In the thick night, a fire rose into the sky. Cao Cao looked at the fires raging from all directions and couldn't help but smiled at the sky. The black camp was broken, and even if Yuan Shao had a million troops, what could he do without food and grass? The battle of Guandu was defeated.

That night, when Guo Jia heard that Xu You came to join Cao Cao, he immediately pointed out to Cao Cao that this was the best opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao. Xu You was originally an important counselor under Yuan Shao. If he was in charge of the important military situation of Yuan Shao's army, if he had his help, he would find out the loopholes in Yuan Shao's army, it would be easy to attack the heavy grain area of ​​Wuchao.

Cao Cao had some doubts about Xu You coming to surrender, but Guo Jia's explanation eliminated his doubts: Yuan Shao was ambitious and talented, and had no plans to make Xu You go to surrender. Xu You must have defected to Cao Cao because of the failure of internal struggle. Sure enough, after Xu You was welcomed by Cao Cao, he shamelessly explained to Cao Cao that he was harmed by the political enemy and could not come to surrender. When Cao Cao expressed his great joy to accept Xu You, Xu You indeed offered Cao Cao the plan to attack Wuchao as Guo Jia said, and told him his detailed sneak attack plan. After hearing this feasible plan, Cao Cao decided without hesitation that night that all the cavalrymen of the camp had 20,000 attacks Wuchao at night, leaving Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Guo Jia, Xun You, Jia Xu and others to lead infantry troops to guard the camp to prevent Yuan's attack.

All night, Cao Cao led his army to travel more than a hundred miles, and arrived in Wuchao late at night. After a little rest, he immediately launched a raid on the Wuchao defenders. The unprepared Wuchao defenders immediately exploded the camp, and the soldiers fled in scattered and failed to form a army. Even the chief general of the defender Chunyu Qiong was captured. Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to burn all the food and grass in Wuchao without any pity.

"Hahaha... After this battle, Hebei will not belong to your Yuan family!" Cao Cao looked at the scene of fire waves rolling towards the sky with a pride, and said with a long laugh.

At this time, Xiahou Dun rode his horse to Cao Cao and bowed and said, "Prime Minister, Wuchao has been broken. Should we go back to the camp? Yuan Shao did not send a large army to rescue Wuchao. Yuan Rang was worried that Yuan's army might have attacked our camp."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Yuan Rang, don't worry. There is Zi Xiao, Zi Lian garrison, Feng Xiao, Gongda (Xun You, name Gongda), and Wenhe (Jia Xu, name Wenhe) assisted him. Even if Yuan's army attacks, what's the point? Let's take a break and return to the army. Then we will cooperate with Zi Xiao and others inside and outside, and we can defeat Yuan's army in one fell swoop."

Two hours later, Cao Cao led his army back to Guandu and saw that Yuan Shao's general Zhang He was fighting fiercely with Cao's army guarding the camp, and immediately ordered the cavalry to launch an assault from behind. Under the attack from the front and back, Yuan Shao's army was defeated. The leading general Zhang He, Gao Lan had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao returned to the camp and dismounted, he found Guo Jia, grabbed Guo Jia's hand and said excitedly: "Fengxiao, Wuchao has been broken, Yuan Shao's army has no food, so he will definitely be defeated in this battle..."

Guo Jia immediately bowed to Cao Cao and said, "The lord is very talented and has great talent and strategy, and he can't defeat him with the help of God. Guo Jia hereby wishes the lord to pacify Hebei as soon as possible and unify the world!"

The rest of the people also bowed to Cao Cao with Guo Jia and shouted in unison: "I wish the lord a lord to pacify Hebei as soon as possible and unify the world!"

"Hahahaha..." Cao Cao smiled loudly with his beard.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran into the camp and came to Cao Cao. He turned over and dismounted, knelt down on the ground, took out a book of documents and raised his hands: "Prime Minister, Wancheng urgently reported!"

Could something happened in Wancheng again? Cao Cao was puzzled. He took the document and opened it. His expression, which was originally inspiring, gradually became gloomy.

"Prime Minister, what's going on in Wancheng?" Guo Jia asked when he saw Cao Cao's face change drastically.

Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Man Chong wrote a letter to report that Cai Yang was on the way to Wancheng to carry food and grass. Because he learned about Liu Bei and Guan Yu's whereabouts, he led his troops to chase him, but he was defeated and Cai Yang was killed!"

"What?" The generals around Cao Cao couldn't believe it. Cai Yang was a long-time general in Cao Cao's army, a famous sword master in the world. His sword skills were extremely sophisticated. Although he was over 60 years old, his bravery remained unabated in his prime. Even Xu Chu, the most powerful general in Cao Cao's army, dared not say that he could defeat Cai Yang. Many generals in the army had a teacher-student friendship with Cai Yang. Now that he heard that Cai Yang was killed in battle, all the generals were shocked.

Guo Jia frowned and asked, "General Cai died at the hands of Guan Yu!" Guo Jia expressed the questions in the hearts of many people next to him.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "According to the reports of the escaped soldiers, Cai Yang had already surrounded Liu Bei and Guan Yu. When he was about to kill him, Liu Bei's reinforcements suddenly arrived and rescued Liu Bei's brothers, and the generals even killed Cai Yang!"

"Who is this person?" Xiahou Yuan, who was standing beside him, couldn't help asking.

"Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide!"

"It turned out to be him!" Everyone was in an uproar. It seemed that what Guan Yu said that day was true, and Zhang Fei was indeed able to capture the head of the general among thousands of troops.

Guo Jia thought for a while and asked, "Lord, can you tell me where General Cai Yang fought with Zhang Fei?"

Cao Cao looked carefully at the document and replied: "300 miles southeast of Wancheng, near a small county called Gucheng."

Guo Jia frowned and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the person who led the army to defeat Zhang Xiu in the previous period was most likely Zhang Fei. I just don't know if the person who used the plan in the previous period was Zhang Fei himself, or had other experts to help him. If it was really Zhang Fei's plan, then this person would be both wise and brave, and he would be able to be a strong enemy of our army."

After hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said, "Now Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have reunited. With the ability of these three people, it can be said that they are my confidant. Fengxiao thought that if we need to send a large army to conquer immediately?"

Guo Jia did not directly answer Cao Cao's question, but asked: "Prime Minister, which general do you think our army can be led by a safe victory over Liu Bei?"

Cao Cao thought for a moment and shook his head silently. Guo Jia continued: "If you want to defeat Liu Bei, the lord must be in charge of the army. But the most urgent task at present is to take advantage of Yuan Shao's army's opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao. After pacifying Hebei, the lord can lead a large army to conquer Liu Bei, and then he can go down in one go."

Cao Cao lowered his head and walked forward a few steps, suddenly raised his head suddenly, and said decisively: "What Fengxiao said is so much, let Liu Bei be free for a few days first. All the generals obey the order!"

"The last general is here!" All the generals in the army responded together.

"Immediately return to the camp and resume the army. When the sky is dawn, the decisive battle with Yuan Shao!"

"Get orders!"

Cao Cao returned to the tent alone, picked up the documents in his hand and looked at them again, sighing softly: "... Guan Yu, Zhang Fei... How lucky you are to have such a good general! "

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In the lobby of the Gucheng County Government, the eldest brother sat upright in the main seat in the hall. The second brother, I, Sun Gan, Jian Yong, Chen Zhen, Liao Hua, Lin Bao and others sat on both sides in order. Today's discussion is to discuss the future development trends of our army.

Three days ago, the day after my elder brother returned, I handed over all the wealth and power to my elder brother. My elder brother took over the financial power, but ordered me to continue to take charge of the army. However, under my request, I still handed over the sword and shield infantry "Wolf Fang Camp" to my second brother to take over, while the spear infantry "Tiger Spear" and "Bear Spear" second battalions, and the "Wind Cavalry Camp" of the Light Cavalry Army is still under my control. Although I believe that the brotherhood of our three brothers is unbreakable, the two brothers should not have any suspicion about me. But if I really have the military power alone, it will inevitably cause gossip in the future. To avoid right and wrong, it is better to disperse the military power.
Chapter completed!