Inside the tent, the atmosphere was obviously a little dignified. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition to Xu He, there are only a small number of leaders left in the huge tent, which is also the leading class that makes up the huge lineup of the entire Qingzhou Yellow Turban.

It can be said that if all these people are dead, even if the remaining yellow turbans do not lose a single soldier, this seemingly huge army will fall apart in the blink of an eye.

However, although there were not a single soldier in and around the tent, this was not the case nearby, and countless soldiers and horses had already been guarded by them, which basically ruled out the possibility that someone had rushed to do a 'surgical operation'.

However, the atmosphere between these 'leaders' is not very harmonious with each other, and disputes continue to occur, and the biggest dispute is whether they should withdraw from the army, or whether they should continue to stay here and fight Yan Shao.

A significant number of the leaders thought they should stay here instead of just retreating. However, many more leaders felt that it was not a wise choice to continue to blead here, and that retreating was the best way to do so when there was no hope of victory.

The argument was fierce, except for Xu He, almost all the leaders were involved, which is why there were no guards in the camp―――――― if the guards saw that the leaders above them were arguing with each other so fiercely, I was afraid that the already shaken military spirit would fall again.

Standing in the position of the lord, Xu He did not pay attention to the quarrels of these people under his hands.

Three thousand people is not a very big number for Xu He, who has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and although he is embarrassed when he escapes back, it has not reached the point where he can knock him down.

At least now he can still raise tens of thousands of troops and fight a bloody battle with Yan Shao until he reaches the point of the last soldier.

But this does not mean that it is a painless thing for Xu He, three thousand elites, no matter which commander it is, is a painful thing to the bone. Not to mention the failure of the attack on the camp, how huge the blow to the morale of the army was. Even for the more than 100,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, it is not easy to select 3,000 soldiers who have no night blindness and are brave and good at fighting.

Many of these yellow scarves that were ambushed to death were simply at the level of some small heads. Now that they're dead, there's a huge problem with an already loose organizational system.

Of course, Xu He hadn't noticed this at this time, he just felt that it was not a good idea to continue to stay here.

"Dashuai, since you want to retreat, when the soldiers and horses are broken, I don't know which brother should do it?" Although some of the leaders below are not willing to flee in such a disgraced manner, especially when they have just suffered a great loss and have not yet avenged the brothers who died on the battlefield.

But there are many things that they can't control, especially when there are more people who tend to retreat. After a heated debate, the opinion of the minority was quickly suppressed, and the majority emerged victorious.

"Is there a candidate for the future..."Xu He closed his eyes and pondered for a while, this is also a very important question.

Just because he wants to go doesn't mean that the other side is allowed to go.

In the bloody battles of these days, his casualties are huge, and Yan Shao on the opposite side may not be less.

Especially Yan Shao's hands did not have many soldiers and horses, even if it was only a thousand casualties, it was an extremely large number. The light and shadow of the torches in the tent swayed, swaying on everyone's faces. Now that he and Yan Shao have formed a mortal enmity, unless there is a special reason, it may be difficult to ease up with each other.

In the face of such a person who has a grudge against him, would Yan Shao do this and look at him like this? If it were Xu He, I am afraid it would not, on the contrary, as the party that had the upper hand, Xu He would lead the troops to chase after him until he chopped off the other party's head.

If Yan Shao led the army to strike a blow during his withdrawal, the situation would definitely be critical. If you don't get it right, you're likely to get into big trouble, and someone has to be in charge of breaking it off. This person must be brave and resourceful in order to resist Yan Shao's pursuit and cover the departure of the army.

To be honest, Xu He's tent was really not small, but in the continuous bloody battles, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans suffered countless casualties, and the night attack not long ago lost a lot of brothers who could be relied on, which made Xu He's available manpower scarce.

After pondering for a while, Xu He opened his eyes and looked at Pei Yuanshao not far away.

"Brother Pei, I don't know if you are willing to take your troops and horses to be responsible for the rear?" After thinking about it, it seems that the only thing he can use under his hands now is this Pei Yuanshao.

Although Pei Yuanshao is not a cronie under him, he sees this person's ability. Brave and resourceful, his talent is convincing, at least much stronger than many reckless men around him, if such people are in charge of the decision, it can also make people breathe a sigh of relief―――――― of course, there are some careful thoughts that cannot be said directly.

After this battle, Xu He suffered heavy losses, especially those cronies under his account. It's just that now the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is still maintaining the balance of the situation, and it can't be regarded as a failure.

But when he took the initiative to retreat, it was tantamount to his own admission of defeat.

There has never been a failed commander who has not experienced doubts, Xu He is not worried about doubts, but he is worried that when his losses are serious, there will be no one under his command who will decide to plot wrongdoing, this is something he has to guard against carefully.

In order to deal with what may happen, he must retain the power in his hands as much as possible, and at the same time weaken the strength in the hands of other people who may pose a threat to him, and Pei Yuanshao is naturally one of them.

Even if Pei Yuanshao didn't have any thoughts in his heart, Xu He also needed him to help him preserve his strength, so that he would become the best candidate.

After hearing that Xu He actually asked himself to be responsible for the break, Pei Yuanshao was also taken aback, but after his eyes flickered, he still hugged his fists. "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will do my best..."

"Good!" Pei Yuanshao took over the task, Xu He was overjoyed, and patted him on the shoulder. "But if there is any need, Brother Pei can bring it up."

The work after the break is not easy to do, and if you are not careful, you may be defeated and die, everyone knows this very well, Pei Yuanshao is indeed quite powerful, but those behind him are more powerful. With Pei Yuanshao's little strength, if he is reasonable, he may not be able to stop Yan Shao. It's not about ability, it's about the strength in your hands.

Sure enough, Pei Yuanshao immediately asked Xu He to allocate more soldiers and horses to him, to say that Pei Yuanshao did have some strength, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, of which there were more than 3,000 available soldiers. And unlike other yellow scarves, Pei Yuanshao will also conduct some training on these soldiers and horses when he has time, instead of letting them just sit idle, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness is much stronger than other yellow scarves.

But after a series of bloody battles, there were more than 2,000 soldiers and horses left in Pei Yuanshao's hands, and there were almost 2,000 light cavalry on the opposite side. With such a huge quantitative gap, to be honest, even if Pei Yuanshao himself is confident, others are a little weak-hearted...

So under Xu He's coordination, more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were soon transferred to Pei Yuanshao's account, so that the number of soldiers and horses he could command reached more than 5,000.

This number is actually not very much, but all of them are young and strong, and they are not tough with Yan Shao, but they are responsible for the break, which is barely enough.

And almost all of the 3,000 soldiers and horses allocated were drawn from the hands of various leaders, and each of them was at most two or three hundred people, so that it would not cause too much backlash, and it was basically a decision that everyone agreed on...

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"Gongren, since we have broken Xu He's soldiers and horses attacking the camp today, can we take advantage of the situation and the army to press?" Early in the morning, looking at the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield in the camp, Yan Shao put down the tent that had been opened and asked Dong Zhao.

Yesterday's bloody battle, although Xu He could not be intercepted, but also the soldiers and horses he brought were almost wiped out. The ending wasn't perfect, but at least it didn't disappoint.

It should be noted that the three thousand elites did not fight to the end that day, but after discovering that Xu He had run away, except for a few who still insisted on fighting bloodily, the rest chose to surrender. made the number of prisoners in Yan Shao's hands instantly increase a lot.

But even so, the camp was still full of corpses, and in the early morning, looking at the tall hills in the distance, many people were still silent.

No one knows when this troubled world will end, and no one knows if at some point, they will become one of them.

It's not impossible, as long as you think that one day you will be gray and scarred in it, I'm afraid no one will be in a good mood.

Of course, those corpses are not just piled up, and there are also people who are responsible for scavenging them to see if there is anything to use―――――― even if the yellow scarves are poor, there is value in looting.

Not surprisingly, the larger the scale of the Yellow Turban, the greater the possibility of breaking through the city, and if you don't get it right, you can break through a city with more families, and if you loot it, who knows if there will be anything good.

In these years, most families or merchants will not choose to trade with the yellow scarf, even if they have a little money, they can't spend it, they can only hoard it, and now they can just get a little cheaper Yan Shao.

Even if you don't have these things, the blades or armor on the Yellow Turban's body are worth looting.

Among them, the blade can be re-built, as for the armor, it can also be packed up for the soldiers who defend the city in the rear―――――― this year armor is a rare object, not to mention the armor, leather armor is a rare thing, at least there are a considerable number of soldiers and horses under Yan Shao's hands who only have blades and no armor, which shows the preciousness of the armor.

Maybe for those more tyrant princes, they may not look down on these tattered things, but for Yan Shao, anything has the value of use―――――― if he is still valuable...

"Next, I believe that Xu He will think about how to retreat, my lord, this is a godsend, as long as we can take this opportunity to swallow these more than 100,000 Qingzhou yellow turbans in one bite, not only can all the losses in this battle be compensated, but our own strength can also be raised to a higher level, and the prestige of the lord can even shake Qingzhou, so it is easy to level Qingzhou..."Squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Dong Zhao said to Yan Shao.

His resourcefulness may not be as good as Zhuge Liang or Zhou Yu's characters who have reached the apex, but he can be regarded as the top of the second-rate strategists, how can he not calculate Xu He's movements.

Especially after suffering such a big loss this time, no matter how you think about it, it seems that there is only one option to retreat.

"Is there a godsend?" Yan Shao narrowed his eyes, thought about it for a while, and later said to the guards outside. Go, call General Zhao and General Gan to me. ”

"Yes!" The guards outside the door hugged their fists, turned around and walked outside, and after a while, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning were brought over.

Compared with the original high spirits, these two people are obviously a little frustrated now. It's no wonder that seeing that the situation is very good, he let Xu He run away, even if it can't be said that all the responsibility is on them, it seems that there is no problem with accounting for seventy or eighty percent or something.

After all, both of them ran into Xu He, but they also let Xu He slip away from their hands.

Of course, victory and defeat are common in soldiers, and this will not really be a reason to blame the two. However, Yan Shao often has an inexplicable trust and closeness to some people in the army, such as Zhao Yun, such as Gan Ning, for example, for example, Huang Zhong and others, who have joined the new team, in fact, this also includes the previous Tai Shici and others...

This is somewhat unconvincing, obviously there are more people who have been following Yan Shao since a long time ago, but their current status is only the level of an ordinary general, and talents such as Zhao Yun have been reused and trusted by Yan Shao as soon as they join, and they are usually preferred if there are any opportunities to make meritorious contributions...

The so-called suffering from widowhood but not inequality, Yan Shao is so partial to Zhao Yun and others, it will inevitably attract some criticism, if it weren't for the fact that these people have shown the ability to make people shut their mouths, I am afraid that there will be more criticism, even so, there are not a few people waiting to see Zhao Yun and others' jokes behind their backs.

Now that Zhao Yun and the others have lost, it is that the people who have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time can finally satisfy their desires...

"My lord..."

"Zilong, Xingba, I came to you this time for something important..."Of course, Yan Shao saw the expressions of the two, but he only smiled secretly and didn't say anything.

Of course, he was very clear about what was going on, and he also knew that many of his old subordinates who had followed him for many years had some opinions about their excessive preference for these newcomers. But what about that, the world is very cruel, does it make him abandon those who are capable, and just look at worthless qualifications?

What's the difference between that and the bureaucrats of later generations?

It was a whimsical thing to try to appease everyone, and he had figured it out many years ago, and it was the same now...

Calling the two of them to his side, Yan Shao whispered.

After hearing this, the two of them, who were originally a little depressed, both lit up.

At the same time, in Xu He's tent, Pei Yuanshao also called his most trusted brothers in and whispered something.