Chapter 40: The Grievances of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao

Outside the city of Guandu, in Cao Cao's Chinese army tent.

Cao Cao sat directly above the big tent and carefully watched the battle report in his hand. After a while, he raised his head expressionlessly, looked at the Wenchen generals below, and said slowly: "This attack on Wuchao is very smooth, and Yuan Shao's grain and grass have been burned. Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cheng Yu, the three of you have made a lot of contributions! ”

The generals on the right, Hou Tang and Cao Ren, and the Wenchen Zhongcheng Yu on the left, stood up and bowed down together: "Thanks to the wise decision of the lord, the ministers can win a big victory." ”

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth curled slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, and said slowly: "Well, since the black nest was burned, what else has Yuan Shaoke moved?" ”

Cheng Yu replied: "According to our spies, Yuan Shao learned that the black nest was broken and fainted. In the barracks, because of the accidental leakage of information, there were many deserters, although the enemy generals tried their best to stop them, but still did not have much effect. ”

As soon as they heard this, there was a burst of laughter in the camp, most of which were mocking Yuan Shao's soldiers for how they coerced their bags and how incompetent the generals were. Cao Cao didn't stop it, and when everyone quieted down a little, he said, "Very good, Yuan Shao is not far from defeat." But don't rejoice too early, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and if we take it lightly, we will certainly give them a chance. Therefore, I now need a foolproof plan that can reduce the sacrifice of soldiers while ensuring the victory of our army. ”

Everyone in the camp was silent for a while, and then there was a man standing out among the generals on the right, burly and dark-skinned, this person was Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan. "My lord, it's better for us to take advantage of Yuan Shao's grain and grass to cut off and besiege them in Guandu City, after a month, they will take the initiative to surrender because they have no food, which can also greatly reduce the casualties of our army."

Cao Cao first nodded, and then shook his head: "Wen Yuan's suggestion is very good, but I don't have too much time to waste, I have to solve Yuan Shao within half a month, do others have any plans?" ”

There was another silence, and just when Cao Cao was a little impatient, among the ministers on the left, Guo Jia stood up and said, "Lord, since you want to fight quickly, you must maintain the number of sergeants. We can only come up with some strange strategies to make Yuan Shao's own side chaotic, and we will take the opportunity to attack it, and we will be able to win a big victory. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, he sat up and asked, "What is Fengxiao's good strategy?" ”

"That's the case, because of the problem of grain and grass, Yuan Shao must also be planning a quick battle at this time, because their reserves are not enough for them to fight a protracted war. Then, they will definitely launch a strong attack on us in the next few days, and they are bound to capture us in a short time. Therefore, in order to ensure the absolute superiority of combat power, they will definitely go to Ma Teng in the northwest to ask for help and attack from both sides. We will simply plan ......," Guo Jia analyzed eloquently.

Cao Cao hurriedly asked, "How do you plan it?" ”

Guo Jia turned his head sideways to look at a military general on the side, and said with a smile: "Lord, have you forgotten?" We have a new general here, wouldn't it be great to let him go to the aid of Yuan Shao! ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao also looked at this person. Just when everyone was confused and didn't know why Guo Jia wanted to let someone help Yuan Shao, Cao Cao suddenly realized and laughed: "It's worthy of Fengxiao, this plan is very good, this plan is very good!" ”

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Two days later, in the main hall in the city of Guandu.

Yuan Shao sat on the luxurious seat, his face was very ugly, judging from his appearance, he was only in his thirties, but he already had a lot of gray hair on his head.

Suddenly, the door of the main hall was opened, and a man stepped forward with small steps. "Report to the lord, Guo Tu, who went to the northwest, has returned and is waiting outside the palace."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but show a hint of joy, and asked anxiously: "Guo Tuke has invited reinforcements?" ”

"Master Guo Tu is bringing back a general."

"Really? Then get them in! Yuan Shao stood up and said. Seeing the father-in-law leave the hall, Yuan Shao couldn't help pacing up in the hall, he was excited and wanted to greet him in person, but he felt that he had lost his identity as the lord, so he couldn't help but hesitate.

A few minutes later, Guo Tu led a young general into the main hall, bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "My lord, I am fortunate not to be dishonored, and I have invited General Pang De, Ma Teng's general." ”

"How many people did General Pound bring to help?"

The young general Pang De straightened up without humility or arrogance, and said, "Lord Yuan Shao, I came this time with a total of 4,000 elite cavalry and 6,000 infantry troops!" ”

Yuan Shao was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to his impoliteness, what he needed most now was a highly mobile cavalry, so that when facing Cao Cao's elite cavalry, he would not be overstretched! "General Ma Teng is really generous, I don't know what conditions Lord Ma Teng has?"

Pang Deyi replied with righteous words: "My lord had a grudge with Cao Cao earlier, and Cao Cao, a traitor, was punished by everyone. Therefore, the requirements of my lord are not high, and after we defeat Cao Cao, we hope to get the two cities on the west side of Bingzhou. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, this requirement is indeed not high, and when he defeats Cao Cao, there will be more than a few small cities in his hands! "Well, General Ma Teng's request is for me to agree. When we defeat Cao Cao, we will cede the city to you. Without further ado, General Pang De should go and rest early, and tomorrow we will prepare to attack Cao Cao!" ”

Pound bowed his hand and strode out of the hall. At this time, Yuan Shao put away the smile on his face, "Guo Tu, can this Pang De be trusted?" ”

"Please rest assured, my lord, I personally invited reinforcements from Ma Teng. Our spies also reported that Cao Cao's camp did not have a figure matching the general. Moreover, according to my investigation, Ma Teng did have a conflict with Cao Cao not long ago. ”

Yuan Shao was still a little uneasy, and instructed: "Prison him tonight, if he has any strange behavior, he will be killed." Also, if he doesn't make any changes at night, then let him go into battle on the battlefield tomorrow! ”

The next day, after a calm night, Yuan Shao did not notice any suspicious actions of Pang De, and his identity was reduced by some suspicions. But yesterday's plan was not intended to change, and he was still ready to let Pound take the lead.

Pang De didn't say much, and led the troops to Cao Cao's camp to call for battle. The two sides faced each other, and Cao Cao's side led the troops to fight with the famous general Yu Ban. The two didn't intend to talk, so they directly mounted their horses and hedged over with weapons in hand.

Pound held a pair of one-handed axes and waved them continuously like a hurricane passing through; Yu Ban held a long sword and quickly resisted Pound's attack. The two fought for more than 20 rounds, and Yu Ban was slightly disadvantaged, defending more and attacking less.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he saw this, this Pang De is indeed a fierce general, since the death of Yan Liangwen Chou, there are indeed not many generals under him who can fight well. In a trance, I saw Pound knock over the forbidden weapon with a fierce attack, and then his left hand fell down, leaving a deep scar on Yu Ban's body, and blood gushed out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Ban hurriedly kicked the horse with both legs, and galloped back with his injuries. With a wave of his right hand, Pound led the cavalry behind him to rush into the enemy formation and kill him.

After returning to the city, Pound counted his own casualties, and only lost more than a hundred horsemen, while the other side was killed by thousands. Yuan Shao laughed and took Pang De back, with a happy face: "General Pang De is really brave, he killed Cao Cao on the first day." Come, go back now and set up a celebration banquet for you, cheering you on! ”

With a slight excuse, Pang De could only agree to Yuan Shao's banquet. After a full meal, Pound returned to his lodgings a little drunk.

Within a few seconds of lying on the bed, there was a burst of snoring. Half an hour later, Pound opened his eyes suddenly, and there was something drunk in his eyes, and he was unusually sober. "Today's series of actions should make Yuan Shao relax his vigilance against me a little!" With that, he quietly got up and left the room. His actions did not wake anyone.

At night, Yuan Shao returned to his residence, very happy in his heart, Cao Cao had no advantage in numbers, but the soldiers were relatively well-organized. Now that he has a strong new force on his side, why worry about Cao Cao's immortality? It seems that I, Yuan Shao, am a figure who wants to change history after all, and Cao Cao will eventually be defeated under my hands, and then I, Yuan Shao, will compete with Sun Ce and Liu Bei and become the new overlord of the Three Kingdoms; After that, Liu Bei was destroyed, and Sun Ce was sent to unify the Three Kingdoms and complete the hegemony.

Thinking so, Yuan Shao lay on the bed and gradually fell asleep, and he was also about to return to reality to have a good rest. Suddenly, Yuan Shao felt a light in front of him, and a fire seemed to flash outside the window. A bad premonition came to his heart, and Yuan Shao hurriedly got up and rushed out of the door. "Someone, someone! What's going on out there? ”

A guard soldier rushed in from outside and said with a shocked face: "The lord is not good, the big thing is not good!" ”

"What the hell is going on, tell me quickly!"

"Yes, yes, it was Pang De who secretly opened the city gate and let Cao Cao into the city, and now they are coming straight to this side!"

Yuan Shao stayed where he was, motionless. "How so, why is it happening. That's not how it should be! ”

The soldier anxiously urged: "Lord, let's run away, if we don't escape, Cao Cao will chase after us!" ”

Yuan Shao sat down on the ground weakly, muttering, "Why? Why did it become like this, didn't Mr. Shuijing say that it can be changed? I couldn't help but show the picture of a year ago in my mind, I went to Yingchuan to find Sima Hui, and asked my third question, how can I defeat Cao Cao and change my fate? The answer given by Sima Hui was very vague, only saying that his only way out was in a young general.

Today, Yuan Shao thought that the young general was Pang De, so he believed him after a little temptation. But the reality is ironic, I still failed! Why did he fail, because Chun Yuqiong, a fool, died in the hands of a young man and lost Wuchao City; How could he arrange Chun Yuqiong to the black nest, it's really confusing. It seems that Chun Yuqiong missed Liu Bei and the three because of a young rookie, which made him very angry......

Wait, Chun Yuqiong let Liu Bei go because of a young man, and also lost Wuchao City because of this young man! In other words, the young man who is not named is the key person; In other words, that young man was the one who really beat me; That is, if I had gotten that young man, my results would have been completely different.

"Haha, I understand, I understand now! The person Sima Hui said was him, and the person he said was him! Ha ha!!! Yuan Shao sat on the ground and laughed wildly, laughing at why the sky was playing with himself so much, and when he was about to be ruined, he suddenly realized.

At this time, Cao Cao, who had just entered the courtyard, heard Yuan Shao's words and didn't think much about it. Slowly came to Yuan Shao's side with a pair of soldiers, ignoring the few panicked and frightened soldiers beside him, and said, "Yuan Shao, let's meet again, but I didn't expect that this time we met in the completely opposite situation from before." ”

Yuan Shao stopped laughing and looked at Cao Cao with a cold look. "Are you proud?"

"Why not? You've completely fallen for my tricks, and Pound is my man. I used a bitter trick to make you trust him, and then used a trick to deceive the city gate, and even the most unlikely thing you could have imagined was that your self-righteous Guo Tu had already been bought by me! Cao Cao couldn't hold back and shouted loudly. Why do you think I'm upset, I grabbed you Yuan Shao almost without losing a lot of manpower, why don't you think I can be proud! ”

Yuan Shao laughed easily, "Don't talk nonsense, if you want to kill or chop it, do whatever you want!" ”

"Haha, it's ridiculous, how did the high-spirited Yuan Shao become like you; How did the big brother who made me admire, admire, and secretly imitate me became like you! "The more he saw Yuan Shao's calmness, the more Cao Cao couldn't hold back the anger in his heart." When you knew my identity and betrayed me, did you think about your current fate? When you led your people to ruthlessly hunt me down, did you think about your current fate? At the beginning, at the beginning, ......"

As he spoke, Cao Cao couldn't help choking, his eyes were slightly red, and he remembered the happy time when he and Yuan Shao were a pair of very good brothers, and he regarded him as a beloved big brother. However, when he knew that his star symbol was Cao Cao, he didn't care about his former brotherhood and directly sent his subordinates to hunt him down.

"Nothing was in the beginning, the world is like this, either I eat you, or you eat me. Hmph, look, aren't you going to annex your original big brother now? Yuan Shao said with a sneer.

Cao Cao roared angrily: "If it weren't for you betraying me, how could I turn against you, how could we get back to the current situation!" ”

"Alright, stop talking nonsense! Since you win in the end, then you can do it, anyway, I've had enough of this bullshit dream world! Yuan Shao was no longer calm and shouted at Cao Cao. Hurry, if you have the ability, do it quickly! ”

Cao Cao took a deep breath, clenched his teeth, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and stabbed Yuan Shao's heart fiercely. There was a relieved expression on his face, blood spilling out of his mouth, and a difficult voice sounded: "Canghai...... Actually, I know, I'm sorry for you. Forgive me, in the next life, I will, be a good big brother......" After speaking, he couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground.

Canghai, this is his name in reality, how long has Yuan Shao not called himself like this, Cao Cao can't remember. However, before Yuan Shao died, he shouted out the title in his memory again, so that he could no longer hold back his tears and burst from his eyes.

Pulling out the long sword, Cao Cao looked at the blood stains of Yuan Shao on it that had not yet dried up, and there was a pang of grief in his heart, and he casually handed him over to a general behind him. "This Qingyu Sword, I'll hand it over to you for me to keep in the future! But you know what to say and what not to say when you go out! ”

After speaking, Cao Cao gently wiped away the tears in his eyes, put away his sad expression, turned his head and strode out of Yuan Shao's courtyard. He couldn't let his subordinates see his sad expression, so he could only pretend to be calm and face his subordinates.

Big brother, I know that your purpose is to dominate the world, so you can watch my brother and I help you realize this wish in that world! I am in charge of the sea, and I must unify this chaotic and hateful dream world!!