Zhang Jaw was about to persuade again, but he didn't say it in the end, because he knew that Yuan Tan had made the most correct decision at the moment, and he was just a little unwilling.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought fiercely for nearly a year, consuming countless manpower and material resources, but they were mixed up by Li Yang, and no one would be reconciled, but even if they were unwilling, there was no way, because the reality was so cruel.

Xun Chen nodded silently, he supported Yuan Tan's decision, it is not shameful to retreat in the face of difficulties, let alone cowardice, isn't there such a sentence, today's retreat is for tomorrow's stride, Yuan Tan's decision is not wrong.

If you must know that you can't do it, or if you know it's difficult, then it's an idiot.

Yuan Tan is obviously not an idiot, he is the son of the Yuan family who is deeply valued by Yuan Shao, and he is also a commander full of wisdom and courage.

Sometimes it takes a certain amount of courage to admit instigation and order a retreat.

Just as Yuan Tan was about to wave everyone away, the judge walked in with a handwritten letter from Li Yang, and after handing the letter to Yuan Tan, he stood aside and did not leave.

Yuan Tan looked down at the envelope in his hand, and the envelope read: "Xiansi Initiation" four big words.

Yuan Tan opened the envelope and read the letter, but he was happy, he was amused by the content of the letter.

"Thinking like a meeting, I will lead the troops to Yecheng in the next few days, please take a bath and clean my head and I will hunt under the city of Yecheng"

Yuan Tan sighed and said with emotion: "It's really a hero from ancient times!" The ancients don't deceive me" After speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Jaw and asked everyone to read it to each other.

Although Yuan Tan's seniority is lower than Li Yang's, but the two are the same age, as opponents, Yuan Tan is big, and it is not an exaggeration to say that heroes have been teenagers since ancient times, so as to improve their own qualifications!

If you think that Yuan Tan's words are praising Li Yang, it is a big mistake.

In fact, there is more sarcasm in Yuan Tan's words.

Before this, Yuan Tan did think that Li Yang could be called a hero, but after he read this letter, Yuan Tan suddenly felt that he was a little too high-minded of Li Yang.

Li Yang is both civil and military, he can be called a strong enemy, and the Youzhou army is also very strong, but no matter how strong the army is, he can't afford to toss him so much.

Li Yang actually wanted to lead his troops to Yecheng to find a decisive battle for himself, and Yuan Tan felt a little incredible when he thought about it.

In Yuan Tan's opinion, Youzhou does have a strong bow and crossbow, and there are also improved catapults, but what kind of place is Yecheng, Yuan Shao has been operating here for more than ten years, and this place has already been built as solid as gold, and Li Yang actually wants to come to Yecheng to fight with him.

Yuan Tan felt that Li Yang was too young and vigorous.

It was impossible for Yuan Tan to fight a field battle with Li Yang, he knew the power of the Liaodong crossbow, so he admitted the fact that he couldn't beat Li Yang in the field.

Therefore, even if Li Yang led the troops to Yecheng City, at that time, this decisive battle could only be turned from a field battle to a tough battle, and the Yuan army, which had the advantage of fortifying the city, was not at all worthy of Li Yang's Youzhou army.

At least Yuan Tan didn't believe that the catapults in Youzhou would knock down the walls of Yecheng, and it was even more impossible for the Liaodong crossbow to collapse the walls.

As the side defending the city, Yuan Tan's troops were well fed, with 50,000 horses, while as the side besieging the city, Youzhou had less than 70,000 horses.

Li Yang wanted to attack Yecheng defended by 50,000 Yuan troops with 70,000 horses, if this could be brought down by him, then Yuan Tan would simply wipe his neck.

Yuan Tan really couldn't figure out why Li Yang did this, and in the end, he could only come to a conclusion that Li Yang was too young and vigorous.

"Childe, what can I do for today's plan?" The judge asked.

Yuan Tan fantasized about the scene of Li Yang's defeat like a mountain, and then hooked the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Order the army to pull out the camp and retreat to Yecheng, let's wait in Yecheng for the Youzhou army to come and die." ”

Zhang Jaw frowned and said, "Childe, don't you need to station an army outside the city?" ”

The meaning of the jaw is to station an army in the city and outside the city to form a corner of the situation, so that they can take care of each other.

Yuan Tan shook his head silently and said, "No need!" Withdraw all the troops into Yecheng. After speaking, he waved his hand at everyone.

"No!" The people took the order and left.

Yuan Tan is not afraid of fighting a tough battle, and he is even less afraid of fighting a war of attrition, because compared to Yuan Jun, Youzhou is even more unaffordable.

Yuan Tan is not afraid that Li Yang will play siege with him without attacking that set, even if the Youzhou army besieges Yecheng to the ground, it will be useless, because, Yecheng has enough grain and grass, Yuan Tan is not afraid that Li Yang will play tricks with himself.

Yuan Tan is playing Yangmou, Youzhou wants to fight a tough battle, I will fight with you, if you want to fight a field battle with me, then I'm sorry, I can't accompany you, I admit that the field battle is not your opponent, I admit it.

Walking out of the tent, Yuan Tan looked at the soldiers of the Yuan army who were busy, and sighed helplessly, he didn't expect that he would have to be beaten so embarrassed one day.

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Turn back the clock a bit!

A few days ago!

Li Yang led the army to come and join forces with the tiger and leopard!

Youzhou camp!

Li Yang praised Li Hu and Zhao Yun in public for their meritorious service before the battle, and set up a banquet for the two to celebrate their achievements, after drinking the celebration wine with the generals.

Fu Zhu came to Li Yang's camp, and after meeting Li Yang, Fu Zhu said worriedly: "Lord, the minister expects that Yuan Jun may have to retreat. ”

Li Yang frowned and asked, "Is it because we hurt them this time?" ”

He nodded.

Li Yang took the wet wipes handed by Dian Wei, wiped his face, and then said to Dian Wei: "Let's go rest first, I'll talk to Gongyou for a while." ”

"No!" Dian Wei bowed and retired!

Li Yang poured a bowl of sobering soup for himself and Fu Zhu respectively, and ordered someone to summon Han Bao and Li Hu to come to discuss the matter!

After the tiger and leopard entered the account, Li Yang said: "Gongyou, tell me your opinion." ”

Fu Zhi nodded and said, "With the minister's understanding of Yuan Tan, the minister thinks that he is afraid that he will have to retire." ”

"In this way, we can save a lot of effort." Li Hu said!

Han Bao nodded!

But Fu Zhu shook his head silently and said, "Yuan Jun retreats and doesn't leave, this is the most tricky thing!" ”

When Li Yang and the others heard this, they all frowned, and they felt that there was something in their words.

Li Yang shook his head helplessly, took the lead in breaking the silence, and said, "Gonghe, if you have anything to say, just say it clearly, don't sell it anymore." ”

Fu Zhu smiled and nodded, and said: "If the Yuan army retreats but does not go far, it will pose a huge threat to our army, and the minister guesses that Yuan Tan will lead 50,000 Yuan troops to retreat to Yecheng, and when they come, the Yuan army can refuse to defend the city." Second, you can also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

Yuan Tan Ke was not stupid at all, after Youzhou showed extraordinary military strength, Yuan Shao concluded that Youzhou's covetousness for Jizhou was especially better than Cao Cao's.

Even though Yuan Shao knew that Li Yang had an intention on Jizhou, but he still made the decision to attack Cao Cao first, he had almost blind confidence in his own strength, he thought that with the strong military strength of Jizhou, he could form a crushing trend against Cao Cao, but he encountered a hard idea, the army was dragged by Cao Cao in Guandu, and it was difficult to extricate himself!