On the city wall, looking at more and more places occupied by the Qingzhou army, Zhang He's expression became more and more solemn. Turning his head sideways to look at the surrounding soldiers, Xu You walked to Zhang He's side and whispered.

"General, it's time to prepare..."

Zhang He bowed slightly when he heard this, but he didn't make any reply.

Both of them knew that Plains City was likely to be undefended. It's just that as a dedicated soldier, Zhang He hopes that he can hold out until the last moment. It is best to hold out until reinforcements arrive, so as to avoid the fall of Plains City in his hands.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came hurrying up, his body covered with blood, and half of his face was stained red with blood.

"General..."

"What?" Continuing to observe the battlefield, Zhang He asked coldly.

"General Han Meng died in battle..."The soldier lowered his head and said softly.

In the deafening shouts of killing all around, it was almost undetectable.

Hearing the news, Zhang He's expression changed for a moment, but in the end he said in a deep voice. "I see, you step down first..."

"Yes!"

The soldier listened to Zhang He's order and immediately retreated, leaving Zhang He himself still changing his face in the distance.

After the soldier walked farther away, Xu You came up, and his face was as ugly as Zhang He. "I don't want Han Meng to die, things are a little tricky now..."

"I didn't expect this, with Han Meng's martial arts, it shouldn't have been like this, it seems that Yan Shao is here to get real this time..."Zhang He also said in a deep voice.

As a colleague for many years, Zhang He knows Han Meng's martial arts well. Even if he is injured, he is by no means comparable to ordinary generals, and he is even more brave against those ordinary soldiers. But now such a brave general died on the battlefield in such obscurity, which really surprised Zhang He.

But in Zhang He's opinion, this at least proves one situation, that is, Pingyuan City really can't hold it. If they continue to persist like this, I am afraid that not only will Plains City be unable to hold it, but they will all be trapped in Plains City.

Although Zhang He is a loyal soldier, he is also a person who knows how to be flexible. After all, if any general doesn't know how to be flexible and only knows how to use soldiers to death, he is basically not far from dying on the battlefield, and of course the same is true for Zhang He.

If he could defend Plains City, Zhang He naturally didn't mind dying on the battlefield. Because the plain is so important, if you look at the city, the plain is really a small place, basically there is no importance at all, but in terms of geographical location, especially for the current situation, it is completely different.

The plain, such an ordinary small city, is not only a bridgehead for Qingzhou to the north, but also a nail for Jizhou in Qingzhou.

Such a place, if it is occupied by Yuan Shao, it will naturally disgust Yan Shao. After all, the plain is also the territory of Qingzhou anyway, and it is occupied by people for no reason, and whoever looks at the map of their own boundaries will be disgusted.

The reverse is the same, if this place is obtained by Qingzhou, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will also sleep restlessly. Yes, the plain does belong to the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, but don't forget, from a geographical point of view, the plain is actually a piece of Jizhou, on the contrary, it is the same place as Qingzhou, but it is separated by a Yellow River.

At least geographically it is actually different, if Yan Shao gets this place, it is equivalent to getting a bridgehead to attack Jizhou, and all troops can use here to invade Jizhou and even Youzhou and other places.

The reason why Yuan Shao wanted to seize the plain at the beginning was that on the one hand, he wanted to disgust Yan Shao, but on the other hand, he was also worried that he would be disgusted by Yan Shao.

Instead of fidgeting in the future, it is better to strike now. This has also become the biggest contradiction between Yan Shao and Yuan Shao, of course, even if there is no such thing, Yan Shao will still take Yuan Shao as the highest priority.

Not only because he has a grudge against Yan Shao, but also because he really can't sit back and watch Yuan Shao sit in Hebei.

Although Cao Cao is the biggest threat, at least for now, Cao Cao cannot completely threaten Yan Shao, on the other hand, if Yuan Shao sits on Hebei, it means that he can easily mobilize Hebei's troops. In history, Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao, in fact, he also took advantage of a bit of luck, Yan Shao certainly has a very strong strength, and there are too many fierce generals under him to fight well, but he does not dare to bet that he has a 100% chance of winning.

What's more, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are allies, and it can even be said that Cao Cao was dependent on Yuan Shao during this period. It depends on the owner to beat the dog, Yan Shao did it to Cao Cao, how could Yuan Shao, the master, do it?

Beat Yuan Shao, it may be one-on-one, if it is combined with Gongsun Zhan, plus Yuan Shu and Lu Bu. Even if Cao Cao sent troops, Yan Shao was sure to make a two-on-four or three-on-four situation (this umbrella refers to Liu Biao), but if he dealt with Cao Cao, it might be one-on-two. Especially considering that Yuan Shu, a pig teammate, is likely to be more troublesome———— although the previous one also needs to use Yuan Shu, but the difference between the main attack direction in Jizhou and the main attack direction in Yanzhou is still very big.

At least when fighting Jizhou, Yuan Shu only needs to drag Cao Cao behind, but if he fights Cao Cao, he will have to worry about Yuan Shu contradicting himself.

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No matter what, Zhang He is still very aware of the importance of the plain, but the current situation makes Zhang He unable to care about this at all. If you don't leave, you won't have a chance to go, and Zhang He and Xu You have a deep understanding of this.

The two of them are not the kind of stubborn people who gave up their lives for the sake of a city that could not be defended at all. After a moment of preparation, it was decided to fight his way out.

Led by Zhang He, plus some family soldiers around him and some elite soldiers who had been preparing for a long time, the group protected Xu You in the center, opened the city gate, and killed him directly in the direction of the north.

It should be said that Yan Shao's siege of Pingyuan City still has a lot of troops, but after sending most of the troops to the city, in general, the troops are still weaker, plus Zhang He himself is also a super-first-class general, even the kind at the end is not comparable to ordinary people, after paying some price, he really let him rush out.

However, Plains City, which was already in a desperate situation, had no possibility of turning over without such a peerless general as Zhang He, and there was no room for struggle.

Zhang He and Xu You rushed out of the city for only half an hour, and the city wall had been completely occupied by the Qingzhou army, and after confirming that their main general had abandoned themselves and others, the remaining soldiers in the city had no idea of continuing to resist, and surrendered one after another.

About an hour later, except for a few places where there was some resistance, the entire city had fallen into Yan Shao's hands, and the banner of the Qingzhou Army was also hung on the city wall.