Chapter 118 Chapter 16 Yuan Shao is full of blood and the hero is still recharging his energy (3)

Yuan Benchu ​​focused on the people, and the people's grievances were boiling.The Prime Minister promoted the soldiers of benevolence and righteousness, punished the people and punished crimes, and defeated Yuan Benchu's millions of people in the battle of Guandu. This is exactly what Yin Kui said, and the people can hope for peace! "Cao Mengde was very moved, took the wine from the centenarian, slowly sprinkled it towards the Yellow River, then helped the old man kneeling on the ground, and said excitedly: "Cao Mengde received a jug of wine from the old man, and I will give you a peaceful and prosperous world. The villagers went down the mountain happily. Cao Mengde had just crossed the river, and Yuan Shao had already led his army to Cangting. Both sides went down to the village.

The next day, the two armies set up battle formations. Cao Mengde led several generals to the front of the battle, and Yuan Shao brought three sons, a nephew, and civilian and military generals to the battle.When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous, and the two heroes disappeared for a few months. Cao Mengde was the first to speak: "At the beginning, the donkey was so poor, why didn't you raise your hands and surrender? If my knife rests on your neck, it will be too late to regret." Yuan Shao was full of anger and was too lazy to argue with Cao Mengde. He just wanted to kill Cao Mengde as soon as possible to relieve his hatred. "Who will catch this ugly ghost for me?"

Yuan Shang brandished a saber and rushed out of the formation, Xu Huang's men greeted Shi Huan with their spears, the two of them fought only three times, Yuan Shang pulled his horse back, Shi Huan chased after him, Yuan Shang drew a bow and set an arrow, and shot at Shi Huan's forehead, Shi Huan responded After falling from the horse, Yuan Shao waved his whip and pointed a finger, and a large group of people rushed in. There was a melee and a big fight, and each of them gave up their gold to withdraw their troops. Cheng Yu said: "There is a saying in the art of war that 'put them to death and then live'. If the enemy is outnumbered, we retreat to the river bank, lay an ambush, and lure the enemy to come. We fight back."

Cao Mengde adopted Cheng Yu's suggestion.In the middle of the night, Xu Chu led his troops to pretend to rob the village. Yuan Shao led the whole army to attack.At this time, the ambush soldiers on the river bank rushed up together, and Cao Mengde shouted: "Behind is the Yellow River, and the only way out is to fight to the death!" Retreating to Cangting, Yuan Shao and his three sons hugged each other and wept. "I, Yuan Benchu, ruled the four prefectures. I have enough soldiers and food. I never imagined that I would be in such a mess today. The sky is going to kill me!" He vomited blood.Yuan Tan asked Xin Ping and Guo Tu to go to Qingzhou, Yuan Xi returned to Youzhou, senior officials returned to Bingzhou and then rectified the troops, and Yuan Shang and himself escorted his father back to Jizhou to recuperate.

Xu Chu and others suggested that Cao Mengde attack Jizhou. Cao Mengde said indisputably: "My goal of this northern expedition has been achieved, and the whole army retreats!" When the Northern Expedition Army was about to retreat, Cao Mengde received a letter from Xun Yu, saying that Liu Bei had gathered tens of thousands of horses from Liu Pi and Gong Du in Runan. When he learned that the prime minister was going to Hebei, he ordered Liu Pi to guard Runan, and Liu Bei personally led the army to attack Xudu. Cao Mengde said calmly: "This is already in my expectation, but I didn't expect the big ears to come so soon." So he left Cao Hong to station his troops at Cangtingdu to bluff, and led his army to Runan.

In Rangshan Mountain in western Henan, Liu Bei's army who attacked Xudu had an encounter with Cao Jun who had returned from the Northern Expedition. Cao Jun was exhausted from afar and had no time to deploy. He was killed by three generals, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Zilong, and retreated more than ten years. Li Xiazhai. Zhang Liao said: "Why does Yun Chang want to bring soldiers to fight the prime minister? It's really disrespectful, and he has dishonored his righteous name." However, Cao Mengde said: "It's normal for the two armies to fight against each other. What matters now is how to repel the enemy."

When Zhang Liao left the camp, Cao Mengde was still thinking hard when he suddenly thought of a brilliant plan. The next day, Zhao Yun led his troops to the village to challenge.Cao Bing didn't move. Zhang Fei came to challenge again.Cao Bing didn't move. Liu Bei also seemed to realize something, and suddenly sent a message: Gongdu's food army had been besieged by Cao's army, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to rescue Gongdu, and another news came that Xia Houyuan led the army to take Runan, and Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun and Guan Yu to go. To save Runan, he retreated to the stronghold and stood firm.

That afternoon, Liu Bei also received news: Xia Houyuan had broken through Runan, Liu Pi abandoned the city and fled, and Zhang Fei was besieged.Liu Bei stayed from afternoon to night, abandoned the village and fled. On the road, he met Zhao Yun and others and fled to Jingzhou. Cao Mengde did not pursue Liu Bei, but brought the army back to Xudu again. "Now it's time to take a good rest. Next spring, we will hold the third Northern Expedition!" In the first month of spring of this year, Cao Mengde led his guards back to his hometown Qiao County in Yuzhou.In addition to visiting the elders, relatives and friends in the village, Cao Mengde obviously wanted to have a quiet time to think after long-term fatigue, so as to cultivate the elite spirit of going north again.

This year, Cao Mengde was forty-seven years old.