"What?" Yuan Shao was shocked and said in a lost voice: "How could this be? What happened?"

The quarantine officer lowered his head and replied: "From this morning, after the soldiers finished their last meal of food, I don't know who it was, the food and grass of our army in Wuchao were heard in the military camp, and they were burned by Cao's army. Now the soldiers are in panic. There are almost thousands of people around the tent outside the official camp!"

"Rumors, evil words confuse the public! I will give you a thousand soldiers, and you will take them to disperse them. If anyone dares to surround your camp, you will be killed without mercy!" Yuan Shao was furious and planned to adopt a policy of suppression.

Guo Tu, who was standing beside him, looked helpless. For the sake of the current plan, he could only follow Yuan Shao's method to suppress it first and then attack Cao's camp. As long as he breaks through Cao's camp, everything will be solved.

However, how could the Cao army camp arranged by the Bagua and Two Yi method be so easy to capture?

Until the evening, Gao Lan failed to shake Cao's camp after paying more than 10,000 soldiers' lives.

At this time, Zhu Ling came to Gao Lan and asked in a deep voice: "General Gao, it's less than half an hour away from the lord's general order! If we can't conquer it, we may not be able to protect ourselves!"

Gao Lan said with hatred: "Is this something that people can do when they are hungry and attack for a day? According to my general's opinion, Yuan Shao just doesn't treat us as human beings!"

Zhu Ling said in a difficult situation: "With the general's opinion, what should we do? If we can't conquer Cao's camp, I'm afraid that the head will fall to the ground!"

Gao Lan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Since Yuan Shao doesn't give us a way to live, why do we still have to work for him? Why... we just surrendered Cao Cao, how about it!"

After hearing this, Zhu Ling's face changed slightly, but he did not make any panic. It can be seen that Zhu Ling also intends to surrender to Cao Cao, but he dare not speak out first, because Zhu Ling could not beat Gao Lan. If Gao Lan had no intention of surrender, then Zhu Ling might be killed by Gao Lan in anger on the spot. Now, after hearing that Gao Lan was unwilling to work hard for Yuan Shao, Zhu Ling became more and more interested.

Seeing Zhu Ling silent for a long time, Gao Lan thought Zhu Ling would not want to surrender to Cao Cao. When he looked cold, he asked, "What? Is General Zhu unwilling to join me?"

Seeing that Gao Lan looked bad, Zhu Ling waved his hand and explained: "No, no, General Gao misunderstood me. Since General Gao intends to surrender to Cao Cao, he is willing to follow General Gao. However, if he surrenders like this, he will inevitably be polite. Even if he can be taken in by Cao Cao, it is rare for us to use it!"

Gao Lan said funnyly: "So you are worried about this? You can rest assured of this. Even Xiahou Yuan dares not speak out about his martial arts. Now Yuan Shao has forced me to die. As long as we tell Cao Cao truthfully, he will understand that there are more than 20,000 troops under my command. Could it be that Cao Cao still refuses him?"

Zhu Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, then we will send someone to Cao's camp and tell his guards what we mean!"

Afterwards, Gao Lan ordered the entire army to stop the attack and sent several people into Cao's camp to express their wishes to Cao Hong, the guard general of Cao's camp.

At this time, in addition to Cao Hong, there was also Liu Ye who stayed in Cao's camp. After learning about Gao Lan's meaning, Cao Hong was confused and hurriedly asked someone to call Liu Ye and ask.

After Liu Ye learned the news, he smiled confidently and said, "General Zi Lian, don't worry! This must be the lord and the others who burned Wuchao's food and grass. Gao Lan and other generals were ordered to attack Cao's camp, trying to break through Cao's camp and eat our food and grass. There must be a time limit. Otherwise, it may cause a mutiny between General Yuan and General Yuan. However, our army's camp was as solid as a soup, and Gao Lan could not capture it for a long time. In order to avoid being held accountable by Yuan Shao after returning, Gao Lan simply surrendered to our army!"

Cao Hong said disdainfully: "Hmph, what's the point of keeping such a villain? Why not... just reject them?"

Liu Ye hurriedly advised: "No, General Zi Lian, you should surrender Gao Lan. As long as Gao Lan surrenders, Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops will inevitably have a turbulent army, unstable morale, and unsustainable. Our army will win without fighting!"

After Liu Ye's order, Cao Hong decided to order the camp gate to open and accept Gao Lan's surrender outside the camp. However, under the premise, Gao Lan and others should hand over the weapons in their hands.

Gao Lan originally intended to surrender to Cao Cao, so he immediately took the 20,000 troops under his command, lost the weapons in his hand and surrendered directly to Cao Hong.

Gao Lan's move undoubtedly made the terminally ill Yuan Jun worse. The Yuan Jun camp, which had gradually calmed down under bloody suppression, was like a pot of boiling oil in a basin of cold water, and became no longer calm after Gao Lan surrendered to Cao Cao.

In the tent of the general, Yuan Shao's hands and feet were cold and his face was pale. Gao Lan's betrayal made him unable to calm down for a moment. Guo Tu sighed: "Oh, General Gao would not have betrayed, but now he is forced to a dead end by you, lord, and he has to betray!"

Yuan Shao said angrily: "I am treating him well. Gao Lan and Zhu Ling are ungrateful. Pigs and dogs are not as good as pigs and dogs. Come here. I pass on this general's order and copy the homes of Gao Lan and Zhu Ling to me. I will destroy the three clans! Let others take a good look at what the consequences of betraying me!"

Guo Tu was shocked when he heard this and quickly advised: "No, lord, lord, lord, if you do this, you will undoubtedly push General Gao and General Zhu to Cao Cao!"

Yuan Shao roared angrily: "Both of them have betrayed, do you still have to talk to them? Will they not surrender to Cao Cao if they don't kill their family?"

Guo Tu's eyes rolled and explained, "My lord, calm down and listen to the next words. Now, General Gao and General Zhu surrendered to Cao Cao. This is true, but they were afraid that they could not conquer Cao's camp, so they surrendered to Cao Cao. If you treat the family of these two generals well, and then send a messenger to tell the two generals, your previous words of punishment were just to make them fight to kill the enemy. They did not really want to kill them. In this way, these two generals will be grateful to you. At that time, the lord will let him cooperate with us and break through Cao's camp!"

At this time, Zheng Ji walked in from outside the tent. When he happened to hear Guo Tu's words, he smiled bitterly: "Your plan is good, but Gao Lan and his betrayal gave our army a thunderous blow! Now, the soldiers in the army are panic and resentful. As long as they can't eat, the soldiers in the army will definitely mutiny within one day! I would like to suggest that you, lord, please consider the matter of retreat!"

Yuan Shao spread his hands and asked, "How to withdraw? Our army has 40,000 to 50,000 people, how to retreat? Where to retreat? I have been hungry for a day and the soldiers have no energy. How to retreat?"

A trace of coldness flashed in Zheng Ji's eyes and replied: "As the saying goes, "No poison is not a husband. You can send all the soldiers in the army, lord, you can disturb the entire Yanzhou area. There is no food in our army, but there is food in those cities! In this way, it can not only alleviate the emotions of the soldiers in the army, but also win the opportunity to retreat for lord!"

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this and shouted: "Are you asking me to give up these 40,000 soldiers?"

At this time, Guo Tu also guessed Zheng Ji's idea. However, after he thought about it carefully, he found that this move was the best way at the moment. If Yuan Shao still brought these troops, he might not have been killed by angry soldiers to vent his anger.

If they were sent out, this would distract the attention of the Yuan army soldiers and make them focus on those cities with food. Secondly, if the evil soldiers were raging and no grass would grow, Cao Cao would only suppress these chaotic soldiers first, so that Yuan Shao would have the opportunity to escape back to Jizhou.

Thinking of this, Guo Tu said softly: "Lord, Yuan Tu's words are not bad! I, Jizhou, are vast and wealthy. As long as you are still here, you can raise another army in less than a few years to avenge your grudges today and to snow your grudges today!"

Just as Yuan Shao was hesitating, a soldier suddenly ran into the outside of the tent and said in panic: "Lord, it's not good, it's not good, the soldiers in the army mutiny, fighting, and fighting!"

"What?" Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard this. At this moment, he felt that his hands and feet were cold and his heart was empty. Suddenly, Yuan Shao raised his head and spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell straight to the ground and fainted.

Guo Tu and others never thought that the mutiny in the army would come so suddenly. It can be seen that during this period, Cao Cao must have interfered.

However, at this time, they had no time to think about it. They called Lu Weihuang and asked him to take Yuan Shao's only 800 light cavalry to escort Yuan Shao and flee north. However, Zhang Ji resolutely chose to stay, appease the army, and buy time for Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao left, the 40,000 Yuan troops under his command became headless fly and were defeated one by one by Cao's army in the camp. In just three days, Cao Cao defeated the once arrogant Yuan Shao and obtained more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers.

More than 100,000 Yuan troops sent troops in March and returned in July. During this period, the battle of Guandu was ended with a slash of defeat in July.

On this day, Cao Cao summoned his civil and military officials to discuss matters.

Cao Cao's face was heavy and his eyes were gloomy. He asked, "Everyone, what should we do if the 30,000 Yuan soldiers surrendered?"

Liu Ye took the lead and replied: "I wonder if the lord wants to take advantage of the victory or pursue it, or how many people will develop after regaining the lost territory?"

Cao Cao frowned slightly and asked, "Ziyang, what do you mean?"

Liu Ye replied lightly: "If the lord only intends to recover the lost land in Yanzhou, then these surrendered soldiers in Yuan's army can be allowed to open wasteland and cultivate food; if the lord intends to take advantage of Yuan Shao's defeat and lead the army northward, then these surrendered soldiers will not be kept!"

"What?"

"Kill prisoners?"

"More than 30,000 people?"

In this era, although killing prisoners is common, it is not common for them to kill tens of thousands of people at once. This kind of inhumane thing is not common. As soon as Liu Ye finished speaking, all the generals in the tent showed shock!

Cao Cao hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Follow Ziyang's opinion, kill prisoners! This matter is left to Zhang Xun! Xiahou Dun summoned the troops from Yu and Yanzhou, and at the same time ordered Cao Ren from Xuzhou to send 30,000 troops to Baima to join our army."

Just when Cao Cao was about to gather troops and steal land in Jizhou when Yuan Shao was defeated.

Yuan Shao, who had just escaped back to Yecheng, was in a slump and bedridden.
Chapter completed!