They can have the courage to break through, relying on the courage of Gao Ran, if even the general is not the opponent of others, how can they rush out. For a while, morale, which was rising, began to decline.

The so-called soldier is the courage of the general, and the power of the soldier.

When the two armies were at war, the role played by the commander-in-chief had always been crucial.

In many cases, the victorious army can win more with less, relying on the power of the general and the life of the soldiers. But now, Gao Ran is obviously at a disadvantage when he goes head-to-head, which is still a big blow to the morale of the entire 40,000 Yuan Shaojun.

And just when the 40,000 Yuan Shaojun had panic in their hearts, there were bursts of shouts and killing sounds behind them.

Reinforcements from the Second Army finally arrived. An army of 100,000 led by Pei Yuanshao, the deputy commander of the corps, came behind him. And among these people, you can also see the 50,000 Yuan Shao army wearing light green military uniforms but indeed everyone with a white rope tied to their shoulders.

These people were the 50,000 soldiers led by Jiang Yiqu who originally guarded Bei Xincheng.

Just when Gao Ran decided to come to Wangdu with 100,000 people and kill a gap, he left the deputy general Jiang Yiqu behind and gave him an army of 50,000, asking him to hold New Taipei Cheng no matter what, and not let Lu Su and Pei Yuanshao come behind him with a large army.

Gao Ran left behind an army of 50,000, but when he left, he did take all the food with him, which made it difficult for Jiang Yiqu to defend the city.

Without food, where would the soldiers have the strength to fight?

Jiang Yiqu, who knew that the military heart would be in the near future, analyzed the general situation, and then went out of the city, found Lu Su and talked about the matter of surrendering.

Surrender and surrender are just one word, but the result is completely different.

At least the former has the qualifications to negotiate conditions, and the latter does not.

The negotiations went smoothly, and when Jiang Yiqu knew that he could not protect himself and did not ask for too many conditions, he negotiated everything in three days. After that, Lu Su led the army into New Taipei Cheng, and then the two armies merged, because there were not enough military uniforms, which allowed Yuan Jun to return the previous clothes, but required to wrap a white cloth around his arm to distinguish himself.

It is these 150,000 troops that are now appearing behind Gao Ran.

Suddenly, so many soldiers appeared, and soon the pressure hit, and the 40,000 troops of Gao Ran were not in chaos.

Originally, with the martial arts of Gao Lan, plus the combined force of 40,000 soldiers, he still had the confidence to fight in the last battle. But now, Gao Ran is obviously defeated by Huang Zhong, and there are 150,000 reinforcements from others, how can this battle be fought?

For a while, many smart people threw away their weapons and squatted on the ground after knowing the result of not throwing or dying. They remembered very well that it was precisely because the former army did this just now that they were not killed by Huang Zhong and them.

Suddenly, 40,000 troops began to surrender, and looking at this scene, there were people who followed to learn, and the army began to fall apart in an instant.

Everyone says that the defeat is like a mountain, and it is this scene that is being staged now.

The army continued to surrender, which allowed Huang Zhong's army to quickly gain the upper hand, and then began to surround Gaolan.

Of the entire 40,000 troops, the number of people who did not choose to surrender in the end was not even a thousand, and most of them were some soldiers who had followed Gao Ran for many years, many of whom had received great favors from the general, and were even rescued by him, so it was really difficult for them to surrender.

It's just that when these people retreated in front of Gao Lan, there was also a hint of hope in their eyes, obviously they didn't see the situation clearly, it wasn't that they didn't want to surrender, but they wanted to see what the general meant.

Huang Zhong noticed the changes on the battlefield, and after seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the Cirrus Cloud Knife in his hand was a dozen horizontals, and then the whole person retreated. For the fight with Gao Ran, he has a sense of sympathy, if such a person is willing to serve the lord, he must also be a fierce general.

There was no opponent in front of Gao Ran, and he was not chasing after him, but looked around, and when he saw the enemy army coming behind him, a gloomy color flashed in his eyes, and he knew that this breakthrough would not lead to anything.

The fact that the breakout would not lead to him proving that he could not have any hope of breaking out, and if so, he would probably be buried here.

While Gao Ran was still hesitating, Jiang Yiqu behind him came alone after receiving a hint from the military advisor Lu Su. Stand still 30 meters away from the other party. "General Gao!"

As soon as Jiang Yiqu said this, Gao Ran raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "What are you still doing here?" If my prediction is correct, you should have surrendered to Zhang Chao. ”

"Yes." Jiang Yiqu had long thought that Gao Ran would be angry, and his tone was steady when he answered. "General, if you're not afraid of death, you really don't want to see your brothers die in vain. Thinking about it now, Yuan Shao is mediocre and doesn't know how to understand the suffering of the soldiers and the people, which led to everything happening. And now, even the giant deer is in danger, General Yan Liang and Wen Chou were captured, and Gao Gan was also defeated and fled. It's better to conform to the will of heaven and vote for the general, and it is not clear that our life will be bad. ”

Jiang Yiqu persuaded loudly, and when he said this, another horse came behind him, it was Lu Su of the Second Legion with a long sword on his waist.

"General Gao, I am Lu Su, the military division under the general's account." After coming up, he reported his name, and then arched his fists in front of him: "General Jiang analyzed it, why didn't the general think about it?" I can guarantee that as long as the general surrenders, there will be no change in status, nor will the status of his soldiers change, and you still have a bright future and vision. ”

"Humph! Lu Su, do you think I will really believe these words? Facing Lu Su, Gao Ran also replied in a disdainful tone.

Why don't you believe it? I don't know if General Gao can know that General Wen Chou of the Eastern Route Army was seriously injured, but he was still arranged by my lord to be urgently sent to Jinyang City for treatment, and General Yan Liang was captured after being defeated on the battlefield, but he was not killed, but now he has become a distinguished guest like a guest, and even none of the surrendered soldiers below them have been killed, but they are all doing well. Those who are willing to join the military will be rearranged according to their ability; Those who are unwilling to join the army, or give them good land, or give them the principal to do business, in short, everyone is doing well, isn't this what everyone wants to see and pursue? ”

Lu Su said conclusively. And this is not just a casual statement, and it is true. Zhang Chao has long said that if the population is rising, then he will never kill those who surrender indiscriminately, even if it is a former enemy.

As soon as Lu Su's words came out, it quickly caused a strong reaction in the army, obviously everyone was tempted by the kind of saying, thinking that if you don't join the army, you can still farm and even do business, what a wonderful life it will be? At least you don't have to fight and kill every day, and you can't live in fear when you're in danger.

Thinking like this, many people have set their eyes on Gao Ran, obviously wanting to see how the Lord will decide. Even the thousands of people who did not surrender in the end also set their eyes on Gao Ran's body, although they didn't say anything, but the glimmer of blazing light in their eyes was very telling.

Gao Ran didn't expect that the captured general would have such good conditions, he thought that Yan Liang and Wen Chou should have been killed after being captured, after all, these people's abilities are very strong, if one is not used well, he will hurt himself, then it is better to kill it, and it will be a hundred.

But now listening to Lu Su's statement, it is obvious that these people are fine now, and they may be reused in the future.

All of this was beyond his expectations, but Gao Ran only hesitated slightly, and finally shook his head in front of everyone, "The lord has a living grace to me, and I will never betray him." ”

This was the decision of Gao Yan.

It was only after making these decisions that he did look at the thousand-strong team that had followed him from beginning to end and said, "Of course, I will not object to your surrender. After all, everyone has a reason and the right to live, and if you want to, surrender. ”

After saying this to the thousands of people under his command, Gao Ran actually smiled, but it was this smile that did give birth to a bad feeling in the eyes of everyone. Especially the military advisor Lu Su at the front, his face changed and said: "It's not good, he wants to commit suicide!" Stop him. ”

To say that Lu Su's reaction was very fast, but there was someone who reacted faster than him, that was Huang Zhong, the commander of the Second Legion, who had already taken a bow and arrows, and at this time an iron arrow had been shot out of thin air.

It's just that although the two of them did to stop it, that Gao Ran was indeed determined to die, and the saber on his body had already been taken out and slashed around his neck.

"Dang!" An arrow came and knocked the sword in his hand away, but the blood streaked out, and the blood flowed out irrepressibly.

"General." Jiang Yiqu, who was closer, saw this scene, and quickly hit his horse forward, and then caught Gao Ran who fell from his horse.

It's just that even though he went up next, he was already covered in blood from the place on his neck.

Seeing that it was Jiang Yiqu who took him, a look of relief flashed in Gao Lan's eyes. It can be seen that he does not blame the other party at this time. "General Jiang, the army will be handed over to you, take care of... Take good care of them. ”

This is the last sentence left by Gao Ran in his life, and after saying this sentence, he closed his eyes and passed away.

Gao Ran died, not killed, but killed. Perhaps he already knew that this time he would not be able to break out anyway, and there was no other way but to surrender. It's just because of Yuan Shao's trust in him that he can't surrender, so he ended his life in this way, but by doing so, the lives of the thousand people who had been following him behind him were indeed saved.