(ps: The third update was delivered, and I tried my best to ask for the last June monthly pass and book the July monthly pass.) After waking up, the first thing Da Yuan Sangong did was to ask how the frustrated man who had always been by his side was how the battle was going, and seeing that he was hesitant and didn't dare to say anything, Da Yuan Sangong also guessed some of it, so he sighed and said: "Say, I've seen it, no matter what kind of bad news, just say it." ”

"Lord, then you must hold on."

Fu Zhu hesitated for a moment, and then carefully introduced the fact that Zhang He and Gao Lan's second generals led the army to surrender to the enemy and Cao Boss had successfully returned to the camp. Fortunately, Da Yuan Sangong finally fulfilled his promise this time, and he didn't faint again, but he just held the quilt with both hands and endured it for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "There should be chaos in the camp, right?" Tan Er: How did he stabilize the morale of the army? ”

"The military heart is a little flustered, but fortunately, there is no big mess yet." Fu Zhu nodded, and said hesitantly: "As for the eldest prince, His Majesty suggested that the eldest prince deceive the army, saying that our army could arrive without saying that the follow-up grain and grass would arrive, although the eldest prince listened to the advice of his subordinates. But ......, but I don't know why, Liu Xun, the chief guard of the eldest prince, for some reason the head was hung above the Cao thief gate, this matter is very strange, and the lord is asked to investigate it carefully. ”

"When is it, you can look at this kind of trivial matter."

Da Yuan Sanzhu didn't understand the kind warning given to him by his young friend Cao Boss, and casually ordered Fu Zhu to forget about this matter, and was about to whisper to Yuan Tan Gongzi to report some strange behaviors during the coma of Da Yuan Sangong, but Yuan Tan Gongzi and Guo Tu and others received the news and hurriedly came in from outside the tent, Yuan Tan, who was a thief, was worried about his father, Guo Tu couldn't wait to say: "Lord, I didn't expect Zhang He and Gao Ran to be so rude, and they refused to attack Cao Ying, even dared to lead the crowd to surrender to the enemy, the two thieves were so rude, the lord should rush into the army, attack Cao Ying and kill the two thieves to correct the law of the country. ”

"Do you want to march quickly?" Da Yuan Sangong finally started a fire and roared: "Wuchaotun is gone, what can you take to enter the army?" Give me a quick preparation for the withdrawal of troops, prepare to withdraw to Jizhou, regroup after returning to Jizhou, and then come to Cao Thief to settle accounts and take revenge! ”

Hearing the roar of the Great Yuan Sangong, Mr. Guo Tu closed his mouth in dismay, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord, you must not retreat, our army has more than 200,000 troops, even if you retreat across the Yellow River, it can not be done overnight, at present, our army is in a panic, the people are panicked, once the army retreats back, it will inevitably collapse on the whole front, and the defeat is difficult to manage. ”

"Hold on?" Da Yuan Sangong was even more angry, and said angrily: "There is no more grain and grass, how can you hold on?" ”

"Kill horses for food!" Frustrated and replied categorically: "Our army has a large number of war horses, killing horses and eating can support at least twenty days, it is possible to save some support for a month, enough for our army's follow-up grain and grass to be sent to the front line, although Cao Thief sneak attack on Wuchao succeeded, but he has also reached the end of the crossbow, continue to consume, victory will inevitably belong to our army!" ”

"Mr. Gong's words are not true." Guo Tu stood up and raised the bar, and said: "Killing horses for food can certainly solve a temporary emergency, but when the soldiers see our army killing horses for meat, they will definitely become more and more panicked and morale more and more sluggish, how can they resist Cao Thief's tiger and wolf army?" The only plan now is to attack Cao Ying with all his strength, or to obey the orders of the lord, and the whole army quickly retreats to Jizhou, and then comes to seek revenge on Cao Thief after regrouping. ”

"Guo Gongze, are you finished?!" Frustrated, he couldn't bear to yell, "Our army's heart is in turmoil, and retreating at this moment is tantamount to suicide, when the soldiers and generals are scrambling for their lives, racing on foot and horse, trampling on each other, how can we clean it up?" ”

"Shut up!" Da Yuan Sangong was furious and drank Guo Tu and Fu Zhu's argument, but Da Yuan Sangong himself continued to be indecisive and couldn't make up his mind, so after hesitating for a while, Da Yuan Sangong could only turn to Yuan Tan again and asked, "What do you think?" …… Tan'er, Tan'er, what are you thinking, why don't you answer? ”

"Ah......, oh......." It took a long time for Yuan Tan's son, who was worried, to react, and after listening to the angry retelling of the problem by the third prince of Yuan, Yuan Tan said stubbornly: "Father, Mr. Gong Ze and Mr. Gong and Mr. have their own reasons, Father might as well compromise and retreat to the white horse for the time being to confront Cao Thief while waiting for the follow-up grain and grass." In this way, if our army's follow-up grain and grass can be delivered to the front line in time, it can immediately launch a counteroffensive, and if our army's follow-up grain and grass cannot be delivered in time, it is more convenient to return to Jizhou. ”

"Not only do you want to retire? Still camping on your back? ”

Frustrated and almost fainted by Yuan Tan Gongzi's bad idea, but Yuan Sangong's Alzheimer's disease flared up again, and he immediately said: "Tan Er's words are exactly what I want, so I will do it, and I will order the whole army to prepare to withdraw and retreat, and I will retreat to Baima to garrison in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"My lord, I can't withdraw it." Frustrated, he strongly persuaded: "Our army is already depressed, and at this time we ordered to retreat, and the army of more than 200,000 people immediately collapsed, and the situation is difficult to control." ”

Yuan Sangong, who had very soft ears, hesitated for a moment, and Yuan Tan Gongzi, who had a ghost in his heart, hurriedly said: "Father, Guandu is nearly three hundred miles away from Baima, and it is not a day to reach it. ”

Guo Tu, who was wearing a pair of pants with Yuan Tan Gongzi, of course echoed and urged Yuan Sangong to withdraw his troops immediately, and Yuan Sangong, who had never liked to listen to Fu Zhu's advice, quickly strengthened his confidence, nodded and said: "Wu'er is reasonable, Fu Zhu, since you insist on sticking to it, then you will follow Wen Chou to lead the army behind the palace and cover the retreat of my main force." I have made up my mind, and I have to persuade him again. ”

"No." Fu Zhu reluctantly agreed, and secretly prayed in his heart: "I hope that General Wen Chou's team can fight for strength, and don't completely collapse all of a sudden, otherwise, my 300,000 troops in Jizhou will really be difficult to return to Hebei." ”

When the withdrawal order of the Great Yuan Sangong was conveyed to the whole army, Yuan Shaojun's already turbulent military spirit suddenly collapsed, and the soldiers rushed to pack up and prepare to retreat, and the generals inquired about who to send the queen, afraid that they would take on this unfortunate errand.

Fortunately, General Wen Chou, who was not hanging on the white horse as in history, was still competitive, and after receiving the order of the queen of the palace of the third prince of the Great Yuan, Wen Chou not only did not panic at all, but also took the initiative to find the frustrated professor to discuss the affairs of the palace, and the frustration proposed that the troops be divided into two ways, one way to attract the attention of the Cao army's pursuers, and all the way to ambush on the flanks and ready to sneak attack the Cao army's chasing team, Wen Chou also humbly accepted the strategy of the frustrated and decided to personally lead the main force of the palace to block the Cao army's pursuers, and let the frustration lead the division to ambush in a remote place to prepare for a sneak attack on the Cao army's pursuers.

The Cangtian of the Jizhou army was obviously on vacation recently, and did not give Mr. Fu a chance to prove that his strategy was wonderful, but at this critical moment, the messenger sent by the Great Yuan Sangong to Jiyang to give the general Liyi an order was unfortunately captured by the Cao army patrol team on the way, and the handwritten warrant of the Great Yuan Sangong ordering the Liyi to lead the army to withdraw to the White Horse Rendezvous was also captured by the Cao army scouts and quickly sent to Cao Boss. Seeing this warrant, combined with the various signs of Yuan Shaojun's camp, Cao Boss also immediately judged that Yuan Shaojun's retreat was imminent, and decided to send troops to attack Yuan Shaojun's camp overnight, and crushed Yuan Shao's army in one fell swoop while the iron was hot.

It was the second watch of the night, the main force of the Cao army poured out, the soldiers were divided into eight ways to rush to the Yuan Shao camp, Zhang He and Gao Ran The two leading parties invited to be the vanguard, and the familiar people took the lead in the Yuan Shaojun camp, Yuan Shao's army was up and down without fighting spirit, the battalions and departments rushed to the north to flee for their lives, the horses and horses galloped, trampled on each other, the bow and armor were all over the field, and the corpses were all over the ground, although the big Yuan Sangong who had just recovered from his illness tried his best to restrain the team to retreat according to this, but the army was panicked, the generals and soldiers were rushing to flee for their lives, scattered and fled, and the big Yuan Sangong was unable to return to the sky even if he even cut a few generals, Even the Chinese army Dazhai was crushed by its own defeated soldiers, and in the end it could only lead the cavalry to abandon the camp and flee, while the Cao army was like a broken bamboo to break Yuan Shao, and killed Yuan Shao's army to the point that the corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the blood was full of canals.

Yuan Shaojun also has some grain and grass in the team, for example, the team led by Wen Chou and Fu Zhu is more competitive, after being attacked by the enemy, Fu Zhu rushed to Wen Chou's camp to meet Wen Chou's team as soon as possible, assisted Wen Chou to lead the army to meet the Cao army, and defeated the Cao army led by Li Dian all the way, but unfortunately the Cao army was divided into eight ways, Wen Chou and Fu Zhu could not take care of the west if they could take care of the east, and finally the neatly restrained team had to face the impact of their own defeated soldiers at any time - the desperate defeated soldiers liked to rush into their own brigade to seek protection, So after the hard fight to the fourth watch, Wen Chou and Frustration's team finally couldn't stand the Cao Army's team and their own defeated soldiers in turn and collapsed, Wen Chou led part of the remnants of the defeated army to chase after the Great Yuan Sangong, and the Frustrated Zhu led more than 30 horsemen to drown in the chaotic army and fire, and the left and right rushed to find the Great Yuan Sangong and Wen Chou.

The more troublesome for Fu Zhi is still to come, because he and the soldiers around him are riding war horses, and when he walks there, the Cao army team with sparse cavalry is staring at it, attracting the Cao army team to pounce on the frustrated team like flies seeing blood, and the soldiers around Frustrated are soon getting fewer and fewer, seeing that the situation is not good, Frustrated can only lead the last dozen horsemen to retreat to the east where the Cao army is less, but the Cao army team is still in hot pursuit, plus the Cao army intercepted on the road, Therefore, when he finally rushed out of the camp that had become a mess of porridge at dawn, there were only two cavalrymen left around him.

"There is a Jizhou official on horseback, take it quickly!"

A new shout of joy came, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a general of the Cao army leading a team of infantry rushing with a three-pointed two-edged knife, and he was shocked and quickly slapped his horse and fled eastward, but the general of the Cao army called Yan Ming was chasing after him, seeing that Yan Ming was out of touch with the infantry team, the last two cavalrymen around him mustered up the courage to turn around and join forces to fight Yan Ming, but they were killed on the spot by Yan Ming with a knife, and he was even more shocked, and quickly fled, Yan Ming continued to chase after him, and kept shouting, "The puppet is gone." Hurry up and get off the horse and be bound! ”

"Piff! Death! ”

Seeing that Yan Ming was about to catch up with Fu Zhu, a new shout suddenly came, and General Yan Ming, who was on the rise, didn't even have time to turn back, only to feel that the white shadow flashed in front of him, and a silver spear had already pierced General Yan Ming's side carotid artery, and directly pierced the neck, General Yan Ming turned back with difficulty before the temporary, and also saw that it was a very handsome young man in a white robe who stabbed himself with a spear, and then heard Fu Zhu shout in surprise 'General Zilong', and then he didn't know anything.

A shot stabbed Yan Ming to death, and Zhao Yun, who was single-handed, killed the infantry brought by Yan Ming like chopping melons and vegetables, and quickly retreated to the far side of the battlefield with Fu Zhu, and it was also at this time that Fu Zhu asked about Zhao Yun's origin in surprise, and Zhao Yun replied truthfully: "Yu Gong and Mr., since the former Yue Yun received the letter from Mr. to warn, although he did not dare to return to the camp to die, but he was not willing to be wronged, so he lurked in a remote place in the mountains to inquire about the news, and wanted to wait for the opportunity to go to the lord to ask for guilt and explain the grievances, and our army was defeated last night, Yun heard the shouts of killing and came to the battlefield to inquire about the situation, but he never thought that he happened to meet Mr. and was chased and killed by Cao Jun. ”

"General Zilong is really a man of both loyalty and righteousness."

Frustrated and weeping, he was glad that Zhao Yun arrived in time, but also hated that the third prince of Da Yuan had no eyes, and he didn't need to let Zhao Yun be a loyal and brave general, but he liked to reuse a group of flattering, selfish and short-sighted people. After finally suppressing his crying, Fu Zhu hurriedly introduced Zhao Yun about what had happened in the past two days, and asked Zhao Yun to escort him north to find the Great Yuan Sangong, Zhao Yun did not refuse, and immediately turned around with the Fu Zhu and went north to chase the Great Yuan Sangong.

After traveling more than 20 miles to the north, Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun were stopped by a Cao army team, and the general at the head was no one else, but the Jizhou general Gao Lan, who surrendered to Cao Boss a day ago. Seeing Zhao Yun escorting him frustrated, Gao Lan, who knew that Zhao Yun was powerful, didn't dare to step forward to fight the generals, yelling and just ordering the soldiers to release arrows, Zhao Yun tried to rush into the Cao army's team several times to capture the flag, but they were all shot back by Cao Jun's random arrows, and Gao Lan, who had suffered enough, kept yelling, "Release the arrows!" Shoot the arrows! Can't get close to this horseman, let him get close, no one is his opponent! ”

Never rushed into the Cao army team to kill, Zhao Yun did not dare to fight, and soon escorted the frustration to the east and fled, who knew that the east had not escaped five miles, but there were more than 100 Cao cavalry behind shouting the slogan of capturing Zhao Yun alive and capturing the frustrated award, and the general headed by the general was also the only fierce general of the Cao army who could fight with Zhao Yun head-on, Dian Wei, it turned out that the main force of Cao Boss was taking a break in the north of Gao Lan's team, and after hearing Gao Lan's report that Zhao Yun and Fu Zhi were found, Boss Cao, who loves talent like his life, also immediately sent the most powerful thug Dian Wei to lead a hundred horsemen to chase after him, and also demanded that he must be captured alive, and for Zhao Yun, he tried to catch him alive if he could!

Seeing the familiar double halberd in Dian Wei's hand, and hearing the slogan of capturing himself alive and Fu Zhu, Zhao Yun was in a great difficulty, and hurriedly whispered to Fu Zhu: "Mr. Gong He, it's Dian Wei who is here, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to defeat him in hundreds of times, what should I do?" ”

"Flee southeast!" Frustrated with the opportunity, he analyzed: "General Liyi was ordered to garrison Jiyang to protect the flank of our army, and the lord said yesterday that although he also ordered Liyi to retreat to Baima, the road is far away, and General Liyi's team must not have time to go north, you and I will first go to meet General Liyi's 30,000 army, and then discuss how to return to Jizhou." ”

Zhao Yun didn't hesitate when he heard this, and immediately turned around to the southeast with Frustration, galloping and fleeing to the direction of Jiyang, Dian Wei in the back yelled and continued to chase closely, but Zhao Yun suddenly turned around and shot an arrow in the gallop, hitting Dian Wei's helmet, almost penetrating its top, scaring Dian Wei out of a cold sweat, and also scared Dian Wei into screaming, "Turn back and release arrows in the charge?" The stunt of the Pottery Thief Villain? When did Zhao Yun learn? ”

"It's dangerous!" Of course, Zhao Yun has not been able to equip the stirrup and the Takahashi saddle, and when he turns around and releases the arrows, he is completely relying on his riding skills to take risks and succeed, and he almost fell off the war horse because of the loss of balance in his body, and after he was also shocked into a cold sweat like Dian Wei, Zhao Yun couldn't help but think of a hypocrite who has not yet exposed his evil face, "If only he could teach me the stunt of the gentleman's army, if I have that stunt, what can I count as the more than 100 cavalry thieves behind me?" ”

Because he was not sure whether Zhao Yun had learned the famous skills of the Junzi Army, Dian Wei, who had suffered a big loss from the Junzi Army, did not dare to chase too hard, Zhao Yun and Fu Zhi took the opportunity to gallop and spent a lot of effort to open up the distance between them and Dian Wei's team, Dian Wei never caught up, and was worried about the safety of Cao Boss's side, so after chasing for more than 30 miles, he collected his troops and went back to ask Cao Boss for his guilt. And Boss Cao did not hold Dian Wei accountable for his failure to catch up, but only asked Zhao Yun and Fu Zhi about the direction of their escape, and immediately guessed the destination of Zhao Yun and Fu Zhu.

"Zhao Zilong and Fu Gonghe went to Liyi." Boss Cao first waved his hand, and then said with a sneer: "Fortunately, the messenger sent by Yuan Shao to contact Liyi happened to be intercepted by our army, and our army still has time to arrange a siege and trap the lone army of Liyi." ”

"My lord, you should immediately divide your troops and rush to Pingqiu to cut off the official road for the Liyi team to return to Jizhou." Xun Yu on the side suggested, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Liyi is proud of his merits and has a bad relationship with Yuan Shao, and now Yuan Shao's main force has been defeated, and Liyi has become a lone army. The lord may wish to send someone to surrender, and try to recruit the koji with high-ranking officials, if it can succeed, our army can get a strong army. ”

"Do you still need to be reminded by Gongda?" Boss Cao asked with a smile, salivating: "The first camp under the command of Lu Yi is the strongest soldier in Hebei, and it is also the nemesis of the pottery thief villain's army, such a strong army, how can I not go all out to surrender?" ”

Laughing, Cao Boss first ordered Xiahoudun to lead an army of 10,000 to Pingqiu to station, cut off the return route of the Liyi team, and then concentrated all his efforts to pursue and kill the defeated soldiers of the Great Yuan Sangong, and did his best to expand the results of the battle, but the strength of Yuan Shaojun's army was too much, no matter how the Cao army pursued and intercepted, there were still countless Jizhou generals and soldiers who got rid of the Cao army's pursuit and fled to the bank of the Yellow River to escape from the north.

However, this is enough for Boss Cao, after this battle, the Cao army eliminated and captured Yuan Shaojun's team of more than 80,000 together, and also eliminated a large number of Yuan Shaojun's absolute elite, although it did not completely reverse the trend of comparing the strength and weakness of Yuan Shaojun, but it also greatly narrowed the overall strength distance with Yuan Shaojun, and there is no need to be so afraid and afraid of Yuan Shaojun before the Guandu War - at least there is no need to beg Deputy Director Tao to join forces with him. So after chasing to the bank of the Yellow River, Cao Boss did not continue to cross the river to chase and kill, but left Xiahou Yuan to lead an army to bluff on the river, and then immediately led the main force south, preparing to encircle and force the landing of the elite team of Liyi - the most elite army in Jizhou.

……………… On the fourth day after the end of the Guandu War, the Xuzhou Army, who was holding the Cao Jun Pass Token, finally sent the results of the Guandu War to Deputy Director Tao. Hearing the news of Yuan Shaojun's fiasco, the civil and military forces of Xuzhou, who had been pinned down in the southern line of Yanzhou for more than half a year, were overjoyed, and they all said hello to Deputy Director Tao, and Liu Ye couldn't wait to suggest to Deputy Director Tao: "Lord, can you do it?" General Zang Ba and General Sun Guan's troops have been waiting long enough on the Qingzhou border, and it's time to take Qingzhou. ”

"Don't worry, wait until my father-in-law's life or death is confirmed." Deputy Director Tao smiled calmly: "Anyway, I've been waiting for more than half a year, and I don't care about these few days, and when the situation of Lord Yuezhang is confirmed, it's not too late for us to take Qingzhou." ”

Smiling, Deputy Director Tao took out a small piece of white cloth from his sleeve and said with a smile: "But there is another thing we have to hurry up, our army lurking in Jiyang is carefully flying pigeons, until yesterday afternoon, Liyi's team is still standing still in Jiyang, and it has become a lone ......army." ”

"My lord, when did our army equip carrier pigeons in Jiyang?" Liu Ye, who was in charge of intelligence gathering, was taken aback.

"It's Cao Hong's people." Deputy Director Tao, who likes to engage in spy politics, replied casually: "As early as when I received the news that the Koji Yi soldiers had entered Jiyang, I had already asked Cao Hong to arrange a capable internal guard to rush to Jiyang to lurk, so that after Jiyang received the news of the defeat of Yuan Shao's main force, they would immediately report to me the movements of the Koji Yi team with a flying pigeon message. ”

Liu Ye was hesitant, and Deputy Director Tao said with a smile: "Mr. Ziyang, don't care, it's not that I can't trust you, it's that the public channel you are responsible for is too easy to be cut off by the Cao thief team, so I let Cao Hong keep a hand, I never thought it really played a role." ”

"The lord is so concerned about the movements of the Koyi team, could it be that he intends to surrender?" Jia Lao Poison asked quietly.

"Exactly." Deputy Director Tao nodded calmly, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that General Kojiyi, who completely annihilated Baima Yicong, has a constant conflict with my father-in-law because of his pride, and Lord Yuezhang sent him to Jiyang, a remote town, to station, also because he doesn't like to see General Kojiyi-since Lord Yue-in-law doesn't like this General Kojiyi, then I, as a son-in-law, should also share some burdens for Lord Yue-in-law, right?" I don't care about raising General Koji with high-ranking officials. ”

"If the lord does not give up, Ye is willing to go to Jiyang to recruit Koji Yi for the lord." Liu Ye volunteered.

Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed and was about to nod, but Jia Lao Poison over there suddenly gave up his hand and said: "Lord, I recommend Mr. Zhong Ming to surrender, and I think that Mr. Zhong Ming is more sure of success than Mr. Ziyang." ”

"Me?" Yang Changshi, who had been beside him without speaking, jumped up and exclaimed, "Mr. Wenhe, you're not joking, are you?" I've never done anything to surrender, have I? ”

Liu Ye and Deputy Director Tao were also a little surprised, and when they asked Jia Lao Poison why he recommended Yang Changshi, Jia Lao Poison smiled and said: "Two reasons, one is that Lu Yi is arrogant and arrogant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to communicate with him, and the other is that Mr. Zhong Ming is shrewd and eloquent, and he is the best at dealing with people like Lu Yi, so if the lord sends Yang Changshi to Jiyang to recruit him, he will definitely have a greater grasp than Mr. Ziyang." ”

Liu Ye was hesitant again, because Liu Ye knew very well that although he was sleek and smooth, there was still a big gap with Yang Changshi in terms of slapping horses and flattery. Over there, Yang Changshi said with a bitter face: "Mr. Wenhe, don't make fun of me, this trick is not a good errand, if it is not good, it is a big thing for people to fall to the ground." ”

"Mr. Zhongming, please rest assured, you have no enmity with General Koyi, General Koyi will not kill you casually, even if you fail to surrender, you can retreat." Jia Lao Poison smiled and said: "Also, I also happen to have a few words to teach you, I dare not say that success is guaranteed, but it can also make you a little more sure of the success of the surrender." ”

"Mr. Zhongming, let's have a hard trip." Considering Yang Changshi's unnatural luck, and also considering that Yang Changshi's whiskers and horses can just hit the soft underbelly of Koji, Deputy Director Tao finally opened his mouth and encouraged: "If Mr. Zhongming's trip can be successful, and bring General Liyi and Xiandeng Camp back to Xuzhou, I will show Mr. as the Marquis of Shu to the imperial court, and reward Mr. Shuxian County, the rich land of Huainan, as a fief." ”

(To be continued)