Chapter 1062 Cutting off the head is troublesome
The black nest was burned, the generals and soldiers of Yuan Shaojun were disheartened, and even the staff and generals were all insisting on their own opinions, advocating the withdrawal of troops and advocating an attack on Cao's army.
Cao Cao seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Yuan Shao's army, and after only two battles, the 300,000 Yuan army was already overwhelmed.
Breaking through the high wall built by Yuan's army earlier, Cao Cao slowly rode his war horse and entered the high wall, surrounded by a group of staff and generals.
"Woo Woo!" Entering the high wall built by the Yuan army, looking at the soldiers of the Yuan army who did not have time to escape and were captured by the Cao army, Cao Cao asked Zhang He, who was following behind him: "When the high wall was built, did you ever think that one day it would be breached?" ”
Riding a horse and following behind Cao Cao, Zhang He hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "Don't hide it from Cao Gong, the last general ordered the construction of a high wall that day, and he didn't expect Cao Gong to be so fast, so he broke it!" ”
"Yuan Shao had a large number of soldiers that day, and the grain and grass were enough to support several months." With a smile on his face, Cao Cao raised his hand and pointed to the soldiers of the Yuan army who were captured by the Cao army, and said to Zhang He: "Our army has few major generals, and the grain and grass are even less good. ”
When Cao Cao said this, his staff and generals, including Zhang He, rode on horseback and clasped their fists and bowed down and said: "Cao Gong is wise, he will definitely unify Hebei and restore the Han Dynasty!" ”
Everyone was patting Cao Cao's ass, but there was one person in the crowd who sneered, and after they finished speaking, he said: "Cao Gong has today, one is his own wisdom, and the other is that he has the help of sages. If it weren't for burning the black nest, Cao Gong was afraid that he wouldn't be able to fight Yuan Shao! ”
didn't need to look back, just listening to the voice, Cao Cao heard that it was Xu Yu who spoke.
Although beside Cao Cao, Xu You didn't dare to take credit too directly, but the meaning of his words couldn't be more obvious.
Cao Jun was able to win this battle of Guandu, and he had an inseparable relationship with him!
Hearing Xu You's words, Cao Cao was not unhappy, but looked back at him with a smile on his face and said, "If there is no son, a certain person will not be able to win against Yuan Shao!" ”
"Cao Gongmu Award!" Riding on horseback, Xu You hugged his fists and bowed humblely, but from his expression, Cao Cao couldn't see the slightest sense of humility.
didn't bother with Xu You, Cao Cao just turned his face away with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
In the first battle of Guandu, Cao's army captured more than 70,000 Yuan troops and killed countless people, and Yuan Shao only led 800 people to flee in a hurry.
The soldiers of the Yuan army that Cao Cao saw were the 70,000 soldiers who were captured.
The 70,000 captured soldiers were squatting on the ground under the custody of the Cao army, and a small number of soldiers were digging deep pits under the supervision of some Cao troops.
Seeing Yuan Jun digging a deep pit a little farther away, Zhang He asked Cao Cao in a low voice: "Cao Gong, what does it mean to let the soldiers dig the pit?" ”
Although he had already served Cao Cao, Zhang He had been a general under Yuan Shao after all, and he was still quite concerned about the safety of Yuan's soldiers.
didn't look at Zhang He, Cao Cao said in a very flat tone: "Our army has not much food and grass, although we have this victory, but there is no food and grass to support the soldiers!" ”
Although Cao Cao didn't say it too clearly, Zhang He still understood the meaning of his words.
Stunned, his eyes widened, Zhang He raised his hand and pointed to Yuan Jun's pawn, who was being guarded by Cao Jun and his face was full of despair, and asked Cao Cao, "Is Cao Gong ......?"
Without waiting for Zhang He to finish speaking, Cao Cao nodded.
Having already received a definite answer from Cao Cao, Zhang He looked at Yuan Jun's surrender, his eyes flashed with reluctance and pity.
70,000 people!
If they lined up to face off with the Cao army, they would be more numerically than the Cao army, which had suffered a lot of losses.
But these people had already put down their weapons, and in front of the heavily armed Cao Jun, they were like a group of sheep pressed under the claws of a hungry wolf, and they didn't even have the slightest strength to resist, so they could only wait for Cao Jun to raise his butcher knife and cut off their heads.
Standing not far from Yuan's army, Cao Cao looked at the deep pit that was being dug a little farther away, and was speechless for a long time.
Yuan Jun, who was digging a deep pit, was coerced by Cao Jun's leather whip and long sword, sweating like rain and inserting shovels into the soil, shoveling and deepening the depth of the pit.
Little did they know that the pit they dug would become a grave for them.
Several large pits are getting deeper and deeper, each pit is more than ten zhang square, and the depth is enough to be as high as three people stacked on top of each other.
Just as he was watching Yuan Jun digging a pit in the distance, an officer of Cao Jun ran in front of Cao Cao, clenched his fists and bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Qi Cao Gong, the pit has been dug properly." Is it buried alive or killed and re-buried? ”
"Seventy thousand!" Turning his head to look at the Yuan army's pawns who couldn't see the end of the black pressure, Cao Cao frowned slightly and said: "If you want to cut off their heads, I'm afraid you won't be able to kill them cleanly even if you cut them for a day......"
Cao Cao was only halfway through his words, and the officer of the Cao army bowed down with his fists and said: "Cao Gong's meaning, the villain already understands!" ”
Clenching his fists and bowing, Officer Cao Jun first retreated two steps, then turned around and walked quickly towards Yuan Jun's pawns who were being guarded.
When the detained Yuan Jun approached, the officer did not give a loud order, but said something in the ear of another officer.
After listening to what he said, the latter officer of the Cao army raised his arm and waved his hand at the soldiers who were guarding the surrender of Yuan's army.
Seeing the gesture, a group of Cao soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and stabbed the Yuan soldiers who were squatting on the ground with the rods of the short spears in their hands, shouting for them all to stand up.
Driven by Cao Jun, Yuan Jun's soldiers stood up in a panic, and they were bound by hemp ropes, like grasshoppers tied with ropes, and under the deterrence of Cao Jun's blades and leather whips, they walked towards the deep pits dug one by one.
At the beginning of the period, Yuan Jun didn't know what Cao Jun was going to do, but just looked at Cao Jun in panic.
When they found out that Cao Jun had driven them to the vicinity of the deep pit, they immediately understood what Cao Jun was going to do to them, and they all panicked.
The panicked Yuan army surrendered, screaming and trying to flee in all directions, but the hemp rope that bound them was binding their hands and feet.
The Cao army that was holding them, seeing that they intended to escape, where would they be able to allow these soldiers to disperse, they stepped forward one after another, pushing Yuan Jun who was closest to the deep pit.
The Yuan army on the edge of the pit was pushed into the deep pit one after another, pushing their Cao army, and after pushing a group of people in, they immediately pushed up the soldiers who were lined up behind.
More and more Yuan's soldiers were pushed into the pit.
The deep pit was filled with living people.
Those who fell into the pit cried and struggled to crawl out of the pit, but there were other people in the pit who fell down right after.
A pawn of Yuan Jun, whose hands were tightly bound by hemp rope, fell into the pit and struggled to get up.
With his hands tied in front of him, he ran to the edge of the pit with all his strength, and stepped on the thick wall of the dirt in the pit with his feet, trying to climb up.
Both hands were tied, and although his feet were still free, he couldn't hold on at all, and he stepped on it a few times, and he didn't even kick half a foot.
Just as he tried hard to free his hands from the rope, a black shadow suddenly appeared above his head.
Hurriedly looked up, and what he saw was a group of Yuan soldiers who were pushed into the pit after him.
Yuan Jun, who fell, fell into the pit, and one of them smashed Yuan Jun's head impartially on the head of Yuan Jun, who wanted to climb up.
A person's weight, no matter how light it is, is more than 100 catties.
was smashed by a person who fell from above, and Yuan Jun, who was trying his best to climb, only felt a sharp pain in his neck, and after his neck bone made a "click" sound, he lost any consciousness.
More and more of Yuan's soldiers were pushed and driven by Cao Jun, and fell into deep pits, which were full of people, and there were wriggling human bodies everywhere.
The Yuan army in the pit surrendered and let out a desperate cry and pleading, but the Cao army who pushed them into the pit did not have any mercy, and was still driving the Yuan army that had not advanced into the pit into the pit.
The shouts of Yuan Jun's soldiers were desolate and miserable, and the desperate wails were heard in Zhang He's ears, which made him feel bad for a while.
wanted to intercede for Yuan Jun's pawns, but seeing Cao Cao's indifferent face, Zhang He hesitated.
From Cao Cao's indifferent expression, he could see that before breaking through the high wall, Cao Cao had already made plans to slaughter Yuan's prisoners of war.
The days of following Cao Cao were not very long, but Zhang He knew that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were different.
Yuan Shao often acted indecisively, but Cao Cao did not make a decision, and once he made a decision, he would not change it unless he knew that it was wrong.
Standing behind Cao Cao, looking at the scene of Cao Jun driving away Yuan Jun's prisoners of war in the distance, Zhang He's face was gloomy, but he didn't dare to say anything.
There were fewer and fewer Yuan Jun outside the pit, and the last Yuan Jun was still standing on the edge of the pit with his hands tied with hemp rope, and was kicked by a Cao Jun who rushed towards him with his foot in the heart.
With a heavy kick in the heart, the Yuan army prisoner snorted and fell into the pit.
Yuan Jun in the pit struggled and wailed to climb out, but Cao Jun picked up a shovel and shoveled shovel after shovel of dirt into the pit.
The earth fell into the pit and covered the bodies of the Yuan prisoners, and the Yuan prisoners who were crushed below had already been stoned to death or suffocated, and the Yuan prisoners who did not die above tried their best to climb out.
But as soon as they climbed to the edge of the pit, they were kicked down by Cao Jun above.
Shovels of dirt were poured into the pit by the Cao army, and the Yuan prisoners were also covered with the soil that the Cao army poured into the pit.
The soil was piled higher and higher, and the Yuan army was covered more and more.
The thick soil covered the body of Yuan Jun, who had not yet died, and in the dirt, Yuan Jun's body squirmed, trying to break free from the clutches of death from his tragic fate.
In front of the Cao army, their struggle was futile, and the thicker and thicker soil eventually covered the top layer of Cao army captives.
On the surface of the dirt, a few hands and feet can occasionally be seen sticking out.