When Yuan Shao collected his troops and returned to the camp, Chun Yuqiong, who had his ears and nose and fingers cut off by Cao Cao, arrived at Yuan Shao's camp in Guandu.

Yuan Shao saw Chun Yuqiong's miserable situation, so he asked him why he was here.

Chun Yuqiong was too frightened to speak, and the defeated soldiers who escorted Chun Yuqiong back told the truth.

Yuan Shao learned that Wuchao had been burned by Cao Cao, and all his grain and grass in Wuchao had been destroyed. I also heard the loss of the black nest, but it was actually Chun Yuqiong's hangover, which made people pretend to be Jiang Qi and sneaked into the black nest without knowing it. was furious at the moment, and immediately ordered someone to escort Chun Yuqiong into beheading, no matter how Chun Yuqiong cried and begged, Yuan Shao was indifferent. I'm afraid that Yuan Shao's heart at this moment should be repentant, he knew that he had lost the granary of Wuchao when he was tired of Chun Yuqiong, and he listened to Cao Cao's words back then, except for Chun Yuqiong, he probably would not have today's defeat.

And at this time, the strategist Guo Tu, when he heard that the Wuchao granary was destroyed by Cao Cao, he was secretly shocked. What he was shocked about was not the impact of the destruction of Wuchao's grain and grass on Yuan Jun, but because he was shocked that like Chun Yuqiong, he was loyal to Yuan Shao, and it can be said that he should be the most loyal lackey who has followed Yuan Shao for many years. However, in the face of the loss of the black nest, Yuan Shao did not care at all and said that he would be killed. He himself was a little worried that Yuan Shao would blame him for his sins.

Because, when there was a problem in Wuchao, he strongly opposed Yuan Shao sending troops to help. Although it is now known that even if Yuan Shao sent troops to help Wuchao at that time, it was too late to save the grain and grass in the fire. However, Guo Tu was worried about whether Yuan Shao would also blame him under his anger.

In particular, he was worried that Yuan Shao's generals, such as Zhang He and Gao Lan, who disagreed with him, would also impeach him. Such a situation. If you really want to talk about it, even if he is falsely accused of being Cao Cao's spy or not, he is afraid that he will not be able to explain clearly. Because. Wuchao was lost, he didn't give first aid, but persuaded Yuan Shao not to save it, and now others ask him, what did he mean at that time? Guo Tu really doesn't make sense.

Of course, if it is said that now Yuan Shao has captured Guandu. Then it's different, the problem is, night wars. Yuan Shao lost his troops and generals, and Cao Cao had already prepared, so he couldn't get any benefits.

In any case, this is Guo Tu's mistake.

But Guo Tu is a shrewd man. He saw Yuan Shao behead Chun Yuqiong. Immediately said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, now it is proved that Cao Cao did personally lead the army and horses to Wuchao, and because of the fault of General Chun Yuqiong, it led to the loss of Wuchao, at that time, even if our army transferred a large army to help Wuchao." It may be difficult to save the food and grass from the fire. Therefore, it is feasible to prove Guo's plan. ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao didn't think about Guo Tu for a while. Hearing Guo Tu talk about this again, he couldn't help frowning, and planned to ask Guo Tu what kind of strategy he had planned, and how he could not save the black nest, but also lost his troops in the attack on Cao's army.

However, Guo Tu, who had followed Yuan Shao for many years, did not wait for Yuan Shao to ask him, he hurriedly said: "My lord, in fact, whether it is Wuchao or the attack on Guandu Pass last night, it is not a crime of war!" ”

"Oh? What does this say? If it is not a crime of war, is it a crime of conspiracy? Yuan Shao glanced at Guo Tu coldly and said.

Guo Tu said calmly at this moment: "It's not a crime." Lord, let's say that Guo said that the loss of the black nest can be called a crime of war? Fang Caichun Yuqiong had already made it very clear that it was only Cao Cao and five thousand elite soldiers who attacked Wuchao. If it is a normal attack on Wuchao, with tens of thousands of military horses in our army, can Cao Cao easily burn the grain and grass of Wuchao? I'm afraid he won't even be able to attack our perimeter, right? There is no access to our food and grass. What's more, last night's situation, the fire was together, and the lord sent hundreds of thousands of our troops and horses to the black nest, I'm afraid that we can't recover our losses, right? Therefore, Guo proposed that if he did not rush to the aid of Wuchao, it would not be a crime. ”

"Well......" Yuan Shao nodded, feeling that what Guo Tu said made some sense, and he asked, "Then who do you think is the crime?" ”

"Will be sinned! The so-called incompetence of one general and exhaustion of the three armies is talking about people like General Chun Yuqiong. In fact, General Chun Yuqiong, who is addicted to alcohol and misbehaves, is not half a time, and because he is a confidant of the lord, he has many things that despise his colleagues and oppress the ministers, but the ministers just can't bear it. Guo Tu said.

Yuan Shao has nothing to say about Guo Tu's blame on Chun Yuqiong, besides, now that Chun Yuqiong has been beheaded, there is no proof of death, and it doesn't matter what Guo Tu wants to say.

However, listening to Guo Tu's meaning, it seemed that he meant something else, so he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Mr. Guo, what do you want to ......say?"

"Lord, don't you think that attacking Guandu Pass is actually not a crime of war or conspiracy?" Guo Tu said calmly.

"What? What do you mean...... Yuan's generals Zhang He and Gao Ran are also incompetent generals? Yuan Shao said a little perverted.

Now, Zhang He and Gao Ran, but Yuan Shao's most important generals, if even these two generals are incompetent, then, what other generals are available?

"No, the lord doesn't know, it's not that the two generals are incompetent, on the contrary, these two generals are the pillars of the lord's army, like the anchor of our army. But it's a pity...... Hehe. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Shao wanted to get angry a little.

"What do you mean? Now that the main army has been defeated, it is estimated that the two generals are very happy. Guo Tu said with a sneer.

"Why?" Yuan Shao suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Guo Tu.

Whether it is Guo Tu, Zhang He, or Gao Ran, they are all old people who have followed Yuan Shao for many years, and these old departments rarely attack each other. But now, Guo Tu seems to want to say that Zhang He and Gao Ran are wrong?

Guo Tuhao said neatly: "Lord, don't forget, Zhang He and Gao Ran, the two generals, they also had old friends with Cao Cao back then, and it is reported that they have long had the intention of voting for Cao Cao, so they are sent to attack Cao Zhai today, and they are unwilling to go all out." Therefore, it is a crime of non-war. Well, Chun Yuqiong, it was he who made a big mistake by being drunk and drunk, and it was his own incompetence, but with the ability of the two generals Zhang He and Gao Ran, if he could kill the three armies, could he still attack when Officer Cao's troops were empty? Even if it can't be attacked, it won't be a fiasco, and the troops will be lost. ”

"Uh...... This ......" Yuan Shao was said by Guo Tu, and he really felt that it was his soldiers of the three armies who did not use their lives to cause his defeat. Do you want to know Lu Dao, how many more military horses are there than Cao Cao? Even if you can't defeat it. He should not be defeated.

"Maybe Cao Jun was prepared, and he expected that we would attack the village at night and lay an ambush to cause our defeat, right?" Yuan Shao himself was not quite sure.

"What if Cao Cao has ambush soldiers? Our army is hundreds of thousands, and you are still afraid of Cao Cao? If Cao Cao has ambush troops, it will prove that the defense forces of Guandu Pass are empty, as long as we defeat Cao Cao's military horses, Guandu will naturally be at your fingertips. But...... Hehe. The lord saw it? Guo Tu spared no effort to guide Yuan Shao, and led him to the direction where Zhang He and Gao Ran had opposing intentions and refused to fight with all their might.

Yuan Shao finally became suspicious of Zhang He and Gao Lan. Slightly angry, he said: "Quickly summon the two of them to come and confess!" ”

Guo Tu was afraid that he would be condemned by Yuan Shao, and if he really confronted Zhang He and Gao Laner, I am afraid it would be even more difficult to get by. So, how could he let Zhang He and Gao Ran really come to talk to him face-to-face in front of Yuan Shao?

He excused himself to step aside. secretly instructed a cronie to meet Zhang He and Gao Ran.

Ancient wars. There are many victorious generals who have made a name for themselves, and there are many historical strategies and achievements.

However, it is not that the parties do not know what to do, and in some wars, there will be more generals who are killed due to defeat.

Especially in China, ancient and modern. If you succeed, everyone will be happy. If you fail, someone has to take responsibility for it. In every war, the losing side is indeed the king and the loser, and defeat is equivalent to death.

Before, the defeat of Zhang He Baima and the defeat of Gao Ran Yanjin, the hearts of the two generals were worried about how to go back to Yuan Shao, and they were worried that Yuan Shao would be condemned because of their failure. That Gao Ran, he simply didn't dare to see Yuan Shao, he was worried that after seeing Yuan Shao back, he would be beheaded by Yuan Shao.

Sometimes, after one failure, they are lucky to avoid great difficulties, but no one dares to guarantee whether their lord will spare them after the second failure.

Of course, originally, both of them thought that they and Yuan Shao were no longer friends for a day or two, and they had followed Yuan Shao for so many years, and they had no hard work and hard work, no matter how they didn't say it, they shouldn't be guilty of it.

However, Chun Yuqiong, who had been following Yuan Shao for a longer time, was actually beheaded by Yuan Shao, and Guo Tu's cronies came to them again and said that Yuan Shao wanted to question them. This time, the two generals were really frightened, and the two of them seemed to be frightened birds.

After receiving the news from Guo Tu's cronies, the two generals were shocked, and they didn't argue the truth for a while, and their hearts were up and down, and they were uneasy.

After a while, Yuan Shao really sent an envoy to come.

If it was usual, Yuan Shao sent envoys to summon Zhang He and Gao Ran to meet him, and those envoys naturally did not dare to be contemptuous, and they would answer all questions and be respectful.

However, they didn't know that the relationship between the two generals was thoughtful, and the more they looked at the messenger who came to summon them, the more they felt that something was wrong.

With this suspicion, I always feel as if something is going to happen.

They asked the messenger why Yuan Shao had summoned them to meet him. However, the messenger didn't seem to bother to answer, and said with a somewhat cold expression.

The envoy's demeanor and expression made Zhang He and Gao Ran a little misunderstood, and they both felt that this time Yuan Shao summoned him, I am afraid it will not be so simple.

The two hesitated, and did not dare to go forward immediately, but the messenger, as if impatiently, urged them that the lord had been waiting for a long time, and they hurried forward to confess their crimes.

Confession?

When Gao Ran saw this messenger, he stopped a little speechless after saying it, so that Gao Ran actually thought that Yuan Shao was going to behead him and Zhang He like he cut off Chun Yu Qiong, and immediately pulled his sword and killed the messenger to the ground.

God is pitiful, Yuan Shao actually didn't want to kill Zhang He and Gao Ran, as long as he summoned them to question and confess, but Yuan Shao was a little anxious for a while. This messenger is actually quite normal and has no other meaning, but his performance, in the eyes of Zhang He and Gao Ran, seems to have a ghost in his heart, and in this way, he will suffer a disaster.

When Zhang He saw that Gao Ran had killed the envoy, he couldn't help but be shocked: "General Gao, how can you kill him?" Kill him now, I'm afraid I won't be able to tell again. ”

"Phew! General Zhang, we have fought for Yuan Shaoduo and made countless military exploits, but don't you think he wants to hold us accountable now? Yuan Shao listens to gluttonous rumors, is indecisive, and is not a successful person, he will be captured by Cao Cao one day! Now that he wants to kill us like Chun Qiong, do we still have to sit and wait for death? Kill the messenger. There is no turning back, so it is better to vote for Cao Cao. How is it? Gao Ran was really afraid of death, he didn't want to be killed by Yuan Shao like this. What's more, following Yuan Shao for so long, I really saw that Yuan Shaofei was the essence of Mingjun, and right now, the black nest has been lost, and its army has been fighting here for a long time. Cao Cao counterattacked on the other day, how could Yuan Shao be the enemy? Perdition, I'm afraid it's not far away.

These. Zhang He saw it more thoroughly than Gao Ran, because he saw Cao Cao's strength and became stronger and stronger. His tent will be like a cloud. Send any one, and he can't be defeated. Now, Yuan Shao still wants to kill himself? Not to mention whether Yuan Shao is still Cao Cao's enemy after killing himself, even now, no matter how many troops and horses Yuan Shao has, I am afraid that he will no longer be Cao Cao's enemy.

After the two armies fought, a general who personally participated in the battle. I know in my heart the question of which is stronger or weaker between myself and the enemy.

Zhang Hetian fought for a while. In the end, I still thought that since Yuan Shao didn't care about him and followed him for many years, and now he still wanted to kill him, what does it mean to follow him like a lord? If you can live, no one wants to die. At that moment, Zhang He said: "I have also had this heart for a long time. ”

After killing Yuan Shao's envoy, the two generals had no choice, and since they had already made a decision, they acted immediately.

Both generals have their own military horses, and their prestige in Yuan Shao's army is also very high. It is not an exaggeration to say that these two generals are the soul of Yuan Shao's army. Therefore, these two generals led their military horses to leave Yuan Shao's camp, and Yuan Shao's military horses naturally did not dare to stop each other, and let the two generals lead the army away.

Well, among them, there are many military horses that are not Zhang He and Gao Ran's headquarters, and they heard that Zhang He and Gao Ran were going to defect to Cao Cao, so they actually followed Zhang He and Gao Ran to join the enemy.

Zhang He and Gao Ran left Yuan Shao's camp to join the enemy, which was like being thrown a big stone in Yuan Shao's camp, which caused an uproar. made the Yuan army, which was already demoralized, suddenly lose his morale.

Yuan Shao knew the Tao for the first time, he heard that Zhang He and Gao Ran had killed his envoy and led the army to surrender to the enemy, and he was so stimulated that he vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot.

And Guo Tu is secretly happy in his heart, because once these two generals go, he will be safe again.

Well, the reason why Guo Tu is called a "poisoner" is because his plans are often harmful and disadvantageous. Whose princes, if there is a strategist like Guo Tu, how can they be invincible? He forced Yuan Shao's two generals so easily, it can be said that Guo Tu is probably the biggest undercover agent in the battle of Guandu.

Zhang He and Gao Ran led the army to Guandu Pass, and the general Xiahou Dun guarded the pass, and reported that Cao Cao, who had sneaked back to Guandu Pass. Cao Cao saw that Yuan Shao's army was not immediately defeated because of the destruction of Wuchao, and his own army did not defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, and failed to cross the Yellow River, so he sneaked back to Guandu.

Xiahoudun suspected that Zhang He and Gao Ran might be deceived when they came to each other at this moment, but Cao Cao accepted the surrender of Zhang He and Gao Ran, and said to Xiahoudun: "I treat him with kindness, although I have different intentions, I can also change." Cao treated Guan Yu like this in the past, why can't he treat Zhang He and Gao Ran like this today, not to mention, I don't believe that everyone in this world is as loyal to his brother as Guan Yu is. ”

In this way, Xiahoudun had no more objections.

Cao Cao wanted to get Zhang He for a long time, but now he is buying one and getting one free, and he has an extraordinary martial arts profile, and Cao Cao is even more happy. Immediately, when the two generals bowed in front of him, he immediately made Zhang He a partial general, and the Marquis of Duting; He also named Gao Ran as a partial general, Donglai Hou.

The two generals saw that Cao Cao attached so much importance to them, and as soon as they met, they bowed to the general and became the marquis, which was also a great joy, so they expressed their loyalty to Cao Cao again.

In comparison, Yuan Shaojun is like a gloomy mist at the moment.

You must know that before the war with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's advisers were like forests, fierce generals were like clouds, and there were many soldiers and food.

But look at the present? Yuan Shao's situation is enough to make people worry about Yuan Shao.

Contrary to Frustration, Frustrated is now still in custody. Xu Yu threw himself into Cao, Zhang He, Gao Ran threw himself into Cao, and also brought tens of thousands of military horses.

Chun Yuqiong was beheaded, Jiang Qi, Wei Yuanjin, and Zhao Rui were killed, and Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang and other generals who guarded the black nest with Chun Yuqiong fled for fear of crime and had not yet returned to the camp.

In this way, what other generals are available for Yuan Shao? An army of hundreds of thousands, who will lead it for him?

Now, I am afraid that only Han Meng can barely be regarded as a general, plus Lu Yi who stayed in Yecheng, and others, such as Zhaozhao, Gao Gan, Ma Yan, Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, etc., are not generals.

In terms of strategists, now Yuan Shao also has Guo Tu, Judge, Feng Ji, Xin Ping and several others. Well, in the middle of Fengji, he has already been a little inexplicable with the New Han Dynasty, and under Yang Feng's prodding, he may defect to the New Han Dynasty at any time.

At this moment, Yuan Shao can be said to be embattled, he is anxious, and he is a little confused about the current situation.

It's just that I'm afraid that Cao Cao won't give him a chance to slowly sort out his own affairs.

What's more, although Cao Cao has obtained a good situation, some of Cao Cao's real difficulties have not been solved. His sneak attack on Wuchao this time only burned Yuan Shao's military rations, but the matter of his own army's military rations running out was still not resolved.

Well, speaking of which, it really made Cao Cao feel like he was vomiting blood, his army was out of food, and it was the time when he needed military food supplies at this moment, but he burned countless grains and grass with his own hands. While starving, while burning countless grains, is there such a depressing thing in this world?

Therefore, at this moment, Cao Cao did not dare to take it lightly, and if he wanted to solve the food crisis of his army, he could only immediately launch a general attack on Yuan Shao and defeat Yuan Shao with inferior troops, so that his predicament could be truly solved. (To be continued......)