Huguan fire, the original grain and grass were lost. In the current situation, he has two choices.

First, make a desperate bet, enter the state, take food on the spot, and eliminate Gao Yuan. Yuan Shao believed that Gao Yuan must have brought a considerable number of soldiers and horses, so that he could attack Huguan in a hurry. If you are so far away in the mainland, there will be no soldiers, so wherever your soldiers go, they must be devastating and conquering cities.

After attacking the city and plundering the land, are you still afraid that there will be no food?

The second is that the whole army immediately retreated, lest the hungry soldiers be unable to attack, and after penetrating, they would be completely wiped out by Gao Yuan.

Yuan Shao pondered for a while, and his face was extremely difficult to look at, which came from the fact that he remembered that his previous attacks were high and far fruitless. And this time, to this point, it is also a loss of 20,000 soldiers. If he returns in vain, Yuan Shao will not be able to get over it, and it is certain that he will be embarrassed and thrown into the whole world.

In Benchu's opinion, the people of the whole heaven would say: "Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third dukes, was personally defeated. ”

"An army of 100,000 has not fought 5,000 people."

"The third prince of the fourth world of bullshit, the land of the four states of bullshit." Such voices kept ringing in Yuan Shao's mind.

After Yuan Shao pressed it hard, he pondered it carefully, after all, the soldiers and horses he went out of the customs still carried a few days of grain and grass. So, Yuan Shao made a decision, and said: "Gonghe, how many days can our army's grain and grass be used?" ”

Fu Zhu guessed a little and panicked, but he immediately said, "I can still use it for two days." ”

The primary goal of Yuan Jun's exit from Huguan Pass was Huguan City, which was a day's journey. According to the plan, Huguan Castle will be his next stronghold. After the capture, there will be a short rest. And Gao Yuan only has three or five thousand soldiers and horses, and in the eyes of all the personnel of Yuan Shao's group, Gao Yuan simply cannot resist Yuan's army from quickly occupying the entire Huguan area. Therefore, when Yuan Jun came out of the pot pass. I brought only three days' rations of grass.

One day passed yesterday, and now it's two days of food and grass.

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, and said, "With these two days of grain and grass, plus taking grain on the spot, it's enough!" ”

Frustrated to find that Yuan Shao had returned to his previous state of excess, thinking that it had appeared under Gao Yuan's pressure, he was in a hurry. He said loudly: "Lord, you must not be able to get food on the spot." Gao Mengyan is very cunning, how can he leave our army a chance to get food on the spot, he will definitely clear the wilderness and retreat the people. The subordinates told the truth. Not to mention the 80,000 soldiers of the lord, whether they can go back safely is still two words. ”

Yuan Shao's eyes widened, and he said, "How can you say this?" ”

Frustrated, he said stiffly: "Gao Mengyan will not allow our army to retreat calmly, he will definitely continue to attack and harass and slow down our army." In the same way, if our army continues to advance, he will attack and harass him. Even if it is only delayed for half a day, the hungry soldiers of our army will completely lose their combat effectiveness. ”

Yuan Shao hesitated.

And in order to bring back Yuan Shao. Frustrated, kowtowed, and bled out.

Finally, Yuan Shao, who was no longer the former Yuan Shao, listened to the advice of Fu Zhi. The whole army retreated. However, he soon ran into big problems.

It is said that in order not to become a clear target for the harassment of Gao Yuan's army, Yuan Shao broke through his troops in a thousand-person team all over the mountainous area. After the start of such a military campaign, Yuan's army marched very smoothly. And the news of the retreat spread through these detachments, which could not be done in an hour or two.

Just convey it all. It took almost a day.

There is only one day left for Yuan Jun's grain and grass.

Immediately after, Yuan's army retreated.

When Yuan Shao came. Because the army was assembled and marched on the avenue, the enemy was in the dark, so he lost 20,000 soldiers and horses. When retreating, Yuan Shao, of course, could not repeat the mistakes of the past. Therefore, he still ordered all the departments to retreat as units, not by the main road, but by the mountain road and the trail.

On the other hand, Huguan Castle.

When the fire raged in the direction of Huguankou, the soldiers and civilians in Huguan City were excited.

Gao Yuan ordered to pay close attention to the movements of Yuan's army, and on the afternoon of the second day of the Huojiao Pass, he received the news that the Yuan family had retreated on all fronts.

"Lord, the Yuan army has not assembled, and still all parts of the head are withdrawn from the mountains to Huguankou." Zhao Yun said.

It stands to reason that Gao Yuan should immediately send troops to attack Yuan Shao after burning the grain and grass. But since Yuan's army was scattered, he was waiting for news of Yuan's army being assembled.

He said: "Yuan Shao's move is to avoid the attack of our army, but he will consume the last food because of the time-consuming march. Therefore, Yuan Shao, who has no grain and grass, will never be able to hold on to Huguan, and our army can follow behind and retake Huguan. ”

After speaking, he looked at Sima Yi and said, "What does Zhong Da think?" ”

Sima Yi nodded again and again, "The lord is high." ”

On the afternoon of the third day, Yuan Shao retreated to Huguan, and his troops were withdrawing one after another.

Along the way, there was no attack by the Gao Yuan army, which made Yuan Shao breathe a sigh of relief, but the food and grass were gone, which made Yuan Shao anxious.

In the Huguankou Mansion, Yuan Shao glared at Jiang Yiqu angrily, "How did you lose Huguan?" ”

Jiang Yiqu, who was tied up by the five flowers, said in horror: "Lord, Gao Mengyan left a tunnel at the Huguan Pass, and the sound of arson at night hit the east and ......west. At this time, he said clearly and clearly that the head was the way, but at that time it was the middle plan.

Yuan Shao was furious, thinking that he would return in vain, and the 80,000 army had run out of food, all because of the loss of the granary at Huguankou, so he shot the case and shouted: "Push it out and cut it, cut it!" ”

The soldiers on the left and right immediately pulled Jiang Yiqu out.

"The lord spares his life, spares his life!" Jiang Yiqu shouted loudly.

At this time, when he came back from outside, he saw that Yuan Shao was going to kill Jiang Yiqu, so he said to his own soldiers: "Let's do it slowly, I'll go and persuade the lord." He hurried into the tent and bowed: "Lord, General Jiang Yiqu has fallen for Gao Mengyan's treacherous scheme, and his crime will not lead to death!" ”

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and was noncommittal.

Frustrated and wiped his sweat, and said the predicament of Yuan Shao's group, which no one has discovered at present, "Lord, the two generals Chun Yuqiong and Tian Chou died in Pingxingling, Gao Gan and other generals have already died in the hands of Gao Mengyan, and General Gao Lan was poisoned by Liu Bei again. The two generals, Tian Yu and Yan Rou, were persuaded to surrender by Gao Mengyan. Now if you cut off your own arms, it is really disadvantageous to our army. ”

Yuan Shao has brains, and sweat rains when he hears the words. After being reminded of the frustration, he realized. The number of generals under his command has decreased sharply, and if he continues to kill, he will face the dilemma of having soldiers but no generals.

"Why don't you let General Jiang Yiqu make meritorious contributions?" ”

Yuan Shao followed his words. In order for someone to lead the army to fight in the future, he spared Jiang Yiqu's life. He couldn't help but secretly order, "Gao Mengyan is really cunning, it seems that I should also arrest more talents in the future and persuade him to surrender." ”

Fu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and when he got up, Wen Chou from the side said hurriedly: "Lord." Commander, our army is already out of food. There was news from Tanma just now. Gao Yuan led 3,000 cavalry and is about to arrive at Huguan! ”

Yuan Shao had 100,000 people, 20,000 died, and was finally driven by 3,000 people from Gao Yuan. This made Yuan Shao embarrassed. Annoyed and angry, he cried out: "Gao Mengyan bullied me too much, although Huguan has been destroyed in the fire, but I have an army of 80,000 here, and he wants to attack the problem with 3,000 people?" ”

Wen Chou and Zhang He glanced at each other, and said in their hearts that the lord was confused by Brother Meng Yanxian, and now it is not a question of whether people can attack or not, it is a question of what we eat.

Yuan Shao then also woke up and hurriedly asked, "When will the grain and grass in Yecheng arrive?" ”

When Huguan was on fire and Yuan's army retreated. I have already called for help in the rear. Fu Zhi estimated the time and said, "It will take a day to send the news, and the third prince received the news to mobilize grain and grass to transport it." I'm afraid it will take another two days. ”

That's three days. Ancient people are not as well nourished as modern people, there is no old book in this stomach, and they all rely on every meal to support their body functions. If you don't eat for three days, you probably won't be able to stand up.

Yuan Shao's face changed.

Fu Zhi sighed and said, "Lord, while the soldiers have just eaten their last meal." Retreat. Facing the grain team sent by the third prince, there will be food in a day or two. ”

Since Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were all parts of the head returned to the Hukou Pass. Therefore, Yuan Shao had no chance to collect the surplus grain from various ministries and distribute it anew. And after the various ministries learned that the grain and grass were burned, no one hurried to eat their stomachs, so they all entered the customs after eating and wiping them clean, which made Yuan Shao save a few hundred catties in addition to the headquarters, and there was not a grain of grain.

If there is no food, how can you keep the pass. Yuan Shao suddenly felt weak, and his ass softened in the handsome position, he waved his hand, and said weakly: "The whole army ...... Remove...... Fall back......! ”

Frustrated with great relief, Yuan Shao no longer had the same extremism as before, and Frustrated gave himself a deep reproach, but now was not the time to review, he immediately arranged with Wen Chou and others to retreat the whole army.

"I can't even keep the ......." Yuan Shao didn't know where the strength came from, and after the frustration and the others left, he smashed it wildly.

His roar came from inside the big tent, "Gao Mengyan, you little fox, you stole my grain and grass twice, you are angry with me, angry with me!" There are such despicable and shameless people in the world, Gao Shun is trapped in the camp, he is far from falling into the camp, he is in the grain and grass instead, and the old Gao family has such a thing! ”

Trap the grain and grass high! Those who heard the sound couldn't help but tremble, and said in their hearts that the lord's analysis was too good.

Yuan Shao has fought several battles before and after, with a total of more than 150,000 troops, but he was stunned that he did not win against Gao Yuan, who had won thousands of soldiers, and every time he was stolen from the "main formation", he was about to die of anger, which is also conceivable.

The soldiers around the tent and the soldiers passing by shuddered when they heard the terrible roar.

Half an hour later, amid the sound of rumbling footsteps, 80,000 soldiers of the Yuan Army left Huguan dejectedly. The flags and weapons could not be raised, and they were all dragged behind them, stirring up dust in the sky. And Yuan Shao, who took the lead, also hung his head. The horse hung its head and its mouth was almost touching the ground.

After another while, in the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, three thousand majestic and high-spirited Bingzhou wolf riders entered Huguan under the leadership of Gao Yuan.

In the mansion, Gao Yuan sat in the handsome position where Yuan Shao had not yet been hot, and he highly praised the heroic fighting of the generals, especially Xu Huang and Yu Ban. And the generals also praised the abilities of Xu Huang and Yu Ban.

Since the war was not over yet, Gao Yuan ordered Sima Yi to record his military exploits and reward him in the coming day.

The generals sat solemnly, like Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others, all of whom worked for Gao Yuan, and his command also had a prosperous atmosphere. Regarding Yuan Shao's retreat of the whole army, he thought about it in his heart, but he asked: "Zhongda, Yuan Benchu retreated, and I intend to lead the army to pursue, what do you think?" ”

Sima Yi lowered his head and pondered, and then said: "Lord, although Yuan Benchu was defeated and retreated, after all, there were 80,000 soldiers and horses. Our army only has 3,000 people here, and after catching up, the plains have no geographical advantages, and if Yuan Shao uses a melee, I am afraid that he will not be able to get benefits. ”

"No, no, no." Gao Yuan smiled: "This is the best time to expand the results. ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but wonder, looking at Gao Yuan's appearance, he must have a comprehensive plan. But in their opinion, what the military advisor said is very reasonable. The early victory was due to the mountainous area, and the enemy army could not deploy its forces. This time the pursuit entered the Jizhou Great Plain. Although the enemy's 80,000 troops are hungry, the scale of these 80,000 cannot be underestimated, if the enemy comes to the melee, the slightest mistake on this side will be in danger of annihilation, how can this expand the results of the battle? (To be continued)