Liu Chuang was ready to fight to the death with Cao Cao.

From Ping'an, Gaoyou, Guangling, Hailing... he wanted to fight Cao Cao in one county and another to fight a fierce war of attrition.

For this purpose, he made better arrangements.

After ordering Zhang Liao to take charge of Ping'an County, Liu Chuang immediately led two thousand flying Xiong troops to retreat to Gaoyou and began to recruit troops in Gaoyou.

Even if I can't defend Guangling County, I will still want you, Cao Cao to be sad.

I don't believe it. I can't hold on for even fifteen days. It's amazing. I turned Guangling into a ruin. Let's see how you, Cao Cao, clean it up.

However, Gaoyou recruitment was not going well.

On the first day of recruitment, no one came.

The Chen family's huge influence in Guangling was gradually revealed as Cao Cao's troops crossed the Huai River and stationed troops in Huaiyin. None of the local gentry in Gaoyou was willing to cooperate with Liu Chuang's conscription operations, which also made Liu Chuang's conscription plan a little troublesome.

"Young Master, under the current situation, you should not be merciful."

After hearing the news, Chen Gong rushed to Gaoyou from Guangling overnight.

He had been in Xuzhou for a long time, and naturally had a deep understanding of the influence of the Chen father and son in Guangling. Thinking back to the beginning, even Lu Bu did not dare to neglect the Chen father and son before Chen Gui broke up. Not to mention that Guangling was Chen Deng's hometown. On this acre of three-point land, who dared not act without looking at the eyes of the Chen father and son? Years of prestige cannot be eliminated in a short time.

"Business Station, what should I do?"

A ruthless look flashed in Chen Gong's eyes, "The three surnames of Gaoyou are the eldest.

The head of the Wang family is named Wang He, and he has a deep friendship with Chen Yuanlong. Moreover, there is a close relationship between Wang and Chen. Wang He's mother married the Chen clan, so the two families can be said to be closely related. Now that the Chen clan returns to Guangling, Wang He will naturally help Cao Cao. More importantly, the Wang family has a very large family business and the people of Gaoyou dare not compete with him. How could anyone come to join the army?"

The cruelty in Chen Gong's eyes did not avoid Liu Chuang's eyes.

I guess he had been humiliated by Wang, so he spoke like this... But it's normal to think about it. Chen Gong was originally a bit paranoid. If it weren't for this kind of personality, how could he turn against Cao Cao and eventually become Cao Cao's enemy?

Liu Chuang closed his eyes and pondered without saying a word.

After a while, he whispered softly: "Since Wang He is like this, there is no need to save it in Gaoyou again.

I said that even if I was defeated by Cao Cao, Guangling would be ruined. Since someone jumped out to oppose me, I don’t have to be kind. You should take people to the Wang family immediately. I don’t care what methods you use. It will be dark tomorrow and I will want two thousand soldiers."

"Here!"

Chen Gong was delighted and turned around and left.

But when he walked to the door, Liu Chuang called him again.

"You are so strategic in the public office, but sometimes you are too paranoid that you can never become the real master.

I hope you can cultivate your energy and cultivate yourself in the future. If you can control your paranoid nature, I believe you will never be inferior to anyone."

Chen Gong trembled and stopped.

He turned around and saw that Liu Chuang had already walked into the back hall.

Looking at Liu Chuang's back, Chen Gong suddenly smiled bitterly, bowed to Liu Chuangkuisuo's back, and then strode away.

That night, Chen Gong led 800 Feixiongwei into the Wang family and killed more than 200 Wang He's family.

Immediately afterwards, he led his men to take down the other two families. There were as many as two thousand children captured by the three surnames of Gaoyou.

A bloody suppression made Gaoyou people suddenly wake up.

That's right, although the Chen family has a great reputation in Guangling, now it is Liu Chuang who is in charge of Gaoyou's life and death.

If you don’t cooperate with Liu Chuang, you will only become a masterless and lonely soul. The three families of Gaoyou are bloody examples, which makes people in Gaoyou frightened.

That night, Chen Gong came to report that there were more than 3,000 soldiers recruited from Gaoyou.

Liu Chuang was overjoyed and immediately ordered Xu Sheng to select a thousand young and strong men, and to continue to stay in Gaoyou with Feixiong Army, and at the same time ordered Mi Zhu to recruit soldiers in Guangling.

He personally led the two thousand young men who were recruited to Ping'an County to meet with Zhang Liao.

After receiving reinforcements from Gaoyou, there were nearly 5,000 troops in Ping'an County, which greatly increased the confidence of Liu Chuang and Zhang Liao.

However, Liu Chuang soon discovered that after Cao Cao occupied Huaiyin, he did not immediately attack Ping'an.

Cao Cao remained in Ping'an County, but Xu Huang and Li Dian led a group of troops, divided into Dongyang and Sheyang counties, forming a siege of Ping'an County and Guangling. However, Cao Cao did not send Chen Deng to the horse, but instead kept Chen Deng and Liu Bei by his side.

Logically speaking, under such circumstances, if Chen Deng came forward, it would definitely cause great trouble to Liu Chuang.

However, Cao Cao did not do this!

Liu Chuang couldn't help but feel strange, and couldn't understand the intention of Cao Cao doing this.

"Young Master, it seems that Cao Cao has already been wary of Chen Hanyu and Chen Yuanlong's father and son."

"oh?"

"Since Cao took Xuzhou, of course he hoped to control Xuzhou in his hands. But if Chen Gui and Chen Deng were there, he would not be able to do this. The Chen father and son had too deep foundation in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao did not want to increase the prestige of both of them.

If Guangling had been in Chen Deng's hands, then Cao Cao would have reused Chen Deng.

But now…”

Chen Gong knew Cao Cao very well. He had assisted Cao Cao and was certainly clear about Cao Cao's character, so he quickly thought of the answer.

It seems to be something that makes sense!

Liu Chuang thought about it and agreed with Chen Gong's words.

In history, the Chen family had never lost control of Guangling. Even though Chen Deng was later transferred to Dongcheng County as the prefect, his control over Guangling was still very strong. Until later, after Chen Deng died of illness, his son was still young and was not enough to take on the heavy responsibility. Chen's control over Guangling gradually lost and was then taken over by Cao Cao. Now that Chen has been driven out of Guangling, his control over Guangling is naturally insufficient. Of course, Cao Cao had to take this opportunity to weaken Chen Deng's influence in Guangling, so how could he send Chen Deng out?

After understanding the reason, Liu Chuang couldn't help but feel emotion.

In terms of means, Cao Cao is indeed powerful...

"But why did he stop attacking?"

Chen Gong also showed a look of confusion, smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Ming doesn't know this."

"Okay, the longer you delay, the better it will be for us."

Liu Chuang thought about it and did not continue to worry about this matter.

"It's just that Cao Cao is cunning, so you have to be more careful!"

"Here!"

In a blink of an eye, November has begun.

The weather is getting colder and even with bright sunshine during the day, it still makes people feel inexplicably cold.

The Huai River entered a period of flow cut, and more and more Cao troops crossed the Huai River and continued to put pressure on Guangling. Although Liu Chuang had tried his best to control it, local riots were still inevitable. Even if Chen Deng did not come forward, Cao Cao could take over the name of Chen and disrupt Liu Chuang's deployment.

Liu Chuang also felt tremendous pressure!

Because in Ping'an County, desertion has begun to occur.

Although Chen Gong discovered it in time and executed these deserters with extremely bloody means, the hole could no longer be blocked.

It only took five days...

Liu Chuang almost lived like a year.

Sun Ce had already moved the food and grass in Jiangdu, so he ignored Liu Chuang again.

He did not even send an envoy to Guangling, and he looked like a stranger, ready to stand by and watch.

After five days of garrison in Ping'an County, Liu Chuang decided to abandon Ping'an and retreat to Gaoyou.

It’s not that Ping An cannot stick to it, but as time goes by, Ping An’s people’s hearts have become turbulent and their morale is depressed, making it difficult to continue.

Instead of doing this, it is better to abandon Ping'an County and test Cao Cao's attitude.

However, when Liu Chuang retreated to Gaoyou, he suddenly received news that Cao Cao sent a delegation to Gaoyou to meet Liu Chuang...

"Zhong Yao?"

Liu Chuang looked at the roster of the mission and looked shocked.

He never expected that this mission would be led by Zhong Yao.

"Cao Cao came because my uncle came, would he want to persuade me to surrender?"

Liu Chuang showed a surprised expression, looked at Chen Gong, and then looked at Zhang Liao, "Where is the mission now?"

"Have arrived twenty miles outside the city."

Liu Chuang was also a little confused at this time, what medicine was selling in Cao Cao's gourd. If it were someone else, Liu Chuang would not bother to pay attention to it. But Zhong Yao... No matter what, Zhong Yao was Liu Chuang's uncle and his elder, so Liu Chuang could not ignore it.

"Since that's the case, we'll go out of the city to greet you."

After pondering for a while, Liu Chuang slapped the table.

"Official platform, come with me to welcome you."

"Here!"

The two walked side by side out of the county government and headed straight out of Gaoyou City.

"Public Terminal, why did you say that my uncle, come here at this time?"

On the way out of the city to greet him, Liu Chuang couldn't help asking questions.

Liu Chuang's mood was a bit complicated for this uncle he had never met before. He wanted to return to his hometown Yingchuan and asked Liu Yong to contact Zhong Yao, but he didn't even see anyone. If Liu Yong had seen Zhong Yao at that time, it might have been a different situation now. Of course, Liu Chuang would not have become a prince like now, and would have been trapped in Yingchuan County.
To be continued...