Chapter 372: The Night of Guandu

In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao completed the transfer of materials and strategies, and the army was stationed in Guandu to prevent Yuan Shao's army from moving south to Xudu; after Yuan Shao lost two generals, he spent three days marching while collecting the defeated troops who fled everywhere, barely maintaining the number of troops at 270,000, but still known as 300,000 troops to the outside world, Yuan Shao even planned to transfer another 50,000 reinforcements from the rear but was dissuaded by frustration.

Yuan Shao led the army to camp in the Yangwu area, and chose Wuchao located in the east of Yangwu as a place to store grain, and sent Chun Yuqiong as the main general, Zhao Rong, Wei Yuanjin, Lu Weihuang and Han Juzi as deputy generals to guard Wuchao and transport grain and grass.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao attacked and defended each other, and faced each other between Guandu and Yangwu.

"Alas......" In the big tent, Cao Cao sat there alone, with a black bitter gourd face worrying about the military rations.

Although Cao Cao's grain harvest has increased a lot with the Tuntian method, several wars have wiped out Cao Cao's old base. Now the whole army only has about a month's grain and grass left, and if Yuan Shao can't be repelled again, the time when the food is exhausted is the time when he Cao Cao's army is defeated.

"My lord, Xun Yujun sent a letter from Xu Du. After the soldiers entered the big tent, they handed a letter to Cao Cao. Xun Yu originally went out with the army, but Cao Cao saw that the transportation of grain and grass logistics was gradually difficult, so he gradually transferred Xun Yu back to the rear to assist Cao Ang and Man Chong to ensure that the logistics were worry-free.

"Pick it up. Cao Cao rubbed his temples and said. Cao Cao suffered from migraine, and every time he fell ill, his wife Ding massaged him to relieve his pain. In normal times, Cao Cao had long been lying on Ding's lap enjoying a special massage, unlike now, using his rough hands to solve himself (?seems to be evil...... If you want to go to the wall crookedly~~~~)

It turned out that Xun Yu's letter was mainly to dissuade Cao Cao's idea of retiring from Guandu, and after reading the analysis in the letter, Cao Cao decided to continue to hold on to Guandu, waiting for a good opportunity to counterattack.

History once again returned to the original, one of Yuan Shao's advisers, Xu Yu was first not adopted by Yuan Shao because of his proposal, and then he was imprisoned because his family members in Yecheng broke the law, and was scolded by Yuan Shao in front of everyone. Xu You was angry and decided to take refuge in Cao Cao.

"Ziyuan came to vote, lonely and worry-free!!" Seeing Cao Cao come out of the tent to greet him, Xu You felt that he had received attention, and bowed to Cao Cao one by one, and solemnly saluted.

"I am here for nothing else, I would like to send an important piece of information to help Ming Gong turn things around. Xu You stood up straight and said to Cao Cao.

"Okay! Summoning the generals, discussing matters in the tent! Ziyuan, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you get together in the tent and wait for everyone's arrival by the way?"

"I don't dare to ask for it. After Xu Yu finished, he followed Cao Cao into his big tent.

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"Ziyuan, are you Yuan Shao's place of grain storage in the black nest not far away?" In the big tent, everyone has gathered here. After listening to the information provided by Xu You, Cao Cao asked again.

"That's right. You Jianyì Meng Deke sent an army to attack Wuchao, and if Wuchao was lost, Yuan Shao's army of 270,000 immediately collapsed. After Xu Youtou said, he said to Cao Cao.

"Yu first apologized to Mr. Xu Yu here...... Lord, Yu does not agree with Mr. Xu Yu's proposal, and I am afraid that this is Yuan Shao's trickery. After Cheng Yu stood up, he first bowed solemnly to Xu You, and then said.

Xu You heard Cheng Yu's objection, although he was unhappy, but he was helpless, after all, he had just surrendered, and he was also on the battlefield, and it was reasonable for the other party to suspect him.

"The lonely letter is far from harming me. Cao Cao stroked his beard and said.

"Although I don't know if Mr. Xu Yu surrendered, if he doesn't sneak attack the black nest, he is afraid that he will lose the opportunity to dominate the enemy......; Li Wei asked for an order to lead an army to find out!!" Li Wei hugged his fists, and at the same time his words won Xu You's trust.

"I am willing to make a military order! If this matter is false, I am willing to bow my head and suffer!" Xu You stood up and said.

"Ziyuan doesn't need to be like this......" Cao Cao also needs Xu You's information, and he does have a deep friendship with Xu You in Luoyang, so even if he just came from Yuan Shao, Cao Cao still chooses to believe his words.

"Meng De, this is a rare opportunity!! you are willing to use Xiang Shang's head as a guarantee, and the sneak attack on Wuchao will definitely win a big victory!"

Since Xu You dared to make a military order, and Li Wei, who was the first general of Cao Ying, was also willing to take risks, Cao Cao naturally accepted Xu You's construction. Li Wei served as the main general of the Einsatzgruppen, leading 1,000 tiger cavalry and 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to attack Wuchao at night, and at the same time sent Zhang Liao and Yu Ban to assist Li Wei.

At the same time as Li Wei raised his troops, the system once again issued new tasks.

【Side Quests】

Burn the Wuchao and kill all the guards of the Wuchao with his own hands (Chun Yuqiong, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rong, Wei Yuanjin, Jiang Qi)

Task Success: The hidden task must succeed, and Task Failure: The hidden task must fail

【Hidden Mission】

Obtained the recognition of [Wuqu] Zhang Liao

Mission Success: Obtain the title of [Bow God], Mission Failure: All existing chain quests and side quests have failed

"I didn't expect Zhang Liao to be 'Wuqu Xing', I thought it would be Zilong's heartthrob...... Having said that, since the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, there has been no news of Zilong...... Although I know that he will take refuge in Liu Ran in the future, the history of this world has been changed by my powerful butterfly, and I don't know if I will go on a business trip. Hearing that another star appeared in the world, Li Wei touched his chin and muttered to himself.

In addition to arranging for Li Wei and the three of them to attack Wuchao at night, Cao Cao obeyed Liu Ye's construction and transferred the army away from the camp, leaving only a few thousand people to garrison and plant more flags to cover, and then ambushed around the camp with the elite. If Yuan Shaozhen sent an army to capture the village, he could just come to an urn to catch turtles.

On the other hand, Xu You's departure from the camp to join Cao was soon known by Yuan Shao, in addition to scolding the former, Yuan Shao was reminded by Guo Tu to hoard the grain and grass in Wuchao, and urgently ordered Jiang Qi to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to support Wuchao.

Guo Tu also proposed to Yuan Shao to send a large army to attack Cao Cao's camp, so that Wei could be besieged to rescue Zhao and the threat of Wuchao could be relieved. Yuan Shao sent Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead 50,000 horses to attack Cao Cao's camp, and he also proposed to send a general to cut off Cao's army's grain route, but Yuan Shao vetoed this proposal.

"Lord, Cao Cao will definitely be on guard in the camp, we should save the black nest first!" Zhang He frowned, and then hugged his fists.

"No! Cao Cao will definitely take the elite to attack Wuchao, the camp must be empty, if we wait for the army to march, we will definitely be able to capture Cao's camp!" Guo Tu retorted, and after Yuan Shao heard this, he no longer paid attention to Zhang He's construction.

"Alas...... After tonight, I don't know how many Hebei men are separated from their families......" Zhang He walked out of the big tent, looked at the night sky, and sighed.

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