Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

In the original book, Guan Yu and Guan Erye had taken refuge in Cao Cao, Yu Jin had taken refuge in the Kingdom of Shu, and later rebelled against Shu and returned to Wei.Jiang Wei, the general of the late Shu Kingdom, also surrendered from the Kingdom of Wei.Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan were first Lu Bu's men, and later surrendered to Cao Cao.It can be seen that surrendering in that era was not a shameful thing.

Within a few days of news, Lei Bo surrendered, and the news that all [-] vanguard troops had been taken as prisoners by Xiahou Dun reached Ji Ling's ears.

It was like a thunderclap, which shocked Ji Ling a lot.The battle had just started, and there were no vanguard troops of [-], which also made Ji Ling flustered.

Ji Ling didn't dare to rush in, and hurriedly ordered the navy and the army to rely on each other, set up camp on the spot, and then wrote a letter, writing what happened here, and immediately asked his subordinates to deliver the letter to Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shu received this letter, it was several days.After Yuan Shu received the letter, he was furious, and he cursed all eighteen generations of Lei Bo's ancestors.

In other words, Yuan Shu is not worthy of allegiance.After taking the oath, Yuan Shu didn't do anything else, but first sent a team of soldiers to execute Lei Bo's wife, children and children.

However, since Lei Bo had already surrendered to Cao Cao, how could he be unprepared.Taking advantage of the time difference in the news in the past few days, Lei Bo has already asked his brother Lei Xu to pick up his mother and wife and send them to Cao Cao's territory.

The soldiers sent by Yuan Shu were all in vain, which immediately made Yuan Shu even more angry, and in his Prince Qi's mansion, it was like a furious rage.

"Mother Xipi, mother Xipi."

"Lei Bo, I, Yuan Shu, will sooner or later kill your entire family, a traitor."

"[-] soldiers, my [-] soldiers were actually destroyed in the hands of a Lei Bo."

The 10,000 soldiers were captured, which was really distressing to Yuan Shu.You must know that his strength is really not much.There are only 15+ troops at full strength, except for the soldiers who are responsible for the defense of checkpoints in various places, Ji Ling's [-] troops are the only ones that can be used.

Now it can be said that it is a bad start, and the battle hasn't started yet? With an army of 15, this becomes 13.

"Come here, first pass on the king's will to General Ji Ling, hold back the troops for the time being, and wait for my brother to mobilize troops, then we will mobilize troops."

"In addition, prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for the king. The king will write a letter to my brother, urging him to send troops to respond quickly."

After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he hurriedly wrote a letter to his brother Yuan Shao.Yuan Shao's troops were well-stocked, and once Yuan Shao mobilized his troops, Yuan Shu's pressure would be greatly relieved.

After Yuan Shao received the letter from his brother Yuan Shu, he immediately summoned his subordinates for civil and military discussions.The generals have been discussing and deciding that they will definitely send troops. After all, they were the ones who took the lead in attacking Cao Cao.

But sending troops is not shit, shit takes off the pants and it comes out with a "plop", but sending troops needs to be dispatched.

It is true that Yuan Shao has many soldiers, but the more soldiers there are, the more troublesome it will be to mobilize them.Moreover, the more soldiers there are, the more food and grass he needs, and it will be troublesome for him to mobilize the food and grass.

After thinking twice, Yuan Shao first issued a death order, and the preparations must be completed within half a month. The food, grass, and soldiers must be prepared.Then he wrote back to his brother Yuan Shu, telling him that he would send troops within half a month.

Why didn't Li Dian ask Lei Bo to surrender, because the [-] vanguard soldiers that Lei Bo brought were basically captured by them.This is an almost full army of [-]. As long as weapons and armor are issued to them, these prisoners can go into battle almost immediately.

Although most of these soldiers served as soldiers for a bite to eat, it is inevitable that some people have a rebellious mentality against Cao Jun.If even Lei Bo, the vanguard general, took refuge in Cao Jun, then this would be able to disintegrate those Yuan Jun soldiers who had a rebellious mentality.

"General Lei, we will be officials in the same dynasty in the future. Don't worry, General Lei, my lord will definitely not treat you badly." Li Dian said, and quickly helped Lei Bo up, and the two chatted familiarly.

In this era, surrender is actually nothing. Except for some particularly stubborn people, the rest of the people are not ashamed to surrender.

In the original book, Guan Yu and Guan Erye had taken refuge in Cao Cao, Yu Jin had taken refuge in the Kingdom of Shu, and later rebelled against Shu and returned to Wei.Jiang Wei, the general of the late Shu Kingdom, also surrendered from the Kingdom of Wei.Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan were first Lu Bu's men, and later surrendered to Cao Cao.It can be seen that surrendering in that era was not a shameful thing.

Within a few days of news, Lei Bo surrendered, and the news that all [-] vanguard troops had been taken as prisoners by Xiahou Dun reached Ji Ling's ears.

It was like a thunderclap, which shocked Ji Ling a lot.The battle had just started, and there were no vanguard troops of [-], which also made Ji Ling flustered.

Ji Ling didn't dare to rush in, and hurriedly ordered the navy and the army to rely on each other, set up camp on the spot, and then wrote a letter, writing what happened here, and immediately asked his subordinates to deliver the letter to Yuan Shu.

After Yuan Shu received this letter, it was several days.After Yuan Shu received the letter, he was furious, and he cursed all eighteen generations of Lei Bo's ancestors.

In other words, Yuan Shu is not worthy of allegiance.After taking the oath, Yuan Shu didn't do anything else, but first sent a team of soldiers to execute Lei Bo's wife, children and children.

However, since Lei Bo had already surrendered to Cao Cao, how could he be unprepared.Taking advantage of the time difference in the news in the past few days, Lei Bo has already asked his brother Lei Xu to pick up his mother and wife and send them to Cao Cao's territory.

The soldiers sent by Yuan Shu were all in vain, which immediately made Yuan Shu even more angry, and in his Prince Qi's mansion, it was like a furious rage.

"Mother Xipi, mother Xipi."

"Lei Bo, I, Yuan Shu, will sooner or later kill your entire family, a traitor."

"[-] soldiers, my [-] soldiers were actually destroyed in the hands of a Lei Bo."

Chapter 266 Retiring and Retiring

Shan Fu said that he would make a bet with Liu Bei that he would take a county of Cao Cao within two months.Mi Zhu on the side thought to himself, my military division Shan, what are you bragging about?Do you see how good Ma Teng is?They have been fighting Cao Cao for more than a month now, and they have only taken a dozen counties so far.

You know, Ma Teng was the first to do this. After he caught Cao Cao by surprise, he only took a dozen of Cao Cao's counties.They got up early now and caught up with the late set.Now that Cao Cao has taken precautions, how can they take down the land of a county in a short time if they are so late.

However, Shan Fu can really see that he is a capable person only after he joined Liu Bei's camp.But the biggest advantage of Liu Bei is that he listens to people's words. Since Shan Fu said that he would take Cao Cao's county in two months, Liu Bei would be willing to believe him.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.Yuan Shao dispatched General Ju Yi to lead an army of 20 as the Central Army, General Gao Lan to lead an army of 30 to the Left Army, and General Zhang Yun to lead an army of [-] to the Right Army.The troops were divided into three groups, and [-] troops were raised to conquer Cao Cao.

As soon as Yuan Shao moved, Yuan Shu immediately moved. The two brothers attacked Cao Cao together, which really caused Cao Cao a big loss.In less than a month, Cao Cao had already lost two counties.

Although Xiliang Ma Teng was blocked outside Fufeng City, he has already occupied more than a dozen cities.Brother Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao needless to say, now the two brothers are proud of themselves, occupying the land of Cao Cao's two counties.

Da Han, Wei Di, Xu Du.

In the past few days, Cao Cao's confidantes and aides lived and boarded in Wei Wang's mansion all day long.Especially military advisor Guo Jia, who has already suffered from dark circles these days.

"Military Master, we can't retreat any longer. If we continue to retreat, there is really no danger to defend." Xun Yu said to Guo Jia.

"Feng Xiao, Xiahou Dun is clearly in the upper hand, why is he retreating?" Cao Cao asked puzzled.

"King Wei, I expect that Gongsun Zan is not Yuan Shao's opponent. Even if Gongsun Zan surprises Yuan Shao from behind, Yuan Shao's three-way army and the middle army don't need to move. It only needs to mobilize Zhang Yun from the left and right, and Gao Lan and the two can defeat them." Gongsun Zan."

"King Wei, the decisive battle in the plains is not good for us. If we fight Yuan Shao at this time, our army will suffer heavy casualties. If we lose our land, we will lose all our land. If we save our land, we will lose all our land." Guo Jia's words were true. Said to Cao Cao.

Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, this is Cao Cao's mastermind and the person Cao Cao trusts most.Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia would never harm him.And since Guo Jia was able to make such a decision, it must have been carefully considered.

"Feng Xiao, what is your plan, or should you say it out, An Yi An Gu Wang's letter is also An Yi An everyone's heart." Cao Cao said to Guo Jia.

Since the beginning of the war, Cao Cao's soldiers have been retreating. Of course, this is not because the Wei army cannot fight, but Guo Jia strictly prohibits his subordinates from fighting tough battles, and does not allow his subordinates to be injured. With the current situation of retreating and retreating.

"If we want to win this battle, it's not enough for Gongsun Zan to help us mobilize Yuan Shao's left and right troops. At the very least, we have to let him mobilize 20 troops from Yuan Shao's middle road. Only in this way can we win grasp."

"If you want Yuan Shao to mobilize the main force to deal with Gongsun Zan, then you have to let Yuan Shao suffer a lot from Gongsun Zan. It is in our best interest for these two to form an endless feud." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is also a smart person, and Cao Cao's military vision is excellent.After Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao immediately judged that Guo Jia's words were justified.

But then again.Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are not puppets in his hands, how can they make everything go according to their wishes.

"Feng Xiao, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have no grievances or enmities. With only [-] white horses, it is wishful thinking to make Gongsun Zan work for us regardless of everything." Cao Cao said to Guo Jia. .

"Benefits, King Wei, interests. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. I let our people retreat and retreat, and I gave the profit to Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao saw the benefit, he rushed forward desperately .”

"Similarly, once Yuan Shao went deep into our hinterland, Gongsun Zan behind Yuan Shao saw the benefits. Although Gongsun Zan appeared to be a gentleman on the surface, he was actually quite a profit-seeking person. I imagined that he would definitely After attacking Yuan Shao tentatively, once he has tasted the benefits, he will definitely attack."

"In the early stage, we have to help Gongsun Zan hold off Yuan Shao's three-way army. After Gongsun Zan occupies enough territory for Yuan Shao, we suddenly retreat and leave Yuan Shao's army alone. At that time, Yuan Shao will definitely transfer his main force and regain the territory occupied by Gongsun Zan .”

"In this way, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao will never end. Once Yuan Shao's army withdraws, we will deal with Yuan Shu as soon as possible." Guo Jia slowly explained his plan.

Cao Cao twirled his three strands of mustache and listened attentively to Guo Jia's plan.Cao Cao had to admire that the mastermind of his family was the mastermind after all. If this series of tricks were really carried out, then Cao Cao would really turn victory into defeat.

"Fengxiao, Fengxiao, I have Fengxiao, why worry about not being able to live in the world." Cao Cao thought so in his heart.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao immediately ordered to the left and right: "The military division's order is the lonely king's order, and the military division's words are the lonely king's words. Everyone must obey the military division's order without any doubt."

Well, Cao Cao is really domineering.After he believed in Guo Jia's plan, even the people around him couldn't doubt it anymore.

After giving this order, Cao Cao immediately said to Guo Jia: "Military Master, you just give orders. If anyone dares to disobey the military order, the lonely king will cut off his head with his own hands."

With Cao Cao's words, Guo Jia dared to let go.After Guo Jia came to the side of the military map, he looked at the map carefully for a while, and then resorted to his trump card.

"General Yujin was sent an order to tentatively send troops to fight Yuan Shao. He was ordered to be defeated but not to win. After losing a few games in a row, he withdrew all the way to Tongguan."

After a while, Guo Jia's first order was conveyed.Guo Jia's first order seemed light, but it was nothing more than pretending to be defeated and retreating to Tongguan.

However, first of all, this false defeat is not so easy to pretend, because a bad one may become a real defeat.Secondly, the current position of Yu Jin is not close to Tongguan.If they were to withdraw to Tongguan, half a county would have to be lost, a total of seven or eight counties.

267 Guo Jia's Style of Play

Yuan Shao retreated, so Yuan Shu could no longer retreat.If Yuan Shu is retreating here, then the distance between the two brothers will not be far away.At that time, if the two brothers rush left and right and merge directly into one place, then they will lose money by stealing chickens.

After the first order was conveyed, the second order followed.Guo Jia's first order was for Yu Jin, so the second order was naturally for Xiahou Dun.

"I ordered General Xiahou Dun to launch a counterattack, at least to tell Yuan Shu to send me back three hundred miles." Guo Jia issued the second order.

At this time, Guo Jia already knew it in his heart.As long as Yu Jin is defeated for a few battles, and then retreats to Tongguan for a generation, Yuan Shao will be in seven or eight cities at that time, after the soldiers enter Tongguan.Yu Jin could rely on Tongguan to completely entangle Yuan Shao's army.Once that time comes, it will be time for Gongsun Zan to make a move.

Of course, then again, this defeat is so easy to lose.Your victory and defeat are as real as your defeat, so that Yuan Shao's army will be able to move forward willingly.

On the front, Yuan Shao's general, Ju Yi, has the same temperament as Yuan Shao.Look like the boss in the sky, the second in the earth, and the third in me.As far as Ju Yi's temperament is concerned, although Ju Yi said he was defeated for the first time, he didn't hesitate much.

Things were different from Guo Jia's expectations. As soon as Yu Jin's front foot started to retreat, Ju Yi's rear foot followed.Ju Yi chased Yu Jin all the way to the foot of Tongguan, looking at the brothers from Tongwei.

Tongguan is a rare pass in the whole world.Speaking of the number of checkpoints in the world, there is only one Hulaoguan that can be more majestic and steeper than Tongguan.

The order Yu Jin received was to fake a few defeats and withdraw to Tongguan, so since Yu Jin entered Tongguan, he stayed at Tongguan and stopped going out of Tongguan to face Yuan Jun.

Yu Jin huddled in Tongguan and couldn't come out, which made Ju Yi outside Tongguan helpless.This Tongguan is different from ordinary city walls. If an ordinary city is captured, you will not be able to attack it without a force three or five times stronger.

And this Tongguan is more majestic than ordinary cities, let alone three or five times the strength of such a city.You don't have ten times as many troops in your hand, and if you don't kill tens of thousands of people, you don't even think about taking Tongguan.

Tongguan is steep and cannot be easily attacked.Ju Yi didn't dare to attack Tongguan rashly, but while receiving the county town near Tongguan, he wrote a letter, explaining the situation here, and quickly sent people to Yecheng to hand over to Yuan Shao.

On the Tongguan side, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were in a stalemate with Yu Jin for the time being. As long as the two sides were in a stalemate, the effect Guo Jia wanted had actually been achieved.Now that Yuan Jun is going deep, if Yuan Shao's territory is attacked, it will take half a month for them to return to help, and this is the time when Cao Cao does not send people to harass.

On the other side, after Xiahou Dun received Guo Jia's military order.Immediately, he led his army to launch a fierce attack on Ji Ling's army. Xiahou Dun's attack can be said to have taken Ji Ling by surprise.You must know that Ji Ling is in an offensive posture these days, while Xiahou Dun is in a defensive posture.Now Xiahou Dun's attack really shocked people.

This is like during World War II, the Germans laid mines every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the British cleared mines every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.Both parties are on holiday on Sunday, and this kind of tacit behavior has continued.Until one day the British forgot to clear the mines, and when the Germans went out to lay mines the next day, they blew up their ships.So the German army scolded the British army for not talking about martial arts. The British army quickly apologized and admitted their mistakes, telling the German army that the soldiers responsible for mine clearance were negligent, and promised that they would clear the mines on time next time.

This is not a joke, but what actually happened.Originally, Ji Ling and Xiahou Dun were in the same situation. Xiahou Dun was originally in a defensive posture, while Ji Ling was originally in an offensive posture.Then Ji Ling attacked as usual every day, and Xiahou Dun defended.

But today, when Ji Ling attacked as usual, Xiahou Dun, who was supposed to defend, actually launched a counterattack against Ji Ling.Xiahou Dun's attack completely caught Ji Ling by surprise.

Xiahoudun is a rare fierce general in the entire Cao camp. After so many days of being aggrieved, he finally received the order to attack.How can this make Xiahoudun unhappy in his heart? Xiahoudun's onslaught made him feel very comfortable.

Xiahou Dun is a person who does not fight tough battles, his whole body is like ants crawling, so after receiving Guo Jia's order, he immediately pushed across the board.They rushed all the way towards Ji Ling.

Ji Ling was stunned by Xiahou Dun's fighting style for a while. Xiahou Dun looked like a decisive battle and advanced his troops five or six hundred miles ahead. The territory originally occupied by Yuan Jun could be regarded as returning to Cao Jun's hands.

"Haha! This Ji Ling is nothing more than that. If it wasn't for the military adviser's order, I would have captured him alive before it was time to deal with him." In Cao Jun's barracks, Xiahou Dun laughed while stroking his beard.

Not to mention, Cao Jun's attack on the Yuan brothers is like water defeating fire among the five elements.Cao Cao defeated the Yuan brothers just because of his experience in fighting Yuan Shao in the past few years.For Xiahoudun, among the Yuan brothers, the elder brother has been defeated repeatedly against them, let alone Yuan Shu, the younger brother.

In fact, since fighting Yuan Shu for so many days.Xiahou Dun also discovered that although Yuan Shu's soldiers are all composed of young men aged 20 to 40, and their weapons and equipment are also very sophisticated, they are well-trained.

But there is one thing, that is, the fighting will of these soldiers is extremely poor.Just think a few days ago when Xiahou Dun was defending, their morale was high when they fought.But after Xiahou Dun attacked them today, Yuan Jun didn't seem to know how to fight anymore.

Xiahoudun finally understood that Yuan Jun's soldiers were all silver guns with waxed gun heads, which looked good but didn't work.They wear the strongest armor and carry the sharpest weapons, but they have not actually experienced death.Even most of Yuan Jun's soldiers, this is their first time on the battlefield.

Soldiers, only those who have experienced real life-and-death battles can be counted as real soldiers.Otherwise, even if the training time is long and how well he usually trains, he can't be called a soldier.

The proportion of recruits who have never been on the battlefield is too large, which is also the main reason for Yuan Jun's low combat effectiveness.Xiahoudun even doubted that if it was really the time for the two sides to really come to a decisive battle.It is unknown whether the soldiers of the Yuan army on the opposite side can survive to [-]% of the battle damage.

Of course, Yuan Jun's combat effectiveness is low, which is a good thing for Xiahou Dun.

Chapter 268 The Impatient Zhang Fei

Cao Cao was at a loss with the Yuan brothers. In this battle between the three, it would be difficult for him to tell the winner if it hadn't been three or five years.

Each of the forces has its own calculations.Li Chen had previously reached an agreement with Cao Cao to exchange grain for iron ore.Recently, Li Mu has opened many mining areas on Cao Cao's territory. These places are clearly called mining areas, but from another perspective, they are not only mining areas, but also military bases.

Of course, Cao Cao is not a fool, he is a hero, so naturally Li Mu cannot be allowed to station too many troops in the mining area.These troops stationed in the mining area are only enough to protect the mining area from the nearby bandits and refugees.

Dahan, Beihai County, Shu Palace.

There is no war these days, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are suffocated. These two people are itchy all over their bodies if they don't fight every day, like ants crawling on their bodies.

Now, it has been a month since Shan Fu last promised to Liu Bei to take down Cao Cao's county within two months.Now there is only one month left after fighting and calculating. You must know that this war is not a child's play.

The soldiers and horses go first before the food and grass are mobilized. Once there is a battle to raise food and grass, it will take time to mobilize the soldiers and horses.Not to mention how long it would take to conquer a county.

These days, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and the others are asking for battle every day, but they are all perfunctory by Liu Bei's words of waiting for a few days, waiting for a few days.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei are in a hurry, and Liu Bei is also in a hurry.Of the four families in their alliance, all three of them have already fought with Cao Cao.Now he is the only one who has left Liu Bei unmoved. In the past few days, their leader, Yuan Shao, has also sent letters all day long urging Liu Bei to send troops.

Liu Bei was also anxious in his heart, and he often went to look for Shan Fu.But every time when it comes to sending troops, he always finds reasons to change the subject.

Now, Yuan Shao has taken the territory of seven or eight counties in half of Cao Cao's counties, and the news of his troops approaching Tongguan has reached Liu Bei.The two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei couldn't hold back anymore. Damn it, now Cao Cao's territory has been swallowed up by others for two or three tenths.If they were waiting, they wouldn't even be able to drink soup, let alone meat.

After Zhang Fei heard the news that Yuan Shaobing was approaching Tongguan, he immediately went to Guan Yu's residence.Zhang Fei knew that he was a rough person and not a person who could speak well, so he planned to find his second brother Guan Yu first, and then go to persuade their eldest brother Liu Bei together.

When Zhang Fei came to Guan Yu's residence, Guan Yu was reading a book.Although Guan Yu was born in a bad background, but now that the conditions are good, he likes reading books very much. Apart from practicing martial arts, he usually reads military books.Of course, Guan Yu is especially fond of reading Chunqiu.

"The third brother is here?"

Guan Yu looked up at Zhang Fei, asked a question, and then continued to look down at the book.