The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 177
"My lord once said: Uncle Gao Yuan is a loyal man, how can he destroy his loyalty because of his own interests? Therefore, he told me before he came, let me trust the general. If the general is willing to surrender, he will not let the general The enemy Yuan Jun also. In the future, the general will guard the north, and will not participate in the matter against the enemy in the Central Plains."

Hearing this condition, Gao Lan frowned slightly. Unexpectedly, there was such a condition, but Zhuge Jin ignored it and continued.

"Secondly, my lord also wants to fulfill the general's loyalty, so I should respond to the general. If the general is willing to surrender, our army is willing to stay here for half a month, and will not enter the army within half a month. To fulfill the general!"

"Really?"

Gao Lan was indeed moved.

What Wei Tao did was indeed fulfilling Gao Lan's loyalty, and Wei Tao valued Gao Lan so much, which made Gao Lan suddenly feel a sense of meeting his confidant and knowing the Lord.

"Hehe... Is there any reason for my lord to act falsely? My lord attaches great importance to the general, and the general asks you to think about it."

Seeing that Gao Lan was already moved, Zhuge Jin added fuel to the fire.

"What's more, all the ministers in the world are Han officials, and all generals are Han generals. The general's trip does not violate loyalty, why should the general not do it? This is also why the lord values ​​the general's loyalty. I don't want the general to be in vain. It's a waste of all your abilities, otherwise why do you need to do this?"

"General Wei's kindness to someone, Gao Lan can't repay him!"

Even if Gao Lan had a heart of stone, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this time.

"Thanks to General Wei who thinks so highly of him, Gao Lan shouldn't have refused. However, General Wei said that a certain family is loyal, so please let a certain family be loyal again. Sir said that General Wei is willing to wait here for half a month to fulfill the loyalty of a certain family. After half a month, I personally asked the general to surrender, I wonder if it is possible?"

Hearing this, even Zhuge Jin was taken aback for a moment, if so, so what if you shouldn't swear after half a month?

But just these resolute words made Zhuge Jin understand that Gao Lan had already made up his mind, and I'm afraid there would be no change at all.

If it was someone else, maybe they would be embarrassed at this time, and even showed an angry look. I am afraid that all what I said before will be invalidated, but Zhuge Jin is not an ordinary person after all. Although he was slightly taken aback, there was no strange look on his face Instead, he bowed to Gao Lan again.

"The general is loyal, my lord must promise that the lord will live up to the general, and I hope the general will also live up to the lord."

After finishing speaking, Zhuge Jin just took his leave and left, leaving Gao Lan with a long sigh, looking in the direction of Yecheng with a complicated expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

After returning to the camp, when Zhuge Jin said Gao Lan's words, many generals immediately objected.

Although many generals still agree with Gao Lan's loyalty, if he waits for half a month, if the other party does not keep his promise, then his side may suffer a big loss.

"My lord, with half a month's time, I'm afraid that Gao Lan is enough to calm the hearts of the people in the city. At that time, it may be difficult to seize the city. If not, how about the speed of the lord? Although Gao Lan is important, it is not as important as a county. "

Although this matter was handled by Zhuge Jin, obviously, even Zhuge Jin didn't quite agree with Gao Lan.

But Zhou Yu and Xun You didn't say anything, but this time Wei Tao didn't plan to ask them, Wei Tao already had his own decision in mind.

"A county is important, but how important is a word? If you don't follow his words today, you will lose your faith in the world in the future. I will fight against other races to restore the glory of my great man. How can this be the case?"

Wei Tao shook his head slightly, and said slowly.

"Since Gao Lan wants half a month, I will give him half a month. If he breaks his promise to me, I will punish him. Don't talk about other things."

"My lord is righteous, I admire you!"

Hearing Wei Tao's words, everyone knew that the matter was settled, but all the generals were convinced of Wei Tao's ability and had no complaints.

Half a month is not a long time, but a lot of things happened during this half month.

First of all, Yuan Shao was furious after hearing the news of Jizhou's defeat. He wanted to return to the army to meet Wei Tao, but he was blocked by his subordinates Tian Feng and Ju Shou. Just sent Yuan Tan to lead the army back to Jizhou.

At the same time, in order to deal with Yuan Shu's acceptance of Lv Bu's defeat of the coalition forces, Yuan Shao followed the strategy of his advisers and used the method of alienation, so that people slandered Yuan Shu, saying that Lv Bu was used by tigers and wolves. There must also be moderation.

Although Yuan Shu has a narrow personality, he still understands such mutual checks and balances. In addition, Lu Bu killed his father twice, and his reputation is indeed not good, so Yuan Shu also started to recruit him to return to Shouchun and serve him with a high-ranking official and generous salary.

If there is only Lu Bu, then with Lu Bu's greedy and vulgar temperament, he may really return to Shouchun.

But who let Lu Bu have Chen Gong beside him, with Chen Gong's wisdom, how could he not see the result of Lu Bu's return to Shouchun, so he immediately tried to persuade Lu Bu.

Lü Bu believed in Chen Gong's plan, and when he heard that Yuan Shu was going to make a plan, he immediately became furious, so he refused Yuan Shu's order on the grounds that he would not accept the order of the emperor abroad, and continued to attack Xuzhou.

Although it was still not expressly stated, the relationship between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu had cracked, especially Lu Bu's intention to take Xuzhou as the foundation.

In this way, Cao Cao, who originally only sent an army to help Yuan Shao attack Yuan Shu, had to pay attention to it. If Lu Bu were to occupy Xuzhou, Cao Cao might not even be able to sleep peacefully.

As for Jizhou, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang did not dare to compete with Wei Tao after the defeat, but they were ashamed and angry after receiving the news that Yuan Tan was about to return, especially Yuan Shang.

Immediately, Yuan Shang adopted the suggestion of the trial and match, and attacked Li Le with the army.

Then Li Le himself was born as a bandit. Although he knows some things about fighting, he is best at fighting hard.

It's a pity that this method was good when it was used for robbery in the past, but it was useless when the two armies were at war.

If Li Le hadn't forcibly coerced the people into the army, he might have been unable to hold on long ago.

If so, Li Le's destruction will only happen overnight. Although they also sent distress letters to Zhang Ning and Wei Tao, neither Zhang Ning nor Wei Tao will easily send troops to rescue them.

For the past half month, Wei Tao has been staying in Changshan County without any action, not even the slightest intention of attacking the city, just waiting for Gao Lan's reply.

As far as Gao Lan is concerned, after half a month, Yuan Shao has nothing but reprimanding letters, and after half a month of consumption, there is not much food and grass in the city, and finally Gao Lan is gone. Not the slightest bit of regret.

When half a month was up, Gao Lan immediately ordered the people to open the city gate, and then walked to Wei Tao's tent naked with thorns on his back.

"Uncle Gao Yuan has met the general, and the general's promise is more important than Mount Tai. Uncle Yuan is convinced. Now I ask the general to surrender, and I hope the general can agree."

After seeing Wei Tao, Gao Lan directly knelt down to pay respects to Wei Tao and begged to surrender.

"Why does General Gao have to do this? The general kept his promise so much, and let Wei admire him. From now on, the general will be my Bingzhou general, responsible for guarding the Yanmen Pass to prevent the Huns from invading."

Guarding Yanmen Pass is an extremely important task in Bingzhou. Gao Lan was appointed as soon as he came here. It must be said that Wei Tao really valued him very much.

"Thank you, lord, Lan will repay the kindness of the lord with all my heart!"

As soon as Gao Lan surrendered, the soldiers in the city naturally surrendered as well, but only half of the soldiers were surrendering to Wei Tao, and the other half of the soldiers had their families in the rear. If they surrendered, they might lose their families.

They are not like Gao Lan. They are rich in Jizhou and have relatives with Yuan Shao. In any case, Yuan Shao cannot be a disaster to his family.

For these ordinary soldiers, Wei Tao sent them back directly without leaving any difficulties, and all the soldiers who took refuge in him were assigned to Gao Lan's account by Wei Tao, and they were going to guard Yanmen Pass.

This made Gao Lan, who had just taken refuge, return home even more.

"Attack Hejian County? Destroy the Black Mountain Army first?"

After taking Changshan, Wei Tao didn't spend much time dealing with these matters, after all, he had a foundation in Changshan.

But this time Wei Tao's target was the whole of Jizhou, so he naturally found Zhou Yu, Xun You and Zhuge Jin.

But what Wei Tao didn't expect was that when Xun You opened his mouth, he asked Wei Tao to attack the Black Mountain Army instead of continuing to attack Yuan Army.

"My lord, can the current Montenegro Army be considered our ally?"

Xun You naturally knew that this proposal was too scary, so he said it with a smile.

"Based on what Li Le is doing now, the Black Mountain Army in Jizhou is actually a scourge, and it will be eradicated sooner or later. Moreover, the relationship between our army and the Black Mountain Army has become faintly hostile."

"Just because of this? If this is the case, it is not the case, after all, Yuan Jun is currently."

Wei Tao frowned slightly. If so, it would be unreasonable to attack the Black Mountain Army. Since ancient times, there is no reason to unite the strong to attack the weak.

If he joins forces with Yuan Jun, Wei Tao is sure that unless the Black Mountain Army from Youzhou comes to rescue, the Jizhou Black Mountain Army will be defeated in a few months, and then it will be the same as Yuan Jun?
But now that there is a faint split between the Jizhou Black Mountain Army and the Youzhou Black Mountain Army, what will happen under such circumstances?
In this way, what is the reason.

Even Wei Tao didn't understand it for a while, but Zhou Yu, Xun You, and Zhuge Jin were all here, and the other two were not surprised. Obviously, they had already communicated with each other, and there must be There are some secrets that Wei Tao doesn't know.

So this time Wei Tao asked the three of them very directly.

"Gongjin, Gongda, Ziyu, what's the secret here? Tell me directly. Is it really beneficial to attack Black Mountain first and capture Jizhou?"

(End of this chapter)