Chapter Seventy-Five: Guandu held each other, and Liu Bei got out of trouble

Tian Jing ordered Li Dare to save Tian Shuang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoTian Shuang thanked Tian Jing for saving him, and couldn't help but feel very sad when he remembered that his father was still suffering in prison. Tian Jing comforted him and promised that he would definitely find a way to rescue Tian Feng in the future. It is inconvenient for Tian Shuang to stay in the army as a female dependent, but now there is no suitable place for her, so she has to put on men's clothes and dress up as a guard to accompany Tian Jing.

Three days later, Tian Jing led the troops to the Liyang camp and let people report to Yuan Shao, and after a while, Yuan Shao ordered someone to invite Tian Jing to enter the big tent of the Chinese army.

The atmosphere in the big tent was very depressing, thinking that the recent war was unfavorable, and Yuan Shao was in a bad mood. The underground strategists have been arguing for many days because of their disagreements, and they have not come up with a suitable strategy until now.

Tian Jing came in, saw Yuan Shao, and briefly explained that he went back to Hedong to ask for help. At the same time, he explained that his soldiers and horses in Hedong had won a complete victory, and now Xiahou Yuan had retreated to Hongnong, and his northern army had regained a firm foothold, and now it was holding on to Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses.

Yuan Shao said first, "So I want to congratulate the general on retaking Hedong, but the general left Hanoi without permission, resulting in no one leading the army in Hanoi, which is very undeserved." Now I have sent Shi Gaogan to personally supervise the battle in Hanoi. Now that the general has returned, I wonder what he thinks about the battle of Hanoi? ”

Tian Jingxin said, this took away my military power, sent an incompetent high-ranking cadre to lead the troops and suffered defeat, and came to ask me for my opinion, I really have no opinion. After thinking for a while, he said to Yuan Shao, "If the general sent high-ranking cadres to occupy most of Hanoi a month ago, it would be like a wedge nailed to the north of Cao's army, then Cao Cao would definitely not dare to confront the general here." Now it seems that the victory or defeat of the battle of Hanoi has long been a matter of the overall situation. But the general is here, leading 700,000 troops, and now he is stopping at Liyang, spending money on food and salary. Why don't you wave your army straight down and cross the river to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army? ”

Yuan Shaodao, "The general didn't know that the day before yesterday, our army's forward in Baima Yanjin lost one after another, and lost two beloved generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Saying that, he squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Bei who was sitting next to him, and Liu Bei hurriedly went to the ground. Yuan Shao continued, "Now that the morale has been frustrated, the strategists have different opinions, and the commander has not thought of a countermeasure for a while. ”

Tian Jing said, "I don't know how much our army has lost two generals in the forward?" Are the two ferries of Baima and Yanjin still in the hands of our army? ”

Yuan Shao said: "Only 5,000 soldiers and horses were lost, and now the Baima Ferry is still in the hands of our army." ”

Tian Jing said: "In this case, our army should increase the number of white horses, send generals to guard the south bank of the Yellow River, and then the army will cross the river in batches, set up a position in the wide area on the south bank of the Yellow River, and fight a decisive battle with the Cao Army Plain." Only in this way can we give full play to the advantages of our Hebei army. Now that we are complying with the will of heaven and crusading against Cao thieves, do we have to wait for Cao Jun to cross the river and fight in my Jizhou land? “

Yuan Shao said: "The general is right. ”

At this time, the judge said next to him: "The lord can't, the so-called daughter can't sit down, and the north bank of the Yellow River is the right way, the lord only needs to order a general to go south to occupy Guandu, and then cross the river to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army, so as to ensure the safety of our army." Otherwise, the 700,000-strong army with its back to the Yellow River would not have fallen into the ground of death? ”

Yuan Shao hesitated again when he heard what he said.

Tian Jing glanced at the trial and asked rhetorically, "I don't know who Mr. Zhengnan thinks can replace the general to command the army to occupy Guandu?" You must know that the other party's commander is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde was originally good at arranging troops, and now he has generals Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Zhang Xiu, Guan Yu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and strategists Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, Liu Ye and others are now in Guandu, and now the two armies are competing, and the comparison is the comprehensive combat power of the two armies. ”

At this time, Feng Ji came out and said, "I think what General Zhengbei said is very reasonable, and the day before yesterday I suggested that the lord waved his army south, which was to obstruct the trial." Now it seems that if it is not Yuan Gong, he cannot defeat Cao Thief. The last general asked the lord to give an order and waved his army south. "Feng Ji and the trial are not in harmony, so the suggestion of the trial must be opposed.

At this time, Guo Tu saw the situation and felt that he should come out to speak, so he also stepped forward and said, "Lord, I think what General Zhengbei and Feng Ji said is in line with the current situation, and the Lord can order Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses in their headquarters, increase the number of white horses, and strengthen the defense to ensure that the army crosses the river safely." At that time, the lord led the Chinese army south to cross the river and fight Cao Cao. ”

Yuan Shao saw that all the strategists had expressed their positions, and knew that the situation was clear. He ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran to be the vanguards, increase the troops on the white horse, and take Guo Tu as the supervisor. Five days later, the Chinese army moved south.

Liu Bei came out at this time and said, "General, I am willing to lead the soldiers and horses to go to Baima to meet the enemy with the two generals, if I meet my second brother Guan Yu, I will persuade him to surrender to the general, so as to give our army one more help." ”

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement, lent Liu Bei 3,000 soldiers and horses, and let him go south with the army.

Gao Ran and Zhang He led the troops to Baima to strengthen the defense of the camp. Cao's army had taken the lead in two surprise attacks before, but now it is fighting steadily, using Yuanwu, Yangwu, and Guandu as horns to form a defense. Wait for Yuan Jun.

The two sides did not pick up the station, so naturally Liu Bei could not see Guan Yu. At this time, Liu Bei was bored in the tent, but he heard a report from the colonel, and a person claimed to be the old man of General Zuo's hometown and asked to see him outside the door. Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and ordered someone to invite him in, and when he saw that the person who came was Sun Qian. Liu Bei was overjoyed, retreated left and right, and asked where Sun Qian came from?

Sun Qian said about the experience, "On the same day, Picheng was broken, and the generals scattered. I hid among the people and searched around for news of the lord, but I heard that the city of Xiaopei was broken, and the lord could not break through the siege and died in the chaos. I cried for the lord for three days, and after burning incense and sacrificing, I remembered that the general had said that General Zilong had recruited the second general at Chen Lan and Lei Bo, and I went south to Guangling to find the second general to avenge the lord's gazette. When he arrived in Guangling, General Zilong was preparing to go north to relieve the siege of Xuzhou, but Cao Hong's strength was too large and our army was short of soldiers and horses, so we could only turn around to fight. I didn't want to meet General Chen Zhi, who was seriously injured the day before yesterday, and I knew that the lord was still there. I think if the lord is here, he should go north to vote for Yuan Shao, and now only Yuan Shao has the strength to fight Cao Cao. I let a few generals stay in Guangling temporarily, and I quietly went north to patrol the lord. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, "It's great that I don't want everyone to live." That day, Uncle Zhi wore my robe to break through, and he died nine times before he saved my Liu Bei's life. I thought that the great cause was hopeless, so I had to temporarily vote for Yuan Shao, hoping to kill Cao thief to avenge the revenge of my family and country. Now that all the generals are here, and Guangling is the foundation, it is really immortal Liu Bei. ”

Liu Bei told Sun Qian again that Guan Yu had surrendered, Cao Cao was now in Guandu, and I believe that Guan Yu would definitely not turn his back on me, Liu Bei. The two of us can discuss the next step in detail.

The two discussed all night, and early the next morning, Sun Qian disguised himself and went to Cao Ying to find Guan Yu, and asked Guan Yu to say goodbye to Cao Cao and go to Guangling to meet Zhao Yun.

Liu Bei waited for Yuan Shao's army to arrive at Baima, and then made a statement to Yuan Shao, saying that he was willing to say that he would surrender to Guangling Chen Lan Lei Bo and Yang Feng in Runan, so that he could attack Cao Cao's rear.

Yuan Shao felt that this plan was very good, and at the same time wrote a letter to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, inviting him to discuss Cao Cao again.

After Liu Bei received Yuan Shao's military order, he only led a dozen guards to pack up and prepare to go south. Out of the Yuanmen, I found that Tian Jing, the general of Zhengbei, was marrying outside the Yuanmen.

Tian Jing clenched his fists, "General Zuo is invited, this time the general can be a tiger throwing into the forest, and the dragon entering the sea, I'm afraid it won't come back, right?" ”

Liu Bei didn't know Tian Jing's position and didn't dare to say anything, and said, "General Zhengbei said that I am also running for Yuan Gong, and when I come back freely in the future." ”

Tian Jing walked closer and whispered, "General Zuo doesn't have to hide it from me, neither of you and I are people who have lived under people for a long time, and since you are prepared, you naturally refuse to bend under Yuan Shao anymore." I came here to see off the general, and I have no other meaning, my master Zhao Yun has always been loyal to Xuande Gong, and I hope that the general can treat him well from beginning to end. I have a letter to give to my master Zhao Yun, and I have to trouble General Zuo. In addition, even if Yuan Gong won the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao could not be completely defeated, if General Zuo gained a firm foothold in the south in the future, Tian was willing to form an alliance with General Zuo to deal with Cao Cao, I don't know what General Zuo wanted? ”

Liu Bei said, "Zhao Yun is my fourth brother, and I will treat each other well." The letter was given to me by the general, and I will bring it. As for the alliance, it is impossible to ask for it. In the future, if there is a day when Liu Bei has a foothold, I will definitely send an envoy to Hedong to form an offensive and defensive alliance with the general. ”

Tian Jing hugged his fists and said, "In this way, Tian once again congratulated the general in advance on success and great ambitions." ”

Liu Bei bid farewell to Tian Jing, rode on a war horse and led the guards to detour to Xuzhou, and traveled south.

After Yuan Shao's army all crossed the river, the company camped for nearly 100 miles. The army slowly moved south, and conquered successively, Yuanwu, Yangwu and Cao's army held each other in Guandu.

Cao's army built very strong fortifications in Guandu, and although Yuan Shao had many soldiers and horses, it was difficult to defeat the enemy for a while. After reviewing the plan, he ordered the sergeant to be stationed in dozens of places on the high platform on the north side of Guandu, and ordered the archers to release arrows into Cao's camp on the high platform. For a while, Cao Jun had to wear a helmet and armor and hold a square shield when walking in the camp.

Ten days later, nearly 100 thunderbolts were built in Cao Cao's camp, and huge stones the size of grinding plates fell from the sky, and Yuan's archers were seriously injured. Don't dare to shoot on stage again.

After a few days, Feng Ji Xian planned to dig a tunnel to pass through the rear of the Cao army, and then ordered people to sneak attack the Cao army from the tunnel at night to open the gap. Who knew that he was recognized by Cao Jun again, and dug up the tunnel in advance to intercept Yuan Jun.

The two sides have been back and forth for a month, but Yuan Jun has not made any contributions, and Cao Jun has not won. At this time, both sides were faced with the problem of unsustainable food and grass. However, Yuan Shao's Jizhou has a large population and has always been rich, so it is easy to requisition grain and grass. It's just that hundreds of thousands of troops need a lot of grain and grass, and it is very troublesome to transport.

On this day, 300,000 stone grain and grass were transferred south, and Yuan Shao decided to send all the grain and grass to the rear Wuchao, and ordered the general Chun Yuqiong to guard it.

Tian Jing suddenly remembered that it was this Chun Yuqiong who lost the Wuchao after drinking and mistaking a major event, so he said, "The general is now the Wuchao is an important place for our army's grain and grass, and once it is lost, I am afraid that the 300,000 military horses will not be attacked." If you want to take Cao Cao, who is good at plotting, if he intercepts grain, he is just one person who is difficult to beat. It's not that I can't trust General Chun Yuqiong, but the stakes are very high, is it more appropriate to send more people? ”

Yuan Shao thought about it and made some sense, so he sent Yan Rou and Jiao Toucher to assist Chun Yuqiong in guarding the black nest.