After being abandoned by Liu Bei, Cao Cao begged me to be a military adviser

Yuan Tan also began to struggle.

He is very eager to get the position of general, and even wants to pay homage to his father.

But he was also afraid that he would go to Yecheng and be under the black hand of Cao Cao, and he would never return.

But if you don't go, you will be scolded as an unfilial son.

After all, after his father Yuan Shao died, he, the eldest son, has not yet gone to pay his respects.

If Cao Cao really took the opportunity to send troops to attack himself, the gain would outweigh the loss.

For Yuan Tan, this was like a big gamble.

Benefits and risks are equal.

Xin Ping stood in front of Yuan Tan: "General, I suggest returning to Qingzhou due to illness. At worst, give up Pingyuan Lord, and Cao Cao will have no reason to send troops!"

Guo Tu immediately bowed his hands to Yuan Tan: "General, it is not difficult to return to Qingzhou due to illness, but what about in the future? Where else can we retreat? Not only can our army not retreat, but we also need to find opportunities to lay down a large piece of land in Hebei. Only In this way, Cao Cao dare not despise us!"

Yuan Tan suddenly turned his head to look at Guo Tu: "Well said, only by laying down a piece of land in Hebei can Cao Cao dare not look down on us!"

"General!" Xin Ping said loudly.

Yuan Tan waved his hand: "No need to say too much, I decided to go to Yecheng to be enshrined, and pay homage to my father by the way!"

"Hey!" Xin Ping shook his head and sighed: "General, if you have to go, you should protect yourself with heavy troops to prevent being plotted by Cao thief!"

Guo Tudao: "The general is going to pay homage to his father and receive a reward from the court. If you go with heavy troops, wouldn't it make Cao Cao suspicious?"

"It makes sense!" Yuan Tan nodded.

"Is this even reasonable?" Xin Pingqi's blood pressure soared and he almost died on the spot.

Guo Tu also said: "There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the plain. The general can lead half of the soldiers and horses to Yecheng, and lead the general soldiers and horses to stay behind. The two armies echo each other!"

Xin Ping shook his head: "A mere [-] soldiers and horses, if something happens, it's not enough for Cao Cao to squeeze his teeth!"

Guo Tu shook his head: "So what if there are [-] troops? Wasn't he defeated in the Guandu War? If Cao Cao really harmed the general, he would be cast aside by the world. If he wants to win the trust of Hebei, he shouldn't be like this!"

Xin Ping also said: "If the general wants to go, he can go to Qinghe County to be enfeoffed. This place is between Yecheng and Pingyuan. You can advance or retreat! After you are entrusted, you can also go to Yecheng to pay homage to the former lord, and you can also control Cao Cao's treatment. Soldiers!"

"That makes sense!" Yuan Tan nodded heavily: "Your Majesty, tell Liu Ye immediately that I, Yuan Tan, will definitely arrive as scheduled, but the location will be changed to Qinghe County!"

"Obey!" Guo Tu showed a smile on his face, and hurried out of the big tent to look for Liu Ye.

Liu Ye was not very happy after hearing the news, and immediately returned to Handan City to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao laughed. Yuan Tan set the place of enfeoffment as Qinghe County, which surprised him a bit.

After thinking about it, Lao Cao still took Lao Xu out of the camp to meet Liu Xian.

Liu Xian is taking his family for an outing by the river at the moment.

Lao Huang also shot three pheasants, which were already cooked by now.

"Master Chicken, did you come here because of the smell?" Lao Huang said with a smile.

"Hahaha!" Lao Cao laughed loudly, and sat down on the floor.

Liu Xian took the jug and threw it to Lao Cao, and said bluntly, "Is there something wrong with Yuan Tan?"

Cao Cao was shocked: "Sir, have we talked?"

Liu Xian shook his head: "Go to the Palace of Three Treasures if you have nothing to do. If the plan goes well, you should go to Yecheng with Duke Cao!"

"That's right!" Lao Cao nodded: "Yuan Tan saw that the location of the conferment was changed to Qinghe County!"

"Qinghe County?" Liu Xian shook his head involuntarily: "Yuan Tan is cautious!"

"Yes!" Old Cao said, "Qinghe County is located between Yecheng and Yuanyuan County, and Yuan Tan can advance and retreat freely. If Mr. Cao goes with heavy troops, he will become suspicious. Please come up with a countermeasure!"

Liu Xian raised the jug and took a few big gulps, then said: "If you can't hide it, use Yang Mou!"

Cao Cao was shocked: "Yangmou?"

Liu Xian explained: "The Prime Minister went to Qinghe County with heavy troops in the name of suppressing the rebellion. When Yuan Tan entered the boundary of Qinghe, he sent high officials to meet Yuan Tan and ordered Xiahou Dun to block his retreat!"

Old Cao frowned: "Sir, if you do this, don't you ask Gao Gan to tell Yuan Tan that Mr. Cao is going to kill him? This is also called Yangmou?"

"Hahaha!" Liu Xian laughed: "Just to make Yuan Tan panic, he has two choices, retreat or fight to the death. If he retreats, he will be intercepted by Xia Houdun and Xu Huang. The prime minister will attack him because he does not follow orders. !"

"Hahaha!" Old Cao laughed, "If Yuan Tan fights to the death, he will be rebelling. Mr. Cao sticks to Qinghe City, and Xu Huang and Xiahou Dun encircle Yuan Tan's rear, and he will be defeated!"

"That's right!" Liu Xian nodded, "It's reasonable for Gao Gan and Yuan Tan to rebel together and die in the chaos!"

"Hahaha!" Lao Cao laughed loudly: "This is a ruthless move, killing two birds with one stone!"

After sending Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan into Bingzhou, the high-ranking officials have become useless.

Killing him made him appear stingy.

But don't kill him, I always feel that this person is an eyesore.

It seemed reasonable to force him to rebel with Yuan Tan.

Lao Cao drank heavily and ate pheasant. After eating, he immediately returned to the Chinese army.

First, Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang were ordered to station secretly in the main roads of Qinghe and Pingyuan.

Yuan Tan can be released into Qinghe.

But never let Yuan Tan leave Qinghe County.

At the same time, Xu Chu and Zhang He were ordered to be the vanguard, and rushed to Qinghe County overnight.

Three days later, Cao Cao personally led the main force to set off.

Ten days later, Cao Cao set up a large camp in Qinghe City, waiting for Yuan Tan's arrival.

Fifteen days later, Yuan Tan led Guo Tu and led [-] troops to Xiazhai outside Qinghe City.

Cao Cao sent high officials to meet Yuan Tan.

Gao Gan was so happy that he went out of the city non-stop to meet Yuan Tan.

When cousins ​​meet, they hug each other immediately.

Gao Gan: "Xiansi, you are finally here!"

"Yuancai, you have suffered!" Yuan Tan patted the high-ranking official on the shoulder vigorously, welcoming him into the tent.

After entering the big tent, the senior officials wept.

"Why is Yuan Cai crying?" Yuan Tan was puzzled.

Gao Gan said: "Cao Cao wants to kill you!"

"What?" Yuan Tan was shocked.

Gao Gan said: "Cao Cao led [-] troops into Qinghe City. How can this be sealed? He clearly wanted to take the opportunity to destroy you! I was also taken over by him in Bingzhou!"

At this moment, Yuan Tan's face turned pale.

Guo Tu was also stunned: "Impossible, Cao Cao didn't fight Yuan Shang, why did he fight his allies?"

Gao Gan said bluntly: "Yuan Shang has been abolished. Since Cao Cao entered Hebei, he will only stick to it and dare not fight at all!"

"Sir, what should we do now?" Yuan Tan panicked and turned to look at Guo Tu.

Guo Tu's face was also very ugly: "General, we must not mess up at this time. Once Cao Jun finds out the clues, we will be besieged!"

Yuan Tan said, "Then shall we quietly retreat tonight?"

"It's late!" Gao Gan shook his head: "Cao Cao has sent people to block the main road back to Pingyuan County!"

"Then what should we do?" Yuan Tan panicked, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.

Gao Gan: "I have a plan, I'm afraid you dare not!"

Yuan Tan said, "Why don't you dare?"

Chapter 91 Gao Gan was beheaded, Yuan Tan went to a dead end

Gao Gan immediately said: "Before Cao Cao attacks, our army will enter the city first to defeat Cao Cao tonight, so that we can retreat safely to the plain!"

"It makes sense!" Yuan Tan nodded heavily, and immediately ordered all the ministries to prepare for the battle overnight.

At the same time, Qinghe Cao Jun camp.

Cao Cao is also discussing matters with civil servants and generals.

Cao Hong stood up first: "Prime Minister, why did you ask Gao Gan to meet Yuan Tan? Although he speaks sweet words, he will definitely tell Yuan Tan about our army's plans!"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed loudly, "That's great!"

"Is that okay?" Cao Hong said, "If Yuan Tan learns about our army's plans, he must be prepared!"

Cao Cao said again: "That would be even better, I can't wait for it!"

Cao Hong: "???"

Cheng Yu stood up and said with a smile, "General Zilian must not have seen the prime minister's strategy yet, right?"

"What strategy?" Cao Hong was puzzled.

Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister is planning to force him to act first!"

"That's right!" Cao Cao nodded, "Zhong De is right. Our army will be the first to wait for work, and Yuan Tan's army will be exhausted later. Let's start the battle ahead of time. Our army has already won for a while!"

Xu Chu stood up and said, "Prime Minister, our military scouts are here to report that Yuan Tan's battalion has been mobilized frequently tonight!"

Cao Cao smiled: "It seems to be rectified, but he must have a plan! Whether he sneaks into my city or flees, it will be tonight!"

As soon as these words came out, all the civil servants and generals in the big tent felt a strong fighting spirit.

Cao Cao said: "Let the order go down, the whole army is preparing for battle, Xu Chu and Zhang Yun each lead their headquarters out of the city, and secretly lie in ambush on both sides of the city!"

"Obey!" All the generals clasped their fists to signal each other, and each of them withdrew from the big tent to prepare.

At three o'clock that night, Yuan Tan led his troops to Qinghe City.

Compared with Ye City and Handan City, Qinghe City is not strong, and even the city walls are dilapidated.

Under the leadership of Gao Gan, Wan Yu entered from the south wall of Qinghe City.

Yuan Tan smiled: "The city is extremely quiet, Cao thief never expected that we would attack early!"

Gao Gan hurriedly said: "If you kill Cao thief in this battle, you can take Jizhou and take back Bingzhou!"

"Hahaha!" Yuan Tan laughed loudly.

In just a moment, countless torches suddenly lit up on the top of the city.

Immediately afterwards, the war drum sounded.

Cao Cao was standing on the tower in the distance and yelled loudly: "Little Yuan Tan, I have been waiting here for a long time!"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Jun was extremely flustered.

Gao Gan was dumbfounded: "Cao Cao, it's Cao Cao!"

"Too bad, there's an ambush!" Yuan Tan suddenly realized.

Guo Tu urgently ordered: "There is an ambush, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao on the top of the wall laughed loudly.

Yuan Jun retreated in a panic.

But it was too late, Li Dian and Le Jin led the troops out of the camp in the city.

Zhang He and Xu Chu each led 5000 troops to the rear of Yuan Jun.

"Kill!" Cao Jun shouted loudly inside and outside the city.

Yuan Jun, who entered Qinghe City with half of his troops, was directly divided and surrounded.

The high-ranking officer ignored them and ran away alone on his fast horse.

Guo Tu closely followed Yuan Tan, covering the retreat with thousands of guards.

In just half an hour, there was a chaotic battle outside Qinghe City, with countless casualties and blood spilled non-stop.

Yuan Jun, who was ambushed, fled in all directions, unable to resist the fierce Cao Jun.

Gao Gan Yuan Tan was even more pursued by Xu Chu and Zhang Yun.