Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 183 Chapter 182

Yuan Shao was so anxious that he vomited blood and was no longer able to command the army. Duke Shi Ju, the pillar of the Northern Kingdom, had a sense of responsibility to accept orders in the face of danger.

At this critical juncture, Yuan Shang dared not have the idea of ​​making meritorious deeds to snatch the crown prince, and Guo Tu obediently kept his mouth shut. Everything seemed to give Jushou a chance to turn the tide.

In fact, he also understands that after the disaster of Wuchao, as long as the army can return to the Northland safely, give it time to rest, and make a vigorous effort, it will not be difficult to make a comeback.

The key to the problem is how to return to the north with as few casualties as possible.

Ju Shou's idea was to select dead men from the army to be responsible for the decision, and let Yuan Shao lead the army to retreat. If Cao Jun chased and killed them, these dead men would be dealt a head-on blow.

This trick may not be a clever method, it is even very common, but the methods that really work have never been dangerous and surprising, and most of them are the right way.

But even with such a simple idea, the difficulty of implementing it was beyond his imagination.

Even under the lure of huge sums of money, out of an army of nearly 30, there were only 3 post-break dead soldiers, which was too far from the [-] that Ju Shou hoped for.

But when you think about it, all of this makes sense. Marching and fighting are nothing more than two things. The first is the morale of the army; the second is food and grass supplies.

The Wuchao was destroyed, and the food and grass were cut off, directly blocking the second road, and at the same time making the army's morale sway.

After experiencing Yan Liang's capture and Wen Chou's disappearance, and Zhang Yun's Gao Lan surrendering to the enemy, there was no one in the four courtyards in Hebei, and the morale of the Northern Army fell to the bottom in an instant.

What's more, this is different from the dead who attacked the city first. Those who stay behind in this situation are unlikely to have a chance to go back alive. It is clear that life is exchanged for life, how can ordinary people accept it.

The bad things didn't stop, a sergeant ran into the tent of the Chinese army and said in a panic: "Supervisor, it's not good, just now Cao Jun's cavalry attacked our army's ferry, and our army's warships were burned!"

This military report can be said to make the Northern Army worse, not to mention the sergeants in the battalion, even the counselors in the tent are extremely disturbed. Cao Cao is trying to cut off their retreat.

"It's okay, the forest is lush in this area, and it won't be too difficult to build a boat to cross the river!" Ju Shou tried to remain calm.

Of course he knew that the boats built on site were small boats that could only carry a dozen people. Compared with the large boats with hundreds or even thousands of people when they crossed the river, they were incomparable, but this is not exactly what Cao Cao said. Want the result?

Do you really think that people will force you to die? It's just increasing the difficulty of your escape bit by bit.

"Supervisor, if Cao Jun chases and kills all the way, how should we respond?" Yuan Shang was already pale and trembling from the fright.

"Don't worry, my son. I have sent a message to Yin Kai from Yecheng to rush to Liyang to rescue and respond. The most dangerous place right now is at the Yellow River Ferry."

Yuan Shang swallowed his saliva with a panicked expression, and said anxiously: "It takes a day for an army of 30 to cross the river by boat. How can these [-] dead men stop Cao Cao's army of tens of thousands?"

"To protect the army to cross the river, there must be no more than 2 people."

Ju Shou sighed, squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "My lord, don't worry, I have my own way, please hurry up and get all the ministries ready, and prepare to go north to cross the river after nightfall today."

"Okay, okay." Yuan Shang nodded again and again, and hurried out.

"and many more!"

Ju Shou stopped Yuan Shang, walked towards him with difficulty, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Master, remember, I will make arrangements after the death of the dead. Another point is that after crossing the river, Cao Jun will definitely have an ambush. Only those who break through there Ambush, the Lord can return to Yecheng safely."

"There is still an ambush?" Yuan Shang was startled, and took two steps back in fright. How could this army break through Cao Jun's ambush.

Jushou sighed, these three young masters didn't have the domineering and vigor of the lord at all, he shook his head helplessly and said: "If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely send an army to cross the river from Yanjin Ferry first and guard the coast, so besides breaking the queen, the young master would also Find a way to break through the ambush."

"Think about what to do?" In the past, Yuan Shao often tested Yuan Shang, but it was just a test. Now that he was faced with the choice of life and death, Yuan Shang felt a bit like his heart had collapsed.

Looking at this son who has been loved by Yuan Shao thousands of times, it is really impossible to imagine why he is so weak.

Of course he didn't know that if the history didn't change, the third son of the Yuan family fled to Liaodong for refuge. I lost my face completely.

Ju Shou sighed helplessly, "After drawing out the dead soldiers, our army is no longer able to fight anymore. We can only abandon our sons to survive. How many people can go back depends on the blessing of the lord."

Then Fu Er told the plan, Yuan Shang nodded slowly and echoed repeatedly, no longer the majestic appearance of winning the heirloom in the past.

After everything was arranged properly, Ju Shou let out a breath and headed towards the camp. He was going to gather the dead soldiers and do the best fight.

If there is only one person left in Hebei Sitingzhu, and if Qu Yi is not dead, it will not be too easy to choose 10 to [-] dead soldiers from the tens of thousands.

But ah, the three armies have been defeated, and now it is difficult to select [-] dead soldiers from this panicked army.

As a last resort, Ju Shou had no choice but to take the risk himself, and he decided to stay and stabilize the morale of the army himself.

Fortunately, Jushou has been in charge of the army for several years, and the person who controls the military power treats the sergeants kindly during his time in power. He still has some prestige in the battalion, but he is not as good as Sitingzhu, but he decided to leave a broken message After spreading the word, there are still many people who are willing to follow.

After convening in various ministries for most of the day, it was hard to gather the number of [-]. At the same time, Yueqi School Captain Wang Mo, Shesheng School Captain Lu Kuang, and Pojun School Captain Lu Xiang were also selected to command the troops.

After nightfall, the army began to slowly withdraw to the Yellow River ferry. Jushou led an army of [-] to guard the only way Cao Jun must pass. The only pity was that the surrounding terrain was open and it was impossible to form an ambush.

However, as long as it can protect the army from fleeing, it is enough.

Jushou stayed here himself, and Yuan Shao knew about this matter, but he couldn't stop him, because in the entire barracks, except him, Jushou was the only one who could stabilize the morale of the army, not even Yuan Shang.

Therefore, he could only tell Jushou with tears in his eyes that he would wait for him in Yecheng.

But, everyone knows that after this breakup, it is impossible to go back. It is absolutely impossible for Cao Cao to let the Northern Army leave like this.

Ju Shou rode a horse, held a sword, and closed his eyes without speaking.

Behind them, the [-] troops spread out, ready to fight.

"Report, Supervising Army, Cao Jun is coming soon!" The scout returned quickly.

After Ju Shou nodded slightly, he slowly opened his eyes. He clamped the horse's belly, stepped forward slowly, then turned the horse's head, and faced the [-] dead soldiers.

"Brothers, are you afraid?"

Dead soldiers are not necessarily fearless of death. In fact, there are many people who are just lucky. The old snacks are too expensive.

"I would like to fight to the death with the supervising army!" After the silence, Lu Kuang took the lead and shouted.

Then, there was a sporadic movement, and finally the shouts finally became a piece.

not enough.

This momentum is far from enough.

Jushou hoped that they could show the aura of being invincible and invincible, so that they could truly block Cao Jun's pursuit and even have a chance to survive.

However, this in itself is a bit difficult, even Zhang Xi can take the euphorbia soldiers to join the enemy, what else can he ask of them.

He looked up at the sky, recalling the majesty when the army went south half a year ago, stretching for hundreds of miles, with banners covering the sky, how majestic it was, only half a year, but it fell into such a field.

What he didn't expect was that, since ancient times, he was a Confucian scholar, but he was going to die in the battle. His full of talents had not had time to display, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

"The wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return." Ju Shou murmured and repeated this sentence, and suddenly seemed to understand that Jing Ke's pride in knowing that he would die without fear was actually a different kind of sadness.

"The wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return." Someone sang along with Ju Shou.

Such a night, such a scene.

The same mood and the same tragic.

In the end, 2 people sang the Yishui song in unison.

Who says that there are no heroes in the northern kingdom, who dare to drive back ten thousand armies with remnants.
There was a rush of horseshoes approaching from far away, and Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Chen Dao and others led their troops to kill them.

I am not surprised that someone from the Northern Army will be terminated, this is all expected.

They didn't have too many troops here, only 3 people, but this number already accounted for three-quarters of Cao Ying's mobilizable troops.

When the two armies met, there was no rhetoric, no probing attacks, and the battle entered the most brutal state of fighting from the very beginning.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu rushed into the camp of the Northern Army like two fierce tigers, chopping melons and chopping vegetables, while behind them tiger and leopard riders rampaged unscrupulously.

Ju Shouhan was not afraid of death, he slashed left and right in the crowd with his sword, inspiring the Northern Army to fight to the death.

This battle did not turn out to be a one-sided situation as Dian Wei and the others thought.

I thought that if the four court pillars were gone and the food and grass were all destroyed, even if the Northern Army chose the dead soldiers after the death, they would be vulnerable. I never thought that these people were so desperate, many of them still gritted their teeth and flew to fight Cao Jun immediately rolled in blood.

Xu Chu was eager to break through them and rush to the ferry to intercept them, but he was so entangled by this group of northern soldiers that he couldn't get away, so he wanted to kill the generals and defeat the enemy, but tens of thousands of people were entangled together, and it was not easy to find the symbolic injustice with the help of moonlight. A strong Northland military academy lieutenant.

Finally, his eyes fell on Jushou, whose sword had cut seven or eight gaps. At this time, he had already been stabbed twice and was still fighting to the death.

Regardless of whether Xu Chuke was the pillar of the Northern Kingdom, he stepped forward to slash the falling moon, but Ju Shou didn't even have a chance to raise his sword to block it. A bloody gash went from his shoulder to his abdomen, and he fell off the horse.

Jushou, who fell on the ground, exhausted his last bit of strength to look towards the north, and murmured, "My lord, take care"

On the other side, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and 1 people had already rushed to the opposite bank from Yanjin Ferry, and waited on the north bank in advance.

They were not in a hurry to act, they deliberately waited for the number of Bei Guojun on the ferry to accumulate, and they also deliberately wanted to kill Yuan Shao.

When the Northern Army crossed no less than 4 to [-] people from the opposite bank, Xia Houyuan shouted loudly: "Kill Yuan Shao!"

Ten thousand Cao troops swooped in from five directions.

Hearing this movement, before contacting Cao Jun, the Northern Army immediately became frightened, and fled in all directions without even making a symbolic resistance.

Among the rebellious army, some were trampled to death, some were forced to fall directly into the rolling Yellow River and were washed away by the torrent, and some died tragically under the blade of Cao Jun's weapons.

However, more people rushed to the shore and fled in different directions.

While beheading the deserters from the Northern Kingdom, Xia Houyuan and the others searched for Yuan Shao's figure, and they never forgot to shout out the reward, "Sikong has an order, whoever kills Yuan Shao will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and he will be made a marquis of ten thousand households!"

Thousands of gold and thousands of households, the reward of several generations of Enze, of course, he, Yuan Shao, is also worthy of this reward.

"Yuan Shao is there, chase and kill Yuan Shao!" A riding captain finally saw the big banner with the word 'Yuan', and at a glance locked on the man in the red robe surrounded by the soldiers.

With this shout, Cao Jun around him flocked to him. Is that Yuan Shao? No, it is the lifelong guarantee of wealth.

Hundreds of riders protected the red-robed man and ran all the way north. The Cao army chasing behind was a few hundred people at first, and later gathered three to 4000 people. Many people had to chase them on foot.

I don't know how far the chase went, all the cavalry around Huyou were shot down and beheaded, and the man in the red robe was also thrown from a distance by the pursuers behind him. A long spear penetrated his body and rolled off his horse. Cao Jun rushed like a wolf. past.

"Father, thanks to Mr. Ju's ingenious means, Cao Jun really went after the dead man we arranged." On a small road, Yuan Shang led hundreds of cavalry to guard Yuan Shao in cavalry armor all the way east, and did not go directly North, the advantage of doing this is that most of Cao's army can be avoided.

According to Jushou's deployment, the group of people who crossed the river first discarded the baggage, armor, weapons and even war horses in the camp to achieve the purpose of attracting Cao's army, and a fake Yuan Shao was added to share the great pressure. .

Although the casualties were very serious, they managed to protect Yuan Shao.

"Gongyu...Gongyu can't come back, he can't come back, I lost my arm in pain, the sky will not help me!" Yuan Shao's nose was sore, and his heart ached.

He couldn't be as grateful for Jushou's clever plan as Yuan Shang was, and he was glad that he escaped from the tiger's mouth.

For Yuan Shang, what Beiguo lost was only a counselor, but for Yuan Shao, what he lost was a national scholar who was willing to trade his life for the future of the Yuan family at a critical moment.

Unfortunately, people always know how to cherish after losing.

There is no longer Ju Gongyu in the Northern Kingdom, the Ju Gongyu who was always willing to fight to the death with himself for the sake of the Yuan family, can't come back.

In the distance, wailing and begging for mercy could be faintly heard, and the sound of splashing into the water could be heard from time to time.

Yuan Shao knew very well that it was all the despair of the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom.

In this earth-shattering battle, I ended up with such a result. Hebei's four court pillars are gone, Tian Feng is gone, Jushou is gone, food and grass are gone, and it has caused disasters to the entire army.
These painful memories marked the downfall of Yuan Shao.

There are often only two kinds of people who can leave a name in the history and are still familiar to future generations. The famous generals who have won many with the few and the strong with the weak have played a dazzling record; A mediocre lord on the pillar of shame in history.

Yuan Shao knew in his heart that whether he wanted to admit it or not, he himself belonged to the second category.

Proclaiming himself emperor has reached the pillar of shame, No. 1 through the ages, right?
Yuan Shao laughed at himself in his heart, and laughed loudly until the corners of his mouth were bright red and his throat was fishy, ​​and he couldn't stop laughing.

(End of this chapter)