As Zhang He withdrew from the plains, the atmosphere in the city gradually calmed down.

Of course, this so-called calm is only relatively speaking, in fact, the city is still very lively. After capturing the plain, Yan Shao soon stationed his soldiers and horses in the plain city, and sent people to clean up the inside and outside of the city.

Siege warfare has always been the most tragic and cruel, this siege battle, the Qingzhou army lost at least 2,000 people, this is only counting the dead and disabled, not counting those who temporarily lost their combat effectiveness because of injuries. In just over a month, the Qingzhou Army suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, even for Yan Shao, who already had tens of thousands of people, this was not a loss that could be easily ignored.

The corpses of the dead on both sides were scattered all over the city and beyond. Especially in the several main attack points outside the city wall, several piles of corpses several meters high were piled up under the ladder. These are the sergeants who died during the siege of the city, in the process of climbing. Of course, these are also objects that need to be cleaned up, and if they are left unattended, it is easy to cause plagues and other diseases.

In addition, Yan Shao also sent people to build a camp outside the city to guard the prisoners captured in the war.

In this era, captives are also a resource and a trophy, which can be seen from Yan Shao's start in Qingzhou, when he was in Beihai, Yan Shao captured a large number of prisoners, and many roads in Qingzhou today are built on these captives. And after all, this is not a war between countries, and people in this era do not have too deep a concept of countries. It's not that if you are defeated, you must be buried with you, and it is entirely possible that you will be surrendered to become a force on your own side.

Of course, stationing in the plain does not mean that Yan Shao has to give up the camp outside the city, on the contrary, the camp outside the city has not given up, but has been well reinforced by Yan Shao.

According to the information obtained by the detailed work, Yuan Shao's troops will soon come from the north, and he can imagine with his knees that Yuan Shao will definitely not give up this time.

Although it was Yuan Shao who occupied the plain belonging to Qingzhou first, in Yuan Shao's opinion, this time Yan Shao took advantage of the situation to attack the plain when he attacked Youzhou, which was definitely a stab in the back, which Yuan Shao absolutely could not tolerate. With Yuan Shao's character, of course, it is impossible to give up.

I have to say that although Yuan Shao's temperament is very problematic, Jizhou's strength is beyond doubt. Even if Yan Shao weakened some of Yuan Shao's troops in the process of attacking the plains and killed several generals under his command, he did not dare to underestimate Yuan Shao.

What's more, in terms of losses, Yan Shao's losses will definitely not be less than Yuan Shao's, after all, he is the one who is attacking the city.

After capturing the city, he didn't get much food and grass, Zhang He only left him with an empty plain, a mess, and he still needed to spend his efforts to recover.

After all, he is a righteous Qingzhou pastor, and restoring order in the plains is what he should do.

"My lord, the list of casualties has been counted..."

Walking behind Yan Shao, Huang Zhong said.

"Cremate the dead soldiers on the spot, make a list, and then send them back to Qingzhou, and arrange for ships to send them back as well..." Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses will arrive soon, and then it will be another bloody battle, and I am afraid that I will not have the time to take care of these soldiers..."

"Don't worry, lord..."Huang Zhong chuckled when he heard this. These things have already begun to be prepared below, and now there is no news from the spies, I believe that Yuan Shao should still be some distance from the plain, and before Yuan Shao arrives, the wounded soldiers should be able to be transported across the Yellow River..."

At this time, the pontoon bridge has already begun to be repaired, and with the previous foundation and experience, it will not take long to complete the repair.

As long as the pontoon bridge is unblocked, many things will be solved.

"But..."Speaking of which, Huang Zhong suggested. The previous pontoon bridge guards were careless, resulting in the burning of the pontoon bridge, so that our army had to make a desperate bet, although it succeeded in taking the city, but also suffered heavy casualties. This time Yuan Shao came south, the troops may not be much less than ours, and may even be much more, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will not be treated the same as when Zhang He was treated, it is best to choose a steady and cautious candidate, so that when we deal with Yuan Shao, we don't need to worry about the problem in the rear..."

When Yan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.

This time when he crossed the Yellow River north, in fact, most of the situation was expected, but the pontoon bridge was unexpected, which caught him off guard. If it weren't for that, there would be no need for him to risk storming the plains, Yuan Shao was going to get there, but it could be seen from the fact that he sent three thousand cavalry south first, instead of bringing troops over, there was still some distance. In other words, Yan Shao could completely seize the plain with fewer casualties, and he could also be more calm when facing Yuan Shao.

Unfortunately, the pontoon bridge was burned, which forced him to change his plans.

Now that Yuan Shao is about to go south, the importance of the pontoon bridge to Yan Shao is self-evident.

You must know that Yuan Shao's strength is not comparable to Zhang He, if he really seizes the opportunity, the consequences will definitely be much greater than Zhang He's. Therefore, a prudent candidate has become the primary issue.

"Candidates..."

Yan Shao muttered.

This is indeed a question worthy of his careful consideration, and of course it has a lot to do with the lack of such talents under his hands.

It should be said that there are still a lot of talents under his hands, and it can be described as a fierce general, just put it out directly, which can make Yuan Shao and Cao Cao envious, but many things cannot be solved by bravery. Just like the task at hand, a fierce general like Zhang Fei came over, and I am afraid that Yan Shao will be worried that he will not even be able to sleep well.

"Tai Shi Ci? He's a good candidate, but I can't do without him here for the time being..."

"Gan Ning? It's brave enough, but it's completely unrelated to stability..."

"Guan Hai? Sun Guan? These two are also the type of fierce generals, and they are not suitable for such a task..."

Thinking of this, Yan Shao also sighed a little...

In fact, strictly speaking, Huang Zhong can also be regarded as a personal candidate, but when Qingzhou played against Jizhou in the past, it was mainly led by Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong's face is still very well-known in Jizhou, Yan Shao needs Huang Zhong to sit here, causing some pressure on the Jizhou army, in other words, he, like Tai Shici, cannot leave for the time being.

Thinking of this, Yan Shao regretted a little that he didn't bring Zang Ba...

The most suitable candidates for Yan Shao now are Zhao Yun and Zang Ba, the former is cautious and brave, and the latter is a rare good general.

It's a pity that Zhao Yun is now going to Xiliang to see his father-in-law, and Zang Ba was left by Yan Shao on Langxie's side...

Looking at Yan Shao's distressed appearance, Huang Zhong smiled.

"My lord, have you forgotten that you have a suitable candidate under your hands?"

"Oh?" Yan Shao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Huang Zhong. "Who?"

"Xu Huang, Xu Gongming..."

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