"Speed up the march?" Yan Liang was a little puzzled, because according to what Xu Shu said before, they would wait until the Yellow Turban Army broke through Youzhou City, and then they would launch an attack, and then take over Youzhou City in the name of "reinforcements".

In fact, it was no different from direct occupation, and the imperial court had no way to stop it.

Because Yuan Shao, they were not attacking Youzhou City as invaders after all.

It is to protect Youzhou from falling into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, so as not to affect the people of a city.

Yuan Shao was to protect the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the emperor and other princes had no reason to accuse Yuan Shao at all.

Even if the imperial court sent a new official to take office afterwards, Youzhou no longer had any combat effectiveness and became the fish and meat on the swords of the princes, so Youzhou could only ask for help.

And Yuan Shao is the most powerful force among the princes, so he is naturally the first choice.

In this way, no matter who takes over Youzhou, Youzhou already belongs to Yuan Shao.

But at this moment, Xu Shu suddenly accelerated the advance of the whole army, completely intending to fight the Yellow Turban Army, which was completely different from the original plan.

Xu Shu explained, "Now that Gongsun Chan has taken the initiative to surrender, then let them kill each other, and our plan to reap the benefits will be in vain; Moreover, Gongsun Zhan's move openly made people slaughter the common people in his city, and it can be said that he has lost the hearts of the people. At this time, most of the common people felt that they had lost hope, and could only wait silently for the Yellow Turban Army to enter the city and harm them. ”

When Xu Shu said this, Yan Liang seemed to understand something.

Xu Shu continued, "If we helped them when they needed them most, how would they feel? At that point, I don't think they'll be able to ask us to take charge of this Youzhou City. ”

After Yan Liang heard this, he directly asked people to pack up their things, and the whole army drove out overnight.

Just as they were in a hurry to reorganize the army, the sky was gradually getting brighter. And a few miles away from Youzhou City, the devilish Yellow Turban Army suddenly appeared.

The defenders on the walls shouted that the Yellow Turbans were coming.

The city was boiling, Gongsun Chan and others were even ready to go out of the city and surrender, and the people in the city also knew that their doom was coming.

Just when the Yellow Turban Army came to Youzhou City, paused for a moment, and prepared to attack the city, the gate of Youzhou City suddenly opened.

Just when the Yellow Turban Army thought that the soldiers in Youzhou City planned to go out of the city and fight them to the death, Gongsun Chan walked in the forefront, followed by officials and generals at all levels.

Gongsun Chan knelt on the ground, holding a case in both hands, on which were placed their surrender documents, as well as the military talisman of Youzhou.

Qiao Zhong slowly stepped forward and asked, "Gongsun Zhan, what do you mean by this?" ”

Gongsun Zhan bowed his head and said, "We heard that the Yellow Turban Army is strong, and we are ashamed." In order not to let Youzhou City become a battlefield, we surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Gongsun Zhan said this sonorously and powerfully, and there was no shame at all about surrendering without a fight.

His words made Qiao Zhong also a little unable to believe his ears.

It wasn't that he hadn't seen a general or a lord of a city who surrendered without a fight before, but their expressions were all ashamed, and they were eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.

is like that Zhao Dong, he cried directly when he saw the surrender at that time.

This made Qiao Zhong have doubts in his heart about their surrender?

Is surrender to Zhao Dong's kind of crying? It's still Gongsun Zhan's loud voice.

Qiao Zhong even had a strange idea that Gongsun Chan was an undercover agent they sent to the imperial court, and now he became the lord of a city.

Qiao Zhong came only to inspect and accept the fruits of his labor.

With this thought, Qiao Zhong asked curiously, "Gongsun Zhan, are you an undercover agent sent by my lord?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone on both sides was like a thunderbolt from the sky, staring at Gongsun Chan with their eyes hooked.

Gongsun Chan shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I've been joining the Yellow Turban Army for a long time, and today Protector Qiao came in person, just giving me this opportunity." ”

Gongsun Zhan has no skin and no face, and wants to be a lackey, even the officials behind him who agreed to surrender gritted their teeth with hatred.

In fact, whether Gongsun Chan is undercover or not, it doesn't mean much to Qiao Zhong.

His aim was to capture Youzhou City before Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived.

Qiao Zhong smiled in his heart: "Those two people want us to fight to the death with each other, and they rushed out to reap the benefits." And now I have taken this Youzhou City without bloodshed. Even if they did, it would be too late. ”

Qiao Zhong was originally worried that the walls of Youzhou were strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If Gongsun Chan uses his 20,000 horses to fight hard with himself, it will be difficult for him to win.

Coupled with the passage of time, Yuan Shao's reinforcements came, so he might repeat Zhao Dong's ending.

And the reality of the situation was greatly beyond his expectations, so he hurriedly helped Gongsun Chan up and said, "Actually, there is no need to fight and kill between us, if the other princes are as knowledgeable about current affairs as you, where are there so many wars in the world, and the common people will not have to be displaced and become refugees." ”

made an impassioned statement that made Qiao Zhong, a feared demon, suddenly become an ambassador of peace.

He even believed that the war was not provoked by their celestial master Zhang Jiao, but by the incompetence of the dynastic rulers.

And Zhang Jiao, as well as their Yellow Turban Army, appeared to free the toiling masses from suffering, and all this is God's will.

The ability to make up a story is truly impressive.

Gongsun Chan smiled on the side and said, "That's, that's." But you should have appeared a long time ago, so that the people would suffer less. ”

Qiao Zhong said to Gongsun Zhan, "Brother Gongsun, you see that we have come from afar, and you don't plan to let us go into the city to sit?" ”

Gongsun Chan nodded and said, "Of course, of course." But my city is small, so don't let your army come in. ”

"What?" Qiao Zhong knew that Gongsun Zhan was worried that his people would mess around.

It's just that he still pretended to be angry and said, "You let me go in alone, in case you put on a Hongmen banquet, then I won't go and never return?" So what else are we talking about? Brothers, kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The Yellow Turban Army behind him knew that Qiao Zhong didn't really let them kill him, but pretended to be a voice.

Seeing this posture, Gongsun Chan was also panicked, and hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare, since they also want to go in, then go in, just don't disturb the people." ”

Qiao Zhong didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Jokes, not disturbing the people? Don't smash and burn? So what are they doing here?

Qiao Zhong looked at the generals behind him and asked curiously, "I have long heard that Brother Gongsun has three fierce generals, I don't know which three?" ”

Gongsun Chan replied, "The three of them didn't come here because of something, and I'll let them come to see you later." ”

Qiao Zhong nodded, and was about to enter the city, when suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves in the city, and when he looked closer, it was the three Guan Yu brothers, and there was a team of people behind them.

After Zhang Fei saw Qiao Zhong in the distance, he shouted, "Yellow Turban Child, your grandfather Zhang Fei is here, and today is your death." ”