"Apprentice, since you know that you are in the game, can you have a way to break the game?"

Zhang Jiao asked, his expression was unexpectedly calm, Liu Yan glanced at Zhang Jiao curiously, could it be that Zhang Jiao had already seen the key to breaking the game from this chaotic chess game? Thinking of Zhang Jiao's repeated emphasis on Fang Zhiwen's role at the beginning, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel a little realization.

"Master, there are no more than two ways to break the game, one is to be brave and diligent, to break the game with strength, since the game is not set by me, if you want to break the game, you have to break the chess game itself, disrupt the inherent outcome of the chess game, but whether this game is won by our army, or Yuan Shao wins, it is difficult to say that the chess game is broken, and these two endings may have been in their expectations."

"In other words, if you want to break the game, you either don't play, or one side wins?"

Liu Yan nodded at Zhao Ai'er: "Another way to break the game is to surrender, I don't mean surrender in the actual sense, but take the initiative to admit defeat to the gamer, since after repeated struggles or fall into the gamer's hub, then it is better to directly talk to the gamer about the conditions, what are we willing to pay, in exchange for our smooth exit from the chess game." ”

"A chance to get out of the game?" Zhang Yan asked with wide eyes.

"Yes, a chance to get out of the chess game! I think so, for the future of Jizhou, some people may think that it should not be a dilapidated Jizhou, and then be easily cleaned up by Lu Bu, if Lu Bu has the annexation of the state, Jizhou, Yanzhou, plus the righteousness of Bingwei and the imperial court, not only can we not accept it, but many people can't accept it. Perhaps, this is the only chance we can get out of it. ”

Zhang Jiao lowered his eyes and stroked his long gray hair noncommittally. Zhao Aier's face changed, as if he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, and when he looked at Zhang Yan again, he saw that his face was full of unwillingness and humiliation.

Yes, humiliation! This choice is actually an incompetent choice, an escape, as Liu Yan said. It's a bend, not a surrender in the actual sense! But does it make a difference?

It's just that Zhang Yan is unwilling and unconvinced, but where is the strength of the Yellow Turban Army. Unless the Yellow Turban Army can defeat Yuan Shao, no matter whether they win or lose, Jizhou may be Lu Bu's Chinese meal, and this ending is also unacceptable to Zhang Yan

"Ziyuan. Zhang Jiaoqin led a large army to Boxiang to support. What does this mean? ”

Yuan Shao asked with a smile, there was a hint of pride in his tone, the secret order Wen Chou's raid on Boxiang was indeed a stroke of genius, this was not only a tactical breakthrough, but also a strategic breakthrough, and it was a move to accurately convey Zhang Jiao's firm strategic intentions, and Zhang Jiao seemed to accurately understand Yuan Shao's intentions.

Zhang Jiaoqin led reinforcements back to Boxiang, but in fact, weakened the defenders of Julu in disguise. It shows that the Yellow Turban Army has retreated, and the balance of the Battle of Julu is slowly tilting towards Yuan Shao.

"Primatim. It may be exactly what you need, Zhang Jiao's return to help Boxiang shows that he has no determination to make a desperate bet, so he will try his best to protect the back road, Zhang Jiao is cowardly, it is the time for our army to attack the city. ”

Yuan Shao laughed: "Okay! In this case, he ordered an all-out siege of the city to show our army's determination to take the giant deer1

Xiu nodded, but his eyes were more condensed, Zhang Jiao's behavior was very strange, at this time Zhang Jiao personally went to help, this meaning is really a little too obvious, in fact, why should Zhang Jiao go in person for support? Isn't this a sign of weakness to the enemy? Could it be that Zhang Jiao has some conspiracy?

But what kind of conspiracy can there be? Zhang Jiao really led his troops north, the defenders of Julu have indeed decreased, and the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be affected, what impact will this have on Yuan Shao? And what are the pitfalls?

Although Xu You was a little confused, he didn't have the idea of continuing to pour cold water on Yuan Shao at this time, and his suspicions were actually unfounded, just a little strange, or perhaps, in fact, Zhang Jiao was afraid of death, so maybe he ran away first.

Yuan Shao was neatly draped and personally supervised the formation and began the battle of storming Guangping!

Boxiang was attacked by Wen Chou and was in danger, and the news of Zhang Jiao's north aid soon spread throughout Julu and Guangping, and the believers and troops in the city were not affected, but the players who were seriously emotional muttered one after another, and there were even rumors that Zhang Jiao was actually worried that Julu was besieged, so he had to ensure the back road first, in other words, he slipped away first, otherwise the reinforcements could be led by generals like Zhou Cang, so why do it himself!

This suspicion spreads among players, and is soon reflected in the timing action, and the proportion of players taking on intense confrontation missions is quietly decreasing, and more are taking on side missions, which is more about style.

And just at this time, Yuan Shao launched an all-out onslaught on Guangping City!

It would be impossible for Guangping City, which had been bombarded for many days, if it did not suffer losses, so there would be more or less damage to the city defense, Yuan Shaojun aimed at these places, first through fierce bombardment to expand the damage on the city defense, and then, Yuan Army's infantry changed the usual lax atmosphere and launched a fierce attack on the city wall.

Wells, siege vehicles, and ladders all rushed up while the counterattack in the city was unfavorable, and then the heavy infantry that Yuan Shao had been hiding also appeared on the battlefield, and under the leadership of the heavy infantry, Yuan Jun launched the first wave of battle.

The battle of Guangping City entered the bloodiest stage since the start of the war, the city head was in an emergency, the generals defending the city immediately organized troops to counterattack, Yuan Shao also put the player troops into it, and the defending troops soon found that the number of players in their troops was obviously insufficient, and as a result, the players under the city formed an advantage in skills and paper symbols, plus the assault of the heavy infantry, the city head was actually in danger.

Yuan Shao was still unsatisfied, at noon at ten o'clock, Yuan Shao, who had abundant troops, opened another battlefield, launched an offensive frenzy again from another section of the city wall, and successfully opened another battle hot spot, which made the Yellow Turban Army, which was already a little overstretched, even more passive, fortunately, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were tenacious and did not collapse, but the battle has been developing in the direction of collapse.

In the evening, Yuan Shao continued to rotate troops, to maintain the full physical strength of the front-line soldiers, but the defenders in the city were exhausted, taking advantage of the night, Yuan Shao once again opened up the third hot spot, this time, finally the defenders' defense line was torn apart, but although the defenders were defeated but not defeated, the defenders spontaneously formed a small force, relying on the streets of the city for street fighting, but under the cooperation of Yuan Shao's heavy infantry and free crossbowmen, the effect was not good.

After the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army relied on the inner city to hold on for half the night, they finally withdrew from the north gate, and the cavalry of Zhang Niujiaoqi and Yuan Shao from Julu were engaged in another battle, and finally the remnants of Guangping retreated to Julu.

Yuan Shao captured Guangping in one day and one night, which was a good start.

However, on this day and night, more than 100,000 soldiers were killed on both sides, although the proportion of the Yellow Turban Army was larger, but Yuan Shao's losses could not be ignored.

Although the loss is not small, but Yuan Shao's capture of Guangping has this greater psychological role, Julu directly entered the state of engagement after the loss of Guangping, which made the morale of the defenders in Julu City must have been hit, in addition to the fall of Guangping, Julu basically became a lonely city, the only acropolis Pingxiang in the rear of Julu actually has no strategic significance at all, not even a back road, because the distance is too close.

In fact, after Yuan Shao occupied Guangping, he immediately included Julu and Pingxiang into the scope of the battlefield, and after Pingxiang, a large camp was also arranged near the direction of Xiangguo, and the encirclement of Julu was completed tactically.

At this time, Zhang Jiao's aid to Boxiang was lifted out again, and there were all kinds of rumors circulating in Julu City, saying that Zhang Jiao knew that Guangping was difficult to hold onto, and was worried that Julu would become a lonely city, so he ran one step ahead!

Perhaps before the Battle of Guangping, at most ten percent of people were suspicious of Zhang Jiao's behavior, but now that the facts are in front of them, there are many people who believe in this rumor, which will inevitably form a suspicious mood in Julu City, coupled with the low mood of the just defeat, the high fighting atmosphere in Julu City in the past suddenly disappeared.

In Julu City, Zhang Yan continued to make high-profile appearances, as Zhang Jiao's designated successor, Zhang Yan's appearance naturally helped to appease people's hearts, but Yuan Shao's side didn't just watch and didn't work, and soon released a lot of rumor tasks, and all kinds of rumors were constantly circulated through various channels.

The most outrageous thing is that Zhang Jiao has fled to Shangquyang, planning to flee to the prairie when the war is unfavorable.

Although this rumor is quite bizarre, there are still people who believe it, and these believers may be pessimists with dark personalities, but there are also smart people among them, especially some members of the Yellow Turban Camp Guild, who have begun to seriously consider this issue.

Similarly, when this rumor was passed on to Yuan Shao's ears as a joke from Julu City, Yuan Shao stroked his beard and laughed in the camp, and everyone laughed playfully, but there were also a few smart people who began to think about what would happen if Zhang Jiao really ran away to the grassland? Or, this news was actually released by Zhang Jiao himself, and he wanted his subordinates and believers to be able to accept his idea of giving up the foundation of Jizhou and even going north to the grassland?

The people who saw this were not only the smart people in Julu City, nor the people who understood Yuan Shao's staff, the Miyun Staff Department, who was always paying attention to the changes in the situation in Jizhou, saw a lot of things that others could not see from Zhang Jiao's behavior and the messages circulating in Julu City.

This series of things is basically Zhang Jiao's signal to some people, to see if those who don't want Jizhou to finally be broken will jump to the front of the stage because of this, accept Zhang Jiao's show of weakness, and then let Zhang Jiao go, so that the Yellow Turban Army can be out of the game smoothly after paying some price.