The reason why Yuan Shao dared to invest a large number of troops at one time was to break through Cao Cao's defense line and defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop. This is mainly because he saw that the method of attacking Cao Cao that he had realized from Liu Yi when he attacked Zhang Yan in Montenegro seemed to have a great restraint effect on attacking Cao Cao.

After several days of hard work, he was finally able to use the stake array to approach Cao Cao's defense, thinking that Cao Cao could only watch his army attack now, and there was no way to stop his attack.

However, unexpectedly, Cao Cao actually transferred a large number of trebuchets and threw stones directly into the stake array, causing Yuan's army to suffer huge casualties.

There was no way, the sergeant dared to charge, that was to see the hope of victory, but now it is so cruel, now Cao Cao no longer uses rolling stones and sassage wood to push down the mountain for a futile attack, but directly uses a trebuchet to throw stones into the air and fall directly into the stake formation.

No one wants to die, let alone die so horribly.

Every Yuan Shao soldier who saw him being smashed off his head and killing a bunch of people with a single smash, they were all frightened by this inexplicable killing.

At this time, what kind of sword and shield soldiers, what kind of archers, what kind of daring to die first in the team, where did they really rush forward without their lives?

The stake array was broken by Cao Jun's trebuchet, making everyone feel that they had no sense of security at all, at this time, who would dare to stay in the stake array?

As the saying goes, the faster you come, the faster you retreat.

In the blink of an eye, almost all of Yuan Shao's military horses retreated to the flat ground under the mountain. Everyone looked pale and did not dare to take another step forward.

Yuan Shao watched his military horse retreat so quickly that he was almost so angry that he vomited blood. Of course, when the general came to report the truth to him, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a little frightened. Zhilu Dao's carefully arranged wooden stake array has no effect.

If the stake array can no longer play a role in protecting his own army, then launching another attack on Cao Cao's defense line will only increase casualties. Alas, the efforts of the past few days. It's all in vain.

Yuan Shao's heart was dripping blood, so he had to temporarily order the army to collect troops and count the losses.

Yuan Shaojun retreated. Cao Cao's army also stopped attacking, and for a while, there was still a storm, and a big battle seemed to be an inevitable atmosphere. Now. The entire battlefield was silent, only the wooden stakes on the middle of the mountain, the wooden stakes that were crooked, and the piles of flesh and blood in the array, and the smell of blood, let people know what was going on here.

With a coax, the sergeants on Cao Cao's defense line let out a shout of victory.

Cao Cao has now found Liu Ye. I am very grateful to Liu Ye, because. He knew that if Liu Ye hadn't proposed to use trebuchets to break Yuan Shaojun's stake array, they might still have to fight hard with Yuan Shao's army now, and whether they could withstand Yuan Shao's attack in the end, he really didn't know the bottom of his heart.

After all, this more than 30 miles long defense line is too long, and there are many shortcomings, as long as Yuan Shaojun keeps attacking, there will always be a time when Yuan Shaojun will break through, and when the time comes, there is a gap missing, so that Yuan Shao's army can kill into the pass, then it will be a big deal.

Cao Cao thanked Liu Ye and gave Liu Ye a rich reward.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao's retreat and stopping the attack this time would give him a certain chance to breathe, at least, before Yuan Shao had no new way to capture Guandu, Yuan Shao would probably attack again. In other words, Cao Cao can now concentrate on finding Yuan Shaojun's grain transportation route and searching for the location of Yuan Shaojun's granary.

As long as he wins to burn down Yuan Shao's granary before Yuan Shaojun thinks of a way to attack him again, then it is equivalent to the time to completely enter the counterattack, and when the time comes, he will let Yuan Shao know how to write dead words!

After Yuan Shao collected his troops and returned to the camp, he counted the number of people slightly, and he found that under the brief attack of Cao Cao's trebuchet, the 300,000 troops and horses he dispatched actually lost one-tenth of his troops, and the soldiers who remained in the stake array in the middle of the mountain and could never come back were as many as 30,000.

Yuan Shao's heart is really dripping blood, this is still the soldiers saw the opportunity early, and the retreat came quickly, otherwise, this would definitely be more than just the casualties of these 30,000 horses.

Well, in fact, even if Cao Cao's military horses did not have trebuchets, Yuan Shao dispatched an army of 300,000 to directly attack the entire line of Cao Cao's defense line, even if Guandu could be broken in the end, Yuan Shao's military horses would still have huge casualties. By then, his casualties would have far exceeded these 30,000.

You must know that with the strength of the Cao army, if Cao Cao does not retreat in a desperate battle, even if he can let the Yuan army directly attack the wall, Yuan Shao's 300,000 military horses may not be the enemy of the Cao army, he can only continue to invest his troops and put the whole army into the attack, even if he captures Guandu, he will lose more than half of his troops, that is to say, the number of casualties will definitely exceed 150,000 horses. Such a victory, if victorious, can only be described as a pyrrhic victory.

For a while, Yuan Shao didn't seem to have a better way to continue attacking Guandu, at this time, even if he had more troops, it was impossible for him to attack Guandu directly, and he would definitely send the soldiers to death.

In this way, Yuan Shao, who continued to attack Guandu, had to suspend the attack and spend all day in the barracks discussing with a group of strategists how to capture Guandu under the current situation.

Cao Cao saw that Yuan Shao had really stopped the attack, so he immediately asked a group of generals to seize the opportunity to sneak across the Yellow River to Hebei to spy on Yuan Shaojun's granary.

Just when the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao that seemed to be about to be a decisive battle ended without a hitch, Guan Yu had already taken his sister-in-law Liang Lan, Sun Gan and hundreds of other soldiers to return to Hebei without any danger. Because of Cao Cao's release documents, even the main generals who were killed by Guan Yu earlier, but now those soldiers guarding the customs and the acting general guarding the customs do not dare to do anything to Guan Yu and send Guan Yu through the customs respectively.

Guan Yu returned to the pass that Wang Zhi guarded, and on behalf of the generals, he released back the more than 50 soldiers who were originally Guan Yu who they had captured. In this way, Guan Yu and his party had more than 50 more soldiers.

Nothing to say all the way, after that. In order to avoid some trouble, Guan Yu bypassed Xu Du again and could not enter the city.

Not a day. Guan Yu went to Runan with Sun Qian and others.

Guan Yu sent it back to Liu Bei in order to protect his sister-in-law. Starting from Xudu, going north across the Yellow River, and then returning, arriving at Runan, this trip, walked more than 1,000 miles in a row. This is the story of Guan Yu riding alone for thousands of miles and passing five levels and killing six generals. Afterward. These stories have been shaped and become stories that have been passed down through the ages. It also shaped the image of Guan Yuzhongyi more deeply and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's just that now although Guan Yu and Sun Qian have arrived in Runan, Runan City at this moment. But it was already completely ruled by Cao Cao. It is no longer Runan City when it was occupied by Liu Pi, Gong Du and other "thieves" not long ago.

After Guan Yu recovered Runan City and returned to Xudu, when Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao's army, he was worried that Cai Yang, who seemed to be not convinced by Guan Yu, would quarrel with Guan Yu, so he did not take Cai Yang to Guandu, but let Cai Yang return to Runan City, so that he could continue to govern Runan City. Well, Cai Yang was originally the Taishou of Runan, and it was just right for him to return to Runan.

Guan Yu let people know. The guard of Runan City is Cai Yang, although he doesn't know that Cai Yang has a big opinion about himself. But he also remembered that Xiahoudun said that when he crossed the north bank of the Yellow River, he robbed the ferry controlled by Cao Jun and killed Qin Qi, the guard of the ferry, but this Qin Qi was Cai Yang's nephew.

Although Guan Yu is now in Runan, he has not seen Liu Bei yet, and he can't send Liang Lan back to Liu Bei's side, so he didn't want to cause trouble, so he and Sun Qian led the men and horses to a village that was a little hidden and stayed. Then let Sun Qian find a way to find out where Liu Bei, who should have fled to Runan, is now.

Guan Yu originally wanted to go directly to the ancient city to see Zhang Fei, but he thought that he was going to leave Liu Bei, and naturally he didn't want Zhang Fei to return to Liu Bei's side.

Zhang Fei should have a hot fight with Liu Bi, Gong Du and other guys now, and he can be regarded as a person from the New Han Dynasty, so he should wait for himself to send his sister-in-law back to Liu Bei, explain his situation to Liu Bei, and it is not too late to go to Zhang Fei after leaving Liu Bei.

Sun Qian went to find Liu Bei's whereabouts, and after going for a few days, he brought back Liu Bei's news.

It turned out that when Liu Bei left with his military horses from Yuan Shao's military camp, Yuan Shao still sent a lot of soldiers and horses to act with Liu Bei.

After arriving in Runan, Yuan Shaojun wanted to attack Runan City, harass Cao Cao's rear, and support the battle of Guandu. However, Liu Bei fled from Yuan Shao's army and arrived in Runan, not because he really wanted to do things with Yuan Shao, but because he wanted to find Zhang Fei back, find a place to stay, and then recruit troops and horses, wait for the victory between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and send troops to seize a place for his own development depending on the situation.

Therefore, when Yuan Shaojun asked to attack Runan City immediately, Liu Bei pushed and shoved, which made the accompanying Yuan Shaojun suspicious of Liu Bei. The general of Yuan Shao was loyal to Yuan Shao, and when he saw Liu Bei like this, he intended to control Liu Bei and send him back to Yuan Shao's camp to wait for Yuan Shao to deal with Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was naturally unwilling to be controlled, and clashed with Yuan Shaojun, who went to Runan together, and turned against each other. As a result, the two armies fought and suffered casualties on each other, and Liu Bei was worried that Yuan Shao would send more military horses to deal with him, and he was even more worried that it would alarm Cao Cao's military horses. Therefore, he took advantage of the night to quietly lead his military horse to break away from contact with Yuan Shaojun and fled to some mountains and forests.

Yuan Shaojun saw that they had lost Liu Bei's traces, and in desperation, they did not dare to easily expose their whereabouts, and without Liu Bei's help, they did not dare to attack Runan City, so they had to quietly return to Yuan Shao's camp and report Liu Bei's situation to Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao's military horse left, Liu Bei sent people to look for Zhang Fei everywhere, but after so many days, Liu Bei still still hasn't found Zhang Fei.

After listening to Sun Gan's report, Guan Yu knew in his heart that it should not be that Liu Bei couldn't find Zhang Fei, but that Zhang Fei avoided Liu Bei and didn't take the initiative to meet Liu Bei.

Well, for seeing Liu Bei or not, Guan Yu's heart doesn't know how many difficulties Lu Dao has. Now that the matter has come to this, he really wants to write a letter to Liu Bei to explain his intentions, and then entrust his sister-in-law to Sun Gan, and let Sun Qian escort him back to see Liu Bei.

However, every time Guan Yu saw the dark eyes of his sister-in-law who made him sad, Guan Yu could no longer leave ruthlessly. Fact. Guan Yu's heart has always been at war with the heavens, and he finally decided to leave Liu Bei and join Liu Yi. However, now there is an extra fetters and concerns, which makes Guan Yu extremely embarrassed, even more difficult than the fact that he left Liu Bei.

Liang Lan is his sister-in-law, Guan Yu asked himself if he couldn't think anything wrong about this sister-in-law, but he and his sister-in-law had already pierced the window paper. Affection for each other. Guan Yu asked himself if he was a man who stood up to the sky and the earth, and he was a brave person. In the face of beauty's kindness, in the face of this kind of relationship that may be considered indecent by the world. What choice does Guan Yu have now?

is about to see Liu Bei, is it to show Liu Bei his attitude and emotions towards his sister-in-law, so that Liu Bei can fulfill himself and Liang Lan? Will this work? How can I say such a thing?

Hehe. Say it. made Guan Yu feel that he shouldn't be, but if he didn't say it, he felt uneasy in his heart, betrayed Liang Lan's feelings for him, and violated his own heart.

"Hey...... General Guan, it's really not easy, since the separation of Xuzhou, I can meet the lord again. Didn't General Guan feel a little excited and looking forward to it? Sun Qian saw that Guan Yu had been silent after listening to his report, and his expression changed. As if he was full of thoughts, he broke the silence and sighed.

"Uh, well, yes, it's not a long time in between, but it makes people feel like they are in a different world." Guan Yu casually responded to Sun Qiandao.

"General Guan, you have really worked hard to protect your mother all the way." At this moment, Sun Qian seemed to have another deep meaning and said to Guan Yu: "General Guan, in fact, Sun Mou knows that you are protecting your mastermother, from Xuzhou to Xiapi, and from Xiapi to Xudu, and now you are here in Runan, it is really not easy." Especially in Cao Ying, in order to protect the affairs of the master's mother, Sun also heard about it. ”

"Oh? What have you heard? Guan Yu was now thinking about how he would talk to Liu Bei after he met Liu Bei, so he was noncommittal to Sun Gan's words.

"Hehe, that Cao Cao, it's really vicious, he can also let General Guan you really use it for him, and he actually came up with a means to destroy your reputation and break your loyalty to deal with you, fortunately, General Guan, you really lived up to expectations, and didn't make any mistakes, from now on, General Guan, you can be called a model of loyalty and righteousness for the entire Han Dynasty, and your reputation will inevitably spread through the ages." Sun Qian smiled softly.

"Huh? Mr. Sun, what exactly are you trying to say? Guan Yu secretly felt in his heart that this Sun Qian meant something, and he wanted to hint at something, so he couldn't help frowning and asked.

"Yun Chang really doesn't know or fake doesn't know?" Sun Qian looked sideways at Guan Yu and said: "You and Cao Cao have three chapters of the law, how can Cao Cao be willing to vote for Han and not for Cao?" Don't you know that Cao Cao deliberately made you and your sister-in-law alone in the same room, just because he wanted you and your sister-in-law...... Hehe, as long as your reputation is ruined, then how can you talk about loyalty again? When the time comes, what face will you have to see the lord again? Isn't it used by Cao Cao? ”

"Mr. Sun!" Guan Yu stood up, Dan Feng glared, "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that you went to find my eldest brother Liu Bei this time and heard some untrue words? ”

"Ha Luha, Yun Chang, don't be impatient, this is just Sun Mou's own meaning." Seeing that Guan Yu was so nervous, Sun Qian couldn't help but press his hand to Guan Yu and said, "Sun Mou told you this, I just hope that Yun Chang can make you a little more interesting, because ......"

"Because I can see that Mrs. Liang, the main mother, seems to be different from General Guan, if this is still the case, when I see the lord, Sun is worried that you will not be able to make sense." Sun Qian didn't wait for Guan Yu to ask, and said directly: "Women, they are all emotional animals, well, this sentence is not what I said, I heard it from some people at the banquet chatting." However, Sun felt that this sentence was quite reasonable. General Guan has protected Mrs. Liang for so long, which will inevitably move Mrs. Liang's heart and have a good impression of General Guan. These days, Sun Qian has also noticed, as if ...... It seems that Mrs. Liang has surpassed the performance of a normal woman in her words and actions, especially when she looks at you, even a blind person can see what is in her eyes. ”

"Huh? Really? So what? Guan and sister-in-law Liang Lan depend on each other for life and death all the way, like a family, sister-in-law cares about Guan, what's wrong with this? Although Guan Yu and Liang Lan have developed feelings for each other, except for saving Liang Lan from the hands of the thief, he has not done anything offensive to each other. Therefore, Guan Yu is very calm now.

"It's Mr. Sun, you don't have a good academic career, why do you care about this kind of gossip and boring matters?" Guan Yu was a little dissatisfied with Sun Gan's use of these things.

"Uh...... General Guan is really not strange. Sun just wanted to remind General Guan that the so-called monarch is a monarch and a minister is a minister, and there are some things that must be paid attention to. Sun admired General Guan's personality and didn't want General Guan to be suspicious of the Lord in the future. ”

"It turns out that Mr. Sun is kindly reminding Guan." Guan Yu saw that Sun Qian didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded and said, "Guan Mou understands, people's words are terrifying, right?" These Guan Mou have his own part, so Mr. Sun should not worry too much about Guan. Besides, if people suspect a person, they don't need any reason, and it's not something that Guan can stop, everything is arbitrary, and there is no need to deliberately hide anything. ”

"Then, General Guan, you can do it yourself, the lord and General Guan will meet in a village fifty miles north and south of Ru. Is the general going to rush right away? When Sun Qian saw Guan Yu say this, he had no choice, so he had no choice but to follow Guan Yu. (To be continued......)