Chapter 518: Face
Zhang He took the first camp to walk towards the Yellow River with Huang Yi's Yu Linwei, the main force of Cao Cao's army is no longer behind him, and the only one is Li Dian who burned the ferry in the Yellow River, but the current Li Dian is not put in the eyes of the Huainan Army at all, and the Huainan Army may not be as good as the Jiangdong Army in water warfare, and even with the Jingzhou Army, but compared with Li Dian, these landlubbers, then they are trump cards.
And Li Dian also knew that his threat to the Huainan Army was almost equal to nothing, so he also accepted his order to let the Huainan Army leave without even lining up a scout.
As for Li Dian's burned ferry? Yuan Yao pulled over the sea ships that stayed in Guangling early on, these sea ships can even fit 10,000 war horses, but they can't fit these 10,000 horses?
However, in order to show his attention to Zhang He, and also to let Zhang He feel the severity of the situation, Yuan Yao still took his naval army and surrounded and suppressed Li Dian's soldiers and horses for him.
Zhang He has never fought a water fight, he doesn't know how many cats are tired in the water, Yuan Yao is also for acting, Li Dian's soldiers and horses are only 2,000 people, but he was beaten by Yuan Yao to the scale of 10,000 people, and you will know how many of them are acting.
In this way, it really had an effect, and the battles fought by those naval armies made Zhang He, a person who had been in battle for a long time, think that Cao Cao had sent more than 10,000 naval troops to chase and intercept him Zhang He, which frightened Zhang He's face a little pale.
But then Zhang He was Yuan Yao's gratitude, after all, for him, Zhang He and Yuan Yao sent a lot of soldiers and horses
Yuan Yao was also glad that he sent the main force of soldiers and horses, if he sent fewer soldiers and horses, I am afraid that Cao Cao would not be able to help but jump over the wall in a hurry.
After all, it was the first to go to the camp, it was not an ordinary army, Yuan Shao lost so badly in the battle of Guandu, and it is enough to see how much he did not lose in the first camp.
Yuan Yao is the type of person who knows Cao Cao best, and sure enough, after Cao Cao over there went back to the Chinese army, his first reaction was to retaliate, and even planned to go to war with the Huainan army, after all, now Yuan Shao is no longer able to threaten Yanzhou, and Yuan Yao has naturally become a thorn in Cao Cao's eyes.
It's a pity that Cao Cao's revenge was stopped by his strategist Guo Jia, Guo Jia gave the reason that the main force of the current Cao Cao army looks at the many soldiers and horses, and they are all veterans of a hundred battles, but there is a very big impact, that is, Cao Cao's army is too tired, it is good to win the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao also shrank, but the soldiers and horses under Cao Cao's command are also tired, they are all people, not machines, and the top priority now is to digest the benefits brought by the battle of Guandu, rather than blindly fighting with Yuan Yaojun.
What's more, there is not much grain and grass for Cao Cao, this is northern Hebei, not Yanzhou, and Yuan Yao is different, the battle of Qingzhou was too easy, or he didn't need to do it at all, Yuan Shang gave up Qingzhou, Cao Cao is a tired army, Yuan Yao is to wait for work, how to fight.
The most important thing is that Lao Cao's chrysanthemums don't seem to be guaranteed.
The scouts over there sent news that Liu Biao's soldiers and horses from Jingzhou had appeared on the border of Yanzhou.
Our Uncle Liu Huang ran away, was cleaned up by Yuan Yao in Yuzhou and then hid in Jingzhou, has been quiet, this time did appear on the stage of history again, this time it really stabbed Cao Cao's chrysanthemum, Liu Bei actually wanted to take Jingzhou's soldiers and horses to prepare to support Lao Cao in Hebei and Yuan Shao when the fight was in full swing, directly to Xuchang to take Xuchang.
Although Liu Biao does not want to forge ahead, but he Liu Biao holds a grudge, Lao Cao scolded him Liu Biao angrily, saying that he Liu Biao is the dog of Shoucheng, plus Cao Cao's attack on Nanyang before, this grudge is not low, Jiangdong Sun Quan is busy rectifying Jiangdong, and all of a sudden Liu Biao's troops are empty, and disgusting Cao Cao is naturally not a problem.
"Liu Da'er, don't catch you for Lao Tzu! Catch you, Lao Tzu will let you know what cruelty is! "Cao Cao is furious, Yuan Yao just blocked him here, Liu Bei came again, Yuan Yao, Cao Cao can't win now, Liu Bei, can't he beat him? Cao Cao's eyes flashed, "This Liu Da'er must not know the news of Guandu, and he dares to invade my Yanzhou, you can't come back!" "Cao Cao is planning to get back the intestines that he was angry with Yuan Yao and lost from Liu Bei.
"Pass on my military order, the Shenxing army will go first, and the main force of the Chinese army will follow, and return to Yanzhou!" Except for those who were left to guard the territory, the other soldiers and horses were brought back by Cao Cao towards Xuchang, and Liu Bei would probably cry if he saw Cao Cao so high-valued.
But all this has little to do with Yuan Yao.
In Qingzhou, Yuan Yao finally saw this first camp that made him afraid and loved Yuan Yao, looking at the golden light of Yuan Yao who was in the camp first, if it was the battle of Langya, Yuan Shang was carrying the first camp, he Yuan Yao would be unlucky.
Yuan Yao went to the camp first in order to subdue Zhang He, and deliberately went out of the city thirty miles to greet him, and he really looked like a master.
Cordially led the horse for Zhang He, a general Zhang He General Zhang He, Yuan Yao immediately ordered to reward Zhang He as the general of Qingzhou, and master all the movements of troops and horses in Qingzhou, and left the camp first or left to Zhang He Shun to transfer the 30,000 troops he brought to Commander Zhang He, not only for drama, but also for Yuan Yao to really value Zhang He.
If the current Zhang He had the slightest dissent, these soldiers and horses would be gone with Qingzhou, and they would even be able to threaten Xuzhou.
For Huang Yi, the chief hero of this persuasion, Yuan Yao did not break his promise, Zhang He counted a thousand gold, and the rest added up to nearly eight thousand gold, Yuan Yao asked people to load all these gold in a carriage and take them outside the city, and rewarded Huang Yi in front of the first camp and Zhang He, in order to tell Zhang He and others that you are all thousands of miles and worth the money.
At this moment, Zhang He couldn't help it, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted to Yuan Yao.
Only Xu Shu on the side knows that the eight thousand gold can really reach Huang Yi's hands and there can be three cities, Huang Yi will laugh, don't mention this matter!
Every soldier who went to the camp first was more or less rewarded with gold, and Zhang He was even knighted, but when he was alone, he didn't accept anything, and after seeing Yuan Yao, he only bowed instead of bowing.
"General Yuan Yao, don't blame it, Cen just came to the general's territory with General Zhang He, but he has no intention of serving the general!" Xun Cen still has the lord Yuan Shao in his heart.
"Huh!" Yuan Yao had the examples of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu in front of him, so he naturally didn't say much, "Mr. Xun Cen, please rest assured, I have prepared a banquet in the city for Mr. and others to pick up the wind and wash the dust, wait for Mr. to eat and rest, when do you want to leave, notify me, I will immediately prepare a horse for Mr., send a coil, and send soldiers and horses to escort Mr. You leave Qingzhou and go back to Hebei!" ”
"That's excellent!" Xun Cen's tense spirit finally relaxed, and Yuan Yao would never break his word and gain weight in public, "Thank you General Yuan Yao, Brother Tian Feng, don't come to harm!" Without the worry that Yuan Yao would hold on to him, Xun Cen was also in good spirits for a while, and when he saw Tian Feng and Fu Zhi, the two friends, they naturally couldn't help but celebrate together.
Yuan Yaojun had already started a war with Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses and won Qingzhou, but only Yuan Shang knew the actual situation, they were playing on the spot, Yuan Shang couldn't wait to go back to Jizhou, plus the benefits given by Yuan Yao, so Yuan Shang didn't want to go back, in fact, he didn't fight at all.
But Xun Cen didn't know, when Hetian Feng was frustrated and reminisced about the past, he couldn't help but think that these two friends could help him say a few more words in front of Yuan Yao, and now Hebei's top priority, the first enemy is Cao Cao instead of Yuan Yao.
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are like a mirror in their hearts, whether Yuan Yaojun and Yuan Shaojun can be peaceful depends on whether Yuan Shaojun is dead or not, so they don't express their position, and Xun Cen is also helpless.
But one thing is certain, Yuan Yao was killed by Yuan Shao two messengers, and he also pretended to be a grandson in front of Yuan Shao for a while, if Yuan Yao didn't deduct a piece of meat from Yuan Shao this time, it wouldn't be him Yuan Yao.
After staying in Qingzhou for three days, Xun Cen knew that he couldn't get any information from Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, so he could only plan to leave Qingzhou and go back to Hebei, and it happened that news came at this time.
That is, Yuan Shao, the general of the Han Dynasty, was not so short-lived, and he actually survived after Guandu, Yuan Shao did not die, then the Hebei army would not be so defeated, and the internal strife in Hebei would not rise so quickly.
Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan couldn't fight, and when they got such a news, Xun Cen was even more like an arrow.
On the same day, he said goodbye to Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao didn't speak, and really prepared a war horse for Xun Cen to wrap around, and there was also a team of 100 people in the camp who was unwilling to stay in Huainan to go back with Xun Cen, Yuan Yao also agreed with a stroke of the pen, and also sent soldiers and horses to escort Xun Cen all the way to the other side of the Yellow River, and when he left, Yuan Yao also asked Xun Cen to bring back a letter that he wanted to give to Yuan Shao.
"Brother Yao, are you so good at that old stubborn?" Huang Yi was by Yuan Yao's side, looking at Yuan Yao with resentment.
Can you not be resentful? Eight thousand gold, he Yuan Yao did reward him Huang Yi, but it was sent to his daughter-in-law Yuan Fang, did he still want to get it in Yuan Fang's hands? Not only that, Yuan Fang is also very generous, what is the younger brother is fighting the world now, he is a female streamer who can't help, only this little family financial support, not only returned all the 8,000 gold to Yuan Yao, but also gave Yuan Yao a total of 10,000 gold with the 2,000 gold that Huang Yi finally embezzled and corrupted in his family.
"I'm good to him, of course, for the sake of planning for the future!" Yuan Yao said with a smile, he had long ignored Huang Yi's grudges, but he Yuan Yao was a loser? He is good to Xun Cen, so he naturally asks for something in return.
"Pass the order down and let the army assemble along the coast of Qingzhou!" Yuan Yao said to his generals.
"Lord, do you want to attack Hebei?" Zhang He was a newcomer to Yuan Yaojun, and he didn't know Yuan Yaojun's plans yet, so he asked Yuan Yao suspiciously.
Yuan Yao looked at Zhang He with a smile, "To fight or not to fight, I said it doesn't count!" ”
"Then who has the final say?"
"The benefits have the final say!" This depends on how much sincerity he Yuan Shao gives.
Yuan Yao is now considered to be a strong soldier, in addition to the 20,000 troops left in Huainan and the 20,000 troops in Xuzhou, he has 40,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, not counting the elites of Yulinwei's first camp, if he really crosses the Yellow River, it will really be enough for Yuan Shao to eat a pot.
Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses gathered on the border of Qingzhou step by step, and even crossed the Yellow River to camp on the other side of the Yellow River, and practiced soldiers and horses every day, which made the whole Hebei tremble, more than a month has passed, and a lot of things have happened on the land of the Central Plains, first of all, the first one is Cao Cao's return to Yanzhou, this time Lao Cao's anger is not a little bit, all the anger from Yuan Yao's side was vented to Liu Bei over there.
Liu Da'er is also lucky, Xiahou Chun with the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry also returned to the camp, Lao Cao just won the battle of Guandu, there are countless war horses under his hands, plus many soldiers and horses brought by Gao Ran will ride horses, so immediately let his subordinates form a new tiger and leopard riding team with the remaining team of tiger and leopard cavalry, and by the way, the army has also expanded, and the tiger and leopard cavalry has suddenly changed from more than 5,000 people at the beginning to 15,000 people now.
The tiger and leopard cavalry, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Shenxing Army, and 25,000 soldiers and horses quickly returned to Yanzhou.
Although the tiger and leopard ride is just a new side, don't forget what kind of soldiers and horses Liu Bei is carrying? Those are all Jingzhou Army, and the Jingzhou Navy may be the world's first-class soldiers and horses, but if this is on land, it can only be regarded as second-rate.
The army of 25,000 soldiers and horses was surrounded, and the tiger and leopard cavalry regarded Liu Bei as a person who trained the soldiers, if it weren't for Zhang Xiu, who was stationed in Nanyang on the side, to help, I am afraid that Liu Bei and Liu Da'er would be able to lose their lives in Yanzhou.
"Poof, Liu Bei!" Yuan Yao also laughed, this Liu Bei was released by Cao Cao, originally to disgust him Yuan Yao, but he didn't expect it to be disgusting to himself, Liu Bei is a Xiaoqiang who can't be killed.
After Cao Cao took the Jingzhou army, he didn't care about continuing to settle accounts with Jingzhou, so he immediately re-stationed on the other side of Guandu with his soldiers and horses, because Yuan Shang took the soldiers and horses and Yuan Xi of Youzhou returned with the soldiers and horses to help.
Yuan Shang has an army of 100,000, and it is not a problem for Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses to gather 150,000. Looking at the news from Hebei, Yuan Shao began to reorganize his armament again.
Yuan Yao was silent when he got the news, and he planned to bring back the soldiers who were far away on the border of Qingzhou, because he was afraid that he would completely provoke Yuan Shao, and his cheap uncle couldn't look at things as normal.
After all, Hebei's territory is larger than Cao Cao's, as long as he recuperates for a year or two, he can pull out another army to the south, but unfortunately Yuan Shao doesn't want him to retaliate back.
He Yuan Yao took Qingzhou, don't Yuan Shao was angry and took him to clean up, he Yuan Yao was not afraid of fighting, but he couldn't carry the black pot for Cao Cao.
"What is the lord worried about?" Xu Shu stepped forward and said to Yuan Yao, "After the first battle of Guandu, the person Yuan Shao hates the most in his heart is Cao Cao, not you, the lord?" Now that Cao Cao has become the climate, Yuan Shao doesn't dare to let Cao Cao deal with me Huainan in a strategy, not to mention the lord, we just took Qingzhou, but we haven't attacked Hebei! Yuan Yao has been playing with fire, but he hasn't burned it directly.
"Yes!" Yuan Yao nodded, he did let his subordinates restrain himself, and it was okay to provoke, but he definitely couldn't punch the first punch, "But my cheap uncle has never sent letters or sent envoys to come, which is really worrying, counting the time, Xun Cen should also go to Hebei to see Yuan Shao, but now there is no news at all!" ”
"Yuan Shao, let's let Mr. Tian Feng say it!" Xu Shu knew that Tian Feng and Fu Zhu were familiar with Yuan Shao.
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu nodded, Xu Shu was not greedy for merit was what they appreciated the most, "Yuan Benchu was indecisive, he couldn't be sure how to fight at all!" Tian Feng said, logically speaking, Yuan Shao's troops are not weak now, and there are nearly 200,000 troops before and after, but Yuan Shao can't make up his mind, whether to continue to fight with Cao **, or even clean up with Yuan Yao, and even Yuan Shaokong is thinking about joining forces with Yuan Yao to kill Cao Cao first!
The reason why there has been no news, and there is still a willingness is a matter of face, he Yuan Shao is an elder, and now he is being forced by a junior to this extent, of course he will not send a messenger immediately.
"Oh? How did I forget!! The tall and delicate man lifts up people, there are no steps, and this cheap uncle of his will not easily put down the skin! ”
"But how do you give him face?" Yuan Yao is also puzzled, he is also fighting in Qingzhou now, and the soldiers and horses have also arrived in Hebei, so he is about to go to war, how to give Yuan Shao face now? Retirement? He didn't attack Hebei, and there was no point in retreating, as for the fact that it was even more impossible to give up Qingzhou, what had already been swallowed by Yuan Yao, you expect Yuan Yao to spit it out, it is simply impossible.
"The lord doesn't need to be so troublesome, he only needs to kill two Cao Cao's messengers!" Xu Shu gave Yuan Yao advice.
"The messenger who killed Cao Cao?" Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment, where did he still have Cao Cao's messenger now? Cao Cao had long been out of contact with him Yuan Yao.
"Cao Cao doesn't contact our army, this is to avoid suspicion, he wants Yuan Shao to think that our army is fighting alone, and wants Yuan Shao to clean us up first!"
"Without an envoy, we will create a messenger of Cao Cao!" Xu Shu continued to speak.
Yuan Yao now sits on four continents, and it is very simple to find two or three death row prisoners, and soon these death row prisoners were beheaded in advance, of course, the crime was to offend him Yuan Yao, and the heads of these death row prisoners were also sent to Cao Cao.
"Yuan Yao'er killed my messenger? When will I send messengers? Cao Cao is also a little dumbfounded, he hasn't been in contact with Yuan Yao'er for a long time, what is this Yuan Yao'er doing? How many heads were sent?
Cao Cao also deliberately asked a few of his advisers, but they didn't send envoys to Huainan.
"Cao Cao, my lord said, Hugh wants to spend money to let my lord attack Hebei with you, my lord has already seen through your trick!"
"What and what!" Cao Cao was even more confused.
What made Cao Cao even more depressed was still to come, this messenger sent by Yuan Yao to send people to the head actually insulted Cao Cao's ancestors for eighteen generations in front of him Cao Cao.
Cao Cao dragged this person out in a fit of anger and cut him down.
"Not good!" Guo Jia suddenly shouted, "Lord, we have fallen for Yuan Yao's child!" “
"Ahhh Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia suspiciously.
"My lord, this is not the envoy sent by our Yanzhou at all, and this envoy of Yuan Yaojun is also deliberately provoking you!" What good did offending Cao Cao do to Yuan Yao? The biggest benefit is to improve the relationship with Yuan Shaojun.