Jiang Qi was ordered to rescue Wuchao. When he saw Chunyu Qiong's troops coming out, he felt a little strange, so he came to ask. Cao Jun falsely claimed that they were the defeated troops of Wuchao, and Cao Cao himself pretended even better, with a lot of dust on his face. , directly hugged Jiang Qi's group and said: "General, hurry up and save Wuchao. Cao's army is very hateful. We were all scattered."
When Jiang Qi saw the tragic situation, he had no doubts. He thought about going to Wuchao to seek revenge from Cao Jun, and then drove his horses through.
Cao Cao winked at Zhang Liao and Xu Chu who were in the team. When the team passed halfway and had already blended into Jiang Qi's team, he suddenly shouted: "Jiang Qi, don't leave!"
Zhang Liao was beside Jiang Qi. He was caught off guard. Zhang Liao next to him raised his sword and killed him under his horse. Others Yuan Jun were also hit and fell into a pool of blood. Then Cao Jun took off all these clothes. He also sent a decent actor to report to Yuan Shao, saying: "General Jiang Qi is very heroic. Under his leadership, everyone defeated Cao Cao's army. Now Cao Cao has fled towards the base camp like a bereaved dog."
After hearing this, Yuan Shao was very satisfied, nodded, and rewarded the pretender heavily. He stopped caring about Wuchao's affairs and just accelerated his progress to Guandu.
Zhang He and Gao Lan went to attack Cao Cao's camp together. As soon as they entered, Xiahou Dun on the left, Cao Ren on the right, and Cao Hong in the middle fought out three armies. Yuan's army, which was originally small in number, was ambushed and was quickly killed and defeated. .
When the troops behind him caught up, Cao Cao led his elite troops to fight back from behind. Yuan Jun was surrounded from all sides and could not support it at all.
Zhang He and Gao Lan knew that the situation was over, so they quickly broke through the siege and were able to survive.
Yuan Shao took back all the defeated soldiers and horses from Wuchao. When he saw that Chunyu Qiong's ears and nose had been chopped off, and there was still blood on his hands and feet, he was very miserable. He asked others about the situation and said angrily: "You guys What happened, and how was Wuchao attacked?"
Some people who were dissatisfied with Chunyu Qiong came out to complain, saying: "General Chunyu Qiong drinks every day. It happened that he drank too much that day, and Cao's army came, so he couldn't resist."
Yuan Shao was furious and prepared to send someone to behead him immediately.
At this time, Guo Tu was a little panicked. This strategic mistake was caused by him. He was very afraid that Gao Lan and Zhang He would come back to confront him, and he would definitely die, so he complained in front of Yuan Shao, saying: "Zhang He and Gao The two of them are secretly happy to see their lord defeated."
Yuan Shao said: "Why do you say that?"
Guo Tu smiled and said: "Actually, I have been observing them for a long time. They have long wanted to surrender to Cao Cao. Now they are sent to attack Cao Cao's main stronghold. The two of them did not carry out the task attentively, which led to the loss of troops and generals."
After hearing this, Yuan Shao was furious and sent people to find the two men and prepare to question them.
In order to protect himself, Guo Tu shamelessly sent someone to tell Gao Lan and Zhang He, saying, "My lord is planning to attack you. You should wish yourselves good luck."
When the people sent by Yuan Shao arrived, Gao Lan asked, "Why did the Lord ask us to go back?"
The messenger said: "I'm not very clear either."
Gao Lan pulled out his sword and stabbed the envoy to death. Zhang He who was behind was very surprised and quickly stepped forward to ask why.
Gao Lan smiled softly and said: "Yuan Shao, a foolish man, will definitely be captured by Cao Cao after listening to Guo Tu's slander. How can we wait here to die? Looking at this situation, it must be Guo Tu who instigated us. You will definitely be executed if you go back, so why not go and join Cao Cao, he is still very wise."
Zhang He sighed and said: "Actually, I have been observing for a long time and have had this idea for a long time. Cao Cao is the Ming Gong."
So the two of them took the remaining troops of their headquarters and walked towards Cao Cao's camp.
Xiahou Dun said: "The two of them came to surrender without knowing the truth."
Cao Cao said: "I express my kindness to them. Even if I have bad thoughts, they will change."
So he ordered people to open the gate of the camp, and the two threw away their weapons, put their armor on the ground, and knelt down on the ground.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "If Yuan Shao is willing to use you two, I believe he will not fail. Now that you two have come to join me, it is like Han Xin joining the Han Dynasty." After saying that, Zhang He was made a partial general and Dutinghou. , Gao Lan was the partial general and the Marquis of Donglai. They did not expect that Cao Cao would understand the righteousness so well, and were very happy, thinking that they had met a wise master.
Yuan Shao lost Xu You, Zhang He and Gao Lan. At the same time, there was nothing left in Wuchao, and the morale of the army was low. At this time, Xu You persuaded Cao Cao to attack quickly. Zhang He and Gao Lan volunteered to be the vanguard, and Cao Cao agreed. Send Zhang He and Gao Lan with their troops to intercept Yuan Shao's camp.
At three o'clock in the evening, Cao's army divided into three groups to attack Yuan Shao's commander's camp. They fought in melee until dawn, and then each retreated. Yuan Shao's army lost most of it.
The situation in the Battle of Guandu had undergone a fundamental reversal. Xun You came out and offered his strategy, saying: "Now we can publicize to the outside world that we will mobilize some troops to take jujubes all the way to attack Ye County; we will take Liyang all the way to cut off Yuan's army's retreat. Then when Yuan Shao hears about it, he will definitely be very panicked and detach some soldiers to resist. We will take advantage of the separation of his soldiers to launch a surprise attack, and then Yuan Shao's army will be defeated."
Cao Cao used this strategy and sent out three armies, large and small. Such gossip spread everywhere. After Yuan Shao heard about it, he actually believed it. Someone even made a special report, saying: "Cao Cao is preparing to divide his troops to attack and take Ye County all the way." , take Liyang all the way, in this case, we will not even have a way out."
Yuan Shao was really surprised, so he sent his son Yuan Tan to divide 50,000 troops to rescue Ye County, and Xin Ming to divide 50,000 troops to rescue Li Yang, and set off overnight.
Knowing that Yuan Shao's troops had been separated, Cao Cao laughed heartily and immediately gathered all the troops and resources in his headquarters, concentrated the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and attacked Yuan Shao's main camp directly.
Yuan Jun was short of food and had no fighting spirit at all. He just ran around and collapsed thousands of miles away.
Yuan Shao was not even dressed yet, so he was helped onto his horse by everyone, followed closely by his youngest son Yuan Shang.
Four generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and Yu Jin, pursued Yuan Shao closely. Yuan Shao hurriedly crossed the Yellow River. He threw away some of the books he had brought with him and some of the toys of the upper class, leaving only more than 800 people with him. The cavalry left quickly.
Cao Jun could not catch up, so he had to pick up all the things Yuan Shao had discarded. This time, he killed more than 80,000 people, making the entire battlefield full of blood. Many soldiers drowned in the Yellow River. The situation was very tragic.
After Cao Cao's great victory, he rewarded everything to the soldiers. He found a letter in the book, which was a secret communication between some officials in Xudu and Yuan Shao.
