Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 246 The Battle of Guandu
At Guandu, Cao Cao has already tried his best.And at this time, Man Chong came back.

"Twenty thousand dans of food? Then [-] dans of food! It's better than nothing, and now we are short of food!"

"My lord, Zhang De still has something to tell me!"

"What's the matter?"

"Zhang De said that Yuan Shao stored all his food and grass in Wuchao, and the guard, Chunyu Qiong, is a drunkard!"

"Wuchao? Chunyuqiong!" Cao Cao picked up the map and pondered.

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As the war progressed, Cao Cao's situation became worse and worse.Yuan Shao's powerful war potential finally appeared, and Cao Cao, although the territory is not small, but only Huainan is a major grain-producing area.

However, due to Yuan Shu's rule and the continuous war in Huainan, he has not yet recovered.So Cao Cao is in a hurry to fight today, and the food and grass have already begun!
Cao Cao ordered someone to return to Luoyang to urge food, but he didn't know whether Cao Cao was lucky or unlucky. The messenger was caught by Xu You, Yuan Shao's subordinate.

Xu You knew that Cao Cao was short of food, so he suggested to Yuan Shao to send a team of Qingqi to attack Luoyang, at least to disrupt Cao Cao's supply line.

It is a pity that Yuan Shao did not follow Xu You's suggestion, and Xu You defected to Cao Cao in a fit of anger.

Xu You and Cao Cao were old acquaintances. Although they didn't have a close relationship, they had a good relationship.People like Xu You will not vote for no reason. Now that Xu You is here, it means that there are two possibilities. One is that Xu You already has a plan to destroy Yuan, which is used as a bargaining chip for Cao Cao's promotion, and the other is to feign surrender!
"Mr. Cao, do you know where Yuan Shao's food and grass are stored?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and he had already guessed the strategy Xu You was going to offer: "But stay in Wuchao!"

This time it was Xu You's turn to be a little surprised, but Xu You continued unwillingly, "Does Mr. Cao know who the guard of Wuchao is?"

"But Chunyu Qiong?" Cao Cao continued.

When Xu You heard this, he stood up, bowed to Cao Cao, and said, "It turns out that Mr. Cao has made up his mind! I will take my leave..."

"Ziyuan, don't worry!" Cao Cao hurriedly shouted, "Ziyuan, don't worry, does Ziyuan think this plan is feasible?"

Xu You nodded: "I didn't expect that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky! At first, I was worried whether Mr. Cao would believe me! Would he think that I was here to feign surrender! I didn't expect... Hey! I think this plan will succeed! "

Xu You didn't know, Cao Cao's mind was also churning.A few days ago, Zhang De asked Man Chong to give him a message. Cao Cao felt that this matter was too unimaginable. Thinking about Zhang Deyuan in Qingzhou, how could he know where Yuan Shao put the food and grass?How could he know that Wuchao's guard is Chunyuqiong!This is definitely not a coincidence!

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In April of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao personally led the troops to raid Wuchao, pretending to use Yuan Jun's banner, tied a horse to his mouth, each with a bunch of firewood, and took advantage of the dark night to sneak attack on Wuchao.Yuan Shao's food and grass were all burned!
A fire broke out in Wuchao, which burned Yuan Shao's food and grass, and also destroyed the spirit of Yuan Shao's army.

After Yuan Shao learned that Wuchao had been burned, he immediately ordered people to storm Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao fought hard to hold on. After a few days, Yuan Shao ran out of food and retreated to Liyang.Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue and attacked Yuan Shao while he was crossing the river. Yuan Shao's army was exhausted and lost.

The Battle of Guandu finally ended with Cao Cao's victory.

At the same time, Wei Yan won the first battle of raiding Jizhou and captured Nanpi City!

The guard of Nanpi City is Xin Ping, and the Xin family is also a big family in Jizhou.Xin Ping was originally Han Fu's subordinate, but Xin Ping was also one of the former disciples of the Yuan family.

Now Yuan Shao's army is divided into four parts, the largest part is confronting Yuan Shao with Cao Cao at Guandu; the second part is deployed in the trial and dispatch department in Leling, although there are not many troops in the trial and dispatch department, they are all Yuan Shao's old subordinate.

The third part is Yuan Tan who is stationed in Bingzhou.As Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan is not too young, and he has already established his own mansion. Over the years, Yuan Tan has planned to merge the prefecture, cultivate forces loyal to him, and the land of the prefecture has already become Yuan Tan's domain.

The fourth part is the senior cadres of Youzhou and Tian Yu's department.Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, Tian Yu is the former general of Gongsun Zan, and the people in Youzhou are to prevent the northern nomads from going south.Speaking of this point, Yuan Shao's actions are relatively qualified. Even when he was defeated in Guandu, Yuan Shao did not mobilize soldiers from Youzhou to go south to help in the battle.

Nanpi City is the place where Yuan Shao made his fortune, so how could he not have a defensive force? Unfortunately, in order to guard against Zhang De crossing the river, Yuan Shao transferred all the defenders of Nanpi City to Leling. Transferred to Leling.

Wei Yan was lucky, when he arrived at the foot of Nanpi City, he faced a barely fortified Nanpi City.Although Xin Ping was a loyal member of Yuan Shao, Xin Ping had a younger brother named Xin Pi.Xin Pi's ability is not inferior to that of his elder brother Xin Ping, but Xin Pi is not as loyal to Yuan Shao as Xin Ping.

When Wei Yan's army appeared at the foot of Nanpi City, the Xin family brothers were taken aback. Xin Ping decided to stick to it, even if it was to burn everything, but Xin Pi secretly surrendered to welcome Wei Yan into the city.Xin commented on himself and died.

In Leling County, the judge was shocked when he learned that Nanpi City was lost.I was obviously defending Leling, but why did Zhang De's army appear in Jizhou and captured Nanpi!
But the facts are right in front of the judge, the judge has to believe that Zhang Dejun has arrived in Jizhou, and Nanpi City has been lost!

The judge couldn't figure out where Wei Yan came from!In Leling County, he defended himself well. It is impossible not to be discovered by himself for such a large-scale mobilization to cross the river. Could it be that Wei Yan flew over from the sky!
It is conceivable that Wei Yan's men appeared behind Yuan Shao, causing fear. The fall of Nanpi City was a heavy blow to Yuan Shao's army in Jizhou.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Yan took advantage of the heat to strike the iron, and Hejian County, Anping County, Zhongshan Country, and Julu County were swept away by Wei Yan one by one.For a time, the whole Jizhou was shaken!

Mobile warfare was exactly Xu Shu's idea for Wei Yan.Wei Yan had few soldiers, and he went deep alone. Although Yuan Shao's main force was on the front line, the combined forces in the rear were more than Wei Yan's, but the distribution of everyone was very scattered.Therefore, Xu Shu believed that he should concentrate his superior forces, annihilate the enemy and disperse his forces.

I have to say that Xu Shu's strategy is very correct. Yuan Shao's rear is empty, and some big cities are guarded by only a thousand people. Therefore, when Wei Yan's army arrived, many people chose to open the city and surrender. After Xu Shu captured the city, he just After appointing a temporary prefect, he continued to kill the next city.

So Wei Yan killed most of Jizhou in only half a month!
The audition finally couldn't sit still!The fly behind must be killed!

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The so-called wave of the generation behind pushes the wave of the front, and the wave of the front is shot to death on the beach!The Battle of Guandu is over. From this chapter on, the "front waves" among the Three Kingdoms should be shot to death on the beach, and the back waves will gradually replace the front waves. Although those back waves are still relatively young, it's time to make their debut!

(End of this chapter)