Yuan Shao's army was suddenly surrounded. Yuan soldiers fell in waves, as if wheat were being harvested.
Yuan Shao was horrified and had long since lost all fighting spirit. He spurred his horse and fled!
Only by relying on his soldiers' desperate efforts to break through did he narrowly escape with his life and return to the Guandu camp.
But Yuan Shao suffered another heavy loss, losing more than fifty thousand soldiers! Even his youngest son, Yuan Xi, died because of it.
Grief-stricken, Yuan Shao blamed Xu You for the entire defeat. After all, this plan had indeed been his idea.
"My lord, I had no idea Jiang Bei would be so cunning. This defeat must have happened because Jiang Bei's strategist saw through our plan and deliberately set a trap for us!" Xu You hurriedly shifted the blame in front of the tent.
But the furious Yuan Shao did not listen at all. He immediately ordered his soldiers to drag Xu You out and give him thirty strokes of the military staff!
Xu You had always been a petty man. He possessed some ability, but was overly ambitious and extremely conceited.
After Yuan Shao beat him, Xu You nursed a grudge and suddenly thought of defecting to the enemy. However, he quickly suppressed that thought for the time being.
The main reason was that he did not know Jiang Bei and was not familiar with him. If it had been Cao Cao, he would have already run to Cao Cao's camp by now.
After this battle, Jiang Siming had gained a tremendous advantage, but even a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Even after losing more than fifty thousand soldiers, Yuan Shao still had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands.
It would not be easy