After reviewing the 40,000 light horses, Hu Li said goodbye to Zhao Yun and rushed to Zhending City in Changshan Country day and night. A few days later, Hu Li, who arrived in Zhending City, did not go to the county guard mansion to visit his family first, but went to Jia Xu's mansion first.

Hu Li arrived at the door of Jia Xu's mansion in the evening, Hu Li had been to Jia Xu's mansion several times before, and the family at Jia Xu's door knew Hu Li, the county guard. The family didn't dare to let Hu Li wait at the door, and led Hu Li into the hall without being announced.

At this time, Jia Xu was about to have dinner with his family, and when he saw Hu Li's dusty appearance, he invited Hu Li to have dinner together. After Hu Li and Jia Xu finished dinner, they came to Jia Xu's study, and after inviting Hu Li to sit on the main seat, Jia Xu said to Hu Li: "The lord came to Jia Xu's mansion as soon as he returned to the city, but he came for the battle between Yuan and Cao? ”

Hu Li replied with a smile: "Exactly, I don't know if Yuan Cao and the two sides are still facing each other now." ”

Hu Li knew that according to history, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao should still be facing each other now, and it was only after October that Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao's grain and grass were all in Wuchao because of Xu You's defection, and Cao Cao, who knew this important news, decisively followed Xu You's advice to attack Wuchao with light troops and burn his baggage. Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong and Xun You to stay in the camp, personally led 5,000 cavalry, pretended to use the banner of Yuan's army, carried fire materials, and took advantage of the night to sneak attack the black nest from the path.

Yuan Shao's subordinate general Chun Yuqiong was paralyzed, thinking that it was foolproof to guard the grain and grass in the rear, so he actually drank and had fun in the barracks and got drunk. Chun Yuqiong's drunkenness gave Cao Cao a chance, and Cao Cao led his troops to rush into the camp of Wuchao, and while killing Chun Yuqiong's camp, he ordered the soldiers to set fire.

After the mountains of grain and grass of the Yuan army were ignited, the fire reflected half of the sky, and Yuan Shao saw the fire of the black nest in the camp, and knew that it must have been Cao Cao who attacked the black nest. Yuan Shao hurriedly convened all the civil and military discussions, Zhang Jaw advocated sending a large army to rescue Wuchao, and also save some grain and grass, while Guo Tu advocated taking the opportunity to attack Cao's army camp and leave Cao Cao homeless.

Yuan Shao listened to Guo Tu's advice and sent Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran to lead an army to attack Cao Cao's camp, and only sent light cavalry to rescue Wuchao. However, Cao Cao's camp was very strong, Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran could not be attacked for a long time, and the news that all the grain and grass were burned in the defeat of Wuchao reached Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan's army, and the second general saw that the morale of his soldiers was low, so he prepared to return to the Yuan army camp.

Guo Tu was afraid that Yuan Shao would punish him, so he framed Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran for their ineffective fighting, so they could not capture Cao's camp. Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran heard the news on the way back to Yuan's camp, and the second general, who knew that his life would be in danger after returning, surrendered directly to Cao Cao. This move of Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran caused Yuan Junjun's heart to be in turmoil, internal division, and Yuan Shao's army collapsed all at once.

Yuan Shao and his eldest son Yuan Tan escaped on horseback, gathered 800 cavalry on the way to the Yellow River crossing, and together crossed the Yellow River and fled to the north bank of Liyang. The Battle of Guandu, after more than a year of confrontation, ended with Cao Cao's complete victory.

The Battle of Guandu strengthened Cao Cao and laid a solid foundation for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao and unify the north. Only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were more powerful in the north, and after defeating Yuan Shao in this battle, no one in the north could compete with Cao Cao.

Jia Xu's answer was as Hu Li expected, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao still haven't decided the winner. Hearing Jia Xu's answer, Hu Li breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the battle of Guandu would be over when he rushed back. Although Jia Xu was resourceful, he couldn't predict the prophet after all, and he would definitely not have thought of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who had been facing each other in Guandu for more than a year, because Yuan Shao's advisor Xu You defected to Cao Cao and instantly changed the entire battle situation.

Xu You was greatly dissatisfied with the fact that someone in his family in Yecheng broke the law and was arrested and imprisoned by the remaining judges, so he defected to Cao Cao. Xu You, who knew many military secrets in Yuan Shao's army, defected to Cao Cao and was greeted by Cao Cao, and when Xu You said that Yuan Shao's grain and grass were piled up in Wuchao, Cao Cao decisively chose to personally lead a surprise attack on Wuchao, thus winning the battle of Guandu.

Hu Li doesn't know who the current guard of Wuchao is, in history it was Yuan Shao's favorite general Chun Yuqiong who guarded Wuchao, but Chun Yuqiong was trampled into meat paste by the heavy cavalry led by Zhao Yun when he attacked Hu Li. I don't know if the current Wuchao guards are still as paralyzed and careless as Chun Yuqiong, and Hu Li doesn't know if Cao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao will still be successful.

Yuan Shao's subordinates, Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan, have already been taken in by Hu Li, and I don't know which two generals will attack Cao Cao's camp after Yuan Shao is attacked in Wuchao. Although Hu Li's little butterfly has changed the trajectory of history a little, Hu Li believes that the current battle of Guandu will inevitably be Cao Cao's victory, after all, Yuan Shao's character is still the same as in history: he is ambitious and wise, fierce and timid, jealous and less powerful, more soldiers and unclear divisions, arrogance and inconsistent government orders, although the land is vast and the grain is abundant, it will not be able to achieve a great cause in the end.

Moreover, several strategists who influenced Yuan Shao's choice in history are now staying by Yuan Shao's side, and Tian Feng, who was subdued by Hu Li, was imprisoned by Yuan Shao at this time in history because he was too upright and offended Yuan Shao. Later, Yuan Shao was really defeated as Tian Feng said, and Yuan Shao, who was afraid of being laughed at by Tian Feng, ordered Tian Feng to be executed. Therefore, Yuan Shao will still fail miserably in Guandu according to the trajectory of history, and he will go from the peak of his life to the end.

Hu Li, who knew that Yuan Shao's grain and grass were piled up in Wuchao, asked Jia Xu to send spies to pay more attention to the movements of Wuchao, and Hu Li asked Xiahou Lan, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun to lead a total of 80,000 troops to attack Zhao State. Because Hu Li has always been in peace and guarded himself, stayed in the territory of Changshan and never expanded to the periphery of Jizhou, and Yuan Shao's main energy is now on Cao Cao, the city of Zhao State, which is short of troops, cannot stop Xiahoulan's 20,000 siege soldiers and Gao Shun's 5,000 trapping camps.

Xiahou Lan's 20,000 besieging soldiers and Gao Shun's 5,000 siege camp attacked the city all the way, while Gao Lan's 55,000 troops followed behind them to collect prisoners and garrison the city. After capturing Zhao, Xiahoulan, Gao Shun, and Gao Lan did not stop advancing and continued to attack Wei County.

When the army led by Xiahoulan, Gao Shun, and Gao Lan was marching forward, Zhang Yan in Bingzhou also received the letter sent to him by Hu Li at Zhao Yun before, and Zhang Yan sent Zhang Jaw to lead 5,000 light cavalry and 80,000 elite Montenegrin troops to capture the Sili area according to Hu Li's instructions. After the evacuation of 80,000 elite Montenegrin troops, there were still 20,000 elite Montenegrin troops left in Changzicheng, in order to prevent the 50,000 high-ranking cadres who had been besieged in Changzicheng for two years from taking the opportunity to break through, Hu Li ordered to mobilize 50,000 troops to rush to Changzicheng to fill the vacancy left by the evacuation of 80,000 Montenegrin troops.