Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

These are...Gao Lan looked at the direction of the defeated army, and a bad feeling rose in his heart, "Look at that direction... Could it be that General Wen Chou was defeated?"

"What's going on in front?" Yuan Shao in the rear also noticed those defeated troops, so he stood up from the car and looked into the distance.

When the figure got closer, Gao Lan finally confirmed that it was indeed a soldier under Wen Chou's command!

The defeated army who fled back in a panic cried out when they saw their main force, "General! General Wen Chou died so miserable!"

"General Wen Chou led us to break through Cao Jun's camp! Cao Jun threw away his helmets and armor, and food was thrown everywhere..."

"We were defeated by Cao Jun's ambush, and General Wen Chou was beheaded by a red-faced general of Cao Jun!"

"The enemy army is cunning, using food, supplies, and soldiers as bait, and our army accidentally caught the enemy in an ambush... Our army was defeated, General!"

Like Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Gao Lan, who is also known as one of the four court pillars in Hebei, had to hunt down several soldiers before he could find out the reason for the defeat.

Knowing that Wen Chou's [-]-strong army was defeated again because of underestimating the enemy, and he himself was beheaded by the enemy... Gao Lan was shocked, and hurried to Yuan Shao to report.

"My lord, it's not good!"

Gao Lan galloped to Yuan Shao's car, and reported: "General Wen Chou was ambushed by Cao Jun, and the [-] troops returned in a disastrous defeat. He himself was beheaded by General Cao!"

Yuan Shao was shocked, subconsciously shook his right hand, pulled out a few beards on his chin, and immediately grinned in pain...

But he didn't have time to care about the pain in his jaw now, because the heartache was more intense.

"Gao Lan, what are you talking about!!!"

"My lord, Vanguard suffered a disastrous defeat, and General Wen Chou died in battle, my lord!" Gao Lan cried out in pain.

"Ah! Wen Chou misunderstood me! Wen Chou misunderstood me!" Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and sighed.

At this time Xu You hurriedly said: "My lord, although Wen Chou is dead, we still have Zhang Xi and Gao Lan, two generals with both civil and military skills. Our top priority is to stabilize the morale of the army. My lord, we must not let our minds get distracted first!"

After Xu You opened his mouth, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others also all consoled him, "My lord, we are still waiting for the main force. It is not a big problem for the vanguard to lose some people. Please don't hurt your body because of anger. We will wait for the whole army to fight again." The battle is!"

Under everyone's persuasion, Yuan Shao finally calmed down.

But there was Yan Liang first and then Wen Chou, and the head of the chief general became someone else's meritorious service, and a full 20 army was defeated one after another.

How could Yuan Shao bear this tone?

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers plummeted, Yuan Shao's small universe broke out again at the critical moment, "Command! Let me, Yuan Shao, be the vanguard and lead the troops southward to attack Cao Cao!"

Yuan Shao made a decisive decision, set an example by himself, and immediately reversed his own decline!

The pillar of the three armies, the incomparably noble Yuan Shao is willing to be the vanguard!His behavior not only quickly stabilized the morale of the army, but also brought the already low morale back to its peak.

Gao Lan was infected by his lord's arrogance, and immediately shouted desperately:

"Master is mighty!"

The soldiers also shouted:

"The general is mighty!"

"The general is mighty!"

Xu You looked at Yuan Shao who was shining with golden light like a god at this moment, and couldn't help admiring in his heart: "This is the wise lord I follow!"

......

Cao Ying, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Yuan Shao learned that Wen Chou was defeated, so he proclaimed himself a vanguard and led the army south... Everyone, how do you think about it?"

At this time, Xun Yu stood up first and said, "My lord, Yuan Shao took the risk himself, but it was also a great encouragement. Yuan Jun is now in full swing. I think it is better to let General Xiahou fight and retreat instead of fighting with him." Front Yuan Jun is sharp."

Xi Zhicai also stood up and said, "My lord, my subordinates agree with Wen Ruo's words. General Xiahou can fight while retreating. He can use strategic depth to buy time and drain the morale of Yuan's army."

Cao Cao hadn't made up his mind yet, so he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "What do you think of Fengxiao?"

Guo Jia came out, clasped his hands and replied: "My lord, my subordinates also think that we should avoid his edge. And after Yuan Shao's battle line is stretched, it will also be beneficial to us."

"Tell me!"

"Yuan Shao goes deep into our hinterland, and the supply line is bound to become lengthy and fragile. Our army can go to the rear with a flexible force to harass Yuan Jun's grain road... Once he can destroy his grain transportation once or twice, Yuan Shao's 40 army will definitely suffer. That said, morale plummeted."

"Attacking the enemy's Liang Dao must be bold, careful, wise and brave... It's a pity that Wen Zhang has to deal with the Runan Yellow Turban, otherwise sending him should be the best choice.

Cao Cao regretted that Wei Yan had done this kind of thing before, but Wei Yan is far away in Runan now, and it was too late to dispatch him.

How did Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others receive Cao Cao's words?

But before Zhao Yun and others came forward, Guo Jia suddenly said to Cao Cao: "My lord, I do have a very suitable candidate, but..."

Cao Cao was a little anxious, and said: "When is this, Feng Xiao, you have something to say directly!"

"But this person is currently working as a shadow guard, and he doesn't have a specific official position. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public..."

Only then did the generals realize that Guo Jia wanted to recommend a newcomer.

"Who is it? If he really has such abilities, it doesn't matter if I promote him as a general now!"

Lu Yan already knew who Guo Jia was talking about, and he thought a little amusedly in his heart: "Gan Ning, Gan Ning, after all, you still can't be a flower protector."

Sure enough, Guo Jia opened his mouth and said: "This man's surname is Gan, his name is Ning, and his style name is Xingba. He once helped Liu Ziyang and Qiangyu defeat Sun Ce when they were in Lujiang!"

"Gan Ning???" Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard the words, and muttered to himself, "Why do I feel this name is so familiar?"

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao suddenly remembered something, then looked at Lu Yan, and asked, "Sir, is this Gan Ning one of the four generals you sent someone to look for?"

Lu Yan grinned, cupped his hands and said, "Back to Mr. Cao, this is the man!"

"Ha!" Cao Cao was immediately overjoyed, but then complained: "Oh! Mr. Lu, Guo Fengxiao, how can you two put such a talent in the shadow? Isn't this an overkill!"

Lu Yan said with some dumbfounding: "There is actually a story in it...but it's a long story, we'll talk about it in detail later. In short, Gan Ning voluntarily stayed in the Shadow Guard, and I want him to be the general , he also refused..."

"Then...will he help us this time?"

"That depends on Duke Cao's sincerity!" Guo Jia smiled and continued, "Gan Ning is in the camp now, my lord, you can convince him later."

It has been a long time since Cao Cao experienced such a moment of respect for a corporal, and now he has a long-lost excitement in his heart.

"Okay, I'll go find Gan Ning later, and I must persuade him to become an official and take over this important task!"

Chapter 214

I don't know how Lao Cao persuaded Gan Ning,

Anyway, after Lao Cao stayed in Gan Ning's camp for more than an hour, Gan Ning took over the mission that Lao Cao arranged for him, although this mission was extremely dangerous...

Outside the camp,

Gan Ning specifically found Zhao Xue, and explained to Zhao Xue that he accepted the task of harassing Yuan Jun's grain road.

After listening to Gan Ning's speech, Zhao Xue not only did not accept Cao Cao's task because of Gan Ning bypassing him, but also showed a faint smile on his face, and said: "Master, you should hold a three-foot sword, and you will be an invincible man!" Gong. You have outstanding abilities, and you shouldn't be nestled in my little shadow guard Ting Ziying!"

Gan Ning couldn't move his eyes from Zhao Xue's smile.

This is the second time Gan Ning saw her smile, the first time Gan Ning followed Zhao Xue back to Chenliu and saw Lu Yan and Guo Jia...

"Is it just outstanding? It seems that you haven't fully understood the ability of me, Gan!" Gan Ning folded his arms around his chest, stared at Zhao Xue's cold face, and continued: "Some people love Jiangshan, but There are also people who love beautiful women..."

Zhao Xue knew Gan Ning's intentions, but she had never considered the matter of men and women before, and Gan Ning was so straightforward, so Zhao Xue was caught off guard and subconsciously dodged.

But when it comes to business, Zhao Xue immediately regained Qiangyu's calmness and shrewdness, "Prime Minister Cao has assigned you an extremely important task..."

After a pause, Zhao Xue finally expressed the worry in her heart, "Your original 800 old troops plus the [-] fine cavalry allocated to you by the prime minister, there are only [-] people, which is far from enough...

Otherwise, I will talk to my husband now and ask him to add some more troops to you..."

Zhao Xue's words made Gan Ning happier the more he listened, and he said with joy in his heart: "I have begun to know how to care about me! It's really not in vain that I, Gan Xingba, have a deep love for you!"

Zhao Xue seemed to see through Gan Ning's mind, and couldn't help but say: "Let's talk about business, don't interrupt!"

"Okay! You continue!"

Zhao Xue went on to say: "I'll go to my husband to ask for mercy and ask him to allocate another thousand cavalry to you. It would be great if General Zhao or General Xiahou could go with you."

After Zhao Xue finished speaking, she was about to turn around and look for Lu Yan, but Gan Ning reached out and grabbed her forearm and said, "No, I have [-] elite cavalry, which is enough!"

Zhao Xue broke free from Gan Ning's 'claw' lightly, with even more worry on her face, she said: "But Yuan Shao has several hundred thousand people!"

"Although Yuan Shao has a lot of people, most of them are on the front line, and there are so many guards in the rear who are responsible for delivering food."

"But 800 people are too few after all..."

Gan Ning suddenly grinned and said, "Give me a chance to perform alone.

If I can successfully complete the task this time, I can bring this great achievement to propose marriage to Lu Huqiu and Guo Jijiu. "

"Propose marriage, what kind of marriage..." Zhao Xue couldn't help showing a little blush on her cold face, and said, "Go as you please, but remember to ensure the safety of yourself and the soldiers."

Reminiscing about the shocking glimpse just now, Gan Ning couldn't help swallowing, and murmured, "It's killing me!"

Seeing Gan Ning being so frivolous, Zhao Xue suddenly turned around and left in embarrassment, ignoring Gan Ning.

Gan Ning, however, still kept his arms folded, with a carefree posture, quietly looking at Zhao Xue's back, and said to himself: "You have a good figure, you're very fertile!"

Seeing Zhao Xue walking away, Gan Ning was about to turn around and leave to gather his former subordinates.

After walking dozens of steps, Zhao Xue stopped suddenly, turned her back to Gan Ning and said, "The journey is difficult and dangerous, please take care of yourself all the way."

After speaking, Zhao Xue left directly.

Gan Ning smiled, and said to himself again: "What a cold-blooded bitch, this is a mission of my life!

Eh!Not to mention giving a warm hug, just a word of care and it was dismissed..."

......

Besides, Yuan Shao personally led the main force to go south, heading straight for Xiahouyuan's first camp.

The disparity in the strength of the two sides was too great, and Yuan Shao personally boosted the morale of the vanguard. Xia Houyuan, Huang Zhong, and Guan Yu could not resist his edge, so they could only fight and retreat.

Yuan Shao's army broke through Xiahouyuan's four camps consecutively in one day, and it was because it was getting late that they did not continue to attack.

Xia Houyuan couldn't resist Yuan Shao's army, so he could only send a messenger overnight to report the situation he encountered to Cao Cao.

In Cao Jun's camp.

Cao Cao handed over the letter from Xia Houyuan to Lu Yan.

After Lu Yan read it, he handed it to Guo Jia, and everyone took turns to read the letter silently.

Knowing that Yuan Shao led an army of 40 troops to attack Xiahouyuan's four camps one after another, the atmosphere in the central army tent was extremely solemn.

Seeing that everyone had read the letter, Cao Cao asked aloud, "Yuan Shao's 40 yuan is approaching, how should we win?"

win?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, silent.

Cao Cao originally had much fewer soldiers than Yuan Shao, and later divided up 3 troops to attack Hanoi.Now all the soldiers of Yuanwu and Guandu can be counted as a hundred thousand, while Yuan Shao on the opposite side has a full army of 40. If he can remain undefeated, he will be considered a high-spirited man. Want to win?Easier said than done!

Everyone was silent, even Xi Zhicai and other counselors were all frowning at the moment.

In this atmosphere, Cao Cao's heart became somewhat lacking in confidence.

At this time, he responded with a sentence, "In the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks are in vain!"

Lu Yan's eyes drifted to everyone, and seeing that everyone was afraid to speak, he had no choice but to stand up and be the brick-thrower who threw bricks to attract jade.

"Mr. Cao, Yuan Shao is very powerful. It is not appropriate for me to divide up the troops and give him a chance to defeat each other." Lu Yan's words successfully attracted everyone's attention to himself.

Seeing that Cao Cao was also looking at him, Lu Yan continued: "Yuan Shao's army can't afford to spend a long time.

His goal is very clear, that is to break through Guandu as quickly as possible, and take Chen Liu and Xuchang directly.

Although Guandu is a plain, it is surrounded by dense water networks.Moreover, Guandukou is bordered by Guandu River to the north, Zhongmuze to the east, and Putianze to the west. It is surrounded by water on three sides.

In the middle, there is only a place about a few miles wide and about twenty miles long for Yuan Jun to attack from the front.Such terrain is more conducive to our army's use of limited troops to deploy defenses, and to offset Yuan's advantage of having a large number of troops.

Therefore, I think we should garrison all our troops at Guandu, and start a tug-of-war and protracted war with Yuan Shao at Guandu. "

Lu Yan's analysis almost described Guandu's geographical advantages to the extreme.

Liu Bei raised his head slightly to look at Lu Yan, and said in his heart, "Listening to the master's analysis of the battle situation is really enlightening!"

Lu Yan's words gradually made everyone feel at ease.

If he can still fight Yuan Shao for a long time, it means that there is still hope for his side.

Just as Lu Yan finished speaking, Guo Jia also stood up, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, perhaps many people think that we cannot resist Yuan Shao.

However, the subordinates thought that our army would win this battle! "