Chapter 173: The Battle of Guandu is over! Cao Cao burned the black nest, and Yuan Shao was defeated!
Through the strategy of Xu You, who betrayed Yuan Shao, the light army attacked the black nest, and then burned the grain that Yuan Shao placed in the black nest, so that Yuan Shao's army had no food to eat.
Then, the morale of Yuan Shao's army will inevitably be greatly damaged, how can there be any reason to be undefeated? !
Since Xu You's strategy was so useful, Cao Cao naturally wanted to use it.
So, according to Xu Yu's strategy, Cao Cao immediately put it into action.
Led by Cao Cao himself, he led 5,000 cavalry, in order to be able to fish in mixed waters, all wearing the armor of the Yuan army and holding the banner of the Yuan army......
Moreover, everyone took advantage of the night to take advantage of the night, copied the path, and went towards the black nest at a very fast speed.
When Cao Cao led 5,000 cavalry to the Black Nest, Cao Cao's eyes immediately lit up because the main general Chun Yuqiong stationed in the Black Nest was negligent in his defense.
Because, there is an opportunity!
The opportunity could not be missed, so Cao Cao naturally led five thousand foot cavalry to kill the camp where Yuan Shao placed the army's food.
When Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao actually led a 5,000-foot cavalry to attack the Black Nest, he naturally sent a light cavalry to rescue the Black Nest as soon as possible.
It's just that Cao Cao led five thousand foot cavalry with an indomitable momentum, and he would never retreat if he didn't burn the food of Yuan Shao's army!
In the end, the 5,000-foot cavalry led by Cao Cao defeated Chun Yuqiong and them, including the light cavalry sent by Yuan Shao to rescue Wuchao.
Chun Yuqiong was finally killed by Cao Cao and them on the spot, and the grain that Yuan Shao placed in the black nest was naturally burned by Cao Cao and them.
From then on, Yuan Shao's army had no food to eat, which led to the wavering morale of the army and internal division.
Among them, Gao Ran originally led a large army to attack Cao Cao's military camp in Guandu, wanting Cao Cao to retreat because of this, and not to attack Wuchao.
However, Cao Cao's military camp had not yet broken through, but let Gao Ran know that Wuchao had been broken by Cao Cao and them, the main general Chun Yuqiong was killed in battle, and all the food of his army was burned by Cao Cao.
Gao Ran was afraid, and only felt that Yuan Shao's general trend was gone, so he turned his back on Yuan Shao and surrendered to Cao Cao very spinelessly.
The grain placed in Wuchao was burned, Yuan Shao's army had no food to live in, and Gao Lan, a general valued by Yuan Shao and one of the four court pillars in Hebei, betrayed Yuan Shao, and the morale of Yuan Shao's army was suddenly gone, how could he still have the courage to continue to fight against Cao Cao's army in Guandu.
As a result, Yuan Shao's army was quickly defeated by Cao Cao's army.
After being defeated by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao only fled for his life towards Hebei with hundreds of cavalry.
The rest of Yuan Shao's army, due to Cao Cao's lack of food, naturally did not need so many prisoners, increasing the burden on his own side and putting his forces into an even more foodless predicament.
However, Cao Cao didn't want to let them go because of this, and then let them return to Yuan Shao's arms, and then let Yuan Shao, who had a big family and a big business, and was not short of money and food, lead these armies to make a comeback, and in the end, they were all ruthlessly killed or killed by Cao Cao's soldiers!
In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao successively beheaded or killed seventy or eighty thousand Yuan Shao's army, which caused Yuan Shao to suffer heavy losses and plunged the land of the four states of Hebei into sorrow.
Because, many families have lost their husbands, sons, and fathers, and they have lost an important pillar of the family.
Cao Cao didn't care about these, and the battle of Guandu, which lasted for a year, finally allowed the weak Cao Cao to defeat the powerful Yuan Shao, so that Cao Cao's power became more and more cohesive and stronger, so that Cao Cao had more courage to compete with the princes of the world, and then swept the world, ended the war, and left his name in history.
And Yuan Shao, who was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, has since turned from prosperity to decline.
With Lu Bu in the north and Cao Cao in the south, it is destined that his princes will not be able to go far!
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Yuan Shao, who was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, with extreme unwillingness, took the few remaining hundreds of cavalry and headed towards Yecheng, Jizhou, his old nest in Hebei.
The battle of Guandu was defeated, Yuan Shao was indeed unwilling, unwilling to lose to Cao Cao, who was not comparable to him in terms of background, power, etc.
I think that at the beginning, he summoned 100,000 troops in the four states of Hebei, including 20,000 cavalry, as well as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, these Hebei four court pillars, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Xu You, Feng Ji, trial and other wise and resourceful people!
In addition, he has a big family and a big business, and there are countless strategic materials prepared to destroy Cao Cao in the south, completely crushing Cao Cao, who is short of food and armor!
But now, after the ridiculous defeat to Cao Cao's eunuch, Yuan Shao is naturally extremely unwilling, so where will Yuan Shao's face be put from now on, and how will the people of the world view him Yuan Shao?
Would you think he's stupid? Laughable too?
Therefore, Yuan Shao hated Xu Yu who betrayed him even more.
It was because Xu You betrayed him, surrendered to Cao Cao, and then offered a plan to Cao Cao, allowing Cao Cao to surprise attack the grain he put in the black nest, resulting in his own army having no food to eat and greatly losing morale, that he was defeated so badly!
Yuan Shao plans to return to Yecheng and slaughter all of Xu You's family as soon as possible!
Since Xu You has betrayed himself and let himself lose so badly, although Yuan Shao usually has a good face, he will not easily take other people's families, so as not to ruin his reputation.
However, now Yuan Shao can't manage so much, because Xu You has gone too far, Yuan Shao naturally wants to teach Xu You a profound lesson!
Let Xu Yu never go from now on!
Of course, the same goes for Gao Yan!
Yuan Shao thought of how much he valued Gao Ran before, but Gao Lan's ability was so poor, and he led a large army to attack Cao Cao's military camp in Guandu, but he couldn't break it for a long time.
Gao Lan, who led the army, couldn't break through the Cao army's barracks, and finally betrayed himself and surrendered to Cao Cao?!
Because Gao Ran surrendered to Cao Cao at this critical moment, it hit the morale of his own army and accelerated the defeat of his own army!
Yuan Shao didn't want to let go of Gao Lan's family and let his family go to hell with Xu Yu's family!
Let them dare to betray themselves!
At the same time, Yuan Shao has now learned that his army was killed by Cao Cao or killed seventy or eighty thousand, which made Yuan Shao hate Cao Cao even more, hated Cao Cao's cold-bloodedness, so many people said to kill it, it was as simple as killing chickens.
With so many people dead, Yuan Shao didn't know how to face the villagers and elders in the four states of Hebei?
They must have hated themselves to death.
Yuan Shao regarded himself as a noble birth, and he usually looked down on these untouchables with bad backgrounds.
However, if Yuan Shao wants to continue to be their ruler, he needs the support of these untouchables that he despises in order for him to sit firmly on the throne of the overlord of the four states of Hebei!
Because, the defeat of Guandu led to the death of so many people, Yuan Shao was afraid that they would gather to make trouble at that time, which would definitely not be conducive to his rule!
If it is not handled well, it will definitely make the land of the four states of Hebei chaotic, and he who has been defeated, lost 100,000 troops, and lost many strategic materials, can possibly threaten his forces!
Yuan Shaocai didn't want this!
Fortunately, although Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, he still has a big family, and there is still a lot of money and grain in the treasury.