Chapter 55 Section five

That night, Cao Cao led the troops and marched quickly.All the officers and men knew that Prime Minister Cao personally leading the troops was of great importance, and the troops were as strict as they were facing the enemy.Every time Yuan Shao's camp passed by, the soldiers guarding the camp asked where the army and horses were, and someone from Cao Jun responded loudly: "General Jiang Qi was ordered to lead the troops to reinforce Wuchao." .After going through several camps in this way, they all pretended to be Jiang Qi's soldiers, and there was no hindrance. Cao Jun attacked Wuchao here, but Chunyuqiong, the general of Wuchao, was drinking and having fun with the generals all night.Chunyu Qiong also boasted heartily: "Wuchao is not the front line of Yuan Jun. Yuan Jun's barracks are connected to each other in front. How can Cao Cao get close to Wuchao? You can drink at ease." Here Cao Cao pretended that Jiang Qi's soldiers were going to Wuchao. Behind him, the real Jiang Qi led the troops and rushed over.Every time they passed Yuan Jun's camp, the guards asked where the soldiers and horses were, and Jiang Qibing naturally replied: "General Jiang Qi was ordered to go to Wuchao to protect the food." The guards exclaimed: "General Jiang Qi has already led the troops past. You are also known as Jiang Qi's soldiers, are you not deceitful?" Jiang Qi was furious on the horse: "I am Jiang Qi, how can I be deceitful? General Yuan ordered the arrow here." The soldiers guarding the village said: "This army is Really, the former army will be deceitful." Jiang Qi waved his army and horses to give chase.This is the case even after passing through several villages. Jiang Qi became anxious and said to the lieutenant general: "Send you as the vanguard and lead the cavalry to pursue quickly." The lieutenant general had to order the cavalry to chase away.

Cao Cao led his troops to Wuchao, and the fourth watch was over.Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to set fire around Yuanzhai with the grass and trees they brought, and then rushed into Yuanzhai with torches.At this time Chunyu Qiong and the generals had just finished drinking, and were lying in the tent drunk, when they heard the noise, they jumped up quickly: "Why the noise?" .Cao Cao, Xu Chu, and Li Dian attacked and killed Yuan Jun on all sides in the Liangzhai, setting fire to the grain and grass while attacking and killing. Lieutenant General Jiang Qi led the vanguard cavalry and rushed forward when he saw Wuchao was on fire.A soldier of Cao's army flew to report to Cao Cao: "Jiang Qi's cavalry is attacking from behind, please divide the army and refuse." Cao Cao shouted: "All the generals and soldiers are only focusing on fighting forward, and they can only return to the battle when the pursuers are behind them. At this time, there is no retreat, and an all-out attack." Then, all the soldiers ignored the Yuan enemy behind and rushed to cover up and kill them first, and flames burst out in all directions, and the smoke filled the sky.The defenders in Yuanzhai broke up and fled in all directions.Cao Cao then reined in his horse and directed the soldiers to fight back.The vanguard cavalry led by Deputy General Jiang Qi repeatedly charged and collapsed, and finally couldn't resist, and was defeated by Cao Jun.At this time, the sky was already bright, and the entire Wuchao Grain Village was captured, and all the grain and grass were burned.

Cao Cao led the troops to inspect the Liangzhai for the last time, preparing to evacuate.An arrow hit Cao Cao at the junction of his shoulder and arm.When Xu Chu saw it, he shouted loudly, and led his troops to surround him. He found several generals of Yuan's army from behind a burning grain and grass pile, and brought them to Cao Cao.At this time, Chunyu Qiong was also brought before Cao Cao by Cao Jun.While ordering the arrows to be pulled out, Cao Cao pointed to Chunyu Qiong and other Yuan generals in front of him and ordered, "Cut off their ears and noses, tie them to horses, and send them back to Yuan Shao's camp to report the military situation." Chunyuqiong and the others cut off the ears and nose, tied them to the horse and let them go.

Cao Cao let the sergeant bandage his shoulders and arms, and ordered: "Hurry back and save my camp. Our army attacked Yuan Shao's Wuchao, and Yuan Shao will send troops to counterattack my camp." Xu Chu said: "We wiped out Jiang Qi's vanguard, and the following There is also Jiang Qi's army." Cao Cao said: "Let's use deceit again to conquer them. When we came, we pretended to be Jiang Qi's soldiers to reinforce Wuchao, and when we returned, we pretended to be Chunyuqiong's soldiers who were defeated by Wuchao, and attacked Jiang Qi's army head-on." Xu Chu said : "Understood." Immediately ordered the soldiers to use all the banners and armor of Chunyu Qiong's army.

Just after dawn, Yuan Shao heard the report in the tent of the Chinese army: "The sky over the north is full of flames." He rushed out of the tent to see that it was true, and said in surprise: "Wu Chao is missing!" He ordered civil and military officials to come to the Chinese army immediately. Account negotiation.After a while, civil and military officials gathered in the Chinese military tent.Yuan Shao said, "Send troops quickly to rescue Wuchao." General Zhang He took a step forward.Yuan Shao said, "What does Zhang He have to say?" Zhang He pointed to Gao Lan, the general next to him, and said, "Gao Lan and I will lead the troops to save Wuchao."

On the opposite side, Guo Tu came out and said, "There is no need to rescue Wuchao. General Yuan sent Jiang Qi and 20,000 troops to reinforce Wuchao last night, and he may have arrived by now. If Jiang Qi's troops win, then Wuchao has been rescued. The remaining fire must also be extinguished. If Jiang Qi’s army is defeated, send troops to Wuchao. When they arrive, the food and grass will be burned to ashes. Now it is time to send elite troops to attack Cao Cao’s camp. Cao’s army will attack Wuchao at night. It is bound to be empty. Now the soldiers attack Caozhai first, attack and pull it out, and then send a large army to surround Cao Cao's night attack army, so that Cao Cao cannot return to the village before, and has no way to retreat. He will be captured regardless of head and tail. If so, Cao's army will completely collapse .Although I lost the food and grass of Wuchao, each village has three or five days of military rations, so I can directly capture Xudu, and I'm done." Zhang He said: "This plan is wrong. Cao Cao is resourceful. He must prepare for internal preparations when he goes out. When attacking Wuchao at night, we must first prevent our side from robbing the stronghold. If we rush to attack Cao Ying today and do not pull out, Cao Cao's night attack army will come back. Cao Cao, but I waited."

Yuan Shao asked sharply, "Zhang He, what do you mean?" Zhang He said, "It's better for Gao Lan and I to lead the troops to rescue Wuchao. Regardless of whether Jiang Qi wins or loses, I will intercept Cao Cao's night attack troops, and together we will capture Cao Cao and turn around. Cao Cao’s camp can be attacked, retreated or defended. And if Cao Cao is captured, Cao’s army will be in chaos without fighting.” Guo Tu said: “It must be the best plan to attack Cao’s camp first, and Cao’s camp can be attacked at night with Cao Cao’s army in one fell swoop. Take it together."

The two sides were arguing, and Yuan Shao stood up, hesitating and pacing back and forth. Guo Tu said loudly: "General, make a decisive decision and send troops to attack Cao Ying." Zhang He said loudly: "General, don't act rashly, it is better to send troops to save Wuchao." Finally, Guo Tu said loudly: "General, there is no chance. Lost, the time will never come, and we will destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop." Yuan Shao stared at Guo Tu: "Guo Junshi, are you sure?" Guo Tu said: "Send troops to attack Cao Village now, of course we are sure of victory, but we must send elite troops and strong generals. Go all out." Yuan Shao clapped the case and said, "Just follow Guo Junshi's plan, and there is no need to discuss further, and the opportunity will be lost if the discussion is not decided. Zhang He Gao Lan!"—" Zhang He and Gao Lan stood up and said: "At the end We will be here." Yuan Shao ordered: "Send you two to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to cross Cao's camp. Although you are opposed to attacking Caozhai first, the military order has been issued and you must go all out without hesitation." Zhang He and Gao Lan looked at each other in dismay. , loudly said: "Since the general has given the order, I will go all out."

Zhang He and Gao Lan left the tent of the Chinese army to lead the troops.Yuan Shao thought for a moment, then looked at Guo Tu and said, "Mr. Guo will not fail in this plan, right?" Guo Tu said, "As long as Gao Lan and Zhang Yun do their best, Caozhai will be destroyed." Let’s say that Cao Cao attacked Wuchao, killed Chunyu Qiong’s troops, wiped out Jiang Qi’s vanguard cavalry, seized all the uniforms and banners of Yuan’s army, pretended to be Chunyu Qiong’s defeated army, and rushed all the way back to Cao Ying.On a remote mountain road, I met Jiang Qi's army.Sergeant Jiang Qi asked: "Who are the troops on the opposite side?" Cao Jun replied: "It's Chunyu Qiong's subordinates, they retreated and fled."Unexpectedly, the so-called "Wuchao's defeated army" came to meet him, Xu Chu suddenly appeared and shouted: "Jiang Qixiu go!"Yuan Jun lost his general, and there was a sudden chaos; Cao Jun killed Jiang Qi's soldiers who were in chaos on the spot.

Cao Cao rode on his horse and brandished his sword and ordered: "Go back to Guandu camp quickly." Zhang He and Gao Lan led 50,000 troops to attack Cao Ying. Just when they were approaching Cao Jun's camp, Zhang Liao on the left and Xu Huang on the right came at the same time.Facing the battle in a panic, the gate of Cao Ying opened wide. Cao Pi and Xun You led the generals to rush out, attacking from three sides.Yuan Jun was defeated, Zhang He and Gao Lan fought and retreated.Cao Cao led the soldiers who attacked Wuchao at night and rushed to attack from behind, surrounded and concealed the killing.Zhang He and Gao Lan only led thousands of horsemen to escape, retreated to the narrow intersection, and hastily set up camp, not only to prevent Cao's soldiers from chasing them, but also to gather up the remnants who fled again.Zhang He and Gao Lan sent envoys to Yuan Shaozhong's army tent to report the news of the defeat.

At this time, Yuan Shao was receiving several soldiers who had just returned from the defeat in Wuchao in the tent of the Chinese army.I saw that Chunyu Qiong had no ears or nose, and his face was covered with blood.Yuan Shao asked: "How did Wuchao fall?" Several defeated generals had to tell the truth: "General Chunyu Qiong was lying drunk, and the army had no leader, so he was defeated." Yuan Shao was furious, and immediately ordered: "Put Chunyu Qiong down and behead him." Chao defeated general then reported: "Jiang Qi's vanguard cavalry rushed to Wuchao and was also defeated by Cao Jun. I also heard that Jiang Qi personally led the army and was also defeated by Cao Jun on the way back." This?" The defeated Wuchao then reported: "However, Cao Cao was shot by an arrow in Wuchao, and his life and death are unknown." After hearing this, Yuan Shao pondered for a while, and waved his hands to make the defeated generals retreat: "For the time being, write down your crimes. .” As soon as Wuchao's defeated general retreated, the guards outside the tent of the Chinese army reported loudly: "General Zhang He and Gao Lan have sent envoys." Yuan Shaoling: "Show him in." As soon as the general who reported the letter came in, he kowtowed and said: "Our army attacked Cao Cao. The battalion was first attacked from the left, middle and right, and then was killed by Cao Cao's leading troops from behind. Zhang He and General Gao Lan fought to the death, only leading thousands of remnants to escape. To gather the remnants." Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this.The messenger retreated, and he said to Guo Tu who was standing in the civil and military center on the left and right: "Master Guo once said that if Cao Cao led troops to attack Wuchao at night, his battalion would be defenseless, and the attack on Cao's camp would surely win. Why did things go as expected?" Guo Tu Said: "Cao Cao attacked Wuchao at night, focused on attacking, and neglected to defend. How could he defend? It must be Zhang He and Gao Lan's excuses. General Yuan has experienced many battles and is well versed in the way of using troops. If Zhang He , Gao Lan went all out, and the 50,000 soldiers he led would be worth 100,000 to 200,000 troops. If the two were slack, they would not be worth 5,000 men. If you are unwilling to act, how can you be willing to attack Cao Ying with all your strength to prove that his words are wrong?" Guo Tu paused and said in a low voice, "I heard that the two of you have long wanted to surrender Cao. , I hope the general will see clearly." Yuan Shao was suspicious for a moment after hearing this, and then ordered: "Send envoys to call the two of them back to the village for questioning." Some people on the left and right replied: "No."Yuan Shao stood up and walked with his hands behind his back: "I would like to ask why Zhang He and Gao Lan were defeated." Guo Tu said, "Let me tell the messenger again, so that Zhang He and Gao Lan will not delay coming to the central army account with any excuse. "As he said, he hurried out of the tent of the Chinese army, hurriedly summoned a general who was standing not far outside the tent, and whispered to him: "Zhang Bin, hurry up and tell your brother Zhang He, the lord is angry that he was defeated, and has been dispatched. Tell him and Gao Lan to come back, and ask him to kill him." Zhang Bin was shocked when he heard this.Guo Tu added: "Although your brother and I have different strategies for using troops, I know that he and Gao Lan are loyal and brave, and should not be executed. Go quickly, but don't say that I will inform you, so as not to spread the word to the lord. It's my fault." Zhang Bin nodded, mounted his horse and rushed out of the camp, rushed to the camps of Zhang Yun and Gao Lan first, and reported to Zhang Yun, "My lord wants to kill you and Gao Lan, so I will send an envoy to call for you immediately." Zhang He and Gao Lan were shocked when they heard the news. Before they could ask them in detail, Yuan Shao's messenger arrived.Gao Lan asked: "The lord called me to wait, why?" The envoy said: "I don't know why." Gao Lan immediately drew his sword and killed the envoy.Gao Lan said: "Yuan Shao listened to the slander, and he must be captured by Cao Cao. How can we sit and wait for death, it is better to vote for Cao Cao." Zhang He gritted his teeth and thought for a moment: "Is there any other way out besides surrender?" Gao Lan said: "Look at how Yuan Shao employs people, and then look at how Cao Cao employs people. A good bird chooses a tree to live in. If you don't abandon Yuan and vote for Cao, when will you wait?" Zhang He said, "If you vote for Cao Zhiding, there is no way out." Therefore, Zhang He and Gao Lan led the remnants of the army to put up the white flag and surrender to Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao was discussing matters with civil and military affairs in the central army account. Hearing this report, Cao Pi first said: "Zhang Gao and Zhang Gao have come to surrender, but we don't know the truth." Cao Cao said: "The two of them were defeated, or they were afraid that Yuan Shao would punish him. It is normal to come to surrender. Besides, In one night and one day, Yuan Shao lost the place where Wuchao stored grain, and he was defeated when he attacked our camp. Now is not the time for him to resort to trickery." Xun You said, "Forgive him for not being so wise or courageous." Cao Cao said He ordered: "Even if the two of you didn't come to surrender wholeheartedly, and there was a little disagreement, I'd be kind to them, and I could influence them. Order to open the gate and let Zhang He and Gao Lan enter the camp." Cao Cao led all the civil and military people. Go out of the Chinese army's tent and go to the gate of the Chinese army's village.The Zhaiyuan Gate of the Chinese Army has already been opened.Zhang He and Gao Lan entered the gate, put down their swords and guns, took off their armor, and bowed down in front of Cao Cao.Cao Cao said: "If Yuan Shao is willing to listen to the advice of the two generals, he will not be defeated. Now the two generals are willing to join forces, just like Wei Zi went to Yin, and Han Xin returned to Han. Now that I am alone, I will make Zhang Yun the general of Pian, the capital of Tinghou, and the title of Gao After reading as General Pian and Marquis of Donglai, he immediately applied to the imperial court for a decree to seal him." Zhang He and Gao Lan were overjoyed and thanked them again and again. One night and one day, the military situation changed so drastically that Cao Cao immediately summoned important civil and military personnel to discuss military plans in the central military tent.Cao Cao sat in the hall, with Xu Chu, Li Dian, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other generals standing neatly in front of him, and Cao Pi, Xun You, Xu You, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others standing on the other side.Bai Shao still sits sideways as the secretary.Cao Cao moved his injured shoulder and arm a little, and then got straight to the point: "Since last night, the situation between me and Yuan Shao has changed a lot. Wuchao's grain and grass have fallen, and he has panicked. He has also lost his army commander Xu You, generals Zhang He and Gao Lan," Cao Cao said. Pointing at the above three people while talking, "More than 100,000 troops were lost, Yuan Shao went downhill. But now, if we talk about the number of soldiers, we are still outnumbered, but only in terms of morale, one is lower than the other, and we are higher. What should we do?" Everyone was thinking, Xu You and Xun You turned their heads to look at each other.Cao Cao pointed at the two of them and said: "In the past, Yuan Shao had Xu You and Xun You alone. Now both of you are here in Gu. If you, the old and the new military advisers, work together, Yuan Shao'you' will definitely be defeated." Xu You came out. Said: "Yuan Shao loses Wuchao's food and loses his troops to go to the general. The people of the people will be panic. Tonight, the prime minister can take the opportunity to send troops to rob his stronghold." Cao Cao nodded: "This plan is also possible. Now I and Yuan Shao's food and grass will not last long, it is better Make a quick decision and don't delay. If the stronghold is robbed tonight, Zhang He and Gao Lan can lead the troops in the middle, and Xu Chu and Li Dian will lead the troops in a detour to the left and right, and attack from three directions." Zhang He cupped his hands: "Today, the prime minister will surrender to the prime minister, and the prime minister will send such an important task to him. Gao Lan and I have no choice but to fight to the death in order to repay our kindness." Cao Cao waved his hand: "To rob the stronghold tonight, wait quietly for Zhang He and Gao Lan to make their first achievements." At three o'clock that night, the army went out three ways to rob the village.Yuan Jun was caught off guard and responded to the battle in chaos. The battle lasted until dawn, when Cao Cao withdrew his troops, and Yuan Jun lost most of them.Cao Cao convened the left and right chambers of commerce in the Zhongjun account.Cao Cao said: "Last night, Yuan's army suffered ten losses and six to seven. Now in terms of the number of troops, he has no advantage. In terms of morale and military strength, I am stronger than the other. Can I go all out tomorrow?" Xun You remonstrated: "Not yet. Attack it in an all-round way. Although he lost Wuchao, the remaining food and grass in the camps seem to be able to last for several days. According to intelligence, the trial team is urgently bringing food and grass from Jizhou to help. If you want to attack Yuan Shao, you must make it more turbulent. If you want to attack, move first, if you want to take it, first disrupt it." Cao Cao said: "How to move and disrupt?" Xun You said: "Now you can threaten to mobilize troops, all the way to attack Ye County, the old nest of Jizhou, all the way to take Liyang Yuan Shao will panic when he hears about it, and divides his troops to reject me. I will attack him while his troops are in chaos, and Yuan Shao can break them." Cao Cao said: "Yesterday, I succeeded in robbing the village with Xu You's plan. Today , then use Xun You's strategy to stir up Yuan's army and smash it." Cao Cao ordered: "Immediately order the three armies, large and small, to threaten to attack Ye County and occupy Liyang immediately." When Yuan Shaojun heard this letter, he came to the account of the Chinese army to report: "Cao Cao's troops are divided into two groups, one is going to attack Ye County in Jizhou, and the other is going to take Liyang to cut off my back." Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard it.Guo Tu's face also changed drastically, and he was a little at a loss.Zheng Kangcheng sat aside and frowned and asked, "Is this Cao Cao's plan to 'move the enemy'?" Yuan Shao said: "The current situation is that the enemy will strengthen us and we will decline. Cao Cao's wolfish ambition is likely to try to encircle me. Whether it is true or not, You must guard against it." As he spoke, he immediately ordered his son Yuan Tan to send 50,000 troops to rescue Jizhou, and general Xin Ming to send 50,000 troops to rescue Li Yang, and set off overnight.For a while, Yuan Shao's troops stirred up chaos in the village.When Cao Cao heard the news, he said to the left and right civil and military officials in the central army account: "Xun Junjun's plan has come to fruition, and the time to attack the enemy has come. The enemy will attack, and the enemy will take it randomly. Now order: Xu Chu, Li Dian, Xu Huang , Zhang Liao, Cao Pi, Zhang He, and Gao Lan led an army each, and Gu Ye personally led an army. Eight forces attacked Yuan Shao's camp. The two military divisions, Xun You and Xu You, stayed in our camp. Finally, Yuan was destroyed in one fell swoop. .” Everyone said “No” in unison. Cao Cao turned his head to look at Bai Shao, and said: "Of course the master will stay in the tent of the Chinese army." Then he turned around and added orders to the crowd: "For the Yuan army, those who surrender will be accepted, and those who do not surrender will be killed. But for Zheng Kangcheng who followed Yuan army He and his granddaughter, Chi Shao, must be preserved and not harmed, and anyone who violates this order will be beheaded." Everyone said "promise" in unison. Cao's army marched out together, heading straight for Yuan Shao's camp.Yuan Jun had no fighting spirit, scattered around, and was defeated. Yuan Shao was resting in the inner room of the Chinese army's tent, his armor was insufficient, and he was wearing single clothes wrapped in a cloth towel. He wanted to escape from the Chinese army's tent and get on his horse. His son Yuan Shang accompanied several relatives to support him.Yuan Shang pointed to the gold, silver, treasures, books and utensils piled up in the inner room of the Chinese army's tent and said: "Is there any important thing here that I need to take with me?" In the future, we will find an opportunity to destroy Cao to take revenge." In a panic, Yuan Shang pointed to the mahogany box with golden lock: "Father, is this box not to be discarded? Take it with you wherever you go." Yuan Shao kicked the mahogany box: " This time, the winner would be the king, but if things go wrong, the loser might be the bandit. This box is full of letters that Xu Du secretly communicated with me, and now I leave it to Cao Cao, so that he can wash the court with blood. "Speaking, he followed Yuan Shang out of the tent of the Chinese army, got on the horse, and before putting the reins on the horse, he ordered his cronies and soldiers to carry Zheng Kangcheng, his grandfather and grandson, to flee, and then he fled with his horse. Cao Jun chased and killed Yuan Jun all over the mountains and plains.Zhang Liao, Li Dian and other generals led their troops to pursue Yuan Shao.Within a hundred miles, the sound of killing on this side shook the sky, while the other side collapsed like a flood.Cao Cao led his troops to Yuan Shaozhong's tent.Xu Chu led the two officers and men to carry out the gold-locked mahogany box and put it in front of Cao Cao: "I want to report to the Prime Minister that Yuan Shao's gold, silver, treasures, books, and utensils are all in the tents of the Chinese army. The soldiers have been counted and confiscated, but this mahogany box is the most important First, present the items to the prime minister for review, all of which are the correspondence between the civil and military officials of the Xudu court and Yuan Shao, the prime minister can check the names one by one, accept and kill them." When Cao Cao heard this, he frowned and thought about it, and said: "Lock it, stick it on No one is allowed to open the seal without an order." Xu Chu immediately said: "No." He ordered the soldiers to lock and seal the box. Another soldier escorted Ju Shou, whose hands and feet were bound with iron chains.When Jushou saw Cao Cao, he shouted: "If Jushou doesn't surrender, kill him if you want!" Cao Cao said, "You don't have to surrender Jushou, and I don't have to kill him either. Yuan Shao has nothing to do, so why is he so obsessed so far? If I, Cao, had got my foot down early, there would be nothing to worry about in the world." He ordered the chains to be excavated immediately, and then he was asked to lead a horse, and Cao Cao personally helped Jushou mount the horse: "Please get on the horse, and come back to Xudu with me." Jushou After looking at the front, back, left, and right, he got on his horse, took advantage of people's unpreparedness, and suddenly ran away on the horse.When Xu Chu saw it, he bent his bow and set up an arrow, and shot it away, and shot Jushou off his horse.Some soldiers ran over to check, and Jushou had been shot to death.Cao Cao accused Xu Chu and said, "You killed loyal people indiscriminately." Xu Chu pleaded guilty.Cao Cao sighed again and again: "It's a pity for Jushou, it's a pity for Jushou." Dozens of Yuan Jun soldiers escorted Zheng Kangcheng on horseback and fled in a chariot. Zheng Kangcheng sat in the car.Chi Shao stood on the cart, drew a bow and set up an arrow, and shot at Cao Jun who was chasing after him. Cao Jun's cavalry chased closer and closer, Chi Shao shot an arrow, and the arrows were all shot, and Cao Jun who was shot fell off the horse one by one.Zheng Kangcheng's chariot suddenly hit a mud pit, and the wheels got stuck. Cao Jun chased after him, and one of the generals rushed out first, it was Cao Pi.Chi Shao drew his bow and was about to shoot him, when he recognized him immediately, Chi Shao shouted: "Cao Pi, you are dying again!" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment when he heard the shout.Chi Shao slightly raised the bow and arrow, shot it away, hit Cao Pi's helmet again, and shot off the hairpin tassel. Only then did Cao Pi recognize that the other party was Chi Shao, who was disguised as a woman. He swung his sword to order the soldiers to stop, but the soldiers chasing after him did not hear Cao Pi's order clearly, and fired dozens of arrows at the chariot and the escort. Yuan Jun of the car. Cao Pi saw that Chi Shao was hit by an arrow and fell down.He galloped out, drew his sword and shouted to Cao Jun's soldiers: "How dare you disobey the military order and tell you to stop, why do you still shoot?" All the soldiers were stunned.Cao Pi galloped over, and first pointed his sword at the remaining Yuan Jun beside the chariot, ordering them to surrender.When Yuan Jun saw that Cao Jun's soldiers had surrounded them, they all dropped their bows, arrows, knives and guns, and got off their horses.Cao Pi put the sword into the sheath, and jumped onto the chariot directly from the horse, seeing that Zheng Kangcheng and Chi Shao had been shot and fell there.Chi Shao was hit by several arrows, and Cao Pi reached out to hug Chi Shao. Chi Shao opened her eyes and looked at Cao Pi dying.After a long while, he said softly with the last of his strength: "I should have shot you to death, and let you go again for nothing." As he spoke, he was about to reach out to pull out the arrow on his body, but before he could pull out his hand, it fell, and his head shot crooked, closed his eyes. Cao Pi held the limp Chishao, stayed for a while, put down the Chishao, stood up on the chariot, pointed at the soldiers of the Cao army who came up all around, drew his sword and asked sharply: "Who is the one who took the lead in archery? The prime minister ordered that no one be injured." As well as Zheng Kangcheng's grandson and grandson, offenders will be killed!" The soldiers of the Cao army who came up were all stunned: "We really don't know Zheng Kangcheng." Cao Pi stared at his blood-red eyes, furious: "Which one will take the lead in shooting arrows?" A general said Immediately said: "I took the lead in shooting, you should kill me." Several people argued: "I shot first." Cao Pi stretched out his hand to the soldier who spoke first, and shouted angrily, "Take off your helmet." The soldier took off his helmet.Cao Pi put his helmet on the side of the car, and raised his sword.The soldier straightened his neck and closed his eyes, Cao Pi shouted: "Cut!" The sword did not strike the soldier's neck, but split the helmet placed on the side of the chariot. Cao Cao won the decisive battle. Although Yuan Shao was not captured, the million Yuan army was wiped out, defeated and surrendered.Cao Cao led his army back to the camp in triumph.Three cannons were fired from the camp of the Chinese army, and the gate was opened wide. Xun You and Xu You led the guards to welcome them in a grand line.When Cao Cao led an army of tens of thousands into the stronghold, there were banners fluttering and drums beeping. After the triumphant army entered the camp and lined up neatly on the open training ground, Cao Cao climbed up to the high general altar and waved to the tens of thousands of troops.The audience cheered thunderously.After the cheers, Cao Cao began to give a speech to celebrate his achievements.In front of the altar, there are 500 soldiers neatly lined up on the left and the right side of the "propaganda battalion", facing the tens of thousands of troops in front of them.The first sentence Cao Cao said: "The whole army fought hard and won a great victory! The whole army fought hard!" The two propaganda battalions with a total of 1,000 people shouted in unison and repeated Cao Cao's original words: "The whole army fought hard , A complete victory! The top and bottom soldiers, the meritorious service is commendable!" The tens of thousands of troops immediately burst into cheers.Cao Cao waved his hand to silence the cheers, and said the second sentence: "All captured, regardless of money or property, will be rewarded to the whole army!" The propaganda battalion shouted and repeated Cao Cao's speech, and the tens of thousands of troops cheered thunderously again.Cao Cao said the third sentence: "When the class teacher Xu Du, the whole army will be rewarded even more!" After the propaganda camp repeated the shout, the audience burst into cheers again. Cao Cao waved his hands and said the last sentence: "Reward for meritorious deeds, big rewards, small rewards! There is no one in the army without merit, and everyone should be rewarded!" The audience cheered again. Xun You waved his hand, the sound of victory cannons rang out one after another, drums and horns blared, and flags waved. At this time, Bai Shao was pacing in the military tent alone, full of worries. I heard thunderous cheers outside, the sound of cannons, and the sound of drums and trumpets.Then, the cheers, the sound of cannons, and the sound of horns all passed away, and there was a lot of noise outside the tents of the Chinese army.Then, Cao Cao came in talking and laughing with various civil and military officials.Xun You said: "Today we will uncork the last jars of imperial wine to celebrate." Xu Chu said: "Today Chu will also open the abstinence, and have a drink in front of the prime minister." Shao looked lonely, Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and stopped talking first.Then he frowned and thought about it, and raised his hand slightly.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, then retreated. Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao and said, "Still dissatisfied with the orphan cutting off Chunyu Qiong's ears and nose?" Bai Shao's eyes were in a trance, thinking about other things, he reacted to this, and said to him: "The prime minister did that too much." Cao Cao said: "Knowing that this will offend the master, I was so red-eyed by being alone in Wuchao. I don't care about so much. When it comes to life and death, I don't follow the rules." Bai Shao said: "Only when the winning ticket is in hand, do we follow the rules?" Cao Cao said: "The winner is always more tolerant. This time the night attack on Wuchao, I'm really in a hurry. Gu has already won this battle, and the unification of the north is just around the corner. Conquering the world again, it will be more calm, and I won't be so red-eyed again." Bai Shao was already a little distracted by this remark. Cao Cao looked at his words and asked, "What else is on your mind?" Bai Shao glanced at Cao Cao and said nothing.Cao Cao thought for a while, then carefully said: "Is it because of your grandfather and younger sister Chi Shao's whereabouts are unknown?" Bai Shao looked at Cao Cao again, and did not deny it.Cao Cao hesitated to speak, it was obviously difficult to open his mouth.Cao Pi hurried in and whispered something to Cao Cao.Cao Cao signaled Bai Shao to wait a moment, turned around and hurried out.After a while, he came in with Cao Pi again.Cao Cao stretched out his hands: "Master, please sit in the hall." As he said, he wanted to hold Bai Shao to sit in the hall where he presided over the military aircraft meeting.Bai Shao was surprised.Cao Cao insisted again and again: "Just ask the master to sit down this time, there must be a reason." Then, he forced Bai Shao to sit down.Afterwards, Cao Cao looked mournful and saluted Bai Shao three times.Bai Shao was even more surprised, and seemed to have guessed the reason.Cao Pi stood behind Cao Cao and watched quietly.Cao Cao said to Bai Shao: "As for the whereabouts of my grandfather Zheng Gong and my younger sister Chi Shao, I dare not speak out because they haven't been settled properly. Now that they have been settled properly, I should tell you the truth. The whereabouts of the two have already been known. " Bai Shao asked: "What's the matter?" Cao Cao said: "It's really hard to say this, but I have to. Your grandfather Zheng Kangcheng and younger sister Chi Shao both died under the random arrows of our Cao army." Cao Cao stopped, Bai Shao stared at Cao Cao without saying a word.It was very quiet in the Chinese military tent. Cao Cao glanced at Bai Shao, and then said: "Although the master also knew that the generals must not hurt Zheng Gong and Chi Shao before the battle, and although it is difficult for the two armies to fight in chaos without hurting the innocent, but such a result, I know that I have offended the master, and I hope that the master will forgive me!" As he spoke, he bowed deeply and bowed his waist. Bai Shao sat there staring at Cao Cao in a daze, speechless for a while. Cao Cao still bowed his waist and raised his eyes carefully to look at Bai Shao: "Will the master forgive the crime of the orphan?" Bai Shao still stared blankly, silent.Cao Cao straightened up, looked up to the sky and lamented: "In the past, the master's father died from my Cao Jun's random arrows. I have been secretly apologizing to the master for two years. Now the master's two relatives died of Cao Jun's random arrows. I am lonely and sad. It's hard to say." As he spoke, his true nature arose, and he sighed and covered his sobs with a long sigh: "Woohoo! God sent down the master to help the orphans and accompany them, why is he so ruthless and heartless! It hurts, it hurts my heart!" Bai Shao sighed Tone, stood up.Cao Cao pointed to the door and said: "Now that the bodies of the two have been properly placed, the master book can come out of the Chinese army tent to see in person." Bai Shao stood intently for a while, then slowly left her seat and walked out of the gate of the Chinese military tent.Cao Cao and Cao Pi followed. In the cold winter wind, I saw two large carriages parked solemnly. The carriages were covered with white and the fronts were covered with green cypress branches.There were nearly a hundred soldiers in each of the two groups. They all wore white cloaks over their armors, white silk was tied to the hairpin tassels of their helmets and hats, and white silk ribbons were also tied to their handles. They stood neatly guarding both sides of the chariot.Bai Shao walked to the front of the car and stopped, Cao Cao followed behind, and said: "It's the cold winter months, and with the addition of antiseptic spices, the body can last for a long time. First, go back to Xudu with the army squadron, and then reset the coffin. If necessary To bury you in Xuzhou, I will send you and the hearse all the way to Xuzhou." Bai Shao didn't reply.She lifted the white sheet on a car first, and it was my grandfather Zheng Kangcheng lying there peacefully with his eyes closed.Bai Shao burst into tears.Cao Cao and Cao Pi stood aside speechless.After a long time, Bai Shao covered Zheng Kangcheng, went to the second car, lifted the white sheet, and saw her younger sister, Chi Shao, lying peacefully among the pine and cypress branches with her eyes closed.Bai Shao reached out and gently smoothed the hair on her sister's forehead, and couldn't stop crying like rain.Finally, she covered Chi Shao's white cloth sheet, and stood there in a daze in the wind and cold.Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao, not knowing what to do. The cold wind came over, only to see the white cloaks worn by the soldiers of the two teams fluttering in white. No one in the world is more concerned about the battle at Guandu than Han Xiandi. At this moment, he is pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.Empress Fu sat there looking at him sadly.After a while, Huang Fu came into the hall and said, "Report to the emperor and queen, the Taiwei has finished fighting, and the chariot general has arrived." Han Xiandi waved his sleeves irritably: "Xuan they just come in." Saying that, he sat down on his buttocks .Huang Fu preached to the outside of the hall: "Xuan Taiwei Fu Wan, General Chariot Fu Jian come in." After Fu Wan and Fu Jian came in, they bowed and bowed as usual: "Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty." He waved his hands patiently: "Pingshen." As soon as the two got up, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty asked, "How is the battle on the front line at Guandu?" Fu Wan and Fu Jian looked at each other, and Huang Fu was obviously nervous about what they had to say.Fu Wan finally said cautiously: "It seems that Yuan Shao's side can't do it." Emperor Xian of Han said angrily: "What's wrong?" Fu Wan said carefully: "It seems that Yuan Shao is about to be defeated, or has already been defeated More definite news, Cao Cao will send an urgent report on the military situation." Emperor Xian of Han reprimanded: "If I wait for Cao Cao to report, I will not listen to what is what." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty paused for a moment, and asked sharply, "Where is the sharp knife that cut Cao Cao's head that you always talk about?" Fu Wan said: "Something happened to that sharp knife." Emperor Xian of the Han turned his head to look at Huang Fu: "Didn't you say not long ago that Cao Cao's head would be cut off within a day or two? If you can't cut off Cao Cao's head, then cut off your Huang Fu's head." What's the matter now?" Huang Fu knelt down and pounded his head on the ground: "The slave was afraid of the emperor's anger, so he didn't dare to tell the truth. Something happened to that sharp knife." Han Xiandi asked: "Who is that sharp knife? What happened?" Huang Fu looked at Fu Wan, and said: "Let's let the country head tell, the country head has first-hand information." Fu Wan said, "I only know now that the sharp knife is lurking beside Cao Cao. Zhu Liu is the younger brother of Zhu Si, the steward of the Cao Mansion." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was stunned when he heard this: "I remember that the last time Zheng Kangcheng's other granddaughter, Chi Shao, pretended to be Bai Shao to go to the Prime Minister's mansion to assassinate, and she was blocked by Zhu Liu." Fu Wan said: "It is him." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty asked: "Why?" Fu Wan said: "He blocked Chishao in order to cut off Cao Cao's head and sell it for money. He is a gambler and lost tens of millions of bets. I want to cut off Cao Cao's head and go to Yuan Shao to receive a reward of 90 million yuan." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said in amazement: "I have never heard of such a person before. Why did he get exposed?" Fu Wan said: "Zhu Liuben is deeply He was trusted by Cao Cao and served as the chief accountant of the Chinese army, but unfortunately, at the last moment, he was blocked by Bai Shao..." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was taken aback when he heard this, and then asked, "It's Bai Shao?" Fu Wan said: "If there is no Bai Shao to stop, Zhu Liu has cut off Cao Cao's head. If Zhu Liu cut off Cao Cao's head, Cao Jun has already lost and Yuan Jun has won. If Cao Jun is defeated and Yuan Jun wins, His Majesty will naturally get his wish It is." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty stood up abruptly, paced around the hall for a moment, stopped and said, "In this way, the big thing was only destroyed by the head of the Xiangfu, Bai Shao." Fu Wan said: "Exactly. " Huang Fu also got up boldly from the ground, and said: "It's all because of this Bai Shao who broke the emperor." With anger in his eyes, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty drew a sword from the back of his seat, went straight to the painting of a gentleman with a white peony root hanging on the wall, and chopped the painting to pieces with the sword.He turned around with his sword in his hand and said, "The reason why I keep this painting is because I thought that Bai Shao might be that sharp knife. I never thought that it would be like this. This Bai Shao really deserves death!" Said Then, he turned around and slashed at the already dilapidated picture of a gentleman.