Chapter 14: Yuan Shao's frustration
Near the Guandu ferry, Yuan Shao's army was camped for dozens of miles, and the army was huge.
Yuan Shao sat in the military tent, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word, although he had crossed the Yellow River, but he had lost Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two generals, and his morale was low.
"Lord, everything in the army has been arranged, does the lord return to his military tent to rest?" Guo Tu walked in and asked Yuan Shao tentatively.
"No need, gather the generals to discuss the march!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Soon, Yuan's civil and military forces were in the tent of the Chinese army.
"Gongzhi, tell me about Cao Jun's situation!"
"Yes, my lord!"
"Cao's army is stationed in Guandu Town, building trenches outside, and building fortresses and camps inside, if our army attacks strongly, I'm afraid the cost will be very high!" As soon as Yuan Shao's army set up camp, Guo Tu went to test the military situation, Cao Cao's military camp was very well defended, and there were many things to restrain the cavalry, Yuan Shao's cavalry was basically useless!
"What does it mean to be very expensive?" Yuan Shao glanced at Guo Tu unhappily.
Guo Tu immediately shrunk his neck, and then remained silent.
"My lord, my subordinates have also seen the Cao army's military village, it seems to be well defended, and our cavalry has no place for bravery, please refer to the lord!" Fu Zhi knew that Yuan Shao was angry, so he proposed in a tactful way that the cavalry was useless.
"The military advisor means that the cavalry of our army is useless?"
"Yes, my lord, near Guandu, our army's cavalry can't be used at all."
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any suggestions on how to play our cavalry?" Yuan Shao calmed down and calmed down.
"Lord Qi. The last general thought that the cavalry could raid the rear of Cao's army. Subordinates ask for battle. Concentrate the cavalry and lead the troops to raid the rear of the Cao army! Zhang Jaw was angry about the failure of the raid on Xu Du and asked for battle again.
"Junyi, the battle in Xudu is good, but Cao Cao's defense in Xudu is also very tight, our army can no longer damage morale, and there is no need to discuss the matter of surprise attacks!"
Zhang Jaw glanced at Yuan Shao. He shook his head and retreated.
"My lord, my subordinates think that our cavalry can play a miraculous role in plundering grain and grass." Seeing that Zhang Jaw was rejected, Xu You figured out Yuan Shao's mind and proposed another strategy for the cavalry to play.
"What Ziyuan said is very true, General Ben allocated half of the cavalry to Ziyuan, and Ziyuan can see the opportunity to act!" Yuan Shao knew that the cavalry would definitely be used, but there could be no more failures like the raid on Xudu. Looting grain and grass is the best choice!
"Thank you, my lord!"
"Hmm. The matter of cavalry was decided, and the general decided to attack Cao Cao's army tomorrow to find out the truth. Prepare for it, everybody! Yuan Shao saw that the discussion did not have the result he wanted, so he directly made a decision to attack Cao's army tomorrow.
On the second day, Yuan Shao dressed in military uniform, rode a war horse, and came to Cao Ying. Cao Cao's camp was in a gourd terrain. The main gate of Cao Ying is the mouth of the gourd, the military camp behind is tired of the gourd, the hinterland is very large, suitable for strategic longitudinal, surrounded by small hills, it is impossible for the Yuan army to besiege on all sides, and can only break through in the middle!
"Command the whole army, attack!" Yuan Shao looked at the terrain and knew that only the middle had broken through, so he immediately ordered the front army to rush forward.
Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao's army in front of the barracks, shook his head and said, "The Yuan army is really numerous, and it dares to attack with the entire army of the front army. ”
"Lord, Yuan Shao will only consume his troops by doing this, it is really unwise, his subordinates will go and make Yuan Shao suffer." Cao Ren clenched his fists and asked Cao Cao for his life.
"Okay, Zixiao went to command and frustrated Yuan Shao's spirit!"
"No!" After speaking, Cao Ren went to the front to command.
Yuan Shao's army was still two miles away from Cao Cao's military camp, and these two miles were set up by Cao's army with traps and trenches.
"Ahh A dozen soldiers of Yuan's front army had not taken a few steps before they fell into Cao Jun's trap.
"Shoot the arrows!" The Cao army in the back saw that the front army was trapped by the trap, so Cao Ren ordered the rear army to release arrows.
"Formation, shieldbearer!" Yuan Shao's vanguard general, Han Meng immediately ordered to use a shield to resist the bow and arrows and continue to move forward.
"Archers! Shoot the arrows! Jiang Qi saw that the Cao army had sent archers, and he also ordered the archers of the Yuan army to fight back against the Cao army.
"Hidden!" Cao Ren commanded Cao's archers to dodge in the trenches, and Yuan Shao's bows and arrows were useless.
Han Meng continued to order the front army to rush forward, and after laying hundreds of corpses, Yuan Shao's vanguard army finally caught fire with Cao's army.
Cao Jun armed with swords, shields and broadswords, and fought with Yuan Shao's army.
"General, the archers of the rear army are ready." The Cao army in the front resisted the Yuan army, and the Cao army in the rear prepared bows and crossbows.
"Okay, order the front army to retreat, and the rear army will shoot bows and arrows!"
"No!"
The military horn remembered that the Cao army in front immediately began to retreat, and the Cao army in the rear attacked the Yuan army with a projectile.
"Rush forward!" After Han Meng saw that Cao Jun was retreating, he immediately sent someone to press in.
"General?" Han Meng's lieutenant pointed at Cao Jun and was stunned for a moment, Cao Jun retreated like a monkey, and Yuan Jun screamed like a pig.
Han Meng saw that Cao Jun actually used the trenches to retreat and retreat in different directions, but Yuan Jun was not familiar with the terrain, and many people fell into the trap, screaming.
Han Meng was stunned for a moment, and then ordered a few words to his own soldiers, and the personal soldiers immediately headed for the Chinese army.
"My lord, General Han Meng said that the attack of the front army was not going well, and asked to stop the attack."
"Lord, now that the Cao army has laid a lot of traps in front of the barracks, our army has advanced a lot, is it okay today?" Frustrated, he asked Yuan Shao tentatively.
"No, if you can't advance in front of the Cao army's barracks today, the morale will inevitably be damaged again, and Han Meng is ordered to advance to the Cao army's barracks at all costs, and our army's crossbowmen must shoot into the Cao camp to stop!"
"No!" Han Meng personally clenched his fists and led the order.
Fu Zhi bit his mouth, thought about it for a while, what Yuan Shao said was also reasonable, so he stopped admonishing.
"General, the lord has an order, if our army's crossbowmen can't shoot into the Cao army's camp, don't stop marching!"
"What!" Han Meng looked at the Cao Jun barracks in front of him, it was difficult, it was too difficult!
"General?"
"Pass on my military order, the whole army presses in, the front army is dead, and the rear army is stepping on the corpse, and it will definitely attack in front of Cao Jun's barracks."
"This?" Han Meng's soldiers were stunned for a moment, this is the most terrible military order in history, stepping on the corpse?
"Swift order!" Han Meng saw that his pro-soldiers were motionless, and immediately scolded his pro-soldiers.
"No!"
Han exhaled violently, took out a cloth belt, tied the big knife tightly in his right hand, and then shouted: "Brothers, rush up with me!" ”
Han Meng rushed forward in the lead. When the sergeants of the Yuan army saw that Han Meng had rushed, their morale was boosted, and they all rushed out.
"My lord? It seems that Yuan Jun is desperate? ”
Cao Cao's people saw a general with Yuan soldiers in the rear army, desperately rushing towards Cao's army's position, and their morale was like a rainbow.
Lu Rui looked at the sky, the clouds in the direction of Yuan Jun turned red, and Yuan Jun's military strength strengthened?
"Lord, the Yuan army is attacking fiercely, do you want General Cao Ren to avoid its edge?" Lu Rui looked at Cao Cao and arched his hand to suggest to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao stared at the Yuan army not far away, and then said: "Order General Cao Ren to avoid the edge of the Yuan army, order the rear army to set a trap, and at the same time set up falling rocks on the hills, when General Cao Ren retreats to the barracks, drop the falling stones and block the Yuan army!" ”
"No!" Cao Cao's own soldiers immediately went to give Cao Ren an order.
"General, the lord has issued an order." Soon, Cao Cao's personal soldiers came to Cao Ren's side and gave Cao Ren an order.
"General?" Cao Ren's lieutenant glanced at Cao Ren.
"Okay, carry out the lord's military order, and I will bring someone to the palace in person!"
"General?"
"Needless to say, leave a hundred dead men for me, and the rest do as the lord commands."
"No!"
Cao Ren picked up his golden shield, held a chain of steel knives, and rushed forward with the dead.
With a bang, Han Meng and Cao Ren exchanged hands, and the two armies tore and bit like crazy, and the weapons in their hands were gone, so they fought hand-to-hand. However, under the strong suppression of Yuan's army, Cao Ren's army slowly retreated to the camp entrance of the barracks.
"Drop the rocks!" As soon as Cao Ren retreated to the camp, the Cao army, which was ambushed nearby, laid down the falling stones.
"General be careful!" Han Meng's own soldiers pushed Han Meng away and pressed himself under the boulder.
An hour later, Han Meng and Jiang Qi knelt in Yuan Shao's military tent, and the road was blocked by falling rocks, and the gate of Cao's army was not breached.
Yuan Shao glanced at the two of them, waved his hand, and said, "Go down and recuperate well." ”
"My lord?" Yuan Shaofa is merciful? Don't blame yourself?
"Go down, it's not your sin to fight."
"Thank you, my lord!"
After the two retreated, Yuan Shao looked at the Cao Jun military camp not far away, and said to himself: "Meng De, I haven't seen you for many years, I didn't expect you to become such an elite division!" (To be continued......)
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