The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 592 Battle of Guandu ([-])

Yuan Shang concentrated all his strength and fought against Guandu's Zhazhai overnight, breaking down the barrier outside Guandu Tucheng in one fell swoop, leaving Cao Zhi helpless and the entire Cao army helpless.

It's not that no one in Cao's army can see through Yuan Shang's strategy, but Yuan Shang has full power to dismantle dozens of Cao Zhi's villages overnight, employing so many people and generals that Cao's current strength cannot compete.

The current situation is indeed not that Cao Jun lost to Yuan Jun in terms of strategy, but that there is indeed a gap between Cao Jun and Yuan Jun in terms of overall power.

Back then, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao confronted each other, although Yuan Jun was superior to Cao Jun in terms of numbers, there was a gap with Cao Jun in terms of overall quality and combat power. In terms of talents, although Yuan Jun had many talents, they were not good at it. On the contrary, Cao Jun was talented. There are a lot of civil servants like clouds, and fierce generals like rain, which is frightening.

But up to now, the number of Yuan Jun is still greater than Cao Jun, but the combat power of soldiers and horses is not inferior to Cao Jun, and there is a tendency to overwhelm him. On the other hand, Cao Jun's talents are gradually withering, and there are fewer and fewer people who can use them.

Yu Jin died at the hands of Zhao Yun, Xu Chu died at the hands of Ma Chao, Cao Chun died at the hands of Yan Xing, Cheng Yu was beheaded, Xia Houyuan, Zhong Yao, etc. all surrendered, Xun You lived in Hebei, Zang Ba, Li Tong were captured alive, Zhang Liao surrendered to Yuan Shang, rumors It is said that Guo Jia was beheaded by Yuan Shang himself in Xuzhou, Li Dianle was besieged in the Hanging City after entering Xuzhou to break through, and the birds could not come out, unable to ask for help... Now the good generals that Cao Jun can use are only Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Zhang, Xu Huang Several people.As for the counselors, only Jia Xu can really stand shoulder to shoulder with Yuan Jun's counselors.

With Cao Zhi's current source of troops and talents, he couldn't withstand the impact of Yuan Shang at all. The destruction of Zhazhai overnight fully proved all this. Under Jia Xu's advice, Cao Zhi had no choice but to gather all the soldiers and horses Staying in Guandu Tucheng, not dispersing manpower, in order to prevent Yuan Shang from breaking down one by one, the current Cao army can no longer bear any losses.

After hearing that Cao Zhi was shrinking his troops, Yuan Shang immediately recruited his confidants and generals to start a discussion. He asked directly: "Everyone, Cao Zhi will return all the soldiers, horses and generals to his newly built earthen city. Judging from the current situation, how can we defeat Cao Jun?"

When Yuan Shang's voice fell, Zhang Yun below said: "After several battles, Cao's army has decreased a lot, and it is difficult to get replenishment, and the generals are seriously withered. In the opinion of the last general, it is impossible to overwhelm Cao's army with all their strength and numbers. question."

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "In terms of the number of soldiers and horses, we do not suffer a disadvantage, but the main force of Cao's army is still there, and they are the army of trapped beasts. If we are in a hurry, the dog will jump over the wall and bite. It hurts...Although I promised to defeat Cao Zhi head-on at Guandu and restore the prestige my Yuan family lost in Guandu, this method of losing one thousand to the enemy and eight hundred to myself is still not appropriate."

Beside Yuan Shang, Ju Shou stood up with a smile and remonstrated: "My lord, in the eyes of the princes of the world, the biggest difference between Yuan and Cao, do you know what it is?"

When Yuan Shang saw Jushou's words, he attached great importance to them, thought for a while, and said, "I really don't know..."

Ju Shou said: "In the eyes of all the princes, the most terrifying thing about our army in Hebei is you, my lord. But Cao Jun is just the opposite. In the eyes of all the princes, the most terrible thing about Cao Jun is the old ministers left by Cao Cao to Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi himself. It's not scary, on the contrary."

Yuan Shang thought for a while and said, "Mr. Ju means..."

"Cao Zhi is not very powerful in himself, as long as he can get rid of those capable assistants around him, it will be much easier to defeat him."

"Oh?" Yuan Shang seemed to be aroused when he heard the words, and said, "Tell me in detail?"

Ju Shou said: "At present, the important people under Cao Zhi include Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Xia Houdun, Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Cao Zhang, Cao Hong and others. Xun Yu is now guarding Xuchang, so you can ignore it for the time being. They are all in Guandu. If they find a way to get rid of the remaining people, it will be like breaking Cao Zhi's left and right arm, and the big thing will be settled! These people are the only talents left by Cao Jun. If you kill one and lose one, Cao Jun will fall by one point if you lose one. Morale!"

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, thought for a while, and said: "These people are the mainstay of Cao's army. It's not easy to kill them..."

Ju Shou smiled and said: "Old man Jia Xu lives in seclusion and does not lead the army. He is only making suggestions. If he is moved, unless he destroys the Cao army, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren are in charge of the entire army for Cao Zhi. They are the supreme commander. Using the whole army can't get rid of it. Xu Huang is currently crossing the east city of Tucheng for Cao Zhi's guard officer and leading an army himself, but he has always been cautious and can't be seduced. Among the people, I think the easiest person to get rid of is Cao Hong!"

Yuan Shang thought for a while, and said, "Cao Hong... Well, he can be considered an old man of Cao Jun."

Ju Shou nodded, and said: "Cao Hong, although he has some abilities and skills, is irritable by nature, and he is very happy. I heard that he is rich and stingy. Now, he leads an army to cross the northern city of Tucheng for Cao Zhi's guard. If the trick is right, it might be easy to lure him out."

Yuan Shang was stunned when he heard the words, thought for a while, and said: "Yes, Cao Jun's talents are gradually fading, and the loss of Guo Jia and Zhang Liao has made them hurt. If they get rid of one of the generals at this time, Cao Jun will definitely be in chaos. Adding to the chaos...however, how should we lure Cao Hong?"

Jushou thought for a while, and said: "It's very simple. In the future, we will send troops to besiege the four sides of Cao Jun's Tucheng. At that time, we will attack the other three sides of the city by force, but only weakly attack Cao Hong's side. Most of the reinforcements will be sent to support the three sides of the crisis, while Cao Hong's side will feign defeat."

Seeing Jushou's serious look, Yuan Shang couldn't help being happy.

"Mr. Gongyu, I'm sorry Yuan disagrees with your plan. Cao Hong may be very happy, but don't forget that there are other people from Cao Jun in Guandu City. No one else said that Jia Xu is the world's first-class poisonous man." , you lure the snake out of the hole, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide it from him."

Ju Shou said with a smile: "Not necessarily, if it doesn't work once, then try a few more times. My lord believes in me, give Cao Hong the fruits of victory a few more times, and if others remind him, he will also be moved... It will definitely work. .”

Yuan Shang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, let's give it a try."

The next day, according to the strategy given by Ju, Yuan Shang divided the four groups of soldiers and horses in the southeast, northwest, and attacked Guandu. In order to show his strength, he also used the mechanical weapons made by Ma Jun.

In this battle, Yuan Jun used elite soldiers and high-quality organs and equipment on the southeast, west and east sides. Only in the north, Yuan Shang dispatched an ordinary general named Guan Kun under his command. Limited, compared with the brave and tough Cao Hong, the gap can be described as very large.

The east, west, and south sides were in a hurry, but the north side fought smoothly. Not only did it protect well, but it also beat Yuan Jun to the brim. Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren focused their energy on the other three sides, while Cao Hong was free.

After fighting for about an hour, Yuan Jun in the north obviously couldn't hold on and struggled to retreat. Cao Hong was overjoyed when he saw this. Yuan Jun in the north was severely frustrated. If he led the attack by himself, beheading the enemy would not be a problem.

Cao Jun now needs victory to boost morale!
So he quickly sent people to the Central Army, and asked Cao Zhi to go out of the city to pursue him.

Cao Hong was full of enthusiasm, and waited for the military order to go out of the city to chase and kill the enemy generals to shock the army. However, the order of the Chinese army made him discouraged. Cao Zhi sent someone to reply him with four words, the content was very simple and concise.

"Stay on standby."

Hearing this, Cao Hong felt like a deflated ball, watching Yuan General Guan Kun lead a group of defeated soldiers away from under his nose.

Yuan Jun fought a strong attack today, and did not retreat until Shen Shi. The east, west and south sides were guarded by four brothers Cao Zhang, Xu Huang and Xia Houba respectively.

That night, all the generals came to Cao Zhi's tent to report the results of the battle. Everyone just reported their worries but not their good news. Only Cao Hong recounted how he repelled Yuan Jun and how he killed Yuan Jun. After he finished speaking, he was still very proud I watched the generals around, waiting for everyone's praise and praise.

But the problem is, after a long silence, none of the people in the tent praised him.

The young general Xia Houba stroked his chin, thought carefully for a while, and then said hesitantly: "Yuan Jun attacked the east, west and south by force, but only showed weakness in the north. Could it be a fraud?"

After one sentence, Cao Hong's nose was almost crooked.

Okay, if you guys are not happy, it is Yuan Jun's strong attack!I played smoothly, and I beat General Yuan to the bum, is it a fraud?

Cao Hong snorted heavily, and said with displeasure, "Nephew is paranoid. Yuan Jun made a strong attack for a day and returned without success. What kind of fraud is there? Why didn't I see it? If the lord didn't stop him, maybe today, the north General Yuan's head, let me slip back."

When Xia Houba heard Cao Hong's words were thorny, he knew that what he said just now was a bit too direct, and then he smiled embarrassedly and said, "Don't blame uncle, my nephew is quick to talk, just talking casually."

Cao Hong turned his head when he heard the words, and ignored him.

Seeing his bad temper, his elder brother Cao Ren sighed helplessly, and said, "Zi Lian, Zhong Quan also has good intentions. After all, Yuan Shang is so cunning, it's always better to be careful."

Cao Ren was Cao Hong's elder brother. Although Cao Hong was angry, he didn't dare to confront his brother easily. He shook his head angrily and stopped talking.

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The next day, Yuan Shang sent four groups of troops to attack the city again. Like the last time, the east, west and south sides were still strong, and the north side was weaker.

(End of this chapter)