I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 313, The Rise of Cao Cao
In late August, Yuan Shao took the last [-] soldiers he left in Qingzhou to Luoyang City.There is no more Yuan Shao's soldiers in the whole Qingzhou.

Yu Du, who had been lurking near Mount Tai, suddenly discovered that there were not many Han troops in Qingzhou.Especially Yuan Shao's army almost all left.

This discovery made Yu Du overjoyed. Since the Yellow Turban Army lost to the Han Army in the Central Plains War, the growth momentum of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was completely interrupted. The Yellow Turban Army hiding in the mountains saved their lives, but they did not live well. Dashan There was not enough supplies to feed the Yellow Turban Army.At this time, the food and grass of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is about to run out, even if Yuan Shao and the others don't leave, Yu Du plans to go down the mountain to grab food during this autumn harvest!

Although Xu Wei taught Yu Du how to fight guerrilla warfare.But the Yellow Turbans did not learn very well. Guerrilla warfare is not only military tactics, but also political and economic cooperation.

They have been fighting against poison in the military for several years, and the veterans who are still alive are basically experienced people, and they can still do the tactics of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak point.

But how to create a base area and develop the economy of the base area, so that the Yellow Turban Army will not starve to death, and can even grow stronger. The Yellow Turban Army has done very poorly. They do not have enough officials to govern the area, and it is difficult for them to be like the Tengjia Army. The same goes deep into the people, but they can't do this. It is said that guerrilla warfare is actually a rogue tactic, and their food problem has not been solved.

In this era, the food production was not high. In the mountainous areas occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, the food production was frighteningly lower. Those who occupied the mountainous areas did not get a lot of food.

However, there are a lot of refugees who turn to the Yellow Turban Army. It can be said that the food reserves of the Yellow Turban Army are a big problem.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's departure from Qingzhou was a godsend opportunity for Du and them. It happened that the autumn harvest was approaching, and they could take the opportunity to grab food for the winter.

So when Yuan Shao's army left Qingzhou, Yu Du and the others led 10 yellow scarf troops out, and divided their troops into three groups to attack the big city in Qingzhou.

Unprepared Qingzhou county officials were defeated by the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and a large number of counties were captured by the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army!
After the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army conquered these counties, they got a lot of food. With this food, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army finally solved the crisis of survival.

At this time, the prefect of Qingzhou, Kong Rong, had the highest prestige in Qingzhou. When they couldn't find Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Qingzhou, everyone turned to Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, and asked him to come up with a way to quell the chaos of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

But what can Kong Rong do? He came to Beihai County as the prefect, and what he did was to lightly pay taxes and save criminal laws. These methods of his were still useful in peacetime, but Qingzhou at this time was almost the same as in troubled times. .

He had no way to collect food and grass to resettle the refugees, nor could he control the nobles under his rule and restrict them from annexing land to create refugees.

It can be said that Kong Rong is not suitable for the situation in Qingzhou. Without the support of the Han court, Kong Rong is just a puppet of Qingzhou's elite clan, and his decrees cannot go out of the government.

But now facing the attack of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, he didn't know how to deal with it. He ran around to close the city gates and defend the city. At the same time, he sent messengers to ask for help from all sides.

Cao Cao was not the only one he asked for help. He sent envoys to Lu Zhi in Jizhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou.

It's a pity that Lu Zhi in Jizhou is seriously ill now, and the person who presides over the situation in Jizhou is the long history reviewer.

Although there are many soldiers and horses in Jizhou, they are used by Jizhou clansmen to watch their homes and nursing homes. They do not agree with Jizhou's soldiers and horses to support Qingzhou.

Moreover, at this time, the Tengjia Army has already assembled troops in Youzhou, and the Tengjia Army is ready to attack Jizhou at any time. The powerful clans in Jizhou all want to ask for help from the Quartet, and he still has extra troops to support Qingzhou , the judge had no choice but to reject Kong Rong's envoy.

Tao Qian's situation in Xuzhou is not much better!After King Yang Biaoqin's edict was issued, he originally wanted to lead troops into King Jingqin.

As a result, Yuan Shu sent 5 troops to attack Jiujiang County in Yangzhou, and Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, also asked Tao Qian for help.But Tao Qian did not dare to take the risk of offending Yuan Shu to rescue Liu Yao.Because Yuan Shu's army also made an attack on Xuzhou, Tao Qian was worried that he would be burned, so he refused Liu Yao's request for help.

Even Tao Qian was worried that Yuan Shu would take the opportunity to attack Xuzhou, so Tao Qian stationed the main force of Xuzhou in Guangling County. Tao Qian was familiar with Yuan Shu when he was in Luoyang City. When Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou, he had to let him know that Xuzhou was not easy to fight.So at this time Tao Qian had no ability to rescue Kong Rong in Beihai.

So although Kong Rong asked for help everywhere, Cao Cao was the only way to help.

Beihai County is not far from Taishan County, and Cao Cao arrived at the territory of Beihai County in just three days.

At this time, Cheng Yu, Cao Cao's counselor, suggested to him: "Now Yu Du doesn't even know that we are here to support Beihai County. For our attack, the Yellow Turban Army must have been unprepared. This is a good opportunity to attack the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army is scattered. , as long as these bosses are killed, they will become a mess. It will be much easier to deal with then.

Cao Cao immediately accepted Cheng Yu's suggestion of beheading the battle.

Leading an army of 2 marched quickly to Beihai City, and then waited until midnight, while Yu Du and the others were still sleeping.Cao Cao's army came out in full force and attacked Yu Du's camp!
Facing the sudden attack on Yu Du, they were not prepared at all, and they were caught off guard by Cao Cao. The [-] army was in the chaos, and Yu Du himself was hacked to death in the chaos, leaving no bones left.The death of Yu Du caused the morale of the Yellow Turban Army to drop sharply, and they were defeated immediately.

In this battle, although Cao Cao's army paid the price of 2000 soldiers dying in battle, he killed Yu Du, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and almost wiped out [-] Yellow Turban soldiers, which was considered a great victory.In this way, the siege of Beihai County was lifted by Cao Cao in the first battle!
After Kong Rong saw that the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out by Cao Cao, he opened the city gate to welcome Cao Cao's army.

"If it wasn't for Brother Meng De's support this time, I'm afraid I would have died on the battlefield!" Kong Rong thanked Cao Cao.

Cao Cao held up Kong Rong and smiled, "We are all colleagues, and it is right to help each other. If the Yellow Turban Army in Beihai County cannot be controlled, I am afraid that Taishan County will also be harassed by the Yellow Turban Army!"

Kong Rong smiled wryly and said: "You are a scholar who is useless. I finally understand the meaning of this sentence. Compared with brother Meng De, I am really a waste. I am really ashamed of the court's entrustment."

Cao Cao immediately said: "Wenju is too modest, you are just inexperienced, you just need to fight a few more battles!"

Kong Rong shook his head and said, "My little brother is incapable of fighting anymore. The Yellow Turban Army in Beihai County was annihilated by Brother Meng De, but the Yellow Turban Army in other parts of Qingzhou is still there. Please also ask Brother Meng De to save my officials in Qingzhou! Ping Qingzhou Yellow Turbans from other places!"

Cao Cao said happily: "It is my duty!"

Didn't he come here just for this, and now Kong Rong is sending Qingzhou to his door.

(End of this chapter)