Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 370 New 3 Kingdoms 10

The more Cao Ren listened, the more uncomfortable he felt, but the more Cao Cao talked, the more he got mad and kept talking nonsense.

"Remember, those who have accomplished great things throughout history are not only smart, but also good at judging the situation. With wisdom and the ability to seize every opportunity, I, Cao Cao, am the only person like this in this chaotic world!"

If you are too cocky, you will be punished by God. When Cao Cao was still chattering on about this rubbish success theory to Cao Ren, the carriage suddenly braked and his body fell forward uncontrollably as if someone had pushed him hard. His forehead hit the pillar of the carriage hard, and a big bump appeared. His crown was also knocked crooked.

Cao Ren, however, was fine and was still sitting there looking ahead. Cao Cao was very unhappy to see Cao Ren like this and was about to get up and scold him when he realized something was wrong. He quickly looked in the direction of his sight and saw a feather arrow stuck outside the door with a note tied to it.

Cao Cao moved closer, lay down, pulled out the feather arrow, untied the note and unfolded it. His face turned grim, and he looked outside with gloomy eyes, like a beast choosing its prey.

Cao Ren quickly took the note and took a look. The content was concise and to the point.

"You are the fucking Cao Cao! Go back to where you came from. Remember one thing: those who listen to advice live longer. Also, use your ability to make people drink poisonous chicken soup to recite poems instead of just saying them one word at a time."

"Brother, are we still going to attack Xuzhou?" Cao Ren asked cautiously.

"Send the order to the army, bypass all the cities and go straight to Xia Pi city. I want to make Xuzhou feel my, Cao's, wrath!" Cao Cao said gritting his teeth.

Cao Ren thought that this was just a reaction of extreme anger from Cao Cao, but the march continued like this for the next few days. Cao Cao kept speaking two words at a time, which was very embarrassing.

The situation was so awkward that they arrived outside Xia Pi. The Xia Pi defenders did not seem to plan to defend the city. They had already lined up and were waiting for Cao's troops to arrive. Tao Qian did not show up. The leader was a young Taoist priest, who rode on a horse with a spear in his hand and a knife on his back.

Yu Xian had disguised himself at Lu's house, and now he appeared with another face, so Cao Cao naturally didn't recognize him.

"Who are you? Tao Qian, come out and die!" Cao Cao shouted while biting an apple while standing on the carriage.

Still pretending to be cool at this time, Yu Xian put the gun on the saddle buckle, took out the bow and arrow, and pulled the bow towards Cao Cao.

"Protect the lord!" Cao Ren shouted nervously while riding on his horse.

"No need!" Cao Cao waved his hand carelessly.

Just as he finished speaking, a feather arrow shot off his crown, and his hair fell down in disarray without being restrained.

"it is good!"

There were cheers from the Xuzhou army, which made Cao Cao angry.

"kill!"

When had Cao Cao ever lost face so greatly? He hurriedly pulled away the hair covering his eyes, drew his sword and ordered an attack.

The sound of war drums sounded and Cao's army began to move forward. Yu Xian calmly took out a special feather arrow and shot it over, and the large banner of Cao's army broke with a sound.

"kill!"

Yu Xian retracted his bow and arrow, raised his spear and ordered an attack, leading his carefully selected cavalry directly towards Cao Cao's two-wheeled cart.

Cao Ren did not expect that the enemy not only did not run away, but also dared to counterattack. How could one attack the central army in a battle? Thinking of this, he felt a little resentful towards Cao Cao. If he had not insisted on showing off and placed the central army so forward, he would now be ridden in the face by the enemy's cavalry flying dragons, and would have no time to organize a defense.

"Kill! The one riding in the carriage is Cao Cao!"

Cao Cao also saw the situation clearly. Seeing that the enemy's cavalry was coming fiercely and he couldn't even organize a decent defense, he rolled off the carriage without caring about his face, pulled a general off the horse, jumped on the horse and ran to the back.

"Kill! Cao Cao without armor!"

A general who was protecting Cao Cao quickly took off his armor and put it on Cao Cao. One could never understand what kind of potential a person could unleash when his desire to survive reached its maximum level. For example, Cao Cao could put on his armor while riding a horse.

As soon as he finished his work, he heard other shouts.

"Kill! The one with the beard is Cao Cao!"

This time Cao Cao cut off his beard with his sword himself.

When the cavalry forced Cao Cao to flee in panic, the infantry achieved good results. The morale of Cao's army was low because the large banner was shot down, and the center was attacked by the cavalry and effective command was impossible, so the army quickly collapsed.

In the Battle of Xiapi, Cao Cao was badly defeated and almost fled back to Yanzhou alone, while Cao Ren and many of his generals and advisers were captured. Yuan Shu and Lu Bu took advantage of the situation and added insult to injury, capturing several cities in a few months, leaving only three counties.

After returning to Xia Pi, Yu Xian settled the prisoners of war and went to the governor's mansion to see Tao Qian. At this time, Tao Qian was only dying.

"Master, has Cao Cao withdrawn his troops?" Tao Qian leaned against the head of the bed, looking like he was about to die at any moment.

"After a bloody battle by the defenders of Xia Pi, Cao Cao was defeated and all the generals and counselors who followed him on the expedition were either killed or captured." Yu Xian did not waste time and went straight to stating the outcome of the battle.

"How great! It would be great if the Taoist priest could take over the post of governor of Xuzhou. You said that after driving Cao Cao away, you would recommend a governor to me. Now you can tell me, right?" Tao Qian gently touched the governor's seal in his hand.

"Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong!"

Only a fool would want to conquer the world. Yu Xian told Tao Qian about the candidate.

"Come here, ask Chen Deng to come see me, and gather all the officials of the governor's office here."

At this moment, Tao Qian's eyes were bright and his face was rosy, and his breathing began to rapid.

"Governor Tao, please be patient, there is still time." Yu Xian knew that this man was about to die.

In less than an incense stick of time, Chen Deng and all the officials of the governor's office arrived, filling the room to the brim.

"My time is coming to an end. Today, I ask the Taoist priest to bear witness and entrust the affairs of Xuzhou to Chen Yuanlong in front of all the officials. I hope you will assist me and protect the people of Xuzhou."

Tao Qian sat up straight, pulled the dazed Chen Deng over, and pressed him on the governor's seal.

"As you command." The officials bowed and responded.

"Come, meet your new governor."

Tao Qian placed the governor's seal in Chen Deng's hand and turned him around to face his subordinates.

"Greetings to the Governor."

Chen Deng finally came to his senses and turned around to decline, only to find that Tao Qian had died.

"Marquis of Liyang, Gongzugong!" Chen Deng held up the governor's seal and knelt on the ground crying: "Yuanlong will not let you down."

When Tao Qian's funeral was held in Xia Pi, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived late with 10,000 reinforcements. Kong Rong had no intention of intervening in the dispute between Cao Cao and Xuzhou. Liu Bei argued with him, and Kong Rong could only let him lead the team to rescue Xuzhou on his own.

After Liu Bei got the license to poach talents, he worked very hard, sending people everywhere, even to Gongsun Zan, who was so shameless that he asked for people, but he was kicked out with the letter. In this way, he gathered 10,000 people and rushed to Xuzhou day and night. Without doing a good job of intelligence work, they rushed to Xiapi. When they arrived, they found out that Cao Cao had been defeated and was now struggling in Yanzhou.

"What did you say? Cao Cao was already defeated, why did you only tell me today? My brother came to rescue me day and night, but you didn't even let him enter the city!"

In the military tent outside Xia Pi City, Zhang Fei cursed Mi Zhu who came to arrange reinforcements.

"It's not that you three are not allowed to enter the city, but the reinforcements must be stationed outside Xia Pi City and cannot enter the city."

Mi Zhu didn't expect Zhang Fei to be so unreasonable, while Liu Bei sat there staring at the empty table without saying a word.