Chapter 100: Burning the Black Nest
Cao Cao's attitude was recognized by Xu You, and Xu You tried several times, seeing that Cao Cao was indeed the image of the Ming Lord, so he no longer hid, saying that Yuan Shaotun's grain was a black nest, and made a plan to Cao Cao to sneak attack the black nest.
Cao Cao asked: "Since Wuchao is a place to store grain, Yuan Shao must be guarded by heavy troops, can it be taken lightly?" ”
Xu You said with a smile: "Yuan Shao has 20,000 soldiers to guard Wuchao, but his guard Chun Yuqiong is addicted to alcohol and neglects to take precautions, this is a fatal flaw, and the prime minister will send 5,000 soldiers to successfully attack the enemy." ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed, got up and bowed deeply to Xu You: "If this battle is won, the public should be the first hero, and I will be the prince in front of the Son of Heaven to ask for the marquis!" ”
Cao Cao treated Xu You seriously and kept Xu You in the army.
The soldiers were fast, and Yuan Shao found out that Xu Yu had taken refuge in him, and it was likely to fall short, so Cao Cao ordered five thousand elites overnight, personally commanded the commander, and took Cao Ren, Xu Chu, and Li Dian as generals, and went straight to the black nest non-stop.
Ten miles away, Liu Yu was just about to rest, when he was suddenly called up and heard that the five thousand Cao army had secretly left the camp.
"It's the direction of Wuchao, Yuan Shao is going to be defeated." Liu Yu's eyes flashed, the fire burned the black nest, and the classic turning point battle that he had learned in textbooks was an important turning point in Yuan Shaoguandu's fiasco.
"Immediately send a message to Yun Chang, and ask him to return to Guanzhong immediately after this battle." Liu Yu made arrangements, and in the battle of Guandu, he chose to help Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao because Yuan Shao had 700,000 troops, and his strength was indeed too strong. But if the battle of Guandu is lost, Yuan Shao will lose 500,000 soldiers before and after, and it will be a weak day, then he will be ready to help Yuan Shao drag Cao Cao back, this is a 'balance'!
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Black Nest.
Chun Yuqiong as always hangover, Cao Cao led 5,000 elite soldiers to kill the Wuchao, just entered the fifth watch, this is the time of the handover of late night and early morning, is the most sleepy hour, because Chun Yuqiong up and down, the entire Wuchao defenders are in a state of negligence.
Cao Cao entered the black nest very smoothly, which made Cao Cao's face red with excitement.
"Kill!"
Cao Jun killed into the black nest, not to kill Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, the first thing was to set fire, and in an instant, the entire black nest was on fire.
The grain and grass caught fire, and Yuan Shaojun's soldiers were also in chaos.
After igniting the grain and grass, Cao Jun began to take advantage of the chaos to kill Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, killing the already chaotic Yuan Shaojun soldiers crying for their fathers and mothers, and scattered everywhere, while Chun Yuqiong and other generals who were supposed to lead the soldiers to resist Cao's army at the first time were hungover.
When Chun Yuqiong and other generals were finally awakened, the black nest could not be saved.
Chun Yuqiong was shocked, his forehead was full of cold sweat, this will make him finally sober up, but the black nest has been lost, the grain and grass have been destroyed, Yuan Shao will definitely not let him go. Chun Yuqiong didn't care about anything else, he just wanted to escape, but he hadn't run a hundred meters yet, and he was surrounded by countless Cao soldiers.
I heard Xu Chu shouting: "Who is Chun Yuqiong, I Xu Chu wants his head!" ”
There were Yuan Shaojun soldiers who surrendered next to him pointing to where Chun Yuqiong was.
"Haha!" Xu Chu Pegasus pounced on Chun Yuqiong.
Chun Yuqiong was terrified, but there was no escape. Thinking that he had lost the black nest, even if he could escape, he didn't dare to return to Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao attacked the black nest, Yuan Shao's defeat was decided, why didn't he vote for Cao Cao.
"Don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender to Prime Minister Cao!" Chun Yuqiong, please descend.
As soon as Chun Yuqiong surrendered, the other generals also surrendered, and even the remaining 16,700 Yuan Shaojun soldiers also surrendered. Less than an hour before and after Cao Cao's attack on the Black Nest, he actually won the Black Nest.
Chun Yuqiong was escorted to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao sneered: "The general of the defeated army, because of a hangover and lost the black nest of millions of granaries, Yuan Shao uses you, even if he is defeated by me, he is not wronged!" ”
seems to be a general like Chun Yuqiong, how dare Cao Cao use it, how can he pardon it.
Therefore, Cao Cao ordered someone to cut off Chun Yuqiong's ears, nose and limbs to set an example.
Then, Cao Cao ordered the whole army to change into the armor of the captured Yuan Shaojun soldiers, pretending to be the defeated Wuchao defenders to 'retreat' in the direction of Yuan Shaojun's camp.
It is said that the Wuchao million grain and grass fire, the fire is so bright that the raging flames can be clearly seen even in Guandu.
Yuan Shaojun's camp.
"Black Nest?" Yuan Shao was shocked, his eyes stared at the raging fire in the direction of the black nest, and he didn't need anyone to report it, he also knew that the black nest was lost.
"Summoning the civil and military generals to come!" Yuan Shao convened the cultural relics generals to discuss countermeasures.
At present, the trial has returned to Jizhou, Xu You voted for Cao Cao, and he was frustrated because he interceded for Tian Feng many times, and he could not be trusted, and only Guo Tuyi was a selfish villain left by Yuan Shao's side.
And Guo Tuzhi is complacent, now only he can come up with a plan for Yuan Shao, and his strategy can finally be fully implemented.
Originally, Zhang He and Gao Ran should have led heavy troops to save Wuchao, but in that case, Cao Cao only had 5,000 elite soldiers, although he was a defender of Wuchao, he couldn't get much cheap, and even Cao Cao might be besieged by Zhang He and Gao Lan.
However, Guo Tu asserted that Cao Cao led heavy troops to attack Wuchao, and Cao's camp was empty, and suggested that Yuan Shao only send General Qi to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to save Wuchao, while Zhang He and Gao Ran led heavy troops to attack Cao's camp.
Yuan Shao agreed to Guo Tu's suggestion, and Zhang He and Gao Ran led 150,000 troops to attack Cao Ying, and strictly ordered the two to break through Cao Ying. In addition, General Qi led 10,000 soldiers and horses to quickly save the black nest.
General Qi is not a general, and there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and when he encounters Cao Cao's 5,000 elites, plus Cao Cao's deception as a defeated army, he is unprepared, and is cut down by Xu Chu under the horse, and all 10,000 reinforcements surrender to Cao Cao.
Zhang He and Gao Ran attacked Cao Ying, but Cao Cao only took away 5,000 elite soldiers, almost no damage to Cao Ying's strength, and Yuan Shao's 400,000 troops could not break through Cao Ying, how could Zhang He and Gao Ran break through.
Not only could he not break through Cao's camp, but before Cao Cao attacked Wuchao, he also deployed an ambush at Xu You's suggestion.
When Zhang He and Gao Ran were tired of attacking Cao Ying with 150,000 Yuan Shao's army, a new force reserved by Cao Cao in advance, led by Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan, suddenly came out from the rear.
Zhang He and Gao Ran were caught off guard, and the sergeants were in chaos.
However, Zhang He and Gao Ran are worthy of being the second of the four court pillars in Hebei, and they are far inferior to Yan Liang and Wen Chou in terms of bravery, but their ability to command troops is far better than Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and they soon led a Chinese army that was not chaotic to stop Lejin and Xiahou Yuan, and each of them flew horses to fight with Lejin and Xiahou Yuan.
Zhang He vs. Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin vs. Gao Ran, although Xiahou Yuan's martial arts are better than Zhang He, but Zhang He is suppressed at most within 100 rounds, but the winner will not be distinguished, but Lejin can only tie with Gao Ran, and no one can help anyone.
"Where are Zhang He, Gao Lan's rats!" At this time, Guan Yu suddenly killed from the chaotic army, the sound was like thunder, the momentum was like a tiger entering the flock, and every slash of the eight-foot Yu Mo knife killed several Yuan Shaojun soldiers, and no one in the army could stop him.
Zhang He and Gao Ran were shocked, they didn't know Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was bare-faced and long-bearded, and his face was too easy to recognize, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were all killed by the red-faced and long-bearded people, and when they saw Guan Yu's appearance, they didn't know that Guan Yu was the one who even beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
Zhang He shook a shot, fled, Gao Ran also wanted to escape, but he was the closest to Guan Yu, when he broke away from Lejin, Guan Yu had already killed in front of him, and the cold Mo knife slashed at him.
Gao Ran panicked, didn't have time to dodge, was slashed in the waist by Guan Yu, and was cut in the waist in an instant!
After being cut off from the horse, Gao Ran did not die immediately, he stared, dragged half of his body and crawled on the ground for several meters before finally losing his breath, and the tragic death not only frightened the surrounding Yuan Shaojun soldiers, but even Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin were frightened, and their faces were a little pale.
After beheading Gao Lan, Guan Yu was ready to behead Zhang He again, but unfortunately Zhang He had fled into the chaos, and Guan Yu searched for a while but did not find Zhang He.
"I let that guy run away, I don't know if it's Zhang He or Gao Ran, there is only one person left, I am ashamed of my trust to my eldest brother." Guan Yu sighed, his eldest brother Liu Yu asked him to behead all the four court pillars in Hebei, but now he has only beheaded three people.
"However, this battle is not yet at the last moment, I still have a chance!" Guan Yu thought that in the next big battle, he would find another opportunity to behead Zhang He, and not one of the four court pillars would be left!
Gao Ran died, Zhang He was defeated, and 150,000 Yuan Shaojun lost nearly 100,000, of which more than 60,000 became prisoners of Cao's army.
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