We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

"General! Return to the city quickly, we can no longer defend here!"

"The soldiers and horses in the city have led their troops out to support us. General, the enemy's soldiers and horses are coming as fast as a flood. We really can't react at all!"

"Yes, General, those black knights have gone crazy and our weapons cannot penetrate their armor at all!"

"General, this army is too well-armed, especially the black armor, which is too terrifying and difficult to defeat."

Seeing Ju Yi rushing out of the camp, a group of generals reported to him one after another.

"Whizzing……"

Just as Ju Yi was about to issue an order, he heard the sound of arrows and crossbows. Moreover, every sound of arrows and crossbows would definitely take away the lives of the soldiers around Ju Yi.

In a moment, piles of soldiers and horses fell to the ground in Ju Yi's camp.

At this moment, Xi Yu's soldiers and horses were led by the black and white cavalry and trapped camp. Tens of thousands of cavalry were galloping on their horses, followed by countless infantry. Some were holding arrows and crossbows, and some were holding spears. They were far superior in terms of equipment. Ju Yi's soldiers and horses.

Ju Yi and his troops now have the confidence to resist and defeat.

Ju Yi's soldiers and horses didn't even have time to open up their formation and fight with Xi Yu's troops, so the camp was breached by Xi Yu's soldiers and horses!

Not long after, fire broke out in the camp, and the granary that had stored thousands of stones of grain and grass in the camp was instantly burned down. Even the fodder for the horses was burned down.

For a time, the fire shot into the sky and the sky was filled with dust.

Ju Yi has experienced countless battles. The scene in front of him told him that the forward camp must have been massacred, followed by the Chinese army camp. If he continued to resist to the death, in addition to increasing the casualties of soldiers and horses, he would not be able to repel Xi Yu's soldiers. The possibility of horse.

Ju Yi was very angry, and even more unwilling to accept it, he shouted loudly, "Send the order, release arrows immediately to cover the retreat of the main troops!"

Afterwards, Ju Yi led the remaining soldiers and horses, took all the armaments that could be taken away, and quickly fled back to the city.

Ju Yi led his soldiers and horses into the city. For several miles in total, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city came out to greet him. For a moment, torches were everywhere, and soon the people in the city began to panic.

Tonight, the attack of Xiyu's soldiers and horses was so sudden that few of the soldiers and horses led by Ju Yi could react.

After Ju Yi led his soldiers and horses to abandon the camp and escape, the sky-reaching fire burned almost all night. All the generals stood on the city gate and watched the fire gradually disappear until the playful soldiers and horses finished cleaning the battlefield.

"It's really hateful!"

Ju Yi was also standing on the city gate, beating the city wall hard, his face full of anger and hatred.

He felt even more like a stupid cow, being led by the nose by Xi Yu.

"Immediately send the order and guard the city gate tightly. As long as the city gate is not lost, Xi Yu will not be able to attack!"

"If anyone comes, immediately ask for help from Qinghe and Yangping..."

"Here!"

On top of the city tower, looking at the groups of black cavalry, Ju Yi felt filled with hatred.

In the coming days, Xi Yu's soldiers and horses will definitely come to challenge and call the battle generals. Regardless of whether Ju Yi accepts the challenge or not, the morale of his soldiers and horses will definitely be greatly reduced now, and it is more likely to continue to decline.

…

Xi Yu mobilized almost all his troops to attack Ju Yi's camp at night.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Xi Yu ordered his men to make a rough estimate of the war gains and losses, and then moved the camp five or six miles forward and set up camp in another plain, but this place was slightly far away from the river.

But Xi Yu thought it was okay. After tonight's attack on the camp, he expected that Ju Yi would never dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to start a fight. In this way, even if the water source was farther away, he would not have to worry about being attacked and destroyed.

The battle report of this battle was quickly transmitted to Cao Cao's camp, but during the war, the speed of military information transmission was very slow.

It was not until Xi Yu had surrounded Pingyang City for seven days that the battle report was sent to Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were in a stalemate in Guandu, and the two sides had fought several times.

Yuan Shao built a high platform to shoot arrows, and on the first day, he fired thousands of arrows at Cao Cao's camp.

Less than half a day later, in order to counterattack Yuan Shao, Cao Cao immediately took out the catapult with an extended throwing rod made by Xi Yu and bombarded Yuan Shao's high platform.

After testing each other by attacking each other, the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao entered a stalemate. However, as soon as he received the battle report from Xi Yu, Cao Cao, who was originally in a bad mood, suddenly felt a lot happy. After fighting each other.

"Feng Yi beats Ju Yi, haha, very good!"

"After this battle, Yuan Shao must feel even more pressure! Immediately send my order and order Yuan Rang and Zixiao to march! We will follow immediately and will not give Yuan Shao any chance to breathe!"

"Here!!"

Soon, a deafening roar came from Cao Cao's military camp. All the soldiers had been waiting for this moment for a long time!

The battle report of Xi Yu's victory over Ju Yi immediately boosted the morale of Cao's army!

In the next three days, Cao Cao's troops marched day and night, fighting continuously with almost no pause, and the fighting made the chickens and dogs in Yuan Shao's camp restless. However, the two sides still won each other's battles.

However, both sides had sufficient supplies of troops, horses, and food. Cao Cao was not in a hurry to win immediately, but Yuan Shao was very annoyed.

In Yuan Shao's Chinese army camp, Yuan Shao finally took a rest, but he was made furious again.

He had not had a good sleep for three days. At this time, Yuan Shao felt in a trance, his blood was rising in his heart, and he was feeling groggy and very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao felt deeply that he could not continue like this and that he had to personally lead the army and direct the entire war, but Cao Cao seemed to have mastered the strategy of disruption and never gave him a chance to rest.

Whenever Yuan Shao's army camp was about to rest, Cao Cao would send people to sneak attack and only set fire to it before escaping.

After several times of this, Yuan Shao set up defenses below, preparing to catch turtles in a urn, but Cao Jun seemed to have had a premonition and retreated directly, no longer coming for a sneak attack.

As soon as Cao Jun retreated, Yuan Shao thought that Cao Jun would not make any more sneak attacks, but what he didn't expect was that Cao Jun actually used dozens of catapults to bombard Yuan Shao's camp, and these were not ordinary "stones" , there are many fire jars mixed in it. Once it explodes, there will be a sea of ​​​​fire wherever it goes, which will cause huge damage to the surrounding soldiers and horses.

At this moment, Yuan Shao wished he could fight to the death with Cao Cao immediately.

At first, he thought that the catapult itself was huge and heavy and could not move quickly. If he could order the cavalry to rush over quickly, he would have a chance to capture the catapult.

But beyond Yuan Shao's expectation, when his soldiers and horses rushed out, they found that Cao Jun also had a huge crossbow used by five people. Once these huge crossbows were fired at the same time, the arrows would hit him like a heavy rain. Wherever the soldiers and horses go, there will be corpses everywhere, and their lethality is extremely terrifying.

After several such battles, Yuan Shao felt helpless. It was obvious that he was being led by Cao Cao, and he would be overwhelmed by Cao Cao in everything. He had no choice but to give up and continue fighting with Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao gathered his troops and horses, retreated to Baima, and then set up camp at Yanjin Yidai to resist Cao Cao's attack, and then took all his troops back to Liyang City.

Yuan Shao even closed the city gates, used Ye City as a supply place, and brought all the people of Wei County into the city to stabilize the nobles who supported him.

Yuan Shao firmly believed that as long as he had a large number of men, strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass, he could compete with Cao Cao for a long time.

At this moment, in the Liyang City Government Office, Yuan Shao felt deeply anxious and exhausted. He paced back and forth, sighing from time to time.

"Ziyuan, we just received news that Ju Yi was defeated by Xi Yu in the plains. Ju Yi even sent someone to send a letter asking for help. What should we do now?"

At this moment, Yuan Shao's face was very ugly. Now he was in a dilemma. If he could not change the current situation, the future battle situation would be extremely unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

Looking back on last month, Yuan Shao had vowed to fight Cao Cao, but he never expected that it would end like this.

Xu You twirled his beard and fell into deep thought, thinking that Xu You and Yuan Shao had known each other for many years. Before Tian Feng came, Yuan Shao would definitely implement Xu You's plans and strategies.

However, since Tian Feng came to Yuan Shao as a counselor, he liked to have strategies that were contrary to his, and Yuan Shao often had disagreements with him because of this.

After thinking about it, Xu You couldn't make up his mind, so he thought it would be better to see Tian Feng's strategy first. Xu You knew that although Tian Feng was cautious and conservative, he did have some talents.

"Ziyuan, why don't you say anything?"

Seeing Xu You not speaking for a long time, Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the chair, said with an angry expression.

Xu You then had an idea, stepped forward, and said with a smile, "My lord, there are millions of people in Jizhou, and most of them are sincerely loyal to you, my lord. If you stick to it, there will be no problem for at least one year."

"But if my lord chooses to retreat, there is still Youzhou to defend. My lord, could it be that you want to retreat?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shao was very angry: Retreat? !

It was you, Xu You, who vowed to march south and destroy Cao Cao!

It's good now, but you actually asked me to quit?

Yuan Shao suddenly said displeased, "Ziyuan, you want to retreat, how do you want me to retreat? Are you trying to fool me?!"

Seeing Yuan Shao's ugly face, Xu You immediately smiled and said, "My lord, how dare I play tricks on you? It's just that the current situation is different from before the war. In my opinion, it is better to let all the civil servants and generals express their opinions before proceeding. Decision, how about it?”

Xu You retreated to the futon. He didn't want to be the first to do it. Xu You didn't know that Yuan Shao was troubled at this time and had no idea at all.

Before this, Yuan Shao thought it would be easy to defeat Cao Cao.

Even if there were losses, they were losses for everyone, but I thought that after several attacks and defenses, Yuan Shao lost 10,000 soldiers, while Cao Cao only lost a few thousand soldiers.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties. If this continues for a long time, the morale of the army may be weakened.

Cao Cao's thousands of casualties were caused by Yuan Shaoai fighting Yan Liang and Wen Chou to the death.

"Jun Ju, what do you think about this matter?"

Tian Feng and Guo Tu immediately looked at Jushou at the same time. He was the leader of the gentry class in Hebei, and among Yuan Shao's counselors, Jushou was more admired by Yuan Shao.

When Jushou saw everyone looking at him, he immediately stepped forward, ready to express his opinion.

…

At this moment, outside Pingyuan City, in Xiyu Camp, a business meeting was also going on.

Xi Yu is sitting on the main seat, Guo Jia and Jia Xu are standing on the left, Zhao Yun is standing among the generals on the right, and Dian Wei and Lu Lingqi are standing on the left and right behind Xi Yu.

The other generals such as Zang Ba, Huang Zhong, etc., a total of twelve people, all stood in turn, staring at the sand table not far from Xiyu.

At this time, Xi Yu said, "The advisers under Yuan Shao are divided into three factions. The three major factions represent the interests of different noble families. Among them, the Hebei faction is Jushu and Tian Feng, and the Yingchuan faction is Guo Tu, Xin Ping, and Xin Pi. Brothers, the remaining faction is led by Xu You."

Xi Yu glanced at Guo Jia and continued, "Guo Tunai is the Guo family of Yingchuan. His family is powerful, and even more so with Fengxiao..."

"I have nothing to do with this person." Guo Jia said coldly.

Xi Yu then continued, "Now, Yuan Shao is in a dilemma. Therefore, I think Yuan Shao will now rely on Ju Jun and Tian Feng. As for Xu You, he is very shrewd. Although he is sinister, he knows the way to protect himself wisely."

"This is quite similar to some of us."

Hearing this, Jia Xu secretly rolled his eyes at Xi Yu, but he couldn't beat Master Xi and could only dare not say anything. Anyway, he was already used to this.

"And Ju Shou and Tian Feng will definitely retreat and defend!"

"Sir, why are you so sure?"

After experiencing the current war, Jia Xu and Guo Jia have already been confused by Xi Yu. Xi Yu is even more familiar with Yuan Shao's counselors than Guo Jia.

Guo Jia had done some meritorious service under Yuan Shao back then, but in the end, because Yuan Shao was narrow-minded and could not be polite enough to the corporal, and he was many-scheming but unstoppable, Guo Jia saw that Yuan Shao was not a wise master, so he abandoned Yuan Shao.

Xi Yu was not only familiar with Yuan Shao's advisers, but also knew Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi very well.

For example, Ju Yi used the large shield soldiers to guard the city, and Xi Yu seemed to have fought with them. When arranging the battle strategy, he told the soldiers and horses that once they saw the large shield soldiers, they would use rockets to fly around the shields. Shoot the rocket into Ju Yi's large shield formation. The large shield is heavy armor and is inherently hot. It is late spring and summer is about to begin.

From Qingzhou to Yanzhou, the rainy season is reduced and the weather is hot. The heavy armor of the large shield soldiers and the heat of the rockets will definitely cause them to mess up their positions, which can disrupt the formation of the large shield soldiers.

With the advantage of being so familiar with the enemy, Xi Yu defeated Ju Yi, who had defeated Gongsun Zan, after several attacks and defenses. He defeated Pingyuan City so much that even the gates of Pingyuan City did not dare to be opened.

The people in the city did not dare to leave the city at all, they just hunkered down in the city and never fought every day. Such a strategy seemed to leave Xi Yu helpless.

But Ju Yi was even more frightened.

At this moment, Xi Yu said calmly and calmly, "I told you earlier that you don't need to ask me how I know it. In short, I just know it. No need to say anything more."

Although Guo Jia and Jia Xu didn't know where Xi Yu's confidence came from, they had to look at Xi Yu with admiration.

Sometimes, they felt that Xi Yu actually knew everyone's personalities and formation habits, so he could formulate strategies to contain everyone.

However, the two of them only had strategic talents but no prophetic ability. Therefore, they were deeply ashamed to be Xiyu's strategists.

At this time, Jia Xu said to Xi Yu, "Sir, since we are going to fight, we should quickly attack Pingyuan County to put great pressure on Yuan Shao, forcing him to divide his troops to fight. In this way, Cao Cao will take the opportunity to capture Liyang , If so, we will definitely defeat Yuan Shao."

In this way, entering Jizhou will be just around the corner.

Liyang is the foundation of Wei County. When Wei County is captured and Pingyuan is captured, then a great victory is not far away.

By then, Cao Cao's military strength will be equal to that of Yuan Shao.

In a war with Yuan Shao, if we can win more and lose less with twice as many troops, and then equal Yuan Shao's military strength, this will definitely severely damage Yuan Shao's confidence in his territory.

Xi Yu really never expected that because of his arrival in this life, the Battle of Guandu would turn into the current situation. Instead of a big gap between the smaller and the larger, it would instead turn into a battle of evenly matched battles in fortifications and plain positions.

This made Xiyu feel sad for a while.

"The attack on Pingyuan County will be postponed for the time being." Xi Yu directly rejected Jia Xu's strategy.

Guo Jia then nodded and said, "I agree with your lord's strategy, but if we postpone it, as I expected, Ju Yi's reinforcements will be here soon."

Hearing this, Xi Yu glanced at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "Since Ju Yi has asked Yuan Shao for help and has been holding on to the city for the past few days without going out to fight, it means that there will be troops coming to rescue..."

Xi Yu could have used giant crossbows and catapults to attack day and night, destroy the city walls, and capture Pingyuan County, but he did not do so.

"That makes sense..."

Hearing this, Jia Xu couldn't help but nodded: He really had never thought of this, "Your Majesty, do you want to wait for Ju Yizhi's reinforcements to arrive before attacking?"

"Children can be taught." Xi Yu said with a faint smile.

…

Last night, Ju Yi received a letter of reprimand from Yuan Shaozhi, asking him to guard the plain for at least a month and not put too much pressure on Yuan Shao's frontal battlefield.

Ju Yi's original 80,000 troops were reduced almost every day, and the number dropped by tens of thousands on the first day. Yuan Shao scolded him for this.

After a scolding, Yuan Shao mentioned that Ju Yi had fought against Gongsun Zan and finally defeated Gongsun Zan.

This is Yuan Shao's ability and charisma, combined with kindness and power, which inspires Ju Yi's confidence and makes him no longer fearful.

Moreover, Yuan Shao told Ju Yi in the letter that Yuan Tan, the legitimate son of the Yuan family, had led 50,000 soldiers and horses from Youzhou to assist Ju Yi in guarding Pingyuan County.

Yuan Shao has good intentions, but the opponent he has to face is Xi Yu...

If Yuan Shao had personally led his army to fight Xi Yu and left Ju Yi to guard Cao Cao, the outcome might have been better.

Yuan Shao did not expect that Xi Yu soon intercepted a letter containing such information. Xi Yu said in a deep voice, "Yuan Tan will lead 50,000 troops and 100,000 stones of grain and grass to support Ju Yi in guarding the plains."

Xi Yu suddenly smiled and said to Zhao Yun, "Now, Yuan Shao no longer has any need to create false news to deceive us. He really needs to defend it now, and the land of Pingyuan County must not be lost, so Yuan Shao certainly does not dare to be careless. The contents of the letter must be absolutely true."

"Zilong, I now hand over all the military power here to you. As for how to fight, it is entirely up to you."

Hearing this, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and Lu Lingqi all looked shocked, and they even said in fear, "Sir, what do you want to do if you don't lead the army?"

"Go to Liyang!"

After saying that, Xi Yu stood up and prepared to set off overnight.

"Sir, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Yes, sir, this is nonsense again!"

"Sir, you...you must not go, Guandu is too dangerous!"