He Mao, the general of Yuan Shao's troops who retreated without a fight, gathered the scattered Jizhou soldiers along the way and returned to Jizhou.

In the middle of the night, He Mao invited a group of officers and colonels who were also defeated into the military tent, these people were all officers and colonels around Wang Mo and Gao Lan, and they had drunk three rounds of food and five flavors, and all the officers couldn't cry when they talked about the rout, regretting that they had left the commander and fled in a panic.

He Mao persuaded with good words, and in less than a moment, all the generals and officers were drunk, and they staggered and slept in the periphery, He Mao clapped his hands gently, and soon rushed into a group of sword and axe men from outside, stepped forward with sharp blades, and assassinated the officers in their sleep.

The night was hazy, most of the soldiers were already asleep, and suddenly rushed into a group of uninvited guests, without hesitation, they stepped forward to cover their mouths and noses, and stabbed the sharp dagger into the chest of the sleeping soldiers, the blood was cracked, and the whole body trembled and wanted to ask where the Jizhou soldiers could move, and they were out of breath in less than a moment.

Several Jizhou soldiers who got up at night, sleepy-eyed out of the military tent, were suddenly dragged into the dark shadow hidden in the dark night around and faintly cut their throats, the slaughter continued to be staged, the next morning the sky was just dawn, the big pit that had been dug had already been dug, piled up with many corpses, with the fire oil watered, with the torch thrown into it, the fire soared.

He Mao, who was sitting in the military tent and pouring himself a drink, looked indifferent, in order to save his life, he must not let these soldiers who knew what happened to return to Jizhou, the best way to keep the secret is to send them on the road, only the dead can really keep the secret.

I don't know how long later, a tall man dressed in black walked into the military tent, saluted He Mao with a fist, and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "My lord, everything has been done. ”

"Very good, collect the corpse as soon as possible, clean the camp, you can retreat." He Mao drank all the wine in the bowl and said in a flat tone.

"No." The man in black quickly withdrew from the military tent, and with a wave of his hand, many men in black standing in front of the military tent followed behind him, holding lime and scattering it into the military tent, and more men in black gathered their bodies and quickly transferred out.

At this time, He Mao, who was sitting in the military tent, took off his shirt and said to the guard outside the door: "According to the plan." Two guards entered the big tent, and at the same time there was a medical officer, and the two guards picked up their war knives from the weapon rack on the side and slashed at He Mao's body, and immediately the blood burst, He Mao's forehead was bruised, and he gritted his teeth and struggled to support it.

The guards once again left wounds on He Mao's body with arrows and axe blades, and blood continued to spill down the wound for a while, and the medical officer hurriedly stepped forward, He Mao stitched up the wound, applied a plaster, and tossed for several hours, seeing that the wounds were all blocked, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The medical officer stepped aside and said, "General He, the wound is no longer serious, but there is too much blood loss, and it needs to be recuperated for many days, and it can only be recovered by nourishing qi and replenishing blood. ”

"There are no problems anymore!" He Mao chuckled and asked softly.

"General He, rest assured, this official is willing to guarantee with his life." The medical officer has been practicing medicine for many years, so he naturally has this self-confidence.

"Originally, I should have held a banquet to thank each other, but the wound couldn't be leaked, and I would take care of your family and go all the way."

The medical officer's eyes were full of consternation, and suddenly he felt a cold neck, his head flipped and fell to the ground, his weak body fell to the ground with a bang, and the flying head rolled out on the ground, and his hideous eyes were obviously dead.

The guard standing behind him looked cold, and casually inserted the blood-soaked war knife into the scabbard, without even wiping the blood that had just splashed and landed on his face.

He Mao quickly cut through the chaos, killed all the soldiers who might become informers, set up camp, and ordered someone to send the news of the defeat of Qin County, and when he was in good health, he led the army towards Jizhou Xindu in a hurry.

Before He Mao, who returned to Xindu, had time to rest, he was surrounded by a group of guards generals, unloaded his blades and armor, collected the seals, and escorted him to the Xindu City Mansion of Jizhou.

He Mao was pressed into the hall, and all the generals and strategists around him were already present, and Yuan Shao, who was pale, stared at He Mao who was overwhelmed and kneeling with murderous intent, full of killing intent for a while.

Fu Zhu stepped forward and said, "He Mao, report the story of the first battle in Qin County to the lord truthfully." ”

He Mao hurriedly kowtowed, straightened up and said loudly: "Lord Yu, the general of Qin County at the end of the first battle is duty-bound, although he fought to defend the city, but the Xiao cavalry army is attacking like a tide, plus the city is known for its meticulous work, the inside and the outside should be combined, and the city will be broken under the broken city, General Wang Mo died unjustly, but unfortunately General Mao can't avenge it!" ”

Yuan Shao got up and sneered: "In your opinion, you are fighting to the death and retreating, and the reason for your failure is that you should work together inside and outside!" ”

"Lord, Gongsun Yi is not dead, he is still alive, the combat effectiveness of the Xiao cavalry is very strong, and the armor responsible for the defense of the city gate during the siege of the city allowed the Xiao cavalry to approach the city gate, open the gate to let the Xiao cavalry enter, although the last general led the soldiers to be repeatedly killed and wounded, they are still powerless to resist the Xiao cavalry soldiers!"

Yuan Shao's face was pale, he didn't say anything for a while, and stared at He Mao angrily, indeed Yuan Shao had received the detailed news, Gongsun Yi just cheated to death, and did not listen to Tian Feng's advice at the beginning, so he was defeated today, although Yuan Shao regretted not being at the beginning, but he was raised in front of him for a while to have a beautiful face, and he was obviously annoyed and angry and planned to kill He Mao to borrow the slope to get off the donkey.

How could He Mao not know what Yuan Shao was thinking, the reason why he deliberately pointed out that he should not have sent troops to pursue him in the first place, not to provoke Yuan Shao, but to prove that all this was not the responsibility of him He Mao alone, but with the character of the lord with a good face, he would definitely kill him to appease everyone.

He Mao hurriedly said bitterly: "I regret that I shouldn't have trusted others on the battlefield at the beginning, so that I could have today's defeat, He Mao is just a general of the defeated army, and he is willing to be punished!" ”

He Mao suddenly shook off the armor soldiers on both sides, walked out carelessly, took off his shirt casually, and looked like he was at home, and everyone present was in an uproar for a while, only to see that He Mao's body was covered with more than ten scars, if this is not a bloody battle, I am afraid that no one can do better than He Mao.

"Who, who have you trusted?" Yuan Shao saw that He Mao's whole body was covered with scars, although his heart was still full of killing intent, but if he insisted on beheading He Mao, I was afraid that no one would fight desperately in the future, Yuan Shao pretended to make a gesture and gave He Mao a chance to survive.

"It's all the fault of the last general, don't mention it!"

"Say!" Yuan Shao's tone became more and more cold.

"Lord Yu, the officer guarding the city defense of Qincheng is General Gao's subordinate Qu Chang Chen Yi, when the last general led the troops to arrive, the city gate was already wide open, and the last general Qingyan saw that the Xiao cavalry was mixed with Jizhou soldiers, and"

"And what, don't spit out!" Yuan Shao shouted impatiently.

"General Wang Mo, who went to the aid with the last general, was killed by General Gao with a knife in the back, and he really died unjustly!"

"You're spewing blood!" Suddenly, a general stood out from the side, drew his sword, and wanted to step forward to kill He Mao.

The surrounding generals were shocked, and hurriedly rushed up to stop him, and the palace was openly murdered, and if the lord pursued it, he would definitely die.

"Zhang He, what are you going to do!" Yuan Shao scolded angrily.

Zhang He shook off everyone, put the blade aside and knelt down and said: "Lord, I have always been familiar with General Gao, he is loyal and righteous, and he will never betray the lord and betray the lord for glory, please think twice!" ”

Zhang He heard that He Mao kept pouring dirty water on Gao Ran, and blamed all the responsibility for the defeat of Qin County on others, Zhang He was righteous and had always been good friends with Gao Lan, so naturally he couldn't watch Gao Ran fall into disrepute, if he was identified by Yuan Shao, I am afraid that the whole family would be unable to escape death.

"General Zhang is also sad and angry for a while, and the last general also doesn't believe it, but General Wang Mo's death under General Gao's knife is a thing for all to see, if the lord doesn't believe it, you can ask those soldiers under General Gao who retreated."

Yuan Shao saw that He Mao was calm and calm, and immediately ordered to summon Gao Lan's generals to come, at this time Yuan Shao did not care whether Gao Ran rebelled, the most important thing was because He Mao's body was wounded, which was ironclad evidence of a bloody battle, Yuan Shao could not execute him, someone must be responsible for this matter, Gao Ran could only be sacrificed.

Soon Gao Lan's soldiers came, Yuan Shao asked one by one, everyone's statement was the same, General Wang Mo, who went to help, died under Gao Lan's phoenix mouth, and everyone was in an uproar for a while, even Zhang He was stunned on the spot.

Yuan Shao suddenly got up and said loudly: "I almost accidentally killed Xian Liang by mistake, He Mao, I appoint you as the general of Hengye, and replace the traitor Gao Ran to take over the position of protector." ”

"Zhang He, Gao Ran's traitor betrayed the lord for glory, I can't wait to break it into pieces, you immediately lead the army to slaughter it."

"Lord!" Zhang He's tone was full of pleading.

"Do what you are told, or are you in the same party as that Gao Lan?!"

"The last general commands!" Zhang He's expression was gloomy, and he got up and walked out of the hall quickly.