Two generals of Yuan's army were killed in an instant, and the Chinese army suddenly became confused. Zang Ba saw the opportunity and shouted: "My sons, General Yuan is dead, follow me to kill the enemy!" The morale of the Danyang soldiers was suddenly shaken, and the Chinese army was shocked.
Without the command of the generals, everything seemed to be in disarray and became a rout. As soon as the central army moved, chaos began to appear on the left and right wings. Yuan Shu took a formation in the rear camp. When he saw the changes in the three armies, he immediately ordered the entire army to press forward and march towards Xuzhou.
The army was encircling them. When Tao Qian saw this, he knew that today's battle had achieved its effect and quickly ordered the entire army to retreat.
After Cao Bao got the news, he quickly called for gold and retreated his troops. Zang Ba was originally fighting in the military formation. When he heard the sound of calling for gold, he quickly retreated with his Danyang soldiers. Before leaving, he did not forget to cut off the heads of Li Feng and Liang Gang. This was
his contribution.
The Xuzhou soldiers quickly retreated to the city. Yuan Shu saw that the Xuzhou soldiers retreated, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and continue to camp. However, after this battle, Yuan Shu no longer dared to fight against the Xuzhou army at will. He just besieged but not attacked, and quickly ordered the other six armies.
Quickly assemble to Pengcheng to capture Pengcheng in one fell swoop to avenge today's shame!
In the early morning, it started to rain lightly in the sky. Cui Yan and others, who had rested for the night, rushed to Guangling County under the escort of Cheng Pu. Last night, Sun Ce's envoy had come to the camp to meet Cui Yan. The two sides agreed to set up a camp in the south of Guangling County.
Cui Yan certainly understood what Sun Ce meant by canonizing Sun Ce in the school grounds. It was nothing more than telling the world that he was justified and had a good reputation. At the same time, he also publicly recognized the emperor. Of course, this was also a necessary means for him to control Jiangdong well in the future. Maybe Sun Ce
He would think of Liu Lin's use of him, but as long as it was useful to him, why bother with that?
When it was almost noon, Cui Yan and his party arrived at Guangling County. The sky had cleared by this time. Guangling County is the seat of Guangling County. Guangling County governs Guangling, Jiangdu, Gaoyou, Ping'an, Ling (southeast of today's Suqian County), and Dongyang.
, Huai'an, Yandu, Yu, Tangyi, Haixi 11 counties. Although Sun Ce has just been stationed in Guangling County for more than a month, he has basically controlled Guangling County, but because of his low official position, he is only a cavalry captain
, In addition, Guangling County is under the rule of Xuzhou. Although Guangling County broke away from Xuzhou and was merged into Huainan by Yuan Shu when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, in the hearts of the people of Guangling County, they regard themselves as Xuzhou people.
Today, the imperial envoys came to convey the emperor's will and made Sun Ce the Mu of Xuzhou. This was a legitimate handover of Xuzhou to Sun Ce. This was of great significance to Sun Ce, and it was also of great significance to these officials in Guangling. So when Sun Ce ordered
When they came to Guangling County to attend the canonization ceremony, the magistrates from these counties all went to Guangling one after another.
At the north gate of Guangling County, Sun Ce led various civil and military officials from Guangling County to greet Cui Yan and others at the door. Cui Yan, wearing court clothes and a feather crown, got off the carriage holding the Emperor's Banner in his hand. Sun Ce quickly stepped forward and bowed.
: "Captain Sun Ce pays homage to Angel. Angel has had a hard journey!"
Cui Yan handed the banner in his hand to the guard beside him, quickly helped Sun Ce up, and said with a smile: "General Sun, you are welcome. General Sun's subordinates took care of you all the way. Yan is also very grateful!" Sun Ce glanced at Cheng who was standing aside.
Pu nodded to him and said to Cui Yan: "Mr. Cui, now that the campus in the south of the city is ready, please follow the general. What do you think?" Cui Yan nodded with a smile and said: "Everything.
The general decides!"
The two of them entered Guangling County with a smile. They exchanged greetings all the way, but they were both looking at each other carefully. Cui Yan looked at Sun Ce because Sun Ce and Liu Lin were similar in age. They both became famous as teenagers. Both of them relied on
He achieved today's achievements due to his father's influence, but along the way, Cui Yan quickly made a comparison between the two. Although Liu Lin was also outstanding in martial arts and relied on the military to achieve his current situation, Liu Lin was both civil and military and dared to innovate.
Of course, he is also good at forbearing, but Sun Ce is different. Sun Ce values force, believes in force, and implements power politics. The decision-making of the two determines their future heights. Cui Yan smiled lightly in his heart. It seems that the lord's decision is
Correct, Cui Yan has always believed that Liu Lin's canonization of Sun Ce was inappropriate this time. After all, Sun Ce is a tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. Once he captures Xuzhou, it will threaten Youzhou's interests and be detrimental to the unification of the world.
However, today it seems that Sun Ce is nothing more than the watchdog of Xuzhou. After Xuzhou experienced Cao Cao's bloodlust last time, the people and families of Xuzhou were resistant to Cao Cao. If Sun Ce were to take charge of Xuzhou, he would emphasize martial arts and neglect literature.
This will arouse the dissatisfaction of the gentry in Xuzhou, Xuzhou is still unstable, not to mention Cao Cao who is watching covetously from the sidelines, it seems that the lord's decision is extremely wise!
Cui Yan followed Sun Ce to the south of the city. At this moment, the soldiers had gathered on the south of the city. Flags were flying, drums were beating, the troops were neatly dressed, and their morale was high. Cui Yan couldn't help but sigh, "You are indeed a tiger from the east of the Yangtze River!"
After worshiping the gods of heaven and earth, Cui Yan and others went to the north to worship the emperor. Then they took out the emperor's edict to announce Sun Ce's appointment.
Immediately ordered Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zhu Zhi to lead their troops straight to Pengcheng, while he personally led the army to supervise the rear.
The news that Sun Ce was granted the title of Mu of Xuzhou spread throughout the world, and the world was shocked. Many princes sent envoys to Jizhou to ask for an audience with the emperor in order to obtain the title. In order to stabilize the princes and gain political advantage, Liu Lin added official positions one after another.
, Cao Cao was named the general and the shepherd of Yanzhou, and Liu Bei was named the captain of the Sili school, which was finally justified. At the same time, Liu Lin issued an edict in the name of the emperor, asking Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei to attack the rebellious traitor Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's army was in
When gathering towards Pengcheng, they were attacked by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Cao. They suffered heavy losses. Yuan Shu's generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan were beheaded by Xu Chu. The North and West armies were defeated, while the South and East armies were defeated.
He was attacked by Sun Ce's generals Cheng Pu and Han Dang. When Yuan Shu heard the news, he was so angry that he fell ill in the army. In order to prevent his retreat from being blocked by Sun Ce's troops, he immediately ordered his troops to return to Shouchun.
After Yuan Shu's army retreated, Sun Ce's troops immediately marched to Xiapi County and stationed under the Prime Minister. Cao Cao ordered the army to march to Xiao County and stationed here, forming a three-legged stance with Tao Qian of Pengcheng and Sun Ce.
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But at this time, Tao Qian, the pastor of Xuzhou, fell ill on the bed because he was exhausted after the battle with Yuan Shu in Pengcheng, Xuzhou. For a time, there was a storm in Xuzhou. Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun and other generals were unfairly rewarded by Cao Bao.
, then led his troops to Taishan County. After all, that was their home base back then. Once Zang Ba and other generals left, Cao Bao took sole control of the military and was ready to become the lord of Xuzhou. Although the Cao family was a wealthy family in Xuzhou, other
The wealthy Huaiyin Bu family and the Huaipu Chen family were dissatisfied with them and quickly summoned their tribes to fight against them. For a while, Xuzhou, which had just experienced the war, was about to begin to be in turmoil again.