Although the food route was opened, Xuchang did not have much food and grass, and Cao Cao's army was still in danger of running out of food. Cao Cao frowned and had the idea of retreating. Before he could say anything, Cheng Yu immediately said: "Master, now we and Yuan Shao
There is only one battle left. If we win, all the land in Hebei will belong to the lord. If we lose, it is not too late to withdraw our troops. If we withdraw before the battle begins, we have already lost half of it!"
Cao Cao nodded repeatedly: "What Zhongde said is absolutely true. This time I was wrong!"
As soon as Cao Cao gave up the idea of withdrawing his troops, Yuan Shao's letter of war came. After reading it, he laughed loudly and immediately wrote the original letter to approve it. As soon as the envoy left, Cao Cao laughed and said: "The army is short of food and the soldiers are not spirited enough. If
If you don't fight, the soldiers may be tired. Since Yuan Shao has promised to fight, let's fight him! Beat the drums to gather the generals, then find Long Fei, and we will have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao tomorrow!"
The gathering of generals drummed three times, and the number of civil servants and generals arrived. Long Fei also came to the big tent as a special guest. Cao Cao sat in command, and Long Fei sat beside Cao Cao. Xia Houyuan first reported that all the people were present. Cao Cao nodded.
: "Very good! Just now Yuan Shao sent someone to declare a battle. I have agreed to a decisive battle tomorrow. You will go down and prepare immediately. If we win this battle, Yuan Shao will definitely lose!"
Everyone started talking. Cao Cao turned to look at Long Fei: "My good son-in-law, can he go with his father to watch the battle tomorrow?"
Long Fei shook his head: "This kind of battle doesn't suit my taste. Both sides are bloody and bloody. It's not very pretty. I still won't go!"
Cao Cao was stunned: "A good son-in-law is so timid? The invincible General Long Fei is sometimes afraid. Hahaha, it doesn't matter if you don't go, I will show you my methods today. General Long doesn't take action, then only
We have taken action personally, everyone, prepare immediately for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao tomorrow!"
In the early morning of the next day, the sun had just risen from the horizon, and the earth was dyed blood red. A gust of morning wind blew through, blowing away the thick morning fog. In an open space on the bank of the Yellow River, huge monsters appeared.
The black square formation was neatly formed and ready to go. Bursts of murderous aura enveloped the entire sky, forcing the morning wind to constantly change its direction and raise waves of sand and dust.
Cao Cao was riding in his chariot and looked at the people and horses on the opposite side, arousing great ambition in his heart. He thought about how weak he was when he raised his army. Among the many princes, he had few soldiers and horses and no generals. But now he controls Yan, Yu, Xu
, Yang Sizhou, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and thousands of good generals, who in the world dares to underestimate him. On the opposite side, Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and the third Duke, seized the land of Han Fu and competed with Gongsun Zan for Youzhou. In these years of governing Hebei, the people were poor and the soldiers were slack.
, to become the greatest prince in the world, to pay back the lack of human support, and to spy on the world, is really an unreasonable idea.
Cao Cao shouted: "Yuan Shao! Today is the decisive battle between you and me. Let's see how I kill you without leaving any trace!"
Yuan Shao rode his horse and stood at the highest point in the military formation. The generals and counselors beside him were holding the moon, looking down on the world. What he wanted in his mind was to one day conquer the world, turn his back to the north and face the south, and push the Yuan family's foundation to a higher level. And Cao Cao
It's just a pebble standing in front of you, you can kick it away with just one kick.
Yuan Shao sneered twice: "Haha! Cao Mengde, you don't even look at how strong you and I are, and you actually utter arrogant words, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue!"
Without speculation, the two sides started fighting. The red flags were waved, the infantry of the front army moved towards each other, the sound of war drums resounded through the sky, and the dust stirred up behind the brigade covered the sky. As soon as the two sides reached the range of the archers, the archers on both sides immediately took action.
, for a time locusts were like fish, and arrows fell like raindrops into the battle formation of the infantry of both sides. Those soldiers who were not shot to death fell to the ground and shouted in pain. However, in such a formation, those voices were extremely small,
No one noticed.
The cavalry took the opportunity to move and detoured from both sides. The formation was huge, and the ground was shaking with the hoofs of the horses. Cao Cao was a little careless and failed to hold himself up properly, staggering and almost falling. Cheng Yu on the side kept observing the movements of both sides.
Their brows were furrowed, and their fists were clenched in anticipation and worry. No one said a word. At this time, only silence could suppress the mania in their hearts.
Suddenly, Yuan Jun's infantry battle formation split on both sides, and hundreds of chariots suddenly rushed out, heading straight for Cao Jun's infantry. They were extremely fast, their wheels rolled, and they ran over the grass, leaving two deep marks.
"Here! Where did Yuan Shao get his chariot?" Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore and quickly lowered his head and asked. No one answered him.
The chariot galloped all the way and plunged into Cao Jun's formation. Cao Jun's infantry waved their weapons vigorously, trying to destroy the chariot. However, the speed of the chariot was too fast and the impact was too great. The soldiers on the vehicle had long weapons in their hands.
The halberds were slashed left and right. Cao's army's formation was too close, and the infantry had nowhere to hide. They could only watch the chariots speeding back and forth in the formation, the corpses of the soldiers flying in all directions, and the sound of crying for father and mother was loud.
Some soldiers turned around and ran away.
Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "Cao Mengde now knows how powerful I am! The cavalry attacked and defeated Cao's army in one fell swoop!"
Yuan Jun's infantry separated to the left and right, and used the halberds in their hands to set up their horses to block the impact of Cao Cao's cavalry. The cavalry behind the infantry accelerated and followed the chariots into Cao Cao's formation. Cao Cao's infantry was unable to cope with it, and the archers behind were completely exposed.
In front of Yuan Jun, Cao Jun will be defeated in another moment or three. Cheng Yu quickly said: "My lord, Yuan Shao's troops cannot win this battle, so we should retreat quickly!"
Cao Cao did not expect Yuan Shao to be so ferocious. He even took out his chariot. He made a prompt decision and sent Li Dian and Yue Jin to lead the infantry to break up the rear. The other troops immediately retreated. Xiahou Dun, who was surrounded by Yuan's army and was fighting, felt that he could not use his strength.
The cavalry lost speed and was completely useless in front of the infantry. They were entangled by Yuan Jun's infantry and could not move. They watched each soldier being pulled off the horse by Yuan Jun and hacked to pieces.
"Dang, dang, dang..." The gong sounded, and Cao's army retreated like a flood. Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "Chase, we must capture Cao Mengde alive!"
Li Dian and Le Jin fought hard, but their defeat was certain. They could only delay Yuan Jun's attack, and soon Yuan Jun broke through the defense line and chased the army. Cao Cao ran all the way, looking back from time to time, only to see Yuan Jun's cavalry behind him.
, the slow-running infantry were continuously hacked and killed. In panic, they actually dived into the woods on the left. The carriage entered the woods and could not move forward, and Yuan Shao's cavalry quickly caught up.
More than a dozen personal guards struggled to hold off Yuan's army. Cao Cao hurriedly got off his horse and changed his horse. After running less than a mile or two, he heard someone shouting from behind: "Cao Cao is in front. If you catch Cao Cao, you will be given a title of 5,000 households and a reward of 50 million yuan."
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Cao Cao was so frightened that he just urged his horse to move forward. Unintentionally, the horse stumbled and knocked Cao Cao off. Yuan Jun's cavalry arrived in an instant, and more than a dozen horses surrounded Cao Cao. One of them laughed: "Brother, who should we do?"
To make a fortune, do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow pierced his chest. Before he could react, he heard several cavalrymen beside him wailing and falling off their horses. Each of them had an arrow in their chest, and blood flowed along the arrow.
The tip dropped to the ground. Cao Cao let out a long breath, hurriedly stood up from the ground, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for saving my life!" More than a dozen Long Feijun carrying bows and arrows walked out of the woods. The first one was a young man.
The middle-aged man who was over forty held a bow in one hand. He looked at Cao Cao and shook his head with a smile: "It's not that we want to save you. My lord guessed that you would be defeated like this. He divided his troops into several groups to wait for you. He didn't expect us to catch up.
Got it!"
Xia Houyuan rode up and shouted loudly. Huang Zhong waved his hand, and the archer dodged into the woods. When Xia Houyuan arrived, he hurriedly dismounted and knelt down. Cao Cao let out a long breath: "If there had been no Long Fei today, I would have died here.
Got it!"
Looking at the three-edged arrows on Yuan Jun's body, Xia Houyuan suddenly thought of the Long Fei Army archers who were defending the enemy on the white horse, and couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable. He protected Cao Cao and returned to Dazhai. Fortunately, Long Fei sent troops to defend Dazhai, otherwise he would not even be able to defend Dazhai.
They were all captured by Yuan's army. The devastated stronghold, disgraced soldiers, and incomplete weapons. Cao Cao had never experienced such a defeat since he started his army, and he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.
This battle took less than a morning, and Cao Cao ended in a complete defeat. He lost more than 10,000 troops and horses, dozens of generals, and countless weapons and flags. Even Cao Cao's carriage was captured by Yuan Shao. Fortunately, Yuan Shao lost a lot of money.
The stronghold was not lost, and although the main generals were injured, no one was killed. After reorganization, there were still 30,000 remaining soldiers, many of whom were injured.
Cheng Yu suddenly remembered something: "Lord, we suffered heavy losses in this battle, but Long Fei was not damaged at all! What if..."
Cao Cao waved his hand: "Don't worry, although Long Fei is sinister and treacherous, he is also a man of his word. As long as we are not aggressive, he will not do anything to overwhelm us!"
"I hope so!" Cheng Yu was still a little worried, so he privately arranged for Cao Chun's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to closely monitor him.
Yuan's army won a great victory. They killed pigs and sheep to celebrate their achievements. Everyone in the camp was happy and toasted to Yuan Shao to celebrate. They envisioned a bright future, defeated Cao Cao, defeated Long Fei, destroyed Liu Biao, occupied Jiangdong, and then marched westward.
, conquered Yizhou and Xiliang in one go, and Yuan Shao felt happy when he thought about it. The Yuan family worked hard for the Han Dynasty in order to one day replace them. That fool Yuan Shu did not understand the old etiquette, so he was ruined and died in a foreign country.
He, Yuan Shao, wanted to show off to the ancestors of the Yuan family who was the best descendant of the Yuan family.
The banquet started when they returned to camp in the afternoon and lasted until the early morning of the next day. Yuan Shao was so drunk that he lay on the couch and slept like a dead pig. When he woke up, it was already sunset and the lights were on. Yuan Shao shook his head.
Shaking his dizzy head: "Here comes someone!"
Guo Tu hurriedly came in from outside the tent, glanced at Yuan Shao, and hurriedly went to pour water for Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao woke up from thirst and drank several large glasses in one breath. Only then did he realize that the person pouring water for him was Guo Tu. Yuan Shao smiled.
, lay down on the couch again: "How could it be you? Where are the others?"
Guo Tu smiled: "My lord is drunk, I asked them not to disturb my lord!"
Yuan Shao nodded: "You should be careful!"
Guo Tu smiled but stopped talking. Yuan Shao saw it in his eyes and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't be hesitant!"
Guo Tu took out a scroll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed it to Yuan Shao: "This is sent by Shen Pei overnight. Please take a look at it, my lord."