Chapter 836 Yuan Tan’s Constraints

Yuan Shao's temperament has changed drastically since the defeat of Yecheng, and he often beats and scolds his generals. What's more, now that Gao Lan has lost the city, Yuan Shao will definitely not let Gao Lan off easily in the future.

After thinking about it, Gao Lan was so disheartened that he did not dare to go back to Jicheng to find Yuan Shao. He took hundreds of remaining soldiers all the way south and went straight to Yecheng.

Feirucheng quickly fell under the attack of the three Han soldiers, and the remaining cities in Liaoxi County were simply invincible. Because the garrisons in these cities were far inferior to Feirucheng, and there were no strong generals like Gao Lan to guard them, they naturally fell one after another under Gongsun Kang's attack.

Unlike Gongsun Kang, Yuan Shao's military strength was greatly reduced after his defeat in Yecheng. Although Yuan Shao subsequently recruited troops in Youzhou, his gains were still very little. After all, Youzhou had experienced successive battles between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, as well as Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, and Ding Zhuang suffered many casualties.

Moreover, if too many strong men are deployed, it will inevitably affect the spring plowing in the coming year. Therefore, the number of additional soldiers in Yuan Shao's army is really limited.

Gongsun Du was different. The miscellaneous soldiers from Goguryeo and Sanhan were simply dispensable to him. It didn't matter how many died. For Gongsun Du, they were the stepping stones for his great achievements.

Therefore, when Gongsun Kang led the vanguard to attack the city, he naturally did not care about the casualties of the Three Han soldiers. Each city was completely filled with human life. In just attacking the remaining counties in western Liaoning, the casualties of the Three Han soldiers exceeded five Thousands of people!

Jicheng.

"Father, father!"

"My lord, what's the matter with you? The Lord is resting."

Yuan Tan casually pushed away the soldiers who were blocking him and said angrily: "I have something important to ask my father, don't stop me!"

"Ahem, cough, think, why are you so uncontrollable?"

Suddenly, an old man with a gray beard walked out with a gloomy expression. He turned out to be Yuan Shao! It is unimaginable that this leader of the princes and alliance, who once led a group of heroes with high spirits and raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo, would age like this.

"Father, Gongsun Du has sent troops to attack our army. Feirucheng has been captured!" Yuan Tan said anxiously.

"What? Cough cough cough."

Yuan Shao's face turned pale when he heard this, and he coughed loudly. Several maids behind him hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked Yuan Shao's back, which stopped Yuan Shao's coughing.

"Where's Gao Lan? Gao Lan failed to defend Feirucheng?" Yuan Shao said gloomily.

Yuan Tan shook his head: "Not only did Gao Lan fail to defend the city, he also took the remaining hundreds of soldiers and fled to who knows where. He really deserves to die."

"Gao Lan probably left because he lost Feirucheng and was afraid that Gu could not spare him." Yuan Shao sighed.

"In any case, Gao Lan's defeat is already a sin, and if he doesn't return to Jicheng, he simply doesn't take my Yuan family seriously!"

Yuan Tan said coldly: "I will lead my troops to kill Gao Lan's family later and let him know the consequences of escaping!"

Yuan Shao frowned. He originally wanted to stop Yuan Tan, but after thinking about it he gave up.

"That's fine. Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. Then the other civil and military officers in the city will probably not dare to surrender casually."

Yuan Shao continued: "Where has Gongsun's army reached now?"

"Except Feirucheng, several counties in western Liaoning have been captured. Now Gongsun Kang has led the vanguard troops into Youbeiping, approaching Tuyin City." Yuan Tan said with a cup of his hands.

"Hey, let Yan Liang lead five thousand soldiers and horses to Tuyin City. We must stop Gongsun Kang's offensive!"

Yuan Shao sighed. There are now more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou. Except for those scattered in various places, there are only about 10,000 people concentrated in Jicheng. The 5,000 sent out account for half.

"Father, how about I go with General Yan?" Yuan Tan asked.

Yuan Shao frowned: "Okay, I'll let you practice, but this time is no small matter. You must listen to Yan Liang more, you know? Yan Liang is a veteran who has followed his father for many years and has deep experience."

Yuan Tan nodded: "Father, don't worry, the child will understand."

"Well, let's go out."

Yuan Shao waved his hand. He also felt a little tired, so he returned to the inner room with the help of the maid.

After Yuan Tan went out, the first thing he did was to kill Gao Lan's entire family, causing a tremor in Jicheng.

Originally, Gao Lan had no intention of surrendering yet, but was just planning to wait until Yuan Shao's anger subsided before talking. However, after hearing that his whole family, young and old, had been killed by Yuan Tan, he screamed in agony.

"Damn it! I will kill the Yuan family!"

Having said that, Gao Lan finally made up his mind and went to Yecheng.

At this time, Yan Liang led five thousand elite soldiers and charged towards Tuyin City.

Tuyin City has a long history. As early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, brothers Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju raised troops to rebel in Youzhou. Zhang Ju called himself the King of Mi'an and stationed troops in Tuyin City. It is worth mentioning that the brothers Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun joined forces with Wu Huan to rebel, but it was only under the suppression of Gongsun Zan that they failed.

"Fortunately, eldest son, Gongsun Kang hasn't arrived at Tuyin City yet."

Yan Liang looked at the Yuan war flag flying high above the Tuyin city and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, the whole army is stationed in Tuyin City!"

Yuan Tan gave the order, and five thousand Yuan troops quickly entered Tuyin City. Yuan Tan gave orders to the five thousand Yuan troops, which made the leading general Yan Liang very unhappy. However, Yan Liang had no choice. After all, Yuan Tan was Yuan Shao's son. Commanding the army is also a matter of course.

"Hmph, as long as I have this army in my hands, even if my father wants to pass on his position to Yuan Shang, he has to think carefully about it."

It has to be said that two of Yuan Shao's three sons are idiots. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang only know that internal fighting consumes power. Yuan Tan even asked Cao Cao for help. The second son, Yuan Xi, is worse because he has no intention of competing for the throne, but he is just a mediocre person. Even if Yuan Shao can finally defeat Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, I am afraid that sooner or later, the three sons will have civil strife in the future.

Although Gongsun Kang was leading the Liaodong cavalry, the miscellaneous soldiers of the Three Koreas greatly slowed down the Liaodong army, so they waited until the next day to arrive at Tuyin City.

"Huh? Yuan Shao's reinforcements seem to have arrived?"

Gongsun Kang looked up and saw the banners with the characters Yuan and Yan planted on the top of the city, and frowned.

"Yan Liang? Young Master, Yan Liang is a famous general in Hebei, we have to be careful." Liu Yi reminded

"Humph, what does Yan Liang mean? Anyway, these three Han soldiers don't need money, just use their lives to pay for it."

Gongsun Kang snorted coldly, looked up at the city, waved his hand and said: "Get ready to attack the city!"

Yan Liang, who was on top of the city, also frowned when he saw the Liaodong Army coming to kill him.