Han Meng escorted the grain and grass out of the black nest, and there was no incident along the way. Seeing that it was not far from the camp, Han Meng ordered the soldiers to stop and rest for a while, and strive to have enough strength to finish the following journey in one go.

When the 3,000 men who were carrying grain heard that they could rest, they pulled the grain cart aside, sat down on the ground, and began to drink water and rest. The two thousand guards did not dare to relax like the people, half rested, half guarded, they did not have to carry food and were not as tired as the people.

Just when the military horse was resting, Han Meng saw the smoke and dust on the road behind him, and the horse's hooves rumbled, which made Han Meng's face change and hurriedly picked up his knife and got on the horse. The two thousand protectors also stood up and gathered behind Han Meng. The 3,000 men had no weapons in their hands, no heavy armor, and their physical strength was overdrawn, so they did not dare to step forward at all, and all of them hid behind the grain carts.

Nan Ye's command was full of cavalry, and he caught up with Han Meng in the blink of an eye. Han Meng was shocked when he recognized that it was Nan Ye's banner, and hurriedly asked the guards to line up to meet the enemy, while he himself hid in the formation, and he didn't have the courage to fight alone with the generals under Nan Ye's command.

In the face of two thousand foot soldiers armed with ge, halberds, and spears, Nan Ye would not be stupid enough to charge the battle with cavalry. The cavalry under his command is not ordinary, not to mention the three hundred personal guards, and the thousand traps are not easy to mess with, all of them are extraordinary in martial arts and fully equipped. Han Meng used spearmen to restrain the cavalry in a formation, but the fault was that the group of cavalry under Nan Ye did not play their cards according to common sense.

More than 1,000 cavalrymen did not charge the battle with fast horses, but stopped in front of the formation, and then took off their strong bows and crossbows from their backs and began to shoot arrows. At this time, Han Meng's soldiers suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and whoever let the crossbowmen was the nemesis of the pikemen.

The ten generals under Nan Ye's command also have their own means of long-range attacks. Dian Wei and Zhou Cang's flying halberds are as fast as meteors, and their range may not be as good as strong bows and crossbows, but they are extremely powerful, and each small halberd can take the life of a soldier, even if Zhou Cang's accuracy is not as good as Dian Wei, but in the face of dense military formations, it can also hit a hundred shots.

Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Gao Shun and others each held bows and crossbows, and their archery skills were much more superb than ordinary soldiers, and they specially selected Dubo and Tun generals in the army formation to shoot and kill. Zhao Yun's archery skills were the highest, and he bent his bow and arrows to shoot Han in the formation directly under the horse.

As soon as Han Meng died, the soldiers were in chaos, and they fled one after another, not to mention the three thousand people, some ran away, and some simply knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Nan Ye came mainly to rob the grain this time, and the killing of the enemy was secondary, and he did not order anyone to chase after him, so that the surrendered people gathered the grain and grass in one place.

In the face of a lot of grain and grass, it was impossible for Nan Ye to take it all away, so he could only order his corporal to take as much meat as possible without affecting the speed of the war horse. Then they set fire to the rest of the grain and grass.

Yuan Shao was in the army and saw the fireworks in the northwest sky, and he didn't know what was going on. Then Han Meng's defeated army came to report: "The grain and grass have been robbed!" General Han died. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shao almost lost his breath, and hurriedly ordered Gao Ran to lead the troops to rescue. But when you get to the place where Nan Ye plundered, where is there still the shadow of Nan Ye? Nan Ye, who was familiar with the road, had already made a detour back to Cao Ying. Gao Ran knew that Nan Ye's command was full of cavalry, and it was useless to chase him, so he could only repay Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard the report, but he had no choice but to send the general to transport grain. Guo Tu said: "The march is based on food, and you must not be careful. The robbery of the grain road can still be remedied, and the black nest is the place where the grain is stored, if it is robbed by Cao Cao, everything will be stopped. It can be said that it is not too late to make amends, and the black nest must be heavily guarded. ”

Guo Tu's words were in line with Yuan Shao's intentions, and at that time he sent the general Chun Yuqiong, and the generals Wei Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others led 20,000 horses to guard the black nest.

Nan Ye returned to Cao Cao's camp and offered the intercepted grain and grass to tell about the looting of grain. Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed, he didn't care about this bit of grain and grass, but mainly because he was happy that Nan Ye had discovered Yuan Shao's place where he stored grain, and he was going to send troops to Wuchao immediately.

Xun You said: "Yuan Shao's grain and grass must be taken precautions, and it is not a good opportunity to go to Wuchao at this time. Why don't you wait a little longer, and wait for the Wuchao guards to relax before going to attack? ”

Cao Cao and Nan Ye both felt that Xun You's words were reasonable, so they stood still for the time being. Although Yuan Shao's previous construction of earth mountains and tunnels were all broken by Nan Ye without success, they all took the initiative to attack, and Cao Cao never had the strength to fight back. Now Nan Ye took the initiative to attack and rob the grain and grass, which made Yuan Shao very unhappy, so he summoned the generals to discuss the best way to break the enemy.

Xu Yu offered a plan: "Cao Caotun officer crossing, and I have been with him for a long time, and Xuchang must be empty. If an army is divided into a starry night to cover Xuchang, Xuchang can be obtained, and Cao Cao can be captured. Cao Cao sent troops to rob grain because of the lack of food in his camp, and Bixia could take this opportunity to attack him in two ways. ”

As soon as Yuan Shao heard Xu You's strategy, he felt reasonable, since Nan Ye could bypass his own camp and rob grain, why couldn't he bypass Cao Cao's camp to sneak attack Xuchang? However, Yuan Shao was more scheming and less decisive, so he asked the rest of the strategists: "What do you think Aiqing thinks Ziyuan is planning?" ”

Guo Tu said: "This plan is not appropriate! Cao Cao is scheming, how can Xuchang be his capital without leaving heavy troops to guard it? If Bixia divides fewer troops, he will not be able to capture Xuchang, if there are more troops, the camp is empty, and Cao Cao and Nanye take the opportunity to attack, will we not die and have no place to be buried? ”

Xu You argued: "Cao Cao's army is here, how can Xuchang still have an army?" Moreover, even if half of the troops were divided to attack Xuchang, there were more men and horses in the camp than Cao Cao, so why was Cao Cao afraid to attack? ”

Guo Tu said: "We have many soldiers who can't break through Cao's camp, but can only confront it here, which shows the courage of Cao's soldiers." If the troops are divided again, won't they be weaker than Cao's army? ”

Yuan Shao was a person who didn't pay attention, and he was very sorry for his life. Originally, he thought that Xu You's strategy was good, but after listening to Guo Tuyi, he felt that it was not safe enough to sneak attack Xuchang, and it was a risky strategy. Although Ji Cheng can defeat Cao Cao, if he can't do it, he will put himself in it, and he is not willing to take this risk.

Just when Yuan Shao was hesitating, a letter suddenly came from a messenger from Yecheng. Yuan Shao opened the letter and saw that it was a letter from Xin Ping, who was guarding the city, telling that Xu You's nephew was rampant in Jizhou and abused civil property, and was now in prison, and asked Yuan Shao to adjudicate.

It turned out that Xu Yu was greedy for money and often abused his power to accumulate money, and his family members also worked up and down. However, Xu You is cautious and wise, although he accumulates money, he is also measured, and he will never cross the line, let alone fall into the handle. This time, Xu You sent troops with Yuan Shao, and the Xu family had no umbrella, so it was said that they should be more restrained, but on the contrary, Xu You's nephew had less constraints, and he felt that he could get more money into his own pocket, and he didn't need to confess to Xu You, so he was even more rampant, and he was caught by Xin Ping.

Yuan Shao's battle in front was not going well, how could he tolerate someone in the rear dragging his feet, he was furious at that time, threw the letter in Xu You's face and said: "Indiscriminate puppetry!" What face do you have before me? I think you have an old relationship with that Cao Cao, and you also want to be bribed by him to divide the troops so that Cao Cao can attack. I should have beheaded you, but I thought that you still had a small amount of work after many years of service, and you were not allowed to come back to see me in the future. ”

After that, he said to the messenger: "Xu You's family should be beheaded according to the law if they break the law, why do you need to ask again?" This is a wartime, the crime is added to the first degree, and there is no need to ask for beheading immediately. ”