Chapter 071: Burning the Black Nest 4
At the moment of entering the village, Cao Cao looked at Chun Yu Zhongjian, who looked like a demon, and his heart moved slightly: This terrifying killing move is indeed good to impact the enemy army. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
It's as simple as that, the resistance in Chun Yuqiong's camp collapsed violently, and the wounded and stubborn Chun Yuqiong was killed by Cao Junxiao, who rushed in, and Cao Jun set fire to all the grain trucks he could touch. The fire ignited, the fire helped the soldiers, and Cao Jun, whose physical strength had been exhausted, was as if he had taken a stimulant, and his spirits were uplifted.
The Cao army in the village slaughtered the Yuan army that had given up resistance with the last strength, and the Yuan army light cavalry outside the village faced the fire rising in the wall, but did not have the courage to abandon the war horse and kill into the village, the main general Jiang Qi was even more unlucky, and was shot down by a stray arrow that flew from nowhere, and the Cao army that did not enter the village took advantage of the situation to block the gate of the village, and Jiang Qi finally did not lose his life under the protection of his cronies.
At this time, the Cao army was like a truck running out of fuel, and it would suddenly stop running at any time, but unfortunately the reinforced Yuan army light cavalry did not have the patience to wait until that moment, with the bluff Cao Cao leading the army out of the village, the Yuan army that lost its unified command was scattered in a hurry, and some of the soldiers fled to Guandu wrapped in the wounded general, and Cao Cao was lucky to escape a catastrophe.
Chun Yuqiong's troops of more than 10,000 soldiers were scattered, some of them were killed and wounded in the fierce battle, and only more than 1,000 people were taken prisoners of war, including Chun Yu Zhongjian, who had his nose cut off.
Cao Cao killed Chun Yu Zhongjian, who lost his nose, but the war just kicked off a prelude to Cao Cao's favor, and Yuan Shao's nearly 100,000 troops were still waiting for Cao Cao in Guandu.
Cao Jun finally won the black nest, and a big gamble that put the whole army and his own head was finally preliminarily divided, and Cao Cao won this bet.
In the haze, as if a gust of cold wind was wafting through his heart, Cao Cao shivered, always feeling that there was an ethereal thought that he had not grasped, but Cao Cao clearly realized that it was the only chance to win. If I think about it again, I hope that this wisp of thought will wander back into my mind.
Morale is easy to drum up and is not easy to leak, and the morale of his own soldiers is flourishing because of this battle; while Yuan's army's rations are burned, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, and this is a good time for a decisive battle. However, if Yuan Shao took timely action against his troops who had not yet returned to the camp, the initiative would change hands in an instant. Besides, when Yuan Shao was still fighting at this time, how could Cao Cao lead the troops back to the Guandu camp smoothly?
Cao Cao ordered the whole army to assemble and stand by for departure, and he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, how should the more than 1,000 prisoners of war of the Yuan army be disposed of? If they are brought back to the Guandu camp, they will inevitably delay the march, and when it is dawn, they will become the target of the siege of Yuan's army, and all of them will be killed on the spot?
Cao Cao, who was escorting the prisoners of war, set off for Guandu, and Cao Cao secretly summoned Cao Ren and issued a military order that stunned Cao Ren: "Wait until you get close to the Yuan army's camp and release all the prisoners of war and the cattle and horses they are riding." ”
What made Cao Ren's heart tremble was the sentence that followed: "Cut off the noses of all the captives, and cut off the lips and tongues of the animals they ride." ”
Cao Ren, who has killed countless people, does not dare to imagine the tragic scene when he is tortured, killing people can cut off the noses of more than 1,000 living people without blinking, plus the lips and tongues of a herd of animals, Cao Cao can think of it? But Cao Ren is not even qualified to think, Cao Cao waved his hand to move forward in his military career for decades, and he has developed a good habit of giving 10,000 sentences a sentence to the leader's words.
Yuan Shao was furious when he saw this, and wanted to behead Jiang Qi first, slaughter the deserters, and follow suit, but the military division Guo Tu couldn't bear it when he saw this, and regretted these new cavalry, and suggested that he be sent to the offensive ground of the Cao camp in Guandu, so as to make meritorious contributions.
Why didn't Yuan Shao leave the main army out? Do you still have to wait to deal with Cao Cao's victorious army that returned to the camp?
Yuan Shao thought to himself: Although the grain and grass are damaged, as long as you can catch Cao Cao and break your old camp, you will pay the price and gain a firm foothold. As for what the troops will eat in a few days? It's not that you don't think about it, but if you think about it, it's also a vain consideration, and all considerations must be considered after defeating Cao Cao.
At this time, the sky has been bright, Guandu Dazhai received Cao Cao's flying cavalry order, ordered Cao Hong's department to gather all the troops, at dawn to see Yuan Shao's army in chaos, that is, the whole army dispatched, killed Yuan Ying, and planned to break Yuan's army.
War is a thing that the great men regard as an effective tool for victory, the madmen as a game of turning the earth to play, the common people call it a man-made disaster that is fierce by natural disasters, and the military strategists regard it as a game of chess that can never be played against their opponents.
To put it bluntly, war is nothing more than an expanded dog-eat-dog, a miracle of humans killing their own kind. The ancients had a cloud: since ancient times, there has been no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period.
As soon as more than 1,000 Yuan army captives arrived at Guandu, they were told: "Cao Sikong has shown you extrajudicial kindness, preferential treatment to avoid death, and left you two ways, choose for yourself, one is to keep your head, the other is to leave your nose, choose quickly, wait until you force your hand, maybe you will cut one more." ”
No one can make a mistake, can you still take your nose with your head? In fact, it is just a teasing of the person who is about to have his nose cut off, and there is already a forcible move. First cut the nose of the man, forced the mount and then cut the lip and tongue of the mount, the cow and horse galloped wildly, the rider screamed miserably, the blood was all over the face, and the miserable death.
More than 1,000 people were brutally cut off their noses almost at the same time, more than 1,000 livestock were also cut off their lips and tongues almost at the same time, 1,000 bloody heads, 1,000 bloody faces, 1,000 bloody animals, 1,000 people screamed in unison, and 1,000 cows and horses cried in unison.
The beasts that had already frantically formed beasts and pounced on the Yuan army with more than a thousand bloody men, and the final battle of the Battle of Guandu began. Half an hour before the start of the war, Zhang He and Gao Lan, who had surrendered, infiltrated the Yuan camp with their troops who had now become Cao's army.
When the bloody vanguard created by Cao Cao rushed to the Yuan camp, Zhang He and Gao Ran's troops immediately turned their faces, raised their swords and guns at the same time, and opened a killing ring to their comrades-in-arms half a day ago. Just now there were rumors, but now I suddenly saw countless demon-like bloody people breaking into the camp, and the crazy animals were ramming and trampling everywhere, with hideous faces, and people rolled off their mounts, but if they looked closely, they were their comrades-in-arms howling without a sore nose, who could not feel terrible?
Seeing that like countless beasts and countless evil ghosts pounced into the Yuan army, Yuan Shaogang's assembled troops dispersed, and the huge terror was followed by Cao Cao's strict infantry and cavalry army, this time the Cao army did not make a fierce charge, but put up a majestic battle formation and slowly approached; at the same time, the rear of the Yuan army also sounded the war drums, that is, the Cao army of the Guandu battalion led by Cao Hong arrived, and it was also the same as the Cao army in front, forming a formation and slowly approaching.
The 100,000-strong army collapsed in an instant, and Yuan Shao could not understand why the battle situation had suddenly changed like this? With tears in his eyes and his heart like a knife, he was forcibly supported by his son Yuan Tan, the strategist Guo Tu and others on his war horse, and only had more than 800 cavalry with him who had not dispersed, and rushed out of the front and rear encirclement of Cao's army.
The commander of Yuan's army abandoned his army and fled, and who was willing to resist the huge army? Nearly 80,000 soldiers laid down their arms and waited for the victors to be reorganized and pacified.
In this battle, Cao Jun made a fortune, Yuan Shao fled in a hurry, did not make any plans in advance, Cao Jun seized a huge amount of baggage and property, a mountain of armor and vehicles, countless books and treasures, and even the most confidential documents and archives of Yuan Shao's army were all lost to Cao Jun.
In the archives of Yuan Jun, a large number of letters in Xu Du and Cao Cao's army that were secretly connected with Yuan Shao were found, and it was suggested that Cao Cao should be handed over to the school affairs, according to the map, tracing the source, and catching them all.
Everyone was puzzled, Cao Cao seemed extremely reasonable and magnanimous at this time, and explained to everyone: "At that time, Yuan Shaozhi was so powerful, I still couldn't protect it myself, let alone ordinary officials and sergeants?"
Cao Jun's prestige was far and wide, Cao Cao was benevolent and spread in all directions, and many counties of Yuan Shao's Jizhou expressed their resolute support for the central government and were willing to take the initiative to surrender to Cao Cao.
So Cao Cao was so benevolent and righteous? How did Cao Cao deal with the 80,000 prisoners of war of Yuan's army? The first prisoner of war he had to face was the frustration that could not escape with Yuan Shao.
Fu Zhu failed to escape the Yellow River, and when he was caught by Cao Jun, he shouted: "Fu Zhu did not surrender, but was captured by the army." ”
In fact, Cao Cao and Fu Zhu were old friends, and they have admired the talent of Fu Zhu for a long time, and persuaded Fu Zhu to return to obedience: "After the separation, the message was cut off, but I didn't expect Jun to be captured today, fortunately, the two of us have the same way." ”
Fu Zhu didn't think it was his responsibility to be a prisoner of war: "It was Yuan Shao's mistake and blind going south, and Fu Shao's talent was trapped and his strength was not enough, so he was captured by you." ”
Cao Cao expressed his understanding: "Yuan Shao had no plan, and he didn't need the king's plan to defeat the army; Fang is now in turmoil and discipline, and the country is undecided, and I am willing to govern the world with you." ”
Fu Zhu has no intention of surrendering at all: "The lives of my uncle, mother, and younger brother are now in the hands of the Yuan family. ”
Cao Cao saw that it was difficult to win his ambition, and couldn't help but sigh: "If I get the king's help early, I won't have enough to worry about the world." But he was still reluctant to kill Frustration, and gave him preferential treatment, raised in the army, and only hoped that time and truth could influence Frustration.
Later, he refused to eat soft and hard, and repeatedly wanted to escape to Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao had no choice but to execute him in order to fulfill his will.
Cao Cao was very troubled about how to deal with Yuan Shao's nearly 80,000 prisoners of war, because this was indeed a big problem. Cao Jun is incapable of self-digestion, and his own troops are not yet able to supply the military rations they need, so if they accept the reorganization of such a large army, what will they use to feed them? The army will inevitably cause chaos, and when the time comes, how can we suppress the rebellious army that is twice as large as its original unit?
Dismissal on the spot? People always have to eat, and it is not that hundreds of people have suffered? People are extremely poor, so why not rob people as a profession, and people are extremely hungry, and they must have milk and mothers; poison the people in the front and give benefits to Yuan Shao in the back; how can they help Yuan Shao keep his old department? Help him recover his forces? The policy of dismissal is inappropriate.
But dragging is not a way, people have a mouth, panting is a sideline, the tongue is for talking, the teeth are for chewing, the upper and lower lips, except for occasional kissing, just to swallow food. If there is a lack of three meals a day, if there is a lack of panic, once the meal is interrupted, chaos is imminent, how can there be a living person who does not consume food? The dead will not consume food, so they will all become dead.
But this kind of thing is always easier to imagine than to practice, not to mention the collective killing of 80,000 living people, that is, to slaughter 80,000 pigs and try it? What kind of movement will that be? What kind of scene will it be? After slaughtering 80,000 pigs, they can still eat meat, and the corpses of 80,000 people will not be piled up into a mountain of meat after slaughtering? Besides, how many butchers do they have to gather?
80,000 captives have now become Cao Cao's biggest knot, is depressed between the dilemma, helpless, Cao Cao out of the tent to disperse, to the front to prevent Yuan Jun tunnel war to dig a long trench, Cao Cao can't help but nag in his mouth: "There are still many stupid people buried under this?"
Cao Cao had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and remembered the moment when he eliminated Yuan Shao's tunnel soldiers a few days ago, and the water supply was insufficient for a while, and the living people of Yuan Jun were buried. He sent people to survey the terrain first, then determine the location, then prepare the earthwork, and finally process it into a suitable large burial pit.
The prisoners of war were ordered to move to camp and eat near Xudu. Now the captives finally looked forward to hope, more than a day, Cao Jun water supply does not provide rice and grain, some soldiers have begun to brew desperately, and now suddenly received good news, so they are extremely obedient, quickly and consciously lined up to wait for the order to leave.
Nearly 80,000 soldiers, several miles long, marched into the living burial chasm, and when the forefronts realized that something was wrong, all those who pressed the rear had already entered the trenches.
After Cao Cao arrived at Wuchao, he immediately besieged and set fire, and after Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao attacked Wuchao, on the one hand, he sent light cavalry to rescue, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead heavy troops to storm Cao's camp, but Cao's camp was strong and could not be attacked. When Cao's army rushed to attack Wuchao Chun Yu Qiong's camp, Yuan Shao's reinforcements were approaching, Cao Cao fought to the death, broke Yuan's army, killed Chun Yuqiong and others, and burned all his grain and grass.
Zhang He and Gao Ran heard that the black nest was broken, so they surrendered to Cao Cao, which led to the shaking of the army's morale, internal division, and the collapse of the army. Yuan Shao retreated to Hebei with 800 cavalry, and Cao's army successively annihilated and killed 80,000 Yuan troops. The Battle of Guandu strengthened Cao Cao and laid a solid foundation for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao and unify the north. Only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were more powerful in the north, and after defeating Yuan Shao in this battle, no one in the north could compete with Cao Cao.
After more than a year of confrontation, the Battle of Guandu ended with Cao Cao's complete victory. With a force of about 20,000, Cao Cao won a surprising victory and defeated Yuan's army of 100,000. This battle has become a typical example in Chinese history of defeating the strong with the weak and winning more with less.
Cao Cao, with his extraordinary intellect and courage, wrote the most glorious page of his military career. Yuan Shao died of depression due to the defeat, Cao Cao took the opportunity to completely destroy the Yuan military group, Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan again, and the north was unified after a long war.