Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 313 The Prelude to the Battle of Guandu

The news quickly spread back to Gaotang.

Lu Nu was defeated, and General Wen Chou was defeated and captured.

There was a change of power within the Zhen family, and the new head of the family, Zhen Yan, moved his family to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, was imprisoned by Cao Cao to study next to the emperor, and his name was to listen to the emperor's teachings.

Han Meng, who blocked Zhang Wu's return, was stunned and did not dare to meet him. He only heard that the front line was defeated and returned to Gaotang.

When Yun Hui first showed his talents, it sounded a heavy alarm bell for Yuan Shao.

The choice lay before him.

If there is a war, there is still a glimmer of hope.

If we don't fight, how can we let this cavalry cause trouble in Jizhou?
  There is no telling who will be the next unlucky Yuan Xi or Wen Chou. Even if they are lucky, it is only for Qu Yi and Han Meng. If they can escape back to Gaotang, they will be considered lucky.

Each and every one of them was clearly visible, forcing Yuan Shao to make a choice.

After all, slow death is worse than a last-ditch fight.

The first year of Jian'an, mid-June.

Yuan Shao gathered troops from Youzhou and other counties in Jizhou. Recruit grain and grass from two states.

Raise 170,000 troops.

Among them, there are 150,000 infantry and 20,000 elite cavalry.

Another 50,000 civilians were recruited, totaling 230,000.

The so-called 400,000-strong army marched out of Gaoyang in a mighty manner.

Leaving the neighboring county Wei Jun alone, they advanced more than 120 miles southward and garrisoned troops at Guandu, west of Zhongmu and Puyang.

Obviously he wants to fight Cao Cao in the wild.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but accept the move.

Yuan Shao mobilized the military forces of Ji and You states, so the rear defense must be empty.

Of course, Cao Cao could choose to take advantage of the situation.

But if this is the case, Yuan Jun can still copy the cat and the tiger, send his troops across Guandu, and press the army into the three states of Yan, Yu, and Xu.

When spring plows and summer grows, if the five states before and after are dragged into the quagmire of war, once the agriculture of the five states is harmed, even the final victor will be severely damaged.

This is a situation that neither party wants to see.

Therefore, Yuan Shao did not continue to go south, and Cao Cao also tacitly agreed not to steal his home while Jizhou was empty.

In early July of the same year. Cao Cao raised an army of 80,000, including 20,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry.

Twenty thousand farmers were recruited, totaling one hundred thousand.

Claiming to be two hundred thousand, the troops left Yecheng. March towards the west of Guandu.

“Riding six dragons, riding on the wind.

Traveling across the four seas, there are eight countries along the way.

Climbing high mountains, approaching valleys, and riding on the clouds.

Traveling all over the world, reaching Mount Tai in the east.

Immortal and beautiful girl, come down and swim.

He rides six dragons and drinks jade syrup.

When the river is exhausted, it will not flow eastwards.

To relieve worries, drink jade syrup."

Although Yuan Shao had a large army, Boss Cao did not take it seriously.

Along the way, Cao Cao was in a good mood. When he was sitting in the chariot, he had already begun to write poetry.

"Zi Qian thinks, how about this little poem?"

Zhang Wu said that after all, he had an ordinary undergraduate degree in his previous life, and his chosen major was not in the Chinese department.

If it were poetry appreciation in the Chinese language textbook in his previous life, Zhang Wu memorized a lot of it because he had to take the exam. But he had never heard of the song Cao Cao sang.

If only I could change it to a familiar tanka, that would be great. Zhang Wu gave him two sentences.

So that Boss Cao can know the central ideas and poetry appreciation in later middle school textbooks.

"The poem written by my father-in-law must be a good one. You are both flying a dragon and riding the wind. It sounds very high-end."

"You can't say what you mean."

"Don't be arrogant. I really don't understand this. If you ask me, you should write two less poems to leave a way for future generations of primary school students to survive." As a student who once received an exam-oriented education, Zhang Wu recited poems back then. When I was appreciating it, I felt quite resentful.

Obviously there are many things that the poets who created them have not thought about, but they have to test the people who memorize the poems to figure out the central ideas and the feelings they express.

The most outrageous thing is that there is a standard answer to this kind of thing.

Can the experts and scholars of later generations just guess what the deceased people were thinking and use it as the standard answer?
  "Nonsense, it would be a blessing if Gu's poems could be passed down through the ages."

Report! ~
  "To the King of Wei, Guandu is just ahead. The central army's tent is well guarded. I would like to ask the Prime Minister to move on."

Cao Cao copied the poem he just improvised and then clapped his hands and got up from the chariot:
  "If we don't enter the camp yet, we will escort Yuan Shao's wife, concubines, and young son over."

"Here."

"Zi Qian, come take a walk with me."

Zhang Wu looked at Dian and Xu standing behind Cao Cao without knowing what was going on.

Since the two iron towers were put in place, he has rarely played the role of Cao Cao's guard.

"Father-in-law doesn't want to return the person to that old boy Yuan Shao, does he?"

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "What's that expression on your face!"

"Well it's a bit unbelievable"

The sun is really out in the west, the painting style is wrong.

"I met Yuan Benchu ​​on the battlefield. After this battle, the old friendship is gone. Let him go comfortably. It can be regarded as the friendship of the past friends."

pull.
  Zhang Wu didn't believe a word of Cao Cao's explanation.

Are there any personal relationships between princes?

Besides, if you really want to pay him back, just send three or five soldiers to send him there. Why go to such trouble and ask Yuan Shao to leave the city.

It was nearly dusk, and a hundred soldiers guarded Cao Cao's chariot and stopped five hundred steps away from Yuan Ying.

Zhang Wu rode alone to the camp.

I saw that he was eight feet long, wearing a flying eagle shoulder armor, a tiger-headed helmet, a black cloak with a rusty cloud lion pattern, boasting a red horse, and an overlord spear that was two feet long in the palm of his hand.

When Zhang Wu was seventeen, his body finally grew.

A tiger's back, a wolf's waist, and a slender figure. The majesty is not like ordinary people, but like the music of literature. And because the killings were so intense, the whole body was full of hostility, and those who were timid did not dare to look directly at it.

"Listen up above, I am the hussar general Zhang Wu. The King of Wei has invited Yuan Shao to meet me in front of the formation!"

On the wooden fence of the camp, Sergeant Yuan's soldiers were silent.

At this time, Cao's army was in position, and Yuan Shao was watching from the camp. Seeing Zhang Wu calling for him, he put his head out and shouted:
  "Zhang Manzi, Cao Aman is treacherous and treacherous. I am ashamed to be in his company. You must retreat quickly, otherwise thousands of arrows will be fired. I will make sure you never come back."

"You really don't want to go?" Zhang Wu shrugged indifferently.

Anyway, it was not his wife and concubines who were caught, so why worry about Yuan Shao.

Just as Yuan Shao was about to respond, he saw several graceful figures on the flat ground in the distance, on the side of Cao Cao's luxurious carriage. When he took a closer look, he felt a sudden rush of cold air to his forehead.

"Cao Ah'an is despicable and shameless. He takes advantage of others' petty interests and is unbecoming of a gentleman!"

"Okay, stop howling. King Wei said that all of them will be returned to you, whether you like them or not."

Yuan Shao didn't care much about his wives and concubines, but his favorite youngest son Yuan Shang was also there.
  "Qu Yi, give me one thousand." Yuan Shao looked at Zhang Wu under the camp and said again: "Two thousand of the dead soldiers will be sent first, and they will walk with me in front of the formation."

Jushou quickly tried to dissuade him: "Lord, you can't go!"

"Xianfu is still in the hands of the Cao thieves. If I don't go, I will be harmed. Besides, last time Cao Ah secretly invited me, didn't we get along well?"

"I was invited by Cao Mengde of Puyang earlier, but Zhang Wu was not with me. If I leave the city this time, I will be harmed by him!"

(End of this chapter)