The tenth chapter of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fought Guandu

At this time, Jiangdong Sun Ce's power also grew stronger day by day. Xu Gong, the Taishou of Dongjun, saw that Sun Ce had the intention of beating Xu Du, so he wrote to Cao Cao to inform him of the incident, but the letter fell into the hands of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce killed Xu Gong in a fit of rage.

One day, when Sun Ce went up the mountain to hunt and chased a deer alone, he was attacked by three of Xu Gong's men, and his life was in danger with poisoned arrows, and the doctor advised him to rest for 100 days to save his life.

Sun Ce was an impatient man, and he heard that Cao Cao's strategist Guo Jia did not take him seriously, and criticized him for being impatient and less strategic, so as to be brave and brave. Sun Ce was furious when he heard this, and he sent troops to attack Cao Cao, vowing to take Xuchang.

On this day, Sun Ce was feasting on Yuan Shao's envoy Chen Zhen, only to see his generals go downstairs to meet Yu Ji, a native of Jiangdong Dao. Yu Ji is nicknamed the fairy, and everywhere he goes, the people burn incense and worship, respecting him like a fairy.

Sun Ce was furious, scolded the demon Dao to confuse the people, and ordered the sergeant to kill the Taoist Yu Ji. He himself was so sick that he was so sick that he was in a trance, and soon after that he died of an arrow wound, he was only twenty-six years old.

Sun Quan inherited the power of his elder brother Sun Ce, and relied on Jiangdong talents such as Zhou Yu and Lu Su, and his power became stronger and stronger.

Cao Cao saw that Sun Quan's power was growing, so he asked the emperor to make Sun Quan a general, and he also understood Ji Taishou. Yuan Shao was furious when he learned of this and sent 700,000 troops to attack Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's soldiers were short of food, and he wanted to fight quickly, so he ordered Zhang Liao to meet the battle, and Cao Hong led a fine soldier of 3,000, and then rushed into the enemy formation. Yuan's army fired 10,000 crossbows in unison, Cao's army was defeated, and it was not until Guandu that it stabilized its position.

The strategist Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao send an army to take advantage of the victory to attack Xu Du directly, and flank Cao Cao before and after. Yuan Shao did not listen, but suspected that Xu You had colluded with Cao Cao.

Xu You saw that Yuan Shao did not adopt his clever plan, and his son and nephew were designed to be imprisoned, so he had to defect to Cao Cao overnight. When Cao Cao heard that Xu You had arrived, he didn't even bother to put on his shoes, so he hurriedly woke up from his sleep to greet him, and bowed his head when he saw Xu You. Xu Yu offered a plan for Cao Cao to attack Wuchao and burn the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's army.

Cao's army attacked Wuchao at night and burned all Yuan Shao's grain, grass and materials. Yuan Shaojun was in turmoil, and was defeated by Cao Cao and fled, leaving only more than 800 people of 700,000 horses.

Cao Cao cleaned up the books left by Yuan Shao, and found that there were many letters secretly exchanged between his own subordinates and Yuan Shao, and the strategists asked Cao Cao to kill these people one by one, Cao Cao shook his head and burned all the letters, as if nothing had happened.

When Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's advisor Tian Feng wrote a letter from prison to dissuade him. Yuan Shao was defeated and returned, and the jailer congratulated Tian Feng, saying that Yuan Shao would definitely let him go, Tian Feng smiled and said, "My death is just around the corner." As he was talking, the person sent by Yuan Shao to kill Tian Feng had arrived. Tian Feng admitted that he did not choose the Lord to do things, and he killed himself in prison.

Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, the eldest son Yuan Tan led 50,000 troops from Qingzhou, the second son Yuan Xi brought 60,000 troops from Youzhou, and his nephew Gao Gan also brought 50,000 troops.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were stationed on the river, and several local old men offered wine and food to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was very moved, and ordered the whole army not to hurt the people's dogs and chickens, and the violators were immediately beheaded.

Cao Cao discussed with the generals a strategy to break the enemy, and the strategist Cheng Yu offered one: "Ambush on all sides"

The plan was to defeat Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao fled back to Jizhou and cried with his three sons.

Liu Bei took advantage of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and Xu Du's troops were empty, so he led his troops to attack Xu Du. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses had returned, but at this time, Cao's army was tired and was defeated by Liu Bei's army.

The Cao army defended the camp and no longer went to war, Liu Bei was suspicious, and overheard that the report of the military rations was robbed by the Cao army, and Runan was also captured by the Cao army. Liu Bei was frightened, withdrew his troops overnight, and was ambushed by Cao's army halfway, and was attacked by the enemy before and after, fighting desperately to the death, before he escaped and went to take refuge with Liu Biao.

Cao Jun didn't chase after him, and went back to Xudu. In the spring of the following year, Cao Cao led a large army to Guandu to attack Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shaozheng was seriously ill, so he was met by his third son Yuan Shang, and in just three rounds, Yuan Shang was defeated by Zhang Liao.

When Yuan Shao saw that Yuan Shang was defeated, he was so anxious that he vomited blood and died. The will said that the third son, Yuan Shang, would inherit his father's power. Yuan Shao's wife, Liu, killed Yuan Shao's five little wives, and Yuan Shang killed the families of these five little wives.

Yuan Shao's son led his troops to hold Jizhou, but Cao's army could not capture it, so the strategist Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao to sit and watch Yuan Shao's three sons kill each other. Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's plan and led his troops to attack Liu Biao.

Soon, Yuan Shao's three sons killed each other over the issue of succession. The eldest son Yuan Tan used the strategy of the strategist Guo Tu to borrow Cao Jun to kill Yuan Shang, so he pretended to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took Yuan Tan and led the army to surround Jizhou. Yuan Shangling ordered his subordinates to guard Jizhou, and he led an army to be stationed outside the city, serving each other as horns. Cao Cao did not have a good way to break the city, and the two armies were at a standstill.

The strategist Xu Yu offered a plan to Cao Cao, and Cao's army led the water of the Zhanghe River to irrigate the city, but there was no food in the city, and Yuan Shangjun was in a desperate situation.

Yuan Shao's old general, Xin Biyan, picked Yuan Shang's big seal and clothes, and recruited the soldiers defending the city in front of the battle. The judge was furious, killed more than 80 members of Xinbi's family in the city, and threw their heads down the city, and Xinbi cried incessantly.

The nephew of the trial Rong and Xin Bi were good friends, so they opened the west gate and dedicated the city, and Jizhou was returned to Cao Cao.

The knife and axe man pushed Chen Lin in front of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao asked Chen Lin: "It's just that you write an article to scold me, why do you want to insult my father and grandfather?" Cao Cao's subordinates persuaded Cao Cao to kill Chen Lin, Cao Cao knew that Chen Lin was a talent, not only did he not kill Chen Lin, but also let Chen Lin take charge of the documents in the army.

When Cao Cao arrived in Jizhou, Xu You said to Cao Cao, "If it weren't for me, how could you enter Jizhou?" Cao Cao laughed and walked away. The general Xu Chu saw that Xu You had no one in his eyes, so he killed Xu You and went to see Cao Cao, who was very dissatisfied with Xu Chu's approach and made Xu You buried him ceremoniously.

The Cao army pursued Yuan Tan to Nanpi, Yuan Tan asked the people in the city to also come to the battle, the two armies fought, and Yuan Tan was killed by Cao Hong.

Cao Cao had Yuan Tan's head hung high on the city gate, and ordered those who dared to cry to be beheaded. Qingzhou didn't drive Wang Xiu, but he wore linen and filial piety, and cried under the city. Cao Cao greatly appreciated the loyal and righteous people in Jizhou, not only did not kill Wang Xiu, but reused it.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang fled to Wuhuan in the depths of the desert, and the strategist Guo Jia suggested that Cao Cao continue to lead his troops in pursuit.

Cao Jun defeated Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang at White Wolf Mountain. The Yuan brothers then led thousands of cavalry to flee to Liaodong. Cao Cao thought that this victory was a fluke, so he encouraged his strategists to make bold contributions.

Cao Cao's most admired strategist Guo Jia died in the desert due to water and soil inadaptability. Cao Cao cried sadly during the worship. Guo Jia left a letter to persuade Cao Cao not to attack Liaodong.

Cao Cao did as planned. Soon Liaodong Gongsun Kang was afraid that the Yuan brothers would occupy his territory, so he killed the second Yuan and offered his head. Cao Cao withdrew his troops back to Xudu.