The fighting continues.
The main force used as bait led by Gao Gan was quickly killed in a mess.
They struggled for a while, and finally all died in battle. Since they couldn't be captured alive, they took the heads back to Cao Cao. The credit was still credit, but it was more glorious to capture them alive and bring them back alive, but it was not bad.
"Surrender, no killing!"
Zhang Xiu shouted loudly at this time.
They all know that for Cao Cao's camp to develop, population is essential.
Bringing the remaining defeated generals back, not to mention recruiting them as soldiers, even taking them back to farm, they can produce a lot of food. Cao Cao gave them the instructions, and some of them did not need to kill those who surrendered.
The remaining soldiers of the Yuan Army saw that their generals were gone, and they were surrounded by fierce Cao Army soldiers, as well as even more ferocious trapped soldiers. They hesitated until the end, but still dropped their weapons and raised their hands to express their willingness to surrender.
At the mountain pass outside Fukouxing, the fighting scene quickly came to an end.
The surrendered soldiers squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. At this time, less than 10,000 people were still alive and surrendered.
"General, not good!"
"Gao Gan is real, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are not real!"
An officer went to do an autopsy and came back and said in shock.
Yuan Cao has been fighting for so long and fought so many battles. The officers are familiar with what they look like.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu and the others immediately went over to take a look, turned over the bodies and found that the high official was indeed a real person, but Yuan Shang and the others only wore the same clothes and looked completely different from Yuan Shang and the others.
"Fell into a trap."
Gao Shun shouted: "Two thousand people are coming, chase them to the north, hurry!"
They changed their clothes to escape, and then used Gao Gan himself as bait. This was something they could not have imagined. But now it was too late to pursue them, and they could no longer catch up. Even Yuan Shang and the others could not determine which direction they were fleeing, so the pursuing soldiers had no choice but to Return.
"How is it now?"
Zhang Xiu asked.
Gao Shun said: "They escaped, and we had no choice but to take Gao Gan back."
They cleaned up the battle, took away the corpses of Gao Gan and the surrendered soldiers, and returned to Yecheng to meet Cao Cao.
——
Yuan Shang and the others escaped and looked back. There were no pursuers in the rear to catch up, so they found a dense forest and hid in the jungle to rest. They couldn't run anymore.
"My cousin is gone!"
Yuan Xi sat weakly on the ground and sighed: "What should I do?"
As of now, 90% of their Yuan family is gone.
The eldest brother Yuan Tan must have been swallowed up by Cao Cao under Cao Cao's methods. The family in Yecheng was also controlled by Cao Cao, and now it seems that only the two brothers are left.
Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and said: "This revenge must be avenged! Second brother, now only your Youzhou is our hope for revenge. Maybe you will blame me for being cold-blooded, ignoring my cousin and letting him die, but If we don’t do this, our Yuan family will never be able to avenge us!”
Yuan Xi gritted his teeth, and knew the importance of the sacrifice of high-ranking officials, and said harshly: "We will go back to Youzhou right now. I am in Youzhou, and there are about 10,000 people left. The generals will lead Zhao Hetian Yu and take 10,000 people with him." Many people often fight against Wuhuan and Xianbei, and their fighting power is not bad! If I hadn’t been wary of Xianbei and Wuhuan and didn’t dare to take them south, I wouldn’t have failed so miserably!”
"good!"
Yuan Shang heard that Yuan Xi still had some background and felt that it would be no problem to defend Youzhou!
As long as we can hold on and consume it, we can defeat Cao Cao.
You must know that Cao Cao stretched his battle line from Yuzhou to Youzhou. As long as he moved his troops northward, logistics transportation and supplies might be a problem.
They have enough opportunities to waste them!
"Let's leave now. If we are too late, we are afraid that Cao Jun will chase us again."
Yuan Shang couldn't wait to go to Youzhou, reorganize his army, and fight Cao Cao to the end.
Seeing this, Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu shook their heads helplessly and sighed. In fact, they had no hope for brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Now they were like trapped beasts still fighting, reluctantly resisting.
After they had rested enough, a group of defeated soldiers immediately headed north again, going further and further until they could no longer be seen.
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Zhang Xiu and the others finally returned to Yecheng, brought the body of the high official and reported the situation.
"Pity!"
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "I didn't expect Yuan Shang and the others to know how to escape in this way. They escaped as soon as they escaped. Don't worry about it for now."
Anyway, Youzhou will have to fight when the time comes, and it is impossible to let them go.
"You kill a person and come back from a long distance. Go and rest first. You have made great achievements. When the time comes, I will reward you based on your merits." Cao Cao said again.
"Thank you, my lord!"
They bowed and quickly retreated.
Cao Cao continued: "The news of Yuan's defeat spread throughout Jizhou. Many counties and counties came to me to surrender. I controlled 80% of Jizhou. Over in Qingzhou, after Yuan Tan was captured, I also sent people to take over. , the local generals, prefects, etc. are also willing to surrender."
“Today, of the four northern states, only Bingzhou and Youzhou remain.”
"What do you think?"
he asked the counselor beside him.
"Yuan Shang must have gone to Youzhou first when he escaped. But Gao Gan is dead and Bingzhou has no owner. If he attacks Youzhou first and then Bingzhou, the ownerless Bingzhou will easily be separatist by various warlords, thus giving rise to new Master, I suggest that my lord take Bingzhou first to shock the whole state, and then go north to Youzhou." Xun You immediately put forward his own opinion.
"What do you think of Fengxiao?"
Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia agreed: "Take Bingzhou first. It's best to take the unclaimed land. Youzhou can be released later, but it is not easy to enter Bingzhou."
Bingzhou is in the west of Taihang Mountain, and only Taihang Baxing can pass through.
If people from within Bingzhou deploy troops to defend Taihang Baxing, it will actually be difficult to defeat them!
The high cadres took away the main force of Bingzhou to fight Cao Cao, but there will not be any guards left in Bingzhou, and it does not need too many. As long as some guards control the dangerous places on the mountain roads, it will be easy to defend but difficult to attack from outside. It is difficult for the enemy to penetrate.
"Have you all forgotten Zhang Yan?"
Chen Zhou reminded: "Heishan is also on Taihang, close to Jingxing. Zhang Yan lives there all year round. He knows the situation near Jingxing well and can help us enter Bingzhou."
After receiving such a reminder, Cao Cao immediately said: "General Zhang Yan is coming in."
After a while, Zhang Yan appeared in the tent and said loudly: "Greetings, my lord!"
Cao Cao nodded and said: "General Zhang, there is no need to be polite. You have been in Heishan all year round. Do you know if there is any channel near Jingxing that can bypass all the guards and enter Bingzhou without anyone noticing, and go straight to Taiyuan?"
"have!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan understood what Cao Cao and the others were planning to do next, and said quickly: "I know a way that can go deep into Taiyuan and bypass the military fortress and pass in Jingxing. It is a hidden passage. Even my men from the Black Mountain Army will Not many people know this road!”
Having said that, the plan works.
Bingzhou can be fought!
Cao Cao and the others were overjoyed!
