Zhang He fled back to Huguan and went straight to the Fengji camp to plead guilty.

"Feng Jian Army, this battle was my negligence, and I attacked before we found out the enemy's situation, resulting in a crushing defeat. When the lord returns, I will plead with him. ”

Feng Ji picked up Zhang He and comforted: "Junyi, this is not your fault. I have the responsibility of supervising the army, and I am also at fault for failing to anticipate the enemy's opportunity. At that time, I will also tell the truth to the lord, and I will never let you take the blame alone. ”

Zhang He heard Feng Ji speak like this, and thanked him repeatedly.

As everyone knows, at this moment, Feng Ji is secretly sighing in his heart, Zhang He was not killed by Gongsun Zhan.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang He was inexperienced in battle when he first commanded the army, and he only thought about destroying the siege equipment in Gongsun Zhan's army, so that he ignored other factors. Although Dong Zhao has intelligence, he is not a military talent, and his intelligence is mainly in internal affairs. It can be seen from the history that he proposed Cao Cao to be crowned king and restore the fifth-class title. However, Feng Ji is different, Feng Ji's intelligence is mainly military, he suggested that Yuan Shao first take Jizhou, and then take Jizhou as the foundation, and then sweep the world, which is enough to show Feng Ji's strategic ability.

Therefore, Feng Ji had already guessed that Gongsun Zhan's army would guard against a sneak attack on Huguan and thus destroy their siege equipment. However, Feng Ji didn't say it, and the purpose was naturally to frame Zhang He. However, what Feng Ji didn't expect was that Zhang He would come back alive.

As for saying that Zhang He was killed in battle, and there was no one to command Huguan, Feng Ji was not afraid at all.

The soldiers who went to report to Yuan Shao had already set off, and Feng Ji calculated that Yuan Shao would be able to return to Yecheng within these two days. When the time comes, there will be any one of Wen Chou and Yan Liang as generals, and there will be nothing Zhang He is afraid of.

"Feng Jian Army, General Zhang, Yecheng letter, Lord Assassin Shi has arrived, and he can lead the army to Huguan tomorrow. ”

At this moment, Dong Zhao walked into the Fengji camp tent with a happy face.

……

Yecheng Mansion

Yuan Shao traveled lightly, day and night, and finally returned to Yecheng before Huguan was captured by Gongsun Zhan, which made the group breathe a sigh of relief. Sometimes, as a superior may not require much ability, his presence is to be able to give his subordinates a sense of backbone.

And today's Yuan Shao has such a sense of existence.

"Lord Assassin Shi, my subordinates failed to protect Jizhou, and I have been entrusted by my lord, so I ask my lord to punish him. ”

Lu Zhi was Yuan Shao's military advisor and sat in Yecheng, but he asked Gongsun Zan to go down to several counties in Jizhou, and when he saw Yuan Shao returning, Lu Zhi asked Yuan Shao for his guilt.

"The military advisor is serious, I never expected Gongsun Chan to invade my Jizhou territory for no reason, Gongsun Chan, as a minister of the court, did not do anything unsubordinate, and it has nothing to do with the military advisor. ”

Maybe Yuan Shao would complain a little about Lu Zhi in his heart, but after all, Yecheng was not lost, so he didn't care about complaining about Yuan Shao. Moreover, Lu Zhi is a famous Confucian at home, and he has countless protégés. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the rule of officials was corrupted, and there were many vacancies in the counties. After Yuan Shao took over Jizhou, the vacancies in Jizhou can basically be filled, in addition to Yuan's reputation, Lu Zhi also has a lot of contributions. Many of Lu Zhi's disciples, hearing that Lu Zhi served as Yuan Shaojun's teacher, spontaneously came to Jizhou to serve. For various reasons, Yuan Shao naturally did not dare to snub Lu Zhi in the slightest.

Yuan Shao sat on the main seat, waved his hand to stop everyone's plea, and asked Lu Zhi: "Military advisor, how is the battle situation in Huguan now?"

After Lu Zhi saluted, he reported: "Lord Qiyu, there were 10,000 defenders in Huguan before, and they were commanded by Dong Zhao. Subsequently, his subordinates transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses from Yecheng, with Feng Ji as the supervisor and Zhang He as the general to support Huguan. According to the report from the spies, General Zhang He repelled the 10,000-strong forward army led by Yan Gang, a general under Gongsun Zhan, the day before yesterday, and then Gongsun Zhan personally led his troops to Huguan with 100,000 troops, and 50,000 of the Yellow Turbans. Yesterday, Gongsun Zhan forcibly attacked the fortification and was repelled by General Zhang He. However, Gongsun Chan and the remnants of the Yellow Turban have a total of 150,000, and our army in Huguan has only 20,000 troops. If Gongsun Chan continues to attack at dawn, I am afraid that the pot will not be guaranteed. ”

"Hmph, Gongsun Zhan, as a minister of the imperial court, actually colluded with the Yellow Turban thieves, and his crime should be punished. ”

Yuan Shao scolded indignantly, then frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I will rush back to Yecheng first, and Wu Jie will lead the army behind, and I will not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest." Strategist, when will reinforcements arrive?"

"Lord Qiqi, according to the schedule, the Qinghe reinforcements will arrive within two days, and the Hejian, Bohai, and Anping reinforcements will arrive within four days. I'm afraid that by the time reinforcements arrive, Huguan has already been captured by Gongsun Zhan. For today's plan, adults can temporarily retreat to Puyang City. After General Wenchou and reinforcements from all over the country arrived, he would fight a decisive battle with Gongsun Zhan. ”

Hearing that it was still so long for the reinforcements to arrive, the expressions of the civil and military forces present changed drastically, and they strongly agreed with Lu Zhi's proposal to retreat to Puyang.

Yuan Shao suddenly got up and said loudly: "The eldest husband is leaning between heaven and earth, how can he flee because of these difficulties." I want to be in this Yecheng to see how Gongsun Zhan's rebellious ministers capture my Yecheng. ”

Seeing that Yuan Shao's attitude was so resolute, everyone knew that they could not be dissuaded, so they had to give up.

The next day, Gongsun Chan attacked Huguan again, however, because of Zhang He's proper command, the Huguan guards swore to resist to the death, although Gongsun Chan's soldiers climbed the Huguan Pass many times, but when the sun set, they still failed to take Huguan. Gongsun Zhan regretted even more that he had not killed Zhang He before. However, it is useless to regret it now, so as not to have many dreams at night, Gongsun Chan decided to attack Huguan overnight.

"Lord Qiyu, General Zhang He and the soldiers guarded desperately, and Gongsun Chan returned in vain. ”

The spies sent by Yuan Shao reported the battle situation of Huguan, and everyone was surprised. I thought that Huguan would be taken by Gongsun Chan today, but I didn't expect it to be held.

"My lord, the end will be late, please punish the lord!"

The good news came one after another, just after learning that Huguan had not been captured, Wen Chou led an army of 50,000 to march day and night, but arrived in Yecheng tonight.

Yuan Shao took the case and said excitedly: "Very good, the officers and men of our army are united in their determination to kill Gongsun Zhan, the rebellious minister and thief who invaded the territory of my Jizhou." Pass on my military order, set off immediately, and go to Huguan. ”

Now with these 50,000 horses, even if Gongsun Chan is given more time, he will not be able to capture Huguan.

"Lord!"

When Yuan Shao led an army of 50,000 to Huguan, Zhang He, Feng Ji and Dong Zhao were all relieved.

Yuan Shao looked at the three of them with satisfaction, his eyes swept over a group of soldiers, and said loudly: "Yuan Tu, Jun Yi, and Gongren, you three have meritorious service in guarding Huguan, and after this battle, I will be seriously injured." But all the soldiers will be rewarded. ”

"Thank you, Lord!"

"My lord is mighty, I will swear to the death!"

"Hahaha!"

Yuan Shao laughed, looked at the person beside him, and asked, "Brother Chang, what do you think of our army's appearance?"

The person standing next to Yuan Shao was naturally Yuan Chang. Because of Yuan Chang, Yuan Shao successfully won the position of the patriarch of the Yuan clan, and Yuan Shao was even more affectionate to Yuan Chang. After returning to Yecheng from Runan, Yuan Shao told Yuan Chang not to go to Dongping County first, and after defeating Gongsun Zhan, he would appoint Yuan Chang to a more important position.

Hearing Yuan Shao's question, Yuan Chang immediately put on a respectful look and praised: "Lord Assassin Shi has military skills, strong soldiers and strong horses, that Gongsun Zhan doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he is trying to occupy the territory of the adult. I'm going to have that thief come this time, and I can't go back!"

"Okay, I inherit the auspicious words of my brother. ”

Yuan Shao swept his gaze to everyone and ordered: "The whole army will rest, tomorrow the fourth watch will rebel, and after the fifth watch, you will go out of the customs, and you will definitely fight to the death with Gongsun Zhan's thief." ”

Wen Chou led the army to rush for days, and now he needs to rest well before he can have the physical strength to fight. Yuan Shao still has basic military knowledge, and he will not stupidly use these tired soldiers to fight against Gongsun Zhan's army.

Gongsun Zhan, who was outside Huguan, originally wanted to capture Huguan overnight, but when he learned from the spies that Yuan Shao had arrived and brought 50,000 reinforcements, he had to stop the idea of fighting at night. Of course, in Gongsun Zhan's heart, Yuan Shu's ancestors were scolded by him for eighteen generations. At the beginning, Yuan Shu wrote to say that he would stop Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao appeared in Huguan unharmed, and brought 50,000 reinforcements.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan didn't move, so there was nothing wrong all night!

"Knock knock!"

"Woooooo

The sky was slightly bright, and Yuan Shaojun inside Huguan and Gongsun Zhanjun outside Huguan both sounded war drums. Obviously, although both sides did not say it explicitly, they both intended to fight to the death today.

Yuan Shao rode a horse first, followed by Wen Chou and Yan Liang left and right, whipped directly at Gongsun Zhan, and scolded: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, as ministers of the imperial court, invaded my Jizhou territory for no reason, and they didn't quickly get off their horses and be bound." In this way, you can still save the whole corpse, otherwise when my heavenly soldiers break you, we will wipe out the three clans!"

"Yuan Shao, you killed my brother because it was unkind; I helped you seize Jizhou, and you did not hand over the northern counties of Jizhou to me as agreed, which was unjust; on that day, all the princes jointly crusaded against Dong thief and pushed you as the leader of the alliance, you disregarded the general righteousness, only for your own selfishness, so that the Son of Heaven was taken captive by Dong thief to Chang'an, which was disloyal; and because of you, your uncle's family was killed by Dong thief, which was unfilial. Such an unkind, unrighteous, disloyal, and unfilial person, how can he live in the world, and dare to speak wildly in front of me. ”

Gongsun Chan refuted sharply, and Yuan Shao, who was scolding, was red for a while, and blue for a while, but he was speechless for a while.

Yuan Shao, as a horse boy who shoots whiskers and slips horses, how can he not exert his power at this moment. I saw Yuan Chang turn his horse to Yuan Shao's side, put out his middle finger and gestured to Gongsun Zhan, and scolded: "Gongsun Yue, as a court official, is plundering the territory of his colleagues, and his actions are like rebellion. What is the reason why you even tried in vain to slander my brother's reputation, and I was also present when the Tiger Prison was imprisoned, and you and other princes from all walks of life had their own selfish motives and did not listen to the orders of the alliance leader, so that the Dong thief escaped, and today they are still holding the blame on my brother's head? There are few people in the world whose brother is so benevolent, righteous, loyal and filial. On the other hand, your Gongsun Zhan did not listen to the orders of Youzhou Assassin History, invaded my Jizhou territory, and did not think about rescuing the Son of Heaven. If I were you, I would have dug a hole and buried myself, so as not to tarnish the reputation of my ancestors. ”

"You, you... Shaft, what a guts!"

In terms of the ability to reverse right and wrong and confuse black and white, how can Gongsun Chan be compared with Yuan Chang, a guy who has been baptized by later generations? At the moment, Gongsun Chan is angry and angry, and he can't get rid of the anger in his heart when he wants to cut Yuan Chang with a thousand knives.

Yuan Shao was extremely satisfied when he saw this, and thought that it was still good to have a well-spoken subordinate beside him, at least he was not afraid of scolding him.

Of course, Yuan Chang felt that his skills were not enough, otherwise he would be really awesome to scold people and vomit blood to death like Zhuge Liang. Or, like Yuan Chang traveled through the previous era, a certain country was obviously an aggressor in history, but in their mouths, it turned out to be to help the people of the other country in the midst of fire and water, just in terms of this kind of cheekiness, Yuan Chang felt that he still needed to continue to cultivate.

Yuan Shao lifted the cloak behind his back and said awe-inspiringly: "Gongsun Zhan, today I will cut you under the sword." The whole army listens to the order, and whoever takes the head of Gongsun Chan will receive a reward of 10,000 taels and an official promotion of three ranks!"

"Rush!"

"Yuan Shao, if you want my head, it depends on whether you have the ability. The whole army listened to the order, and if Yuan Shao's head was taken, I would let him be the assassin of Jizhou. ”

"Kill!"

Yuan Shao's soldiers and Gongsun Zhan's soldiers were both stimulated by the high bounties offered by the two, and rushed towards the enemy camp with an indomitable momentum.

Wen Chou and Yan Liang rushed left and right, and Gongsun Zhan was invincible in the army, and dozens of people died under the hands of the two in a blink of an eye. Zhang He did not lag behind, and his bravery was unmatched. Of course, although the three of them were brave, Gongsun Zhan's army and the Yellow Turbans were large after all, and Yuan Shao's army was only more than 60,000, and his strength was half that of Gongsun Zhan, and soldiers on both sides were falling all the time. Although Yuan Shao wanted Wen Chou and Yan Liang to take down Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan was guarded by [White Horse Yicong] on the left and right wings, but for a while, the situation was extremely unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

"Kill!"

"Take down Gongsun Zhan!"

"Promotions and fortunes are only in the future!"

Just when the battlefield was scorching, the rear of Gongsun Zhan, that is, in the woods where Zhang He had used his tricks, suddenly rushed out of countless people and horses, shouting the words of taking down Gongsun Zhan.

"Humph!"

Gongsun Chan snorted coldly, but he didn't have much surprise, as if he had known about this group for a long time, and at that moment Gongsun Chan ordered the right and left cronies to retreat.

"Where are the reinforcements for this team?"

Yuan Shao asked the people around him suspiciously, but no one could answer. According to the schedule, it is impossible for reinforcements from all over the country to arrive today.

Seeing Gongsun Zan retreating, Yuan Shao also ordered to collect his troops and return to Huguan, and the leader of this reinforcement army that suddenly appeared came to Yuan Shao's camp to meet him.