Xin Ping saw that the military rations were robbed, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were injured again, and Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang and others pulled away thousands more people. He knew that even if Yuan's army had more than Guantao's defenders, due to the disarray and the morale was low, there was no need to continue this battle. He suggested to Yuan Shao: "Lord, the current situation is not good for our army. Why not withdraw the troops and return to Yecheng first and fight again next year?"

When Yuan Shao heard Xin Ping say this, he immediately stared at him with a stolen look and asked, "Our army has more than 70,000 people, and the Han family's children have only more than 30,000 people. Besides, there are 7,000 newly-accompanied soldiers, and he can use only 20,000 soldiers. Why should our army retreat at this time?"

"Lord, the army has insufficient food and grass, and the soldiers will inevitably be unstable." Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, Shen Pei quickly explained: "Besides, the cold winter is approaching, and the army lacks winter clothes. If you continue to stay outside Guantao City, even if the Han family children do not fight with our army, a large number of soldiers will die of starvation."

Feng Ji, who is good at observing his words and expressions, knew that the other party would never withdraw his troops under such circumstances, so he stood up and said, "Zhongzhi's words are wrong. Our army has no food and grass or winter clothes, so we can send someone back to Yecheng to ask for it. Why bother to worry about it?"

Seeing that Feng Ji and himself were singing a contradictory tune, Xin Ping frowned slightly: "Yuantu, the food and grass in the camp are only used for three days now. Even if people are sent back to urge grain immediately, it will take at least ten days to deliver it to the camp. Once the Han family detects that the army is short of food and leads troops to attack, our army will definitely be defeated."

"How could the Han family know the truth in my camp?" Feng Ji raised his voice and was about to refute Xin Ping's fallacy, he suddenly remembered Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang and others who led their troops to escape today, and suddenly became silent. Because he thought that in order to gain Han Zhan's trust, Jiang Qi and others would take the initiative to report the truth in Yuan camp to the other party.

Xun Chen, who has always rarely expressed his opinions, came out of the queue and bowed to Yuan Shao: "I have a word from my lord, and I don't know whether to say it or not!"

Yuan Shao saw Xun Chen acting so respectfully, and guessed that he was afraid of being suspicious because he was associated with Han Zhan, so he acted very cautiously. He nodded to Xun Chen and asked, "Mr. Xun, what do you have to say, but it's okay."

"My subordinates agreed to Xin Zhongzhi's proposal, and we immediately slid our camp back to Yecheng." Xun Chen said carefully: "If we stay here again, once heavy snow falls, it will be difficult for the road to go. I am afraid that the army will not be so easy for them to withdraw back to Yecheng safely."

Seeing Xun Chen agreeing with his opinion, Xin Ping quickly added: "Lord, our army currently lacks food and grass and winter clothes, so it is not advisable to stay outside Guantao City anymore. It is better to withdraw the troops overnight. When we return to Yecheng to rectify the army, it will not be too late to come to Guantao again next year."

The persuasion of Xin Ping and Xun Chen made Yuan Shao ponder. He thought that he had hurriedly transferred troops from Wei County to attack Guantao. However, due to the union of the generals, not only did not take down Guantao, but instead suffered losses, but even led the troops away directly. It seemed that it was not too late to meet Yecheng first and reorganize the troops and horses before attacking Guantao.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao ordered everyone: "Everyone goes back and hurry up and packs up, we will withdraw our troops overnight."

Hearing Yuan Shao agreeing to his suggestion, Xin Ping and Xun Chen looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. The two hurriedly bowed to Yuan Shao and said loudly: "Lord, the Holy Lord!"

Early the next morning, the soldiers on duty at Guantao City saw that there was only a row of wooden fences left in Yuanying in the distance, which were empty inside and could not even see a tent, so they hurried to report to the team leader.

When the team leader heard the soldiers' reports, the other party lied about military information and ran to the city to check. When he looked at the empty camp in the distance, he couldn't help but murmured: "Hell, this is hell. Yuan Jun actually retreated in the middle of the night." He turned his head and asked the soldiers beside him, "Did you hear anything last night?"

The soldier shook his head like a rattle: "Return to the team, Yuanying is four or five miles away from the city wall. Even if there is any movement in the middle of the night, we can't hear it here."

The team leader was about to go down the city wall to report to Gao Lan, but saw Gao Lan leading a team of soldiers up the stairs beside the wall, and quickly reported forward: "Report to the captain of the high school, Yuan Jun has retreated."

"What, Yuan Jun retreated?" Gao Lan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the team leader's report, and asked with a serious expression: "What you said is the truth."

"Everything that little one said is true." The team leader quickly replied, "If the captain doesn't believe it, you can go up to the wall and take a look."

Gao Lan rushed up the city wall in two steps, held the dove and looked into the distance. When he saw Yuan camp, which was originally waving, it turned into an empty camp, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. However, before he came down to the city wall, he still ordered the team to lead: "You are here to be careful, and I will report this to the Marquis of Ting."

After listening to Gao Lan's report, the expressions on his face became relaxed. However, after hearing this, Han Zhan was stunned and thought to himself: Why did Yuan Shao suddenly withdraw his troops? Is there a fraud?

Jiang Qi, who was standing aside, saw Han Zhan’s confusion expression, quickly stood up and said to him: “Lord, Yuan Shao’s camp is short of food, and the weather is cold and the soldiers lack winter clothes. If they continue to stalemate with us outside the city, a large number of soldiers in the camp will die of starvation.”

"What Captain Jiang said is very true." As soon as Jiang Qi finished speaking, Huang Zhong continued: "Lord, since Yuan Shao has withdrawn his troops, should we send troops to chase him?"

"No, we can't pursue!" Guo Jia was the first to stand up to oppose Huang Zhong's proposal: "Although Yuan Shao retreated, he must be on guard against the pursuers we sent. If Jia was not wrong, he would definitely have ambushing the dangerous places. If we pursued them rashly, we would definitely suffer a great loss."

When Han Zhan agreed to Guo Jia say that Yuan Shao must have ambushed along the way, he agreed with this statement: "Yuan Shao has many capable people. Since they choose to withdraw their troops in the middle of the night, it means that they must take good measures. If we send troops to pursue them rashly, we will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat. There is no need to mention the matter of pursuing troops."

After the meeting, Rob came in and reported to Han Zhan: "Report to the lord, Hu Cha is asking for a meeting!"

When he heard that the wealthy businessman Hu Cha asked for a meeting, Han Zhan felt very curious. Didn’t he sell wine in Jizhou City? When did he come to Guantao? It was a bit inappropriate to meet him in the lobby, so he ordered Rob: "Please go to the backyard by Mr. Hu!"

Shortly after Han Zhan returned to the back house, Hu Cha walked into the study under the guidance of Luo Bu. After Hu Cha entered the door, he immediately came to Han Zhan's forehead and knelt down. After kowtow respectfully, he said with a smile on his face: "Little man sees Ting Hou!"

"Mr. Hu, please sit down!" Han Zhan and the other party finished saluting him, and then asked politely: "I wonder if Mr. Hu has come here from Jizhou, what can I do?"

"When you go back to Tinghou," Hu Cha said respectfully: "When the weather is cold and the soldiers' winter clothes have not yet been settled, the villain ordered people to prepare five hundred leather coats to deliver them."

When the weather turned cold some time ago, Han Zhan thought that in this dynasty, cotton was not used to make cotton coats, and to prepare winter clothes for the soldiers, he could only purchase leather jackets. Hearing Hu Cha say this, he hurriedly bowed to the other party and said gratefully: "In this way, I am the marquis representing the soldiers in the army. Thank you Mr. Hu."

Considering that merchants are always profitable, since Hu Cha took the initiative to give him five hundred leather coats, he must have sold his family's leather coat to the army more conveniently, so he asked politely: "Mr. Hu, there are nearly 30,000 soldiers in Guantao City, and a mere 500 leather coats are a drop in the bucket. I wonder if Mr. Hu has a way to buy the required leather coats for the army?"

Hu Cha heard Han Zhan say he was going to order a fur coat from him, and his face was as if it was blooming. He thought that Han Zhan would be at best buying a few thousand fur coats from him, but now he knew that the other party was planning to buy almost 30,000 pieces, which would not make him a lot of money. He quickly stood up and said, "If you go back to Tinghou, although the number of 30,000 fur coats is a little larger, there are many fur workshops near Jizhou. I believe that within half a month, the army will be able to meet the needs of the army."

After ordering Hu Cha, Han Zhan suddenly thought that he should check the product version and asked Hu Cha politely: "Mr. Hu, I wonder if you can let me see the sample?"

"Yes, please wait for the Marquis Ting. The villain will take the goods now." Hu Cha said, and got up and walked to the door, and said a few words to the outside. He didn't have much effort, so he came in with two bags, one big and one small. He put the bag on the ground, untied the big one first, took out the neatly folded fur coat from it, and said to Han Zhan: "Mr. Ting, please see, this is the fur coat I prepared for the soldiers in the army."

Han Zhan took it and saw that it was a leather jacket made of sheepskin. Although it was not of high quality, it was a good thing to keep warm when wearing it. Seeing Han Zhan turning the leather jacket over and over again, Hu Cha added: "Tinghou, this is made of sheepskin, and there is also a leather jacket with dog skin. Which one is Zhitinghou plans to purchase?"

Han Zhan later did logistics. He studied the goods he transported, and he also knew a little about this kind of fur. Among all furs, although the clothes made of dog skin are of the lowest grade, they are the warmest behind them. Otherwise, people in the Arctic Circle would not purchase a large amount of such goods every year. Now they have to buy a lot of winter clothes for the troops. If they are mainly sheepskin, they may not be able to bear it economically, so they still use dog skin.

Thinking of this, he said to Hu Cha: "Mr. Hu, I think it is better to use dog-skin leather jackets as the main one. If the number is insufficient, then use sheepskin leather jackets to supplement the missing number."

"The villain takes the order, the villain takes the order!" After Hu Cha finished speaking, he opened another bag, took out a cape cloak inside, and handed it to Han Zhan. At the same time, he said respectfully: "Mr. Ting, this is the villain's filial piety to you, please accept it with a smile!"

Han Zhan took the cloak and was shocked. What Hu Cha gave him was a pure white martened cloak. He used to read novels and often saw in books that someone's clothes were made of white fox fur, without a single piece of hair on it. At that time, he felt how expensive the clothes were. After coming into contact with the logistics industry, he realized that the fur known as fur is actually not high. This can be seen from the fact that the price is only a fraction of the martened clothes. Now he is holding the white martened cloak in his hand, which is really expensive.

Han Zhan gently stroked the cloak with his hand and whispered: "The needles are short and soft, and the bottom velvet is so thick. I guess they are all made of female marten fur? According to my calculations, thirty-six marten furs should have been used."

When Hu Cha heard Han Zhan say this, he was stunned at first, and then gave him a thumbs up: "Mr. Ting is so knowledgeable. This cloak is indeed made of female marten fur, and the number of leathers used is exactly thirty-six."

Although Han Zhan particularly liked this cloak, he still gritted the bullet and handed it back to Hu Cha, saying insincerely: "Mr. Hu, this thing must be valuable. I am not worth it. I will not receive any rewards. Please take it back."

Hu Cha smiled and said quickly: "Mr. Tinghou, although this thing is worth hundreds of gold, it is far from the wine steaming technology provided by Tinghou for the villain. This is what the villain wants to Tinghou. Please don't refuse!"

Seeing Hu Cha with kindness, Han Zhan did not refuse. He naturally took the sable cloak and put it aside, asking Hu Cha: "Mr. Hu, I plan to go back to Jizhou in two days. I wonder if you will continue to stay here, or return to Jizhou with me?"

"If you go back to Tinghou, the villain has some business here. The recent attack on the city of Yuan's army has somewhat impacted the business." Hu Cha hurriedly replied: "The villain plans to continue to stay here and wait until everything returns to normal before returning to Jizhou."

Han Zhan knew that Hu Cha had his own business in many cities. When Hu Cha mentioned Yuan Jun, he suddenly remembered that the other party had another business in Yecheng, and asked with concern: "Mr. Hu, if I remember correctly, you also had a business in Yecheng. If Yuan Shao knew that you were sponsoring this Marquis, would he start your business in Yecheng?"

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Hu Cha shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Even if Yuan Shao knows that the villain has sponsored the villain's business in Yecheng, it will be helpless. However, the villain believes that the king of Ting will break through Yecheng sooner or later, and the villain's business can be reopened."

Looking at the wealthy businessman who has been supporting him since the county of Heguo, Han Zhan nodded slightly and solemnly assured him: "Mr. Hu, please rest assured that no matter how much your losses in Yecheng are, as long as this marquis seizes Yecheng, he will pay double compensation."
Chapter completed!