Yuan Shang concentrated all his efforts and went out to fight Guandu's fence overnight, dismantling the barrier outside Guandu's Tucheng in one fell swoop, leaving Cao Zhi at a loss, making the entire Cao army helpless.

It's not that no one in Cao's army can see through Yuan Shang's plan, it's just that Yuan Shang completely destroyed Cao Zhi's dozens of fences overnight, and the number of people and generals used is really not something that Cao's current strength can compete.

The current situation is indeed not that Cao Jun lost to Yuan Jun strategically, but that there is indeed a gap between Cao Jun and Yuan Jun in terms of overall strength.

Think back then, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao confronted each other, although Yuan Jun was superior to Cao Jun in numbers, there was a gap with Cao Jun in terms of overall Su zhì and combat power, and in terms of talents, although Yuan Jun had many talents, he was not refined.

But up to now, the number of Yuan's army is still better than Cao's army, but the combat power of soldiers and horses is no longer inferior to Cao's army, and there is a tendency to overwhelm Cao's head, on the other hand, Cao's talents have gradually withered, and there are fewer and fewer people who can use it.

Yu Ban died at the hands of Zhao Yun, Xu Chu died at the hands of Ma Chao, Cao Chun died at the hands of Yan Xing, Cheng Yu was beheaded, Xiahou Yuan, Zhong Xuan and the others returned to Shun, Xun You lived in Hebei, Zang Ba, Li Tong was captured alive, Zhang Liao surrendered to Yuan Shang, it was rumored that Guo Jia was killed by Yuan Shang in Xuzhou, Li Dianle was besieged in Hanging City after breaking through in Xuzhou, and the birds did not come out and could not ask for help...... Now the good generals that Cao Jun can use are limited to Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Zhang, and Xu Huang. And the strategists, the only one who can really compare with the strategists of Yuan Jun is Jia Xu.

With Cao Zhi's current military resources and talents, he can't withstand the impact of Yuan Shang at all. The destruction of the gate overnight fully proves this qiē, under Jia Xu's advice, Cao Zhi had no choice but to concentrate all the soldiers and horses in Guandu Tucheng to defend it, not to disperse manpower, in case it was broken by Yuan Shang, and the current Cao army could no longer bear any losses.

After hearing that Cao Zhi had reduced his troops, Yuan Shang immediately summoned his confidants and generals to start a discussion, and he asked directly: "Everyone, Cao Zhi will return all the soldiers and horses to his newly built earthen city, judging from the current form. How can we break Cao's army? ”

When Yuan Shang's voice fell. Zhang He below: "After several major battles, Cao's army has reduced its soldiers and horses a lot, and it is difficult to replenish them, and the generals have withered away. In the opinion of the last general. Suppress Cao's army with all his might. Overpowering them in numbers is not a problem. ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "In terms of the number of soldiers and horses." We really don't suffer, but the main force of the Cao army is here, and it is the division of the trapped beasts, if it is urgent, the dog jumps over the wall and bites back, although it will not bite us to death, but it hurts...... Although I had promised to defeat Cao Zhi head-on in Guandu and restore the prestige of my Yuan family's fall in Guandu, this method of losing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 myself is still not appropriate. ”

Yuan Shang's side, he stood up with a smile and admonished: "Lord, in the eyes of the princes of the world, the biggest difference between Yuan and Cao, do you know what it is?" ”

Yuan Shang was very concerned when he saw that he was frustrated, thought about it, and said, "I really don't know ...... this."

Frustrated: "In the eyes of the princes, the most terrible of my Hebei army is you, the lord, but Cao Jun is just the opposite, in the eyes of the princes, the most terrible thing about Cao Jun is the old ministers left by Cao Cao to Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi himself, but it is not terrible." ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while and said, "Mr. Fu means ......"

"Cao Zhi is not very powerful, as long as he can get rid of those right-hand men around him, it will be much easier to break him again."

"Oh?" When Yuan Shang heard this, he seemed to be aroused, and said, "Tell me in detail?" ”

Frustration said: "At present, the important people under Cao Zhi include Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Cao Zhang, Cao Hong and others, Xun Yu is now guarding Xuchang, you can ignore it for the time being, the remaining few people are in Guandu, if you find a way to get rid of the remaining people, it is equivalent to cutting off Cao Zhi's right-hand man, and the big thing can be decided!" These people are the only remaining talents of the Cao army, killing one less one, and one less Cao Jun will lose a point of morale! ”

Yuan Shang was stunned when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "These people are the mainstays of the Cao army, if you want to kill them, how easy is it......"

Frustrated and said with a smile: "Old man Jia Xu, who lives in a simple place, and does not lead the troops, just gives advice, unless he is to destroy the Cao army, Xiahoudun and Cao Ren, for Cao Zhi to run the whole army, is the supreme commander, there are a lot of guards around him, a dozen is to use the whole army, and he can't get rid of it, Xu Huang is currently guarding the east city of Tucheng for Cao Zhizhen, and leading an army by himself, but he has always been cautious and can't be tempted, Cao Zhang is strong and strong, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and it is not easy to start, among these people, I think, the easiest person to get rid of is Cao Hong! ”

Yuan Shang thought for a moment and said, "Cao Hong...... Well, he can be regarded as Cao Jun's old man. ”

Fu Zhu nodded, and said: "Cao Hong, although he has some ability and ability, but he is irritable by nature, so happy, I heard that he is rich and stingy, and now, he led an army to cross the north city of Tucheng for Cao Zhizhen, if he is right, it may be easy to lure him out." ”

Yuan Shang suddenly thought about it when he heard this, and said: "Yes, now that Cao Jun's talents are gradually withering, Guo Jia and Zhang Liao's losses have made them break their muscles and bones...... But how should we seduce Cao Hong? ”

Fu Zhu thought for a while and said: "It's very simple, in the coming day, we will send troops to besiege the four sides of Cao Jun's Tucheng, at that time, we will attack the remaining three cities, and only attack Cao Hong's side, the main force of Cao's army, Xiahoudun and Cao Ren and others, will definitely send most of the reinforcements to support the three sides of the crisis, and Cao Hong's side will be defeated." ”

Looking at the serious appearance of the frustrated professor, Yuan Shang couldn't help but be happy.

"Mr. Gonghe, your plan, forgive Yuan Mou and don't agree, Cao Hong may be a great achievement, but don't forget, there are other people in Guandu City, Cao Jun is not said, Jia Xu is a first-class poisoner in the world, you lure the snake out of the hole, I am afraid that I can't hide it from him."

Frustrated and said with a smile: "Not necessarily, if you can't do it once, then try a few more times, the lord believes in me, give Cao Hong a few more victories, others are reminding him, and he will also be moved...... It's definitely going to work. ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's give it a try." ”

The next day, Yuan Shang according to the strategy of frustration, divided into four routes of soldiers and horses in the southeast, northwest and northwest, attacked Guandu, in order to show his strength, he used Ma Jun's machine weapons to control zuò together.

In this battle, in the south, east and west, the Yuan army used elite soldiers and high-quality equipment, only in the north, Yuan Shang sent a general named Guan Kun under his command, this general has average ability, and the level of commanding soldiers and horses is also limited, compared to the brave and tough Cao Hong, the gap can be said to be very large.

The east, west and south sides are in an emergency, only the north side is smooth, not only the protection is excellent, but also the fart of Yuan Jun is flowing, Xiahoudun and Cao Ren will focus on the other three sides, and Cao Hong's side is laissez-faire.

After about an hour of fighting, the Yuan army in the north obviously couldn't support it, and struggled to retreat backwards, Cao Hong was overjoyed when he saw this, he was experienced, whether the enemy was defeated or not, he could see it at a glance, and now in his opinion, the Yuan army in the north was extremely frustrated, and if he led his troops to attack, it would not be a problem to kill the enemy.

The current Cao army needs to win the battle too much to boost morale!

So, he quickly sent people to the Chinese army, asked Cao Zhi, and went out of the city to pursue.

Cao Hong was full of enthusiasm, and hurriedly waited for the military order to go out of the city to chase and kill, and killing the enemy would shock the army's might, but the order of the Chinese army made him discouraged, and Cao Zhi sent someone to give him four words back, the content was very simple and concise.

"Stand by."

When Cao Hong heard this, he suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and watched Yuan General Guan Kun lead a group of remnants of the defeated generals to slip away from his eyelids.

Yuan's army had a strong attack today, and it didn't retreat until Shen Shi, and the east, west, and south sides were guarded by Cao Zhang, Xu Huang and Xiahou Ba four brothers, all of whom were losing troops and barely supporting, only Cao Hong's side was very smooth.

That night, all the generals came to Cao Zhi's handsome tent to report the results of the battle, everyone just reported the worries and not the good news, only Cao Hong recounted how he repelled the Yuan army and how he killed the Yuan army.

But the problem is that after a long silence, none of the people in the tent praised him.

The young general Xiahou Ba touched his chin, thought carefully for a while, and then said hesitantly: "The Yuan army attacked the east, west and south sides, but only showed weakness in the north, could it be a deception?" ”

After saying a word, he almost didn't crook Cao Hong's nose.

Okay, if you don't fight happily, it's Yuan Jun's strong attack! I played smoothly, and Yuan Jiang beat the fart and urine, is there fraud?

Cao Hong snorted heavily, and said with an unhappy face: "The virtuous nephew is too careful, the Yuan army attacked for a day and returned in vain, what is the scheme?" Why didn't I see it? If it hadn't been for the lord to stop me, maybe today, the head of General Yuan in the north would have let me slip back. ”

When Xiahou Ba heard that there was a thorn in Cao Hong's words, he knew that what he said was a little too direct, so he smiled embarrassedly and said, "Uncle, don't blame me, the little nephew is quick to talk for a while, just talk casually." ”

Cao Hong turned his head when he heard this, ignoring him.

His brother Cao Ren saw his stinky temper, sighed helplessly, and said: "Zilian, Zhongquan is also well-intentioned, after all, Yuan Shang is more deceitful, it is always good to be careful." ”

Cao Ren is Cao Hong's brother, although Cao Hong is angry, he doesn't dare to spray with his brother lightly, he snorts and shakes his head, and doesn't speak.

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The next day, Yuan Shang sent four troops and horses to attack the city again, and like the last time, it was still strong in the east, west and south, and weaker in the north. (To be continued......)