Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388 The place of decisive battle, Guandu!
When Cao Cao's army retreated from Yangwu and other places, the local people also rushed to follow.

The people naturally don't want to leave their homes,
But they heard the people who escaped from Baima County and other places say that those people who didn't want to leave their homeland were all forced by Yuan Shao to become civilian husbands, working day and night, and their lives were more miserable than cattle and horses.

It's hard work to leave your hometown, but it's better than being forced by Yuan Jun to be a cow and horse, and life and death are unpredictable, right?
Instead of staying in their hometown and waiting to be killed by Yuan Shao, why not go south with Boss Cao to avoid the military disaster temporarily, maybe they will return home one day in the future?

The people wanted to leave with him, so naturally Cao Cao couldn't turn a blind eye to them.

Just leading the people forward will inevitably slow down your own marching speed, so Cao Cao sent cavalry to delay the marching speed of Yuan Shao's army.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao temporarily chose to take a break after breaking through all of Xiahouyuan's camps, which gave Cao Cao enough time to evacuate with the people.

Looking at the team that couldn't see the end at a glance, and the speed was only faster than that of the tortoise, Cao Cao was actually very bitter.

Obviously, he defeated Yuan Shao's 20 troops cleanly in the two battles, and also beheaded Yuan Shao's favorite generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou. But in the end, like a bereaved dog, he hurriedly withdrew to avoid the sharp edge.Who the hell won the battle and who lost the battle?
Although Zhao Yun, Xia Houyuan and others defeated Yuan Jun's 20 pioneers.

But the Yuan Jun who was actually killed or captured was at most [-] to [-].

The two vanguard armies that were defeated, after regrouping, there are still more than [-] people, plus Yuan Shao's main force still has more than [-] people, fierce generals are like clouds, counselors are like rain, this is their hard power!
Four 5 to 50 people, for Yuan Shao, who has an army of nearly [-], is just scratching the surface.

More than 40 miles north of Puyang is Jizhou.
It is said that for this battle, Yuan Shao raised nearly 200 million shi of grain from the four states!It has to be said that Hebei is really very rich, and Yuan Shao does have his own tyrannical capital.

Cao Cao abandoned the area north of Guandu and returned to Guandu, and set the main battlefield of Cao Yuan's decisive battle at Guandu. This is a typical choice of exchanging space for strategic advantages.

Cao Jun can replenish grain and grass from Chenliu, Yingchuan and other places;
On the other hand, Yuan Shao had to bear the nearly 200-mile grain road. In addition, Dongjun was firmly nailed to the side and rear of Yuan Jun's grain road like a nail, and the risks Yuan Shao had to bear increased greatly.

Let's talk about the decisive battle in Guandu.

Although Jishui is not as spacious and swift as the Yellow River, as Lu Yan analyzed, Guandukou itself is surrounded by water on three sides, and it is suitable for combat within a radius of a hundred miles.The battlefield is only a few miles wide and twenty miles long, and the combat space is extremely limited, which can provide Cao Jun with the advantage of reducing the number of Yuan Jun.

After returning to Guandu, Lu Yan saw Ren Jun who was on the city wall from a distance, directing the civilians to build fortifications loudly.

When Ren Jun was under Lu Yan, he showed excellent logistics ability.

Later, he went out for a stroll with Mao Jie and was appreciated by Cao Cao, so he kept him by his side and was responsible for logistics.

After Yuan Shao issued an appeal against Cao Cao,
According to Cao Cao's order, Ren Jun began to prepare all the logistics needed for the war. Later, after learning from Lu Yan's diary that Guandu was the final battlefield, he asked Ren Jun to build fortifications at Guandu in advance.

Now, a few months have passed, and a row of solid city walls has risen impressively in the plain area of ​​Guandu Ferry.

"It smells like the Great Wall!" Lu Yan couldn't help admiring the city wall, which was seven or eight meters high and five or six meters wide.

Although this city wall is only a few miles long, it will be Cao Cao's biggest reliance in fighting Yuan Shao.

Lu Yan and others followed Cao Cao to inspect the progress of the fortifications.

Seeing Cao Cao and other bigwigs approaching, Ren Jun, who was looking at the whole situation on the city wall, trotted down quickly, bowed to salute and said, "I've met the prime minister! I've seen you sir!"

Such an important matter was entrusted to him by Cao Cao, Ren Jun was both excited and frightened.

He stayed on the construction site every day these days, and he only slept for less than two hours at night, in order not to have even the slightest flaw.

"Borda has worked hard." Looking at the dark and thin Ren Jun, Cao Cao sighed, then made him rich, and continued to ask, "How is the fortification progress?"

"Returning to the prime minister, one hundred thousand people are working in shifts day and night. The city wall has been built, and the moat is almost dug through. The rest is to prepare rolling logs and rocks, and set up the defense equipment such as trebuchets and ballistas."

"That's right!" Cao Cao nodded, walked to the moat, which is about two feet wide, but has not yet been drained, took a look, and continued: "Yuan Shao will arrive at Guandu in about ten days, a bloody storm is inevitable. !"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he led a group of people behind him across the suspension bridge and came under the city wall.

Raising his sleeves and stretching out his hand, Cao Cao patted the wall tiles, feeling the hard and cold touch from the wall tiles, he nodded again and said: "That's right! Let the people speed up to pass through Guandu, let's arrange them in Chenliu County for the time being." .”

"Uh..." Ren Jun seemed to be hesitant, and he even took a special look at Lu Yan.To accommodate so many people at once, the pressure on Chenliu County is enormous!

Seeing Ren Jun's hesitation, Lu Yan said with a smile: "It's okay, Boda will do what Cao Gong said. After this battle is won, these people can just go to the Luoyang area."

"After this battle is won?"

Lu Yan's words are so natural, as if the time is up and he is off work today.

After listening to Lu Yan's incomparably natural words, everyone felt miraculously at peace.

Under the leadership of Ren Jun, Cao Cao crossed the first city wall.

However, less than a hundred meters away from everyone, there is another city wall!

It turned out that in the past few months, they had built a total of two city walls, the total length of which was probably nearly forty miles.

Ren Jun explained to Cao Cao from the side: "My subordinates feel that the first city wall is not safe, so they advocated to build a second city wall! Please make amends!"

"Boda is thoughtful, how can he be guilty if he only has meritorious deeds?" Cao Cao patted Ren Jun's arm, and the more he looked at this spirited guy, the more he liked him, and he couldn't help thinking to himself: "My younger sister is not young, how about Betroth her to Boda?"

After passing through the two city walls, you can see the majestic camp in the distance, where many military supplies are hoarded.

Everyone has been on the road for several days, and they are already exhausted. Now when they see the camp and think about the hot and delicious food inside, they suddenly feel hot in their hearts.

"Boda, you send someone to arrange for the cook to kill pigs and sheep so that the soldiers can have a good meal. Today, let everyone have a good rest."

"Here!" Ren Jun left in a hurry after agreeing to his promise. He wanted to cook meals for the soldiers himself.

Jian'an three years, the end of July.

After Yuan Shao received the grain and grass supplies from Yanjin, he set off his camp and continued southward.

Facing Yuan Shao's vanguard army, Cao Jun didn't even dare to resist a little bit, and even fled with the people together early on.

Yangwu, Wuchao, Fengqiu, Yuanwu and other places fell one after another within a few days.

For a moment, Yuan Jun was as powerful as a broken bamboo, and his arrogance was overwhelming!

(End of this chapter)