"Woo~Wow!"

More than a hundred soldiers bent over and vomited wildly at the same time. Since they had not eaten for half a day, they vomited yellow water. At first glance, they seemed to have even been vomited out.

The soldiers all had yellow faces, their expressions were extremely depressed, and their bodies were even trembling slightly, as if they could fall to the ground at any time.

Next to them, countless soldiers were slumped on the ground, with the same waxy color on their faces.

On the ground, the residue after vomiting can be seen everywhere. The air is filled with endless sour smell, and the faint smell of feces is mixed with it, which makes people feel even more stomach-wrenching.

Zhang He walked among the crowd, patrolling and comforting the soldiers under his command. Although his face was calm, there was a sense of worry in his eyes that could not be concealed...

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Sitting on a big rock, Zhang He looked up at the sky, making people unable to see the expression on his face. Next to him, six, seven other lieutenants, and commander-level generals were sitting around Zhang Nan.

There was a school captain and three commanders who had fallen ill one after another. Among the generals present, some began to show signs of vomiting and diarrhea, and they didn't even dare to guarantee that they could last a few days.

"Today, 400% of people have vomited and diarrhea, and the number of people has increased every day..." Zhang Nan said to Zhang He worriedly, "General Zhang, if this continues, we will collapse without Zhang Fei taking action!"

Zhang He lowered his head and let out a long breath.

At this time, Zhang He had to admit that there was a big mistake in his plan - he did not expect that there was such a big difference between the soil and water of Jingzhou and the Central Plains and Hebei.

In fact, before going to war, Cao Cao reminded the generals of the Cao army to pay attention to changes in the weather and geography. But neither Shangyong nor Xiangbei, the soldiers in the army were troubled by water and soil problems, so Zhang and He were planning the combat plan.

I didn't take this matter much in my heart.

However, things were much more serious than Zhang He imagined.

As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang and the border between Nanjun, some soldiers in the army had vomited and diarrhea. At that time, Zhang He didn't care much, and just thought he had eaten something bad, but later found something was wrong.

The more south the soldiers went, the more serious the problem of vomiting and diarrhea in the army, and the number of people became.

Zhang He has excellent physical fitness. He has no discomfort, but if more than 40% of the soldiers in the army cannot fight, there is basically no need to fight this battle.

But the cunning opponent Zhang Fei seemed to be sure of this.

Just looking at Zhang Feijun's actions over the past few days, Zhang He gradually came up with some clues. Under normal circumstances, if the enemy is attacked into his own hinterland, the normal behavior should naturally be to try every means to annihilate the enemy or expel it.

If you want to annihilate or expel an elite Cao army like Zhang He, which has more than 10,000 people, you have to use at least about three times the strength of the troops to achieve it.

It was precisely based on this consideration that Zhang He hoped to attract Zhang Fei to mobilize a large army to come south to encircle him and reduce the pressure on Cao Ren.

As long as Cao Ren can break through Xinye and Fancheng, the entire battle situation will be alive immediately. If Cao Cao can personally bring a group of troops to reinforce, the strategic intention of seizing Jingbei in one fell swoop will be very likely to be realized.

Moreover, if Zhang Fei is anxious to encircle or expel him, he may reveal flaws in his actions, as long as he can use it properly, he may hit him in one fell swoop...

But Zhang He was deeply disappointed. Over the past few days, Zhang Fei seemed not to be moved by the "enemy army" that entered the hinterland of Jingzhou. Not only did he not send more troops to encircle and suppress, he even had no intention of a decisive battle. He just led the troops of tens of thousands of people to follow closely behind Zhang He's army and harass him at the appropriate time to prevent Zhang He from capturing the city.

At first, he was a little puzzled, but at this moment, Zhang He finally felt relieved. It was not that Zhang Fei did not pay attention to him, but that he was confident that he would use nearly 10,000 troops in his hands to achieve the goal of annihilation.

And the bargaining chips in his hands are naturally the problem of unacceptable conditions that he did not expect.

Thinking of this, Zhang He felt shocked and sad. The plan he had planned was completely settled in the opponent's design and was firmly restrained by the opponent.

"Am I really not his opponent?" Zhang He was stunned for a moment.

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"General Zhang, General Zhang..." Seeing that Zhang He seemed to be unable to listen to his words, Zhang Nan called out several times one after another.

"Where did Zhang Fei go?" Zhang He raised his eyelids and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Nan was slightly stunned and replied: "The scout's recent return. The main force of Zhang Fei's army has arrived in Ji Nan, which is more than 70 miles away from our army. The Western Liang Iron Cavalry is cruising about 20 miles northeast of our army..."

"Well..." Zhang He responded lightly and continued to ask, "Have the scouts sent to Badong direction returned?"

"Not yet?" Zhang Nan shook his head and said, "General Zhang, Badong is being held in entrenched by Zhang Lu. Even if we can retreat there, the situation may not improve..."

"From the perspective of military use, Zhang Lu is not a little bit worse than Zhang Fei. As long as we can enter Badong, we have 60% of our hopes to retreat to Hanzhong and meet with General Xiahou.

"Zhang He turned his head and looked at the direction to the west, and said in a deep voice, "And if you can contact General Xiahou, it is not impossible for Badong to seize the chin inside and outside..."

In the distance, the crisp sound of horse hooves came faintly. Zhang He listened for a moment and found that there was only one horse. "Yun Fei, probably the scout who was inquiring about the situation in Badong has returned. Go and take a look!"

"No!" Zhang Nan immediately stood up and left.

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After a cup of tea, Zhang Nan brought a scout back to Zhang He, but his face seemed even more serious. "General Zhang, there are a large number of enemy troops stationed in Yong'an City, with a number of no less than 10,000. It is unlikely that it will be difficult to succeed in retreating to Badong..."

"What?" Zhang He said in a dizzy heart and in disbelief, "Ten thousand people? Why can there be ten thousand soldiers in Nanjun? Even if all the soldiers in the county and state are mobilized, they may not be able to get ten thousand..."

He stood up and walked to the scout, and Zhang He asked in a stern voice: "Did you have any exploratory experience?"

"Return to the general, the villain is not wrong. The troops stationed in Yong'an are indeed no less than 10,000. This army seems to have just come from Jingnan!"

"Jingnan...so that's it..." Zhang He knew that there was indeed a member of the Jingzhou army that was intimidating Liu Zhang in Jingnan. After being stunned, he murmured to himself, "Zhang Fei, you really don't want to leave any retreat..."

Zhang He slowly walked back to the previous big stone, sat sideways, and his eyes closed slightly.

The generals looked at each other and whispered for a while. They all turned their eyes to Zhang He.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang He suddenly opened his eyes and said in a resolute tone: "Don't go south, turn around and head north. Since there is no way out, I will fight to the death with Zhang Fei."

"General Zhang..." Unexpectedly, Zhang He thought for a long time and was actually a fight to the death. Moreover, judging from the current situation in the army, I am afraid this battle is indeed a "death" battle—a battle of death but no life.

After Zhang Nan and others were slightly stunned, they said in a panic. "Now our army's combat power has dropped sharply. If there is a decisive battle, there may be no chance of winning..."

Zhang He looked resolute and without any fear. He said with a sigh: "Even if you die, you will be able to repay the Prime Minister to appreciate the important task. What's more, I, Zhang He, have no regrets if I can die at the hands of an opponent like Zhang Fei!"

"But General Zhang, 40% of our soldiers were extremely weak, and I'm afraid they couldn't even raise swords and guns.

Letting them go to the battlefield is a waste of their lives..." Zhang Nan was obviously very concerned about the "decisive battle" and wanted to persuade Zhang He to give up his thoughts.

Turning his head and looking at the soldiers in the distance, Zhang He also looked reluctant.

More than half of these soldiers followed Zhang He from Yuan Shao to Cao Cao's place. They had been fighting under Zhang He for six or seven years, and they had a lot of feelings for each other.

In the past, these elite soldiers of Youzhou had made great military achievements for Zhang He. However, when they came to Jingzhou, they had no use of their power because they were not suitable for the local environment.

"If you can't go to the battlefield, stay all." Zhang He said in a deep voice, "Although Zhang Fei is abominable, I heard that he never kills prisoners. If they keep them and surrender, they will have a way out."

Without giving all the generals a chance to object, Zhang Heyi waved his hand. "Go and prepare. One hour later, go north to find Zhang Fei to fight a decisive battle!"

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After taking off the silk book, I handed the "guagua" pigeon to the personal soldiers beside me, and quickly started reading it.

"General, what's the matter?" Wen Pin asked curiously.

"Zhang He turned around and headed north!" I handed the thin silk to Wenpin casually, and said with a slightly raised corner of my mouth.

"Does he want to fight us..." Ling Tong was young after all, and his mind was very flexible.

"It's probably true..." I nodded and said, "Zhang Hedi's reaction is quite fast. Otherwise, if he waits for a few more days, even if he wants to fight to the final battle, he will have no chance!"

"General, will you fight?" Ling Tong asked excitedly.

"Public record, don't worry, you have the chance to kill the enemy..." Walking over, patted Ling Tong's head, I smiled and said, "Look at the situation clearly before talking about it..."

Ling Tong nodded with a chuckle.

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Half an hour later, the scout sent a letter again, explaining Zhang Hejun's situation in more detail.

"What are Zhang He doing if he leaves so many people who can't go to the battlefield? Let them wait for death?" After understanding the situation, Ling Tong said in a little shock.

"It's to make them surrender... Zhang He is quite human in this matter." I patted my head and chuckled, "The time is almost done!"

"The iron cavalry sent a letter and ordered them to split into two. Ma Dai led a group of people to roam the left rear wing of Zhang Hejun, and Pang De led a group of people to roam the right rear wing of Zhang Hejun. Don't attack for the time being, and keep a shock to the enemy!"

"I ordered the entire army to set off and head south." I issued an order with a loud voice, "I will defeat Zhang and He in this battle!"

"No~!"
Chapter completed!