There is a large open space in front of General Gaolan's mansion.

Sima Lang was tied to a pillar in the south, and Gao Lan placed many stools between the general's mansion and the pillar.

The generals leading the army, Yuan Xi and others, sat on the stool while talking. Except for the 30,000 elite soldiers, Gao Lan was pieced together.

Most of them were private soldiers of powerful and powerful clans. Some people led a thousand soldiers, also called generals. There were more than thirty people sitting there.

After these generals of the commanding soldiers sat down, they were talking and laughing.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao Lan gave an order without any warning, and lies in the general's mansion and killed five hundred swords and axes.

He either held a bow or crossbow, or held a knife or axe, surrounded the generals with fierce eyes.

"General Gao. What does this mean?"

"General Gao, are you going to defeat us in one place and surrender to Master Liang?"

"Gaolan, you traitor."

The generals of the leading soldiers reacted and immediately cursed. But they were all loud and the raindrops were small. They were only a few dozen people, and they were not wearing armor. Gao Lan came prepared and even ambushed hundreds of swords and axes.

Besides, Gao Lan himself is also a brave general. Although he is not as powerful as Zhang He, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, he is also ranked fourth in Hebei. They do not have the ability to defeat the enemy.

Yuan Xi was as stupid as a wooden chicken.

The Liang army did not attack, but I was captured alive?

Gao Lan stood up and came to Sima Lang tied up in front of everyone. He pulled out the sword from his waist and cut off the rope. He bowed to Sima Lang who had been loose, which was considered an apology.

Gao Lan turned around and looked at the generals, and his face was as usual: "Now, no matter what I say, it's useless. Yes. I surrendered. But I did not surrender voluntarily, but because of the situation. See what this is."

Although Gao Lan surrendered voluntarily, he still cared about his own face and patted his hands gently.

"Smack it."

Amid the crisp and pleasant slap, Wang Chong walked in with a wooden box. The box was not covered, revealing the head of the high-ranking official inside.

After seeing this head, most of the leading generals fell silent.

Yuan Xi looked at his cousin's head and could no longer bear it. He just turned around and threw himself forward to the ground.

"Let me find a doctor to save him. My family in Nanpi will rely on him to rescue him." Gao Lan was immediately panicked when he saw this scene and shouted quickly.

Not long after, the doctor came. After seeing Yuan Xi, he said that Yuan Xi was just frightened and fainted. Gao Lan breathed a sigh of relief and sent someone to take Yuan Xi down to rest.

He turned around and said to the generals: "I have received the news. Hejian has been broken, Zhang He fled, and Gao Gan was killed. The general is at a loss, so I was forced to surrender."

"You don't have to be afraid. The emperor has always been generous and you will be fine."

While Gao Lan defended his behavior, he sent his confidants to control the soldiers and horses. At the same time, he also asked Sima Lang to leave the city and report to Zhang Xiu.

"Hahaha." After Zhang Xiu heard the news, he laughed three times. He looked up at Fa Zheng in the account and said, "Xiaozhi. He can help Gao Lan without bloodshed. Zhang He, you have great achievements."

Zhang Xiu did not expect that Gao Lan could surrender in this way. However, Zhang Xiu had already foreseen Zhang He's surrender.

The triangle formed by the three cities of Plain, Hejian and Julu has collapsed. Although Yuan Shao is still in Nanpi City, in terms of the situation, Yuan Shao is already dead.

It's totally out of salvation.

Although Zhang He is loyal, he is not loyal.

After Cao Cao burned the Red Cliff in history, Zhang He and Gao Lan were excluded by Guo Tu and surrendered to Cao Cao.

They are loyal, but they are more flexible.

They are different from Taishici, Xu Huang, Pang De and others.

This may also be the reason why Yuan Shao was unable to achieve great achievements.

Of course, Fa Zheng also understood what Zhang Xiu meant, and smiled and bowed, "Congratulations to Your Majesty."

After all, he was young. He had been working under Zhang Xiu since he was a teenager. He was very lively and couldn't help but show his complacent look.

Boy.

Although Zhang Xiu was happy, he did not forget to be serious. He first met Sima Lang, and after some pension, he personally pardoned Sima Lang as the Marquis of Ting.

After Sima Lang left, Zhang Xiu called Ma Dai in and ordered: "First order Gao Lan to lead 30,000 elite soldiers out of the city to set up camp. After he came out, he would come to see me in person. Then order Xu Huang to lead 20,000 elite soldiers into the city and control the remaining 50,000 Yuan soldiers."

There are so many things that have capsized in this gutter, so Zhang Xiu is still cautious in his work.

"No." Ma Dai responded to the promise and immediately turned around and went down. The mobilization of these tens of thousands of people was very slow.

Zhang Xiu has been in the central army's tent.

When it got dark, he had supper and read the book for a while before he heard the rushing sound of horse hooves outside the tent.

Not long after, Dian Wei led Gao Lan in from outside. He ordered Ma Dai to guard the door, press his sword to come to Zhang Xiu, and stared at Gao Lan in case of an accident.

Of course, Gao Lan did not have the intention to assassinate Zhang Xiu. He took a deep breath, bowed to Zhang Xiu, and bowed: "The sinner Gao Lan, pay homage to Your Majesty."

"General Gao is so serious." Zhang Xiu laughed loudly, got up from his seat and helped Gao Lan up himself, and said sincerely: "The general has 80,000 elite soldiers, Julu Xiongcheng, and will follow the will of heaven, and come back to me. I have made merits and no faults. I recognize Sima Lang's promise to the general."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Lan exhaled in his heart, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

Zhang Xiu then returned to his seat and sat down, and invited Gao Lan to sit on the side seat. Zhang Xiu said sincerely: "General. At present, there are many soldiers and horses in the Liang army. There are 80,000 soldiers and horses in this city. You can ask your confidant to select 20,000 elite soldiers as the headquarters. The remaining 60,000 soldiers and horses will be ordered to send them back to the village and restore them to civilians."

"No." Gao Lan had no objection and bowed to his promise.

"There is another matter. Please give the general a personal trip to Hejian City and say that he surrendered to Zhang He." Zhang Xiu nodded with a smile and said in a negotiating tone.

Gao Lan's face immediately showed a serious look and bowed and said, "I must do my best to surrender General Zhang He."

"Yes." Zhang Xiu showed a look of satisfaction.

At this time, Gao Lan's face showed a little hesitation, but he quickly gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty. Some of my family members are still in Nanpi. I requested that Yuan Xi be exchanged for their family members."

"In addition, for the generals of Yuan army in the city, I dare to ask His Majesty to forgive them."

"After the general said that he surrendered Zhang He, he would definitely have some of his family in Nanpi. At that time, Yuan Xi would be exchanged together. But now, Yuan Shao has become like this. I can't guarantee whether he will trade or not."

Zhang Xiu shook his head when he said this, and then said, "As for the general Yuan army in the city, I have my own decisions, so the general doesn't have to worry."

"No." Gao Lan just mentioned the generals casually. Seeing Zhang Xiu say this, he naturally didn't dare to say it again.

Immediately, Zhang Xiu gave Gao Lan some pensions and sent Gao Lan to leave.

After a while, Zhang Xiu asked Ma Dai to find Cai Mao in.

"What are your instructions?" Cai Mao said with joy and bowed his hands.

"I ordered Taishici, Zhang Yan, Hu Zhen, and Pang De to lead 60,000 elite troops south to the plains. If I could kill Liu Bei, everyone would be rewarded with one title and a title of ten thousand households."

Zhang Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked up at Cai Mao and said.

Cai Mao was stunned and then took a breath of air conditioning. The Wanhu Hou was not that good. As long as Liu Bei was killed, he could be granted the Wanhu Hou.

Your Majesty really attaches importance to Liu Bei.

Cai Mao himself was ready to move, and he wanted to follow everyone to get a big fief.

"No." He took a deep breath, responded to No, and went down.

There was nothing else to do that night, so Zhang Xiu went to bed early. The next day, the Liang army outside the city began to mobilize, and Taishi Ci led his troops to the plain.

Gao Lan led only more than a hundred light cavalry to Hejian City to persuade Zhang He to surrender.

Zhang Xiu sent Shen Rong, the governor of Jizhou, to enter Julu City, and asked Shen Rong to count the hometown of Yuan's surrendered troops, and then sent people to return to his hometown one by one to restore it to a civilian.

As for the generals of Yuan’s army in the city and important officials, and the clans who supported Yuan Shao, Zhang Xiu sent all the people to detain them.

Zhang Xiu had already made a decision about this group of people.

Now, he just waited for Zhang He to surrender, and then led his troops south to attack Nanpi, completely eliminated Yuan Shao, and occupied Jizhou.

............

Morning. Near Hejian City.

Gao Lan led more than a hundred light cavalry and stopped. He looked up at the sky, which was really stuffy and unbearable. On the other hand, Hejian City was right in front of him.

Like Julu City, Zhang He is just the general, not the only general who leads the army.

To persuade Zhang He to surrender, you must enter through the right city gate. Otherwise, you will easily be killed by a general loyal to Yuan Shao.

It is easy for Zhang He to control the situation in the city. Just like him, just capture all the generals in one go.

Gao Lan thought for a while and asked the five confidants to go to the North City Gate to explore the way. He took off the water bag from behind the horse, got off the horse and sat down to rest.

"Oh." Gao Lan sighed.

After learning that Hejian City was still there. Zhang He had no news of his defeat at all, he was very regretful.

"Speaking of this, I'm really sorry to the general." Gao Lan shook his head and showed a look of shame. After a while, Gao Lan saw his confidant who was going to explore the way back. He turned over and led everyone to continue to go to Hejian City.

After arriving at the north of the city, most of Gao Lan's subordinates were left outside the city. He only brought ten people into the city and came to Zhang He's mansion and study.

"General Zhang." Gao Lan took a deep breath and bowed to Zhang He with a little ashamed.

"Gaolan, Gaolan, what are you good about you?" Zhang He said with a wry smile.

The four generals in Hebei have a good personal relationship with each other. Besides, he knew Gao Lan's situation, so he didn't say much harsh words.

When he saw Gao Lan's confidant, Zhang He still couldn't believe it. Gao Lan had surrendered to Zhang Xiu, Julu Xiong City, and 80,000 soldiers were destroyed.
To be continued...