In October 197, the two warlord forces of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who had been bitter and hostile for a long time, finally fought over the rice harvest in the Dongjun area, and in December it escalated into a large-scale war between the two major military groups.

Yuan Shao ignored Tian Feng's opposition, insisted on using all the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, and marched south to attack Cao Cao.

And under the instigation of Liu Bei, Xianpei, Xu You and others, they took the initiative to attack, Yan Liang and Wen Chou served as the vanguard of the left and right armies respectively, and successively conquered Baima and Lihu.

Cao Cao did not show weakness and also took the initiative to go north to fight, and the two sides formed a confrontation in the Jiyang area.

Cao Cao, who had many soldiers, took the initiative to take the defensive in the initial stage, digging deep trenches and building barracks in the Jiyang area to make a long-term plan.

And Yuan Shao is just the opposite of Cao Cao, he is so happy with his achievements, so when he recruits the army, he blindly pursues scale.

And today, when iron armor is becoming more and more popular, it is still preferred to equip the army with shiny brass armor.

So when the two of them went to war, the army led by Yuan Shao was nearly 200,000 people, and the scale was huge.

Cao Cao led an elite division of 60,000 people to take the initiative to attack, and many of Cao Cao's subordinates felt that Yuan's army was powerful and a little worried.

Cao Cao comforted everyone, "I know Yuan Shao's personality too well, he is ambitious but does not have the wisdom needed to realize his ambitions, he is fierce on the outside, timid on the inside, and has many soldiers but is not fine." ”

"The generals under him are more arrogant, and he can't listen to the correct opinions of others, all of the above are doomed to him to be defeated by me, you don't have to worry, you can work together."

In January 198, Yuan Shao's vanguard general Yan Liang led his army to besiege Yan County, and attacked so quickly that it threatened Cao's flank.

Cao Cao personally led his troops north to relieve the siege of Yan County, and Guan Yu went out with the army.

Cao Cao adopted the strategy of the strategist Xun You, sent Xiahou Yuan to lead an army, pretended to be the main force, pretended to march to Yanjin, and made a posture of crossing the river to attack the rear of the Yuan army, and successfully attracted the Yuan army to divide his troops to the west.

Then suddenly the main force rushed forward and rushed to Yan County.

Yan Liang was caught off guard and hurriedly responded to the battle, but after all, Yan Liang was the first fierce general under Yuan Shao's account, and he was really good at kung fu immediately, and Cao Jun's generals couldn't fight him.

Guan Yu on the side couldn't stand it, so he went out in person, and in less than twenty rounds, he slashed Yan Liang with a knife.

Cao Cao's army defeated Yuan's army and relieved the siege of Yan County, Cao Cao rescued the soldiers and civilians of Yan County, abandoned the city, and retreated south.

Yuan Shao heard that Cao's army was retreating south with a large number of people, and hurriedly ordered Wen Chou and Liu Bei to lead the army in pursuit.

Cao Cao saw that Yuan's army had many pursuers, so he ordered his soldiers to abandon their baggage and belongings in the middle of the road.

The Yuan army chased after him, and the soldiers of the Yuan army, who had lax military discipline, looted the baggage and property one after another, and Liu Bei's efforts to dissuade him were to no avail, and the team fell into chaos.

Cao Cao's son Cao Zhang led the tiger and leopard cavalry, and Xiahoudun led the cavalry, suddenly killed, defeated the pursuers, and Xiahoudun also injured Wen Chou.

Cao's army won a complete victory in the first battle, withdrew its troops safely, and returned to Jiyang to continue to hold out.

Someone reported to Yuan Shao, saying that Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu, and Yuan Shao came to question Liu Bei, Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was a person, and he would definitely not betray himself.

He explained to Yuan Shao that it must be after Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao, he didn't know Liu Bei's life and death, so he would help Cao Cao.

Now that he knows Guan Yu's whereabouts, Liu Bei guarantees that he can recall Guan Yu back to him by writing a letter to help Yuan Shao and make up for his mistakes.

Yuan Shao was very happy when he heard that Liu Bei could summon Guan Yu, who was more powerful than Yan Liang, to his side, so he urged Liu Bei to write a letter quickly.

Liu Bei sent Jian Yong to Cao Ying with his letter and secretly went to see Guan Yu.

Guan Yu saw Jian Yong, read Liu Bei's letters, and knew that the eldest brother was safe and sound, and he was also very happy, and he went to Cao Cao immediately, asked to leave, and asked Cao Cao to fulfill his original promise.

After Cao Cao found out, he pretended to be sick and wanted to delay time.

Guan Yu is the most brotherly person, he knew that Cao Cao was deliberately avoiding himself, so he left all the gold, silver and jewelry that Cao Cao rewarded him in the mansion, leaving only the Western Regions war horse that Cao Cao gave him.

Guan Yu said goodbye, protected Liu Bei's wife, quietly left Chen Liu, and made a detour to Jizhou to meet Liu Bei.

When Cao Cao heard that, he only admired Guan Yu as a person who valued love and righteousness, praised it greatly, and vetoed the proposal of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others to kill Guan Yu.

Guo Jia didn't listen, and secretly sent people to intercept and assassinate Guan Yu along the way, but unfortunately Guan Yu's skills were too strong, and no one was his opponent.

In the end, Guan Yu successfully detoured for hundreds of miles, and finally sent Liu Bei's wife to Jizhou safely, Liu Bei and Guan Yu's brothers were very happy to see each other.

In March, Yuan Shao's army moved south one after another, facing Cao's army from afar.

Yuan Jun added Guan Yu as a general, and Cao Jun was even more invincible, and he couldn't hold out.

Yuan Shao sent people to build a dirt mountain, condescendingly, and shot arrows at Cao's military camp, which was easily cracked by Cao's army with a trebuchet.

Immediately after reviewing the plan, he secretly dug the tunnel, and wanted to infiltrate the Cao camp, but he was also recognized by Xun You and others, and the Cao army dug a deep trench around the camp and cracked the tunnel strategy again.

In April, Liu Bi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, who had been active in the Runan area, led his men to surrender to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao listened to the idea of the trial and sent Liu Bei to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to plunder the rear of Cao's army with Liu Pi.

Liu Bei led his troops south, but Guan Yu was left behind by Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei listened to Chen Gong's plan, and after going to Runan, he tried every means to incorporate Liu Pi's subordinates.

When Cao Ren came to attack him, he deliberately pretended to be invincible, and used Liu Pi to block his gun, and Liu Bei himself took the opportunity to lead his troops to escape back to Yuan Shao's camp.

Liu Bei encouraged Yuan Shao, saying that he was willing to go to Runan again, and through the relationship between the clan, he connected Liu Biao as Yuan Shao's aid.

After Yuan Shao agreed, he took Chen Gong and Guan Yu to Runan for the second time.

Tian Feng reminded Yuan Shao to be careful that Liu Bei would not return if he went, but Yuan Shao said that I would rather Liu Bei be unkind, and I can't be unjust, let him go!

Yuan Shao wanted to unite with Liu Biao, and Cao Cao was also looking for helpers, and the first choice was naturally Jiangdong Sun Ce.

He personally wrote a secret letter and sent Cheng Yu as an envoy to Jiangdong, contacted Sun Ce, and promised a complete land of Jiujiang.

Sun Ce was determined to win Shouchun, Cao Cao took this as a condition, which made him excited, and he promised Cheng Yu that he would immediately secretly reorganize his troops and horses, go north as soon as possible, and help Cao Cao.

Before leaving, Sun Ce went hunting in the mountains, his horse was fast, and when he chased his prey, he left the guards far behind.

He met three people in the mountains, all dressed as Wu Jun.

Sun Ce asked them who they were, and the three replied that they were Han Dang's subordinates and were also hunting.

However, Han Dang was a veteran of the Wu army, and most of his subordinates, Sun Ce knew it, so he felt that the three of them were suspicious, and asked them to go back to the camp with him to verify their identities.

Thank you for the tips from the fake cigarette classmates, and I wish you all a happy new year!

(End of chapter)