Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 264 Turning Point
"Hmph! Does Cao Cao think this will defeat us? Wishful thinking." Yuan Shao sneered.

"Six generals Han Meng, Jiang Qi, Sui Yuanjin, Lu Weihuang, Han Juzi, and Zhao Rui died in battle..."The 110 million stones in the nest were all burned, and only the food in the camp was..." Feng Ji continued.

The more the counselors and generals heard, the more terrified they became. Crossing the Yellow River from the south, they lost [-]% of their troops!And most of them are the cavalry that the elite and Yuan Jun rely on.First Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed, followed by Chu Jiao, and six more people were killed, nine of whom were lost as generals!Among them, three of the four generals in Hebei died, and only Gao Lan remained.How to fight the next battle?
"Enough!" Yuan Shao slapped the desk bitterly.

"Feng Ji, Shen Pei, you immediately take Zhang Nan back to Hebei, and tell Shang'er to recruit another 5 horses, [-] cavalry to help out, and raise another million in grain and grass. I will kill Cao Aman here, and see who insists not go down."

Yuan Shao, who suffered greatly from being late, suddenly calmed down. He made up his mind that after Yuan Jun arrived, he would only defend and not attack.

"In addition, you bring back the stirrups and horseshoes, gather skilled craftsmen from all states, and rush to make them. Hehe, Cao Cao, Cao Cao, do you think I can't make it? After my knights are also equipped, let's see who has the last laugh! Ji, take the wounded soldiers with you when you leave, don’t stay here to waste my food. And Chunyu Qiong, let him go back to Jizhou to recuperate.”

Yuan Shao treated Chunyu Qiong very preferentially. Since he was in Luoyang, Chunyu Qiong had followed him unswervingly. Yuan Shao was very nostalgic and always took good care of the old man.However, his move did not play a role in winning people's hearts. Many people who doubted Chunyu Qiong's ability were very dissatisfied. They were very suspicious: Chunyu Qiong could shoot Hua Xiong to death?

After a big battle, Yuan and Cao's two armies suffered heavy losses, and each re-deployed their troops and defenses to prevent the other side from launching another surprise attack.

On the eighth day, Feng Ji hurried back to the camp, stumbling straight to Yuan Shao's tent. "My lord, something is wrong!"

"How decent is it to panic!" Yuan Shao paid the most attention to his appearance, and he was very displeased to see Feng Ji's appearance. "What happened?"

Feng Ji gasped, "A few days ago, the Guangling navy suddenly appeared in the lower reaches of the Yellow River."

"so what?"

"The Guangling water army found a warship from nowhere. The general is Gan Ning. He sent hundreds of water ghosts into the water at night, pierced all of our water army ships overnight, and led the water army to attack our water army camp. , Our navy is not familiar with water warfare, the camps on the north bank and the south bank were all breached, and he burned them down, leaving only a few small boats hiding on the shore."

"Ah!" The bamboo slip in Yuan Shao's hand fell to the ground. "Gan Ning? Why does it sound familiar?"

"My lord, some time ago we received a battle report that Jiangdong Sun Ce led his army to attack Guangling and returned in a big defeat. It was at the hands of this person!" Guo Tu said, "Jiangdong General Ling Cao was also killed by him."

"I remembered, it turned out to be him! Why did he run to the Yellow River? It's bad, Sun Ce is no match for him, and our Hebei army can't defeat him on the water."

Fengji said again. "The commissioner secretly sent General Chunyu to Hebei to meet the third son, and asked the third son to send troops and collect ships to rebuild the navy. Zhang Nan collected ships on the south bank, and I will report to the lord when I come back..."

"My lord, even if we find the ship, I'm afraid it's not Gan Ning's match," Guo Tu said. "And our army is not good at water warfare..."

Yuan Shao glared at Guo Tu, I still don't know?It's all your bad idea that caused the current situation.It's broken, it's broken, it's not the problem of the navy, it's the big problem that its reinforcements and food can't get through, and the way of retreat is also blocked.This must be Cao Cao's plan, no wonder Cao Cao is not in a hurry when hiding behind the barrier, it turns out that he is playing the idea of ​​the Yellow River waterway, what a vicious plan!
"It's Zhou Cang, where did Cao Cao get the water army? If Zhou Cang hadn't suddenly joined in and dispatched the Guangling water army, what would Cao Cao do to me?" Guo Tu attributed Cao Cao's success and his own failure to the strength of his allies.

"What's the use of saying this now? How should we deal with it now?"

"My lord, let's retreat. There is not much food and grass in the camp now. If we wait any longer, we will not be able to leave even if we want to." Feng Ji summoned up his courage and said.

"Retire? Retire..." Yuan Shao was in a daze.

"Exactly, there is no fear of running out of firewood if there are green hills left. My lord still has the land of four states. Prepare for it in the coming year, make a comeback, and go to Xudu again!" Feng Ji persuaded again.

"Okay, you immediately send someone to send a letter to Shang'er, asking him to send someone to meet our army across the river and let Zhang Nan prepare the boat. We will set off to return north at four o'clock tomorrow, so don't panic. After ordering Gao Lan to lead the army 5000 times, Zhong Jin, Zhong Shen each brought [-] men to guard the two wings. Get ready to go." Now is not the time to act impulsively, Yuan Shao waved his hands weakly, and then said through gritted teeth: "Cao Cao, you are lucky this time, let's wait and see!"

Yuan Shao looked at his big tent again, it was gorgeously decorated, exquisitely furnished, and it was an isolated copy that had never been read. "Give up everything you can, and it will be cheaper for Cao Cao!"

Zhou Cang is reporting the achievements of the navy to Cao Cao. "Mr. Cao, great news. Our Guangling navy has already attacked and destroyed the Hebei navy. Now there are no Yuan Jun warships on the river."

"Okay." Cao Cao also took out a letter, "I just received the battle report from Zhongde Kuaima. Well done Gan Ning, Wei Guo has hidden dragons and crouching tigers."

Zhou Cang's heart twitched again, his power was fully displayed in front of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao would be more jealous of himself in the future. "Yuan Jun's way of retreat has been cut off, Yuan Shao may not be able to sit still..."

"That's what I was thinking too. Within a day or two, Yuan Shao should retreat. That's when our army will counterattack."

While talking, Xun You rushed over: "My lord, Yuan Jun has made any movement. Please come to report. Before dawn today, Yuan Jun started to retreat. General Gao Lan is in charge of breaking the rear."

"Hahaha, good, send an order to raise the account!" Cao Cao laughed.

"Yuan Jun has retreated, I ordered the whole army to attack..." Cao Cao was about to give an order.

"Wait a minute, my lord, is this Yuan Shao's trick to lure our army to attack? Beware of fraud." Xun You asked.

Yes, all the generals had this question, but Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at Zhou Cang beside Cao Cao thoughtfully.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Yuan Shao has really retreated. You don't know, but at the beginning of the war, I planned how to attack Yuan Shao. Before that, I had a plan with Wei Guo, and I only implemented it when the time was right, until our army was defeated. Crow's Nest."

"By the way, Cheng Yu also knows." Cao Cao said with a smile.

Cheng Yu?Isn't he in Dong'a?What does this have to do with him?The beginning of the war?In other words, has Cao Cao been planning for a year?
(End of this chapter)