Cao Cao attracted Ji Ling's attention with a large army, but divided his troops to cross the river from upstream, at this time, the cavalry went down the river from the upstream, but Ji Ling was unprepared and could only block the enemy with bows and arrows.

The bow and arrow were like a storm, and they fired a volley against the original cavalry formation, causing heavy casualties to the cavalry, but the cavalry was so fast that the bow and arrow could not organize a second volley, and the cavalry had already broken into the battle formation.

Ji Ling's army was suddenly rushed to pieces, tens of thousands of archers were close to the cavalry, like lambs to the slaughter, without the power to fight back, even if Ji Ling was brave, alone in Cao Cao's cavalry army back and forth raids, but also to the battle situation, Ji Ling's army was quickly rushed to disperse, the soldiers fled in all directions, Ji Ling saw that things could not be done, but also broke through the battle formation, towards Shouchun to break through.

Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to cross the river to cover up Ji Ling's rout, and chased all the way for more than ten miles before stopping. This battle broke through the northern defense line of Shouchun, so that Yuan Shu lost his troops and broke the general, so that Cao Cao was greatly satisfied, but suddenly received an urgent report from Cai, the general Xiahoudun was secretly attacked by Ji Ling's troops, and the city guards saw this, and also led the troops out of the city to participate in the battle.

When Cao Cao heard that Xiahoudun was defeated and captured, he was immediately shocked and angry, and ordered the general Xu Chu to capture Yingshang, where his troops were empty, and led 50,000 troops to Xiacai in person, vowing to take down Xiacai and rescue Xiahoudun.

Xia Cai's generals Yang Hong, Qiao Rui and others attacked Cao Cao's army, and knew that Ji Ling had been defeated by him, and he did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, so he only defended the city. However, this time Cao Cao came prepared, and naturally made enough preparations for the attack. Although the city of Xia Cai was tall, it suffered from the lack of defenders, and under Cao Cao's onslaught for several days, the city was finally breached.

Cao Cao suffered a lot of casualties, looked at the group of Yuan Shu generals in front of him, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and asked, "Where is Xiahoudun?" ”

Yang Hong's face was covered with blood, he resisted the enemy at the head of the city, and fought until the end before he was captured by Cao Cao's army, and at this moment he laughed madly and said: "Xiahoudun has already been beheaded by me, if you want to see him, you will behead him." ”

Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, Xiahou Xuan was his favorite general, and he was a brother of the same clan, and he was the most important to use, when he heard the news of his death, he was immediately furious, and ordered the captured Yuan Shu generals Yang Hong, Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Le and others to be beheaded, and there was no living mouth left in the city, all of them were to be buried for Xiahou Xuan.

Although Xia Cai is the Acropolis, but located in the prosperous place of the Central Plains, the population is really a lot, there are more than 100,000, Cao Cao ordered the slaughter of the city, three days in a row, Xia Cai City is like a hell on earth, the sound of wailing and crying everywhere is endless.

When everything fell silent, Cao Cao finally found the dying Xiahoudun in the prison of Xia Cai County, which relieved the hatred in his heart.

Now Cao Cao has broken through the northern barrier of Shouchun, and the two armies have entered Shouchun City from both land and water, Yuan Shu panicked, especially the news that Cao Cao slaughtered the city in Xia Cai reached the ears of everyone, and it made the hundreds of officials in the court and the people of Shouchun frightened, and hundreds of rich businessmen fled outside the city with their small money and food, and among the people who took refuge, there were also high-ranking officials and nobles.

Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao actually obeyed the words of his subordinates and moved the pseudo-capital to Hefei, and immediately laughed at his ignorance with his ministers.

And Cao Cao naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, gathered two groups of people, and surrounded Shouchun.

Shouchun is a big city, with millions of residents, it is the place where the population of the Central Plains gathers, it has been prosperous and colorful for many years, and there are few military disasters, which is really a blessed land.

The city wall is tall and thick, which is by no means comparable to Xia Cai Xiaocheng, and there are 50,000 Ji Ling troops stationed behind, and it is not easy for Cao Cao to take it easily.

Cao Cao naturally knew Ji Ling's determination to defend the city, and did not entangle with him too much, and divided half of his troops to surround Shouchun, and the other half of his troops were personally led by him to go to Hefei to hunt down the puppet emperor Yuan Shu.

Ji Ling saw Cao Cao divide his troops and leave, leaving only tens of thousands of horses to hold on to him, and suddenly became a little arrogant, and led the soldiers out of the city to fight with Cao's army.

The general who was left by Cao Cao was Xiahou Yuan, assisted by the deputy generals Le Jin and Li Dian, and the armed forces of both sides were equal, fighting in one place, regardless of victory or defeat. And Yuan Shuke was miserable, being pursued by Cao Cao, and he couldn't have a moment of peace. However, in a few months, he fled from Hefei to Anfeng, and from Anfeng to Gwangju, and was displaced several times.

Yuan Shu is also a fastidious person, although he is fleeing for his life, the general harem attendants are readily available, but he has not suffered too much in life. On this day, when he arrived in the countryside of Gwangju, he saw that Cao Cao had not yet had time to chase after him, and stole a moment of stability, but Yuan Shu felt thirsty, so he asked the attendant for honey water to quench his thirst.

The attendant said, "Your Majesty, the honey water has run out, and only boiled water is available." ”

Yuan Shu said angrily: "White water is tasteless, how can you swallow it?" You dare to deceive me! "Say goodbye, lift the sword, and kill from stabbing to death.

This matter was learned by a group of subordinates who fled with him, and their hearts were sad, these people were born and died with him, and they were not as good as a bowl of honey water, how sad!

The military spirit that was originally united was in chaos for a while, and countless people fled privately.

At this time, Yuan Shu has become Cao Cao's guiding light, no matter where Yuan Shu fled, Cao Cao led his troops to chase him, and easily occupied all the counties he passed, so that most of Yuzhou was in his pocket.

Yuan Shu took refuge in Lei Bo and Chen Lan, so he could only wander along the Yangtze River, and sent an envoy to Yuan Shao, expressing his willingness to give up the emperor's title to Yuan Shao, hoping that this brother could take care of his brotherhood and send troops to Yanzhou to relieve the danger of Yuzhou.

However, what he didn't expect was that his brother's current situation was not much better than his.

From Yuan Shu to Cao Cao's troops in Yuzhou, Lu Bu has long been gearing up, actively preparing for the offensive against Yuan Shao, in Cao Cao's expedition to Yuzhou Yuan Shu for most of the year, Lu Buliu Sima Lang and others stayed in Anyi, led 50,000 troops themselves, and met with Zhao Yun of Muye and Zhang Liao's 30,000 horses, and the combined army was called 200,000 troops.

Lu Bu is a herald of many flags, once a one-pole flag, now a three-pole flag, plus Lu Bu's Bingzhou army is already fierce, in the eyes of outsiders, all of them are elite in a hundred battles, but it is difficult to match at first sight.

Lü Bu first divided his troops with Zhao Yun and besieged Yecheng, so that Yuan Shao did not dare to meet in close proximity, and after more than a month of battle, Yuan Shao finally could not withstand the heavy crossbow offensive of Lü Bu's army.

In this siege, Lu Bu carried Huang Chengyan's latest siege crossbow arrows, which were as huge as a carriage and could fire fifteen giant arrows at a time, with a long range and great power, enough to shoot through ordinary adobe houses.

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