Cao Cao sneaked at night with his elite troops and secretly passed Yuan Shao's camp. When passing by, Yuan Jun came over to check and asked where the troops were. Cao Cao sent a captured spy and replied: "We were ordered by General Jiang Qi to protect Wuchao's food and grass."
Yuan Jun saw that it was the flag of his own army, and he didn't stutter or hesitate when he spoke, so he let them pass.
During this period, I also met other patrolling Yuan Jun. They all said the same thing, but no one came out to stop them. Everything went smoothly.
When they arrived at Wuchao, it was already the fourth day of the night. Cao Cao asked his sergeants to tie up some straw and start setting fire to it. After the soldiers lit the fire, they played drums and entered the Wuchao.
The general guarding Wuchao was Chunyu Qiong. Before Cao Jun came, he had just finished the first half of the cocktail party. This time he drank a little too much. He was sleeping soundly in the camp. When he heard the loud sound of drums outside, he jumped up and asked about the situation. He said: "What is going on outside? Why is it so noisy?" Before he could finish his words, he drank too much and couldn't stand still, so he fell down again.
Sui Yuanjin and Zhao Rui had just transported some grain and grass. They didn't drink and were a little sober. When they saw a fire in the village, they ran to rescue it.
Cao Jun reported to Cao Cao and said: "A lot of Yuan troops suddenly appeared behind us. Please divide some of them to resist."
Cao Cao looked at the rear and shouted: "Generals, just kill all the way to the front. After the Yuan army behind them arrives, we will return to fight with them."
There were pursuers behind. Cao Cao made this decision to risk his life. If he could not kill the enemies in front, Yuan's army behind would be completely destroyed when they arrived. The soldiers also understood what Cao Cao meant and used their best abilities to attack. Rush forward.
For a moment, flames were flying everywhere, and Wuchao was shrouded in thick billowing smoke, making it difficult to see what was going on outside.
Sui Yuanjin and Zhao Rui's soldiers and horses arrived quickly and fought together with Cao Cao's army. However, they were no match for Cao's army. After a few rounds, they were killed by Cao's army. The food and grass were basically burned clean. Chun Yuqiong, the guard general of Wuchao of Yuan Army, was soon captured. Cao Cao saw that Chun Yuqiong was drunk and was not amused. He sent people to chop off Chun Yuqiong's ears, nose, and fingers, put them on the horse's back, and then let him return. He was humiliated in Yuan Shao's camp.
The noise in Wuchao was so great that it finally woke up Yuan Shao. He heard the report that fire was rising due north. He knew that Wuchao must have been attacked by Cao's army, so he quickly summoned civilian and military generals to discuss how to rescue them.
Zhang He said: "Let Gao Lan and I go, we can definitely save it."
Guo Tujin said: "There is no point in going now. If Cao Cao's army goes to intercept our food and grass, Cao Cao himself must also go. In this case, Cao Cao's camp must be empty. We can send troops to attack Cao Cao's camp first. He heard that After that, we will definitely go to the rescue. This is Sun Bin’s plan to surround Wei and save Zhao."
Zhang He Mashan came out and denied Guo Tu's idea, saying: "That's not the case. Cao Cao is a man of many strategies. When he comes out like this, he will definitely leave some ambushes to prevent us from attacking. If we attack Cao Cao's camp now, we will be attacked." If we don’t come down, Chunyu Qiong and others will be arrested again, then we will all be captured.”
Guo Tu argued: "Then Cao Cao only focused on intercepting grain and grass. How could he leave soldiers to guard the camp?"
So Yuan Shao repeatedly requested to rob Cao Cao's camp, so Yuan Shao sent Zhang He and Gao Lan with 5,000 soldiers to Guandu to attack Cao Cao's camp, and asked Jiang Qi to quickly rush to aid Wuchao with 10,000 soldiers.
Before this operation, the soldiers in Cao Cao's camp saw Yuan Jun's small earth mountain getting higher and higher, and prepared to rush out. However, the archers assigned by the trial were very powerful. Once they appeared, they were shot wildly and had no way to advance. As a result, in ten In one day, Yuan Jun built more than 50 small hills, then built fences, and shot arrows on the mounds. Cao Cao's soldiers were very frightened and blocked the guards with shields, but the archers stood very high and sometimes Not all shields can block it. Many times Cao Jun was shot to death on the ground. When Yuan Jun saw it, he laughed and said Cao Jun was a turtle.
Before the action, all the counselors were afraid that Xu You was telling lies, so they all came to persuade him. However, Cao Cao made his own judgment and said, "You are wrong. In fact, Xu You came to me this time because God wanted Yuan Shao." Failure. Now our army's food and grass are seriously insufficient, and there is not much time left for all of us. If we don't adopt Xu You's strategy, then we will just sit back and wait for death. If Xu You is deceiving us, then how can he stay? In our camp? And I have been preparing to rob Yuan Shao's camp for a long time. This move to Wuchao is imperative, so please stop questioning it."
Zhang Liao said: "Then we must prepare to prevent Yuan Shao from taking advantage of the emptiness of our camp to attack us."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I still know Yuan Shao, and I have been planning this plan for a long time."
So Xun You, Jia Xu, Cao Hong and Xu You were sent to guard the stronghold. Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan led an army to lie down on the left. Cao Ren and Li Dian led an army to lie down on the right. Zhang Liao and Xu Chu were sent in front, Xu Huang and Yu Jin were behind, and Cao Cao himself He led the elite troops of the Chinese army, a total of five thousand soldiers and horses, under the banner of Yuan Shao's army, all tied with grass, and marched towards Wuchao at dusk.
The sky was full of stars that night, and Jushou was imprisoned in a cell by Yuan Shao for some matters. He looked at the stars at night and found that Taibai was retrograde, infringing on the distinction between Niu and Dou. After a little calculation, he was frightened and said: "This is a disaster that is coming! "
So he went to find Le Yuan Shao that night. He saw that Yuan Shaocai was drinking and sleeping, and was a little drunk. Hearing that Ju Shou had something important to report, he let him in.
Jushuhui reported: "I just watched the Lotte phenomenon and found that Taibai was moving retrograde between willows and ghosts, and the stream of light shone into the divisions between oxen and dou. I'm afraid there are bandits coming to rob the camp. Wuchao is an important place for us to store grain. , we must be prepared, we should quickly send out strong generals to ambush, and strengthen patrols on the mountain roads to avoid Cao Jun's plot."
Yuan Shao said angrily: "You are already a convicted person, how dare you come out and confuse the public with your evil words!"
So he rebuked the jailer who was supervising Yue and said, "I sent you to lock him up, how could you let him out!" So he had him beheaded and asked others to lock him up again.
Jushu, who was once again in the cell, had completely lost hope. He just shed tears and sighed: "Our army has reached the eve of destruction, and I don't know where my body will be kept."
With a forward force, Cao Jun killed all Chunyu Qiong's troops, took off their clothes, put them on his own troops, and then pretended to be Chun Yuqiong's troops, organized the troops and returned to the camp. , arrived at the mountain path and happened to meet Jiang Qi's troops.
