"Kneel down." The soldier who was escorting Chunyu Qiong broke his leg with a kick, forcing Chunyu Qiong to obediently kneel in front of Cao Zheng.
"Chun Yu Qiong, do you want to live or die?”Cao Zheng asked coldly.
Chunyu Qiong thought to himself, who would be willing to die if they could live?
So he begged for mercy,"General, please spare my life."”
Cao Zheng drew out his sword when he saw the coward begging for mercy. He placed it on Chunyu Qiong's neck and said with a smile,"Killing you will only dirty my sword.”
When Chunyu Qiong heard that Cao Zheng was going to let him go, he quickly kowtowed and said,"Thank you, General."
Just as he was about to leave, Cao Zheng stopped him.
"Chunyu Qiong, if you go back in one piece, will Yuan Shao let you off?”Cao Zheng reminded.
"Then how do you think I should go back?”Chunyu Qiong asked, puzzled.
"How else can we go back? Ziming, help him." Cao Zheng instructed Cao Zhen.
"Yes." Cao Zhen replied. He then ordered his men to tie Chunyu Qiong up and cut off his nose and ears before placing them back on the horse.
Yuan Shao's camp.
At this moment, Yuan Shao was still asleep. Yuan Xi ran in in a panic.
"Commander Father, bad news! The crow's nest is on fire!"
Yuan Shao was startled from his dream.”
Yuan Xi pointed to the northwest.!”
" What?!"
"This is bad! This is bad! This is bad!"
Yuan Shao shouted again and again. He crawled out of bed in his pajamas and staggered out of the door.
Looking at the fire in the northwest direction, Yuan Shao felt as if someone had hammered his head heavily, making a buzzing sound.
"Hey! Heya!"
Yuan Shao cried out in annoyance. He really wanted to give himself two slaps as he roared,
"Cao Cao, I will dig up your ancestral grave!”
"Xu You, you bastard, you let Cao Cao attack Wuchao at night. Once my million rations are destroyed, I will definitely kill the two of you!”
Yuan Tan cupped his hands and said," Commander Father, Cao Cao attacked Wuchao. He must not have gone far. Let's go and support Wuchao!"”
Yuan Xi also said," Commander Father, once Wuchao's grain machinery is destroyed, the camp will only have three days 'worth of rations left. The army can't last long. Why don't we lead the army to chase after them and fight to the death with the Cao father and son!"”
"Yes, a battle to the death!"
Yuan Shang cupped his hands and said loudly.
Looking at the agitated crowd, Yuan Shao calmed down instead. He had spent his entire life in the military. After pondering for a moment, he said,
"What are you panicking about?"
"Although the rations are destroyed, my 400,000 strong army is still here. What can the Cao bandits do to me?”
"Think about it. Wuchao had 8,000 soldiers, but they were all wiped out in an instant. This means that all the elites of Cao Cao have gone to Wuchao.”
"Cao Cao's camp is empty!" Yuan Tan suddenly realized.”
"Not bad!"
Yuan Shao's eyes revealed a fierce glint." Pass on my order. Abandon Wuchao and move out with the three armies. I will personally lead the entire army to attack Cao Cao's camp!"”
"Understood!"
……
Yuan Shao brought his two sons and led the army towards Cao Cao's camp. The banners were fluttering in the wind, and the black mass was like a dark cloud that shrouded Cao Cao's camp...
Cao Cao's camp was just as Yuan Shao had expected.
Emptiness!
Yuan Shao rode on his horse and revealed a smile that he had not seen for a long time.
Whoosh!
Yuan Shao pulled out his sword and raised it high, shouting,"
"Charge!"
"Charge!"
Yuan Shao's army roared like wild beasts as they charged towards Cao Cao's camp.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
The hundreds of thousands of Yuan soldiers were like a giant, their aura soaring into the sky, wanting to swallow Cao Cao's camp!
"Yuan Jun is here!"
Cao Cao's sentries shouted, and the camp instantly panicked. They threw away their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.
Yuan Shao and his two sons revealed a smug expression at this moment, and shouted repeatedly,
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The army was a black mass, and they quickly entered Cao Cao's camp.
Suddenly!
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
Screams rang out as the vanguard army that was charging at the front was trapped in a huge trench in front of them. They were thrown off their horses and killed by the spikes in the trench!
Yuan Shao was suddenly stunned and looked around blankly.
At this moment.
"Hahahaha!"
A loud laugh came from the city defense. Cao Ren slowly walked out. In the blink of an eye, countless archers appeared around the city and aimed their arrows at the Yuan army.
Cao Hong shouted,"Yuan Shao, you've fallen into our ambush. Quickly dismount and die!"”
"Brothers, release the arrows!"
Following Cao Hong's order, arrows rained down like rain. Yuan's army was a black mass, but they were like giant beasts waiting to be slaughtered.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Yuan Shao's army was caught off guard and fell like wheat being harvested.
"There's an ambush! Retreat to Guandu Camp!!”
Yuan Shao's eyes were bloodshot as he roared in a hoarse voice.
"Retreat quickly!"
"Retreat quickly!"
"Retreat quickly!"
The morale of the aggressive army of hundreds of thousands was in chaos, and they had already been defeated!
In a valley in Guandu.
Yuan Shao was leading hundreds of thousands of troops in a frantic retreat when a soldier galloped over.
"My lord, my lord! Yu Jin led his army to attack our camp when we were unprepared!”
" What?!"
" What?!"
Yuan Shao's expression suddenly changed drastically as he roared,""Cao Cao, you and I are absolutely irreconcilable!!”
Boom!
Yuan Shao felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His entire person was already in a daze. His face turned red and then white, then white and then green, and his entire body could not stop trembling.
"Pfft! Puff!"
Yuan Shao spat out two mouthfuls of blood and was about to fall to the ground.
"Commander Father!"
"My lord!"
His two sons and a group of generals hurriedly went up to support him and found that Yuan Shao was already on the verge of death.
"Commander Father, let's fight to the death with that Cao thief.”"Yes, give the order, Commander Father." Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan said.
"No, retreat. Return to Jizhou." Yuan Shao said weakly.
"Retreat!" Yuan Jun shouted.
On the other side, Zhang He and Gao Lan were leading 30,000 Qinghe soldiers and engaging in a brutal battle with Cao Zheng's 5,000 soldiers.
The Qing River Soldiers were Yuan Shao's elite troops, and the Ghost Owl Army was Cao Zheng's personal guard. They were all made up of one in a hundred warriors.
However, under the leadership of Cao Zheng, Zhao Yun, and the other valiant generals, the Ghost Owl Army had suppressed the Qing River soldiers until they could not even lift their heads. Zhang He and Gao Lan had fought Cao Zheng alone, but they had been beaten so badly by Cao Zheng that they began to doubt their lives.
The Qing River soldiers were an elite force that Yuan Shao had formed when he first started his army in Jizhou, and their numbers had always been controlled at thirty thousand.
They did not expect that Cao Zheng's troops would be able to suppress them even if they fought against one person.
Therefore, the morale of the Qing River soldiers had begun to waver.
At the same time, the Ghost Owl Army had also suffered heavy losses. Their arrows had been used up, and they could only engage in close combat.
Cao Zheng's white robe was dyed red by blood.
Only 3,000 people were left who could fight.
The last time the Ghost Owl Army had suffered such heavy losses was when they were fighting against Lu Bu's wolf cavalry.
Zhang He still had 15,000 men left, which was five times more than Cao Zheng.
"Cao Zheng, I admit that you are indeed powerful in battle and that you use troops like a god, but today, you won't be able to escape even if you have wings.”Zhang He said fearlessly.
"Zhang He, don't be too happy. I'm afraid you're homeless now.”Cao Zheng mocked.
"What?" Zhang He was shocked.
"Reporting, reporting to the general, the lord has ordered the entire army to retreat to Jizhou.”The messenger hurriedly came forward to pass the order.
"Cao Zheng, even if I disobey orders today, I will drag you down with me. The three armies obeyed the order and killed Cao Zheng.”At this moment, Zhang He only wanted to get rid of Cao Zheng because he knew that if he did, Cao Cao would lose an arm and the Cao family would be embroiled in a fight for the position of Crown Prince.
Unfortunately, dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
"Zhang He, don't be so arrogant. Do you recognize me, Yu Jin?”
"And I, Cao Hong."
Suddenly, Yu Jin and Cao Hong led tens of thousands of troops to attack. When Cao Cao learned that Yuan Shao had sent two generals to attack Wuchao, Cao Cao had also sent troops to attack Yuan Shao's camp. Although Yuan Shao had ordered them to retreat, Cao Cao did not pursue them. Instead, he immediately sent troops to support Cao Zheng, who was guarding Wuchao.
Because Zhang He and Gao Lan had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, the Qinghe soldiers had surrendered and fled one after another in less than an hour after the sudden attack of tens of thousands of Cao troops. In the end, Zhang He and Gao Lan only brought less than 3,000 men to break out of the encirclement.
From then on, there was a saying in the Cao army," Ghost Owls are not strong enough to fight against 10,000.”
After this battle, Cao Zheng quickly replenished the Ghost Owl Army's soldiers and equipment.
As for training, it was the most direct training on the battlefield.
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