The camp of the black nest was on fire, and the sound of killing shook the ground.

"Out of the camp to repel the Cao army, Wei Yuanjin led two thousand cavalry on the left, Han Juzi led two thousand cavalry on the right, Zhao Rui and Ben General led other foot soldiers in the center, and worked together to force this Cao army back and defend the granary!"

Chun Yuqiong, who had not completely subsided in alcohol, led 20,000 horses out of the camp, entangled with Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's cavalry, and launched a white-bladed hand-to-hand combat with bayonets.

Cao's army is elite, Yuan's army is many, and it is difficult to distinguish victory and defeat for a while; Under the bright torchlight, from time to time someone fell to the ground and died, and then the limbs trampled by the war horse were mutilated.

Just when Chun Yuqiong was entangled with Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, Lejin's 6,000 men and horses rushed from the Green Snake Ridge to the west gate of the Wuchao camp, quietly lit the firewood they carried, and threw it into the camp.

The archers fired with all their might, pushing Cao Bing back. The people of the Sword and Shield Battalion immediately went to Wuchaoze to get water to put out the fire! ”

The defender Su You sent crossbowmen to shoot outside, shooting back the Cao army close to the camp, and on the other hand, he organized troops to extinguish the fire and save food, if the fire became bigger and bigger, the entire Wuchao granary would be reduced to ashes.

Just when Lejin's men and horses and Su You's defenders were shooting each other with bows and crossbows, a reinforcement with the banner of Cao Jun suddenly came from behind, the flag was fluttering, and the word "Cao" was written in a big book.

"Great, Cao Gong's reinforcements have arrived, and the brothers are trying to move forward, rushing through the camp and burning the fire more vigorously!"

Le Jin mistakenly thought that Cao Cao had led his troops to come. Armed with an iron knife in hand, he rushed forward and urged his troops to storm the camp, trying to break through the door and burn the fire more violently, turning the granary of the black nest into a sea of fire.

"Kill Cao Bing!"

After connecting with Cao Jun, Guo Huai took the lead in taking off Cao Jun's clothes, stabbed two Cao soldiers to death with a halberd, and beckoned the soldiers behind him to move forward bravely.

With Guo Huai's example, the Bingzhou army, which had been holding back for a long time, was like a tiger descending from the mountain to kill Lejin's troops, everywhere he went. Piles of corpses.

The Lejin Department was killed by surprise. After losing more than 2,000 people and gradually losing its strength, he retreated in the direction of Guanyi Avenue and prepared to join Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's cavalry. Stage a comeback.

Su You saw two Cao soldiers in the camp and set fire together. I don't know why?

I was surprised. Yuan Mai sent someone to shout: "We are here to help Wuchao on the order of Yuan Gong, open the door quickly, and let us into the camp!" ”

Just when Su Yu was hesitating. Yuan Mai ordered the soldiers to take off the outer Cao Jun uniforms, revealing the Yuan Jun armor inside, so that the defenders inside could see clearly. Su You believed that this was a reinforcement from Guandu, so he hurriedly ordered the door to be opened and let Yuan Mai and others into the camp.

"Cao's army is menacing, and it needs to be quickly transferred to the grain and grass. General Su led his troops to block the Cao army from the south, and we transferred the grain to the Guandu camp! ”

As soon as Yuan Mai entered the camp, under the escort of Zhu Gongdao, he commanded his soldiers to load the unburned grain on the wagon and transport it to the bank of the Yellow River.

Su You saw that the situation was critical, and the fire in the black nest was getting bigger and bigger, and if he didn't transfer it in time, he would be burned to the ground, so he had to nod in agreement. "In this case, I am tired of you transporting grain and grass, and I will lead my troops to the south gate to block Cao's army!"

After handing over the heavy responsibility of rescuing the grain and grass to this "reinforcement army from Guandu", Su You gathered the men and horses of the headquarters and killed the south gate, blocking the Lejin Department and the Wuchao camp that came from the Green Snake Ridge, and Yuan Mai took over for the time being.

"Hurry up, load the grain into trucks and transport it to the banks of the Yellow River!"

The situation was critical, and Yuan Mai couldn't care about his identity, so he personally grabbed the sack containing grain in the camp tent, carried it on his shoulder, and threw it to the carriage.

"Oops...... As long as Lord Thorn Shi is supervising on the side, let me and Zhou Cang come! ”

Zhu Gongdao had a bag of grain under a creaking nest, loading the car like the wind, and beckoning Yuan Mai to stop. How can a dignified Lord Thorn do this hard work?

Yuan Mai threw a bag of grain on the carriage, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and gasped: "The situation is urgent, I can't take care of it so much." Everyone is working hard, if they can grab a little food, they will be engulfed by the fire! ”

Seeing that the assassin was the first soldier, and the state army was greatly encouraged, everyone rushed to be the first, and each contributed. Within half an hour, more than 1,000 carriages were filled, and then Zhou Cang led 2,000 cavalry to escort them to the banks of the Yellow River, handed them over to Xu Sheng, and then transported to the north bank of the Yellow River.

After sending Zhou Cang away, Yuan Mai found that there were still six or seven hundred horse-drawn carriages in the camp, which were used to deliver grain to Guandu. Immediately led the troops to take control, drove the guards to the side to extinguish the fire, and led the men and horses of the headquarters to continue to load the truck.

After another half an hour, six or seven hundred carriages were filled again, and Guo Huai was sent to lead two thousand people to the bank of the Yellow River, and after handing them over to Xu Sheng, they returned to help in the battle.

Yuan Shao saw the flames in the direction of Wuchao in the middle of the camp, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly convened all the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures: "Unexpectedly, the Cao thief is so fast, it seems that the direction of Wuchao has been attacked by Cao's heavy troops, so what can I do?" ”

Feng Ji Jin said: "Cao Jun rushed to attack Wuchao, the camp must be empty, so that Zhang He and Gao Lan led their troops to rob the camp and attack Cao Cao's rear, this is the strategy of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', Cao Jun will inevitably retreat when he sees that the rear is lost!" ”

Yuan Shao ordered Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead 15,000 men to march south and attack the Cao army camp ten miles away.

After Zhang He and Gao Lan's two generals left, Wen Chou asked for troops to support Wuchao: "Wuchao is heavy, I am afraid that Chun Yuqiong will not be able to defend it, if it is lost, the grain and grass will be destroyed, and the army's heart will inevitably be shaken, please Yuan Gong allocate me a soldier and horse to rescue Wuchao!" ”

Yuan Shao nodded and agreed to Wen Chou's request, allocated him 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers, and rushed to Wuchao to retreat the enemy at the fastest speed to protect the grain and grass.

In the Wuchao camp, there was a fire, and the battle continued.

While leading his troops to rescue food, Yuan Mai organized his troops to fire arrows outside the camp to prevent Cao's army from approaching.

More than an hour later. Zhou Cang led the cavalry to drive more than a thousand carriages back to Wuchao and continued to grab grain. Yuan Mai commanded his soldiers to load the cart with all their might, and within half an hour, it was reloaded with more than 1,000 carriages and transported to the north again.

Cao Jun's six-way soldiers and horses, in addition to Xiahoudun was killed and retreated by Zhang Liao, Cao Chun, Le Jin, and Li Tong's three teams had already rushed to the black nest and were in a melee with Chun Yuqiong's team, only Xu Huang and Cao Cao's two teams did not arrive.

Xu Huang's team walked through Huanghuagang, and the road was only three miles away from Yuan Shang's camp. After being seen by a patrolling scout. gave the military intelligence to Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang guessed that Xu Huang was likely to attack Wuchao, and hurriedly led 15,000 men and horses out of the camp to intercept Xu Huang.

Xu Huang has few soldiers, but he is elite; Yuan has many soldiers, and his combat power is slightly inferior. The two teams fought together. It's hard to tell the difference between victory and defeat for a while. Therefore, it was difficult for Xu Huang's team to reach the black nest for a while.

Cao Cao's people were closed because of a detour. It was the farthest of the six roads, so I arrived at the dawn of the day, and saw a detachment of men and horses carrying grain and grass in the firelight. Hurriedly launched a surprise attack, and fired arrows tied to torches into the camp.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao divided his troops and came with great momentum.

Chun Yuqiong, Su You and others were entangled, unable to meet the enemy, Cao Cao's troops were about to kill into the camp, Yuan Mai had to order Zhu Gong to temporarily give up moving grain, go to the east to block the gate of the village, to avoid being killed by Cao's army, causing greater losses.

At the critical juncture, fortunately, Zhang Liao led his troops to return from Chishuitan.

A drum sounded, covering up from behind Cao Cao; Cao's army suffered from the enemy on its back, so it could only turn around and meet Zhang Liao's men and horses first, and then turn around and burn grain after repelling Zhang Liao.

The arrival of Zhang Liao gave Yuan Mai time to continue to rescue grain and grass, move the grain that had not yet been burned from the camp to the wilderness, and wait for the return of the carriage escorted by Guo Huai, and then load it again and transport it to the bank of the Yellow River.

After many consecutive transportations, the state army snatched a total of 300,000 stone grain and 150,000 stone forage from the Wuchao camp; In the end, the remaining grain and grass could not be salvaged, and was consumed by the increasingly strong fire.

When the sky was hazy, the camp of the Black Nest turned into a sea of fire, lighting up the entire sky.

The grain and grass that should have been robbed have been rescued, and seeing that Zhang Liao's army was in a bitter battle, Yuan Mai led his 4,000 men and horses to the south, joined forces with Zhang Liao, and fought with the most elite troops under Cao Cao.

This Cao army has the advantage in numbers, and there are real tigers and leopards to help, and there are fierce men like Xu Chu and Cao Zhang galloping back and forth in the team, and although the state army is fighting with all its might, it is difficult to gain the upper hand.

In the midst of the bitter battle, the horn sounded in the rear, and Wen Chou led 8,000 cavalry to kill, swept in, and quickly put into the battlefield.

Receiving strong reinforcements, the state army immediately gained the upper hand and launched a fierce attack on Cao's army.

"The black nest has burned out, withdraw the troops!"

Seeing that Yuan's troops from all walks of life were coming, Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of his troops.

In the chaos, I don't know how much food has been burned, anyway, the Wuchao camp has been destroyed, the officers and soldiers of the three armies have done their best, and the others can only make things happen in the sky!

On another battlefield, Chun Yuqiong, the master of the black nest, fell under his horse because he was drunk and unstable, and his body was dismembered by a knife.

Wei Yuanjin was beheaded by Le Jin, and Zhao Rui was killed by Cao Xiu with an arrow; More than 20,000 Yuan soldiers began to show a rout, and Han Juzi saw that the Wuchao camp had been burned to the sea, so he led his troops to retreat westward to collect the defeated soldiers.

Cao Chun, Le Jin and others did not chase after them, but waved their troops to the east to join forces with Cao Cao, and tried their best to kill Wen Chou and the Bingzhou army, and retreated to their own camp along the road of Qingsnake Ridge together.

Just when Wuchao was fighting hard, Cao Cao's base camp was also a killing sound.

The two generals Zhang He and Gao Lan gave the order and led their troops to kill Cao Ying, hoping to reverse the situation, turn the tide and help the building to fall.

It's just that Cao's soldiers have already laid an ambush, dug dark passages on both sides of the camp, buried five or six thousand archers, and waited for them. After watching Yuan Jun approach, an order was given, and the arrows were fired in unison, and the thunderbolt cars in the village were smashed, and the Yuan army suffered countless casualties, and he was unable to rush into the Cao army's fence at all.

While Cao Ren and Li Dian were concentrating their elite and fighting against Zhang He and Gao Ran with all their might, Wang Shuang led the white feather cavalry to sneak over from the rear of Cao Ying.

I didn't dare to charge the Cao camp, this was a matter of losing troops, even if the whole team caught up, I am afraid that they would not be able to rush into the Cao camp.

Just according to Yuan Mai's previous instructions, he fired arrows around Cao Ying's circle, and shot rockets with flammable materials towards Cao Jun's tent, and it didn't take long for Cao Jun's camp to burst into flames, and the tents hit by the rockets burned one after another.

After succeeding, Wang Shuang did not dare to fight, and led his troops to retreat eastward, going to the agreed bank of the Yellow River to meet the main force of the Bingzhou army. As for how many things Cao Ying can burn in this fire, it is still a sentence, it is up to people to do things, and things are done in heaven!

Seeing that Cao Ying did not come out of the nest as predicted by Feng Ji, but had already been ambushed, Zhang He and Gao Lan lost nearly 10,000 troops, and they still couldn't step into Cao Ying, but the banner of Cao Jun was already fluttering behind them.

"General Junyi, the Cao army that robbed the grain has returned, withdraw quickly!"

Gao Ran realized that he was about to be attacked from the front and back, and hurriedly beckoned Zhang He to retreat.

Zhang and Gao Er's generals led their troops to retreat north for four or five miles, and met with the main force of Cao's army that withdrew from Wuchao.

Zhang He and Gao Lan broke through the siege with all their might, and finally led more than 7,000 people to kill through the encirclement, and the rest of the men and horses were killed or captured, and 30,000 horses lost about 23,000, which can be called a fiasco.

At dawn, the battle reports from all walks of life were fed back to Yuan Shao's camp.

On the Wuchao side, the main general Chun Yuqiong, the partial generals Wei Yuanjin, and Zhao Rui were all killed, and more than 22,000 of the 30,000 defenders died, leaving only more than 7,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers, which were collected by Su You and Han Juzi, and went to take refuge in the direction of Yuan Shang.

The Wuchao camp was engulfed in fire and flattened, as for how much grain and grass was lost, due to the sudden addition of the Bingzhou Legion, part of the grain and grass was rescued, and the loss is unknown for the time being, and it is still necessary to wait for Yuan Mai to report.

Wen Chou's reinforcements also suffered more than 3,000 casualties in the melee with Cao's army, and Zhang He and Gao Lan, who implemented the strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao", were even more defeated, and only 7,000 of the 30,000 soldiers and horses remained, and they are currently stationed in the southeast of the Guandu camp ten miles away, waiting for orders.

Before the statistics were complete, Yuan Jun lost 50,000 horses in this bloody battle, and he didn't know how much grain and grass he lost, which made Yuan Shao anxious and fainted to the ground.

The medical craftsman was busy for a while, Yuan Shao woke up slowly, lay on the bed and gritted his teeth: "Our army has suffered such heavy losses, I don't know what the losses of Cao's army are?" Zhang He and Gao Ran attacked Cao Zhai and killed how many Cao soldiers? ”

Xun Chen admonished beside him: "Although the lord is relieved, this is a white-knuckle battle, the situation of the Cao army will definitely not be much better, and the casualties of the Cao army will be known in a day or two, the lord does not need to be so worried!" ”

Yuan Shaoqiang was in good spirits, sat up and drank a bowl of sweet porridge, his spirit improved slightly, and he glanced at the civil and military staff and said: "Zhang He and Gao Ran sneaked up on Cao Ying, but they didn't succeed, why did they lose so many troops?" Hurry up and see me at the camp! (To be continued......)