Chapter Seventy-Four: An Unexpected Ending
"Second son, in front of you is Cao Jun's place to hoard grain." Hao Zhao pointed to a military camp not far ahead.
"This is where Cao Cao hoarded grain?" Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, the military camp in front of him was backed by the Yellow River, and in front of him was an open plain, which was not at all the place where the soldiers said to hoard grain, and it should be the best policy to use the steep terrain to protect grain and grass.
"Yes, the second son, Cao Cao is good at using soldiers, especially taking advantage of the enemy's psychology, if it weren't for the intelligence of our army, the military camp here seems to be just an ordinary ferry port for the Cao army, Cao Cao's cunning of soldiers, how can the second son not know?" Hao Zhao looked at the military camp in front of him proudly, and it took him a lot of effort to figure out where Cao Cao was hoarding grain.
"What Bo Dao said is reasonable, since this is the case, I will lead the army to attack the Cao army, Bo Dao will block the retreat of the Cao army, and be sure to seize the Cao army's military rations!" Yuan Xi looked at Cao's camp excitedly, Lu Rui took away Hebei's military rations in Guandu, and this time he also took Cao Cao's military rations.
"Second son, don't take Cao Jun's military rations, just burn them with their baggage!"
"What! Bodao, don't our army want these military rations? β
"Second son, the lord should be defeated at this time, if our army captures Cao's army's grain and grass, it will inevitably delay the speed of our army's march, if Cao Cao gathers a large army to seize military food, won't our army return in vain?"
"What Bo Dao said is reasonable, but Cao Jun's military rations are destroyed, it's a pity!"
"Second son, my Hebei is rich in resources, rich in things, and what is the grain and straw!"
"Okay, just follow the words of Eberdo!"
"Youzhou Iron Cavalry rushes with me!" Yuan Xi drew his sword and led the army towards Cao Cao's military camp.
"Oh no. Checkmate. A large brigade of Yuan's army attacked from the front of our army! The soldiers stationed in the barracks soon discovered a large number of Yuan's troops.
"What!" Xu Huang lifted the broadsword. I came to the gate with my own soldiers, only to see the dust billowing in the distance, and at least an army of more than 10,000 people approached the barracks.
"General, how can there be so many Yuan troops?" The adjutant general took a deep breath, there were only three thousand soldiers in the barracks, how could he resist Yuan's army?
"Pass my military order, the whole army will attack and march to Cangting!"
"General? And what about the grain of our army? β
"What more do you need? There are so many Yuan Jun, I am not completely wiped out if I stay here, it is better to find Lord Sikong and send troops here to rescue! "Xu Huang is a battle-hardened general, and he is stupid to do things that he knows he can't do.
"No!"
"Brothers, rush out with me!" Xu Huang led his soldiers to break through in the direction of Cangting.
Yuan Xi led a raid on Cao Cao's grain hoard, but Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had been defeated by Cao Cao and retreated to Liyang.
"Big brother, it seems that Wang Ling's army is in front!" Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang led the defeated army and happened to see Wang Ling coming with Youzhou Iron Cavalry.
"Well, it's Wang Ling's army. Hurry up! β
"Subordinates, see the eldest son, the third son!" Wang Ling saw Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. Hurriedly dismounted and paid homage.
"Wang Ling, my eldest brother and I are fighting a bloody battle with Cao Cao, why are your reinforcements delayed!" As soon as Yuan Shang saw Wang Ling, he immediately scolded, there were only more than 100 people left in the personal soldiers brought by himself and Yuan Tan!
"The eldest son, the third son, it seems that the lord was ambushed in the Cangting path, and in order to send reinforcements, his subordinates waited for a long time, but they did not see reinforcements, so they came to meet the two sons, please forgive the son!" Wang Ling clenched his fists and pleaded guilty.
"What! Father has been tricked! β
"General Wang, return to Liyang quickly!" Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard that Yuan Shao was defeated, and immediately wanted to rush back to Liyang.
"Father defeated?" Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, and Yuan Shao fell for the trick again.
"Yes, eldest prince, the lord fell for Cao Cao's tricks, and it seems that he has suffered a lot of losses."
"General Wang, return to Liyang quickly!" After Yuan Tan determined that Yuan Shao's army was defeated, he also hurried back to Liyang.
"No!"
Wang Ling got on the horse and followed behind Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.
"Do it!" As soon as Wang Ling got on his horse, he immediately issued an order, and the nearby Youzhou Iron Cavalry immediately slashed at Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi with a knife.
"What!"
"Wang Ling!" Before Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan could react, the two of them had already fallen to the ground, and their own soldiers were also killed.
"General!" Wang Ling's lieutenant led his soldiers to count the bodies of Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, and determined that their own soldiers and soldiers had been killed.
"Good! Don't leave it out, add a knife to all the dead, and make sure that the corpses here don't get up again! β
"No!"
"See the lord!" After Cao Hong and LΓΌ Rui cleaned the battlefield of the Cangting Trail, they led the army to the Yellow River to join Cao Cao.
"Zilian, extraordinary, get up!"
"Thank you, my lord!"
"Zilian, how did we get results in the Cangting Trail this time?"
"Big brother, you don't know, Yuan Jun died tens of thousands of people, more than the Yuan Jun we killed in Guandu!" Cao Hong waved his fists excitedly and reported the results to Cao Cao.
"Hahahaha! Zilian, our army won a complete victory in this battle, and we will be able to go north to Yecheng and subdue Jizhou in a few days! β
"Hong will be the pioneer of the eldest brother!"
"Report, lord, big camp urgent!" Just when Cao Cao was happy, the spies brought information from the camp.
"Present it to Ben Kong!" Cao Cao thought it was Xun You's daily report, so he asked the spies to send it up.
"No!"
Cao Cao took the information and glanced at it, with an incredulous expression in his eyes.
"Middle Father?" Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Lu Rui asked tentatively.
"Impossible, impossible!" Cao Cao took a few steps in distraction.
"Middle Father?" Lu Rui picked up the bamboo slips that fell on the ground and took a look.
"What!" Lu Rui was also stunned, Yuan Xi actually led people to raid the place where Cao Jun hoarded grain, and most of the army's military rations were destroyed.
"Big brother, Bufan, what's wrong with you?" Seeing the strange expressions of the two, Cao Hong snatched the bamboo slip from Lu Rui's hand.
Cao Hong glanced at it, and was also stunned, and only then popped out a sentence in the middle of the sound!
"Didn't eat!"
"Extraordinary, order the whole army to return to the camp and defend closely to prevent the Yuan army from raiding!" After Cao Cao was shocked, he also recovered and ordered the whole army to return to the barracks.
"No!" Lu Rui arched his hand and went to give the order.
Cao Cao quickly returned to the barracks with the army, and Xu Huang knelt in front of the Chinese army's Dazhai and waited for Cao Cao's disposal.
"Komeito, get up and talk back!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"Komeito, tell me about the situation at that time!" Cao Cao asked Xu Huang weakly.
"No!" Xu Huang carefully told Cao Cao about the situation at that time, Yuan Jun had tens of thousands of people, and he really couldn't resist it, so in order to preserve his strength, he had to retreat.
"My lord, my subordinates are just trying to keep my brother who was born and died with me, and all punishments are at the discretion of my lord!"
"Okay, Gongming, although you are not good at protecting food, but there are extenuating circumstances, this company will punish you with thirty military sticks, you can get the punishment yourself!" Cao Cao is a flexible person, he is a stupid person who knows that he can't do it, Xu Huang handled it properly, but for the sake of military morale, he still has to deal with Xu Huang.
"Thank you, lord!" Xu Huang clenched his fists and retreated. (To be continued......)
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