The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 165

Zhong Yao's face turned green with anger, his lips and fingers were trembling; "You little bastard, you dare to talk against me, come and prepare the horse, I want to meet this disobedient bastard in person."

Han Fu was taken aback, and said to himself, do you know how to ride a horse?Also prepare the horse!Don't fall badly.

Regardless of everyone's opposition, Zhong Yao rode crookedly on the horse with his arms around the horse's neck, and his own soldiers came out of the pass holding a big knife for him.When Guo Yuan saw that his uncle had really come down, he was really scared, and his legs began to tremble a little.Because when I was young, Yu Wei was thrown there, and the shadow lingered.

"Guo Yuan, you dare to fight to the death with me." Zhong Yao glared at Guo Yuan and cursed.

Guo Yuan waved his hand and said: "Uncle, Uncle, please slow down, don't fall. Look at what you said just now, Guo Yuan? I am an ordinary man, so what are you, you Isn't that an old man?" Guo Yuan didn't mean to hurt him.Zhong Yao was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "You little bastard, come here and fight to the death with me.",

Guo Yuan waved and called Deng Sheng who was behind him: "Go, meet the enemy." Deng Sheng said quietly: "General, forget it, I'm going to kill him, don't blame me later."

Guo Yuan stared: "What are you talking about, beat him away for fun, don't kill him." Come on, Deng Sheng ordered to fight, and brandished his long spear to fight Zhong Yao.Zhong Yao is not his uncle, he must not be light.

Meng Tan, who was behind Zhong Yao, saw that Guo Yuan hadn't come out, but an outsider came out, so he wouldn't dare to let Zhong Yao fight.Zhong Yao's official position is dozens of times higher than his, and he will not be able to bear the crime if he dies.Immediately lead the horse to stand in front of Zhong Yao: "Hey, see me, Meng Tan, come to meet you."

Deng Sheng breathed a sigh of relief at that time, thinking that it was great of you to come up, I don't want to fight with 'uncle', that old man with old arms and legs, it's hard to explain whether he loses or wins.Deng Sheng was overjoyed and full of energy. Pegasus went over to stab Meng Tan, and Meng Tan blocked it with an iron halberd.The two horses met like a revolving lantern and fought fiercely for fifty rounds, regardless of the outcome, Guo Yuan called for gold to withdraw his troops here.Guo Yuan thought to himself, discuss with Governor Gao tomorrow and let him attack the city.I can't fight when I come, what should I do?
When Zhong Yao saw that Guo Yuan was going to leave, he refused to let him go, and because he was his uncle, he cursed again.Han Fu and Meng Tan persuaded him to go back by trying to persuade him to go back.

Zhong Yao was still not happy: "You two don't pull me, you little bastard, I must kill him today, go away, don't pull me."

Han Fuxin said, if I didn't pull you, you might have been chopped up by Deng Sheng long ago.My lord, if there is something wrong with you, Prime Minister Cao must chop us up.

Guo Yuan went back with a look of displeasure on his face. The senior officials heard about it and immediately came over to comfort him: "Forget it, Lao Guo, what are you fussing with him?" I can’t go.” Gao Gan said: “Then, you can attack the city, but I have something to ask you.” Guo Yuan said: “Tell me.” Gao Gan coughed and said: “Your nickname is really good. Is your name Gou Shengzi?"

Guo Yuan blinked his eyes in astonishment for a long time and said, "Lord Inspector, I want to join you, do you believe it or not?"

The next day, if Gao Gan didn't go to attack the city, Guo Yuan thought he didn't want to.Come to see him in a hurry.Gao Gan said: "I forgot to tell you, Master Fei Ge sent a letter, saying that we should stand still and wait for Mr. Jushou to arrive and attack the city. Mr. is already on the way." Guo Yuan said: "At least half a month, won't it delay the battle opportunity " Gao Gan said: "No, Guandu is also at a stalemate at the moment, always fighting some small battles, it seems that there is no winner or loser for a while, Cao is pushed into a hurry, he will send reinforcements here. This is Mr. Jushou's strategy. Let us scold and harass every day instead of attacking the city. Stay with him for a period of time to paralyze Cao Cao and make him think that there will be nothing to do here. When he relaxes completely, Mr. Jushou arrives , and they will be dealt with with lightning speed."

Guo Yuan thought in his heart, this strategy is quite ruthless.Immediately said: "Then I will let Deng Sheng, Zhang Sheng, and Wei Gu go to fight with them for a while today."

Gao Gan said: "Go every day, send one or two generals to call for battle every day, and make a posture that they will not attack the city." Guo Yuan said: "Okay, I will arrange it now."

Therefore, Guo Yuan and high-ranking officials would arrange tens of thousands of soldiers and one or two generals to form formations under Hulao Pass every day, but they would not attack the city.Sometimes a group of soldiers came out of the city to fight for a while, but most of the time they ignored it and let him shout and scold.Let's see when you knock down the city wall.

Zhong Yao was thinking about a counterattack strategy.He is also a think-tank type of person, unwilling to hide in the city.Zhong Yao thought to himself, Guo Yuan has been stupid since he was a child, he has heard that he is exhausted when he is full of energy, what's the use of fighting every day, idiot!It's a bit like hating iron but not steel.

After much deliberation, Zhong Yao finally came up with a perfect method to defeat the enemy.

On the fifth day, Han Fu and Zhong Yao personally led [-] cavalry out of the city to fight against Yuan General Zhang Sheng.Put on a posture of going to a decisive battle with Yuan Jun outside the city.After hearing the news, Gao Gan and Guo Yuan immediately went to the front line to command.

Zhong Yao was overjoyed. The two sides first sent generals to fight each other in the plains and wilderness.Gao Gan and Guo Yuan were very happy, but they didn't expect Zhong Yao to give up defending the city and choose to fight in the field.This is too beneficial to Yuan Jun.The Cao soldiers at Hulao Pass were similar in equipment and combat effectiveness to Yuan Jun's, but their numbers were only a quarter of Yuan Jun's. With such a disparity in strength, it seemed unwise to put all their wealth into a desperate gamble.Sure enough, after two hours of melee, Cao Jun gradually couldn't bear the pressure, and the casualties became more and more serious.

Gao Gan quietly said to Guo Yuan: "Is your uncle biased towards you and deliberately let us win?" Guo Yuan shook his head and said, "Impossible, he is very stubborn, and he will never betray Cao Cao." He fell down and cut people, while wondering in his heart.

It didn't take long for him to understand, and the spies came to report; "Our military camp was attacked by Wang Zhi, the guard of Sishui Pass, with heavy casualties—" Before Gao Gan could close his surprised mouth, he heard Yuan Jun The rear team fired three cannons, boom!boom!boom!Then there was a burst of crying for father and mother, and people turned their backs.Yuan Jun was flanked back and forth, and was defeated in an instant.A team of tens of thousands of cavalry aggressively inserted into Yuan Jun's rear, cutting the cloth from the middle like a pair of scissors, cutting Yuan Jun into two parts abruptly.The first general, in his 50s, with a gray beard fluttering across his chest, with piercing eyes and a voice like a bronze bell, had the four big characters of Wang Zhi of the water written on the handsome flag, and shouted loudly: "Kill, capture high-ranking officers alive. Capture alive Guo Yuan."

Yuan Jun suffered a sudden change, the soldiers scattered and fled, and the formation collapsed.

The Cao soldiers at Hulao Pass immediately cheered, and the new force at Sishui Pass immediately reversed the situation once they joined the battle.Yuan Jun, who still had the absolute advantage in numbers, only wanted to escape, and no one resisted seriously. He was caught and killed by Cao Jun from the front and back.Blood flowed into rivers, corpses filled the field, Gao Gan and Guo Yuan kept shouting, but they couldn't hold their ground, the soldiers were all in a mess, shouting "lost, defeated, run away" and fled in all directions.The more you run, the faster you die.

Cao Bing, who was in full swing, cut down Yuan Jun's soldiers one by one, like harvesting wheat seedlings, with steel knives rising and falling, and spears stabbing with lightning.Yuan Jun has already started to kneel down and beg for mercy and beg for surrender.The high-ranking official Guo Yuan saw that he had hit the trick. If this continues, the whole army will not be wiped out, and he will be captured alive.

Guo Yuan glanced to the side, just in time to see a personal soldier holding up the flag of a high-ranking official, as if committing suicide to the enemy.Immediately went over and grabbed it and shouted: "Tell, brothers, follow Shuai Qi to break through."

Guo Yuan held the commander-in-chief flag in his left hand and raised it over his head, and with a knife in his right hand, he slashed and slashed to the northwest road.The soldiers behind saw the commander's flag moving, and followed the commander to retreat.Guo Yuan fought among the thousands of horses with one hand, but couldn't withstand the attack of Cao's army, which swarmed in like destroying a beehive.After rushing more than ten feet away, he suffered many serious injuries on his legs and hands.Guo Yuan yelled angrily, held a knife in one hand, and chopped off the head of a Cao soldier. Under the pressure, the bright red blood spurted three feet upwards, dyeing Guo Yuan's armor, hair, and even his eyes red. It was ferocious and terrifying.Overcoming obstacles, conflicting left and right, and killing hundreds of Cao soldiers in a row, he finally broke out of the encirclement.Guo Yuan held the military flag tightly in his left hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, follow me."

There was a blunt sound of "Peng", and a powerful arrow shot into Guo Yuan's forearm that was raised above his head.Meng Tan put down his bow and arrow, and galloped after him: "Guo Yuan, where are you going?"

The tip of the arrow pierced through the flesh and bone and protruded from the other side of the forearm. Guo Yuan felt a sharp pain in his heart. The military flag was a little bit sure. Throw Guo Yuan off his horse.Guo Yuan cut it in two with a single blow, and blood red flew in the air immediately.The senior officials behind him and the trapped Yuan Jun are still fighting desperately, trying to break through.Once Shuai Qi fell, it was tantamount to cutting off their hope of survival.Guo Yuan hastily tore off a strip of cloth inside the armor.With the big knife resting on his armpit, he tied his left hand to the flagpole with a strip of cloth, raised it up, and said sharply, "Kill, kill."

In order to survive, Yuan Jun in the trap went crazy, gritted his teeth, waved the sword and gun in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, fight with them, death can't be cheap." With one strike, he would give the opponent one or two strikes in return in the same way.When the weapon was knocked down, he hugged a Cao Jun desperately with both hands, and shouted to his comrades: "Quick, stab it through the chest." If the arm was cut off, he rushed to bite, bit the throat, bit off the ear, the nose——

The blood plasma on the ground, like stagnant water after a heavy rain, was full of internal organs, stomach and intestines, the boots and trouser legs of the infantrymen were stained red, and the bloody smell could be heard everywhere.The soldiers who desperately broke through turned into wild beasts that only knew how to kill, swinging their knives desperately, and kept moving forward.In the end, he couldn't even tell the difference between his own people and Cao Bing, as long as it was in the way, it would be a knife to go up.

With Zhong Yao's tricks, Chen Cang copied Yuan Jun's retreat, and killed less than 20 of the [-] high-ranking Bingzhou Army. In less than ten days, Yuan Jun, who had the upper hand, was at a disadvantage.At the same time, Zhong Yao also ordered Du Qian, the prefect of Xiping, to attack Hedong. Xia Zhao and Fan Xian heard the news that Gao Gan and Guo Yuan were defeated at Hulaoguan, so they dared not fight. .When Cao Cao heard the victory in Hulao, his heart was hanging, and he immediately fell back to his abdominal cavity.For half a month, the thing he was most worried about was finally resolved, and the next step would be to devote himself to the battle of Guandu without any distractions and wipe out the main force of Yuan Jun.Cao Cao was a strategist. He felt that although the Huainan army was tyrannical, it was just a disease of scabies. The real serious problem was the Jizhou soldiers in Guandu.As long as the main force of the Yuan family is successfully defeated, the Huainan army and the Bingzhou army can win without a fight.Cao Ren is tyrannical and domineering, with a tough character and a tenacious character. He is not the one who gives up easily. It is not a problem for him to stick to Runan for a month or two.And what Cao Cao has to do is to win the second battle of Guandu within one or two months.

I was very anxious when I got the battle report of Hulao's defeat. The battle of Hulao was too important to the entire Yuan-Cao dispute, and it might affect the overall situation.I only hope that Jushou can turn the tide and turn defeat into victory.

When Jushou hurried to Hulao Pass, Guo Yuan and Gao Gan had already retreated fifty miles with the remnants of the defeated army and set up camp.When Hulao was defeated, Jushou was still on the way and didn't know much about the situation.After carefully questioning and understanding the process, and investigating the losses and the advantages and disadvantages compared with the enemy and ourselves, I fell into deep thought.

For three days in a row, Jushou didn't come up with a solution.Just play the piano and read books every day, leisurely.The spy came to report that Zhong Yao had assembled a large army to attack immediately, so he ordered to retreat fifty miles and set up camp.A few days later, Cao Bing came to attack again, and he ordered to retreat another [-] li to avoid his attack.Guo Yuan and Gao Gan almost died of anger.

He said in his heart that this Jushou had no reputation at all, he was simply a coward, who came here to eat and drink.No one knows how to escape, you need to come all the way from Guandu to teach us, old man.

Gao Gan and Guo Yuan came to ask for a fight many times, but they were suppressed by Ju Shou.This dragged on for ten days in a row, and Zhong Yao's vigilance also dropped.Ju Shoucai called Gao Gan and Guo Yuan to the meeting.

"General Guo, tonight you bring 1 horses, set up more banners, drag the branches behind the horses, march towards Jiangcheng, and tell the outside world that you will return to the army to rescue Hedong."

Gao Gan rolled his eyes, and said in a strange way: "Sir, which song is this?" Ju Shou knew that the two of them had misunderstood him these few days, so he quickly said: "Zhong Yao heard that our army was withdrawing to rescue Hedong. The main force of our army took the opportunity to ambush the other army in the dense forest ahead. This place is 130 miles away from Hulao Pass. If the enemy soldiers are surrounded, they will definitely not be able to escape back to the pass. Hulao Pass sent troops to rescue them. It won’t be there either. General Guo Yuan can now wave his army in the dark and shout like a thousand troops, and come back after killing the general. It is also the same as giving the enemy a two-sided attack, and defeating the enemy is inevitable.”

Guo Yuan's eyes lit up: "It turns out that Mr. retreating without a fight is a strategy of 'going up to the house and pulling the ladder' to cut off the enemy's return route and cut off the connection between the pursuers and the pass. Guo Yuan is so stupid that he almost misunderstood you."

Ju Shou waved his hand, pointed to the military map on the wall behind him and said: "The official road in front leads directly to the east of the river, and there are small roads on both sides of the road. There are no less than ten roads that can return to Hulao Pass. But only the middle one is the closest. The general rushed back from this road , should just be able to catch up with the encirclement." Zhong Yao finally instructed: "Beware of spies in the army. Don't let the wind leak."

When Zhong Yao heard that the enemy army had pulled out their camp, a large group of people, horses, banners and banners were flying, and the dust was blowing up, they went to the east of the river in mighty force, and he knew that he was going to rescue Xia Zhao and Fan Xian.Han Fudao: "The enemy soldiers retreated in a hurry. They must be in chaos. This is a good opportunity to catch them all. Please order me and Meng Tan to lead the troops to cut off the heads of high-ranking officials." Hit and run, originally wanted to secretly rescue Hedong.This place of Hedong is very important. It has been in Yuan's hands for a long time, and the connection between Chang'an and Luoyang has been cut off, so it must be taken back.

Zhong Yao said: "You two bring 8 horses to chase and kill them. Be sure to wipe them out. Also, be careful of ambushes."

Han Fu patted his chest and promised to come down, thinking about ambush, Guo Yuan and high-ranking officials are unscrupulous people, they still know how to ambush?I bother!

Taking Meng Tan out of the quilt, Han Fu gathered 8 cavalry and [-] infantry, and rushed to Yuan Jun's camp.Half of the [-] horses were Bingzhou soldiers captured during the previous attack on Yuan Jun.Two hours later, Han Fu and Meng Tan arrived at Yuan Jun's camp. The brightly lit Dazhai was empty. All the soldiers and generals were gone. Food, grass, supplies and weapons were scattered all over the place. They left in a hurry.The remaining few wooden stakes and a dozen dilapidated tents in the village are still standing.It seems to be used to paralyze Cao Jun.So that Cao Jun thought they were still standing in the camp.

Han Fu was overjoyed and ran away as expected.Don't chase at this time and wait for when.Greeted Meng Tan who was behind him: "You don't need to dismount, the enemy soldiers are heading towards the official road in Hedong, let's chase them quickly."

Meng Tan cheered up and kicked the stirrup fiercely, the horse neighed and went down the official road like a gust of wind.The sound of horseshoes rushing behind him followed closely like surging waves.

After less than ten li, there was a forest in the darkness, Meng Tan said to Han Fu, "Could it be an ambush ahead." Han Fu looked at it in the night and laughed wildly, "You are so timid, it's not an ambush, but a forest." Meng Tan secretly Called unlucky, I thought it was an ambush, but I didn't expect it to be a forest, so Han Fu underestimated it.No, I want to earn face back.Thinking of this, he rushed out first.Say I'm timid, let's see who is timid?Han Fu shouted behind him: "Hurry up, hurry up."

Han Fu and Meng Tan led the front army of [-] to [-] quickly across the woods, turned a corner and continued to chase forward.Suddenly, a fire flickered in the woods, and the sound of shouting and killing rose out of thin air.The three-way cavalry roared like three black dragons, spread their giant claws, and came windingly from the woods, cutting Cao Bing into four sections.

Bingzhou soldiers were beaten badly by Cao Jun last time, but this time they came here with hatred. Every time they took a knife, they gritted their teeth, wishing to chop the opponent into meat sauce.And Cao Jun's situation is similar to Yuan Jun's encounter last time, everyone was stunned and shitted by the sudden change.Before many people had time to develop the consciousness of resistance, they became headless ghosts and died.It was impossible for Han Fu and Meng Tan to turn around and stabilize the team.Cao Jun has been cut into three parts, and they are doing their own thing in Yuan Jun's battle circle, and no one can take care of others.

Just when Cao Bing was on the verge of defeat, a large number of cavalry along the way came up from the rear to cover up and kill them. They aimed at the [-] infantry who fell behind.Cao Jun's soldiers were even more horrified and desperate when they saw that the rear road was cut off.In this case, the soldiers would have fought to the death.The problem lies in Bingzhou surrendered soldiers.These surrendered soldiers were angry as soon as they passed by, and they couldn't even get on a horse. They followed them, ate the wind, drank smoke, and ran with the soles of their feet to follow the horse's hooves.There was already resentment in my heart.Seeing the situation, without saying a word, he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Surrender, we surrender."

"Stop fighting, we used to be comrades-in-arms, I'm from Bingzhou, I want to go home—"

Hulala fell to their knees, and weapons and spears were thrown all over the ground.The call for surrender spread like a disease, and everyone who surrendered from Yuan Jun to Cao Jun abandoned their new boss and returned to the embrace of the people without hesitation.Is this my own team?When they picked up their swords and guns again, the target of their attack had changed.Tens of thousands of people were lost all of a sudden, and Cao Jun, who was already struggling on the death line, couldn't resist Yuan Jun's fierce offensive, and they chose to flee one after another.The weather was too dark, the road was long, and there were no reinforcements to respond, let alone a strong general like Guo Yuan who led the soldiers to break through under the banner of the banner, and very few escaped.Most of them were overtaken by Yuan Jun's cavalry during the hundreds of miles of attack.Yuan Jun reimbursed the deserters who had lost all their courage and strength effortlessly like chopping vegetables and melons, and then drove the horse under his crotch to charge forward, charging all the way, killing all the way, until he met Zhong Yao ten miles outside Hulao Pass reinforcements sent.It's too late.Meng Tan surrendered and Han Fu was killed, and the reinforcements had just walked out of the gate.

Yuan Jun, who was red-eyed, saw Cao Jun's rescuers arrive, and rushed up to bite like a hungry beast seeing its prey.The general Kong Xiu led by Cao Bing had only less than [-] soldiers and horses. Seeing the flickering of torches everywhere under the night sky and the endless shouts of killing, he knew that he was late.Xuying contacted Yuan Jun's front team like a story, lost hundreds of people, and ordered to return to Hulao Pass.

Gao Gan led his men to the pass, and a rainstorm of arrows shot down from the top of the city, forcing Yuan Jun to retreat immediately.Yuan's army was all cavalry, and they did not attack the city, so they had to withdraw to the camp.In this battle, [-] to [-] people were beheaded, and [-] to [-] soldiers were collected, which can be regarded as revenge for the day before yesterday.It is estimated that there are less than [-] people left in Hulao Pass, and the high-ranking officials ordered to prepare the siege equipment, ladders and rush cars overnight, rest for a day, and attack the city the day after tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)