Yuan Shao was so angry that he vomited blood, and he could no longer command the army, and the pillar of the northern kingdom had a sense of responsibility to accept the order.

At this critical juncture, Yuan Shang did not dare to have the idea of making meritorious contributions to snatch the throne of the prince, and Guo Tu also obediently closed his mouth, everything seemed to give him enough opportunity to turn the tide.

In fact, he also understands that he has suffered from the scourge of the Black Nest, but as long as the army can return to the north safely, it will not be difficult to regain the situation after a long time to rest and recuperate.

The crux of the matter is how to return north with as few casualties as possible.

Fu Zhu's idea was to select the dead soldiers from the army to be responsible for the break, and let Yuan Shao lead the army to retreat, if they were chased and killed by the Cao army, these dead soldiers would have to be dealt a head-on blow.

This trick is not a clever method, and it is even very common, but the means that really work are rarely surprisingly dangerous, and most of them are in the right way.

But even such a simple idea was more difficult to implement than he imagined.

Even under the temptation of heavy money, out of the army of nearly 300,000, there were only 6,000 soldiers who died after the break, which was too far from the 30,000 people who were frustrated.

But if you think about it, all this is reasonable, marching and fighting are nothing more than two things, the first is the morale of the army; The second is the supply of grain and grass.

The black nest was destroyed, and the grain and grass were cut off, directly blocking the second road, and at the same time making the army's heart sway.

After experiencing the capture of Yan Liang and the disappearance of Wen Chou, he met Zhang He Gaolan and surrendered to the enemy, and there was no one in the four courtyards of Hebei, and the military spirit of the Northern Army fell to the bottom in an instant.

What's more, this is different from the siege of the city and the first to die, the people who stay in this situation are unlikely to have a chance to go back alive, and it is clear that they are exchanging their lives for their lives, how can ordinary people accept it.

The bad things didn't stop, and a sergeant ran into the Chinese military tent and said in a panic: "Prison army, it's not good, just now the cavalry of the Cao army attacked our army's ferry, and our army's warships were burned!" ”

This military report can be said to have made the situation worse for the Northern Army, not to mention the sergeants in the camp, and even a strategist in the tent looked extremely uneasy, Cao Cao was going to cut off their back road.

"It's okay, this area is densely wooded, and it won't be too difficult to build a river crossing boat!" He tried to stay as calm as possible.

Of course, he knew that the boats built on the spot were small boats that could only carry a dozen people, which could not be compared to the big boats with hundreds or even thousands of people when they crossed the river, but wasn't this exactly the result Cao Cao wanted?

Do you really think that people will force you to break the boat, but it is just to increase the difficulty of your escape little by little.

"Prison army, if Cao Jun chases and kills all the way, how to deal with it?" Yuan Shang's face was pale and trembling with fright.

"Childe worry-free, I have ordered the fast horse to send a message to Yecheng Yin Kai to rush to the Liyang front line to rescue and respond, the most dangerous place at the moment should be at the Yellow River crossing."

Yuan Shang swallowed his saliva and looked panicked, and said uneasily: "The 300,000 army crossing the river in a small boat cannot be crossed for a day, how can these 6,000 dead soldiers stop Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops?"

"To protect the army across the river, there must be no less than 20,000 men."

Fu Zhu sighed, squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Childe, I have my own way, please let all the departments quickly get ready, and prepare to cross the river north after nightfall today." ”

"Good, good." Yuan Shang nodded again and again and hurriedly ran out.

"Wait!"

Frustrated Zhu stopped Yuan Shang, walked towards him with difficulty, and said in a deep voice with a frown: "Childe, remember, I have my own arrangements after the death of the dead, and there is another point, after crossing the river, the Cao army will still have an ambush, only by breaking through the ambush there, the lord can return to Yecheng safely." ”

"And an ambush?" Yuan Shang was shocked, and took two steps back in fright, just now, how can this army break through the ambush of Cao's army.

Fu Zhu sighed, these three princes did not have the domineering and sharp spirit of the lord at all, and shook his head helplessly: "If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely send a force to cross the river from Yanjin Ferry first and guard the coast, so in addition to breaking off, Gongzi also has to find a way to break through the ambush." ”

"What can you do?" In the past, Yuan Shao often tested Yuan Shang, but that was just a test, and now that he is really facing the choice of life and death, Yuan Shang has a bit of a taste of the collapse of his Dao heart.

Looking at this son who has been favored by Yuan Shao, I really can't imagine why he is so weak.

Of course he didn't know that if history didn't change, the third son of the Yuan family fled to Liaodong for refuge, and when he was tied up by Gongsun Kang and was about to be dedicated to Cao Cao, he was still disgusted that the floor was too cold, and begged the other party to give Zhang Liang a mat, which really made the Yuan family's face clean.

Frustrated and sighed helplessly, "After drawing out the dead soldiers, our army has no strength to fight anymore, so we can only abandon our sons to survive, how many people can go back, but it depends on the blessings of the lord." ”

Then he said the plan with his ear, Yuan Shangne nodded, and echoed in a loud voice, and there was no longer the majestic posture of the past.

Everything was arranged, and he let out a breath of turbidity and headed towards the camp, he was going to gather the dead and do the best fight.

If there is still one person left in the Four Courtyard Pillars of Hebei, if Lu Yi does not die, it is not too easy to select twenty or thirty thousand dead soldiers from these hundreds of thousands of people.

However, the three armies were completely destroyed, and now it is difficult to select 20,000 dead soldiers from this panicked army.

As a last resort, he could only risk his life, and he decided to personally leave a stable army.

Fortunately, Fu Zhu has been a supervisor of the army for a few years, and he is a person who controls the military power, and he treats the sergeants well during his reign, and he still has some prestige in the battalion, but he is not as good as the four court pillars, but after the news of his decision to stay behind spread, there are still many people who are willing to follow.

After convening for most of the day in various departments, it was finally enough to gather 20,000 people, and at the same time, Wang Mo, the captain of the Yue cavalry, Lu Kuang, the captain of the shooting sound, and Lu Xiang, the captain of the broken army, also pointed out the commanders of the troops.

After nightfall, the army began to slowly retreat to the crossing of the Yellow River, and Fu Zhi led 20,000 troops to personally guard the path pursued by Cao's army, but unfortunately, the surrounding terrain was open and could not form an ambush.

However, as long as it can protect the army from escaping, it is enough.

Fu Zhu stayed in person, Yuan Shao knew about this matter, but he couldn't stop it, because in the entire military camp, except for him, only he could stabilize the army's heart, even Yuan Shang didn't have this ability.

Therefore, he could only tell Fu Zhu with tears in his eyes that he would wait for him in Yecheng.

However, everyone knows that after this break, it is impossible to go back, and it is absolutely impossible for Cao Cao to let the Northern Army leave like this.

He rode his horse, sword in hand, and closed his eyes.

Behind him, 20,000 troops put on a posture and were ready to fight.

"Report, prison army, Cao Jun is almost here!" Scout fast horse returns.

After bowing his head slightly, he slowly opened his eyes, he clamped the horse's belly, slowly stepped forward, and then turned the horse's head to face the 20,000 dead soldiers.

"Are you afraid, brethren?"

Dead soldiers, not necessarily not all of them are afraid of death, in fact, there are many people who are just holding a fluke mentality, if they can survive this life and break their legs without worrying about eating and drinking, they are unlucky to die, and the pension is enough for the old snacks at home.

"I am willing to fight to the death with the prison army!" After the silence, Lu Kuang took the lead in shouting.

Then, there was a sparse movement, and finally the shouts finally became a film.

Inadequate.

This momentum is not enough.

Fu Zhu hopes that they can show the momentum of being invincible, so that they can truly block the pursuit of Cao Jun, and even have a chance to live.

However, this itself is a bit difficult for a strong man, even Zhang He can take the halberd warrior to surrender to the enemy, what else can he ask them to do.

He looked up at the sky and recalled the majesty of the army when it went south half a year ago, stretching for hundreds of miles, covering the sky with flags, how majestic it was, only half a year, but such a field fell.

What he didn't expect was that since the ancient texts were fighting to the death, he was a Confucian student, but in the end he had to die on the battlefield, and his full talent had not had time to be displayed, and he couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone," he muttered and repeated this sentence in frustration, and suddenly seemed to understand that Jing Ke's fearless pride when he knew that he was dead was actually a different kind of pathos.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone." Someone was chanting along with the frustration.

Such a night, such a scene.

The same mood and the same tragedy.

In the end, it was 20,000 people singing this Yishui song in unison.

Who said that there are no heroes in the north, and dare to drive away the army with the remnants.

A rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Chen Zhi and others led the troops to kill.

There is no surprise that there will be someone in the Northern Army, which is expected.

They didn't have too many soldiers and horses, only 30,000 people, but this number already accounted for three-quarters of Cao's battalion's active strength.

When the two armies met, there was no rhetoric, no tentative attack, and the battle entered the most ferocious state of fighting at the beginning.

Dian Wei Xu Chu rushed into the camp of the Northern Army like two fierce tigers, chopping melons and vegetables, and the tigers and leopards behind him were rampaging and unscrupulous.

Frustrated and fearless of death, he slashed left and right in the crowd with a sword, inspiring the Northern Army to fight to the death.

This battle did not fight a one-sided situation as Dian Wei and the others thought.

I thought that the four court pillars were gone, the grain and grass were destroyed, and the Northern Army was vulnerable even if it selected the dead soldiers after the break, but I never expected that these people were so desperate, and many people were still gritting their teeth and flying to the Cao Army who was holding the war horse and rolling in the blood.

Xu Chu was eager to break through them and rush to the ferry to intercept and kill, but he was entangled by this group of northern troops and couldn't get out, so he wanted to cut the enemy and break the enemy, but tens of thousands of people were entangled together, and it was not easy to find the iconic and weak northern military captain with the moonlight.

In the end, his eyes fell on the frustration of the sword that had cut out seven or eight gaps, and at this time he had already been stabbed twice, and he was still fighting to the death.

Xu Chu didn't care if he was a pillar of the Northern Kingdom, he stepped forward and slashed the falling moon with great strength, but he didn't even have a chance to raise his sword to block, and a bloody mouth went straight from his shoulder to his abdomen, and he simply fell off his horse.

Frustrated, who fell to the ground, looked to the north with the last of his strength, and muttered in his mouth, "My lord, take care"

On the other hand, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, and Cao Ren with 10,000 people had already rushed to the other side by boat from Yanjin Ferry and waited on the north shore in advance.

They were not in a hurry to make a move, and deliberately waited for the number of Northern troops on the ferry to accumulate up, and they also deliberately wanted to kill Yuan Shao.

It wasn't until the Northern Army crossed no less than 30,000 or 40,000 people from the other side that Xiahou Yuan burst out: "Kill Yuan Shao!" ”

10,000 Cao troops pounced from five directions.

Hearing only this movement, before they made contact with Cao's army, the northern army was suddenly like a frightened bird, and fled in all directions without even making symbolic resistance.

In the chaotic army, some trampled to death, some were forced to fall directly into the rolling Yellow River and were swept away by the torrent, and some died tragically under the blade of Cao Jun's soldiers, and they wailed all over the field for a while.

Still, more people rushed to the shore and fled in different directions.

Xiahou Yuan and the others were killing the deserters from the Northern Kingdom, and at the same time searching for Yuan Shao's figure, and they didn't forget to shout the reward, "There is an order, kill Yuan Shao, reward a thousand gold, and seal the marquis of ten thousand households!" ”

Thousands of gold marquis, the reward of several generations, of course, he Yuan Shao also deserves this reward.

"Yuan Shao is there, hunt down Yuan Shao!" A cavalry lieutenant finally saw the word 'Yuan', and at a glance locked on the man in the red robe who was supported by the soldiers in the middle.

With this shout, the surrounding Cao Jun flocked to it, is that Yuan Shao, no, it is the lifelong guarantee of wealth and wealth.

Hundreds of horsemen protected the red-robed man and ran all the way to the north, and the Cao army chasing behind him was a few hundred at first, and then gathered to three or four thousand people, and many people had to pursue on foot, which can be regarded as a disadvantage of reward.

I don't know how far the pursuit was, the cavalry guarding the surroundings were shot over and killed, and the red-robed man was also thrown far away by the pursuers behind him, a spear penetrated his body and rolled off his horse, and Cao Jun pounced like a wolf.

"Father, thanks to Mr. Fu's clever methods, Cao Jun really chased and killed the dead soldiers we arranged." On a small road, Yuan Shang took a few hundred horsemen to escort Yuan Shao, who was wearing cavalry armor, all the way to the east, and did not go directly to the north, which had the advantage of avoiding most of Cao's army.

According to the deployment of Fu Zhi, the group of people who crossed the river first discarded the baggage, armor, weapons and even war horses in the camp to achieve the purpose of attracting Cao Jun, plus a fake Yuan Shao, which really shared the great pressure.

Although the casualties were also very serious, Yuan Shao was finally protected.

"Gong and. Gong He can't come back, he can't come back, I lost my arm, and the sky won't help me! Yuan Shao's nose was sour, and his heart ached.

He couldn't be as grateful for the clever plan as Yuan Shang did, and he was glad that he was out of the tiger's mouth.

For Yuan Shang, what the northern kingdom lost was only a strategist, but for Yuan Shao, what he lost was a national soldier who was willing to exchange his life for the future of the Yuan family at a moment of life and death.

It's a pity that people always know how to cherish it after they have lost.

There is no frustration in the north, and the frustrated prince who is always willing to fight to the end for the Yuan family will not come back.

In the distance, wails and begs for mercy can be faintly heard, and the sound of falling water can be heard from time to time.

Yuan Shao knew very well that it was all the despair of the soldiers of the northern country.

In this earth-shattering battle, I played such a result, the four court pillars of Hebei are gone, Tian Feng is gone, the frustration is gone, the grain and grass are gone, and the three armies are also in trouble.

These sad memories are surging and mark his Yuan Shao's decline.

There are often only two kinds of people who can leave a name in history and are still familiar to future generations, famous generals who have won more with less and beaten strong with weak; There is also a kind of mediocrity who has been nailed to the pillar of shame in history with more defeats and fewer defeats, and with strong defeats and weak losses.

Yuan Shao knew that whether he wanted to admit it or not, he himself belonged to the second type.

The emperor is called the pillar of shame, the first person in the ages, right?

Yuan Shao laughed at himself in his heart, laughing loudly, until the corners of his mouth were bright red and his throat was fishy, and he couldn't stop laughing.

(End of chapter)