Cao Cao came this time, and his intentions would have to kill Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was Yuan Shao's younger brother. If Yuan Shu had not done too much this time, it would be very difficult to persuade Yuan Shao to oppose Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu brothers joined forces, Cao Cao would be at a disadvantage.
Cao Cao came this time and had a very important privacy, that is, it was mentioned in Jin Xuan's secret letter that if Cao Cao attacks Runan, Jin Xuan will send troops to occupy Shouchun and cut off Shouchun's retreat.
Cao Cao attacked very quickly, and Yuan Yin was detained by Cao Cao, and the strategies of the other generals were not as good as Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu had no choice but to do anything, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Only then did Yuan Shu truly regret why he didn't listen to Yuan Yin's words, which led to this extraordinary disaster today.
The small army sent by Cao Cao recently has successively captured or killed Yuan Shu's envoys sent to Luoyang.
At this time, there were 100,000 Yuan Shao's army in the coalition. If Yuan Shao's army had a different intention, the advantages they now would no longer exist.
Cao Cao knew that he had to capture Runan as soon as possible, otherwise there would be more dreams.
At this time, Yuan Shu had another big trouble. The grain and grass camp in the city was set on fire by the spy sent by Cao Cao. Although it was extinguished, the losses were severe.Insufficient food and supplies are a big taboo for military strategists.
Abandon and guard Runan.
This was Yuan Shu's final decision.
Under the current circumstances, it may be the most correct to abandon Runan, because Shouchun is Yuan Shu’s base camp after all, with abundant food and grass, and Shouchun County City is one of the best cities in the country.
After giving the order, Yuan Shu let out a long sigh.
Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops were stationed outside the city, but Cao Cao was worried that Yuan Shu would distract Yuan Shao's generals, so he arranged many patrol points on the periphery of Yuan Shao's barracks, and the idea of sending envoys to the city was also eliminated by Cao Cao.
After the fire broke out in Runan's grain camp, Cao Cao waited for the opportunity for Yuan Shu to abandon the city.Yuan Shu's army is about to evacuate, and this is a good time to launch an ambush.
Yuan Shu opened the city gate under the night to evacuate. Seeing that the coalition camp was quiet and there was no movement, he felt secretly satisfied.
Less than ten miles away, Yuan Shu's army suddenly became shocked and worried. Countless coalition soldiers emerged on both sides of the road, and the bows and arrows caused great casualties to Yuan Shu's soldiers.
Yuan Shu quickly broke through the siege and fought for a bloody road. As soon as the defeated troops were gathered, the coalition forces on both sides rose up again, but Cao Cao personally supervised the battle. Yuan Shu saw that something was wrong and led the generals to move forward desperately. At this time, the coalition forces chased after him from behind.
The coalition forces attacked from beginning to end, Yuan Shu's army was defeated, Yuan Shu and the generals fought a way out, and compared with Tianming, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers left beside the generals.
Just as he was about to take a break, a army came forward. Yuan Shu was shocked and looked back at the soldiers around him. He had no combat power after fighting for a night.
Could God kill me?
Yuan Shu thought desperately.
The army rushed over in a short while. When they looked closer, they found that Lei Bo led his army to pick him up.
It turned out that Lei Bo received a letter last night, which was written by Ji Ling, which said that the army was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties. The coalition forces pursued each other and ordered Lei Bo to raise the army to respond.
When Lei Bo saw the letter, he left only three thousand soldiers to defend the city and all the troops came to respond.
While Yuan Shu and others were confused, Cao's pursuit had arrived. Yuan Shu ordered Lei Bo to lead his troops to cut off the rear and lead his generals to flee in Shouchun.
When he arrived at the city gate, he saw that the city gate had changed. In amazement, the city gate opened wide, and a general led his army to rush out, but it was Guan Yu.
Yuan Shu's troops were exhausted and exhausted. After the attack of Guan Yu's elite soldiers, they collapsed with one blow.
When Yuan Shu saw Guan Yu coming on horseback, Wu Nai came to greet him. Though Yuan Shu was also a brave general, he was now overdrawn. How could he block Guan Yu's divine power?
Not even as far as Sanhe, Guan Yu was chopped off the horse. Seeing that Yuan Shu was dead, the troops asked to surrender one after another.
Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Zhang Ying and other generals surrendered, and Guan Yu ordered the surrendered generals to set up flags and recruit defeated troops.
During the battle last night, Yuan Shu's army was killed more than 40,000 and captured more than 50,000. There were less than 80,000 who fled to Shouchun in succession.
Yuan Shu and Liu Yao were killed in the chaos of the army. Guan Hai, Liu Pi and Gong Du followed Lei Bo to lead the defeated soldiers to Xuzhou and surrendered Tao Qian.
A few days later, Ji Ling and others gathered more than 70,000 defeated soldiers, Guan Yu left him with 50,000 strong men, and the rest were sent back to their hometown.
He left 20,000 to be organized in his army, and the remaining 30,000 were taken to Jianye and organized into the various generals of Jianye.
It turned out that in a secret letter to Cao Cao, Jin Xuan said that if the coalition forces attack Runan, Zhuge Liang's generals would send troops to occupy Shouchun.
Cao Cao judged that Yuan Shu was about to leave and sent someone to notify Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang ordered someone to forge Ji Ling's letter (Ji Ling once left a letter to Guan Yu when he seized the jade seal) to lure Lei Bo to raise his troops from the city to help, and then sent Guan Yu and Xing Daorong to lead 40,000 to defeat Shouchun.
When Yuan Shu was defeated, the soldiers were no longer able to fight, so they were defeated in one battle and easily killed Yuan Shu.
Seeing that Yuan Shu had died, although Shouchun was occupied by the King of Changsha, his goal had been achieved, and he ordered Yuan Shao and the princes to return first. He led his troops into Runan. The people had finished their peace, and Cao Hong was left to lead 30,000 troops to defend and lead his army back to Chang'an.
Yuan Shao heard that his brother died tragically, and his army was all incorporated by Cao Cao and Jin Xuan. Although he hated his brother for what he did, he was reluctant to give up his family affection and hated Cao Cao in his heart.
However, the political situation in Xuzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the emergence of a person. This person is Liu Bei, who was later famous in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Because Liu Bei made great contributions to defeating the Yellow Turbans, he was appointed as the magistrate of Pingyuan County and trained 10,000 elite soldiers.
The Houping Plain was Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, and all the second brothers of officials were replaced by Yuan Shao's confidants. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Liu Bei led his troops to surrender to Tao Qian.
It was also Tao Qian and Liu Bei who had a fate. When Liu Bei came to surrender, he gave all his military power to him. Liu Bei was also a talented person. After Liu Bei's training, the combat effectiveness of Xuzhou soldiers increased rapidly.
Tao Qian was old, so he wanted to give up the position of prefect to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was really not what he learned in history and refused to accept it, but was overjoyed.
After Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, he married the Mi family of Xuzhou gentry, and received strong assistance from Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.
Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Liu Pi and Gong were all in the battle, which greatly increased Liu Bei's strength.
At this time, Xuzhou had Chen Gong, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Jian Yong, Sun Gan, etc., and martial arts included Mi Fang, Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Liu Pi, Gong Du, etc., with a total of 110,000 troops.
Seeing that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both willing to annex, Liu Bei formed an alliance with Kong Rong, Puyang Liu Dai, Ma Teng of Xiliang, Gongsun Zan of Beiping, Li Ru of Tianshui, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, and Fan Chou of Anding, and was collectively known as the Eight Marquis.
Once these forces were combined, a new political force was formed, and Liu Bei became a representative of another emerging political force beyond Jin Xuan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
At that time, there were forty-eight counties in the world, and Jinxuan had already obtained fourteen counties, namely Changsha, Wuling, Guiyang, Lingling, Yuzhang, Luling, Poyang, Kuaiji, Yizhou, Wucheng, Jianye, Lujiang, Shouchun and Yong'an.
The Chang'an King Liu Qi has six counties including Jiangzhou, Chengdu, Yunnan, Jianning, Lintong, and Xiabian.
King Liu Biao of Jingzhou included five counties including Jiangling, Jiangxia, Xiangyang, Xinye, and Shangyong.
Liu Bei's eight marquises had the sphere of influence among nine counties including Xiliang, Tianshui, Anding, Hanzhong, Xuzhou, Puyang, Beihai, Beiping and Xiangping.
Yuan Shao's sphere of influence included six counties including Dai County, Nanpi, Jinyang, Pingyuan, Yecheng, and Xiaopi (Xiao Pi was originally under the control of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. After taking Runan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao negotiated with Xiao Pi to Yuan Shao, and Runan belonged to Cao Cao). However, Cao Cao controlled seven counties including Xuchang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Hongnong, Chenliu, Qiaocheng, and Runan.
Yuan Shu was Yuan Shao's younger brother. If Yuan Shu had not done too much this time, it would be very difficult to persuade Yuan Shao to oppose Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu brothers joined forces, Cao Cao would be at a disadvantage.
Cao Cao came this time and had a very important privacy, that is, it was mentioned in Jin Xuan's secret letter that if Cao Cao attacks Runan, Jin Xuan will send troops to occupy Shouchun and cut off Shouchun's retreat.
Cao Cao attacked very quickly, and Yuan Yin was detained by Cao Cao, and the strategies of the other generals were not as good as Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu had no choice but to do anything, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Only then did Yuan Shu truly regret why he didn't listen to Yuan Yin's words, which led to this extraordinary disaster today.
The small army sent by Cao Cao recently has successively captured or killed Yuan Shu's envoys sent to Luoyang.
At this time, there were 100,000 Yuan Shao's army in the coalition. If Yuan Shao's army had a different intention, the advantages they now would no longer exist.
Cao Cao knew that he had to capture Runan as soon as possible, otherwise there would be more dreams.
At this time, Yuan Shu had another big trouble. The grain and grass camp in the city was set on fire by the spy sent by Cao Cao. Although it was extinguished, the losses were severe.Insufficient food and supplies are a big taboo for military strategists.
Abandon and guard Runan.
This was Yuan Shu's final decision.
Under the current circumstances, it may be the most correct to abandon Runan, because Shouchun is Yuan Shu’s base camp after all, with abundant food and grass, and Shouchun County City is one of the best cities in the country.
After giving the order, Yuan Shu let out a long sigh.
Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops were stationed outside the city, but Cao Cao was worried that Yuan Shu would distract Yuan Shao's generals, so he arranged many patrol points on the periphery of Yuan Shao's barracks, and the idea of sending envoys to the city was also eliminated by Cao Cao.
After the fire broke out in Runan's grain camp, Cao Cao waited for the opportunity for Yuan Shu to abandon the city.Yuan Shu's army is about to evacuate, and this is a good time to launch an ambush.
Yuan Shu opened the city gate under the night to evacuate. Seeing that the coalition camp was quiet and there was no movement, he felt secretly satisfied.
Less than ten miles away, Yuan Shu's army suddenly became shocked and worried. Countless coalition soldiers emerged on both sides of the road, and the bows and arrows caused great casualties to Yuan Shu's soldiers.
Yuan Shu quickly broke through the siege and fought for a bloody road. As soon as the defeated troops were gathered, the coalition forces on both sides rose up again, but Cao Cao personally supervised the battle. Yuan Shu saw that something was wrong and led the generals to move forward desperately. At this time, the coalition forces chased after him from behind.
The coalition forces attacked from beginning to end, Yuan Shu's army was defeated, Yuan Shu and the generals fought a way out, and compared with Tianming, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers left beside the generals.
Just as he was about to take a break, a army came forward. Yuan Shu was shocked and looked back at the soldiers around him. He had no combat power after fighting for a night.
Could God kill me?
Yuan Shu thought desperately.
The army rushed over in a short while. When they looked closer, they found that Lei Bo led his army to pick him up.
It turned out that Lei Bo received a letter last night, which was written by Ji Ling, which said that the army was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties. The coalition forces pursued each other and ordered Lei Bo to raise the army to respond.
When Lei Bo saw the letter, he left only three thousand soldiers to defend the city and all the troops came to respond.
While Yuan Shu and others were confused, Cao's pursuit had arrived. Yuan Shu ordered Lei Bo to lead his troops to cut off the rear and lead his generals to flee in Shouchun.
When he arrived at the city gate, he saw that the city gate had changed. In amazement, the city gate opened wide, and a general led his army to rush out, but it was Guan Yu.
Yuan Shu's troops were exhausted and exhausted. After the attack of Guan Yu's elite soldiers, they collapsed with one blow.
When Yuan Shu saw Guan Yu coming on horseback, Wu Nai came to greet him. Though Yuan Shu was also a brave general, he was now overdrawn. How could he block Guan Yu's divine power?
Not even as far as Sanhe, Guan Yu was chopped off the horse. Seeing that Yuan Shu was dead, the troops asked to surrender one after another.
Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Zhang Ying and other generals surrendered, and Guan Yu ordered the surrendered generals to set up flags and recruit defeated troops.
During the battle last night, Yuan Shu's army was killed more than 40,000 and captured more than 50,000. There were less than 80,000 who fled to Shouchun in succession.
Yuan Shu and Liu Yao were killed in the chaos of the army. Guan Hai, Liu Pi and Gong Du followed Lei Bo to lead the defeated soldiers to Xuzhou and surrendered Tao Qian.
A few days later, Ji Ling and others gathered more than 70,000 defeated soldiers, Guan Yu left him with 50,000 strong men, and the rest were sent back to their hometown.
He left 20,000 to be organized in his army, and the remaining 30,000 were taken to Jianye and organized into the various generals of Jianye.
It turned out that in a secret letter to Cao Cao, Jin Xuan said that if the coalition forces attack Runan, Zhuge Liang's generals would send troops to occupy Shouchun.
Cao Cao judged that Yuan Shu was about to leave and sent someone to notify Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang ordered someone to forge Ji Ling's letter (Ji Ling once left a letter to Guan Yu when he seized the jade seal) to lure Lei Bo to raise his troops from the city to help, and then sent Guan Yu and Xing Daorong to lead 40,000 to defeat Shouchun.
When Yuan Shu was defeated, the soldiers were no longer able to fight, so they were defeated in one battle and easily killed Yuan Shu.
Seeing that Yuan Shu had died, although Shouchun was occupied by the King of Changsha, his goal had been achieved, and he ordered Yuan Shao and the princes to return first. He led his troops into Runan. The people had finished their peace, and Cao Hong was left to lead 30,000 troops to defend and lead his army back to Chang'an.
Yuan Shao heard that his brother died tragically, and his army was all incorporated by Cao Cao and Jin Xuan. Although he hated his brother for what he did, he was reluctant to give up his family affection and hated Cao Cao in his heart.
However, the political situation in Xuzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the emergence of a person. This person is Liu Bei, who was later famous in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Because Liu Bei made great contributions to defeating the Yellow Turbans, he was appointed as the magistrate of Pingyuan County and trained 10,000 elite soldiers.
The Houping Plain was Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, and all the second brothers of officials were replaced by Yuan Shao's confidants. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Liu Bei led his troops to surrender to Tao Qian.
It was also Tao Qian and Liu Bei who had a fate. When Liu Bei came to surrender, he gave all his military power to him. Liu Bei was also a talented person. After Liu Bei's training, the combat effectiveness of Xuzhou soldiers increased rapidly.
Tao Qian was old, so he wanted to give up the position of prefect to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was really not what he learned in history and refused to accept it, but was overjoyed.
After Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, he married the Mi family of Xuzhou gentry, and received strong assistance from Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.
Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Liu Pi and Gong were all in the battle, which greatly increased Liu Bei's strength.
At this time, Xuzhou had Chen Gong, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Jian Yong, Sun Gan, etc., and martial arts included Mi Fang, Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Liu Pi, Gong Du, etc., with a total of 110,000 troops.
Seeing that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both willing to annex, Liu Bei formed an alliance with Kong Rong, Puyang Liu Dai, Ma Teng of Xiliang, Gongsun Zan of Beiping, Li Ru of Tianshui, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, and Fan Chou of Anding, and was collectively known as the Eight Marquis.
Once these forces were combined, a new political force was formed, and Liu Bei became a representative of another emerging political force beyond Jin Xuan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
At that time, there were forty-eight counties in the world, and Jinxuan had already obtained fourteen counties, namely Changsha, Wuling, Guiyang, Lingling, Yuzhang, Luling, Poyang, Kuaiji, Yizhou, Wucheng, Jianye, Lujiang, Shouchun and Yong'an.
The Chang'an King Liu Qi has six counties including Jiangzhou, Chengdu, Yunnan, Jianning, Lintong, and Xiabian.
King Liu Biao of Jingzhou included five counties including Jiangling, Jiangxia, Xiangyang, Xinye, and Shangyong.
Liu Bei's eight marquises had the sphere of influence among nine counties including Xiliang, Tianshui, Anding, Hanzhong, Xuzhou, Puyang, Beihai, Beiping and Xiangping.
Yuan Shao's sphere of influence included six counties including Dai County, Nanpi, Jinyang, Pingyuan, Yecheng, and Xiaopi (Xiao Pi was originally under the control of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. After taking Runan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao negotiated with Xiao Pi to Yuan Shao, and Runan belonged to Cao Cao). However, Cao Cao controlled seven counties including Xuchang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Hongnong, Chenliu, Qiaocheng, and Runan.