Let's say that Jiang Qi was in a hurry, and led 10,000 horses to rush all the way to the black nest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info walked halfway, only to see a lot of soldiers coming from the opposite side, playing the banner of Yuan Jun, but one by one lost their armor, their faces were full of blood, smoke and dust, and they were extremely embarrassed. Jiang Qilema asked, "Who are you subordinates?" ”

The leading junior colonel bowed and saluted, and said with a sad face: "General Yu, we are all subordinates of General Chun Yuqiong. That Cao Cao took advantage of our deep sleep, and suddenly led his troops to kill him. I was caught off guard, most of them were either killed or burned to death, and now only these people escaped. ”

"Then how many people does Cao Cao have?"

"General Hui, in the opinion of his subordinates, there should be as many as 2,000 people."

Jiang Qi said angrily: "You 10,000 people are invincible to Cao Cao's 2,000 people? ”

The little colonel said ashamedly: "General Chun Yuqiong said that Wuchao is far away from the battlefield, and there is no need to bother to garrison, and he only drinks with the generals every day. When Cao Cao attacked, the commanders of the various departments were all drunk and unconscious, so it was difficult to fight. ”

Jiang Qi was even more furious, and said angrily: "The lives of hundreds of thousands of troops were destroyed at the hands of this drunkard. Then he asked the little school: "What about Chun Yuqiong?" ”

"I was caught off guard at that time, and most of them fled in all directions, but I didn't see General Chun Yuqiong, I was afraid that I had been poisoned by Cao Cao."

Jiang Qi scolded in his heart, and asked again: "Then Cao Cao is still in the black nest?" ”

"Yes. Wuchao is the place where the 700,000 army is stationed in the field, and the grain, grass, and military supplies are piled up like a mountain, and it takes a long time to set fire to them everywhere. I heard them privately say that they would not be able to rescue them until they left. ”

Jiang Qi thought for a while, that Cao Cao only has 2,000 people, I can have 10,000 people, if I can capture Cao Cao and extinguish the fire, I can also turn defeat into victory, and made up his mind and ordered: "You lead the way in front of the head, and the others don't have to go back to the camp, so they will follow behind our army and go to Wuchao to fight the fire." As he spoke, he commanded the army to hurriedly march towards the black nest.

Seeing that it was only ten miles away from the black nest, suddenly shouts rang out, and a team was killed from both sides. Jiang Qi was frightened, and hurriedly ordered the team to meet the enemy, but the team behind him was in chaos, Jiang Qi was even more panicked, so he had to step forward to meet the battle, but the little colonel just now raised his knife and slashed at Jiang Qi's neck, only to hear the sound of "poof", Jiang Qi died in confusion.

The junior colonel (Zhou Cang) shouted: "Jiang Qi is dead, surrender and avoid death." Yuan Jun was already panicked, and when he heard that the main general was dead, and Cao Cao's army was surrounded by him, he immediately panicked, and scattered one after another, and the army of 10,000 collapsed in an instant, either dead or surrendered. Liu Yong first asked the surrendered Yuan soldiers to escort back to Cao's camp, and then ordered more than a dozen capable soldiers under his command to go to Yuan Shao's camp to reply, only saying that Cao Cao had been driven away and the army was fighting the fire. Yuan Shao really believed it and no longer increased his troops.

Zhou Cang said: "General, will we also go back to the camp?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "No. The opportunity was rare, so we sneaked behind Yuan Shao's camp and stabbed him again. "Zhou Cang and other soldiers are killing the rise, and they are all overjoyed when they hear it.

Cao Cao led all the generals and generals to wait anxiously for the news, and the Chinese army came to report, saying that they were looking at the direction of Wuchao from the high platform. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It seems that Chongru has successfully attacked him, and I want to send troops to meet Liu Yong again in case Yuan Shao rescues the troops, what do you think?" ”

Xu Yu hurriedly said: "Gong Cao, don't." The grain and grass of Wuchao were burned, Yuan Shao will do his best to fight, Cao Gong only needs to hold on, and Yuan Shao will collapse without a fight. ”

Guo Jia also said: "Prime Minister, what Ziyuan said is very true. The battalion is the foundation of our army, and there is no room for error. If the army is divided and Yuan Shao is attacked, how can he resist it? ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "What Zhongqing said is extremely true. All the generals will return to their places and act according to the plan to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking. ”

However, he said that although Zhang He and Gao Ran knew that Cao Cao must be prepared, the military order was difficult to disobey, so they had to attack Cao's camp hard. Unexpectedly, before arriving at Cao Cao's camp, I only heard a drum sound, Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan on the left, Xu Chu and Li Dian on the right, and Cao Cao and Cao Hong in the middle. Zhang He and Gao Lan saw that Cao Cao had already prepared, so they fled, and Cao Cao rushed to kill several people, only to kill Yuan's soldiers on their backs, and they could not form an army. Zhang He and Gao Ran finally fought their way out of a bloody road, broke out of the encirclement, and only about 50 of the 5,000 elite soldiers remained.

Guo Tu heard that Cao Cao's camp had been prepared, and Zhang and Gao returned defeated, for fear that Yuan Shao would blame him for his mistakes, so he preemptively said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, the big thing is not good. I received a secret report that Zhang He and Gao Ran planned to surrender to Cao Cao, so they feigned defeat and returned. Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this: "I'm angry with me!" Quickly pass Zhang Tai and Gao Ran, I have to kill the two of them! ”

Before Yuan Shao's order arrived, Guo Tu had sent his cronies to tell Zhang and Gao that the lord had heard that the two had lost the battle and was angry and wanted to kill you. Zhang He and Gao Ran were already full of grievances, and when they heard that Yuan Shao was going to kill themselves, they were immediately disheartened. Thinking of his loyalty, Yuan Shao did not accept good plans, and sooner or later he would be captured by Cao Cao, Zhang He and Gao Ran simply did not do anything, and they really reversed, and brought their headquarters to vote for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard that Zhang He and Gao Ran were coming, and personally led his subordinates to Yuanmen to meet the second general, and named Zhang He as a partial general and Duting Marquis, and Gao Ran as a partial general and Donglai Hou. Xu You thought that the first two plans were taken by others, and he was ashamed of himself, and when he saw Zhang He and Gao Ran coming to vote, he offered another plan, and said: "Cao Gong, now Yuan Shaojun's heart is in turmoil, and there are few generals available under him, so it is better to take the opportunity to send troops to steal the camp and rob the village." ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded yes. Zhang He and Gao Ran saw that Cao Cao treated him very well, and he wanted to make meritorious service to repay his great kindness, so he took the initiative to ask for his life: "Prime Minister, the two of us are familiar with Yuan Shao's camp, please allow us to lead our troops there." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "With two generals leading the troops in front, it will definitely be successful." He also sent Xu Chu and Li Dian as auxiliaries. Zhang He and Gao Ran knew the layout of the camp and led the three-way army into the camp. Although Yuan Shao's soldiers were far more than Cao Cao, he knew that the grain and grass of the army accumulated in Wuchao had been burned, and the army had already been disheartened and demoralized.

The two armies were fighting from each other, and suddenly there was a sound of killing behind Yuan Shao's camp, and another army came in. It turned out that Liu Yong led his troops around behind Yuan Shao, taking advantage of the chaos inside, setting fire to all sides, shouting "Yuan Shao has been killed"; While leading the team into the camp. Yuan Shao's army was already struggling to support, first heard that the commander was killed, although it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false, but he was even more panicked, and then another Cao army was killed like a rainbow, and finally couldn't support it, so he had to retreat. By dawn, both sides were exhausted, and they each collected their troops and returned to the camp, and Yuan Shaojun was killed or wounded.

Zhang He and Liu Yong led the troops to return to the camp victoriously, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and personally greeted them at the camp gate, and ordered them to be rewarded. Xun You offered another plan: "Prime Minister, Yuan Shao has just been defeated, and he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and not let him have a chance to breathe." The prime minister can send people to spread rumors that he has divided his troops into two routes, one way to take sour dates, one way to attack Yecheng, and all the way to Liyang, so as to cut off Yuan Shao's retreat. Yuan Shao was frightened when he heard this, and divided his troops to take precautions. The prime minister can take advantage of Yuan Shao's transfer of troops to take advantage of the situation, and Yuan Shao will be defeated. ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, stroked his beard, and nodded: "This plan is very good, so I will act according to Gongda's plan." Sure enough, Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard that Cao Cao divided his troops into two routes, if the two places of sour jujube and Liyang were lost, then there would be a danger of annihilation of the whole army, so he immediately issued an order, and the eldest son Yuan Tan led 50,000 soldiers to guard Yecheng, and the general Xin Ming led 50,000 troops to save Liyang.

Cao Cao found out about Yuan Shao's division of troops, and immediately raised his tent to send troops, and entered Yuan Shao's camp in eight ways. Yuan Shao's army fought fiercely all night, and frequently transferred troops during the day, and he was already sleepy and defenseless. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the surrounding sounds, Cao Cao's army was killed, and Yuan Shaojun had no fighting spirit, so he was so frightened that his soul flew away and fled in all directions. Yuan Shao was wearing only underwear, barefoot, riding a bareback horse, and fled with his young son Yuan Shang. Cao Jun chased all the way, and Yuan Shao was so miserable that he had to leave books, chariots, and gold silks on the side of the road, and only took more than 800 horsemen to cross the Yellow River with him.

Other Yuan soldiers were not so lucky, there was the Yellow River in front of the danger, and there were Cao Cao's evil soldiers in the back, so they had to scatter and flee for their lives, and the 700,000 army collapsed in an instant, disappeared, and more than 80,000 people were killed, and countless people drowned in the Yellow River. After this battle, the situation in Hebei was reversed.

Cao Cao won a great victory, and ordered the captured gold, silver, jewelry, rare treasures, silk and satin to be rewarded to the meritorious soldiers. Among the books discarded by Yuan Shao were a large number of letters about Xu Du and Cao Yingzhong's fornication, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said: "At that time, Yuan Shao's soldiers were strong and strong, and even the prime minister himself didn't know if he could win the battle, let alone others. Come, burn all the letters, and don't mention it again. Liu Yong saw that Cao Cao's rewards and punishments were clear, and he was generous, and he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground. Those who wrote the letter saw that Cao Cao didn't read a word, destroyed the letter in front of him, was ashamed, and became more and more grateful to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao fled to the north bank of Liyang in a hurry, and the general Jiang Yiqu went out of the village to welcome him. Yuan Shao saw that the 700,000 army was only left with more than 800 people, and regretted that he did not listen to Tian Feng's words and caused this defeat, and he was ashamed and ashamed. Feng Ji and Tian Feng have always been at odds, and he is jealous of Tian Feng's talent, so he took the opportunity to frame Tian Feng, saying that he covered his palms and laughed when he heard Yuan Shao's defeat in prison. Yuan Shao was furious and immediately ordered Tian Feng to cut himself.

Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, knowing that he was killed, Tian Feng killed himself, and he was even more depressed and ignored political affairs. Mrs. Liu said: "My lord, now that there are internal and external troubles, and the world is unpredictable, who will take care of Hebei's foundation, or make a decision as soon as possible." Yuan Shao thought about it, so he summoned all the strategists to discuss the matter of establishing an heir to see who could inherit his career. Yuan Shao has three sons, the eldest son Yuan Tan guards Qingzhou, the second son Yuan Xi guards Youzhou, and the third son Yuan Shang is the biological son of Mrs. Liu, with a handsome appearance and strong martial arts, Yuan Shao likes it very much. It's just that at that time, there was a system for the heirs, and the elders and young were orderly, although Yuan Shao had the intention to establish Yuan Shang as his heir, but he had to listen to the opinions of the strategists. Unexpectedly, all the strategists were their masters, some towards Yuan Tan, some towards Yuan Xi, and some towards Yuan Shang, and they fought for a long time without result.

Guo Tu said: "Lord, Yuan Tan is the eldest son, and he leads a heavy army outside, if the lord is abolished, it will cause father and son to turn against each other, brothers will fall apart, and each other will see each other." Now that the enemy is present, we should unite sincerely to resist Cao Cao, and let's talk about the matter of establishing an heir later. Yuan Shao was indecisive and hesitated for a long time, so he had to nod in agreement. At this time, someone came to report that Yuan Xi led 60,000 troops from Youzhou; Yuan Tan led 50,000 troops from Qingzhou; His nephew Gao Gan also brought 50,000 troops, who came from the state and went to Jizhou to help in the war.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered the soldiers to send Cangting to fight a decisive battle with Cao Cao to report the hatred of the officials. (To be continued.) )