"Did you come so quickly, it seems that Xu He's defeat gave the Yellow Turban Army a big shock."

Yang Ling touched his chin and said with a smile,

"In that case, then we should use guerrilla tactics to deal with the enemy."

"That's what I thought too."

Cao Cao bowed slightly, agreeing with his opinion.

Although only 100,000 people in the Yellow Turban Army can be regarded as elite, the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

But as the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death.

Cao Cao only had 30,000 people in his hands, and if he really had to fight against a million Yellow Turban troops, it would be impossible to win.

Therefore, the smartest choice is to avoid its edge and deal with it.

In the following time, when the Yellow Turban Army marched south violently, intending to fight Cao Cao's troops.

Cao Cao led the army and retreated on his own initiative, showing no signs of wanting to start a war with the Yellow Turban Army.

And when the Yellow Turban Army was ready to return to Shouzhang and continue to wreak havoc in northern Yanzhou, Cao Cao's men and horses followed closely behind, not giving the Yellow Turban Army a chance to breathe at all.

It takes a lot of time to do this.

Soon it was late autumn, and the weather was getting colder.

……

Yellow Turban Army Camp.

Inside the tent.

Qu Shuai Zhang Rao was sitting there, listening to the report of his subordinates on the side.

“…… The only food we have left is enough to support half a month. And the weather is getting colder and colder, and we don't have enough clothes......"

With the report of his subordinates, Zhang Rao's face became more and more embarrassed,

"That's enough, you go down first!"

He waved his hand and retreated, leaving only two cronies, Xu He and Sima Ju.

"That's the case, do you have any good ideas?"

After being seriously injured by Zhao Yun last time, Xu He's injury has not improved until now.

Pale face, he coughed a few times, and then said helplessly,

"Qu Shuai, there is nothing that can be done by his subordinates. Otherwise, let's concentrate the grain and grass materials and give priority to the supply of elite soldiers? This will last for a while. ”

"No!"

Zhang Rao shook his head.

There are millions of Yellow Turban troops, but there are not only 100,000 elites, but also their wives and children.

If Zhang Rao does not provide food to those old, weak, sick and disabled, I am afraid that the army's heart will be unstable for a while!

"It's hateful, this Cao Jun is too disgusting, he doesn't fight and doesn't fight, and he doesn't retreat!"

Xu He gritted his teeth in anger.

Zhang Rao was also silent.

It was because of the lack of food and grass that he led the Yellow Turban Army into Yanzhou.

He had planned for Xu He to stop Cao's army, while he plundered enough supplies in the north before going to war with Cao Cao.

After defeating Cao Cao, he can occupy Yanzhou to recuperate.

But he didn't expect that Xu He, who led an army of 30,000, would be defeated by Zhao Yun with 3,000 men!

This makes Zhang Rao quite passive!

He sighed and looked at Sima Ju on the side,

"Sima Ju, you are the smartest among us, why have you been silent?"

Sima Ju smiled helplessly,

"Qu Shuai, it's not that I'm silent, it's just that I don't have any good ideas."

The Yellow Turban Army has the advantage in numbers, and the last thing they are afraid of is to fight the Cao Army head-on.

But their weakness is also obvious, that is, without rear support, it is easy for food and grass to keep up.

However, Cao Jun seized this point and simply dragged it out without fighting.

In addition, the Cao army, which is familiar with the terrain, will also launch an attack by surprise when the small unit of the Yellow Turban Army is alone.

Even the Yellow Turban Army, which was transporting food and grass supplies, was ambushed several times.

After repeating it again and again, although the damage caused to the Yellow Turban Army was not great, it greatly hit the morale!

If it was a conspiracy, Sima Ju might still be able to think of ideas.

But what Cao Cao used was an upright plan, and he didn't have any way at all.

The one who gave Cao Cao advice was definitely a master!

When Zhang Rao, Xu He, and Sima Ju were at a loss, suddenly a herald hurriedly walked in,

"Report to Marshal Qu, the two generals, the scouts sent by our army have just discovered the main force of the Cao army."

Xu He was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy,

"Where did you find it?"

"It's in a valley twenty miles from us."

Herald the soldiers.

"Qu Shuai, this is a good opportunity!"

Xu He looked at Zhang Rao excitedly.

Previously, they had been passive, that is, they could not fight Cao Jun head-on.

Today, however, the main forces of Cao's army were discovered, and as long as they could be defeated, they could take advantage of the situation to move south and plunder the Changyi area.

The Yellow Turban Army, which was originally in trouble, can be revitalized again.

Zhang Rao frowned slightly,

"How do I think there's a deception? Sima Ju, what do you think? ”

"My opinion is similar to that of Qu Shuai, how could the main force of the Cao army be suddenly discovered?"

Sima Ju looked at the herald with a solemn face,

"You tell what happened."

"Yes, General!"

The herald did not dare to slack off, and recounted the incident.

It turned out that there was a shortage of food in the army recently, so Zhang Rao sent a lot of scouts around.

One is to plunder the surrounding towns and counties, and the other is to hunt to supplement grain and grass.

In pursuit of their prey, a group of scouts strayed into a valley and happened to discover the camp of the Cao army hidden in it.

"The brothers have confirmed again and again that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the camp, and they are also under the banner of Cao Cao."

The herald said seriously.

"Qu Shuai, in this way, there can be no fraud!"

Xu He looked at Zhang Rao anxiously,

"The opportunity is fleeting, if we don't seize it, what should we do when the army runs out of food in the future?"

Zhang Rao was still a little hesitant, but when he heard Xu He talk about the army's food shortage, his heart suddenly burst into his heart, and he finally made up his mind.

"Okay, then let's take the initiative to march into the Cao army!"

Now that the Yellow Turban Army is facing the risk of a shortage of food and grass, even if it is a trap this time, Zhang Rao must step into it head-on.

Sima Ju also understood this truth, so he didn't say anything.

In order to prevent the momentum from becoming huge and attracting the attention of Cao Jun, Zhang Rao only brought elite men and horses, and left the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled in the camp.

They followed the scout's instructions and soon came to a valley twenty miles away.

I saw that the cliffs on both sides were steep and the roads were extremely narrow, which could only accommodate five or six people side by side.

Seeing such terrain, Zhang Rao instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

But thinking about the few food and grass materials in the army, he could only suppress the uneasiness in his heart and commanded in a low voice,

"Pass the order, be careful."

"Whoa."

The herald took the order and departed.

Just after tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops entered the valley one after another, Zhang Rao and a few people at the front of the team could almost see Cao Jun's camp.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred, and the earth-shattering shout of killing suddenly sounded!

Zhang Rao's heart sank and he looked up.

I saw a dense Cao army, suddenly appearing on the cliffs on the left and right sides.

They spread out their powerful bows and tilted the rain of arrows to their heart's content!