Yuan Tanzuo suddenly came to his senses, and then asked Guo Tu for advice: "Mr. is always with my father, you should be very clear about this pursuit?" Tell me about it. ”

"I really don't know." Guo Tu shook his head and denied: "Since Xu Yu surrendered to the enemy and leaked secrets, resulting in the burning of Wuchao and the defeat of Guandu, the lord has personally deployed and commanded, and the eldest prince has witnessed it in the past few months, whether we are attacking or defending, the lord has personally deployed and dispatched, and I want to announce the battle plan before the war." ”

When Yuan Tan was about to sigh, Guo Tu changed the conversation and added: "But I have assisted the lord for many years, and I can roughly guess his thoughts. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he heard it: "Sir, come quickly." ”

Guo Tu Xu analyzed: "According to the intelligence of the past two days, Cao Cao hastily mobilized more than 200 ships, if he plans to cross the Yellow River at night, how many times do you guess he will transfer in the dark?" The soldiers of the Central Plains went to Hebei for a few months, and when they saw the Yellow River, they must have felt homesick, and at that time our army suddenly rushed over, and I did not think that Cao Cao would be able to fight a battle against the water, but would be crowded due to the small number of boats and many people, and finally squeezed into the Yellow River and drowned."

Hiss.

Yuan Tanxin said that this trick was a bit wonderful, why didn't he think of it? Although his father was defeated in Guandu last year, he was defeated once in his life, and he is still the first prince in the world at this moment.

Yuan Tan nodded and agreed: "There is the Yellow River in front, there are chasing soldiers in the back, there is my Hebei army nearby, and Liu Zhijun and Sun Quan are in the distance, and I don't believe that Cao Cao can be the same as Han Xin." ”

"The moonlight is like practice these nights, and the march at night will not be hindered, but the son must also be careful when he arrives, beware of ambushes in the dense forest."

"I can save it."

The two took the opportunity to mumble and discuss for a long time, and when they returned to the watchtower, they happened to meet Yuan Shao and his party going down the tower.

The distant Cao army was nowhere to be seen, so Yuan Shao took the generals back to the main tent to continue waiting.

About two hours later, the scout came back to report the news, and after Cao Cao's army walked a few miles, the originally neat formation was already scattered.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he took the case: "We have avoided fighting for the past few months, Cao Cao thought I was really afraid of him, and now I am finally willing to let down my guard when we retreat, the time for our counterattack has come, and the generals will listen to the order."

More than 30 people in the tent moved closer to the middle at the same time and came to Yuan Shao to prepare to receive the military order.

"This time to pursue Cao Cao, you can't rush up, all departments must cooperate closely, and a general is needed as a vanguard at present."

Yuan Shao glanced at the generals, and before he could make up his mind, he heard Yuan Tan's sonorous voice: "Father, the child is willing to be the vanguard and open the way to kill the enemy."

"Reflection?"

Yuan Shao was noncommittal, but his gaze involuntarily fell on Yuan Shang's face next to him.

"Children want to be pioneers"

Yuan Tan saw that Yuan Shang was coming to grab the credit, and hurriedly reminded: "Third brother, remember to ask for help earlier next time, you have to pay attention to everything first-come-first-come"

"First come, first served?" Yuan Shang stared at Yuan Tan and asked, "Isn't it time for my father to decide?" ”

"You"

Yuan Tan wanted to continue arguing, but he caught a glimpse of Guo Tu's eyes, and the other party seemed to be saying: Son, be magnificent, don't let the lord despise him.

Yuan Shao didn't answer immediately, and his eyes fell on his second son Yuan Xi again.

Since ancient times, the eldest son and the youngest son have been loved, only the second son is the most easily ignored, and most of them can practice the ability to observe words and feelings.

"Children are also willing to be pioneers."

As soon as Yuan Shao unified Hebei, he implemented the faint trick of separating the sons, that is, the eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the nephew Gao Gan, divided into Qing, You, and three states, and the youngest son Yuan Shang stayed in Jizhou with Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao's three sons competed for merit, and the generals in the tent didn't say a word, they all wanted to see who Yuan Shao would choose, but the final answer stunned everyone.

Yuan Shao looked at the three of them with a kind face, stroked his beard and said meaningfully: "You are all my sons, and you all have the courage to be a pioneer, I decided to give the same opportunity, and each of them will point 20,000 troops out of the camp, Cao Bing has been slack, it is a good opportunity for Hebei to hit the enemy hard, after the war, according to the statistics of each department to kill the enemy, how about rewarding meritorious deeds?" ”

"Yui."

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang clenched their fists in unison, but Yuan Tan was a beat slower, and Yuan Shao frowned instantly.

"Xiansi (Yuan Tan) has an opinion?"

"The child didn't." Yuan Tan waved his hand and explained: "The child just doesn't understand one thing, his father appointed three pioneers at the same time, who will come first and who will come after us to attack?" The march road can't be crowded."

Yuan Shao smiled slightly, pointed at Yuan Tan lazily and said: "It's good according to age, Xiansi first, Xianyi second, Xianfu last." ”

"Yes."

Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he heard this, and his sonorous shouts of clenching his fists overshadowed Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang's responses.

"Do you have any questions? If I didn't set off with some troops, I would personally lead the main force to press the formation in the rear. ”

"Yui."

The three brothers of the Yuan family left on the front foot, and Yuan Shao ordered other generals to prepare, except for leaving Guo Tu and Fengji to guard the camp, Yuan Shao mobilized a total of 100,000 horses and horses to pour out.

The Hebei soldiers and horses completed the assembly in the morning, and Yuan Tan ordered the troops to leave the camp soon after the order.

Although it was two hours late, the Hebei people were lightly armed and simple, and finally caught up with the broken Gao Lan in the dense forest area mentioned by Guo Tu at the same time.

When Gao Ran saw the pursuers, he immediately turned around and lined up, and immediately slashed in the middle of the road, putting on a posture of resistance.

Yuan Tan saw that there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses after the break, so he led the horse in front of the formation with a gun and shouted: "The anti-thief is high, and you turn your back on the Lord to seek glory, do you know that there is today?" ”

Gao Ran snorted coldly with his sword: "If you want to fight, you will fight, why bother to say more?" ”

Yuan Tan saw that Gao Lan was lonely, and remembered that there was a reason for Guandu's surrender, and he had the intention of soliciting.

"Cao thief retreated in a hurry, but let the general cut it off, you are obviously not valued in Cao Ying, now my army is swept away, Cao army is going to turn into powder, why don't General Gao rejoin Hebei, still not lose your position as a general."

"General? I thought so too. Gao Ran raised the long knife in his hand and shouted angrily: "If the eldest prince wants to make a contribution, he has to ask Gao Mou if he agrees with the knife in his hand, and even more so if his wife and children who died tragically disagree." ”

"Things from the past."

Gao Ran was burdened with a blood feud, and Yuan Tan looked pale no matter how he persuaded him, so in the end, he was speechless.

Peng An, the general next to him, admonished: "The eldest prince, Gao Ran is just these soldiers and horses, why should we talk nonsense with him?" Just kill it. ”

"It's naturally easy to kill the past, didn't you find that the eldest prince wants to accept this person?" The general Cen Bi also came to talk.

Peng An snorted disdainfully: "Gao Ran has hatred in his heart, except to capture him alive, what else can he talk about?" Do you have what it takes to survive? ”

"Ahh Cen Bi shut up when he heard this.

Yuan Tan felt that Gao Ran was saying cruel things, and after listening to the conversation of the general, he planned to test it, so he instructed Cen Bi: "If you don't take down this person, the rear army will be blocked, and you will go out to try him." ”

"The eldest prince, he"

Cen Bi's eyes widened, and he said in his heart, "You don't know my skills?" How can anyone dare to provoke the four courtyard pillars of Hebei.

Yuan Tan saw Cen Bi's concerns, and hurriedly lowered his head and whispered comfort: "After Gao Ran is broken by a thousand people, I guess he will have no heart to fight, you boldly step forward to fight the enemy, I will order Wang Zhao and Peng An to respond at any time." ”

(End of chapter)