Just when Gao Lan was in a dilemma and had difficulty making a decision, letters from Guo Tu and Pang Ji were delivered by people from the Jinling School Affairs Office.
The letters written by Guo Tu and Pang Ji both asked Gao Wang to take into account the overall situation and surrender to the pottery merchants.
In the letter, Gao Lan also analyzed the current situation.
Yuan Shao died, and the Gongsun clan in the north was defeated and could not last long. Liu He led Tian Yu, Xian Yufu, Gao Rou and others to submit to the Taoshang. Now the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and other tribes were also greatly damaged and were defeated.
The Taoshang sent people to take control, the Heishan army surrendered, Zhang Guishun, Yuan Tan surrendered, Gao Gan surrendered, Jiang Qi, Ma Yan and Zhang Guishun, Tian Feng and Shenpei were captured... Guo Tu and Pang Ji themselves had also surrendered to the Potters.
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Gao Lan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he read the two letters.
The entire Yuan family has fallen apart. Today's Hebei has changed its name to Tao. Why are you still in a stalemate with Huang Zhong here?
That's all, let's lower it.
Gao Lan made up his mind to ask Huang Zhong to surrender the next day, so that he could keep himself useful and make some contributions to society in the future.
Anyway, no matter what, the ending is definitely much better than death.
But that night, Gao Lan's situation suddenly changed.
That night, the scouts came to report that a reinforcement force had attacked Huang Zhong's garrison at night and fought with Huang Zhong. In order to preserve his strength, Huang Zhong temporarily withdrew his troops for several miles and left the scope of monitoring his own stronghold.
When Gao Lan heard this, he was stunned.
Which one is it that comes here late at night to save itself?
In other words, making trouble!
If you want to make a rescue, wouldn't it be better to make a rescue a few days earlier? You must hurry up at this juncture!
I'm about to surrender. You came over and scared Huang Zhong away. Isn't this just causing trouble for me?
Which bastard did it?
Gao Lan quickly got the answer.
After temporarily forcing Huang Zhong back, the troops quickly moved towards Gao Lan's camp.
He is the most brave general in Hebei, Wen Chou’s troops!
Gao Lan was very shocked after seeing Wen Chou.
"General Wen, why did you come to my side? Where is your Dazhai?"
"It's lost! It was thrown to Taishi Ci. Yecheng has been lost. Why does a certain family want that Dazhai?" Wen Chou's words were very direct.
Gao Lan grinned when he heard this and said, "General Wen, have you heard about what happened over there?"
"What's going on?"
"It's about the fall of Yecheng and the death of the general..."
Wen Chou glanced sideways at Gao Lan and said coldly: "If you didn't know this, why would a certain family come to you and risk being chased and beaten by Taishi Ci and losing their troops?"
Gao Lan sighed and said: "It turns out that General Wen also knows."
Having said this, Gao Lan paused and said: "General Wen, why don't we surrender? There is no need to continue this battle."
Wen Chou suddenly turned his head and gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say?"
Gao Lan sighed and said: "Now that things have happened, the general is dead, Yecheng is lost, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan, Zhang, Qu Yi, Pang Ji, Guo Tu, Ma Yan and others have all surrendered. The general situation in Hebei
It has been decided, why should we continue to stalemate with the pottery merchants, why not find a way out for ourselves and our soldiers..."
Before he could finish his words, Wen Chou suddenly turned around and grabbed him by the collar, with an angry look on his face.
He was breathing heavily, gritting his teeth, and his huge eyes were filled with blood, almost popping out of their sockets.
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop you up alive!"
Gao Lan smiled bitterly and said: "General Wen, what I say is from the bottom of my heart, and it is also for the sake of our future. Now the Yuan family does not even have a suitable candidate to inherit the legacy of the general. We, as generals,
But what kind of death are you keeping for him?"
"Then you can't surrender to the pottery merchants!" Wen Chou roared, spitting directly into Gao Lan's face: "Whoever surrenders is not allowed to surrender to the pottery merchants!"
Gao Lan raised his hand to wipe his wet cheek, and said helplessly: "Why is this? Because he is an enemy of the general? But the princes in the world are looking for someone who is an enemy of the general, and it is not just the pottery merchants.
Alone."
"It's not just that!" Wen Chou pushed Gao Lan back fiercely and said, "The main reason is because my eldest brother Yan Liang died in the hands of Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci and I are sworn in. If you want me to surrender to the pottery merchants...
…Unless the potter can kill Taishi Ci!”
When Gao Lan heard this, he was immediately speechless.
Wen Chou is really stubborn. How long has it been and he still thinks about it?
Taishi Ci was the potter's sworn brother. How could the potter kill him for being ugly?
From this point of view, it is impossible for Wen Chou to submit to the pottery merchants.
The question is, if he doesn’t submit to the pottery merchant, why should he be implicated?
In Gao Lan's heart, a feeling of wanting to cry without tears welled up in his heart.
"General Wen, what is our retreat in the future?" Gao Lan asked Wen Chou cautiously.
Wen Chou thought carefully for a while and said: "It is absolutely impossible to go to the pottery merchant. I have contacted General Chunyu Qiong. He was familiar with Cao Cao when he served in Beijing. He is also rushing here now. We
Let's go and join him, and then go to Henan together to defect to Cao Cao. Later, we will use Cao Cao's power to attack the pottery merchants, kill Tai Shi Ci, and avenge my brother Yan Liang."
After hearing this, Gao Lan almost lost his breath and vomited blood.
What kind of feelings does this bastard have towards Yan Liang? Why does he feel that Yan Liang is closer to him than his biological father!
The question is, if you want to avenge Yan Liang, why do you want to get involved with me?
I'm not familiar with Yan Liang, okay?
Why should I follow you to surrender to Cao Cao?
At this moment, there was a sudden cry of killing outside the stronghold. Immediately afterwards, soldiers came in and reported to Gao Lan: "General Gao, Huang Zhong's troops are coming to attack the stronghold!"
"What?" Wen Shangangyan was startled: "Didn't the old man get beaten back by me just now? Why did he come again!"
Just now, when he saw Huang Zhong being beaten by Wen Chou and thrown out of the camp, Gao Lan felt that something was not right. When he heard that Huang Zhong was back, he suddenly woke up.
"Oops, we fell into a trap! How could Mr. Huang Zhong be defeated so easily? I think he must have realized that General Wen was coming to my camp, so he was well prepared. He deliberately pretended to retreat just to be slow.
Our army will be strong, and we will come back and attack again!"
Wen Chou glared: "What's so scary about this old man? Look at me and chop him down!"
After saying that, he picked up the knife and ran out of the tent, but saw a school captain hurriedly enter the tent again: "General Wen, General Gao, something bad is going on! Taishi Ci's and Xu Huang's troops are coming from the rear.
We are attacking our army’s rear stronghold!”
"Tai Shi Ci! Xu Huang?" Gao Lan scratched his head in confusion and said, "Tai Shi Ci's soldiers and horses arrived here chasing General Wen. I can understand this... Xu Huang is not
Are you supposed to be confronting Chunyu Qiong? Why would you come here?"
"Don't worry about it!" Wen Chou strode outside quickly and said, "Let's see if a certain family goes out to meet them!"