Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

In the first battle of Guandu, Cao Jun was victorious!

Zhang Liao's formation killed Yuan's vanguard general Yan Liang on the south bank of Guandu, and Taishi Ci captured Yuan Shao's great banner on the north bank!

Yuan Shao's army was beheaded, trampled on each other, crowded into the river, countless people were killed, at least 20,000 casualties!

Cao Ang stopped when he saw the opportunity and did not pursue him closely.

After all, he has an army of 240,000 here. Even if Yuan Shao suffers some casualties, he still has an army of 280,000.

In such a large-scale army battle, the outcome is not so easy to determine. Yuan Shaojun retreated decisively to prevent the defeated troops from attacking the formation. It was not really invincible.

Cao Ang did not regard Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops as nothing just because he had defeated Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Liu Biao in recent months.

Although Yuan Shao is very scheming, he is not a person without plans.

There is no shortage of elite soldiers and horses in the four states of Hebei. Yuan Shao's army is full of Yan and Zhao warriors and You Bing's elite cavalry!

Cao Ang's five thousand cavalry army can be said to have the advantage when they defeated Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and other princes in the south.

But when facing Yuan Shao, he had no advantage.

Yuan Shao has more cavalry than Cao Ang, with ten thousand cavalry!

And it’s a heavy cavalry with thousands of soldiers wearing armor!

As for the heavy cavalry in Cao's army, the only heavy cavalry in Cao Ang's army was the five hundred Xuanjia hussars equipped by Cao Ang after he obtained the Xuanjia!

The rest are all light cavalry with only leather and light armor. In terms of the number of heavy cavalry, they are far less than Yuan Shao.

This is the foundation of leading the four states of Hebei for several years as the fourth generation and the third prince!

During the Battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao himself said: Yuan Shao had thousands of armored leaders, but he could only afford twenty large armored collars; Yuan Shao had three hundred horse armors, but he could not even get ten of them...

Now after Cao Ang's attack As a result, Cao's army had 5,000 fine cavalry, including 500 armored heavy cavalry.

In terms of the number of heavy cavalry, it was far less than Yuan Shao's army. Only the horse armor was 200 more than Yuan Shao's 300.

If we engage in a full-scale decisive battle with Yuan Shao like this, even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties!

Cao Ang wants to decide the outcome in one battle, completely defeat Yuan Shao, and conquer all four states in Hebei. It is not just like the battle of Guandu in history, where Cao Cao just repelled Yuan Shao.

At the same time, we must try to reduce the casualties of our soldiers and preserve our strength and fire!

So, after Cao Jun chased across the river for a while, Cao Ang ordered his troops to retreat and stationed outside Yangwu City on the north bank of the Guandu River.

Yuan Shaojun, on the other hand, retreated and stopped at Suanzao, about sixty miles away from Yangwu, and established a firm position.

It was night, outside Suanzao City, in the main tent of Yuan Jun's army.

Yuan Shao looked worried and angry.

During the battle at Guandu River during the day, Yuan Shao originally thought that Cao Jun's reinforcements were ordinary people pretending to be ordinary people, so he didn't take it seriously.

As a result, those Cao soldiers were real soldiers. They defeated Yan Liang's vanguard who crossed the river without giving Yuan Shao time to react.

Yan Liang, his top general, was also beheaded by Cao Ang's general Zhang Liao. He also lost almost 20,000 troops and horses, which made Yuan Shao feel bad.

In addition to being distressed, Yuan Shao was more puzzled and angry:"What did Sun Ce and Liu Biao do? They let Cao Ang come back from Yangzhou with so many soldiers and horses!

Among them were even Jingzhou Jiangxia soldiers and Jiangdong soldiers. The banner of the new army, could it be that Liu Biao and Sun Ce were playing tricks on me and secretly formed an alliance with Cao Ang!"

At this time, Yuan Shao, who was unaware, only thought that Liu Biao had betrayed him, but he did not expect that both Liu Biao and Sun Ce had been defeated by Cao Ang.!

On the other hand, Tian Feng and Ju Shou looked at each other with some worry on their faces.

Tian Feng hesitated for a moment, and then said:"My lord, Liu Biao and Sun Ce are both knowledgeable people. They are far away from me in the four states of Hebei, and there is no conflict of interest for the time being.

But Cao Cao and Cao Ang, who occupy several states in the Central Plains, are Sun Ce. Liu Biao's immediate trouble.

It is unlikely that they will unite with Cao Ang to deal with the lord.

However, there is a possibility of being defeated by Cao Ang!"

Tian Feng said this with a bit of uncertainty, because he could not imagine it. , Cao Ang can have the time and troops to defeat Sun Ce and Liu Biao...

As far as Lu Bu and Yuan Shu are concerned, Sun Ce and Liu Biao are much stronger than Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.……

"It is not impossible that Cao Zixiu used his troops like a god. He first defeated Sun Ce, then advanced from Lujiang to attack Jiangxia Huangzu, and captured Huangzu's Jiangxia soldiers."

Xu You stroked his goatee, and the old god said from the side.

Obviously he agreed with Tian Feng's guess. However,

Yuan Shao, Guo Tu and others did not believe Tian Feng and Xu You's words. Even Yuan Shao was a little angry:" Why do you always think so highly of Cao Ang?

Wouldn’t it be to increase the ambition of others and destroy one’s own prestige?

If Sun Ce and Jiangxia Huangzu were defeated by Cao Ang, then Liu Biao should also send me news!

Since there is no news from Liu Biao, it means that nothing is wrong in Jingzhou!

Although I don’t know how Cao Ang evenly dispatched so many reinforcements, I think he was still stretched thin and it was not easy!

Since he has mobilized troops here, the southern front must be empty!

Jingzhou and Jiangdong will definitely not miss this opportunity to advance!

I guess it won't take long before we get the news. Guo

Tu also jumped out and echoed:"My lord is right. If something really happened to Sun Ce and Jiangxia Huangzu, then Liu Biao would not be able to react, and he would probably lead his army to come back for reinforcements."

And Cao Cao, who was restrained by Liu Biao, was naturally able to free his hands.

But Cao Cao did not show up, which is enough to show that Liu Biao's place in Jingzhou was safe and sound!"

"That's right, Tian Feng and Xu You, you keep your face drawn all day long, as if you are worried about the future, always thinking about Cao Ang.

I don’t blame the master for saying that you have the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige!"

Shen Pei and Guo Tu have always been on the same page, and now he also stood up and dismissed Tian Feng and Xu You's advice as unfounded worries.

This made Xu You snort coldly, give Guo Tu Shen Pei a blank look, and simply He rolled up his sleeves and closed his eyes to rest.

Tian Feng's face turned dark, and he wanted to refute but could not provide any evidence...

At this moment, a report came from outside the tent:"Lord, a messenger has arrived from the south, claiming to be the shepherd of Yuzhou. Liu Bei's subordinates have important military information that they want to report to the lord!"

This sudden report caused Yuan Shao and other monarchs and ministers in the tent to raise their brows and look moved. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Didn't Liu Bei join Xudu Cao Cao after being driven out of Xiaopei by Lu Bu?

Now that he is serving under the Cao family, why would he send me military information?

Could it be that Cao Ang asked him to cheat!"

Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly and guessed in his heart.

Jushou shook his head and said:"My lord, don't worry. Liu Bei is also a heroic man. He was also the lord of Xuzhou. He is not someone who wants to be inferior to others.

The reason why Liu Bei went to surrender to Cao Cao before was because Lu Bu forced him too hard and Liu Bei could not protect himself.

Now Liu Bei is in Cao's army, but he secretly sent a message to his lord. He must have seen that Cao Ang has gained great power recently and has captured Xuzhou and half of Yangzhou. He wants to profit from it and uses his lord's hand to defeat Cao Ang so that he can have a chance to regain it. Xuzhou is just rebuilding its foundation!"

Having said this, Jushou said firmly:"Therefore, Liu Bei is still trustworthy for the time being.

The lord might as well summon his messenger, and perhaps he can learn from it the reason why Cao Ang dared to bring so many reinforcements to kill, and the actual strength of Cao's troops everywhere! Ju

Shou said this, which made Yuan Shaocai put down his guard and nodded:"That's right. Although Liu Xuande is from a humble background, he has a reputation as a benevolent and righteous gentleman. He will never lie to me.""

With that said, Yuan Shao ordered to summon Liu Bei's envoy

"I am engaged in Sun Qian under Liu Yuzhou and pay my respects to Duke Yuan!"

Soon, Liu Bei's envoy came to the tent. It was Sun Qian, one of the few staff members in Liu Bei's tent.

Sun Qian was a disciple of the world-famous Confucian Zheng Xuan. Although he was not world-famous, he was still a famous scholar..

Therefore, when Yuan Shao saw that it was Sun Qian who was here, he was quite polite:"Mr. Sun Qian is here. I wonder what military information Liu Yuzhou has. Can I ask you to deliver it personally?" Sun

Qian took a deep breath and slowly said:"This is a serious matter. Liu Yuzhou was afraid of being noticed by Cao Ang, so he did not write a letter."

He just asked me to leave Cao Ying for the reason of going home to visit relatives and deliver a message to Mr. Yuan. Sun

Qian briefly explained the reason, and then got to the point:"I'm afraid Mr. Yuan doesn't know that Cao Ang defeated Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army in Lujiang a month ago, and personally killed Sun Ce and captured the Jiangdong soldiers and soldiers." There are tens of thousands of Shanyue soldiers and private soldiers of the Lujiang family.

He also led his army to attack Jiangxia in Jingzhou, forcing Huang Zu to fight. He shot Huang Zu outside the county and captured 40,000 Jiangxia soldiers.

Then Cao Ang made a gesture of attacking Xiangyang, forcing Liu Biao to withdraw his troops urgently.

However, Cao Ang did not go to Xiangyang, but transferred to Xinye, ambushed Liu Biao at night outside Xinye City, and defeated the Jingzhou army!"

"In other words, at this time, Jiangdong and Jingzhou each lost their masters and were defeated by Cao Ang. They were temporarily unable to send troops to attack Cao.

Now what Mr. Yuan is facing is Cao Ang's main force. Please do not take it lightly.

When more soldiers and horses were recruited from Jizhou, Cao Ang was destroyed in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be a stalemate, giving General Cao Ang a chance to reorganize and absorb all his troops (which is a good thing) and continue to grow!"

Sun Qian's words were spoken out in one breath.

Like a thunderbolt from the sky, one thunder after another struck the ears and hearts of Yuan Shao and Hebei Wenwu...

Yuan Shao felt as if he had survived a thunderstorm. He almost rolled his eyes and fainted because of the thunder!

The counselors and generals under Yuan Shao's tent also had different expressions and took a breath of cold air!

Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, was killed by Cao Ang? []

He even sat down Liu Biao and Liu Jingzhou, who had 280,000 troops in Jingxiang, were also ambushed and killed by Cao Ang?

Moreover, they thought they were still containing Cao Cao's ally Jingzhou Army, but they had already withdrawn their troops at this moment?

Cao Cao, Cao Ang and his son were all lost Containment!

This also means that the number of men and horses that the Cao family and his son can mobilize will be around three to four hundred thousand!

Compared with the armies of the four states in Hebei, it is not much worse!

Originally thought it was a push to push the situation with overwhelming force.

However, Cao Ang was They were defeated one by one and became almost evenly matched?

And because they didn't know the truth, they suffered a defeat at Guandu Water, killing General Yan Liang and losing 20,000 troops...

If Cao Cao's 110,000 troops also attacked here, If they come, Cao's army on the opposite side will reach 350,000 troops, which is more than Yuan Shao's 280,000 troops... It can directly turn Yuan Shao's great advantage of Hebei's army and horses into a disadvantage... Xiao...

What the hell is this?.