October of the fifth year of Jian'an (A.D. 200). Cao Cao personally led 5,000 cavalry to attack Yuan Shao's grain place Wuchao, although Yuan Shao's army was prepared, but the heavens were not beautiful, a sudden rainstorm destroyed all the plans of the Yuan army, Cao Cao successfully burned most of Yuan Shao's grain and grass, and retreated. And Yun Xiao, who survived that battle, has already arrived in Guandu.

"The Black Nest is gone?" Yuan Shao looked at Yun Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked in disbelief.

"Yes...... Lord, we could have wiped out all the enemies who came to attack, but ......" Speaking of this, Yun Xiao bit his lip: "Suddenly it rained, the mountain road was slippery, and the soldiers and horses were buried at the foot of the mountain......"

"Why did you come up to Soldier Mountain?" Yuan Shao hammered the table, and the wine on the table spilled out: "Haven't you thought about the weather?" ”

"My lord, the winter rainstorm is indeed a bit strange." Guo Tu interjected: "It's useless to blame General Yun now, it's better to think about what we should do now." ”

"What's the best way to do it?" Yuan Shao looked hopeful.

"Cao Mengde secretly attacked my grain and grass, and the camp must be empty, so it is better to send a large army to attack Guandu and take Xuchang by chance." Guo Tu looks like he has a bamboo in his chest.

"My lord, no." Yun Xiao was anxious when he heard this: "Our army has no food, if the attacking officer can't cross, the sergeant will definitely riot...... If you don't think about winning, you will lose first. ”

"And what do you want?" Guo Tu looked at Yun Xiao with some displeasure. [I just spoke for you, and you will come to lose my face immediately, which is not kind. 】

"Lord, we will take advantage of Cao Cao's failure to return, retreat first, and wait for the grain and grass to arrive, and fight with Cao Cao, it is the best policy."

"At this point, we can only fight against the water! Don't you hear about the place of death and come back to life? Guo Tu looked sarcastic: "The general of the defeated army, how can he be brave?" ”

"You ......" Yun Xiao clenched his fists: "You want to harm these hundreds of thousands of lives?" ”

"Enough!" Yuan Shao shouted angrily: "Zhang He, Gao Ran, you two lead troops to attack Cao Ying, immediately!" ”

"Command."

"Yunxiao, it's not your fault, go down and rest."

"The lord ......" Yun Xiao is not reconciled.

"Let's go down!" Yuan Shao waved his hand.

"Yes." Yun Xiao walked out of the camp in despair.

"Brother Yun, how is it?" Seeing Yun Xiao out of the camp tent, Hong Hai, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Is it difficult to ......" Looking at Yun Xiao's lonely appearance, Hong Hai immediately guessed seven or eight points.

"Huh...... It's all fate, I'm really unwilling. Two lines of tears slipped down his face: "Let's go, it's already lost." ”

"Yun Laoge, Yuan Ben didn't make a big deal at the beginning, why don't we ...... it now" Hong Hai's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he made a throat cutting ceremony.

“…… Although the lord is deaf, he does not stand up to us, and if I rebel, it is disloyal. Yun Xiao shook his head: "I want to accompany him to the end." ”

"But......" Hong Hai wanted to speak, but stopped.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter, isn't it just a life." Yun Xiao smiled bitterly: "At the beginning, we had eight points to defect to the lord because the road was close, and we couldn't catch Cao Liu's line at all. We all know his shortcomings, he is a famous person, he is a poor man, and he has a low IQ and poor ability in this place, but low emotional intelligence is the fatal injury. Therefore, the capable and temperamental Koji Yi was planted, and Tian Junshi's life was not easy; Lord Fu is also depressed, only Guo Tu, who is a man of good matching...... I tried to change, but I failed. ”

"But it doesn't matter." Yun Xiao stared at Hong Hai tightly: "If you want to surrender Cao, you can do it, the lord will not live up to me, and I Yun Xiao will definitely end from the beginning!" ”

"Brother Yun, what are you talking about?" Hong Hai feigned anger: "Isn't it just desperate? ”

"Okay, let's stay the course!"

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Cao Jun camped, and Yu Ban led the troops to resist wave after wave of attacks by Yuan Shaojun.

"Rush it all!" Gao Ran raised his spear and shouted: "Kill a Cao army and reward 500, kill 10 Cao officers to be promoted to a higher level, kill a Cao general and reward 100 acres of land, and be a general!" ”

"Kill, ......" Yuan Shaojun frantically attacked Yu Ban's defensive line.

"Hold on!" Yu Ban kept commanding the soldiers to plug the gap that Yuan Jun rushed out: "Behind you are your wife and children, how can you retreat!" Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”

"Whew...... Cao's camp is really like a turtle, attacking for a long time, in vain. Zhang He looked at Gao Ran on the side: "You should listen to Yun Boy, Guo Junshi's plan is too risky." ”

"Do your best." Gao Ran patted Zhang He on the shoulder: "The lord sits on the four states, how can he lose?" ”

"I hope so."

Two days later.

"Can't take it for a long time?" Yuan Shao's eyes widened: "Incompetent! ”

"It must be that Zhang He Gaolan has two hearts and is unwilling to do his best." Guo Tu hurriedly poured dirty water on the two people: "Lord, make a quick decision, don't show mercy." "[I won't take the responsibility for the failure of this strategy, General Zhang, General Gao, I have wronged you. Guo Tu said silently in his heart.

"Send Han Meng to receive the army and arrest the second general." Yuan Shao was very angry and made a decision. When a small colonel outside the tent heard this, he quickly left, and then left the camp.

"What, Guo Tu slandered the two of us and wanted to surrender Cao Cao?" Zhang He was very surprised.

"Yes! The villain had been greatly favored by the general, and he couldn't bear to be framed by the general, so he came to inform him. ”

"Junyi, let's turn against him." Gao Ran listened to it loudly: "We fought bloodily, was born and died, he turned a blind eye, but now he wants to punish us and others because of a villain's slander, how stupid!" ”

“…… Now I will bear him, and he will bear me first. Zhang He made up his mind: "We will descend Cao Cao now." ”

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In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in Guandu, Cao's army declined, Cao Cao survived in death, and attacked Wuchao, although the Yuan army had an ambush, but because the heavens were not beautiful, the military food of Wuchao was burned by Cao Cao. Yuan Shao heard this desperate gamble, attacked Cao Ying, but could not attack for a long time, Guo Tu was afraid of Yuan Shao's blame, and Zhang He Gaolan had the heart to vote for Cao, Yuan Shao was furious, and wanted to kill two people, Zhang He Gaolan knew about this and did not do two things to vote for Cao Cao, and before leaving, he also hyped up the defeat of the Yuan army's black nest, the morale of the Yuan army was low, the Cao army took advantage of the situation to attack, the Yuan army collapsed, Yuan Shao and his eldest son Yuan Tan only led 800 people to flee back to the north......

When Cao Cao seized many letters written to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao didn't read them, burned them in public, and said: "At that time, Yuan Shao was so strong, I didn't have the confidence to protect myself, let alone others?" ”

Yuan Shao was defeated, many cities in Jizhou fell to the wind, and Yuan Shao fled to the north bank of Liyang before stopping. At that time, everyone thought that the imprisoned Tian Feng would be released...... As a result, Yuan Shao killed him because he couldn't face him.

Like Tian Feng, he was imprisoned and frustrated, but frustration fell into the hands of Cao Cao, who would rather die than surrender, and scolded Cao Cao, and finally frustrated and died facing the north, Cao Cao took pity on his loyalty and buried him.

At the end of October, Cao Cao led his army back to Xudu, and when he heard that Sun Ce was seriously injured, he wanted to take the opportunity to make some gains, but was persuaded by Xun Yu. At that time, Mo Wen told Cao Cao about the idea of the saddle, and it attracted Cao Cao's attention.

"Although Yuan Shao is defeated, he still has strength to spare, but he is the great enemy of the lord, and he can't easily form a grudge with others." These words dispelled Cao Cao's idea of going south.

Liu Biao took advantage of Zhang Xian's death and captured Changsha, Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, and Zhao Wei under Liu Zhang's rule bullied him for weakness and launched a rebellion......

In March of the sixth year of Jian'an (201 AD), Cao Cao rectified the army and wanted to recruit Liu Biao, Xun Yu said, "Yuan Shao is newly defeated, it is advisable to take advantage of the situation to attack it, why did Ming Gong give up the near and seek the farther?" And at this time, the news of Yuan Shao's comeback came......

In April, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in Cangting.

At this time, Yuan Shao had already cleaned up the counties of Jizhou that had rebelled due to the defeat of Guandu, and regathered his troops and horses, preparing to attack Chenliu and then attack Xuchang......

In this battle, Cao's army was 60,000 and Yuan's army was 75,000, but Cao's army had fought countless battles, all of them were elite soldiers......

After this battle, Yuan Shao's strength was greatly damaged, and he vomited several liters of blood due to anger, and had to rest in bed to recuperate.

In July, Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Liu Bei in Runan.

Although Guan Zhang Zhao's bravery and Liu Bei's tricks brought a lot of trouble to Cao Jun, Mo Wen was almost cut in two by Guan Erye once. But in the end, they were not able to turn the tables - the gap in strength was too great.

The defeated Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou, and when Liu Biao heard that Liu Bei was coming to defect, he personally went out of the city to greet him and asked him to garrison Xinye.

In September, Mo Wen returned to Xudu with Cao Cao.

"Yunshan, this time we are waiting for a big victory, we don't need your Xuzhou soldiers, you can lead the troops back to Xiapi one day, although Sun Ce was stabbed, but after he is injured, he will have the heart of the Northern Expedition, and Xuzhou will rely on you."

"The name will live up to the trust of the lord." Don't ask.

"Okay, now that you have broken Yuan Shao and defeated Liu Bei, you have done a lot of work, what do you want? Euppy? Offices? Cao Cao looked at Mo with interest.

What do you want? Don't ask a little confused for a while, property? His own fortune is sufficient; Beauty? After all, he is a passerby, there is no need to leave useless fetters, and then he will be sad about it; Offices? Now that he is a state assassin, Cao Cao will not be able to tolerate himself if he wants an official position; Weapons...... Thinking of this, Mo Wen took the giant sword behind his back and held it in front of him.

"Lord, my sword was damaged in the battle with Liu Bei a month ago, and now I want to ask for a blade, and I hope that the lord will be perfected."

"Let me see...... Hmm, it's really heavy! Cao Cao took Mo Wen's giant sword.

The broad sword body was densely covered with scars of different shades, and one of them was so clear that it almost cut the giant sword in half—a month ago, Mo Wen used this sword to block Guan Yu's powerful slash.

"Blade, it's just right, I happen to be building two swords today, and I can also take advantage of the situation to help you build one, how long do you want the sword, and how heavy is it?"

"The blade is five feet long, and it weighs no more than forty pounds." The sword is too long to cut the soldiers, but it is a little unsuitable for mid-range dismount melee combat. (Eastern Han Dynasty, one foot 23.75 cm)

"That's fine, you go back to Xuzhou first, and then I will send someone to send you to you."

"Thank you for your kindness."

In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, Mo Wen returned to Xuzhou with his subordinates.

Yizhou.

At this time, Liu Zhang pacified Zhao Wei's rebellion and began to recuperate.

Koto.

Sun Ce was still a sick cat in bed, but the travelers in Jiangdong began to cooperate with Zhou Yu, Sun Quan and others, subdued the Jiangdong family, and repelled several Shanyue attacks.

Jingzhou.

After Liu Biao took the four counties of Changsha, he ignored the suggestions of the generals to expand his territory and began to recuperate.

Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao experienced the defeat of Cangting, the counties of Jizhou, which had been taken by Yuan Shao, began to move again, and at this time, Yuan Shao put down the rebellion in Jizhou with a thunderous force, regardless of his physical discomfort......

Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu began to implement his own system in Hanzhong, which was very similar to religion - no official position, politics and religion were integrated, and Zhang Lu himself was a big sacrificial wine—with a bit of a god stick.

Shinno.

Liu Bei, who had regained his place to live, settled in Xinye with the help of many travelers.

Six years of Jian'an have passed like this.