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Chapter 46 The Battle of Ye City (8) - Retreat
"What tricks does Mr. Jia have?" Zhao Lei asked Jia Xu for advice. Either Jia Xu didn't offer advice, but if he offered advice, he must be ruthless, accurate, and poisonous, so he was called a poisoner.

"My lord, there needs to be a reason for the squadron. Now that we have won several battles in a row, if we suddenly say that we want to retreat, the morale of the army will be shaken, and the soldiers will doubt the lord's order." Jia Xu is not in a hurry. Talk about your own strategy, let's talk about other things first.

"Mr. Jia, what does this have to do with your plan?" Zhao Lei asked.

"My strategy is very simple, leave a part of the food and grass, and poison it." Jia Xu said.

"But Mr. Jia, how could Zhang Jiao eat the food we left behind?" Zhao Lei said, after these few lessons, will Zhang Jiao still be fooled?

"So, as long as the lord has a good excuse to retreat, making Zhang Jiao think that the lord left too hastily to take away the luggage, then this strategy will be considered successful." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Then what is the reason?" Zhao Lei asked again.

"My subordinates think that the world is in chaos and the people are dissatisfied with the court. So we can use the civil uprising in Yecheng as an excuse to withdraw our troops, so that Zhang Jiao will be fooled." Jia Xu said.

Zhao Lei nodded.

The strategy was implemented according to Jia Xu's intention.Within three days, the civil uprising in Changshan County spread throughout the military camp. Only Zhao Lei, Jia Xu and a few soldiers who spread the news knew the inside story, and others including Zhao Yun did not know. Many soldiers of Zhao Lei Zhao Lei's wife and children are from Yecheng, so when he heard that there was a civil uprising in Yecheng, there was a lot of commotion in Zhao Lei's army.The announcement of Zhao Lei's order to withdraw troops was unanimously supported by the barracks. After poisoning the food and grass, Zhao Lei and Jia Xu led the last troops to leave the camp quietly, and the entire Zhao Lei barracks was emptied in an instant. .

After being in a coma for a few days, Zhang Jiao finally opened his eyes. He dragged his heavy body out of bed, but felt that the world was spinning around him.Zhang Mancheng saw Zhang Jiao getting out of bed and walking around, so he hurried over to help him.

"How is Zhao Lei's situation?" Zhang Jiao asked.

"My lord, Zhao Lei sent Zhao Yun to challenge three days ago, but the final general ordered the gates of the village to be closed, and he couldn't hold out. Afterwards, Zhao Lei's army never came again, and the two sides lasted like this for three days." Zhang Manchenghui reported.

"You did the right thing." Zhang Jiao affirmed, after this lesson, Zhang Jiao learned from the painful experience and decided to treat his subordinates kindly.

Zhang Mancheng, who was praised by Zhang Jiao for the first time, was very happy.

"Report, General Zhang..." The soldiers suddenly saw Zhang Jiao when they entered the tent, stopped the previous words, and changed their words: "Report to my lord, Zhao Lei seems to have withdrawn his troops and returned to Yecheng. Now Zhao Lei's camp is empty, and Zhao Lei is still staying." A lot of supplies and food were not taken away."

"Huh??" Zhang Jiao was a little strange and asked, "Is there really no one there?"

The soldier nodded.

"My lord, due to the rain, the food and grass have not been delivered to Julu. Our army is short of food. Zhao Lei's food and grass can just help us." Zhang Mancheng said from the side.

"What if they poison the food?" Zhang Jiao asked.

Zhang Mancheng was speechless when asked.

"Can you find out why Zhao Lei retired from the army innocently?" Zhang Jiao then asked.

"This subordinate has not known yet," said the soldier.

"Explore again." Zhang Jiao said.

The soldier got the order and went out.

At the gate of Yecheng, Zhang Han had already received the news that Zhao Lei wanted a class teacher, and he had brought a group of generals to wait at the gate.It didn't take long before I saw dust flying in front of me, and an army of ten thousand people was walking towards here in a uniform manner.Zhang Han got on his horse and walked forward with the welcoming troops.

"Welcome the master to return to Yecheng." Zhang Han got off his horse and said to Zhao Lei who was close to him with a smile.

"Second brother, don't be too polite." Zhao Lei also dismounted and said, seeing Zhao Lei dismounted, the rest of the people jumped off their horses.

"Second brother, I haven't seen Zilong for a few days and miss you so much." Zhao Yun rushed to Zhang Han.

Zhang Han smiled, indicating that Zhao Yun is still in the public, so he should pay attention to his image.Then he said to Zhao Yun: "General Zilong has made great achievements in this battle, and it is really thanks to my lord's arm." Of course, this is just for the soldiers present to listen to.

"Brother Zizhou, long time no see." Jia Xu also greeted him from behind.

"Mr. Jia's divorce plan is wonderful." Zhang Han praised Jia Xu.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and shook her hand to indicate that it was nothing.This is when Zhang Han noticed a new face behind Zhao Lei, and that was Dian Wei. Zhang Han stepped forward and said, "This must be the new General Dian Wei under my lord's command! I heard that General Dian Wei once fought against General Zilong. It's a tie, it's really the tiger general of the world." Zhang Han greeted Dian Wei politely.

Dian Wei is a straight person, and Zhang Han couldn't hide the joy in his heart when he was praised so much, and his face was full of smiles.Although the smile on that zombie-like face is scary, you can still feel the openness and sincerity of this smile.When Dian Wei heard Zhang Han praise him so much, he also picked up a bureaucratic accent and said: "I have long heard that my lord has a Junshi Zhang under his command. What a lucky second life."

"Three lives are lucky." Zhao Lei said helplessly, and everyone laughed.Dian Wei scratched his head, suddenly embarrassed.

"It's okay, General Dian is a hero, so don't care about these words." Zhang Han patted Dianwei on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang is really straightforward." Dian Wei didn't like to talk and go round and round. Hearing what Zhang Han said, he became straightforward.

"You don't need to be called by military divisions, it looks like I am very old. General Dian is older than me, so just call me Zizhou," Zhang Han said.

"Okay, brother Zizhou, don't call me General Dian anymore, just call me Hong Fei." Dian Wei said.

Zhang Han quickly became familiar with Dian Wei, without the slightest estrangement.

"My lord, please enter the city! Gao Lan came back from Yangzhou yesterday and brought back a lot of news about Yangzhou." Zhang Han said.

"Really? Then let's go into the city!" Zhao Lei ordered.

"By the way, my lord, order the three armies not to touch the city wall when they enter the city gate, or you will bear the consequences." Zhang Han said.

"Why?" Zhao Lei said.

"My lord will send the order first, and I will talk to my lord slowly about the specific reason after I return to the city." Zhang Han said.

"My lord, there must be a surprise brought by Zizhou on this city wall!" Jia Xu joked.

Zhang Han smiled at Jia Xu, and led everyone into the city.

Entering the prefect's mansion, Zhao Lei quickly changed his clothes and met Gao Lan first.

"General Gao has worked hard all the way, I don't know if everything is okay in Yangzhou now?" Zhao Lei asked Gao Lan impatiently as soon as he came up.

"My lord, please rest assured that everything is going well in Yangzhou now, and everything is going according to my lord's plan," Gao Lan said.

Zhao Lei nodded and signaled Gao Lan to continue.

"Mr. Ju has established a firm foothold in Wu County. Now half of the teahouses in Wu County are under the control of Mr. Ju. Junyi has hidden these thousand elite soldiers in the deep mountains for daily training. Mr. Ju is still in Wu County. The county found a great talent who he thought was from Hefei County, named Lu Su." Gao Lan said.

"Lu Su?!" Zhao Lei and Zhang Han shouted at the same time.

Everyone stared at the two of them in unison.

"It's okay, you continue." Zhang Han said to Gao Lan, resolving the previous embarrassment.

"Now Yangzhou and other places seem to be calm on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent. Several families in Jiangdong are fighting endlessly."

"What family?" Zhao Lei asked.

"The Lu family in Wu County, the Gu family in Jianye, the Yu family in Kuaiji, and the Cai family in Jingzhou, all these families are now in dire straits." Gao Lan replied, and Zhao Lei looked at Zhang in a daze. Chinese.

Zhao Lei didn't know what these aristocratic families were, but Zhang Han was well aware of the horror of the Gongqing family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.If a force wants to take root in the local area and gain a firm foothold, it is impossible without the support of the local family.The most common example is Soochow, where Sun Quan recruited Lu Xun as his son-in-law and Gu Yong as his prime minister.This is a typical example of wooing local aristocratic families as backers, so that one's rights will be stable. The negative example is Liu Bei, who didn't know how to woo local aristocratic families in Sichuan and Shu, so there was a shortage of talents and funds in the late Shu Han Dynasty.So the influence of the family is great.

"Then besides these aristocratic families, are there any other problems?" Zhao Lei asked.

"There is also Shanyue, who has frequently invaded Kuaiji County recently. If the lord wants to take charge of Yangzhou in the future, Shanyue must be calmed down." Gao Lan said.

"Is this what Lu Su asked you to tell me?" Zhao Lei asked with a smile.

"Master Mingjian." Gao Lan said.

"Okay, I basically understand. Second brother, send another person to Yangzhou to inform Jushou that I have a general understanding of the situation in Yangzhou and let him proceed as planned. Wenpin will also be there in a while Yes, let Jushou go to meet him at that time." Zhao Lei said to Zhang Han.

"Subordinates obey." Zhang Han said.

"Second brother, why don't the soldiers hit the city wall in front of you?" Zhao Lei suddenly remembered what happened before.

"Hee hee, because I used mystical techniques above." Zhang Han said with a smile.

"You learned it so quickly!" Zhao Yun said in surprise.

"Actually, mystical art is to use nature as a weapon to attack the enemy." Zhang Han said with a smile.

"What kind of profound art is that on the city wall?" Zhao Lei asked.

"The juice of Datura fruit." Zhang Han replied.

"That kind of fruit is said to cause skin ulceration after human contact." Zhao Yun said.

"Because he is very corrosive." Zhang Han thought to himself, but people in this era don't know what corrosiveness means.So Zhang Han said: "Of course, so when the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city, the soldiers would definitely touch the city wall when they climbed the ladder. The juice of this mandala fruit can also become a barrier for our defense." Zhang Han laughed.

"No wonder the soldiers bumped you in front of you." Zhao Lei laughed.

"But how did you smear the juice on the city wall?" Zhao Yun asked.

"This is another kind of mystical technique! I use wicker as a brush and let the soldiers dip it in the juice and paint it on the city wall. This kind of juice dipped in wicker will have no effect." Zhang Han said.

"Will the city wall not be damaged?" Zhao Lei asked.

"Of course, this kind of thing is also ineffective against stones." Zhang Han said.

"Excellent, my lord, I said it was a surprise!" Jia Xu said from the side.

"What is Mr. Jia's surprise for the lord?" Zhang Han asked Jia Xu, he heard Zhao Lei say it when Zhao Lei was changing clothes.

"This should be decided soon, maybe tomorrow." Jia Xu laughed.

Can Jia Xu's plan of poisoning succeed?Can Zhang Han's mandala juice play a role in defending Yecheng?

(End of this chapter)