Chapter 160 The Battle of Guandu
The line of vision temporarily turned to the west.
After Wen Chou was defeated, Yuan Shao personally led an army of 700,000 to the south. Cao Cao knew that the white horse was difficult to defend, so he gave up the white horse and concentrated his troops to Guandu, preparing to fight against Yuan Shao's main force in Guandu. Yuan Shao led his troops across the Yellow River on the north side, and then occupied the white horse without blood. Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao led his troops to cross the Dahe River. Cao Cao tried to rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River to stop Yuan Shao, but failed. Yuan Shao divided his troops to cross the Dahe River and defeated the main force of the Cao army and headed straight to Guandu Pass to settle the camp. At the same time, Yuan Shao ordered Chunyu Qiong to set up a camp in Wuchao on the north bank of the Yellow River as a base for the army to transport grain and grass, and also built several floating bridges on the Yellow River to communicate with the north and south of the river for logistics supply.
Yuan Shao summoned all the generals and the advisers to discuss matters and said, "Our army successfully crossed the Yellow River. I want to take this opportunity to take down Guandu and then attack Xuchang! What do you think?"
Ju Su immediately stepped out and said with his fists: "Lord, although our army is several times that of Cao's army, the Cao's army is very powerful and brave. If we fight in a hurry instead of rushing, we will attack the opponent's strengths with our short-term attacks. Even if we succeed in the end, we don't know how many officers and soldiers will lose! However, although the Cao army is elite, there is insufficient food and grass, and our army is abundant. It is better to confront Cao's army. When the Cao army is exhausted, they will collapse without fighting! At that time, the army will attack, so why worry about Cao Cao's failure to capture it!"
Yuan Shao was furious and shouted, "Tian Feng disrupted our army's morale before. When I returned with triumphant success, I would have to behead him! Why do you dare to do this again?" Then he called the soldiers and pointed at Ju Su and cursed, "Stop Ju Su's army into the imperial guards, take our troops to triumphant success, and behead him and Tian Feng!" Ju Su shouted urgently, "It's not a pity for Ju Su to die, but if the lord doesn't listen to my loyal words and insists on fighting quickly, he will be afraid of falling into Cao Cao's slap, and then it will be too late to regret it!" Yuan Shao was furious, waved his hand, and shouted, "Drag it out!" Several soldiers quickly stepped forward and pulled Ju Su out. Ju Su shouted endlessly, and Yuan Shao was furious, wishing he could kill this bad guy.
Feng Ji clasped his fists and said, "Ming Gong was powerful in the country, and Cao Cao would be left alone everywhere! Please send an order to attack Cao Cao immediately!" The generals clasped their fists and said, "Ming Gong ordered to destroy Cao in one battle!"
Yuan Shao suddenly became very enthusiastic and sang: "I'll order the three armies to rest for a night and defeat Cao tomorrow!" Everyone agreed in unison.
The next morning, Yuan Shao led a large army to fight. Hundreds of thousands of troops were like tides, the flags were like clouds, swords and guns were like forests, cold light flashed, war horses roared, like tigers and dragons! The earth was trembling under their feet! And Cao Cao was not willing to be outdone. Nearly 200,000 troops came out of camp and lined up to confront Yuan Shao's army. The shouts of the armies on both sides and the sound of war drums one after another, like the tide of the sea, like the wind and thunder.
Cao Cao, dressed in black and red robe, rode his horse to the army and asked loudly: "Yuan Shao, as a minister of the Han Dynasty, how dare you rebel against the court?"
Yuan Shao, who was wearing golden armor, also rode his horse to the army and cursed angrily: "Cao Cao, you robbed the saint and have a huge crime. You are called the Han prime minister and are actually a traitor in the Han Dynasty. Everyone in the world can punish him! On that day, I called on the world to attack Dong's traitor, and today I will lead the righteous people under my command to attack you Cao's traitor!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Yuan Shao, Your Majesty has an order to make me attack your rebellious person! What else do you have to say?"
Yuan Shao pointed at Cao Cao and shouted loudly: "I will use my clothes and decree to fight against the thief!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "We won't talk nonsense anymore, let's see the truth behind us!"
Yuan Shao said: "It's just my wish! Cao Cao, let's see how I capture you today!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Yuan Shao, if you have the ability, just come out. I want to see if you have improved a little bit than when you were young!" Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were also young. Both of them were not so-called good kids, and they were very thieves, especially Cao Cao. Therefore, Yuan Shao suffered a lot of losses from Cao Cao when he was a child. When Yuan Shao heard Cao Cao's words, he was furious and scolded, "Cao Aman, can you still laugh later?" Cao Cao laughed and turned his horse and ran back to the military formation.
Yuan Shao also turned his horse and ran back to the military formation. He immediately pulled out his sword under the flag of the commander-in-chief, raised it high, and waved forward. The sound of war drums immediately sounded earth-shaking.
Yuan Shao's vanguard's tens of thousands of infantry soldiers made a shout, sweeping towards the Cao army's position like a tide, like a yellow wave, with an amazing momentum! At the forefront of this wave were thousands of warriors wearing heavy armor and holding huge halberds, like tigers leaving the box, with a very amazing momentum! These warriors were the most elite infantry under Yuan Shao's command. The halberd soldiers charged and broke through the formation. In the battle against Gongsun Zan, several key battles were the ones that resisted the crazy charge of Gongsun Zan's elite cavalry and finally made Yuan's army win.
The Cao army was still as fast as a mountain. Seeing the enemy tide rushed in front of him, the crossbowmen fired arrows together, and the dense arrows immediately formed a dark cloud covering the sky! Then the dark clouds turned into heavy rain, and crackled loudly! It turned out that the Yuan army officers and soldiers had already raised their shields, and the storm-like arrows were not afraid of the opponent's arrow rain because they were wearing heavy armor. The storm-like arrows basically hit the shield and the storm-like iron armor, making a loud noise like rain hitting banana leaves! Although the momentum was so fierce, it did not cause much damage to the Yuan Shao army's vanguard! The ground was filled with feather arrows, and the Yuan army's vanguard continued to rush towards the Cao army!
Yuan Shao showed a proud look on his face, and looked at Cao Cao from afar with an expression of looking at him.
Suddenly, the Cao army's formation separated. A loud rumbling sound like a mountain torrent was heard. Hundreds of armored chariots rushed out of the army and rushed forward in the waves of Yuan's army!
In a blink of an eye, a group of stunning armored chariots crashed into the Yuan army's vanguard. The huge impact sounded, and countless Yuan army officers and soldiers were knocked away by huge impact force. Many of them were not hit by the front but were cut off by long sharp blades stretched out from the axle. Seeing Yuan army officers and soldiers falling down in succession, they were like wheat harvested by harvesters! Although the eleventh genius was elite, they could not fight against this terrible power like the power of heaven. They could not protect them with heavy armor. They were either knocked away or crushed by heavy chariots.
A terrible sound of bone shattering! However, these elliptical soldiers were elite soldiers in the battle. Faced with this terrifying iron armored chariot, they rushed forward with their stern roars and rushing forward! The elliptical in their hands desperately headed towards the war spurs that were dragging the armored chariot. The horses fell to the ground in a woeful manner, causing the armored chariot to suddenly lose control and overturn, hitting the nearby Yuan army officers and soldiers flying in flesh and blood, or knocking the armored chariot to make an amazing loud noise! The battlefield is magnificent, tragic and tragic! Although the armored chariot is amazing, the bravery of the elliptical soldiers is also amazing!
Xun You immediately said: "Lord, our army has the upper hand, so we can take the opportunity to cover up and kill him!"
Cao Cao had this intention long ago, so he immediately drew out his sword and raised it high, shouting sternly: "Attack!!"
The sound of war drums roared, and the soldiers of the Cao army were filled with blood and shouted, and the tide rushed towards Yuan Shao's army like a tide!
The Yuan army crossbowmen fired arrows together, and the dense rain of arrows fell into the middle of Cao's army. The people immediately turned up and over, as if they caused countless ripples in the rolling waves! Then the Yuan army separated the formation, and the cavalry and infantry, and teams of elite soldiers met Cao's army like a mountain collapse under the leadership of the general! The army collided and confronted, and the iron cavalry came and went, and the arrow rain flew all over the sky, and the infantry fought for the death! The war lasted from morning until noon, and the corpses were killed all over the ground and blood flowed into a river! At this time, the Yuan army relied on the advantage of military strength to gradually form a siege against the Cao army. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Cao Cao made a quick decision and quickly retreated into the Guandu Pass. The Yuan army rushed to the Guandu Pass and attacked fiercely. The tragic siege continued until sunset before it came to an end.
The sight returned to Qingzhou.
Zhao Yun led his army to rush all the way, and rushed to 600 miles. Almost all the counties he passed by surrendered. Finally, he arrived at the Yunting Pass. Zhao Yun wanted to break Yunting with one move, but he didn't expect that Yunting had already arrived. After a tentative attack, Zhao Yun realized that the opponent's defense was very strong, so he made a quick decision to lead the army to retreat.
Seeing this, Zhou Zheng, the governor of Yunting, laughed and said, "Zhao Yun's name is just like this!" An officer next to him immediately flattered: "Although the general is not famous, he is invincible in the world. How can those so-called famous generals who have no real material to seek fame and reputation be compared with the general! After this battle, I believe that the general's name will surely be famous all over the world!" Zhou Zheng was very proud and laughed. Then the opponent's officers said, "Enemy."
The army was defeated by our army and would not dare to return for a while. Today, everyone will have a good rest. When Lu Bu's army arrives, I will try whether Lu Bu is as powerful as the legendary one!" Everyone clasped their fists and agreed, and the flattering officer said with a smile on his face: "How can Lu Bu be compared with the general! I'll wait to see the general's good show to capture Lu Bu!" Zhou Zheng was completely confident when he heard these words, and he felt that Lu Bu was invincible.
The sun sets and the night covers the earth. There is a cheerful atmosphere in Yunting Pass. Zhou Zheng defeated Zhao Yun today and was in a good mood. He took out the wine and meat reserved in the pass to drink and celebrate with the officers and soldiers.
Several sentries on the gatehouse were also drinking and chatting. One sentry was obviously a little drunk and laughed: "I have heard of Zhao Yun's name for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be such a guy. I was defeated by our rain of arrows! It's useless!" The other sentries laughed, saying that the mighty generals under Lu Bu were actually just useless wastes with no use. Several sentries were intertwined, and while drinking, they cursed Lu Bu and his generals, only feeling particularly happy.
Chapter completed!