Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 157 Burning the Black Nest
Yuan Shao's attacks were overwhelming, like stormy waves, wave after wave, emerging endlessly.

There were tens of thousands of elites on the frontal battlefield, and there were not a few who attacked from the flanks. Several camps of Cao Ying were attacked, like a few flat boats in the wind and rain, crumbling.

At this time, Cao Cao only left more than 1 people on the frontal battlefield, and there were elite garrisons in other directions, as well as four or five thousand reserves, barely resisting Yuan Jun's attack.

The two sides come and go, Cao Ying sticks to the camp, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and other generals fight to the death, just repelling Yuan Jun and killing them on the wall of the camp no less than ten times. Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, trying to destroy the stronghold.

But even in such a difficult situation, Cao Cao commanded calmly. Although he did not command 70 soldiers and horses like the soldier Han Xin, he was calm and showed a very high military quality.

Soon the sun was setting and night was falling. After repelling Yuan Jun's attack for the last time, all the soldiers of Cao Jun were already tired and paralyzed on the ground, intertwined with sweat and blood.

Inside and outside the walled village, there were corpses everywhere.They are densely packed, countless, and in today's battle alone, the casualties of both the enemy and us amounted to thousands of people.

Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and other generals were soaked in blood, panting and slumped on the wall, watching Yuan Jun receding like a tide. At this moment, their minds were blank and they wanted to just lie on the ground like this. sleep.

"Give me an order to let the frontline soldiers retreat and have a good rest, and then let the soldiers behind clean up the battlefield. Be careful to prevent Yuan Jun from coming again."

Cao Cao said in a low voice to the messenger beside him, "Is the food ready?"

"It's hot."

"Go."

"only."

The soldiers went to give orders.

After the messenger left, Cao Cao slowly squatted down leaning on the pillars on the wall of the earthen mountain.

He is also very tired now, not physically but mentally.

The whole person's face was pale, and he was sweating profusely.

It is not easy for him to command such a large-scale war, but it is not so tiring.

The reason is that Yuan Jun's offensive was really fierce, and he almost broke Cao Ying several times, and the food and grass in the camp were insufficient, which made him very worried.

Fortunately, today's difficulties are over.

But in the next period of time, Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao would make a comeback and continue to attack, so he didn't dare to slack off.

After a short rest, he got up and wiped his sweat, and walked back to his general's tent.

A few more days passed.

At the beginning of October, Yuan Shao really launched another fierce attack.

At that time, Jushou was deprived of military power, and his soldiers and horses were commanded by Guo Tu. Xu You and Tian Feng and Xun Chen were the same masterminds, but Tian Feng was imprisoned and Xun Chen died of illness, so Xu You usually stayed in the middle camp.

At this moment, Yuan Shao ordered Guo Tu to attack from the south of Cao Jun, while he continued to attack from the southeast, and the two sides fought another fierce battle.

In Yuan Ying Xu You's camp, he was walking around anxiously, waiting for news.

In the evening, a servant of the Xu family came to report in a hurry.

"what!"

In Xu You's camp, after listening to the servant's report, Xu You's expression changed in shock: "Say it again!"

The servant cried and said with a sad face: "Mr. Lang has been killed by the judge."

"You didn't send him my letter?"

Xu You asked angrily.

The servant cried, "I have already rushed to Yecheng, but I didn't know until I arrived that the second day after the slave came to report the letter, the judge had already killed Mr. Lang."

"Damn it! Judge Zhengnan, judge Zhengnan!"

Xu You angrily drew out the sword at his waist, slashed at the table, and roared, "I will kill you!"

He was already extremely angry at the moment.

If Yuan Shao didn't help, he could only write a letter to the judge himself, begging him to show mercy.

Unexpectedly, before he delivered the letter, the judge had already acted preemptively and directly killed Xu You's family.

This made Xu You both angry and resentful.

What is angry is that the trial partner acted too quickly, and hardly gave him time to intercede.

What resents Yuan Shao is that he sees death and refuses to save him. He pretended to plan for him for many years, but at this moment he watched his family members die.

How can such resentment be resolved by a moment of anger.

Soon, this anger and resentment quickly turned into a motive for revenge, making his eyes scarlet.

Xu You walked back and forth in the tent, the mania in his eyes could no longer be concealed, he just wanted to vent his anger now!

After a while, Xu You suddenly walked out of the tent and said to the left and right: "My family has an accident, and I must rush back to Hebei immediately. If Ming Gong returns to the camp and asks, he will say that I have gone north."

"only."

The left and right soldiers have orders.

So Xu You found a horse in the camp, and with his entourage, he left all the way north.

The sentry posts along the way were all kept in mind, and all the passwords were used today, and they arrived at Wuchao unimpeded.

In the evening, Yuan Jun retreated again.

Cao Cao repelled Yuan Shao's several attacks with difficulty, causing heavy casualties, and the morale of the army has fallen to the bottom.

In the evening, after nightfall, Cao Cao, who was exhausted all day, ate something indiscriminately, and didn't want to deal with other official documents, so he lay down on the bed to rest.

Under the great mental exhaustion, he has no time to think about other issues.

The most important thing now is to tide over this difficulty.

"Sikong!"

Just when Cao Cao was in a drowsy sleep, someone outside the tent suddenly came to report.

"What's the matter?"

"Yuan Shao worked for Xu You to vote."

"what."

Cao Cao sat up startled as if in a dying illness, his exhaustion and drowsiness subsided in an instant, and before he even had time to put on his shoes, he jumped off the bed, walked out of the tent and asked, "Where is he?"

The guard at the gate replied, "It's just outside the camp."

"I'll go to meet you."

Cao Cao walked barefoot on the loess ground, ignoring whether the gravel would cut the soles of his feet, and hurried to the gate of the camp like the wind blowing under his feet.

At this moment Xu You and his servants were outside the camp, seeing Cao Cao walking barefoot and laughing, he immediately felt relieved.

Yuan Shao has no talent for tolerance, so I will find someone who can tolerate me!

"Ha ha ha ha."

Cao Cao quickly walked up to Xu You, held his hand and said, "Ziyuan is here, and the big thing will be done!"

Xu You said with a smile: "Meng De, I haven't seen you in ten years, don't come here and you will be fine."

The last time they met was in the first year of Chuping when the eighteen princes were begging for Dong. After that, Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, and Xu You followed Yuan Shao in Jizhou. It has been ten years in a flash.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Cao Cao took him by the hand and walked into the camp, smiling as he walked and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine for daily life, hurry up, Ziyuan, come and sit in my tent."

The two entered the account and sat in rows.

Xu You asked with a smile, "Meng De, Yuan Jun is strong, how should he respond?"

Cao Cao sighed, "We can only hold on."

Xu You said: "Yuan Shao has accumulated tens of thousands of stones of grain, which can supply the army for several years. I don't know how much Meng De's army has?"

"For more than a year."

Cao Cao said.

Xu You laughed and said, "Meng Dexiu wants to lie to me, so tell the truth."

Cao Cao said again: "For half a year."

Xu You shook his head and said, "Meng De doesn't want to defeat Yuan Shao, so I'll just go."

Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Just now I joked, but in fact it can only be used for more than a month, I don't know what to do."

Xu You then said: "Your army is guarding alone. There is no rescue outside and the food and grain are exhausted. This is a critical day. Today, Yuan's luggage has tens of thousands of vehicles. In the old city and Wuchao, the troops are not well prepared; today Attacked with light soldiers, they arrived unexpectedly, burned their accumulation, and within three days, the Yuan family was defeated."

Cao Cao was overjoyed, held Xu You's hand and said, "I have won Ziyuan, and I am truly a god-given hero. If I can defeat Yuan today, I will share the wealth with Ziyuan."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

Xu You was also very happy to receive the courtesy of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't hesitate at the moment. Taking advantage of the darkness, he led five thousand riders, all dressed in Yuan Jun's clothes, with a horse wrapped in hooves, and came out from the northern camp gate that Yuan Jun had not surrounded. After crossing the Guandu River, we galloped all the way to the north.

After arriving at Wuchao, Chunyu Qiong, the guard of Wuchao, was really unprepared, and got drunk with several other generals.

The wine they drank was the strong wine produced in Huangmenting, Nanyang, Jingzhou.

It is said that this wine is the best to keep out the cold, and it was the approaching cold autumn, when the temperature dropped rapidly at night, Chunyu Qiong, Sui Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others drank it very happily.

After drinking a few bottles of spirits, my whole body felt warm, like a hot summer day, even sweating.

Soon after passing out of drunkenness, Chunyu Qiong woke up in a trance, and vaguely saw the flames around him rising into the sky, and his body became even warmer.

"This wine is very strong, I'm afraid I'm dreaming."

Chunyu Qiong thought about it in a daze, thought it was a dream, and fell asleep again, until a sharp pain hit and his nose was cut off, and he suddenly woke up.

"Chunyu Qiong!"

Cao Cao and he were also old acquaintances of the eighth school lieutenant back then, and now he tied Chunyu Qiong tightly, seeing that his face was covered in blood and panicked, he laughed and said, "Old friends meet, why don't you welcome me?"

Chunyu Qiong was so frightened at this moment that most of the alcohol had faded away, and he hurriedly said: "Meng De, we have known each other for many years, please spare my life."

"Hahahahaha."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Why did you come to such a field today?"

Enduring the severe pain in his nose, Chunyu Qiong said in a low voice, "The outcome is determined by God, how do I know?"

"Ha ha."

Cao Cao smiled and turned to leave.

Xu You followed up and said, "Mr. Cao, what are you going to do with Chunyu Qiong?"

"It's also an old friend for many years, let him go once."

Cao Cao said.

Xu You said: "In the future, if he looks in the mirror and sees his nose, he will think of today's shame."

"Well?"

Cao Cao frowned slightly, then looked at the surrounding Wuchao full of fire, nodded slightly and said: "You are right."

That night.

Cao Jun set fire to Wuchao and destroyed Yuan Shao's grain and grass, causing Yuan Shao's army to be shaken, and the soldiers' hearts were uneasy.

Zhang Yun suggested that Yuan Shao send people to rescue Wuchao immediately, but Guo Tu said that while Cao Cao was in Wuchao, he should surround Wei to rescue Zhao and capture Cao Ying.

Yuan Shao felt that this was the reason, so he immediately sent Zhang He Gao Lan to attack Cao Ying.

Cao Cao did not come back in Wuchao immediately, but led his infantry to repel some of Yuan Shao's reinforcements, and then led his troops to retreat westward.

The two sides fought for several days, and the news was quickly reported to Xudu.

For a while, Xu Du was very excited.

Cao Cao needed this news to send back to Xudu, to give the Yingchuan family who supported him a shot in the arm, and at the same time deter Xiaoxiao from behind.

At this time, Shen Chen's spies in Xudu quickly reported the news to Kunyang.

　In fact, I don't have much feeling about the death of celebrities. I will pay high respect to the death of those scientific research academicians. For example, I sent Yuan Lao a ride last year.But the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my childhood memory, and it is also the memory of many people. The image of the second master is the image of Guan Yu in many people's minds. His departure also makes me feel lost. May the deceased rest in peace, and the second master has a good journey.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)