Yan Liang and Wen Chou were both famous generals in Hebei, but they both lost their lives to Baima in just ten months. Baima City once became an indelible nightmare for Yuan Jun. After learning the news of Long Fei's retreat, Yuan Shao still couldn't make up his mind to march into Baima, fearing that he would be killed again.
Fei's plan. It wasn't until Jushou led someone to check it in person that Yuan Shao felt relieved.
"Hey!" Yuan Shao sighed: "I lost two of my generals because of this little white horse. I will definitely cut Long Fei into pieces to avenge the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou!"
"Lord!" Ju Shu said: "Long Fei is brave and resourceful, but Cao Cao has miscalculated. The two vanguard generals of our army have been poisoned. It is not appropriate to fight Cao Cao again. Long Fei continues to fight. If the lord does not want to return to the army, you can press
As my subordinates said, sending troops to the east will definitely achieve miraculous results!"
Guo Tudao said: "Jushou is bold. Our enemies are in the west, but you have repeatedly asked my lord to go east. What do you want? If the army goes east and Cao Cao takes the opportunity to go north, what will happen to Yecheng? What will happen to Jizhou? What will happen to Hebei?
how?"
"My lord! What I said is the best strategy! Now that you are heading west, you will hit Long Fei. Please think twice about Cao Cao's plan!" Jushou knelt down on the ground, crying bitterly.
Yuan Shao's head started to hurt again, and he didn't know how to deal with it. Xu You sighed: "Not to the west, not to the east. The north is our own territory, and it seems that the only one left is the south. If the lord wants to continue attacking, it is better to go there
Let’s go south! Further south is Guandu. Now we have crossed the river, captured Guandu, and headed straight to Xuchang. After Xuchang, we will reach Wancheng! It’s not just a detour around Luoyang!”
"Xu Ziyuan's words are exactly what I want. It's decided, we will capture Guandu!" Yuan Shao stood up and announced loudly. Everyone immediately fell silent, only Jushu howled loudly, shouting to the sky and the earth: "The army is in danger!" Yuan Shao
I wanted to scold Jushou, but after thinking about it, I turned around and went back to the back tent with anger on my face.
Guandu is located in the south of the Yellow River. It is the fork of the Yellow River and Jishui. It is only three to four hundred miles south of Xuchang and can be reached by horseback in one day. If Guandu is taken, the natural dangers of the Yellow River will disappear. Yuan Shao also saw this.
, and then agreed to Xu You's suggestion. After staying in Baima for a few days, the reorganized army rushed towards Guandu. Everywhere it passed was like a locust passing through, and all the villages and towns where people lived were plundered.
Long Fei led his 3,000 Divine Arrow Battalion back to the base and handed over orders to Cao Cao. Cao Cao laughed and said: "A good son-in-law is really a brave man! He killed General Yuan Shao in both battles. I will be credited with luring Yuan Shao here!"
Long Fei said: "Yuan Shao is powerful. Guandu is a wilderness with no city to defend. Father-in-law, please be careful."
Cheng Yu said: "The bank of the Yellow River is sandy. My lord can make a city out of the sand. Then build sandbags to stop Yuan Shao's cavalry, and use strong crossbows to set up camps to confront Yuan Shao. This place is not far from Xuchang, and the grain and grass garrison will be linked to Xuchang."
No problem!"
Cao Cao nodded: "Yes! Yuan Shao mobilized a large number of cavalry from Youzhou. If it is really difficult to fight elsewhere, this sandy land is the grave of the cavalry. This is a very good plan, so we will do it this way!"
Yuan Shao went all the way south and crossed Jishui easily. In front of him was the Yellow River beach. There were rolling yellow sand everywhere. There were no trees. Low shrubs and weeds grew in it, which was particularly comfortable underfoot. The scouts came to report, Cao Long
The coalition forces set up camp ten miles away from the Yellow River. The army was stranded here, and it seemed that a decisive battle was about to begin. Yuan Shao chuckled: "Long Fei, Cao Cao really wants to fight to a decisive battle. If this is the case, what about a decisive battle?"
Ordered to set up camp, Yuan's army was in large numbers and set up camp on the bank of the Yellow River, imitating Cao's army and setting up a city with sand, about ten miles wide from east to west. Yuan Shao said that this was an imitation of Huaiyin Hou Han Xin's backwater battle to stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Guo Tu et al.
The people hurriedly agreed. Without much effort, they built a large camp in a narrow strip of land on the bank of the Yellow River.
Not long after, Yuan Xi, the governor of Youzhou, Gao Gan, the governor of Bingzhou, and Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou, came with their troops to help. Yuan Shang, the governor of Jizhou, sent 100,000 loads of grain and grass to be reviewed and delivered. The momentum of Yuan's army immediately increased. Guo Tu suggested that,
You can build a sand hill in front of Cao's army's earthen city, have archers stand on it, and shoot Cao's camp. Feng Ji suggested that you can dig tunnels and sneak into Cao's camp, whether it is setting fire or sneak attack, you can achieve results.
"Hahaha..." Yuan Shao was overjoyed: "With my son's help, I have two clever strategies to defeat Cao's army!"
Since the dispatch of troops, although Xun Chen has been given the title of counselor, he has not said much. Until now, he could not help but said: "Besides, we can send troops to harass Cao's army's food routes. Food and grass are the most important thing for a large army to fight.
! The Third Young Master has sent a lot of food and grass. We need to find a place to store it and send someone to guard it to prevent it from being robbed by Cao's army!"
Xun Chen was Xun Yu's fourth brother. A few years ago, he persuaded Yuan Shao to raise an army to destroy Han Fu while serving as the herdsman in Jizhou, and made great achievements in unifying Hebei for Yuan Shao. Since Xun Yu became Long Fei's subordinate, Yuan Shao loved his house and Wu,
He didn't pay much attention to Xun Chen. It was just because Xun Chen was a descendant of the Xun family in Yingchuan that he didn't take action against him.
Xun Chen suddenly proposed this suggestion. Yuan Shao was also excited and nodded repeatedly: "Youruo is really an expert! You are right. As long as Cao Jun's food route is cut off, let's see how long they can hold on!"
Everyone hurriedly agreed, and Feng Ji took the opportunity to say: "It would be best to store our food and grass in Wuchao. Wuchao is right behind us and blocked by Jishui. It is not easy for Cao's army to rob him. It is the most ideal place!"
"You all are so wise, I am very pleased! Someone, please arrange these things one by one without making any mistakes!"
Starting from the next day, Yuan Shao's attack and defense plan was put into action. Lu Kuang's Shesheng Battalion climbed up the sand mountain and began to fire arrows at Cao's camp. Lu Xiang led 500 light cavalry to bypass Cao's army and prepare to rob the grain.
Yuan Shao also sent Chunyu Qiong to lead the army to retain Wuchao, escort and guard the grain and grass. He ordered Ma Yan and Wang Mo to lead the infantry to dig tunnels to prepare Cao Cao for a surprise attack.
From morning to night, Yuan Jun stood on the sand mountain and fired arrows at Cao's camp. The soldiers entering and leaving the barracks had no choice but to cover themselves with shields. Even Cao Cao and others did not dare to pay at will. The sand mountain was soft and difficult to climb.
He was so anxious that he had no countermeasures. Cao Cao once wanted to retreat. Cheng Yu advised: "Yuan Shao's gathering in Guandu played into our plan. This battle is the key to determining the general trend of the world. If you retreat first, the situation will be defeated. Now Yuan Shao has fallen into the trap. The situation is
It has become clear that this is the opportunity to win by surprise, so we must not let it slip."
Cao Cao then gave up the idea of retreating and thought hard to find countermeasures. On this day, Long Fei and Liu Ye were exchanging ideas on the operating principles of the Thunderbolt Chariot, and Cao Cao walked over. Seeing that Cao Cao looked bad, Liu Ye asked: "My lord, are you still doing this?"
Shashan is anxious?"
Cao Cao nodded: "Yuan Shao's plan is too clever. I sent people to attack several times but it couldn't work. There is really no good way!"
"Sand Mountain? Use water!" Long Fei interjected: "Sand is most afraid of water. Once water washes away, Sand Mountain will destroy itself!"
"A good son-in-law means digging the Yellow River?"
"Isn't this inappropriate?" Liu Ye hurriedly dissuaded him: "People's fields are destroyed downstream of the Yellow River burst, not to mention that we are among them. Once the Yellow River is dug, not only Yuan Shao, but we will also die!"
Long Fei smiled: "To use water, you don't necessarily need to dig the Yellow River! This is the Yellow River beach. There is no need to dig deep to find the water source. Mr. Liu's Thunderbolt Car can be used just right. All we need to do is find a way to throw a large amount of water up the sand mountain.
Of course it’s gone!”
Both Cao Cao and Liu Ye's eyes lit up. There was little time, and Liu Ye shook his head: "What can we use to hold the water? The pottery pot is too small and difficult to make. Sheepskin and cowhide are tough and difficult to tear."
"Haha!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "You don't need water. The sand mountain is soft. You can use a thunderbolt chariot to throw stones and smash them. Ziyang, make a thunderbolt chariot immediately. Early tomorrow morning, let Yuan Shao know how to attack."
The truth must be reversed!”
"Boom! Boom!..." The loud sound woke up Yuan Shao from his sleep. Guo Tu hurriedly ran in and knelt beside Yuan Shao's couch: "My lord, something bad has happened. Cao Cao is using his thunderbolt chariot to smash our sand mountain.
One has collapsed!"
"What?" Yuan Shao stood up immediately, put on his clothes and came out. A huge sand mountain tree stood outside Yuan Camp, about dozens of feet high, covering a huge area. There were wooden ladders behind it for soldiers to climb.
From here, you can't get to other places at all.
A huge stone flew out from Cao Ying, with a sharp roar that cut through the air, and hit the sand mountain heavily. In an instant, the sand flew up, and the big stone made a big hole, and the sand above was left to fill it up. It flowed.
The sand and soil caused the originally sharp mountain top to drop layer by layer, and it seemed that the final collapse was not far away.
"What is this? It can throw huge rocks into the sky?" Yuan Shao stepped back and looked at Guo Tu.
"This is the Thunderbolt Car made by Liu Ye, it is extremely powerful!"
While the two were talking, a big stone was thrown astray and headed straight for Yuan Shao and Guo Tu. Sima Han, who was riding a horse, shouted loudly, flew aside and threw Yuan Shao and Guo Tu aside, and threw them heavily to the ground. After a burst of smoke and dust,
, just where they were standing, a stone the size of a grinding plate appeared there, half of it sunk deeply into the sand. If you look closely at the stone, you can see that the corners are sharp, and it was obviously polished by stonemasons.
Yuan Shao let out a long breath. Guo Tu and Han Meng hurriedly helped Yuan Shao up, patted the dust on Yuan Shao's body, and retreated to a relatively safe place. Just two steps away, they heard the sound of a mountain falling and the ground cracking. They finally managed to
The two sand mountains that had been built collapsed. A large amount of sand flowed into the camp. Several tents near the sand mountains were completely covered, and the soldiers inside did not come out again.
"Cao Cao is too despicable to use such methods!" Yuan Shao was furious.
Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "Father, I am willing to lead our troops to attack, completely destroy the Thunderbolt Chariot, and avoid future troubles forever!"
Guo Tu hurriedly tried to dissuade him, but he tried hard to persuade him. After something like this happened, Yuan Shao was no longer willing to build such a thing that wasted people and money, and pinned all his hopes on the other two things, hoping that these two things would play their part.