The news of Cao Cao's victory spread like the wind in the land of the Han Dynasty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Yuan Shu called the emperor as if it was a farce, no one cared anymore, or admitted that there was such an emperor as Yuan Shu. I don't know if Liu Xie's prestige of the Son of Heaven has been strengthened, but Cao Cao's prestige has indeed completely resounded across the earth. In the face of the attack of Yuan Shu's 200,000 army, not only did he annihilate and capture Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, but also 140,000 people, and the most important thing was that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were lost, but only more than 30,000.

This result is reasonable for Gao Ye, but it is really a bit unexpected. When Guo Jia first offered his plan, he was based on the principle of minimizing casualties, so he asked Gao Ye to lead a small number of men and horses to deal with the main force of Yuan Shujun. On the one hand, Cao Cao led a large group of men and horses to attack his Huainan and attack his grain route. As long as Yuan Shu's army retreats, Cao Cao's army will fight one or two more ambushes, and Yuan Shu's army, which has no food and grass and no morale, will inevitably be vulnerable. In this way, it not only solved the danger of Yingchuan, but also avoided a head-on decisive battle with Yuan Shu.

It's just that no one expected that the results of this battle would be so great. Since Cao Cao met with Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Sun Ce, he besieged Shouchun Tuantuan, and the military camp was densely spread outside Shouchun City, which frightened Liu Xun in the city. In the first few days, Cao Cao cooperated with the other three to attack the city. The offensive is fierce, and there is indeed a momentum that will not give up if Shouchun is not taken. It was also in these few days that Cao Cao's men lost no less than 6,000 soldiers.

As Zhao Yun and others sent back the news and found out that Yuan Shu had withdrawn from the army, Cao Cao immediately divided his troops and rushed to meet Yuan Shu. There are not many soldiers in Shouchun City, and Sun Ce covets Jiujiang County, plus Yuan Shu's subordinates are the greatest combat strength of the Yuan army, and Sun Ce does not want to resist its edge. Therefore, Cao Cao's proposal that he should deal with Yuan Shu's army, and that Sun Ce and Lü Bu continue to attack Shouchun was quickly approved by Sun Ce and Lü Bu. After all, Cao Cao said that Shouchun City was defeated, and it was all the work of the two. There is a lot of grain and grass in the city, and Cao doesn't take a penny. However, if he defeated Yuan Shujun, there would be no share of the two of them.

This proposal made Sun Ce very happy, although he now occupies the four counties of Wu County, Huiji County, Yuzhang County and Danyang County in Jiangdong, but speaking of these four counties are vast and sparsely populated, and the grain production is not abundant, so Sun Ce, who has always wanted to recruit troops and buy horses, completely occupies Jiangdong, can be said to be salivating for the money and grain in Shouchun City. In his opinion, although Yuan Shu led 200,000 troops, how much oil and water could he have? Moreover, 200,000 soldiers and horses, once they fight, they will inevitably lose both, and the gains outweigh the losses, so Sun Ce agreed to Cao Cao's proposal without thinking about it. Lu Bu also had the same mentality as Sun Ce, only Liu Bei took the initiative to invite Ying to go with Cao Cao to crusade against Yuan Shu, and this decision also surprised Cao Cao.

Although Zhou Yu and Chen Gong were very much in favor of their father-in-law's decision, they both had a negative attitude towards their father-in-law's judgment that Cao Cao would suffer this time. Although Yuan Shu's army was numerous, but now that morale was low and there was a long way to return, Cao Cao's army had countless opportunities to ambush Yuan Shu's army. Moreover, Cao Cao used the materials in Shouchun City to exchange the ownership of the entire Yuzhou, which was not a loss.

As for why Liu Bei went with Cao Cao, it is more intriguing. Although Liu Bei himself said that as a relative of the Han family, he must not tolerate the fact that Yuan Shu usurped the emperor, so he must personally go to crusade against Yuan Shu. Although the righteousness of what he said was awe-inspiring, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

Yuan Shu, who retreated from Zhengqiang, was under the protection of Ji Ling along the way, but there were no problems. Even when Qiao Rui came and said that Chen Ji was killed in battle, and Gao Ye did not continue to pursue, Yuan Shu did not have any sorrow for Chen Ji's death in his heart, but rejoiced that Gao Ye's army did not pursue. Since there were no pursuers in Houhou, Yuan Shu immediately ordered the whole army to hurry up and rush back to Shouchun City as soon as possible. Yuan Shu, who was traveling all the way, was ambushed by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's army ambushed Yuan Shu's army several times along the way, and the Yuan Shu's army was defeated. By the time of the last ambush, Yuan Shu's men had only 80,000 horses left. Nearly half of the soldiers and horses were captured by Cao Cao and Liu Bei. In order to cover Yuan Shu's retreat, Ji Ling personally led his men and horses to fight Cao Cao's army, but the elite of Cao's army, how could these Yuan Shu army, who had no fighting spirit and was hungry, resist? What's more, Cao Cao sent troops this time, and the fierce generals were on the side, plus Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under Liu Bei, so that Yuan Shujun's morale was even more demoralized. After Zhang Fei killed Ji Ling, the general of Yuan Shujun, with lightning speed, the rest of Yuan Shujun surrendered one after another.

Xu Huang and Yu Ban have also sent troops to Yuzhou, and Cao Cao has no intention of caring about Yuan Shu who has fled. Liu Bei was reluctant because of the words that he had to fight against the thief, and led his troops back to Shouchun. Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't let him run in vain, after all, he still had to rely on him to contain Lu Bu in Xuzhou. Therefore, Liu Bei was given a sufficient amount of food, grass, ordnance and prisoners to supplement the battle losses. Liu Bei was naturally grateful to Cao Cao for this move, and after thanking Cao Cao, he took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei together and killed them back. In this battle, Zhang Fei killed Ji Ling in seconds, which can be regarded as completely bringing his bravery into the eyes of the world. Even Cao Cao sighed, how can Liu Bei be virtuous, can have these two tiger generals as brothers.

After this battle, Cao Cao used his soldiers like the name of a god, completely resounding all over the world, and defeated Yuan Shao's 200,000 army with such a small number of battle losses, and the famous generals of ancient and modern times are nothing more than that. As for Gao Ye, in front of Cao Cao, he is only worthy of giving him a hand and doing things to restrain the enemy's energy, so it can be seen that Cao Cao has already defeated Gao Ye with his troops.

Although Cao Cao didn't know where such rumors came from, when he heard such rumors, his heart was also happy. Although he knew very well how difficult it was for Gao Ye to contain Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses in the Runan area. But everyone in the world thinks that they are better than the high night, so what's the difference?

Cao Cao, who occupied the entire territory of Yuzhou, finally rushed back to Yingchuan with a large army at the end of the second year of Jian'an. As for the unlucky Yuan Shu, there were only three generals left, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan, and there were only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Not only was the morale low, but after being ambushed by Cao Cao so many times, he lost all his food and grass. The army had no food to eat along the way, and could only rely on robbing the people of rations to satisfy their hunger. At this time, Lujiang County, who was already dissatisfied with Yuan Shu, was even more dissatisfied with him. Although Lu Kang died in the hands of Sun Ce back then, Sun Ce was Yuan Shu's subordinate back then. There are unjust debtors and owners, Sun Ce is not treated well by the Lujiang County family, how can Yuan Shu get their support? What's more, now Yuan Shu has begun to grab grain, and many families have to take the initiative to send grain and grass in order to avoid disaster. As for the people, they don't have such good luck. At first, the soldiers were just grabbing food, but later, it was not much different from slaughter. If it weren't for the fact that the house had not been burned down, what Yuan Shujun was doing at the moment would not be much different from the three-light policy of the Japanese devils in China in later generations. The only difference is that the Japanese killed all Chinese, while Yuan Shu killed his own people.

After Cao Cao's departure, Liu Xun of Shouchun can be said to have greatly reduced his pressure. Although there were not many soldiers and horses in the city, as soon as Cao Cao left, there were not many soldiers and horses left in the hands of Sun Ce and Lu Bu outside. Moreover, there is abundant grain and grass in Shouchun City, and there are sufficient equipment to defend the city, so Liu Xun, who is defending the city, is fighting Sun Ce and Lu Bu at this moment, and he can't climb the Shouchun City Tower at all. Fortunately, the news of the defeat of Yuan Shu's army reached Shouchun in time, and the news of the destruction of the 200,000 army not only shocked Liu Xun, but also made the defenders in the city lose all their wit. Therefore, Liu Xun immediately ordered to retreat to Hefei, and the remaining nearly 30,000 horses, each with grain and grass, broke through at night. The official warehouse in the city was even more ablaze. Although Sun Ce and Lu Bu won Shouchun, it is a pity that the grain and grass have already been burned. The two of them are now short of food and grass, and now they have laid a longevity, but they have not received any supplements. Seeing that the situation was like this, the two had to retreat, Lu Bu returned to Xuzhou, and Sun Ce returned to Wu County. As for Yuan Shu, he couldn't go back to Shouchun City, so he had to go to Hefei to meet Liu Xun, who had already retreated here.

As for Cao Cao, he no longer pays attention to these things, and this time in the big war, his strategic goal has been fully realized. Not only is the battle damage extremely low, but the gains are huge. not only dealt a heavy blow to Yuan Shujun's arrogance, but also increased his prestige for himself. In the past, I was worried that Gao Ye would be a high master, but now that this battle is at the bottom, all the credits of Gao Ye are eclipsed. With 30,000 battle losses, he wiped out Yuan Shu's 200,000 army, and by the way, he won the entire territory of Yuzhou, how could such a feat not make Cao Cao happy. Besides, he still has more than 40,000 Yuan army prisoners in his hands, and he has made a lot of money by settling accounts inside and out, and he has made a lot of money by sending troops this time. Even if Mi Zhu has been helping him run a business all these years, and the profits are more than hundreds of millions, for Cao Cao, it is not as good as the joy brought to him by this big victory.

Cao Cao ushered in the third year of Jian'an in such joy. Now Yuan Shu in Huainan, after this big battle, can be said to be broken. Although Lu Bu gained a lot, he still suffered a lot of losses in terms of soldiers. On the contrary, because of Liu Bei's attack on Yuan Shu, his name also spread to the ears of the people of the world along with Zhang Fei. His loyalty and courage have been praised by many celebrities. In addition, he received Cao Cao's funding at this time, not only did he have prisoners who could be converted into combat power, but he also got a lot of money and food, and he recruited troops and horses in Xiaopei, and for a while he was quite a bit of a confrontation with Lu Bu, which also made Lu Bu very angry and scolded Liu Bei for being a treacherous villain.

Cao Cao naturally didn't know anything about Lu Bu's anger, but even if he knew, he would be very happy. According to the plan, starting this year, he will prepare to use troops against Xuzhou. Yuan Shao is still confronting Gongsun Zhan, and Pan Zhang is now in Beihai, and he is also deeply used by Kong Rong. He fought a few battles with Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, and it was a win-or-loser. Yuan Tan's desire to dominate Qingzhou was completely blocked under Beihai City. Now that the situation is very good, how can I not seize the time to completely calm Xuzhou?

Therefore, the first conference of Jian'an in three years has only one topic, that is, how to quickly pacify Xuzhou.