Tian Feng came up with a plan for Yuan Shao, and Zhang He led most of the army to stay behind to ambush Cao Cao's pursuers.

Then, Yuan Shao was escorted back to Yecheng by a cavalry.

Their current location is not far from Yecheng. If the cavalry hurried away, they would be able to return to Yecheng in one day and one night.

Ju Yi was captured, and Yuan Shao stayed behind to stop Cao Cao's soldiers and horses from defeating.

At this time, Yuan Shao couldn't ignore Cao Cao's ambush.

If you really don't care about Cao Cao's ambush soldiers, if they kill them from behind, they will directly kill Yuan Shao by surprise.

An army must be left behind to act as an ambush to ambush the soldiers and horses that Cao's army has caught up.

Yuan Shao took the cavalry away and left the infantry behind, which was actually equivalent to getting rid of a burden.

Without the infantry delaying the march, Yuan Shao and the others were able to return to Yecheng faster.

After hearing Tian Feng's idea, Yuan Shao immediately nodded and praised: "Yuan Hao's plan is very good, you can lead the army to stay as an ambush!" ”

Now, Yuan Shao's mind is to return to Yecheng.

The infantry stayed, and the cavalry escorted him back to Yecheng, which couldn't have been better for Yuan Shao.

When he was a general, he naturally did not say that he was afraid of war.

No matter which general of the Cao army led the army, Zhang He would not be afraid.

Zhang He has no opinion on staying as an ambush soldier.

Now, Zhang He's only worry is that he stayed behind to act as an ambush, what should Yuan Shao's safety do?

If he leaves, there will be no general beside Yuan Shao.

"It's okay for me to stay in ambush, it's just that if I leave, I'm a little worried about the safety of my lord!" Zhang He didn't hide it, and said straight to the point.

As soon as Zhang He's words came out, without waiting for Tian Feng to speak, Yuan Shao took the lead and said, "Jun Yi, you think too much!"

"Going forward is Yecheng, Cao Apu's army can only come up from behind, where is it possible to kill it in front?"

"Is it possible, can his Cao Apu's army still be able to kill from my Yecheng?"

Obviously, at this time, whether it was Tian Feng or Yuan Shao, none of them thought that Yecheng had fallen into the hands of others.

Seeing Yuan Shao say this, Zhang He thought to himself, what the lord said was right.

The danger they are facing now is the pursuers who may catch up at any time in the rear, as long as Zhang He stops the pursuers, then Yuan Shao is naturally safe.

Zhang He also didn't expect that Yecheng had been lost at this moment.

Su Ming took the risk of taking Yecheng's move, which was almost impossible for any general.

Even, it can be said that the miracle of 800 people taking Yecheng is difficult to reproduce at any time.

"Since that's the case, then the lord will ask Mr. Yuan Hao!" Zhang He arched his hand towards Tian Fengyi and said.

Then, Zhang He said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, how many people will you take with you this time?" ”

Last time, when Guandu's army was defeated, Yuan Shao left hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses for Ju Yi, and he returned to Yecheng with 50,000 soldiers.

Now, leaving Zhang He to ambush the pursuers, how many people does Yuan Shao want to take back to Yecheng first?

Zhang He thought to himself, this candidate should be selected by the lord first, and the lord will pick the rest, and he is leading to block the pursuit of Cao Jun.

Yuan Shao is just returning to his heart now, and he wants to return to Yecheng, but he doesn't have any ideas.

So, Yuan Shao set his sights on Tian Feng.

A counselor, a counselor, is to plan for the Lord.

Tian Feng said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, it is enough to bring three thousand cavalry, at most five thousand cavalry!" ”

Eventually, after some deliberation.

Yuan Shao and Tian Feng quickly returned to Yecheng with 5,000 cavalry, while Zhang He led the rest of the soldiers and horses to find a place to ambush Cao's pursuers.

As soon as Yuan Shao and Tian Feng walked on their front feet, Zhang He began to arrange them in full swing.

Zhang He is also a famous general in Hebei, and when it comes to arranging troops, fighting and ambushing are also counted.

Zhang He first looked for an official road with a valley slope on both sides, and let his soldiers lie in ambush on the valley slope.

In addition, let people prepare thunder stone rolling logs on the slope of the valley, as long as the Cao army cavalry comes, the thunder stone rolling logs on both sides can be smashed down in an instant.

The most important point of ambush is to have faith.

After the arrangement was completed, Zhang He led his brothers to lie down in the grass nest for several hours.

They went from noon to late afternoon.

At this time, a scout hurriedly came to Zhang He's side and reported: "General Zhang, Cao's pursuers did not go deep, and they retreated?" ”

Zhang He: "????? ”

After hearing this, Zhang He's head was "buzzing", and he really didn't understand why Cao Jun's pursuers retreated.

It stands to reason that Cao Jun's pursuers should chase all the way forward until Yuan Shao is captured alive, right?

In fact, the cavalry of the Cao Army found by the scouts under Zhang He today was really the three thousand leopard cavalry led by Cao Hong.

However, Cao Hong led these three thousand leopards to ride forward, and they did not pursue Yuan Shaolai.

Cao Hong personally led three thousand leopard horsemen to go deep into the country, and the purpose was to find Su Ming.

After Su Ming took over the task of burning the black nest, he successfully burned the black nest.

However, after burning the black nest, it stands to reason that Su Ming should go back to restore Cao Cao's life!

Cao Cao is waiting left and right, left and right, but he can't wait for Su Ming to come back.

Waiting and waiting, Cao Cao was also anxious.

Cao Cao thought to himself, Su Ming couldn't have had some accident!

So, Cao Cao hurriedly gave Cao Hong an order, ordering him to lead three thousand leopard horsemen to find Su Ming's traces one step ahead of the army.

Whether you find it or not, you have to go back every three days.

The reason why Cao Hong turned back was to go to Cao Cao to recover his life.

Now, even Cao Cao didn't expect that Su Ming would dare to take eight hundred people to take Yecheng.

The most important thing is that this Yecheng really let him take it down.

"General Zhang He, Cao's pursuers have withdrawn?"

"Now, are we still ambushing or not?" An adjutant general asked at Zhang He.

Hearing this, Zhang He thought to himself, everyone has withdrawn, let's ambush it!

What are we still ambushing here? Ambush the air?

"Withdrawn!"

"Let's also withdraw, let's go chase the lord as soon as possible!" Zhang He gave the order.

Yuan Shao led 5,000 cavalry first, and the distance from Yecheng was a day and a night's work with the cavalry's footsteps.

Now that Cao's pursuers have withdrawn, even if they turn around and are chasing, it is impossible for them to catch up anymore.

After Zhang He thought about it, he felt that there was no need for an ambush, and they also chased Yuan Shao and returned to Yecheng.

So, Zhang He gathered his soldiers and hurried in the direction of Yecheng.

Since most of Zhang He's men were infantry, the speed of the journey was much slower than that of Yuan Shao and them.

(End of chapter)