In the winter of 202 AD, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Hebei Province ignored the cold weather and increased the number of soldiers and horses on a large scale towards the border between Hebei and Yanzhou.

The vanguard was under the command of Yuan Shang and killed Puyang.

Yang Yi, the Taishou of Puyang County, was caught off guard and was forced to break through the city, even if he took the lead in organizing a counterattack, it would be too late.

Yuan Shang's army invaded the city and soon occupied most of the city.

Yang Yi, the Taishou of Puyang, could only hide in the city and fight with Yuan Shangjun in the streets, while sending people to Xu Du for help.

Cao Ren, who was far away in Xudu, also immediately sent soldiers and horses to support Puyang, and after Puyang, it was in Yanzhou, and Lu Buke was killed from Puyang at the beginning, and almost cut off Lao Cao's hometown.

Cao Ren is indeed a well-guarded general, but he also has to have soldiers and horses available.

The Yingchuan generation has to guard against the main force of the Huainan Army, how many soldiers and horses are transferred to Puyang.

After scraping together, he took out 20,000 soldiers and horses and headed towards Puyang.

The first time the Yanzhou Army and the Hebei Army fought, Cao Ren was dumbfounded.

Because the battle line is too long, he doesn't have many soldiers and horses to garrison with all his might, so that the entire Yanzhou is full of loopholes in Hebei's eyes.

It was none other than Zhang He who assisted Yuan Shang.

And Zhang He was the first general in Hebei after Yan Liangwen Chou, and immediately seized a lot of fighters, first relying on the maneuver of cavalry to end Cao Ren's transport troops, and then relying on 1 east to attack the west, Cao Ren went to defend Puyang, but Zhang He attacked from the White Horse generation.

The whole of Yanzhou is about to burn out.

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On the other hand, the war in Huainan has reached a critical time.

Above Lujiang City, Yuan Yao was panting heavily, he really had no choice.

In order to continue the fight with Lao Cao, he Yuan Yao mobilized everything that Lujiang could mobilize, and the people rushed to the wall.

This Lujiang City is only 10,000 households, that is, 40,000 or 50,000 people, plus some people who do not have household registration, adding up to less than 60,000.

After deducting the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are less than 10,000 sturdy left, and most of these sturdy have already gone up to the city wall.

The rest of the people, it's not good for him to force others with a sword.

"Lord, this is a casualty in the city today!" The frustrated man sent a list of the casualties in the city.

Yuan Yao looked at the numbers on it and really smiled bitterly.

The entire city is full, and now there are less than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and even Zhao Yun and Lu Bu have wounds on their bodies.

"Mr. Frustration, you are hurting me!" Yuan Yao sighed bitterly, he was not greedy enough to swallow an elephant.

The original plan was just to pit Yuan Shao for some grain, grass and gold, but then he slowly became a pit Lao Cao, but in the end, Lao Cao didn't get it, he pitted himself in.

Fu Zhu and others also misestimated Cao Cao's determination, or misestimated the power of Huang Yi's-stirring stick.

Originally, the plan to frustrate Hetian Feng was only to cut off Cao Cao's grain and grass and force Cao Cao's main army to surrender.

Of course, it is impossible to expect to completely annihilate Cao Jun, even if he has this ability, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng will not suggest Yuan Yao to do it.

Because Cao Cao's main force was wiped out, it was his Huainan Army who had to face Yuan Shao directly, and he didn't have this ability yet.

But he has always been counting on Cao Cao to admit defeat, and he Yuan Yaohao put forward some excessive demands.

However, Cao Cao was stimulated by Huang Yi so much, thinking that he was already in ruin, and there was no way out, since you want our lives, I won't fight with you.

That's what makes us in this situation.

"Brother Yao'er, otherwise, let's run!" Huang Yi over there also knew that he was in the wrong place, you said that he didn't take it with him on the boat, and his head was caught in the door and ran to Lujiang.

"Run? Where to run? Yuan Yao shook his head, these four city gates were blocked by Yuan Yao with stones and wooden stakes, in order to prevent Cao Cao's city chariots from attacking the city.

Now he is really a turtle in an urn.

"What then?!" Huang Yi was really panicked.

"What to do? Cold! Yuan Yao said angrily, he also wanted to know what to do.

"Lord, as long as there are clouds, you will not let the enemy hurt the lord!" Zhao Yun on the side said solemnly to Yuan Yao.

"My lord, so am I, with my Wu Anguo here, I see who dares to harm my lord!" Wu Anguo also stepped forward to show his loyalty.

"I've already died once, and I don't care about this time!" Lu Bu also stood up and spoke.

"The old man is not a lone person!" This time's strategy was set by Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, if the winner Yuan Yao died, then Tian Feng and Fu Zhu would inevitably be martyred.

Yuan Yao looked at these strategists and generals around him, and couldn't help but be moved, what a great achievement it should be to be able to get these followers in this life.

"I'm not lonely, I'm not lonely!" Just when Yuan Yao was about to say something to boost morale.

General Huang over there jumped up all of a sudden: "Die? Brother Yao, I don't want to die with you! ”

"Huh?" General Huang Yi and General Huang came out to disturb the scenery, and looked at Yuan Yao with a disgusted expression.

"Why can't you die with me?" Yuan Yao gritted his teeth and asked?

"I'm going to die, and I'm going to die with a beautiful woman! No, no, no, I can't die yet, I'm only in my twenties, and there are a lot of beauties waiting for me! The more Huang Yi spoke, the more energetic he became.

Yuan Yao didn't have the face to look at Huang Yi, and pointed to the door over there: "That's slippery, get out of the way!" ”

Don't say that you were stirred by Huang Yi's-stirring stick on the side, and the originally low morale suddenly increased a lot.

"Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!" Yuan Yao over there is already ready to be planted here.

"This Cao Mengde doesn't give me a way to live, so let's finish playing together!" Yuan Yao was also ruthless.

"Pass my military order, give me all the grain and grass and pile it on the city wall!"

"Lord, what are you?" Zhao Yun and the others on the side didn't understand, didn't this add chaos to putting grain on the city wall? If it is lit by a fire, everyone will not want to eat, and they will be implicated and burned.

"I'm just going to give him some order!" Yuan Yao secretly said ruthlessly.

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Yuan Yao's Lujiang City is already reaching its limit, and Cao Cao over there is no better.

"The food and grass in the army is only enough for two meals!" Cheng Yu on the side reported to Cao Cao.

The previous Grain and Grass Overseers have been cut down by Cao Cao, but even if they look at the Grain and Grass Overseers, they can't get back the grain.

This killed the grain and grass, and the overseer said that he was greedy for grain and grass, which could only alleviate the temporary situation, but could not save Cao Jun's predicament of having no food and grass.

"Take out all the food and feed the soldiers under your command!" Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu.

"This Lujiang City won't last long, as long as there is a battle tomorrow, we will definitely be able to take Lujiang City!" Cao Cao has his self-confidence, because the battle has been fought so far, even Cao Cao has to admire Yuan Yao's staying power over there, but what is the use of lasting longer, the God of War has to fail in the face of absolute power.

"Yes!" Cheng Yu is about to leave.

Cao Cao's army had already suffered a sharp decline in morale due to food problems, and now he heard that he was going to feed his soldiers and horses.

Morale was high one by one.

"For the revival of the Han family, Prime Minister Cao Cheng saved money and suffered with the brothers!" In order to alleviate the resentment of the soldiers and horses under his command, Cao Cao ate in front of people, that is, what those soldiers ate, he Cao Cao ate, which made Cao Cao's popularity rise sharply.

"This time, Prime Minister Cao Cheng is ready to let it open and eat!"

"Long live Prime Minister Cao! Long live Prime Minister Cao! The soldiers of the Cao army, who originally thought that they would be hungry again, cheered loudly.

"Lord Cheng Yu, this prime minister has let us eat openly, what if we run out of food?" Someone on the side asked hesitantly.

There is not much food and grass in this Cao Cao's army, this is already a consensus, everyone knows it, plus Huang Yi's loud voice over there, it is impossible to think about it.

"If you run out of food, won't you take it for yourselves?" Cheng Yu said to the soldiers and horses under his hands.

"Pick it up?" was reminded by Cheng Yu so quickly, someone immediately reflected, yes, this Lujiang City is about to be breached, there are countless grains and grasses in this Lujiang City, are you still afraid of starvation after defeating Lujiang City?

"Capture Lujiang City, capture Lujiang City!"

"Haha, morale is available!" Cao Cao was very satisfied with such a scene.

As long as the soldiers and horses under his command are vigorous, then this Lujiang City is his Cao Cao's, not only Lujiang City, but when he thought that after he Cao Cao captured Yuan Yao, the entire Huainan soldiers and horses might surrender, Cao Cao let out a bad breath.

As long as Yuan Yao is taken, then it is worth pretending to be a grandson in front of Yuan Shao in Hebei.

As long as Yuan Yao is taken, Cao Cao has already thought of killing Huang Yi, except for Yuan Yao, he is planning to kill.

He, Cao Cao, can endure it, but he will definitely retaliate.

"Pass on my army's order for the whole army to attack the city!" Cao Cao waved his hand and was about to make a decisive moment.

"Lord, look above the city!" Guo Jia, who was on the side, suddenly stopped Cao Cao.

"The head of the city?" Cao Cao looked in the direction pointed by Guo Jia towards Lujiang City.

I saw that in the city of Lujiang, Yuan Yao was sending bundles of grain and grass towards the city.

"What does he Yuan Yao want to do, does he want to surrender?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously.

"Surrender?" Guo Jia didn't think so, if Yuan Yao wanted to surrender, I'm afraid he would have surrendered a long time ago, and even if he surrendered now, Cao Cao would not be able to let him go now.

"Cao Cao's old thief!" There was a man shouting at the top of the city.

Cao Cao looked at it, this person was none other than General Huang Yi and Huang who made Cao Cao so disgusted that he couldn't sleep.

"Are you running out of food and grass?" Huang Yi shouted above the city with the appearance of a villain.

What does he want to do? Cao Cao didn't understand Huang Yi's thoughts.

"Don't you really want all this grain and grass! If you want it, tell me, if you don't tell me, how can I know what you want! Huang Yi circled around the city.

"You tell me, maybe I'll give you some grain and grass!" Huang Yi shouted loudly above the city.

Cao Cao's head is full of black lines, and Huang Yi is really on his Cao Cao must-kill list.

"If you want it, just say it, it's not that I won't give it to you, look, how much do you want? A burden? As he spoke, Huang Yi picked up a torch and lit it towards a load of grain.

The fire soon rose and was set ablaze above the city walls.

"Two loads? Ten quintals? Huang Yi lit the grain and grass one by one and saw that they were almost burned, and then retreated them from the city tower and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the grain on Lujiang City was burning, Cao Cao suddenly panicked, there was really no food and grass in his army.

They are all counting on breaking through Lujiang City to get the food in the city.

But if this Huang Yi really lit him the grain and grass in the entire Lujiang City, that fun would really be great.

"Yuan Yao, what do you want to do?" Cao Cao asked loudly.

Listening to Cao Cao's shout, Yuan Yao could only stand up.

"What don't I want to do? You Cao Mengde want my Yuan Yao's life, then I can only die with you~" Yuan Yao said what he meant, that is, he Yuan Yao didn't want to die, he didn't want to be defeated and captured, you Cao Cao had no food and grass, and if you wanted to break through Lujiang City and get food, it was simply a dream.

"Do you think you can stop me by burning those grains and grasses?" Cao Cao said coldly to Yuan Yao.

"You can try!" The nearest city to the Lujiang River, it takes two days to ride a horse, and if you walk, it will take at least five to seven days, and when you get to those cities, Cao Cao may not get food and grass.

Even if he got it, would it be enough for so many of him?

"Humph!" Cao Cao over there snorted coldly.

Guo Jia on the side opened his mouth, "General Yuan Yao, although you and my lord are enemies now, but in fact they are uncles and nephews, even if you are defeated, my lord will not really treat you well, at most please go to Yanzhou as a guest, why do you need to do such a thing?" ”

If Yuan Yao really gave him the grain and grass of Lujiang and lit it on fire, this Cao Cao's fun would be great, and the tens of thousands of Yanzhou main forces, if they could go back a quarter of Cao Cao, they would laugh secretly.

"If General Yuan Yao really burned these grains and grass, even if my lord has the heart to protect you, it is inevitable that these soldiers will admonish you!" Guo Jia's words are half exhortation and half threat, that is, if you give up burning these grains and grasses now, I can still save your life, if you burn these grains and grasses, then there is really no way back.

"I've been to Yanzhou once, but I don't want to go a second time! If you want grain and grass, I can give it to you, although there is not much grain and grass in my Lujiang City, it is enough for tens of thousands of troops. As long as you Cao Cao leads the troops to leave, I will immediately send you Cao Cao enough grain and grass to go back to Yanzhou! Yuan Yao said to Cao Cao.

The battle has been fought like this, how can Cao Cao be willing to go back.

"Shall I leave with my troops?" Cao Cao also narrowed his eyes and said.

"If you don't leave with the troops, you don't want to get a cent of these grains and grass, and you and your subordinates are ready to starve to death in my Huainan!" Yuan Yao said coldly.

"Yuan Yao, you forgot that there is another choice!" Cao Cao said.

Yuan Yao looked at Cao Cao and waited for Cao Cao's reply.

"That is, I will attack the city and destroy your soldiers and horses, and then get the grain and grass of the Lujiang River."

"Then we have to see if your Cao Mengde's soldiers and horses are fast, or if I burn fast." Yuan Yao didn't let the confrontation at all "Come and ignite the fire!" ”

As he spoke, a fire was lit on top of the city wall, and the golden grain turned into ashes.

"Little thief, you dare!" Cao Cao wanted to send troops, but was stopped by his generals.

"Lord, this fire is merciless!" They were really afraid that Yuan Yao couldn't help but burn the entire Lujiang River with a big fire for a while, it was really a jade burn, and they would have to attack the city for half a day, which was enough for the grain and grass to be burned.

"What? Can't there be a war without food? Cao Cao snorted coldly.

"You can fight with confidence, there will naturally be food, as long as you take Lujiang City, I will give you jerky!" Cao Cao's tone is so resolute, this battle has already been fought here, if he Cao Cao just lets go like this, firstly, the whole situation may be turned around, and the lifeline will be grasped by Yuan Yao in his hands, and secondly, where will he put Cao Cao's face.

He can bow his head to Yuan Shao, after all, he used to be his boss, but how can you ask him to bow his head like Yuan Yao.

In addition, he came here to make an example of the monkeys, how could he be led by the monkeys.

"Jerky?" As soon as he heard Cao Cao mention the dried meat, Guo Jia didn't speak, but looked at Cheng Yu over there.

Cheng Yu grinned, the lord was right, what's wrong with the grain, the food problem is easy to solve, even if Yuan Yao burns all the grain in Lujiang.

As long as there are people, there is food.

The food that Cheng Yu said is human flesh, and this is not the first time Cheng Yu has done it.

In the early days, Cao Cao's army was seriously short of food, and Cheng Yu tried to solve the problem for Cao Cao, so he forcibly seized grain in his own county town (Dong'e County) to supply Cao's army with food for three days, and it is said that there was a lot of human flesh among these grains.

"Pass the order, the whole army will attack the city!" Cao Cao waved his hand, and the soldiers and horses under his hand were about to rush forward.

"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper! Eight hundred miles expedited! "Outside the battlefield, a cavalryman rushed into the battlefield, waving the command flag in his hand, for fear of being injured by mistake.

"Eight hundred miles expedited?" Cao Cao was puzzled and retrieved the secret letter from the cavalry over there.

Is it Yanzhou's problem or Xuzhou's problem?

Waiting for Cao Cao to open the letter, after reading it, Cao Cao didn't know it, but the people on the side saw a drama that changed their faces.

First from yellow, then to red, then from red to purple, and now it looks like it's going to be black.

None of the people on the side dared to speak.

After a long time, Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "Pass my military order and retire!" ”