"Reporting, reporting to Third Young Master, someone from Cao Cao's camp has surrendered.”
In Yuan Shang's camp, someone suddenly came to report.
"Who is it?" Yuan Shang hurriedly asked.
"It's someone called Zhao Yi. He said that he has something important to report to you.”The guard continued.
"Let him in." Yuan Shang ordered.
"Yes."
Soon, Zhao Yi was brought in.
"You said you have important news to tell me. I am Yuan Shang.”Yuan Shang ordered.
"This lowly one greets Third Young Master. Cao Cao's Great General Cao Zheng will lead troops to attack your camp tonight, and Cao Cao will also come.”Zhao Yi said.
"Are you sure?" Yuan Shang's interest was piqued when he heard that Cao Cao would be coming.
"It's true. Cao Cao's army is running out of food, so he decided to go all out and fight to the death with you tonight.”Zhao Yi said confidently.
"Then which way did they come from?" Yuan Shang continued to ask.
"Young Master, this is all I can tell you. I won't tell you anything else without any benefits.”Zhao Yi said.
Yuan Shang was going all out to capture Cao Cao and change his position as the Crown Prince, so he promised,"As long as you tell me the exact information about Cao Cao, I will definitely reward you handsomely.”
Yuan Shang promised.
"Young Master, you do it." After that, Zhao Yi whispered a few words into Yuan Shang's ear, and Yuan Shang did not tell Yuan Shao anything. He only brought his own troops and set up an ambush.
At the same time, the same scene played out in Yuan Tan and Yuan Shao's tents. It was just that the three of them spoke of things that were slightly different.
After that, Yuan Tan also brought a group of soldiers to set up an ambush, while Yuan Shao did not move.
Soon, a day passed. Yuan Shang and the 3,000 Yuan soldiers were ready, waiting for Cao Cao to enter the net.
"Yuan Tan, don't think that you're the boss and that you're the heir. Father loves me, so as long as I catch Cao Cao, you'll have to kneel down and kowtow to me. Are you still afraid that the position of heir isn't mine?" Yuan Shang said proudly.
Soon, a group of people wearing Cao Cao's uniform entered Yuan Shang's ambush.
"Fire!" Yuan Shang ordered.”
Thousands of arrows were fired at the same time. The army below was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
However, he did not retreat. Instead, he charged up the mountain.
Yuan Shang wasn't afraid at all, calmly commanding his soldiers to resist. At the same time, he sent someone to tell Yuan Shao to request reinforcements.
However, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to notice the abnormality at a glance because the Cao Army was coming from the direction of Yuan Jun's camp.
Thus, this was not the Cao army, but Yuan Tan, who was planning to ambush Cao Cao's camp.
At this moment, Zhao Yi and Zhao Zhen had already changed into Yuan Jun's equipment. After the two of them met up, they joined Yuan Tan's team.
At the same time, Yuan Tan saw that the enemy was so difficult to defeat, so he sent people to Yuan Shao's camp to request for reinforcements.
At this moment, Yuan Shao learned that his precious son Yuan Shang had surrounded a Cao Cao army and praised him repeatedly. Then, he hurriedly sent reinforcements.
However, in less than an hour, Yuan Tan also came to ask for help. He said that he had been stopped when he tried to sneak attack Cao Cao's camp.
After Yuan Shao learned of the truth, he sent Zhang He to reinforce them.
As a result, the twenty thousand soldiers who were supporting Yuan Shang were ambushed by a group of soldiers who had been lying in ambush. They were forced back by the enemy's crossbows several times, unable to advance even a single step.
On the other side, the reinforcements led by Zhang He were unimpeded. Since Zhang He had a guide, he was shocked when he met up with Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan was wearing the armor of the Cao army.
However, Zhang He couldn't care less about this at the moment. He immediately ordered the entire army to attack and wipe out the disguised Cao army.
Seeing that the reinforcements had arrived, Yuan Tan shouted,""Those who behead the enemy will be rewarded with thousands of gold."
When the soldiers heard this, they charged forward in high spirits. The result was obvious. Yuan Shang on the mountain was continuously defeated, and the three thousand soldiers suffered heavy losses.
And his reinforcements had yet to arrive.
Yuan Shang wanted to find Zhao Yi, but Zhao Yi had long disappeared.
Suddenly, Yuan Shang was stabbed from behind by a sharp sword. He turned around and saw Zhao Yi, who was wearing the uniform of the Cao army. He seemed to have thought of something, but it was too late. In the end, the young and vigorous Yuan Shang died in battle at the age of seventeen.
As soon as Yuan Shang died, Zhao Yi hurriedly found Zhao Zhen, who was still fighting. The two of them took advantage of the fact that the battle was still going on and quickly disappeared from the battlefield.
In the end, Yuan Tan and Zhang He defeated the enemy head-on. When they saw the head of the enemy general, they were both shocked. It was Yuan Shang's head with his eyes open.
On the other side, Yuan Shao learned that the army that had come to rescue Yuan Shang had been blocked. He was worried about his son's safety, so he personally led his troops to go.
Seeing that Yuan Shao had personally led his troops here, Cao Tai ordered,""Take turns to cover and retreat."
Seeing the enemy retreat, Yuan Shao didn't chase after them, instead heading straight for the place where Yuan Shang was fighting.
When he arrived, Yuan Shao was dumbfounded. Other than the remnants of Yuan Tan and Zhang He's army, there was only Yuan Shang's head left.
Yuan Tan also knew that he had fallen into a trap. Seeing Yuan Shao come, he did not want to give any explanation at all.
"Xianfu." Yuan Shao looked at his youngest son's head and could not help but cry.
Soon after, Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Tan and asked,""Xiansi, what's going on?"
Yuan Tan knew that he would not be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
"Father, yesterday, a Cao adviser who surrendered came to my camp. He said that Cao Cao was running out of food and was about to retreat. If he attacked the camp, he would definitely win. Thus, I chose 3,000 soldiers to change into the Cao army's flag armor and attack the Cao camp.”
"I didn't expect that third brother would ambush our army halfway and die on the battlefield.”Yuan Tan told him what had happened.
"Don't quibble anymore, Xiansi. I thought that it was fine for you brothers to fight for power openly and secretly. I didn't expect you to be like this in front of a great enemy. You even killed your own brother.”Yuan Shao was blinded by anger and completely ignored Yuan Tan's explanation.
Almost at the same time, Zhao Yi, Zhao Zhen, and Cao Tai returned to the Cao Army camp excitedly.
After Zhao Yi and Zhao Zhen changed their clothes, they turned from bloody ordinary soldiers into handsome young generals.
"Greetings, General." Cao Tai and his soldiers bowed respectfully to Zhao Yi.
It turned out that Zhao Yi was Cao Zheng's alias, Zhao Zhen was Cao Zhen's alias, and the other was an ordinary soldier.
Cao Zheng had no choice but to implement this plan. Because the Cao army was about to run out of food, the Ghost Owl Army, which had always been rich, could only eat some cornbread and sweet potatoes. Therefore, Cao Zheng specially formulated this plan to find something for them to do.
The content of the plan was for Cao Zheng and Cao Zhen to go to Yuan Tan's and Yuan Shang's military camps under different disguises.
First, he had to gain their trust and then tell them the contents of the plan. Cao Zhen told Yuan Tan to dress up as the Cao army and raid the camp, while Yuan Shang led his troops to block the Cao army that was attacking the camp.
Cao Tai's mission was to stop Yuan Shang's reinforcements at all costs, so that Cao Zheng would have a chance to assassinate him.
In the end, after a night of chaotic fighting, Cao Zheng successfully eliminated Yuan Shang and successfully framed Yuan Tan.
"Brothers, everyone's performance yesterday was very good. I'll give you a verbal praise. As for the reward, I'll personally ask for it after the battle.”Cao Zheng said loudly.
"Good, good, good."
Everyone echoed.
On the other side, Yuan Shao had already imprisoned Yuan Tan in the Yuan army's camp, completely cutting off Yuan Tan's desire to be the heir. At the same time, he was already somewhat hostile toward Zhang He.
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