Yuan Shao, as the vanguard of the Nineteenth Route Princes Allied Forces, led the army in front of Hulao Pass and started a confrontation with Hua Xiong, the guard of Hulao Pass.

In the first three days, Hua Xiong, the guard general of Hulao Pass, did not lead his troops to fight, but sat in the pass and commanded the battle.

The person leading the troops under Yuan Shao was Gao Lan, a famous general in Hebei.

Gao Lan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He became the"Four Court Pillars of Hebei". Naturally, they were familiar with the art of war and were extremely brave.

Under his command, Yuan Shao's vanguard army had the upper hand for the first three days, suffocating the Hulao Pass defenders.

But three days later, the food and fodder carried by Yuan Shao's army ran out, but the food and fodder for the alliance army had not been delivered.

As a result, Yuan Shao's army was short of food after three days.

Because there was no food and grass, Yuan Shao's 20,000 troops had to fight hungry. However, without food, how could they use their full strength?

Therefore, the high morale of Yuan Shao's army in the previous three days was wiped out.

In Hulao Pass, Li Su, who was guarding the pass with Hua Xiong, soon discovered something unusual about Yuan Shao's army, so he immediately said to Hua Xiong:"General, there seems to be a problem within the alliance army.

Yuan Shao, as the vanguard, he The army's momentum is like a rainbow, its combat effectiveness is strong, and it has always had the upper hand.

But today, when I observed the battle between the two sides, I found that the Alliance army seemed to be in no condition, and it seemed that its morale had hit rock bottom.

And just a quarter of an hour after the battle began, the Alliance army kept retreating. , and even felt that many people could not even hold the weapons in their hands.

Therefore, the subordinates speculated that Yuan Shao's vanguard army must have run out of food and grass, and the subsequent food and grass had not yet been shipped. The lack of money in the army caused their combat effectiveness to be weak.

Therefore, the general can take this opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao's army in one fell swoop, not only winning his first victory, but also directly annihilating all the nineteen princes.

This is a great achievement, and the prime minister will definitely reward the general if he knows it in the future."

Hua Xiong's eyes suddenly brightened after listening to Li Su's suggestion. He quickly observed the status of the alliance army carefully and found that it was exactly what Li Su said.

Li Su didn't mind whether he defeated all the princes.

What he really looked forward to was Dong Zhuo's reward.

Now Dong Zhuo has proclaimed himself Prime Minister and is in sole charge of the government. He holds supreme power and a lot of resources and wealth. If he can receive a reward, it will definitely be much greater than what he received before in Xiliang or Hedong.

So Hua Xiong laughed and said:"Mr. Li Su, please don't worry. If Mr. Hua defeated the vanguard of the alliance army today and received the reward from the Prime Minister, Mr. Hua will naturally not forget Mr. Hua."

Regarding Hua Xiong's promise, Li Su smiled softly. , no more words.

That night, at Li Su's suggestion, Hua Xiong personally led two thousand elite soldiers to sneak attack Yuan Shao's military camp.

Two thousand soldiers, all with their hooves wrapped around their horses, arrived in front of Yuan Shao's camp unnoticed by the darkness of night.

Yuan Shao's soldiers had not eaten for a day and were already unbearably hungry. Even the soldiers guarding the barracks fell asleep one after another.

Following Hua Xiong's order, two thousand Xiliang elites came out instantly.

Yuan Shao's 20,000-strong army was unprepared and had no numerical advantage. However, most of the soldiers not only did not wear armor, but they did not even know where to throw their weapons.

So Hua Xiong led two thousand Xiliang elites and massacred Yuan Shao's army with almost no resistance.

Yuan Shao woke up in a hurry and looked at the situation in front of him. He knew that it was impossible to achieve the first victory, so he had to lead his army to break out.

However, his army had been killed by Hua Xiong and fled in all directions, and almost no one obeyed Yuan Shao's command.

Seeing that even Yuan Shao was about to be killed by Hua Xiong's army in the chaos, Gao Lan rushed over with less than two hundred dead men at the critical moment.

Under the protection of Gao Lan, Yuan Shao was finally able to escape.

After daybreak, Yuan Shao gathered the remaining troops and gathered less than 5,000 people.

So Yuan Shao had no choice but to retreat to the alliance army with his remaining troops.

On the other side, Yuan Shu has been sending a large number of scouts to monitor Yuan Shao's movements.

When he learned that Yuan Shao was defeated and escaped, he immediately arranged for someone to secretly kill the grain transport officer.

After all, the main reason for Yuan Shao's defeat was that the army was out of food.

As a logistics officer in the alliance army responsible for ensuring supplies in the rear, Yuan Shu would naturally be punished.

Especially since Yuan Shao is still alive, he will definitely settle the score with him when he comes back.

So when he decided not to transport food to Yuan Shao and cause him to be defeated, Yuan Shu had already thought of a countermeasure.

He planned to kill the grain transport officer secretly and put all the blame on the grain transport officer.

However, Yuan Shu's abacus was naturally very good, but he did not expect that Liu Feng had traveled from later generations and had already known Yuan Shu's little tricks.

It turns out that Yuan Shu seized grain and grass in history, which led to Sun Jian's defeat, and even his general Zu Mao was killed by Hua Xiong.

At that time, Yuan Shu passed the responsibility to the grain transport officer.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shao is the vanguard this time, Liu Feng is not sure whether Yuan Shu will do this again, but he still secretly sends the Red Blood Dragon Rider to monitor Yuan Shu's every move.

So when Yuan Shu ordered people to secretly kill the grain transport officer, the two red-blooded dragon riders took action and rescued the grain transport officer in time.

The next day, Yuan Shao fled back in embarrassment with thousands of remaining soldiers. When Liu Feng saw Yuan Shao who was covered in filth and had fallen many times, he pretended to be surprised and asked:"Brother Benchu ​​has strong soldiers and horses, why are they in such a mess?"

Yuan Shao was so angry that he refused to ask Liu Feng's questions. Instead, he asked Yuan Shu:"Yuan Gongdao, as the logistics manager, why don't you distribute food and grass to our army?" After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Liu Feng and everyone understood Yuan Shao's words. The reason for the great defeat.

However, when Yuan Shu faced Yuan Shao's questioning, he naturally would not admit that he deliberately withheld food and grass.

He pretended to be surprised and said:"How come I don't distribute grain and grass to you, brother?

What should be distributed has been sent out long ago. If it has not been delivered, it can only mean that it was detained privately by the grain transport officer or intercepted by the enemy. Grain and grass, kill the grain transport officer."

As soon as Yuan Shu finished speaking, as if to verify his statement, a messenger ran in and reported to Yuan Shu that the grain transport officer had not returned since he left the day before yesterday and might have encountered something unexpected..

This herald was naturally arranged by Yuan Shu long ago, but the other princes did not know it. After hearing the herald's words, they could only shake their heads and sigh, lamenting Yuan Shao's bad luck.

However, at this moment, a red-blooded dragon rider came in and reported to Liu Feng, saying that he was a grain transport officer who was transporting grain and grass and wanted to see him.

Liu Feng naturally let him in.

When Yuan Shu saw the grain transport officer who had been sent to kill, he was so frightened that he felt like he had seen a ghost.

Then the grain transport officer told the truth of the matter.

After all the princes learned the truth, they were all angry with Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao was so angry that he just wanted to kill Yuan Shu on the spot.

So Liu Feng handed over the right to punish Yuan Shu to Yuan Shao, and it was up to him to decide how he wanted to deal with it.

Although Yuan Shao really wanted to kill Yuan Shu, it not only avenged him, but also saved him from fighting over the family head.

But Yuan Shu is the legitimate son of the Yuan family after all. If he kills Yuan Shu, he will not be able to stay in the Yuan family any longer.

However, Yuan Shao was not willing to let Yuan Shu go, so he ordered people to drag Yuan Shu out and punish him with fifty big boards.

Yuan Shu was beaten, and he held a grudge. The seeds for the brothers to turn against each other had been sown, and Liu Feng also established his authority and corrected military discipline.

All these operations were seen by Cao Cao. While he admired Liu Feng, he also became more vigilant.

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