The fires of Wuchao camp soared into the sky, and the sound of killing moved the earth.

"Get out of the camp to repel Cao's army. Zhu Yuanjin led 2,000 cavalry on the left, Han Juzi led 2,000 cavalry on the right, Zhao Rui and our general led other infantry to the center, work together to force this Cao army to retreat and defend the granary!"

Chunyu Qiong, who had not yet completely retreated, led 20,000 troops to fight out of the camp, entangled with Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's cavalry, and started a hand-to-hand battle with bayonets. For a moment, bloody storms and meat flew everywhere.

The Cao army was elite and Yuan soldiers were numerous, and it was difficult to decide the outcome for a while. Under the shaking torches, people fell to the ground and died from time to time, and then their limbs were trampled on by war horses.

Just as Chunyu Qiong, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu were entangled, Le Jin's six thousand troops rushed from Qingshe Ridge to the west gate of Wuchao Camp, quietly lit the firewood he carried and threw it into the camp. Soon, a raging fire broke out on the west side of Wuchao Camp.

"The archers shoot with all their might and shoot Cao's soldiers back. The people from the Daoshishi Camp will go to Wuchaoze to get water to put out the fire!"

The guard general Su You sent crossbowmen to shoot outside and retreated Cao's army close to the camp, while organizing troops to put out the fire and save food. If the fire burned bigger and bigger, the entire Wuchao granary would turn into ashes.

Just as Le Jin's men and Su You's guards were shooting each other with bows and crossbows, a reinforcement suddenly came from behind with the banner of Cao's army. The flag was flying, and the word "Cao" was written in large letters. With the moonlight, it was clear that the team was wearing Cao's armor.

"It's great. Cao Gong's reinforcements have arrived. Brothers are working hard to move forward and rush to open the camps to make the fire stronger!"

Le Jin mistakenly thought that Cao Cao was leading his troops to come, and he moved forward with an iron knife in his hand, urging his troops to attack the camp in an attempt to break in, burning the fire more violently, and turning the granary of Wuchao into a sea of ​​fire.

"Kill Cao's Bing!"

After joining Cao's army, Guo Huai took the lead in taking off Cao's army's clothes, stabbed two Cao's soldiers to death with a halberd, and called on the soldiers behind him to move forward bravely.

With Guo Huai's leadership, the Bingzhou army, which had been holding back for a long time, rushed towards Le Jin's troops like a tiger descending the mountain. Wherever they went, there were piles of corpses.

Le Jin's troops were killed off guard and lost more than 2,000 people. The military strength gradually disappeared. He retreated towards Guanyi Avenue, preparing to meet with Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's cavalry and make a comeback.

Su You saw two Cao soldiers in the camp merged into the fire. I don’t know why?

In amazement, Yuan Mai sent someone to shout loudly: "We are here to help Wuchao under the order of Yuan Gong. Open the door quickly and let us enter the camp!"

Just when Su You was hesitating, Yuan Mai ordered the soldiers to take off the Cao army clothes outside, revealing the Yuan army armor inside, so that the defenders inside could see clearly. Su You just believed that this was a reinforcement from Guandu, so he hurriedly ordered the door to open and let Yuan Mai and others enter the camp.

"The Cao army is coming in full force and needs to transfer the food and grass quickly. General Su leads troops to block the Cao army from the south. We transfer the food to Guandu camp!"

As soon as Yuan Maikong entered the camp, under the escort of Zhu Gong Dao, he directed the soldiers to load the unburned grain on the carriage and transport it to the bank of the Yellow River.

Seeing that the situation was critical, the fire in Wuchao became increasingly large. If it was not transferred in time, it would be burned completely. So he had to nod. "Since that's the case, I'll send food and grass. I will lead my troops to the south gate to block Cao's army!"

After handing over the important task of rescuing food and grass to this group of reinforcements from Guandu, Su You gathered his troops and rushed to the south gate to block the Lejin troops and Wuchao camp who came from Qingsheling. Yuan Mai temporarily took over.

"Hurry, load the grain and transport it to the bank of the Yellow River!"

The situation was critical, and Yuan Mai didn't care about his identity. He personally took action, grabbed the sack of food in the tent, carried it on his shoulders, and threw it into the carriage.

"Oh... Just supervise on the side, please let Zhou Cang and I come!"

Zhu Gongdao had a pack of grain under a crouching nest, loading the car like the wind, and calling Yuan Mai to stop. How could the dignified governor do this cool work?

Yuan Mai threw a bag of grain on the carriage, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and gasped: "The situation is urgent, I don't care about so much. Everyone is working harder. If they can snatch out some grain, they will be swallowed up by the fire if they act too late!"

Seeing the governor leading the way, the Bingzhou army was greatly encouraged, and everyone was fighting for the first place and each made efforts. In less than half an hour, more than a thousand carriages were filled, and then Zhou Cang led two thousand cavalry to escort to the bank of the Yellow River, handed it to Xu Sheng, and then transported to the north bank of the Yellow River.

After seeing off Zhou Cang, Yuan Mai found that there were still six or seven hundred carriages in the camp, which were used to transport food to Guandu. He immediately led his troops to control them, drove the guards to the side to put out the fire, and led the troops to continue loading the car.

After half an hour, six or seven hundred carriages were loaded again, so Guo Huai led 2,000 people to the bank of the Yellow River, handed it to Xu Sheng, and then returned to help the battle.

Yuan Shao saw the fire in the direction of Wuchao from afar, and couldn't help but be shocked. He hurriedly summoned all civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures: "Unexpectedly, the Cao thief was so fast, and it seemed that the direction of Wuchao had been attacked by Cao's army. What if it did?"

Feng Ji Jin said: "Cao's army attacked Wuchao, and the camp would inevitably be empty. Zhang He and the two generals Gao Lan led their troops to rob the camp and attack Cao Cao's rear. This is a strategy to 'surround Wei and save Zhao'. When Cao's army saw that there was a mistake in the rear, they would inevitably retreat!"

According to Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao ordered Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead 15,000 people to march southward and rushed to the Cao army camp ten miles away.

After Zhang He and the other generals Gao Lan left, Wen Chou asked to send troops to support Wuchao: "I am afraid that Chunyu Qiong will not be able to defend the important land of Wuchao. If there is any loss, the food and grass will be destroyed, and the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken. Please ask Mr. Yuan to assign me a soldier and go to rescue Wuchao!"

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement with Wen Chou's request and assigned him eight thousand cavalry and ten thousand infans to rush to Wuchao as quickly as possible to retreat to the enemy and protect the food and grass.

In the Wuchao camp, there was a fire, and the battle was still going on.

While leading troops to rescue food, Yuan Mai organized troops to shoot arrows outside the camp to prevent Cao's army from approaching.

More than an hour later, Zhou Cang led the cavalry to drive more than a thousand carriages back to Wuchao and continued to grab grain. Yuan Mai commanded the soldiers to load the car with all their strength. In less than half an hour, they reloaded more than a thousand carriages and transported them north again.

Cao's army had six troops. Except for Xiahou Dun being killed and retreated by Zhang Liao, three teams of Cao Chun, Le Jin and Li Tong had already arrived in Wuchao and were in a melee with Chunyu Qiong's team. Only Xu Huang and Cao Cao had never arrived.

Xu Huang's team walked on Huanghuagang, and the road was only three miles away from Yuan Shang's camp. After being seen by the patrol scouts, they gave military information to Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang guessed that Xu Huang might be going to attack Wuchao. He hurriedly led 15,000 troops from the headquarters to attack Xu Huang.

Xu Huang had few soldiers, but elite; Yuan had many soldiers and had slightly inferior combat power. The two teams fought together, and it was difficult to decide the winner for a while, so Xu Huang's team was difficult to reach Wuchao for a while.

Because Cao Cao's men detoured by Fengqiu, the farthest of the six roads, he arrived just when it was almost dawn. He saw a group of men transporting food and grass out of the fire. He hurriedly launched a surprise attack and shot the arrows tied with torches into the camp.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao divided his troops and was in a fierce manner.

Chunyu Qiong, Su You and others were all entangled and could not meet the enemy. Cao Cao's troops were about to enter the camp. Yuan Mai had no choice but to give up the grain transfer temporarily and go to the east to block the gate of the village to avoid being rushed in by Cao's army and causing greater losses.

At the critical moment, fortunately, Zhang Liao led his troops back from Chishuitan.

With a drum sound, he covered the enemy from behind Cao Cao. Cao's army was attacked from both sides and could only turn around and fight Zhang Liao's troops first. After repelling Zhang Liao, he would turn around and burn grain.

Zhang Liao's arrival gave Yuan Mai time to continue to rescue the food and grass, and moved the unburned grain from the camp to the wilderness. After waiting for the carriage escorted by Guo Huai to return, loading it again to the bank of the Yellow River.

After several consecutive transportations, the Bingzhou army snatched a total of 300,000 stones of grain and 150,000 stones of grass from Wuchao Camp; the remaining grain and grass were eventually unable to be rescued and were swallowed by the increasingly prosperous fire.

When the sky was hazy, Wuchao Camp turned into a sea of ​​fire, illuminating the entire sky.

The food and grass that should be robbed had been rescued. Seeing that Zhang Liao's army was in a tough battle, Yuan Mai led his 4,000 troops to the south, joining forces with Zhang Liao to fight with the most elite troops under Cao Cao.

This Cao army has the advantage in numbers, and the real tiger and leopard cavalry is assisted. There are also fierce generals like Xu Chu and Cao Zhang galloping around. Although the Bingzhou army fought with all their might, it was difficult to gain the upper hand.

During the hard battle, the horns in the rear sounded long, and Wen Chou led 8,000 cavalry to come, swept over, and quickly entered the battlefield.

After obtaining powerful reinforcements, the Bingzhou army immediately gained the upper hand and launched a fierce attack on Cao's army.

"The Wuchao has been burned out, withdraw the troops!"

Seeing the Yuan army's reinforcements coming one after another, Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of troops.

I don’t know how much food was burned in the chaos. Anyway, the Wuchao camp had been destroyed, and the soldiers of the three armies had tried their best. The rest could only be done by others and the result was God!

On another battlefield, Wuchao's general Chunyu Qiong fell down on a horse because he was drunk and was dismembered from his body.

Yuanjin was cut off by Lejin, and Zhao Rui was shot to death by Cao Xiu. More than 20,000 Yuan soldiers began to show signs of defeat. Han Juzi saw that the Wuchao camp had been burned into a sea of ​​fire, so he led his troops to retreat westward and collected defeated soldiers.

Cao Chun, Le Jin and others did not chase after him. They rushed to the east to join Cao Cao's troops, and tried their best to kill Wen Chou and Bingzhou troops, and retreated to their camp along the road of Qingsheling.

Just when Wuchao was fighting hard, Cao Cao's base camp also shook the sky.

Zhang He and the other generals Gao Lan led the order and led their troops to Cao's camp, hoping to turn the situation around, turn the tide and support the generals.

However, Cao's army had been ambushing, digging secret passages on both sides of the camp, burying five or six thousand archers, waiting for the strings. After watching Yuan's army approach, he gave an order, and the arrows were fired at once. The thunder chariots in the camp smashed. Yuan's army was killed and injured, and he was unable to rush into the Cao's camp.

While Cao Ren and Li Dian gathered their elite forces to fight against Zhang He with all their might. Wang Shuang led the White Feather Cavalry to come quietly from behind Cao's camp.

He didn't dare to charge against Cao's camp. This was a matter of losing troops and losing generals. Even if the entire team was involved, he might not be able to rush into Cao's camp.

But as Yuan Mai told me before, he circled the Cao camp and shot arrows in circles and shot rockets with flammable materials at the Cao army's tent. Soon, the firelights in the Cao army camp were everywhere, and the tents shot by the rockets burned one after another.

After succeeding, Wang Shuang did not dare to fight, so he led his troops to retreat eastward to the agreed bank of the Yellow River to meet with the main force of the Bingzhou Army. As for how much this fire could burn Cao's camp, it was still a saying: planning depends on people and accomplishing things is in heaven!

Seeing that Cao's camp did not come out as Feng Ji predicted, but had already ambushed. Zhang He and Gao Lan lost nearly 10,000 troops and still could not step into Cao's camp. However, the flag of Cao's army had already floated behind him.

"General Junyi, Cao's army who robbed food has returned, please withdraw quickly!"

Gao Lan realized that he was about to be attacked by front and back, so he hurriedly called Zhang He to retreat.

Zhang, the second-year general of Gao, led his troops northward for four or five miles, and met the main force of Cao's army who had retreated from Wuchao, facing a narrow road. Cao Ren rushed to chase him from behind, and Yuan's army was immediately attacked from both sides and died countless times.

Zhang He and the second general Gao Lan broke through with all their might, and eventually led more than 7,000 people to kill the siege. The rest of the men were killed and captured, and the 30,000 men lost about 23,000, which was a disastrous defeat.

At dawn, various war reports were reported to Yuan Shao's camp.

On the Wuchao side, the chief general Chunyu Qiong and the partial general Zhu Yuanjin, Zhao Rui was killed. More than 22,000 defenders died, and only more than 7,000 defeated soldiers were left. They were collected by Su You and Han Juzi and defected to Yuan Shang.

The Wuchao camp was swallowed up by the fire and it was flat ground. As for how much food and grass was lost, due to the sudden joining of the Bingzhou Legion, some food and grass were rescued. The losses were not yet known and we still need to wait for Yuan Mai to report.

Wen Chou's reinforcements also injured more than 3,000 people in the melee with Cao's army. Zhang He, who implemented the "surround Wei and save Zhao", and Gao Lan and the other two returned in dismay. Only 7,000 troops were left. They are currently stationed ten miles southeast of Guandu Daying, waiting for orders.

Before the statistics were completed, Yuan Jun lost 50,000 troops in this battle, and the food and grass were even more lost. This made Yuan Shao very angry and fainted on the ground.

The doctor was busy for a while, Yuan Shao woke up slowly, lay on the bed and gritted his teeth and said, "Our army suffered such heavy losses. I wonder what the Cao army suffered? Zhang He and Gao Lan attacked Caozhai and killed many Cao soldiers?"

Xun Chen advised from the side: "My lord is lenient. This is a hand-to-hand battle. The situation of Cao's army will definitely not be much better. You will know the casualties of Cao's army in a day or two. You don't have to worry so much!"

Yuan Shaoqiang was energetic, sat up and drank a bowl of sweet porridge, and his spirit improved a little. He glanced at the civil and military staff and said, "Zhang He, Gao Lan sneaked into Cao's camp, but it would be fine if he didn't succeed. Why did he lose so much force? He ordered the two of them to see me at the camp!"
Chapter completed!