After hearing Xia Houjie's words, Cao Cao and the others were stunned for a moment.
Chen Zhougang said that Yuan Shao would attack Yanjin next. Not long after he finished speaking, the call came. This time it came true too quickly.
"How far is Wen Chou from Baima?"
Cao Cao asked immediately.
Xia Houjie said: "Wen Chou's surprise attack came very suddenly and very quickly. We will probably reach Baima in the afternoon."
"Lord, I have a plan!"
Guo Jia stood up and expressed his thoughts.
Cao Cao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he directly followed Guo Jia's plan.
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When Yuan Shao received the news that Yan Liang had been killed, he was stunned.
As one of his subordinates, one of the rare and powerful generals was killed like this, which subverted his understanding of Yan Liang's strength.
After staying there, Yuan Shao was furious again.
"Cao Ah Man, do you still dare to kill my general?"
Yuan Shao said angrily: "Who is willing to cross the river again and kill the eunuch for me?"
Wen Chou and Yan Liang had a good relationship in private. When he heard that Yan Liang was killed, he was furious. After hearing Yuan Shao's words, he directly expressed his willingness to cross the river, kill Cao Cao and avenge Yan Liang.
Therefore, Yuan Shao's counselors devised a strategy to attack Yanjin as a breakthrough point, and then attack Baima to catch Cao Cao off guard.
The plan seemed to be successful, and Yanjin was easily captured by Wen Chou, but at this time, Yanjin City was an empty city, which made Wen Chou feel very unhappy.
Cao Cao left an empty city, indicating that he no longer wanted to defend Yanjin, and maybe he didn't even want Baima anymore.
He was also worried that if he went to Baima now, he might not be able to meet Cao Cao, which would not be in line with their initial plan, so he decided to speed up and kill Cao Cao now.
It was all a rush march.
Wen Chou desperately wanted to kill Cao Cao, avenge Yan Liang, build momentum for the Hebei army, and consolidate the morale of the army.
"General!"
At this time, the scouts in front ran back and shouted: "Cao's army discovered that our army was going to Baima, so he sent scouts to scout us. Cao's army stationed at Baima was retreating in a hurry. I saw among the retreating troops, there was a Chinese army named Cao Cao. Banner, Cao Cao should be among them."
Hearing that Cao Cao was still there, Wen Chou's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"In which direction will Cao's army retreat?"
"How many of them are there now?"
Whether we can kill Cao Cao depends on this time.
"Retreating to the south, the number seems to be only a few thousand, not a lot."
"According to our inquiries, Cao Cao is planning to abandon Yanjin and Baima and retreat to Guandu in the south. The people in these two places have been moved away by him, leaving only empty cities."
"The main force of Cao's army should have been used to relocate the people."
“Not many people stay in Whitehorse.”
The scout responded again.
According to their recent reconnaissance, this is indeed the case.
Cao Cao's intention of relocating the people and clearing the country was very obvious, and he did it very openly and never secretly.
More than 20,000 people followed Wen Chou across the river.
Cao Cao is now fleeing south with thousands of people. When Wen Chou heard this, he felt that the opportunity for revenge was coming, and urged: "The whole army listens to the order and chases Cao's army fleeing south. Speed up!"
As if he felt that chasing directly was not fast enough, he even arranged for a vanguard force of 3,000 people to leave early and use the fastest speed to stop Cao Jun.
After chasing and stopping Cao Jun, fight as hard as possible until his main force catches up and wipe out Cao Jun in one fell swoop.
Three thousand vanguard troops quickly left the team to pursue him.
The main force led by Wen Chou continued on its way at full speed without slowing down.
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Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's plan and indeed left Baima and returned to the south in the direction of Guandu.
While evacuating, Cao Jun's scouts kept inquiring about the progress of Wen Chou's pursuit.
"Wen Chou sent three thousand vanguards to intercept us."
Cao Cao soon received the news from the scouts and asked, "What do you think I should do?"
Jia Xu said: "According to Fengxiao's plan, we pretended to be defeated and fled in another direction to lure the enemy deeper."
"Which direction?"
Cao Cao asked.
Jia Xu raised his hand, pointed to the southeast, and said: "Here, according to the intelligence of the scouts, there is a slope there that can be temporarily defended. We can lure Wen Chou there and implement the plan of Feng Xiao."
Cao Cao asked the scouts again to confirm that there was really a slope there that could be defended. As Jia Xu said, Guo Jia's plan could continue.
"Walk!"
Cao Cao ordered.
However, the speed of their evacuation this time was not very fast. They deliberately waited for the three thousand vanguards to catch up.
Cao Jun and Yuan Jun's vanguard fought for a while, pretending to be defeated but unable to defeat each other, and had to retreat. Three thousand vanguards pursued and intercepted them. The two sides fought for almost half an hour before Wen Chou's main force finally caught up.
"Lord, the plan is done!"
Guo Jia saw Wen Chou following him and said quickly: "You can follow what Wen He said and evacuate to the slope. Wen Chou will be wiped out in a moment."
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, looked back to the west, and shouted: "Evacuate to the southeast. As you evacuate, discard our food and baggage."
After the order was passed down, the whole army was integrated, throwing things away as they walked. Food, armor, weapons and other things were all thrown on the road.
It gives people the impression that Cao Jun abandoned his armor and fled with his troops after learning that Wen Chou was coming to kill him.
The feeling of running away and chaos again.
Cao Cao even asked people to drag branches and raise smoke and dust, making it even more chaotic. When they were approaching the slope, he said again: "Abandon all the troops, horses, etc., no more!"
The soldiers in the army listened to the order and released the few horses.
They walked up the slope in confusion.
From behind, Wen Chou was chasing closely.
Cao Cao wanted to give Wen Chou the illusion that he was being chased so closely that he had to walk up a slope to avoid the defense.
Wen Chou chased him all the way. Seeing how chaotic Cao Cao's army was, his confidence swelled. He thought that he had arrived too suddenly and had really caught Cao Cao off guard.
At this time, Cao Cao abandoned his armor and dragged his troops, and could only flee. Thousands of troops did not dare to confront him.
"Keep chasing!"
Wen Chou shouted.
Soon they arrived at the place where Cao Jun abandoned their food, grass and armor.
When Yuan Jun's soldiers saw those things, their eyes immediately lit up.
They joined the army just for a bite of food. In order to survive, the food discarded by Cao Jun could fill their stomachs, and the discarded armor could save their lives.
And weapons.
With one more weapon, you will have more confidence when you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
The further you go to the back, you can even see some property discarded by Cao Jun on the ground.
At first, Wen Chou issued a military order not to pick up anything for them, but the temptation was too great and not many people could resist the temptation of those things.
Soon someone started to pick up things. How could others lag behind? Cao Jun couldn't let others pick up the things that Cao Jun discarded, and he would have nothing.
Yuan Jun, who had been relatively orderly just now, suddenly became confused and scrambled to pick up the food, property and other things discarded by Cao Jun.
After all, human nature is greedy.
"Military horses, there are horses ahead!"
The soldiers walking in front shouted excitedly.
Before the shouts could end, they looked at the army horse with greedy eyes, rushing forward, ready to snatch the army horse.
By snatching a horse and taking it back, they wouldn't have to worry about it for the next few years.
