"Thirteen cities in seven days! This wonderful man is indeed worthy of the name of the divine general!"

Cao Cao looked at the battle report in his hand and admired.

"Among us, Miaocai is the best at running thousands of miles. He can travel five hundred miles in three days, and a thousand miles in six days. It is natural to achieve such results." As a member of the Cao family in the military,

Representative, Cao Ren said proudly.

"Of course, our Cao family is after Xia Houying! It's natural to have so many strong generals." Cao Cao laughed.

This is not Cao Cao's own boast. The Cao family can be said to be the family with the most generals in the late Han Dynasty.

But now, Cao Cao has Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and other generals under his command.

Among them, Cao Ren is naturally the number one general who is good at defense and commanding large-scale battles. He is completely talented. After Cao Cao failed in the Battle of Chibi, he was able to compete with Zhou Yu in the south and lasted for a year.

To be defeated, this person's ability is almost as good as Zhang Liao's.

Among the remaining generals, Xiahou Dun has a violent temper and is good at storming;

It was Liu Bei who led the army to a great defeat.

"The advance is so smooth, I'm afraid Tao Qian and the Xuzhou generals are already frightened. Xuzhou is so easy to gain!" Xiahou Dun said.

"Generals, please don't be careless! Although Tao Qian is old and weak, the Xuzhou generals are just mediocre people. But Tao Qian still has 30,000 Danyang elite soldiers under his command!" Cheng Yu said calmly.

Although Cheng Yu is a counselor, he is a strong man and his ability to lead troops is not weak. He can be used as half a general.

Unlike ordinary counselors, Cheng Yu knows very well about military operations. He is well aware of the elite Danyang soldiers. The soldiers from Jiangdong who Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, relied on to make his fortune are actually Danyang soldiers.

Li Ling, the grandson of Li Guang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, once led 5,000 Danyang soldiers to attack 80,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry. He tried his best to fight without reinforcements. In the end, only 400 people were left to retreat to the pass. Commander Li Ling was forced to surrender, and deputy commander Han Yannian died in the battle.

The bravery of the Xiongnu cavalry, the five thousand Danyang soldiers were so frightened that Shanyu almost retreated. Finally, he found out that Li Ling had no help before he dared to attack. It is evident that the Danyang soldiers were good at fighting.

Basically, if you don't take into account the perversion of the trapped camp, the Danyang soldiers were the strongest infantry in the late Han Dynasty. Later they evolved into the white-eared soldiers, the death camp, the Jiefan camp, and the supplementary trapped camp, tiger and leopard cavalry and other armies.

of soldiers.

Cao Cao once praised it and said: "Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are many and energetic, good at martial arts, good at fighting, noble in strength, and a place of elite soldiers."

Tao Qian was still able to gain a foothold in Xuzhou where aristocratic families were rampant in troubled times, relying on 30,000 Danyang elite soldiers.

When Liu Bei was supporting Tao Qian, Tao Qian presented thousands of Danyang soldiers to Liu Bei. Later, as Liu Bei moved thousands of miles away, it was this elite army.

After Tao Qian died, some of Danyang's elite soldiers fell into the hands of the local wealthy Chen family in Xuzhou. Chen Deng relied on these elite soldiers to defeat Sun Ce, the arrogant little overlord of Jiangdong at that time.

Even now Yuan Shu, the soldiers used to replenish the trapped camp and advance to the dead were all transferred from the Danyang soldiers.

"Lord, what Zhongde said is true. Thirty thousand Danyang soldiers are definitely an important force that cannot be ignored. But fortunately, Xuzhou Tao Qian does not have any capable generals under his command, so we don't need to worry too much." Xi Zhicai said.

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"However, what we should consider is not how to defeat Tao Qian, but how to capture Xuzhou and Danyang's elite troops as much as possible."

"Is there any difference between the two?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"Yes! And the difference is huge." Cheng Yu said.

"Tao Qian's current health means that he won't be able to survive for long even if we don't attack Xuzhou. Xuzhou is basically a land without one, and countless Xuzhou aristocratic families have secretly contacted us. So what we have to do is to seize as much Xuzhou as possible

The territory, and the Danyang elite soldiers who have the important task of taking down Tao Qianyi."

"Zhongde, are you talking about Lu Bu and Liu Bei?" Cao Cao said with a cold light in his eyes.

Now the only two people who can compete with him in Xuzhou are these two. Yuan Shu is very busy in Yizhou now, and there is no way he will be distracted from the Central Plains.

"Didn't Yuan Gongli promise us to contain Liu Bei? And there is Yuan Benchu ​​around Lu Bu who is eyeing him. They shouldn't dare to do this!" Cao Ren said doubtfully.

Cao Ren was not as brave as the Xiahou brothers. He was a cautious person by nature. Among the generals who were good at defense in the late Han Dynasty, he was also ranked among the top three, and his intelligence was not low.

"The so-called alliance is nothing more than a fragile connection arising from the same interests. Although Yuan Benzhu and Yuan Jiujiu are friendly to us on the surface, they will never sit back and watch us grow. What's more, Liu Bei and Lu Bu are restrained, so why are we not the same?

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Xi Zhicai saw the situation in the Central Plains very clearly. The three major princes in the Central Plains were restrained by all parties and did not dare to fight in a short period of time. This was because no prince could guarantee that after completely wiping out the other forces, he would still be able to defend his territory.

, to prevent other forces from picking peaches.

But at least Cao Cao has the upper hand now. After taking Xuzhou, he will be qualified to swallow Lu Bu after two years of development.

Moreover, there is a foreign aid like Yuan Shao, so if it is not possible, you can share some of the benefits. As long as Gongsun Zan does not fall, Qingzhou will never be completely controlled by Yuan Shao, and sooner or later it will still belong to Cao Cao.

"Tao Qian's downfall vacated more than just Xuzhou! Counting the other three states occupied by Tao Qian, it adds up to more than one and a half Xuzhou. Although we have the upper hand now, how much can we seize?

The territory still depends on the capabilities of each party.”

Cao Cao punched the chopping board angrily and shouted angrily: "Damn it! If I hadn't guarded against that idiot Yuan Gongliu, how could Lu Bu, the lost dog, and Liu Bei, the mat weaver and shoe seller, be in my eyes!"

"Lord, calm down! Now that Yuan Shu is powerful, we have to compromise with Liu Bei and Lu Bu. My lord, we should put the overall situation first!" Cheng Yu quickly consoled him.

"Report! A letter from Xun Sima came from behind."

Before Cao Cao could breathe a sigh of relief, an orderly soldier hurried in from outside the camp with cheers.

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu nodded and took the letter. After a glance, his expression changed drastically.

Everyone saw the change in Cheng Yu's face, and Cao Cao was shocked.

Cheng Yu, who has always been secretive about his emotions and anger, actually reacted like this! What happened?

After Cheng Yu read the letter, he handed it to Cao Cao with a solemn expression.

Cao Cao eagerly took the letter, glanced at it, his face suddenly darkened, he crushed the letter into a ball with both hands and threw it on the ground.
Chapter completed!