Zhang Xiu, the Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

Gao Ran frowned, and retorted without flinching: "General Yan Liang, I only have 30,000 light horsemen in my hands! How can I hold back the 100,000 Cao troops who have been guarded for a long time?!"

Yan Liang glared at Gao Ran, his face was cloudy, and he felt that this Gao Ran was becoming more and more hateful.

"I won't say anything more to you! I will tell the lord and let the lord decide!" Yan Liang turned his horse's head abruptly and ignored Gao Ran.

Gao Ran looked at the angry Yan Liang, and couldn't help but feel extremely angry in his heart. I think that since he assisted Yuan Shao, he has bowed and tried his best to work hard, but he has not received enough attention and respect from Yuan Shao.

"General, Yan Liang is the lord's favorite general, if he talks nonsense in front of the lord, I'm afraid that the general is in a worrying situation!" A cronie general beside Gao Ran whispered in Gao Lan's ear, his tone full of worry.

It was Gao Lan's cronies and subordinates who spoke, named Wang Kai. This man is loyal to Gao Ran.

Although an ambush by Cao Jun caused a lot of losses to Yan Liangbu of the Yuan army, it did not prevent Yan Liangbu's reinforcements, in fact, Cao Jun did not intend to stop Yan Liangbu, Cao Cao just wanted to bite Yuan Jun.

In the evening of the same day, Yan Liang's army of more than 100,000 troops arrived at Chen Liucheng. Almost at the same time, the entire army of Cao's army outside the city marched eastward, and Cao Cao did not intend to fight Yuan Shao under Chen Liucheng. Although Cao Cao was very unwilling to be occupied by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would not be rash about it. Cao Jun's current situation is not good, the original army of 400,000 is now only in the early 200,000s, and what Cao Jun has to do now is to recuperate.

Yan Liang finally returned, Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he learned the news, and even brought people to the city gate to greet Yan Liang.

"The last general will meet the lord!" As soon as Yan Liang saw Yuan Shao, he immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted, looking very respectful.

Yuan Shao hurriedly helped this loving general up, and said with a happy face: "I hope for the general just like I look forward to Ganlin for a long drought!" Yuan Shao's words were actually a bit out of character, but this also showed his heartfelt joy.

At this moment, a scout came to report: "Lord Qiqi, Cao's army has all withdrawn

!" Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "My Yan Liang is really a mighty general! Cao Cao didn't dare to fight, so he fled in a panic!"

Everyone around him hurriedly echoed, and Yan Liang looked majestic and proud.

Yuan Shao smiled, and then affectionately took Yan Liang's hand and went to the Taishou Mansion, followed by a group of generals and strategists.

Back at Taishou Mansion, Yuan Shao immediately ordered someone to arrange a banquet to catch Yan Liang. The protagonists of the banquet were, of course, Yan Liang and Yuan Shao, and the other generals and strategists sat together.

During the banquet, everyone frequently toasted Yan Liang, and kept praising Yan Liang's martial bravery, comparable to Bai Qi Wang Jian in the Qin Dynasty, Yan Liang couldn't help but get carried away.

After a few rounds of drinking, Yan Liang blew it open. Talking about how he single-handedly killed Cao Junjun's back, turned over his horse, and captured the flag, and so on!

Yuan Shao nodded frequently, his face full of joy. However, the hearts of the others were of a different thought, although these people showed a look of emotion and admiration on the surface, but in their hearts they were thinking: Damn! You can really blow

it! After Yan Liang sprayed the stars for a while, he suddenly turned to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, I attacked Dingtao on the order of the lord, and I could have successfully captured Dingtao, but Gao Ran's fear of war and his failure to move forward caused his previous achievements to be wasted! Please ask Gao Ran about the crime of fear of the enemy's cowardice!" Yan Liang is brave, but he has a very bad problem, that is, his strength is very narrow, and he can't see people with lower official positions than him refute his decision.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they understood, knowing that Gao Ran, who had always been straight, must have contradicted this narrow Yan Liang. Although everyone understood, no one came out to speak for Gao Lan, if he offended Yan Liang, maybe one day it would be his turn to be unlucky!

After listening to Yan Liang's words, Yuan Shao's face suddenly changed, and he turned his head to scan the hall and shouted, "Where is Gao Lan?"

But after a while, Gao Ran did not come out.

Everyone couldn't help but be slightly surprised, so they looked left and right, trying to find Gao Ran's figure. Immediately, everyone was even more surprised, it turned out that there was no Gao Ran figure in this hall at all.

Not seeing Gao Lan's figure, Yuan Shao couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Where is Gao Lan, where has Gao Lan gone?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt a little incredible. It stands to reason that Gao Ran should be here.

A moment later, a subordinate general suddenly came out to report: "Lord Qiqi, before entering the city, the last general saw General Gao Ran leading his direct family soldiers to the north!"

Yuan Shao frowned and asked, "What is Gao Ran going to do?"

"This, the last general doesn't know."

Yuan Shao showed an angry face and said in a deep voice: "If you don't report first, you will act on your own! Do you still have me as the lord in Gao Lan's eyes? You immediately go after Gao Ran and ask him to come back to me immediately!"

The general hurriedly agreed, and then retreated.

At this moment, more than 1,000 soldiers of Gao Ran were about to arrive at the crossing of the Yellow River.

"General, where are we going?" Gao Lan's cronies, Wang Kai, finally couldn't help but ask.

Gao Lan glanced at the north with a worried face, and replied: "Yuan Shao is a mediocre person, and he often listens to slanderous rumors, and it is difficult for me to stay under Yuan Shao's account to get ahead! So I decided to leave Yuan Shao and vote for another master!"

Wang Kai was shocked when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "General, is this too hasty! Although Yan Liang will definitely frame the general, the lord may not be unfavorable to the general!" Wang Kai thought that Gao Ran ran away because he was worried that Yuan Shao would listen to slander.

Gao Ran shook his head, "I didn't leave Yuan Shao entirely because of this matter. I have been following Yuan Shao since my debut, and I know very well that Yuan Shao is a great person, and he can't become a big deal at all!

" After a pause, Gao Ran continued: "Since I was a child, I have been determined to assist the famous lord Kuang to help the world, and I hope that my lord is a heroic hero

!" Gao Ran's words touched Wang Kai, Wang Kai thought for a moment, and then said solemnly with his fists towards Gao Ran: "Since the general has decided to leave Yuan Shao, then Kai will follow the general!"

Gao Ran glanced at Wang Kai and nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, General, where are we going?" Wang Kai asked again.

Wang Kai was stunned for a moment, and then asked

, "Is the general going to

serve Chen Chu?" I thought the general would serve Cao Cao?" Gao Ran nodded and explained: "Cao Cao can also be regarded as a heroic and talented hero, but it is a pity that I fought with Cao Jun several times and almost killed Cao Ren, but I am afraid that Cao Cao will not be able to tolerate me! So I decided to serve the general Chen Chu."

Wang Kai nodded sympathetically, and then said with a worried face: "I just don't know how Chen Chu will treat us?"

Gao Ran couldn't help frowning, what Wang Kai said was exactly what he was worried about.

After a pause, Gao Ran said, "Let's take a step at a time." Chen Chu's fame shocked the world, and he could provoke Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to join forces to attack him, so Chen Chu shouldn't be unworthy of his name!"

Wang Kai nodded, revealing a thoughtful expression.

The two chatted and walked, and about half an hour later, the group came to the crossing of the Yellow River.

At this time, the crossing of the Yellow River was very desolate, with only a dilapidated warehouse and a pergola for resting at the port, a few old boatmen resting listlessly in the pergola, and a few dilapidated wooden boats docked on the small wharf, rippling with the waves.

The originally listless shipwright suddenly saw an army coming, and he couldn't help but look nervous. At this moment, there was still a boatman lying on the wooden table and falling asleep, and his companion next to him hurriedly woke him up with a crutch.

"Ouch! what a bastard!" the startled boatman jumped up and cursed, but saw his companion staring nervously not far away.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then followed his companion's gaze. A stubborn army came into view, and he was so frightened that he almost crawled under the table. It's no wonder that he is like this, in this chaotic era, almost no warlords' army will take the people seriously, of course, the Northern Expeditionary Army is an exception under Chen Chu's transformation.

Gao ran his horse towards the pergola, and the boatmen were immediately nervous.

Gao Ran didn't bother to pay attention to the boatmen's thoughts, and as soon as he arrived at the pergola, he said, "We are going to cross the river! Gao Ran's tone was not negotiable. In fact, Gao Ran was not used to being arrogant, but because he was worried that he would have a long night and many dreams, and he would be caught up by Yuan Shao.

The boatmen dared not say a word, and immediately hurried to their respective ships to prepare.

At this moment, a team of fast horses suddenly arrived. The leader is Deng Huang, an unknown general under Yuan Shao, this Deng Huang is the general who told Yuan Shao about Gao Ran's whereabouts before, Deng Huang and Gao Ran are fellow villagers, and the relationship with Gao Ran has always been good.

Gao Ran saw Deng Huang coming, so he immediately hit his horse to meet him.

"General Deng, what are you doing here?" Gao Ran's tone was not very polite. While speaking, Gao Ran glanced up behind Deng Huang, and saw that there was no large group of people coming, Gao Ran's expression couldn't help but relax.

Seeing that Gao Ran's tone was not good, Deng Huang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then hugged his fist at Gao Ran and said, "I came to call the general back on the orders of the lord!"

Gao Ran's eyes were cold, and he suddenly raised his knife on Deng Huang's neck, who was still defenseless, and shouted: "What did Yuan Shao tell me to go back to?" As soon as Gao Ran moved, Gao Ran's more than 1,000 personal soldiers immediately took action, and the regiments surrounded Deng Huang, a hundred or so people.

When the boatmen suddenly saw this scene, they were immediately frightened and hid in a corner, for fear of being implicated.

Deng Huang was even more shocked, he didn't expect Gao Ran to suddenly attack.

"General Gao, what are you doing here?" Deng Huang said urgently.

Gao Ran's face was grim and said: "General Deng, now that the matter is over, I won't hide it from you! I plan to leave Yuan Shao to defect to General Chen Chu! So I can't go back with you!" Deng Huang was shocked when he heard this

, "General Gao, you actually want to defect!" "I, Gao Ran, asked myself if I was sorry for him Yuan Shao! I asked General Deng to take back the words of defection!"

Immediately, without waiting for Deng Huang to speak, Gao Ran continued: "General Deng, you don't

need to say more! In order to prevent Yuan Shao from sending someone to chase after me again, I must cross the river immediately!".