Yanzhou Army Camp.
Cao Cao frowned, as did Xi Zhong, Xun You, Cheng Yu, and the other generals, who looked troubled and troubled because the current battle situation was slightly different from what they had imagined before the war.
"If this continues, the Yellow Turban Thief will escape from Yanzhou!" Xiahou Dun said anxiously.
It turned out that the retreat route of the Yellow Turban Army had shifted to the north, which was different from the direction of the encirclement planned by himself and others. That direction was where the Yuan family's power was.
"General Yuan Rang, don't be impatient. With your combined talents, you will surely be able to figure out how to stop the Yellow Turban bandits from escaping. Don't be impatient." Xi Zhong advised.
"Looking at the current situation, the Yellow Turban Thief wants to escape back to Qingzhou. Wouldn't he bear the brunt of being so showy?" Cao Ang said worriedly.
At this time, Cao Ang still regarded Yuan Xi as his best friend. Little did he know that Yuan Xi no longer regarded him as a friend. Moreover, a few years later, the Cao family was defeated. Yuan Xi not only enslaved Cao Cao, but also took his sister and bullied his younger brother. If Cao Ang had You know, will you be mad to death?
Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun remained silent. After all, they were guest generals, and they also had Yuan Xi, who had given them a secret mission. Guo Jia on the side asked: "Do you guys have any way to intercept the Yellow Turban?" Thief? After all, the Yuan and Cao families are allies, and you should know that your lips are dying and your teeth are cold."
Xi Zhong exchanged glances with Xun You and Cheng Yu, and then said: "The Yellow Turban Army flowing to Qingzhou will definitely pose a threat to the Jizhou Army that has newly occupied Jinan and the plains. It is not difficult to stop them. The two generals Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun will You can lead your own cavalry to break through the Yellow Turbans' defense line first and attack the many family members of the Yellow Turbans in front, so that the movement of the Yellow Turbans will inevitably slow down."
Cheng Yu continued: "As long as the Yellow Turban family members in Qingzhou are slowed down, the main force of the Yellow Turban thieves will inevitably stop to resist our army's attack. Judging from the situation of both sides, after a few more battles, the morale of the Yellow Turban thieves will fall apart. Our army can win without a fight."
Guo Jia frowned and pretended to be worried, "But we only have more than 3,000 cavalry. The Yellow Turban bandits' family members and soldiers, there must be millions of people. Is it too difficult for others to do anything?"
"There is no need to fight, just think of ways to slow it down. I'm sending Cao Chun to lead my cavalry and intercept the family members of the Yellow Turban Army. Sir, you can also send someone to ask Xianyi for help to prevent the Yellow Turban thieves from invading Qingzhou." Cao Cao said. Kindly consoled him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Cao, whether it's for the sake of Qingzhou or the stability of Yanzhou, General Jia and Zhang Liao will definitely slow down the Yellow Turban bandits. After all, the two families are close allies." Guo Jiaxin vowed.
"Okay! Then we have Mr. Lao, and the two generals. Cao Cao is here to express his thanks, for the good of the Yuan and Cao family alliance." Cao Cao said thanks with his hands in hand, which is called sincerity.
Guo Jia also showed great sincerity, and returned gifts to Cao Cao with Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun.
One harbors evil intentions, the other has a hidden agenda, both think they are very clever, and both think they have taken advantage. Are they really worthy of being the red and blue CPs in history?
In front of Cao Cao's army camp.
Cao Cao held Guo Jia's hand with a reluctant expression and said reluctantly, "Sir, you can just stay in the Chinese army to coordinate. There is no need to go to the front line and take risks."
After getting in touch with him in the past few days, Cao Cao felt that he had met Guo Jia late, so he began to think of poaching, just like Yuan Xi wanted to poach Cao Cao's drama loyalties.
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Cao, for your kindness. However, the war ahead is very important. It is a major matter for our family, Yuan and Cao. Jia has to personally supervise the cavalry in the battle to prevent any mistakes."
Cheng Yu, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but wink at Cao Cao. Cheng Yu is indeed a very capable person. In history, he killed people to make military supplies, and then he also persuaded Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei. Cheng Yu may not be the most talented, but he is the most decisive.
Moreover, Cheng Yu later indirectly caused the death of Yuan Xi's father, Yuan Shao, who was eventually killed by Yuan Xi.
Cao Cao hummed, with a hesitant look on his face. Cao Cao really valued talents, and there are no generals like wild generals, right?
Cheng Yu bowed his hands to Guo Jia and said, "General Zhang is well versed in war, and Mr. Fengxiao is a senior. Don't worry. Why don't you follow the Chinese army and wait for Wen Ruo to come and reminisce with you?"
"Now Cao and Yuan are like one family, and the road between Qingzhou and Yanzhou is smooth. When the Yellow Turban and Qingzhou counties are leveled, wouldn't it be nice for Jia and the Second Young Master to have wine and reminisce with you all again." After that, Guo Jia left Xu Chu with the two tiger guards. Under the escort, he rode away.
When he left, Yuan Yu paused and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, why are you hesitating? Didn't Wen Ruo and Gongda also say that they should do everything possible to keep Guo Jia? My lord, why do you need a woman's kindness?"
"Now that the Yuan family is our ally, how can we secretly detain Yuan Xi's people?" Cao Cao said worriedly. In this era, the Yuan family is indeed a giant, and currently Cao Cao does not dare to make mistakes.
Xun Yu on the side was in an awkward position, so he never said a word, but his silence meant that he did not support him. After all, he was a good friend, and he couldn't bear it.
Guo Jia did not cross paths with others. Guo Jia also blocked Yuan Xi's idea of plotting to assassinate Xun Yu. Xun Yu's lack of support here also indirectly blocked Cao Cao's idea.
Cheng Yu sighed: "It's unusual to have three people recommended by Xi Zhicai, Xun Wenruo and Xun Gongda."
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia who was walking away, and glanced at Xun Yu again, his eyes were uncertain and flickering.
Two days later.
On the official road leading to Jibei, Cao Ren led the army, while Cao Chun led a group of soldiers and caught up with Zhang Liao who was leading the army.
"General Zhang, why is the march so slow?" Cao Chunqiang asked while suppressing his anger.
Zhang Liao looked at this high-spirited rookie of the Cao family indifferently and said, "Commander Guo is suffering from cold illness and is resting on the carriage in front. I am not delaying intentionally, so please forgive me."
Cao Chun secretly cursed Guo Jia for getting in the way. He was still ill at this time, but he still said nicely: "You can leave some people to take Mr. Guo to find a good doctor, and the rest will continue to pursue the Yellow Turban bandits. What does the general think?"
Zhang Liao frowned and said displeased, "How could this happen? We have just broken through the Yellow Turbans' multi-layered blockade. This place is between two Yellow Turban thieves. If we are not careful, we will be surrounded. It is extremely dangerous to leave Military Advisor Guo behind. Something will happen." I can’t explain it to my son.”
"Then the general just missed the opportunity! Wouldn't he miss a big event?" Cao Chun said anxiously. Cao Chun also wondered what happened to Yuan Jun today. Wasn't he usually very active?
"The doctor has diagnosed and treated Military Advisor Guo. When he gets better, our army will catch up with us at full speed. Moreover, the family members of the Yellow Turban Bandits are all old, weak, women and children, and they cannot move fast." Zhang Liao said leisurely according to Guo Jia's instructions.
Cao Chun was extremely angry and said angrily, "In this case, I led my troops to pursue them first, but I only delayed the opportunity and allowed the Yellow Turban thieves to escape into Qingzhou. Whoever is responsible for this, General, take care!"
After that, Cao Chun ordered several hundred of his elite cavalry to cross Zhang Liao's troops and quickly march towards Jibei, leaving Zhang Liao alone.
After Cao Chun's cavalry had passed by, Guo Jia quietly got out of a carriage.
Zhang Liao came to the carriage, cupped his hands and said, "Military advisor, we have followed your instructions to deal with Cao Chun."
Guo Jia smiled lightly and said: "Although Cao Chun is a rare general, he is still young and a bit angry, but Cao Ren is a general."
"Thankfully the military advisor came up with such an excuse." Xu Chu, who was guarding the side, said sarcastically.
"Whether what we did is too obvious, they will definitely notice it after their anger subsides." Zhao Yun couldn't help but worry.
"Then it doesn't matter. After this battle, even if my lord and Cao Cao are at peace on the surface, they must be dirty on the inside, so why care about what they think." Guo Jia stretched his waist and continued: "I am now a sick person. , Zhongkang, where are the wine and food you sent to find in nearby villages?"
Xu Chu snorted and said angrily, "There are no villages along the way we have walked. Let's look for them further ahead."
Guo Jia smiled and didn't care, and got into the carriage again.
Not far away, Cao Chun felt something was wrong, and immediately sent someone to notify Cao Ren. Cao Ren felt that Zhang Liao and others were making excuses, and there must be something wrong here, but for the moment he couldn't figure out Yuan Xi and Guo Jia's plan, so he had to look aside He sent scouts to report to Cao Cao, led more than a thousand cavalry to reinforce Cao Chun, and sent troops to pursue the Yellow Turbans. After all, this was business.
In front of one hundred thousand Yellow Turban soldiers and more than one million Yellow Turban family members, Cao Ren's thousands of soldiers and horses are nothing to mention. Even if Cao Ren is famous in history, his four-dimensional ability is above 80, even if he can compete with Zhou Yu, but In front of nearly a million Yellow Turbans, he was still pale and powerless.
Fortunately, the person who organized the defense of Jibei City was Xun Yu, who succeeded Bao Xin. Under the leadership of a wealthy family headed by Xun Yu, many private soldiers and armed forces spontaneously participated.
After hard fighting, the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army with their families still could not break through Jibei City and could only obtain some supplies from the villages along the way.
Cao Ren and Cao Chun, on the other hand, knew that they could not fight head-on, so he led more than two thousand cavalry and stationed in Jibei City to rest during the day, and attacked the Yellow Turban Army's garrison at night.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our army also went out day and night. What we were fighting was the time difference and the asymmetric advantage.
Although this part of the Yellow Turban Army was very troublesome in attacking Cao Ren's army, after all, Cao Ren's tribe had a small number of people and the effect was not obvious.
Within two days, Cao Chun and Cao Ren watched helplessly as hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans gathered with their families and brought cattle and farm tools to the direction of Qingzhou and Jinan Kingdom, but they were powerless.
After a hard battle, Cao Cao's vanguard Yu Jin and Le Jin finally succeeded in setting up defenses in Feicheng, Jibei, and blocked Guan Hai's more than 200,000 men.
In two days, the 200,000 Yellow Turbans led by Guan Hai were forced by Feicheng's defense line and fled towards Taishan County. In this way, the Yellow Turbans were divided into two groups and fled to Qingzhou via two routes.
A day later, Cao Ren's army joined up with the infantry of Cao Cao's army who were chasing them.
Xia Houyuan and Li Tong were the vanguard of the Yanzhou Army's infantry in pursuing the Yellow Turban family members.
As soon as Xia Houyuan saw Cao Chun, he immediately shouted with a stern face, "Zihe, what did you do? Where are the families of the Yellow Turban thieves? Where are they camping?"
Cao Chun swung his horsewhip fiercely and said angrily, "Forget it, they have all fled to Qingzhou and Jinan."
"What are you doing, where is the Jizhou army? Why did you let the family members of the Yellow Turban thieves escape to Qingzhou." Xia Houyuan looked unkind.
"The Jizhou Army is really nothing. On the march, they slowed down their march on the pretense that Guo Jia was sick. Finally, I sent scouts to investigate and found out that they did not march along the original route at all, but along the line between Tai'an and Mount Tai. We are going after the main force of the Yellow Turban thieves." Cao Ren said angrily.
"No, the boy from the Yuan family wants to swallow the men of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thief!" Xia Houyuan said suddenly.
Cao Ren nodded and sighed, "I think so too. They may have been planning for a long time, but it's a pity that we still think of them as helping Yanzhou to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban bandits."
"What should we do now? Zixiao, they divided their forces and went to pursue the Yellow Turban Army." Li Tongtong.
"I have sent someone to report the situation to the lord. In the meantime, will our army pursue or wait?" Cao Ren asked. After all, the Yuan family is still Cao Cao's ally for the time being, and Cao Ren is cautious, so it makes sense for him to be hesitant.
"Li Tong joins Yuan Rang behind and pursues the main force of the Yellow Turbans along Tai'an and Mount Tai. Zixiao, Zihe and I are pursuing the families of the Yellow Turban thieves and must hold them back." Xia Houyuan said coldly.
Li Tong was surprised by Xia Houyuan's boldness and advised, "It's inappropriate. Crossing the border easily without notification may cause trouble."
Cao Ren was also hesitant and said, "My lord's reply will arrive within a day, and we will decide whether to advance or retreat."
"I can't wait any longer. We have to pursue the Yellow Turbans' family members and their tribes now." Xia Houyuan finally said, he had always acted vigorously and resolutely.
The last few people agreed that Xia Houyuan would lead four thousand infantry, and Cao Ren and Cao Chun would lead more than a thousand cavalry to cross the border and cross Qingzhou to pursue the Yellow Turbans.
So Li Tong led two thousand soldiers from Yanzhou and joined Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun and others behind to pursue the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.
On the official road leading to Jibei, after reading the urgent report sent by Cao Ren, Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that I was fooled by two young men!"
Xun You, Cheng Yu, Yu Jin and others didn't know the reason, but they all felt that something had happened. Cao Cao passed the urgent message to Cheng Yu and asked him to read it out.
Cheng Yu spread out the silk book and started reading, and said, "The Jizhou army was forced to advance slowly and diverted to Tai'an. The family members of the Yellow Turban bandits fled to Jinan and entered Qingzhou. Cao Ren reported."
"Ah!" None of them expected that the Jizhou Army would change its mind midway, causing the Yellow Turban Army to pour into Qingzhou.
Xun You couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, "Alas! The Jizhou Army may have had a plan for a long time, and we have fallen into their plan."
"Who would have thought that Yuan Xi, who had just occupied Jinan and Pingyuan counties and had strong enemies around him, would have such an appetite?" Cheng Yu couldn't help but said angrily.
"Yuan Benchu's good son has been plotting against us from the beginning." Cao Cao's face showed no emotion or anger. He hunted geese every day, but now he was caught by the geese, and he was really impatient.
Xun You bowed his hands and saluted, "My lord, please forgive me. It's because Xun You was useless and couldn't see the plot of the Jizhou army, which caused our army to be in trouble. Please punish me, lord."
"It's none of your business, Gongda. It's because I didn't listen to your advice and left Guo Jia behind. Alas, it's too late to regret it." Cao Cao said angrily.
"Lord, shall we continue the pursuit now?" Yu Jin asked aloud.
"Chase, why don't you chase? I want to see if Yuan Xianyi has the appetite to swallow a million yellow scarves." Cao Cao said angrily, waving his whip and riding forward.
Xi Zhong caught up with Cao Cao and whispered, "My lord must go to Jibei quickly and pursue the Huangjin family members, otherwise there may be changes."
Cao Cao looked ugly and said bitterly, "Yuan Rang, Li Dian, Li Tong, and Yue Jin led six thousand soldiers to pursue the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Mount Tai."
North of Taishan County, Ying County.
Four thousand elite Yellow Turban troops occupied favorable terrain and built some simple fortifications on both sides of the mountains to block the Yanzhou Army.
Guan Hai personally led more than 4,000 elite troops from his direct line to the rear to block the Yanzhou Army's fierce attack.
A fierce battle took place between the two sides at this mountain pass.
Taishan County is very mountainous, and the detour will definitely take two more days. Xiahou Dun's character naturally chose to attack this pass.
Under the command of Guan Hai, the four thousand Yellow Turban Army successfully killed and wounded many Yanzhou soldiers by relying on the terrain and some piled stones.
However, with the decrease in stones and the shortage of bows and crossbows in the Yellow Turban Army, they quickly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Yanzhou Army.
Although the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans lacked weapons and armor, the folk customs in Qingzhou were fierce, and many people practiced martial arts with swords. Among the Yellow Turban Army, Guan Hai's direct descendants were also brave people who dared to fight to the death, so the Yellow Turban Army did not suffer any loss in fighting under such circumstances.
Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin and others looked at the Jizhou cavalry a mile away from them with cold eyes and vigilance.
After negotiations between the two sides, although there was no confrontation of weapons, the relationship was not much better.
On the other hand, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun were also watching the battle on Xiahou Dun's side.
Zhao Yun looked a little embarrassed and said, "Commander, are we really going to sit back and watch the Yanzhou Army and the Yellow Turbans fight?"
Guo Jia asked his soldiers to bring him a chair, pointed at it and said, "The cavalry is not good at attacking fortifications. We have the will and the inability to do so. We should just sit back and watch the Yanzhou Army clear the way for us."
Zhang Liao snorted and asked, "Then what should I do if the Yanzhou army chases them to the border of Qingzhou?"
"Of course we have to drive out of Qingzhou, that is our territory." Xu Chu said matter-of-factly.
"Yes, although I am grateful to the Yanzhou army for eliminating the thieves, I still want to invite them out of Qingzhou." Guo Jia said with a smile.
Xiahou Dun saw that he could not conquer the pass for a long time, so he and Le Jin personally wore armor and guns, and went up with their own soldiers to fight.
Guan Hai saw that the two men were brave and kept killing and wounding his own soldiers, so he led some soldiers to counterattack with swords, regardless of the dissuasion of his subordinates.
Xiahou Dun soon saw Guan Hai. Although he didn't know that he was the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army, he saw that he looked like a character, so he fought with him one on one.
Guan Hai was also quite brave. Although he did not have formal martial arts training like Xiahou Dun, after nearly ten years of actual combat, he could wield a long sword with great force.
After fifty rounds, Guan Hai felt that he was gradually losing ground, so he retreated to the high ground under the cover of other Yellow Turban soldiers.
Xiahou Dun returned to his own brigade angrily.
"Yuan Rang, it seems that the war is not going well. According to the current situation, it will probably take two days to capture this pass. It is better to take a detour before." Li Tongtong.
"Let me rest for a while before I lead a surprise attack on them. I must capture them this time." Xiahou Dun asked his soldiers to take off his armor.
"I wonder what happened to Zixiao and the others," Li Tong said worriedly.
Yellow Turban Army position.
After Guan Hai took the pottery bowl handed over by the soldiers, he poured several bowls of water and said thankfully, "That general in Cao Cao's army is really powerful. Fortunately, it was me. Anyone else would have died."
A deputy general took the opportunity and said: "Guan Shuai, we have blocked the Yanzhou Army for a day. Is it time to retreat?"
Guan Hai threw the pottery bowl to a soldier and said sternly, "No, we can't guarantee that those brats in Cao Cao's army will chase us to Qingzhou and delay him for another day."
Although everyone didn't want to stay, seeing that he was determined, they had no choice but to send an order to prepare for another raid by the Yanzhou Army.
