Before leaving the war, the necessary work arrangements should be explained to the left-behind personnel.

This time, Wu Fan planned to keep Cao Ren, Tian Feng, Xun Yu and Guo Jia guard the city, so he ordered Cao Ren to execute military and public security instructions, Guo Jia executes internal affairs instructions, Tian Feng and Xun Yu continued to implement personnel instructions, until there were no opposition people in Xuchang who could log in, and then he would execute internal affairs instructions with Guo Jia.

At present, the forces around Xuchang include Yuan Shu, Wancheng and Kong Yichang. Yuan Shu has more than 30,000 troops and Kong Yichang has more than 20,000 troops. Xuchang has 31,350 troops. Wu Fan plans to take away three troops, with a total number of 20,000 people, leaving more than 10,000 as the city guards.

Since the cities ruled by Yuan Shu and Kong Yichang did not have weapons production centers, even though their troops were obviously more than the Xuchang city guards, there were Cao Ren, Tian Feng, Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and it would take at least half a month to capture Xuchang.

In most half a month, Wu Fan had already led the team back from the front line.

In this way, Wu Fan can go to the battle with peace of mind.

After the work of the left-behind personnel was arranged, Wu Fan ordered Xia Houyuan and Hua Xiong to accompany him to the military camp outside the city, and ordered three troops, namely 8,000 Qingzhou soldiers, 6,000 archers and 6,000 cavalry. The Qingzhou soldiers were led by Wu Fan, and the archers were handed over to Xia Houyuan and the cavalry were handed over to Hua Xiong.

Since Wu Fan had already made some preparations in advance, every soldier Cao Cao asked to wear plain clothes and complete it quickly. Wu Fan himself was wearing a white cloth dress. Looking around, the three troops were covered in white and quite spectacular.

In fact, Wu Fan felt a little guilty about the death of Cao Cao's father Cao Song. Because he knew this plot, he could have avoided it. It was only because Wu Fan was in Puyang at that time and was busy with government affairs every day, and did not receive news that Cao Cao's father was about to come to Chenliu, Wu Fan neglected the plot. So much so that more than 40 people in the Cao Cao family, young and old, became ghosts under the knife.

However, everything is done, there will be gains. Xuzhou is a fertile land of thousands of miles and fertile land. It is the largest grain production base in the Central Plains. It is not necessary to say how important grain is in this war-torn era. All the men around him have been watching Xuzhou for a long time and want to take it in their hands. Cao Cao, who has the ambitions of the world, is even more so.

Just because he had no right reason to take Xuzhou, this time, Tao Qian was a shame and gave Cao Cao a legitimate reason to send troops. How could Cao Cao let it go?

The so-called "Why don't you know the good or bad luck if you lose your horse"? It seems that it is really hard to determine whether it is a good or bad luck if the Cao Cao family is killed.

Besides, Wu Fan, together with Xia Houyuan and Hua Xiong, led these three troops to 20,000 troops and marched forward rapidly towards Chenliu.

(Uh... I don't seem to have introduced Xia Houyuan's attributes yet, so let's make up for it here. There is also Cao Ren's attributes, so I will make up for it later)

[[[CP|W:193|H:182|A:L|U:http://file2.qidian.com/chapters/20117/6/1984224634455386507126250347392.jpg]]] General's name: Xia Houyuan. Word: Miaocai

Age: 29

Type: General

Faith: Loyalty and righteousness

Character: Tough and courageous

Drinking: Expertise

Care: Martial Arts

Material desire: Ordinary

Command: 91

Force: 92

Intelligence: 56

Politics: 61

Charm: 78

Fame: 354

Loyalty: 100

Intimacy: 38

Relationship: Confidant

Personal skills: Public security, recruitment, training, surprise attack, secret, recovery, gathering energy, counterattack, counterattack, three stages

Leading skills: struggle, rushing, volley, continuous shooting, crossbow, riding, rushing, flying shooting, fire arrow, squad attack

Affiliation: Cao Cao (Wu Fan's subordinate)

Official rank: General of the Dehuo (Fifth rank)

Needless to say, they traveled and stayed overnight along the way, two days later, Wu Fanjun met with Cao Cao's main force in Guandu.

Cao Cao brought almost all Chenliu's troops to battle this time, which shows his determination to conquer Xuzhou. Among them, there were 12,000 soldiers and infantry *2, a total of 14,000 archers *2, a total of 6,000 cavalry *1, a total of 10,000 soldiers *2, and a total of 12,000 tiger and leopard cavalry *2. There were four well railings and three siege vehicles.

The military generals followed were: Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Le Jin, Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Chun, and Cheng Yu.

After joining with the 20,000 troops led by Wu Fan, the total number of Cao's army became 74,000, with a huge momentum!

The 74,000 people continued to advance towards Xuzhou, passing through the Puyang territory. Puyang prefect Xiahou Dun led his subordinates to Yu Jin, Cao Hong and 17,000 soldiers and horses had already been waiting here. After the two troops merged together again, the total number reached 91,000! At this point, all the troops and horses that conquered Xuzhou this time arrived!

After the three troops and horses were combined, Cao Cao naturally became the general, and appointed Wu Fan as the vanguard, and commanded his subordinates Xiahou Yuan and Hua Xiong to lead 20,000 troops and horses to open the way ahead. Xiahou Dun and his subordinates were responsible for supporting him.

Ninety-one thousand people lined up, stretching for dozens of miles. They were covered in plain white and threw paper money along the way. The scene was like covered with frost and snow, and the vast white area!

The tourists and travelers on the official road were surprised to see this vast team, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, and did not dare to leave.

However, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was in trouble when he learned that Cao Cao had launched heavy troops to conquer Xuzhou. He quickly summoned his civil and military officials to discuss how to deal with it.

Everyone had no solution for a while. After the anxious Tao Qian urged him several times, the assistant minister Mi Zhu said:

"I would like to go to Beihai and ask Kong Rong to send troops to help."

Tao Qian was overjoyed and ordered Mi Zhu to go as soon as possible.

After Mi Zhu left, Tao Qian felt that only Kong Rong would come to support him, and he would definitely not be able to repel Cao's army, so he asked everyone which other princes could he ask for help?

The chief clerk Chen Gui said at this time:

"You can send someone to the plain to ask Liu Bei to lead his troops to help."

Tao Qian said in surprise after hearing this:

"The plain is far away from Xuzhou, and I have no relationship with Liu Bei, so how can Liu Bei lead troops to help?"

Chen Gui said:

"Liu Bei's plain is like a chicken egg and a rock in front of Yuan Shao's army, and is in danger of destruction at any time. Liu Bei had no other place to settle down, so he struggled to support the plain. Some time ago, he heard that Yuan Shao had only launched a soldier from Nanpi City and almost conquered the plain. Now the plain is short of soldiers and food, so Yuan Shao will definitely break the city when he comes to attack the city. Now that our army is asking for help, if he is allowed to live in Xiaopei, Liu Bei will come happily."

After hearing what Chen Gui said, Tao Qian touched his forehead and said with gratitude:

"I have always heard that Liu Bei's two brothers have the courage to be unstoppable. If Liu Bei helps him, Xuzhou will be worryless!"

Chen Gui shook his head at this time and said:

"only……"

Tao Qian asked anxiously:

"Just what?"

Chen Gui said:

"But Liu Bei is very specialized in winning over the hearts of the people. He always pretends to be in front of the people. Because he is known as a relative of the Han Dynasty, the people of Pingyuan are very excited about him. I am worried that once he lives in Xiaopei, he will use his usual skills to win over the hearts of Xiaopei. Over time, the people of Xuzhou will only know Liu Bei but not the lord."

Tao Qian was stunned for a while, and finally insisted:

"After all, it's a matter of the future. For the sake of the present, we should first repel Cao's army."

Afterwards, Tao Qian asked everyone: Who could go to Pingyuan to ask Liu Bei to lead troops to help. Wang Lang volunteered, and Tao Qian ordered Wang Lang to bring his own letter and go to Pingyuan to ask Liu Bei to help.

Wang Lang just left, and a whistle detective ran to the main hall and said to Tao Qian:

"Report! The latest news reports learned that Cao Cao appointed Xuchang prefect and General Tiance Wu Fan as the vanguard, leading 20,000 troops to advance, and has now entered the territory of Pengcheng!"

"What? General Tiance Wu Fan?!"

Tao Qian was immediately shocked when he heard Wu Fan's name.

He had participated in the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance at the time, so he naturally heard about Wu Fan's reputation in the Battle of Hulao Pass. Those who could injure Lu Bu were searching for the generals under me, Tao Qian, and it seemed that no one had the ability.

General Cao Bao disagreed and said:

"What can Wu Fan do to be so good that he is only in his early twenties? He dared to break into the territory of Xuzhou alone, and he is bullying me, Xuzhou?! I am willing to lead five thousand soldiers and horses, ambush Wu Fan's path, and catch him off guard when he was camping at night, take his head and offer it to the lord!"

Tao Qian heard Cao Bao say a lot, and it was really like that. Maybe he could succeed. So he followed Cao Bao's words and drew five thousand soldiers and went to ambush Wu Fan.

After Cao Bao left, Chen Gui's son, Chen Deng, the counselor, said:
Chapter completed!