan and others standing in line.

Is it from the standpoint of Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou, or the standpoint of the rich family of Xuzhou.

Zang Ba and others didn't have much choice.

However, they will not be the same as the Xuzhou wealthy family after all!

Tao Qianjing looked at Zang Ba and the others: "I will never compromise with Cao Mengde!"

……

In Xuzhou City, Tao Qian and a group of Xuzhou generals were discussing how to deal with Cao Cao's attack.

On the other side, on Mengyin City, Cao Cao was wearing a dark cloak and Xi Zhicai was watching the situation in Mengyin City quietly.

This time, Xuzhou was conquered and four cities were conquered in three days. Even Cao Cao himself did not expect such a speed.

The reason for all this is that before he conquered the four cities, Xi Zhi ordered his scouts to go deep into the city to spread news of Yanzhou, including some policies of Yanzhou.

Even Xi Zhicai didn't think of it, just spreading some news.

The effect is so good.

The defenders of the four cities only resisted for a while, and Cao Jun naturally entered the four counties.

"Until today, I didn't know that wars can still be fought like this?"

Cao Cao was a little emotional, Xi Yu's strategy made Cao's army enter the four counties smoothly.

Even, those common people who saw the soldiers trembling in the past did not have much resistance to Cao Jun.

The people in the four counties are all waiting and watching, with anticipation in their eyes.

Looking forward to, Cao Jun can bring them the same life as the people of Yanzhou.

"My lord, the emperors of all dynasties of the Han Dynasty have governed the country with benevolence. The word benevolence has already penetrated into the hearts of the people of the Han Dynasty!"

"These people may not have much knowledge, but they also know what is good and what is bad!"

Xi Zhicai was quite emotional.

The thoughts in Xi Yu's mind are always so unexpected, but the effect is really good.

The most important thing in the way of using soldiers is the way of people's hearts.

Soldiers, attack the heart first!

This attack is not to attack the hearts of the princes, but to attack the hearts of the people of Xuzhou.

"If you want to come to Fengyi, you should have expected such a situation a long time ago, so you will say that before you leave!"

The corner of Cao Cao's mouth chuckled, and he couldn't help thinking that Xi Yu had told him before the army left.

If the capture goes well, you might as well stay a little longer and apply Yanzhou's policies directly to the captured towns.

Transform the people of Xuzhou into Yanzhou.

Now for more than ten days, the small officials under Cao Ying have been promoting Yanzhou's land division strategy in the four counties of Xuzhou these days.

Nowadays, the enthusiasm of the people all around praises Cao Jun's reputation.

Cao Cao felt it in his heart.

Even if these four counties are recaptured by Xuzhou in the future, these people's hearts will probably be towards him.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little confused.

What exactly is he hoping for?
It is the heroic feelings of being young and wielding the sword, or the ambition of the general who conquered the West later, and moreover, it is the ideal of supporting the building when the great man is on the verge of danger.

What he cared about at first was indeed the world of the big man.

It's just that he wants to show his ability, make a prince and worship a minister, honor his ancestors, and protect his descendants.

but!
At this moment, Cao Cao has somewhat changed in his heart.

After the capture of the four counties, the faces of the people in the four counties of Xuzhou were full of smiles, and the kind of joy that seemed to welcome the master Wang was really seen by him.

What he really wanted was to calm down the world and restore the great man to its former grandeur!

But is a big man in his peak period really what the people of the world yearn for?

Cao Cao was a little confused!

If Xi Yu was by his side at this time, he really wanted to ask, what is the world that the other party yearns for?

(End of this chapter)