"Oh, Gongsun Zan has been so many years, and he is still as handsome as he is." Liu Xiu shook his head helplessly and patted his thighs lightly.

Xun You quickly glanced at Zhao Yun's urgent report and turned his eyes: "King, this may not be a good thing. It is more beneficial for us to eliminate Yuan Shao in the field than to trap him in Yi County. What is worrying now is that Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan divide the troops, and they may be defeated by Yuan Shao one by one. At that time, Yuan Shao will still return to Yi County and lose Gongsun Zan's troops in vain."

Liu Xiu nodded, and he was also worried about this. Gongsun Zan's actions were an accident for him, and a stupid accident. If you want to pursue him, you should be chasing him with Liu Bei. If you only have 5,000 people, you can defend Yuan Shao's 20,000 people? Why can this person suffer a loss and never see his nature? If you want to take revenge, you must also see how much strength you have, right?

"King, I think the one who needs to worry about is not Gongsun Zan. Even if he is wiped out, there are only 5,000 people. We should be worried that Yuan Shao will retreat south after discovering our army." Xun You looked at Liu Xiu's face and said incisively: "Gongsun Zan is defeated, and there is still Liu Bei guarding under Yi County. Yuan Shao will not be so arrogant. His greatest possibility is to retreat south, defeat Zhao Yun in the field, enter Zheng County or Gaoyang, or even retreat all the way to Anping Country. If so, our front line will be too long."

Liu Xiu smiled helplessly. Now it will not affect the entire battle situation because of Gongsun Zan's life or death, otherwise the entire plan may fail. Once the Yizhou cannot be controlled before the autumn harvest, he must transfer food and grass from the states, and the war will be delayed again and again.

Liu Xiu, Xun You, Zhang Yan and others discussed it, and then made adjustments to the original plan. Zhang Yan led the Yellow Turban Army to quickly enter Hejian, waiting for an opportunity to seize Wuyuan, Raoyang, Lecheng and other counties to build the first line of defense. At the same time, Lou Lu ordered the Wuhuan cavalry to enter Hejian, obey Zhao Yun's command, and go from south to north. Be prepared to attack Yuan Shao, and be sure to stop Yuan Shao from fleeing south. At the same time, he urgently wrote to Wuyan, if he had already earned Jundu Xing, he would immediately lead his troops south to support Liu Bei and block Yuan Shao's journey to flee north.

Zhang Yan and Lou Lu took the order and left.

The army no longer concealed its hiding. The Wuhuan people rode war horses. They rolled up a rush and whizzed past Lunu City. The Yellow Turban soldiers also rolled up their beddings and carried various siege equipment prepared to use the marching they were best at, and retreated from Lunu City like a nest of ants. It was so dark that they could not see at first sight. It made people dare not despise their insignificance.

Gao Lan stood at the top of the city and felt a chill in his heart. He was not like those soldiers. He thought it was safe when he saw the Yellow Turban Army retreat. He could understand the smoke and dust that soared into the sky in the distance, which was the smoke and dust that could only be brought about by cavalry. Large-scale cavalry? This could not be the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army at all.

Gao Lan did not see the battle flag in the distance. But he guessed several possibilities. The border troops that fought against the Wuhuan people in Zhuolu had entered the gate. The flying fox gate was almost lost. If the Wuhuan people did not have any surprises, they would have suffered a crushing defeat. How to defeat was no longer important. Gao Lan only knew that the development of things was far beyond Yuan Shao's surprise, and Song Feng... didn't seem to be as incompetent as Yuan Shao said. Perhaps, he had capable people around him to assist him. As a general, it was not difficult to find a few capable people who were familiar with military service as staff, at least not as difficult as Yuan Shao thought.

Gao Lan was thinking about what else he could do. He didn't dare to leave the city. He had only five thousand men under him, and he was mainly infantry. Once he encountered a large number of cavalry, he had no strength to fight back. All he could do was notify Yuan Shao to be careful.

Gao Lan sent more than a dozen messengers out of the city from different directions. He must report all the things he saw and thoughts to Yuan Shao, and then locked the city gate himself to ensure that Lu Nu City remained unresolved.

Gao Lan had just sent a messenger and saw a shocking scene: a battle flag and a battle flag embroidered with a fire vermilion bird.

Gao Lan had never seen this battle flag, but he knew that this battle flag was the defeated generals who had withdrawn from Yanzhou. He heard too much about this battle flag. Ordinary soldiers would not think too much. They only remembered that the battle flag represented an invincible opponent, a big figure who was almost legendary, and those staff members thought more. They thought of Yuan Shao's three-legged wu from Zhuque, the prophecy about Yuan Shao, and the destiny.

These associations were enough to make those who had entrust their family wealth in Yuan Shao. During the period when Yuan Shao retreated to Yecheng, all his energy was spent on rebuilding the confidence of his subordinates. For this reason, he even revealed to those people the news that the eldest son Liu Bin was in his hands, and then he barely controlled the situation.

The crisis was quickly resolved, not because of Yuan Shao's efforts, but before the war was over, Liu Xiu, who was in charge of the war, suddenly left the army and returned to Jiangling. As soon as Liu Xiu left, the imperial army suppressed the rebellion no longer had a sharp temper. The war in Yanzhou ended hastily, and even the navy that had entered the Yellow River retreated.

Yuan Shao was alive in a desperate situation, and Geng Bao jumped out at the right time to promote Yuan Shao's destiny again. In his mouth, Yuan Shao was the three-legged brunette who only replaced the destiny, and Liu Xiu's Vermilion Bird was just an imitation. He was cooking oil with fire, and he was excited and died quickly. It seemed that in order to verify his judgment, the conflict between Liu Xiu and the emperor became increasingly fierce. The sudden fall of the Chu King Liu Yuanqi finally exposed the conflict between them to everyone.

Next, Liu Xiu went to Beijing to force the palace.

Next, Liu Xiu lost news.

Although Liu Xiu disappeared, the Chu Palace was under house arrest, Liu Xiu's personal guard camp disappeared without a trace, and Liu Xiu's best friends Zhao Yun, Xiahou Yuan and others were demoted. These news followed one after another, all verifying Geng Bao's prophecy and encouraging the morale of Yuan Shao's subordinates.

Including Gao Lan's morale.

Their confidence began to swell, like a urine squid filled with urine. Today, the Vermilion Bird Battle Flag suddenly appeared in front of Gao Lan. With a gentle touch, the squid urine squid exploded, and all dreams disappeared, leaving only a smelly smell.

Gao Lan was stunned. His whole body was cold, and the hot wind blew on his face, but it made him feel cold.

Liu Xiu was not dead? Gao Lan asked himself repeatedly, was he leading his troops again?

Gao Lan originally thought that the Feihu Dao was a bit unreasonable, but now he felt that it was natural that there were too many miracles in Liu Xiu, so how could the small Feihu Dao stop him?

Gao Lan's fear spread silently like a plague. First, the personal guards around him noticed the battle flag, and then more soldiers discovered it. When requesting orders, they discovered the chill hidden in Gao Lan's silent body.

The army stopped in the distance, and slowly rode out from under the battle flag. A young officer sat upright on the horse, his body swaying gently with the pace of the war horse. The red helmet tassel on his head looked like a ball of flame. He did not bring long weapons, and he hung a knife around his waist, with a bow and a pot of arrows behind him.

"Captain..." The guard's voice trembled, "Do you want to order the archers to prepare?"

Gao Lan smiled bitterly. The fear in the hearts of these guards was deeper than that of him. These people were brave soldiers who followed him in the northern border. They usually had their eyes on the top of their heads and had a high opinion of themselves. Especially after Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two top-notch generals under Yuan Shao, were captured, they were even more arrogant and thought that their captains were the most capable generals around Yuan Shao, and they were blindly arrogant. Today, this timid appearance is really rare.

"He is just one person. Will he still be able to seize the city alone?" Gao Lan tried to calm down and shouted. The guard responded with a pale face, lowered his head embarrassedly, and retreated to the side.

Gao Lan took a step forward, holding the battlements with both hands, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the officer getting closer and closer. As the figure got closer, the chattering talk on the city wall stopped unconsciously, and everyone held their breath and looked at the person under the city nervously.

The sound of hooves was very special. The war horse did not walk very fast, but it continued to walk ten steps below the city before the officer tied the reins. The Xiliang war horse stopped, digged twice, sniffed, and quietly stopped.

"His Highness of the King of Chu of the Great Han Dynasty and General Liu Xiu have something to tell Gao Lan's High School Captain."

The officer's voice was not particularly loud, but every word was clearly heard. Gao Lan sighed secretly. Now it can be confirmed that Liu Xiu was not only not dead, but also promoted. The general, who served as the general as a vassal king, was the first in the history of the Han Dynasty. Needless to say, he had already controlled the court, and the little emperor had become a puppet. No one could help Yuan Shao and hinder Liu Xiu's elbow.

This is definitely not good news. Gao Lan had a voice in his heart.

"Dare you ask if the captain is here?" the young officer under the city shouted loudly.

Gao Lan took a deep breath, took a step forward, and shouted loudly: "Gaolan is here. If your highness has anything to say, please speak in person. When the two armies are fighting, Gao Lan will not be able to leave the city and speak together."

The officer smiled slightly, paused, and said loudly, "Your Highness said, Shen Pei surrendered, Tian Feng surrendered, Yan Liang surrendered, Wen Chou surrendered, what are the captains waiting for?"

Gao Lan was stunned. He guessed that the other party came to persuade the surrender, but he didn't expect that the surrender could be so domineering. These names are all famous people under Yuan Shao's tent, either famous scholars or generals. Any one of them was not up to him. Now, they have all surrendered. The only difference is that Shen Pei surrendered in defeat and was cut off by Liu Xiu to inspect Yanzhou. The others were captured. As for whether they are dead or alive, Gao Lan was not very clear about it.

The soldiers on the city looked at each other, their mood was similar to Gao Lan. Those who were more famous than Gao Lan surrendered to Liu Xiu. Can they reverse the world? What other ways can Gao Lan take besides surrender? The choice he could make may be just a surrender like Shen Pei or a surrender like Yan Liang.

Whether to live or die depends only on the timing of surrender.

They looked at the camp outside the city that was still the Yellow Turban Army that was empty in the morning, and seemed to understand something. General Liu could not take Lu Nu City, but General Liu was disdainful. Please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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