The forty-seventh round, Cao Yuan's soldiers and officers crossed the Nanguan Pass together, and passed the five passes together (12
When Yuan Shao saw Gao Shun and Zhang Baicai leading the troops blocking the road, he fainted in fright. If it weren't for Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang guarding on the side, Yuan Shao would definitely fall off the horse. Guo Tu and Feng Ji knew that they could only fight to the death at this time, and there was no way out, so they ordered Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Wang Men, and Tian Yu to rush hard, and everyone followed.
Although the martial arts of Gao Shun and Zhang Baiqi are not first-class, they are not comparable to Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan and others. However, Yuan Shao's side had four generals and two generals, and Gao Shun and Zhang Baiqi couldn't fight for a while. The ghost pawns were all reorganized from the previous Yellow Turban Heavenly Soldiers, and they advocated that the white cavalry should be one against two, and they were worried that he would be in danger, so they stepped forward to help.
Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Wang Men, and Tian Yu were not Gao Shun and Zhang Bai's opponents, and they were surrounded by ghostly ghosts on all sides, and there were countless swords and guns in their bodies at that time, and they died on their horses in an instant. However, the four generals also bought Yuan Shao and others time to escape, so that Yuan Shao escaped by luck.
At this time, Yuan Shao woke up leisurely and found that he was tied to a horse, escorted by Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang on the left and right. When I looked behind me, I found that there were four less generals, and I couldn't help crying.
"Yuan Shaoxiu is leaving, I've been waiting for you here for a long time!" Before Yuan Shao's tears dried, there were people blocking the road in front of him, this time the four generals came out together, Zhao Yun and Yang Xiong on the left, and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang on the right.
This time, Yuan Shao Wenwu saw that there were only four people in front of him, and without waiting for Guo Tu and Feng Ji to speak, Jiang Yiqu, Yan Rou, Wang Xiu and Gao Gan, who was injured, killed them.
As soon as General Zhao Yunsi saw that the injured high-ranking cadres were all out of the horse, he knew that all the generals in Yuan Shao's team were wiped out. Zhao Yun stepped forward and stabbed Gao Gan to death with a single shot, it wasn't that he wanted to pick up a soft pinch, but Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Yang Xiong didn't want to fight the injured Gao Gan, so they faced the other three generals respectively, leaving only a Gao Gan for Zhao Yun.
How could Jiang Yiqu's three generals be the opponents of Zhang Liao and the three? In less than ten rounds, they were all wiped out. just let Yuan Shao take the opportunity to run away again. However, this time, Zhao Yun's four generals did not let go of Yuan Shao, and after cutting off the four heads, Tima chased forward.
Yuan Shao and the others were not worried but happy when they saw that Zhao Yunsi was chasing in the future, which showed that there were no ambushes ahead, and as long as they got rid of the four of them, they could escape and ascend to heaven. But before they could be happy, they saw another general blocking the road in front of them, and there were a hundred female soldiers behind them, all armed with bows and crossbows. It was Zhang He and Ma Yunluo who led a hundred female soldiers to intercept here.
Zhao Yunsi, who was chasing behind, saw that Ma Yunluo was leading the troops in front and hurriedly collected the horses, and as soon as the four of them stopped, Ma Yunluo gave an order, and the female soldiers under his command fired a hundred crossbows and shot at Yuan Shao and his party. At this time, there were less than ten people around Yuan Shao, except for Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who were all civil ministers, where could they resist an average of more than ten arrows per person? For a while, people shouted and neighed, and Yuan Shao's whole army was annihilated.
It wasn't until a moment before his death that Yuan Shao regretted that he shouldn't have killed Sun Qing as an enemy with Nan Ye, but it was useless to regret it at this time. General Zhao Yunsi saw that Yuan Shao and others were all shot into hedgehogs, so he stepped forward and came to greet Ma Yunluo and Zhang He.
At this time, the generals under Nan Ye's command had long dared not underestimate Ma Yunluo and her group of female soldiers, and Zhao Yun and others were extremely familiar with Ma Yunluo. Xu Huang, as Nan Ye's old subordinate, came up and joked with Ma Yunluo: "The mage is just eccentric, and he gave this great achievement of killing Yuan Shao to Yunluo, not to mention, but also sent Jun Yi to protect him." ”
Ma Yunluo said with a smile: "I can make this feat, thanks to the generals who showed mercy to the front and deliberately let Yuan Shao go, otherwise General Zhang and I could only wait here in vain." ”
Zhang He heard that he was depressed when he heard the conversation between the two, the people and horses in front of him wanted to fight soldiers, and they wanted to fight generals, so it didn't matter if they had fun and let Yuan Shao go. But when it came to the level of him and Ma Yunluo, Nan Ye demanded that the enemy army be completely annihilated. Zhang He also wanted to have a good time fighting with Yuan Shao's subordinates, but for the sake of safety, Ma Yunluo shot all the random arrows to death.
At this time, Zhang Liao said: "Let's not delay, let's find out if Yuan Shao has a jade seal on his body, and who died here, so go back and restore your life." ”
Hearing this, everyone nodded and said that they were taking action, and after some inspection, they did not find the jade seal, it seems that Yuan Shao did not carry it with him, and it is unlikely that he is in the barracks, I am afraid that he will stay in Yecheng. In addition to Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji, there are also Xin Bi, Gao Rou, Chen Zhen, Chen Lin, and Tian Chou among the corpses in this place.
What made Zhao Yun and the others feel strange was that Nan Ye had always cherished talents, and he didn't know why he had a clear opportunity to capture Yuan Shao and his party this time, but he ordered to be killed. If it is said that Yuan Shao killed Sun Qing and had a grudge against Nan Ye, but Chen Lin and other celebrities did not offend Master Nan Ye.
In fact, Nan Ye was forced to do this. You must know that if you don't kill these Yuan Shao civil and military forces today, when the captives come back, they will all join Cao Cao to serve. Once Nan Ye and Cao Cao go to war one day, these people are still enemies, and Nan Ye has no reason to keep the troubles. After Zhao Yun and the others cleaned up, they carried the heads of Yuan Shao and others along the road.
Cao Cao ambushed Yuan Shao on ten sides, and ten teams of men and horses returned to the camp one after another to capture them, but Nan Ye did not return all the way. Cao Cao asked Xiahou Yuan: "The mage intercepted and killed Yuan Shao with you, why haven't you returned yet?" ”
Xiahou Yuan replied: "The mage sent all the generals under his command, and set up an ambush on ten sides, wanting to annihilate Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses. At this time, he was still waiting for the generals under his command to turn around in the ambush place, and he would probably return in some time. ”
Xu Yu offered a plan to break the black nest and thought that he was meritorious, and he relied on Cao Cao is small, so he didn't take others in his eyes, and sneered: "Nanguanghua is too big." Meng De has more than 100 generals, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and has never completely annihilated Yuan Shao in ambushes on all sides, how can he dare to rely on ten generals to kill Yuan Shao with more than 1,000 people? It's ridiculous that there is a female general among the ten nameless generals, which is really ridiculous! ”
Everyone frowned when they heard Xu Yu laughing at Nan Ye, and Guan Yu was even more unhappy. Cao Cao saw that Xu You had provoked the anger of the public, and just wanted to persuade him a few words, he heard a voice at the gate of the village and said: "Who said that the female general is ridiculous?" If it weren't for the female generals under my command, how could I get Yuan Shao's first rank? ”
Cao Cao heard the sound and looked at the gate of the village, it was Nan Ye who led the troops and returned, and what surprised everyone the most was that all the generals under Nan Ye were immediately tied to their heads, and they could vaguely be identified as the heads of the martial arts under Yuan Shao.
Dian Wei and Zhou Cang carried Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's heads and didn't give them to Cao Cao, and threw them directly in front of Xu You and snorted coldly. Gao Shun and Zhang Baiqi did the same, and threw the heads of Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Wang Men, and Tian Yu over. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yiqu, Yan Rou, Wang Xiu, and Gao Gan's heads were also thrown at Xu You's feet.
Ma Yunluo Zuihou came over and threw the heads of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang at Xu You's feet, and then raised Yuan Shao's head in front of Xu You and said, "If you have the ability to kill Yuan Shao, then come and laugh at me." ”
At this time, Xu You was already trembling with fear by the pile of heads in front of him, where did he dare to contradict Ma Yunluo again? Cao Cao's generals saw Xu You's cowardice, and secretly exclaimed in their hearts, and they were even more shocked that Master Nan Ye had really annihilated Yuan Shao and his generals.
Cao Cao had mixed feelings in his heart, on the one hand, he was happy that Yuan Shao had died, and the four northern states were all his own, and on the other hand, he was shocked by the strength shown by Nan Ye. As Xu You said just now, his more than 200,000 horses failed to capture Yuan Shao, and Nan Ye actually killed Yuan Shao and his generals with more than 1,000 generals, and his strength was really unfathomable. If you can't subdue this person, you must get rid of this person, otherwise you will definitely be your fierce enemy in the future.
Cao Cao, who was jealous of Nan Ye in his heart, did not show it in his face, but was very happy to pull Nan Ye and said: "The mage can kill the puppet emperor Yuan Shao, this battle should be the first merit, and the captured baggage should be added to one percent and the mage." I should also take credit for the generals under the command of the mage. ”
Nan Ye took Yuan Shao's head and handed it to Cao Cao and said, "Then thank you Meng De." It's just that it's a pity that I didn't find the heirloom jade seal on Yuan Shao. ”
Cao Cao heard Liu Xie say that the jade seal in Yuan Shao's hand was fake, but he didn't care. immediately set up a banquet to celebrate the achievements of Nan Ye and the generals, and rewarded the three armies. During the banquet, the generals persuaded Cao Cao to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Jizhou directly. Cao Cao also felt that Yuan Shao and all the generals under his command were dead, and Jizhou had no soldiers and no generals, so he killed Yecheng after resting for a few days.
This time, Cao Cao did not bring Nan Ye or Guan Yu, and directly asked the two to go back to Xuchang first to wait for the reward. This is because Cao Cao is sure that he will capture Yecheng, but he doesn't want to give Nan Ye half of the capture, then he will lose a lot. On the other hand, although Yuan Shao and the generals died, Liu Bei had no trace, Cao Cao deduced that Liu Bei was in Yecheng, so he naturally did not dare to let Guan Yu go to attack the city.
Nan Ye and Guan Yu were sent back to Xuchang, not to mention for the time being, just that Cao Cao led nearly 300,000 horsemen to Yecheng. Unexpectedly, the army on Yecheng was neat and tidy, and flags were planted everywhere. Cao Cao thought that the guards in the city were playing tricks, and he ordered people to attack the city without preparing much siege equipment. As a result, arrows rained down at the head of the city, and Cao's army suffered many casualties. Cao Cao could only temporarily withdraw his troops and ordered someone to find out who the guards in the city were.
After some investigation, there was a detailed return, the four gates of Yecheng were guarded by Xun Chen, Zhang Xun, Yang Hong, and Liu Bei, and Xin Ping was in the center, which made Cao Cao scratch his head.
It turned out that Yuan Shao's body was found dead by the defeated army, and the news of his death reached Yecheng, and the guard general Xin Ping discussed countermeasures with Yuan Shao's wife Liu. The Liu family panicked that the six gods had no owner and no claim, so it was all up to Xin Ping to decide. Xin Ping first took the jade seal, and ordered Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Mai to inherit Yuan Shao's position to calm the army's heart. Then he mobilized troops and horses from all over the world to gather in Yecheng for garrison.
Xin Ping saw that there were many soldiers and horses in the city but there was a lack of generals, so he used the people that Yuan Shao had previously rejected, the most famous of which were Xun Chen and Liu Bei. Xun Chen was not brought in front of the army because Yuan Shao was taboo with Xun Yu and Xun Yu. Liu Bei was told by Nan Ye that Yuan Shao would be defeated, so he found an excuse to hide in Yecheng and did not follow the army.
Xun Chen knew that Yuan Mai's ascension to the throne was just a lingering breath, but thinking that Yuan Shao had the grace of knowing him, he decided to plan for his descendants again, and he would be loyal, and the two would not owe each other in the future. Of course, Liu Bei also knew that Yuan Mai was not Cao Cao's opponent, but he wanted to take the opportunity to gain military power and make a comeback, so he also agreed to serve.
Xin evaluated the second general and suspected that there were not enough people, so he asked the two to recommend. Xun Chen made a plan at that time and asked Xin Ping to invite Yuan Shu to a banquet. Xin Ping was shocked when he heard this, don't look at him daring to use Liu Bei but not daring to use Yuan Shu, because Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are one family, once Yuan Shu gains power, he will definitely force Yuan Mai to give way, and Xin Ping will not be able to monopolize power.