When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

Yuan Shao's face suddenly flashed a little, and he thought to himself: Xu You is about to die, but he no longer defends himself. He is only worried about the safety of his family. Perhaps Xu You has never colluded with Xi Yu and Cao Cao.

However, for Xu You at this time, he has been killed by Xi Yu, and now he has no chance of living.

To kill someone, Xi Yu’s plan was to cut off Yuan Shao’s arm.

Yuan Shao didn't fully understand, but he had to kill Xu You.

……

That night, Yuan Shao's troops did not rush to aid Wuchao, nor did they attack Cao Cao's camp.

However, they caught Xu You, a traitor in the army.

This person secretly communicated with Cao Cao and informed Cao Cao of the location where his army's supplies were stored. At the same time, he secretly planned it, which led to Yuan's army's defeat in Guandu.

As a result, all the soldiers in the Yuan Army camp understood why they were defeated in this battle. It turned out that there was a traitor who was secretly obstructing them. How could they be undefeated?

Now that the traitor has been killed, although Wuchao's food and grass are gone, there is still food left in Jizhou. Youzhou and Bingzhou can also mobilize food and grass. In this way, they still have a chance to hold on to the city and fight against Cao's army.

As long as they hold on to Liyang, they can sustain themselves for a long time.

Therefore, Yuan Shaojun abandoned the Guandu camp, set off overnight, and retreated to Liyang, but he did not leave any luggage behind.

When Xi Yu and Cao Cao arrived, only a ruins were left.

Cao Cao looked at the messy camp and said sincerely, "Yuan Benchu ​​didn't wait for support, nor was he furious. He just retreated to Liyang with humiliation?"

Joy was also quite curious at this time: in his impression, Yuan Shao was not the wise and forbearing person he is now.

It stands to reason that when Yuan Shao was so defeated and he learned that his best friend of ten years, Tong Cao, had betrayed him, Yuan Shao should have been furious, his energy and blood boiling, as if he was seriously ill.

Fan calmly withdrew his troops and chose to swallow his anger.

"In any case, our food and grass now are enough to last for a hundred days. With the income from Wuchao, it may be able to last for a longer time. In this way, we can march into Liyang. Even if we fight fiercely with Yuan Shao's army day and night, we can still last for a long time.

Day." Cao Cao said very happily.

Xi Yu nodded, now that he has accomplished a big thing, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Haha, this great victory was all due to Fengyi's clever strategy. Xu Ziyuan was about to die. I'm afraid my classmate and friend will not survive tonight."

Xi Yu sighed, "Of course Xu You won't survive tonight. Brother, look at the surrounding areas. There is no sign of Yuan Jun escaping. It stands to reason that Yuan Jun's black nest of food and grass was burned down, and the soldiers and horses should have fled separately. But why didn't this happen?

What?"

"The reason is very simple, that is, Yuan Shao's military spirit is still there!"

"In this way, I predict that Yuan Shao will kill Xu You and use this heroic feat of cutting off his wrist to stabilize the morale of the army and then retreat to Liyang."

Xiyu said with certainty.

"Haha, so to speak, this old friend of mine is really unusually wise once he becomes enlightened."

Cao Cao smiled lightly.

Today, Cao Jun's situation is excellent.

"Although Yuan Shao is not a wise master, he is the last choice today, but he can be called a hero. Such a strong man cuts off his wrist. From this point of view, Li Yang must be extremely difficult to attack."

Cao Cao and Xi Yu thought to themselves at the same time.

……

For a long period of time that followed, Cao Cao's army only gathered the fortresses near Liyang, captured several county towns and ancient cities, and then brought the nearby people who had become refugees into the city, and then opened warehouses to release grain.

Wuchao stationed 300,000 shi of grain, Wei County also had hundreds of thousands of dan, and Qinghe County also had grain and grass. Such a large amount of grain and grass was enough for Cao's army to use in the war.

But at this time, the gap between the two sides was not very large, and each had its own advantages. As a result, an offensive and defensive trend gradually formed.

Today's Cao Cao camp is more than twice as big as before, and the tents inside are softer and more comfortable than before.

At this moment, in the Chinese army camp, Cao Cao was dining with Xi Yu and other advisers. After hearing about the battle in Guandu, Cheng Yu praised Xi Yu greatly.

Originally, Cheng Yu had always been deeply cared for by Xi Yu, and he admired Xi Yu very much.

Cheng Yu took a sip of wine and said to Xi Yu with a smile, "Master Xi, I really admire you!"

"It's just that I never thought that in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Yuan Benchu ​​was willing to kill Xu You. In this way, he blocked the mouths of Jujun and Tian Feng, leaving Guo Tu and others to die in sorrow. Such a strategy, Yuan Benchu ​​can be considered

Number one!"

"Haha, of course Yuan Benchu ​​is the number one figure!" Cao Cao heard this and said with a smile of approval, "In today's troubled times, some people say that it was Yuan Shao who introduced Dong Zhuo to Luoyang. The culprit of the melee among the princes is him, Yuan Benchu.

!"

"However, in my opinion, Yuan Benzhu is the most courageous person!"

At this moment, Cao Cao felt deeply that everyone here was his own, and now that he was sure of victory, he naturally spoke without too much scruples, "At that time, the court had no food and it was difficult to support the people's livelihood. Even in Luoyang, people were eating people.

People in other prefectures and counties were even more desperate. At that time, there was such a crisis that no one in the court could solve."

"Yuan Benchu ​​saw this dangerous situation, so he welcomed Dong Zhuo into Luoyang. If he could control Dong Zhuo, he would be a wise minister of his generation. If Dong Zhuo had cholera in Luoyang, he would become the largest prince."

"It was also because of Dong Zhuo's rebellion in Luoyang that the current situation in which the princes each made military exploits came to be. How could Yuan Benchu's calculations be beyond the imagination of ordinary people?"

"It's a pity that He Jin was so ignorant and arrogant at that time that he died early. Otherwise, it would not have been his turn to be Yuan Benchu!"

"But, having said that, you don't know something. Xi Yu has already left room for trouble, and now there are still hidden dangers around Yuan Shao." Cao Cao said with a smile.

As soon as Cheng Yu changed his serious appearance, he immediately asked, "My lord, what is the hidden danger?"

When Cheng Yu asked this question, the other advisers were also very curious.

But Cao Cao did not say it clearly, "You can just wait and see, but before that, we must attack Liyang for at least a month, and we must not leave any chance for Yuan Shao to breathe!"

"Here."

……

In the following days, under the persuasion of Tian Feng, Guo Tu and others, Yuan Shao handed Liyang to Wen Chou for guarding, while leaving Fengji in Liyang, and returned to Yecheng. Yuan Shao left some instructions and returned to Yecheng. .

After Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao launched a fierce attack on Liyang City for thirteen consecutive days. The catapult almost destroyed a front wall, but the defenders of Liyang City insisted on building a new city wall again.

Cao Cao's large-scale attacks on Liyang City every day would result in the death of a large number of soldiers and horses.

Such a fierce war shocked the entire Wei County, and the people lived in panic every day without peace.

When Cao Cao was bombarding Liyang City, Xi Yu had already returned to Qingzhou. At the same time, he had sent 30,000 troops from Qingzhou to reinforce the battlefield to the east of Jizhou, and sent troops to send 100,000 stones of grain and grass intercepted from Ju Yi, which was enough. Half a year.

Only then did Xi Yu know that after he went to Guandu, Zhao Yun launched an attack on Pingyuan, but was unable to capture it for a long time. However, Zhao Yun did not want to have a stalemate with the Pingyuan defenders.

So Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong attacked separately. He gave Huang Zhong 20,000 troops and horses. Huang Zhong attacked up the Shang River and directly captured Ban County.

Then a base was established in Ban County, and it took three days for Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to attack Xipingchang directly.

Thereby occupying all two important cities in the northeast of Pingyuan County, and then building camps along the Shang River to prepare for entering the Leling Kingdom.

The total number of soldiers and horses in the five cities of Huimin, Yangxin, Leling, Rao'an and Zhonghe is less than 30,000.

After Huang Zhong launched his attack, he was invincible and overwhelming.

Since then, the eastern city of Jizhou has been in a state of emergency!

At this moment, in the military camp, Xi Yu praised Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong very much, "This battle is very exquisite. Zilong, how did you come up with such a strategy?"

Zhao Yun was not greedy for credit, and replied truthfully, "This is the credit of the military advisor."

"Sir, after you go to Guandu, the military advisor has said that we do not need to threaten Guandu step by step from east to west. If your Excellency can make achievements in Guandu, the battle in Guandu will affect the war in the east."

"After that, we discovered that the soldiers and horses of Pingyuan County seemed unwilling to go out of the city to fight. Except for sending a few generals to fight at the beginning, they have been like a tortoise since then, closing the city gate tightly and never leaving the city to fight."

"Faced with this situation, the military advisor advised me to focus on the land east of Jizhou. Instead of transporting grain and grass from Qingzhou, it is better to directly capture Xipingchang and Banxian, and then attack Leling Kingdom!"

"If the soldiers and horses of Pingyuan County come out to fight with our army, we can ambush their army. If the soldiers and horses of Pingyuan County do not dare to come out to fight, then the soldiers and horses of Leling County will not be able to withstand our attack at all!"

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice.

"This strategy is very beautiful!"

Xiyu was very happy. As expected, Guo Jia was indeed full of strategies and wonderful strategies. Like a poisonous snake, he could come out and bite people at any time.

"From now on, we will march according to the military advisor's plan." Xi Yu immediately issued a military order, "Capture Leling County first! I will set up a government office in Yanci City!"

"Here!"

……

June 200, two months have passed since the Battle of Guandu.

It took Xi Yu a month and a half to finally capture Leling County. However, the defenders of Pingyuan County were really like turtles. Although they continued to transport food and grass inward, they did not send troops to fight.

The Pingyuan defenders also understood that if they reinforced Leling County, they would be intercepted, but if they took a detour through the territory, it would be too late.

Huang Zhong's soldiers, horses, riding and archery skills are all extremely powerful. This battle is actually very easy. However, Le Lingjun is in a remote place and has not developed much during Yuan Shao's management.

Today, Xi Yu re-established Leling County, and Yu Yanci set up a government office.

Xi Yu once remembered that this place was not established until the Cao Wei regime, but now it has become a new garrison place.

Xi Yu spent half a month using troops and horses to move the people here. There were no gentry here, so Xi Yu directly appointed scholars from poor families in Qingzhou and Xuzhou to serve as officials in counties and cities.

At this time, the school founded by Xi Yu came into play.
To be continued...