Han Xiang

Chapter 221 'Feeding the Tiger'

Chunyu Qiong, the guard of Wuchao, was the eighth school lieutenant of the West Garden along with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. He was not a reckless man who drank a lot of wine, and Yuan Shao would not let a reckless man guard an important grain storage area.

Cao Cao led elite soldiers to attack Wuchao, while Chunyuqiong actively organized defense. At this time, Cao Jun was desperate and launched an attack regardless of the cost, which made the Wuchao defenders feel difficult.

You know, at this time, it was five thousand fighting ten thousand, and Chunyu Qiong still had a camp fortified, and Chunyu Qiong was able to fight hard, which shows how desperate Cao Jun was at that time.

Chun Yuqiong led [-] troops from Hebei to Wuchao and stayed there. At that time, Jushou offered advice to Yuan Shao, suggesting that Jiang Qi lead people to station in Wuchao to help prevent Cao's army from raiding and looting grain.

At the beginning, Jushou openly opposed the attack on Henan, and secretly restricted Yuan Shao's preparation of supplies and troops. Later, he blatantly sang against him in the battles of Baima and Yanjin to confuse the army.

Yuan Shao considered that the forces behind him did not deal with it, but he would no longer listen to such harsh words, no matter how beneficial the suggestion was.

At this time, Yuan Shao was focusing on people instead of things, and his sensibility occupied his mind.

Cao Cao fought in Wuchao until dawn, and the military news spread to the Guandu Camp, [-] li away. Yuan Shao's general Zhang Yun suggested to rescue Chunyuqiong, and counselor Guo Tu offered a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

At the critical moment, Yuan Shao made a double mistake, laying the groundwork for his failure.

Yuan Shao finally followed Guo Tu's suggestion and sent Zhang Yun and Gao Lan to attack Cao Jun's camp, and sent Qingqi to rescue Wuchao, completely ignoring the consequences of Wuchao's fall, this is one of them;
Secondly, whether it is attacking Cao Ying or rescuing Wuchao, Yuan Shao should do his own desperation like Cao Cao, instead of leaving his fate to the trilogy to fight, the second is also.

Do great things but cherish your life, see small gains and forget your life, Yuan Shao profoundly interpreted this sentence.

Maybe it was Yuan Shao's good family background, or maybe it was because the first half of his life was too smooth, Yuan Shao didn't want to risk his life, so God didn't give him luck.

In the end, on the eve of Yuan Jun Qingqi's arrival at Wuchao, Cao Cao led his army to break through the Wuchao camp, Le Jin killed Chunyu Qiong in the formation, and took Yuan Shao's only granary on the front line.

Yuan Shao had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Guandu, but only had less than three days' food in stock. When the Wuchao granary fell, the hearts of the soldiers in Hebei fell at the same time.

The news of the panic spread throughout Guandu, and Zhang He and Gao Lan were forced to defect and surrender.

Yuan Shao went south with tens of thousands of people, and finally fled to Yanjin with only 10 people. The price was not bad.

Cao Jun seized countless weapons, supplies, and treasures during the comprehensive counter-offensive, and captured more than [-] prisoners in Hebei.

Cao Cao and Long Xiang were in the same predicament in Shishui, and the number of prisoners was much more than that of the soldiers of the army.

However, Cao Cao was not as confident as Long Xiang in having food reserves. He had fought Yuan Shao for half a year and had already run out of food. When he attacked Wuchao for a quick victory, the food was burned to ashes.

Cao Cao really wanted to keep the [-] captives, but Cao's army had already run out of food, and adding another [-] mouths would definitely mutiny, so he took the same method as Bai Qi.

Kill all.

In late October, Cao Cao's class returned to Xudu.

With a backlog of official duties of two or three months, the envoys to be received gathered in the Sikong Mansion.

During Cao Cao's confrontation at Guandu, the most major incidents occurred in Yangzhou in the southeast. Among them, Sun Ce was assassinated and killed, and the assassin Yan Xiang was trapped and killed. The most important thing was that Sun Quan raised troops to attack Li Shu recently.

Cao Cao did not express his position when he saw the envoy, but called a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"There has been a lot of movement in Yangzhou these days, and all the princes are talking about it. Who can trust Li Shu and Sun Quan?"

The officials returned to Xudu just now, and they were not clear about the situation in Yangzhou, so they were silent at first.

When Cao Cao saw this, he pointed at Guo Jia and asked, "Sun Ce tried to cooperate with Yuan Shao in attacking Xudu. Fortunately, Chen Yuanlong blocked his way. Feng Xiao (Guo Jia) once said that this son would have a short life, but it came true. What are you doing, Sun Quan?" review?"

Guo Jia thought for a while, and answered with a beard: "Sun Quan succeeded to the throne in a hurry when he was young. There are many dissatisfied people in Jiangdong, so that Li Shu rebelled. Sun Fu wanted to surrender to the lord, but this person can bear it for several months. It shows that he is not a brave and reckless person, but he seems to be better than Sun Ce."

"Oh? Sun Quan is stronger than Sun Ce?"

Cao Cao was a little surprised, "Following the filial piety is very accurate, if it is allowed to develop, it will be a serious disaster. At this time, Sun Quan is fighting with Li Shu, and Sun Fu is willing to be an internal response. I want to take this opportunity to seize Jiangdong. What?"

"this one"

Guo Jia couldn't answer for a while, and the opportunity to take Jiangdong was good at this time, but Cao Jun had just experienced a big battle, and he was too weak to go on an expedition, so he glanced at Xun Yu intentionally or unintentionally.

Xun Yu nodded knowingly, and went out of class to continue speaking.

"The timing is really good now, but if you want to take Jiangdong, you have to prepare warships, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the natural danger of the Yangtze River."

"Ah, that's right, the south boat and the north horse."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and talked to himself, when he suddenly saw Liu Xun in the corner, he waved and called out: "Zitai once fought with Sun Ce, how strong is the Jiangdong navy? How many warships are there?"

"Uh, Sun Ce defeated Huang Zu last year and confiscated almost all the warships in Jiangxia. I think there will be more than [-] ships."

Liu Xun stood up in embarrassment. He himself lost thousands of boats. He hid now because he was worried about embarrassment in front of others, but he added the total to Huang Zu's head.

Cao Cao asked again: "How effective are the soldiers in Jiangdong?"

Liu Xun clasped his fists and replied: "Sun's soldiers are considered to be second to none in Yangzhou, but they are not as strong as the soldiers under the Lord's command."

"Um"

Seeing Cao Cao frowning and thinking, Xun Yu quickly added: "Even if Sun Quan is a tiger, he is still a tiger at this time. Although Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, the strength of Hebei is still not to be underestimated. My lord, it is not suitable to send troops to the southeast for now, lest Yuan Shao have an opportunity "

"Wen Ruo's words are true, but you can't let Sun Quan, the milk tiger."

Cao Cao looked at Xun You when he was talking, as if he was saying that you are my mastermind, so you don't intend to say a few words about it?

Xun You and Xun Yu looked at each other first, then cupped their hands and said, "As the saying goes, two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. If my lord is worried about Sun Quan, a baby tiger, you might as well raise a few more tigers or wolves in Yangzhou, and wait until Hebei is recovered before going south."

"How many more?"

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard that, "Who else is there besides Li Shu?"

Xun You laughed and said, "Li Shu counts as one, Sun Fu counts as one, and Hefei Longxiang counts as one."

Hearing Long Xiang's name, Cao Cao was puzzled and puzzled.

"Long Xiang? The captain of the southern part of the Jiujiang River played by Sun Quan? I have never heard of this person before. Do all the princes in the palace know this person?"

"It is said that he used to be the Marquis of Qu in Yuan Shu's army, and also the successor of Chu general Long Qi. Last year he defeated Zheng Bao and Sun Ce in Hefei. Last month he defeated Zhang Duo, captured Lei Xu, and retreated Li Shu. He is quite famous in Huainan." Xun Xun I have to explain.

"Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo and other grassroots bandits are not worth mentioning, but they are indeed capable of defeating Sun Ce. It seems that they are more worthy of training than Li Shu. What else does Wen Ruo know about him?"

Cao Cao immediately became interested.

Xun Yu shook his head lightly: "Long Xiang has not been famous for long, I don't know enough about him. If my lord wants more information, I can send someone to Hefei to inquire."

"That's all for later. Since Sun Quan has claimed the official position of Long Xiang, the two must have colluded with each other. Maybe he has been surrendered by Sun Quan, and just then Gongda (Xun You) offered the plan of raising tigers and wolves."

When Cao Cao hesitated, Liu Xun suddenly got up and clasped his fists.

"Ming Gong, the general probably knows something about this. This Long Xiang, named Yunqi, is about 20 years old this year. He used to be Quhou under Qiao Rui's command. This person was originally unknown, but he suddenly rose to prominence in Hefei. It seems that it was because of Lu Su's help. .”

　Tomorrow is the May Day holiday. As usual, the author will be with his family (there are seniors in their [-]s and children of a few years old). In the past few days, the three shifts will be reduced to two shifts, and it will resume after the holiday. I wish you all a happy May Day.

　　
　
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