Chapter 32: Cao Cao who has hit the bottom
"If we don't repel Wen Chou and Liu Bei, we want to return to Guandu safely, it's difficult."
It was rare that Yuan Shao's cavalry began to rest, and Cao Cao also began to gather a few strategists and generals he brought out to discuss the next step.
No matter what era it is, in the face of absolute power, unless you come up with a plan that shocks the world, everything will be overshadowed.
Cao Cao sat in a rather rudimentary tent, surrounded by the military generals who had followed him this time.
Although Cao Cao, who is over forty years old, is dressed in armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, and his sitting posture is also majestic, his face is already covered with a layer of dust, and his eyes are not full of bloodshots.
The generals below had no image to speak of, their armor was covered with dust and blood, chapped lips, and yellow hair, but when they looked at Cao Cao, their faces were full of hope.
Because this time the strategy was Xun You's plan, he was naturally in the queue in front of Cao Cao, and after listening to Cao Cao's somewhat pessimistic words, Xun You stood up again.
When he was pondering this strategy, he naturally also considered the problems that might arise because of the small number of soldiers, and now that the problem has arisen, of course he has to bear the brunt of the plan, otherwise Cao Cao will dare to use his own strategy in the future?
"Sikong, Yuan Shao sent Wen Chou to avenge Yan Liang, and it is forgivable, but Liu Bei commanded the army with him, I'm afraid it has another deep meaning."
When Xun Yu said this, his words stopped, and he looked at Guan Yu who was standing behind him with a blank look.
After killing Yan Liang, Guan Yu won a lot of prestige for himself in the Cao army, and the generals of the Cao and Xiahou clans, who had looked down on him before, gradually began to recognize him.
Now Liu Bei actually appeared directly in Yuan Shaojun, and he was directly opposite Guan Yu, the significance of this is self-evident.
But Guan Yu didn't seem to see Xun Yu looking at him, he still looked like he didn't care about himself, and he didn't mean to explain at all.
"Yuan Shao's trick, I naturally know, but Yun Chang has already beheaded Yan Liang, and Yuan Shao is not a common enemy, even if Liu Bei comes in person, it has nothing to do with Yun Chang, if we meet in front of the battle, we also have to look at Yun Chang's face and give Liu Bei a chance, what does Yun Chang think?"
As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, Guan Yu knew that he had to answer positively.
"In this way, thank you Sikong, in this battle, Guan Yu is still willing to be the vanguard, and he beheaded Sikong!"
At this point, Cao Cao showed a satisfied smile, but he did not answer Guan Yu's words positively, but looked at Xun Yu, who had only said anything before.
Everyone knows that now is definitely a critical moment for Cao Cao, and he will not do anything risky because of his absolute trust in Guan Yu.
Xun You glanced at Guan Yu again, knowing that since Cao Cao said so, even if he expressed his trust in Guan Yu, his strategy could no longer be hidden, and he had to talk about it.
"Sikong, in today's situation, we need to defeat the pursuers, otherwise it will be a matter of time before we are caught up, Yuan Shao's army is indeed menacing, but these thousands of cavalry are improvised patchwork, it is said that even Liu Bei's remnants in Xuzhou are among them, as long as they can avoid this wave of sharpness, Yuan Shao's sergeants are not worried!"
Speaking of this, Xun You looked at Guan Yu again, and saw that Guan Yu's face was as usual, so he began to talk about dry goods.
"Liu Bei and Wen Chou will definitely not be of the same heart and mind, and Liu Bei is not a person who can live under Yuan Shao for a long time, so we only need to use small profits to lure them, and we can rub their sharpness! The minister thinks that tomorrow the enemy will come to pursue again, we will throw all the heavy grain and grass except armor and weapons on the road, Yuan Shaojun will see it, it will naturally be chaotic, they are in chaos, our opportunity will come, the reason why Yan Liang can defeat it is that Wen Yuan and Yun Chang The two generals captured the thief and captured the king, and beheaded Yan Liang first, the key to this battle is Wen Chou! ”
Xun You made such a meticulous analysis, and the generals below all nodded slightly, obviously, the weakness of Yuan Shao's seemingly strong thousands of cavalry had been grasped quite accurately by Xun You.
Cao Cao was still sitting on the bench, with no expression on his face, but he just touched the long beard under his chin and thought for a moment.
"Closely monitor the enemy army, once there is any change, immediately according to Xun You's words, pretend to lose the armor, give up all the heavy grain and grass, but there is one point, be sure to abandon it on the road, once most of the enemy dismounts and blocks the road to rob, kill it immediately, no matter what else it is, just run to Wen Chou's handsome banner to kill, kill Wen Chou and retreat to Guandu!"
After a moment of silence, Cao Cao gave the final order, and then ordered the whole army to have a full meal before resting.
The next day, the sky had just brightened, and Cao Jun's scouts saw a dark patch in the distance, and Yuan Shao's army followed them without warning.
Although Yuan Shao's vanguard is led by Wen Chou and Liu Bei on the face, how can Wen Chou put Liu Bei, who was once mixed with Cao Cao, in their eyes, Liu Bei, the old boy, is almost the same as the three surnamed slaves.
In addition, Wen Chou and Yan Liang are famous Hebei generals under Yuan Shao, and the relationship between the two is also quite good, so in this vanguard, Wen Chou almost treats Liu Bei as his little brother, and he doesn't discuss anything with Liu Bei at all, and he can come as he wants.
On the other hand, Liu Bei was also happy to be idle, Wen Chou gave the order, and he followed unhurriedly with his cronies behind.
This time, Wen Chou suddenly attacked, just to wipe out Cao Jun in one go, in his opinion, Yan Liang was just careless, and then he ended up dead, and he had thousands of troops in his hands, so he was not afraid at all.
"Kill! Who can occupy Cao Cao's head, Yuan Gong and others will be rewarded with a marquis! beheaded Guan Yu, the same bounty! ”
Shouting such slogans, Wen Chou led the army on a rampage until they found the baggage and grain and grass that had been discarded by Cao's army on the road.
The soldiers of this era, whether you are under the command of Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, rarely have the armor and weapons neat, there are too many princes, which has caused a situation of constant disputes, the meat grinder of war has been running, but the creation of armor and weapons has almost come to a standstill, so the result can be imagined.
Almost every soldier wanted to give themselves a little more protection, so when they saw the armor casually discarded on the official road, almost no one was unmoved.
"Order, don't pay attention to it, Cao Jun has no heart, kill Cao Cao first!"
Even though Wen Chou had already given the order, when the first soldier bowed his head and picked up a helmet and put it on his head, the thousands of cavalry were like dominoes that had been pushed down.