Chapter 191 Chaos Hero 3 (Award)

Cao Cao's strength is far less than Yuan Shao's, and his total strength is only tens of thousands. According to the "Wudi Ji", "the number of soldiers is less than 10,000, and the wounded are 123."

Pei Songzhi believes that this number is inaccurate, and Cao Cao's strength will not be so small, but there is no doubt that Cao Cao's strength is far inferior to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's army came to attack, and Xu Du was shocked. Cao Cao comforted the generals and said, "I know that Shaozhi is a man. He is ambitious and intelligent, fierce and timid. He is afraid of it and powerful. There are many soldiers and the paintings are unclear. He will be arrogant and the orders of the people are different. Although the land is wide and the grain is abundant, it is enough to serve for me."

In February, Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang and others besieged the white horse and kicked off the war.

In April, Cao personally led his troops north to relieve the siege of the white horse. He adopted the strategy of the counselor Xun You, advanced army to Yanjin (now north of Yanjin, Henan, west of the white horse) and made a posture to cross the river to attack the Yuan army, attracting the Yuan army to divide the west, and then suddenly turned to quickly rush to the white horse.

Cao's army suddenly killed, Yuan's army was caught off guard, Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu, Yuan's army was defeated, and the siege of the white horse was relieved.

Cao Cao rescued the white horse soldiers and civilians and retreated west along the Yellow River.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately ordered Wen Chou and Liu Bei to cross the river to chase Cao Cao.

When Cao saw that the pursuers were approaching, he ordered the sergeant to release his horse and put more emphasis on the road. Yuan's army chased the army, competing for heavy and chaotic formation.

The only cavalry led by Cao Cao suddenly came out, broke through the pursuers, and killed Wen Chou. Yuan Jun was shocked. Cao Cao won the first battle, took the initiative to withdraw his army and continued to guard the official crossing.

In August, Yuan Shao's army entered the camp, dozens of miles from east to west, and forced into Guandu. Cao Cao divided his troops and held the camp, waiting for the opportunity to move.

Yuan's army launched a fierce attack on Cao's camp. First, he made a high-row, raised a mountain, shot arrows from the top to Cao's camp, and then dug tunnels. He wanted to attack Cao's camp from the ground, all of which were cracked by Cao Cao's method of setting up a catapult and digging gullies.

The two armies have been together for nearly two months. After a long battle, Cao Cao was in an extremely difficult situation.

In October, Yuan Shao brought more than 10,000 trucks of grain and grass from Hebei, sent general Chun Yuqiong and others to take more than 10,000 people to guard them and live in the black nest 40 miles away from Yuan Shao's camp.

At this time, Xu You, a counselor of Yuan Shao, was arrested because he made a sneak attack on Xu Du to Yuan Shao, and his family in Hebei was arrested for breaking the law. He came to Cao Cao and offered a plan to make Cao Cao sneak attack Wuchao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and went out to welcome him. After that, he personally led the elite to ride 5,000 people, with the ranks of the army, horses, and changed Yuan's military uniforms to attack Wuchao from the path at night.

Cao's army went to Wuchao and ordered to set fire on all sides. Yuan's army was in chaos, and Chunyu Qiong refused to defend the camp.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he hurriedly sent troops to rescue him. Cao Cao saw that "the thief was a little closer, please divide the troops to refuse." Cao Cao said angrily, "The thief is behind his back, it's white!"

The soldiers fought desperately, so they defeated Yuan's army, killed Chunyu Qiong and others, and burnt their food and grass.

When Yuan Shao heard that Cao attacked Wuchao, he thought that this was a good opportunity to break through Cao Cao's battalion, so he sent few reinforcements and besieged Cao Cao's battalion with heavy troops.

Because Cao Cao reserved a large number of troops, Cao's camp has not been broken, and the news of Wuchao's defeat has come. General Zhang Xi, Gao Lan and others led their troops to surrender to Cao Cao, and Yuan's army dispersed. Yuan Shao abandoned his army and fled back to the north of the Yellow River.

Cao Jun won a complete victory, beheaded more than 70,000 levels, and won Yuan Jun's precious books and treasures.

Cao Cao checked Yuan Shao's letter, got the letter from his subordinates colluding with Yuan Shao, and burned it up, saying, "When Shao is strong, he still can't protect himself, not to mention everyone!"

In terms of objective conditions, Cao Cao is at a disadvantage, but because he can correctly analyze objective conditions and listen to the correct opinions of others, he can promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, adopt correct strategies and tactics to transform the war into aspects that are beneficial to himself. After his subjective efforts, he finally won the victory.

In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated his biggest enemy Yuan Shao, and it was the general trend for him to unify the north. The Battle of Guandu is also a famous example in the history of China's war.

In 202 (the seventh year of Jian'an), Yuan Shao died of illness, and Yuan Shao's two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, were at peace and had a fight. Yuan Tan was defeated by Yuan Shang and begged Cao Cao to surrender.

In February 204 (the ninth year of Jian'an), Cao Cao took the opportunity of Yuan Shang to attack Yuan Tan and besieged Ye City (now Linzhang West, Hebei Province, North Anyang, Henan Province). Yuan Shang led the army back to rescue, relying on the water (now Fuyang River) as the camp, and Cao Cao marched to surround his camp.

Yuan Shang was afraid and asked to surrender, but Cao Cao did not allow it. Yuan Shang escaped at night, and Yuan's army dispersed.

Yuan Shang fled to Zhongshan (now Ding County, Hebei Province). Cao Cao ordered people to take the seals captured by Yuan Shang to surrender to the defenders of Ye City, and the fighting spirit in the city collapsed. Yecheng was defeated by Cao Cao.

From this year, Cao moved his stronghold north to Yecheng, Jizhou, and the government army has since then come out, while Xu County, the capital of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, has only a few officials.

In the first month of 205 (the tenth year of Jian'an), Cao Cao defeated Yuan Tan and pacifed the two prefectures of Hebei and Qing.

So Cao returned to Yanzhou Pastoral and changed to Jizhou Pastoral. After Yuan Shang's defeat, he fled to Yuan Xi, the assassin of Youzhou. Soon, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Wuhuan in three counties.

In 206 AD (11th year of Jian'an), Cao Cao destroyed Gao Gan and pacifed Bingzhou.

In 207 (the 12th year of Jian'an), Cao Cao decided to go on an expedition to Wuhuan in order to eliminate the remnants of the Yuan family and completely solve the problem of Wuhuan entering the three counties.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wuhuan, the three counties of Liaoxi, Liaodong and Youbeiping, was combined. It was Wuhuan, and its leader was Tudun in western Liaoning.

The three counties Wuhuan has always had a good relationship with the Yuan family, and has repeatedly invaded the border and looted people and property.

In May of this year, Cao Cao personally led a large army to arrive at the end (now Ji County).

During the rainy season, the road is full of water, "it is shallow without carriages and horses, and deep without boats." Cao Cao marched from a route that had been cut off for a long time, but "there are still micropaths to find".

Under the guidance of Tianchou, Cao's army climbed Xu Wushan (now north of Yutian, Hebei) and went out of Lulongsai (near Xifengkou, Hebei Province), "about 500 miles of Gushan Valley", pointing directly to Wuhuan's old nest Liucheng (now south of Chaoyang, Liaoning).

In August, when Cao's army entered less than 200 miles away from Liucheng, Wuhuan found out, so he led tens of thousands of cavalry with Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and others to attack.

When the two armies met, Cao's army was heavy, and "there were few people under armor," and the Wuhuan army was very strong.

Cao Cao climbed to look up and saw that although there were many Wuhuan's army, the formation was not good, so he ordered the general Zhang Liao to be the vanguard and took advantage of the Wuhuan army's slight movement to launch a fierce attack on Wuhuan's army.

The Wuhuan army was in chaos, and Cao's army was defeated and won a complete victory. Hu and Han surrendered more than 200,000 people. Yuan Shang and others fled to Gongsun Kang, who was ceded Pingzhou.

At this time, someone advised Cao Cao to take advantage of the situation to attack Gongsun Kang. Cao Cao said, "Our side sent Kang to Shang and Xishou, and did not bother the soldiers."

So he led the army back. Soon, Gongsun Kang killed Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi and gave their heads to Cao Cao.

The generals don't know why. Cao said, "He is always afraid of others. If I am anxious, I will work together. If I slow down, I will take care of myself. Therefore, Cao Cao broke through the three counties of Wuhuan and completely eliminated the power of the Yuan family.

From November to Yishui, Daijun Wuwan Xingdan in Pufulu and Shangjun Wuwan Xingdan came to congratulate him on his name.

In the same year, Guo Jia died before Cao Cao returned to the north due to unconvinced water and soil, harsh climate and overwork day and night.

On the way back, according to Cao Yu's Biography, "It was cold and dry, there was no water for 200 miles, and the army was short of food. Thousands of horses were killed as food, and more than 30 feet were found in water.

In return, everyone is afraid of the previous ex-questioning. The public rewarded it generously and said: 'Provene alone and take advantage of danger to be lucky. Although you get it, it is supported by heaven, so you can't take it as normal. The advice of the kings and the plan of peace are to reward each other, so don't be difficult to say it later.

In 208 AD (13th year of Jian'an), Xuanwu Pool was opened to train the navy. In June, Cao abolished the three princes, restored the prime minister system, and became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. After basically calming down the north, the front turned to the south.

In July, he marched south to Jingzhou Liu Biao. In August, Liu Biao died of illness, and his son Liu cong took over as Jingzhou pastor.

In September, Cao Cao's army marched to Xinye (now Henan). Liucong thought he could not resist and surrendered Cao Cao.

At this time, Liu Beitun, who defected to Liu Biao after the Battle of Guandu, was stationed in Fancheng (now Xiangfan, Hubei). Hearing that Liu Cong had surrendered, he led his army to retreat to Jiangling (now Hubei).

Jiangling is an important town in Jingzhou and has a large amount of military materials.

Cao Cao heard that he was afraid that Jiangling would fall into the hands of Liu Bei, so he personally led 5,000 cavalry to gallop 300 miles from Xiangyang (now Xiangfan, Hubei) and overtow Liu Bei in Dangyang Changban (now northeast of Dangyang, Hubei), defeated his army, and then occupied Jiangling.