The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Both Yan Liang and Wen Chou were famous generals in Hebei, and they both died on white horses in just ten months.Baima City once became Yuan Jun's indelible nightmare.After learning the news of Long Fei's retreat, Yuan Shao still couldn't make up his mind to march into the White Horse, worried that he would fall into Long Fei's trick again.Yuan Shao was not relieved until Jushou brought someone to check it himself.

"Hey!" Yuan Shao sighed: "For the sake of this little white horse, I lost two of my generals. I will definitely smash Long Fei into thousands of pieces and avenge the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou!"

"My lord!" Ju Shou said, "Long Fei is courageous and resourceful, but Cao Cao's old scheme was miscalculated. The two vanguard generals of our army have been murdered. It is not appropriate to continue fighting with Cao Cao and Long Fei. If the lord does not want to return to the army, you can press What my subordinates said is that sending troops to the east will surely achieve miraculous results!"

Guo Tudao: "Ju Shou is bold, our enemy is in the west, but you have repeatedly asked the Lord to go east, what do you want to do? If the army goes east and Cao Cao takes the opportunity to go north, what will happen to Yecheng? What about Jizhou? What about Hebei? how?"

"My lord! What my subordinates say is the best strategy! Now going to the west is exactly what Long Fei and Cao Cao planned, please think again, my lord!" Ju Shou fell to his knees, weeping bitterly.

Yuan Shao's head started to hurt again, and he didn't know how to deal with it.Xu You sighed: "Neither the west nor the east. The north is our own territory. It seems that only the south is left. If the lord wants to continue to attack, it is better to go south! Further south is Guandu, and now we have crossed the river." , captured Guandu, headed straight to Xuchang, after passing Xuchang is Wancheng! It is not the only way to detour to Luoyang!"

"Xu Ziyuan's words are exactly what I want, so it's decided, take down Guandu!" Yuan Shao got up and announced loudly.Everyone was silent, only Jushou was crying loudly, crying: "Such a large army is in danger!" Yuan Shao wanted to scold Jushou, but after thinking about it, his face was full of anger, and he turned and went back to the back room.

Guandu is located in the south of the Yellow River, which is the fork of the Yellow River and Jishui River. It is only three or four hundred miles away from Xuchang to the south, and it can be reached in one day by fast horse.Take Guandu, and the natural danger of the Yellow River will disappear.Yuan Shao also saw this and agreed to Xu You's suggestion.After staying in Baima for a few days, the rectified army rushed towards Guandu. The places they passed were like locusts crossing the border, and all the villages and towns where people lived were swept away.

Long Fei led his Battalion of Three Thousand Arrows back to the station and handed over orders to Cao Cao.Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "My son-in-law is truly a warrior! He killed General Yuan Shao in both battles, and he deserves his first credit for luring Yuan Shao to this point!"

Long Fei said: "Yuan Shao is powerful, Guandu is a wilderness, there is no city to defend, father-in-law should be careful."

Cheng Yudao: "The bank of the Yellow River is a sandy land. My lord can use the sand to build a city, build sandbags to block Yuan Shao's cavalry, and place a strong crossbow in the camp to confront Yuan Shao. This place is not far from Xuchang, and the grain and grass will be stored with Xuchang. No problem!"

Cao Cao nodded: "Yes! Yuan Shao mobilized a large number of cavalry from Youzhou. If it is really difficult to fight elsewhere, this sandy land is the cavalry grave. This plan is very good, so let's do it!"

Yuan Shao went all the way south, crossed Jishui easily, and saw the Yellow River Beach in front of him, full of billowing yellow sand, no trees, but low shrubs and weeds growing in it, making it very comfortable to step on.The scouts came to report that Cao Long's allied forces had set up camp ten miles away from the Yellow River. The army was stranded here, and it seemed that a decisive battle was about to start.Yuan Shao chuckled: "Long Fei, Cao Cao really wants a decisive battle. If so, what about the decisive battle?"

He ordered to set up camp, and Yuan's army had a large number of people. They set up a camp on the bank of the Yellow River, following the example of Cao's army and sandy soil, with a width of about ten miles from east to west.Yuan Shao said that this was an imitation of Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin's backwater battle, to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers.Guo Tu and others hurriedly agreed.Without much effort, a large camp was built in the narrow strip on the bank of the Yellow River.

Not a day later, Yuan Xi, governor of Youzhou, high-ranking governor of Bingzhou, and Yuan Tan, governor of Qingzhou, led troops to help out, and Yuan Shang, governor of Jizhou, sent a judge to deliver [-] dan of grain and grass.Yuan Jun's momentum immediately rose.Guo Tu suggested that a sand hill could be built in front of Cao Jun's Tucheng, and the archers could stand on it and shoot Cao Ying.Feng Ji suggested that tunnels can be dug and sneaked into Cao Ying, whether it is arson or sneak attack, it can achieve results.

"Hahaha..." Yuan Shao was overjoyed: "With the help of my son, there are two tricks, Cao Jun can defeat it!"

Since sending out troops, although Xun Chen has the title of a counselor, he has not spoken much.Until this moment, he couldn't help it anymore: "In addition, we can send troops to harass Cao Jun's food road. Food and grass are the most important for the army to fight! The three sons sent a lot of food and grass. We need to find a place to store it and send someone to guard it. So as not to be robbed by Cao Jun!"

Xun Chen is Xun Yu's fourth brother. A few years ago, under the tent of Mu Han Fu in Jizhou, he persuaded Yuan Shao to raise troops to destroy Han Fu, and made great military exploits for Yuan Shao to unify Hebei.Ever since Xun Yu became Long Fei's subordinate, Yuan Shao loved Wu and Wu, so he didn't pay much attention to Xun Chen.It was only because Xun Chen was the heir of the Xun family in Yingchuan that he didn't do anything to him.

When Xun Chen suddenly proposed this suggestion, Yuan Shao was also excited and nodded repeatedly: "You Ruo is really a master! You are right, as long as Cao Jun's food supply is cut off, let's see how long they can last!"

Everyone hurriedly agreed, and Feng Ji took the opportunity to say: "It is the best place to store our grain and grass in Wuchao. Wuchao is behind us and is blocked by Jishui. It is not so easy for Cao Jun to rob, but it is the most ideal place!"

"Everyone, great wisdom, I am very pleased! Come here, and arrange these things one by one, so there must be no mistakes!"

From the second day, Yuan Shao's offensive and defensive plans were put into action.Lu Kuang's Shesheng battalion climbed up the sand mountain and began to shoot arrows at Cao's battalion. Lu Xiang led [-] light cavalry and detoured behind Cao's army, preparing to rob grain.Yuan Shao then sent Chun Yuqiong to lead an army to stay in Wuchao, escort and guard the food and grass.Order Mayan and Wang Mo to lead the infantry to dig a tunnel, in order to give Cao Cao a surprise attack.

From morning to night, Yuan Jun stood on the sand hill and shot arrows at Cao Ying. The soldiers who entered and exited the barracks had to cover themselves with shields. Even Cao Cao and others did not dare to pay at will.The sand hill is soft and difficult to climb, and there is no way to deal with it in a hurry.Cao Cao once had the intention of retreating.Cheng Yu persuaded: "Yuan Shao's gathering at Guandu hits our plan. This battle is the key to determining the general situation of the world. If you retreat first, you will be defeated. Now that Yuan Shao has made the plan, the situation is clear. It is the time for us to win by surprise. Don't miss it. "

Cao Cao then dismissed the idea of ​​retreating and thought hard to find a countermeasure.On this day, Long Fei and Liu Ye were discussing the working principle of the thunderbolt car, and Cao Cao strolled over.Liu Ye saw that Cao Cao's complexion was not good, so he asked, "My lord, are you still worried about Sand Mountain?"

Cao Cao nodded: "Yuan Shao's plan is too clever. I sent people to attack several times but it didn't work. There is really no good way!"

"Sand mountain? Use water!" Long Fei interjected, "Sand is most afraid of being washed away by water. Once the water washes over, the sand mountain will perish by itself!"

"Your son-in-law mean to dig the Yellow River?"

"Isn't this inappropriate?" Liu Ye hastily dissuaded: "The Yellow River bursts and the people's fields are destroyed, not to mention we are among them. Once the Yellow River is dug, not only Yuan Shao, but we may also die!"

Long Fei smiled: "Water doesn't necessarily need to dig the Yellow River! This is the Yellow River beach. You don't need to dig deep to find the water source. Mr. Liu's thunderbolt car is just right for you. Just find a way to throw a lot of water on the sand mountain. Naturally it will be gone!"

Both Cao Cao and Liu Ye's eyes lit up.Time is running out, Liu Ye shook his head: "What to use to hold the water? Clay pots are too small to make, and the sheepskin and cowhide are tough and difficult to tear."

"Hehe!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "You don't need water. The sandy mountain is soft, and you can throw stones with a thunderbolt cart to destroy it. Zi Yang, immediately make a thunderbolt cart. In the morning, let Yuan Shao know how to attack." The truth must be reversed!"

"Boom! Boom!..." The loud sound woke Yuan Shao up from his sleep.Guo Tu rushed in and knelt beside Yuan Shao's couch: "My lord, something is wrong. Cao Cao is smashing our sand hills with his thunderbolt cart, and one of them has collapsed!"

"What?" Yuan Shao got up immediately, put on his clothes and came out.A huge sand mountain was erected outside Yuanying, about tens of feet high, covering a huge area. There was a wooden ladder behind it for soldiers to climb.

A huge stone flew out of Cao Ying, with a sharp roar piercing the air, and smashed heavily on the sand mountain.In an instant, the sand was flying, and the big rock was smashed into a big hole, and the sand on it was left to fill it up.The flowing sand caused the originally sharp top of the mountain to descend layer by layer, and it seemed that the final collapse was not far away.

"What is this? It can throw huge rocks into the sky?" Yuan Shao looked back at Guo Tu.

"This is the thunderbolt car made by Liu Ye, it is very powerful!"

While the two were talking, a big stone was thrown away, and it went straight towards Yuan Shao and Guo Tu.Yueqi Sima Han Meng yelled, flew towards Yuan Shao and Guo Tu, and fell heavily to the ground.After a burst of smoke and dust, at the place where they had just stood, a stone the size of a millstone appeared there, and half of it was deeply sunk into the sand.Take a closer look at the stone, the corners are sharp, obviously polished by a mason.

Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief, Guo Tu and Han Meng hurriedly helped Yuan Shao up, patted the dust off Yuan Shao's body, and retreated to a relatively safe place.Just two steps away, there was a sound of landslides and ground cracks, and the two sand mountains they built with great difficulty collapsed.A large amount of sand and soil flowed into the camp, and several tents near the sand hill were completely covered, and the soldiers inside did not come out again.

"Cao Cao is too despicable to use this method!" Yuan Shao was furious.

Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "Father, my son is willing to lead the army and horses of the headquarters to attack and completely destroy the Perak Chariot, so as to avoid future troubles forever!"

Guo Tu hurriedly dissuaded him, but he was restrained because of his hard-to-talk.After something like this happened, Yuan Shao was no longer willing to build such a waste of money and people, and pinned all his hopes on the other two things, hoping that these two things would have the desired effect.