Everyone's emotions gradually merged into the story played in the sky's light curtain,
[Chasing the deer in the Central Plains
In the autumn of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Cao Cao's father Cao Song came to Cao Cao and was killed by troops sent by Tao Qian. Cao Cao then marched into Xu Province to expand his power to the southeast. Tao Qian retreated to Tan County. Soon Cao Cao's army supplies will be exhausted and the surrounding troops will be withdrawn.
In the summer of the next year, Cao Cao conquered Xu Province again and occupied the territory to Donghai. Cao Cao During the Xu Province campaign, there was a mass killing. Along the way, "All the chickens and dogs were gone, and there were no more people walking in the ruins." Dong Commandery guard Chen Gong was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, so he and Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao, Zhonglang Xu Si and Wang Kai conspired in the rebellion and welcomed Lü Bu as Governor of Yan Province. (Lü Bu was a famous general at that time. He first served as a general under Dong Zhuo, and later made a plan with Wang Yun to kill Dong Zhuo.)]
Seeing this, gasps of air-conditioning could be heard from everywhere in the Douluo Continent. Even though we already had a general understanding of the world in the picture, human life was insignificant, but now we saw that Cao Cao just wanted to avenge his father, but directly ordered the massacre of Xu Province's entire state. His cruel character still made everyone on the Douluo Continent unable to help but feel cold-hearted!
"Hiss! This Cao Cao is too cruel, isn't it?!"
"Yes! To massacre an entire state because of your own personal vendetta, this, this is simply a massacre on earth, even more terrifying than Evil Soul Master in our world!"
"Such a villain! I was blind before and yet I worship him, bah!"
"'I would rather let the world down than let the world down me... I finally understand what it means! In the eyes of such a person, human life is probably nothing!"
"... For some reason, I always feel that Cao Cao's massacre of Xu Province is not just to avenge his father as it seems on the surface. After all, judging from Cao Cao's current performance, he definitely aims at the emperor's position. In the world of ordinary people, carrying the reputation of killing people alone, doesn't it deviate from his ambition?!"
"Xu Province, aristocratic family, noble... ah, another boring political fight, but it's a pity that countless civilians died because of it!"
Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City, under the open-air tent and in front of the herbal tea stall,
Ice Empress looked at the massacre of Xu Province ordinary people by the soldiers on the light screen, and couldn't help sighing, "Tsk, tsk, if you want to say it, you humans are still ruthless. You are really cruel to attack the same kind of people!"
"I don't know how you guys like this can have the confidence to call us Soul Beast beasts. Tsk tsk, at least you have never seen us Soul Beast, no, not even ordinary beasts, massacre the same kind so crazily!"
In response to Ice Empress's ridicule, at this moment, both Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan couldn't help but lower their heads. At this moment, even they couldn't help but think in their hearts, human beings call themselves civilized creatures, where is the civilization??
As for Yu Bai, he simply ignored Ice Empress's staring eyes and drank tea calmly. However, at this moment, Yu Bai sighed secretly in his heart,
"No matter how history books and storybooks glorify war, war is war, and it has always been a manifestation of human beings' ugly desires!"
"Humans can be the most Kindness angels in the world; they can also be said to be the most disabled Evil Ghosts in the world!"
"The complicated human heart is always the most terrifying thing! Even now, I have to shy away from it..."
Above the light curtain, the picture continues to play,
[At that time, only Fan and Dong'e counties, Juancheng and Dong Commandery, were still under the control of Cao Cao, respectively controlled by Sima Xun Yu and Shouzhang ordered Cheng Yu, Administrator of Dong Commandery Xiahou Dun and others to hold on. The situation is extremely critical. Cao Cao rushed back from Xu Province. Hearing that Lü Bu was stationed at Puyang, he marched to besiege Puyang. The two armies were in a stalemate for more than a hundred days. When the locust plague broke out, the two sides ceased fighting and the Cao Cao army returned Juancheng. At this time, Cao Cao lost Yan Province and had run out of military rations. Yuan Shao sent someone to persuade Cao Cao to surrender to him and let Cao Cao move his family to Ye County as a hostage. Cao Cao originally planned to agree to Yuan Shao, but thanks to Cheng Yu's dissuasion, Cao Cao gave up the idea.
In the second year of Xingping (195), Cao Cao organized his army to fight Lü Bu again. He was defeated three times, defeated Dingtao, Yongqiu, etc., and pacified Yan Province. Lü Bu fled to Xu Province and took refuge with Liu Bei. In July, due to the fierce fighting between Li Jue and Guo Si, Emperor Xian of Han returned eastward from Chang'an and issued an edict to all the princes to be diligent.
In August of the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han. In the year of 1911, Emperor Xian of Han made Cao Cao the captain of the Sili school and recorded the affairs of the minister. Geng Shen moved the capital to Xuchang. In November Bingxu, Emperor Xian of Han appointed Cao Cao as Sikong, a military commander on horseback and on horseback, and all officials listened to him.
In the first month of the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu. The army was stationed in the Yu River. Zhang Xiu surrendered and immediately rebelled. The eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and fierce general Dian Wei died in the battle. After that, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu twice, but failed to defeat it completely. September, Cao Cao marched eastwards, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu abandoned the army and fled to the Huai River, and Xiao Yuan Shu left four generals behind.]
Looking at the picture above, at night, the bearded Cao Cao, accompanied by his nephew Cao Anmin, walking towards Lady Zou's tent with an inexplicable smile on his face, everyone can't help but be shocked!
"Hiss! This Cao Cao... actually likes the widow?!"
"Fuck! Cao Thief!"
"So, this is the reason why people in that world call Cao Cao Thief?! Specializing in good wives?!"
"Tsk! This is just a prince, but his preferences are so bad. Isn't a young girl in her twenties sweet? What's so good about a wife!"
"Hey! This statement is surprising. The young man has never done that kind of thing at first glance. You know, the young married woman under the bed is the best in the world!"
"Fuck! Cao Thief is right next to me!"
"..."
For a moment, the topic of discussion went completely wrong!
[In the third year of Jian'an (198 years) April, Cao Cao sent the envoy Pei Mao to lead the Zhonglang general Duan Wei to attack Li Jue, the Yi tribe. September, Cao Cao conquered Xu Province, and attacked Lü Bu who had been his enemy for a long time. Under Cao Jun's offensive, the Lü Bu army was separated. In December, Lü Bu generals Wei Xu, Song Xian and others captured Chen Gong alive and surrendered to Cao Cao. Lü Bu Seeing that the situation was over, he went down to the city and surrendered. Cao Cao will execute Lü Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others, and surrender Lü Bu's general Zhang Liao and Mount Tai heroes Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others initially took control of Xu Province.
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Cao Cao sent Shi Huan and Cao Ren to defeat Zhang Yang's old department Sui Gu, acquired Henei Commandery, and expanded its sphere of influence to the north of the Yellow River.
Battle of Guandu
After Mu Gu was eliminated, in order to prepare for the subsequent war with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao made preparations and ordered Zang Ba, who had potential influence on Qing Province, They invaded Qing Province, occupied Qi, North Sea and other places, and consolidated the right wing; they also ordered general Yu Jin to station troops on the south bank of the Yellow River to monitor Yuan's army. Soon, Zhang Xiu followed the advice of counselor Jia Xu and surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed and worshiped Zhang Xiu as General Yangwu, which relieved his worries. In December of the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Cao Cao led his troops to camp in Guandu, preparing to attack Yuan Shao.
After the death of Tao Qian, Liu Bei once served as Governor of Xu Province. Later, Xu Province was captured by Lü Bu, and Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao. Cao Cao believed that Liu Bei was a hero and successively named him Yuzhou Mu and Zuo General. Soon after Cao Cao captured Xu Province, Huainan Yuan Shu was preparing to flee to Qing Province to follow Yuan Shao. Cao Cao sent Liu Bei to intercept, but Yuan Shu was unable to go north and died of vomiting blood.
In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Dong Cheng and others planned to kill Cao Cao and were killed by Cao Cao. Liu Bei then attacked and killed Xu Province, the governor of Che Zhou, and occupied Xu Province.
In order to avoid being attacked one after another when fighting Yuan Shao in the future, Cao Cao decided to eliminate Liu Bei who had not yet established a stable foothold in Xu Province. At that time, all the generals were afraid that Yuan Shao would take the opportunity to attack Xu Capital. Cao Cao was confident about this and said, "Liu Bei is a great man. If we don't attack now, there will be trouble later. Although Yuan Shao has great ambitions, he is late to see things happening and will not move. "So he marched forward and defeated Liu Bei with lightning speed, and Liu Bei fled to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao was the most powerful force in the north at that time, and also the most powerful enemy of Cao Cao's unification of the north. The Yuan Clan sect, from Yuan Shao's great-grandfather Yuan An, has "occupied three public positions for four generations" and "disciples and former officials are all over the world". It is already very powerful. Later Yuan Shao acquired the land of the four prefectures of Hebei, Bing, You and Qing, and its strength increased greatly, with hundreds of thousands of troops. Yuan Shao, with his eldest son Yuan Tan, second son Yuan Xi, and nephew Gao Gan, guarded the three prefectures of Qing, You, and Bing. With a stable rear and sufficient troops and supplies, Cao Cao was not taken seriously at all. He selected 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 war horses, determined to destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Yuan Shao ordered General Yan Liang and others to march into Boma, and he led the army into the village Liyang and launched an attack on Cao Cao. The strength of Cao Cao is much weaker than that of Yuan Shao. The area south of the river occupied by Cao Cao is small and the site of four wars. It is dilapidated and has not been fully restored. The supplies are not as rich as Yuan Shao. The military strength of Cao Cao is also far less than that of Yuan Shao. Its total strength is probably only tens of thousands of people. According to "Annals of Emperor Wu", the number of troops deployed on the front line is "less than ten thousand soldiers, and there are twelve or three wounded." Pei Songzhi believes that this number is inaccurate. Cao Cao's military strength will not be so small, but there is no doubt that Cao Cao's military strength is far inferior to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao The army came to attack, Xu Capital was shocked. Cao Cao comforted the generals and said, "I know that Shao is a man with great ambitions but little wisdom, a fierce appearance but timid, a restrained but little authority, many soldiers but unclear divisions, arrogant generals but inconsistent orders. Although the land is vast and the food is abundant, it is enough to serve me."
In February, Yuan Shao general Yan Liang and others besieged Boma, kicking off the war. April, Cao Cao personally led his troops north to relieve the siege of Boma. He adopted the plan of counselor Xun You and advanced the army Yanjin, making a posture of crossing the river to attack Yuan's army, attracting Yuan's army to divide his troops and head west, and then suddenly turned and rushed towards Boma. Cao Cao's army suddenly attacked and Yuan's army was caught off guard. Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu. Yuan's army was defeated and the siege of Boma was lifted. Cao Cao rescued Boma soldiers and civilians and retreated westward along Yellow River. When Yuan Shao heard about it, he immediately ordered Wen Chou and Liu Bei to cross the river to chase Cao Cao. Cao Cao Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, he ordered the sergeants to unsaddle and release the horses, and placed the baggage on the road. Yuan Jun's troops were heavily pursued, and they scrambled for supplies, causing the formation to become chaotic. Cao Cao led the only cavalry to suddenly charge out, defeating the pursuers and killing Wen Chou. Yuan Jun was shocked. Cao Cao won the first battle, took the initiative to withdraw its troops, and continued to defend Guandu.
In August, Yuan Shao's army marched in with battalions, tens of miles from east to west, and built camps based on sand piles, advancing on Guandu. Cao Cao divided his troops to hold the camp, waiting for the opportunity. Yuan Jun launched a fierce attack on Cao's camp. They first built high oars, raised earthen hills, and shot arrows into Cao's camp from above. Then they dug tunnels in an attempt to attack Cao's camp from underground. However, they were defeated by Cao Cao by setting up trebuchets and digging ravines. The two armies attacked and defended for nearly two months. After a long battle, Cao Cao was in an extremely difficult situation.
Shi Yue, Yuan Shao transported more than 10,000 carts of grain and grass from Hebei, and sent general Chunyu Qiong and others to guard it with more than 10,000 people, stationed in Wuchao forty miles away from the Yuan Shao camp. At this time, Yuan Shao's strategist Xu You was remorseful because his plan to Yuan Shao to sneak attack Xu Capital failed, and Hebei's family members were caught committing crimes. He turned to Cao Cao and offered a plan for Cao Cao to sneak attack Wuchao. Cao Cao was overjoyed and went out to greet him. Then he personally led 5,000 elite infantry and cavalry troops, with military titles and horse reins. He changed into Yuan Jun's military uniforms and attacked Wuchao from a small road at night.
Cao Cao's army arrived at Wuchao, and ordered fires to be set on all sides. Yuan's army was in chaos, and Chunyu Qiong refused to defend the camp. Yuan Shao heard about it and hurriedly sent troops to rescue. Cao Cao saw "the thieves are approaching, please divide your troops to resist them." Cao Cao said angrily, "The thieves are behind you, it's Bai!" The soldiers fought desperately, so they defeated Yuan's army, killed Chunyu Qiong and others, and burned all their food and grass.
When Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao was attacking Wuchao, he thought this was a good opportunity to break into the Cao Cao camp, so he sent few reinforcements and besieged the Cao Cao camp with heavy troops. Since the reserved troops of Cao Cao were fine and large, Cao's camp was not broken, and news of Wuchao's defeat had come. Generals Zhang He, Gao Lan and others led their troops to surrender to Cao Cao, and Yuan's army collapsed. Yuan Shao abandoned the army and fled back to the north of the Yellow River.
Cao's army won a complete victory, beheading more than 70,000 soldiers, and obtained all the valuable books and treasures of Yuan's army. Cao Cao counted Yuan Shao's letters and got a letter from his subordinates who colluded with Yuan Shao. He burned them all and said, "When Shao is strong, I can't protect myself alone, but what about everyone!"
In terms of objective conditions, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage, but because he could correctly analyze the objective conditions and was good at listening to the correct opinions of others, he was able to maximize his strengths and avoid weaknesses, adopt correct strategies and tactics, and transform the war in his own favor. Through his own subjective efforts, he finally won the victory. Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated the biggest enemy Yuan Shao, and it is the general trend that he will unify the north.]
A Battle of Guandu, everyone who watched Douluo Continent was shocked again and again, and they truly understood what war is, what tactics are, and what cunning schemes are!
Not counting the food, grass and baggage troops, 20,000 people versus 110,000 people. What a terrifying disparity in numbers?!
However, under such circumstances, watching Cao Cao first command his 20,000 troops, coupled with the thorough application of the right time and place and the blessing of the so-called "military formation", he was able to directly resist the opponent's 110,000 troops for three or four months. Later, with the help of people and people, he decisively and boldly made a desperate move to win the final battle!
With only 20,000 people, they forcibly defeated an army of 110,000 people. This mythical achievement was actually performed in front of the Douluo Continent people. For a moment, everyone felt their scalps numb and dared not breathe!
"This is... the real art of war!"
Sun Moon Empire, Prince Xu Tianran looked at the Battle of Guandu picture above the light screen, couldn't help but slap his hands on the wheelchair, and exclaimed with excitement on his face,
"This is war... This is the war that I hope for in my ideal life!"