Cheng Yu proposed the plan of ambush on ten sides and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, you can lead an army to pretend to rob the camp, and then pretend to be defeated and retreat to lead Yuan's army to the Yellow River. On the way, you can secretly ambush ten troops and wait for Yuan's army to attack."
When the army arrives, ten troops and horses will come out one after another, and Yuan Shao will be defeated!"
Xia Houyuan on the side frowned and asked with some concern: "If you lead Yuan Shao's army to the Yellow River, wouldn't it mean that the eldest brother would lose all his retreat... If Yuan Shao insists on attacking the eldest brother regardless, wouldn't that mean that he will be put in a desperate situation?
Among them?!"
At this time, Xun You on the side suddenly interjected: "With my lord here, our soldiers will definitely fight with their backs and defeat Yuan's army when they have no choice but to retreat!"
Xia Houyuan wanted to say something else, but Cao Cao raised his hand to stop him.
Cao Cao stretched out his hand to hold the Ningshen Jade in his arms. After thinking with a clear head for a moment, he confirmed to Cheng Yu and Xun You again, "Is it feasible?"
After all, his own life is at stake, so Cao Cao must be more careful.
Xun You and Cheng Yu looked at each other and nodded with great certainty: "It works!"
Cao Cao was not an indecisive person like Yuan Shao, who was willing to sacrifice his own life for big things. He personally went into danger countless times. The most recent one is the most talked about among the people in the world, and it was the night attack on Wuchao.
After Cao Cao got the approval of the two counselors, he immediately made up his mind and immediately arranged: "Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Yue Jin, Yu Jin, Zhang Xiu!"
"The last general is here!" The five generals who were named stood up and clasped their fists.
"Let the five of you ambush along the left side. When the enemy arrives, wait for an opportunity to break out!"
"Here!"
Cao Cao called again: "Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Gan Ning, Lu Lu, and Xu Ding! I order the five of you to ambush on the right side, and when the enemy retreats, they will attack immediately!"
"Here!"
The ambush on the left and right has been selected, Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu again and said: "Xu Chu listens to the order!"
"The general is here!" Xu Chu stood up and replied angrily, clasping his fists.
"I order you to lead five thousand Tiger Guards and five thousand Qingzhou soldiers to follow me to Yuan Shao's camp to lure the enemy."
"Here!"
After the arrangements were made, the generals went to prepare themselves.
If Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's pride in the previous battle of Guandu, then in the battle of Cangting, Cao Cao will directly break Yuan Shao's backbone!
It was almost midnight, and everyone led their troops to ambush.
When Cao Cao and Xu Chu attacked, ten teams of troops had already entered the selected ambush point.
In the middle of the night,
Cao Cao and Xu Chu had led troops to less than five miles outside Yuan Shao's camp, but their whereabouts had been discovered by Yuan Shao's ambushed sentry.
Yuan Shao did not send troops to intercept Cao Cao's troops from the beginning, but allowed them to move forward.
Waiting until Cao Cao's team was only about a mile away from Yuan Shao's main camp, Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers and horses from several camps to rush out at once, vowing to hack Cao Cao to death with swords.
Cao Cao pretended to be flustered and drove away without looking back.
Xu Chu followed suit and even shouted: "No, the enemy has an ambush. Brothers, retreat!"
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
Yuan Shao felt that Cao Cao had come in person and was definitely not luring the enemy. He was "sneaky, and at first glance, he wanted to cause trouble again!" Yuan Shao thought that he had really caught Cao A and concealed his plan this time.
As Yuan Shao's military order was issued,
Suddenly, soldiers and horses from the Yuan Army camp came out and chased Cao Cao in a mighty manner.
Cao Jun fled in panic, but Yuan Shao gave chase.
However, after chasing for twenty miles, Cao's army and horses in front suddenly stopped.
Yuan Shao was confused, but Yuan Shang beside him shouted excitedly: "Father, the Yellow River is ahead, and the Cao thieves have no way to retreat!!"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately laughed excitedly: "Hahaha! Cao Ah Ma, let me see where you are running away now!"
Then, when Cao Cao came to the edge of the Yellow River, he suddenly reined in his horse, turned around, drew his Heavenly Sword, and shouted: "Soldiers, there is no retreat ahead. If you want to survive, you can only fight with your back against the river!"
"A last-ditch fight!!!" Xu Chu raised the extremely heavy tiger-head sword and roared: "Defend the Lord to the death!"
Cao Cao did not intend to defend, he gave the order decisively: "Xu Chu listens to the order! Charge and break the formation!"
Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, then without any hesitation, he clapped his horse and charged forward, shouting: "My sons, follow me into the battle!"
When Yuan Shao saw Cao Cao ordering the 10,000 men to charge into the battle, he sneered contemptuously and said, "Cao Cao is in a hurry! He actually dares to use 10,000 soldiers to attack my 150,000 army!"
Yuan Shao also raised the sword in his hand and pointed it forward, saying: "All soldiers, listen to the order and kill me!"
Following Yuan Shao's order, the 150,000 troops behind him suddenly rushed towards the more than 10,000 troops led by Xu Chu like a tsunami!
When the two armies first came into contact, Xu Chu shouted loudly and took the lead, holding a tiger-headed sword and slashing hard from left to right! One child at a time!
Xu Chu led 10,000 soldiers and plunged into Yuan Jun's formation!
At this time, Xu Chu had transformed into a tiger descending from the mountain, charging left and right, bloody and brutal.
There were a dozen Yuan Jun generals who wanted to stop Xu Chu's offensive, but they didn't expect that none of them could survive a round under Xu Chu's sword, and they were all killed by Xu Chu!
When Cao Cao saw Xu Chu's bravery like a mad tiger, he immediately sighed: "He is really a mad tiger!"
Xu Chuli killed more than ten generals of Yuan's army, and Yuan's army's line collapsed instantly and became a mess.
The soldiers of Cao's army fought for their lives, but their own army could not stop Xu Chu's footsteps and began to retreat steadily. When Yuan Shao saw this, he was immediately horrified and secretly thought bad, so he immediately ordered a retreat and left the battle.
However, just when Yuan Shao turned around and prepared to withdraw his troops, a drum sounded all around, and five groups of people on the left rushed out!
Kill all the way to the rear army, all the way to the front army, and the remaining three groups will go straight to the central army where Yuan Shao is!
"We've fallen into a trap! There's an ambush!" Yuan Shao panicked and quickly ordered: "Retreat, all of them retreat!"
Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang defended Yuan Shao and ran away.
Jiang Qi, the rear general, led the front army that became the rear army and quickly accelerated its retreat again, entangled Cao Jun's pursuers, and bought precious time for Yuan Shao's withdrawal.
But Yuan Shao had not traveled more than ten miles, and five more troops came out from the right.
Moreover, there were cavalry led by Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Gan Ning along the way. In the blink of an eye, they killed Yuan Jun's corpses and left the fields covered with blood!
Being defeated from the front and ambushed continuously, Yuan Shao and his son were already frightened and frightened.
After the high officials asked themselves to lead 30,000 people to attack, Yuan Shao and his son were able to escape again under the desperate protection of the remaining soldiers and fled in panic toward Cangting.
When Yuan Shao returned to Cangting, the 150,000-strong army was already less than 10,000. His sons Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang were all wounded by arrows. His nephew Gao Gan was cut off alone, and his life or death was uncertain.
Facing Cao Cao, Yuan Shao was completely defeated again.
And this time,
He has lost all his wealth.
Yuan Shao looked ashen and murmured: "It's over...it's all over...!"
"A total of 170,000 soldiers and horses were completely routed by Cao Jun... The old foundation has been completely wiped out. What will happen next?"
When the three brothers Yuan Tan were trying to comfort Yuan Shao again,
Yuan Shao, who felt that there was no hope anymore, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood mist and fell unconscious!