The armies of Guandu, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have been holding each other for almost three months, and both sides are constantly increasing their troops and transporting military rations, and the scale of the battle is unprecedentedly huge.

Cao Cao's troops in Guandu totaled 70,000, but Yuan Shao used the troops of Qing, You, Hebei, and the four prefectures, and estimated that there were as many as 300,000. The consumption of military food for so many people is very huge, and the two families are taking a big gamble on the battlefield, just to see who can't support it first.

Yuan Shao had an army of 300,000, east, west, north and south, camped around, and connected for more than 50 miles.

Cao Cao carefully explored the truth and reported to Cao Cao's account, and Cao Jun, who had just arrived from all over the country to reinforce him, heard that Yuan Shao's army had as many as 300,000, and he was so afraid that he couldn't do it.

Cao Cao consulted with the advisors. Xun You said: "Although Yuan Shaojun is many, he is not afraid. Our army has elite soldiers, all of whom are ten. But Lee is in a hurry. If the sun and moon are delayed, the grain and grass will not be enough, and things can be worried. ”

Guo Jia deeply agreed: "What Gongda said is very consistent with something! ”

Cao Cao then ordered the army to march forward with drums and shouts. Yuan Shaojun came to greet him, and the two sides lined up in formation. 3,000 crossbowmen, lying on both wings; Five thousand archers, in ambush inside the gate banner; The agreed horn cannon was fired in unison.

After the three-way drum beating, Yuan Shaojin's golden helmet and golden armor, brocade robe and jade belt, immediately came forward. On the left and right are Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong and other generals. The flag festival is very strict.

Cao Zhen opened the door flag, and Cao Cao went out. Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Sun Ce, etc., each holding a weapon, supported the front and back. Cao Cao pointed at Yuan Shao with a whip and said: "Before the Son of Heaven, I protected you as a general, why did you rebel now?" ”

Yuan Shao said angrily: "You are a famous Han Xiang, but you are actually a Han thief!" The sin is full of heaven, even more than Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo, is it accusing me of rebellion! ”

Cao Cao smiled: "I am now edicted to rebel!" ”

Yuan Shao sneered and said, "I beg the thief with my clothes!" ”

Cao Cao was furious and sent Zhang Liao into battle. Zhang He jumped on the horse to greet him. The two generals fought for forty or fifty times, regardless of victory or defeat. When Cao Cao saw it, he was secretly surprised.

Xu Chu waved his sword and rode his horse and went straight out to help in the battle. Gao Ran caught it with a gun. The four of them will fight each other. Yan Liang and Wen Chou saw that Zhang He and Gao Ran could not win, and they also went out together, Yan Liang shook back Xu Chu with a sword, where did Xu Chu defeat Yan Liang and Gao Ran joined forces, and they were defeated after engaging Shihe.

Zhang Liao's martial arts are not much higher than Zhang He, but now that Wen Chou is here again, Zhang He and Wen Chou are about to stab Zhang Liao with two guns. Seeing that Zhang Liao was about to be unable to stop it, a person in the army formation behind Cao Cao urged the Xiliang War Horse to step forward, holding Fang Tian's halberd and galloping away.

"Fool, get out of the way!" A loud shout came, Zhang Liao was startled by this familiar voice, and when he looked back, it was Lu Bu.

"General Fengxian, you're not dead?" Zhang Liao had heard rumors that Lu Bu was not dead in the army before, but he didn't expect to see it with his own eyes today.

Wen Chou took advantage of Zhang Liao's unpreparedness and stabbed Zhang Liao in the shoulder with a shot, and Lu Bu hurriedly shouted: "Zhang Liao, be careful!" ”

Zhang Liao lowered his head, and he was able to dodge a shot from Wen Chou. Lu Bu finally rushed to Zhang Liao's side, although his crotch was Zhang Xiujin's Xiliang good horse dedicated to Cao Cao, it was still much inferior to the Red Rabbit Horse.

His red rabbit horse was rewarded to Guan Yu by Cao Cao, Lu Bu was very dissatisfied, and he decided to behead Yuan Shao's general Yan Liangwen Chou, making Cao Cao regret his decision. Lu Bu raised Fang Tian's painting halberd and swung a shot from Zhang He's sneak attack, and snorted coldly: "Nameless young general, you dare to fight with me!" ”

Lu Bu flicked a halberd towards Zhang He, Zhang He was taken aback, and said in his heart that Lu Bu was really brave. Zhang He tried his best, but was repelled by Lu Bu before Shihe.

"Righteousness, step aside. Let me. Wen Chou shouted at Zhang He, and Zhang He rode his horse away. Wen Chou took Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd, and the marksmanship in his hand was wide open, and the tip of the spear was pointed at Lu Bu like a storm.

This is Wen Chou's marksmanship, rainstorm pear flower gun, he and Yan Liang have been in Hebei for many years, and they have defeated many enemy generals with this set of marksmanship. It was only when he was fighting with Gongsun Chan that he was inseparable from a young general named Zhao Yun under him.

Lu Bu was secretly shocked by Wen Chou's marksmanship, but his Fang Tian painting halberd had already made it perfect, reaching the realm of human halberd integration. The most important thing is that Lu Bu learned to ride a horse since he was a child, grew up in the grasslands in the north of Bingzhou, and was skilled in equestrianism.

Lu Bu used equestrian skills to dance Fang Tian's halberd like a ghost, Wen Chou retreated in defeat and retreat, Yan Liang just forced Xu Chu to retreat, and saw that Wen Chou was defeated by Lu Bu, and hurriedly rode his horse over to help.

Yan Liang raised the gold plate big knife and slashed behind Lu Bu, Lu Bu Fang Tian's halberd turned and blocked it behind him, which was able to block the knife that Yan Liang slashed at.

Yan Liang shook his spirits, and the big knife split Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd counterclockwise, and retreated with Wen Chou. Lu Bu thought that the two were invincible, so he instigated Xiliang to kill the horse.

Yan Liangwen's ugly knife and gun were erected, and a joint attack with one shot and one knife was attacked, and Lu Bu dodged on his back. He didn't expect the combined attack of the two to be so powerful, Lu Bu hugged the horse's neck with one hand, raised Fang Tian's halberd sideways and stabbed it directly at Yan Liang's armpit, and Wen Chou stabbed in with a shot to save him.

Lu Bu and Yan Liangwen fought for thirty times, and gradually felt that the combined attack skills of these two were very dangerous, they took turns to consume the enemy, take turns to rest, and save each other. If it continues, the enemy will be exhausted.

Lu Bu swept away Yan Liang's knife with a halberd, turned the horse's head and ran towards Cao Cao's army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou hurriedly rode their horses to pursue Lu Bu.

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Xiahoudun and Cao Hong, each with 3,000 troops, to rush Yuan Shao's array from both wings. Seeing that Cao Jun was coming to charge the battle, he ordered Yuan Jun to put up the cannon: two 10,000 crossbows were fired simultaneously, and the archers in the Chinese army rushed out of the front to shoot indiscriminately.

Cao Jun was shot down like a wheat, and Dian Wei held a large shield in front of Cao Cao to cover the stray arrows for him. The number of Cao's army was originally inferior to Yuan's army, and at this time, Yuan Shao waved his army to kill, how could Cao's army resist the enemy, so he had to look south and hurry away.

Yuan Shaojun ran out of food and grass, and admonished: "The march is based on food, and you must not be careful." The black nest is a place where grain is stored, and it must be heavily guarded. ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "My plan has been decided, you can go back to Yecheng to supervise the grain and grass, and you must not be lazy." ”

The judge took the command and left. Yan Liang bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, Wuchao is a heavy land for grain hoarding, and it must not be lost." The last general is willing to go to the overseer! ”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said: "General Yan Liang, I still need you to fight against Wen Chou against Lu Bu, and I will send Chun Yuqiong to guard Wuchao." ”

Yan Liang had no choice but to give up, and Yuan Shao sent the general Chun Yuqiong, and the generals Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others to lead 20,000 horses to guard the black nest. Chun Yuqiong was listed as the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in his early years, and won Yuan Shao's trust, but Yuan Shao did not know that Chun Yuqiong was strong and good at drinking, and his sergeants were afraid of his majesty.

Chun Yuqiong arrived at the black nest and gathered with the generals to drink all day long. Cao Cao's army was running out of food, so Cao Cao hurriedly sent someone to Xuchang to ask Xun Yu to prepare grain and grass quickly, and the starry night was sent to the army to help. The envoy returned to Xu Capital with a letter, but before he could run out of the thirty miles, he was caught by Yuan Jun and bound to see the strategist Xu You.

Xu Yu immediately searched for Cao Cao's food urging letters hidden on the messenger's body, and went straight to Yuan Shao and said: "Cao Cao's Tun officer crossing, and I have been with him for a long time, Xuchang must be empty; If an army is divided into a starry night to cover Xuchang, Xuchang can be pulled, and Cao can be captured. Now that the grain and grass have been exhausted, we can take this opportunity to attack it in two ways. ”

Yuan Shao was very scruples: "Cao Cao has a lot of tricks, and this book is a trick to lure the enemy." ”

Xu You sighed: "If you don't take it now, you will suffer from it in the future." ”

While he was talking, a messenger suddenly came from Yecheng, and the letter said that when Xu You was in Jizhou, he had privately accepted private property, and even though he ordered his sons and nephews to collect taxes harshly, the money and grain were put into Xu You's accounts, and now Xu Du's sons and nephews have been put in prison.

Yuan Shao was furious when he saw the letter: "Misuse the husband! What other face do you have before me? You have an old relationship with Cao Cao, and you want to be bribed by him now, and you want to harm my army. should have been beheaded, but now the right is in the item, you can withdraw quickly, and you are not allowed to see each other in the future! ”

Xu You came out of the camp tent and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Loyalty is against the ear, and the erection is not enough and conspiracy!" ”

Xu You was deeply disappointed with Yuan Shao, and thought: "Yuan Shao doesn't speak out, and he will be captured by Cao Cao in the future." Since I have an old relationship with Cao Cao, why don't I go to Cao Cao? ”

(End of chapter)