Chapter 90 Give You Another Chance

Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei disappear into the vast mountains and forests.

Before the fight, he thought it was necessary to keep Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to contain Cao Cao's forces, so Liu Bei couldn't be killed at this point and had to be let go.

After the fight, he only had one thought left.

He just hoped that his generals could survive against their opponents.

Strictly speaking, this wasn't a three-on-three duel, but rather Qu Yi's pre-arranged thirty iron cavalrymen to distract Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, which barely resulted in a draw.

Yuan Xi shook his head and withdrew his gaze. After the great battle just now, he deeply felt the strength of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

No wonder the lords that Liu Bei had joined were so wary of him, as Liu Bei could take the opportunity to rise once he had a chance.

However, Liu Bei had been wandering around for the first half of his life, unable to find his direction. Perhaps what he lacked was a strategist like Zhuge Liang who could plan the overall direction.

At this time, Zhuge Xuan in the city heard the returning servant recount the situation, and his brows furrowed.

He instructed the servant a few words, then returned to the carriage and said to the others: "The situation is not good."

"The Yuan Shao army has already defeated the Xuzhou army that came to rescue, and it is said that a large number of Cao Cao's troops are about to arrive."

"Whether we can survive depends only on fate."

"Remember, never reveal the identity of the Zhuge family of Langya in front of them, after all, Yuan Gonglu, whom we depend on, and Yuan Benchu are mortal enemies."

Everyone nodded, and Zhuge Liang felt a little unwilling in his heart.

He was still too weak, unable to fully grasp and understand the situation of the world, which is why his family was in such a dilemma!

Too unwilling!

Yuan Xi ordered Zhang He to go to the city to appease the people and treat the wounded soldiers. While Zhang He was leaving, Qu Yi led Gao Lan over on horseback.

Yuan Xi saw Gao Lan looking dejected and comforted him: "General Gao, don't be discouraged. I didn't expect these people to be so strong, but you still have a chance."

"I heard that Kong Rong has an unknown young general under his command. Apart from being a little accurate in archery and wielding double halberds, he doesn't seem to be very remarkable. If you can capture him alive when attacking Qingzhou in the future."

Gao Lan resolutely said: "No need, Gao is willing to admit defeat."

Only a fool would believe you!

Gao Lan didn't know at this time that he had been plotted against. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two unknown soldiers, were each more ruthless than the other, and even Liu Bei was so difficult to deal with. Yuan Xi must have done it on purpose!

Yuan Xi: .

Gao Lan seems to have a very active mind?

Moreover, when he recognized Qu Yi, he decisively fled, and just now he also ran away when he saw that the situation was not good, indicating that he has the potential to be a general and has a good mind.

More importantly, if he marries Zhen Mi, Gao Lan will become his wife's family, and he can use the Zhen family to tie them together, and the relationship will be much stronger.

This is also why Yuan Xi wanted Yuan Xing to marry Zhao Yun. In the end, this era still pays the most attention to blood relations.

But Gao Lan knew that he would marry Zhen Mi, but still defected to Yuan Shang, why?

He became more and more curious and said to Gao Lan: "Brother Gao, maybe I will have to call you brother-in-law in the future, but you seem to be more optimistic about my third brother?"

Gao Lan smiled bitterly: "That's right, in my heart, the third young master is the most suitable next head of the family."

"He is meticulous in his thoughts and decisive in his actions. With him as the lord, I believe the Yuan family will definitely be able to go further."

Yuan Xi suddenly laughed.

"Even if he used your wife?"

Gao Lan was shocked: "What do you mean?"

Yuan Xi told the story of what happened in Ye City, and finally said: "Brother Gao, don't worry, nothing happened, my elder sister took her away before."

"The third brother poisoned me and your wife, but it is a certainty. When Brother Gao sees his wife in the future, he can ask her for confirmation."

Gao Lan's face turned red and white. He knew that Yuan Shang felt that he had been killed by Yuan Xi, so he unscrupulously used Zhen Rong.

Almost became a cuckold!

In this era, whether it is a military general or a strategist, although they look glamorous, once they defect to the lord, their life and death will be controlled by him, including their family.

If the three sons of the Yuan family really found a legitimate crime to kill Gao Lan, others would only slander in private.

The Four Pillars look glamorous, but Qu Yi and Lu Bu, who are even more glamorous, dare to kill Yuan Shao, let alone others.

At that time, the power of the princes in the local areas was almost catching up with the emperor. If the emperor asked someone to die, how many dared to resist?

But Yuan Shang did things so mean, Gao Lan still felt a fire in his heart. I am loyal to you and willing to die for you, but you betrayed my wife!

Who can swallow this breath?

He decisively clasped his fists and said: "I am loyal to the Third Young Master, but I have ended up like this. Please give me a clear path, Second Young Master!"

Yuan Xi was overjoyed, success!

He laughed and grabbed Gao Lan's arm, "Brother Gao, don't be polite, we are all one family from now on."

He turned to Qu Yi and said: "Brother Qu, after handing over Cao Song's family to the Cao army that is coming, this trip will be over."

"Then you and Brother Gao will return to Beixin City and see my eldest brother Yuan Tan. Just say that Brother Gao encountered the White Horse Righteous Followers while patrolling at night. The two sides fought, and Brother Gao was injured and unconscious. He was rescued by the villagers and has been recuperating since then."

Qu Yi and Gao Lan listened and nodded in agreement.

Yuan Xi suddenly thought of something and said to Gao Lan: "Brother Gao, do you know why the Third Brother is so hostile to me?"

Gao Lan thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, it may be because of the rumors circulating privately among the gentry in Ye City about the Second Young Master's prophecy."

Yuan Xi was stunned, "What prophecy?"

Gao Lan explained the cause and effect, and Yuan Xi understood that in addition to the rumors about Zhen Mi's wealthy and noble appearance, there was also this rather absurd explanation of his name.

No wonder Yuan Shang is so hostile to him. For people who believe in prophecies, his name alone is enough to make Yuan Shang sit and lie uneasy.

However, this situation seems to be very beneficial to him!

Many gentry believe in prophecies. If this is really the case, there must be people who want to join him!

The sound of footsteps came rumbling, and the Cao army in the distance slowly approached.

Yuan Xi picked up the telescope to watch and found that they were all infantry, at least two thousand strong!

The people of Xuzhou in the city panicked when they saw the Yuan army starting to form a formation again. They were now at a loss. The Xuzhou garrison wanted to kill them, and the Cao army wanted to kill them. Now that they had fallen into the hands of the Yuan army, who didn't know what the Second Young Master Yuan was going to do next.

They couldn't run away, and all they could do now was pray to heaven and resign themselves to fate.

Zhang He frowned slightly when he heard the people say words like Yellow Heaven. He thought that the Yellow Turbans of Qing and Xu were indeed stubborn, and almost all of them believed in the religion.

Yuan Xi saw Cao Cao's army approaching, and the two leading generals, judging from the flags, one was Cavalry Commandant Xiahou and the other was Commandant Yu.

He thought that this was probably from the Xiahou family, so was the one surnamed Yu, Yu Jin?

But it was also strange that Yu Jin was infantry, but how could the Cavalry Commandant with the Xiahou flag also be leading infantry?

Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin led their troops and saw a troop of soldiers standing at the dilapidated gate of Fei County from a distance.

When they saw that the color of the flag on the opposite side was that of the Yuan Shao army, they looked at each other, their faces filled with doubt.

They were ordered by Cao Cao to go south to find Cao Song's family. They dawdled on the road for many days before traveling a hundred miles.

When passing by Fei County, scouts discovered smoke rising, so the two of them led their troops to investigate, but they didn't expect to see Yuan Shao's army here!

Jizhou and Taishan County are separated by hundreds of miles, what are they doing running here?