Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 261 Cao Chun Nanpi Beheads Yuan Tan

At the end of the tenth year of Jian'an.After Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he held a funeral for Xiahou Dun.

Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others all returned to Xuchang. The irritable Xia Houyuan begged: "My lord, I would like to lead my troops to attack Zhang Yi and avenge Yuan Rang."

Cao Ren and others hurriedly dissuaded him, this was not the time to attack Zhang Yi.

After a few months, in March of the 11th year of Jian'an, that is, when Zhang Yi returned to Shouchun, Yuan Tan in Qingzhou raised his troops again.

Last year, Yuan Tan was beaten back to Qingzhou by Cao Cao, and he has been trading with Zhang Yi.He traded weapons and food from Zhang Yi, and first gave Zhang Yi the books he got from Zheng Xuan.When the books are used up, use the money.When money is used up, people are used.

Yuan Tan is now desperate, and this is his last madness.He has always been very dissatisfied with the barren Qingzhou. All he wanted was Jizhou, so he did not hesitate to destroy Qingzhou in order to take back Jizhou from Cao Cao.This time he gathered another 5 people, and finally paid for the population of as many as [-] households in the four counties of Dongnae County.

After gathering [-] troops, Yuan Tan immediately invaded Bohai County.

At this time, because of Cao Cao's retreat before, Jizhou's troops were insufficient.When Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he brought back many soldiers and horses, but only less than [-] remained in Jizhou.Cao Cao will keep Cao Pi in Yecheng, but hand over the military aspect to Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Cao Chun and others.Zhang Liao was stationed in Hejian State to guard against Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi in Youzhou; Zhang He was stationed in Yecheng to guard against high officials in Bingzhou; Cao Chun was stationed in Nanpi to guard against Yuan Tan in Qingzhou.

Cao Chun has only a few thousand people in Nanpi, even if there are tiger and leopard riders, he is not Yuan Tan's opponent.

Yuan Tan attacked Bohai County from Leling and then marched to Dongguang, then north to Nanpi.Yuan Tan surrounded Nanpi and then sent Guo Tu to garrison in Chengping to prevent Zhang Liao from Hejian State from coming to support.Guo Tu took 2 people to Chengping and blocked Zhang Liao who came to support, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

This stalemate lasted for more than three months, and at the end of June, Yuan Tan still failed to capture Nanpi City.But Yuan Tan's grain and grass were running low, and he didn't manage Qingzhou well. Qingzhou didn't have a lot of grain and grass, and most of his grain and grass were bought from Zhang Yi.

When there was no food, Yuan Tan was embarrassed.He has always had a higher heart than the sky, thinking that he can inherit his father's inheritance and defeat Cao Cao.In the end, I didn't expect that life is thinner than paper. I beat a Nanpi and didn't take it off for three months.In order to attack him, less than [-] of the [-] troops were killed or injured.

Yuan Tan had no choice but to withdraw his troops and sent someone to send a message to Guo Tu, asking him to withdraw and withdraw to Qingzhou together with him.As long as he returns to Qingzhou, he still has a chance to come back. He still has Zhang Yi as an ally, and Zhang Yi will continue to strengthen him.Yuan Tan knew clearly that Zhang Yi supported him because he wanted to make trouble for Cao Cao, so Zhang Yi would definitely strengthen himself again.

It was precisely because of such confidence that Yuan Tan chose to retreat instead of fighting desperately.

After receiving Yuan Tan's order, Guo Tu immediately retreated.However, Zhang Liao seized the opportunity. Zhang Liao led the cavalry around Guo Tu's front, set up an ambush, and charged Guo Tu's army when Guo Tu passed by.

Among the rebellious army, Guo Tu was killed by the cavalry, and the army he led was directly defeated.Zhang Liao recruited thousands of people, and the others were either killed or scattered.These people were all pulled over by Yuan Tanqiang. No one wanted to work hard, and they fled in defeat.

Zhang Liao went straight to Nanpi with his troops, and joined Cao Chun in attacking Yuan Tan.

Seeing that it was Zhang Liao and not Guo Tu, Yuan Tan panicked and prepared to withdraw his troops overnight.

But the movement was too loud, which aroused Cao Chun's alert.Cao Chun led his troops to pursue him, but because Yuan Tan had left first, he only led the tiger and leopard cavalry to catch up.More than ten miles south of Nanpi City, I finally caught up with Yuan Tan.Cao Chun asked the leopard cavalry to drive away Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, and then led the tiger cavalry to directly attack Yuan Tan's large army.

Being raided, Yuan Tan's soldiers immediately dispersed.They had had enough of Yuan Tan, if it wasn't for Yuan Tan being suppressed, they would have wanted to run away a long time ago.Now as soon as the tiger riders charged, they ran away immediately.They fought against Cao Chun for three months, so they naturally knew how powerful the tiger and leopard cavalry were.Before they surrounded Nanpi City, the tiger and leopard cavalry came out of the city, but they were all near the camp and fled to the camp, so the cavalry stopped chasing them.

Yuan Tan was stunned, and quickly called someone to protect him and escape.He doesn't even want the big banner, and now there is no army, so why do he need that heavy thing?
Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack Yuan Tan's army continuously, and released the leopard cavalry to chase and kill them.

Yuan Tan escaped from the road and came to a forest. He stood down and took a breath, and then asked, "Has Cao's army caught up with him?"

The soldier turned his head and glanced, "I didn't see Cao Jun."

Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, "Take a break, and then we'll leave quickly."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the tree to rest.After resting for about an hour, the sky became brighter, and Yuan Tan took the people out again.

After walking not far, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.Yuan Tan turned around in astonishment, and it turned out that a leopard rider appeared.

"Run!" Yuan Tan yelled, and hurried forward.

But how could they run with two legs faster than four legs, and they were soon overtaken by the leopard rider.The leopard rider quickly caught up and killed Yuan Tan's subordinates bit by bit, until finally, he also knocked Yuan Tan to the ground.

A knight dismounted, hacked Yuan Tan to death, took his head, and then walked away.

The knight returned to Nanpi and dedicated his head to Cao Chun.Cao Chun glanced at Yuan Tan's head, and immediately said: "Salt the head and send it to Xuchang."

The soldiers went down and pickled the head with lime, put it in a box, and sent someone to Xuchang.

Yuan Tan's head was sent to Xuchang. After Cao Cao saw Yuan Tan's head, he knew it was time to take Qingzhou.Cao Cao immediately sent troops to recover Qingzhou, "Order Xia Houyuan and Zhang Xiu to take 2 people to recover Qingzhou."

Xia Houyuan and Zhang Xiu gathered soldiers in Yanzhou, entered Qingzhou from Dongjun, and directly attacked Pingyuan County.All the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou were taken away by Yuan Tan, and the places they passed basically surrendered.From Pingyuan County to Jinan Kingdom, Le'an Kingdom, Qi Kingdom, and Beihai Kingdom, it can be said that they are invincible, and they regained most of Qingzhou in less than a month.Only when Donglai County was recovered, Zhang Yi's seaport in Buqi County was accidentally discovered.

How could there be Zhang Yi's navy here?Xia Houyuan and Zhang Xiu were also stunned, and the boat here was so big, much bigger than any boats they had seen before!

(End of this chapter)