After hearing the report of the escaped soldiers, Xiahou Yuan burst into tears and felt heartbroken. After hearing Cao Cao's words, he immediately said: "Lord, if you don't take revenge, it's hard to tolerate the law of heaven. Just give the order. I must let Xuzhou corpses be everywhere and the creatures are tragic, so that Tao Qian's old man was bleeding."

Cao Hong was also furious and shouted loudly: "Lord, just order us to slaughter Xuzhou and use the heads of Tao Qian's old dog's family to pay tribute to my uncle."

Cao Cao shouted: "Xiahou Yuan, Yu Jin and the other two followed the order. You two led a 50,000 army as the vanguard and killed the generals in Xuzhou. The city they encountered, and killed all the people in the city without leaving a single one. Only then can you relieve the hatred in my heart."

Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin said, "It's the lord." The two turned around and went to set off the troops.

Cao said again: "Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Fu and others led 30,000 troops to guard Juancheng, Fan County, and Dong'a County. The other generals followed me to kill the generals in Xuzhou."

Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Fu and others also knew that massacre was not possible, but in this case, who dared to argue with Cao Cao? Isn’t that asking for death? Therefore, no one of the knowledgeable people under Cao Cao dared to speak out, nor did he dare to provoke Lao Cao at this time. After all, his life is more important. They can only abide by Cao Cao’s instructions, and there is nothing they can do about it.

At that time, Jiujiang Prefect Bian Rang was the good friend of Tao Qian, the governor of Xu Fang. The two had a very good relationship. When they heard that Cao Cao led a large army to come to slaughter Xuzhou, they knew that Xuzhou was in a disaster and immediately led 5,000 soldiers to not rescue him. Cao Cao heard that Jiudong Prefect Bian Rang led 5,000 soldiers to support Xuzhou, and immediately asked Xiahou Yuan to lead a large army to ambush him on the way to the Bian Rang army, and killed Bian Rang. The five thousand army was also killed so much that they were thrown away. Those who could escape were all fleeing.

At this time, Chen Gong, who was working in Dongjun, had originally been kind to Cao Cao, and Chen Gong and Xuzhou Tao Qian had a very good relationship. He heard that Cao Cao raised an army of 200,000 and left Xuzhou to kill the generals in order to avenge revenge. He also heard that Cao Cao wanted to massacre the city, and the people in the city he passed were involved, so Chen Gong came to see Cao Cao overnight.

Cao Cao knew that Chen Gong was here to be Tao Qian's lobbyist, so he advised him not to send troops to attack Xuzhou and massacre the people in the city. Cao Cao didn't want to see Chen Gong, but Chen Gong used to be very kind to him. If Chen Gong hadn't saved him, Cao Cao would have been knocked by Dong Zhuo long ago. Is it definitely not good to see him? Cao Cao had to invite Chen Gong into his tent to meet him.

After seeing Cao Cao, Chen Gong said, "Ming Gong, I heard that you were going to lead more than 200,000 troops to attack Xuzhou, with the purpose of revenge that Zun's father was harmed by Zhang Kai. I heard that you ordered the army to kill all innocent people wherever you go. This time I am here to tell you that Tao Qian is a kind-hearted person who is a person who is a person who is not a person who is willing to be righteous. How could he harm Ling Zun? Ling Zun was killed by Zhang Kai's personal behavior, not Tao Qian's instruction. Tao Qian asked Zhang Kai to lead soldiers to escort Ling Zun. This was not Tao Qian's crime. Besides, the people in various counties in Xuzhou are even more innocent. What deep hatred do the people have if you have? You are now ordering to slaughter the city and slaughter the village. This is too cruel and ruthless, and it will also affect your reputation. I hope you will think twice before doing it."

Cao Cao said angrily after hearing Chen Gong's words: "You abandoned me in the past, but now what face do you have to meet me? If I hadn't seen the past love, I wouldn't have been too lazy to see you. Now Tao Qian killed more than 100 people in my father's family. I vowed to catch Tao Qian, dig his courage, and cut off his heart. This will make me feel the hatred in my heart. Although you are a lobbyist for Tao Qian, why should I listen to you? You don't have to say anything anymore, otherwise I will kill you together, and you can go."

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Chen Gong was speechless. He knew that it was useless to say it, so he had to say goodbye. Chen Gong left Cao Cao's tent and sighed in his heart: "I can't persuade Cao Cao to send troops to attack Xuzhou now, and I have no face to see Tao Qian." So Chen Gong rode a horse to Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao and left.

However, Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin led a vanguard army to Xuzhou, burning and looting wherever they went, burning and burning the city, killing people, digging graves, and corpses everywhere, blood flowing into rivers. Cao Cao's army was tragic and fierce, which committed heinous crimes against the people of Xuzhou. Of course, this also brought endless troubles to Cao Cao's later rule over Xuzhou.

Tao Qian in Xuzhou City heard that Cao Cao raised more than 200,000 troops to fight towards Xuzhou, with the purpose of avenging his father. He killed innocent people everywhere where the army passed. Tao Qian was heartbroken and cried to the sky, saying, "I have a serious sin and offended God, which has caused the people of Xuzhou to suffer this disaster."

Tao Qian summoned all civil and military officials to discuss, and Chen Dengze said: "Lord, Cao Cao's move is called avenging his father. In fact, he has taken a fancy to Xuzhou and wants to use this excuse to seize Xuzhou. This is not the lord's fault. Even if there is no Cao Song's affairs, Cao Cao will sooner or later find other reasons to invade Xuzhou. This is Cao Cao's wolf ambition."

Cao Bao, the tooth goalkeeper under Tao Qian, said: "Ming Gong, my Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou are extremely brave. What's there to be afraid of? Now that Cao Cao's army has arrived, how can we wait for death? I am willing to help Ming Gong defeat Cao Cao's army and give me a quiet place for the people of Xuzhou."

Chen Gui thought for a while and said, "Ming Gong, Cao Cao's army burned, killed, plundered and committed heinous crimes against the people of Xuzhou. Now it has aroused the people's determination to unite with the enemy. We must mobilize the people in the city to participate in defending the city. Cao Cao's more than 200,000 troops can easily capture the city before he finished. Please ask the Ming Gong to order the people to mobilize them quickly and prove to the people clearly that once the city is broken, the people will be harmed. As long as the people in the city work together with our army to defend the city, over time, there will definitely be problems with the food and grass of Cao Cao's army, then he can only withdraw his troops, so we can eventually defeat Cao Cao's army."

After Cao Cao led his army to Xuzhou City, Tao Qian had to lead his troops out of the city to fight. From a distance, he saw Cao Cao's army like frost and snow, and the soldiers were wearing white cloth on their heads, with a fierce look, completely desperate. Two white flags were raised in Cao Cao's army, with four big words "revenge" on them.

After the army on both sides formed the formation, Cao Cao was wearing mourning clothes, carrying his horse out of the formation, pointing at Tao Qian and cursing: "Tao Qian, you have harmed my father's family for more than 100 people. Now that my army is here, you will not be able to get off the cavalry and suffer."

Tao Qian took the initiative to face his own banner, bowed to Cao Cao and said, "I wanted to make friends with you, but I was afraid that your father would be in danger on the way, so I asked Zhang Kai to lead 500 troops to see him off. Then I thought of Zhang Kai, a dog thief, and he kept his heart changing and harmed Ling Zun on the way. This was something I didn't expect. This matter was indeed not what I instructed. I hope Cao Gong will be very careful."
Chapter completed!