The history of the Three Kingdoms is changing, and not only are they famous generals, but also various tyrants have also appeared in this chaotic world. In 199 AD, Yuan Shao recruited 100,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry and marched all the way to Xuchang in an attempt to unify the north through this battle. At this time, comparing the strength of Yuan and Cao, Yuan Shao had an absolute advantage, and when he learned that Yuan Shao was going to conquer Xuchang, none of the people in Cao's camp felt that this battle could defeat Yuan Shao, except that Cao Cao did not think so in his heart, cao Cao took the lead in sending troops in Qingzhou to contain Yuan Shao in order to win this battle, and then let Yu Ban and others garrison Yanjin on the south bank of the Yellow River, and formed a corner with Liu Yan, who was guarding the white horse.
In the end, after this arrangement, Cao Cao relaxed his mind and waited for Yuan Shao to kill here and attack him later. After the platoon was deployed, Cao Cao first led an army to defeat the rebellious Liu Bei, and then led his troops to Guandu to meet Yuan Shao. In order to capture the white horse, Yuan Shao sent his subordinate Yan Liang. However, under Cao Cao's attack from the east to the west, Yan Liang was damaged by Cao's saber, and then beheaded the ugly, and under the setback of this way, Yuan Shao's plan to conquer Cao Cao began to falter.
Faced with this dangerous situation, Yuan Shao carried out a plan to attack the Cao army in one place, because at this time the Yuan army still occupied the superiority of troops, so whenever there was a confrontation with the Cao army, Cao Cao personally led the troops to fight, and always could not get good fruit in front of the Yuan army. At this time, the two armies had been fighting each other for more than three months, and some people within the Cao army had already begun to show favor to Yuan Shao, and the internal military spirit had begun to collapse, if it were not for Xun Yu's repeated advice to Cao Cao, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have retreated to Xuchang long ago.
Fortunately, at this time, Yuan Shao's adviser Xu You defected to Cao Cao, and did not have Cao Cao's plan to sneak attack Wuchao, which allowed Cao Cao to win the Battle of Guandu and stabilize the hearts of the army. Yuan Shao eventually fled to Hebei with only a hundred horsemen left, and soon after Yuan Shao died in anger, and Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the Yuan clique.
At this time, some people wondered, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had both experienced great defeats, why was it difficult for Yuan Shao to turn over after the Battle of Guandu, but Cao Cao was still the hegemon of the north after the Battle of Chibi? The main reason for this is that Yuan Shao exhausted his elite troops in the Battle of Guandu, it can be said that Yuan Shao killed more than 70,000 people in battle under the condition of exhausting the elite, and was absorbed by Cao Cao, and finally he was left with a hundred horses, and it can be said that the whole army was destroyed, and subsequently, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought again in Cangting, still ending in failure, and in the end, Yuan Shao was depressed under the further weakening of his strength.
After Yuan Shao's death, the Yuan clan was constantly in strife, giving Cao Cao the opportunity to break through one by one, and this time, Yuan Shao's forces were completely uprooted by Cao Cao.
Unlike the Battle of Guandu, cao Cao also lost most of the soldiers and horses in the battle of Chibi, but most of them were newly incorporated sailors, and before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao had already taken jingzhou, a large rear, so that the entire battle situation would not be lost due to the defeat of Chibi. And although The Cao army was severely damaged, Cao Ren's army was not affected, and most of the generals survived, so that Cao Cao's forces did not hurt their bones.
And the most important point is that Yuan Shao died not long after his power was severely damaged, and Cao Cao, after the Battle of Chibi, not only did not die and surrender, but he also lived well, which is why Cao Cao continued to dominate the north.