Although there was no Zhongyuan Festival at the time of the dynasty, there was already a custom of sacrificing on the 15th day of the seventh month, especially the Taiping Dao, which paid attention to the "handwritten letters of the three officials" on this day, which were thrown into the sky, earth and water respectively, indicating that they repented of their sins to the three officials in order to pray for peace. Therefore, Yu Jixuan communicated with Huang Tian in the middle of July and prayed for the Yellow Emperor's manifestation to descend on the technique of heaven and earth cracking, which seemed quite logical to outsiders.

On this day, Yuan Shaojun set up a high earthen platform in front of the formation as usual to lay down the seven-star array. Since the same scene had been staged in the two cities of Yijing and Liyang in turn, the soldiers of the Yuan army present were not only curious, but also had a fierce and murderous spirit, bent on achieving an effortless victory by the miracle.

In fact, it is not only the soldiers below who hold this idea, but Yuan Shao, as the commander-in-chief, also hopes to use the "miracle from heaven" to sweep away the haze of repeated defeats in the previous battles with Cao Cao. Therefore, today, he deliberately put on a dazzling golden armor, and his feet crossed the black horse with gold ornaments, surrounded by his eldest son Yuan Tan and a strong general, he stood majestically in the battle array, just waiting for the earth-shattering thunder to sound, and then rode the horse and whipped straight down to Cao Ying.

Compared with Yuan Shao, who was full of confidence, Cao Cao, who was standing on top of the chariot, could only be described as uneasy at this time. Although he had dug a trench around the camp according to Xu You's words, he also issued a provocative war letter to Yuan Shao. Whether the trenches are useful or not is unknown until the dust settles. And just as Cao Cao was secretly taking a deep breath, there was a sudden uproar around him. It turned out that on the Seven Star Altar in front of Yuan Shao's array on the opposite side, an old Taoist wearing a robe and a crane with a childish face appeared. Needless to ask, this person is naturally the national teacher of Da Chen Guo - Yu Ji.

"Lord, the demon way is also the way to go," Xiahou Yuan gasped and reminded Cao Cao.

Cao Cao listened to what Xiahou Yuan said, just nodded and didn't say anything, but the corner of his eyes swept to Xu You, who was standing on the side. But seeing Xu You, who was once full of confidence, was pale and short of breath at the moment, obviously not much better than the Cao generals around him. However, at this time, Cao Cao had no intention of investigating whether Xu Yu was lying, all he could do was secretly pray to the heavens in his heart, asking the gods to bless the Han after reading this difficulty.

Yu Ji's divine dance was only an hour's effort, but in the eyes of Cao Ying's soldiers, it seemed like a year had passed. Everyone was disgusted with "this demon road is still endless"; On the other hand, he hoped from the bottom of his heart that Yu Ji did not finish the dance, because in this way, the legendary Heaven and Earth Cracking Technique would not come.

However, when the sun moved to the sky, the deafening explosion finally resounded in the sky. The soldiers of Cao Ying, who had never seen such a formation, instinctively bent down, trying to avoid the invisible impact. Cao Cao was the only one standing on top of the chariot, his hands clutching the edge of the chariot, but always straightening his waist and looking directly at the altar opposite. Because before the battle, Cao Cao had secretly sworn that he would not bow to the witchcraft no matter whether he won or lost

After a burst of gunsmoke, the Guandu battlefield finally fell silent. Some of Cao's soldiers began to look up one after another, and found that their camp did not seem to have changed drastically. The towering arrow towers are still standing, the camps are still continuous, and even the rammed earth walls are not cracked. But soon the sound of rushing water caught everyone's attention. I saw that in the trench that was originally filled with pig and dog blood and other filth, a large amount of river water suddenly gushed out. Almost in the blink of an eye, the encirclement ditch became a small river encircling the camp.

Cheng Ye-Cao Cao, who had these two words reflected in his mind, set his eyes on Xu You in astonishment. However, the latter's reaction was much faster than Cao Cao's, but when he saw Xu You, who didn't care about patting the dust off his body, he pointed to the altar opposite and danced, "The demon art has been broken, and the demon art of the thief has been broken."

As Xu You's shout sounded, the Cao generals present also started to coax after looking at each other in confusion. Seeing that the time was ripe, Cao Cao immediately pulled out his long sword and pointed it directly at Yuan Ying, and shouted loudly, "The demon art has been broken"

The same situation has another explanation in Yuan Shaoying. Although Yu Ji's "Heaven Collapses and Cracks" technique this time did not cause any substantial damage to Cao Jun's fortifications. But after all, the momentum of the "sky collapse" has arrived, so after the smoke cleared, Yuan Tan also raised his long sword and shouted at Cao Ying, "The Yellow Emperor manifests, kill"

In an instant, tens of thousands of Yuan Shaojun were like a black tide, resisting the ladder and pushing the rushing car towards Cao Ying. Cao Ying's side quickly responded with arrows and stones. It seems that the power of the gods can no longer control the situation of the battle, and a hard-fought offensive and defensive battle has begun.

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Jun, who was desperately defending on the opposite side, and couldn't help but question sharply to Yu Ji, who had just reinstated, "National Teacher, today's technique, it seems that the effect is not good?" ”

However, in the face of Yuan Shao's questioning, Yu Ji, who had been mentally prepared, seemed quite calm. But he saw him respectfully bending down towards Yuan Shaoyi and said, "Your Majesty, this time the Cao army used pigs, dogs, blood and other filth to protect the camp, causing the Heaven and Earth Cracking Technique to fail to hit the vital point. Please also ask His Majesty to surrender the crime. ”

Yu Ji's implication is very clear, that is, the god was invited, and the spell was cast, but Cao Cao used the "Outer Gate Evil Dao" to make a protective ring outside the camp, so that the spell failed to achieve the expected effect. Although this explanation could not satisfy Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao could not really punish Yu Ji for this crime. Because if you really punish Yu Ji for this failure. That is undoubtedly admitting to the world that Cao Cao has mastered the method of cracking the "Heaven and Earth". This will be an immeasurable blow to your own morale. After all, the reason why the people of the four states of Hebei supported Yuan Shao as emperor was because he was blessed by the gods.

So after calculating the gains and losses, Yuan Shao decided not to settle accounts with Yu Ji for the time being, but asked him, "Does the national teacher have a way to deal with it?" ”

"This matter is yet to be studied." Yu Ji replied cautiously.

"Then there is Lao Guoshi." Yuan Shao said and waved his hand to signal Yu Ji to retreat.

Although Yuan Shao did not give Yu Ji a reward this time, as long as Yuan Shao did not condemn him, that was the greatest reward. Therefore, after Yu Ji confessed again, he left the battlefield in a low-key manner. And as Yu Ji left, the frustrated professor who was standing beside Yuan Shao couldn't help but speak to Yuan Shao, "Your Majesty, since the national teacher has no way to deal with it for a while. His Majesty could feign an attack on Cao's army camp on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent a partial division to bypass Guandu and attack Xudu so that Cao Cao could not take care of it. In this way, the knot of the official crossing can be untied. ”

This suggestion can be said to coincide with the original analysis of Cai Ji and others. However, Yuan Shao stared at Cao Ying on the opposite side, waved his hand and said, "Don't be alone, you have to go straight to the Guandu camp to capture Cao Cao alive."

In the fourth year of Jian'an, in the autumn and the seventh half of July, Yu Ji made the sky and the earth crack again in front of the camp, and later the two sides fought for a day and a night, Yuan Shaojun failed to break through the Cao army camp, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops. And Cao Cao did not dare to fight in the face of an opponent three times his size, and continued to stick to the front line of Guandu with his fortifications. In August, Chun Yuqiong, the general of Yuan's army, led more than 10,000 people to escort a large number of military rations across the Yellow River to join Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao, who had received military food supplies, was even more determined and began to send a large number of soldiers and horses to surround Cao's army. On the other hand, Cao Cao had few soldiers and ran out of food, his soldiers were exhausted, and the people under his rule were even more heavily taxed. Many counties that could not afford the heavy taxes of the imperial court began to defect to Yuan Shao.

Facing the cold wind, a group of cavalry with the banner of "Cao" galloped under the Funiu Mountain. There is not a trace of people in the barren mountains, and occasionally a small village is a mess. Once upon a time, Yuzhou was once restored to agricultural production under Cao Cao's rule. But with Yuan Shao's proclamation of emperor in Hebei, the remnants of the Yellow Turban remnants here rose up one after another, and Yuzhou's agriculture was once again dealt a fatal blow. Numerous new water conservancy facilities and fields were destroyed, and large numbers of displaced people began to flee to the more stable Jingzhou to the south. Only Cao's army was left to fight with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans for those cities that had long been devastated by the war.

"General Qiyu Zixiao, Ang, Ancheng County in front has fallen to Yuan."

A speeding scout not only interrupts the progress of the group, but also brings dismal news to the leader Cao Ren and Cao Ang. It is said that before Cao Cao set out on the expedition, he handed over Yuzhou to Cao Ren, Cao Chun, and Cao Ang to take care of. At first, Cao Cao made this arrangement just to beware of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, but he never thought that the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou would respond to Yuan Shao in the north one after another. For this reason, Cao Ren asked his younger brother Cao Chun to stick to Runan City, and Cao Ang led a team of about 6,000 people to fight in the counties and counties of Yuzhou to suppress the rebellions one after another.

In fact, compared with the original history, the pressure on Cao Ren and others has been much less. It must be known that according to the original history, Liu Bei, who had no base area, should have surrendered to Yuan Shao's command and led a cadre to attack everywhere in the southeast of Yuzhou to disrupt the deployment of Cao's army. even occupied Wancheng for a time. And Sun Ce will also send troops north to attack the south of Xuzhou when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted him. Now, under Cai Ji's intervention, Liu Bei is fighting with Sun Ce for the territory of Yangzhou, and there is no time to look north. This invisibly eliminated two rather tricky opponents for Cao Cao. However, even so, although the Cao family's uncles and nephews eliminated many yellow scarves, they still couldn't stop the successive rebellions in the counties and counties of Yuzhou.

No, hearing that Ancheng County in Yang'an County had defected to Yuan Shao, Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh after exchanging glances with Cao Ang, "This is the third city to fall in the past ten days." ”

Facing his uncle's emotion, Cao Ang also nodded and sighed, "Yuzhou suffered from the Yellow Turban Massacre, and the people were poor. At this critical juncture, the imperial court not only showed sympathy for the people, but stepped up the collection of money and grain from the counties and counties of Yuzhou, forcing the people to be displaced. Previously, I had explained the predicament of Yuzhou to my father, but my father did not give an answer for a long time......"

"Zixiu doesn't blame the lord. Now the Lord Justice and Yuan Shao are confronted in Guandu, and a large amount of grain and grass must be consumed every day. If you don't collect grain from the counties, do you still have to wait for God to send grain? Cao Ren raised his hand and patted Cao Ang's shoulder and comforted, "In extraordinary times, doing extraordinary things is also a helpless move of the lord." ”

"Uncle Ren, why don't you know your father's difficulties." Cao Ang glanced at the slightly tired subordinates behind him, and frowned, "It's just that if this situation continues, I'm afraid that the banditry in Yuzhou will become more and more intense." ”

"If it gets more and more intense, it will get more and more intense, and if you come to kill him, you will kill him with this pair of lances in your hand, and you are afraid that you will not be able to kill those anti-bone thieves?" Cao Ren laughed loudly and proudly waved the long lance in his hand.

Seeing this, Cao Ang was also aroused by the ambition in his heart, and happily bowed his head and said, "Uncle Ren is right. As long as we hold on for some more time, wait for our father to defeat Yuan Shao. And now this little bit of young people on the boundary of Yuzhou is not enough to worry about. ”

"If you have ambition, this is like the lord's father, my nephew said it." Cao Ren punched Cao Ang on the shoulder and said jokingly, "When the lord defeats Yuan Shao and we pacify Yuzhou, Zixiu don't forget to invite everyone to drink wine." ”

"Why did Uncle Ren say this?" Cao Ang's expression changed slightly.

Cao Ren saw Cao Ang's reaction like this, thinking that he was embarrassed and shy. So he smiled and teased, "It's normal for people to marry a wife and have children, what's so awkward?" Uncle Ren heard about it early in the morning, and the lord asked Xun Lingjun to say a kiss for you. The other party is the daughter of Maoling Ma, a real lady from a scholarly family. ”

"I haven't gotten a word about this matter, what is Uncle Ren talking nonsense." Cao Ang tilted his head and tried his best to deny it.

"Where is the nonsense, if it weren't for Yuan Shao's sudden claim that the emperor went south, and the incident is now, the lord would have to prepare for your marriage after the eastern expedition to Lu Bu." Cao Ren raised his voice and argued. However, when he noticed Cao Angzheng's deliberately avoidable eyes, Cao Ren immediately realized that things might not be as simple as he imagined. So he tentatively asked Cao Ang, "? Zixiu is not satisfied with this family business? ”

But I heard Cao Anghu complain with a face, "I haven't even seen the face of the girl of the Ma family." How to talk about marriage"

"In this way, Zixiu already has a crush?" Cao Ren asked sideways. Cao Ang lowered his head and did not answer. However, Cao Ren didn't stop there, but seeing him staring at Cao Ang, he asked, "Let Uncle Ren guess." Isn't it Cai Anzhen of Donglai? ”

Cao Ang's slightly dark face, which was said to be the center, turned red, "I have made an appointment with An Zhen." ”

Seeing this scene, Cao Ren couldn't help but shout in a low voice, "Silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing that Cao Ren didn't believe his words, Cao Ang immediately raised his head and retorted, "I didn't make a mistake. An Zhen once said to me, 'The world is not peaceful, how can it be home.' The implication of this statement is that as long as the world is calm, An Zhen will talk to me about marriage. Now my father has assisted the Han family to pacify the Central Plains, and once Yuan Shao is killed, the world will be determined soon. Wouldn't I and An Zhen be able to fly? ”

"If Cai Anzhen really has this heart. Now it is time to send troops to help the lord crusade against Yuan Shao. If you are not in the worst situation, you should pay some tribute to the imperial court, so that we can run around all day long to crusade against the homeless. Cao Ren poured a basin of cold water on Cao Ang and said, "Silly boy, you still don't understand it, Cai Anzhen is perfunctory?" ”

In the face of Cao Ren's sharp words, Cao Ang couldn't help but open his mouth, not knowing how to refute. After all, what Cao Ren said was the truth, and although Cai Ji had shown his loyalty to the world, he had not provided any substantial help to the imperial court so far. Instead, like Liu Biao and other princes, he sat back and watched his father Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fight hard. This practice obviously violates Cai Ji's original oath of "the world is not peaceful, how can it be home".

But Cao Ang refused, the woman who was in the hunting ground to relieve the siege; the woman who was outside Yecheng City to escort the angel to save her; The woman who entered the capital with the book of accounts; The woman who has always cared about her safety outside Wancheng will deceive ......

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