Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Shu and Lü Bu, and also used the infighting of the Zhang Yang Department to obtain Hanoi County; From then on, Cao Cao's forces reached Guanzhong in the west, Yan, Henan, and Xuzhou in the east, and controlled most areas south of the Yellow River and north of Huai and Han; As a result, Yuan Shao formed a situation of confrontation between the north and south along the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao's forces were far superior to Cao Cao at that time, and he was naturally unwilling to succumb to Cao Cao; He was determined to fight Cao Cao.

In June of the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shao selected 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 war horses in an attempt to attack Xuchang in the south, and the prelude to the Battle of Guandu began.

In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Yuan Shao issued a document to discuss Cao, and marched to Liyang in February, attempting to cross the river to seek a decisive battle with the main force of Cao's army.

In October of the same year, Yuan Shao sent another cart to transport grain, and ordered Chun Yuqiong to lead 10,000 troops to escort it, and stationed it in Gushi (in Yanjin County, Henan) and Wuchao (southeast of Yanjin, Henan), about 20 kilometers north of Yuan's camp.

At this time, Yuan Shao's advisor Xu Yu surrendered to Cao Cao and suggested that Cao Cao's light troops attack Wuchao and burn his baggage.

Cao Cao immediately put it into practice, leaving Cao Hong and Xun Yu to guard the camp; personally led 5,000 foot riders, fraudulently used the banner of Yuan Jun, tied the horse's mouth, each brought a bunch of firewood and grass, and took advantage of the darkness to take the path to attack the black nest; Immediately upon arrival, the siege was set on fire.

When Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao had attacked Wuchao, he made a mistake and only sent a force to rescue Wuchao, and used the main force to storm the camp of Guandu Cao's army.

How do you know that Cao's camp is strong and can't be attacked. When Cao's army rushed to attack Wuchao Chun Yuqiong's camp, Yuan Shao's reinforcements were already approaching.

Cao Cao fought to the death, broke Yuan's army, killed Chun Yuqiong, and burned all his grain and grass.

The news of the burning of Wuchao's grain and grass reached the front line of the Yuan army, and the Yuan army's heart was shaken and the internal division was divided.

Cao's army took advantage of the situation and defeated Yuan's army. Yuan Shao retreated to Hebei with 800 cavalry, and Cao's army successively annihilated and killed more than 70,000 Yuan troops, and the battle of Guandu ended with Cao's victory and Yuan's defeat.

The Battle of Guandu was a key battle in which the forces of Yuan and Cao changed and made northern China move from division to unification at that time, and had an extremely important impact on the formation and development of the Three Kingdoms.

The victory of Cao's army in this battle was not accidental, although the annexation war between Yuan and Cao was a struggle between feudal separatist forces; But it has achieved regional reunification, which objectively conforms to the aspirations of the people.

The Battle of Guandu was a famous battle in the late Han Dynasty and even in Chinese history, and it was also a turning point in the struggle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao for hegemony in the north.

After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao reversed his previous disadvantages against Yuan Shao; laid the foundation for the unification of the North for himself. Cao Cao was at a disadvantage in the early stages of the war, thanks to the trio turning the tide for Cao Cao.

These three people are: Xun Yu, Xun You, and Xu Yu.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao held each other in Liyang, and wanted to return the army and then make plans, Xun Yu offered a plan: "Today's soldiers are few and invincible, and it is possible to divide their potential." When the public arrives in Yanjin, if the crossing troops are to the latter, Shao Bixi responds, and then the light troops attack the white horse to cover its unpreparedness, and Yan Liang can be captured. ”

Cao Cao acted according to the plan, and really broke Yuan's army; beheaded Yan Liang, and it was Guan Yunchang who killed Yan Liang; Later, Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou also died under Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Knife, which shows Guan Erye's courage and skill.

Although Guan Yu is powerful, he is not an alien, at least he has to fight a few back and forth with Yan Liang and Wen Chou to determine the winner and loser.

In fact, Guan Yu was invincible, because when the two fought, Yan Liang did not resist at all.

In the past, when the two armies were fighting, the generals of the two armies had to first try their martial arts, also to avoid innocent lives.

When Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, Cao Cao's troops were very insufficient, and Yuan Shao's two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, went out to fight, so frightened that Cao Ying's generals did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle; Even Xu Chu just waited quietly for the order, not daring to volunteer.

Cao Cao first sent his general Xu Huang out of the city to meet the enemy, but was easily defeated by Yan Liang; Cao Junjun's heart was turbulent, and Cao Cao was mentally prepared to lose.

At that time, Guan Yu and Liu Bei were just separated by two places, Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao, but Guan Yu was contained by Cao Cao.

After Xu Huang was defeated, he admonished: It's better to let Guan Yu try, first, to see Guan Yu's martial arts, and second, to see Guan Yu's loyalty.

As soon as Cao Cao heard this, he agreed to let Guan Yu go out of the city to face the battle, but he didn't expect to behead Yan Liang with a single sword, which greatly boosted the morale of Cao's army, and Guan Yu became famous in the first battle.

Yan Liang, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Xu Chu were all first-class masters, and they were killed by Guan Yu; What is the reason for this? Some people say that it is because of the red rabbit horse, because the red rabbit horse is too fast; Before Yan Liang could react, Guan Yu's Blue Dragon Glaive Knife had already slashed over.

Liu Bei stated in public during the ceremony in Yuan Shaojun: "I have a younger brother, who is Guan Yunchang; The body length is nine feet five inches, the length must be one foot eight inches, the face is like a heavy jujube, the red phoenix eyes, the silkworm eyebrows, the green brocade robe is liked, the yellow horse is ridden, and the green dragon sword must be at Cao Cao's place. If you see him, you can teach him to come in a hurry. ”

Yuan Shao thought that if this person joined, defeating Cao Cao would be just around the corner; He ordered all the people in the army to tell Guan Yu that he would be rewarded with a reward of 10,000 taels!

Therefore, when Guan Yu left the city, Yan Liang knew that it was Guan Yu, and he should not be able to fight this battle, so he relaxed; wanted to wait for Guan Yu to get close and tell him that Liu Bei was in Yuan Shao's army.

Who knew that Guan Yu hadn't heard Yan Liang speak, so he rode straight to Yan Liang on a red rabbit horse, and chopped Yan Liang under the horse with a knife.

After Yan Liang was beheaded, those who knew the truth felt very sorry.

Therefore, Yan Liang's assassination is not because his martial arts are inferior to Guan Yu, but because Guan Yu is not martial, and he won the victory while others were unprepared.

It was also because Yan Liang's defensive heart was too low, which finally led to the rout of Yuan Shao's army.

The main reason why Cao Cao was able to win in this battle was also thanks to the perfect cooperation of Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

At the beginning of August of the fifth year of Jian'an, the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao once again held each other in Guandu; The two sides won and lost each other, and then Cao Cao's army was short of food; coincided with the discord between Yuan Shao's strategist Xu You and the soldiers in the battalion and defected to Cao Cao, Xu You offered a plan to burn Yuan Shao's military rations so that Yuan Shao was defeated without a fight.

Cao Cao once thought about giving up at the time of the war and wrote to Xun Yu in Xu Du; But Xun Yu reminded Cao Cao: "When both sides of the war are exhausted, whoever retreats is passive; Whoever gives up perishes. That's when the fighter planes appeared. ”

Cao Cao found confidence in Xun Yu's letter and continued to persevere. Cao Cao can accept the words of capable people and achieve the final victory, which all lies in the way of employing people.

Xun You and Xu You are all talents, offering strategies and turning danger into relief; Xun Yu has a long-term strategic vision and can encourage and help Cao Cao to persist in fighting during the critical period, which is a higher-level talent.

From this point of view, the proper appointment of qualified personnel can be said to be "a plan for 10,000 people."

As for Cao Cao, he is a talent who knows how to use talents; can accept the words of others, so Yuan Shaobing is not afraid; As the saying goes, there are not many soldiers, and they care whether they can be deployed......

Zheng Shuang was thinking about the victory or defeat of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu as he marched, and Qin Shi Huang led a group of subordinates to come over from there.

Qin Shi Huang is now dressed in a military uniform, with a Fang Ding Qin sword hanging from his waist; Riding a yellow horse, he laughed loudly when he saw Zheng Shuang: "Zheng Shuang's little mattress is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and a clumsy plan actually overturned Xiao Tart's Sini iron horse; Congratulations, congratulations! ”

Zheng Shuang saw Qin Shi Huang coming over on a horse, and muttered in his mouth; hurriedly turned over and dismounted to meet him.

The two met on the lawn and hugged each other excitedly.

Zheng Shuang and Qin Shi Huang hugged and got back on the horse, talking while walking, Qin Shi Huang laughed loudly and said: "Zheng Shuang, you broken fart. The eye doll is really a carrot and I can't see it, and as soon as I made a move, I won Xiao Tart's Sini Iron Horse! ”

Qin Shi Huang said with an excited expression: "That woman Xiao Yanyan of the Liao Kingdom wants to raid Bianliang this time, and it is the Sini Iron Cavalry that she relies on!" This Xiao Tart Rin is also fine. Fart. The wolf thief was so bold that he dared to drive 300 iron horsemen deep and straight in; It's not a mouse licking a cat. Forced to die? ”

Zheng Shuang laughed and said: "The shadow predecessor broke through the sky with a word, and no one in Xiao Tzu Rin's eyes was arrogant, so there was such a failure today; But our girls have also suffered a lot of grievances! ”

"For the country, for the family! It's right to be wronged! Qin Shi Huang said solemnly, and it was Zheng Shuang who respected him more.

Zheng Shuang muttered silently in his heart: The ideological realm of the first emperor through the ages is different, no wonder he can lead the tiger and wolf army of Qin to pacify the six countries; It is inseparable from my own wisdom and wisdom.

If the use of the girl of the Red Sleeve Fragrance Team to lure the Sini Iron Rider comes out of the mouths of other people, I am afraid that it will be connected with the pickles; Qin Shi Huang is even more connected to the country and his family, and this alone is to stand high and see far.

Qin Shi Huang saw Zheng Shuang buried his head in contemplation, raised his voice and said: "Zheng Shuang, the prisoner parade and Tokyo beheading you put out are another big initiative, Zhao Kuangyin, the son of the Song Dynasty, has not had such a prisoner sacrifice ceremony since the founding of the People's Republic of China; Zheng Zi is always unconventional! ”

Qin Shi Huang said, and the topic turned to the firecracker team and mechanical hands around him.

I saw him point his hand back and say, "Zheng Shuang organized a 12,000-strong loyal army of the Great Song Dynasty in such a short time, which is rare in the history of the Song army!" ”

Grabbed the horse's head and looked forward, and said: "Zheng Shuang, look at the divine arm bow assigned to the old man, stone throwers, siege equipment, trench bridges, ladders, pointed wooden donkeys, Linchong Lu buses, as well as assault muskets, fire guns, and a few foul-mouthed cannon barrels, these are the most advanced weapons in the Song Dynasty!" ”

After a pause, he glanced at Zheng Shuang and said, "Did you kid clean all the weapons workshops in the imperial court, and you got the most advanced weapons!" ”

Zheng Shuang laughed loudly and said, "Senior, you are right, Emperor Zhenzong gave Zheng Zishang Fang the sword; Qin ordered the hussar general's army to counterattack the Liao army, but Xiao Ke was not welcome; searched the corners and corners of the Bianjing City Armory; All the weapons that are good for calling are brought here! ”

Qin Shi Huang couldn't stop laughing, and said: "Zheng Zi, the north-south attack on Xiao Tzuwei deployed by you has achieved remarkable results!" At that time, there was a Liao army scout, Yelu Yi, and the horse rushed to Xiao Tzu Rin, knelt down on one knee and reported: King, the Song army in the north is squeezing our army like a tide, and a wave of Song troops is also coming in the south, all of them are holding firearms in their hands and throwing them at our army's position. Liao general Xiao Tzuwei said: King, we are attacked on our backs; To the east of this place is the pond ridge, and the only way out is to move to the west! ’”

Zheng Shuang picked up Qin Shi Huang's words and said: "This process kid has been picked out of Xiao Tzu Rin's mouth!" Xiao Tzu Rin couldn't help but be furious when he heard Yelu Yi Tart and Xiao Tart Wei say this; waved the elephant head trunk knife in his hand in the air a few times and said: Nonsense, we will go to Liyangjin immediately; If you cross the Yellow River from Liyangjin to Bianjing, how can you move westward......"

Qin Shi Huang stared at Zheng Shuang and said, "It turns out that you know this process!" But the old man still has to tell you about it! ”

Qin Shi Huang raised his arm as he spoke: "Yelu Yitar saw that Xiao Tzu was angry, and hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: The king is angry, General Xiao Tzuwei is not wrong, we have to evacuate this dangerous place immediately; If you are stubborn, 300 Sini Iron Horsemen will surely perish here! Yelu Yitart and Xiao Tzuwei said and knocked their heads on the ground to bleed. ”

Stretched out his neck and throat and said: "Xiao Tzu Rin saw that Yelu Yi Tart and Xiao Tart Wei kowtowed, and helped the two of them up and said: Sini Iron Horse will soon enter Taihang Mountain to the west, if the Song army sets up an ambush in the mountain, we will not perish!" Xiao Tzuwei Zhenzhen said: Now there is only a gamble, and moving west is the way to live! Xiao Tzu Rin pondered for a moment, looked at a few spies on the side and said, "How is the situation on the side of the Empress Dowager Chengtian?" The small army that reported the information to Xiao Tzu Rin to the north knelt down and reported: King Qiyu, Wei Yan, who fought with you just now, seems to have brought tens of thousands of horses, and a team led by him to pursue the Sini Iron Cavalry; A detachment led by a female general attacked the forces of the Empress Dowager ......"

Zheng Shuang interrupted Qin Shi Huang's words: "The Liao army Xiaojun also lied about the military situation, but Xiao Tzu Rin was still cowardly when he heard Xiaojun's words; Angry and ruined: It seems that we have no chance of meeting with the Empress Dowager! Yelu Yitar and Xiao Tzuwei added fuel to the fire and said: The king must make a decision to move westward as soon as possible, if he neglects, I am afraid it will lead to a big mistake! Xiao Tart Rin had nothing to do, and said discouragedly: We can't rush to Liyangdu, we can only take the next strategy to enter Taihang Mountain westward! ”

After Zheng Shuang finished saying the above words, he was filled with righteous indignation: "Xiao Tzu Rin led the Sini Iron Cavalry to Taihang Mountain, but in Taihang Mountain, they surrounded and suppressed Huang Wenyong, the governor of Xiangzhou, and 200 Xiang troops; I was lured by our red-sleeved incense team to kill the enemy and annihilate the whole army......"