Chapter 157: Burning Wuchao, the second master has gone all the way
Chapter 157 Burning Wuchao (Second Master, have a good trip)
Yuan Shao's attacks were overwhelming, like turbulent waves, one after another, one after another.
There were tens of thousands of elites on the frontal battlefield, and there were also a few who attacked from the flanks. Several camps in Cao's camp were attacked, and they were like a few small boats in the wind and rain, teetering on the edge.
At this time, Cao Cao only left more than 10,000 people on the frontal battlefield, and there were elite garrison troops in other directions, as well as 4,000 to 5,000 reserve troops, who could barely resist Yuan's attack.
The two sides came and went, Cao Ying held the camp, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and other generals fought hard, repelling Yuan Jun and reaching the wall of the camp no less than ten times. Arrows were like rain, covering the sky and the sun.
Dark clouds are coming over the city, threatening to destroy the fortress.
But even in such a difficult situation, Cao Cao commanded calmly. Although he did not command 700,000 soldiers like Han Xin, he was calm and measured, showing extremely high military quality.
Soon the sun set and night fell. After repelling Yuan Jun's attack for the last time, all Cao Jun soldiers collapsed on the ground with sweat and blood.
There were corpses everywhere inside and outside the walled village. They were so densely packed that they were countless. In today's battle alone, the casualties on both sides were in the thousands.
Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and other generals were all covered in blood, panting and slumped on the wall, looking at Yuan Jun retreating like a tide. At this moment, their minds were empty and blank, and they wanted to just lie on the ground like this.
Get some sleep.
"Pass my order to the frontline soldiers to retreat and have a good rest, and then order the soldiers behind to clean up the battlefield. Be careful to prevent Yuan Jun from coming again."
Cao Cao said in a deep voice to the messenger beside him: "Is the food hot?"
"It's hot."
"Go ahead."
"only."
The soldiers went to give orders.
After the ordering soldiers left, Cao Cao slowly squatted down leaning on the pillar on the earthen mountain wall.
He is also very tired now, not physically but mentally.
His whole face turned pale and he was sweating profusely.
It is not easy for him to command such a large-scale war, but it is not so tiring.
The reason is that Yuan Jun's offensive was really fierce and almost broke Cao's camp several times, and there was also insufficient food and grass in the camp, which made him very worried.
Fortunately, today's difficulty has been overcome.
But in the next period of time, Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao would come back and continue to attack, so he did not dare to slack off.
After taking a short rest, he stood up, wiped his sweat, and walked back to his general's camp.
A few more days passed.
By the beginning of October, Yuan Shao indeed launched another fierce attack.
At that time, Jushou was deprived of military power, and his troops were commanded by Guo Tu. Xu You, Tian Feng and Xun Chen were both the masterminds, but Tian Feng was imprisoned and Xun Chen died of illness, so Xu You usually stayed in the middle camp.
At this moment, Yuan Shao ordered Guo Tu to attack from the south of Cao's army, while he continued to attack in the southeast. There was another fierce battle between the two sides.
In Xu You's tent in Yuan Camp, he was walking around anxiously, waiting for news.
In the evening, many servants from the Xu family came in a hurry to report the news.
"What!"
In Xu You's tent, after listening to the slave's report, Xu You's expression changed with horror: "Say it again!"
The servant said with a mournful face: "Mr. Lang has been killed by the judge."
"You didn't send him my letter?"
Xu You asked angrily.
The slave cried and cried: "I have rushed to Yecheng quickly, but I didn't know until I arrived that on the second day after I came to report the news, Shen Pei had already killed Lang Jun."
"Damn it! Shen Zhengnan, Shen Zhengnan!"
Xu You angrily pulled out the sword from his waist, slashed at the table, and roared: "I will kill you!"
He was extremely angry at this moment.
Yuan Shao didn't help, so he had no choice but to write to Shen Pei himself, begging him to show mercy.
Unexpectedly, before he delivered the letter, Shen Pei had already taken advantage of him and killed Xu You's family directly.
This made Xu You angry and resentful.
What makes him angry is that the judge acted too quickly and barely gave him time to plead.
What he resented was that Yuan Shao actually refused to save him. He had been planning for him for many years, but at this moment he watched his family die.
How can such resentment be resolved by a moment of anger.
Soon, this anger and resentment quickly turned into the motivation for revenge, making his eyes scarlet.
Xu You was walking around in the tent, the manic look in his eyes could no longer be concealed. He just wanted to vent his anger now!
After a while, Xu You suddenly walked out of the tent and said to the people around him: "Something happened to my family and I must rush back to Hebei immediately. If Duke Ming comes back to the camp and asks, he will say that I have gone north."
"only."
The generals on the left and right received orders.
Xu You found a horse in the camp, took his entourage, and left all the way north.
I kept in mind the sentry posts along the way and used today's passwords to get to Wuchao without any hindrance.
In the evening, Yuan Jun retreated again.
Cao Cao struggled to repel Yuan Shao's several attacks, suffering heavy casualties, and the morale of his army had dropped to rock bottom.
In the evening, after dark, Cao Cao, who was tired for the whole day, ate something randomly and didn't want to deal with other official documents, so he lay down on the bed to rest.
Under the great mental consumption, he had no time to think about other issues.
The most important thing now is to get through this difficult time.
"Sikong!"
Just when Cao Cao was sleeping in a daze, someone suddenly came to report outside the tent.
"What's the matter?"
"Yuan Shao engaged Xu You to invest."
"What."
Cao Cao sat up as if he was dying of illness. His fatigue and sleepiness disappeared instantly. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes. He jumped off the bed and walked out of the tent and asked, "Where is he?"
The guard at the door replied: "Just outside the camp."
"I'll go greet you."
Cao Cao walked barefoot on the loess, regardless of whether the gravel would cut the soles of his feet. He hurried to the camp gate as if the wind was blowing under his feet.
At this moment, Xu You and his slaves were outside the camp. When they saw Cao Cao walking barefoot and laughing, they felt very happy.
Yuan Shao has no talent for tolerating others, so I will find someone who can tolerate me!
"Ha ha ha ha."
Cao Cao quickly walked up to Xu You, held his hand and said, "Ziyuan is here, and the big thing will be done!"
Xu You said with a smile: "Meng De, I haven't seen you in ten years. I hope you are fine."
The last time they met was in the first year of Chuping, when the eighteen princes attacked Dong. Later, Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, and Xu You followed Yuan Shao in Jizhou. Ten years have passed in a flash.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Cao Cao took his hand and walked towards the camp. As he walked, he said with a smile: "Everything is fine. You can go about your daily life. Come quickly, Ziyuan, come and sit in my tent."
The two of them entered the tent and sat in rows.
Xu You stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Meng De, Yuan Jun is so powerful, how should we respond?"
Cao Cao sighed: "We can only continue to fight."
Xu You said: "Yuan Shao has accumulated tens of millions of dan of rations, which can last for several years for his army. I wonder how much ration Meng De still has?"
"Available for more than a year."
Cao Cao said.
Xu You smiled and said: "Meng Desiu wants to trick me, so tell the truth."
Cao Cao added: "It can last for half a year."
Xu You shook his head and said: "Meng De doesn't want to defeat Yuan Shao, so I'll just leave."
Cao Cao hurriedly said: "I was joking just now, but in fact I can only use it for more than a month. I don't know what to do."
Xu You then said: "The Duke's army is alone, with no help outside and all the food grains are exhausted. This is a critical day. Yuan's baggage now has more than tens of thousands of vehicles, and the troops stationed in Wuchao, the old city, are not well prepared; today
Attack them with light troops, arrive unexpectedly, burn them and gather them, but within three days, the Yuan family will be defeated."
Cao Cao was overjoyed. He held Xu You's hand and said, "I have Ziyuan. He is truly a gifted hero from heaven. If I can defeat Yuan now, I will share the wealth with Ziyuan."
"Thank you, Mr. Cao."
Xu You was also very happy to receive the courtesy from Cao Cao.
At that moment, Cao Cao did not hesitate. Taking advantage of the darkness, he led five thousand cavalry, all wearing Yuan Jun's clothes and wearing horse hooves. They came out from the north camp gate that was not surrounded by Yuan Jun. Under the leadership of Xu You, they crossed
Cross the Guandu River and gallop all the way north.
After arriving at Wuchao, Wuchao guard Chun Yuqiong was indeed unprepared and got drunk with several other generals.
The wine they drank was spirits produced in Huangmenting, Nanyang, Jingzhou.
It is said that this wine is the best way to keep out the cold. As the cold autumn is approaching and the temperature drops sharply at night, Chun Yuqiong, Sui Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others drank it very happily.
After drinking several bottles of strong wine, my whole body felt warm, like the hot summer days, and I even broke out in sweat.
After getting drunk quickly, I don't know how long it took, Chunyu Qiong woke up in a daze, vaguely saw the fire around her, and her body became even warmer.
"This wine is very strong, I'm afraid I'm dreaming."
Chunyu Qiong thought in a daze, thinking he was dreaming, and fell asleep again. It was not until a sharp pain hit him that his nose was cut off, and he suddenly woke up.
"Chun Yuqiong!"
Cao Cao and he were also old acquaintances of the Eighth School Lieutenant. At this moment, he tied Chunyu Qiong tightly. Seeing that his face was covered with blood and he was in a panic, he laughed and said: "We meet old friends, why don't you welcome us?"
Chunyu Qiong was so frightened that she lost most of her alcoholism, and she hurriedly said: "Meng De, we have known each other for many years, please spare my life."
"Hahahahaha."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Why are you in such a field today?"
Chunyu Qiong endured the severe pain in her nose and muttered: "The outcome is determined by God, how do I know?"
"hehe."
Cao Cao smiled, turned and left.
Xu You followed up and said, "Mr. Cao, what do you plan to do with Chunyu Qiong?"
"He's an old friend for many years. Let's let him go once."
Cao Cao said.
Xu You said: "If he looks in the mirror and sees his nose in the future, he will be reminded of today's shame."
"Well?"
Cao Cao frowned slightly, then looked at the fire filling the sky around Wuchao, nodded slightly and said: "You are right."
That night.
Cao's army burned Wuchao and destroyed all Yuan Shao's food and grass, which shocked Yuan's army and left them uneasy.
Zhang He suggested that Yuan Shao immediately send people to rescue Wuchao, but Guo Tu said that while Cao Cao was at Wuchao, he should surround Wei to rescue Zhao and capture Cao's camp.
Yuan Shao thought this was true, so he immediately sent Zhang He and Gao Lan to attack Cao Ying.
Cao Cao did not return immediately from Wuchao. Instead, he led his infantry to repel part of Yuan Shao's reinforcements and then retreated westward.
The two sides fought for several more days, and the news quickly reached Xudu.
For a moment, Xu Du was very excited.
Cao Cao needed this news to be sent back to Xudu to give the Yingchuan family who supported him a shot in the arm, and at the same time to frighten Xiao Xiao in the rear.
At this time, Shen Chen's spies stationed in Xudu quickly reported the news to Kunyang.
In fact, I don’t have many feelings about the death of celebrities. I will show high respect to those scientific research academicians who pass away. For example, last year I went to see Yuan Lao Yicheng off. But the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my memory since I was a child, and it is also the memory of many people. The image of Er Ye is the image of Guan Yu in many people's minds. His passing also makes me feel sad. I wish the deceased rest in peace and Er Ye has a good journey.