Chapter 226 Where am I, Yuan Benchu, better than Cao Ah? (Thanks to [Mercury's Masked Superman]
At the end of August in the third year of Jian'an.
Gan Ning's eight hundred cavalry attacked the Yanjin camp and the ferry at night, destroying one camp, killing more than a thousand people, and burning nearly 80,000 stones of Yuan's army's food and grass!
As soon as the news came back to Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao immediately exploded on the spot!
"Bastard! Damn it! A bunch of losers!" Yuan Shao roared angrily and threw everything he could reach out of the Chinese army camp. Even his sword was thrown out by Yuan Shao.
Standing outside the camp were civil and military officials who were as silent as a cicada.
Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu and Jiang Qi tied themselves up with their upper bodies naked, tied their hands and knelt in front of the camp, and confessed to Yuan Shao.
Of the hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass, apart from what was consumed on the road, almost only fifty thousand stones reached Yuan Shao's camp safely, and more than half of them were lost. How could Yuan Shao not be angry?
When a large army fights, the supply of food and grass is a continuous process. There are more than 100,000 stones of food and grass, and more than 300,000 soldiers eat horse chews. If you save a little, you can last for ten days.
Although a hundred thousand stones of food and grass is not too much for Yuan Shao's army of more than 300,000, it is still more than ten days of rations after all.
Fortunately, Yuan Shao had hoarded a lot of food in Pingqiu and Wuchao. The default of these few days and ten days was actually not a big problem.
But although the food problem is not a big one, the impact is extremely bad!
You know, the partial troops sent by Yuan Shao to rob Cao Cao's food road were killed by Cao Cao's army of three to five thousand men and returned with a great defeat;
Cao's army also went to rob the camp with more than 10,000 people, but they not only succeeded in destroying the ferry and the camp, but also burned a total of 80,000 shi of food.
It's nothing if it's not a comparison. The more the comparison, the more Yuan Shao hated it. He lost to Cao Cao again. This was the real reason for Yuan Shao's rage.
"Damn it..." Yuan Shao became angrier as he thought about it, and said bitterly: "Cao A'hao has so many generals! I, Yuan Shao, can't compare to him, so why are all the powerful generals under Cao A'hao?"
Thinking of this, Yuan Shao suddenly calmed down. He walked out of the tent, looked at Jiang Qi and others, and asked: "Jiang Qi, come and tell us the process of the attack in detail."
"Here, my lord..." Jiang Qi swallowed hard with his already dry throat. It was okay if he didn't swallow, but when he swallowed, his throat hurt, and he couldn't help but cough violently.
When Yuan Shao saw this, his tone slowed down and he said, "Come here, untie General Jiang and give him a bowl of water."
Soldiers on the left and right came behind Jiang Qi to loosen his bonds. Jiang Qi's eyes were red, and he endured the pain in his hands and cupped his fists at Yuan Shao and said, "Thank you, my lord, for the gift!"
"Gudong, Gudong..."
After drinking a large bowl of water in one breath, Jiang Qi started to talk,
"My subordinates had earlier arranged to monitor Hanoi County and sent back the news that a Cao army had left Hanoi County under the cover of night...
That night, the food and grass arrived at the camp smoothly. My subordinates judged that Cao Jun might come to rob the camp, so they set up an ambush early..."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little doubt in their hearts, "Since we are already prepared, why can Cao's army succeed?"
However, they did not ask about these doubts, but quietly waited for Jiang Qi to continue talking.
"Sure enough, Cao's army came to attack the camp in the middle of the night. Some soldiers heard Cao's soldiers calling General Cao. They thought it was Cao Ren from Hanoi County who was leading the army."
"After Cao Ren entered the camp, he was ambushed by our army. My soldiers who were ambushing in the camp lit a fire and surrounded the camp.
However, Cao Ren is worthy of being Cao Cao's clan brother. Not only did he not retreat in panic at the moment of being ambushed, but he rushed towards the fire, broke through the sea of fire in front of him, and escaped from the other side of the camp." Gu Bao.
"What a pity..." Xu You couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "If Cao Ren can be captured and killed, Cao Cao will definitely suffer a huge blow."
After Jiang Qi and others expressed their regrets, he continued: "After Cao Ren rushed out of the camp, he walked all the way east. The scouts sent by his subordinates never sent back a warning. So at this time, the few of us relaxed Come down."
"About an hour later, my subordinates had just gone to sleep, but unexpectedly, another cavalry group appeared outside the camp!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, the anger in his heart had almost subsided.
He asked himself, even if he encountered this situation, he would probably suffer a heavy loss.
"Cao Ah Ma has always been treacherous, refusing to retreat even when defeated, and often even taking him by surprise and attacking him unprepared...Cao Cao is the person Cao Ren admires the most. He has learned everything from Cao Cao's character and military tactics." Xu You said again. He sighed, causing everyone around him to nod.
But in fact, this was not the case. Cao Ren did not know the existence of Gan Ning at all...
Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said, "Come here, please untie the other two generals."
After Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu released their bound hands, they quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you Lord for your kindness."
Yuan Shao pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "Who is the cavalry commander? I remember that Cao Cao only had a few generals who were good at commanding cavalry. Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xia Houlan, Xia Houyuan, they are all in Guandu now... So again? Whose cavalry commanded a surprise attack on Yanjin?"
Jiang Qi recalled for a moment and said: "Back to my lord, it was too dark to see clearly the appearance of General Cao, but my subordinates saw that General Cao had a long sword."
"Long sword?" That's even more strange. "Cao's cavalry commanders basically use guns. I've never seen anyone using a long sword."
"Is it possible that there is another new strong general?" Yuan Shao murmured to himself, holding back a sigh: "Why do strong generals like to join that eunuch? Is it possible that I, Yuan Shao, am really not as good as Cao A in hiding?"
As Yuan Shao's encourager, Guo Tu naturally stood up and consoled him at this time: "My lord, you have many strong generals under your command! And there are more generals who are both wise and brave than Cao Cao. It's just because your territory is too large and you need to distribute them. There are too many generals, so we don’t see so many of them on weekdays.”
Yuan Shao thought about it, but the generals under Cao Cao, especially Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others, still made him envious.
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【Jian'an three years, September】
[Wei Yan is really awesome. Not only did he quickly defeat the Runan Yellow Turbans, he also defeated Han Meng who was sent by Yuan Shao to hijack the grain road on the way to Guandu...]
[Thinking about the way Boss Cao looked at Wei Yan during the day, it was... tsk tsk...]
During the day today, Wei Yan led 3,800 soldiers and a grain transport team sent by Yingchuan County to Guandu.
After Wei Yan told everyone about their experiences along the way, Cao Cao, who was very optimistic about Wei Yan, suddenly smiled so hard that his molars could be seen.
[Who wouldn’t like a famous general who is bold, careful, wise and courageous? 】
[But I didn’t expect Chen Dao to be with Wei Yan.
When this little brother grows up, his reputation and ability will be second only to Zhao Yun, and he also has the ability to train elite soldiers...
I don’t know if Wei Yan was lucky or if Boss Cao stepped on dog shit...]
[Calculate the time, it’s been almost four months since this fight...Why hasn’t Xu You made any move yet?]