However, the people of the Central Plains are still in dire straits, and they are hungry.

Jie was ordered by the Son of Heaven to lead the soldiers to sweep away the troubled times and restore peace to the people of the world.

But to calm the troubled times, there will be bloodshed and sacrifice. There were casualties.

Yesterday we had 60,000 brothers die here. We bury them here and let them be laid to rest. We are all grieved in our hearts. They are our comrades-in-arms, our siblings, and our brothers. They are heroes, they died for the people of the world to live a peaceful life, they died a well-deserved and glorious death.

We buried them on this White Horse Mountain, and they could hear the roar of the Yellow River every day!

When the wind rises, they can hear the clarion call for our march into the Central Plains.

When we return triumphantly, they can hear our laughter!

Brothers, there is someone alive, but he is dead. Some people are dead, but he is still alive. for He lives in our hearts.

Now please puff up your chests and shout with me! Brothers, go all the way!

Go all the way!

Good luck all the way!!

Go all the way!!

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Hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison! Go all the way! For a long time, it resounded to the world.

After the memorial was over, Zhang returned to the barracks, and Yang Hong said: The lord is a true hero, and such a straightforward sacrifice made all the soldiers shout loudly, and their morale soared.

Zhang Jie waved his hand and said: There are so many casualties in World War I, the brothers are a little sad, just let them shout out and vent.

Tell the brothers to eat well and leave tomorrow morning after a day off.

Promise!

Oh, have all the wounded soldiers been picked up? Zhang Jie asked.

Yang Hongdao: They were all picked up, General Hao personally led the team, the seriously wounded were pulled back by carriages, and some of the lightly wounded were on foot and some on horseback. It should be time to cross the river.

Sending 30,000 wounded away at a time and 60,000 killed in battle is equivalent to a loss of 90,000 at once. Of the 210,000 horses who crossed the river, there are now only 120,000 left. Zhang Jie was also heartbroken. But ancient wars were so brutal.

On the third day, the army continued to set off in the morning and went straight to Xuchang.

Wen Chang, you take 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard to advance first, and send more scout horses to guard against ambushes.

Promise!

In fact, it is difficult to ambush in the Yellow River Plain, but the march is generally prepared.

The march of the army was not fast, and it marched less than a hundred miles a day. The army first had to occupy Yangwu (north of Zhongmu, Henan).

At this time, Wei Yan came to report that Yangwu (also known as Dongwu Yang, which belongs to the Dongjun Administration) was sitting in an empty city, and he had sent troops to take it, and the people in the city were gone.

Zhang Jie said to several military advisors: What do you think? Why did Cao Cao abandon Yangwu?

Tian Fengdao: It's very simple, Cao Cao has few soldiers, Yangwu is a small city, the city wall is low, if you send a small number of soldiers and horses to guard Yangwu, it won't play much role, at most it will slow down our actions.

If you send too many troops, letting us surround the city can only be eaten by us in the end. If there is a decisive battle in Yangwu, it will be even more impossible, shrinking in the city and afraid that we will besiege the city, if you camp outside the city, this place will be peaceful. It was not good for defense, so Cao Cao simply gave up Yangwu.

Everyone nodded in approval.

Zhang Jie said: Order Wei Yan to continue advancing. Don't worry about Yangwu. Promise!

The order was given to Zhang He and asked him to send a thousand men and horses to guard Yangwu, since Cao Cao didn't want it, then we would guard it.

Promise!

The army marched for another day, and when the army was about to reach Guandu, it passed by several small heights. Frustration said: Lord, please see, there is a mountain in front of it, and there is a small town called "Wuchao" (now southeast of Yanjin, Henan) in the back, the terrain here is higher than the plain, not afraid of rain, and adjacent to the official road. It's a good place to stock up on grain and grass.

The army marched another thirty miles to Guandu, and it was also convenient to get grain on the spot where the grain and grass were placed.

When Zhang Jie heard the place name "Wuchao", he was shocked. In history, it was Xu Yu who threw Cao Cao to burn the black nest and made Yuan Shao defeated.

Zhang Jie said: It is indeed a good place to store grain here, but this terrain is not a dangerous place. If the enemy comes to burn food, it will be easy to get it!

It doesn't matter, you can send a general to guard here. Add more troops and horses to make sure you are safe.

Zhang Jie didn't answer. I'm going to wait and see if there are any other places to stock up. If there is really none, Lao Tzu will guard it himself, and it is really not safe to send others, and the name of Wuchao feels unlucky when I hear it.

When the army came to Guandu, Guandu was located in the upper reaches of the chasm and was on the verge of Bianshui. The chasm canal connects Hugaoguan, Gong and Luoyao Pass in the west, and goes down to Huaisi in the east, which is the barrier in the north of Xuchang. The topography of Guandu is a long and narrow triangle with a little break. Cao Cao had already ordered people to hold on to this camp. Later, Cao Ren was sent to bring 20,000 troops to help, and the camp was even more solid. Cao Ren is Cao Cao's most important general among the Cao clan. It can be said that it is the second general under Cao Cao, and the first is Xia Houdun.

After the Battle of Chibi in history, Cao Ren guarded Nanjun, defeated Zhou Yu several times, and almost captured Zhou Yu alive. It can be seen that Cao Ren is good at guarding.

Cao Ren turned Guandu into a barbed turtle shell. Although Guandu did not have a city wall, he was not easier to attack than a city. In history, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao held each other in Guandu for more than three months. It can be seen that Guandu is not easy to attack.

Zhang Jie said: Everyone, Cao Cao built the Guandu camp like a city wall, and Guandu is not easy to attack!

Tian Fengdao: It seems that Cao Cao chose to fight us in Guandu. Xun You Guo Jia is really good! Choosing this place for a decisive battle is more beneficial to Cao Cao than a decisive battle with our army in Xuchang City.

Oh! What are the benefits of Yuan Hao?

First, Guandu is the only way for us to enter Xuchang. As long as we can't break through Guandu, then Xuchang will be safe.

Second, in the decisive battle of Guandu, our cavalry threat is much less, because there are many rivers around Guandu, which is not convenient for cavalry to attack.

Third, if it is a decisive battle in Xuchang, as long as we surround the city, we will always think of a way to do it like breaking Ji County back then, and we will lose if we defend it for a long time. Moreover, the siege of the city, once the city is broken, it is difficult for Cao Cao to run if he wants to. Even if the breakthrough is successful, in the face of the pursuit of my tens of thousands of cavalry, it will be difficult to escape!

Now choose in Guandu, if you win, you can take advantage of the victory to pursue, if you lose, you can freely return to Xuchang, or flee to other places. The options are huge.

Therefore, although Guandu is not a dangerous obstacle, it is indeed a good place for a decisive battle against our army.

Zhang Jie nodded and said: What Yuan Hao said is reasonable, Jie has been taught. It's just that we have to find a way to break through this Guandu camp.

Frustrated: My lord, let's set up camp for the time being. The war will have to be told tomorrow.

Well! That's all there is to it.

Just arrange it with you, and you don't have to ask me for instructions.

Promise!

Frustrated: The generals will listen to the order, let's retreat five miles back and set up camp.

Promise!

Zhang He, Xu Huang, listen to orders.

I ordered you two to send people to cut down trees and build camps. The camp must be built firmly.

Promise!

Juyi listens to orders.

Ordered you to take your crossbowmen to build catapults, ladders, etc., siege equipment

Promise!

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