In fact, Cao Cao didn't need to remind Zhang Yun and Gao Lan to be wary of Yuan Tan because they knew very well that once they refused to cooperate with Yuan Tan as Cao Cao's agents, Yuan Tan would definitely get rid of them.So since the meeting with Yuan Tan, the two of them have been very cautious and never give Yuan Tan any chance.Fortunately, each of them has a battalion of troops, and the entire Qingzhou, since the heavy losses in the Battle of Guandu, only has two battalions of troops. There is no problem.

When Yuan Tan discussed with Zhang He Gao Lan, he originally planned to keep it secret, so the initial proposal was to meet alone.As a result, after discussion, only Zhang He came and Gao Lan stayed at home. As long as Zhang He didn't come back, he would attack at any time.Yuan Tan also understood the intentions of Zhang He and Gao Lan in this arrangement, so he didn't make it difficult for Zhang He.But since Zhang He Gaolan rejected his proposal, Yuan Tan cut off the food supply of the two battalions and sent troops to block the food roads of the two battalions.As a result, the morale of the two battalions led by Zhang He Gaolan became a little unstable.

In fact, the two battalions of Zhang He and Gao Lan were the Hebei Army that followed Zhang He and Gao Lan to surrender to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu.But these soldiers were recruited by Yuan Shao from Hebei, and they always only recognized the generals and not the lords.Zhang He and Gao Lan surrendered, and they followed suit, all for a way out.But now that they came back with Zhang Yun and Gao Lan, a small half of them were actually from Qingzhou, and they felt like revisiting their old places.The feeling of being closer to the hometown and being more timid was suddenly interrupted by this tense atmosphere. If everyone is not a veteran who has experienced the Battle of Guandu, I am afraid that many people will desert.

The countermeasure of Zhang He and Gao Lan was to tell these Qingzhou soldiers about Yuan Tan's plan at the right time.The reason why these Qingzhou soldiers went to Guandu to fight at the beginning was actually because they were conscripted into the army by Yuan Tan.When they were in Guandu, they saw with their own eyes that many relatives and friends who came out with them died in battle, and they all secretly felt resentment towards Yuan Tan, the instigator.And similar to them, those soldiers from Youzhou and Jizhou were also strong men drawn by Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi.Now they heard that the three brothers were going to get together again to fight against Cao Cao, and they knew very well that their lives would be ruined.As a result, the soldiers of the two battalions, who were originally floating in the military spirit, suddenly became united with the enemy.Everyone felt that if the Yuan brothers were not eliminated, the people in Hebei would not have a good life.

So although these soldiers soon became pale and emaciated from hunger, they were full of energy and could be dragged out to fight at any time, and they were still elite soldiers.And Yuan Tan's troops staying in the rear are actually old, weak, sick and disabled.There was only one battalion left of the original main force, and the other battalion was pulled up by Latin strongmen.Therefore, seeing the morale of Cao Jun, Yuan Tan could not find a chance to attack.If it is delayed like this, it will be time for Cao Cao's main force to come over.

Although Yuan Tan secretly communicated with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, he still relied on Cao Cao on the surface.In fact, Yuan Tan's current position is very embarrassing, even if he is walking a tightrope between Cao Cao and his two brothers, whoever gets close to him may bring him a fatal disaster.But if you get close to both of them, you can't escape.From the moment Yuan Tan blocked Cao Jun's grain road, he had actually cut himself off from Cao Cao.Now that Cao Cao came in with an army, Yuan Tan didn't dare to contend with Cao Cao, but he knew what he was doing, so under Guo Tu's suggestion, he had to withdraw the army from Qingzhou and go to Jizhou to meet Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi Each other's horns.At this critical moment, since the two brothers extended an olive branch first, they would definitely not reject his troops.

But Yuan Tan's little calculation is destined to fail again.Because when I secretly saw the situation, I had already sent people to the Qingzhou soldiers to carry out campaigns.In the end, the veterans of three institutes and the recruits of four institutes saw Yuan Tan's ending clearly, and they were no longer willing to go with Yuan Tan.Just when Yuan Tan ordered the retreat to Jizhou, these troops followed my instructions and quietly moved from Qingzhou to Pengzhou under the support of our army, leaving this place of right and wrong.Therefore, the troops that Yuan Tan brought to Jizhou were only the veterans of two institutes, plus the recruits of one institute, and there were only three troops in total.

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