Seeing that these two people were unwilling to stay, Xu You's face sank.

"It is precisely because of your loyalty to the general that the general will appoint you to command the army, isn't it the most important thing to buy time for the general to retreat? Don't you want to die for the sake of the general? Do you have two minds? ”

Xu Youyi accused the two of them with words: "At this time, do you want to show your true colors?" ”

"This ......"

Zhang He and Zhao Rong looked anxious, and wanted to say something, Xu You waved his hand and said: "If you stick to it and buy time for the general to withdraw to Jixian County, then the general can still save your family, if not, how can your family be saved?" ”

Xu You's words grabbed the lifeblood of Zhang He and Zhao Rong, and the two of them suddenly had nothing to say.

The family is in Jixian County and has become a hostage, if they don't guard here, what will the family do?

The two looked at each other with sad faces, and finally could only endure their grief and dissatisfaction and accept the order.

So Xu You, Feng Ji, Gao Gan and others immediately reorganized their soldiers and horses, reorganized two thousand cavalry and came out, brought enough rations, and escorted Yuan Shao away.

Run for your life too.

Zhang He and Zhao Rong were left to defend the lonely city with 10,000 lonely soldiers, and the food in the city was only three or four days at most.

It's the rhythm of death.

"What should we do?"

Zhao Rong looked at Zhang He, his face lifeless.

"I don't know, the war has reached this point, can it continue to fight? In this battle, General Yuan lost everything he could lose, Guo Zifeng's momentum was like a rainbow, Jizhou collapsed, General Yuan had to give up Jizhou and flee to Youzhou, can he still regain his momentum? ”

Zhang He shook his head and said: "I guess that even if General Yuan returns to Jixian County, he will not be able to get the support of the wealthy clan in Youzhou, and can only continue to flee to the north or east, or even to the grassland. ”

The more Zhao Rong listened, the more chilled he became.

"What about me? I'm a meaningless outcast? What about my family? ”

"I don't know."

Zhang He sighed deeply: "People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, what else can we do?" ”

"I ......"

Zhao Rong frowned, clenched his teeth, and his breathing became rapid.

Leaning less, Zhao Rong opened his mouth.

"It's better for us to surrender."

Zhang He was stunned.

"Are you crazy? If we surrender, our families will die without a place to bury! ”

"I'm not crazy!"

Zhao Rong roared: "He Yuan Benchu didn't treat us as human beings and left us here to die, but even if we die, will our family definitely be able to live?" Won't he be abandoned by Yuan Benchu? Or after we died, Yuan Benchu was chased by Guo Zifeng, can our family live? ”

Zhang He was stunned on the spot, opened his mouth, and couldn't say a word.

He does have a point.

Could it be that if they die in battle here, their families will live?

"You don't think we're the only ones who think that, do you? The soldiers below are thinking like this! If we persist, it will even lead to a mutiny, and once we run out of food, we will definitely die without a place to bury! Yuan Benchu just treated us as outcasts, and didn't care about our life or death at all! ”

Zhao Rong lowered his throat and roared, "In that case, why do we care about his life or death?!" If the city surrenders, you can still fight for wealth! There is also the possibility of rescuing the family! As long as we live, it's possible! If we die, everything is over! ”

Zhao Rong's rebellion has risen, and Zhang He is very shaken.

The next day, early in the morning of September 16, Guo Peng's pursuers Zhao Yun, Cao Chun, and 5,000 cavalry members of Nanlou pursued to Zhending County and returned to Zhao Yun's hometown.

Later, they took Guo Peng's warrant to meet Zhang Yan's headquarters of the Changshan Army and joined forces with Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was pleasantly surprised when he learned that Guo Peng had defeated Yuan Shao's army, and Yuan Shao scattered and fled, so he immediately joined forces with Zhao Yun and others to attack Zhending County.

Then, the county seat of Zhending surrendered.

The guards Zhang He and Zhao Rong surrendered together with more than 10,000 soldiers, put down their weapons and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, praying for surrender.

Cao Chun accepted the surrender of Zhang He and Zhao Rong on behalf of Guo Peng, and then asked them about the reason.

"Yuan Benchu doesn't treat us as people, only treats us as outcasts, he took people and fled to Jixian County, only gave us three or four days of food, if we fight to the death, we will be trapped here, he is not kind, why should we be loyal to him?"

Zhao Rong said.

Zhang He sighed and said: "The matter has come to this point, I am weak to return to the sky, Hebei must belong to General Guo, why should I take these soldiers to die together?" It's better to find a way for everyone to live. ”

Cao Chun nodded, wrote down the answers of these two people, and then incorporated the troops into the army, and included Zhang He and Zhao Rong, and immediately went north with them, and let them lead the way and march towards Jixian County.

They did not stop Guo Peng's pursuers for even a day, so Guo Peng's pursuers continued to chase the remnants of Yuan Shao, still eyeing Yuan Shao and biting Yuan Shao tightly.

Yuan Shao no longer has the strength to fight back, and he must keep running away, keep escaping, otherwise, there will be no chance at all.

On the way to escape, Xu You also discussed with Feng Ji, feeling that the wealthy family of Youzhou would not continue to support Yuan Shao, but Youzhou became dangerous, and after arriving in Jixian County, he must immediately take all his family members away, and then continue to flee to the east.

"If you go east, where else can you go? Or is it self-reliant? The further east, the more Hu and Han are mixed, it is impossible to resist Guo Zifeng, if you want to defect, only Liaodong under the jurisdiction of Gongsun Du can go. ”

Xu Yu said.

And Feng Ji was full of embarrassment.

"Gongsun Du seized Liaodong, claiming to be the Hou Pingzhou Mu of Liaodong, the heart of the unsubordinated is obvious, let's go to him, is there a way to live?"

"If you don't go to him, do you have to wait to be caught and beheaded by Guo Zifeng? Or did he flee north to the steppes and become a barbarian who drank blood? ”

Xu You gritted his teeth: "The most important thing now is to survive!" It is to let Ming Gong live, so that we have a chance to regain momentum! ”

Run all the way, die all the way.

Compared with Yuan Shao's miserable situation, Guo Peng is much happier.

The current Jizhou is the two heavens of ice and fire, with ice on one side and fire on the other, destroying the landlord Haoqiang who helped Yuan Shao on the one hand, and appeasing the landlord Haoqiang who did not help Yuan Shao.

Along the way, Guo Peng's army has never lacked food, and he has not even consumed much of his own food stockpiles.

All of them were contributed by these landlords in Jizhou.

not only gave food, but also gave money to help the army, but also gave chariots, horses and livestock, and made every effort to help Guo Peng enter the army.

The counties along the way were basically easily won, and there were no hard-fought cities.

All the way forward, all the way to control the counties of Jizhou, until Yuan Shao fled back to Jixian, Guo Peng had already controlled most of Jizhou.

Most of Jizhou is also taking the initiative to cooperate with Guo Peng to control himself, and even help Guo Peng attack and eliminate those families who helped Yuan Shao, for fear that he will encounter the fate of those defeated.

They are not unfamiliar with the tragic situation of burns and looting, and then confiscating the family property, and everything is seized by the victors, but they do not want to encounter such a thing themselves.

It's that everyone has a desire to survive, but some people have a stronger desire to survive.