Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 The Great Victory of Yanjin
When Yuan Shao's main force was attracted by the white horse, Cao Cao quietly led [-] elite troops, which was also his last family, to cross the Yellow River from Yanjin!
There is only more than 500 miles to go from Baima to Xudu, and the coach Xiahou Dun has been injured...

Everyone thought that Cao Cao would definitely come to support, so after Cao Cao spread the news, no one questioned it.

However...Cao Cao did not go to Baima, but instead forcibly crossed Yanjin. The defenders of Yanjin quickly fell with little defense.

Then Xia Houyuan led [-] leopard cavalry and traveled [-] miles in two nights and one day, from Yanjin to Jun County - the corresponding county seat on the north bank of Baimajin!
This march speed is faster than ordinary scouts delivering messages...

Without any warning, they not only panicked the defenders of Junxian County, but also directly captured Junjin. Then they pretended to be defeated, falsely claiming that Liyang had been lost, and deceived Baimajin on the south bank. After burning the ferry, they returned to the north bank of the river. of Junjin.

Then, he released news to Li Yang, saying that Yuan Shao's main force had been defeated in Baima and Yuan Shao was dead. He also released news to Baima, saying that Li Yang had fallen and the army's retreat and food and grass had been cut off!
At the same time, Cao Cao personally led more than [-] infantry and cavalry and quickly marched towards Liyang...

Xiahou Dun and Xun You had already agreed on a good date with Cao Cao. Originally, Yuan Jun tried his best to suppress the spread of rumors. However, on the night of the fire in Baima Jin, Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Cai Yang and others who were stationed in various camps in Baima sent out their own troops. The battlefield shouted "good news" from Liyang, Hebei!
For a while, Yuan Junzhong's camps on the front line were fine, but many camps in the rear had already learned that Baimajin had fallen, so they easily believed the news and immediately blew up the camps...

In history without the White Rabbit Effect, the Battle of Guandu was probably the same.

Historically, Cao Cao attacked from the east and west, pretending to attack Yanjin, and then defeated Yan Liang's vanguard in front of Baima, and then retreated all the way south. At Guandu, where there was no retreat, he fought Yuan's army - Guandu had no retreat and was already far away from Xudu. Only two hundred miles.

At this time, Xu You broke away from Yuan Shao because his family had committed a crime and was not pardoned. He defected to Cao Cao and told "Ah Hao" where Yuan Jun's granary was. So Cao Cao successfully attacked Wuchao with his light cavalry and burned Yuan Jun's granary. Yuan Jun's morale was high. The defeat made the Battle of Guandu a classic case of defeating more with less.

However, although Cao Cao succeeded in attacking Wuchao, Yuan's army was not actually starving. After all, the army also had half a month's supply of food and grass, and they did not rely on large granaries to deliver meals every day.

Even at that time, Cao Cao's army did not have much rations. If he really continued to fight, Cao Cao would still lose more than he won...

Yuan Jun was defeated not so much by the lack of food, but by "the news that the granary was attacked"!
Liyang is actually very safe now, but it was bypassed and attacked Yanjin and Junjin, which were already unprepared, and burned Baimajin by the way.

It was just this fire that made Yuan Jun's officers and soldiers feel that the news was credible.

Compared with the frontal camps attacked by Cao's army, the rear camps were not attacked at first, and more camps were bombed in situ, and this panic continued to spread...

The bombing of camps in the era of cold weapons is completely uncontrollable. The more troops there are, the greater the damage!
Yuan Shao and the generals under his command hurriedly stabilized the morale of the army, so that they were not completely defeated. However, only half of the 30-strong army remained. The rest...most of them were not killed in battle, but "lost", and they needed to be gradually gathered up.

As a result, not only the Baima area, many defeated troops fled directly back to Hebei, and some even returned to Liyang in organized groups!

While bringing the unstable news to Li Yang, it also gave Cao Cao an opportunity...

In just three days, the false "Li Yang was lost" turned into the real "food road was cut off", and Yuan Jun was on the verge of collapse.

Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao make a desperate move and continue to go south to capture Xudu. However, he was not only rejected by Yuan Shao, but also scolded by the bored Yuan Shao, accusing him of being unkind...

Xu You originally came up with the idea sincerely, but it turned out that Xu Du didn't have many troops at this time. As long as he defeated the main force of Cao's army in front of him and overwhelmed Xu Du - Xu Du was originally just an ordinary county town. Although the city walls have been reinforced, it is still in name only. The capital of the country, but...how many people in the court are at odds with Cao Cao?
Even Dong Cheng wrote privately to Yuan Shao, hoping that he would come to save the emperor!

As long as tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are deployed at the gate of Xudu City, if external troubles are approaching and internal troubles appear, what can Cao Ahao do to stop them?

There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yuan Shao's hometown Yecheng. Xu You wants to come to Fengji who is staying behind. Even if he is two Guo Tu away from him, at least he is a calm and upright person. How can Cao Ahao sneak across the river and some people can do what?
However, this sounds too risky, and Yuan Shao is not good at listening to advice that is inconsistent with his own subjective consciousness. In addition, Xu You had previously urged Yuan Shao to attack Xu Du. The irritable Yuan Shao took the opportunity to attack, accusing him of being with Xu Du. The minister is involved and must be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty...

Xu You was so angry that he stamped his feet, pointed at Yuan Shao's nose and said: You are the loyal minister, and the four generations and three princes of your family have been loyal ministers!
As a result, they broke up unhappy, and Xu You was even dismissed from his post and imprisoned by Yuan Shao.

When Guo Tu saw that Xu You wanted to attack, Yuan Shao was so angry that he immediately advised Yuan Shao to withdraw to Hebei. This was Guo Tu's wisdom. Why was Yuan Shao angry? He suggested the opposite...

Subtly, Yuan Shao always adopts his opinions, and naturally he will rely more and more on him!

If it were a prosperous party struggle, maybe Guo Tu would still have a chance to become a favorite, but now...

As a result, as Xu You said, the hasty withdrawal of troops only made the military morale more unstable - the larger the number of troops, the more difficult it is to restrain the "military morale", and they are often passive in advancing without retreating.

For those who retreated, deserters appeared in each battalion before crossing the river. And just after they crossed the river, they were chased by Xiahou Dun along the way and harassed by Xiahou Yuan's leopard cavalry who snatched away the flanks. When they arrived at Liyang, The city tower has changed into a king's banner!
It turns out that just one day ago, the elite led by Cao Cao arrived at the border of Liyang.

Cao Chun, who usually trained and led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, led two thousand Tiger Cavalry among the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, pretending to be the defeated army returning from the south bank, and deceived the gate of Liyang City. Indeed, many defeated troops were rushing back to Hebei at this time, Liyang. It was the first stop for them to reunite.

While there was bloodshed at the city gate, Cao Cao led the infantry ambushing outside the city to rush in and break through Liyang City!
Li Yang originally had a large garrison, but the bad thing was that it had received a large number of defeated troops before, and the city gate was directly opened by fraud...

With those frightened birds present, and losing the advantage of the city wall, they can only fight on the streets. How can these second-line troops be the opponents of Cao's elite army?

If city wall warfare helps the defenders restore their morale, then street battles are the opposite. They test the morale of the defenders the most. Not all armies can still have fighting spirit after the enemy troops enter the city...

After Cao Cao killed Jiang Qi who was guarding Liyang, he heard the news that the main force of Yuan's army had crossed the river when he left.

Originally, it was because of the huge disparity in numbers between the two armies - even if Yuan Shao withdrew, there would still be 10,000+ people in each battalion. Even if they could not withdraw together, Li Yang would gradually be surrounded and unbearable!
Therefore, Cao Chun suggested that Cao Cao go first and set fire to Liyang's granary after the tiger cavalry was defeated.

However, Guo Jia, the military advisor accompanying the army, offered a dangerous plan and was accepted by Cao Cao...

The reason is very simple. Guo Jia made the pros and cons very clear. This time, Yuan Jun was kept in the dark and beaten. Although it was hard for him, but for the giant Hebei, it was hard for him. It’s just “one hundred days”.

Although it is not really such an exaggeration, it only takes two or three years for Yuan Jun to recover... And what about Cao Cao?

Not only will Yuan Shao be more cautious by then, but with the current situation in Xudu, Cao Cao will lose if he doesn't win.

Only by defeating Yuan Shao with thunderous means can the demons and demons in the court be frightened. Otherwise, once Cao Cao's righteousness of "serving the emperor to punish disobedient subjects" is lacking, Yuan Shao's comeback will only be more ferocious than now!
Cao Cao also deeply agreed with Guo Jia's judgment, which was a rational aspect.

In addition, on the emotional side, Guo Jia's face was pale at this time, and he was panting and coughing frequently until his lungs came out. It was hard not to be moved. Even Cao Chun, who had been refuted, quickly supported him when he saw this. he……

Cao Cao finally followed Guo Jia's suggestion and immediately ordered people to clean up the situation. The city walls were all replaced with soldiers who were not seriously injured but energetic, so that they could wait for Yuan Jun.

When Yuan Shao was in Baima, the middle battalion he led was at the rear of the whole army, and when he retreated, it was naturally at the front, and it was even one of the few battalions that reached Liyang first.

After Yuan Shao found out that Li Yang had fallen, he went to the city to meet Cao Cao...

Cao Cao, who had already washed and changed his clothes and stepped on the invisible hater, laughed and told Yuan Jun that all the land in Hebei had been returned to the imperial court, and even Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan had surrendered, and advised Yuan Shao to surrender.

Yuan Shao knew it was a lie and was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He just wanted to order the siege of Li Yang and trap Cao Cao in the city. However, he couldn't hold back many of his frightened generals. They believed Cao Cao's lies and caused another commotion...

Cao Cao even really opened the gates of the city wide, letting the infantry who were still capable of fighting to charge Yuan Shao's main formation!

A few days ago, Yuan's army, which was still in Baima, could cover its eyes with smoke from cooking stoves, and looked like it could crush any opponent, was on the verge of collapse. Seeing that the two supporting formations had collapsed, Yuan Shao had no choice but to lead the center camp of his formation to retreat eastward. Hoping to bypass Liyang - the land of Hebei has been completely occupied, Yuan Shaocai didn't believe his lies.

However, after traveling for less than ten miles, when passing through a forest, the tiger cavalry ambushing in the forest snatched them out. First they shouted that Yuan Shao was dead, and then they shouted that Yuan Shao was dead. They skinned Yuan Jun again, so he had to continue to detour. …

After this round, Xia Houyuan and Leopard Cavalry caught up behind him and continued to beat up the drowned dog!

Even when he was chased into the valley, the engine of Yuan Shao's armor overheated and burned down - it was just a gilt armor, and it was easy for a BMW engine that ran too powerful to do this. It would have been even worse if it was a wood and stone armor. This is why Lu Bu always looked at the white picture. Reasons for training.

At this time, Yuan Shang, who was with the army, unloaded his engine and handed it to Yuan Shao, which saved his father's life, but Yuan Shang himself died in the valley.

Unfortunately, Yuan Shao still had nearly 10 soldiers and horses running behind him. He could only be chased like a lost dog, while the [-] people behind him were stopped by Cao Cao in Liyang. Cao Cao told them a ghost story - the name is very It's easy to guess, it's called "Yuan Shao is Dead"...

(End of this chapter)