Chapter 173 Zhang He withdraws his troops

Author: Zimu Feiyang

Chapter 173 Zhang He withdraws his troops

"Jun Yi, never act impulsively!"

"At this time, we can no longer attack Ye City!" Having said this, Tian Feng couldn't help but sigh heavily, and said to Zhang He: "Now, we should immediately prepare our troops and retreat eastward to Qingzhou to meet with the eldest son Yuan Tan. Merge into one place.”

"Although my lord is no longer here, the eldest son Yuan Tan is still here."

"My lord unfortunately passed away, and the eldest son Yuan Tan should succeed him. General Zhang He, you should cheer up and go to Qingzhou to serve the eldest son Yuan Tan!"

Zhang He also understood what Tian Feng said.

He also knew that attacking Yecheng now would undoubtedly be a mantis trying to use his arm as a chariot, and his sacrifice would be in vain.

However, now Yecheng has not been captured, nor has the lord Yuan Shao. Of the 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhang He, only about 10,000 have been killed.

How could Zhang He have the face to meet the eldest son Yuan Tan?

With tears in his eyes, Zhang He looked at Tian Feng and said, "When Guandu parted ways, Ju Yi and Gao Lan stayed behind in Guandu."

"I led fifty thousand people to escort my lord back to Yecheng. I, Zhang He, was safe and sound, but my lord was killed in Yecheng."

"Now Yecheng cannot be taken, and only these people are left out of 50,000 soldiers and horses. Military advisor, how can I have the face to meet the eldest son Yuan Tan?"

"I wish I could kill myself under this Ye city!"

After hearing what Zhang He said, Tian Feng quickly comforted him: "Jun Yi, the death of my lord is not your fault."

"In the battle of Yecheng, you have tried your best. If you are not as skilled as others, you can only accept the defeat."

"You must stay useful and assist the eldest son Yuan Tan!"

Tian Feng's words are very clear, from the Battle of Guandu, to the loss of Ye City, to Yuan Shao's death at the foot of Ye City, to their battle to capture the city.

Their repeated failures cannot be blamed on their incompetence. We can only say that Su Ming is too powerful and Cao Jun is too powerful.

Now, the eldest son Yuan Tan has no generals under his command. If Zhang He commits suicide in Yecheng, who will assist Yuan Tan?

Without the assistance of capable ministers and generals, what could Yuan Tan do to fight Cao Cao?

After Tian Feng gave some explanations, he finally persuaded Zhang He.

Zhang He asked Tian Feng: "Commander, in your opinion, when should we withdraw our troops?"

When will the troops be withdrawn?

After Tian Feng thought for a while, he slowly said to Zhang He: "Now order the soldiers to prepare!"

"As soon as it gets dark, we will leave the camp empty and the soldiers will evacuate towards Qingzhou."

"The night is dark and the wind is high, Cao's army will not dare to pursue him."

Zhang He followed Tian Feng's plan and ordered him to go down and let the soldiers in the camp pack their things and prepare to evacuate to Qingzhou.

In addition, Zhang He first sent a team of scouts, one person and three horses, to Qingzhou and informed the eldest son Yuan Tan to send troops to meet them.

Although he was ready to withdraw his troops, Zhang He still ordered his soldiers to repair the siege equipment outside the camp and pretended that they would continue to attack the city.

The reason for this is to paralyze the defenders in Ye City, as well as Cao Hong's and Le Jin's troops outside the city.

This prevents them from seeing Zhang He's intention to withdraw his troops and attacking from behind.

After dark, Zhang He ordered his troops to withdraw from the camp in batches and retreat towards Qingzhou.

Since they retreated in batches, there was very little movement as they walked, and even torches were not used.

Therefore, when Zhang He retreated, he did not alert anyone.

Even Su Ming, Le Jin, and Cao Hong did not notice that Zhang He's army had evacuated from the camp below the city.

At this time, Zhang He's elite Euphorbia soldiers and two thousand cavalry were the only ones left in the camp.

Zhang He personally led these soldiers and horses to the rear to prevent possible pursuit.

Midnight, midnight.

All the troops and horses have been evacuated to safe positions, and it is time for Zhang He and his troops at the rear to evacuate as well.

However, when evacuating, Zhang He could not find military advisor Tian Feng.

Chinese army tent.

"General Zhang He, we've searched everywhere, but we haven't seen any military advisor!" A deputy general came to report.

At this time, Feng Ji said angrily: "This Tian Feng, couldn't he have secretly gone to seek refuge with Cao Mengde?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang He pulled out the sword with a clang, and placed the sword directly on Feng Ji's head.

"Fengji, if you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will chop off your head!" Zhang He glared angrily.

Feng Ji is a man who doesn't have much real ability, but he is extremely good at flattery.

Moreover, Feng Ji and Tian Feng were very difficult to deal with.

Fengji has no real ability, but Tian Feng has real ability.

Feng Ji is good at flattery, but Tian Feng is an upright person.

The two of them were like two extremes, so Feng Ji was very jealous of Tian Feng.

When Yuan Shao was still alive, he would often speak ill of Tian Feng in front of Yuan Shao.

Now that Tian Feng was gone, Feng Ji seized the opportunity and wanted to say something bad about Tian Feng in front of Zhang He.

Zhang He is not Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao likes to listen to flattery, but Zhang He has a bad temper.

Moreover, Zhang He's relationship with Tian Feng is much better than that with Feng Jide.

Zhang He drew his sword and was about to kill Feng Ji. While he was judging the match, Guo Tu and others quickly tried to persuade him.

At this time, another person came in from outside and reported to Zhang He: "General, there are two generals from Cao's army outside who want to see you."

Hearing this, Zhang He couldn't help but be stunned.

General Cao Jun.

At this time, General Cao Jun came to see him for what purpose?

"Is it possible that Tian Feng really surrendered to Cao Jun?"

"Now, Cao Jun sent people to say that they have surrendered."

"That's 80% true! Otherwise, why would Cao Jun be here at this time!"

For a time, these partial generals and deputy generals in the Chinese army's tent were also whispering.

Seeing that so many people supported his views, Fengji gained confidence and shouted: "Zhang Junyi, look, am I right?"

"Tian Feng has really taken refuge with Cao Cao. Could it be that if he tells the truth, you will kill me too?"

"Could it be that you also want to join Cao Cao? Are you worthy of your dead lord and the eldest son Yuan Tan?"

At this time, everyone in the Chinese army's tent became suspicious.

Zhang He has also led you to make up your mind. Zhang He thought to himself, the military advisor advised me to withdraw my troops from Qingzhou and join forces with the eldest son Yuan Tan.

Could it be that he himself went to seek refuge with Cao Cao!

Impossible, absolutely impossible, the military advisor is not such a person!

Although he said it was impossible, Zhang He still murmured in his heart.

It was late at night, and it was still at this time. Why did Cao Jun have a military academy come to see him?

Except that Tian Feng had already surrendered to Cao Cao and sent people to surrender to him, Zhang He really couldn't think of the reason why General Cao Jun came to see him at this time!

"Military strategist! Military strategist!"

"Don't let me down!" Zhang He sighed and murmured to himself.
Chapter completed!