Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 216

After Chunyu Qiong fled back to Liyang in fear, he explained the whole process to Yuan Shao with eloquence.

"My lord! You don't know! This subordinate was desperate to break through to escape, and this subordinate almost lost sight of the lord." Chunyu Qiong wailed loudly.

"You said that Wen Chou was raided and beheaded by the enemy because he snatched the enemy's intentionally scattered supplies!" Yuan Shao said, looking at Chunyu Qiong who was kneeling on the ground, in a state of distress, crying to death.

"Yes! Everything this subordinate said is true! There is absolutely no lie." Chunyu Qiong said, these are all true, and he did not deceive Yuan Shao.

"Then what happened to Gao Lan? Why didn't Gao Lan come back when you came back!" Yuan Shao said.

"At that time, we were surrounded by enemy troops all over the mountains and plains. I took advantage of the enemy's encirclement and pulled Gao Lan to prepare to break through..." Chun Yuqiong explained how he bravely broke through the encirclement, how Gao Lan betrayed his comrades, and was finally defeated. The matter of the capture was told, and a lot of revisions were made in it.

"Chunyuqiong! You are so bloody! We all know how Gao Lan is! He will definitely not do such a thing, don't slander Gao Lan in front of the lord." Zhang He, one of the four courtyard pillars in Hebei, was stunned after hearing this. All of a sudden, he stood up, pointed at Chunyu Qiong and shouted angrily.

Zhang He had a good relationship with Gao Lan, and knowing his character well, he naturally wouldn't believe what Chunyu Qiong said, so he stood up and condemned him.

Chunyuqiong's eyes were rolling wildly. No matter what, he had to accept Gao Lan's bad behavior, otherwise, he must be the one who was finished. Anyway, Gao Lan would never come back, so it was up to him to say what to say.

"Hmph! I, Chunyu Qiong, are actually the kind of person who framed Paoze. Everyone has seen what Gao Lan did. If you don't believe me, you can call the soldiers who have returned from the defeat to ask them." Chunyu Qiong said.

The soldiers who escaped were told by him early in the morning what to do, no matter how they asked, it was in their own interest, so Chunyu Qiong was naturally fearless.

"Enough!" Yuan Shao waved his hand and interrupted them, the two hurriedly saluted Yuan Shao, "I will talk about Gao Lan later, the most important thing now is to enter Guandu, eliminate Li Song in one fell swoop, and rescue Gao Lan. Everything is not clear."

Yuan Shao had already talked about this, so everyone naturally couldn't say anything more. Zhang He glanced at Chunyu Qiong resentfully, but Chunyu Qiong ignored it directly, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Give me the military order! The army will cross the Yellow River immediately, and the troops will be dispatched to Guandu!" Yuan Shao felt that Guandu was a good place to solve the problem.

"No!" Everyone got up and responded, and retreated.

Yuan Shao's army set out from Liyang, passed through Baima and Yanjin on the Chaodu River, and headed towards Guandu. Yuan Shao ordered people to build an archery cart, and fired arrows at Guandu's defenders from a condescending height.

Before the arrow tower car could get close enough to cause any damage to the defenders, countless stones were thrown from Li Song's army, destroying the arrow tower car.

Li Cunxiao, Ma Chao and Xiao Mahe led the cavalry to charge towards Yuan Shao's army, shuttling back and forth, causing casualties on both sides. Yuan Shao saw that he could not get any benefit, so he ordered to retreat five li to rest.

The two armies fought for several days, but Yuan Shao didn't get even one benefit, he felt extremely aggrieved, but he was unwilling to retreat like this.

The two sides have continued this state in Guandu.

In the blink of an eye, half of the one-month deadline for the Guandu mission has passed.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Lord Situ ordered someone to come here and send a letter, and ask the Prime Minister to read it!" The personal guard respectfully handed the letter from Liu Bowen to Li Song.

Li Song took the letter and waved him to leave. Li Song opened the letter and checked it.

There are only six words in the letter: Borrow Gaolan and seize Linzi.

Li Song frowned, he really didn't understand what Liu Bowen meant, how could Gao Lan have anything to do with Linzi.

Li Song immediately wrote a letter and shouted outside: "Come on! Call Gao Lan!"

"No!" The guard replied, turned around and left, and brought Gao Lan with him after a while.

"Gao Lan has seen the prime minister! I don't know if the prime minister asked me to come, what is the so-called?" Gao Lan cupped his fists and saluted. At this time, Gao Lan had recovered and was alive and well again.

"Go to Linzi quickly, meet Luo Cheng, and hand this letter to Liu Bowen." Li Song said, giving the sealed letter to Gao Lan.

"No! I'm leaving for Linzi now." Gao Lan bowed his hands and turned to leave.

Outside Linzi city, inside the camp of the East Route Army.

"Lord Situ, everything has been done as you ordered, what should we do next?" Pei Yuanqing asked.

"Yuanqing, please be safe and don't be impatient! The person who borrowed from the prime minister has not arrived yet, so he is waiting!" Liu Bowen said with a slight smile.

"Lord Situ, I don't know how long it will take for this person to arrive. I'm afraid something will happen if he's late!" Hou Cheng said.

"Ha! Ha!" Liu Bowen laughed and said, "General Hou Cheng, don't worry, I just counted on my fingers, and he will be here soon."

Everyone looked in disbelief, they had never seen you do it before, who were they lying to?Liu Bowen smiled without saying a word.

"Report! Report to the general! There is a person outside the camp claiming to be the envoy sent by the prime minister, begging to see the general." Outside the tent of the Chinese army camp, the soldiers came in a hurry, cupping their fists and saluting.

Everyone couldn't help looking at Liu Bowen, it's amazing!Luo Cheng said: "Invite him in quickly!"

"No!" The soldier took the order and led the man to the camp of the Chinese army.

"I've met all of you, Gao Lan!" Gao Lan clasped his fists to everyone and introduced himself.

"Gao Lan? Are you Gao Lan, one of Yuan Shao's four great generals who are as famous as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang Ying?" Zang Ba asked in surprise.

Gao Lan was very proud of being praised so much. He didn't expect that his reputation was almost a household name. He smiled slightly and said, "It's just me, these are just false names!"

"I have heard about General Gao Lan for a long time, but I have never met him. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to meet General Gao Lan today. I am really lucky in my life. However, General Gao Lan is not Yuan Shao's favorite general. Why now..." Hou Enlightened.

"To tell you the truth! I have now abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, loyal to the prime minister, and drew a clear line with the traitor Yuan Shao." Gao Lan said, he had already surrendered to others, and Yuan Shao naturally became the traitor in his mouth.

"Okay! If you have anything to say, it won't be too late to talk about Linzi! Don't be in a hurry!" Liu Bowen interrupted them.

"Lord Situ is right! It's important! Let's talk about business." Pei Yuanqing said.

"Everyone is proceeding according to the original plan. General Gao Lan stays. I have something to say to him." Liu Bowen said.

Everyone left the camp of the Chinese army, leaving the two of them talking in whispers here.

"Lord Situ! Before coming here, the prime minister ordered me to hand over a letter to your lord." After Gao Lan finished speaking, he took out a letter from his body.

(End of this chapter)