Wen Chou fled back to Yecheng with only a few hundred defeated soldiers.
When Yuan Shao heard the news, he was so shocked that he fell to the ground on the spot.
The guards helped him up and sat down.
After he regained his composure, he was quite panicked and asked Ju Shou, Tian Feng and others: "Zhang Liao's army is about to approach the city with the power of victory.
There are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city.
I'm afraid it won't last long, gentlemen." , what to do?”
Jushou thought for a moment and stood up, cupping his hands and saying: "My lord, this is obviously Liu Cheng's countermeasure against our army's attack on Hanoi.
He first used Han Hao and Xu Shu's troops to drag Yan Liang's army in Hanoi, and then sent Bingzhou Zhao Yun's army to attack Zhongshan. , Changshan, and transferred most of our troops to the north.
Then fight out from Fukouxing.
If we mobilize Yan Liang's army or Gao Lan's army, we will obviously fall into Liu Cheng's plan.
Now the only troops that can be mobilized are Qu Yi's army.
Please give the order to send them immediately.
Hurry up and send the order to Qu Yi, asking him to lead his army south quickly to rescue Yecheng."
Tian Feng said at this time: "Although this can remove the threat of Zhang Liao, Gongsun Zan will have no pressure in the south.
He can quickly clean up Liu and the remaining troops and control the entire territory of Youzhou, or send his army south to join forces with Liu Cheng to attack us.
At that time, the situation will become very unfavorable for us.”
Yuan Shao finally did not lose his ability to think.
He asked: "Yuan Hao, in your opinion, how should we deal with this situation?"
Tian Feng immediately held up his hands and said: "My lord, my subordinates suggested that General Gao Lan continue to confront Zhao Yun, and at the same time ordered the transfer of Yan Liang's army.
This can solve the crisis in Yecheng.
We sent the troops too hastily this time and lacked preparation, so we did not Although he could achieve results, Liu Cheng should have sent troops in a hurry.
Several of his troops traveled long distances and had no food, grass or weapons.
Ji, they can't hold on for too long.
As long as Yan Liang's army is transferred back, Yecheng has 50,000 troops.
They don't have 200,000 troops and they have no way to take Yecheng.
They can only retreat.
But in this way, Changshan County may be defeated by Liu.
After all, Zhao Yun is a native of Changshan and will definitely gain the support of the local people.
It will be very difficult for our army to conquer Changshan."
Yuan Shao was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart.
After weighing the choices, he immediately ordered the transfer of Yan Liang's army according to Tian Feng's suggestion.
Yan Liangjun's camp, Yazhang.
Yan Liang, who was sitting on the main seat, took the military order document and read it carefully from beginning to end.
He handed it to Xu You who was sitting next to him and then looked at the messenger sergeant who was kneeling below.
"Tell me, General, what happened in Yecheng in detail.
The more detailed the better."
The sergeant who delivered the letter said: "Just ten days ago, news suddenly came from the north.
The Bingzhou Army, led by Zhao Yun, invaded the Zhongshan Kingdom.
After receiving the report, the Lord ordered General Gao Lan to lead 30,000 troops to the north. to meet the enemy, but not long after General Gao Lan left, Liu Cheng's general Zhang Liao led an army of 20,000 people from Fukouxing to attack Yecheng.
The lord had to order General Wen Chou to lead an army of 15,000 people to fight Zhang Liao, leaving behind Next five Thousands of troops were led by General Zhang He to defend Yecheng.
The next morning, Wen Chou's army and Zhang Liao's army encountered each other on the north bank of Zhang River.
Later, he was beheaded by Zhang Liao's deputy general Yan Xing.
The morale of our army dropped sharply.
Zhang Liao's army took advantage of the situation and rushed to kill him.
General Wen Chou was defeated and the army was routed.
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Only a few hundred people fled back to Yecheng.
Now Zhang Liao's army has arrived at the city."
After listening to the sergeant who delivered the letter, Yan Liang asked Xu You: "Mr.
Ziyuan, the Lord has ordered our army to return to Yecheng to aid, so our army has to withdraw, but it is not easy to withdraw.
Han is opposite."
Hao and Xu Shu are afraid that they will allow us to evacuate easily.
I wonder if Mr.
Ziyuan has any good ideas."
Xu You stroked his sparse beard and thought for a moment before saying: "This is easy.
The general only needs to choose a bright moonlit night with stars to evacuate quietly.
But before that, he must send people to prepare for the crossing of the river in advance.
A thousand cavalry were left to guard the camp.
After the army quietly evacuated, the remaining The thousand cavalrymen who arrived practiced in the camp as usual the next day.
All the flags of the entire army were left behind, as well as the general's banner.
The bigger the noise during the drill, the better, to give the illusion that the main force of the army was still there.
Han Hao and Xu Shu There will definitely be no abnormality discovered.
As long as the main force of the army crosses the Qishui and Zhangshui rivers, everything will be fine."
After hearing this, Yan Liang cupped his fists and said, "Sir, you are brilliant."
Next, Yan Liang began to prepare for the evacuation.
In fact, there was not much preparation work to do.
In order to evacuate cleanly, quickly and quietly, most of the food and military supplies could not be taken away.
He only needed to bring a few days of rations.
Back to Yecheng, everything is available.
That night, Yan Liang's army quietly withdrew, leaving only a brightly lit camp, but the vigilance inside and outside the camp was not reduced or relaxed at all.
Early the next morning, the 1,000 men and horses left in the camp practiced as usual.
The cavalrymen dragged their branches and galloped through the camp, stirring up dust on the ground and rising into the sky.
Xu You's plan was indeed hidden from Xu Shu and Han Hao at first, but after two days, they felt something was wrong.
It was now a war period.
Occasionally intensive training could keep the sergeants in good condition, but time Long-term fatigue will occur, which is very unwise.
Once the enemy attacks, the sergeants' physical strength will be severely exhausted.
What can they do to resist the enemy?
Yan Hao is known as a famous general in Hebei.
Don't you know this bit of common sense?
this is not normal Xu Shu immediately sent someone to contact Han Hao, turned his suspicions around, and sent out elite detective horses to investigate.
The problem was discovered during this investigation, and two tongues were caught for interrogation.
It was learned that the main force of Yan Liang's army had been killed two days ago.
After quietly evacuating, it suddenly dawned on me.
Xu Shu and Han Haoyi discussed and decided to jointly send 15,000 troops to pursue Yan Liang's army, led by Xu Shu, while the remaining troops were led by Han Hao and stayed in Huai County to look after the family.
At this time, in the tent of Zhang Liao's army camp outside Yecheng, Zhang Liao took a small roll of paper, read it over, and then handed the small paper to Jia Xu.
After looking at it, Jia Xu said to Zhang Liao: "General Zhang, it seems that we have to divide our troops.
I suggest that General Yan Xing be left here with 3,000 troops to guard Yuan Shao and the 5,000 troops in the city.
General Zhang and General Ma will lead the remaining troops."
The men and horses below went south to attack Yan Liang's army with Xu Shu's army."
Zhang Liao was more cautious and asked, "Isn't it a little too few to leave only three thousand men?
There are still five thousand defenders in Ye City."
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Jia Xu smiled and said: "Is it possible that General Zhang is still worried that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses will come out of the city?
They are now frightened out of their courage.
Yuan Shao is a tough-tempered person.
He doesn't have the courage to make a desperate move.
Even if he is allowed to Knowing that there were only 3,000 people outside the city, he did not dare to send troops out, not to mention that General Zhang still led his men to leave quietly."
Zhang Liao looked at Yan Xing: "Brother Yanming, what do you think?"
Yan Xing smiled and said: "Since Mr.
Jia has said so, Yuan Shao will definitely not dare to come out.
Even if Yuan Shao takes all his troops out of the city, I, Yan Xing, will not be afraid.
His five thousand troops have lost their courage, so there is no way to fight." force" Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "In this case, General Yan Xing will stay behind with three thousand troops, and I will lead all the remaining troops south to attack Yan Liang with General Xu Shu."
"Take the order" Yan Xing stood up and clasped his fists.
At this time, Jia Xu said to Yan Xing: "The other generals of Yuan's army who are still in Ye City are not of concern.
There is only one person who the general needs to deal with carefully.
This person's name is Zhang He.
Yan Liangwen is ugly and brave, but he has great talent in commanding troops." strategy capital He is not a general who can stand alone for them, but this Zhang He is different.
His martial arts skills are not as good as those of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and are similar to those of General Zhang Liao, but his ability in commanding troops is probably not inferior to that of General Zhang, so General Yan must be careful."
Yan Xing cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr.
Jia, for the tip.
Yan Xing has written it down."
That night, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and Jia Xu quietly left the camp and headed south with more than 15,000 troops.
For two days in a row, Yan Xing stayed in the camp and did not take any action, but the vigilance and surveillance of Yecheng remained as usual.
Just when Yuan Shao and others in Ye City were wondering why Zhang Liao's army had been silent for several days, Yan Xing also realized that something was wrong.
He felt that he could not stay in the camp all the time without showing up.
One or two days would not matter, but time If it grows longer, it will definitely arouse Yuan Jun's suspicion.
Early in the morning on the third day, after the army had breakfast, Yan Xing left a thousand men and horses to guard the camp, and led two thousand cavalry to rush to the south gate of Ye City to call for formation.
"Where is the defeated general Wen Chou?
Your grandfather Yan Xing is here.
Why don't you, your unfilial grandson, come out quickly and kneel down to ask for surrender?"
"Zhang He, I'm sorry to hear that you claim to be a famous general in Hebei Province.
I'm afraid there is no one more shameless than you in the world.
You are a coward, cowardly and afraid of death.
What are you doing hiding in the city and claiming to be a famous general?
I think you are.
"What a coward" "Yuan Shao, you are a fierce and evil person, what virtue do you have to occupy Jizhou?
The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family only have a false reputation, but they use it to strengthen themselves and have evil intentions.
They are actually rebellious ministers who will be punished by everyone in the world."
Yan Xing rode on horseback and cursed at the top of the city tower.
He cursed heartily and felt very comfortable all over.
He was so happy.
However, Yuan Shao and others in the city who were scolded by Yan Xing were all furious with anger.
If they could do anything to Yan Xing, they would definitely not mind cutting him into pieces.
"A common man, a rude common man, you have insulted me like this.
Zhang He, take three thousand people out of the city and kill Yan Xing."
Yuan Shao was so angry that he fainted and gave Zhang He an order to go out of the city to fight.
The counselors were shocked and stood up one after another to dissuade them.
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They handed over their hands and said: "My lord, wait a minute.
You must not go out of the city to fight.
We only have five thousand soldiers and horses.
If we send out another three thousand to fight, once we are defeated, the city will be destroyed."
There are only 2,000 people left, and Zhang Liao has 20,000, ten times as many as me.
He can attack us in one day and kill us all.
Please think twice, my lord."
Tian Feng also stood up and said: "My lord, although Master Feng's words are a bit exaggerated, it is really not a wise move to go out of the city to fight at this moment."
Ju Shou also held up his hands and said: "Please my lord, please put down the fury of thunder temporarily.
Zhang Liao wants Yan Xing to make your lord angry.
The purpose is to lure our army out of the city to fight.
I'm afraid they have already set a trap outside for our army to get in." at this time The troops in the city are weak.
Not only the people are panic-stricken, but also the officials and soldiers are trembling with fear.
We really cannot afford any more losses.
Once there are more losses, my subordinates are afraid that someone in the city will rebel and betray their lord to please Liu Cheng
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