Guo Tu looked at the chaotic battlefield, the position they had entered now had reached the position where Yan Liangzhong's army was originally located, and the ground was almost covered with corpses, "General Zhang, can we get out of trouble with this way of fighting?" Guo Tu asked tremblingly, he no longer had the luxury of winning or losing, and it was a blessing to be able to escape with his life.

"I can't." Zhang He also said with a solemn face: "The current situation is like two big snakes, devouring each other, that is to say, they are fighting for consumption, you bite me, I bite you, only to the last person." ”

"According to General Zhang's opinion, is this last person on our side?"

Zhang He shook his head and said, "Judging from the current strength and morale, the Plains Army has completely gained the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time before our army is swallowed up." ”

Guo Tu suddenly despaired, his eyes full of dead ashes.

Zhang He continued: "But the Plains Army has this little background, I think Liu Ze will definitely be reluctant to fight it, even if he wants to eat us, he will definitely pay a heavy price, I think this is something Liu Ze can't bear." ”

Liu Ze's mind at this time is the same as what Zhang He expected, the two forces of people will be strangled like this, although they have the advantage, but they will definitely pay a heavy price for eating the other party, and this is the pain that Liu Ze can't bear. Yuan Shao's soldiers are many generals, even if the whole army of 100,000 people is wiped out, it may not be able to hurt his vitality, but the Plains Army is different, this time participating in the battle, almost all the forces of the Plains are attacked, and they can't afford to be injured!

"The four court pillars of Hebei are mostly wasted and famous, only Zhang He deserves to be called a real name, worthy of the title of the five good generals. Pass on my military orders. The divisions ceased the pursuit and disengaged from Yuan's army. This kind of war of attrition is indeed not something Liu Ze can bear, and it will not make much sense to continue this kind of war, Liu Ze believes that if Zhang He is smart enough, he will also choose a truce.

"Report! General Zhang, the offensive of the enemy army stopped. The messenger quickly reported the news of the rear team.

Zhang He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "The front team stops pursuing the enemy and keeps the formation unchanged. ”

The two giant snakes finally let go, and the situation of being entangled with each other finally changed. The two armies lined up equally. Both sides were blessed with the aftermath of the catastrophe.

Liu Ze rode out and shouted to the Yuan army camp from afar: "When you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent, and today Liu can fight with General Junyi." It's the luck of life. The right to strike the army. How about fighting again in the coming days? ”

When Zhang He saw that Liu Zeti was talking about peace and dismissing the army, he naturally didn't want to fight again, so he stepped out and said: "Our army was defeated miserably today. Zhang was so ashamed, thank you Liu Taishou for the kindness of his subordinates, and he will regroup his troops and horses to fight again one day! Leave! ”

Liu Ze smiled and said: "But please return to Yuan Cheqi, you and I have no deep hatred and grudge, why do you need to see each other, please Yuan Cheqi do not listen to the villain's slander and lose the friendship of neighbors." ”

Zhang He went back to Jizhou from packing up the remnants of the army, and when he reached the halfway point, he met Gao Ran and led the troops to respond, which was the details of the defeat of the Yuan army, and the two sighed and led the army straight to Yecheng.

Liu Ze also cleaned up the soldiers and horses, cleaned up the battlefield, and returned to the plain.

In this battle to defend the plains, Liu Ze led the army to win three battles and three victories, and even beheaded Yuan Shao's Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two generals, and severely damaged Chun Yu Qiongbu, only the vanguard Zhang He led the remnants of more than 10,000 people to get away with it, Liu Ze defeated 100,000 Yuan troops with less than 30,000 divisions at a very small cost, creating a miracle in the history of war.

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"How can this be true? My 100,000 army was so defeated, Yan Liangwen Chou is my confidant and favorite general, and he actually died twice, and he was angry with me! Guo Tu, how did you join the army? Yuan Shao almost went out of his way, sprinkling all his anger on Guo Tu's body.

Guo Tu said in fear: "The lord is angry! If it weren't for the subordinates not doing their best, when General Yan Liang was trapped, his subordinates went to General Zhang He's headquarters in person and earnestly asked General Zhang to lead troops to rescue General Yan Liang, but General Zhang insisted on going his own way and was unwilling to rescue General Yan Liang, so that General Yan Liang fought alone and was finally killed. ”

"What? Zhang He, he dared to see death and not save him, are you serious? Yuan Shao was furious.

"The subordinates have nothing to say, and dare to confront Zhang He face to face! In addition, his subordinates suspected that Zhang He was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, after the death of General Yan Liang, our army was defeated, Liu Ze occupied an absolute advantage, only need to attack for a while, our army will be annihilated, but Liu Ze did not attack Zhang He again, but withdrew his troops, when he withdrew, he also had a verbal exchange with Zhang He, talking and laughing freely, his subordinates were suspicious at that time, please be aware of the lord! Guo Tu desperately wanted to shirk his responsibilities and did not hesitate to spew blood, but these things were not made out of nothing, Guo Tu only said the unfavorable situation for Zhang He in order to frame Zhang He.

"Come on, spread Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chun Yuqiong!" Yuan Shao snorted heavily and ordered.

The three of them were all outside the hall, and as soon as they heard Yuan Shao's summons, they came in together and said to Yuan Shao: "See the lord!" ”

Yuan Shao's face was uncertain, his eyes looked at them one by one, and the three of them were beating drums in their hearts, this time the troops could be said to be a fiasco, and they also broke the main general Yan Liang, and the three of them didn't know what kind of punishment they would receive.

"Chun Yuqiong, you rushed forward lightly, you were negligent, Liu Ze attacked the camp secretly, damaged my generals, and lost the prestige of our army, what crime should you be guilty of?" Yuan Shao first held Chun Yuqiong accountable.

"The subordinates know that they are guilty of serious crimes, please punish the lord!" Chun Yuqiong knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed.

Yuan Shao snorted heavily and said: "For the sake of your loyalty to my father, I will spare you the death penalty, and you will be demoted to a Zhonglang general, and you will be punished for one year, go down!" ”

Chun Yuqiong was overjoyed, kowtowed and thanked him, and retreated. Although Chun Yuqiong was defeated by Liu Ze for the first time, after the rout, he gathered nearly half of the remnants of the army, and the loss was actually the least one of the three people.

Yuan Shao's face sank like water, and he turned to look at Zhang He and said: "Zhang He, Guo Tu said that you didn't follow the military order, and you didn't save Yan Liang in danger, so that Yan Liang was defeated and killed, but is there such a thing?" ”

Zhang He glanced at Guo Tu, who was sitting on the lower left of Yuan Shao at the moment, his eyes slightly closed, and he was content. On weekdays, Zhang He and Guo Tuduo have discord, at this time he is the villain to sue first, Zhang He is not surprised, he took a step forward, arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Lord Qi, the situation was critical at that time, the rear of our army was attacked by Liu Ze's army, and the camp was in chaos. After careful consideration, the last general decided to make a detour to the enemy's rear flank and attack the enemy's rear troops, so that he could flank the front and rear of our Chinese army and counter the enemy army. ”

Guo Tu opened his mouth and said: "General Zhang, Guo repeatedly said at that time that General Yan was besieged by the enemy and was in danger, but you insisted on going your own way, ignoring General Yan Liang's life and death, insisting on going back to the enemy's rear team, and saying that you are responsible for the consequences, Guo Mou is not bad, right?" ”

Zhang He frowned secretly, Guo Tu's words were really vicious, he did say that he would be responsible for the consequences at that time, but he didn't plan to abandon Yan Liang and ignore it, he just figured out another suitable way to rescue, but Guo Tu took it out of context, and everyone's eyes were on him, once he admitted it, it was equivalent to sitting on the charge of not saving Yan Liang.

"Yes, the Admiral did say that I would take all the blame." Zhang He is the kind of person who is upright and upright, and he dares to be a husband if he dares to do it. At that time, the last general thought that General Yan Liang still had 30,000 troops in his hands, even if he encountered an enemy attack, it should not be difficult to support him for an hour or two, as long as the last general detoured back to the rear of the enemy army and attacked back and forth, he could not only solve General Yan Liang's danger, but also save the defeat. It's just that the last general never thought that General Yan Liang would be defeated quickly, so that he fell short. ”

Yuan Shao's face was pale, and there were many discussions among everyone, some said that Zhang He should be responsible for Yan Liang's killing, and some said that Zhang He was not at fault for the proper handling of the matter, arguing with each other, and they were inconsistent.

Tian Feng has always been kind to Zhang He, and said in words: "Lord, I think that Jun Yi is not only without fault, but also meritorious, as a general, he should judge the situation and change the situation, when our army is attacked, the formation is in chaos, if Jun Yi directly returns to the army, he will fall into chaos, not only can not save General Yan, but also the risk of the whole army overturning." It was the wisest thing to do by making a decisive detour to the enemy's flank. It is a miracle that our army was lost in all three ways, and it was a miracle to return the whole division alone. ”

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said: "Yan Liang's army was completely wiped out, and under the nest, An has finished his eggs, Zhang He, then you sue Sù Bengong, why did you return with the whole division?" ”

"Our army and the plain army strangled each other, and they won and lost each other, and Liu Ze took the lead in retreating, so that our army could be preserved." Zhang He told the truth.

"Oh, then Ben Gong came to ask you, was Liu Zejun the advantage or your department the advantage at that time?"

"It's Liu Zejun who has the advantage."

Yuan Shao snorted heavily and said, "Since Liu Zejun has the advantage, why didn't he take advantage of the victory to pursue but took the initiative to retreat?" ”

"This ...... The last general really didn't know that Liu Ze was full of tricks with his soldiers, and it was indeed difficult for the last general to guess his intentions. Although Zhang He calculated that Liu Ze's initiative to withdraw troops may be related to not wanting to fight a war of attrition, this is just his personal speculation, and without definite evidence, Zhang He cannot express his subjective opinion.

Yuan Shao's face was extremely gloomy, and he sneered and said: "I'm afraid that this is insincere, as far as this public knows, when Liu Ze retired from the army, he also took the initiative to talk to you, talking and laughing, and he had no intention of fighting desperately, how can you explain this." ”

Zhang He said: "This last general didn't dare to say anything, Liu Ze asked each other, and the last general only responded with courtesy, and he also asked me to tell the lord, don't listen to the villain's words, use swords and soldiers in vain, and lose the friendship of neighbors." (To be continued......)