landbeastnovel Chapter [251] Yuan Shao Was Defeated And The Qin Army Was Dispatched
Chapter [251] Yuan Shao Was Defeated And The Qin Army Was Dispatched
Guandu.
Yuan Shao stared blankly at the fire in front of him, the whole army cheered, but Yuan Shao couldn't be happy at all.
The soldiers under his command were happy, naturally because they had won the battle, and it took five days to pull out the camp. They only needed to wait for the fire to go out before they could reach Xu County smoothly.
The soldiers were happy because they didn't know that they had no food~grass.
But Yuan Shao knew in his heart that it was meaningless to take five days to win Guandu.
With the huge camp in front of us blocking the road, the fire will last at least two or three days.
When the fire is extinguished and they continue to go south to Xu County, it is estimated that the army will face the embarrassment of food shortage before the soldiers approach the city.
Yuan Shao knew in his heart that Xu County could no longer be taken down, but Yuan Shao still had the last sliver of illusion.
"Can you go around?" Yuan Shao asked slowly, this was the last hope in Yuan Shao's heart.
"My lord, I've already sent scouts to look over it. It will take more time to go around. It's better to wait for the fire to go out." Jushou's face was ashen.
Ju Shou, who also knew the truth, knew very well what this meant.
"My lord, where should we go?" Ju Shou couldn't help asking.
"Hu~hu~" Yuan Shao began to take a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
"Here's an order, the army stays where it is, and waits for the fire to go out before heading south."
"But my lord..."
Just as Ju Shou was about to speak, he reminded Yuan Shao that there was not enough time, but was interrupted by Yuan Shao waving his hand.
"I know that there is not enough time to continue going south, and I know that I have already lost." Yuan Shao was terribly calm at the moment, "I also know that going forward is a dead end."
"The lord means..."
"Tell the soldiers that I will personally lead 50,000 elite soldiers to the south and let them wait here." Yuan Shao said indifferently, "Right now, the army's food and grass are only enough for five days, and all of them can be gathered to supply 50,000 people, which is enough for us to go smoothly. Withdraw to Hebei."
Yuan Shao currently has enough grain and grass in the army for 400,000 people to feed him for five days, but if all these grains are gathered together and only supply 50,000 horses, the time he can last will definitely be greatly increased, enough for Yuan Shao to return to Hebei.
Yuan Shao was trying to deceive the army under his command. On the pretext of going south first, he gathered the most elite 50,000 soldiers in the army. Then, without Yuan Jun's knowledge, Yuan Shao led the army and withdrew to Hebei.
It can be said that except for the 50,000 people taken away by Yuan Shao, the rest have all been abandoned, and they were just thrown in Guandu without knowing it.
Only when they found out that there was no food, did they realize the seriousness of the matter, and by then Yuan Shao had already fled.
Yuan Shao knew very well that continuing to bring such a large army at this moment has become a burden.
Once the army ran out of food and mutinied, the more soldiers around, the more dangerous it would be.
Rather than waiting until food runs out, it is better for a strong man to cut his wrists and endure the pain to survive.
As for bringing an army of 50,000 or 100,000 to gather food and grass and continue to attack Xu County southward, Yuan Shao didn't have the courage to continue to sink the boat.
Besides, although Cao Ren lost some soldiers, he still has a considerable force. If Yuan Shao continues to go south, Cao Ren can also go south and return to Xu County to defend the city.
During these five days, Yuan Shao had already experienced Cao Ren's ability to defend the city, which was definitely a tough nut to crack. Yuan Shao had no confidence in taking down Xu County in the face of food shortages, and withdrawing troops at this moment was the only choice.
In the final analysis, Yuan Shao, who was born as a noble son, was still a bit less ruthless, and finally did not dare to give it a go.
"Humble job, let's arrange it."
Knowing Yuan Shao's plan, Ju Shou immediately went to issue the military order.
Soon, news spread from the army that Yuan Shao would pick out the most elite 50,000 soldiers and go south to attack Xu County first. The remaining large troops waited for the fire to be extinguished, and then went south to join Yuan Shao.
Regarding this military order, the soldiers didn't notice anything at all, thinking that it was a normal military order, and they were still immersed in the joy of winning Guandu.
There was an army of 400,000, and countless elite soldiers signed up enthusiastically. Soon Jushou selected 50,000 elites from them, definitely the strongest group of people in Yuan's army.
Night fell.
After Yuan Jun finished his meal, all the troops went to rest, and there was nothing unusual.
While the army was sleeping, Yuan Shao led fifty thousand elite soldiers, took all the food and grass in the army, and headed north quietly under the cover of night.
Because it was intentional, all the Yuan troops who were on duty at night were included among the 50,000 elites, so Yuan Shao's withdrawal did not alarm the other Yuan troops.
Just like that, Yuan Shao left without anyone noticing with 50,000 elite troops.
Not only Yuan Jun didn't notice it, but Cao Ren on the opposite side didn't notice it either.
After setting fire to Guandu, Cao Ren has been watching Yuan Shao's movements to see whether Yuan Shao's army will continue to go south or return to Hebei.
If Yuan Shao continued to go south, then Cao Ren would also go south and return to Xu County to defend against Yuan Shao's final counterattack.
If Yuan Shao was discouraged and chose to flee to the north, then Cao Ren would pursue and join Cao Cao on the way north to intercept Yuan Shao together.
But Yuan Shao's move of Mingxiu plank road to cover Chen Cang secretly not only deceived Yuan Jun under his command, but also deceived Cao Ren who was on the opposite side.
From Cao Ren's point of view, Yuan Jun's large troops were still stationed in place, neither going south nor north, so Cao Ren continued to stay where he was for the sake of safety.
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Because of his stability, Cao Ren is good at defense.
But also because of being too prudent, Cao Ren's being too cautious will also cause trouble.
Because of his prudence, Cao Ren successfully blocked Yuan Shao, but also because of his prudence, Cao Ren failed to notice Yuan Shao leading his troops away in the first place.
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Hulao Pass.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
With the sound of hurried hoofbeats, a Qin Army scout quickly came to Hulao Pass, followed the city gate and entered the pass directly.
There are 100,000 Qin troops in this place, and the gate of Hulao Pass is not closed at all. Who in the Central Plains has the courage to rush in?
Moreover, the food, supplies, and ordnance transported from Hangu Pass were all in place, and the people from the barracks had already installed the bed crossbow on the top of the Hulao Pass.
The scout kept flicking his horsewhip, and soon stopped in front of a mansion, and strode inward.
Zhang Liao, Xu Rong, Hua Xiong, Pang De, including two military advisers Yang Xiu and Fazheng, were sitting together discussing matters.
After the scout came in, he immediately bowed down and said:
"Report!"
"A fire broke out at Guandu, and Yuan Shao's main force stayed in place, but at night, about 50,000 Yuan's troops retreated northward, heading towards the Yellow River."
"It seems that Yuan Shaoshan has run out of money and is starting to think about retreating." Yang Xiu said immediately.
"That's right. In the end, I didn't dare to burn the boat. Instead, I chose to withdraw to Hebei." Fazheng took over the conversation, "I only brought 50,000 people. It should be that there is not enough food and grass to support more people to return to Hebei."
The information on Hulao Pass is sufficient, not to mention that the fire in Wuchao was led by Lu Bu, and the Qin army was very clear about Yuan Shao's lack of food.
Withdrawing at this juncture, Yuan Shao could only flee to Hebei.
"How? Can we leave now?" Hua Xiong asked impatiently, "Are we going after Yuan Shao? Or are we going to fight Cao Cao's lair?"
Zhang Liao said, "Your Majesty is in Hebei, so we don't need to worry about Yuan Shao's affairs. Our task is to take down Xu County and eliminate Cao Jun in the Central Plains."
"Uncle Zhang, give the order." Pang De was eager to try.
"Wen Sheng led 10,000 soldiers to stay at Hulao Pass, and the two military advisers had better leave one of them." Zhang Liao looked at Fa Zheng and Yang Xiu.
"No problem." The two agreed immediately, as for who will stay and who will stay, the two of them will discuss stars by themselves after a while.
"Ziyi and Lingming are still in the vanguard, leading the army to attack Xu County first, and I will bring the rest of the army to arrive later." Zhang Liao issued the military order in an orderly manner.
"No." All the generals agreed with clasped fists.
Ten thousand Qin troops stayed behind at Hulao Pass, and of the remaining 90,000 troops, Pang De and Hua Xiong each led 20,000 troops, and Zhang Liao led 50,000 troops and then set off. .