Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1118 Bottom Line
Seeing Ma Chao running away, the four generals of Yuan Xi's army had to split into two groups. Zhao Yun took the lead to chase Ma Chao. After all, it was a one-on-one battle, and among the four, he was the only one with the greatest chance of winning.

The remaining three people, on the other hand, occupied three directions at the same time, blocking all of Pang De's escape routes!

When Pang De saw this scene, he was immediately disappointed. The other party's idea was very direct. Splitting into two groups and chasing one might cause problems, so he might as well just surround and kill one first.

This action not only shows that the other party had discussed it in advance, but also shows that Pang De is the focus of attention, even higher than Ma Chao!
Pang De didn't know the reason, but he knew that he was in great danger today. He swung his sword and rode towards Gao Lan, shouting, "Using more people against fewer people, this is not a fair victory. Let's fight!"

Gao Lan thought to himself, it’s me again?
Do you really treat me like a sheep's butt?

He was furious. When he was in full strength, he was one of the Four Pillars of Hebei and could compete with Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Now, anyone wants to take advantage of him. Does he really think that he is on the decline? Has his spear skills not improved over the years?

Generals all have tempers. Gao Lan was furious. He stepped forward with his spear and stabbed Pang De in the head. However, Pang De did not dodge and chopped off his head with his sword, as if he was going to die together with Gao Lan.

Gao Lan knew that if he retreated a little, the opponent would take the opportunity to break out of the circle and escape, so he roared, turned his body to the side, and still aimed at Pang Deza.

This shot was beyond Pound's expectation. What he had thought was that in the current situation, the other side had the advantage in numbers, so they would definitely not fight with him to the death. Instead, they would try to consume their own energy and achieve their goal at the lowest cost.

If Gao Lan thought so, he only needed to retreat a little, and Pang De could launch a few quick attacks to suppress him temporarily, thus giving him a chance to escape.

But the situation now is that Gao Lan did not retreat even a single step, and immediately came up to exchange injuries with Pang De, which made Pang De miscalculate. Now it is Pang De's side that faces a choice!
Hide or fight for your life?
In a split second, Pang De subconsciously made a choice. He squeezed his hips, and the horse's direction slightly changed, running to the side, avoiding Gao Lan's spear, but his own sword power was weakened by half.

The weapons on both sides missed their target and the horses crossed each other. Pang De had just passed half a horse's length when he heard the wind whistling in his ears. It turned out that the opponent had launched a counterattack!

Pang De immediately realized that he had made a wrong judgment. Gao Lan on the opposite side was known for his skills. If he had forced the opponent to compete in strength, he might have won long ago. But now, his opponent had guessed his psychology and tricked him into dodging until he was afraid to escape with injuries. Then, he used a surprise attack to force him into a desperate situation!

At this moment, Pang De's sense of smell on the battlefield saved him. Without time to look back, he put the knife on his back and put the blade against his vest. Then there was a loud ding sound, and the iron spear pierced the blade.

Pang De felt relieved and was about to charge forward, but he heard a slight "puff" sound and the horse under his crotch suddenly jumped up, almost standing upright, and almost threw Pang De off the horse.

Pang De's body fell backwards and was about to fall off the horse. At this time, he held the knife in both hands and did not dare to use his hands to pull the reins. He was forced to clamp his legs tightly on the horse's belly. If he fell off the horse at this time, he would surely die!

This is when Pound's ability was revealed. He leaned back almost with his body parallel to the ground, and was able to stay from falling simply by the strength of his legs together, which fully demonstrated the strength of a great general.

But Pang De's heart felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. He knew that he had been defeated. The opponent Gao Lan's tactics were all ahead of his, and every move he made was a victory for him!
He glanced back and saw Gao Lan pulling back the bloody ring-handled knife.

Gao Lan's martial arts skills are definitely not the best among the four pillars, but in terms of intelligence and reaction, he is second to none. The reason why he was able to climb to the position of general is not only because of his martial arts skills, but also because of his ability to adapt to changes and his highly targeted strategic means.

Just like just now, he seemed to have used a surprise attack, but at the same time he bet that Pang De would not have time to turn around, so he only used the gun with one hand, and most of his moves were feints. The real killing move was to draw out the ring-handled knife with the other hand and stab Pang De's horse's butt silently.

This stab injured Pang De's horse and completely destroyed his hope of escape.

This situation was doomed when Gao Lan had previously risked his life with Pang De and Pang De retreated first. Gao Lan bet that Pang De could not expect that he would risk his life, so Pang De would definitely dodge subconsciously. This chain of events led to a complete success in the end, which was purely a victory over Pang De's inner judgment.

In a pure competition of martial arts, Gao Lan was undoubtedly no match for Pang De. However, he played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, and used his brain to trick Pang De into falling into a trap. This highlights that as a general, in addition to martial arts, he also has the rare trait of being able to respond to emergencies.

Gao Lan's move was extremely brilliant, and Zhang He and Zhang Liao, who were galloping over, also shouted "good job" at the same time. They immediately rode their horses to surround Pang De from two directions, and in a few blinks of an eye, they stood in front of Pang De, both drew their weapons, and approached Pang De.

While Pang De was fending off Gao Lan's spear, he was shaking the reins. He felt the horse under him trembling constantly. He knew that the horse was rapidly losing strength due to its injuries, and he could no longer escape!
He roared and swung his sword wildly. The spears and swords collided several times, and sparks flew. At this time, Gao Lan was not in a hurry. He jumped out of the circle and said to Zhang Liao and Zhang He with a smile: "I'll give it to you two."

But in fact, Gao Lan's hand holding the iron spear was almost numb. Pang De used all his strength in those attacks just now, and Gao Lan almost lost his spear in the end. If it was a one-on-one fight, Gao Lan would have turned his horse and escaped long ago.

Seeing Zhang Liao and Zhang He attacking, Pang De roared continuously. The three weapons fought for dozens of moves. Pang De was finally defeated and had several bullet holes on his body and legs.

He felt the blood flowing out continuously, and Gao Lan beside him said leisurely: "Are you Pang De?"

"Dismount and surrender, maybe there is a way to survive."

Pang De didn't think twice and just said, "Okay"

Before he could finish his words, Zhang He interrupted him, "Don't lie to him. My lord said that even if Pang De surrendered, it was a false surrender. His family members were all killed. I'm afraid he is going to assassinate my lord in person."

"Let's give him a quick death."

Gao Lan smiled and said, "I just want to save you some energy."

Pang De saw that his thoughts were discovered, and he could not help but yelled, "Thief!"

"You didn't harm your family members. They were unarmed and had no power to resist, but you still slaughtered them. Are you still human?"

"You are just a bunch of beasts!"

Gao Lan sneered, "You also know that those who kill civilians are beasts." "Why didn't you reflect on yourself when you killed the people of Jizhou?"

"In the final analysis, you just want to kill others and don't allow others to treat you like this."

"My lord said that there is a special word for people like you, called double-standard dog."

Pang De's eyes were red with anger, and he shouted, "What do you know!"

"We are human beings. Those who can't protect themselves are not human beings. They are just slaves!"

Gao Lan nodded and said, "You are right. Now you are not a human being either."

He took the flamethrower handed over by the sergeant behind him and said, "In that case, I won't talk to you about morality. Go to hell."

A thick flame spurted out, enveloping Pound and setting him on fire.

Pound is dead.

He did not die under the spears of Zhang He and Zhang Liao, but from the merciless flames. When he died, his whole body was charred, tears still flowed from his eyes, and he uttered with his last weak voice, "Despicable beast!"

Gao Lan went up and sprayed fire again, completely extinguishing the sound, and said: "My lord is right, those who are inhumane are almost all double-standard dogs."

Zhang He jumped off his horse and turned Pang De's body over with his iron spear. After confirming that Pang De had already died, he smiled and said to Gao Lan, "Congratulations, you killed him."

"But it's not easy to write a military merit list. Can we write that General Gao Lan set fire to and killed the enemy general?"

The three of them laughed, and Gao Lan sighed, "The situation is changing so fast, I can hardly keep up."

"If I were to face mines and rockets on the battlefield, I'm afraid I wouldn't have much hope of surviving."

The three of them felt the same way and couldn't help but look in the direction of Yi Jing, wondering what new and strange methods their lord would come up with when he conquered the world?
After a short rest, everyone was about to chase after Zhao Yun to help him, but Zhao Yun had already returned.

They saw Zhao Yun's arm was wrapped in white cloth and blood was seeping out. They were all shocked, "Zilong is injured?"

No wonder they were surprised. Over the years, they had never heard of Zhao Yun being injured on the battlefield. So was Ma Chao so difficult to deal with?
Zhao Yun shook his head: "It doesn't matter, the opponent is more seriously injured than me."

"But it ran very fast and rolled down the cliff. I saw that the mountain was steep and I couldn't get down for the time being. In addition, the spies reported that they had found traces of Cao's army in the south. I was afraid that you would be lost, so I came back first."

Zhang He frowned and asked, "Cao's army?"

"How did they get here?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet. We don't know the enemy's situation yet, so we can't fight rashly. This battle has achieved our goal. Let's go back to Yijing and report."

Later, Yuan Xi in Yijing learned that Pang De was killed and Ma Chao escaped. He was quite satisfied and said to the four people: "You have worked hard. Go back and reorganize the army and rest. After finding out the enemy situation, take action."

At the same time, he ordered his guards, "Behead Pang De's body and expose it on the city wall. This will also inform the people of Jizhou and serve as a warning to others."

When the four men came out, Zhang Liao could not help but say to Zhao Yun, "I agree with wiping out the Xiliang army. After all, they have nothing to do with human affairs first."

"But in the future battle, will the Xiliang army resist frantically and cause greater losses to our soldiers?"

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "That's a possibility, but there's also another possibility."

"Let's just watch carefully."

The Xiliang soldiers who entered Yuan Xi's territory were all killed, and the news that Pang De died in battle and his body was exposed on the city wall soon spread to Cao Cao's territory.

As expected, this news caused quite a stir. However, apart from a small number of Xiliang soldiers who clamored for crazy revenge on Yuan Xi's territory, the vast majority of the middle and lower-level Cao army generals and soldiers had another layer of thoughts in their hearts.

The destruction of the Xiliang Army even led to the crazy revenge of Yuan Xi's army because of the massacre of villages.

If I did the same thing and the evil tiger broke into my hometown in the future, would it retaliate against my family in the same way?
It's not just possible, it's bound to happen, right?

Inside the mansion, Zhong Yao said to Xun You with a serious face, "This is trouble."

"What we are about to face is a tiger that has completely broken free of its restraints. This kind of enemy is the most terrifying."

(End of this chapter)