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Volume 1 Chapter 187 Finale

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    Gongsun Hu was dead, and his cavalry either abandoned their weapons and surrendered, or fled for their lives. No one dared to face the power of Yuan Shao and Cao Ang.

    But even if they won, Yuan Shao and the others did not dare to be careless. They quickly collected war horses to ensure that they had one on hand and were ready to move at any time.  Now there are only about 30 cavalrymen left in Cao's army, and only fifty or sixty halberdiers left in Yuan's army. If Gongsun Zan's cavalry comes here again, everyone will have no other choice but to run for their lives!

    About half a quarter of an hour later, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly came from the north. Fengji shuddered and almost fell to the ground.  Before he could speak, Tian Feng was already lying on the ground, leaning on the copper hoop on the arrow box and listening carefully.  After a while, he shouted excitedly: "There are not many people on the other side"

    Hearing what he said, everyone felt relieved. The remaining cavalry of Cao's army rode forward and soon returned to the village with a few messengers.

    The leading messenger knelt on the ground as soon as he saw Yuan Shao, kowtowed and said excitedly: "Congratulations, lord! Congratulations, lord! The main force of Gongsun Zan's army has been defeated by the combined efforts of General Qu Yi and General Yan Liang. Now General Wen Chou is coming.  Lead the pursuit and our army will win a great victory!"

    Hearing the good news, Yuan Shao couldn't help but tremble. Did he defeat the powerful Gongsun Zan so easily?  It really feels a bit unreal.

    At this time, the messenger whispered again: "Lord, the generals interrogated the prisoners earlier and found out that Gongsun Zan sent two thousand cavalry to raid our rear army. Generals Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou immediately proposed to return troops to rescue in case the lord was in danger. But Qu Yi  However, the general felt that the overall situation was of paramount importance, and took out his identity as the commander-in-chief and asked everyone to continue chasing the enemy. Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou could only obey, but in order to be prepared, the three of them pieced together 3,000 soldiers and are now fighting  On the way."

    The messenger went to various camps, and the generals felt that he represented Yuan Shao, and they were all very polite to him. Only Qu Yi didn't take him seriously, calling him here and there, and not giving him any money for his hard work.  This time he took the opportunity to give Qu Yi some eye drops. Anyway, what he said was the actual situation.

    Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning, and after a long time he said: "The overall situation is the most important thing, and Qu Yi did the right thing! Let's go back immediately, inform Chunyu Qiong and the others, withdraw their troops and horses, and continue to pursue Gongsun Zan's troops! This is a rare opportunity  , we must annihilate Gongsun Zan¡¯s men in one fell swoop!¡±

    The messenger reluctantly agreed: "No!" He quickly turned around and left to inform various ministries.

    Feng Ji walked up to Yuan Shao and lowered his voice and said: "My lord, it's not the subordinates who are slandering me. That Qu Yi used to be Han Fu's general. Han Fu was not kind to him, but he took the initiative to betray Han Fu and join the lord. We  There are many people like him in the army, but like Qu Yi, he is the only one who attacks the old master before he changes his family! Right now, he is in control of the elite troops under the lord, but he does not regard rescuing the lord as his first priority.  His heart can be killed!"

    Yuan Shao sighed and whispered: "Yuan Tu, now is not the time to talk about this. Wait until we capture Gongsun Zan, then"

    "Report!!! Lord, Zhao Yun broke through the defense of our army's supply troops and burned our army's rations!"

    "Report!!! Lord, Zhao Yun's troops learned the news of Gongsun Zan's defeat, broke through our army's interception, and went straight north!"

    "Report!!! Lord, General Chunyu Qiong's cavalry was attacked by Zhao Yun, and General Chunyu Qiong was injured!"

    "Report!!! My lord, Gongsun Zan broke through the siege and escaped successfully with the help of Zhao Yun!"

    Yuan Shao was furious: "Zhao Yun! I will kill you!"

    Tian Feng stepped forward and persuaded in a low voice: "Lord, please calm down. Since the food of our supply troops has been burned by Zhao Yun, it will be difficult for us to maintain the pursuit status. We hope that your lord will immediately issue an order and order the troops on the front to quickly collect the captured grain and grass supplies from Gongsun Zan's command."  , to prepare for military use. In addition, please give an immediate order to collect grain and grass supplies from Weijun and other places and transport them to Jieqiao as quickly as possible."

    Yuan Shao nodded repeatedly, but his anger remained.  At this time, Feng Ji said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, I can guarantee that as long as I use some tricks, Zhao Yun will definitely not be reused by Gongsun Zan this time when he goes north!"

    Yuan Shao shook his head, "How is that possible? Gongsun Zan is not blind. Faced with Zhao Yun who has such an amazing performance, it would be strange if he doesn't reuse him!"

    Feng Ji smiled and said: "My lord, Gongsun Zan has always been envious of talents, and there are many flattering villains around him. This time Gongsun's army suffered a series of defeats, and only Zhao Yun stands out. Even if Gongsun Zan uses him in an important way, he will still be wary. As long as  We send people to secretly bribe the unqualified counselors around Gongsun Zan and let them say a few words to Gongsun Zan. Then Zhao Yun will face a situation where he rises and falls secretly. Besides, we can completely spread the news about this attack.  , let Gongsun Zan suspect that Zhao Yun is showing mercy to us, in this case, Zhao Yun will definitely fall out of favor!"

    Yuan Shao nodded repeatedly and laughed heartily: "I have Yuan Tu to help me, which makes me even more powerful!"?

    Cao Ang on the side sighed secretly: He can't underestimate these counselors. No wonder Zhao Yun was not reused by Gongsun Zan in history, and was poached by Liu Bei in the end. That's it!

    At this time, Yuan Shao turned to Cao Ang and said sincerely: "Zixiu, if it weren't for you this time, my uncle would be in danger! I heard that you lived a very hard life in Zhi County, with only one maid by your side, and even your mother's side.  Only four maids? Don¡¯t be so harsh on yourself, and know how to enjoy life! There is still a lot of money and food in Jizhou¡¯s treasury, so let¡¯s do this, uncle will give you three thousand gold, this is a gift from the elders, don¡¯t refuse!¡±

    Although Yuan Shao ordered him not to refuse, Cao Ang still resigned to Yuan Shao.  Although this three thousand gold is a lot of money, if you accept it, it means accepting the reward given by Yuan Shao.  Cao Ang fought with his life today, not just for this mere three thousand gold!

    But Yuan Shao¡¯s attitude was very clear. His elders had given him advice and insisted on his own opinions.  Cao Ang said sincerely: "Well, my nephew has thanked his uncle for his kindness and accepted the gift of three thousand gold. However, my uncle has just defeated Gongsun Zan's army and needs money and food to stabilize the people's hearts and clean up the broken situation. My nephew  I don¡¯t have any spare money, so I offer these three thousand pieces of gold as a token of my gratitude!¡±

    When Yuan Shao heard this, he was very moved. He patted Cao Ang heavily on the shoulder and said no more.

    Soon, Yuan Shao and others arrived at Jieqiao and stationed themselves in Gongsun Zan's camp.  After walking into Gongsun Zan's big tent, even Yuan Shao, who was used to living a wealthy life, felt a bit luxurious - where is this big tent?  It is clearly a splendid treasure house!

    As if he was drunk, Yuan Shao wandered to the couch in the center of the tent, touched the handrails made of pure gold, held up the golden cup inlaid with luminous pearls in his hands, and couldn't help but sigh: "From now on,  Know wealth!¡±

    Cao Ang¡¯s eyes were also a little wandering, but after watching too many later movies, he still had some ability to resist these shining golden treasures in front of him, and he did not sink as quickly as Yuan Shao.

    At this moment, Chunyu Qiong strode in and said to Yuan Shao: "Brother Benchu, I'm back!"

    After being called out by Chunyu Qiong, Yuan Shao came to his senses, quickly put down the golden cup, reached out to hold Chunyu Qiong, and said loudly: "Brother Chunyu, thank you for your hard work. Sit down quickly. Can we capture Gongsun Zan?"

    Chunyu Qiong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That old boy ran faster than a rabbit, and he was also protected by Zhao Yun and others. We tried our best to pursue him, but we couldn't catch him. By the way, brother Benchu, we also gained something from this pursuit.  Killing Du Chang with the Qu Yi Formation finally gave us a bad breath!"

    "Du Chang?" Yuan Shao exclaimed in surprise. In his impression, there was no general named Du Chang under Gongsun Zan's command.

    Chunyu Qiong smiled and said loudly: "It's a Black Mountain bandit! Last time we succeeded in ambushing Gongsun Zan, it was he who led his troops to fight out, forcing us to withdraw our troops. This time it was he who led five thousand soldiers to fight to the death and encouraged Gongsun Zan's troops.  Morale. When we were chasing, this guy was still very tough and threatened us with Zhang Yan, but in the end, Qu Yi killed him with a single blow!"

    "Good kill!" Yuan Shao said loudly: "These Black Mountain bandits just need to be beaten! Yuan Tu and Yuan Hao, the two of you will discuss with Zheng Nan later to see how to deal with the Black Mountain army and whether you can put some troops inside.  Nail! Once Gongsun Zan is dealt with, I will return to the army and destroy the Black Mountain Army!"

    Feng Ji and Tian Feng quickly took the order, but before they could find Shen Pei, Shen Pei quickly came to the main tent, bowed to Yuan Shaoshen, and said sadly: "My subordinates are incompetent. This time, the heavy troops were taken over by Zhao Yun."  The troops were defeated and lost a lot of food and grass. Before Gongsun Zan failed, he also ordered his soldiers to set fire to the food, so the food and grass supplies captured by our army were limited. Just now, my subordinates asked someone to count them, and they could barely support our army for three days.  , please also ask the lord to immediately order the withdrawal of the army and eat, so as not to prevent our army from being trapped in three days and being taken advantage of by Gongsun Zan!"

    "What?!" Yuan Shao exclaimed in surprise: "Zhengnan, this can't be a joke. Our army has just defeated Gongsun Zan. It's a good time to expand the results! If we evacuate now, Gongsun Zan will have a chance to breathe.  !¡±

    The judge sighed, but could only tell him bluntly: "My lord, Gongsun Zan's troops imposed heavy taxes on the people along the way. The people were in dire straits, and all the food stored in their homes was robbed by Gongsun Zan's men. Even if we send troops and horses now,  We can't collect food from the people's homes. Instead of waiting until the whole army is in trouble in three days, it is better to evacuate. After all, Gongsun Zan needs time to recover from his new defeat and will not go south immediately. After our army has collected food and supplies, we can then go north to fight with him.  Gongsun Zan¡¯s decisive battle!¡±

    "That's all we have to do!" Yuan Shao sighed and said angrily: "Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun!"

    One day later, Yuan Jun withdrew to Qinghe and immediately sent envoys to various places, ordering all states and counties to immediately deliver grain and grass supplies to Qinghe.

     At this time, the news of Yuan Jun's victory at Jieqiao had spread, and various prefectures and counties hurriedly expressed their allegiance to Yuan Shao, not daring to shirk the blame at all.  The road to Qinghe was filled with large trucks loaded with grain and supplies.

    But at this time, news came from Wei County that Yu Du, Zuo Mou Zhangba, Liu Shi, Qing Niujiao, Tao Sheng and others led an army to invade and stole a large amount of food and supplies!

    Yuan Shao is furious!
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