Yuan Shao was already ready to fight to the death with Cao Cao in Julu, but when he heard that Cao Cao had withdrawn, he was stunned.

Knowing that it was Liu Yu who led the army east, pointed at Xu Du, and forced Cao Cao to return to the army to rescue Xu Du, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed: "Liu Yu is really trustworthy, with Liu Yu's sword pointing at Xu Du, Cao Cao will not be able to care about each other, I will lead the army to chase and kill Cao Cao, and defeat Cao Cao!" ”

Saying that, Yuan Shao's whole person was excited.

Guo Tu was shocked, although he was selfish and unscrupulous in order to eliminate dissent, but after all, he was also a strategist with a little strategy, Cao Cao retreated and returned to Baoxudu, shouldn't Yuan Shao sit back and watch Cao Cao and Liu Yu fight, and take the opportunity to recuperate, recover and strengthen himself?

"The lord can't, Cao Cao is powerful, and Liu Yu's army is far away in Luoyang, so it is difficult to attack Cao Cao with the lord." Guo Tu persuaded him.

Yuan Shao insisted on going his own way: "I am here to chase and kill Cao Cao, and I will definitely be able to kill Cao Cao by surprise!" ”

This is determined to send troops and follow to attack Cao Cao's army.

In fact, Yuan Shao's psychology is not difficult to understand, he is the official crossing to Cao unwilling, unconvinced, after Cao Cao led the army to cross the river, the unstoppable brought him too much pressure, so that he clearly felt that he was about to be defeated, under this psychology, Yuan Shao has already lost his mind, he is like a gambler who loses, suppressing all his remaining chips, wanting to win back a game.

Guo Tu couldn't persuade Yuan Shao, so he could only sigh helplessly. However, he didn't think that Yuan Shao would definitely lose, what if he won? Wouldn't he be able to carve up Cao Cao's territory with Qin Marquis Liu Yu? Guo Tu's gambling psychology is also heavy, anyway, Yuan Shao does not listen to persuasion, and it is not his Hebei who loses.

In this way, Yuan Shao sent troops, with his eldest son Yuan Tan, second son Yuan Xi, and nephew Gao Gan as generals, and commanded an army of 170,000 to 'hunt down' Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao was about to lead his army across the Yellow River and return to the south of the Yellow River, when he heard the news that Yuan Shao had led his army to chase after him, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Yuan Benchu, just a few hundred thousand remnant soldiers and crab generals dare to come to chase and kill me? This is self-destruction! "Cao Cao has a full 300,000 elites around him, and Yuan Shao only brought 170,000 horses over, and 40,000 or 50,000 of them are newly recruited recruits, plus there is no one of the fierce generals under Yuan Shao's command, how can you say that Cao Cao can put Yuan Shao in his eyes.

Li Dian surrendered his hand and said, "Prime Minister, let me lead 50,000 elite soldiers to defeat Yuan Shao." ”

Cao Cao gave up, although he didn't take Yuan Shao's 170,000 horses in his eyes, but if he wanted to defeat Yuan Shao, he would not only let Li Dian send 50,000 elite soldiers.

Cheng Yu came out and said: "Prime Minister, you can use the ambush strategy from all sides." ”

It was divided into ten teams to lure Yuan Shao to the edge of the Yellow River, so that Yuan Shao had no way to retreat, and ten teams of ambushes were killed one after another, which would make Yuan Shao's army collapse and collapse without a fight.

In order to defeat Yuan Shao at a smaller cost, Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's strategy, and he ordered Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Xuan, Xu Chu, Zhang He, Cao Hong, Xiahou Shang, and Cao Zhen to lead a team each.

After Yuan Shao led his troops to catch up with Cao's army, he easily broke through Cao's army and killed them on the edge of the Yellow River.

Seeing this momentum, Yuan Shaoxi said: "In this battle, I will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao!" ”

Yuan Xi also said: "Father, if Cao Cao is defeated in this battle, we will be able to recuperate for at least a few years." ”

Without waiting for Yuan Shao's father and son to continue to be happy, Cao Cao appeared in a chariot.

Cao Cao shouted to Yuan Shao: "Originally, you were reluctant to let me Cao Cao come and bring more than 100,000 horses to die?" ”

Yuan Shao's heart was strained, he killed the edge of the Yellow River like a bamboo, besieging Cao Cao, but why didn't Cao Cao panic a little bit, and still said such words, what does this mean?

Without Cao Cao's explanation, Le Jin led the first team of Cao Jun to kill from the right flank, followed by Xiahou Dun, Li Dian also attacked from the other two sides, and attacked from three sides, and Yuan Shaojun was suddenly in chaos.

"Hit the mark!" Yuan Shao was furious and ordered the army to fight and retreat.

Less than ten miles back, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu attacked from the left and right, and Yuan Shaojun was in chaos again.

Yuan Shao was frightened, and returned to Jizhou with Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan, but also retreated less than ten miles, and Zhang He, Cao Hong, Xiahou Shang, Cao Zhen, Yu Ban and others continued to volley.

Wave after wave of flanking attacks, Yuan Shao's army was completely dispersed, and 170,000 Yuan Shaojun soldiers fled all over the mountains.

When Yuan Shao fled back to Jizhou, the 170,000 army only brought back more than 4,000, almost annihilated, and Gao Gan, Yuan Tan, and Yuan Xi were all wounded, and the defeat was too bad.

Looking at the remaining thousands of remnant soldiers, as well as the three embarrassed sons and nephews, Yuan Shaodao said, "I have experienced dozens of wars, ruled Hebei, and had nearly one million soldiers. ”

After speaking, Yuan Shao vomited blood.

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On the edge of the Yellow River, compared to Yuan Shao's embarrassment, Cao Cao is happy.

In this battle, he defeated Yuan Shao's 170,000 army, not to mention those who escaped, he killed more than 50,000, captured more than 80,000, and obtained a large number of ordnance, while his own losses were only more than 10,000, and the harvest was too great.

"It's a pity, I have to go back to save Xudu, otherwise I can take advantage of the victory to take Jizhou, and then sweep Hebei." Cao Cao gritted his teeth and hated Liu Yu very much for him who was dragging him back.

"Order the whole army to cross the river as soon as possible."

Cao Cao just got the news that Liu Yu had broken through Luoyang, and the troops were approaching Yingchuan, once Yingchuan was not guaranteed, Liu Yu's army could be directly killed under the city of Xudu, and Xu Du could not be lost in Cao Cao's view.

Cao Cao crossed the river to return to the army, and on the other hand, he reorganized the captured Yuan Shaojun soldiers, and when this group of Yuan Shaojun soldiers was also used, he had an army of 370,000 around him, plus Xu Du and other local armies, he would have more than 550,000 troops.

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Luoyang.

After capturing Luoyang City, Liu Yu only ordered Lu Bu and Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 cavalry each to approach Yingchuan, instead of really leading the army to attack Yingchuan, and only waited for news from Hebei in Luoyang City.

After all, Cao Cao should have returned to the army at this time, even if he went to attack Yingchuan and approached Xu Du, he would not have a chance to capture Xu Du. Besides, he didn't want to have a showdown with Cao Cao now.

"Lord, there is news from Hebei."

Liu Yu picked up the bamboo slip and opened it, thinking that it was just the news of Cao Cao's return to the army, but after reading it, his face was ugly.

"Big brother, what's the news from Hebei?" Guo Jia asked.

Liu Yu handed the bamboo slip to Guo Jia to read by himself, and he scolded angrily: "Yuan Shao is a pig, Cao Cao returned to the army, he actually led the army to pursue, but Cao Cao was defeated on the side of the Yellow River, and the 170,000 army was lost. ”

Liu Yu had to scold, he sent troops this time to force Cao Cao to return to the army, to give Yuan Shao a chance to breathe, so that Yuan Shao could recover some strength proudly, and not let Cao Cao capture Hebei so easily, but he didn't want Yuan Shao to come to such a play.

After Guo Jia read it, he handed it to Chen Gong, and at the same time shook his head with a sigh, Yuan Shao was indeed a pig teammate, and he wasted the good opportunity for Liu Yu to send troops to fight for him to recover his vitality.

After reading it, Chen Gong asked: "Will the lord continue to attack Yingchuan, and then attack Xudu, or will he return to the army to hold on?" ”

Liu Yu said helplessly: "It's not to capture Xudu, since Cao Cao has returned to Henan, and Cao Cao has won Yuan Shao in a row, and his strength has risen sharply at the moment, it is not appropriate to fight Cao Cao, so he should naturally return to the army to defend it." ”

Liu Yu then gave up Luoyang and Hongnong, and returned to the army to defend before Cao Cao led the army to kill.

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