"Watatsuki, you were right again."
Jia Xu, who was following Cao Cao, said in surprise after reading the information.
They all still remembered that Chen Zhou had predicted that Sun Ce would be dead soon. He also said that the wealthy people in Jingzhou had no intention of helping Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao was too busy to take care of himself that he would not send troops northward.
"Once again, Watari said everything right."
Guo Jia asked in admiration: "Then what should we do next?"
At this time, they were no longer surprised by Chen Zhou's ability to predict. It would be strange if he was inaccurate at one time.
Chen Zhou said: "First seize Yuan Shao's food and grass, and then wait for the news of Sun Ce's death and the news of Jingzhou before we can take further action."
Cao Cao affirmed: "Then do as Du Zhi said, Zixiao, and steal Yuan Shao's food and grass."
"yes!"
Cao Ren took the order and went down to order his troops and prepare for action.
Cao Cao said earnestly: "Du Zhi, I am entirely relying on you for this battle."
Chen Zhou bowed and said: "Lord, please rest assured, we are very stable in this battle. At most, the lack of food in the later stage will be a little troublesome, but the rest will not be a problem."
With Chen Zhou's words, Cao Cao can be completely relieved.
If Chen Zhou didn't want to cause trouble, or was afraid of making people jealous, he would have even wanted to give all the command of this battle to Chen Zhou and let him command the army to fight, which would be more convenient.
Cao Jun had already discovered the location of Yuan Shao's grain and grass.
After Yuan Shao crossed the river, he did not hide the food and grass, nor did he use the army to protect him, because the army was still on the way across the river by boat, and crossing the river was not an easy task.
It will take a certain amount of time for the army to fully cross the river.
Now Yuan Shao's food and grass are only protected by a small number of people.
Cao Ren received Cao Cao's order and led five thousand tiger and dragon troops, all using new weapons made by Chen Zhou, to lurk to where Yuan Shao was stationing grain.
Their eyes lit up when they saw that the entire camp was full of food.
Cao's army was short of food, and many soldiers knew that if they could take away the food and grass in front of them, even if it was not all, but only a part, it would relieve them a lot of pressure.
"Wait a minute, three thousand people will grab food, and two thousand people will cover it."
"Burn all the food that cannot be taken away. Don't leave it to Yuan Shao."
"Do you understand?"
Cao Ren lowered his voice and gave orders to the lieutenant beside him.
The lieutenants all nodded and passed on the order.
However, they did not take action immediately. Instead, they continued to hide, slowly regaining their strength, eating some dry food to fill their stomachs, and recharging their energy. They waited until evening, when the time was almost up.
"Do it!"
Cao Ren shouted.
There was an order flag waving around him immediately. Seeing this, the soldiers behind him appeared together and went to Yuan Shao's camp to kill.
The camp here is garrisoned by 10,000 people.
Five thousand of them were grain transporters, and the other five thousand were the first group of vanguards to cross the river. They did not expect that Cao Jun would make a surprise attack at this time and launch a hasty counterattack.
"kill!"
Cao Ren roared angrily.
"kill!"
All the soldiers of Cao's army quickly followed Cao Ren and killed Yuan Shao's army camp.
The first general to cross the river and be responsible for escorting the grain was Chunyu Qiong. When he saw Cao's army approaching, he hurriedly integrated the entire army to counterattack.
The Hebei army was indeed very ferocious, with strong soldiers and horses. When fighting, they could fight very hard. They rushed towards Cao Jun, but their only problem was that their equipment was not very good.
Cao Jun's equipment was all new and ahead of the overall level of the Han Dynasty. The sharp and hard Huanshou sword caught Yuan Jun off guard.
"Watazuki's new weapon is really powerful!"
Cao Hong tried out the new ring-shou sword, which was more powerful than the broadsword he usually used. He immediately felt excited and proud. He felt that he could kill Yecheng with these five thousand people.
"kill!"
He roared again.
Five thousand people fought against 10,000 people. Not only were they not timid, they were able to kill more and more fiercely. Especially after experiencing the benefits of new weapons, they became more heroic.
"Hold it, hold it quickly!"
Chunyu Qiong's counterattack was just like this, and he was easily killed.
However, he refused to admit defeat and ordered his men to gather in front of Cao Jun in an attempt to block the approaching Cao Jun, but it was of no use.
Cao Jun swept through everything, no one could stop him, and easily reached Yuan Jun's camp.
"Grab the food, quickly!"
Cao Ren yelled.
The officers below received the order and immediately led people to grab food.
Three thousand people were responsible for robbing, and two thousand people were responsible for covering.
He killed the Yuan Jun soldiers who wanted to save food and retreated.
The soldiers of Cao's army who had grabbed the food retreated outside first. Chun Yuqiong tried to intercept them, but was quickly killed by Cao's army.
They are not well equipped and cannot keep up with the latest version.
Cao Jun's equipment was the most advanced in the entire Han Dynasty. Cutting off Yuan Jun's swords and spears with one sword was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables. Even if Yuan Jun was wearing thick armor, he could not stop the sword of the new weapon.
"Set fire, retreat!"
When Cao Ren saw that he had almost robbed, he had people throw the firewood used for dinner by Yuan Jun into various tents and food.
The fire spread instantly and engulfed the entire camp.
Cao Jun finished setting fire and left under the leadership of Cao Ren.
Chunyu Qiong wanted to chase, but he also had to put out the fire. In the end, he decided that putting out the fire was more important. He could save as much food as he could, so he had to lead people to pour water.
Cao Ren grabbed more than two thousand carts of grain and returned to Guandu in high spirits.
It was already evening when they left, and the firelight from the camp illuminated the river bank that was about to enter the night.
It was late at night when we returned to Guandu Caoying.
"Brother, there are more than two thousand carts of grain."
"Originally, I wanted to grab three thousand cars, but the enemy generals blocked it severely and I couldn't grab that many."
"I burned the rest."
As soon as Cao Ren came back, he asked for credit.
When Cao Cao saw the food and grass he had snatched back, he laughed loudly and said: "Yuan Benchu was defeated by me just after crossing the river. He couldn't even hold on to the food. Haha... We have the same strength. What can he use to fight me?"
His military strength is only slightly worse than Yuan Shao.
However, Yuan Shao did not know that there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and the people who informed Yuan Shao in Xudu were not very clear about this. This was the premise that Yuan Shao was doomed to fail.
"My lord, don't get too carried away."
Jia Xu reminded.
Cao Cao was still smiling, but after listening to Jia Xu's words, he thought it was very reasonable. He restrained himself and said, "I also know not to be complacent, but this is a good thing. If it is passed down, it will boost the morale of the army, boost morale, and increase the fighting spirit of the soldiers." , more vigorous.”
"yes!"
Cao Ren excitedly took the grain down and handed it to Wang Jie, the grain officer, and then spread the news throughout the army, telling the soldiers in the army to boost morale.
Chen Zhou accompanied them, waiting for the result of Cao Ren's robbery of the camp. After waiting until now, he yawned and said: "You guys get excited first, I'm going to rest. If I guess correctly, Yuan Shao will be angry when he learns that we have robbed food and grass." Cross the river quickly and take the initiative to avenge this. The first person to cross the river is the white horse."
The white horse is the key point on the edge of the Yellow River. Only by taking the white horse can you ensure the safety of crossing the river. You don't have to worry about hitting it halfway across the river.
"Watari, go and rest!"
Cao Cao said and shouted: "Give me the order to march north early tomorrow morning."
The order was passed down, and Cao Ying's soldiers acted quickly.
"yes!"
The lieutenants of the army took orders in unison.
