Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 264 Yuan Shu Was Trapped by Cao Cao
In 194 AD, in April of the second year of Jian'an, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao and Yuan Shu fought in Suicheng, and the stalemate lasted for more than a month.

At the same time, Sun Jian, the prefect of Wujun, was winning consecutive battles in Jiangdong. He and Cheng Pu's two armies split up and joined forces. Yuan Shu's generals Lei Bo and Qiao Rui lost their armor and armor, and lost several cities in a row. They personally led [-] dead soldiers and attacked the stone city where Yuan Shu's army was storing grain and grass from the waterway. Lei Bo and Qiao Rui had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Wanling.

In Nanyang, Yuan Shu's General Li Feng was also defeated by Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao's General Huang Zu, and the southern part of Nanyang County was owned by Liu Biao. Li Feng led thousands of remnants back to Wancheng to defend.

As for Chen Ji's army, they had victories against the Xiliang army.

After Yuan Shu received the emergency document, he couldn't wait to scold Sun Jian for being ungrateful. He gritted his teeth with hatred for Liu Biao who took advantage of the fire and robbed him. General Zhang Xun led an army of [-] to Nanyang, ready to show Liu Biao a favor.

However, the situation in Jiangdong is really not optimistic.

Bo Lei and Qiao Rui have sent urgent calls to Babaili several times, but Yan Wancheng doesn't have much food and grass, so they can't stay there for a long time.

The gain or loss of Danyang County is of great importance, and it is related to the strategy of attacking Jiangdong in the future.

If Danyang is lost, it will be difficult to cross the Yangtze River in the future.

At this time, Cao Cao saw that the time was ripe to defeat the enemy, so he immediately adopted Guo Jia's plan and ordered his envoys to go to Yuan Shu's army to negotiate peace with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu has always only blackmailed others, when he was blackmailed by others, he angrily cursed Cao Cao's ancestors for eighteen generations.

However, the situation in Jiangdong is so critical that there are no soldiers to send.

Yuan Shu was a little overjoyed that Cao A lied to the guy that he was willing to stop the fight. Although he was extorted for a sum of money and food, he was really upset, but he was completely relieved, thinking that Cao Cao had really retreated from the army.

Yuan Shu was not suspicious, and immediately mobilized all his troops to go south, preparing to kill Jiangdong.

Unexpectedly, before the army left the Liang Kingdom, Cao Cao personally led the army to chase him up. He was killed and defeated in a hasty battle. Yuan Shu was almost captured alive by Xiahou Dun. Passed out.

When I woke up, I found myself lying in the military tent.

Candles were dimly lit, obviously it was night.

"Cao Aman, I want to dig up your Cao family's ancestral grave!"

Yuan Shu's voice was like a night owl, roaring sharply, the hatred made everyone who heard it terrified.

There is no way, this time there is really no Cao A to hide it.

Not only was a large sum of money and food given away for nothing, but he was also defeated by a sneak attack.

Yuan Shu was not a magnanimous person in the first place, and he had never suffered a loss. Now that he has suffered such a huge loss, digging Cao Aman's ancestral grave is definitely not a moment of anger. He will order someone to dig Cao's ancestral grave as soon as he returns to Qiao County. .

However, no chance.

After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu's [-]-strong army, he followed Guo Jia's advice and pursued it while Yuan Shu was at it. Yuan Shu had no time to gather up the scattered troops, so he had to fight and retreat. defeat.

Yuan Shu had no choice but to lead the defeated army back to Runan.

Cao Cao chased after Chengfu, and when the army was exhausted, he had to stop to rest.

Yuan Shu finally had a chance to catch his breath, and quickly took the opportunity to gather the defeated soldiers and prepare to fight again.

At this time, June has passed.

Wanling ran out of food and grass, and Lei Bo and Qiao Rui were unable to hold on, so they had to lead their troops to retreat to Jiangbei and retreat to Liyang.

After Yuan Shu received the news, he had no choice but to abandon Danyang County, and ordered Lei Bo and Qiao Rui to guard Liyang. They must not let Sun Jian take advantage of the situation to go to Jiangbei University.

Fortunately, after Sun Jian entered and occupied Wancheng, he did not take the opportunity to cross the river north to attack Jiujiang.

After resting for a while, the army immediately divided up and went out to capture Lingyang, Yixian and other places in the south of Danyang.

Only then did Yuan Shu heave a sigh of relief, he didn't even care about the battle in Nanyang, he immediately mobilized all available soldiers and horses, stationed in Cai County to fight Cao A Mo to the death, and recaptured the lost states of Liang, Chen, Lu and Pei in the northern part of Yuzhou North etc.

Cao Cao saw that there was no more opportunity to take advantage of, so he immediately gathered his troops and guarded the dangerous points to prevent Yuan Shu from counterattacking.

From July to October, the two prefectures of Yanyu and Yuzhou were raging with flames of war, and the people were in dire straits.

Yuan Shu wanted to return to the lost territory and mobilized a large army to fight back.

Cao Cao had to deal with it with all his strength if he wanted to defend the counties in the north of Yuzhou that he had captured.

After several months of fierce fighting, the two armies won and lost each other, but the people of Yuzhou suffered.

Li Jue's Xiliang army returned to Luoyang after looting enough money and food in Nanyang and Yingchuan.

However, Huang Zu's army was stopped by Zhang Xun in Wancheng, and the fierce attack lasted for two months, resulting in heavy casualties. Yu County.

The happiest thing is none other than Sun Jian.

Yuan Shu retreated to Jiangbei in an all-round way. This is really a godsend opportunity.

After Sun Jian pacified Danyang, he immediately sent troops south to Yuzhang non-stop, preparing to pacify the four Jiangdong counties in one fell swoop.

Although Yuan Shu hated Sun Jian for his insolence, he hated Cao Aman for cheating himself even more. Even if he wanted Jiangdong to reject him, he would first drive Cao Aman out of Yuzhou, and then lead his army to Yanzhou.

However, from July to the end of October, and when winter came, Yuan Shu failed to regain the lost territory.

After repeated fierce battles, the army under his command became war-weary, and soldiers fled every night.

When the first heavy snowfall came, Yuan Shu had no choice but to hold his nose and order the troops to retreat.

Cao Cao was not at ease either. Seeing Yuan Shu's retreat, he finally heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly withdrew to rest.

Hebei.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fought fiercely with Jieqiao in the past few years, and they won and lost each other. The soldiers on both sides died heavily, and the consumption of money and food was even more astonishing. Yuan Shao was better, but Gongsun Zan couldn't hold on. All news is gone.

Even the money and grain taxes collected after the autumn grain went to the ground are very little left.

When the first winter snow came, we had to retreat and rest.

Before Yuan Shao could heave a sigh of relief, the Black Mountain Army once again mobilized their troops to plunder the Taihang. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead his army northward without stopping to meet Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army. After a fierce battle, the Black Mountain Army retreated.

However, during the war between the Central Plains and Hebei, Sun Jian's capture of Yuzhang met with strong resistance.

Xu Gong, the prefect of Yuzhang, summoned an army of more than ten thousand, and defended Nanchang to the death, unable to overcome it for several months.

Sun Jian originally had few soldiers and horses, and he lost some when he attacked Danyang. He only had [-] soldiers and horses left. If he wanted to break through the strong city guarded by an army of more than [-] troops, he would need at least [-] to [-] soldiers and horses to forcefully conquer it.

Xu Gong couldn't stick to it, and Ren Xiping tried all kinds of tricks, but there was nothing he could do.

When the weather turned cold, Sun Jian had no choice but to lead his troops back. After years of fierce fighting, the soldiers were already exhausted and needed to go back to rest. Recently, some people in the camp had started to freeze to death, and it would be useless to wear it down any longer.

(End of this chapter)