Zhang He drew his sword and slashed at him. Zhang Dingbian was taken aback.

Zhang He said: "Yuan Shao listened to slander and must be captured by Cao Cao; How can we sit idly by? It's better to go to Cao Cao. ”

Zhang Dingbian said: "It seems that this can only be the case. ”

So Zhang He and Zhang Dingbian led their troops and horses to Cao Cao's camp and surrendered.

Xiahoudun said: "Zhang He and Zhang Dingbian came to surrender, we don't know the actual situation, I don't think we can accept them rashly. “

Cao Cao said: "Since they are here to surrender, I naturally want to be polite, if they have any other thoughts, with our camp, it will be easy to close the door and beat the dog." ”

Cao Cao then sent someone to open the camp gate and let the two in.

The two turned against each other and knelt on the ground.

Cao Cao said: "If Yuan Shao agrees with the two generals, he will definitely not be defeated today." Now the two generals are willing to come to my Cao Cao, just like Weizi to Yin, Han Xin to Han! ”

So Zhang Dingbian was named a partial general, and Zhang He was also a partial general. Zhang He and Zhang Dingbian are very happy, and the new defection to Cao Cao can still be a partial general.

However, it was said that Yuan Shao had lost Xu You, Zhang Dingbian, Zhang He's second general, and Cao Jun burned the military rations of Wuchao, and the army was panicked.

Xu Yu persuaded Cao Cao to speed up the dispatch of troops; And Zhang Dingbian and Zhang He both asked to be pioneers; Cao Cao complied. Let Zhang and Gao Ran lead the troops to rob Yuan Shao's military village.

At the time of the third watch at night, the army was ordered to rob the village in three ways.

The melee was not until the second day, when they collected their troops, deserted, and surrendered to Cao's soldiers, plus the Yuan army who died in battle, there were already more than 50,000 men and horses, and the military spirit of Yuan Shao's army was slumped.

Guo Jia offered another plan and said: "Now you can threaten to dispatch men and horses all the way from Yingchuan to attack Nanyang; All the way from Changshe, cut off the retreat of Yuan Shao's army. When Yuan Shao heard this, he must have panicked and divided his troops to resist us; We can take advantage of the time when they dispatch troops and concentrate superior forces, and we can annihilate Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. “

Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's strategy and made the three armies and the Quartet threaten.

When Yuan Shao's army heard the news, they reported to the village: "Cao Cao's troops divided into two routes: one to capture Nanyang, and the other to Changshe. Yuan Shao was taken aback, and hurriedly sent Yuan Tan to rescue Nanyang with 30,000 troops, and Xin Ming with 20,000 troops to rescue Changshe, and set off overnight.

Cao Cao discovered the movement of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, and judged that Yuan Shao still had at most 50,000 declining soldiers around him, so he divided into large groups of military horses and went out in eight directions, and rushed straight to Yuan Shao's military camp.

The Yuan army lost its fighting spirit, and the army was defeated like a mountain, scattering and fleeing. And Yuan Shao didn't have time to put on his armor, so he got on his horse and fled in a single coat. His youngest son, Yuan Shang, followed.

Xu Chu, Yu Ban, Le Dian, and Xiahou Yuan were all ordered by Cao Cao to lead the army to chase Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao hurriedly crossed the river, completely gave up his chariot and golden silk, and only accompanied more than 800 horsemen. Cao Jun couldn't catch up, but only captured all the bags that Yuan Shao had abandoned.

Tens of thousands of people were killed, blood flowed like rivers, and countless people drowned.

Cao Cao won a great victory, and used all the gold, silver, jewelry, and satin he had obtained to reward his soldiers.

In Yuan Shao's correspondence, many letters between Cao Cao's subordinates and Yuan Shao were found.

Cao Cao's advisors suggested, "You can confirm their lists one by one and kill them." “

Cao Cao said: "At that time, Yuan Shao was strong, and I couldn't ensure my own safety, let alone others? This is understandable. ”

So Cao Cao ordered all these letters to be burned, and he would not bother with them.

Besides, Yuan Shao was defeated and fled, and because he was imprisoned, he could not escape, and was captured by Cao Cao's army and taken to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao and Fu Zhu have long been acquainted. Seeing Cao Cao, he said loudly, "I won't surrender!" “

Cao Cao said: "Yuan Shao didn't listen to your ideas at all, why are you so obsessed? If the gentleman can take refuge in me, the world will come into my pocket sooner or later. ”

Fu Zhu still refused to surrender, so he treated Fu Zhu well and left him in the army.

Frustrated to steal horses in Cao's camp and wanted to return to Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was furious and ordered him to be killed. When he was dying, his expression remained unchanged.

Cao Cao sighed and said, "I killed the loyal and righteous by mistake! ”

He ordered a thick burial and buried him on the edge of the Yellow Sea. The inscription of his tomb says: "The tomb of the loyal martyr." ”

Later generations have poems to praise and say:

"There are many scholars in Hebei, loyal to the frustrated king: gaze to know the formation, and look up to know astronomy; The heart is like iron to death, and the air is like a cloud when it is in danger. Cao Gongqin is a martyr, and he built a lonely grave. ”

Cao ordered Gongsun Zan to defend the north, and prepared to take advantage of Yuan Shao's weakness to capture Yuzhou. Exactly: the weak is only because there are many wins, but the strong soldiers are the widows and die. ”

Besides, Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shao's defeat, rectified the army and horses, and chased after him all the way.

Yuan Shao was dressed in a scarf, only led 800 cavalry, and fled to Changshe in the south, where the general Jiang Yiqu went out of the village to greet him.

Yuan Shao told Qu Yiqu everything that happened.

Qu Yiqu summoned the scattered Yuan army, and everyone heard that Yuan Shao was in the Changshe, and they all gathered together.

Yuan's army regained its strength and suggested returning to Yuzhou first.

Yuan Shao heard crying in the distance in the tent, so he went over to listen.

It turned out that this defeated reunion, telling the pain of losing a brother and losing a brother, abandoning his companion and dying, everyone beat their chests and cried, and they all said: "If the lord had listened to Tian Feng's advice, how could we have suffered such a catastrophe!" ”

Yuan Shao said with great regret: "I don't listen to Tian Feng's opinion, the army will be defeated; Now go back to Yuzhou, do you have any face to see him?! ”

The next day, while the horse was walking, Feng Ji led the army to pick him up.

Yuan Shao and Feng Ji said: "I don't listen to Tian Feng's opinion, so I have this kind of failure. I'll go back now, and I'm ashamed to see Tahara Hao. “

Feng Ji then framed and said: "Tian Feng heard that the lord had failed in prison, so he clapped his hands and laughed and said: Sure enough, it is not what I expected! ”

Yuan Shao said angrily: "The kid dares to laugh at me!" I'm going to kill him! ”

So he ordered the messenger to go to Yuzhou Prison with a sword to kill Tian Feng first.

Besides, Tian Feng is in prison.

One day, the prison officials came to see Tianfeng and said, "Congratulations on farewell! ”

Tian Feng asked, "What is there to congratulate?" ”

The man said, "General Yuan has returned in defeat, and your lord can see the light of day again." “

Tian Feng smiled and said, "I'm going to die now!" ”

The man was puzzled and asked, "Everyone is happy for you, why do you say that you are going to die?"

Tian Feng said: "General Yuan is generous on the outside but suspicious on the inside, and does not consider loyalty. If you rejoice in victory, you will forgive me; Now that I'm ashamed of my defeat, I have no hope of surviving. ”

The man still didn't believe it, and was about to discern.

Suddenly, Yuan Shao asked people to come with his sword, and passed Yuan Shao's order to kill Tian Feng, and the jailer was shocked.

Tian Feng said: "I knew that I would definitely die. ”

The jailers all wept and sighed.

Tian Feng said: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he is unwise if he doesn't know his master!" What a pity for the husband to die today! So he committed suicide in his cell.

Later generations have a poem that says: "Yesterday the army was lost, and today Tian Feng died in prison." The pillars of Hebei are all broken, and the original family is not lost! ”

Tian Feng died, and everyone who heard it sighed.

Yuan Shao returned to Yuzhou after defeat, distraught, and ignored political affairs.

His wife, Liu, persuaded Yuan Shao to become an heir.

Yuan Shao gave birth to three sons, the eldest son Yuan Tan, whose character was Xiansi, and served as Chen Jun; the second son, Yuan Xi, whose name is Xianyi, served as Liang Guo; The third son, Yuan Shang, whose name is Xianfu, was born to Yuan Shao's wife Liu, and was born handsome, and Yuan Shao liked it very much, so he stayed with him.

Since the defeat of Guandu, Liu has often blown the pillow wind in Yuan Shao's ears.

So Yuan Shao discussed with the four people of Trial, Fengji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu, and the original Trial, Fengji, and helped Yuan Shang; Xin Ping and Guo Tu helped Yuan Tan instead; Each of the four is his master.

At that moment, Yuan Shao said to the four people: "Now that the external troubles have not been settled, the internal affairs must be decided early, and I will discuss with you the heirs: the eldest son, Yuan Tan, has a strong personality and is easy to kill; The second son, Yuan Xi, is a cowardly person and difficult to become a big weapon; There is only the third son, Yuan Shang, who has the spirit of a hero, and is virtuous and respectful, and I want to make him his heir. What do you mean? ”

Guo Tu said: "Among the three, Yuan Tan is the eldest, and now he is outside; If the lord is abolished, it is very easy to cause chaos. Now that the military prestige has been slightly weakened and the enemy soldiers are pressing the border, how can it make fathers, sons and brothers fight each other? ? You should first consider the strategy of retreating from the enemy, and the matter of establishing an heir, and do not allow too much discussion. ”

When Yuan Shao was hesitating, someone suddenly came to report that Yuan Xi had led 20,000 troops from Liangguo County; Yuan Tan led an army of 20,000 and came from Chenjun; His nephew Gao Gan also led 15,000 troops from Anfeng County: each to Yingchuan, Yuzhou to help in the war. Yuan Shao was very happy, and then rectified the people and horses to guard against Cao Cao's southward movement.

Although Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he gained the land of the five counties of Anping, Qinghe, Wei, Zhao, and Julu. However, the three counties of Zhongshan Kingdom, Changshan County, and Hejian County in the north of Jizhou were all taken down by Gongsun Zhan in a battle, and the remaining Bohai County was also occupied by the garrison in the name of Yan Liangmei ordered by Xue Rengui. To the east of Cao Cao is the newly rising Eastern Han court, and to the south is Yuan Shao, who is angry with himself and has just been defeated by himself, and Cao Cao is in the land of four wars.

At this moment, Cao Cao was discussing the next strategy with all the strategists and generals in Wei County.

Cao Cao said: "Everyone, although we trust the counties of Jizhou, but now we are surrounded by enemies, please analyze it, what should we do?" ”

Guo Jia said: "My lord, Yuan Shao in the south has just been defeated, but it is just a dry bone in the grave, so there is nothing to worry about, and the Luoyang Imperial Court in the east has just recuperated under the arrangement of Yang Su and others. There is also Ma Teng in the west to the east, and Han Sui doesn't know what he is thinking. So, it's not a cause for concern. We're worried about the only two who remain. ”