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The entire Xuzhou Army was in panic and confusion.
According to the accounts of the captured Yuan Jun messengers, Yuan Fang clearly wanted to use the fire as a signal to attack their eastern encirclement camp from both inside and outside, but why did he attack the northern camp instead?
"We all fell into Yuan Fang's little thief's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He deliberately leaked false news to us that he was going to attack the camp in the east, and induced us to move all our troops here, so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to attack our northern camp. "
Guan Yu gritted his teeth and revealed the truth in a sad tone.
The truth was revealed and everyone was shocked.
It turns out that they all fell into Yuan Fang¡¯s plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
"Young thief Yuan Fang, actually" Liu Bei secretly gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with anger, and his face was uncertain.
Thinking about it, he had sworn before and thought he had seen through Yuan Fang's plan, but he didn't expect that he, who was so self-righteous, actually fell into the trap that Yuan Fang had set long ago.
Being teased by the little thief again, Liu Bei was filled with hatred and shame, and was so angry that he didn't know why.
Cao Bao, who was in a daze, complained to Liu Bei: "Liu Xuande, you are so confident that the little thief Yuan Fang will attack my east camp and cause me to move all my troops here, leaving the north camp empty. This The responsibility for the defeat must be borne by you!¡±
Frightened and angry, Cao Bao pushed the responsibility to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei sighed, unable to express his sorrow, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
Zhang Fei beside him was angry and shouted at Cao Bao: "You are the commander-in-chief of the three armies. It is your decision to deploy troops and generals. Now that we have failed, you are blaming my elder brother. You are not a fucking man." Son!"
Zhang Fei had a bad temper. When he saw Cao Bao making rude remarks to his brother, he violently fought back on the spot.
Cao Bao was so angry that he was choked. He pointed at Zhang Fei and shouted angrily: "Who do you think you are? How dare you yell at me? You are rebelling against me."
Zhang Fei was furious and impulsively wanted to step forward and beat Cao Bao violently.
"Don't be rude, Yide!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bei shouted sharply, calming down the furious Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei didn't have to listen to anyone, but he didn't dare to disobey Liu Bei. After being shouted at like this, he had to step aside unhappy.
Liu Bei secretly took a breath, cupped his hands and said: "General Cao, please calm down. The failure of this battle is indeed due to Bei's miscalculation. However, this is not the time to investigate the responsibility. We should immediately send troops to the northern camp. If we can defeat the little thief Yuan Fang, , if we take back Beiying, we still have to fight this battle.¡±
Cao Bao just lost some of his anger, and he thought it was right. He was ready to give an order on the spot and lead the army to recapture Beiying.
Before he finished speaking, the scouts rushed over and screamed: "This is bad, Yuan Jun is coming to kill us!"
Cao Bao was shocked and rushed to the northwest camp line.
Looking into the distance, he saw a large number of his own defeated troops, like rats crossing the street, fleeing towards the camp in terror.
Behind the defeated army, thousands of Yuan's troops were driving behind them like tigers and wolves with a killing sound.
The crossbowmen deployed on the front line of the camp fence did not dare to fire arrows in the face of the fleeing troops for fear of hurting their own people. However, the defeated soldiers who fled to the camp rushed and messed up, disrupting the soldiers posted along the camp. horse.
Yuan Jun, who was chasing behind him, took advantage of this perfect opportunity to follow the defeated army and easily broke into the camp.
The two generals Yan Liang and Tai Shi Ci were the first to open the way and were unstoppable.
Zhu Ling and Guo Huai each rushed to the rear, like the tide breaking a dike, following the army that opened the way and rolled in.
Yuan Fang, wielding a skull-crushing stick, led a thousand troops and marched on the bloody road, killing all the Xuzhou soldiers who could not escape.
Yuan Jun's offensive is getting higher and higher, and there is no way to stop it.
Facing Yuan Jun¡¯s crazy offensive, Cao Bao was completely frightened, and his will to resist was destroyed in an instant.
"Withdraw troops, the whole army withdraws troops, retreats to the south~~" Cao Bao shouted, and without waiting for the military order to be conveyed, he turned his horse and retreated.
The general fled before the battle, and the 20,000 Xuzhou troops here were even more disorganized and scattered.
Liu Bei looked at Cao Bao who was escaping, and then at Yuan Fang's army who was attacking fiercely. His face was as gloomy as iron, and he gritted his teeth bitterly: "Young thief Yuan Fang, if you lose today, I, Liu Bei, will definitely come back with a bloodbath. Just wait for me."
With an angry and harsh word, Liu Bei had no choice but to take Zhang Fei and the injured Guan Yu and retreat with Cao Bao.
Tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops collapsed without a fight and fled the encirclement camp one after another, fleeing in embarrassment all the way to the hinterland of Xuzhou in the south.
Yuan Fang led his army and pursued them for more than twenty miles.Withdraw troops and return to camp.
At dawn, this night-time attack ended with Yuan Fang's hearty victory.
Tobu City, which had been besieged for more than a month, was relieved.
Based on the battle damage, Yuan Fang lost nearly 700 troops, while the Xuzhou army was killed as many as 4,000, with countless casualties and countless others. The rest were defeated and fled to the south.
In addition, nearly 3,000 Xuzhou soldiers were captured by Yuan Fang, and countless enemy weapons, drums, grain and supplies were seized.
This is a real victory.
In the past month, Yuan Fang not only withstood the attacks from the north and south from Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, the two major princes in the world, but also won two great victories, killing the Youzhou Army and Xuzhou Army and fleeing in embarrassment.
Yuan Fang used a month of hard fighting and his courage and resourcefulness to reverse this crisis.
And, the gains don¡¯t end there.
Since Yuan Fang killed Kong Rong, many people in Qingzhou were secretly dissatisfied with Yuan Fang. When the enemy attacked, these people jumped out to rebel against Yuan Fang and took refuge with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian.
And this crisis also allowed Yuan Fang to see that whoever harbors disloyal intentions will actually rebel.
Yuan Fang just took this opportunity to eradicate all the disobedient people who jumped out and eliminate the hidden dangers hidden in Qingzhou.
It can be said that after experiencing this crisis, Yuan Fang truly took control of Qingzhou.
Of course it is not enough to secure Qingzhou.
Gongsun Zan will not talk about it. Although the war started with Liu Bei's invasion of himself, in the end Yuan Fang still captured Qingzhou from Gongsun Zan.
Tao Qian is different. Yuan Fang has never provoked him before, but this old dog took advantage of the opportunity to attack him twice and wanted to take advantage of the fishermen. It is really despicable and hateful.
It is Yuan Fang¡¯s style to retaliate whenever he wants. How could he be spared so easily?
After the siege of Dongwu City was lifted and the three armies rested for a day, Yuan Fang led nearly 20,000 victorious troops south from Dongwu City and rushed towards the hinterland of Xuzhou in a mighty manner.
Facing the high-morale Yuan army, Cao Bao and Liu Bei did not dare to resist, so they could only lead the defeated troops and retreat southward.
Yuan Fang went south along Mushui, and reached several counties in Zhu and Ju. His troops pointed directly at Kaiyang City, where Langye Kingdom was governed.
Once Kaiyang is lost, Langye Kingdom will be captured by Yuan Fang, and Donghai County to the south of Langye Kingdom is the county where Xuzhou's prefecture is currently located.
Once Langxie is lost, Yuan Fang's army can penetrate deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou and directly attack the city of Tancheng, the capital of the state.
After Cao Bao and Liu Bei retreated to Kaiyang City, they did not dare to retreat any further. While gathering the defeated troops to defend, they sent flying horses to Tan City to ask for help from Tao Qian.
Tancheng, Prefecture Mufu.
In the lobby, Tao Qian was drinking wine, listening to ditty, and watching the beautiful girl dancing in front of the hall, and he was in a good mood.
Chen Gui and other guests sitting in the hall also had relaxed and leisurely expressions.
Tao Qian and his subordinates were in a good mood.
Because just a few days ago, Cao Bao just sent a message back, claiming that Zang Ba was extremely poor and that if he was given a few more days, he could capture Dongwu City.
Once Dongwu is defeated and Zang Ba is eliminated, his Xuzhou army can march north and invade Qingzhou to "open up territory" for him.
It¡¯s strange that Tao Qian is not in high spirits.
When he was in high spirits, the soldiers outside the hall hurried in, cupped their hands and said: "Reporting to Zhou Mu, General Cao from the north has sent a hundred thousand urgent documents."
Tao Qian perked up and said with a smile, "Could it be that General Cao has captured Dongwu, killed Zang Ba, and sent a successful report back to me?"
"No, General Cao was defeated by Yuan Fang outside Dongwu City a few days ago. He was chased by Yuan Fang to Kaiyang City. Yuan Fang's momentum was so great that General Cao could not resist it. Please ask Zhou Mu to send reinforcements quickly to increase the defense. Positive."
There was an uproar in the lobby, and everyone fell into panic.
Tao Qian¡¯s figure was shaken violently. The wine glass he had just raised to his mouth fell from his hand in shock, and the wine splashed all over him.