Chapter 145 - A Fire That Decided the Battle of Guandu (Part I)

Cao Cao garrisoned Guandu, from August to the end of September, the army gradually lacked, and the grain and grass were not continued. In desperation, Cao Cao thought about giving up Guandu and retreating to Xudu, but he couldn't make up his mind.

retreated like this, Cao Cao was unwilling.

After thinking about it again and again, Cao Cao personally wrote a letter ordering people to hurry to Xudu and hand it over to Xun Yu.

After Xun Yu received Cao Cao's letter, he naturally knew Cao Cao's concerns in his heart, but if he retreated at this moment, he would retreat again and again.

They have no way to retreat, and if they want to defeat Yuan Shao, they can only see who lasts longer.

Xun Yu glanced at the Cai Hou paper placed on the table, his brows couldn't help frowning, and after careful consideration, he finally picked up the pen, and wrote on it: "According to your order, let me decide the issue of the advance and retreat of the army, I think Yuan Shao gathered all his forces in Guandu, and wanted to fight with the lord, the lord is the weakest to resist the enemy is the strongest, if he can't win, he will inevitably be taken advantage of by the enemy, and it is the great opportunity of the world!" ”

"Although Yuan Shaobing has a lot, he is not good at using it, and with the wisdom of the lord, he will definitely be invincible! Although our army has little food now, it is not as difficult as Gaozu when he confronted the overlord between Xingyang and Chenggao. The lord should now guard his own borders, and hold the choke point so that Yuan Shao's army cannot advance, and Yuan Shao's army will inevitably change internally when it sees the exhaustion of form. ”

"When this is strange, it must not be lost, but the public judge will inspect it!"

Cao Cao received Xun Yu's reply, and after reading it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but how to use a strange strategy to break Yuan Shao, he had to find another time, and at this moment he could only make the soldiers fight to defend it.

In fact, as Xun Yu said in his letter, Yuan Shao's army attacked for nearly two months, and when he saw that he had not yet broken through Guandu, he ordered to retreat and repair.

During the confrontation between the two armies, Xu Huang's general Shi Jian captured a Yuan soldier in the patrol camp, and he was immediately escorted to Xu Huang's tent.

Xu Huang, who learned the news, came to the military tent and asked about the truth in the army.

Yuan Jun was not a bold person in the first place, so he naturally had something to answer: "General Yu, because General Han Meng transported grain to the front of the army to help, it was to order us to explore the way!" ”

Xu Huang heard Yuan Jun's detailed answer, and immediately knew in his heart that this was the opportunity they had been waiting for, and immediately reported the matter to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao learned about this, he also quickly summoned his advisers to come and plan.

Xun You pondered for a moment, and then he had a plan in his heart: "Han Meng is the brave ear of the horseman!" If one person is sent to lead thousands of light horsemen, attack them from the halfway, and cut off their food and grass, the Shao army will be in chaos! ”

Cao Cao pondered, nodded, and asked, "Who can go?" ”

Xun You chuckled lightly and responded, "Send Xu Huang Ke also!" ”

Hearing Xun You's words, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to take Shi Lian's troops and horses out first, and ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Chu to lead troops to respond.

That night, Han Meng rushed to Yuan's camp with thousands of grain trucks.

While he was walking, Xu Huang and Shi Jian led the army to suddenly rush out of the valley and intercept the way.

Han Meng was shocked when he saw the appearance of Xu Huang and others.

He naturally knew that the military horse that suddenly appeared was Cao Jun who came to rob the grain, so he didn't open his mouth to scold, and drove the horse to fight and fought with Xu Huang.

Shi Lian, who was on the side, saw that Han Meng had been stopped by Xu Huang, so he led the army to kill the sergeants guarding the car and set fire to the grain truck.

Han Meng and Xu Huang had only been fighting for three rounds, and he already vaguely felt that he couldn't resist it, and if he continued, he was afraid that he would have to lose his life.

After struggling to block Xu Huang's blow, Han Meng took advantage of the situation and fled on his war horse.

Seeing Han Meng fleeing on horseback, Xu Huang did not pursue, but urged the sergeant to quickly burn the baggage. Although he also wanted to take these grains and grasses, this place was too close to the Yuan army's camp, and if he was intercepted by Yuan Shao's army in order to seize the grain, it would be worth the loss!

It's better to burn it down, you can't get it, and you can't let Yuan Jun get it!

In Yuan Shao's army, seeing the fire in the northwest direction, and in a panic, the defeated army that was defeated by Xu Huang came to report that its grain and grass had been robbed!

Yuan Shao, who heard the news, hurriedly dispatched Zhang He and Gao Lan to intercept the main road, and happened to meet Xu Huang burning grain and returning.

Xu Huang looked at Zhang He and Gao Lan, the two generals who suddenly appeared, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. If you really cut off the grain and grass, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape at this moment.

When the two armies were about to clash, behind their Yuan army, Zhang Liao and Xu Zhu also took the opportunity to lead the army.

After two attacks, the Yuan army was immediately dispersed, and the four generals joined forces and returned to Guandu Village.

After Cao Cao heard the news of Xu Huang and the others returning to the camp to win, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and rewarded them and others.

After that, Cao Cao divided his army and camped in front of the village, forming an angle with the Chinese army camp to prevent Yuan's army from attacking at night.

Han Meng was defeated and returned to the camp, Yuan Shao, who learned the news, was furious and wanted to kill Han Meng to suppress the whole army, but the officials hurriedly dissuaded him, which made Han Meng escape.

The judge pondered for a while, and saluted Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, the march is based on food, and you must not be careful!" The black nest is a place where grain is stored, and it must be heavily guarded! ”

Yuan Shao frowned, waved his hand and responded: "I have my own plan, you can go back to Yecheng to supervise the grain and grass first, and stop teaching it to be lacking!" ”

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, the judge agreed and took the order.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao sent the general Chun Yuqiong, and commanded the generals Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, etc., to lead 20,000 horses and garrison Wuchao.

It is said that Chun Yu Qiong is just a wine, and the sergeant is afraid, and when he arrives at the black nest, he will drink with the generals all day long.

At this time, Cao Cao's army was also running out of military food, and hurriedly sent an envoy to Xudu, ordering Xun Yu to quickly take care of grain and grass, and send the army to help in the starry night.

The envoy carried the letter, and after traveling only thirty miles, he was caught by Yuan Jun and tied up to see Xu You.

Xu You immediately searched for Cao Cao's letter of urging food brought by the envoy, went straight to Yuan Shao, and said: "Cao Caotun officer crossing, and I have been holding on for a long time, Xu Du must be empty, if an army is divided into a starry night to cover Xu Du, then Xu Du can be pulled, and Cao Cao can be captured!" ”

"Now that Cao Cao's grain and grass are exhausted, he can take this opportunity to attack him in two ways!"

Hearing Xu You's words, Yuan Shao didn't care, waved his hand at him, and said: "Cao Cao has a lot of tricks, and this letter is his plan to lure the enemy!" ”

Xu You saw that Yuan Shao didn't take it to heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart: "If you don't take it now, you will definitely suffer from it in the future!" ”

While the two were deliberating, a messenger suddenly came from Yecheng and presented a letter of trial.

In the book, he first talked about transporting grain, and then said that when Xu Yu was in Jizhou, he had privately accepted private property, and indulged his sons and nephews to set more taxes, and his money and grain went into his own house, and now his sons and nephews have been taken into prison.

Yuan Shao took the letter, glanced at it, and was furious in his heart, threw the letter directly in front of Xu You, and angrily reprimanded: "Indiscriminate puppetry, there is still a face to offer in front of me!" ”

"You have an old relationship with Cao Cao, and now you must be bribed by him, acting as a spy for him, and coaxing our army! should have been beheaded, but now the right is in the item! ”

Xu You heard Yuan Shao's angry rebuke, his face couldn't help turning red, he turned around and walked out of the tent, looking up to the sky and sighing: "Loyalty is against the ear, and the erection is not enough and conspiracy!" My son and nephew have been victimized by the trial, how can I see the people of Jizhou again! ”

When the words fell, they wanted to draw their swords and kill themselves, but the people on their left and right saw this scene, hurriedly grabbed their swords, and persuaded: "Why did the public die so much? Yuan Shao didn't say it bluntly, and he would be captured by Cao Cao in the future. Since the public and Cao Gong have an old relationship, why not abandon the dark and turn to the light? ”