Guandu Cao's army camp, although it was late at night, but the soldiers were not sleepy, or nervous, or excited, until Xiahou Yuan's herald brought the news of the burning of the black nest to Guandu, Cao Cao suddenly relaxed his tense nerves, no longer suspected that Yuan Jun was cheating, and began to deploy in full swing.

There are still 50,000 elites in Officer Cao's battalion, and this time he wants to take advantage of the fact that Yuan Xi's grain and grass are burned and his morale is exhausted, and he wants to inflict heavy damage on Yuan Xi, and the whole army is also dispatched. Cao Cao divided the army into several teams, Xiahoudun led 5,000 troops for a team, Cao Ren led 5,000 troops for the second team, Cao Hong led 5,000 troops for the third team, Lejin led 5,000 troops for the fourth team, Li Dian led the 5,000 troops for the fifth team, Cao Cao led the Chinese army of 25,000 for himself, with Xu Chu as the vanguard, and killed Yuan Xi's camp in all directions.

Yuan Jun had already prepared, and in order to lure Cao Cao to chase after him, he directly abandoned the Guandu camp and ambushed it around. Yuan Xi is also waiting for the opportunity to attack, and according to Xu Shu's suggestion, if the Cao army wants to take the opportunity to annihilate our army, he will take the opportunity to chase after him. If Cao Cao was unwilling to take the risk and hesitated, he would definitely withdraw when he received the news of Xiahou Yuan's defeat, and then the ambush could also have a certain gain. According to everyone's understanding of Cao Cao, it is very likely that he will chase him.

Xiahou Dun was the first to lead the army into the camp of Yuan's army, but the entire camp was terrifyingly quiet, and Xiahou Dun's first feeling was that he was fooled, and he wanted to withdraw his troops immediately, stop his soldiers from continuing to charge, and prepare for defense. The rest of Cao Jun's squad also arrived one after another, and when they heard Xiahou Dun's description, it seemed that Yuan Jun had fled in advance.

Cao Cao was also puzzled, and asked Guo Jiadao: "What kind of medicine does Feng Xiao think is sold in this Yuan Xi gourd?" ”

Guo Jia also frowned, at this critical moment, any small mistake may determine the outcome of this war, and after thinking for a long time, he replied: "Yuan Xi's use of troops is strange and unpredictable, and he will definitely retreat north when he smells that the Wuchao grain is burned and he is unable to continue fighting, but if our army chases after him, he will ambush our army halfway." ”

Cao Cao said unwillingly: "It's not easy to have the opportunity to defeat Yuan Xi, just give up?" If this son doesn't die, my heart is uneasy! ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was unwilling, Xun You put forward his own bold suggestion: "Since we know that Yuan Xi is setting up an ambush halfway, our army can lead out his ambush soldiers and then send elite charges, Yuan Xi didn't expect our army to plan it." ”

Cao Cao also wanted to continue to catch up, but now he saw that Xun Yu had a plan and praised: "Gongda has a good plan, who is willing to continue to chase, if there is a Yuan army to kill, he will be defeated, and I will send a large army to annihilate it." ”

When the generals heard this, they were only willing to win but not to lose, and they were all reluctant, only Cao Ren stepped forward and said: "The last general Cao Ren is willing to go!" Cao Cao was overjoyed, Cao Ren was wise and brave, and good at defense, so he ordered him to lead 5,000 people as the vanguard and act carefully.

At this time, the sky was already dark, Yuan Xi watched the movement of the Cao army from a high place, and saw that the Cao army only sent a few troops to chase after him, and asked Xu Shu to say: "Yuan Zhi, Cao Cao is really careful, send an army to explore the way, how should our army respond?" "The two armies face off and give advice, which is Xu Shu's strength.

Xu Shu seemed to have expected Cao Cao to do this, and analyzed: "Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, he wants to take risks but is afraid of tricks, so he sent an army to explore the way, if our army should not fight, he will know that our army is cheating." If our army sends troops, Cao Cao will design an ambush for our army, and our only advantage is that we are better prepared than Cao Cao, we can first send General Zhao Yun to lead the army to ambush this army, and then retreat after defeating this army. Cao Cao must think that our army's food and grass are destroyed, and he has no intention of fighting again, and he will defeat our army if he pursues it again. ”

So, Yuan Xi summoned Zhao Yun and told Zhao Yun according to Xu Shu's idea that after defeating the vanguard of Cao's army, he would retreat directly, and reminded Cao Cao not to chase him. Zhao Yun was puzzled, why did he remind Cao Cao? Yuan Xi smiled: "Cao Cao is suspicious, and he will also think that I am dishonest, the more you remind him, the more he will chase after him!" Zhao Yun led 10,000 cavalry away. In order to prevent the ambush from leaking, Yuan Xi specially sent someone to order the rest of the ambush soldiers to wait for the Cao army to kill, they must calm down and attack after hearing the signal.

Cao Ren led the soldiers and horses to advance very carefully, and suddenly rushed out of a cavalry of the Yuan army, and shouted for the leading general: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, the Cao army still does not surrender, kill me." Zhao Yun led 10,000 cavalry to rush over, and he also rushed towards the opponent's main general, hoping to kill him directly and solve the battle faster.

Cao Ren had heard of Zhao Yun's name, and after more than ten rounds of fighting with him, he was frightened and led his army to retreat, Zhao Yun led his army to cover up and kill, and Cao's army was defeated. Zhao Yun was not greedy for merit, and sneered at Cao Ren: "Next time, let Cao Cao be smarter, don't come to death again!" After speaking, Zhao Yun also led the army back.

However, halfway through, many Cao troops suddenly came out, and Cao Cao laughed and said: "Zhao Yun, quickly dismount and surrender, not only Yuan Xi will ambush the army!" And I have already seen through it, and set up an ambush to wait for him, but it's a pity that Yuan Xi is cowardly and sent you to die! ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng underestimates me Zhao Yun too much, if I want to leave, who can stop me." Zhao Yun led the most elite cavalry under Yuan Xi, and he had already prepared for Cao Cao's ambush, even if Cao Cao's army killed in all directions, Zhao Yun quickly broke through the encirclement and fled to the north, and did not forget to stimulate Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng, I Zhao Yun have no one to keep, you chase after me again, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

Will Cao Cao believe Zhao Yun's words? The answer is no, the more Zhao Yun said this, the more weak his heart became, Yuan Xi had already retreated, and he thought that he would not continue to pursue after being ambushed, so I went the opposite way and pursued again!

After chasing for a distance, the sky was also bright, and Zhao Yun stopped running away, stopping and waiting for Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao not only saw Zhao Yun, but also Yuan Xi, Cao Cao said proudly: "Yuan Xi, why don't you run away, you are now burned by me, the soldiers have no morale, the defeat has been decided, if you have no face to see the original, you can go back to Xuchang with the prime minister!" Compared to your father, I am an opponent worthy of my admiration. ”

Yuan Xi also said politely: "The prime minister praised it falsely, as the prime minister said, in addition to my father, the one I admire most in the world is Prime Minister Cao, I don't know if the prime minister has ever thought of joining forces with me to help the Han family!" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Yes, you are very good, in this situation, you still have the heart to cooperate with me, let me let you go, as long as you are willing to take refuge in me, I will not treat you badly!" ”

Yuan Xi shook his head and explored: "Since the prime minister is so insincere in cooperating, I have no choice but to fight to the death with the prime minister." Zhao Yun, you don't have to keep your hands this time, give me Cao Cao's head! After Zhao Yun got the order, he rushed directly towards Cao Cao quickly, and Xu Chu also yelled when he saw this: "Zhao Yun is crazy, let your grandfather Xu Chu meet you." "Zhao Yun and Xu Chu are fighting together, both of them are the best generals in the world, and they are just fighting. Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu was not fighting Zhao Yun, and he didn't want to waste the opportunity, so he directly ordered all the generals to go together, Yuan Xi was afraid that Zhao Yun would lose, so he ordered the whole army to charge and fight with Cao's army.

Obviously, Cao's army is superior, but the ambushes around him are bad, but they don't dare to fight without Yuan Xi's order. Yuan Xi thought that it was just the beginning, Cao Cao was still on guard, and when he slowly wore away from him, he was on guard, and the ambush troops would definitely be able to achieve miraculous results.

It's a pity that some people can't wait, seeing that Yuan Xi is in a weak position, although he is guarded by Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu, he is still not at ease. The most important thing is to see that her father-killing enemy is right in front of her, and Lu Qiling can't care so much, so she directly kills Cao Cao single-handedly.

Cao Cao was suddenly shocked, couldn't resist left and right, and said in a panic: "Girl, you and I don't know each other, how can I be your enemy who killed your father?" Lu Qiling was still too inexperienced, and said to Cao Cao: "I am the daughter of Wenhou, do you say there is a misunderstanding between us?" Cao Cao also reacted very quickly, and when he saw that it was Lu Bu's daughter, he flickered: "I originally wanted to keep your father to fight with me, but it was the emperor's uncle Liu Bei who provoked me to kill your father, and I regret it now." ”

Lu Qiling realized at this time that Liu Bei also had a share, but Cao Cao was the murderer of his father, and when he was about to continue chasing Cao Cao, Cao Hong had already arrived and fought with Lu Qiling. Yuan Xi saw that Lu Qiling suddenly killed, so he had no choice but to act in advance. Under Yuan Xi's order, the ambush was immediately exhausted. Gao Shun ambushed the soldiers in the west, Sun Li ambushed the soldiers in the east, the army in the north came to support, and Jiang Yiqu cut off the way back in the south, and suddenly the Cao army was in chaos, Yuan Xizhong's army morale was greatly boosted, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, it was like a tiger descending the mountain, unstoppable, Cao Cao could not resist, and he was defeated and left.

Cao Cao retreated to the Guandu camp, and heard that although Xiahou Yuan burned the grain and grass of Wuchao, he was annihilated by Yuan Xi, Yu Ban was seriously injured, and Zhang Liao was also captured. After hearing about the battle, more than half of the dead and wounded, and there were only 30,000 officers and soldiers in his army, a series of bad news made Cao Cao breathless, and he suddenly felt a headache and fell into bed.