The next morning, Yan Liang went to Jizhou with the senior officials. As for the defense in Hanoi, he didn't care much about it. He simply handed over the military affairs to the deputy general for handling. Anyway, he now knew that the opponent's troops were insufficient, and he just guarded the city and had no strength to attack the city. Besides, he thought that such a thing would only take one day to do. Even if the time on the road was only three days at most, even if the opponent attacked, there would be no problem with defending for three days.

"Pong Ji, you are not in Hanoi to supervise the battle, why have you returned to Yecheng?" Seeing Yan Liang suddenly come back, Yuan Shao was stunned and asked with surprise.

But Yan Liang bowed respectfully and said, "Lord, Liang came back this time mainly for one thing. At that time, General Gao Gan said that Zhang He and Gao Lan betrayed the lord. After investigation, Liang found that this was an unjust case. Everything was slandered by the high-ranking officials. In fact, Zhang He and Gao Lan were fighting on the battlefield at that time, and the enemy generals Pan Feng and Mu Shun were defeated. Zhang He had already seen the problem, but Gao Gan forced them to chase them, trying to use their strength to restrain the ambush. However, Later, he led the main force to attack the city. His starting point was good. Unfortunately, his ability was too poor. With ten times the strength of the troops, he did not conquer the Yewang City. At the same time, Zhang He and Gao Lan were surrounded. After retreating, he not only did not help Zhang He and the other generals Gao Lan to rescue the siege, but instead framed them for betrayal. As a result, the lord trusted him and killed Zhang He and Gao Lan's family. They had to surrender to Pei Qing. The facts are all there. This is the confession and concealment of the high-ranking cavalry. Please check it out."

After Yan Liang finished speaking, he handed the confession that had been stamped by the high-ranking officials to Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao heard this, his face looked bad because he suddenly realized that what Tian Feng said had been verified. Yan Liang indeed invited the high-ranking officials to Hanoi for this matter. The most speechless thing was that he even brought the high-ranking officials' oral supplies, which was equivalent to confirming the high-ranking officials' charges.

"Yuan Cai, even if you really did it, you can't cover the confession. How can I exonerate you if I do this?"

Yuan Shao was secretly angry, but he couldn't say it in front of Yan Liang. He looked at the high-ranking official next to him and asked slowly: "Yuancai, what do you say?"

When the high-ranking cadre heard this, he hurriedly said, "Uncle, I am wronged, uncle..."

"Hmph, call me lord, there is no rule at all. This is a business, how can I call it a private relationship?"

"Nono, lord, the general is wronged. In fact, the fact is what the general said before. However, in Hanoi, Yan Liang not only did not take me, the Shangguan, but also arrested me for lynching. Under his severe torture, the general could only be beaten into a trick. This was also a trick he used to capture the general's finger. He despised the general so much and was so bold that he would not take you seriously. If such a thing is tolerated, where will there be rules in our army in the future? Please punish him strictly so that he would prevent similar things from happening and damage your prestige."

"What? High-ranking officials, are you... so shameless in life? I did attack you at the beginning, but were you so rude? You obviously couldn't argue in the face of evidence, so you had to admit it." Yan Liang's face turned green after hearing the high-ranking officials' words. Although he was indeed a bit rude, the high-ranking officials answered the truth. Now he actually changed his confession in court and made a comeback. This is really hateful.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao also knew that Yan Liang was his favorite general, so he could not favor this matter too obviously, so he shouted to the high-ranking cadre: "Yuancai, you still don't tell the truth now? What's going on? Are the confessions you confessed to be true? Tell me!"

When Gao Gan heard this, he was frightened and trembled. He thought for a moment, and then said, "Lord, it was indeed the Mo General who treated Zhang He and Gao Lan a bit rude. It was the Mo General who calculated the strength of the enemy incorrectly. However, Zhang He and Gao Lan had nearly 10,000 people in the Yewang City. Xun You had only a little more people in the Yewang City? In addition, the soldiers who needed to defend the city, and he knew in advance that there would be ambush ahead. Could it be that there was no way to deal with it? So in this case, even if you encounter an ambush, how strong can the enemy be. Qiang? But even so, Zhang He and Gao Lan were still wiped out. How should we explain this? Zhang He is good at fighting and is known as a wise and brave figure, but where did his wisdom go in this battle? Where did the courage go? One of the four generals of Hejian, can't he deal with a few vulgar generals who were born in rural villagers? The last general knew that the military generals under Xun You were all the villagers who killed Yang Feng and Guan Gu in Hanoi. Even if they were brave, how capable could they be? Could they still be able to defeat two of the four generals of Hejian?"

"Well, this is a bit reasonable. I think Zhang He and Gao Lan did not have the intention to rebel at the beginning, but there were still passive battles. Otherwise, with the strength of them, they would not be able to deal with a few rural villagers?" Yuan Shao shook his head and said to Gao Gan: "But Yuan Cai, this matter is indeed caused by your too rough personality. If you hadn't listened to the advice and acted alone, how could such a thing happen? So no matter what, you still have to bear some responsibility for the matter between Zhang He and Gao Lan. Are you convinced if I say this?"

"My lord, the generals were convinced and convinced. They were too impatient at that time. Although they were originally intended to quickly capture the enemy city, this impatient mood affected the morale of the army. Please punish the lord. No matter how the punishment is, the generals were convinced."

Of course, the high-ranking officials knew that Yuan Shao excused him, so they took advantage of the situation and bowed their heads to admit their mistakes.

Yuan Shao pondered for a while, then said, "Since you admit your mistake, I will naturally not let you go easily. I must punish you. I plan to remove you from the position of prefect of Hanoi and let you be the prime minister of Changshan. At the same time, I am fined three months' salary. I hope you can take this as a warning and not be impetuous in the future and not let me down."

"I hope, I will take the order. Thank you, Mr. Zhu, for being generous. I will never dare to do this again in the future." The senior official quickly received the punishment and expressed his gratitude to Yuan Shao, so the matter passed with great thunder and little rain.
Chapter completed!