The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yecheng, Prime Minister's Mansion.

It has been half a month since the war between Gao Lan and Yuan Tan started, but apart from the start of a series of battles and victories, there has been no news since Yuan Tan retreated to Yangping. What is terrible is that Cao Cao continued to send troops to Dongjun, and Jiang Yiqu frequently asked for help. Although Chen Mo did not move, but Yuan Shang did not dare to relax his vigilance against Hanoi. If Gao Lan could not win a quick victory, when Chen Mo and Cao Cao arrived, Yuan Shang would not only face the internal rebellion of Yuan Tan, but also face the coercion of Cao Cao. The situation would be terrible. He is even more disadvantaged.

Han's army that fiercely attacked Bohai was also blocked by Yuan Tan and found it difficult to join Gao Lan.

"Gao Lan has been unable to capture Yangping for a long time. What do you think?" Yuan Shang rubbed his temples with a headache. What happened during this period made him unable to sleep or eat well, especially what Cao Cao brought to Dongjun. pressure.

"After all, Gao Lan has few soldiers. The eldest son has closed the city and cannot get out. It is inevitable that he will be unable to break through in a hurry." Jushu advised that in this situation, it is useless to rush. Gao Lan's troops are not as many as Yuan Tan's, and Yuan Tan is still on the defensive. , the gap in the ability of the two sides to lead troops can be filled by one city, not to mention that Yuan Tan still has the advantage in military strength.

"But how did I hear that Gao Lan had a close personal relationship with my eldest brother!?" Yuan Shang picked up a few bamboo slips on the desk and circulated them to everyone.

Gao Lan has a personal relationship with Yuan Tan? Still very close?

Tian Feng felt something was wrong, and quickly took a bamboo slip and opened it. The letter was written by Yuan Tan, but the content was a promise of benefits and asking Gao Lan to temporarily suspend the army, which was almost the same as what Gao Lan was doing now.

But if you think about it carefully, Gao Lan can't do anything now. He has few troops and he will definitely not be able to defeat him if he attacks by force. He can only try to lure the enemy out of the city.

There is something wrong with this letter.

Tian Feng raised his head, looked at Yuan Shang and said, "My lord, I wonder where this letter comes from?"

"Lu Kuang sent someone secretly. These days, my brother sends letters to Gao Lan almost every day." Yuan Shang snorted coldly.

"Do you have a reply from Gao Lan?" Tian Feng frowned.

"This has not been discovered." Yuan Shang shook his head: "It is said that except for the first few letters, he has never read these letters."

Tian Feng was stunned when he heard this and chuckled: "This must be Guo Tu's plan to alienate each other."

"What's the explanation?" Yuan Shang asked puzzledly.

"I'm afraid Yuan Tan must have sent a lot of letters to General Gao." Tian Feng said disdainfully: "My lord, you can teach Gao Lan to send all Yuan Tan's letters. I'm afraid there won't be many letters with such a promise."

Yuan Shang frowned, looked at Tian Feng and said, "Sir, you are saying..."

"Guo Tu knew he was defeated by General Gao, so he wanted to use this method to make his lord jealous of General Gao, so that he could transfer General Gao away or take the opportunity to recruit General Gao!" Tian Feng sneered, "Such a clumsy plan. Only Guo Tu can use it."

Yuan Shang frowned. Even so, he was still a little wary of Gao Lan. After thinking for a moment, Yuan Shang stood up and said: "In this case, I am going to the front line in person. This battle should be decided quickly, and Gao Lan can also be given a chance." justice!"

"My lord, no!" Feng Ji frowned and said, "My lord is the lord of Jizhou. Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, we should be sitting in Yecheng and strategizing. How can we leave lightly?"

"But if this continues, I'm worried that Jizhou will be gone!" Yuan Shang said decisively: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."

"Here!" Tian Feng, Jushu and others saluted, but their hearts were filled with bitterness. Although Guo Tu's plan was clumsy, it was obvious that Yuan Shang had fallen into the trap.

At that moment, Yuan Shang appointed Gao Gan as the general of the guard to guard Yecheng. He personally led Tian Feng and Ju Shuo to recruit 10,000 troops and rushed to Yangping.

Three days later, in Yangping, we had a high view of the camp.

Gao Lan was discussing with the generals how to defeat the enemy. Suddenly he heard that Yuan Shang was coming. He was shocked and quickly got up and left the camp to greet him.

"Why are you here, my lord?" Gao Lan bowed to Yuan Shang and said.

"Cao Cao stationed troops in Dongjun, Heluo area, and mobilized troops frequently. The battle of Yangping has not been won for a long time, so I had no choice but to come in person to help the general." Yuan Shang sat down, looked at Gao Landao, and said indifferently.

"The general is incompetent and tired. Come here in person! Please punish me." Gao Lan quickly bowed down to apologize.

"General, there is no need to be like this. I don't mean to blame Gu. It's just that the situation is urgent now. General Han is also under resistance and has been unable to capture Bohai. Gu is also a little anxious. I wonder when the Yangping will be broken?" Yuan Shangxiao asked.

"This..." Gao Lan hesitated and said, "If we want to attack by force, if we have enough troops, we can do it in half a month."

Yuan Shang came in person, and it was obviously difficult to lure Yuan Tan out of the city to fight, but a strong attack consumes troops. Even with the 10,000 troops brought by Yuan Shang, it was difficult to break through Yangping, which had a similar strength.

"Yang Ping is only a small area, isn't it enough for me to wait for these soldiers and horses?" Yuan Shang frowned.

"My Lord, although Yuan Tan suffered a defeat before, it was only a small defeat. Now there are 40,000 defenders in Yangping City, which is about the same strength as our army. It is difficult for our army to take advantage of such an attack. , but although there are many soldiers in this city, there is not much food and grass. Now that the lord has arrived, the general will ask for orders to lead his troops to cut off the enemy's food routes and force him to leave the city for a decisive battle. Then this battle can be won!" Gao Lan bowed.

Yuan Shang nodded, but did not agree, but suddenly changed the topic: "I heard that the eldest brother and the general have been exchanging letters very closely these days. Is this possible?"

Gao Lan quickly said: "My lord Mingjian, although he sent a letter, the general did not pay attention to it."

"Where are those letters now?" Yuan Shangxiao asked.

"Go and bring those letters." Gao Lan quickly ordered his guards to bring those bamboo slips.

"Here!" the guard agreed, turned and left.

Soon, several personal guards came in carrying two boxes. Gao Lan ordered someone to open it, but he saw that the boxes were full of rolls of bamboo slips. Gao Lan cupped his fists and saluted: "Lord, most of them are here, except The first few volumes have not been read at the end.”

"This..." Yuan Shang looked at the two large boxes of bamboo slips and was a little dumbfounded. In just a few days, so many bamboo slips have been sent from the opposite side?

The orderer took a few volumes and looked through them. They were all insignificant things, and the whole article was about reminiscing about the past.

After flipping through a few volumes at random, they were all reminiscing about the past. Yuan Shang's face darkened, he threw the bamboo slips in his hand and coldly snorted: "Guo Tu bullied me too much!"

Gao Lan: "?"

Something seems to have happened.

"Lord, for this plan, we must defeat Yuan Tan as soon as possible." Tian Feng bowed.

"Okay!" Yuan Shang nodded, looked at Gao Lan and said, "General Gao, as you said before, I will send you ten thousand soldiers and horses to cut off the enemy's food route. The camp here will be guarded by Gu Lai."

"Here!" Although Gao Lan didn't know what happened to make Yuan Tan so angry, he obviously had nothing to do with him, so he immediately agreed and left as ordered.