Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 470 Taking a Break for a Year 2
Youzhou is relatively peaceful for the time being. Gongsun Xu's main task at present is to complete the migration of refugees.Only when this work is completed can Gongsun Xu let go of other things.

The work of relocating refugees was not so easy to complete, but Gongsun Xu now has time.After returning to Youzhou, it took about a year or so, and Gongsun Xu finally put the migration of refugees on the right track.

This half a year is very precious to both Gongsun Xu and Beijiang. Gongsun Xu finally had time to spend time with his wives and mother in his spare time, and he took the time to enjoy this happy time. .

It's just that happy times don't last long, and the whole man is not so peaceful.After finally waiting for the border areas of northern Xinjiang and Xiliang to be quiet for a while, something happened in the inner area of ​​Dahan.

Gongsun Xu did not expect such a thing to happen at this juncture, after all, he had just completed some business matters with the princes.

This time, things were indeed beyond Gongsun Xu's expectations, because Cao Cao's father died in the hands of Tao Qian, and now Cao Cao is telling Xuan Na to raise an army for revenge.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, originally led his tribe to take refuge in Xuzhou. After Cao Cao had a fast land, he thought about leading his tribe to migrate here.

After all, they would be safer with Cao Cao around.Anyway, Cao Cao now has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands.Xuzhou Mu Taoqian can be regarded as aloof from the world. This time Cao Song took refuge in Xuzhou, and he took care of the Cao family a lot.

Moreover, when Cao Song himself said that he wanted to leave, Tao Qian immediately sent someone to escort him, but Tao Qian didn't expect that he would cause endless troubles by doing so.

The soldiers Tao Qian sent to escort were the Yellow Turban Army who had surrendered not long ago. They were originally bandits, and they couldn't stand the constraints of military discipline in Xuzhou, especially Tao Qian's policy of loving the people would not allow them to rob the people.

These yellow turban soldiers who have never changed their thieves can't stay in Xuzhou any longer. They have long wanted to find a chance to escape. Unfortunately, they met Cao Song this time.

To say that Cao Song didn't provoke anyone, the key is that the gold, silver and jewels he carried with him are too eye-catching.Where can those Yellow Turban soldiers look without envy.

Moreover, Cao Song thought it was great to have a son occupying Yanzhou, but he didn't pay attention to these soldiers sent by Tao Qian, especially when Cao Song asked them to go out to stand guard when it was still raining outside.

But Cao Song himself went to flirt with the concubine he had just taken after he had arranged other people.Those soldiers were originally from the Yellow Turban background, so they naturally had no good temper.

They had long planned to take advantage of this time to escape, but they didn't want to meet Cao Song who pretended to be a master in front of them, which would annoy these soldiers.

As soon as those officers made up their minds, they decided to do nothing, and simply robbed the old man Cao Song of his money and then fled. Poor Cao Song didn't know the disaster that his unintentional mistake brought to himself.

Cao Cao originally sent Cao Ren to lead people to meet his old father, but it was the heavy rain that prevented the two groups from meeting within the stipulated time.

When Cao Ren managed to find Cao Song and the others, he realized that these people had been dead for a long time.All the servants and servants were killed cleanly. As for the servant girls and Cao Song's concubines, they were all lying naked on the ground, their lower bodies were red and swollen, and their deaths were miserable.

Seeing this, even a fool can understand what happened.Cao Ren hurriedly sent someone to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, and at the same time went to track down the whereabouts of the murderer, but he only found out that the soldiers sent by Tao Qian did it.

When Cao Cao received the news, he almost fainted from anger. Fortunately, he is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves. Faced with this situation, he immediately ordered troops to attack Xuzhou.

This matter is too big, it is difficult for Youzhou to know.Tao Qian was too old to cope with the situation in front of him. At this time, Cao Cao's army had captured two cities in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao ordered the massacre of the cities in order to vent his anger.

Less than one-fifth of the people in the two cities escaped, and the rest died under the butcher knife of Cao Cao's army.

The disturbance caused by this incident was too great, and the Northern Xinjiang court had to intervene.Regardless of whether Tao Qian was at fault or not, Cao Cao should not have attacked Xuzhou at this time, and even massacred the city. Anyway, Gongsun Xu could not accept such a thing.

It's just that Gongsun Xu himself also understood that he couldn't directly send troops to intervene in this matter. What he had to do was to let Cao Cao and Tao Qian sit down and negotiate, instead of continuing to fight each other.

Anyway, Xuzhou is still a little far away from northern Xinjiang, and Yuan Shao is separated in the middle. Even if Gongsun Xu wants to send troops to intervene, it is impossible.

Although Tao Qian suffered a great loss, he was not idle. While he sent people to resist Cao Cao's army, he also sent people to ask for reinforcements.

Kong Rong in Beihai was the first to give an answer. Liu Bei, who originally lived in Beihai, immediately stood up and expressed his willingness to lead his troops to help the battle.

After these years of accumulation and development, Liu Bei already has an army of 2000, including [-] cavalry. This is the strength Liu Bei has accumulated with great difficulty.For a self-made Liu Bei, this is not easy.

Although Kong Rong could not directly send troops to assist Tao Qian, he gave Liu Bei a lot of food, grass and soldiers, and Liu Bei marched towards Xuzhou with his troops.

This battle is becoming more and more interesting now, and all the forces involved are competing to see who can win the final victory.

Even Lu Bu, who had finally found a place to settle down quickly, was not idle. He also assembled fifteen thousand cavalry, and it seemed that he was about to find the right opportunity to act.

Cao Cao is not stupid, he knows that although he has a legitimate reason to crusade against Xuzhou, what he did in Xuzhou will inevitably attract people's gossip. The infamy of massacring the city is not so good. Liu Bei and Lu Bu used this excuse to join the war.

In order to increase his bargaining chips, Cao Cao immediately sent people to join Yuan Shao. After promising a lot of money, Yuan Shao agreed to send troops. After that, Cao Cao continued to send people to contact other princes. Finally, Yuan Shu, who had accumulated strength for a year, was also persuaded.

Yuan Shu has now occupied a large area of ​​Yangzhou, and he is worried that he will not have the opportunity to expand his power northward. Now that Cao Cao has given him this opportunity, how can he miss it.

In order to increase his chances of winning, Cao Cao hurriedly asked the Northern Xinjiang court to let back the five thousand cavalry he had previously sent to conquer the barbarians in the grassland.

Gongsun Xu has no reason not to let these people go back, because the one-year period has come, and the results achieved by the coalition forces in the grassland during this year are not small.

Xiang Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and their subordinates often transported cattle, sheep and horses to their hometown. These are the results of their battles, and many of them were rewarded to them by Gongsun Xu.In short, the task of patrolling the grassland was almost over. According to the agreement, it was time for Gongsun Xu to let them go back.

Not long after, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan led the 8000 cavalrymen who survived from the grassland back to Yanzhou, Gao Lan also returned to Jizhou with more than 8000 people, and there were more than [-] people left in Ji Ling...

The cavalry brought back by these people is not small, and they have experienced a lot of battles in this year, but in comparison, the battles they experienced are not the most dangerous.

Among these people, Sun Ce was the most willing to risk his life. He led five thousand children from Jiangdong to the grassland to train soldiers.Sun Ce is well aware of the principle of high risk and high reward, so he asked Gongsun Xu to go through the most dangerous battle.

Over the past year, Sun Ce's achievements can be said to be the greatest among the coalition forces, but at the same time, the price he paid was also the greatest.Less than half of the five thousand Jiangdong children survived.The cost of losing more than half of this kind almost made Sun Ce have no money to return to Jiangdong.

The remaining 2000 Jiangdong disciples have naturally become the elite of the cavalry. Gongsun Xu saw that the deadline had come, so he ordered Sun Ce to go back.

However, more than 2000 people are really not too many. In the end, Gongsun Xuwang was lenient and allowed Sun Ce to select soldiers from among the captives to gather [-] cavalry.

In this way, Sun Ce's cavalry is really a bit elite.Not to mention the more than 2000 Jiangdong children, just those selected captives, all of them are good cavalry, everyone can mount a horse and draw a bow, and is proficient in riding and archery.

These people were originally good cavalrymen on the prairie. Although they became prisoners, this did not conceal their abilities. Gongsun Xu originally planned to select elite warriors from among the captives to form cavalry. If it were not for Sun Ce's strength For the sake of inadequacy, Gongsun Xu would not say this.

In the grassland training of the coalition forces this time, Sun Ce has successfully trained an elite cavalry.There are no less than [-] people who are good at archery, and the rest are good at fighting in battle.

"Bo Fu, you should go back." Gongsun Xu looked at Sun Ce and said, "You have the greatest loss, but you also have the greatest gain. The fighting power of this cavalry can definitely cross Jiangdong.

This fine steel soft sword is my portable sword, I will give it to you now, it is extremely dangerous to go to Jiangdong, take care of yourself.Hey, there are some things that you can't have for the time being, so it's better not to keep them. "

After taking Gongsun Xu's soft sword, Sun Ce knelt down and replied, "Brother's kindness, I will remember it in my heart. If I go to Jiangdong, I will definitely make a name for myself, and I will never let down my brother's cultivation. Big brother, I will go, and there will be a period later. "

After speaking, Sun Ce led his subordinates to leave.All the cavalry of the coalition army went back, and the originally peaceful world looked a little uneasy.

Beijiang is also gradually recovering its vitality now, but Gongsun Xu doesn't want to make a big move at this time, otherwise all the achievements that Beijiang has finally achieved will have to be taken into account. This is definitely not what Gongsun Xu wants.

Gongsun Xu didn't know who would withdraw from the stage of history first in this competition, but he knew that the Northern Xinjiang Army would definitely become stronger and stronger.

It's just that this requires the Northern Army to fight steadily. If it is too hasty, the power of the Northern Army may go downhill.

The Northern Army is indeed very strong now, but the Northern Army now has too many enemies.This is also the key point why Gongsun Xu has to be careful.

(End of this chapter)