Since entering the Pass, the Wuhuan people burned, killed and looted all the way through the entire east and central Youzhou.
Without the border guards, some county soldiers in the counties along the way would not be the opponents of the Wuhuan people. The Wuhuan people had no scruples at all wherever they went, killing everyone they saw and robbing everything they saw, almost half of them
Youzhou was devastated and riddled with holes.
Almost all of them were carrying large and small bags of belongings, and behind them were groups of cattle, sheep and captives.
But they were not satisfied, and continued to go deeper into the west of Youzhou with wild smiles on their faces.
Compared with the past, the Wuhuan people's expedition was fruitful and gained huge benefits... They also yearned even more for the richer Central Plains.
I heard that Cao Cao's army is already on its way north to Youzhou. As long as Cao Cao is killed, the colorful world of the Central Plains will be at the mercy of the Wuhuan people!
The world of Central Plains, the world of flowers! It’s exciting just thinking about it!
...
A flurry of news reached Lu Yan and Guo Jia from the shadow guards lurking around Youzhou.
Lu Yan also had a gloomy face after reading it. After summarizing the information, he handed it to Cao Cao.
The people of Youzhou were really in trouble... In the early years when Gongsun Zan was here, although the Wuhuan people often harassed the border, their lives were generally quite stable.
Later, after Yuan Shao colluded with the Wuhuan people to defeat Gongsun Zan, the harassment at the border became slightly more intense, but life was still manageable.
But after Yuan Shao was completely suppressed by Cao Cao, the situation in Youzhou changed immediately.
It was only two years ago that the Wuhuan people went south to conquer Youzhou and plundered them.
This year is better,
He was immediately released by the Yuan brothers!
The people of Youzhou would go hungry twice a day if they followed the Yuan brothers...
Not to mention starving, your life will be in danger from the Wuhuan people at any time; not to mention dying, if you are kidnapped and taken to the north, you will have to be slaves to these barbarians who are worse than pigs and dogs...
As the tragedy of Youzhou spreads throughout the world, it is when the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince, the top family, falls... Because of the Yuan brothers' behavior of luring the wolf into the house, the Yuan family will definitely be attacked by all the common people and scholar-bureaucrats.
despised!
After reading the information, Cao Cao crumpled the letter into a ball.
Cao Cao, who has always been very deep in the city and never changed his attitude even after Mount Tai collapsed, was really angry. "I, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, are Cao Nima! The Han people's affairs should be solved behind closed doors and these barbarians should be left alone."
Come in, you are destroying yourself, you are overdrafting the strength of this man! Damn it, you really deserve to die, even being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts is not enough to satisfy my hatred!"
"Cao Nima???" Lu Yan looked at it in surprise and thought to himself: "Huh? Where did Lao Cao learn the national curse?"
Seeing Lu Yan staring at him, Cao Cao immediately realized that he seemed to have been exposed, so he hurriedly said: "Brothers of the Yuan family, Cao Cao will definitely send you to hell with my own hands!"
"Maybe it's just that Cao Cao is a self-taught person?" Seeing that Cao Cao was still cursing, Lu Yan was suspicious, but he didn't bother with these minor issues anymore.
He said to Cao Cao: "The Wuhuan people came this time with more than 100,000 people... We only have less than 50,000 cavalry. This battle may be difficult."
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows with an angry look on his face, "One of us Hans can be equal to five barbarians, and there are only hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan people, but I, Cao Cao, don't take him seriously!"
Um... Lu Yan was a little speechless when he heard the words, and he suddenly thought in his mind: "How powerful the Huns were in the Western Han Dynasty, but they were still beaten to pieces by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and fled to the desert. Even though the Eastern Han Dynasty had declined terribly, the hearts of the Han people
But it still maintains its psychological advantage over the foreign races in the north."
Sometimes, confidence is an important factor in winning, but it cannot lead to the mentality of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy.
Thinking of this, Lu Yan said to Cao Cao: "Wuhuan has been doing business with the Yuan family all year round. I am afraid that the Wuhuan people today are no longer what they used to be. Cao Cao cannot underestimate the enemy."
Cao Cao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had finally been fooled.
After listening to Lu Yan's advice, Cao Cao nodded solemnly and said, "Mr. Lu reminds me that I will always be vigilant."
"That's good... the front is the border of Zhongshan Kingdom. We can rest for the night and then make full efforts to enter Youzhou during the day tomorrow."
Cao Cao nodded and replied: "Okay! I will follow what you said!"
...
Cao Cao's cavalry is still on the way,
At this time, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, who had already settled in Zhuo County, Fanyang County, Youzhou, were not as good as the others.
After Cao Cao was demoted, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan were both promoted and their lives were very comfortable.
In March of the seventh year of Jian'an, they were appointed by Cao Cao as the vanguard to attack Youzhou first.
At this moment, they have successfully seized Zhuoxian County, the seat of Fanyang County...but now, the Wuhuan people have come to kill them, and their current situation is more embarrassing.
After grabbing and eating enough, the Wuhuan people finally thought of business.
When Cao Cao's army just arrived at the border of Zhongshan Kingdom, they had already moved west and south to Fanyang County.
Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan captured a county in Youzhou. They had been enjoying themselves for two days before they could praise them. Now they were about to be attacked by Wuhuan's cavalry. They felt as if they were beeping dogs.
The Wuhuan cavalry, or the northern nomads, would not attack cities and plunder territory from city to city like the Central Plains army did.
They will rely on the speed of their horses and come and go like the wind, and they will look for towns to plunder and sweep. When your pursuers arrive, if there are many people, they will run away, if there are few people, they will pounce on you and bite off a piece of your flesh.
, it’s really disgusting.
For these nomadic peoples who rely on fighting to support fighting like wolves, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan would definitely suffer a loss if they took the initiative.
But if they were to defend the city and wait until the Wuhuan people swept away the surrounding areas, the troops and people in the city would be nothing more than trapped beasts, and they would only suffer a slow death.
Moreover, it is spring now, and it is time to prepare for spring plowing. These Wuhuan people have robbed all the cattle and sheep, and also robbed the grain. There is no new farming, so how will the people live this year?
It was difficult to choose between the two, so Jiao Chu had no choice but to lead his troops to resist several times.
But it was obvious that they were no match for the Wuhuan cavalry in the wild, and they were always bitten by the Wuhuan cavalry from time to time, suffering a heavy loss.
Today, Jiao Chu returned to Zhuoxian County in a state of disgrace and disgrace.
Seeing this, Zhang Nan said worriedly: "This is not the way to go! I don't know where the Prime Minister's reinforcements have arrived."
"tui!" Jiao Hu spat out a mouthful of blood-streaked saliva and said bitterly: "Fortunately, I voted for Prime Minister Cao. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who are so stupid, actually opened the door to let those wolf cubs into Youzhou. I used to work hard for the Yuan family.
, now that I think about it, I feel sorry for my ancestors!"
After he finished venting his anxiety, he finally answered Zhang Nan's question and said: "The urgent news of eight hundred miles has been sent out several times. I believe Prime Minister Cao's reinforcements will arrive soon."
Zhang Nan shook his head and sighed: "Oh... I hope so..."