My father is Yuan Shu?But I want to be a Cao thief

Chapter 387 The Angry Yuan Shao

The night turned silent again.

But under the darkness of night, there were countless corpses left behind, as well as many war horses bowing their heads and howling. The whole field was full of blood, and there were corpses everywhere, and the blood flowed like a river.

In this battle, Yuan Tan flees,
In this battle, the Chu army won a complete victory!
In this battle, the Wuhuan Xiongnu pretended not to know!
Chu Feng originally thought that Yuan Jun would continue to pursue him, but he seemed to have overestimated Yuan Jun's will to fight. After retreating from Yuan Tan, Yuan Jun no longer had the strength to fight and had no intention of continuing to send troops.

As a result, Chu Feng's first plan to lure away the enemy army was no longer needed. Instead, because of killing too many horses, he obtained thousands of Yuan Jun's war horses, which was definitely a fortune for Chu Feng.

Just like that, Chu Feng led his troops to withdraw from the waterway!
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On the other side, until the wee hours of the morning.

"Trash, a bunch of trash!"

In Puyang City, Yuan Shao roared hysterically.

It was hard for him to accept that they should have chased after Chu Feng, but when he turned around, he was killed by Chu Feng with ease, and his son escaped back like a dead dog.

Of the [-] Yuan Jun's iron cavalry, less than [-] escaped back. Even if many got lost, it all meant that Chu Feng directly killed nearly [-] enemies in this battle. This was an absolutely unacceptable defeat for Yuan Jun.

"why why?"

"Then is Chu Feng so difficult to deal with? Why do you lose again and again?" Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Tan in the hall, his face twisted in anger, he really lost too much to Chu Feng.

He, Yuan Jun, has lost tens of thousands!

Yuan Tan lowered his head, unable to express the pain in his heart!

"My lord, you have tried your best in this battle!" Lu Xiang hesitated a little, but still clasped his fists and said in a deep voice.

"I did my best? I tried my best to escape, right? Don't think I don't know anything. It is my biggest mistake to entrust the three armies to you to command!" Yuan Shao continued to scold without mercy.

"My lord, the matter has come to an end, it's useless to talk too much!" Xu You persuaded at this moment.

"Hmph!" Yuan Shao shook his sleeves and snorted coldly. Right now he can only rely on Xu You, and it is better to give Xu You face. He said immediately: "Ziyuan, in your opinion, what should our army do next?"

"My lord, Chu Feng escaped and withdrew from the Central Plains. It is true that the Wuhuan Xiongnu helped us win the battle in name. I am worried that they will ask for places like Youzhou and Bingzhou in the future."

Xu You is worried, this is what he cares about,
Now Yuan Shao's territory is only a county in Qingzhou, plus Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou. If Youzhou and Bingzhou are taken out, then Yuan Shao really only has Jizhou left.
Although Jizhou is rich, it can't afford such a toss!

"They dare!" Yuan Shao angrily reprimanded.

"I guess that's what they paid attention to. Chu Feng fought tonight and gave them an excuse not to fight, so they just watched the flowers from the wall. They didn't care about the casualties of our army at all. They were just waiting for Chu Feng to leave!"

"And, what's more, our army has lost one after another, and the strength of our troops is not as good as before. I'm afraid it will be difficult to check and balance them. I'm worried that they will come by force. When the time comes..." Xu You was worried.

"boom!"

Yuan Shao kicked the case,
But he knew that what Xu You said was correct, the Wuhuan Xiongnu must have ulterior motives, and watched flowers on the wall many times.

This number is enough to threaten the entire Jizhou!
For a while, Yuan Shao hesitated.

"Chu Feng escaped, relying on the Huaishui boat division, but our army has no boat division, so it is impossible to cross the boundary even half a step, even if our army comes to the city again, so what, what should we do?"

"What's more, Wuhuan, the Xiongnu, has tens of thousands of cavalry. It is a huge expense for people to eat horses and chew them. Our army can't afford them!" Yuan Shao expressed his worries.

For Yuan Shao right now, it is extremely headache.

Typically, neither is it to fight, nor is it not to fight.

As for the Central Plains left behind by Chu Feng's retreat, this place was indeed a good place in the past, but now this place is a scorched earth, and there is only endless gunpowder smoke, but there is no vitality.

Even if Yuan Shao occupies it, it is only a few more city-states, but the key point is that it will take decades to operate, and it may be useful. Now the Central Plains has increased the logistical pressure on Yuan Jun.

If he continued to fight, Yuan Shao would face unparalleled logistics pressure. Even if the logistics could be solved, he would not be able to cross the Huai River system. To put it bluntly, everything would be in vain.

If he didn't fight, then when Wuhuan and the Xiongnu retreated, what were the places he conquered?To send someone to guard or not to guard?Where to guard what you say, whether you can guard it, etc. are all questions.

As soon as Chu Feng withdrew, Yuan Shao couldn't help it.

It's not so much that I can't, it's better to say that I am unwilling, but there is nothing I can do!

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Xu You was also thinking about it. He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't think of any good solution. After all, after Chu Feng withdrew, what he faced was to continue fighting, how to cross the Huaihe River,
How to provide logistics!

These two cannot be solved, Chu Feng has a natural advantage, and he is not afraid at all!

"Report~, my lord, Cao Cao sent his envoy Jiang Gan to see him!" At this moment, the goalkeeper who guarded the city rushed over and shouted.

"Cao Cao's envoy?" Yuan Shao frowned, he didn't know what to do, he wanted to refuse, but considering Cao Cao's deceitfulness, maybe he would have a plan and let someone bring him in immediately.

After a while, he will be in the mansion.

Jiang Gan strode forward. Just when he entered the city, he learned that Yuan Jun was defeated again in the pursuit and the Chu army retreated. When he saw Yuan Shao's expression, all this seemed to be true!
Defeat is written on Yuan Shao's face!
"I have seen Yuan Gong before Jiang Gan!" Jiang Gan said, neither humble nor overbearing, cupping his fists and bowing to each other.

"No courtesy!" Yuan Shao was too lazy to care about these etiquettes, but instead laughed at himself: "Why, Meng De sent you to see my joke? If so, you can go back now!"

"Yuan Gong was joking, my lord has no such intention!"

"My lord and Duke Yuan are allies. If we advance and retreat together, how can we make things worse?" Jiang Gan emphasized again!
"Then what are you talking about so far?" Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes.

"Discuss the matter of defeating the enemy together!" Jiang Gan's mouth curled up.

"Hehe, defeating the enemy? Then Chu Feng has withdrawn to Hefei, and Meng De and I have no warships, so how can we talk about defeating the enemy?" Yuan Shao smiled wryly, he had thought of this earlier, it was useless!

"Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, there is no way to do this, is it?" Jiang Gan explained.

"Method? What method? Is it possible to fly over?" Yuan Shao was a little displeased.

"To be honest with Mr. Yuan, my lord has assembled an army of tens of thousands, and there are 20 reinforcements from Guishuang, a total of 35 troops." Jiang Gan squinted his eyes and gave Yuan Shao some confidence first.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao instantly showed surprise.

"Guishuang? 20 reinforcements? When did your lord walk with Guishuang? There are still 20 reinforcements. Guishuang is thousands of miles away. How can you send someone to help?"

Yuan Shao immediately had some doubts,

"Yuan Gong, these are matters between my lord and Guishuang, I just convey these to Yuan Gong!" Jiang Gan chuckled.

"Hmph, even if Cao Cao has Guishuang to help him, Chang'an is thousands of miles away, and Cao Cao, who is just a logistician, should collapse. How can we talk about fighting? What's more, you and I don't have warships!"

"Without warships, how can we talk about crossing the river?" Yuan Shao shook his sleeves, as if I had thought about this a long time ago, there is no way!

"Hehe, so I will discuss it here," Jiang Gan raised his lips slightly,
This smile scared Yuan Shao into a fright, and he immediately said: "I, I have no food, and the Jizhou granary has been emptied by you a long time ago!"

"Haha, Mr. Yuan is worrying too much!"

"My main plan, one, autumn harvest!"

"Food and grass are the most important of the three armies, and must be guaranteed, so my lord is going to attack the Chu army again after the autumn harvest when there is food!"

"Second, cross the river!"

"After the autumn harvest, it is the dry season of the Huaihe River, and the water level is less than two-thirds of the usual level. It may be possible to cross the river by force with sandbags, so that Chu Feng can be forced to fight!!"

"Third, Hefei!"

"Hefei is Chu Feng's economic center. As long as we want to cross the river, Chu Feng will definitely fight back desperately. He will never let our army cross the river smoothly. Otherwise, our army will be defeated in one battle, and the iron cavalry will be close to Hefei."

"At that time, Hefei's economy will be destroyed, and it will be difficult for Chu Feng to recover from it for several years! Therefore, the dry season is the day when Chu Feng will be forced to fight, and our goal is to destroy Hefei!"

"In this way, the Chu army will either win and repel our coalition army. However, our coalition army has nearly 60 soldiers and horses. Even if the Chu army is elite, there is absolutely no chance of winning!"

"Either our army destroys the entire Chu army's economic construction from the Huaihe River to the Yangtze River, destroying Chu Feng's management for the past few years, and starting again. In the past few years, we have jointly built warships, and the Chu army's destruction is just around the corner!"

Jiang Gan stroked his beard with a smile on his face.

He told all of Cao Cao's intentions, which was already a conspiracy, using what Chu Feng cared about most to force Chu Feng to submit, so as to achieve their goal.

After the words fell, Yuan Shao fell into deep thought.

I have to say that he was moved by Cao Cao's layout.

And he could feel that in this way, the Chu army must be passive, not theirs. What's more, the Huai River is thousands of miles long, and the Chu army is on guard everywhere, and they have to disperse their forces.

"What do Yuan Gong think?" Jiang Gan looked at Yuan Shao with a smile!

"The plan is good, but it is still unknown whether it can be realized!" Yuan Shao did not have the blindness of earlier, but poured cold water on it: "What does your lord want me to do?"

"Stabilize Wuhuan, the Xiongnu, we must have their help in this battle, otherwise the force will be too short!" Jiang Gan said solemnly, "The other thing is to recharge your batteries and wait for the opportunity!"

"The timing of the autumn harvest?" Yuan Shao asked for confirmation.

"Exactly!" Jiang Gan said confidently.

"The Xiongnu Wuhuan is not under my command. I can't stop them from going or staying, but I will keep them as much as possible!" Yuan Shao took a deep breath and gave an answer!
"So, Yuan Gong has defeated my lord?" Jiang Gan asked quickly with a happy face.

"Chu Feng will not be destroyed, I feel uneasy! Since Meng De intends to destroy Chu, I will help him with all my strength!" Yuan Shao said, mainly because he already hated Chu Feng to the bone, and now he wished to strip Chu Feng alive.

"It's so good, my lord will be delighted to know." Jiang Qianlang smiled, and then he explained the details to Yuan Shao, and then he went down to rest and prepared to go back to meet Cao Cao tomorrow.

Looking at the back of Jiang Gan leaving, Yuan Shao looked at Xu You and said, "Ziyuan, what do you think of Cao Cao's plan?"

"Perhaps that's the only way to go!" Xu You hesitated a little, and immediately said in a deep voice!
"Can you win?" Yuan Shao wanted to find some confidence.

"A 60 army, logically speaking, is sure to win, but the 60 army has come to many places, and my subordinates are worried that the Six Nations Allied Forces will stage it again!" Xu You hesitated to speak out!

Yuan Shao's original interest was suppressed again, yes, the 60 army would surely win, but they came from their own alliances, not from one family.

Cao Cao's, Wuhuan's, Xiongnu's, Guishuang's, and your own!
It's too complicated, and they are all based on their own interests. How can they win then?

"However, there is no need to worry, my lord. This battle may pose a certain threat to Chu Feng. If he can defeat his economically important city of Hefei, then as Cao Cao said, Chu Feng will not be able to stir up trouble for a few years!"

Xu You chuckled again and added.

Hefei represented Chu Feng's foundation, just like Yuan Shao's Yecheng, once Hefei was destroyed, Chu Feng would have cut off his own arm.

"I hope!" Yuan Shao sighed.

"My lord, perhaps the most important thing we need to do is how to keep Wuhuan and the Huns. If we let them go back, I'm afraid they won't come again!" Xu You said hesitantly.

As soon as Xu You finished speaking, he heard the report from the personal guard: "My lord, Ta Dun and Hu Chuquan are asking to see you outside the mansion!"

"Hmph, do they still dare to come? See if I won't kill them!" Yuan Tan drew out his sword angrily, with an angry expression on his face. It's because they stood by and watched him lose so badly tonight!
"Nonsense!" Yuan Shao angrily reprimanded.

My eldest son is too stupid, even if they cut down Huchuquan and Tadun, then the Xiongnu Wuhuan's soldiers and horses will definitely have to cut them down, and then all three will suffer!
"Father, I." Yuan Tan felt aggrieved.

"You go down first!" Yuan Shao waved his hand, a little displeased.

"No!" Yuan Tan replied angrily. He thought he had a good relationship with Tadunhu Chuquan, but he didn't expect that when it came to interests, the two of them didn't take him seriously at all!

"My lord, the visitors are not kind, I'm afraid they are here to force the palace!" Xu You looked at Yuan Tan's back and sighed, stroking his beard.

"In your opinion?" Yuan Shao nodded and asked,
"Not to be released. Didn't Cao Cao say after the autumn harvest? That means that Chu Feng has not been defeated and cannot be given. You need to wait until after the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, regardless of whether you fight or not, you will cede the land to them!"

"Only in this way can the two of them be stabilized!" Xu You immediately analyzed.

This time, there is indeed a reason to reject the request of the two, but they are also worried that the two will come to force, but force is not good for anyone, and they can come down if they give each other a step!

"Well, let's do it like this!" Yuan Shao nodded, and directly agreed to Qiu Hou, it would indeed be able to stabilize them for a period of time, and now it is not far from Qiu Hou, just a few months!
At this moment, as soon as Yuan Tan left, Hu Chuquan and Ta Dun came together. The two looked solemn, and it seemed that they had communicated in advance.

As soon as they came in, the two directly stated that they beat Chu Feng away and asked Yuan Shao to fulfill his promise to cede Youzhou and Bingzhou.

Finally, just as Xu You gave the conditions,

Both sides took a step back, and in the next battle, no matter the winner or loser, they will cede the land. The reason is to keep the Wuhuan Xiongnu cavalry on standby at any time!

(End of this chapter)