Chapter 177: Let Zhang He Go?
"Let's go! Come on! ”
Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang thought that they were noble, and they naturally did not want to become prisoners of the ranks, so when they saw countless merger state troops rushing towards them, they immediately became panicked, and they quickly got on their horses and wanted to escape.
"Where are Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang going?"
Wei Tao didn't want to let go of the two, so he immediately couldn't worry about entangling with those ordinary soldiers, and as soon as he urged the snow dragon horse to fall from his crotch, Wei Tao just ran towards the two of them.
"Wei Tao is arrogant, I'm Zhang Helai!"
But at this time, another burly general rushed out and greeted him.
"The two sons go quickly, here I am Zhang He, and the sons are safe!"
"Good! Good! All please, General Righteousness! ”
Yuan Shang felt relieved when he saw Zhang He coming to help, and while he got on the horse with several other people to evacuate, he said to Zhang He.
"Death to those who stand in my way!"
Although he knew that it was Zhang He who came to the rescue, Wei Tao was afraid after countless battles, shouted, and at the same time danced wildly with the halberd in his hand, which was to slash down towards Zhang He.
"Hugh is rampant! Let's see how Zhang Junyi's ability is! ”
Zhang He also did not have the slightest fear of Wei Tao, and he also did not hesitate to wave his weapon and greet him directly.
"Bell!"
With a blow, Wei Tao sat upright and didn't move at all, but Zhang He shook slightly.
"That's a lot of strength!"
Zhang He's heart was shocked, he had long heard of Wei Tao's brave name, but Zhang He had always disagreed with it, but now he saw it in person, but he was surprised.
"If you can catch my full halberd, Zhang He, you are worthy of being one of the four court pillars in Hebei. Now that Yuan's army has been defeated, Yuan Shao is entangled in Yangzhou again. Even if he knew that Jizhou was defeated, it was impossible to rush back immediately. Once the foundation of Jizhou is lost. Even if you have a subordinate, then Yuan Benchu is just the end of being attacked on all sides, and you are also wasting your martial arts and courage under his command. ”
At this time, Wei Tao was not in a hurry to chase Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, but persuaded him to surrender Zhang He, after all, Zhang He was already a first-class general in terms of martial arts alone.
"What's more, with the Yuan family's best face-saving temperament, this defeat must be to find someone to bear the reputation. Although you Zhang He is not the commander-in-chief, Yuan Shao has kept you and Gao Ran in Jizhou for many years, I am afraid that he will let you assist Yuan Shang and the others. After this defeat. Even Yuan Shao won't blame you for assisting the disadvantage? ”
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Hearing what Wei Tao said, Zhang He suddenly shouted, and the weapon in his hand slashed again.
However, although he should not say it, Zhang He already believed it more or less in his heart, if not, after Zhang He already knew that his strength was not comparable to Wei Tao, he would never use such a fighting method.
"Drink!"
When Wei Tao saw Zhang He's weapon coming, he shouted loudly without hurrying, and the weapon in his hand struck head-on, hitting with huge force. It made Zhang He shake again.
"Since you don't want to take it, then I'll beat you until you take it! Zhang Junyi, let me see how you are doing! ”
Wei Tao also understood. Once a person like Zhang He convinces the lord, then he will not easily change the court, so he will no longer persuade at the moment, and smile coldly, the halberd in his hand is a silver light, and it will roll directly towards Zhang He, and its momentum is brave, as if Zhang He will be killed under the halberd.
"Damn it!"
Seeing a halberd coming, Zhang He could naturally tell what its strength was, but he scolded secretly but did not hesitate to attack.
"It's not so easy to kill me Zhang He!"
"Bell!"
After receiving more than a dozen moves from Wei Tao in a row, Zhang He gradually felt overwhelmed, but Rao was like this, Zhang He also gritted his teeth and insisted, not retreating.
"Huh...... is also a loyal and brave general. ”
At this moment, Wei Tao smiled slightly, and the halberd in his hand suddenly stopped, and he did not continue to attack Zhang He.
Wei Tao's abnormal behavior suddenly made Zhang He frown slightly, and he did not have the slightest joy in his heart, but was more cautious and vigilant.
Seeing this, Wei Tao was even happier in his heart, this Zhang He is really not the kind of general who stands alone on martial arts, his prudence and caution are enough to be the commander of an army.
The so-called Hebei Siting Pillar is indeed a praise for Zhang He, but it undoubtedly shows that in Yuan Shao's eyes, Zhang He is just a brave general, and it is impossible for Zhang He to give full play to his ability.
"Wei Tao, what do you want?"
Zhang He saw that Wei Tao seemed to be about to stop with him, and immediately asked suddenly.
"Stop!"
However, Wei Tao didn't pay attention to it at all, and suddenly raised his halberd and shouted loudly.
As Wei Tao shouted, the surrounding soldiers immediately stopped and retreated, even if the Yuan army they faced was already dying, they were no longer sword soldiers.
These Yuan troops were all Zhang He's soldiers who led the army out to meet Wei Tao, and when they saw the Bingzhou army stopping, they immediately retreated behind Zhang He, and they were faintly lined up to form a formation, which shows how they train during the weekday.
The reason why Zhang He came at that time was because he wanted to gather his own subordinates.
"General Wei, what does this mean?"
Zhang He saw that Wei Tao seemed to have the intention of letting go of his soldiers, and his tone couldn't help but become a little softer.
"Huh...... As General Zhang saw. ”
Since you want to be gracious, you naturally want to let the other party know that you are gracious, so at that moment, Wei Tao smiled slightly and said directly to Zhang He.
"For the sake of General Zhang's brave and loyal feelings, I can let General Zhang go and treat the general's subordinates this time, and I can guarantee that I will not pursue the Yuan brothers again, and I will be loyal to the general."
Zhang He's eyes condensed slightly, he couldn't imagine that Wei Tao would really let himself go like this, and asked in disbelief.
"I don't know what General Lu Daowei wants?"
"I saw that General Zhang was brave and fierce, and he was deeply loved by his corporaries, and he would rather die in battle than flee, and I deeply felt that such a brave general as the general, if he died here, it would be a loss for my Han, so I let the general go once."
Wei Tao said with a slight smile, and then solicited again.
"I, Wei Ziyu, attacked Jizhou not for my own selfish interests. As soon as I was appointed by the Son of Heaven, I was the pastor of Jizhou, and it was also appropriate to rule Jizhou. And Yuan Shao stole according to Jizhou. Just watch the trip of Yuan Shu. It makes people wonder if Yuan Shao will hijack the Son of Heaven. Second, I am determined to expel foreign races, and it is difficult to raise troops if I merge with the state alone, so I want to take Jizhou as the foundation of the rear. If the general is interested, why don't you work with me to support the Han family, reproduce the glory of my Han Dynasty, and make the foreign races in the world dare not covet my Han territory? ”
"The general's ambition is admirable!"
Obviously, Wei Tao's words were very agreed by Zhang He, and Zhang He immediately put away his weapon and respectfully saluted Wei Tao. But then his body was straight, and he looked at Wei Tao seriously.
"However, a certain minister of the lord should be loyal to the lord, and General Wei has a good intention. Although there is today's feelings, if you fight against the general in the future, a certain family should not be tolerant, if the general has regrets, you can also fight with a certain family, even if a certain family dies, it can be regarded as repaying the grace of the lord! ”
looked at Zhang He's extremely serious look. Wei Tao is Zhilu, and what he says is from the bottom of his heart.
But this time, Wei Tao really didn't mean to take Zhang He down in one fell swoop, and said with a slight smile.
"Who does Zhang Junyi think I am? Since I have already said that if I let you go, will it be self-defeating? Please! ”
Wei Tao raised his halberd and pointed at it. Let people let go of the encirclement and let Zhang He leave.
Although Zhang He is not afraid of life and death in the battle array, Zhang He will not seek his own death when he obviously has a way to live.
glanced at Wei Tao deeply, and then gave it away, Zhang He immediately turned the horse's head and led the troops to leave, directly exposing his back to Wei Tao.
If Wei Tao launched an attack at this time, he could easily destroy the other party, but how could Wei Tao be like this?
Looking left and right, Wei Tao frowned slightly, but the place where the grain and grass in the camp were located was already on fire, and many Yuan soldiers saw this, and finally became deserters in despair.
"Everyone immediately followed me to the grain and grass baggage in the back camp, and tried to rescue the grain and grass as much as possible!"
Now that the defeat of the Yuan army has been decided, especially Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang have never been seen, many Yuan troops have fled directly.
In such a situation, the heavy grain and grass that could not be taken away was undoubtedly left to Wei Tao, and Wei Tao naturally wanted to pocket it all.
After the leader rushed to the back camp, Wei Tao immediately saw that Zhao Yunzheng was leading the army to guard a place of grain and grass to prevent the flames from spreading, and at the same time commanding people to rescue the baggage.
"Zilong, why is this so?"
Wei Tao ordered someone to come forward to help, and at the same time walked to Zhao Yun's side and asked.
"Lord Qiqi, I have already controlled these grains and grasses, but Yuan Jun saw that the guards were hopeless, so he lit a part of the heavy grain and grass before leaving."
Although Wei Tao also ordered Zhao Yun to come and burn the grain and grass, Zhao Yun understood that it was the best choice if he could take the grain and grass.
"The fire here is very fierce, and if we don't prevent it, I'm afraid it will spread. Therefore, Yun did not dare to pursue, so he could only order people to quickly extinguish the fire. ”
"Zilong doesn't have many soldiers, it's already excellent to be able to do this, Zilong doesn't have to blame himself too much."
Wei Tao knew Zhao Yun's temperament, and immediately comforted him.
Fortunately, Zhao Yun is not an awkward person, and he nodded and revealed the matter.
At this time, the situation of the rout of the Yuan army had been decided, and without Wei Tao's order, Xu Huang did not press on the Yuan army step by step, and only after chasing and killing for a while did he come to report.
"Qi Lord, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and others have not gotten it, and I ask the lord to forgive me.
"Huh...... There is no need to be like this, after this battle, the Yuan army has broken its courage, so Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang will deal with our army next, and they will definitely implement the strategy of defending to the death, and they will need Gongming and Zilong to help at that time. ”
"No! We will do our best! ”
Subsequently, Wei Tao naturally ordered someone to escort the grain and grass captured from Yuan's camp back to his camp.
At this time, the Yuan army that came to sneak attack was also defeated, with countless casualties.
"Lord Qiqi, that Ju Yi has fled, and he has not been caught, but Ju Yi has been severely injured by his subordinates, and he will not be in trouble again within a few months."
Seeing Wei Tao's return, Zhang Liao said in a report.
"Then it's very powerful to go to camp first?"
The casualties this time were also a little unexpected, but Wei Tao knew that Zhang Liao was steady and would not make any mistakes, the only possibility was that something unexpected happened.
"Yes, everyone is not afraid of death and takes the lead bravely, I am afraid that only the trapped camp under General Lu Fengxian can be compared."
Zhang Liao nodded, after all, he was once under Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao still had some respect for Lu Bu.
"Is it really that powerful?"
However, as soon as these words came out, Wei Tao's face changed slightly, can he compare with the trapped camp?
Wei Tao is also very clear about how powerful the trapped camp is, to say a simple and easy-to-understand analogy, that is, a soldier trapped in the camp can be worth at least two soldiers in the state, and a trapped camp can be worth ten battalions of the state army!
Wei Tao's words were just because he was surprised in his heart, and he also knew that Zhang Liao was cautious, and if he had no basis, he would not talk nonsense at will.
"That's right, especially that Ju Yi, is even more brave, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't do it for a while, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to escape. First to board, first to board, worthy of the name! ”
Zhang Liao praised the first camp, and directly recommended to Wei Tao.
"If the lord can subdue Juyi, then in the future, against the Huns, I am afraid that everything will be broken, and it will have all kinds of benefits for the lord's ambition!"
"Huh...... I also understand Wen Yuan's heart, but this matter still needs to see the opportunity, they are still the generals under Yuan Benchu now, how can it be so easy to come to meet each other? ”
Wei Tao also wants to find more famous generals and ministers, but now that the heroes and heroes have returned to their masters, it is not so simple to win over people's hearts.
And whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, they are both masters, once they are under their command, how can it be so simple to let them change their courts?
"That Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang are incompetent, but that Yuan Benchu is extraordinary, if it is Yuan Benchu who is fighting this time, I don't dare to do this. Whether Ju Yi or Zhang He are loyal people, how can it be so easy to recruit them? ”
Wei Tao also said Zhang He's matter, and generals such as Zhang Liao all agreed with his loyalty.
But when Zhou Yu and Xun You secretly thought about it, they both smiled inexplicably at Wei Tao, obviously seeing Wei Tao's calculations.
"Hehe, what the lord said is not right, now there is a person who can let the lord surrender, and this person may not be under the ability of Ju Yi and Zhang He."
At this time, Zhou Yu said with a smile, and Wei Tao was slightly stunned when he heard it.
Although the Yuan army was quickly defeated this time, Wei Tao did not capture any generals, how could someone let Wei Tao surrender?
"I don't know who Lu Dao Gongjin is talking about?"
"Huh...... But the lord didn't pay attention, isn't this person under the nose of the lord? ”
Hearing Wei Tao's question, Xun You immediately smiled and said.
"Now is the time to recruit him."
Right under your nose?
Wei Tao was slightly stunned, a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he faintly understood who Zhou Yu and Xun Yu were talking about, if it was that person, his ability was indeed not under Ju Yi and Zhang He. (To be continued......)