Xu You fled to Cao's camp, and it was late at night, when Cao Cao's personal guard Xu Chu stopped him and said: "The prime minister has rested, and he will tell you at dawn if there is something." Xu Yu was afraid of missing the opportunity, and repeatedly asked to meet Cao Cao in person, and there were important secrets to be told. Xu Chu was loyal to his duties, but he refused, and stopped Xu Yu and said angrily: "If you are so rude again, don't blame me for being polite." Xu Yu was helpless.

The noise outside the camp woke up Cao Cao, who did not sleep well, and no one had a good temper, so he asked the guards: "Who is so bold as to disturb my rest?" Xu You heard Cao Cao's voice, and shouted in front of the guard: "Meng De, it's me, Xu You Xu Ziyuan, I have important secrets to tell!" ”

Cao Cao heard that Xu You was coming to vote, and the big event was expected, and he didn't care about clothes and shoes, so he went out of the camp directly, grabbed Xu You's hands and said: "Ziyuan came to vote, I am lucky, it is cold outside the tent, please inside." ”

Xu You saw that Cao Cao was so polite to him, but he did not refuse, so he offered a plan to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shaogang is stubborn for his own use, only using his closest relatives, and his subordinates are even more insidious villains. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "I have to help Ziyuan, God helps me Cao Cao, why worry about the immortality of the Yuan family, I don't know what Ziyuan has to teach me?" ”

Xu You asked with a smile: "The key to this battle is the grain and grass, I don't know how much grain and grass there is in the prime minister's army?" ”

Cao Cao said confidently: "Not long ago, Zi Jianzheng came from Xuchang to escort grain and grass, and he can still hold on for three months!" ”

Xu You said unbelievingly: "Hebei is known as the granary of the world, and it can only raise more than a month's worth of grain and grass for a while. The Central Plains has a poor harvest this year, and there are Montenegro Zhang Yan and Jinfan Ganning making trouble, Xuchang can collect three months of military rations, is it too fake? ”

Cao Cao saw that Xu You saw through it, and said ashamedly: "Although I have an old relationship with Ziyuan, but Ziyuan has served Yuan Shao for a long time, so I dare not tell him directly, our army's food and grass are actually only enough for one month." ”

Xu You sighed: "Yuan Shao doesn't remember the old friendship, and destroyed my home on trumped-up charges, and I hate him for nothing." I came to vote for the prime minister today, but it's a pity that Meng De doesn't treat me sincerely, which is really disappointing. ”

Cao Cao saw that Xu You was disappointed in himself, and hurriedly comforted: "Ziyuan treats me sincerely, of course I tell the truth, don't blame Ziyuan, the grain and grass are only enough for half a month." ”

Xu You laughed and said: "People say that Cao Cao is a traitor in troubled times, and he really lives up to his reputation, I expect that your grain and grass will not last for three days, so I came to vote late at night, and the enemy is broken tonight." ”

Cao Cao saw that Xu Yu saw through the lie, and smiled embarrassedly: "Ziyuan really expected to be in a daze, the so-called big thing just now is that Yuan Xi can be broken tonight?" ”

Xu You saw that Cao Cao began to believe in himself, and said confidently: "Yuan Xi's grain and grass are all in the black nest, if he takes advantage of his unpreparedness tonight and sends troops to burn his grain and grass, Yuan's army will be chaotic, and it will be easy for the prime minister to break Yuan Xi." ”

Cao Cao was excited when he heard where Yuan Xi was stockpiling grain, and continued to inquire in order to be safe: "Ziyuan is easy to say, Yuan Xi is far-sighted and thoughtful, how can he not send heavy troops to guard the grain and grass land?" ”

Xu You had already inquired about the good news and explained: "Today's incident happened suddenly, and Yuan Xi was not prepared, so I asked the prime minister to send troops to burn his grain and grass in the middle of the night." Moreover, Sun Li, the general under Yuan Xi, went to transport grain and did not return, and Wuchao was only guarded by Chun Yuqiong and 3,000 Yuan troops. This person is a complete drunkard, completely vulnerable, after the black nest is on fire, Yuan Xi will go to fight the fire, and the prime minister can send troops to ambush and intercept halfway. When Yuan's army retreated north, the prime minister led a large army to attack again, and Yuan Xi could be captured. ”

Cao Cao saw that Xu You's analysis was extremely reasonable, and the success rate of this plan was also very high, so he had to act quickly, and before Yuan Xi reacted, he burned his grain and grass, and immediately ordered people to summon the generals to discuss the matter of sending troops. After a quick thought, the strategists unanimously agreed to send troops, and they must act quickly and must not be delayed.

With everyone's affirmation, Cao Cao quickly made marching arrangements: Xiahou Yuan led 5,000 cavalry to Wuchao quickly, burned its grain and grass, and in order to prevent changes, Yu Ban led troops to respond. Xu Huang and Zhang Liao each led 10,000 troops and robbed and killed Yuan Xi on the way to Wuchao in Guandu. The rest of the generals followed the army, waiting for the fire to break out, waiting for an opportunity to attack the camp of Yuan Guandu.

Cao Cao saw that everyone had no objections, and encouraged him with bold words: "Yuan Xi is pretentious, thinking that he can drag down our army by holding on. But I don't know the art of war, the soldiers are fast, now I am a sword, he is a fish and meat, the generals will listen to the order, capture Yuan Xi, seal the marquis of ten thousand households, and reward a thousand gold! Such a big prize also made the generals excited, their morale was high, and they were confident that the one who caught Yuan Xi must be themselves, and they began to act quickly.

Yuan Xi didn't seem to have felt the consciousness that a crisis was coming, and when he saw Gao Shun kneeling in front of him, he derelicted his duty and left. Yuan Xi didn't blame, helped Gao Shun up, and persuaded him with good words. Gao Shun thought that Yuan Xi was forgiving himself for the sake of Lu Qiling's face, but after everyone gathered, things were not what he imagined.

I saw Feng Ji complaining: "The second prince is like a god, and he knew that Xu You would join Cao Jun, but he didn't tell him in advance, which made General Gao and I worried." ”

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Cao Cao is treacherous, if the play is not realistic, even if he can deceive Xu You, he can't deceive Cao Cao." The general will listen to the order, and Po Cao is tonight! Cao Cao has Xu Yu's help, and he will definitely attack my black nest granary. I have secretly ordered Xuan Pei and Sun Li to transport the grain and grass to Liyang, and General Chun Yu will cooperate with Cao's army to burn the black nest. I believe that Cao Cao will ambush our army halfway, and the two generals Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang can be defeated and lured, and General Gao Lan, General Jiang Qi and General Han Meng will lead the army to ambush Yuan's army. Cao Cao will not only ambush our army halfway, but also want to take the opportunity to break through our Guandu camp, and the rest of the generals will follow me to ambush Cao Cao. In addition, they sent someone to inform Jia Xu and Zhang Yan that once Cao Cao's army was defeated, they would attack Cao's army near Xuchang! ”

The generals listened to Yuan Xi's clever arrangement, and there was no previous complaint about Yuan Xi's dare not fight, and there was no depression about losing the battle, but instead of admiration for Yuan Xi, the morale of victory was in sight, and finally had the opportunity to regain the face lost before, and the generals quickly took the order and left as instructed.

Chun Yuqiong didn't dare to drink for a long time, and was even a little nervous or excited at this time, Yuan Xi's order to himself was very simple, tonight Cao Jun sneaked up on the Wuchao, and after a little resistance, he would give up the Wuchao, set fire to the grain, and then flee for his life, even if it was a great achievement! Of course, the grain has long been transported, most of it is flammable, and only a small amount of grain and grass is used to confuse it.

Although Chun Yuqiong had some doubts, how did Cao Cao know that the grain and grass were in the black nest, and Yuan Xi's ability to predict the prophet was also heard, so he still honestly arranged for Yuan Xi's secret order to wait for Cao Jun. After waiting all night, Chun Yuqiong was so sleepy that he wanted to sleep, and thought that Cao Jun would not come, but suddenly heard the shouting of killing, and saw the first general shouting: "I am the general under Prime Minister Cao Cheng, Chun Yuqiong will come out for me to die." The Erlang of the Central Plains will kill me, and the Yuan army will surrender and avoid death! ”

When Chun Yuqiong learned that Cao Jun was coming, she admired Yuan Xi's material, and began to act carefully, so as not to expose the matter and arouse Xiahou Yuan's suspicion. I saw Chun Yuqiong shouting: "Xiahou Yuanxiu is going to be rampant, you Chun Yu Grandpa is here, take your life!" "Riding a horse, he led his soldiers to kill Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan thought secretly, he really laughed at Chun Yuqiong's incompetence, and sure enough, after only a few rounds of fighting, Chun Yuqiong couldn't resist the defeat and left, and ordered to set fire to the grain while escaping, and said ruthlessly: "What we can't get, you don't want to get." Xiahou Yuan didn't have time to stop it, so he didn't want to stop it, so a raging fire ignited in the black nest.