Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were basically from official families. In that chaotic era. They don't come from a great background. Local forces are divided everywhere. More than half are self-made. Their birth didn't help them much.
The typical self-made start is Sun Ce. Look at your own heroism. Recruit a wide range of people on your own. Pacify the people of the retaken areas. Give very light taxes. Talents from all over the world have come to Sun Ce because of his good reputation. Sun Ce gave full play to the functions of commanders and fighters. The vast area was quickly recovered. Become the first grassroots general to unify the Han Dynasty. However, its disadvantages are also more obvious. See it in today's eyes. The Economy of the Gangnam region is not developed. In this respect it is inferior to the separatist forces in the north. Sun Ce died early. The cause of unifying the South was not completed. After his death. Those who originally belonged to him. Some chose to stay away.
Yuan Shao was extremely outstanding. With your full talents. First, the four counties in the north were taken. The talent team is also extremely rich. Wen Youtian Feng frustrated such a worldly wizard. Wu has such a million enemies as Yan Liangwen ugly. Same as Sun Ce. He also faced the problem of unifying the North. Cao Cao, who was still very weak at that time. Yuan Shao's first target was Cao Cao. Tian Feng was frustrated and prepared to lead a team to eliminate Cao Cao. Gongsun Zan harassed Yuan Shao's borders. Yuan Shao could only personally lead the team to resist. Cao Cao was given a chance to breathe. Everyone understands that a two-front operation is unfavorable. Sun Ce's death was another chaos in the south. Cao Cao gave full play to his political and military talents. Take advantage of Yuan Shao's short time to quell the chaos. The three counties were gradually unified. It has the strength to compete with Sun Ce and Yuan Shao. Sun Ce's death, everything was in chaos. The South was once again divided. Yuan Shao pacified the border. Cao Cao was now his main threat.
Cao Cao was a military man. On a very unfavorable terrain. Enemies everywhere. Cao Cao attached great importance to the logistics of the army. Actively adopt a variety of food production security tasks. A slaughter battle was taken. Wherever there is no surrender. Kill them all. The strategy was the same as that of the Mongols of later generations. The Mongols had no logistical troubles. Rely on large-scale cavalry combat. Horses are used to transport grain. One man and three horses. Logistical capacity has been greatly improved. At this point. Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, and the various warlord forces did not perform as well as Cao Cao. Later Generation Zhu Yuanzhang also adopted this. Broad grain accumulation. About the blackmail of the Son of Heaven to order the princes. In terms of actual results, there is. But the effect is small. Many people do not turn to the Son of Heaven. Many of Cao Cao's subordinates were subordinate to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's side was frustrated and took Emperor Xian of Han. Unfortunately, it was still too late. Emperor Xian of Han was a burden to everyone. Some decrees are not easy to enforce. Was it Cao Cao who executed him, or did he execute Emperor Xian of Han? This is also a problem.
Tian Feng frustrated zhi thinks. Since Cao Cao had already made it bigger. Can constantly harass Cao Cao's boundaries. Cao Cao's army was not numerous. This made Cao Cao tired of a hard battle. When Cao Cao's army was tired. Choose the decisive battle. Yuan Shao organized 200,000 people. Cao Cao organized 40,000 people. Yuan Shao's logistical ability to the people was much heavier than Cao Cao's. Tian Feng believes that it is necessary to cultivate and live. Frustrated, he thinks. Whether you cultivate or not. Cao Cao was bound to attack Yuan Shao. Cao Cao because of frequent wars. The number of their own troops was already too large in war. Yuan Shao has an advantage in this. Yuan Shao's logistics were problematic. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both out of the world. Yuan Shao's emphasis on production capacity was not as important as Cao Cao's. This also led to a big problem for Yuan Shao's food problem. The question of the number of Cao Cao's troops. Yuan Shao's grain logistics problems. Both sides have a fatal weakness.
Both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao took the initiative to contact local warlords to harass each other. From the actual effect. Warlords everywhere understand. Neither side can help. Cao Cao And Shao was the biggest enemy of warlords everywhere. Whoever is bigger will only eliminate warlords everywhere. Everyone understands the truth.
Yuan Shao took a war of attrition that Tian Feng had given. However, Tian Feng believes that grain is their big problem. This forced Cao Cao to attack. However, the problem facing Cao Cao was. Will these warlords from all over the world take advantage of the time when he and Yuan Shao will fight? Go harass the border. At this time, Cao Cao was also gambling. And there is no way. He had to concentrate all his energy on dealing with Yuan Shao. He gave up the border completely. Warlords everywhere have taken the fire from the other side. Neither side attacked. Yuan Shao scattered some of his troops on the border. Cao Cao first chose the battle. If dragged on, Cao Cao would be unfavorable. A quick fix must be taken. Destroy the enemy in a year or two. Inside Cao Cao. Governance is not good. People like Liu Bei disturb the place from time to time. Yuan Shao did not seize this favorable opportunity. Tian Feng believes that this opportunity must be seized to attack. When they sent their armies to attack. The rebellion has been put down. Let's start the battle between the two sides.
Yuan Shao divided some of his troops. Let the frustrated go on a surprise attack. There is also no support in the later stages. Frustrated with these horses. It has played a certain offensive effect. Then there is no support for the follow-up. Playing less and less. The speed of propulsion naturally slowed down. Cao Cao completely abandoned the discouragement of this part of the army and did not give more troops. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at Guandu. The two sides fought back and forth. The stalemate lasted for quite some time. Yuan Shao went on this expedition. Tian Feng did not quite agree. Advocate cultivating and living and then looking for opportunities to fight again. The unexpected situation of the war still appeared. Yuan Shao Group. Logistics Xu You was wronged. Defected to Cao Cao. The weakness of Yuan Shao's logistics defense line was exposed. Cao Cao sent a large army. It burned Yuan Shao's grain. Yuan Shao, who continued, should take the initiative to choose to retreat. Wait for the opportunity to mature in battle. Dragging on will only make people unstable. Just like Zhao Kuo did back then. Faced with food shortages. His own attack did not go well. Yuan Shao chose to continue to insist. That's the insistence. Just like the Khitan attacked the Jin. There are problems with the food. Strategically, it should be occupied. Morale has been demoralized. Send this group of people back home. Participate in production. Everyone in Yuan Shao's army panicked. Hungry people are sleepy and tired. Cao Cao's stalemate. The gap was opened. The result was defeat after defeat. Frustrated that side faces the same problem. There is no food. The battle was over. Cao Cao chose to recuperate. The basic pattern has been set. In the north, Cao Cao grew bigger. The southern dragons are leaderless. and the situation in the last years of the Tang Dynasty. Unification is only a matter of time.
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