Seeing Cao Jun's soldiers and horses coming towards him like a tide, Yuan Shao's face became ugly.
Jiang Yiqu and ** were killed one after another, leaving the 60,000-strong army suddenly in a dilemma with no one to command.
Cao Jun seized this opportunity very well and continued to advance into the interior of Yuan Jun's formation with a penetrating force.
"Stop them!" Faced with the strong pressure from Cao's army, Yuan Shao could truly feel that his life was about to be threatened. At this time, he no longer cared about winning any victory. The top priority was to save his own life.
"Whoever takes Yuan Shao's head will be rewarded with five hundred gold and be granted the title of Thousand Households of Marquis!" Cao Cao's voice sounded from one side of the battlefield.
Humph, you, Yuan Shao, can do simple things like offering bounties and incentives. I, Cao Cao, can do it too.
Whoever takes Yuan Shao's head will be rewarded with 500 gold and be granted the title of a thousand households? When Yuan Shao heard this, his face turned green with anger.
Yuan Shao was not angry because Cao Cao offered a reward to him, but because the price of the reward was too low.
I just said that whoever kills Cao Cao will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be granted the title of thousands of marquises. However, Cao Cao's reward for himself is only five hundred gold coins and the title of thousands of marquises.
The bonus has been reduced by half, and the title has been directly reduced from Marquis of Wanhu to Marquis of Qianhu. Doesn't this mean that my value is much lower than that of Cao Cao!
In fact, Cao Cao thought exactly like this. Although the reward of a thousand gold coins was generous, it was not difficult for Cao Cao to come up with a thousand gold coins. As for Wanhuhou, it was a matter of his words.
But in that case, doesn't it mean that Yuan Shao is on the same level as himself? If time went back a few years, maybe Cao Cao wouldn't belittle Yuan Shao so much, but Yuan Shao's performance has proved that he is not enough to compare with himself, using the same specifications
Wouldn't it be an insult to yourself if you put a bounty on the reward?
Although the size of the reward offered by Cao Cao was much lower than that offered by Yuan Shao, for the soldiers, it was still a heavy reward not to be missed, and it could also greatly boost morale. In this battle, the morale of Cao Cao's army was basically
It was extremely exuberant. At this moment, being so inspired by Cao Cao, everyone's eyes were shining brightly, filled with the desire to kill the enemy.
If the morale value of Cao's army was 80 points before, it is now a full 100 points.
Under the vigorous fighting of Cao Jun, Yuan Jun's army was gradually defeated in the formation.
Without the general who commanded the army, Yuan Shao could only personally command the central army. However, seeing the distance between Cao's army and himself getting shorter and shorter, Yuan Shao's heart was occupied by hesitation and uneasiness, and he could not make any effective command at all.
If Yuan Shao, as the coach, can have more courage at this time and lead the entire army as a soldier to fight back, perhaps Yuan Jun can support Cao Jun for a longer time and cause more trouble to Cao Jun. But Yuan Shao has never been a hot-blooded person.
Now that he has entered middle age, his character is even more greedy for life and fearful of death. Seeing Cao Jun approaching him step by step, Yuan Shao was actually a little timid.
Now that things have happened, he can't help but regret a little why he didn't follow Guo Tu's suggestion and surrender to Cao Cao.
He was born in a famous family of the Yuan family, so the treatment he would receive after surrendering could not be too bad. Even if he was destined to lose his current position as General and Ye Gong, no matter what happened, he would still be awarded the rank of Nine Ministers.
Even if Cao Cao was banned from Xuchang, his material life would never be bad. It would be better than losing his life.
"Lord, retreat. As long as we can retreat to Yecheng and defend the city, there is always a glimmer of hope." The war situation had developed to this point and it was impossible to win. Guo Tu could only persuade Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops.
Yecheng is an important town in Jizhou. The city is high and the pond is deep. It cannot be broken easily. It is Yuan Shao's foothold in Hebei. If he can defend Yecheng, it will still be difficult for Cao's army to break the city.
Of course, there is another option, that is, Yuan Shao immediately surrenders to Cao Cao.
However, surrendering before the battle is no better than surrendering before the battle. Although surrendering before the battle will also damage his reputation, at least he can maintain a minimum level of dignity. But surrendering before the battle is different. Doing so may even ruin Yuan Shao's reputation.
Moreover, Cao Cao now has the upper hand and victory is within his reach. In this case, it is still unclear whether he will accept Yuan Shao's surrender.
Yes, Yecheng, as long as they can withdraw their troops and return to Yecheng, there is still a glimmer of hope. Hearing Guo Tu's words, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
Yuan Shao had forgotten that Tian Feng had previously suggested to hold on to Yecheng in order to try to retreat Cao's army. However, at that time, he naturally rejected Tian Feng's proposal.
At that time, Yuan Shao was still foolishly hoping that he would not lose to Cao Cao three times in a row.
Huh? Yuan Jun wants to retreat? Seeing that the movements of Yuan Jun's rear troops were a bit abnormal, Cao Cao quickly guessed Yuan Shao's purpose.
Humph, do you want to escape? Do you think I will let you escape?
"The entire army is approaching, we must kill Yuan Shao!" Cao Cao raised his arms and shouted.
After all, they had known each other when they were young, but you were so disregarding their past friendship. Cao Aha, you are so cruel! Hearing Cao Cao’s words that he must kill him, Yuan Shao was furious.
But Yuan Shao ignored that when he had the advantage in Guandu, he tried every means to kill Cao Cao, but he failed.
Cao's army rushed forward, trying to defeat Yuan's army and kill Yuan Shao himself.
Zhao Yun's spear flashed, leaving behind a series of bright red and gorgeous afterimages.
Guan Yu danced wildly with his broadsword, and each sword would kill a good head.
Gao Shun led his troops to charge forward, and the sound of screams could be heard everywhere they were trapped in the camp.
Zhang He led his troops forward, and the halberds of the Euphorbia warriors were always harvesting lives.
Huang Zhong fired his bow and arrow continuously, and the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air was like the horn of death.
Yuan Shao wanted to escape, but Cao's army's offensive was too fierce, and the front army was unable to resist. After a while, they would attack the central army.
Just work harder and buy me some more time! You must hold on! Yuan Shao shouted in his heart.
Hope is always beautiful, but reality is often cruel.
No way, it seems that the front army has been completely defeated. Yuan Shao originally planned to retreat first with the rear army, and then retreat together with the central army, but now it looks like the situation is no longer possible.
If you don't retreat, you may very well be killed.
In this case, run alone! His life was at stake. Yuan Shao couldn't care about anything else at the moment. He waved the whip in his hand, controlled the horse and ran towards the rear.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this.
The commander-in-chief of one army and the lord of one side actually ran away like this while the two armies were fighting!
If Yuan Jun's morale level was still at 30 points just now, now seeing this scene, it has completely dropped to zero points.
No one was interested in fighting, and some soldiers even threw away their weapons and knelt down to ask for surrender.