Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265 Counterattack
Cao Cao pretended to be mysterious and said: "Yuan Shao's expedition is indeed powerful, but it has its fatal point, that is, it penetrates into our side and the battle line is too long. Therefore, to completely defeat Yuan Shao means cutting off his reinforcements, food and grass, and his way back. That is the Yellow River! So I negotiated with Weiguo to secretly transfer the Guangling navy to Dong'a and Juancheng, and ordered Cheng Yu to collect and build ships. When our army burned Wuchao, the navy attacked. Zhong De just wrote a letter, and he and the Guangling navy Yuan Jun’s water villages on the south bank and north bank have been breached, and his ships have been destroyed. How could Yuan Shao not retreat, hahahaha..."

"My lord is thoughtful and clever, I can't wait." All the counselors and generals were amazed.

This flattering Cao Cao is very comfortable, and his whole body is ironed. "As a general, you can see through the details, attack the unprepared, and don't care about the momentary gains and losses... Yuan Shao thinks that the army has formed a tendency to crush me, but he doesn't know his own fatality!"

"I wonder which general is so brave?" Zhang Xiu asked, he has always been interested in fierce generals.

Cao Cao gave the opportunity to Zhou Cang this time, "Let's talk about Wei Guo."

"Oh, it's my Xuzhou Lingjiang generals Gan Ning and Gan Xingba." Zhou Cang said in a low-key manner, but it seemed even more high-key.

"Gan Ning? Could it be Gan Ning who shot Ling Cao to death and defeated Sun Ce?"

"It's this person." Zhou Cang became more modest.

No wonder, all the mighty bullies were defeated by him, and if he could defeat the Jiangdong water army, the landlubbers in Hebei would be no problem.

"I ordered him and Mr. Cheng Yu to inspect the Yellow River according to Duke Cao's order, and found that Yuan Jun's boats were wiped out immediately. Now the waterway of the Yellow River has been controlled." Zhou Cang carried Cao Cao out again, and the two sang together very well. "Mr. Cheng Yu is on the front line of Chengwu. He seems to be intercepting Yuan Jun's detour to the south. In fact, he is observing Yuan Jun's water army and preparing ships according to Cao Gong's secret order. He only waits for Cao Gong's order to take the bottom of the pot and capture Yuan Shao seven inches."

"My lord, I would like to be the vanguard and open the way for the army." Seeing Gan Ning's meritorious service, Zhang Xiu asked for orders first.Cheng Yu was not in Guandu, he seemed to be silent, but he made such a remarkable achievement, there would be people who would not be jealous.No one noticed, Jia Xu's eyes were full of relief, but he didn't say a word.

"My lord, I would also like to be the vanguard and capture Yuan Shao alive!" Zhang Liao showed no sign of weakness.

"I would like to go too!" All the generals recommended themselves one after another.

"Okay, okay." Cao Cao was even happier.

"Ling, counterattack Yuan Shao in three parts. The first part: Zhang Xiu is the vanguard in the front, and Le Jin is the general leading an army of [-] in support. The second part: Zhang Liao is the main general, and Li Dian is the deputy general leading an army of [-]. The third Department: Cao Xiu and Cao Chun led two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry each to encircle them from the left and right. General Gao Lan is behind Yuan Jun. The army does not have to fight with him, just chase Yuan Shao's army. He is now a frightened bird and has no strength to be a trapped beast. fight."

Cao Cao insidiously pushed Zhang Xiu to the front. Zhang Xiu's personal soldiers, the only remaining Xiliang iron cavalry, made him jealous, and the best way was to consume them slowly.He also arranged Zhang Liao and Li Dian together, not only to ease the relationship between the two, but also to let the two compete for merit.

"Cao Hong followed me to lead the army as the general rear. Xun You and Guo Jia stayed at Guandu, while Shi Huan cleaned the battlefield and took in the soldiers." Cao Cao looked at Zhou Cang again, "Guo Wei, your army suffered heavy casualties, so don't pursue it. Let's do a good job with Shi Huan."

Cao Cao is leaving a good job for Zhou Cang. In other words, you can watch and take the spoils and surrendered troops yourself.

"The whole army strikes!" Cao Cao shouted loudly, drawing out his sword and pointing to the north.

Zhang Xiu and Le Jin worked hard and hid behind the long base for several months, passive everywhere. Now they can finally beat the dog in the water and rush towards Yuan Jun with their troops.

Yuan Jun suffered consecutive defeats, the morale of the army was slackened, and the news that the return route was intercepted was spread out somehow, so everyone wanted to return, and only thought about how to escape.Gao Lan was already powerless, lacking the support of cavalry, the [-] Xiliang iron cavalry were like wolves rushing into a herd of sheep.The [-] soldiers and horses in the rear were scattered and defeated before they could withstand Zhang Xiu's charge.

Zhang Xiu abandoned Gao Lan and pursued Yuan Shao fiercely, Zhang Liao and Li Dian were not willing to lag behind, especially Zhang Liao managed to make it through, and he still wanted to improve.Li Dian was not reconciled to Zhang Liao's merits being higher than his own, and wanted to overwhelm Zhang Liao with his military exploits. The two fought each other, but Yuan Shaojun suffered, and ran home crying for his father and mother.

Although Cao Xiu and Cao Chun had only 2000 tiger and leopard cavalry, Yuan Jun completely blew up the camp when he outflanked the camp. Fearing that Cao Jun would cut off his return, he threw away his helmet, armor and weapon, and ran northward desperately. The brothers simply gave up resistance and led their troops to surrender.

Yuan Shao and his confidants didn't care about their subordinates, and took the lead in running away.What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain, trees fallen and monkeys scattered, Yuan's army defeated like a tide, and the establishment is in chaos. Everyone is just running for their lives, fearing that they will lose the next step, and there is no heart to resist.

Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao didn't even have the time to take in the surrendered soldiers, so they asked the surrendered soldiers to kneel on both sides of the road with their hands raised high and wait to receive them, while they led their own troops to chase Yuan Shao fiercely.

Cao Cao and Cao Hong's third group of pursuers occupied Yuan Shao's camp without encountering any obstacles.Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong to continue to chase, and entered Yuan Shao's camp by himself.

"Yuan Benchu ​​really has a sense of elegance. He made the big tent so luxurious." Cao Cao praised him in a row. In comparison, his big tent was too simple.Looking at these furnishings and utensils, one wonders why Yuan Shao spent so much effort moving them here. The bookshelves are full of various bamboo slips and books, many of which are still new.

"Report, Lord Sikong, we have caught a man who claims to be Jushou." A guard came to report.

"Ju Shou would rather die than surrender." Someone outside the tent yelled loudly.

Cao Cao walked out of the tent. "Mr. Jushou, now that your lord Yuan Shao has been defeated, why are you bothering?"

"Loyal ministers don't matter to two masters!"

"Oh? You mean that you are only loyal to Yuan Shao but not to the court or the emperor?" Cao Cao grabbed Ju Shou's words.

"I am a righteous soldier in Hebei, and I am raising troops for the Qing emperor's side, annihilating you, a rebellious minister." Ju Shou felt aphasia, and hurried to make up for it. "Now that I am captured by you, I will not surrender."

Alas, why can't the soup go in? "Take it down, so that you can serve me well, and don't treat me slowly." Cao Cao still had a lot of things to do, so he didn't have time to persuade Jushou.

"Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord." Xun You rushed over to congratulate first, "Our army has won a great victory, and now we have only received more than [-] soldiers, thousands of horses, countless weapons, armor, and flags, and it is estimated that there will be more .”

Cao Cao was overjoyed. "Very good, you send someone to search Yuan Shao's tent."

"Yes. However, there is a group of thousands of people in the northwest direction, and they refuse to surrender. Our army confronted them and suffered a lot of casualties. The leader of the army is Gao Lan. Mr. Zhou has already led people to encircle and suppress them."

"I heard that Gao Lan is also a famous general in Hebei. Let's go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)