Chapter 817 Yuan Shao Loses Again

Successive victories in Guanzhong does not mean that all the luck in the world is concentrated on Liu Zhang.

Just as Liu Zhang wanted to occupy the counties in Guanzhong, the battle in Hebei was also decided.

Cao Cao was defeated by Yuan Shao and lost ten battles in a row, leading his army to flee to the bank of the Yellow River.

Just when everyone thought that Yuan Shao had won consecutive battles and pushed Cao XX to the edge of the cliff, an accident happened.

Cao Jun fell into desperation, fought with his back, and dealt a head-on blow to Yuan Jun who was chasing him!

Cao Cao took the lead and aroused the blood and courage of the soldiers under his command, and Yuan Jun was defeated steadily for a while.

Yuan Shao's dream of trying to drive all of Cao's troops into the Yellow River to drown was completely shattered, and he was furious.

Immediately ordered all the 150,000 troops to press on, to completely wipe out Cao Cao in the first battle.

At this moment, Yuan Jun's rear ambushes rose up and rushed straight to Yuan Shao's main formation.

There were no soldiers guarding Yuan Shao, so he was terrified and rushed back to help.

This advance and retreat caused Yuan Jun's entire formation to be in chaos.

At this moment, ambushes were everywhere around Yuan Jun, and the 150,000 troops were completely surrounded by Cao Jun.

Yuan Shao was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he abandoned the army without hesitation, and fled to Yecheng alone.

As soon as the commander fled, the entire command system of Yuan Jun collapsed instantly, and the 150,000 troops were completely thrown into chaos.

Cao Cao immediately ordered the whole army to pursue, not to let Yuan Jun alone easily.

In the Battle of Cangting, Cao Cao won again!

Cao Jun claimed to have killed more than 80,000 Yuan Jun and captured more than 50,000 prisoners.

Cao Cao still retained his fierce and cruel methods, forcing all the captives into the Yellow River to drown alive!

Yuan Jun's morale was completely lost after this defeat. After the death of 150,000 troops, it was difficult to form a force against Cao Cao in a short period of time.

The Wei County to which Jizhou belonged, and the Qinghe Kingdom's cities along the Yellow River all changed hands.

Yuan Shao's 150,000 troops were again defeated by Cao Cao's 50,000 troops.

The strong defeated the weak, and the outnumbered was once again staged on Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao also once again showed the world what waste is!

Cao Cao was not satisfied with this result, but launched a full-scale attack on Yuan Shao's forces.

First, Xiahou Dun led his army northward from Xuzhou, Xiahouyuan marched eastward from Yanzhou, and the third army of Zang Ba, the governor of Taishan County, attacked Qingzhou.

Then Cao Cao himself led the victorious army to continue northward, and the front of the soldiers approached the Jizhou government, Yecheng, Yuan Shao's old nest.

Yuan Shao was frightened by the defeat at first, and then he heard that Cao Cao was threatening Yecheng, so he couldn't afford to get sick in desperation.

Cao Cao had a vicious mind and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, telling the inside story of the battle at Cangting.

It turned out that except for the ambush soldiers who attacked Yuan Shao's main formation, all the ambush soldiers were Guo Jia's suspicious tricks!

Yuan Shao suddenly became furious and regretted endlessly.

Cao Cao only has 50,000 soldiers and horses in total, how can he surround an army of 150,000?

Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and shouted, "Cao Cao can't be beaten by a quick attack, and Cao Cao can't be beaten by a slow attack, so what can I do?"

Then he became angry and vomited blood several times in a row, almost dying!

Fortunately, in Yecheng, the doctors rescued him in time, so he barely saved his life.

However, Yuan Shao was still unconscious and completely unable to handle political affairs.

Cao Jun was about to approach the city, and the whole city of Ye was in complete chaos.

At this time, Yuan Shao's three sons stood together for a rare moment, and immediately decided to abandon Yecheng.

Once the coast of the Yellow River is lost, the entire Wei County, Qinghe Kingdom, Pingyuan and other counties are no longer able to hold on!

After discussing with the counselors, Yuan Tan and the others immediately took Yuan Shao and led the army to the former base camp, Nanpi, and planned to surrender to Bohai.

At the same time, Gao Gan, Yuan Shao's nephew, was arranged to guard Huguan to protect the state.

As for Qingzhou, it can only be given up strategically, and it will be recovered after counterattacking Cao Cao in the future.

Cao Cao took almost no effort to occupy the entire Wei County, Zhao State, and Qinghe County one after another.

Just as Cao Cao was arousing his ambition and preparing to continue to invade Julu and the three counties of Anping Hejian, a news came and immediately stopped him from marching.

Xuchang urgently reports that the Xianbei Army is likely to perish soon!

At the same time, food and grass issues also followed.

The problems are far from over!

The newly occupied Wei County, Qinghe County, Zhao State, Pingyuan County and other places rebelled one after another.

People all over Hebei were grateful for Yuan Shao's kindness and did not submit to Cao Cao's rule at all.

In desperation, Cao Cao had to stop his march in Wei County.

The rebellion in the counties of Hebei was not initiated by the Yuan family, and it did not scale at all.

As long as the general is left behind, the army is enough to completely calm down.

The Yuan Shao Group, which experienced two consecutive defeats at Guandu and Cangting, lost more than 250,000 soldiers, and it was difficult to form an effective counterattack in a short period of time.

Therefore, no matter how things in Hebei develop, they can be controlled by Cao Cao.

What will happen to the Xianbei people at the moment is what Cao Cao is most concerned about.

The final ownership of Guanzhong may no longer be changed, but Cao Cao's future strategic planning needs to be adjusted in time.

After receiving Guo Jia's support, Cao Cao traveled lightly and hurried to Xuchang with Guo Jia.

After Cao Jun stopped marching, the three Yuan brothers who fled to Nanpi finally got a respite.

Cao Cao's departure is not the only good news for Yuan Shi.

Not long after, Yuan Shao also woke up from the coma, and his body was getting better day by day.

Although the loss of soldiers and generals and the loss of cities and territories hit the Yuan family very hard, Yuan still directly controlled the entire Bingzhou, Youzhou, and most of Jizhou.

The land and population owned by Yuan Shao can still compete head-on with Cao Cao.

After experiencing this life and death, Yuan Shao finally came to his senses, and he completely understood the bitter words Ju gave Tian Feng back then.

It's a pity that everything was too late. Tian Feng died in prison, Ju Shou also died at the hands of Cao Cao, and the two most powerful counselors in Hebei were dead.

Yuan Shao learned from the painful experience, regained his morale, and decided to fight hard and wait for the opportunity to fight Cao Cao again.

Afterwards, Changshan, Julu, and Anping counties bordered Cao Jun's cities and began to build fortifications on a large scale.

Yuan Shao's group changed from offensive to defensive against Cao Cao's group, which also indicated that the relationship between the weak enemy and the strong has officially reversed.

After Yuan Tan replaced Yuan Shao and made the retreat to Nanpi, it also represented another deflection of the historical trajectory.

Due to Liu Zhang's unintentional interference, Cao Cao had to temporarily stop harvesting the fruits of Cangting's victory.

At the same time, several large commercial ships suddenly appeared on the Han River in Jingzhou.

These merchant ships planted yellow flags everywhere, and no one dared to stop the soldiers along the way.

Everyone knew that these boats belonged to the Huang family, one of the four major families in Jingzhou, and no one would be so stupid as to offend the Huang family.

There is a man standing on the bow of the boat. This man is eight feet tall, has a face like a crown jade, wears a lun scarf, and wears a crane cloak. He exudes elegance all the time.

The only slightly strange thing is his immature face, which seems to have just reached the crown at most.

But age can't hide his heroic spirit, on the contrary, it sets off his imposing appearance even more.

(end of this chapter)