Bai Tu looked at the military information from Yanjin and Baima gathered in these two or three days, and couldn't help but be "astonished" at the performance of Cao Jun and Yuan Jun!
Yuan Jun, who was originally a flying dragon rider, used practical actions to show that the army is not "the more the better" for everyone. In the subsequent defeats, they almost failed to take into account the overall situation. There was no tacit cooperation between them and they were completely dependent on communication channels.
A negative example of spreading rumors about the enemy...
Like a giant with a shrunken cerebellum, he looks huge and terrifying, but he twists his feet even when he punches, and falls flat on his back when someone uses a little force to hit him.
Cao Jun, on the other hand, is just the opposite. He looks like a flexible martial arts master, with a sack in one hand and a brick in the other...
He quickly put the sacks on and patted them randomly. There was one sack on the left and one on the right. Yuan Jun was crying and turning his arms, but he couldn't pick it off!
It only took seven days from the time Cao Cao sent out his elite troops to Yanjin to the time Xia Houyuan pursued Yuan Shao's defeated army and forced his youngest son Yuan Shang to death.
It is an exaggeration to say that Yuan Shao's "million-strong army" was wiped out in ashes, but it was indeed defeated and could only gather little by little in Hebei, and a large part of it could not go back.
Cao Cao not only captured Liyang and had a bridgehead in Hebei, but also greatly dampened the morale of Hebei and captured a large number of Yuan Shao's troops...
At this time, apart from the General's Mansion and Hanzhong Zhang Lu, only Yizhou Mansion was relatively stable and had the bonus of family ties. Even if the generals were captured, they would find a way to return home. The armies of other princes, except for some core
General, the loyalty of the army is very low!
The grassroots generals in the General's Mansion have always attached great importance to the sense of honor, mission, and belonging from the very beginning of their military training. As for Zhang Lu...the generals are all believers in the Tao of Heavenly Masters, and their loyalty is guaranteed.
The lower-level generals of other princes basically only follow the generals. If the generals surrender, the army will definitely follow and defect without any resistance. At least the middle-level generals have some autonomy, and the probability of being coerced is also very high, while the lower-level generals
...basically only those who are deeply concerned about their families will find opportunities to escape on their own.
Even if the general is killed, few of the captured soldiers, except for the personal guards, would rather die than surrender!
The more courageous princes can break up the captives and use them directly. The less courageous... can also take back Ji Zao's soldiers and overdraw all the generals into salted fish.
Because overdrafting the prisoner's manpower requires the cooperation of the other party, otherwise he can only be executed directly. After the natural overdraft, at least his life can be saved and he can continue to live as a salted fish.
What they are more worried about is that because of issues such as food and grass, and it is not yet the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms, many princes feel that - people? Aren't people infinite? Aren't their descendants infinite? So sometimes those who find it troublesome will
Kill the prisoners directly!
For Cao Cao, tens of thousands of prisoners were suddenly added. Not only was he full of joy, but he even had the burden of military rations. However... because the granary in Liyang was directly occupied by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao could be said to have given a full set of gifts as a gift this time.
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After seeing the battle report of the final result, Bai Tu immediately ordered people to copy the Di Bao about the battle between Cao and Yuan during this period - not a civilian newspaper, but a Di Bao specifically for generals at all levels to read.
On the one hand, everyone is allowed to learn from Cao Jun's hard work, courage to fight, good at fighting, and skillful fighting. On the other hand, everyone is allowed to absorb Yuan Jun's experience and lessons. If you face Cao Cao in the future, you must be careful!
As for the people's newspapers, they naturally would not praise Cao Cao so much. They would only say that it was Xu Du's great victory and focus on describing Cao Cao's face when he was even fooled...
Under the artistic processing, even Cao Cao's psychological activities and the cold sweat on his face when he was deceiving were described. He also related the example of Cao Cao using a stroke to deceive his uncle when he was a child, and implicitly pointed out that this was Cao Cao's strength. In short, what Cao Cao will say in the future?
Don't believe it everyone!
Of course, Bai Tu and Cao Cao were still nominally in alliance, and Bai Tu was still of the same mind as Xu Du's court, so he did not directly attack him, and expressed condolences and appreciation for Cao Cao's successful crusade against Yuan Ni.
Although Bai Tu was surprised by the outcome of the Battle of Yanjin, he was still mostly secretly happy.
Although Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses and lost a son, he escaped with his life, and... a son died!
This is not a sick sentence.
Yuan Shang's death dealt a great blow to Yuan Shao. After all, he was his favorite son. It is even said that Yuan Shao fell ill after returning to Ye City. When Cao Cao attacked Ye City, Yuan Shao did not even supervise the battle in person, but
Zhang He, Gao Lan, Governor-General of Defense.
But even so, objectively this is a great thing for the Yuan Shao Group!
Yuan Shang has already cooled down, and Yuan Shao no longer has to think about abolishing the elders and establishing younger ones, which naturally eliminates the unstable factors within the Yuan Shao Group.
As long as Yuan Tan is not stupid and gives some "candy" while beating him, naturally the civil servants who originally supported Yuan Shang will gradually fall in love with him.
Even if Yuan Shao really dies, there will not be the embarrassing situation of civil strife in the Yuan family after the "Battle of Guandu"!
As a result, although Hebei was injured, its foundation was still there. Although Cao Cao won a great victory this time, he only gained Liyang and a quarter of Jizhou.
After that, Cao Cao attacked Yecheng...but he made a show of his power and then immediately withdrew. Obviously he also knew that he could not win.
The battle between Yuan and Cao is far from over!
Moreover, Yuan Tan also suffered a defeat in Qingzhou - Yuan's army in Qingzhou was not the main front-line force to begin with, and Yuan Tan's Qingzhou Mansion's staff configuration and general configuration were just a beggar version of Jizhou Mansion...
Even though the configuration of Xuzhou Mansion at this time was far inferior to that of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Guan Yu was driving Yuan Tanchui all the way in Qingzhou.
Not only did Liu Bei occupy most or almost all of Qingzhou south of the Yellow River, but Bai Tu was also surprised to find that he had an advantage.
In other words, Gan Ning helped him take advantage!
After summer, Gan Ning returned from Dajin, Liaodong, which was later known as Lushunkou. He did not take the original route, but followed the ocean current to Qingzhou.
Qingzhou, roughly the scope of the Shanzhidong Peninsula in later generations, is only separated from Lushunkou by the Bohai Strait.
Originally, Gan Ning didn't know if there was a chance to land. After all, in his impression, Qingzhou was still Yuan Shao's territory, and the battle between Yuan and Cao was only in the prelude.
Yuan Shao must have learned some news about Gan Ning going to sea, and even knew that Gan Ning went to Liaodong. In this case, the Qingzhou coast is likely to be on guard...
However, when we arrived at the coast of Dongnae County, we found that there was almost no defense here!
How could Gan Ning be so polite?
He landed directly from Muping, which was later known as Yantai Port, and quickly captured Muping City. When Gan Ning learned that the Yuan Army was defeated on the frontal battlefield, and the Qingzhou Army struggled to fight the Xuzhou Army, as the naval commander of the General Palace,
Immediately carried forward the spirit of the general's officers and men who are not afraid of hardships and difficulties, and who put the support of the Han Dynasty at the top of their hearts...
Attack directly on Huangcheng, the seat of Qingzhou with weak defenses, which later became Longkou Huang County.
How far is Yantai Port from Huang County? One hundred and fifty miles, in later generations, an hour's drive...