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

Xu You also hurriedly said, "My lord, please order the troops to withdraw!"

"Order the whole army to retreat slowly!" Yuan Shao shouted out the last stubbornness in his heart.

Chapter 35 Run away after fighting, Yuan Shao is mad because he can't hold on

With Yuan Shao's retreat, Yuan's army was defeated across the board.

The soldiers fled in all directions, and they could not tell the direction for a long time.

The generals under Cao Cao frantically strangled Yuan Jun's single soldiers.

Cao Ren even personally led his troops to pursue Yuan Shao, and he didn't stop until Yuan Shao entered Yuan's camp.

The battle continued until sunset.

That night, according to statistics, nearly [-] enemy troops were beheaded, and nearly [-] people were captured.

Although it is not a big victory, it can be regarded as a small victory.

Cao Cao held a celebration banquet that night.

Civil servants and military generals gathered together to drink and talk happily.

However, inside Yuan Jun's camp, several miles away, there was dejection.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao paced back and forth, pointing at the sky and scolding.

"what happened?"

"Who give me a reason!"

"My army is more than 30, and Cao Cao has only [-] troops. How did he lose?"

Xu You took half a step forward and bowed his hands to Yuan Shao, "My lord, our army's defeat is due to the fact that we have too many soldiers!"

"What did you say?" Yuan Shao was puzzled: "There are many soldiers?"

"That's right!" Xu You nodded: "Cao Cao has few troops, but he is flexible. Our army's 30 soldiers and horses are all in formation. If you fight head-on, you will naturally not lose. If you are attacked from behind, you will not care about each other. Naturally, it will be chaotic." set foot!"

Yuan Shao nodded: "What you said makes sense!"

Guo Tu also stood up: "The lord ordered the withdrawal in time, our army casualties are not large, this battle cannot be regarded as a loss!"

Xu You said: "My lord, if you want to take revenge, you can order the army to rest for three days, and then attack Cao Cao after three days!"

"Okay!" Yuan Shao immediately said: "Order the whole army to rest for three days, and attack the Cao bandits after three days!"

"Obey!" Zhang Wenwu clasped their fists to signal.

On the other side, Cao Cao also discussed the next countermeasures with the civil and military personnel in Daying.

Cheng Yu cupped his hands and signaled: "Prime Minister, Yuan Shao is proud and arrogant. Now that he has been defeated by our army for a while, he will definitely come back and attack!"

Xun You said: "Yuan's army is powerful. If you make him prepare for a decisive battle with our army, our army will never have the advantage!"

Cao Cao laughed: "That's exactly what I meant. Yuan Shao wanted to take revenge. I just didn't give him a chance. I ordered all the ministries to stick to the camp and not come out. Those who go out to fight without permission will be killed without mercy!"

"Obey!" Civil servants and generals responded to Cao Cao.

Three days later, Yuan Shao led another 30 troops to provoke outside Cao's camp.

Two generals Gao Lan and Zhang Yun were sent to call for formation.

"Gao Lan is here, who dares to fight me?"

"Is there no one in Cao Ying? Who dares to fight me, Zhang Yun?"

"Is everyone surnamed Cao dead?"

"Cao thief, incompetent rat, shy turtle..."

Zhang He and Gao Lan kept yelling and scolding, but what they got in exchange was Cao Jun's exemption card.

The so-called free card is just a sign to show your attitude.

To put it simply, Cao Ying will not send generals out of the camp to fight.

If you are not convinced, you can attack my camp.

But Yuan Shao knew that Cao Cao's camp was deeply rooted, and its defense capability was not weaker than the city wall, and it was still expanding.

If you want to attack by force, all the soldiers and horses in Hebei will be on top, and you may not be able to win.

Yuan Shao didn't dare to take the risk.

Order the army to retreat.

That night he wrote a book insulting Cao Cao.

Cao Cao wrote back early the next morning to scold Yuan Shao and expose Yuan Shao's background.

Yuan Shao was so angry that he said that your mother and maidservant also kicked over the table on the spot.

"Cao Aman, Cao Jili, the little bastard of the Cao family, you play with me, lie to me, humiliate me and dare not fight with me, and you will kill me!"

Guo Tu took a half step forward: "My lord, calm down, Cao Cao can't hold out at this time, because he knows he is not your opponent!"

"This insidious villain can only engage in sneak attacks!" Yuan Shao looked around at the civil and martial arts present: "Do you have any tricks?"

Guo Tu clasped his hands and signaled: "My lord, the three armies will go ahead before using food and grass. Our army is backed by the Yellow River, and the food and grass supplies are abundant. We can send troops to cross the border secretly to cut off Cao Cao's food road. When the food is exhausted, we will retreat!"

"Hahaha!" Yuan Shao laughed: "If Cao Cao retreats, I will show no mercy, and I will go straight to attack Xudu!"

"My lord is wise!" Guo Tu cupped his fists to signal.

Three days later, Yuan Jun intercepted a grain transport team of Cao Cao and burned the grain and grass.

This is Cao Cao's first batch of food transport teams after he arrived in Guandu.

When the news reached Cao Ying, civil servants and military generals rushed to see Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister, something is wrong. Yuan Jun secretly crossed the border and intercepted our food delivery team. The food and grass were all burned!"

Xun You said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to store food for ten days. I don't know if I can last until the next food delivery team arrives!"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed loudly, "It's a trivial matter."

Xun You and Cheng Yu looked at each other in shock.

Food and grass have been robbed, and you still talk about a trivial matter?

Cao Cao immediately explained: "Before I came, I had re-deployed the grain transport team and changed the grain transport team from 300 people to a small team of [-] people, transporting it once every three days. What Yuan Shao burned was only one-third of the grain and grass of the original transport team. It can't hurt our army at all!"

Both Cheng Yu and Xun You were stunned.

Cheng Yu clasped his hands and signaled: "Prime Minister is planning ahead, I admire you!"

Xun You laughed: "The prime minister's move is tailor-made for Yuan Shao!"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "It wasn't my plan, but Mr. Cao Ji took the lead in planning!"

Cheng Yu nodded: "Sure enough, it's Mr. Cao Ji again!"

Xun You cupped his hands and signaled: "Mr. Cao Ji, let me bow down!"

Cao Cao said: "Decree that all ministries should strengthen patrols to prevent Yuan Jun from crossing the border. If the grain and grass are robbed again, I will change it to a team of a hundred people and transport it every day!"

"Obey!" Xun You and Cheng Yu waved their hands together.

Yuan army camp.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard that Cao Cao's rations had been intercepted.

"Good job, how was the harvest? How much food and grass were burned?"

Guo Tu cupped his hands and signaled: "Return to the lord, the harvest is not good!"

"Not a good harvest?" Yuan Shao was surprised.

Guo Tudao: "According to our army's grain transportation method, a thousand people form a grain transportation team, employ several migrant workers, and transport about [-] tons of grain and grass each time!"

Yuan Shao said: "Say it's useful!"

Guo Tu said: "Cao's army has a team of 300 people, and each time they transport only a few thousand dans of grain and grass, this time they only burned [-] tans of grain and grass!"

"Two thousand loads of food and grass?" Yuan Shao was displeased: "This is not enough food and grass for my 50 army for two or three days. Does Cao Jun not eat food?"

Guo Tu shook his head: "My lord, according to our army's scouts, Cao Cao's grain and grass are frequently transported in multiple batches by small teams!"

Yuan Shao said: "Then continue to rob, how many food transport teams he sends, how many food transport teams I will rob!"

Guo Tu did not speak, but looked at Xu You.

Xu You stepped forward and waved his hand to Yuan Shao: "My lord, it is not easy to send troops to sneak into the enemy's rear. Even if the grain transport team is intercepted, it still cannot shake the foundation of Cao's army!"

"Yes!" Guo Tu nodded, "My lord, I'm afraid the way to cut off Cao Jun's food and grass will not work!"

Yuan Shao's old face immediately darkened.

Guo Tu hurriedly cupped his hands and signaled: "My lord, I have a plan to defeat Cao Jun!"

"Huh?" Yuan Shao was stunned: "What strategy? Come and tell me!"

Chapter 36

Guo Tu cupped his hands and signaled: "Master, do you remember the battle of Wangjing in the past?"

"Of course I remember!" Yuan Shao said, "Gongsun Zan couldn't hold out in the Wangjing Tower. Our army dug a tunnel and set fire to his Wangjing Tower!"

"That's right!" Guo Tu nodded: "Now that the two armies are confronting each other, our army can repeat the old trick!"

Yuan Shao turned his head and stared at Guo Tu: "You mean, continue digging tunnels?"

"Yeah!" Guo Tu nodded, "Our army is divided into two teams, one team is responsible for digging the tunnel, and the other team piles the earth and rocks in the tunnel into a mound, and shoots arrows at Cao Ying every day on the mound, in the light and in the dark, Cao Cao is hard to guard against! "

"Oh?" Yuan Shao's face gradually showed joy.

Guo Tu continued: "If Cao Cao gets impatient, he must send troops to attack our earth mountain, and my lord can take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao!"

"Hahaha!" Yuan Shao laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, this plan is very suitable for me, and I will leave it to you to arrange!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Guo Tu clasped his fists, with a three-point smile on his lips, and turned his head to look at Xu You, as if showing off.

Xu You just snorted coldly without saying a word.

Yuan Shao turned his head and asked Xu You: "Why, are you disdainful?"

Xu You cupped his hands: "Don't dare, dare not, my lord, I just feel very naive!"

"Naive?" Yuan Shao was displeased: "Is it naive to defeat Gongsun Zan? Is it naive to destroy Cao Cao? If you have a way to tell me quickly, if you have no way, just shut up!"

Xu You opened his mouth, and smiled when he reached the words on his lips: "My lord, I may not have a solution, but it's useless to talk too much at this time!"

"Get lost!" Yuan Shao only said one word.

Xu You was devastated on the spot and left in despair.

Early the next morning, Yuan Jun was officially dispatched.

While excavating tunnels, they piled up earth mountains.

Naturally, this couldn't be hidden from Cao Jun's scouts.

The news was quickly learned by Cao Ying.

Cao Cao stood still to see what tricks Yuan Shao used.

As a result, early the next morning, when soldiers came to report, Yuan Jun frantically shot arrows into the camp.

Xiahou Dun ran to Cao Cao and complained, "Prime Minister, I was just walking outside when a few arrows flew over my head, almost blinding me!"

Cao Cao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he immediately got up and went out of the camp to check.

On the ground of the entire school ground, Yuan Jun's random arrows were everywhere.

On the dirt hill outside the camp, Yuan Jun soldiers could be seen showing off their power with bows and arrows.

Their purpose is not necessarily to shoot dead, but to disgust Cao Jun in this way.

Cao Cao immediately held back his evil fire.

Xiahou Dun said: "Prime Minister, why don't we send troops! I don't want to be a grandson if I fight him!"

"Stupid!" Cao Cao said, "Sending troops at this time, that's what Yuan Shao should do!"