What should the defenders do when the enemy rushes into the city? Relying on the streets to resist? Don't be funny, in this era, except for those soldiers who have already decided to die, there are very few people who are still fighting to repel the enemy when the city gates are breached. The vast majority of them will only try to fight their way out of the city, or simply choose to surrender.

And Zhang Lei, the defender of Yecheng, chose to surrender, in fact, when he heard the news that the enemy had broken through the city gate, he was directly frightened stupid, not to mention the news that Li Yi personally led the army to kill. Later, although he heard that there were only 5,000 people attacking the city, he still did not have the heart to resist, but helped persuade his troops to surrender.

"Xia Guan was originally under the command of Han Envoy Jun, and when Han Envoy Jun was forced to surrender to the Yuan thief, Xia Guan had no choice but to surrender with him. Now that Zhang Xiaowei is on the order of Li Junhou to crusade against the Yuan thief, it is really the luck of the people of Jizhou, how can the lower officials help the Yuan thief instead? Zhang Lei looked at Zhang Ren with a sycophant smile.

This appearance suddenly made Zhang Ren frown slightly, obviously displeased Zhang Lei's attitude. However, Zhang Ren did not treat Zhang Lei as such, after all, he took the initiative to surrender and helped persuade the soldiers to surrender. No matter how much he doesn't like it, it is impossible for Zhang Ren, this kind of meritorious general, to kill him.

So Zhang Ren quickly smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a response to Zhang Lei, and then ordered someone to stay with Zhang Lei to protect him, and he took someone to appease the people and persuade the prisoners to surrender by the way. Well, if it's protection, it's actually surveillance. After all, Zhang Ren attacked Yecheng alone, and he had to be careful to do anything. And that Zhang Lei didn't have any resistance to this, and didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with Zhang Ren's treatment.

Just a few days after Zhang Ren seized Ye County, the news spread throughout Wei County and Zhao State, which was spread by the people and soldiers who had fled from the city by taking advantage of the chaos. Zhang Ren didn't stop it, or he deliberately wanted to spread the news. Otherwise, how could Chun Yuqiong, who was resisting Yan Liang's attack in Wu'an, know?

"What?! Yecheng has been breached?! How can it be?! Chun Yuqiong looked at the soldiers kneeling below in amazement, completely unable to believe this fact.

"General Chunyu, it's that Zhang Ren! He led thousands of troops to disperse and infiltrate Yecheng, and finally took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the city gate, destroy the drawbridge and capture the city in one fell swoop when a large number of people entered and exited the city. Moreover, I heard that Zhang Lei, the city guard, did not think of fighting back after getting the news, but directly led the crowd to surrender to Zhang Ren. The soldier said quickly.

"Bastard! That ungrateful fellow, better not fall into my hands! Chun Yuqiong roared angrily, obviously furious.

But at this moment, Gao Ran on the side hurriedly persuaded, "General Chunyu, let's make a decision quickly, otherwise Wei Jun will ......"

"What else do you have to decide?! Immediately withdraw the army and rush back to Yecheng, and then divide the corpses of Zhang Ren and the damned Zhang Lei! Chun Yuqiong roared angrily. Obviously, Chun Yuqiong already hates Zhang Lei very much, maybe in his heart, there is no problem with his arrangement at all, the only reason is because Zhang Lei has a different heart.

"General Chunyu, please calm your anger." A calm voice sounded on the side, but it was Guo Tu.

"Does Junshi Guo have any other proposals?" Chun Yuqiong looked at Guo Tu and asked with a gloomy expression. It seems that it is because of Zhang Lei's relationship that he also has some doubts about Guo Tu, who is also a minister of Han Fu.

However, Guo Tu didn't care about Chun Yuqiong's cold face, he just said to Chun Yuqiong respectfully, "General Chunyu is naturally right to withdraw his troops, but Xia Guan thinks that it should not be retreating to Yecheng." ”

"What does Guo Junshi mean, it's better to say it directly. As long as it is reasonable, I believe that General Chun Yu will definitely not refuse. Seeing Chun Yuqiong, whose face became more gloomy because of hearing Guo Tu's words, Gao Ran on the side hurriedly spoke.

He was a person who took refuge in Yuan Shao after Yuan Shao arrived in Bohai, and he was good at training troops and was very valued by Yuan Shao. So although Chun Yuqiong was full of fire at this time, after hearing Gao Ran's words, he could only suppress it.

How did Gao Ran's kindness Guo Tu not know? So he quickly said to Chun Yuqiong, "General Chun Yu, now that Yecheng has been broken, if the general directly leads the army back to Wei County to attack Yecheng, only the three cities of Wu'an, Handan, and Liang will not be able to stop Na Yanliang, and the general will definitely suffer from the enemy at that time." ”

"And Zhang Yan is also attacking Bairen City now, once the general retreats to Wei County, it is equivalent to directly handing over Zhao State to Li Yi and Zhang Yan, or it may not be able to recapture Yecheng." Guo Tu looked directly at Chun Yuqiong and said in a deep voice, "So the advice of the lower officials is to lead the army to retreat, but it is to retreat to Handan!" Handan connects Zhao and Wei County, and the city wall is high and thick, even if Yan Liang and Zhang Ren come to attack, it is impossible to attack it in a short time. At the same time, the defenders of Weicheng and other places were ordered to gather troops to raise their vigilance and wait for reinforcements from the lord. ”

"General Chunyu, the last general thought that what Guo Junshi said was extremely true, as long as Handan was held, then Yan Liang's army could only be blocked under the city and could not support Wei County. In this way, just with that Zhang Ren's 5,000 people, even if he continues to recruit troops, how many people can there be? But I can only defend Yecheng. Gao Ran then hurriedly echoed.

Hearing the words of the two, Chun Yuqiong was silent, and only after a long time did she raise her head and nodded, "Just do it, but you can't just leave like that!" Tell me that all the grain and grass in the city be burned before leaving! ”

Soon, Chun Yuqiong led the army to evacuate Wu'an City at night, and at the same time, a fire directly burned the warehouse where grain and grass were stored. Even because it was late at night when the fire was arranged, the fire spread because the fire was too slow to fight. But obviously, Chun Yuqiong didn't bother to pay attention to these things at all, he only needed to get two results, Yan Liang couldn't immediately lead the army to chase after him, and at the same time, he couldn't get a lot of supplies in Wu'an City.

Chun Yuqiong's goal was achieved, after entering Wu'an City, Yan Liang ordered people to appease the people, and sent people to fight the fire, and he didn't have the intention of pursuing. Of course, in addition to the reason why the city is too chaotic at this time, the more important thing is that chasing the enemy army in the middle of the night is never a good choice.

"Send someone to inform the lord of the news that our army has taken Wu'an, and at the same time Yan Liang has retreated to Handan. Well...... By the way, send someone to inform that Zhang Yan again! Yan Liang said with a deep groan. In addition, tomorrow morning to send troops to Handan, no matter what Chun Yuqiong plans, our army will not be able to let him easily go south to attack Yecheng! ”

Yan Liang knew very well that with Zhang Ren's current troops, he could not stop Chun Yuqiong's army at all, so he had to contain it in Zhao State.