"Lord, his subordinates are incompetent, so that the army is defeated, and I hope that the lord will punish him!"

"Lord, his subordinates are also guilty, please punish him!"

Wen Chou and Feng Ji knelt on one knee in front of Yuan Shao, with a look of guilt on their faces. Of course, the reason why the two took the initiative to admit their mistakes was also discussed by the two on the way back.

Wen Chou and Feng Ji followed Yuan Shao for a long time and knew Yuan Shao's temperament. If there is a mistake and admits it to Yuan Shao in time, Yuan Shao may not blame too much. However, if he shirks his responsibility, once Yuan Shao knows about it, Yuan Shao will definitely be angry. Even if they are not punished in the first place, they can only become marginal figures under Yuan Shao in the future. Therefore, on the way back, Wen Chou and Feng Ji discussed. Speaking of which, this time it was such a fiasco, Wen Chou and Feng Ji were both at fault, and if they were held accountable, everyone would be responsible.

First of all, Wen Chou didn't believe in the power of the white horse, and he had to fight hard with the other party, so he caused huge losses. If Wen Chou chooses to retreat at the first time, there will be no such consequences; and Feng Ji, if he is held accountable, his responsibility is not small, seeing that Wen Chou is in a predicament, he did not go to support, but fled the battlefield as soon as possible, which is not a small crime. Therefore, after discussion, Wen Chou and Feng Ji did not expose each other's faults, and both chose to admit their mistakes.

"Whoop, whoop!"

Yuan Shao took a big breath and took a big breath, looking at Wen Chou and Feng Ji with a gloomy face. He gave the two 50,000 soldiers and horses, but only 30,000 soldiers and horses came back, which means that there were more than 10,000 soldiers lost. You must know that this time it was they who went to ambush each other, and as a result. The ambush failed, but fell into the other party's strategy. Although Yuan Shao knew that he would lose some soldiers and horses in his plan, he did not expect that he would lose so much. Even in the previous siege of Guanseong, only a few thousand people were lost. But. This battle lost tens of thousands, but it was the heaviest loss since Yuan Shao entered Youzhou. Yuan Shao can still accept the loss, but Yuan Shao loves face the most, and wants Yuan Chang to take the two fortified cities of Rongcheng and Tongxian, but he lost less than 5,000 soldiers, and he Yuan Shao only won a Gu'an city. The loss is more than three times that of Yuan Chang, so where does Yuan Shao's face go?

"General Wen Chou, join the army every time. This failure is not your fault, it doesn't have to be!"

Although Yuan Shao's words were very polite, Wen Chou and Feng Ji knew it. At this moment, Yuan Shao's heart must be full of anger. If it's in normal times. Yuan Shao directly called the two of them, instead of calling them by name, but now he is calling them by their names, which shows how angry Yuan Shao is.

"Lord, the last general is guilty, don't dare to shirk!"

"The lord and his subordinates are the same, if the lord does not punish him. Let the soldiers be convinced. I also hope that the lord will not be soft-hearted, otherwise. The subordinates are uneasy. ”

It's not that Wen Chou and Feng Ji are cheap, and Yuan Shao must be punished. It's because they know that Yuan Shao now has anger in his heart, if Yuan Shao is not allowed to vent it, Yuan Shao will instead keep their mistakes in mind, and once they make mistakes again in the future, this time the mistakes will be found out by Yuan Shao, and the punishment will not be so simple. Therefore, the choice of the two of them was very interesting for Yuan Shao to vent his anger now, and if he made another mistake in the future, it would not be so serious.

"That's it!"

Yuan Shao's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "Since you two are so insistent, then I will be ruthless." General Wen Chou was not in proper command and was temporarily dismissed from the post of commander-in-chief and deducted from his salary for half a year; he was temporarily demoted to the post of Sima and deducted his salary for half a year. If he has merit in the future, he will restore you two again. ”

The sins of Wen Chou and Feng Ji can be big or small, it depends on how Yuan Shao looks at them.

It is said that Yuan Shao was dismissed from the position of Wen Chou's commander, and when the war began, the fierce generals were all dispatched, and Wen Chou was naturally able to resume his position; The so-called Sima, which is equivalent to a secretary, is to record some things and does not have many rights. Joining the army has the power to supervise the soldiers and horses, and the two can be said to be very different. However, Feng Ji is Yuan Shao's confidant and strategist, as long as he casually offers a strategy, even if he has merit, he can make up for his merits and restore his respective positions. Therefore, such a punishment is just a drizzle for Wen Chou and Feng Ji, and it is insignificant at all.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, your subordinates dare to die against your fate!"

Hearing Yuan Shao's punishment of himself, Wen Chou and Feng Ji both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. As long as Yuan Shaoken punishes them, he is afraid that Yuan Shao will be silent and will record the account until later.

When the mistakes of Wen Chou and Feng Ji are resolved, they naturally have to think about the next countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Gongsun Chan has retreated to Yu County, I wonder if you have any good strategies to take Yu County?" Although Yuan Shao was asking everyone in the tent, he was more focused on the trial.

Before, it was because he listened to the strategy of the trial, so he did not pursue when Gongsun Chan retreated, and as a result, he caused such a big loss. If he had pursued directly at that time, combined with Feng Ji's strategy of ambushing halfway, he would definitely have been able to deal a huge blow to Gongsun Zhan. Therefore, when it comes to investigation, there is also a fault in the trial.

"Lord, the subordinates have an unfavorable plan, and the subordinates are willing to demote themselves to their positions to make up for the mistakes of their subordinates!"

Seeing Yuan Shao's reproachful eyes, he didn't need Yuan Shao to remind him of the trial, and he consciously admitted the mistake of his plan. Of course, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the strategy of the trial. When Gongsun Zhan's army learned that Tongxian County was taken by Yuan Chang, the soldiers would definitely have some thoughts in their hearts, and it was inevitable that the army's morale would be shaken. At this time, Gongsun Zhan's army withdrew from Gu'an City, and Yuan Shao didn't need to spend much effort to easily take Gu'an City, and it was without losing a single soldier. In this way, the strategy of the trial is quite powerful, and the trial is still a meritorious man. However, the problem lies with the two gods Wen Chou and Feng Ji, because of their problems, they lost the battle, and lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they were even implicated in the trial. Even if the judge knows that he is not wrong, but Yuan Shaodu reacts like this, if he does not stand up and admit his mistake, the consequences will be even more serious.

After the review admits the error. Yuan Shao seemed to be quite satisfied and nodded. Wen Chou, Feng Ji and the trial match admitted their mistakes, in addition to showing that the three of them were responsible, they also indirectly reflected Yuan Shao's prestige. It is precisely because Yuan Shao's prestige is still there. They will so consciously stand up and admit their mistakes. If Yuan Shao's prestige was insufficient, how could the three of them be so conscious. Therefore, after admitting his mistakes in the trial, Yuan Shao was naturally very satisfied.

"Zhengnan's strategy is also quite reasonable, however, Bujun and Yuantu are not effective in command, resulting in a crushing defeat in this battle. Where there is a battle, there is a defeat. No one can be blamed for it. Speaking of which, I was also at fault, and I failed to discover Gongsun Zhan's plan in time. However, in order to give an explanation to the soldiers under his command. I've wronged you this time. ”

Hearing what Yuan Shao said, Wen Chou, Feng Ji and the trial were all relieved, Yuan Shao said this, obviously there was no intention to delve into it. That's the best outcome.

"The Lord is righteous and righteous. Subordinates and subordinates!"

It was another unnutritious word of praise, and after the defeat was completely revealed, the next step was to discuss the issue of dealing with Gongsun Zhan.

"Lord, although Gongsun Chan has withdrawn to Yu County, it is a good thing for our army. ”

Feng Ji and Xian Pei are both responsible for this war, Xu You is not here, and Tian Feng has never fought for power and profit. Therefore, the person who stood up and spoke was naturally Guo Tu.

With a sneer, smug expression, he glanced at the two of them. I only heard Guo Tulang Lang say: "Therefore, the high walls of Ancheng City are thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if Gongsun Zhan's army is shaken, it is not a simple matter to take it easily." However, this time, Gongsun Zhan was stunned, and he gave up the huge city of An'an instead of defending it, but retreated to Yu County. It is only a small city, the height of the city is only three or four meters, if our army attacks the city, Gongsun Zhan's advantage is not big. At the same time, because Yuan Taishou took Tong County, if he sent troops to the county from the other side, Gongsun Zhan would fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides, and the situation would be even worse. Therefore, as long as Gongsun Chan has a little brain, he will give up Zhuo County and withdraw to Zhuo County. In this way, the lord can take the county without a single soldier. ”

"What the public says is very good!"

Yuan Shaogang sent Feng Ji and the two of them, so naturally they couldn't be good with the two of them immediately. Therefore, the only confidant in the tent must now be put to good use.

"However, although my brother has taken Tong County, we don't know if my brother will join up with our army to attack Yu County. Therefore, if you want to take Yu County, you need other strategies, and you can't just rely on my brother's oppression. ”

Yuan Shao is a good face, if Yu County won it because of Yuan Chang, his heart would naturally be uncomfortable. Therefore, Yuan Shao looked at the rest of the people, hoping that anyone would come up with a good idea.

"Lord, my subordinates have a plan, I don't know if it's feasible!"

Not long after Yuan Shao's voice fell, a person in the column of military generals stood up, and everyone raised their eyes, but the person who spoke was Zhang He, one of the four court pillars in Hebei.

Zhang He's armed forces belong to the first-class military general level, and at the same time, Zhang He's ability to command the army and military strategy are not bad.

Historically, Zhang He originally began to emerge at the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Zhang He was the military commander of Han Fu in Jizhou, and there was not much brilliance. Later, Yuan Shao became the assassin of Jizhou, and Zhang He turned his allegiance to Yuan Shao. And in today's era, perhaps because Yuan Chang traveled through and caused historical changes, Zhang He joined Yuan Shao before he crusaded against Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao was originally under Han Fu's command, but because of his fame and strong military strength, although Han Fu was a protégé of the Yuan family, he also had a lot of embankments for Yuan Shao. When he was crusading against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao responded with troops, but Han Fu was afraid that Yuan Shao would sit big and insisted on disagreeing with Yuan Shao's troops. Later, under the strong opposition of his subordinates, Han Fu agreed to Yuan Shao's army, and finally Yuan Shao became the leader of the coalition, and Han Fu was helpless.

In history, Zhang He made a lot of military exploits when he attacked Gongsun Zhan and was promoted to the general of Ningguo. In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao attacked Wuchao, and Zhang He said: "Cao Gong's soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they will definitely defeat Chun Yuqiong and others." Once Chun Yuqiong fails, then the general's great cause is over, and you should lead troops to rescue as soon as possible. But the strategist Guo Tu said: "What Zhang He said is not a good idea, our army might as well attack Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao is bound to come to the rescue, so Chun Yuqiong's danger will not be saved and solved." Zhang He retorted: "Cao Gong's camp is solid, and he will definitely not be able to attack it in a hurry." If Chun Yuqiong and the others are captured, we will also be taken prisoner. As a result, Yuan Shao listened to Guo Tu and did not listen to Zhang He's dissuasion. sent him to attack Cao Cao's military camp, but not only did he not capture it, but the black nest that lacked rescue was also robbed. Guo Tu will be after the failure of the scheme. After failing to frame Zhang He, Zhang He and other generals were afraid of being held accountable, so they surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was pleased with Zhang He's surrender, personally greeted him and said, "Ruweizi goes to Yin, Han Xin returns to Hanye", and then served as a partial general and a marquis of the capital pavilion.

On this point, the brick family called the beasts is also quite controversial.

Look at the records in the Romance and the History of Wei. Zhang He turned to Cao Cao because of Guo Tu's frame-up. However, in Yuan Shao's records, Zhang He is not for this reason. Zhang He and Gao Ran after the black nest was burned. Knowing that Yuan Shao was bound to fail, and Guo Tu happened to be slandered, Zhang He and Gao Ran took refuge in Cao Cao. In the romance, there is a sentence "I have a heart for a long time", which can be seen from this sentence. Zhang He and Gao Ran had long had the idea of defecting to Yuan Shao. It's just that there is no suitable opportunity. If you betray directly, you will leave infamy. However, because of Guo Tu's encouragement, Zhang He and Gao Ran's defection to Cao Cao instead became an act of abandoning the dark and turning to the light.

Of course, it doesn't matter what Zhang He and Gao Ran have in mind, but Zhang He's real fame is after serving Cao Cao. There is no doubt about that.

After Zhang He joined Cao Cao, he was quite reused by Cao Cao. Cao Cao handed over to his troops. Let him follow him to attack Yecheng and occupy Yecheng. Zhang He followed Cao Cao to the Bohai Sea to attack Yuan Tan, and he alone led his army to defend Yongnu and routed the enemy. When accompanying Cao Cao to conquer Liucheng, Zhang He and Zhang Liao served as vanguards, and Zhang He was promoted to General Pingdi because of his repeated military exploits. Zhang He also led the army to conquer Donglai County, crusaded against Guan Cheng, and also fought against Chen Lan, Mei Cheng and others with Zhang Liao and others, and won a complete victory. Zhang He followed Taizu to Weinan, defeated Ma Chao and Han Sui, and defended Anding City, and Ma Chao's subordinate Yang Qiu surrendered. Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan together conquered the thief Kou Liangxing entrenched in Duncheng and the Di rebels of the Wudu generation, defeated Ma Chao's troops again, and pacified the area ruled by Song Jian.

After that, in the twentieth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao crusaded against Zhang Lu and sent Zhang He to command an army to crusade against Liang Xing and the leader of the Di tribe, Dou Mao. Soon from Sanguan into Hanzhong, Zhang He was sent to lead 5,000 infantry to open the road in front of Yangping. Zhang Lu surrendered, Cao Cao returned to the army, and Zhang He, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and others were left to defend Hanzhong to reject Liu Bei. In the same year, Zhang Hebei supervised the army to attack the two counties of Padang and Brazil, and moved the local people to Hanzhong. Liu Bei sent the captured general Zhang Fei to defend the Brazilian county to fight against Zhang He. Zhang He led the army to the ditch, and Zhang Fei refused for more than 50 days, Zhang Fei led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Zhang He from the trail, because the mountain road is narrow, the end can not be rescued, Zhang He was defeated, only with more than ten people abandoned the horse to climb the mountain and escaped, and then collected the defeated soldiers, and withdrew to Nanzheng. Zhang He was promoted to General Dangkou.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, tun in Yangping, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, Xu Huang and others led the army to meet the attack, and Zhang He was responsible for defending Guangshi.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei personally led more than 10,000 elite soldiers, divided into ten divisions, and attacked Zhang He at night. Zhang He led his own troops to confront the Shu army, but Liu Bei could not conquer Zhang He, so he wrote a letter asking Yizhou to allocate reinforcements. Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, and Yang Hong persuaded: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, without Hanzhong, there would be no Yizhou, what are you hesitating?" Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that he immediately sent troops to reinforce him. Afterwards, Liu Bei retreated to the horse valley and set fire to the camp, Xiahou Yuan knew that Zhang He had few soldiers, so he transferred some troops to reinforce and put out the fire, but met Liu Bei's army on the way and was killed by the Shu army. Cao's army was defeated, and Zhang He retreated to Yangping Kanto with the defeated army. And when Liu Bei heard that Xiahou Yuan was killed, he only said: "If you want to kill, kill Zhang He, what's the use of killing Xiahou Yuan!"

It can be seen from Liu Bei's evaluation that Zhang He has already made a statement at this time. Among the five good generals under Cao Cao, Zhang Liao and Zhang He are the most famous, one is in the southern part of Eastern Wu, and the other is in the northern Shu Han.

Sima Guo Huai and the overseer Du attacked to collect the scattered soldiers, Guo Huai saw this, and said: "General Zhang is a famous general of the country, and Liu Bei is also afraid of him." Now the situation is urgent, and only General Zhang can calm the morale of the army. So everyone elected Zhang He as the commander, commanded the soldiers, arranged the camp, and the army was stable. Soon, Cao Cao sent an envoy to order Zhang He to take a holiday. Liu Bei wanted to cross the Han River to attack, but when he saw the Wei army lined up north of the Han River to meet him, Liu Bei gave up crossing the river and held each other across the water. Cao Cao personally attacked Hanzhong and could not win, so he withdrew his troops from Hanzhong and ordered Zhang Hetun to garrison Chencang.

In 220 A.D. (the first year of Yankang), after Cao Pi became the throne of Wei, he appointed Zhang He as the general of Zuo and entered the title of Marquis of Duxiang. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he made him the Marquis of Yan, and ordered Zhang He and Cao Zhen to lead soldiers and horses to conquer the Lu Shuihu and the Eastern Qiang people who were entrenched in the Anding generation. After the battle, Cao Pi summoned Zhang He and Cao Zhen in Xuchang Palace, and sent Zhang He south to attack Jiangxia County of the Eastern Wu regime with Xiahou Shang. Zhang He alone led several armies across the Yangtze River and captured the Wu army fortress on Bailizhou.

After Cao Rong ascended the throne, he sent Zhang He to the south, stationed in Jingzhou, and attacked Sun Quan's general Liu A and others with Sima Yi, and the army came to Qikou, fought fiercely with the Wu army, and defeated Liu A's troops.

In 228 A.D. (the second year of Taihe), Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, invaded the north, and the officials of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding rebelled against Zhuge Liang. At that time, the courtiers did not know what to do, and Cao Rong said confidently: "Zhuge Liang is stubborn and not easy to attack. Now he came automatically, in line with the tactic of drawing out the enemy. Defeating Zhuge Liang is a certainty. So Cao Rong gave Zhang He a special entry and asked him to supervise all kinds of military horses and block Zhuge Liang's subordinate general Ma Jian in the street pavilion. Ma Tan set up a village in the dangerous Nanshan and did not go down the mountain to occupy the city. Zhang He cut off his access to water, and then launched an attack, defeating Ma Tan. The counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding rebelled against Wei in response to Zhuge Liang, and Zhang He led his troops to pacify these places. Cao Rong issued an edict and said: "The thief Kou Zhuge Liang led the rabble of Ba and Shu and met the soldiers of our army like a tiger. General, thou shalt be clothed in armor and wielded in thy sharp weapon, and thou shalt conquer all thou shalt conquer thou shalt be rewarded, and thou shalt increase thy food and thou shalt increase thy food and thy one thousand, and thy one thousand shall be rewarded, and thou shalt make a thousand three hundred. ”

Zhang He's reward is very rare in Cao Wei's camp.

At that time, Sima Yi was in Jingzhou to control the naval army, and planned to enter the Yangtze River along the water to crusade against Eastern Wu, Cao Rong issued an edict ordering Zhang He to command the troops in Guanzhong to accept Sima Yi's command. When Zhang He arrived in Jingzhou, it was just in time for the shallow water in winter, and the big ships could not travel, so he returned to Shifang City and stationed there. In 229 A.D. (the third year of Taihe), Zhuge Liang once again went out of Qishan and launched a fierce attack on Chen Cang. Cao Rong sent a stagecoach to summon Zhang He to Beijing, and also personally went to the county seat of Henan to set up a banquet to see Zhang He off. Cao Rong sent 30,000 soldiers and two battalions of warriors from Wuwei and Huben to guard Zhang He, and asked Zhang He: "When the general arrives at the front line, will Zhuge Liang already occupy Chencang?" Zhang He knew that Zhuge Liang's lone army was deep and would not carry too much grain and grass, so he could not attack for a long time, so he replied: "It is estimated that Zhuge Liang has already withdrawn before the minister arrives at the front line." Chen Qu calculated that Zhuge Liang's grain and grass could not support ten days. Zhang He marched day and night to reach Nanzheng, and Zhuge Liang really retreated. Cao Heng ordered Zhang He to return to the capital and appointed him as the general of the western chariot cavalry.

In addition, Zhang He is not only a military general, but also a good Confucian and elegant.

Zhang He used military opportunities to become unparalleled, understood tactical changes, was good at setting up camps, and arranged strategies and tactics according to the terrain, there was no situation that he could not expect, and the generals of Shu from Zhuge Liang were very afraid of him. Although Zhang He was a military general, he liked to associate with Confucian scholars, and once recommended his fellow townsman Bei Zhan, saying that he was proficient in scriptures and noble character, and Cao Rong issued an edict saying: "In the past, when he was a general, he asked to set up a doctor of the Five Classics, and even in the military camp, he also sang poetry and played a game of throwing pots with Confucian scholars. Now the general is in charge of the army, and you are still paying attention to maintaining the etiquette of the imperial court inside. I greatly appreciated the general's kindness and allowed Bei Zhan to be promoted to doctor. ”

However, Zhang He's cup was in Zhuge Liang's fourth Northern Expedition, and Zhang He's record was terminated.

In 231 A.D. (the fifth year of Taihe), Zhuge Liang's fourth northern expedition, ordered Zhang He to lead the generals to Luoyang to meet the attack, Zhuge Liang retreated to Qishan, Zhang He chased to Mumen Valley, and the Shu army fought, and the flying arrow hit Zhang He's right knee. In "Wei Luo", it is recorded that the reason why Zhang He pursued Zhuge Liang was because of Sima Yi's forcible order. Judging from Zhang He's previous actions, Zhang He was not such an impulsive person, and it is obvious that the credibility of the record in "Wei Luo" is still quite high.

However, now Zhang He is under the command of Yuan Shao, although he is one of the four court pillars in Hebei, mainly because of force, but the strategy is not obvious. Therefore, when he saw Zhang He stepping forward to speak, Yuan Shao didn't pay too much attention to it, and still had an expression of lack of interest. It wasn't until he listened to Zhang He's suggestion that Yuan Shao's eyes lit up.

So, what did Zhang He say that would make Yuan Shao react like this? For details, let's see the next breakdown! (To be continued......