Yuan Shao was in the tent, heard that the north was full of fires, and knew that the black nest was missing, so he hurriedly went out of the tent to gather the civil and military officials and discuss sending troops to rescue. Gao Ran volunteered: "I am willing to lead the army to rescue." ”

Guo Tu said: "No! Cao Jun robbed grain, and Cao Cao would lead the army to go in person. Cao Cao is out, the camp is empty, but the army can attack Cao Cao's village first. Cao Cao heard that he must return it quickly, and this plan to save Zhao from Wei is encircled. ”

Gao Ran said: "Definitely! Although Cao Cao came out, there was still Nan Ye on guard in the village to prevent accidents. If the Cao camp is not attacked, the black nest will be lost and we will all be captured! ”

Guo Tu said: "Cao Cao only cares about robbing grain, how can he leave soldiers and horses in the camp?" What's more, he had already discovered that Nan Ye only had more than a thousand horses, so what did it matter if he was in the camp? ”

Yuan Shao thought that Guo Tu was a strategist and Gao Ran was a military general, obviously Guo Tu should be a step higher, so he ordered Gao Ran and led 50,000 soldiers to rob Cao Zhai according to Guo Tu's plan. He also ordered Jiang Qi to lead 10,000 troops to save Wuchao, and personally led the army to respond in the middle.

Nan Ye killed Chun Yuqiong and others, seized the banner of Wuchao, and pretended to be Chun Yuqiong's defeated army to collect the army and return to the village. Halfway through, Jiang Qi was encountering additional troops, and Nan Ye did not dodge and directly greeted him.

Jiang Qi saw someone coming towards him, stopped him and asked, "Who are your subordinates, why are you here?" ”

Nan Ye ordered a personal guard to step forward and answer: "We are in the general's department, we were defeated by Cao Cao's army, and we are about to return to the Guandu camp. ”

Jiang Qi did not doubt it in his heart, so he said: "You will be blamed when you return to the camp after the defeat of the army, and now I am ordered to increase the troops in Wuchao, you can go with me and make the merit for the crime." ”

Nan Ye's personal guard wanted to fool the past, but he didn't expect Jiang Qi to make such a request, but he was also clever and did not disobey Jiang Qi, and pushed the boat down the river: "Thank you, general!" ”

Jiang Qi was proud of five or six thousand more soldiers and horses, and just moved forward. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang shouted: "Jiang Qixiu is leaving!" "With that, one left and one right, raise the weapon and cut it. Jiang Qi was caught off guard and was chopped under the horse by a stone axe at that time.

Nan Ye's generals saw that Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were the first to attack, so they rushed up and killed Jiang Qi's soldiers, Nan Ye continued to lead the troops forward, and ordered the soldiers to pretend to be Jiang Qi's junior colonel to report to Yuan Shao, and said that the siege of Wuchao had been solved. So Yuan Shao no longer increased his troops in Wuchao, but only increased his troops in Guandu.

However, it was said that Gao Ran attacked Cao Ying, and Cao Cao had already prepared and ambushed troops on all sides. Gao Ran entered the Cao camp only to see an empty village, and when he was about to return to the army, Xiahou Yuan on the left and Xiahou Yuan on the right, Cao Cao led Cao Ren and Cao Hong in the middle to rush out together, and attacked Yuan Jun three times. During the escape, Guan Yu and Xu Chu led their troops to kill from behind and surrounded them on all sides, and Gao Ran lost 40,000 horses and horses, so they could only take the road and go. Fortunately, Guan Yu and Xu Chu were not encountered in the chaotic army, otherwise it would be difficult to survive.

After Nan Ye intercepted and killed Jiang Qi, he came to Cao Cao's camp, because he had deceived Yuan Shao before, and the road was very smooth, and he did not encounter Yuan Shao's soldiers until he approached Cao Ying, and he was defeated by Gao Lan, so he ordered to rush and kill. At this time, Gao Ran was already in a state of embarrassment, and he saw that there were people and horses in front of him wearing Yuan Jun's clothes, and he was just about to step forward under the banner of Chun Yuqiong, and the opposite side had already rushed over.

Gao Ran is not a fool, as soon as he thought about it, he knew that the other party was Cao Bing pretending, and he didn't fight at the moment and led people to take the road, and more than 10,000 people lost half of them. Although Nan Ye used his skills to detect that Gao Ran was in the midst of the chaotic army, because there were too many defeated troops, Gao Ran was very embarrassed and not much different from the soldiers, so he was still escaped by Gao Ran.

When Nan Ye returned to Cao Ying, the real defeated army of Wuchao also fled back to Yuan Shao's camp and reported that Yuan Shao's Wuchao had lost all its grain and grass. Yuan Shao asked in surprise: "Why did you lose the black nest?" ”

The defeated army said: "Chun Yuqiong and all the generals are drunk, so they can't resist the Guanghua mage." ”

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and he was so angry that he pulled out his sword and stabbed the soldier in front of him to death. Guo Tu knew that he had made a mistake when he heard the words on the side, and now that the black nest has been lost, and Cao Cao has not left the camp, it is obvious that there is more than one bad luck here. Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao was so angry, so he was worried that Gao Ran would come back from the defeat and blame himself for the defeat. So he preemptively said: "Gao Ran will rejoice when he sees the defeat of the lord's army." ”

Yuan Shao, who was angry, asked angrily, "Why do you say this?" ”

Guo Tu said: "Gao Ran has long had the intention of surrendering Cao, so he sent him to attack Cao Ying today and refused to use force. Cao Ying is fine, Nan Ye will naturally not return to the army to rescue, resulting in the loss of the nest. ”

Yuan Shaozheng was furious about the Wuchao incident, and he couldn't distinguish the truth of what Guo Tu said, so he sent an envoy to summon Gao Ran to return to the village to ask for the crime. Guo Tu was afraid that Gao Lanzhen would come back to confront him, so he sent someone to find Gao Lan, who was gathering the defeated army, and said: "Bixia knows that General Gao is defeated and wants to kill the general and sacrifice the flag." ”

A moment later, Yuan Shao's envoy arrived, and Gao Ran asked, "What is Bixia calling me back to the camp?" ”

The envoy was afraid that Gao Ran would not return, so he said vaguely: "I don't know this, I will know when General Gao returns to the camp." ”

Gao Ran drew his sword and killed Yuan Shao's envoy and said angrily: "Yuan Shao will be captured by Cao Cao if he listens to slander, how can I sit still and wait to be killed?" It's better to vote for Cao Cao. "Then lead the people of the headquarters to Cao Cao's camp. Yuan Shao learned that Gao Ran had killed the envoy and voted for Cao Cao, and believed what Guo Tu said.

Cao Cao defeated Gao Lan, and was overjoyed to get tens of thousands of soldiers, and Nan Ye returned to the camp to tell about the victory of Wuchao. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and ordered someone to set up a banquet at that time, one was to celebrate his achievements, and the other was to discuss how to attack Yuan Shao during the banquet.

Before the banquet began, a small colonel in front of the camp came to report that Gao Ran had come to surrender. Xiahoudun and the other generals had just fought a battle with Gao Ran, and they said worriedly: "Gao Ran doesn't know the truth when he comes down, and the lord can't be careless." ”

Cao Cao said: "Gao Lan's army is defeated and surrendered, I treat it with sincerity, and if I meet it with kindness, I can also use it if I have different intentions." "Say goodbye and personally lead the crowd to greet you.

Gao Ran saw Cao Cao and Nan Ye personally greet him, and immediately turned against him, bowed to the ground, proclaimed that he was willing to surrender, and told Yuan Shao how he did not listen to his own opinions and only believed slander.

Cao Cao comforted: "If Yuan Shaoken had listened to the general's words, he would not have been defeated today." The general is willing to come to the same as Weizi to go to Yin, and Han Xin returns to Han. "Let's say that Feng Gao Ran is a partial general and Donglai Hou.

Gao Lan was convinced and thanked him. Cao Cao invited Gao Ran to join the account for a banquet. Xu Yu persuaded Cao Cao during the banquet: "Yuan Shao lost Wuchao and General Gao tonight, and the army must be in a panic, why didn't Meng De rush into the army and rob the village?" When Gao Ran heard this, he wanted to perform as a pioneer, and the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, and Le Jin also asked for battle.

Cao Cao saw that the generals were enthusiastic and ordered Gao Ran to be the vanguard, and Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu and other generals went to rob Yuan Shao's camp in three ways, leaving only Nan Ye to continue to drink and celebrate his achievements.

Gao Ran is familiar with the layout of Yuan Shao's camp, in addition to the main camp in the center, there are several partial camps next to it. If the main camp is attacked, the partial camp will come to the rescue, so Gao Ran will lead the generals to divide the troops to rob the partial camp.

Yuan Shao learned that a partial camp was robbed in the main camp and was about to go to the rescue, and another partial camp came to ask for help, and then several partial camps came to ask for help, and Yuan Shao didn't know where to go. He wanted to divide his troops to rescue, but he was afraid of losing the main camp, so he simply stood still, and ordered the men and horses of the partial camp to abandon the camp and gather in the main camp.