As Cao Ang's eyes showed more and more admiration, he revealed bit by bit the information that he had already discovered before the war started. His fair face became more and more rosy, and he looked so excited that Cao Cao was even more proud.
His son's admiration and shock showed that Cao Cao felt more accomplished than Cao Ang saying 10,000 flattery words. Because this was the result of following his plan and mobilizing all available forces from the enemy and his own side.
These hundreds of thousands of troops were the largest troops Cao Cao had ever commanded in his life. Moreover, most of them are hostile forces of our own side. With such a generous move, no one in the world of this big man can achieve this level except Cao Cao.
Cao Cao felt proud, but he was still thinking clearly: "No matter what arrangements or shocking methods Sun Bofu has, they will be exposed after Yuan Benchu's army of 150,000 rushes through.
But Yuan Benchu ??was eager to fight and just wanted to receive the emperor as soon as possible, so he would definitely not hold back. This battle between them will definitely be a vigorous and shocking battle! Ah, the snipe and the clam are fighting, and the only one who is cheap is me, a fisherman who just sits on the sidelines and watches! hehe!
"As long as we arrange it properly, I, Cao Mengde, can not only get all the secrets of the Jiangnan Army, but also harvest a large amount of supplies." It is said that Zhang Zhao and others, as well as some of Sun Boxu's family members, are still in Shu County.
As long as we capture them, are we still afraid that Sun Bofu will commit the crime if he doesn't want to? The world's surname is Dong, then Li Guo, and now Sun. There are also four generations of the Yuan family and three princes, who also want to use some means. Who says that the world cannot have the surname Cao in the future? "
Satisfied and satisfied, Cao Cao commanded the lagging Cao army and separated from Yuan Shao, then marched towards Shu County with all his strength.
Yuan Shao, eager to leave Cao Jun behind, urged his army to advance towards their destination, Liyang. When the 30,000-strong army in the vanguard quickly marched fifty miles away from the nest, the Huns cavalry came all the way to support them.
According to the Huns cavalry who came to accept the attack, the Jiangnan Army had given up its defense line in the north of the Yangtze River and withdrew its entire line to the south of the Yangtze River. It seems that they want to rely on the river to hold on. And because the Hu cavalry advanced rapidly, they suddenly appeared outside Liyang City.
Their 30,000 troops had already taken advantage of the situation and occupied millions of grains of dendrobium in Liyang City. There are tens of thousands of ordnance and sophisticated armors waiting for Yuan Shaojun to receive them. Because the barbarians are all infantry, these armors and other materials are of no use.
So I just ask that after crossing the river and rescuing Emperor Xian, I can get more useful rewards.
Yuan Shao, who was very excited about this, of course agreed without any hesitation. With his own troops and the nearly 200,000 troops of the 30,000 Hu people, they faced off against the Jiangnan Army, which numbered less than 100,000. Victory will definitely belong to Yuan Jiajun!
Yuan Shao had even made arrangements in his mind. After mastering Emperor Xian's first imperial edict, he transferred Cao Cao to serve as governor of Jiaozhou or Zhuya. Instead, his appointment as general will be placed in the second imperial edict.
Who makes this Cao Cao so annoying? Not only did he not return the 40,000 captured Jizhou soldiers and horses, but he still maintained an attitude of being obedient and submissive towards his eldest brother. It was really intolerable.
"If you don't send him far away to the ends of the world, wouldn't it be a disservice to the lifelong friendship between the two of you?" What's more, if a capable minister and cadre like Cao Cao, who is well-educated and rich in knowledge, is left unused in the court, wouldn't it be an eyesore and an extreme devaluation of his talent?
" Yuan Shao, who became more and more proud as he thought about it, ignored those pedantic counselors at all. After being advised to send out scouts to carefully explore the road, he led one hundred thousand Chinese troops into the encirclement of Jiangnan Army, which had spared thirty thousand vanguard troops.
Yuan Shao, who scorned the suggestions of the counselors, did not want to believe that the Hu people who cooperated with his side would defect to the Jiangnan Army so quickly. Because this is completely unreasonable. Since they are allies who share interests, there is nothing to doubt.
Until the Chinese army brigade, which was marching wildly, came to a standstill like a river that suddenly hit a boulder. Yuan Shao, who had just woken up, was still puzzled and asked the general of the Chinese army why the army stopped marching.
However, the only answer to Yuan Shao was the fierce breathing of the soldiers after running desperately, almost exhaling their lungs.
But just a moment later, Yuan Shao was shocked by the soldiers of the Jiangnan Army who quickly surrounded him with neat steps from all directions. The sound of uniform footsteps, like the sound of leather boots kicking on the ground like a reminder, seemed to resound throughout the world.
After running for dozens of miles, the soldiers of the Jizhou Army were exhausted and almost exhausted. Everyone had a look of despair.
The reason why they have such long endurance and march wildly is to receive a large number of fruits of victory. This sudden collapse, the morale that was already in decline suddenly collapsed.
The Jiangnan Army fell into a rigorous formation, with the cooperation of 10,000 heavy cavalry. Quickly breaking through Yuan Shao's chaotic Chinese outposts.The retreating front army was overwhelmed by the overwhelming offensive of the Jiangnan Army and was routed towards the Chinese army.
In addition, there were countless Huns cavalry who were regarded as associates of the Jizhou Army. When you see something is wrong, take action immediately. They went crazy in the chaos of Yuan's army, fanning the flames and shouting wildly.
It¡¯s as if these people suddenly have good tactical skills. There were only a few hundred of them, but they were evenly distributed among the entire army of nearly 100,000 people on war horses. They started to howl in the army in Chinese that most of them still had some jerkiness to.
"Oh no, we were ambushed! The Jiangnan Army is coming! The enemy has at least 200,000 to 300,000 troops! Their combat power is far stronger than ours!"
"The Jizhou army has been defeated. Run away! If you run too slowly, you will not be able to get home to see me and my mother-in-law!"
"Surrender quickly! No matter how fast they run, they are not as fast as the Jiangnan Army's horses! I heard that the Jiangnan Army treated prisoners preferentially and would not kill those who surrendered. They would also entertain them with good wine and meat. If you resist, you will be dead. !¡±
"I heard that after the surrender, if you want to go home to farm, you will be provided with money! As long as you surrender, you will have everything!"
With these Hun cavalry running around, they kept shouting and shuttling in Yuan Shao's army.
Some of the grain and grass supplies that were originally following the Chinese army's operations also inexplicably burst into flames. The thick smoke mixed with the fierce flames caused the panicked soldiers of Yuan to lose any fighting spirit.
Under the instigation of the Huns cavalry, escaping or surrender became their best way out.
Fighting, in this chaotic time when the situation is over, is there any point in risking your life to fight?
A general who was blinded by the fireworks casually dropped his sword. As the first sword fell to the ground, scores of soldiers followed suit and dropped their weapons. Once one group sets an example, the second and third groups will follow suit.
Surrender, like a cold, will find a suitable time and spread quickly among the crowd. By the time Yuan Shao realized something was wrong, the trend of the Chinese army's 100,000 troops being defeated and surrendering was irreversible.
This battle was even more outrageous than the defeat against Cao Jun. Yuan Shao, who was full of confidence, did not even see the water of the river. He was surrounded by guards, took several sons and trusted advisers, and escaped from the siege in a hurry. He vomited blood and ran back to Jizhou.
By the time Yuan Shao's 30,000 former troops arrived at Liyang City excitedly, they were ready to take over the city's defense. General Qu Yi was shocked to find that the lion flag of the Jiangnan Army was still hanging on top of the city.
Standing under the flag was a young man in silk scarf holding a goose feather fan, looking confidently at the panting Yuan Jun and smiling. The surroundings were silent and there was no Xiongnu cavalry that was said to have escorted the army into the city and opened the city to greet them.
The commander of the former army, Qu Yi, finally realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly ordered to stay on the spot, thinking of waiting for the army to arrive before dealing with it. Unexpectedly, a few hours later, they learned that the Chinese army was ambushed and the entire army was destroyed, and Qu Yi ordered the retreat.
Yuan Jun's army moved, but seven thousand Huns cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city, cooperating with the ten thousand new soldiers from the trap camp who had been ambushing in all directions for a long time. Once again, Yuan Jun killed this group of panic-stricken people without leaving any trace behind.
How can the three thousand elites led by Ren Quyi be maintained? But they cannot withstand the impact of the soldiers who are distracted and eager to escape.
After finally relying on Qu Yi's strict orders, he withstood the attack of the rebel army. There were only less than 2,000 Euphorbia warriors left around Qu Yi. Relying on a simple hand crossbow and spurge. These elite remnants actually blocked the first wave of Hun cavalry attacks.
The Euphorbia warriors, who were extremely experienced in dealing with light cavalry, easily killed and wounded hundreds of Youxian King's Huns cavalry. During this battle, King Youxian, who was rushing at the front, was also shot in the shoulder by an arrow. Xianxian died on the spot.
Seeing that the enemy also had a crossbow, Zhuge Liang, who had already made a plan, calmly made a move with the goose feather fan in his hand. A thousand veterans of the trapped camp at the top of the city immediately went down to the city with their most advanced serial crossbows and joined the siege. The Euphorbia's last struggle had no effect at all.
Seeing that the crossbows of the Jiangnan Army had a range twice as long as our own, as long as we lined up a hundred steps away, we could steadily hunt down our own soldiers. Qu Yi, who had been a proud man all his life, was furious and immediately rejected Jiangnan Army's repeated attempts to persuade him to surrender.
??Immediately raised his arms and shouted to the soldiers: "Europeans, the time has come to serve the lord! Follow me to attack! Euphorbias, attack!"
"As the most elite soldier in the world, the Euphorbia Warriors carry out orders and prohibitions. Without hesitation, he agreed and followed his general to launch the final heroic attack. Qu Yi's bravery failed to save Yuan Jun's defeat.
Without the protection of the stainless steel armor, the Euphorbia soldiers who followed Qu Yi in the charge were all killed by the continuous and powerful arrow rain of the Jiangnan Army after only rushing a few dozen steps.
?There was a hundred steps distance between the two sides, but only Qu Yi rushed to a place twenty steps away from Jiangnan Army. But he suddenly discovered that the arrow rain from Jiangnan Army suddenly stopped. The arrow array separated, and a Pegasus, a general from the Jiangnan Army riding a white horse, attacked.
The white horse, like a cloud, quickly rushed in front of Qu Yi, who was also charging with all his strength. Contact, stagger, run away, then return to the horse and stand still. The cloud-like general on the horse seemed to be spitting out and retracting the silver spear in his hand before leaving Qu Yi.
Qu Yi, who was still running wildly, did not stop his pursuit of revenge. He ran all the way to the Jiangnan military formation. But when he wanted to raise his sword to kill the enemy, he found that his two arms suddenly left his body and fell to the ground with the sword in their hands.
Then, when he widened his eyes in disbelief, he lowered his head to look at his hand and sword. His big head also fell heavily, falling next to his arm and the sword that had been with him all his life.
Before he closed his eyes, he vaguely heard a low sigh coming from not far behind him.
When Yuan Jun¡¯s central army was defeated and reached the rear army. The third batch of 30,000 Jiangnan Army soldiers who fell into the camp also launched an offensive against Yuan Army's rear army. The rear army, which mainly transports grain, has no combat effectiveness compared to the central army.
The trapped camp just used a charge and shouted. The 50,000 rear troops, together with a large amount of food and supplies, all fell into the hands of the Jiangnan Army. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses were sent out, but they returned victorious without hurting anyone.
Since ancient times, no one has seen such a naked battle. Even if the opponent is just a heavy supply of troops, they have 50,000 troops.
A series of great victories made the morale of Jiangnan Army extremely high. The 80,000-strong army, led by generals such as Taishi Ci, Xu Huang, Han Dang, Lu Mian, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Sun He, Huang Xu, and Sun Yu, divided their forces all the way north to pursue Yuan's troops.
According to the strategy discussed in advance by Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Guo Jia and others. This battle must be completed in one battle, and there is no plan to give Yuan Shaojun any room to breathe. Rather than being beaten to death, it would be better to use all your strength to kill Yuan Jun completely at once.
With the cooperation of the Chen Deng and Mi Zhu families, who were well prepared, all the cities and towns in Xuzhou were attacked.
Along the way, countless Yuan Jun soldiers and counselors were captured. Fortunately, Yuan Shao's ability to perceive danger increased exponentially after he escaped, and he was almost deceived into the city and captured several times.
Being deceived several times, Yuan Shao, who was frightened, struggled to cross the Yellow River. Looking at the defeated cavalry with no more than 200 people around him, he spat out blood and fainted again.
In this battle, Yuan Jun dispatched nearly 200,000 men, but the defeat was worse than burning Wuchao. Before returning to Yecheng, he followed in the footsteps of his younger brother Yuan Shu and died. Compared with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao was an even more obvious failure.
No matter what, even if the world doesn¡¯t approve of it, Yuan Shu still served as the pseudo-emperor for a year! But Yuan Shao is stronger and has greater ambitions. But he didn't even act as an emperor for a day, so he was angered to death on the river due to this series of disastrous failures.
Yuan Shao's unexpected death forced the three brothers of the Yuan family to unite firmly in the face of the Jiangnan Army's rapid attack. They took action with all their strength and mobilized all the troops within their control in Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou.
An army of 150,000 was formed again. And all the 200,000 civilians who could be mobilized were recruited to build layers of defensive fortresses along the banks of the river. They wanted to take advantage of the natural dangers of the river to prevent the Jiangnan Army from attacking aggressively.
As long as the natural dangers of the Yellow River are guarded now, if the Yuan family occupies a vast area in time, there will still be a chance to rise again.
However, how could the Jiangnan Army, which had been prepared in advance, fulfill the wishes of the Yuan brothers? While the Yuan family was still preparing for the war by the river, Zhou Tai, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun of the Jiangnan Navy had already brought hundreds of large and small river boats up the coast.
Tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry troops landed directly at Leling, taking advantage of the emptiness behind Yuan Jun to attack Yecheng.
On a gentle slope on the north bank of the river, the three brothers Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Yuan Tan were talking and laughing. Accompanied by the generals, they were inspecting the increasingly complete defenses. The relationship between the three brothers has never been so harmonious since they grew up.
The increasingly perfect defense has also made the three brothers, who were originally worried, let go of their worries. And if Yuan Shao could live to see the scene of brothers and sisters in front of him, he would be able to rest in peace even if he died!
While the group was chatting and joking, a soldier from the Chinese army rushed over in panic: "Three gentlemen! We just received a warning from the rear. The Jiangnan army has crossed the Qinghe River and is heading towards Yecheng to encircle it.
The judge, Bo, has sent an envoy to ask for help. Please also ask the three generals to make a decision quickly, otherwise Yecheng will be in danger. "
"What? How could it be like this?" Yuan Tan, who had the most explosive temper, kicked himHe kicked the soldier who reported the news to the ground, and said with trembling fingers in anger: "You spy, where did you come from, and why do you want to impress our soldiers with your nonsense?
"The Jiangnan Army is not all well stationed on the opposite side and has not moved at all, but you dare to say that the Jiangnan Army has appeared in the hinterland of our army." You really deserve to die! "
Angry, Yuan Tan suddenly pulled out his long sword. Seeing that Yuan Tan was about to kill the unfortunate Chinese guard with one strike, Yuan Shang stopped him.
After receiving Yuan Shang¡¯s signal, Yuan Tan calmed down slightly, and immediately saw the generals with strange expressions around him, and Yuan Tan immediately understood. Needless to say, these people all have different ideas.
Yuan Tan also knew that this was not a good time to kill someone. At this moment, even Gao Gan and Guo Yuan, the most confident members of Yuan Shao's army, lost their will to fight. The Lord will still be like this until the three brothers are tried and sent to remind them to keep the matter secret.
News that the Jiangnan Army had invaded the rear had already spread throughout the entire battalion, but the defensive line they had worked so hard to build was like a painted cake, completely useless. The Jiangnan Army on the other side of the river had just launched an attack.
The brothers Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang, who served as the defenders of Hexi, rebelled before the battle. With their 50,000 troops, they swept away the defense line that the three brothers of the Yuan family had worked hard to set up.
Yuan's army collapsed completely, and the three brothers of the Yuan family knew that returning to Yecheng at this time was basically throwing themselves into a trap. At the end of the road, he simply abandoned everything and went directly to Mobei to join King Karasuma Tadun.
For a time, people from all over the three states came out of the city to welcome the arrival of Jiangnan Army. With the cooperation of the propaganda team, a steady stream of businessmen from various places deliberately spread the word. Who can¡¯t help but hear that Jiangnan is the best place in the world today?
The three states were quickly pacified. The Yuan family was completely destroyed, and wherever the Jiangnan army went, every county and county surrendered. Generals Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, together with the last 20,000 Yuan Shao's troops, surrendered in Zhuojun without a fight. Hundreds of thousands of Yuan's troops were completely destroyed.
When the Shenpei guarding Yecheng surrendered, his nephew took the lead and opened the city gate to welcome the Jiangnan army. Feeling guilty, Shen Pei fell into the city and died, fulfilling his loyalty.