Zhang Huaizhi didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He said slowly: "This has been expected for a long time!"

"But dad, my mother, my wife and children were all arrested!" Zhang Zhaoting was so anxious that he almost burst into tears.

"Shut up!"

Zhang Huaizhi slammed the table, "Dad, I know it, and it hurts me too, but at this time, I can't mess around. What's more, I have already prepared for this day!"

"A manly man, as long as you are alive, why worry about not having a wife or having children? You are so rude, I am really disappointed!" Zhang Huaizhi roared word by word.

Zhang Zhaoting couldn't believe that these words actually came from his father's mouth. He looked at Zhang Huaizhi dully, mumbling something he wanted to say, but not a single complete syllable came out.

"Zhaoting, you still need more experience!" Zhang Huaizhi sighed and said in a deep voice: "I can tell you some things now!"

"Dad!" Zhang Zhaoting looked at Zhang Huaizhi doubtfully, suddenly feeling strange.

"Sit down!" Zhang Huaizhi pointed to a chair next to him.

"In the past few months, my father has been relatively conservative about the battlefields in the Central Plains and Northern Jiangsu. He has not really exerted any force. The troops he has mobilized are not our core combat strength. Do you know why?" Zhang Huaizhi asked.

Zhang Zhaoting shook his head blankly.

"Even if we try our best, we may not be able to hold the Central Plains or Sulu defense lines. Even if we can hold them, it will still be a miserable victory. Chen Tianhua can break through from other places."

"Our policy of fighting and withdrawing at the same time is to trap Chen Tianhua himself in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas so that Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong can take action," Zhang Huaizhi said.

"What?" Zhang Zhaoting was stunned, and his mind couldn't turn around for a moment.

The Zhang family made such a huge sacrifice just to lure the enemy deeper and make it easier for Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong to move. I can't figure it out.

"Feel strange, shocked?"

Zhang Huaizhi looked at his son mockingly, "Zhao Ting, you see, this is a political game. The former Guan family group made huge sacrifices. This time it is our Zhang family's turn. There is no way around it."

"In the past few months, all our battles have been for one person, and of course, that person is Chen Tianhua!" Zhang Huaizhi said with a wry smile:

"Chen Tianhua himself is a genius military strategist, and his adviser, Shadow, is extremely cunning and scheming. In order not to reveal any flaws, all the wars we fought were real. For this, we all paid a lot of money.

sacrifice."

Zhang Zhaoting swallowed his saliva and said miserably:

"Dad, are you saying that we have suffered so many casualties on the Sulu border in the past two months just to lure Chen Tianhua into the hinterland of Shandong Province? This is thousands of lives, including his own family and relatives!"

Zhang Huaizhi sneered:

"Then what should we do? This is an order from Mr. Yuan and other Northern Army commanders. I am specifically asked to carry it out. So what can I do? Fail to resist the order and flee? It's obviously unrealistic."

"But in the blink of an eye, as long as we can finally achieve the goal and kill Chen Tianhua, what do these people mean? As long as we have territory and money, we can recruit a large number of soldiers very quickly, but the chance of killing Chen Tianhua is not

It's only this once, Zhao Ting, how hard do you need to practice, otherwise, how can you be able to take charge of Lu Province and take over my Zhang family's legacy in the future?"

Zhang Zhaoting smiled bitterly and said: "Dad, we have even lost Yizhou where Zhang family started, so what kind of foundation do we have?"

Zhang Huaizhi sneered:

"Yizhou is lost, we can still get it back, and we can even get more. Son, your second uncle's lineage is basically finished. It is impossible for him to escape from Chen Tianhua's grasp. I guess, maybe now

He has fallen into the hands of the Southern Army. From now on, Yizhou is mine and yours!"

Zhang Zhaoting looked at his father dumbfounded, speechless in shock.

…

Zhang Shuyuan attacked Tai'an City non-stop for a whole day and night, causing heavy casualties both above and below the city, but the city was still in the hands of the Southern Army.

In the early morning of the next day, when the panicked sentinel reported to Zhang Shuyuan, who was very tired, that there were about a brigade of cavalry from the Southern Army pursuing them, and they were less than thirty miles away, the Northern Army under the city finally collapsed.

The frightened Zhang Shuyuan took only dozens of personal guards and fled in the chaos.

The Northern Army, with less than 10,000 people left, saw that the general had fled, but they couldn't run away, so they simply raised their hands and surrendered. They would be like a bear to sacrifice their life for anyone.

It is said that Zhang Shuyuan only took more than fifty of his personal soldiers, escaped from the Southern Army's pursuit circle on horseback, and fled into the high mountains of Tai'an.

When traveling over mountains and ridges, horses were naturally unavailable, so they were used as pack horses and mobile meals, because they did not bring any dry food. Each horse killed was enough to feed more than fifty people for two days.

This is actually a good way to survive.

But Zhang Shuyuan, who had always been pampered and pampered, suffered such hardships. Within a few days, his legs were swollen and his feet were broken. He had to rely entirely on the support of his guards to travel through the mountains. You can imagine his embarrassment.

Although he only lived like this for about ten days, he lost weight and lost his former look. His cheeks were sunken and his eyes were dull.

Compared with the difficult escape, what is more painful is the despair.

The general who used to be a powerful figure and commanded the country was beaten by the enemy soldiers until he was left with only a skin, and he fled with his bodyguards like a walking corpse.

After these days continued for several more days, great danger began to strike, and pursuers began to appear behind them.

It was obvious that the pursuers behind them were a group of very professional guys. After being tracked, the guards used false suspicions and set up traps along the way. However, this did not delay the pursuers behind them at all, and on the contrary, they healed them.

Coming closer and closer.

Fear invades these deserters all the time.

These quick-thinking guards knew that Zhang Shuyuan at this moment was like a huge torch, shining in the eyes of the pursuers behind him.

With him, every step you take is a step closer to the gate of hell. On the contrary, if you leave him alone at this time, you will undoubtedly have more chances of survival.

Gradually, the guards used the excuse of seeking information and disappeared forever.

Within a few days, there were less than a dozen people following Zhang Shuyuan, all of whom were loyal and favored by him.

Finally, on a hazy morning, a pursuer saw them in the jungle.

These pursuers were all from Ding Changqiang's Marine Brigade Special Service Team.

A short but fierce battle broke out in an instant. The special forces members were good at tracking, lurking, and assassinating, making these personal guards terrified.

The bodyguards, whose bodies were spattered with blood, were running through the forest with Zhang Shuyuan, who was in despair. They knew that it wouldn't take long before a large number of pursuers would probably appear behind them.

Now, they can only ask God to bless them and make this fog come more violently. Perhaps, they can use this fog to find a way out of the impossibility.
Chapter completed!