Liu Bei led Liu Pi and others to allocate 10,000 soldiers and horses to him and 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command, a total of 15,000 troops, and went straight to the direction of Pingyu City, Nanton City and Pingyu City were separated by more than 100 miles, Liu Bei led the army to gallop all the way, and finally came to a place about 60 miles away from Pingyu City.

Seeing that Liu Bei was leading the army to run, a scout suddenly came to report that Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were back!

After Liu Bei heard the scout's report, he was immediately shocked, he had sent Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to Pingyu City to contain Li Siye's army, if it was okay, they should be in the area of Pingyu City at this time, and now that the two of them have returned ahead of schedule, it must be a bad thing!

Liu Bei thought of this, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, Guan Yu was ashamed to see Liu Bei, so he slowed down the horse, and asked the scout to go to Liu Bei to tell him and Zhao Yun to return, first let Liu Bei have a preparation, and now seeing Liu Bei personally come to greet him, Guan Yu and the two hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "The sin general Guan Yu (Zhao Yun) to meet the lord!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who were very embarrassed, and confirmed the judgment in his heart, but after seeing Guan Yu injured, he did not ask about the defeat, but hurriedly stepped forward to help Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and said with concern: "Yun Chang, are your injuries okay?" Quickly send the military doctor over to check the injury for Yun Chang! Is Zilong injured? ”

Guan Yu saw that Liu Bei cared so much about himself, and he didn't ask about the war but cared about his injuries at the first time, and he felt very uncomfortable, and replied in a choked voice: "It's just a flesh injury, don't worry about it, big brother." ”

Zhao Yun also replied with emotion: "The end will be fine, thank you for your concern." ”

The military doctor heard that Liu Bei was summoned, and hurriedly came to deal with Guan Yu's injuries, taking advantage of the time when the military doctor treated Guan Yu's injuries, Liu Bei asked Zhao Yun to tell Zhao Yun about the battle situation in Pingyu City, after listening, Liu Bei smiled indifferently, and said: "It's just because of the gap in the combat power of soldiers and horses, if the two of you are also elite horses, you will definitely be able to defeat Li Siye!" You two don't have to be too anxious, with Runan as the base, we will definitely be able to train an elite division, and we will definitely be afraid of anyone when the time comes!! ”

"I've been thanking my lord (big brother) for his teachings!"

After the military doctor treated Guan Yu's injuries, Guan Yu told Liu Bei about him and Zhao Yun's discovery of Li Siye's iron cavalry and his thoughts, Liu Bei thought for a moment after listening to it, and said: "Yun Chang, you should recuperate for a period of time when you were injured by an arrow, let Zilong go on this trip, if this battle is successful, how about you also have the merit of advice?" ”

Guan Yu also knew that Liu Bei belonged to the kind of person who would not easily change when he made a decision, and seeing that Liu Bei said so, he could only respond to the matter. Liu Bei immediately transferred all the more than 1,000 elite cavalry in the general to Zhao Yun, and asked him to be the vanguard general to take the lead to meet the 1,000 iron cavalry under Li Siye's department.

In order to ensure secrecy, Zhao Yun personally led ten iron horsemen with excellent archery skills to act as the guide of the front army, and constantly shot and killed the sentry cavalry of the ambushed Tiger Army, until Zhao Yun's iron cavalry was about to arrive at the place where the Tiger Army garrison, the Tiger Army Iron Cavalry found the traces of Zhao Yun's iron cavalry, and hurriedly came to meet the whole army.

But at this time it was too late, Zhao Yun saw that the Tiger Ben Army found the traces of his army, and immediately began to lead the army to rush to kill, Zhao Yun Rui could not be used to kill several Tiger Ben Army soldiers who came to stop him, and led his elite cavalry to rush into the Tiger Ben Army's military formation, at this time the Tiger Ben Army had just got on the horse and had no time to increase the speed, and the iron cavalry without speed could not stop Zhao Yun's iron cavalry from rushing to kill, and the Tiger Ben Army's military formation was immediately in chaos.

"The general has an order, if you encounter a strong enemy, withdraw your troops immediately!!"

Fortunately, Li Siye had already had a military order in front of him, and if they encountered a strong enemy, they could withdraw immediately, and the iron cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army saw that Zhao Yun was so brave, and he didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were behind Zhao Yun's army, and seeing that it was difficult to resist the rush of Zhao Yun's iron cavalry, he hurriedly began to flee to the south.

The Tiger Army Iron Cavalry is a well-trained elite division, and after breaking through the siege, they will gather together again tenaciously, and they began to turn around and shoot the Yellow Turban pursuers behind, and the Yellow Turban Army Iron Cavalry continues to have people fall off their horses, and their morale has declined a lot. Zhao Yun finally defeated this elite cavalry, naturally he was unwilling to let them go like this, while making the soldiers fight back with the tip of their tongues, he began to look for the flaws of Li Siye's iron cavalry, and was always ready to give the tiger army iron cavalry another fatal blow!

In the middle of this chase, the two iron horsemen quickly rushed out of the distance of more than ten miles, the tiger army iron horse flew under a hillside, Zhao Yun also led the army to pursue closely, but when Zhao Yun's iron horse passed by this hillside, the arrows on the hillside between were like rain, more than a thousand Yellow Turban Army iron horses were immediately shot two or three hundred horsemen, and the rest of the Yellow Turban Army iron horses were also shot a little blindfolded!

After a few waves of arrow rain, a thousand iron horsemen immediately appeared on the hillside and rushed down towards the Yellow Turban Army Iron Cavalry, the Iron Cavalry formation was holding a 'Li' word general flag, and there was a tiger general under its banner who was carrying a Mo knife on horseback, this person was none other than Li Siye himself!!

It turned out that just when Li Siye was marching to meet with the iron cavalry in front, a sergeant suddenly came to report that the defeat of the former army was fleeing here, and there was still the Yellow Turban Army iron cavalry in the rear. After Li Siye heard about this, his heart moved, and he immediately ambushed all the 1,000 iron cavalry under his command behind the hillside, preparing to ambush the pursuers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the Yellow Turban Army really pursued the Tiger Ben Army's iron cavalry to reach here, and Li Siye immediately led the army to kill, and under several waves of arrow rain, it caused a lot of casualties to the Yellow Turban Army's pursuers.

The iron cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army, who was running in front, saw Li Siye leading the army to kill, and they were also overjoyed, since the Tiger Ben Army became an army, it can be said that they have won a hundred battles, when have they been so embarrassed!!

Seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly turned around and killed back, and the killing intent in their hearts was even better than usual!!

Under the attack of Li Siye's own iron cavalry and the iron cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army who had just fled and returned, the iron cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army immediately collapsed, and after Zhao Yun was entangled by Li Siye, he was unable to command the soldiers and horses to fight, and he could not prevent the rout of the Yellow Turban Army at all.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun could only lead the remnants of the army to flee in defeat, and fled in the direction where Liu Bei's army came again. Li Siye led the army to pursue all the way behind, and pursued to the front of Liu Bei's army, and finally Zhao Yun only led more than 100 remnants to return to Liu Bei's army, Guan Yu saw Zhao Yun fleeing back in defeat, and his heart was furious, so he wanted to raise troops and horses to meet Li Siye!

After the two battles were defeated and the iron cavalry in the army was almost wiped out, Liu Bei dared to provoke the iron cavalry of Li Siye's department again, and hurriedly persuaded Guan Yu to let him go to the rear army to recuperate, and then gathered the army in one place to continue to move forward.

Li Siye did not impact Liu Bei's army, so that the iron cavalry under his command was divided into several teams, and constantly harassed Liu Bei's army in all directions, Liu Bei's army would be shot by the tiger army from time to time Several people or even more than ten people, the Yellow Turban Army was almost a rabble, and it was impossible to continue under the harassment of Li Siye's army.

After Liu Bei's army continued to move forward for a while, the sky was completely dark, and in such darkness, the iron cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army came and went without a trace, and the casualties brought to the Yellow Turban Army were even more serious! Liu Bei also knew that if he continued like this, he was afraid that the army would collapse before it reached Pingyu City, and he could only camp on the spot when he saw this, and he did not dare to continue to move forward.

Liu Bei saw Li Siye's iron cavalry leaving, and guessed that the money and grain of Pingyu City must have been moved, and now it was too late to continue the march, so he also extinguished the rest of his thoughts in his heart, and waited intently to receive Pingyu City tomorrow.

As for the money and food in Pingyu City, it's good that the bento doesn't exist.

When Li Siye led two thousand iron horsemen back to Pingyu City, Lu Su had already led people to load all the money and grain on the ship, and after the two sides joined forces, they immediately went straight to Yangquan City.

After Liu Bei led the army to take over Pingyu City, he began to deal with the affairs of Runan County and the reorganization of the army, completely regarded Runan County as his own territory, and the people and scholars of Runan County also knew Liu Bei's reputation and were very willing to accept Liu Bei's rule.

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Liu Bei has not been seen since he went south, and Liu Bei's second brother Guan Yu has never come to Hebei, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he sent Chen Zhen south again to check the news of Liu Bei and Guan Yu. After Chen Zhen arrived in Runan, he asked Liu Bei about going to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao, Liu Bei just kept delaying and prevaricating, Chen Zhen stayed in Runan for a while, where did he not know what Liu Bei meant, and when he saw this, he said goodbye to Liu Bei and returned to Hebei again.

Chen Zhen returned to see Yuan Shao and said: "The Yellow Turban Liu Pi and others support Liu Bei as the mainstay, Liu Bei has now taken Runan County and has no intention of going south to Jingzhou, and Liu Bei's second brother Guan Yu has also arrived in Runan. ”

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and then he picked up Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and other four continents, a total of more than 700,000 troops, and went south again to attack the Central Plains, ready to kill Cao Cao first, the rebellious man, and then kill Liu Bei, the person who betrayed the master, Yuan Shaoxing raised more than 700,000 troops, known as millions, and went straight to Guandu.

After Xiahoudun learned the news of Yuan Shao's troops, he hurriedly sent a letter to Xu Du to tell him about the urgency, saying: Yuan Yao has millions of soldiers and went straight to Guandu!!

After Cao Cao learned the news of Yuan Shao's troops, he hurriedly recalled the soldiers and horses under the command of Yu Ban and Le Jin, and prepared to go to Guandu to meet the enemy, and ordered Xun Yu to stay in Xudu, the prime minister's government affairs and the transportation of money and grain.

When Yuan Shao's army was about to set off, Tian Feng wrote from prison and admonished: "Now it is better to wait quietly for the day, and do not raise soldiers in vain, for fear of disadvantage." ”

Feng Ji and Tian Feng were not in harmony, and said: "The lord is a benevolent and righteous teacher, and he is invincible in battle, Tian Feng actually made such ominous words, this is to disturb the hearts of my army!! ”

After Yuan Shao heard Feng Ji's words, he was immediately furious in his heart, and he wanted to kill Tian Feng's sacrificial flag, fortunately, Tian Feng's popularity among Hebei officials was still good, and everyone persuaded Yuan Shao again and again, Yuan Shao then put out the thought of taking Tian Feng's first-class sacrificial flag, and said fiercely: "When I break Cao Cao, I will punish him with the canon!! ”

Yuan Shao's army of 700,000 people, banners all over the field, swords like a forest, all the way mighty and fast, but a few days to arrive in the Yangwu area, Yuan Shao ordered the army to set up camp, and then called everyone to come to the discussion.

After Yuan Shao saw that everyone had arrived, he said: "Now that my army has arrived in the area of Yangwu City, Cao Cao is also leading the army straight to Guandu, I don't know if you have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Frustration stepped forward a hundred and said: "Returning to the lord, although I have a large army and horses, I am afraid that I am not the opponent of Cao Jun in terms of bravery, but although Cao Jun is elite, in terms of grain and grass supply, Cao Jun is not the opponent of our army; Cao's army does not have much food and grass, if it is a quick battle, it will be beneficial to Cao Cao, our army has enough food and grass, and we should attack slowly step by step; For a long time, Cao's army will definitely run out of food, and then our army will be able to win without a fight!! ”

Although the words of the frustrated professor were reasonable, how could Yuan Shao listen to such words at this time, he was immediately furious when he heard the words, and shouted loudly: "Tian Feng disturbed the heart of our army, I have already sent him to prison, and on the day I return to the army, I will kill him, there is a precedent ahead, how dare you still do this!! ”

"Left and Right !!"

"I'm waiting here !!"

"Lock the frustration in the forbidden army, and after I break Cao, he and Tian Feng will be punished as one, and bring me down!!"

"The order is down, and all the departments will immediately set up camp, and wait for the arrival of Cao's army to start a decisive battle!!"

"No, we'll take !! order"

Yuan Shao gave an order, hundreds of thousands of Hebei troops were divided into four parts, east, west, south and north, and the Chinese army camp around Yuan Shao began to set up camp, and Yuan Shao's army camp stretched all the way for more than 90 miles, and there was no end in sight.

After Cao Jun carefully discovered the reality of Yuan Shao's army, he hurriedly sent this information to the Guandu camp, at this time Cao Jun had just arrived in Guandu, and after hearing about Yuan Shao's situation, they began to be afraid.

After Cao Cao ordered the army to set up camp, he hurriedly summoned all the people under his command to come to discuss the matter of breaking the enemy, and said: "Yuan Shao's army has more than 700,000, several times that of our army, I don't know if you have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Xun Xu stroked his beard and said: "Back to the lord, although Yuan Shao's army is large, it is just a rabble, and there is nothing to be afraid of!" The soldiers of our army are all elite soldiers, all of them are ten, Yuan Shao's army is certainly not the opponent of our army, but Yuan Shao occupies the land of the four states of Hebei, and there is a rich place like Jizhou, its army has sufficient food and grass and has no worries about money and food, but our army is not, the Central Plains has been nearly abandoned, and now there is a shortage of grain and grass to be revived, and our army's grain and grass will not last long. The lord should immediately look for an opportunity to have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao's army, otherwise if this battle is delayed, there will be a shortage of food and grass in our army, and then the big thing will be in danger!! ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said: "What Xun Xu You said is exactly what I want, pass on the order, continue to march tomorrow, go to a big battle with Yuan Shao first, and try the combat power of the Hebei army!!。 ”

Early the next morning, Cao Cao ordered the generals and soldiers of the army to make food and five watches, and set off with 30,000 troops to go straight to Yuan Shao's camp with great fanfare, Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao led the army to lead the challenge, and then raised 50,000 troops to meet the battle, the two armies formed a formation in a wilderness, and saw that the Cao army was full of iron horses, so he left a heart, and transferred 10,000 crossbowmen to ambush on the left and right wings, and transferred 5,000 elite archers, ambushed at the gate flag of the Chinese army, so that they saw the arrows, and immediately fired 10,000 arrows!!

After the three-way drum, the military formations of both sides have been formed!!

Yuan Shao was dressed in a golden helmet and golden armor, a brocade robe and a jade belt, and stood in front of the battle, and there were Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong and other generals of the Hebei Army on the left and right!!

Cao Cao also came out of the front of the battle, Xu Zhu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Li Dian and other Cao army generals, each holding weapons, stood in Cao Cao's rear guard to protect Cao Cao's safety. After Cao Cao saw Yuan Shao, he pointed at Yuan Shao with a horsewhip and shouted: "Yuan Benchu, I will protect you as a general in front of the Son of Heaven, why do you want to rebel now?" ”

Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao, a little deflated calf, dared to stand in front of the army and point at him and scold, he was immediately furious in his heart, and shouted: "Cao Mengde, you are a Han thief, and you are full of crimes, even more than Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo and others, and now you dare to accuse me of rebellion, it is really ridiculous!! ”

Cao Cao laughed and shouted: "Hahahaha, Yuan Benchu, I was ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against rebellion, how dare you talk such nonsense?" ”

Yuan Shao also sneered a few times and said, "Cao Mengde, I am begging for a thief with an edict, why don't you hurry up and surrender!! ”

The matter of the edict has always been Cao Cao's taboo, because this matter has greatly lost Cao Cao's prestige, and now a prince is talking about the edict, which is simply annoying Cao Cao! After Cao Cao heard Yuan Shao's shouting, he was immediately furious in his heart and shouted: "Who dares to kill Yuan Shao for me!! ”

"The last general is willing to kill the thief for the prime minister!!"

Zhang Liao shouted, and then fought on horseback, Yuan Shao didn't wait for Yuan Shao to speak, he saw Zhang He fighting out of the horse, coming to fight Zhang Liao, the two of you came and went, and soon fought for forty or fifty rounds, still no winner.

Cao Cao didn't expect that after Yan Liang and Wen Chou died in battle, Yuan Shao would have such a fierce general, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, Xu Chu saw that Zhang Liao had been fighting Zhang He for a long time, and his hands were also a little itchy, so he immediately waved his knife and took Zhang He directly, and came to help Zhang Liao. Seeing that Xu Chu was so shameless, the generals of the Hebei army were immediately furious, and Gao Ran also came out with a gun and came to fight with Xu Chu. The four generals each caught each other and fought each other, and after dozens of rounds of the battle, there was still no winner or loser.

Cao Cao saw that the generals under Yuan Shao's command were also extraordinary, so he had some thoughts of testing the combat strength of the Hebei army, and then ordered Xiahoudun and Cao Hong, each with three thousand iron cavalry, to attack Yuan Shao's army. The judge saw that the Cao army came to charge the battle, and immediately ordered the launch of the arrow, a sound arrow rose into the sky, the left and right wings of the Hebei army immediately fired ten thousand crossbows, and the archers hidden in the Chinese army also rushed out of the chaotic arrows, and the six thousand iron cavalry under the command of Xiahoudun and Cao Hong were immediately shot and killed.

After a few waves of arrow rain, there is not much left of the six thousand iron cavalry, Xiahoudun and Cao Hong saw this, and hurriedly led the army to retreat, Yuan Shao saw this, immediately waved the army to cover the kill, the Cao army was defeated, has been pursued by Yuan Shao's army to the Guandu camp, the Cao army in the camp rushed out to respond, and then the defeated army was taken back to the camp.

Early the next morning, Yuan Shao continued to lead the army forward with the power of great victory, and approached the front of Cao's Guandu camp, but Cao's army has been operating in the Guandu area for a long time, and has established countless camps here.

Yuan Shao asked everyone for advice, and the judge stepped forward and replied: "Return to the lord, you can make 100,000 soldiers and horses camp nearby, build a dirt mountain in front of the Cao army camp, and wait until the earth mountain is completed, and then order the sergeant and the earth mountain to release arrows in the Cao army camp, then Cao Cao can only abandon the village and flee if he does not go out of the camp for a decisive battle, if the Cao army abandons the village and leaves, the lord can get the official pass without blood, and then there is no natural danger to defend north of Xuchang, then the lord will win!! ”

"Okay, this strategy is very wonderful, so let's do it with this plan, and review it, since this policy was proposed by you, God bless you are personally responsible for this matter!"

"No, the minister is !! ordered"

Judging from the middle of the army, 100,000 soldiers and horses directly set up a large camp in front of Cao's camp, and the trial did not lead the army to attack the camp, but ordered the sergeants to use shovels and soil to pile up sand near Cao Cao's camp!!

Cao Jun saw Yuan Jun piling up earth mountains in the camp, so he wanted to rush out to kill this army of soldiers and horses, but just when Cao Jun was about to rush out, he saw Yuan Shao's army in the 10,000 arrows in unison, and directly shot Cao Jun countless times.

Within ten days, the soldiers of the Yuan army built more than 50 earth mountains next to Cao Cao's camp, and the crossbowmen were assigned to shoot arrows on the earth mountain, and for a while, the Cao army was suppressed by the rain of arrows and could not act normally at all, and could only stare at the shield every day to block the rain of arrows. After the soldiers of the Cao army saw the embarrassed appearance of the Cao army, they shouted and laughed, and the morale of the Cao army was immediately greatly frustrated, and the army's morale became unstable.

Cao Cao saw that the army in the army was unstable, and hurriedly summoned all the strategists to come and ask for advice, Guo Jia got up and bowed: "Lord, Ma Jun can make a thunderbolt, and it can be used to break this mountain!" ”

Ma Jun is now serving as a master craftsman in Cao's army, Cao Cao hurriedly called Ma Jun for questioning, and after determining that the thunderbolt car could break the earth mountain, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Ma Jun to build hundreds of thunderbolt cars overnight, all of which were hidden near the camp wall, just opposite the top of the earth mountain.

Early the next morning, the soldiers of the Yuan army continued to climb the earth mountain to prepare to shoot the Cao army camp, Ma Jun gave an order, the Cao army soldiers in the camp dragged the catapult together, and immediately there were countless boulders rising into the sky, flying straight to the top of the earth mountain, Yuan Shaojun archers were caught off guard, there was no place to hide, and they were immediately killed and injured by the boulders, Yuan Shaojun archers saw this, and hurriedly ran to the bottom of the earth mountain, and no longer dared to climb the earth mountain to release arrows.

Seeing that this plan failed, the trial made another plan: let the soldiers use shovels to dig tunnels directly into Cao's camp, and then join forces to break the enemy army!

After seeing Yuan Jun digging a pit behind the dirt mountain, Cao Jun's scouts hurriedly reported the matter to Cao Cao, Cao Cao hurriedly called Guo Jia to ask for advice, and Guo Jia replied: "Hmph! Yuan Jun saw that he could not break through our army's camp in the front, so he wanted to dig a tunnel and attack from the ground. The lord could order the sergeant to dig a long ditch around the camp, and then order the sergeant to guard it day and night. ”

The leading soldiers of the Cao Cao Alliance dug a deep ditch overnight, and when the soldiers of Yuan Shaojun dug the tunnel Cao Cao's camp, the soldiers of the Cao army had already waited for the rabbit by the ditch, and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Yuan army were killed and wounded in the end.

Cao Cao led the army to guard the Guandu camp, Yuan Shao's army exhausted all kinds of methods is unable to break through the Cao army general, the battle began in early August, has been carried out until the end of September, under the long battle, the Cao army is lacking in combat strength, and the grain and grass baggage gradually began to be somewhat insufficient.

Cao Cao was tired, so he had the idea of abandoning the official camp and returning to Xuchang, but Cao Cao hesitated in his heart, and finally couldn't make up his mind, so he wrote a letter to inform Yu Xun Yu of the matter, intending to ask him for his opinion, Xun Yu wrote a letter back to Cao Cao, saying: "Respect (Cao Cao) life, let me help decide whether to advance or retreat." I think Yuan Shao concentrated all his forces in Guandu and wanted to fight with you. If you can't defeat the enemy, you will inevitably be taken advantage of by the enemy, which is the general situation in the world. However, although Yuan Shao had many soldiers, he was not really used for it. With your martial arts, you will be invincible. Although there are few soldiers and food shortages now, the situation is even better than when Chu and Han fought for Xingyang and Chenggao. You are now drawing the ground to hold on, so that Yuan Shao can not advance, and when Yuan Shao's situation is exhausted, the morale of the army will change. This is the time to use the magic trick, and it must not be missed. This is my thoughts, please consider it. ”

After Cao Cao read Xun Yu's letter, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to defend the camp with all their might, and there was no longer any idea of retreating.

Cao Cao's army is unstable, Yuan Shao's side is also a little bit of a bad time, Yuan Shao's army has not been able to attack for a long time, and the morale of the soldiers is also a little declining, and the morale of the soldiers is floating, Yuan Shao saw this, so he retreated more than 30 miles, and prepared to rest after the army, and then continue to attack the Guandu camp.

Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao had withdrawn from the army, and hurriedly sent the general Xu Huang to lead the light cavalry out of the camp to inquire about the situation of Yuan Shao's army.

Xu Huang asked Yuan Jun about the situation of Yuan Shao's army, and promised heavy benefits.

Yuan Jun replied carefully: "General Han Meng will escort grain and grass from the rear to the front camp for assistance, and I have been specially ordered to come and explore the way." ”

Xu Huang naturally knew about the lack of grain and grass in his camp, and after learning about this, he hurriedly came to meet Cao Cao, and the general of the Hebei Army told Cao Cao about the fact that he was going to escort the grain and grass.

After Cao Cao learned of this, he hurriedly ordered everyone to come to discuss the matter, Xun Xu You stepped forward and replied: "Lord, Han Meng is just a reckless man with the courage of a horseman, as long as he sends a general to lead thousands of light horsemen, he can attack it halfway and burn this batch of grain and grass, and then Yuan Shao's army lacks grain and grass, then his army will be chaotic!" ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, nodded and responded, "Who can go?" ”

Xun Xu replied: "Since this matter is discovered by Xu Huang's generals, Xu Huang should be sent there, otherwise Xu Huang will definitely not be convinced." ”

Cao Cao then sent Xu Huang to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to take the Yuan army to ambush Han Dang's grain transport soldiers and horses halfway, and ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Chu to lead 10,000 troops to rescue Ying.

That night, Han Meng led thousands of soldiers and horses to escort thousands of grain wagons, straight to Yuan Shaojun's camp, when Han Dang's grain and horses were marching, they saw a valley, suddenly killed countless light horses, the coming army was Xu Huang's five thousand elite cavalry!

Han Meng saw that there were enemy troops coming, and hurriedly Pegasus came to fight, Xu Huang stepped forward, caught Han Dang's offensive, and fought with him.

Xu Huang's general Shi Jian saw that Xu Huang was resisting Han Dang, and immediately led the light cavalry to kill the reinforcements guarding the grain carts, and set fire to the thousands of grain carts.

Xu Huang did not continue to pursue the army, but hurriedly urged the soldiers to burn all the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Shao's army saw that there was a fire rising in the northwest of the camp, and suddenly became a little restless, Yuan Shao hurriedly asked people to go to investigate the situation, and at this time, suddenly a defeated army came to report: "The army's grain and grass have been robbed!! ”

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead the army to cut off the road, and be sure to leave the Cao army soldiers and horses who came to rob the grain, Zhang He and Gao Ran just led the army to intercept the road, and then met the Xu Huang army that burned the grain and returned, and the two armies immediately fought together, when the two armies were fighting, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu also killed from behind the Yuan army, Zhang He and Gao Ran were difficult to resist the offensive of the generals of the Cao army, so they could only turn their horses and flee.

After Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others killed and dispersed the Yuan army, they did not dare to stay longer, and hurriedly joined forces and returned to the Guandu camp. Cao Cao was worried that Yuan Shao would send troops to retaliate, so he divided a military army to camp in front of the village, and formed a corner with his own army camp, echoing each other.

After Han Meng led the defeated army back to the camp, Yuan Shao was furious in his heart, and wanted to kill Han Meng with the correct military law, and everyone persuaded each other, which saved Han Dang's life.

After Han Dang retreated, he stepped forward and said: "The army is focused on food, and you must not be careful, the black nest is the place where my army is stored, and it must be guarded by heavy troops. ”

Yuan Shao nodded and replied: "Well, I know about this matter, after the loss of this batch of grain and grass, there will be some shortage of grain in our army, you immediately rush back to Yecheng to supervise the transfer of grain and grass, and you must not make our army run out of food!" ”

The judge knew that this matter was very important, and hurriedly agreed to accept the order.

Yuan Shao thought for a moment, and indeed should garrison a large army in Wuchaotun just in case, so he ordered his general Chun Yuqiong and partial generals Wei Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and other generals to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Wuchao.

However, although Yuan Shao was kind, but Chun Yuqiong was indeed just drinking, and the sergeants were very afraid of him!!

Soon after, the grain and grass in Cao Cao's army were about to run out, Cao Cao was in a hurry, and hurriedly wrote a letter, ordering the light cavalry to send to Xudu, go to meet Xun Yu, and let him quickly raise grain and grass, and escort him to the Guandu camp at night, otherwise the soldiers and horses in the Guandu camp will have no food to eat!!

The Cao army messenger had just left the camp with Cao Cao's handwritten letter, but before he had gone far, he was caught by the Yuan army sentry horse, and after the sentry horse caught the Cao army messenger, he hurriedly brought it to Yuan Shao's henchman Xu Xuyou, who came to the Cao army camp to observe the situation!

Xu Xu You is far away, he was friends with Cao Cao when he was a teenager, but he was acting as a strategist here in Yuan Shao at this time, Xu Xu You ordered the sergeant to search his body, and sure enough, he found Cao Cao's letter urging food, Xu Xu You read the letter, and immediately rejoiced, "Cao Jun ran out of food, our army has won, hurry up and follow me back to the camp to meet the lord!! ”

After Xu Xuyou returned to the camp, he hurriedly came to meet Yuan Shao, first read Cao Cao's letter to Yuan Shao, and then said: "Lord, Cao Cao's military officers have been with our army for a long time, and Xuchang City must be empty; If a group of soldiers and horses is divided into a starry night to cover Xuchang, then Xuchang can be pulled, and in this way, Cao Cao can be captured! Now that Cao Cao's grain and grass have run out, he can take this opportunity to attack him in two ways, and Cao's army will be defeated!! ”

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, felt that Cao Cao was cunning, and this matter was a little suspicious, and replied: "Cao Cao has a lot of tricks, and this letter must be his plan to lure the enemy." ”

Xu Xu Yu hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, if you don't take it now, you will definitely suffer from it in the future, and please ask the lord to judge clearly!! ”

When the two were talking, suddenly a messenger came from Yecheng and presented a letter of trial, on which the front of the letter was written about transporting grain, and the back wrote: When Xu Xuyou was in Jizhou, he had accepted bribes and accepted countless private property, and Xu Xuyou also connived at his sons and nephews to embezzle money and grain, and now the trial has returned these money and grains and sent Xu Xuyou's sons and nephews to prison.

After Yuan Shao read the letter, he was immediately furious in his heart, and said: "Mischief, you first look at these good things you have done, what kind of face do you have to offer in front of me?" You have an old relationship with Cao Cao, and I guess you were bribed by him today, so you came to be his spy, right? You have committed a great crime, and you have beheaded it for public display, but for the sake of the past merits, I will leave your head first! Now give me a speed, and if it is not my call, you shall not come to me again!! ”

Xu Xu You picked up the letter on the ground and read it, and wanted to explain, but when he saw that Yuan Shao had made up his mind, he could only sigh, walked out of Yuan Shao's handsome tent, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Loyalty is against the ear, and the erection is not enough and conspiracy!" My son and nephew have been victimized by the trial, what face do I have to go back to Jizhou? ”

After Xu Xuyou finished speaking, he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, but the left and right entourages hurriedly stepped forward to snatch Xu Xuyou's sword, and persuaded softly: "Why did the lord want to die so supremely? Since Yuan Shao refused to listen to the advice of his lord, he would definitely be captured by Cao Cao in the future. Since the lord has an old relationship with Cao Gong, why don't you abandon the dark and go to serve Cao Gong? ”

The words of the entourage immediately woke up Xu Xuyu, but isn't it, Yuan Shaogang is stubborn and doesn't listen to his advice, then he will definitely be Cao Cao's prisoner in the future! He can go to serve Cao Cao, wait until Yuan Shao's army is defeated, and see what else he has to say!!

"Humph! Cao Cao has been with me for a long time, and I am familiar with Yuan Shao's military situation, Cao Cao will definitely treat me well, and we will immediately go to Guandu to join Cao Cao!! ”

After Xu Xuyou finished speaking, he took his entourage left and right, and then left Yuan Shao's camp on horseback, and after turning around, he went straight to Cao Cao's Guandu camp!!

Xu Xu You led several entourages to Cao Cao's camp at night, and when he was about to arrive at the Guandu camp, he happened to meet a team of Cao Jun sentry cavalry, Cao Jun sentry cavalry surrounded Xu Xu You and others, and said: "Who is coming, this is where the prime minister's army is located!! ”

After Xu Xuyou saw the soldiers of Cao Jun, he was immediately overjoyed, laughed a few times, and said: "Hahahaha, I am an old friend of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, hurry up and inform me about Cao Cao, just say that Nanyang Xu Xu You came to see him, and he will come to greet me in person!! ”

Seeing that Xu Xuyou was speaking in such a loud tone, the sergeant did not dare to snub Xu Xuyou, and hurriedly took him into the camp, and then went to report the matter to Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao had just taken off his clothes and was about to sleep, and when he heard that Xu Xu You had come to his camp, Cao Cao was suddenly overjoyed, and he didn't even care about his shoes to get on the boat, and ran out to meet Xu Xu Yu barefoot.

Cao Cao saw from afar that the person who came was indeed Xu Xuyou, and he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull his arm and invited him into the big tent, and then first bowed: "I don't know if Ziyuan is coming, Cao Cao has missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins!! ”

Xu Xu You saw Cao Cao treating him so politely, and immediately felt overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Cao Cao up, and said: "Duke Cao is a Han minister, and I am just a cloth cloth, why should Gong be so humble to me?" ”

Cao Cao laughed a few times and said, "Hahahaha, Ziyuan is my old friend, how dare I judge you and me with fame, fortune and status?" ”

When Xu Xu Yu heard this, he was immediately impressed by Cao Cao's attitude, and said: "I have no ability to elect the master, so I can only bend to Yuan Shao's place, Yuan Shao does not listen to me, I really have no choice, I can only come to serve my old friend, and ask Cao Gong to take me in!" ”

Cao Cao was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Ziyuan is willing to come to help me, then I will be a great success!" I don't know if Ziyuan has offered Yuan Shao a way to defeat me? ”

Xu Xu You sighed and said: "I once said to Yuan Shao, let him send a team of light cavalry to attack Xu Du, Xu Du City is empty, as long as the two sides are fair, you will definitely be difficult to take care of, then Yuan Shao will win, I don't know what Cao Gong thinks?" ”

After Cao Cao heard Xu Xuyou's words, he was immediately shocked and said, "If Yuan Shao adopts Ziyuan's strategy, our army will be defeated!! ”

Xu Xu smiled and said, "I don't know how long there is still grain and grass in the Ming Gong Army that can support it now?" ”

Cao Cao replied indifferently: "The grain and grass in our army can still support a year. ”

Xu Xu You laughed and said, "I'm afraid that there may not be so much grain and grass in the Ming Army, right?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Indeed, as Ziyuan said, the grain and grass in our army are only enough for the army to eat for half a year!" ”

When Xu Xu Yu heard this, he brushed his sleeves up, and said while walking out of the big tent: "I sincerely came to serve Ming Gong, but Ming Gong thought that I was insincere, and since this is the case, I can only go elsewhere." ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Xu You's sleeve, and said: "Ziyuan, don't be angry, since this is the case, I will no longer hide it from you, in fact, the grain and grass in our army are only enough to support the army for three months!" ”

Xu You laughed a few times, pointed at Cao Cao, and said: "Hahahaha, the world says that Meng De is a traitor, and when I saw it today, it was really good!" ”

Cao Cao also smiled and said, "Ziyuan, haven't you heard the words that soldiers are not tired of deceit?" ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he lowered his head and attached himself to Xu You's ear, and whispered: "Among them, there is only this month's grain in our army." ”

Xu Youjian Cao Cao always didn't speak, and he didn't have the patience to spend it with Cao Cao anymore, so he said loudly: "Don't hide it from me, I know that your army has run out of food and grass!! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, his face changed several times, and finally said, "I don't know how you know about this?" ”

Xu You then took out the letter that Cao Cao wrote to Xun Yu, put it in front of Cao Cao, and said, "Does Meng De know who wrote this letter?" ”

When Cao Cao saw the letter, he was immediately shocked and asked, "I don't know where Ziyuan got this letter?" ”

Xu You told Cao Cao about the letter he intercepted outside Cao Cao's camp and the total annihilation of Yuan Shao after him, and after Cao Cao heard about it, he hurriedly took Xu You's hand and said: "If Yuan Shao adopts Ziyuan's strategy, then our army is in danger!" Since Ziyuan has come to serve me with his old friends, I don't know if there is anything to guide me? ”

Xu You knew that Cao Cao was testing him, thought for a moment, and replied: "Ming Gong fought against the enemy with a lone army, if there is no way to win quickly, the army will definitely be defeated!" There is a strategy, it only takes three days at most, and Yuan Shao's millions of people can defeat themselves without a fight, I don't know if Ming Gong is willing to listen to me? ”

Cao Cao replied with a smile: "I wish to hear a good plan." ”

Xu You replied: "Yuan Shao's military rations and baggage are all piled up in the black nest, and now Yuan Shao has ordered Chun Yuqiong to lead the army to guard the black nest, this is a good opportunity for the Ming Gong!" Chun Yuqiong likes to drink, and will definitely slack off the defense of Wuchao, Ming Gong can select a group of elite soldiers who falsely claim to be the soldiers and horses of Yuan Shao's general Jiang Qi, and lead the troops to come to Wuchao to protect the grain and grass, then the Wuchao defenders will definitely not have Angbai. When the army of Ming Gong arrives at Wuchao, and then set fire to all the grain and grass piled up in Wuchao, Yuan Shao's army will be useless and useless!! ”

After Cao Cao listened to Xu You's plan, he was overjoyed and treated Xu You even more, and left him in the tent at night to sleep.

The next day, Cao Cao selected 5,000 elite soldiers of the Mabu Army, and prepared to personally lead the army to Wuchao to rob grain, Zhang Liao was a little worried about Cao Cao's safety, and said: "Prime Minister, Wuchao is Yuan Shao's place to store grain, how can it be defenseless?" The prime minister must not lead the army in person, if Xu You's words are deceitful, then the prime minister will be in danger! ”

Cao Cao shook his head slightly, and said: "No, Xu Yu came to serve me, but God defeated Yuan Shao!" Now that our army is short of food and grass, it is categorically difficult to continue to hold on, if we don't use Xu Xu's plan to defeat Yuan Shao, then our army will sit and wait to die! Besides, if Xu Yu is deceitful, why is he willing to stay in my camp? Besides, I have been planning to go to the village for a long time, and today's act of robbing grain is imperative, so don't be suspicious! ”

Zhang Liao saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, so he no longer persuaded the matter, and continued: "In addition, the lord should also guard against Yuan Shao taking advantage of the weakness to attack our army's camp. ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Don't worry, I have already arranged this matter." ”

Cao Cao ordered Xun You, Jia Xu, Cao Hong and Xu You to garrison Dazhai together, and ordered the generals Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan brothers to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to ambush on the left side of Dazhai, and ordered the generals Cao Ren and Sun Dian to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to ambush on the right side of Dazhai to prevent accidents.

After arranging the matter of guarding the village, Cao Cao immediately ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Chu to lead a thousand soldiers and horses in front, Xu Huang and Yu Ban led a thousand soldiers and horses behind, and Cao Cao himself and the generals in the army led three thousand soldiers and horses in the center, a total of five thousand soldiers and horses on the three roads, all under the banner of Yuan Jun, all the soldiers carried the hayman title, Malekou, the army set off at dusk, and went straight to the direction of the black nest.

It was night, the sky was full of stars, and the five thousand elite soldiers under Cao Cao's department went straight to the black nest under the light of the stars, and the speed was extremely fast!!

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Fu Zhu was detained in the army by Yuan Shao, and when he saw the moon and stars at night, he had the idea of watching the sky at night, and he ordered the sergeant to take him to an open place, and Fu Zhu looked up at the sky.

In this matter, he suddenly saw Taibai retrograde, and actually violated the distinction between cattle and fighting, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and said: "A catastrophe is coming!!! ”

After seeing the celestial phenomena, he hurriedly asked people to go to Yuan Shao, he had important matters to discuss with Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shao was already drunk, and when he heard that there was a secret report, he was summoned for questioning.

Frustrated and replied: "Lord, I just watched the sky at night, and saw Taibai retrograde between the willows and ghosts, and the streamer shot into the cattle and the fight, so our army is afraid that there will be thieves and soldiers!" Wuchao is the place where my army stores food, and it is necessary to send troops to guard against it, and the lord should quickly send elite soldiers and fierce generals to patrol the mountain roads, so as not to be calculated by Cao Cao's army. ”

After Yuan Shao heard the words of the frustrated teacher, he said disapprovingly: "You are a guilty person, how dare you speak here to confuse the public!" Chun Yuqiong is the general of our army, how dare you disturb the heart of our army!! ”

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he looked at the prisoner and reprimanded: "I ordered you to imprison him, why did you release him, left and right, and pull him down and behead me!! ”

As soon as Yuan Shao gave an order, the left and right sergeants pulled the prisoner down and beheaded him, and Yuan Shao ordered others to continue to talk about the detention of the prisoner, and after the frustration was granted, he said while shedding tears: "Our army is in danger, I'm afraid my corpse doesn't know where it will go!! ”

Cao Cao led 5,000 soldiers and horses all the way to a hurry, and soon came to the front of a small village of Yuan Shaojun, and the sergeant on the village shouted: "Where are you soldiers and horses?" ”

Cao Cao responded: "We are the soldiers and horses under the command of General Jiang Qi, and on the orders of the general, we went to Wuchao to protect the grain Cao. ”

The soldiers of the Yuan army did not expect that the soldiers of the Cao army had a list to come here, and saw that the soldiers who came to fight were indeed their own banners, so they did not suspect the whereabouts of Cao Cao's army.

When Cao Cao's army arrived at Wuchao, the time was almost to the fourth watch, and the area around Wuchao was full of mountains of grain and grass, and there was too much grain and grass here, and there was no way to surround the camp.

Cao Cao saw that the Wuchao area was really defenseless, and immediately rejoiced, and hurriedly ordered the sergeants to light the hay and start setting fire everywhere, Yuan Shaojun saw that someone set fire, and hurriedly came to stop it, and all the soldiers of Cao Shaojun saw this, and they all set fire everywhere while rushing to kill Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, Cao Cao's army was like a cloud, and the leaderless Yuan Shaojun soldiers could not stop Cao Cao's army from setting fire at all.

Chun Yuqiong had only drunk wine with the generals all night at this time, and he hadn't woken up yet, but as the shouts outside became louder and louder, Chun Yuqiong finally woke up, and hurriedly walked out of the big tent and shouted: "Why the noise, what happened?" ”

Before Chun Yuqiong's words were finished, he was dragged over by the Cao army soldiers with a hook and captured.

At this time, Wei Yuanjin and Zhao Rui had just returned from transporting grain, and after seeing the fire in the granary, the two hurriedly led the army to the rescue, and after the Cao army scout saw the incoming army, he hurriedly flew to report to Cao Cao: "There are thieves coming from behind, and please send troops to stop it!! ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao ignored the words of the scouts and shouted: "The generals just have to fight forward, set fire everywhere, and wait until the thieves arrive behind them, and then engage them!! ”

After Cao Cao's military order, the soldiers of Cao Jun rushed forward to cover up and set fire everywhere, and for a while, the flames in the black nest were everywhere, and the smoke generated by the fire covered the sky!!

When the Cao army set fire everywhere, Yuan Junwei and Zhao Erjiang finally led the army to kill the front, Cao Cao immediately reined in the horse, let the soldiers turn back to face the battle, the Cao army generals turned back, the two generals of the Yuan army could not resist the enemy, all were killed by the generals of the Cao army, after the Cao army soldiers killed the Yuan army, they hurriedly continued to set fire, and finally all the granaries in the black nest were ignited.

After setting the fire, Cao Cao ordered the sergeant to cut off Chun Yuqiong's ears, nose, and fingers, then tied her to a horse, and then put her back, intending to humiliate and anger Yuan Shao.

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Yuan Shao was resting in the big tent, and suddenly a sergeant came to report, there was a fire rising in the north direction, Yuan Shao hurriedly went out of the tent to check, and saw that the place where the fire was was the black nest, and he knew that the black nest was missing.

Yuan Shao was immediately anxious, and hurriedly summoned the people under his command to come to the meeting, Yuan Shao saw that everyone had arrived, and said urgently: "The black nest is on fire, I don't know who wants to lead the army to rescue?" ”

Zhang He stepped forward a hundred times and said, "Back to the lord, the last general is willing to lead the troops to the Wuchao rescue with Gao Ran!" ”

Just when Yuan Shao was about to agree, Guo Tu suddenly stepped forward and said, "Lord, no!" Cao Cao's army robbed grain, Cao Cao will inevitably lead the army to go in person, since Cao Cao led the army out of the village, then its military camp must be empty, the lord can first send troops to attack the Cao army camp, Cao Cao learned the news, will lead the army back to rescue, this is Sun Bin's plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei! ”

When Zhang He heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Lord, this matter must not be done!" Cao Cao has always been resourceful, since he dared to lead his army to Wuchao, after all, he would be prepared for the unexpected. Now, if we send troops to attack Cao Cao's camp and can't break it, then our army will be exhausted, and then our army will collapse without a fight! ”

Guo Tu glanced at Zhang He with dissatisfaction, and said, "Cao Cao only cares about robbing grain, how can he still leave a large army in the camp?" ”

Guo Tu repeatedly admonished, asking Yuan Shao to send troops to attack the Cao army camp, Yuan Shao was an indecisive person, but he couldn't refuse, so he ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to each lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to Guandu to attack the Cao army camp, as for the Wuchao side, Yuan Shao only ordered the general Jiang Qi to lead 10,000 troops to the rescue.

Cao Cao killed and scattered Chun Yu Qiong's troops, took away his armor and banners, pretended to be Chun Yu Qiong's subordinates to collect troops and return to the village, Cao Cao's army just arrived at a remote mountain road, just met Jiang Qi's army and horses who came to the rescue.

Jiang Qi asked people to inquire about the situation, and Cao Cao asked people to reply: "We are the defeated army that Wuchao has brought back. ”

Jiang Qi saw that these soldiers were wearing the clothes and armor of Chun Yuqiong's subordinates, so he no longer doubted it, and passed by Cao Cao's army on horseback, and when he passed by Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, Zhang Liao suddenly shouted: "Jiang Qi is leaving!" ”

After Zhang Liao finished shouting, it was a knife flying slash, Jiang Qi was caught off guard, and was beheaded by Zhang Liao under the horse with a knife, and the soldiers of the Cao army killed Jiang Qi's soldiers and horses, and after strangling Jiang Qi's troops and horses, Cao Cao made people pretend to be Jiang Qi's subordinate sentry to go back and report: "General Jiang Qi has led the army to kill the enemy army in Wuchao, and is now fighting the fire."

Yuan Shao didn't expect that someone would dare to come to his camp to deceive him, so he believed the lie of Sergeant Cao Cao, and no longer sent people to rescue Wuchao, but only increased troops and horses in the direction of Wang Guandu to attack Cao's camp.

Zhang He and Gao Ran led the army to attack the Cao army camp, when the two armies were fighting, Xiahou Dun on the left, Cao Ren on the right, Cao Hong on the middle, and the soldiers and horses on the three roads rushed out together, under the attack of the three parties, Yuan Shao's army was defeated, at this time, Cao Cao led the army to kill from the rear, Cao Cao's army surrounded Yuan Shao's army on all sides, Zhang Tai and Gao Ran were really difficult to resist, and finally they could only take the road and go.

After Yuan Shao gathered the remnants of the Wuchao army, he saw that Chun Yuqiong's ears and nose were all gone, and said: "Wuchao is the place where my army stores food, and I ordered you to lead an army of 20,000 to garrison, why did you still lose Wuchao?" ”

The defeated army replied: "General Chun Yuqiong is drunk and bedridden, so he can't stop the enemy army. ”

After listening to the sergeant's words, Yuan Shao was immediately furious in his heart, and asked him to push him down and behead him for public display!!

Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao's heart was furious and killed, and he was also very panicked in his heart, he was afraid that Zhang He and Gao Ran would return to Dazhai and prove that his strategy was wrong, Cao Jun's camp had already taken precautions, and when Yuan Shao snubbed or even killed him, he hurriedly walked to Yuan Shao and said: "Zhang He and Gao Ran will be overjoyed when they see the defeat of the lord's army. ”

Yuan Shao was slightly stunned and said, "Why did the public say this?" ”

Guo Tu replied: "The two of them have always had the intention of surrendering Cao, and the lord ordered them to lead the army to attack the Cao army Dazhai, but the two of them refused to use all their strength to attack the camp, so that our army not only did not capture the Cao army Dazhai, but also lost a lot of soldiers. ”

When Yuan Shao heard Guo Tu's words, he was immediately furious, and hurriedly sent someone to summon the two of them and take them back to the camp to ask for their guilt. After Guo Tu came out of the handsome account, he took the lead to inform Zhang He and the two of them of the matter, and said: "The lord wants to kill you and the two of you, so you two should flee quickly." ”

At this time, the person sent by Yuan Shao also arrived here and said, "The lord has summoned you." ”

Gao Ran smiled and asked, "I don't know why the lord summoned the two of us?" ”

The messenger replied: "I don't know why, the lord summoned him in a hurry, and asked the two generals to ......."

Gao Ran didn't wait for this person to finish speaking, he drew his sword and slashed the envoy, Zhang He was shocked in his heart, and said, "Why is this so?" ”

Gao Ran replied: "Yuan Shao listens to slander, and sooner or later he will be captured by Cao Cao; How can I sit and wait for death, it is better to go to Cao Cao. ”

Hearing this, Zhang He thought for a moment, nodded and responded: "I have this heart for a long time, and it will change later, let's set off quickly!" ”

After Zhang He and Gao Ran finished the meeting, they directly led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to come to Cao Cao Zhai to ask for surrender, Cao Cao ordered them to be put into the camp, Xiahou saw this, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord, Zhang and Gao are coming to surrender, I don't know the truth at this time, I'm afraid there is fraud!" ”

Cao Cao replied with a smile: "I treat them with kindness, even if they have different intentions, they can be transformed, okay, order the camp gate to be opened!" ”

When Xiahou heard this, he could only order the sergeant to open the camp gate and let Zhang He and their deployment in!! ”

Cao Cao replied with a smile: "If Yuan Shao is willing to listen to the words of the two generals, there will not be such a defeat!! ”

Cao Cao then canonized Zhang He as a partial general, Duting Marquis, and canonized Gao Ran as a partial general, Donglai Hou, Zhang He and the two saw Cao Cao give them a general and a marquis, and immediately their hearts were overjoyed, and Yuan Shao was immediately thrown aside in their hearts.

Yuan Shao first surrendered to Xu You, and now Zhang He and Gao Ran surrendered to Cao Cao again, plus after the army lost the Wuchao grain and grass, there was already a danger of running out of food, Yuan Shao's army was panicked, and they were about to bomb the camp.

The scouts kept reporting the situation of Yuan Shao's army to Cao Cao, and Xu Yu saw that the time had come, and hurriedly persuaded Cao Cao to march as fast as possible, defeating Yuan Shao's army in one fell swoop and laying the foundation for victory!!

Zhang He and Gao Ran also stepped forward to ask for the vanguard, Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and then ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead the troops to rob Yuan Shaojun's village.

At the third watch of the night, Cao Cao dispatched a three-way army to rob the village, and the two sides fought until dawn, and then they collected their troops, in the chaos, Yuan Shao's army was either dead or had gone to most of them, and the remaining sergeants also became frightened birds, as long as there was a slight movement, there were signs of collapse.

After the army returned to the camp, Xun You stepped forward and said: "At this time, the lord should allocate troops and horses and threaten to divide the troops into two routes, all the way to attack the sour dates and attack Ye County; All the way to capture Liyang and cut off the back road of Yuan Shao's army! After Yuan Shao got the news, he would inevitably panic and divide his troops to stop our army from marching; At that time, the lord can take advantage of the fact that it is difficult to prepare for the mobilization of troops and horses to march again, and then Yuan Shao's army will undoubtedly suffer!! ”

After Cao Cao adopted Xun You's strategy, he began to allocate troops and horses in this way and spread the news, after Yuan Shaojun's sentry heard the news, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly returned to the camp to report the matter, "Cao Cao divided his troops into two ways: one way to capture Ye County, all the way to capture Liyang. ”

Yuan Shao was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly ordered Yuan Tan to divide 50,000 troops to rescue Ye County, and ordered the general Xin Ming to divide 50,000 troops to rescue Liyang.

After Cao Jun's sentry detected the news that Yuan's army was mobilizing, he hurriedly returned to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to pour out, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were divided into eight roads and rushed straight towards Yuan Shaojun's camp!

Yuan Shao's army had no fighting spirit, regardless of the moment's defeat and began to scatter and flee, Yuan Shao saw that the army was defeated, and he didn't even have time to put on his armor, so he hurriedly got on his horse and fled, and Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Shang followed behind to protect Yuan Shao. Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and Yu Ban saw Yuan Shao, and led their troops to pursue.

After a night of fighting, the corpses on the south bank of the Yellow River were all over the field, the blood flowed into the ditch, and countless people drowned in the Yellow River, and there were floating corpses everywhere.

After Cao Cao's victory, he rewarded the sergeant with all the gold treasures and satin captured in this battle, and the sergeant later found a bunch of letters from the books, which were all letters secretly communicated by Xu Du and the people in the army and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao asked people to bring a brazier, and all the generals called to explain the matter, and said, "I don't know what you think you should do with this matter?" ”

A scribe came forward and bowed and said, "My lord, you can take all these people and kill them one by one." ”

Cao Cao laughed a few times and said, "Yuan Shaozhi was far stronger than me before, and even I was a little worried about whether I could keep the foundation, let alone others?" Come, say that all these letters have been burned!! ”

"The Lord is !! wise" When everyone heard this, they worshipped one after another, and when the guards heard Cao Cao's words, they stepped forward and burned all these letters in the brazier, and Cao Cao no longer inquired about the matter.

Yuan Shao was suddenly defeated, and when the soldiers fled, no one had time to let go of the garrison, and he was imprisoned and could not escape, and was finally captured by the soldiers of Cao's army. The soldiers came to meet Cao Cao with Fu Zhi, and Fu Zhu shouted: "If you don't surrender, please kill me with my full name!! ”

Cao Cao knew the ability of frustration, so he persuaded him: "Yuan Shao has no plan, he can't use your strategy, why are you still obsessed?" If I can get your help, the world will not have to worry about it! ”。

Cao Cao ordered the sergeant to treat Fu Zhu favorably and left him in the army, but Fu Zhu did not accept Cao Cao's kindness, and stole horses in the camp to return to Hebei and return to Yuan.

After Cao Cao learned of this, he had to kill Fu Zhi, and his expression remained unchanged until he died, Cao Cao sighed and said: "Hey, I killed the loyal and righteous people by mistake and buried them thickly!" ”