"Let's go!"

Since Liu Ping has such filial piety, with Cao Hong's identity, there is no need to be polite to Butu.

In the final analysis, Butu is just a slave of their Cao family, and if he really wants to die on the battlefield for him, he should be grateful to Liu Ping, who is the son-in-law of the Cao family.

The army set out in a mighty way.

"Newspaper—"

A scout reported: "Yuan's army has all crossed the Yellow River, and the advance has been killed at our army." ”

"How many centaurs are there in Yuan Jun's forward?"

"Eight thousand cavalry!"

Since he offered advice to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao no longer dared to divide his troops.

The 8,000 cavalry in front of the breakthrough and the 100,000 main army behind them were only ten miles apart, and they could echo at any time.

In a battle of this magnitude, ten miles is not a distance at all.

"Probe, report!"

Cao Hong, who was sitting on the horse, took a deep breath and said to the entourage beside him: "Bring the map!" ”

A lieutenant came over and placed the sheepskin map in front of Cao Hong.

Cao Hong's finger slowly crossed a path along the western line between the white horse and Guandu, and then his finger lightly tapped a spot on the map.

He already had an idea.

In this Central Plains, there is no danger to defend, and if you want to use 20,000 people to meet 100,000 enemy troops head-on, it is equivalent to sending them to death.

But he could make a detour and attack Yuan's flank.

If the main force of the Yuan army dared to chase, he would take the Yuan army to the west, and naturally he would be farther and farther away from Guandu.

If Yuan Jun didn't chase him, he would go around to the back and cut off Yuan Jun's grain route.

The so-called attack on the enemy must be saved, and Yuan Jun must chase him, so that he can save the time of Guandu to build fortifications.

However, he used 20,000 people to harass 100,000 enemy troops, which was equivalent to touching the tiger's buttocks, and if the tiger bit it, he would not be able to escape.

What's more, the cavalry of the Yuan army was so close to the infantry.

"Along this road, march rapidly to the northwest without delay."

Cao Hong passed down the order, and the 20,000-strong army began to march to the northwest.

At this time, it was the April day when the grass grew and the warbler flew, and after the smooth implementation of Liu Ping's policy of tuntian, the enthusiasm of the displaced people in the territory controlled by the Cao family was high.

Gradually the sun was sinking in the west, and smoke was rising in the distance.

The green seedlings that have long since lost their feet are like blue waves in the breeze, there are dotted farmers in the fields tending to the fields, and there are two paper kites swaying in the sky in the distance, not just by any boy.

This quiet and peaceful idyllic scenery is no longer like being in troubled times, but like being in a peaceful and prosperous world.

When the peasants saw Cao Junjun marching on the path in a neat and orderly manner, they did not offend them, and the peasants all stood up and saluted.

They didn't know that the Yuan army was only a day or two away from here.

Cao's army marched rapidly, along a small road, and detoured for hundreds of miles.

"General Yu, the front is already in the territory of sour jujubes," a guide reminded.

"Well, I know the road," Cao Hong nodded with a calm face.

This sour jujube is the place where he followed his eldest brother to initiate a crusade against Dong Zhuo's righteous soldiers and joined forces with all the princes, how could he not know it?

Unexpectedly, the Cao family, who was the first to advocate the volunteers, and the Yuan family, the leader of the alliance, are now fighting to the death.

"Pass the order, let go of the forward cavalry of the Yuan army, do not disturb, wait for half of its foot soldiers to pass, launch an attack, and then quickly withdraw to the west of Yuanwu."

"No!"

Cao Jun chose a place to ambush.

Actually, it wasn't an ambush, but it was just a camp in a hollow a little further from the main road from Hakuba to Guandu.

On this vast plain, there is no suitable place for an ambush, and naturally it will not have the effect of a surprise attack.

Immediately afterwards, scouts kept coming to report: "The forward cavalry of the Yuan army is thirty miles away from us!" ”

"The forward of the Yuan army has passed ten miles from me, and the front of the infantry army has reached the front of me!"

"The front of the foot soldier has passed me ten miles!"

"Attack!"

Cao Hong gave an order, and Cao Jun suddenly came out of the hollow and rushed towards Yuan Jun.

The march of the Yuan army was naturally a long snake formation, and the 100,000-strong army stretched for dozens of miles, and it was the waist of the Yuan army that the Cao army attacked.

However, Yuan Shao was also one of the eight captains of Xiyuan back then, and he led the army to fight for many years, so he was able to pacify Hebei and occupy the land of Sizhou, which was not a straw bag militarily.

A surprise attack like this would be too pediatric.

The terrain here was flat, and by the time Cao's army approached, Yuan Shao had already ordered the troops in front and behind to quickly assemble and form a defensive formation led by Zhang He.

The two armies quickly engaged.

It's just that Cao Hong was afraid of falling too deep, so as soon as the two sides engaged, he ordered a retreat to the west.

In the Yuan army's array, Yuan Shao looked at the retreating Cao Jun and frowned and said, "What does Cao Apu's subordinates mean by this?" Is it so forbidden to fight? ”

But he didn't give the order to chase after him.

If you collapse at the first touch, there must be fraud.

"My lord, they are inducing our army to chase after them, thinking that they will gain time for Guandu to build fortifications," he was frustrated, and he could see Cao Jun's intentions at a glance.

"Carving insect skills!" Yuan Shao sneered, "Don't worry about him, I have an army of 100,000 in hand, are you still afraid of him attacking?" Keep marching! ”

"Look at this army and horses, there are 20,000 people, if the lord lets it go, they will cut off my food route, which will be unfavorable to our army."

"So what do you say?"

"Continue the march," said frustratedly, "secretly send General Gao Lan back to help, and if Cao's army appears again, he will annihilate this army with cavalry in one fell swoop."

Since the annihilation of 20,000 enemies on the bank of the Yellow River, Cao's army has a total of only 30,000 horses, and after the annihilation of 20,000, there are not many soldiers left around Cao Thief. ”

"Brilliant plan! Coup! Yuan Shao laughed, "Just follow the public's plan." ”

As he spoke, he sent a scout to the front and secretly recalled Gao Lan.

Gao Ran received an order to retreat the fire rate army.

After a battle on the bank of the Yellow River, Gao Ran's spirit also came up.

Although he was known to Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He before, he seemed to always lag behind Yan Liang and Wen Chou, whether in fact, or in Yuan Shao's mind.

Just like this time when he sent troops to Henan, Yan Liangwen Chou was able to lead a soldier and horse and take the lead in crossing the river to fight, but he could only supervise the construction of bows and arrows in the rear, if it wasn't for Yan Liangwen Chou being accidentally killed, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up with this battle.

Yan Liangwen's unexpected death suddenly gave him a chance.

In a battle on the bank of the Yellow River, he killed 20,000 enemies, which was the first clean victory since Yuan's army went to Henan, which also proved that his ability was not at the end of the "Four Generals of Hebei", but the first person of Yuan's generals.

"Lord, the military horse has been ambushed, as long as Cao Jun dares to come and harass again, I will let him come and go."

Gao Ran rode a war horse alone to see Yuan Shao.

"Good!" Yuan Shao is also impressed by Gao Ran now, and praised: "As long as you annihilate the 20,000 Yuan troops again, you will be the first contributor to this southern expedition, and I will have a heavy reward at that time." ”