Chapter 223, to be named to be modified, to be named to be revised

At the same time, far to the east, along the Yellow River, the war is gradually moving from stalemate to decisive battle.

When Qi Han left, Yuan's army lost the first battle, but still had an absolute advantage in troops. In the late autumn, Yuan Shao's army marched to Yangwu and planned to formally attack Xuchang to the south. In the following month, the main force drove to Guandu, and set up camp along the sand, dozens of miles wide from east to west, and Cao Cao also set up camp on the riverbank to confront Yuan's army in order to confront Yuan Shao. After another month, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Yuan Shao's camp several times, but he failed to bargain, and when the battle was unfavorable, he retreated to the camp and held on.

Yuan Shao built a building in the camp, piled up soil for a mountain, and shot Cao Ying with arrows. Cao Cao loaded the thunderbolt cart made by Liu Ye with stone bullets and fire bombs, and destroyed the building built by Yuan Jun. Yuan Shao's strategists also offered him a plan, digging tunnels in an attempt to attack, but who knows, Cao Cao also obeyed Guo Jia's plan, dug a long trench in front of the camp to resist, and smashed Yuan's army's strategy. The two armies held each other for three whole months, Cao Cao's external situation was difficult, the front soldiers were short of food, the soldiers were tired, the rear was not stable, and he was worried about civil strife, Cao Cao gradually lost the confidence to hold on, and felt that he could not support it, so he had to collect food from nearby counties and counties to barely maintain the livelihood of the military camp.

One day, he saw that the soldiers and soldiers transporting grain were exhausted and hungry, but they still pushed the grain cart to the warehouse, his eyes were hot, and he couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help blurting out, saying: "The soldiers are really too hard, I will definitely defeat Yuan Shao within fifteen days, and I will never let you be so tired again!"

If Qi Han was beside him, he would definitely be surprised. But Cao Cao is indeed so complicated. On the one hand, he is cruel and suspicious, but on the other hand, he is sympathetic and loves the people, and the thoughts of those in high positions are unpredictable, so that's it.

Cao Cao inspected the camp and saw that the soldiers were hungry, and he became more and more disheartened, only to feel that Yuan Shao was powerful and the soldiers were full of food, and I was afraid that he would no longer be able to resist it.

Aichen Guo Jia also became more and more ill, but Cao Cao couldn't even guarantee his decoction, so he really didn't have the face to see it, so he had to write to Xun Yu in Xuchang with tears to discuss the withdrawal of the army. Who knows, Xun Yu sent troops to send back the letter urgently, saying: "Yuan Shao gathered the main force in Guandu, just to fight the lord and the lord. The lord's internal friction is huge, at this time the soldiers are weak and weak, and the emptiness is extreme, but he must make the strongest posture, if he can't use his strong appearance to deter the other party, he will definitely take advantage of the weakness and break Henan. Now that it has reached the critical moment of life and death, the general trend of the world has been determined, and the lord must not give up!"

Cao Cao saw it, was silent, and asked Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and others for their opinions, and they all agreed with what Xun Yu said.

He turned to the camp and asked Guo Jia again, Guo Jia coughed and said before the light dimmed: "Wen Ruo is right, 'the public is the weak, the strongest'." At the beginning, Chu and Han were between Xingyang and Chenggao, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed, and no one was willing to take a step back first, because the person who retreated first showed weakness, weakness, and defeat. Lord, now that you have been holding the pass to resist Yuan Shao's attack, it has been more than three months, which is extremely difficult. ”

He finally counted one or two in front of Cao Cao, and said with a light smile: "Putting it to death and then rejuvenating, our army will defend for three months, the situation has gradually become clear, and there is absolutely no room for maneuver." Rest assured, the time is coming, and when the time comes, you can win by surprise, and you can't sit back, let alone retreat. ”

Cao Cao always believed him, so he gritted his teeth and persevered, waiting for the opportunity. He also adopted Xun You's strategy, and while strengthening the defense, he ordered Ren Jun, who was in charge of logistics and supplies, to take the 10th Route Column as a part to shorten the distance between the front and rear of the transport troops, and to use the reformation to strengthen the escort to prevent the Yuan army from attacking. On the other hand, all the generals under them actively sought and captured fighters, and not long after, Cao Ren and Shi Jian really found an opportunity to intercept and burn thousands of grain wagons of Yuan's army in Hanoi County, and for a while, Yuan Shao's army also fell into a difficult situation of supplying grain and grass.

At this time, Jiangdong was also ready to move. Cao Cao heard that Sun Ce intended to order troops to attack, and he didn't sleep well for several days, and his eyes were full of blue. Who knows, a few days later, but suddenly heard that Sun Ce died suddenly, the middle guard Jiangxia Taishou Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a deep relationship, more than brothers, hearing the news of the grief, with the river for his funeral, but can no longer order troops to go north, Cao Cao heard the news, only to feel that the will of heaven, secretly relieved.

And three months ago, Liu Pi (who had surrendered to Cao Cao) of the old department of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan suddenly rebelled, controlled the prefecture and county, and killed Cao Cao by surprise.

Yuan Shao secretly hated Liu Bei for being unrighteous, but he had nothing to do with him, so he only sent troops and horses to send the general Han Xun to the west of the Cao army, but Cao Cao sent the general to attack the rebel Liu Pi this time, which was his favorite general, Cao Ren, who was extremely brave and good at fighting and had the talent of a general, Han Xun could not fight with Cao Ren with his troops and weapons, and died in Jiluo Mountain.

The turning point for the war finally came in the middle of winter.

Yuan Shao also sent a cart to transport grain, and ordered the general Chun Yuqiong to lead 10,000 troops to escort it, and it was stationed in Yanjin and Wuchao, twenty miles north of Yuan's army camp. At this time, Yuan Shao's advisor Xu You, seeing that the momentum was not good, gave up the lord, went to Cao Cao, and proposed a strange strategy: it was suggested that Cao Cao's light troops attack the black nest and burn Yuan Shao's baggage.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Cao Hong and Xun Yu to hold the camp, personally led 5,000 infantry cavalry, and fraudulently used the banner of the Yuan army, the rank of the person, and the horse binding mouth, each carrying a bundle of firewood and grass, and secretly attacked the Wuchao granary on the dark road at night. Upon arrival, immediately set fire to the siege.

After Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao had attacked Wuchao, on the one hand, he sent light cavalry to rescue, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhang He to lead heavy troops to storm Cao's camp. But Cao's camp is strong, Cao will be good at fighting, and the strategists are resourceful, so they can't attack it.

Yuan Shao was in a hurry, knowing that the Wuchao granary was related to life and death, and ordered reinforcements to advance to save it, so when Cao Cao burned the Wuchao and fought in the Chunyuqiong camp, the reinforced army had already arrived. Cao Cao had to break the cauldron and fight against the water, inspiring the soldiers to fight to the death, under his leadership, the sergeants stubbornly killed Chun Yuqiong, broke through from the reinforcements, successfully escaped, and burned all Yuan Shao's grain and grass.

Zhang He, who was attacking Cao Cao's camp, heard that the black nest was burned, and knew that the general trend had gone, so he took advantage of the situation to surrender Cao Cao. Zhang He's rebellion, Yuan Shao's army was even more shaken, completely split and collapsed, and completely fell into a state of collapse.

As a result, Yan Xing was defeated by Ma Chao in the northwest, losing more than 20,000 Han Sui, with a total of thousands of casualties, thousands of beheadings, and giving the other party 10,000 cavalry in vain, but it was not conspicuous. Because, Yuan Shao's battle can be described as a complete failure, losing a full 100,000 horses, and finally only more than 800 cavalry, fled back to Hebei with him in a panic...... The Yuan army, which lost its grain and grass and the commander, was annihilated and killed by the Cao army, reaching 70,000 or 80,000 people.

After this battle, Yuan Shao could no longer lead his troops south, and in the land of Hebei, Cao Cao was already bound to win, just around the corner. Looking at the entire north, there is no one who can compete with Cao Cao.

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