Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 445 The Reasons for Yuan Tan's Defeat

Seeing Yuan Tan like this, Zhang Sui could only look at Yan Liang and Wen Chou and said, "Let me talk to you, big brother."

Wen Chou glanced at Yan Liang.

Although he had no good feelings towards Zhang Sui, he knew that Yan Liang was quite optimistic about his lord's son-in-law.

Moreover, the other party is not within his jurisdiction.

Sure enough, Yan Liang nodded to Zhang Sui and said, "Go ahead, don't talk too long."

Now Zhang Sui and the eldest son Yuan Tan are not on the same level.

Zhang Sui made great contributions.

But the eldest son, Yuan Tan, had committed a serious crime.

Fifty thousand people were burned to death by Cao Cao's men.

If it were anyone else, they would have been beheaded on the spot.

Not only was the eldest son Yuan Tan not killed, he was also escorted back to Yecheng by his brother Wen Chou and five thousand men. This shows that the eldest son Yuan Tan still wanted to resist after being defeated.

Otherwise, how could his brother come here in person?

Moreover, he brought five thousand soldiers with him!

Talking to such an eldest son, Yuan Tan, might be seen by someone with ulterior motives and implicated.

Zhang Sui smiled at Yan Liang and motioned Yuan Tan to follow him.

Yuan Tan followed Zhang Sui and walked to the open space outside the house, away from the guards.

Zhang Sui could not help but ask, "Brother, how did you do it? How could 50,000 people be burned to death?"

Yuan Tan looked at Zhang Sui and said with a sigh, "Brother-in-law, if I say that if you were in my place, the same result would happen, would you believe me?"

Zhang Sui really wanted to roll his eyes.

wipe.

This family with the surname Yuan, from Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, are all of the same character——

confidence!

Moreover, they imagine themselves to be as “confident” as they are!
Zhang Sui really wanted to say sarcastically: Even if I bring 50,000 pigs with me, they won’t be burned to death. Do you believe it?

Although Zhang Sui wanted to retort, he still held back and said with a forced smile: "Brother, I believe it."

"Even Big Brother can make a mistake. I am not as capable as Big Brother, so I will definitely not be able to get away with it."

Yuan Tan then sighed, squatted on the ground, and said while digging on the ground with his hands: "Brother-in-law, to be honest, it's you who hurt me."

Zhang Sui: “.”

This is true!

The reason why Yuan Tan was allowed to take away Zang Ba's troops from Ju County was to allow Yuan Tan to attack Yanzhou and fight Cao Cao.

Although Yuan Tan had a lot of troops at that time.

However, Zhang Sui was certain that Yuan Tan could not defeat Cao Cao.

To be honest, it's not just Yuan Tan who is not good enough.

Even if his father Yuan Shao came forward in person, it would be useless!

No one in the family really looked up to Cao Cao, let alone knew that Cao Cao had a group of extremely wise and strategic advisers under his command, and that they could not make good use of their own advisers.

How is it possible to win?
The current situation of Yuan Tan is exactly what Zhang Sui needs.

It would be strange for Yuan Shao to pay attention to Yuan Tan after the way he fought this time.

Yuan Shao always liked to seek so-called balance.

Now the youngest son Yuan Shang died tragically.

The eldest son Yuan Tan suffered such a great defeat.

Then, the only ones who can be relied on and balanced are Yuan Xi and Gao Gan.

Zhang Sui sneered secretly.

Four people became two.

And Qingzhou is right above Xuzhou.

It will be much easier to turn against each other later.

Although he thought so, Zhang Sui still showed an aggrieved expression and said, "Brother, what you said is wrong."

"You want people, I'll give them to you."

"I also gave you a plan."

"Why are you still blaming me?"

Yuan Tan looked at Zhang Sui deeply, and then said: "I know you mean well, but your good intentions have betrayed me."

Without waiting for Zhang Sui to speak, Yuan Tan continued, "Cao Cao's eunuch party has produced a capable man under their command."

"This man's name is Jia Xu. He is very intelligent and vicious." "I have previously faced off against Xiahou Dun, one of Cao Cao's great armies, and I won all the way."

"When I heard about Jia Xu, I took precautions, but I still fell into his trap."

Zhang Sui then hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Yuan Tan stopped digging at the ground and sighed again, "From the beginning, I fell into his trap."

"This person is extremely vicious."

"Since Mount Tai, he has made Xiahou Dun look defeated all the way."

"Their soldiers died along the way."

"It's all real, not just ordinary people pretending to be someone else."

"A few hundred from the first contact in Taishan County."

"There are nearly a thousand people near Puyang."

Zhang Sui: “.”

"Brother-in-law, think about it, if you were pretending to be defeated, would you be willing to let so many soldiers be killed along the way?"

Zhang Sui frowned and said, "I can't bear to do that."

"Besides, killing so many soldiers every time can easily lead to mutiny."

Yuan Tan said depressedly: "That's right!"

"I have counted the number of Cao Cao's soldiers who died in the battle from Mount Tai to Puyang. There are as many as 3,000 of them."

"Especially when we got to Puyang, more than 800 people died at one time."

"It seems that the soldiers mutinied due to the rout, and then killed each other, and were suppressed."

"At that time, not only me, but also my generals and counselors believed that the problem was caused by the enemy's soldiers' defeat along the way."

"But even so, after chasing them all the way to Puyang, I didn't go directly into the city."

“The other side put up a certain degree of resistance.”

"We broke through the city gate with the loss of thousands of our soldiers and entered the city."

Looking at Zhang Sui, Yuan Tan said with tears in his eyes: "After entering the city, everything is normal."

"I executed some of the soldiers defending the city and pacified the people."

"It was the middle of the night, I was sleeping, and the fire started."

"Almost all the houses in the city were set on fire."

"The city gate is occupied by enemy soldiers."

"All four city gates are like this."

"There were thousands of those dead soldiers."

"Before, they were hiding among the people!"

“We were totally unaware.”

"I only found out after I escaped. The people in Puyang City also knew that there were assassins around them, but no one dared to speak up."

"Their wives, children and parents were all taken away as hostages."

"Xiahou Dun and his men promised them that as long as they set fire to the houses as required, they would be allowed to reunite with their wives, children and parents when they left the city."

“But these people were deceived.”

"After they set all the houses on fire, the assassins lurking around them took control of the city gates."

"These civilians burned our soldiers to death."

"The people were not able to leave either, as they were locked inside the city gates by the assassins."

"Those assassins will be burned to death along with them!"

Yuan Tan sighed, looked at Zhang Sui and said, "There are tens of thousands of civilians in the city, all of them were burned to death!"

"I am leading tens of thousands of soldiers to attack a city gate."

"Fortunately, I was careful and left 30,000 soldiers in the camp outside the city."

"Attacked from both sides, one of the city gates was finally opened."

"But when we finally opened the city gate, the enemy attacked from all sides."

"While they were besieging us, they threw out heads one after another, saying they were my heads."

"When the soldiers saw the raging fire in the city, they all thought it was real—"

"The two sides fought, and we were defeated here."

"I finally escaped at the risk of my life, and was able to bring out less than 3,000 people."

Zhang Sui: “.”

(End of this chapter)