The city of Fanyang, the capital of Youzhou, was as silent as death. The people were staying at home, no one dared to go out. But in the Yanhou Mansion in the city, the atmosphere was even more tense. Countless Yan army soldiers were guarding the Yanhou Mansion.
Not even a fly can fly in around it.
"Trash! A bunch of trash!" In the meeting hall of Yanhou Mansion, Yanhou Gongsun Zan was furious. He opened the table in front of him, pointed at a group of subordinates sitting below and shouted angrily: "You actually let the enemy touch it.
Fan Yang doesn’t even know? Should it be my turn to have my head taken off next time? A bunch of trash! What’s the use of raising trash like you?"
"Lord, my lord, forgive me!" A civil servant tremblingly bowed to Gongsun Zan: "Subordinate, subordinate..." This man was Zou Dan, a general under Gongsun Zan's account. With Zou Dan's ability, he was actually nothing.
He is a talented general, but now there are not many generals under Gongsun Zan, so Zou Dan can also be reused by Gongsun Zan.
When Gongsun Zan heard Zou Dan hesitating but couldn't explain the reason, he became more and more angry. He rushed in front of Zou Dan and kicked him, sending Zou Dan flying backwards.
He walked out. Gongsun Zan pointed at everyone and yelled: "Trash! Trash! You can't even speak clearly! No wonder you didn't know you were touched by the enemy outside the city!"
Those subordinates were pointed in the nose and scolded by Gongsun Zan, but none of them dared to retaliate. Firstly, because of Gongsun Zan's usual majesty, no one dared to refute Gongsun Zan. Secondly, they did not have the face to refute this matter. As a result, now
The main reason for this situation is the countless enemy troops outside the city at the moment. Starting from three days ago, this mysterious enemy army suddenly appeared outside Fanyang City and surrounded the entire Fanyang City. Thanks to that
The soldiers guarding the city were smart and closed the city gate in time. Otherwise, Fanyang City would probably have been captured by the enemy in such a confused way!
This is not what annoys Gongsun Zan the most. What Gongsun Zan cannot accept is that three days have passed and now, Gongsun Zan still doesn’t know where the enemies outside the city came from! Due to the changes in the situation in Liaodong, Gongsun Zan
Following the advice of military advisor Sima Yi, a large number of soldiers and horses from Youzhou were sent to Jizhou and Qingzhou. Now there are less than 5,000 defenders in Fanyang City. This number of soldiers and horses is compared with the 30,000 to 40,000 enemies outside the city.
, it is really insignificant, how dare Gongsun Zan go out of the city to meet the enemy!
After losing his temper, Gongsun Zan looked around with a gloomy face among the people sitting down, and shouted in a deep voice: "Where is Sima Boda? Why don't you see him coming to participate in the discussion?"
The Sima Boda Gongsun Zan asked was Sima Lang, the eldest brother of military advisor Sima Yi. Sima Yi was previously appointed by Gongsun Zan to personally lead the army to Jizhou. Now, the only person in Gongsun Zan's account who can be regarded as a wise man is probably the only one left.
This was Sima Lang. The situation was critical now, and Gongsun Zan could only think of asking Sima Lang for advice.
As soon as Gongsun Zan finished asking this question, no one present could answer. After a while, Gongsun Zan's face became more and more gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "Come here! Come here! Go to Sima.
The government, please invite Sima Boda to discuss the matter!" Although he was annoyed, Gongsun Zan had not lost his mind yet. In this situation, Gongsun Zan had to rely on the Sima family, the largest force under his command, to survive the difficulties, so even if Sima
Lang was so rude, but Gongsun Zan still had to be polite.
The sergeant who was summoned by Gongsun Zan immediately took the order and left. After giving the order, Gongsun Zan looked around the people again, but found that there was still one person who did not appear in the meeting hall, but it was Gongsun Zan's favorite minister Gongsun Ji. However,
How could Gongsun Zan not know how capable Gongsun Ji was? He was usually good at flattering others, but this kind of thing was absolutely unreliable. Gongsun Zan didn't bother to care whether he appeared here. He waved his sleeves vigorously, and it was
After sitting back in his seat, the servants also consciously helped to replace the tables and chairs that Gongsun Zan had just smashed in his temper.
After that, Gongsun Zan never said a word again, but just sat there with a livid face. He didn't speak, and others naturally didn't dare to speak. There was silence in the entire meeting hall, and the atmosphere was unusually solemn.
"Report——!" After more than half an hour, a sudden exclamation from outside the meeting hall broke the silence. The sergeant who had just been sent by Gongsun Zan to find Sima Lang was walking quickly.
He ran in, clasped his fists and bowed directly to Gongsun Zan: "Return to my lord! I was ordered to go to the Sima Mansion to invite Lord Sima, but I found that there was no one in the Sima Mansion!"
"What? Impossible!" The sergeant's words made Gongsun Zan jump up in shock. Not only Gongsun Zan, but also several other people present looked at the sergeant with astonishment on their faces. Gongsun Zan rushed forward and grabbed it with both hands.
The sergeant's clothes directly pulled him up, and shouted in the sergeant's face: "Nonsense! There were two to three hundred people in the Sima Mansion, how could they disappear so well?"
Gongsun Zan had a ferocious look on his face, which made the sergeant tremble all over. However, the sergeant still suppressed the fear in his heart and replied tremblingly: "Lord, lord! I don't dare to deceive my lord! I, Sima Mansion, Sima
There is indeed no one in the mansion! If my lord doesn’t believe it, please send someone to check again!”
Gongsun Zan just threw the sergeant aside. He had no intention of sending anyone to check again. Instead, he strode directly outside, obviously going to Sima Mansion in person. After Gongsun Zan left like this, the rest
The generals were also talking a lot. One of the generals said to Zou Dan: "General Zou, what do you think is going on? Could it be..."
"Humph!" Zou Dan snorted coldly, seeming to be very angry, but the paleness on his face betrayed his inner mood at the moment, and said in a deep voice: "What else are you thinking about? The Sima family must have run away! It seems now
, I’m afraid Sima Yi has noticed something before, so he suggested to the lord in advance to send troops to guard against Cao Cao, Liu Bei, this is simply to prepare a way out for himself! Our Beiyan, the lord may be really doomed this time!"
Zou Dan said this last sentence, causing everyone to be in an uproar. Obviously they all felt this way in their hearts, but they never dared to say it out loud. Now that Zou Dan made this move, all the generals were confused again.
Everyone is looking down and thinking about how to leave a way out for themselves.
Beiyan is over! This idea also appeared in Gongsun Zan's mind after he arrived at Sima's Mansion. Looking at the empty Sima's Mansion, although Gongsun Zan has been a bit unscrupulous in recent years, he was once the overlord after all. When he thought about it,
I also thought about the joints clearly. Obviously, the Sima family has betrayed me!
If before, Gongsun Zan still hoped that Sima Yi would be able to detect the changes in Youzhou and lead troops to rescue him, now Gongsun Zan is completely desperate. The entire Beiyan army is now in the hands of Sima Yi, who can really help Gongsun Zan.
The only thing he has control over is less than 5,000 troops in Fanyang City! Gongsun Zan, the mighty overlord of Northern Yan, now only has less than 5,000 troops. This situation makes Gongsun Zan feel bitter in his heart.
When Gongsun Zan first raised his army, his strength may have been even worse than it is now, but now Gongsun Zan has long lost the pride of the past. Without military power, Gongsun Zan no longer has the confidence to fight hard! Standing at the door of Sima Mansion,
Gongsun Zan suddenly staggered and took three steps back, but he leaned on the door of Sima Mansion to avoid falling.
"Brother! Big brother!" A shout came from far to near, coming behind Gongsun Zan, but it was Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Fan. Gongsun Fan shouted to Gongsun Zan anxiously: "Brother! It's not good! The people outside the city are here.
The enemy has launched an attack! What should we do?"
These days, Gongsun Fan has been ordered to guard the city, and the enemy troops outside the city have only surrounded Fan Yang City, but there is no sign of launching an attack. However, he did not expect that just now, the enemy troops had been quietly surrounding Fan Yang City.
The enemy troops outside the city suddenly launched an attack, which surprised Gongsun Fan. After a hasty arrangement, he handed the city head to his other brother Gongsun Yue, and then came to find Gongsun Zan.
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But Gongsun Zan had a look of death at this moment, and he didn't pay any attention to Gongsun Fan's questions. He staggered around and walked towards the Marquis of Yan's Mansion. Looking at his back, there was no trace of the overlord of Beiyan.
! Gongsun Fan saw his brother leaving like this. He was stunned for a moment, and then he chased a few steps forward, wanting to ask questions, but looking at Gongsun Zan's back, he couldn't say those words anyway.
"General! What should we do now?" The deputy general who came with Gongsun Fan looked at Gongsun Fan in a daze, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask.
Gongsun Fan gritted his teeth, clenched his fists hard, and shouted: "No need to say anything! Let's go! Even if we die, we won't let the enemy rush into Fanyang City! Let's go!" After saying that, Gongsun Fan walked directly to the war horse.
Next, he got on his horse, pulled the reins hard, and rushed towards the city gate.
But before Gongsun Fan could start, suddenly, a loud shouting of death rang out. Gongsun Fan was shocked and his whole body trembled. He looked towards the city gate in disbelief and exclaimed: "Impossible! How come it's so fast?
The city gate was breached? Impossible!"
Although Gongsun Fan repeatedly exclaimed that it was impossible, the closer and closer shouts of killing proved to Gongsun Fan that the gate of Fanyang City had been breached, and the enemy troops outside the city had also invaded the city and were approaching.
Come here to kill! The deputy general on the side quickly shouted to Gongsun Fan: "General! The city gate has been breached! Let's escape quickly!" As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy general couldn't wait any longer and turned his horse.
The head ran away first.
But Gongsun Fan gritted his teeth and did not follow the lieutenant. He instead rode towards Yanhou Mansion. Even if he wanted to escape, he had to at least rescue his brother!