The Battle Of Guan Du (Part 2)

I stopped at the part where Wen Chou was killed. Now let me continue. After Wen Chou's death, Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to Runan hoping to expose Cao Cao's rear flank. Cao Cao knew his motive and mobilised his forces at Guan Du. At the same time he dispatched Cao Ren and Yu Jin to harrass the enemy's rear. As the battle continued for months, Cao Cao's army began to have limited food supply problems. Cao Cao did not know what to do. Cao Cao employed his calvary to attack Yuan Shao's supply line and burn his grainstores. Yuan Shao was forced to call for reinforcements of food from Chunyu Qiong another general of Yuan Shao. Chuyu Qiong returned with an army of 10,000 from Hebei escorting large amounts of food supplies. Yuan Shao ordered Chunyu Qiong to deliever the supplies to Wu Chao, a base of Yuan Shao. It was 20km from Yuan Shao's main camp. As Wu Chao was far away from Yuan Shao's camp, his advisors asked Yuan Shao to put more troops to guard their food supply, but Yuan Shao did not heed the advice. Xu You defected from Yuan Shao's army to Cao Cao's army. He told Cao Cao about Wu Chao's weakness. Then, Cao Cao led 5000 elite calvary to attack Wu Chao. By night, Cao Cao's army set fire to Wu Chao. Yuan Shao's food supply was hence burned. The tide of the battle shifted to Cao Cao's favour. Zhang He one of Yuan Shao's general insisted on sending reinforcements to reinforce the defense of Wu Chao but Yuan Shao did not listen and decided to attack Cao Cao's main camp. He sent Zhang He and Gao Lan to attack Cao Cao's main camp but they failed and defected to Cao Cao's army. The morale of Yuan Shao troops plummented down and Yuan Shao's 70,000 troops were destroyed. Yuan Shao escaped with only 800 calavries, but soon died after a year at the Battle Of Guan Du. Cao Cao finished off the remenants of Yuan Shao's family and hence became know as The Conqueror Of The Central Plains.