At this time, Zhang He was so helpless in his heart. The burning of the granary in the city meant that Yuan Shao's army would have no food available for a considerable period of time in the future, and unless Guandu was captured, the army would collapse without a fight.

But the official crossing under Lu Zhi's guard in front of him is solid, not to mention 60,000 people, even 160,000 can't be beaten in a day or two. Offensive...... There is no way, it just increases the casualties! Fall back...... There is no way, Yuan Shao gave a death order, no retreat!

Zhang He immediately found that he was now in a dilemma. Faced with the dilemma, he weighed and repeatedly chose a compromise method, not attacking or retreating for the time being, but instead camping on the spot and confronting the church's soldiers and horses.

However, just as Zhang He was organizing his men to set up camp, a master with Yuan Shao's arrows came to his army and conveyed Yuan Shao's orders to him, asking Zhang He to temporarily hand over military affairs to Gao Ran and follow him back to meet Yuan Shao.

Zhang He was stunned, he didn't make a big mistake in Guandu, so what did he do when he went back?

He immediately realized that there must be something wrong with it, so he arrested the master bookkeeper and interrogated him severely. After some torture, the master finally couldn't stand the truthful confession.

It turned out that after learning that Chun Yuqiong's army was defeated, the city fell and the grain and grass were burned, Guo Tu felt that he could not escape the blame, so he thought about blaming others. So, he slandered Yuan Shaojin, saying that Zhang He gloated when he learned that the grain and grass were burned, saying that "Yuan Gong is obscure when he talks about things and sees people, so he is defeated", "Yuan Gong really has no strategy, how can he be a god general's opponent" Yunyun......

Yuan Shaozhi was annoyed and ashamed when he heard this, so he sent someone to bring Zhang Hehe back to Baima, wanting to punish him.

Hearing this, Zhang He was furious, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and go to confront Guo Tu in front of Yuan Shao. Gao Ran hurriedly stopped him and said, "Let me ask General Zhang, does the lord trust the general or Guo Tu more?" ”

Zhang He's face was decadent, "The lord is stupid, and I believe in that villain more!" ”

"Even so, it's useless for the general to argue with Yuan Gong, it's just a dead end! Instead of being stupid and throwing yourself into the net, it is better to seek a way to survive and switch to Luan Ziqi. ”

"What? Defection? Zhang He was taken aback.

"That's the only way!" Gao Ran responded firmly.

Zhang He rubbed his face violently, allowing his sanity to recover from his anger. After pondering over and over again, as Gao Ran said, taking refuge in Luan Yi is currently the only way to survive. In the past few years, he has helped Yuan Shao to fight in the east and west, and he can be regarded as repaying the kindness of his acquaintance, and now he can make a decision. "Good! Then switch to Luan Ziqi. ”

Under the order, Zhang He and Gao Ran took more than 50,000 people to change their flags and banners, and walked to the church official camp with white flags.

At this time, Luan Yi went to attack the old city and had not returned. Lu Zhi, who was in charge of guarding Guandu, knew that Zhang He was an outstanding wise general, and when he saw that he had brought so many people to vote, he said that he was using a trick to surrender, and he didn't dare to accept it.

coincided with Xun Yu's presence, and he made a statement to vouch for Zhang He, "I heard that Zhang He was able to write and martial arts, and when he was serving under Yuan Shao's account, he was quite excluded by Guo Tu, and often made suggestions to Yuan Shao but was repeatedly not accepted. He must not be angry in his heart, this time he must have been wronged again, and he was angry before he came to agree. Lu Gong doesn't have to worry, just open the door. ”

What Xun Yu said, Lu Zhi can completely understand. But having said that, Zhang He brought nearly 60,000 people! On the side of the church, there were originally 85,000 people, Taishi Ziyi led 7,000 aid to Shouchun, Luan Yi led 8,000 elites to the old city, plus the war dead, now there are less than 70,000, only 10,000 more than Zhang He's people. If Zhang He suddenly broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Seeing that Lu Zhi was still hesitating, Xun Yu replied: "Yu is willing to guarantee with his net worth, Zhang He is really descending." If Lu Gong doesn't open the door and surrender again, he is afraid that Zhang He will raise his troops and leave. ”

In other words, Xu Shu and Xun Yu were listed at the same time, "Shu/You are also willing to guarantee." ”

"Lord Thorn, open the door!" Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong also came out to plead.

Hearing that everyone spoke in unison, Lu Zhifang felt that he might have been too worried, so he ordered the gate to be opened. However, only Zhang He and Gao Ran were allowed to enter the village, and a group of soldiers were waiting outside the village for the time being.

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This time, Yuan Shaonan mobilized a total of 205,000 men and horses from Hebei, Youzhou, and three states to attack.

Among them, Yan Liang, Han Meng, and Xin Ping led an army of 45,000 to attack Qingzhou and the whole army was annihilated. Yan Liang and Han Meng were defeated and left, and the military advisor Xin Ping and his brother rebelled and returned to the church.

Yuan Shao raised 160,000 soldiers to Baima, and in the first battle, 30,000 Chinese and ugly pioneers were killed or wounded, and more than 10,000 people were killed. After Yuan Shao's army arrived, it lost nearly 10,000 people in the confrontation. The total of the two is 20,000 people. Then, Luan Yi led his troops to capture the old city and suppressed Chun Yuqiong's 6,000 men. After calculation, Yuan Shao has 160,000 people, and only a little more than 100,000 remains.

Now, Zhang He has sent 60,000 horses to the door, and Yuan Shao only has 40,000 people left.

On the other hand, the people on the church's side are fighting more and more, and now the total number of troops has reached 140,000, not counting the 30,000 horses under Lu Bu on the Qingzhou side.

The war has developed to the present, Yuan Shao has no soldiers and no food, Luan Yi occupies an absolute advantage, so he issued an order for a full-scale counteroffensive on the ninth day of October in the sixth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty.

The army was divided into two routes, Lu Butong Qingzhou 30,000 troops, worship Guo Jia as the military division out of Puyang, all the way to the north, recover the Qingzhou Plain County and Qinghe County north of the Yellow River, and then enter the Nanpi City of Jizhou.

Luan Yi crossed the river with the 14th army of the middle road and went straight to the white horse.

The ensuing war showed a one-sided situation, and the church army did not taste defeat in successive battles, which generally gave Yuan Shao a good taste of "defeat like a mountain". So much so that when Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng after defeat, there were only six hundred elite horsemen left around him.

Zhang He and Gao Lan, who turned the spearhead, took the lead in attacking Yuan Shao's White Horse camp as the vanguard. Obviously, Yuan Shao was in a hurry when he retreated, and he didn't even have time to take the things in the main tent with him.

Lifting the curtain and stepping into the big tent, everything in front of him was so familiar to Zhang He. In this luxurious and magnificent tent, every decoration shows the extraordinary identity of the owner. In Zhang He's opinion, there is no need to bring these ornaments into the barracks, but Yuan Shao not only brought them, but also placed them in the most conspicuous position. Now these things are placed in their original positions, exactly the same as before Zhang He left.

The ground of the tent is covered with a thick sheepskin blanket, along the sheepskin blanket forward, in the center is a beast-shaped Boshan furnace, behind the copper furnace the main hall is erected Yuan Shao's throne - a wooden chair inlaid with jade, behind the side of the chair on the left and right sides of each has a gilt kneeling Yong'an lamp and bronze feather man, and then there is a screen carved with four coiling dragons. There is a small number in front of the left side of the chair, and there is a bronze ban pot on the several, and on the right side is a gold, silver and bronze dragon and phoenix case, on which Yuan Shao's favorite guqin is placed.

In the position adjacent to the qin, there are several lacquered wooden boxes of the twenty-eight green dragons and white tigers.

Before, Zhang He had always been curious about what was in these boxes, so he opened them and looked at them generally, all of them were antiques such as gold and stone, jade, calligraphy and painting, many of which were in the middle of the roll, and some seemed to have royal traces. I think it was a treasure given to the Yuan family by the emperor back then.

Seeing this, Zhang He sneered, and couldn't help but think of the scene in Luan Yi's big tent when he visited Luan Yi.

Compared to the palatial tent in front of me, it was simply a shack.

It was a simple tent, and it didn't make any difference except that it was a little larger than that of a regular soldier.

The furnishings in the big tent are very simple, the floor is just a rammed ordinary floor, and there is no luxurious carpet on it. In the corner on the left hand side of the entrance, there is a row of wooden rib structures, on which there are woven strips of cloth, Luan Yi called Mazar, and after folding, you can sit down, which is the seat of the civil and military generals. On the right-hand side is also a wooden rib structure, nailed with cloth satin, Luan Yi named it the marching bed, and after it is stretched out, it is the bed where he sleeps.

Zhang He has led the army for many years, and after seeing the Mazar and the bed, he immediately saw the important role of these two things in the march, and the foldable feature can save space and make it easier to transport and carry.

There are sixteen copper lampposts on both sides of the big tent, the style of the lampposts is very simple, the reason why there are so many is said to be because Luan Yi does not like the dark, and often stays up late to approve the performance while fighting, so he needs more light.

Looking along the sixteen downlights, it is the main seat where Luan Yi sits. The seat is also simple and simple, just a mazar with a backrest. The small case in front of Mazar was full of manuscripts, scrolls, and the four treasures of the study, and on the left and right sides of the bookcase, there were also several large boxes like Yuan Shao. The chests, most of which were open, contained some letters for approval, some of which contained books he needed to refer to in the near future, and his treasure, the manuscript of a book he had been working on recently.

A very characteristic cup, which is now placed on the lid of a closed box. It was a copper cup, large enough to hold at least a pound and a half of water, and it was like a jar, with an open mouth larger than a bowl. Zhang He was very puzzled at first what this thing was for, but he couldn't help but pay attention to it a few more times under curiosity, and when he saw Luan Yi drinking water, he realized that it was a cup. Later, he specifically asked Xun Yu, "Why does Luan Yanzhou use such a big cup to drink water?" ”

Xun Yu replied, "The sect leader is very kind-hearted. At first, he saw that the subordinates who were in charge of serving him were always running around to pour water for him on weekdays, and they were very busy. In addition, sometimes when writing things, there is always someone dangling in front of the problem, which is easy to distract the train of thought. Then he ordered that the man should not have to work so hard, that he had hands and feet, and that he should pour the water himself. He was kind-hearted, but the subordinate was startled, and thought that he was disgusted by the sect leader. The crying and wiping tears begged the sect leader to forgive him, no matter how the sect leader explained, he just didn't listen, and he didn't think that the sect leader didn't let him pour water, or he was disgusted with him. The sect leader had no choice but to let it go. Then he came up with the idea of preparing a large cup, so that he could drink water for a long time after pouring water once, which not only saved the effort, but also saved his worry, the best of both worlds. ”

Zhang He laughed when he heard this, "I see! Just from this little thing, you can see that the sect leader is considerate to his subordinates! He thought of Yuan Shao again. Then Yuan Shaomo said that he was a subordinate, that is, for these generals, he also called them to recruit them, and he didn't treat them as people, and it was strange that they didn't betray their relatives and leave! He couldn't help but feel sorry for Mingzhu's secret past, and wondered why he had voted for Yuan Shao in the first place!