The sky was gloomy and unclear.

The wind blew, the yellow sand covered the sky, and the endless withered grass in the field swayed in the wind, adding a bit of desolation.

100,000 Yuan troops and 50,000 Cao troops lined up in a circle on the wilderness of Guandu, confronting each other, and the steep spring breeze blew the banners of the two armies to hunt and hunt, like a tragic ink painting.

"Farewell for five years, don't come to the first brother unharmed?"

Under the banner of Cao Jun, Cao Cao, who was dressed in armor, had "claws and yellow flying lightning" under his crotch, and his waist hung "Yitian Sword", riding out of his horse under the banner of Jing, surrounded by Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Le Jin, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Li Tong and other military generals, and asked questions on the horse.

Since the Kwantung Alliance's crusade against Dong Zhuo, the two former best friends haven't seen each other for five years.

In a flash of five years, the two brothers who fought side by side at the beginning have become mortal enemies who cannot tolerate two tigers, perhaps this is the best interpretation of the phrase "there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in the world"!

Seeing Cao Cao come out to answer, Yuan Shao, who was dressed in armor, also rode out, and pointed a horse whip at Cao Cao in his hand: "With you as a traitor alive, I can't sleep and eat, and I'm very sick!" ”

"Haha...... Brother Benchu is serious! Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, and his heroic color was fully revealed, "You occupy Hebei, I occupy Henan, the well water does not interfere with the river water, isn't it happy that there is nothing to do?" Why bother against each other? ”

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said loudly: "Shao is a great minister of the Han Dynasty, and the Yuan family has been heavily favored by the Han Dynasty for generations. After receiving the edict of the Son of Heaven, he led a large army south to crusade against you, a rebel and thief. Why don't you get off your horse and be bound, lest you die! If the big knife falls on the head, it will be too late to regret it! ”

"Haha...... Ridiculous! ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's voice fell, Cao Cao immediately sneered: "I haven't seen you for five years, I can't imagine that my brother has not seen other skills, and his bragging skills are getting better and better. ”

Yuan Shao was furious, and pointed the horsewhip in his hand at Cao Cao. Looking back left and right, he said: "Who dares to take the head of the Cao thief?" There will be a big reward! ”

"The last will go!"

A general behind Yuan Shao came out in response. I saw a five-flowered horse under his crotch, a thirteen-section hooked sickle in his palm, a gold-locked chain armor, and a four-edged iron helmet. He is more than eight feet tall. The face is as green as a blue-faced beast. The roar was like thunder, majestic, and the words did not fall. has already ridden straight to the Cao formation.

This general is none other than Wen Chou, a famous Hebei general who is as famous as Yan Liang.

If it is according to the natural development of history, after Yan Liang was killed in the Battle of Baimapo, in the subsequent Battle of Yanjin, Wen Chou was stabbed by Guan Yu in the chaos of the army and returned with his head headed.

Yuan Shao's number one and second generals were killed one after another, and the morale of the Yuan army fell to a low point, which eventually led to the collapse of the Yuan army in the Battle of Guandu.

And this time, because of the butterfly effect brought by Yuan Mai's crossing, Liu Bei did not attack Xuzhou again, and went south to occupy Lujiang and Huainan, and Guan Yu was not captured by Cao Cao, thus saving Wen Chou's life, which was also an unexpected gain for Yuan Shao.

Seeing Wen Chou menacing, Cao Cao recognized that this was Wen Chou, the fierce general under Yuan Shao, and hurriedly turned his horse back to the battle, and ordered Xu Chu to fight: "Where is Xu Zhongkang?" Fight against Wen Chou! ”

"Xu Chu is here!"

With a majestic promise, Xu Chufei put the yellow horse under his crotch, holding a seventy-one-pound tiger head machete, and went out to meet the battle.

The two horses intersected, and did not answer, and the two tigers wielded their own knives and guns entangled together, knives and spears came and went, and the horses walked in a chain, and the dust of the trampling was flying, and the eyes gradually became charming. Fifty rounds of fighting, the winner is inseparable.

There is a saying called "one force will drop ten meetings", Xu Chu is powerful, and he doesn't need to be too particular about the tricks, just slash and kill; Wen Chou's spear pays attention to routine changes, and he doesn't dare to fight hard, so the longer it takes, the greater the consumption of strength.

After another twenty rounds, although the victory and defeat were still undecided, and the situation was stalemate, Wen Chou's breathing became heavier and heavier, and Xu Chu became more and more courageous, and his roar shook the heavens and the earth.

Seeing that it was difficult to win under Wen Chou's long-term battle, Yuan Shao frowned slightly, and sighed in his heart: "If Yan Liang is not dead, why are you afraid of Cao Thief?" Only Wen Chou is left, but he can't support it alone! ”

glanced at Zhang He next to him: "Zhang Junyi went out to help the battle, and helped Wen Chou!" ”

"No!"

Zhang He agreed, urged the black "Ink Qilin" under his crotch, brandished the Wujin tiger head gun in his hand, and came out of the battle, "General Wen Chou is panicking, Zhang He is here to help you!" ”

Wen Chou stabbed out with a shot, forcing Xu Chu to take three steps back, glaring at Zhang He angrily, and shouting: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I panic?" Watch me cut off the head of this tiger idiot and dedicate it in front of Yuan's account! ”

Zhang He couldn't help but be speechless, this burned his eyebrows, and he still cared about a mistake? Looking at the situation on the field, Wen Chou is gradually falling into the wind, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but Wen Chou just refuses to admit it, he wants to lose face and suffer crimes, this is the common characteristic of him and Yan Liang, only praise him and don't look down on them!

"General Wen should be careful to fight, this Xu Chu's martial arts are very good, not to be underestimated!"

Zhang He's Wujin tiger head gun lit up, and loudly reminded Wen Chou to concentrate, while looking for an opportunity to prepare to fight Xu Chu with Wen Chou.

"What kind of hero is a hero who fights more and fights less? Hedong Xu Gongming is also here! ”

With a sudden shout, where the Cao Jun formation flag opened, Xu Huangfei rushed out of the formation with a big axe in his hand, intercepted Zhang He, and caught the fight.

Zhang He didn't answer, he rode his horse and speared, fast as the wind, and Xu Huang fought together, the two war horses turned around like a marquee, you attack and defend, parry and block, kill equally, fifty rounds of battle, it is difficult to distinguish the winner or loser.

"Shhh...... Unexpectedly, in addition to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao's command also has such outstanding generals, this Zhang He is really good, if he can be taken under his command, he will definitely be able to strengthen the strength of our army! Looking at Zhang He, who was inseparable from Xu Huang, Cao Cao stroked his beard and muttered to himself in his heart.

Seeing that the four generals were fighting against each other, and Wen Chou and Zhang He could not win, Yuan Shao was a little irritable in his heart, and ordered Gao Ran and Han Meng to go out together. The two received the order and came out together.

In Cao Cao's array, Le Jin and Li Dian went out to greet him together, and a good show was suddenly staged in the center of the array.

The trial has been hiding behind the array to direct the crossbowmen to line up, and at this moment the formation has been completed, and quietly said to Yuan Shao, it is time for Ming Jin to recall the four generals.

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement. The judge waved his hand. The gong of the Yuan army sounded in the formation of the troops, and the four generals such as Wen Chou and Zhang He got the order, and each made a false move and turned their horses back to the camp.

Xu Chu urged the horse to chase. was stopped by Xu Huang reaching out. He said in a deep voice: "General Yuan has not shown his defeat. Retreat without reason, there will be treachery in this, and you must not pursue it! ”

As soon as the words fell. The two sides of the banner in the Yuan army's array were separated, and thousands of crossbowmen suddenly poured out in a line, shooting fiercely at the Cao army, and a rain of arrows suddenly came.

Fortunately, Xu Huang reminded him early that the distance was far, and the four generals each waved their weapons, dialed the carving feather, and slowly retreated into the Cao army's formation.

"Shoot forward!"

With a wave of the judgment order, the three thousand Yuan army crossbowmen lined up, and the second team behind followed closely, and another wave of arrows rained into the Cao army's array, resounding a miserable scream, and hundreds of Cao soldiers were killed.

Cao Cao was under the umbrella of Huang Luo, calmly commanding the battle: "Don't panic, the shield hand is in front, and the crossbowmen are in line to counterattack!" ”

With Cao Cao's order, the formation of the somewhat flustered Cao soldiers changed, and the five thousand shield soldiers in front used the shields in their hands to support a protective wall, defending against the arrows of the Yuan army's crossbowmen, and slowly pushed forward, trying to meet the Yuan army.

Under the command of Cao Ren, the archers of the Cao army behind the shield soldiers formed a phalanx and fired back at the Yuan soldiers.

I could only hear the "crackling" of the bowstrings on the battlefield, the arrows were as dense as flying locusts, pouring into the formations of the two armies, and those who fell to the ground were like rice bent by the wind, dumping one by one.

Seeing that Cao's army was already prepared and could not win with crossbowmen alone, Yuan Shao waved his horsewhip in his hand and ordered: "The whole army charges!" ”

With Yuan Shao's order, hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops swept all over the mountains; Cao Cao also ordered the whole army to meet the battle, and 50,000 or 60,000 Cao troops swarmed up and started hand-to-hand combat with Yuan's army.

All of a sudden, the sound of killing in the wilderness shook the sky, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The two sides fought from noon until evening before Mingjin withdrew his troops. Counting the number of people, the Cao army lost more than 5,000 people, while the Yuan army relied on more than twice the strength of the Cao army, and won by luck, but it also lost 3,000 people, which was a small victory.

Yuan Shao's troops are more than twice as many as Cao Cao's, and he is not afraid of a war of attrition, even if he kills a thousand enemies and loses eight hundred, he can afford to use it, not to mention taking advantage of it today. Cao Cao's troops suffered a loss and did not want to fight hard with Yuan Shao, so he ordered to retreat twenty miles, set up camp, and then try a good strategy.

The next day, Yuan Shao waved his troops in pursuit, and came to the front of Cao Cao's camp to shout and scold, and Cao Cao ordered to close the door. Let Yuan Jun scold in every way, but just ignore it.

The judge offered a plan to Yuan Shao: "Since the Cao army can't hold out, you can build soil as a mound, climb high and release arrows, and the Cao army's heart will be chaotic!" ”

Yuan Shao ordered Han Juzi and Su You's two generals to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to pick soil and build mounds.

Within a few days, thirty mounds several feet high were built around Cao's camp, each of which could accommodate twenty archers. Yuan Shao then ordered the archers to climb the mound and shoot arrows at Cao's village.

The judge personally commanded, and with a wave of the flag on the horse, six hundred crossbowmen each climbed the mound and shot arrows at the Cao camp, and those who could not dodge were hit by the arrows one after another, and four or five hundred Cao soldiers were shot in one meal.

Cao Cao was furious and ordered Cao Ren to organize archers to shoot back, and under the cover of shield soldiers, three thousand Cao army crossbowmen launched a counterattack against Yuan's army on the mound.

But the mound is high and far, and shooting from top to bottom increases range and speed; Shooting from the bottom up suddenly weakened a lot, not only the range was weakened, but also the strong wind was blown in the air, and the end of the strong crossbow was gone......

The 3,000 crossbowmen and 600 Yuan soldiers in Cao's camp exchanged fire for most of the day, and they did not have the slightest advantage, but were shot and killed more than 300 people, and only 100 Yuan army archers were shot. After dark, both sides withdrew their troops.

After suffering two defeats in a row, Cao Cao was depressed, and he drank in the big tent alone, thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him.

I heard that Liu Bei was about to make a move on the Runan side, and Sun Ce didn't attack Liu Bei according to his instructions, and I don't know what attention this kid played? Anyway, Sun Ce is by no means such an easy person to command, although he is nominally an alliance with himself, he is not very cooperative with his actions.

If you can't fight with Yuan Shao quickly, you can quickly push Yuan's army back to the north of the Yellow River; If Liu Bei and Liu Biao unite to attack their rear and suffer the enemy on their backs, the situation will be difficult!

Just when Cao Cao was sullen, Liu Ye came to ask for a meeting, and after entering the big tent, he said straight to the point: "I have invented a catapult in the past few days, which can restrain the Yuan army on the mound, and I hope that Cao Gong can send someone to assist me in making this new weapon to thwart the arrogance of the Yuan army!" ”

After Cao Cao looked at Liu Ye's drawings and ideas, he was overjoyed: "Okay, great, it's really a magic weapon, with this catapult, Yuan Jun will be broken!" ”

Immediately mobilized five or six hundred carpenters, blacksmiths, leathermen, and lacquer craftsmen in the army to build catapults under the supervision of Liu Ye overnight. He also sent Le Jin and Li Dian to take advantage of the cover of night to quietly go out of the camp, look for large stones in the wilderness, and then transport them into the camp by horse-drawn carts, and after the catapults were made, they bombarded the Yuan army on the mound.

Two days later, four catapults appeared in Cao's camp.

With Liu Ye's order, four catapults threw large stones at the mound at the same time, only to hear the rumbling sound was endless, and the huge stones smashed onto the mound, and the flesh and blood of the archers who were too late to dodge were blurred, and the mounds that were not firm were destroyed one after another.

"Haha...... This thing is really an artifact! Seeing that the catapult had such a long range, Cao Cao was excited.

Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Xiahoudun, Le Jin, Li Dian, Xu Chu, Li Tong and other generals each led 3,000 elites, divided their ways, and pounced on the position of the Yuan army, and asked Liu Ye to lead the soldiers to push the catapult to throw boulders into the Yuan army's formation, destroying the Yuan army's formation.

Yuan Shao's soldiers saw the catapult for the first time, and they were a little stunned by the huge stones, and their feet were in chaos. Covered by the many fierce generals of the Cao family, a scuffle, the Yuan army could not resist, left more than 3,000 corpses, and then withdrew from the twenty miles and set up camp.

Zhang Liao and Wang Shuang each led 5,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and feint Henan, and Xu Sheng also cut off the connection between Hedong and Henan on the water, turning Hedong, which is located north of the Yellow River, into an isolated city.

Hearing that the Yuan army had invaded the border, Yu Ban, who was sitting in Luoyang, hurriedly gathered his troops to meet the battle, while Zhao Yun and Gao Shun each led 10,000 horses and quietly entered Hedong County to the east. (To be continued......)