Yuan Shao was defeated repeatedly, not only lost the black nest, millions of Hu army rations were burned to ashes, but also lost nearly 130,000 soldiers before and after, and nearly 100,000 became prisoners of Cao Cao, and the losses were not heavy.

As the saying goes, disasters don't go alone.

It is said that Zhang He and Gao Ran led heavy troops to attack Cao Ying, but they could not break it for a long time, and they suffered a heavy defeat, and Gao Ran died.

Guo Tu has now become the only remaining military advisor by Yuan Shao's side, and the news first reached his ears.

What does the defeat of Zhang He and Gao Lan mean, for Guo Tu, it shows that he used the wrong strategy, Cao Cao's attack on Wuchao was not a heavy army, and Cao Ying's camp was not empty, Zhang He and Gao Lan's defeat, he should be at least half responsible.

Thinking of this, Guo Tu couldn't help frowning: "Gao Ran is dead, why is Zhang He still alive?" ”

In order not to make Yuan Shao question his talent and no longer continue to trust himself, Guo Tu wanted to misinterpret the matter, he went to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, Cao Cao really led heavy troops to attack Wuchao, Cao Ying did not have heavy troops to guard, but Zhang He and Gao Ran had no intention of attacking the battle, and delayed for a long time, resulting in Cao Cao's timely return to help, Zhang He and Gao Ran were defeated, and Gao Ran died. Zhang He did not return to the camp for a long time, but when he saw that Cao Cao was strong, he had already intended to vote for Cao. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was furious: "I'm angry!" ”

He was murderous and wanted to take Zhang He back to the camp to ask for the crime.

In order to prevent Zhang He from defending himself in front of Yuan Shao, Guo Tu sent his henchmen to find Zhang He first, and said to Zhang He: "General, Lord Guo Tu sent a villain to report to the general, and the lord was furious, saying that the general was not good at fighting, why didn't he die on the battlefield with Gao Ran, and the lord wanted to kill the general, so as to order the army's heart!" ”

"What?" Zhang He was shocked and angry, how could the lord say such words.

Zhang He was still a little unconvinced, but then Yuan Shao really came and asked him to return to the camp immediately.

The adjutant general asked: "Why does the lord want the general to return to the camp?" ”

The messenger squeaked, only feared, and said, "I don't know why. ”

The deputy general was furious and said to Zhang He: "General, the lord does not listen to Tian Feng, frustration and other good words, only believes in Xu You, trial and other slanderous words, now the loss of black nest grain and grass, the army is disheartened, sooner or later Cao Cao will be defeated and captured, he wants to kill the general, how can the general sit still and wait to be killed, why not vote for Cao Cao, and also take advantage of this to make some great contributions?" ”

Zhang He's heart was moved, in fact, he already had this heart, Hebei Sitingzhu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Xu Yu and Ju mate are good friends. And Zhang He and Gao Ran are good friends with Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, as early as Tian Feng was imprisoned, and Fu Zhu was excluded, Zhang He has always been unhappy, and he is extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's behavior, and now Yuan Shao is actually going to kill him because of a defeat, which is unkind and unjust, and Cao Cao has always heard that he is loving and talented, and his fierce generals are like clouds, the world will be Cao Cao's sooner or later, he should vote for Cao Cao!

As the only one left in the four courtyard pillars of Hebei, Zhang He was decisive, and immediately took the remaining 50,000 defeated soldiers around him to Cao Ying and defected to Cao Cao.

As soon as Cao Cao returned to Cao Ying from Wuchao, he heard that Zhang He came to vote, he was pleasantly surprised, but Guan Yufeng's eyes were busy and frowned, Zhang He voted for Cao Cao this time, how could he have a chance to behead Zhang He too? Will there be one person left in the four court pillars for Cao Cao?

Guan Yu sighed lightly, over there, Cao Cao had already personally greeted the camp gate.

Zhang He moved Cao Cao to really Lixian corporal, turned against the armor and bowed to the ground, Cao Cao hurriedly helped Zhang He: "The general is one of the four court pillars in Hebei, mostly for Yuan Shao's battles, and his achievements are impressive, but Yuan Shao is not the master, come to me now, I will reuse!" ”

Cao Cao named Zhang He as a general and the Marquis of Duting, and Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, etc., can be described as reused!

Yuan Shao first went to Xu You, and then to Zhang He, plus the loss of Wuchao, the grain and grass were destroyed, and now there are less than 170,000 soldiers left, and the general trend has gone! Yuan Shao was extremely decadent and used wine to eliminate his sorrows.

In two days, Yuan Shaojun was completely out of food, and on the third day, Yuan Shaojun was even more chaotic without a fight, and there were many soldiers who fled.

Cao Cao felt that the time had come to defeat Yuan Shao, so he gathered the whole army: "Breaking Yuan is tonight!" ”

Zhang He invited him to be the vanguard, Cao Cao attacked in eight ways, and easily attacked Yuan Shao's army camp, Yuan Shao and his eldest son Yuan Tan and Guo Tu escaped across the Yellow River with only 800 horsemen and fled back to Jizhou.

An army of 500,000 troops went south to attack Cao Cao, and now the whole army has been annihilated, and Yuan Shao has been defeated too badly.

After Yuan Shao and his eldest son Yuan Tan fled back to Hebei, more than 50,000 of the 170,000 Yuan Shaojun soldiers were beheaded, more than 30,000 fled, and the remaining 80,000 all surrendered to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's victory, if you count the defeat of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's capture, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, and the captured soldiers alone got nearly 300,000, Yuan Shao was not defeated before, and he did not dare to use these captured Yuan Shaojun soldiers, but Yuan Shao was defeated, Cao Cao was able to use these captured Yuan Shaojun soldiers with complete confidence, although Cao's army also lost 100,000 before and after, but this nearly 300,000 troops were enough to make up for Cao Cao's losses, and Cao Cao's strength increased greatly.

"Hahahaha, I'm a big deal!" Cao Cao laughed, what does it mean to be complacent, what does it mean to be full of pride, that's what he is like at the moment.

In addition to capturing a large number of soldiers and generals of Yuan's army, Cao Cao also captured Fu Zhu.

If there are two people under Yuan Shao's account that Cao Cao admires, Frustration is one, Tian Feng is one, and Cao Cao is more frustrated, he thinks that Frustration is the first capable person under Yuan Shao's account, Yuan Shao can get Jizhou, and then unify Hebei, and the various strategies formulated by Frustration are the most important.

After Fu Zhu was escorted to Cao Cao, Cao Cao sincerely wanted to recruit Fu Zhu, and he personally released the restraint for Fu Zhu.

However, he was also arrogant, he was unwilling to be such a surrenderer, nor was he willing to serve Cao Cao, and while Cao Cao personally loosened his ties for him, he actually pushed down Cao Cao, took the horses beside Cao Cao, and intended to escape.

Cao Cao was furious: "Frustrated with the husband, I am sincere, you are like this!" ”

"Left and right, shoot the frustrated puppet with me!" Enraged, Cao Cao ordered Fu Zhu to be shot.

Fu Zhu escaped only thirty meters before he was shot by Xu Chu with an arrow and fell off his horse.

The battle of Guandu defeated Cao Cao, and it was advisable to take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Hebei. After only one day's rest, Cao Cao prepared to cross the Yellow River with his army, completely annihilating Yuan Shao, and occupying the territory of Yuan Shao's four northern states.

Cao Cao was ambitious, but just before he could enter the army, Guan Yu came to ask Cao Cao for his resignation and returned to Guanzhong.

Guan Yu said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, my eldest brother ordered me to help resist Yuan Shao, and now that Yuan Shao has been defeated, I should return to Guanzhong." ”

Cao Cao was shocked, he immediately said: "How can Yun Chang bear to leave me and go, Yun Chang cut the third of the four court pillars in Hebei, if there is no Yun Chang, I can't win this battle, why don't Yun Chang stay, wait for me to invite the Son of Heaven, and seal Yun Chang as the Marquis of Wanhu." ”

Guan Yuyi Bo Yuntian, naturally he would not be moved by the wooing of high-ranking officials such as Cao Cao, he said indifferently: "Wanhu Hou should be given to my eldest brother, how can I be virtuous, farewell!" ”

After speaking, Guan Yu didn't wait for Cao Cao to say more, turned around and left, very simply.

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