Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 400 The Chasing Soldiers Arrive
The task of Sima Lang and Gao Lan was to secretly hunt and kill Liu Yu. This task was destined not to be too ostentatious, because Yuan Shao didn't want to tear himself apart with Luoyang before he was fully sure of killing Liu Yu.

In order not to attract people's attention, but also to prevent alarming Liu Yu, Sima Lang and Gao Lan decided to divide their men into several teams, disguise themselves and distribute them to sneak north, and regroup again when they arrived at the designated place.

In fact, whether it was Yuan Shao or Sima Lang and Gao Lan who directed the operation, they all felt that 5000 troops were enough. As long as they could find Liu Yu's whereabouts, they could hunt and kill Liu Yu quickly.

But who would have thought that Liu Yu could pull up a not weak team in such a short period of time after entering Jizhou alone.

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Entering Changshan County, in a low-lying wasteland, Sima Lang and Gao Lan finally waited for the Lu brothers who had come to assemble.

"Why are there so many people here? When will such a slack march reach Zhongshan County!"

Sima Lang was very upset. He and Gao Lan had arrived at the assembly point long ago, but the Lu brothers who were in charge of commanding the brigade did not arrive within the stipulated time.

"We have a lot of people, and it's too obvious that we dare not gather together. We walked a little slower along the way."

Lu Kuang wiped the sweat off his face and explained: "I was worried that my husband was in a hurry to use troops, so I brought 1000 people here first. It will take half a day for the second brother Lu Xiang and Na Cheng Gongying to arrive in turn."

When he heard that it would take half a day to gather the whole team, Sima Lang's face became even more ugly.

"According to the plan, we need to enter Zhongshan County in the evening in a few days. Now we don't know if there are black mountain bandits blocking the way. General Lu Xiang has not yet led his troops to the final assembly point. Such a delay in time has really left Liu Yu. Who will come? Responsible!"

Failure to complete the task according to the command of the general will be punished by military law.And the commander of this team, Sima Lang, is a stubborn man who is not easy to deal with.

Lu Kuang was worried that Sima Lang would punish his brother, so he quietly winked at Gao Lan.

Gao Lan and the Lu brothers are good friends, so naturally they can't do nothing.

"Mr. Sima calm down."

Gao Lan cupped his fists very politely, "It was General Lu Xiang who captured the guards of the Han family and learned from him that Liu Yu is likely to go to Wuji County, Zhongshan."

"Besides, it's our idea to order the march to be careful so as not to attract Liu Yu's attention. Please be merciful, sir, and forgive Lu Xiang for a while."

Although Sima Lang is the Zhengyin commander of this team, he has to rely on Gao Lan for many things. After all, he is a civil servant, and Gao Lan is a famous general in Jizhou, and his prestige in the army is much higher than his.

"General Gao has opened his mouth, so please forgive him once."

"Mr. is wise. On behalf of the Lu brothers, thank you sir."

Gao Lan thanked him with a smile, and Sima Lang took the opportunity to ask him some questions.

"...I heard that the black mountain bandits in Changshan County are rampant. If we encounter them, we will not only suffer losses, but may also expose our motives. This will be of great disadvantage to the pursuit of Liu Yu."

"What is your plan, sir, just give the order."

"Since this is the case, I have to trouble General Gao to bring some troops to explore the way to Zhending. If we don't find the black mountain bandits, we will go to the city to rest and continue northward."

"That's no problem, I'll bring some people to the front to check!"

There was Gao Lan who went out to explore the road in person, and Sima Lang repeatedly said that it was great.

And Gao Lan also understands the ways of the world, since the other party gave face to let the Lu brothers go, then he had to obey Sima Lang's orders.

It's just that neither Sima Lang nor Gao Lan knew that the Zhen family had left Wuji County a long time ago, and that Liu Yu, whom they wanted to hunt down, was waiting for them on the necessary road ahead.

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Gao Lan considered himself to be strong in force, so he only took five or six people to explore the way ahead.

After traveling for more than 20 miles, Gao Lan and the others came to a forest.

"This place is the only way to go to Zhending County. If the Black Mountain bandits set up an ambush here, it will be difficult."

Gao Lan is worthy of being a famous general in Jizhou, and he can see the danger of this place at a glance.

"Come on, the two of you go into the woods and check it out. If you are in danger, blow your whistle to warn."

The two soldiers entered the woods after getting the order, and there was no movement for a long time.

They didn't blow the whistle to warn, nor did they return, and they didn't know what they were doing inside.

Gao Lan and the others were a little anxious, so they planned to take people closer to the woods to find out.

It turned out that the two of them were controlled by the shadow guards who were ambushing here as soon as they entered the woods.

Liu Yu also obtained a lot of useful information from these two people.

For example, the group outside was the vanguard that Yuan Shao secretly sent to hunt him down, and after half a day, about 5000 people assembled on the wasteland twenty miles away.

"The leader outside is Gao Lan, the famous general of Jizhou?"

"If you turn around, Gao Lan is outside, and Mr. Sima Lang is currently repairing twenty miles away."

"We recruited everything, and begged the leaders to spare their lives."

The two soldiers didn't dare to lie, let alone sound a warning, because at the moment they had a sharp machete under their necks, and if there was any movement, their heads would probably fall to the ground.

Liu Yu had heard about Hebei Sitingzhu for a long time, and knew that Gao Lan was one of the important generals in Yuan Shao's army.

But he didn't expect that the chief general who presided over the pursuit of him turned out to be the son of an acquaintance.

Sima Lang is the eldest son of Sima Fang, the former Luoyang Commander. Liu Yu had a drink with Sima Fang two months ago, and at that time he laughed and said that he wanted to take his second son, Sima Yi, as his apprentice.

Later, Sima Fang was killed by Li Ru, and he framed the name of the murderer to Liu Yu. Although Sima Fang was not killed by Liu Yu, he died because of him. In order to express his apology, Liu Yu sent people to search for Sima's family. , but have not received a reply.

"Then Sima Lang did not misunderstand that I killed his father, so he brought soldiers to hunt and kill me!"

Liu Yu's guess was right, Sima Lang believed the rumors, and later his cousin Chen Yuan used the so-called "evidence" to frame Liu Yu. So far, Sima Lang and his younger brothers all regarded Liu Yu as an enemy who killed his father, And vowed to avenge his father in his lifetime.

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"My lord, Gao Lan has brought someone over."

Zhang Xiu's soft reminder woke Liu Yu up from his thoughts.

Whether to explain clearly to Sima's family will be discussed later. Right now, we should first find a way to deal with Gao Lan and the five thousand Jizhou soldiers who are coming.

"Youwei first pretends to be a black mountain bandit to rob the way. It's best to force Gao Lan to go back to rescue soldiers, and then we will destroy them one by one."

It took only a moment for Liu Yu to figure out how to deal with it.

There are only [-] Shadow Guards ambushing here. Although they are equipped with Mingguang Armor and Mo Dao, their number is too small. If they go head-on with [-] Jizhou soldiers, they will definitely suffer.

Therefore, Liu Yu decided to take advantage of the fact that the opponent had not assembled completely, and lure the enemy to go first to have a higher chance of winning.

(End of this chapter)