Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 81 The Last Arrow That Crushed Yuan Shu

The two sides fought for a whole day.
Not only was Yuan Shu unable to defeat Cao Cao, but he himself faced a crisis.

The cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan had circled behind the center of Yuan's army and launched an attack on the command center where Yuan Shu was located.

Although Yuan Shu was surprised, he was not panicked. After all, he still had more than 10,000 soldiers guarding his place.

What can they do to me with their cavalry, which is less than two thousand strong and exhausted?
So, Yuan Shu ordered his soldiers to go and respond, while he continued to focus on the situation on the main battlefield.

However, the development of events behind the scenes seemed to be somewhat beyond Yuan Shu's expectations.

I thought that the cavalry would be driven away soon.

Who knew,

The screams and cries behind me were getting closer and closer!
Yuan Shu couldn't help but look back, and was immediately frightened to death.

I saw a young general in white robe, alone, who had already come to within thirty steps of me!

"Fuck!" If Yuan Shu knew this word, he would definitely blurt it out at this moment.

After a long battle, Zhao Yun's golden entry [Dragon Gallbladder Silver Soul (Gold)] (
Passive: While in combat, every five minutes, you gain 1% damage reduction. Killing an enemy general grants you 5% damage reduction. Maximum damage reduction is 50%.

Passive: While in combat, every five minutes, gain a 1% bonus to your strength and attack speed. Killing an enemy general grants you a 5% bonus to your strength and attack speed. You can only gain a maximum of 50% bonus to your strength and attack speed. (The passive effect has been fully stacked!)
If his body had not yet grown, and his physical strength, martial arts, and experience had not yet reached their peak, he would probably be able to kill him in and out of Yuan's army at this moment!

Zhao Yun thrust his spear straight at Yuan Shu, but was blocked by Yuan Shu's personal guards with their flesh and blood.

This short distance of thirty steps is even more difficult to travel than the difficult and dangerous Shu Road.

Zhao Yun attacked several times but was unable to break through.

Seeing that the enemy troops were gathering around him more and more, he had no choice but to turn his horse around and break out.

But just when Yuan's personal guards breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Yun suddenly drew his bow and arrow, turned around and shot an arrow!
The arrow flew over everyone's heads and shot away.

Yuan Shu's soldiers followed the direction of the arrow in confusion, but were horrified to see that the arrow hit the central army's flag!

The arrow sank into the flagpole, the rope was cut by the arrow, and the military flag fell down with a bang!
On ancient battlefields, the central army banner was the core symbol of the army.

As long as the flag does not fall, the army will have a backbone and the soldiers will be able to continue fighting.

Now that the banner has fallen, Yuan's army is in a panic, the commander's life or death is unknown, and the command system is paralyzed in an instant.

At this moment, this arrow became the last straw that broke the camel's back!
Cao Cao keenly grasped this opportunity and immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Yuan Shu is dead! All troops, attack!!"

Upon hearing this, Cao's soldiers were greatly encouraged and rushed towards Yuan's army like mad tigers.

The soldiers of Yuan's army were suddenly startled.

When they looked back, they found that the central army where Yuan Shu was located was in great chaos, and the central army's flag was no longer visible, and their morale immediately plummeted.

Just at this moment, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun, who had replenished some strength after a short rest, also led the last thousand or so cavalry to attack.

Yuan Shu's soldiers were already exhausted, and now under the pincer attack from Cao's army, as well as the physical and mental blows, they finally collapsed completely.

They are too tired, not only physically but also mentally.

"Kill!!" Cao Ren took the lead and rushed out from the left wing, joined forces with Xiahou Dun's troops, and launched a fierce counterattack against Yuan's army.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Yan and Xu Chu led the Qingzhou troops to attack Yuan Shu, splitting the army of Lei Bo and Li Feng into two.

Yuan's army was divided into several sections, Cao's cavalry galloped across the country, and the infantry phalanxes advanced steadily.

All of a sudden, all the generals of Cao's army led their troops to charge out, the situation on the battlefield was reversed in an instant, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards Cao's army.

The army was defeated like a mountain!
Yuan Shu's soldiers had completely lost their fighting spirit, and they threw away their weapons and armor and fled in all directions.

The morale of Cao's soldiers was high, and they pursued the victory and attacked Yuan's army relentlessly.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yuan Shu felt filled with regret and pain.

However, the battlefield situation had completely collapsed and was beyond redemption, so he had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to flee south. Cao Cao was determined to kill him while he was ill, and without giving Yuan Shu a chance to breathe, he ordered his entire army to continue the pursuit.

In this battle,

With only 50,000 troops, Cao's army defeated Yuan Shu's 160,000-strong army, killed Yuan's generals Liu Xiang and Qiao Rui in battle, and seized countless food, weapons, armor, and flags.

Cao's army suffered 15,000 casualties, while Yuan's army lost more than 80,000. The battlefield was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

But in fact, the casualties of Yuan Shu's army began to rise rapidly only after the collapse.

Yuan Shu retreated all the way to Kuangcheng before he was able to stabilize his position again.

Zhang Xun, Lei Bo and others came back one after another, and they were relieved to see that Yuan Shu was safe and sound.

However, before they could catch their breath, Cao Cao and Cao Yan led 30,000 soldiers who still had strength left and attacked again!
At this time, Yuan Shu only had 30,000 to 50,000 troops left, and he had just suffered a major defeat, with all his food and supplies exhausted.

He knew that he was powerless to resist Cao's army, so he had no choice but to order a retreat again.

This retreat took them directly back to Fengqiu, where they were originally stationed.

Yuan Shu, who was knocked unconscious by Cao Cao, returned to Fengqiu City and hid himself away.

Seeing this, Cao Cao ordered the construction of defensive fortifications and prepared for a long-term siege, hoping to completely eliminate Yuan Shu, the troublemaker.

When Yuan Shu saw the situation, he knew it was bad.

There is not much reserve in Fengqiu. Once it is surrounded, it will be a dead end!

So, taking advantage of the night,

Under the cover of his generals, Yuan Shu led the remaining troops to secretly rush out of Fengqiu and fled all the way to Xiangyi.

Between Fengqiu and Xiangyi was Yongqiu, where Zhang Miao's troops were stationed.

At this time, if Zhang Miao sent troops to help intercept, Yuan Shu would certainly be unable to escape.

However, Zhang Miao, who was caught between two sides, chose to keep his troops in place, which allowed Yuan Shu to successfully escape to Xiangyi City and obtain some reinforcements through looting.

As a result, Cao Cao lost his last hope in Zhang Miao.

He knew that this former good friend had completely become a stranger to him.

Cao’s army camp.

After being slipped away from Yuan Shu's grasp again, Cao Cao could not help but sigh, "Why didn't I realize before that Yuan Shu was so slippery?

When Yuan Shao got into trouble and always let Yuan Shu take the blame, didn't that guy always catch the culprit?

How come you can run faster than a rabbit now?"

Just as Cao Cao was feeling overwhelmed with emotion, Cao Yan suddenly took a half step forward and said to him softly, "Brother, Yuan Shu's danger has been resolved. I would like to return to Juancheng first."

Cao Cao was puzzled when he heard this. "Now is a golden opportunity to hunt down the defeated army and gain military merit. Why are you leaving so suddenly?"

Cao Yan then took the opportunity to tell Cao Cao about his idea of ​​setting up a special spy network organization. After hearing this, Cao Cao fell into deep thought.

Cao Yan explained, "I always feel that someone is targeting us from behind, but due to the lack of information, it is difficult to infer who is behind it and what their plan is.

Therefore, it is urgent to establish an organization dedicated to collecting and analyzing information about the people under my rule and the various vassal states!"

Cao Yan's suggestion actually touched the heart of Cao.

As the sphere of influence continues to expand,
He also gradually felt that his control over the grassroots level was becoming unmanageable.

If there is such an organization, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance his ability to control the situation on all sides.

(End of this chapter)