The fire above the head of the city of Xudu was exceptionally bright in the dark night.

As soon as Yuan Shang saw that Xu Du was on fire over there, he immediately became excited, can he not be excited? Because this means that there is movement in Xu Du, and it means that the achievements ahead are waiting for him, so Yuan Shao immediately rushed over with the soldiers and horses under his hands, ready to gallop to help Yuan Shao over there.

But as soon as Yuan Shao walked over, he stretched out from the dark dense forest, and suddenly there was a sound of shouting and killing.

"Kill!" I saw that countless Cao troops were killed on the left and right, and the whole of Yuan Shang's troops was outflanked.

The leading military general was General Cao Hong in the Cao army.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses were chaotic, but fortunately, Cao Cao's main forces were in the city and were ready to swallow Yuan Shao's 20,000 main forces first, so only 5,000 main forces were given to Cao Hong, plus 5,000 auxiliary soldiers and horses, a total of only 10,000 people, which gave Yuan Shang a chance to breathe.

"Quick, quick, quick, rush out, rush out!" Yuan Shang commanded his cavalry to prepare to rush out first.

The troops in the front listened to Yuan Shang's order and prepared to charge, but unfortunately soon there were screams, and Cao Jun set up an ambush in front and hollowed out many sections in front of him.

"Third son, ask for help, ask for help!" Yuan Shang's subordinate general Ma Liang shouted at Yuan Shang while protecting Yuan Shang.

"Ask for help, let me ask for help like Yuan Tan's puppet?" Yuan Shang was very reluctant.

"The third prince must not be a child, our army has been ambushed, and the same must be true on the lord's side, if the lord is wrong, how can it be good?" Ma Liang reminded Yuan Shang on the side that they were now besieged by the Cao army, but the Cao army did not have many soldiers and horses, and it was still okay to really break through, but what about the 20,000 troops led by Yuan Shao in front? That must have also encountered an ambush, and the ambush circle may be larger.

"Alright! Come on, I will organize the dead to rush out, like that Yuan Tan Pifu to report for help! Yuan Shang gritted his teeth, Yuan Shao's life is more beneficial to Yuan Shang than Yuan Shao's death, because his father Yuan Shao loves his little son, if Yuan Shao really dies, the position of the lord of Hebei will inevitably be his Yuan Shang's.

Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses for help rushed out of the encirclement and ran into the Chinese army camp of Yuan Shaojun's army over there.

"Oh no, no! The eldest son, the eldest prince is not good! ”

"What's going on!" Yuan Tan looked at the Hebei sergeant in front of him who was carried up and asked for details.

"Oh no, eldest prince, our army, there is an ambush in our army, the lord, the life and death of the lord are unknown!"

"What!" Yuan Tan immediately couldn't do it, "Come on, come on, follow me to rescue my father!" ”

"Slow!" Guo Tu was also mostly his own people in the tent next to Yuan Tan, and Guo Tu immediately grabbed Yuan Tan.

"Mr. Gongzhi? You? ”

"Come on, take this soldier out to rest first, and then make arrangements!" Guo Tu drove the only outsider away first, and then approached Yuan Tan and said to Yuan Tan, "Eldest prince, do you really want to rescue that Yuan Shang'er?" Guo Tu asked Yuan Tan on the side.

"Me!" Yuan Tan stopped talking, in all fairness, he really didn't want to rescue Yuan Shang, and it was in his best interest that Yuan Shang died.

But there is still Yuan Shao in front of him.

"Son, don't miss the opportunity!" Guo Tu was tempted again.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Tan looked at Guo Tu.

"Didn't the eldest prince always worry that Cao Cao would tell the lord about you and him? Now you can not be afraid, because the lord and Yuan Shang may have fallen into the enemy formation, once the two are gone, who do you say this Hebei will be? Guo Tu asked Yuan Tan with a smile.

"Father and Yuan Shang are all gone?" Yuan Tan has never had such a dream, even if he was in Guandu before, it was that Yuan Shang was still alive and had an army of 100,000 in his hands, and now, Yuan Shang and his father Yuan Shao have fallen into the enemy formation, if both of them encounter accidents, the whole Hebei will naturally belong to him Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan's face was unpredictable, and in the end, they all converged into one meaning, that is, "Mr. Gongze, you have a good opinion!" What else can sir teach me? ”

"The eldest prince, we have to prepare with two hands, one is that the lord and Yuan Shang Xiao'er are not in the military formation, that is the best, and the second is that the lord is still alive, then our army must be prepared, and the person sent by Yuan Shang Xiao'er can't be kept!" Guo Tu wanted to kill the person Yuan Shang sent to ask for help, and kill him, so it can be said that he did not have the intention of asking for help.

"You're saying that if you kill that messenger, you act as if nothing happened?"

"The messenger must be killed, and we must have soldiers, but not more! Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have been fighting with our army in the past few days, and the main force is not much, and there are only twenty or thirty thousand before and after, our army can't go to disrupt Cao Cao's good things, but it can't leave a handle out, the eldest prince can send scouts to investigate under the pretext that the situation ahead is unclear, and wait for the scouts to finish exploring before sending troops! In this way, not only can you not fall into your tongue, but also can accomplish Cao Cao's good deeds! ”

"Listening to Mr. Gongze's words is really better than reading a book for ten years!" Yuan Tan's face was full of joy, "Yes, the task left to me by my father is to stick to the Chinese army in case Cao Cao's old thieves sneak attack, I naturally have to focus on the Chinese army!" ”

Yuan Yao asked his henchmen to set off with the scout camp to investigate, as for where to find out and when to come back, Yuan Tan gave Le henchmen an answer in his eyes.

Zhang Nan and Gao Gan found Yuan Tan after seeing Xu Du on fire, and asked Yuan Tan to immediately send troops to support Yuan Shao, but they were all blocked by Yuan Tan under the pretext that he had already excluded the scout camp in order to guard against the Chinese army's battalion, Gao Gan and Zhang Nan were ready to take their men and horses forward, and Yuan Tan also gave an order not to move in the slightest, and those who violated the order were killed.

Without the troops of the high-ranking cadre Zhang Nan, Yuan Tan was slow to send troops, and Yuan Shaoke over there was really miserable.

The 20,000 army set out to prepare for a night attack on Xudu, but in the end, there were less than 1,000 people who could escape with him Yuan Shao.

Not only that, Cao Cao didn't seem to have any intention of letting Yuan Shao go, and let the tiger and leopard ride after Yuan Shao's ass and then kill him. Lao Cao is considered to have made a bloody investment this time, not only did he put all the main forces out, but he didn't even want to take the camp outside the city, if this matter was not successful, then he would become a benevolent.

Cao Cao's ruthlessness made the entire Yanzhou army feel encouraged, and under Cao Cao's serious injury, Cao Cao's army burst out with unprecedented ability.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Yuan Shao came to attack Xu Du to answer the ambush, and it was naturally impossible to send second-line troops, all of them were first-line elite troops, but they were still caught off guard by Cao Cao's army.

Countless Yuan Shaojun fell on the battlefield, but the damage to Cao Cao's army was minimal.

In addition, the night was dark, and the entire Yuan Shaojun was frightened by the ambush, and he didn't dare to turn his head and fight back effectively, so he could only be chased and hacked to death by Cao Jun's soldiers from behind.

Seeing that everyone couldn't escape, Xun Cen gritted his teeth, took out something from under the package on the side of the war horse, and grabbed Yuan Shao, "Lord, please quickly change into civilian clothes!" ”

"What?" Yuan Shao saw clearly what was in Xun Cen's hand by the moonlight, that is, the clothes of a small soldier of Yuan Shaojun.

"Lord, please quickly change into civilian clothes, Cao Jun is in a hurry, they are all coming for you, only if you change into civilian clothes, can you have the opportunity to break through from here, and wait for your lord to return to the camp and then regroup for battle!"

"Don't think!" Yuan Datou refused with righteous words, he Yuan Shao was already very embarrassed, he was ambushed by Cao Cao and lost to Cao Cao again, and now in order to survive, do you have to endure humiliation and steal your life?

"The lord is offended!" Xun Cen gritted his teeth and shouted to the subordinates on the side: "Come on, quickly change the clothes of the lord!" ”

"Xun Cen, Xun Cen, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? The two servants beside Xun Cen forcibly suppressed Yuan Shao and took off the general armor on his body.

Xun Cen still didn't speak, he took off his clothes for Yuan Shao intently, Yuan Shao wanted to struggle, but he couldn't.

"Xun Cen, you're finished, go back, I'm going to kill you when I go back!" Yuan Shao shouted at Xun Cen.

Xun Cen smiled bitterly, but raised his head and said to Yuan Shao, "Lord, if you can go back, Xun Cen is willing to be punished by the lord!" ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao sensed that something was wrong, because blood flowed from Xun Cen's mouth as he spoke.

"Lord Xun Cen, Lord Xun Cen, you, you were hit by an arrow?" The guards on the side touched Xun Cen's back, and it turned out that Xun Cen's entire back was soaked, which was sweaty, but more like blood.

It turned out that Xun Cen was hit by an arrow in the back when covering Yuan Shao's retreat, but he was pulled out by Xun Cen, and under the bumps along the way, the wound finally cracked, which is why Xun Cen dared to forcibly change clothes for Yuan Shao at the risk of disobeying the order.

"No, no! Xun Cen, no! You're okay, you're fine! "Yuan Shao also grew up at this time, after all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, Xun Cen has been loyal to him for so many years Yuan Shao, there is no credit and hard work, and the two also have feelings.

"Hold on Xun Cen, I don't allow you to have anything to do, go back, we'll go back immediately, didn't you let me change my clothes? I change it, can't I change it? You must hold on, didn't you say that you want to assist me in establishing the Wang Zuo hegemony? You hold on! Yuan Shao's eyes were moist early, and his words were good when he was about to die, thinking of Xun Cen's various things with him, Yuan Shao had a feeling of enlightenment.

"Lord, it's too late!" Xun Cen's own injuries are his own, and the reason why he has been able to survive until now is because of his strong willpower.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault! Why did I get up and attack Xudu, why did I personally lead the troops here, it's all my fault! Xun Cen, you punish me, beat and scold me, just don't leave me. ”

"Lord, Cen has never blamed the lord, not before, and there will never be in the future, Xun Cen thinks he is lucky to be able to drive for the lord under the lord, but unfortunately he doesn't wait for me, Cen is going to go, I hope the lord take care, Cen still has a word to say to the lord! I hope you can agree! ”

"You say, you say!"

"Small, small, be careful, Yuan, Yuan Yaoxiao" Xun Cen died before he finished the last sentence.

"Xun Cen, Xun Cen!" Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and cried, this Xun Cen was a real loyal man, and he died for him Yuan Shao "Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde!" Yuan Shao's voice was full of hatred.