In fact, there is no need for Cao Cao to remind Zhang He and Gao Lan to be wary of Yuan Tan. Because they all know that as Cao Cao's agents, if they refuse to cooperate with Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan will definitely get rid of them. So since they have been with Yuan Tan
After the meeting with Tan, both of them were pregnant with their little ones.
They were determined not to provide any chance to Yuan Tan. Fortunately, they each brought a battalion of troops, and the entire Qingzhou, after the heavy losses in the Battle of Guandu, only had two battalions of troops. The strength of both sides was equal, as long as they did not
If he went to meet Yuan Tan alone, there would be no problem with the safety of the two of them.
When Yuan Tan discussed with Zhang He and Gao Lan, he originally planned to keep it secret, so the initial proposal was to meet alone. After discussion, only Zhang He came, and Gao Lan stayed at home. As long as Zhang He did not come back, he would attack at any time.
.Yuan Tan also understood that Zhang He and Gao Lan
However, since Zhang He and Gao Lan rejected his proposal, Yuan Tan cut off the supply of food and grass to the two battalions and sent troops to block the food roads of the two battalions. In this way,
, the morale of the two battalions led by Zhang He and Gao Lan was a little unstable.
In fact, these two battalions of Zhang He and Gao Lan were the ones who followed Zhang He and Gao Lan to surrender to Cao Cao's Hebei army during the Battle of Guandu. However, these soldiers were recruited from Hebei by Yuan Shao, and they always only recognized the general and not the lord. Zhang He
He and Gao Lan surrendered, and they also surrendered. Everyone was looking for a way to survive.
But now that I have returned with Zhang He and Gao Lan, less than half of them are actually from Qingzhou, and I have a feeling of revisiting my old place. The original feeling of being closer to the hometown and being more timid was suddenly interrupted by this tense atmosphere. If you have not experienced it before
I'm afraid many of the veterans of the Battle of Guandu will desert their jobs.
Zhang He and Gao Lan's countermeasure was to inform these Qingzhou soldiers of Yuan Tan's plan in a timely manner. The reason why these Qingzhou soldiers went to Guandu to fight was actually because they were forcibly recruited by Yuan Tan. When they were in Guandu, they saw with their own eyes many soldiers who came out with them.
Their relatives and friends died in the battle, and they all felt resentment towards Yuan Tan, the instigator. And similar to them, those who
The soldiers from Youzhou and Jizhou were also strong men who were attracted by Yuan Shao and Yuan Xilai. Now they heard that these three brothers were going to get together again to fight against Cao Cao, and they knew that this would definitely lead to disaster. So the soldiers from the two battalions originally
The fluctuating military morale suddenly turned against the same enemy. Everyone felt that if the Yuan brothers were not eliminated, the people of Hebei would not have a good life.
Therefore, although these soldiers soon became emaciated from hunger, they were all full of energy and could be dragged out to fight at any time, and they were still elite soldiers. However, the troops Yuan Tan left behind were actually old, weak, sick and disabled.
There was only one battalion left of the main force, and the other battalion was pulled up by strong men. So seeing the morale of Cao Cao's army, Yuan Tan could never find a chance to attack. This delay would be delayed until Cao Cao's main force came over.
Although Yuan Tan secretly exchanged tricks with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, he still relied on Cao Cao openly. In fact, Yuan Tan's current position is very embarrassing. He is walking a tightrope between Cao Cao and the two brothers.
It may bring death to yourself. But if you approach both of them, you can't escape. From the moment Yuan Tan blocked Cao's army's food route, in fact,
He had already cut himself off from Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao came in with his army, Yuan Tan did not dare to compete with Cao Cao, but he knew what he was doing, so under Guo Tu's suggestion, he had to withdraw from Qingzhou with his army and arrive at
Jizhou went to compete with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi. At this critical moment, since the two brothers were the first to extend an olive branch, they would not refuse his troops.
But Yuan Tan's little plan was destined to fail again. Because when I secretly saw the situation, I had already sent people to Qingzhou soldiers to carry out movements. In the end, veterans from three stations and recruits from four stations saw clearly that Yuan Tan
Tan's ending was that he was no longer willing to follow Yuan Tan. Just when Yuan Tan ordered to retreat to Ji
When we arrived in Jizhou, these troops followed my instructions and quietly moved from Qingzhou to Pengzhou with the support of our army, leaving this place of right and wrong. Therefore, only the troops Yuan Tan brought to Jizhou were left.
The veterans from two stations, plus the new recruits from one station, only have the strength of three stations in total.
