Chapter 345 [Five Sons Start]
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Boom! The case was overturned, and the arrows and banners, pen and ink documents were scattered all over the place.
Zheng! The sword is unsheathed, and the cold light reflects the pupils.
"Great, great general, spare your life!" He Mao's face was like earth, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and tears were falling, "This fact is not to blame for the last general, it is the Gao Yuanbo and Ma Han secretly communicate with each other, Zhang Junyi also secretly helps, and the last general is lonely and difficult to sing, so he ......"
"Wait a minute, my lord." Guo Tu on the side heard that He Mao had something to say, and hurriedly dissuaded him.
Yuan Shao was just angry, out of control for a while, and he didn't actually want to kill this cousin, so he slashed his sword at the case: "What's going on?" Say! β
He Mao only wanted to shirk his responsibility at this time, and hurriedly revealed the situation of the meeting between Ma Han and Gao Ran, during which it was indispensable to add fuel and vinegar and speculate. Gao Ran's respect is said to have been admired for a long time; The horse's fierce patting on the shoulder is said to have reached a secret agreement; And the conversation between the two sides is naturally a secret process.
Because of the incident of Ma Han's rescue of Gao Lan, neither of them publicized it, and no one in Yuan's camp knew about it. In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, Gao Ran's familiarity and respect with Ma Han are very interesting. This point, even Zhang He can think of it, what about Yuan Shao? In this sensitive period now, under Yuan Shao's angry attack, He Mao's fire is added, and it is difficult for Gao Ran not to die.
"Gao Yuanbo damn it! Zhang Jun is lonely! Yuan Shao drew his sword and chopped it indiscriminately, cutting the case into pieces. Finally, he threw the sword and gasped. Staring at the blood-red eyes, "Where are the two of them?" β
"My lord, Zhang and Gao Zhengtun's army is in the valley twenty miles away, and it is said that it is to defend against the dragon and wolf army attacking from the flank."
Yuan Shao sneered, turned his head to Chen Lin, the main bookkeeper, and said, "Order." β
After a while, Chen Lin waved a general order according to Yuan Shao's meaning, Yuan Shao personally stamped the general's seal, handed the general order to He Mao, glared at him and said, "How many people do you want?" β
He Mao gritted his teeth: "There is an order from the general." Who would dare not obey? Shigeru only needs ten rides. β
As soon as He Mao left with his front foot, he hurried with his back foot, and asked when he entered the tent: "Lord, how is the situation of the black nest?" β
Yuan Shao sighed dejectedly: "It's over!" β
Frustrated for a long time, he muttered: "Sure enough, it's a Liaodong wolf, if you don't open your mouth, you can cut your throat with one mouth!" β
Guo Tu said eagerly: "My lord, there are two priorities, one is to send a team of soldiers and horses. Intercept the defeated soldiers of Wuchao, and do not order them to return to the camp, which will disturb the morale of the army; The second is to withdraw the troops immediately, the sooner the better! It's too late. I can't withdraw if I want to. β
Remove?! Seeing that Cao Cao was about to be trapped to death, seeing that he was about to win the Central Plains, seeing that he was about to be welcomed into the center, and seeing that he was about to deserve his name as a general...... Withdraw at this time? This withdrawal. No matter how much the king wants to dominate the industry, it is like the fire of a black nest, and it is all turned into ashes.
Yuan Shao held his forehead with one hand. Pressing his knee with one hand, he said weakly: "Let Gu think again, think about ...... again"
On the way to retreat, Zhang He and Gao Ran almost collided with Le Jin, but fortunately, Le Jin was in a hurry to attack Yangwu and cut off the retreat of the Yuan army, so Zhang He and Gao Ran were able to return with the whole army.
When the second general led the thousands of soldiers and horses that followed one after another, they just walked out of thirty miles, and found many remnants of the army in the rear.
How much work is going on? Yangwu will change hands! The dragon wolf army is so strong!
The second general was frightened and asked the defeated soldiers, and the answer was: "The people who attacked the city were not people, they were all mandrill ghosts, and before they could see the appearance clearly, they were attacked at the head of the city." β
The second general was confused, but they didn't have time to worry about other people's affairs, and the next thing was the difficulty they had to face.
When the second general hurriedly returned to the front line of Guandu, Zhang He kept an eye on it, and under the pretext of defending against the enemy of Yangwu, he set up camp in the north of Guandu, and did not immediately enter the Guandu camp, but Sima He Mao returned to the camp to report.
After about half an hour, He Mao led a group of cavalry to return in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the camp, he went straight to the Zhongjun tent, lifted the curtain and shouted: "The general ordered you two to report immediately, and there must be no mistake." β
Zhang He glanced at He Mao, his eyes were very strange: surprised, disappointed, heartbroken, pathetic, extremely complicated. finally stood up and sighed: "Zhang He obeys." β
Zhang He strode out of the tent, and in the moment he passed by He Mao's side, he suddenly pulled out the knife from the sheath, and the knife flashed, cutting through the side of He Mao's neck, and the blood sprayed several feet, staining the top of the tent red.
Gao Ran on the side was so shocked that he almost didn't sit down: "Junyi, you, you ......"
Zhang He pointed the bloody knife at one of He Mao's two servants: "It's better for you to sue Captain SΓΉ." β
Na Hu Cong paused and said, "Before leaving, the captain instructed me to raise my left palm if I am pardoned; If asked, raise your right palm; If it is an unforgivable sin, lift up your palms. β
Gao Ran remembered, just now he did see this Hu Cong make a strange move - raise his palms.
He Mao's servant turned out to be Zhang He's henchman, this Zhang Junyi is really not simple.
Zhang He used a knife to cut open He Mao's chest, which was constantly twitching, and a bamboo tube suit rolled out.
Zhang He picked it up, peeled off the fire paint, took out the general's order, unfolded it and looked at it for a while, his face was expressionless, and he turned his head to Gao Ran and said: "What the hussar general said is true, good birds choose trees to perch, and we have reached the time when we have to choose wood." β
Gao Ran took the order and looked at it, like a basin of ice water going down his head, cold from head to foot, sad and angry: "Jun is neither benevolent, nor righteous, don't blame me for waiting for Xitou!" β
Half an hour later, the camp was in flames, Zhang He and Gao Ran burned the ordnance, led 5,000 paces to ride, and ran to Yangwu thirty miles away.
Zhang He, the last of the five good generals, finally gathered.
This fire completely burned Yuan Shao's last struggle, and Guandu retreated and began.
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August 13 was just an ordinary day for Cao Cao.
Get up at two o'clock, finish freshening, drink two bowls of rice porridge and a pound of dried meat; At the beginning of the hour, the camp began to be patrolled, and the time lasted from half an hour to one hour; At the beginning of the day, he gathered with the generals from time to time, but Xun Yu must report every day; Not in time. Cao Cao would squint for a while, and when he woke up, he would usually read the military book for a while, or discuss the military situation with Xun Yu and Mao Jie. Recently, however, the most discussed issue is not military intelligence, but logistics.
This is Cao Cao's day.
Before August 13, Cao Cao just took a nap, and was awakened by the report, and the patrol came to report that there was an abnormality in the camp of the Yuan army, and from time to time there were large armies, but the direction of the opening was the rear of the Yuan army.
Cao Cao heard the news. Immediately call for the generals to discuss the matter. However, due to the lack of effective information, the discussion came and went, and it could not be discussed.
Chen Liutai, who was in charge of logistics, was guarding Xiahou Yuan and was complaining to Cao Cao: "The military resources promised by Ma Jinglong have just arrived in Chen State, and the three hundred soldiers I sent plus nearly a thousand soldiers have been waiting for more than half a month, and this piece alone has cost hundreds of valleys. Wasted. This food is enough to support the army for a day...... No, we have to settle this account with Ma Jinglong. β
Cao Cao and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled bitterly. It's really "people are poor and short-minded", once upon a time, a dignified county was too guarded, and a military captain. I was also worried about this hundreds of grains.
Cao Cao tapped his fingers lightly and asked, "Miaocai, how many days do our army's food stocks last?" β
Xiahou Yuan is familiar with the cost of every day. Without thinking, he said, "Less than a month." β
Cao Cao nodded: "The military funds sent by Ma Jinglong can last for at least one month, so that our army can last until October, and I hope that by then, Ma Jinglong can send troops to attack Yuan Shao according to the secret agreement." β
Xu Chu said indignantly: "If he dares to break the appointment, we won't fight this battle, and we will simply reconcile with Yuan Shao." β
Cao Cao was speechless, the battle had reached this point, and he couldn't stop, unless Yuan Shao was willing to stop, he would have to hold on to crushing his teeth. If you continue to fight and survive until October, there is still hope, if you are angry at this time, you will definitely lose all your efforts.
Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, what you said earlier 'When the situation is exhausted, there will be changes, and this is a strange time', when will this change come?" β
Xun Yu's body has not recovered, and he has been worried about the battle of Guandu, his face is very bad, and he has lost a lot of weight. β
Cao Cao blinked his eyes a few times, a little stunned, daring to love this "strange time", it's not me! Just as he was about to ask more clearly, he suddenly saw his eldest son Cao Ang rushing into the account like a gust of wind, and before Cao Cao changed color and scolded, Cao Yu exclaimed excitedly: "Ma Jinglong broke the promise, their Gu Li was transported to Jiwu, and our army was just about to take over, but I didn't expect them to suddenly receive an order to pull all the military assets back." β
"Straight sissy thief!" Xu Chu was furious and burst into foul language on the spot. If Ma Han is in front of him, he will definitely carry a knife and fight for his life.
Cao Cao's face was pale, Xiahou Yuan's teeth were clenched, Cao Hong's chest rose and fell sharply, only Xun Yu's face remained unchanged, frowned and groaned for a while, and asked, "When they left, they didn't leave any words?" β
Cao Ang was angry: "There is only one nonsense. β
"How?"
"It is said that the hussar general has a word, the military is heavy, and the Yuan army camp has everything, let us go there to get it - isn't this a cold-hearted person?"
Everyone's faces were ugly, Cao Ang was right, no matter how he sounded like a cold person, but Xun Yu changed color and got up, and was about to say something, when suddenly there was a noise outside the camp, and the footsteps were chaotic, and then there was a report from Sima Han Hao: "Lord, the fire broke out in the northwest of the Yuan camp, and the enemy camp rushed, and there seemed to be a drastic change." β
Everyone looked at each other, jumped up in unison, and a swarm of bees poured out, and they climbed and climbed to the watchtower.
Now I can see it clearly, yes, dozens of miles away in the northwest, more than ten thin lines of smoke can be faintly seen in the sky. Judging from this momentum and distance, this fire is definitely not small. Looking at the Yuan army camp on the other side of the chasm, it is like an ant's nest that has been poured with a scoop of boiling water, and the black-pressed soldiers are like ants pouring out of the gate, scurrying all over the mountains. In the camp, cattle and sheep rushed to the ground, horses and chariots overturned, and soldiers' armor, banners, food and clothing were scattered all over the ground.
Looking at the Cao soldiers on the tower, they were dumbfounded.
Cao Cao muttered: "When this is strange, when it is strange......"
Cao Hong was still a little apprehensive, and looked at Xun Yu: "It can't be the enemy's plan, right?" β
Xun Yu stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.
Cao Ang's mouth opened wide, and it took a long time to say a sentence: "Sure enough, there is everything......"
Xu Chu was impatient: "Then don't go and get it quickly!" β
Wuchao caught fire and ignited Yuan Shao's eyebrows; Zhang He and Gao Ran took a fire and directly pushed Yuan Shao into the fire pit.
Ma Han blocked in front, Cao Cao chased after him, Yuan Shao's days of twinkling are gone, and life has been hard since then. (To be continued......)