The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Cao Chun rescued Yuan Shao, but Huang Zhong showed up halfway, which really shocked him.

If Cao Hong hadn't arrived in time, Cao Chun might have lost his men this time. Even so, Cao Chun was seriously injured by Huang Zhong's knife on the waist, Cao Hong had his arm broken, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also suffered heavy losses. It is impossible to rebuild in the current situation.

As for Yuan Shao, he will really thank you!

I originally thought that Liu Han ignored him and his main target of attack would be Cao Cao, the weaker of the two, but who would have thought that this big stick would hit Yuan Shao on the head!

Before the battle, the two discussed that Cao Cao would prepare more infantry, sword and shield soldiers and spearmen to prevent Liu Han's cavalry from charging into the formation. Once the main force attacked Cao Cao, Yuan Shao would order archers to cover from the flanks, and then let Cao Chun attack with Cao Chun. The tiger and leopard rode around to form a pincer attack.

but!

This man chose to attack Yuan Shao with his main force, leaving only part of his force to contain Cao Cao.

Without Qu Yi, no one in Yuan Shao's army had the experience to deal with such a large-scale cavalry.

As expected, Dian Wei led the heavy cavalry to penetrate Yuan Shao's battle formation, while the light cavalry began to cross the formation back and forth, dividing Yuan Shao's army into small pieces, unable to look at each other from head to tail.

Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time, otherwise everyone in Yuan Shao's tribe would have died.

"Thanks to Yuan Chang (Zhong Yao)! You came in time!"

Xu You was ready to wait for death, but Zhong Yao led 10,000 people from behind and rushed in, opening a gap in the encirclement and helping everyone escape.

Zhong Yao cupped his hands and said, "It's my duty, and I won't praise Ziyuan."

Xu You is now really glad that Zhong Yao was intercepted by his lord before he could go north after escaping from Chang'an. This time he saved his life!

"It's just...General Yan Liang and General Wen Chou..."

After Zhong Yao finished speaking, Xu You also sighed: "Alas!"

Wen Chou was seriously injured, and Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu.

"The only two generals in my lord's hands who can compete with Liu Han, one is dead and the other is injured!"

Xiahou Dun on Cao Cao's side also felt uncomfortable. One of his eyes was blinded by Zhao Yun, and he became a one-eyed general.

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"Wen He, as you expected, although Cao Cao has fewer people, he has many ways to prevent cavalry. On the contrary, Yuan Shao has more people, but he can be defeated more easily."

"My lord is ridiculous and boasts that his talent is not as good as my lord. If my lord hadn't ignored Yuan Shao before the war, the plan would have been..."

"Okay, stop flattering, remember, no one can kill you while you are alone."

"Here."

Before the war, Jia Xu suggested attacking Yuan Shao. Both Liu Han and Yuan Cao knew that Cao Cao was easy to attack. How could they not make preparations?

Therefore, Jia Xu suggested to do the opposite and attack Yuan Shao, and the result was surprisingly good.

"How's the battle damage?"

In this battle, Liu Han had 50,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry (including 5,000 heavy cavalry) and 20,000 infantry.

Regarding the expected victory, Liu Han was not very interested in the results, but was more concerned about the losses.

"As for the infantry, 623 people were killed and 2138 were injured. The cavalry was killed at 1256 and 442 were injured. If Zhong Yao hadn't led his troops to suddenly attack, our battle losses would have been smaller, and our results would have been even greater."

In the first battle of the 50,000-strong army, there were more than 4,000 casualties, nearly one-tenth, which was similar to Liu Han's estimate.

"Zhong Yao? Why did he go to Yuan Shao's place?"

"This……"

Chang'an ran away from Xun You and then ran away from Zhong Yao. Liu Han understood a truth: Corporal courtesy can only be given to those scholars who are willing to listen to you, and it is of no use to those who are not discerning.

It is impossible for him to accept all the scholars in the world. He is satisfied with having so many.

After thinking about this, Liu Han no longer cares about the scholar's choice. If he can come to help me, he will sweep the couch to welcome me. If he doesn't want to help me, he won't force me.

"It doesn't matter, let's clean it up together."

"Here."

Jia Xu obeyed the order. What he wanted to clean up was not just one Zhong Yao, but the entire Yingchuan Zhong family. My lord said it well, if you cut the weeds without eradicating the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze, which is exactly in line with Mr. Jia's philosophy.

If the strategy is not poisonous enough, then what else is there to use?

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On the Yuan-Cao coalition side, the first battle ended in disgrace. Regardless of whether the generals were killed or wounded, it was painful to talk about the loss of the army.

Fortunately for Cao Cao, the losses were not big. Twenty thousand troops came out, with eight thousand casualties and two thousand missing. In other words, there were still thirty thousand soldiers left in the forty thousand troops.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was severely injured and withdrawn from the battle sequence. Cao Chun, Cao Hong, and Xia Houyuan all went back to recover from their injuries and may not be seen again for several months. But it was not easy to survive, and Cao Cao was already very satisfied.

As for Yuan Shao's side, the army brought out 40,000 people (of which 10,000 were Zhong Yao's reinforcements), but returned less than 20,000 people. The remaining people were either killed in battle or captured.

After the first battle, the casualties reached 30,000.

After finishing the statistics, Cao Cao looked outside the account absently, "Gongda, do you think we have any hope of winning?"

At present, the coalition forces have less than 60,000 people left. In a war, Liu Han forcibly leveled the two armies in terms of numbers.

Xun You frowned. There are only a small number of Han troops here in Guandu. There are 70,000 people in Dongjun. There are even more Sili. At least half of the 150,000 people can be mobilized. These 70,000 Han troops are so difficult to fight...

It can only be said that Liu Han seized the opportunity very well. Yanzhou had just been pacified, and he pressed forward with troops without giving himself a chance to breathe. Then there was another battle that defeated Yuan Shao until he lost his temper.

"Lord, we can only delay."

There is no good way now, we can only drag it out, "Lord, the King of Hejian has hundreds of thousands of troops here, and the military consumption must be astronomical. We only need to hold on, and when the food and grass are exhausted, there will be an opportunity."

"Oh?"

"We just need to send more scouts to find out where the King of Rivers stores food and grass, and then burn it down in one fell swoop!"

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded, this is the only way to break the situation at present.

"Tell Benchu ​​about this plan and let's join forces!"

"Here."

On the other side, Yuan Shao's camp, after learning that Yan Liang died in battle, Yuan Shao was heartbroken!

"Liu Han! I swear to kill you!"

New and old grudges, Yuan Shao also counts.

Zhong Yao stood up and spoke first: "My lord, the army has been newly defeated. The most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the army and hold on to the camp."

Yuan Jun was gloomy and gloomy. At this moment, Liang Mao came to Yuan Shao with Cao Cao's plan. After hearing this, Yuan Shao pondered and said, "Go back and tell Meng De and act accordingly."

The two armies faced each other, and the initial tentative collision turned into a strategic confrontation. For a while, neither one could do anything to defeat the other.

"Wen He, we seemed to have beaten them a little hard, and they were frightened all of a sudden."

Jia Xu twirled his beard and said with a smile: "My lord, there are only two elements for victory in a war. One is people and the other is things. Since they can't compare with us, they have to fight with things."

"forage!"

"My lord is wise."

"Ha..." Liu Hanhan laughed, "Since they are dormant, we must also be prepared, especially with food and grass, so they cannot find opportunities."

"My lord, why don't we use food and grass as bait to catch them?"

"Oh? Tell me in detail?"

"...such and such, such and such."

"Okay! Let's do it!" (End of Chapter)