Chapter 37 two will return

This period of stalemate between the two armies was a test for Cao Cao, but it was also a great torture for Yuan Shao. Although the Hebei army had the upper hand in Guandu, Yuan Shao was still very dissatisfied with the situation in front of him.He envisioned in his mind that "Bingzhou is going too far, Qingzhou is involved in Jiluo; the army is panning the Yellow River and facing the front, and Jingzhou is going down the Wanye and throwing behind", but the war has developed so far, and no soldier has reached the set goal. First, his precious nephew Gao Gan, after he arrived in Bingzhou and took control of the army, instead of sending troops to Taihang to approach Hanoi, he infiltrated into Guanzhong indistinctly. How intentional is this?As for Qingzhou, since his son Yuan Tan transferred to the Chinese army, not only was Wang Xiu unable to break through the defense line of Xuzhou, but he was often harassed by Zang Ba, Sun Li, and Wu Dun's gang of bandit county guards. Dong's plan failed completely.And his Liu Biao from Jingzhou, at the beginning, stood still and watched the success or failure, and finally decided to send troops. His subordinate Changsha prefect Zhang Xian rebelled again.

As for the bandits and grassroots who he threatened, bought, wooed, and canonized, none of them became successful, and they were all eradicated by Cao Bing one by one.The most hateful thing is Liu Bei, who went to Runan and made a fuss, which caused Cao Ren to be defeated. After fleeing back to Guandu, he claimed to go south to Jingzhou to urge Liu Biao to send troops, and secretly swept away even the bedding!Looking all over the vast land of the Central Plains, the only one who is willing to fight Cao Cao is Yuan Shao himself. After more than half a year of stalemate, Yuan Shao gradually came to his senses. What thunderbolts, sweeping the Central Plains, raising power, and smashing the universe are all wishful dreams!It is impossible to attack Cao Cao quickly, only relying on military strength and financial resources to kill the enemy. Tian Feng suggested that Xu Tu divide his troops in Henan to harass the enemy, but he did not listen. Just in time for Cao Cao's morale to be at its peak, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were eager for quick success and quick profit. The two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were suspicious of life and forced them to leave the old army of Youzhou. Han Xun attacked Xu Du and was defeated in Jiluo Mountain. Morale is low... These faults can't be blamed on others, but on himself!

Yuan Shao couldn't let go of his face in front of outsiders, but when he asked himself in the dead of night, he felt ashamed and blamed himself.Now Tian Feng is imprisoned by him, Ju Shou is dismissed by him, Xu You also asks him to be relegated, and the judge has rushed back to Yecheng to be a director, Guo Tu is busy with military affairs all day long, but the eldest son Yuan Tan is still busy wooing the generals... The battle has changed so much that he couldn't even find someone to talk to when he was sleepless!Fortunately, the time will not drag on for too long. Cao Cao is about to run out of food, and he still has more than ten thousand carts of food and grass in Wuchao. As long as the enemy runs out of food, the battle will be won. thing.Yuan Shao is not so much looking forward to victory as he is looking forward to liberation. He already hates this war. After winning the battle, he can pardon Tian Feng and convict them. Called back with nephew.The relationship between master and minister, father and son, uncle and nephew all need to be improved, and his tired and sick body also needs to recuperate...

Yuan Shao was standing next to the commander's case, daydreaming about the lonely lamp alone, and suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing, looked up, and saw his son Yuan Tan running into the tent in a panic: "Father, something is wrong! Report, Cao Cao led his troops to surprise Wuchao!" "Ah?!" Yuan Shao felt his head swell up with a "buzz", and the blood in his body seemed to be drained, and his lips moved dully, "Wuchao... Grain and grass..." It was during this moment of stupefaction. , huhu la la squeezed into a large group of people, Guo Tu, Zhang Xi, and Gao Lan all came, talking eagerly with each other.Yuan Shao's mind was empty, he didn't hear anything clearly, his arm drooped, and he knocked off the "Zi Xu Fu" on the desk, flipping over the bamboo slips, revealing Sima Xiangru's beautiful words, "礌(lei) stones hit each other, 硠硠Keke, like the sound of thunder..."

Gao Lan waved his fists and shouted: "Damn it! Xu You took refuge in Cao Cao and acted as a guide to help him attack our food storage land. It's really shameless! If I hold it, I'll snap him off. neck!" "Where do you have time to think about this now?" Zhang He squeezed in front of Yuan Shao, thumped his handsome desk and said, "My lord, the food in the army is less than three days old. If Wuchao is lost, we will not be left behind. Please hurry up and rescue the army." Chunyu Qiong, maybe there is still time!" "Eh?" Yuan Shao was in disarray, tongue-tied, "Okay...ok..." tremblingly, he grabbed the arrow.

"Wait a minute!" Guo Tu was very calm, "Although Sui Yuanjin is dead, Wuchao is still guarded by General Chunyu, Han Juzi and others, Cao's bandits may not be able to defeat them. Besides, they have few soldiers. If they travel far and make a surprise attack, the camp will inevitably It is empty, we should attack the enemy camp with all our strength, Cao Cao can't conquer Wuchao, and he will return to the army quickly when he hears that we have attacked the base, this is Sun Bin's strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao". "The words of Gong Ze are also correct..." Yuan Shao was already in a daze, holding up the command arrow, not knowing who to hand it to.

"It's bad!" Zhang He stomped his feet anxiously, "Cao Cao has used soldiers and horses for a long time, and he must arrange them carefully when he goes out to prevent accidents. If there is a mistake in Wuchao, if he fails to attack Cao's camp again, the morale of the army will be greatly frustrated, and the soldiers will have no fighting spirit. Again, the crowd of one hundred thousand will collapse on its own!" Guo Tu pointed to tit for tat: "It's up to people to make things up to heaven. Wuchao is 40 miles away. If Cao Cao's whereabouts are exposed, he will definitely speed up. Even if we rescue, I'm afraid it will be too late. It's better to attack the camp and fight the enemy."

Gao Lan rolled up his arms and sleeves, and shouted, "The brigade is heading north. If the rescue is not enough, you can retreat to Baima, stabilize the army's morale and slowly retreat to Hebei. If you fight hard here, you will not be able to retreat when the time comes. The surname is Guo Yes, what kind of governor are you? Stop messing around here!" "What kind of governor am I?" Seeing him blatantly insulting himself, Guo Tu turned pale with anger, but squinted his eyes and sneered, "Even if I am a scribe, I can still do it! As a general in the army, You should encourage the three armies to fight to the death, and if you can win, you will turn the corner. But instead of thinking about making progress, you are timid and only seek to save your life. Such a despicable man like you, what face do you have to teach me?"

"Say it again!" Gao Lan waved his fist and was about to hit someone, Zhang Xi hurriedly hugged him by the waist, and explained to Guo Tu: "It's not that we are afraid of death, but that the morale of the army is low, even if we are willing to contribute. So what can the soldiers do if they can't fight forward to the death? Besides, Cao Jun is already prepared, how many lives will be lost in such a reckless effort?" Guo Tu looked resolute: "We have a lot of people, even if we chase them with a whip, we have to make them break through Cao Ying!" Gao Lan was hugged tightly, but he said unforgivingly: "The surname Guo, there are so many people, what's the point? You think the soldiers of the three armies are born with no mother, no mother, no wife, no mother. My child! They ran away when they were in a hurry. They didn't even have food, so who the hell would work for you..."

Yuan Shaoyi's gesticulation was gone. Seeing that they were arguing, he really didn't know who to listen to, so he said in a panic, "Where is Jushou? Where is my supervisor..." He looked around, but couldn't find Jushou. I didn't even see the shadow of him - my heart was so cold that I left it alone!He couldn't find Jushou, so he went to the doctor when he was sick, and grabbed Yuan Tan's hand: "My son, tell me, what should we do?" The war was at stake, and Yuan Tan was delighted to be grasped by him like this. He thought that he was favored by his father, and his hope of succeeding to the great position would increase in the future. Listen to this general!" Seeing that Guo Tu, Zhang He, and Gao Lan were all quiet, Yuan Tan cleared his throat on purpose, "Since you can't argue, then take both, and send troops to rescue Wuchao, and attack Guandu Cao's camp at the same time. " After finishing speaking, he saluted Yuan Shao deeply, "I want to recommend Jiang Qi to lead his troops to help Wuchao. He was originally dispatched by General Chunyu, so we can cooperate more tacitly." This is just an excuse, in fact, Jiang Qi has a relationship with him better.

Zhang He and Gao Lan shook their heads repeatedly when they heard that he was so gentle.However, Yuan Shao seemed to have found a good medicine: "Yes! Take both strategies, Jiang Qi led the cavalry to rush to the rescue, and Zhang He Gaolan sent all his troops to attack Cao Ying. I have made up my mind, and I will act now!" "My lord, don't you..." Gao Lan wanted to say something more, but Zhang Xi grabbed his shirt and whispered, "Forget it, what's the use of remonstrating? How many loyal words Tian Feng and Ju Shou have given him, how has he ever listened to it?" Yes? Since he has this assignment, let's do our best, and at worst, we will fight to the death, and it will be fine if we are worthy of our conscience." "Alas..." Gao Lan let out a long sigh. Guo Tu had an idea, and added: "I'm afraid that Jiang Qi's cavalry is not enough, please General Zhang and General Gao assign your cavalry to him to dispatch, and you can lead the infantry to attack the camp." Gao Lan was angry again: "Why do we..." "Don't talk about it!" Yuan Tan stared, "How can a strong enemy be considered for self-interest? This is based on the overall situation, and the two generals must obey. Father, are you right?" "Yes... yes..." No matter what he said now, Yuan Shao felt it was correct. Gao Lan and Zhang Yun dared not speak out—what is the overall situation?Jiang Qi, Yuan Tan, and Guo Tu belonged to the same party. What they did was to weaken others and expand their own power. Even if they won the battle, they might not return the horses.The war is so critical, and there are still thoughts to form cliques!But they are close friends, and there is no way to speak ill of his son in front of Yuan Shao.General Zhang Gaoer had no choice but to follow orders. Yuan Ying collected 5,000 cavalry and gave it to Jiang Qi to rescue Wuchao. Zhang He and Gao Lan were ordered to assemble a large force and prepare to attack Cao Ying.It took the second general more than half an hour to gather more than 30,000 infantry, and as soon as they walked out of the gate, they saw the far northeast was dazzling, and the red light lit up the sky - Wuchao might not be able to keep it!The soldiers in the army became even more confused, and they were noisy for a while. The second general urged the army to advance and stormed Cao Jun's company battalion. Before Cao Cao left, he had explained that all the generals in the battalion knew that there would be a bitter battle, and they all rushed to the wall of the village with their troops. Xun You was sick and waved the command flag. This is where the battle begins. Yuan Jun swept in like a flood, and the arrows came forward like locusts, and even rushed and crashed cars and pushed them in rows.Cao Jun stood firmly and never retreated. While holding up his shield, he fought back with his spear through the fence.After rushing the car three times and two times, a large part of the fence wall fell down, and Yuan Jun suffered heavy casualties. The two armies fought fiercely and became entangled. Cao Hong even asked someone to push the stone cart to the front of the formation, and threw it at the enemy group!Seeing the collapse of the car and the chaos of the sergeants, Zhang He was going crazy, so he waved his whip to drive them forward. Gao Lan even led his soldiers to the front, fighting hard against Cao Jun's bow and stone.After fighting resolutely, Cao Ying's fence completely collapsed, and it has become a hand-to-hand battle. Cao Hong organized daredevils to stand at the edge of the trench and form a human wall, blocking Yuan Jun's attack with their flesh and blood.The sound of war drums, shouts, screams, and the cracking of huge rocks was loud at the same time. The blood mist and dust were rolled up and stuck to everyone's faces. In the morning, and from early morning to noon.Yuan Jun carried out hundreds of assaults, and the dead were piled all over the ground.Cao Jun's wall collapsed and knotted, knotted and collapsed, vowing to live and die with the camp! There is a saying in the art of war that "vigorous energy is sharp, day energy is lazy, and evening energy returns." The attacking side consumes far more energy than the defending side.Yuan Jun hadn't beaten his teeth since early morning, and seeing that the enemy camp was still unable to break through at noon, his morale was gradually declining, and the impact was getting weaker and weaker. Others fell to the ground and gasped for breath. Gao Lan was covered in blood, and was blocked by Cao Jun. He tore his throat and shouted: "Continue to rush with me!" But when he looked back, only dozens of soldiers responded, holding their weapons and swaying towards him. front rub.Gao Lan was furious, and brandished his horsewhip to beat the resting soldiers: "Damn it! Get up and fuck me! Fight me!" The soldiers were exhausted, so how could they rush to kill them?They all lay on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the others looked at him as if they were crazy. Gao Lan was urging and cursing anxiously, when suddenly a cold arrow flew in and hit his left shoulder, and he fell off the horse immediately with a loud cry.Seeing that the lunatic general had also fallen off his horse, the soldiers were both surprised and relieved, and fled in all directions like the ebbing tide.The soldiers were terrified, afraid that Cao's army would come and kill him, so they rushed forward desperately, and it took a lot of effort to snatch him back.Gao Lan was put in front of Zhang Xi, his body was black and his face was covered with mud, and his shirt was soaked in blood, whether it was the enemy's blood or his own blood. "Are you okay?" Zhang Yun jumped off the horse with a look of astonishment. Gao Lan was so exhausted that he collapsed on the ground gasping for breath, his nose flapping unceasingly, and he still didn't forget to curse: "He...dammit...it's okay...continue to fight..." Zhang He raised his head and looked around. His soldiers were shot by the enemy and retreated steadily. They were sleepy, tired, thirsty and hungry. There were still many people who really didn't want to fight anymore. They left the battle in a hurry and fled to the camp in the northeast... Zhang He Sighed: "The formation is scattered, there is no way to fight anymore." Gao Lan looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes and shouted, "God's will..." "It's not God's will, it's all caused by the lord's disobedience to his faithful words." Zhang He patted his knees angrily, "I don't know how Jiang Qi's rescue will go, let's retreat first." However, just as Zhang Yun ordered the call for gold, the sound of Cao Jun's war drums sounded from the opposite side, and the retreat suddenly turned into a rout.Yuan Jun's soldiers used their last ounce of strength to escape, coaxing and running without any rules, bumping around like headless chickens, turning into a mess of loose sand, many people lost their direction and ran away, some abandoned the master and fled by themselves Go back to the camp, what's more, don't go back to the camp, and flee all the way north to go back to my hometown.Zhang He and Gao Lanqiang mounted their horses for the second time with great energy and led their own soldiers to kill them, but they didn't even see a single enemy except for the large group of deserters-Cao Jun didn't come over at all, and Yuan Jun was blown away by beating a drum for a while! The second general led the defeated troops to march for ten miles, but the soldiers were too tired to walk.This place is in the middle of the two camps of Yuan and Cao, and there is no way to the front of the village or back to the store, so I had to find a slope to temporarily settle down, planted a broken flag, and while resting, I beat drums and sounded gold to gather scattered soldiers.Zhang Hexie sat on the mound, looking at the wounded soldiers in a state of embarrassment all around, with their heads wrapped around their heads, their chests tied and their arms strangled, their guns broken and their bows broken, complaining, some even lost their shoes, how could they still be the brave soldiers who pacified Hebei?Looking back at the high spirits at the beginning, how heroic Ping Gongsun and Bai Heishan were, who should be blamed for falling into today's situation?Gao Lan didn't have the heart to think so much, he muttered while wrapping the wound, scolding Cao Cao for a while, scolding Guo Tu for a while, and later he even scolded Yuan Shao and his son. At the moment of dejection, I saw a horse from the north approaching with dust, and the herald immediately shouted loudly: "I was sent by my lord and Guo Dudu to pass the order, where are the two generals Zhang Gao?" "Here it is!" Gao Lan didn't even stand up, and responded angrily. The herald was stunned. In fact, he had come to the front earlier, but he did not expect that the two usually majestic and majestic generals would end up in such a miserable state. They could not be recognized among the defeated soldiers. General." Zhang Yun had a premonition that the visitor was not kind, so he said angrily, "What orders do you have, my lord?" "My lord ordered the two generals not to retreat and continue to attack Cao Ying." "Fucking?" Gao Lan stood up angrily, "I didn't see what the soldiers looked like, are you blind?!" The herald argued: "This is not what I mean, it is the order of the lord and Guo Dudu." He held up a command arrow. When Gao Lan heard the word "Guo Dudu", he was so angry that he forgot the injury on his shoulder, jumped up and snatched the arrow with his hands, and Gaba broke it into two pieces. The herald turned pale with shock: "How dare you destroy the Grand Order..." Gao Lan stretched out his hand and pulled out his saber: "What's the matter with Zheling? I'm so anxious, I'll kill you too!" Zhang Yun hurriedly stood in the middle: "Don't do it! Calm down." The herald turned pale with fright , even took several steps back, and dared not say anything anymore. Zhang He stopped Gao Lan, turned around and asked, "How about the battle in Wuchao? Did Chunyu Qiong and Jiang Qi repel Cao's army?" "This...it's too small to know." The herald said he didn't know, but his face changed color.Looking at his appearance, Zhang He guessed that the situation was not good, sighed and said: "Go back and report to the lord first, the continuous attack for half a day failed to win, the soldiers are exhausted, and it is difficult to fight any more." The herald looked distressed: "Your lord's temper, you should know, how can you disobey his repeated orders?" "If it wasn't for us not obeying the general's order, we really wouldn't be able to fight any more." "My lord has something to say, I must ask the two generals to persevere, no matter the cost, regardless of casualties, we must take down Cao Ying." "If it can be easily taken down, why should we work here for half a year?" Zhang Yun sneered, "No matter the cost, no matter the casualties... My lord, if you don't cherish other people's lives, how can others work for you? " The herald officer was also in a difficult situation, he would be punished if he failed to complete the task entrusted by Yuan Shao, so he gritted his teeth and insisted: "Please follow the order, two generals, otherwise... otherwise..." Otherwise, he would dare not say. "We can't fight any more!" Zhang Yun flatly refused, "At one stroke, we will be exhausted, and then we will be exhausted. Now we are full and we are exhausted, and if we continue to force the attack, all the soldiers will flee." The order boldly said: "Guo Dudu said beforehand, if you can attack, you will fight, if you can't attack, you will fight, our army will live and die in this battle, if you don't obey the military law, you will be dealt with!" Zhang He was about to speak again, but Gao Lan couldn't bear it any longer, and pushed Zhang He away: "What are you talking about with him!" He threw the herald down to the ground, grabbed his bun, and put the blade of his sword against him neck.How could the herald manage to beat this big ox: "Forgive...forgive..." "Stop yelling!" Gao Lan held down his saber, drawing a bloodstain on his neck, "I just want to ask you something, what happened to Wuchao?" "The general calms down... the general calms down..." "Say it!" The herald didn't dare to hide anymore: "Wuchao has fallen, all food and supplies have been burned by Cao's army, and both Governor Chunyu and General Jiang died in battle." "They're all dead? Hahaha..." Zhang He let out a self-deprecating wry smile. There was a scream—Gao Lan had already held the bloody head of the herald in his hands! Zhang He laughed dumbfounded: "You..." "I'm fucking rebellious!" Gao Lan kicked away that blood-spitting accent, and stood up holding his head high.When all the soldiers saw that he had killed the lord's envoy and kept saying that he wanted to rebel, they were all scared out of their wits, and the soldiers who had gathered just now scattered again. Zhang He scolded, "How can we rebel when we are living on Hebei's salary? Let's go back to the camp quickly, or we can save our lord Xu Tu from retreating." "What lord? Old man Yuan Shao!" Gao Lan was furious, "If it wasn't for him being obsessed with obscurity and obedience, why would Hebei Jianer die on the battlefield? Do you still want to go back? Go back and tell the man to kill us, and tell his useless son to continue Take our military power? I have seen through it, and sooner or later I will be ruined by following Yuan Shao, such a despicable and mediocre person like him should have rebelled against his mother long ago!" Zhang He was dumbfounded for a while, Gao Lan hugged him by the shoulders: "Brother Junyi, who doesn't know that Yan Liang, Wen Chou and us are the reliance of Hebei? How did they die? The failure of the war is the result of Yuan Shao's miscalculation! Now they are persecuted Let's attack by force, in vain killing the lives of countless athletes here, exhausting the entire army with incompetence!" Zhang He sighed: "I can also see that Yuan Shao is really hard to achieve great things. But as men from Hebei, we have been treated favorably by him for many years, how can we commit infidelity and injustice?" "What kind of loyalty and injustice? How can I care so much these days! Anyway, I have killed the herald, so I have to do it if I don't!" A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. Besides, what kind of face are the Yuan family and his son? They only trust Pang Ji, Guo Tu and other treacherous people. Which one of your good advice and loyalty has he listened to over the years? Let's keep such narrow-minded people on the same level as eagles, falcons and wolves, I'm afraid they will all be killed in the future! Don't you see the matter of Zhang Dao and Liu Xun?" Zhang He shivered suddenly: "Alas... Although I, Zhang, am not a heartless person, I can't lose myself at the hands of traitors in a daze! If that's the case, what's my brother's plan?" Gao Lan looked to the south: "I think Xu You has the foresight, let's vote for Cao Cao too." "Vote for Cao Cao?" Zhang He frowned and looked around, but saw that all the soldiers he had brought had fled, only the confidantes and those who were seriously injured and unable to move. After so long, can he take us in? I'm afraid the world is as black as crows." Gao Lan gritted his teeth and said: "Let's burn the luggage and the cart, and send someone to ask Lao Cao to surrender. If we are allowed to surrender, then it's fine, if not..." "If you don't allow it, you and my brother will rush into Cao Ying to kill the fish and kill the net!" Zhang Yun's blood surged, "Anyway, if you retreat, you will die if you advance, so let's fight!" "Yes!" The four big hands held together tragically...