Three Kingdoms King of the North

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Jushou stood up from the queue. He bowed to Han Zhan and said, "My lord, since I surrendered to you, I have not made any achievements. I will leave it to you to complete the capture of the surrounding cities." Bar."

"Ju Supervisor Army," Han Zhan waited for him to finish, and immediately asked, "I wonder how many troops you need?"

Ju Shou chuckled and said, "My lord, the city of Jizhou originally belonged to the Han family. Although Yuan Shao once controlled Jizhou, he couldn't replace many county officials who were loyal to the Han family. You only need A thousand soldiers and horses can persuade the surrounding cities to return to the lord's command."

Although Han Zhan felt that what Jushou said made sense, those county magistrates and prefects who were loyal to the Han family would open the city and surrender as long as they saw the flag of the Jizhou Army appearing under the city, but for the sake of safety, he decided to Send a reliable general to accompany Jushou to the road.

Han Zhan glanced back and forth from the queue of generals, and he couldn't help sighing inwardly, there were still too few generals he could use.Zhang Ying and Gao Lan stayed in the city, Xia Houlan stationed in Wei County to prevent Cao Cao's surprise attack, and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others wanted to attack Yecheng with them, so they must not be handed over to Jushou.After thinking about it for a while, he shouted down: "Where is Xia Houyun?"

Following Han Zhan's shout, Xia Houyun, the only female general in the tent, strode out of the queue and saluted Han Zhan, "The end is here!"

Han Zhan took out a command arrow from the command box and said to Xia Houyun: "Captain Xiahou, I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses to protect the safety of the Jujian army, and there must be no mistakes!"

Xia Houyun stepped forward to take the command arrow, and replied loudly: "The last general obeys orders!"

After the discussion was over, Guo Jia asked someone to find a jar of good wine, and was about to have a drink in the tent, but saw Xun You opened the curtain and came in from the outside.Seeing Xun You, Guo Jia hurriedly greeted him: "Gongda, you came just in time, how about sitting down and having a drink with Guo?"

Xun You sat down opposite Guo Jia, looked at him and asked with a serious expression: "Feng Xiao, let me ask you, are you familiar with the formations of the world?"

Guo Jia poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, nodded and said, "I know a little bit, but I don't know what formation Gongda brother wants to know?"

"Eight trigrams formation." After Xun You said this formation one word at a time, he asked Guo Jia nervously, "Feng Xiao, have you ever heard of it?"

Hearing what Xun You said, Guo Jia quickly put down the wine bottle in his hand, and said a little puzzled: "Guo has heard of Fuxi's gossip, but this is the first time I've heard of this gossip formation. I don't know, brother Gongda. How did you hear that?"

"Who else could it be?" Xun You said dumbfoundedly, "Of course it's my cousin. He heard about this formation from somewhere. Today, on the way to the army, he specifically asked Brother Wei for advice. Brother Wei never I have never heard of this formation, so I am speechless, really ashamed, ashamed!"

"There are many capable people in the world," Guo Jia said thoughtfully after Xun You finished speaking, "Perhaps my lord became interested after hearing someone mention it unintentionally, so I specifically asked you about it."

While the two were chatting, a soldier's voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Is Mr. Guo in the tent?"

"What's the matter?" Guo Jia quickly raised his voice and asked.

"The lord has something to discuss with the gentleman, please move the big tent."

"I see," Guo Jia said to the soldiers outside, "Go back first."

After the soldiers left, Guo Jia stood up and said to Xun You: "Brother Gongda, don't worry too much. When Guo goes to the Lord's place, he will definitely find out about the Bagua formation."

Guo Jia came to Han Zhan's tent, and after saluting, he asked, "I don't know what advice my lord has for recruiting my subordinates here?"

"Feng Xiao," Han Zhan said to Guo Jia after calling him to sit down, "After repeated consideration, this Marquis thinks that if he storms Ye City by force, there will be heavy casualties. This Marquis considers it and changes the storm to an outsmart attack."

"Outsmart?" Fortunately, Guo Jia has long been used to Han Zhan's whimsical ideas, so as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately asked, "How does my lord plan to outsmart?"

"Yan Liang is one of Yuan Shao's generals," Han Zhan said to Guo Jia, "This Marquis intends to send someone to drive a wedge between him and Yuan Shao, so that their monarchs and ministers will turn against each other, so that we can take advantage of it."

Regarding Han Zhan's idea, Guo Jia did not immediately raise objections, but reminded him tactfully: "My lord, Yan Liangchou and Yan Liangchou are loyal to Yuan Shao, even if Yuan Shao wants their heads, they will not hesitate." I will offer it to you. I am worried that your countermeasure may not succeed."

"Three people become tigers. If you tell a lot of lies, it will become the truth." Han Zhan said with a sneer, "As long as we send people into Yecheng and spread rumors everywhere, saying that the reason why Benhou escaped from danger and returned to Guantao, we will all be able to tell the truth." It was Yan Liang and Ben Hou who colluded secretly, so they deliberately let Ben Hou go away. Yuan Shao was an uninitiated person. When he first heard these rumors, he would not believe them, but there were too many people talking, so he had to let him go He has doubts about Yan Liang, then we will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Seeing that Han Zhan was so stubborn, Guo Jia knew that it would be useless to persuade him any more, so he could only reluctantly say: "Since the princess has made up her mind, the subordinates will send people into Yecheng as soon as possible to spread rumors, so that Yuan Shao and Yan Liang Monarchs and ministers turned against each other."

After discussing the estrangement, Guo Jia thought about the Eight Diagrams Formation, and asked Han Zhan, "My lord, you once asked your subordinates if they knew about the Eight Diagrams Formation? However, my subordinates are so inexperienced that they don't know anything about the Eight Diagrams Formation." I know, I don’t know if the lord can give some pointers.”

Hearing Guo Jia's question, Han Zhan secretly called it a fluke, and said in his heart that fortunately he knew a little about the gossip formation, otherwise he would have been caught by him.He coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then said: "It is said that the Eight Diagrams formation was created by Sun Bin. It is divided into eight gates: Hugh, Health, Injury, Du, Scenery, Death, Surprise, and opening. Guarded by soldiers, a command tower is set up in the middle, and according to the enemy's movements, the formation is commanded, and there are four, four and sixteen kinds of changes."

Han Zhan knew little about the Eight Diagrams Formation. If in later generations, what he said would make experts laugh, but for Guo Jia who had never heard of this Formation, it seemed very strange.Guo Jia waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and said with emotion: "Guo thought he was familiar with military books since he was a child, and knew everything about the military formations in the world. Now, after listening to the lord's narration, he is the frog at the bottom of the well."

"Fengxiao is serious." Han Zhan realized that when he just told about the gossip array, what he said was a bit too mysterious, which made Guo Jia believe it was true. This formation. When I asked cousin Gongda today, he didn’t know about it at all. Now that he saw Fengxiao, he didn’t know either. Benhou is worried that the world is spreading rumors, and there is no such formation in the world.”

In his tent, when Guo Jia heard Xun You mention the Bagua formation, he thought it was Han Zhan's whim and invented the formation on his own, but after listening to his narration, he felt that it still made sense.Seeing that he categorically denied the existence of this formation at this moment, he became a little convinced: "My lord, since it is said that Sun Bin created it, then this formation must exist. It is only because of the burning of books and the swindling of scholars by the first emperor. Let countless military classics be burned, it is really heartbreaking."

Knowing how much he weighed, Han Zhan was afraid that he would lose his way if he continued, so he quickly said to Guo Jia, "Fengxian, it's okay here, you can step back first." Seeing Guo Jia getting up to leave the big tent, he again Quickly reminded, "Your body is weak, remember to drink less alcohol and avoid women's sex. Do you understand?"

Unexpectedly, Guo Jia laughed out loud after hearing this, and said, "My lord, if life is not accompanied by beauties and fine wines, then what's the fun in life?"

Besides, in Ye City, people are panicking at the moment.Hearing that Han Zhan's army was approaching the city, the people in the city packed their bags one after another, helping the old and the young to escape from the city.But Yuan Shao was deeply afraid that if some people escaped from the city, it would cause more chaos in the city, so he ordered Yan Liangchou and others to close the four gates and not let anyone out of the city.

Feng Ji, who had returned from East County, was also taken aback when he saw so many people gathered at the gate of the city.He asked the ugly who commanded the soldiers to maintain law and order: "Why are there so many people gathered near the city gate?"

Chou smiled wryly, and said to Feng Ji: "Mr. Yuan Tu didn't know something. Ever since I heard that the Han family's youngest army had entered the camp fifteen miles away from the city, the city has fallen into chaos, and the people are scrambling to escape. Go out of the city. If the lord hadn't ordered the city gate to be closed in time, I am afraid that Yecheng would have been half empty by now."

Hearing Chou's words, Feng Ji immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly asked Chou to open a way among the common people so that he could return to the state pastoral mansion.

When Yuan Shao heard the commotion outside, he was in a state of turmoil. Suddenly, he heard a servant report that Feng Ji from the Eastern Commandery had returned, and quickly ordered: "Hurry up and invite Mr. Yuan Tu to meet you in the back hall."

The servants quickly brought Fengji to the back hall.Seeing Yuan Shao sitting in the middle, Feng Ji hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Ji has seen the lord!"

"Quick and free!" Yuan Shao was eager to know when Cao Cao's troops would arrive, so he interrupted Feng Ji and asked anxiously, "I wonder when Cao Mengde's troops will arrive in Yecheng?"

Hearing Yuan Shao's question, Feng Ji replied with a guilty conscience: "My lord, Cao Mengde's reinforcements are here."

"What, Cao Mengde's soldiers can't come, why is that?" Yuan Shao stood up abruptly from his seat, stepped forward and grabbed Feng Ji's lapel, and asked anxiously, "Didn't you say that as soon as you go out, Cao Mengde's soldiers will be killed?" Will reinforcements come? Why can't they come now?"

"My lord, calm down." Seeing the furious Yuan Shao, Feng Ji didn't dare to struggle, and could only let the other party grab his lapel, and said tremblingly: "Originally, my subordinates have already agreed with Cao Mengde to send troops on a certain day. Who would have thought that the children of the Han family He had been wary of Cao Mengde for a long time, and sent a special army to Wei County to monitor Dongjun. Seeing that the situation was not good for him, Cao Mengde gave up his plan to send troops and sent his subordinates back."

"Damn it, hate it!" Yuan Shao suddenly pushed Feng Ji away, and said viciously, "Cao Mengde, you actually refused to save me, but when this general makes a comeback in the future, he must avenge this."

"My lord," Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao had already lost his mind because of his anger, and quickly persuaded him, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. My lord, please bear with me for a while. After the children of the Han family have been beaten back, it's not too late to ask Cao Mengde to settle the score." Late."

Hearing Chou's words, Feng Ji immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly asked Chou to open a way among the common people so that he could return to the state pastoral mansion.

When Yuan Shao heard the commotion outside, he was in a state of turmoil. Suddenly, he heard a servant report that Feng Ji from the Eastern Commandery had returned, and quickly ordered: "Hurry up and invite Mr. Yuan Tu to meet you in the back hall."

The servants quickly brought Fengji to the back hall.Seeing Yuan Shao sitting in the middle, Feng Ji hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Ji has seen the lord!"

"Quick and free!" Yuan Shao was eager to know when Cao Cao's troops would arrive, so he interrupted Feng Ji and asked anxiously, "I wonder when Cao Mengde's troops will arrive in Yecheng?"

Hearing Yuan Shao's question, Feng Ji replied with a guilty conscience: "My lord, Cao Mengde's reinforcements are here."

"What, Cao Mengde's soldiers can't come, why is that?" Yuan Shao stood up abruptly from his seat, stepped forward and grabbed Feng Ji's lapel, and asked anxiously, "Didn't you say that as soon as you go out, Cao Mengde's soldiers will be killed?" Will reinforcements come? Why can't they come now?"

"My lord, calm down." Seeing the furious Yuan Shao, Feng Ji didn't dare to struggle, and could only let the other party grab his lapel, and said tremblingly: "Originally, my subordinates have already agreed with Cao Mengde to send troops on a certain day. Who would have thought that the children of the Han family He had been wary of Cao Mengde for a long time, and sent a special army to Wei County to monitor Dongjun. Seeing that the situation was not good for him, Cao Mengde gave up his plan to send troops and sent his subordinates back."

"Damn it, hate it!" Yuan Shao suddenly pushed Feng Ji away, and said viciously, "Cao Mengde, you actually refused to save me, but when this general makes a comeback in the future, he must avenge this."

"My lord," Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao had already lost his mind because of his anger, and quickly persuaded him, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. My lord, please bear with me for a while. After the children of the Han family have been beaten back, it's not too late to ask Cao Mengde to settle the score." Late."

Chapter 233 Fighting General Outside the City

Not long after Han Zhan's army approached the city, some news from the capital reached the camp.

Guo Jia held the information from Beijing Central Secret Works in his hand, and read in public: "After the two thieves Zhang Ji and Fan Chou entered Beijing, they ordered to search for the corpse of Dong thief, obtained some fragments of skin and bones, carved them with fragrant wood, and made them together. A great sacrifice was held, the king's clothes and coffins were chosen, and the burial was moved to Meiwu. Before the burial, a heavy thunderstorm fell from the sky, and the water depth on the ground was several feet deep. It was the same again. After several days, Li Jue and Guo Si led the army back to the capital, where they were reburied three times, but none of them could be buried, and all the skin and bones were destroyed by thunder and fire."

After Han Zhan listened to it, he thought to himself: No wonder Li and Guo withdraw their troops inexplicably when they saw that they were about to intercept him. Moreover, it turned out that it was because of Dong Zhuo's burial, so he couldn't help calling it a fluke in his heart.

After hearing this, Xun You said with emotion: "Dong Bandit is full of evil, and he doesn't even have a place to bury him after death. From this we can see that the wrath of heaven is so great!"