The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 280 Yuan Shao fainted with anger

Zhang He and Gao Lan surrendered.

When Qin Shou received the news, he was already fifty miles away from Guandu.

"There are actually traces of Zhang He and Gao Lan. Although these two are known as the Four Pillars of Hebei, in fact, they are not trusted by Yuan Shao. They are Han Fu's subordinates."

"Only Yuan Shao could think of attacking Guandu across the Yellow River."

Xun You shook his head and said.

Qin Shou chuckled and said, "That's good. Yuan Shao has suffered a great loss this time. He gave me so many soldiers and generals for nothing."

“My lord, 60,000 elite troops are trapped in Puyang. Yuan Shao is in a panic. In order to save his own son, he sent his troops to die. The soldiers must be dissatisfied.” Xun You believed that this was the main reason why Zhang He and others surrendered.

Knowing that there is danger ahead, but still letting his soldiers go to die, he will naturally lose the morale of the army.

It was not until I arrived at Guandu Port and met Zhang He and Gao Lan that I understood the reason.

"Three days to capture Guandu? Does Yuan Shao think that his troops are the best? Or does he think that the Cavalry is just a bunch of useless people?"

After hearing this, Qin Shou couldn't help but exclaim.

It turns out that there was such a reason behind the two men's surrender to the Cavalry Army.

Although Huang Zhong has only more than 10,000 men under his command, the Cavalry Corps is an elite force. Even in a head-on battle, Zhang He and Gao Lan may not be able to defeat Huang Zhong's troops.

"Prime Minister, Yuan Shao is incompetent and unworthy of being a leader. Prime Minister, you are a man of great talent and strategy. We two generals are willing to serve you."

Gao Lan said loudly.

He was injured by Yuan Shao. After all, he was a famous general. How could Gao Lan tolerate the fact that you, Yuan Shao, abandoned him for the sake of your own children and nephews?

"The two generals' surrender to me is like gaining an army of 100,000. Yuan Shao will surely be defeated in this battle."

Qin Shou was naturally overjoyed and said, "I wonder if arrangements have been made for the families of the two generals?"

"Thank you Prime Minister for your concern. Before coming here, I had already sent people to Yecheng. Now I think everything has been arranged."

Zhang He was deeply moved.

"Gongda, let Qin Feng's people pay attention to this and guard against Yuan Shao who might become desperate and harm the families of the two generals." Qin Shou still reminded Xun You.

"Yes, I will send someone to Hebei immediately."

Xun You quickly responded.

"Thank you Prime Minister for your love."

Zhang He and Gao Lan hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

"The two generals will remain with their own troops. Junyi will be promoted to General Tianji and form the Tianji Battalion. Jingzhi will be promoted to General Tianyong and form the Tianyong Battalion."

As the four pillars of Hebei, the two, especially Zhang He, are far more capable than Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Only someone like Yuan Shao would value Yan Liang and Wen Chou and give up Zhang He and Gao Lan.

Looking at the Cavalry Army, there were relatively few truly powerful generals, and Qin Shou sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei away without hesitation.

One general is definitely more important than ten generals.

Let’s not talk about Gao Lan for now, but Zhang He is definitely a talented general.

"Thank you, Lord."

The two of them thanked him.

"My lord, the surrender of the two generals will definitely anger Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao has already lost nearly 100,000 troops. I think the other side should change his strategy." Xun You said, touching the beard under his chin.

"This is like a bucket of cold water, which may have extinguished the fire in Yuan Shao's heart."

Qin Shou laughed.

Before the real war began, Yuan Shao had already lost nearly 100,000 troops, which had a huge impact on military morale.

Yuan Shao in Liyang City was indeed very angry.

He was so angry that he fainted when he found out that his most trusted general had surrendered.

(End of this chapter)