Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Zhang has been feeling cold for the past few days, so he can't see guests at home." Zhang Yan looked at Han Zhan and said with a smile on his face, "Please also Mr. Han Fu, please don't blame Zhang."

Han Zhan looked at Zhang Yan, who was in full swing, and said to himself, why do you always use the excuse of "feeling a cold" to prevaricate yourself, can't you put something new?However, he did not expose the other party, but said with a smile on his face: "General Zhang is not feeling well. It should be Benhou who is going to visit. How dare you have General Lao come to the post."

After the two said some polite words, they came to sit down in the hall.Han Zhan felt that Zhang Yan was a bit cunning and cunning. If he followed his train of thought, he would not be able to finish talking about serious matters if he stayed in Montenegro for another month.Therefore, he decided to take a risk today, so he asked straight to the point: "General Zhang, the current prefect of Zhending Mansion is temporarily replaced by the chief secretary. I wonder when you will send a new prefect to take up the post?"

After listening to Han Zhan's question, Zhang Yan was silent for a long time, and then said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Han, when it comes to charging into battle, Zhang has a few strong generals under his command; but when it comes to governing the place, Zhang can't find them." A suitable candidate has been found. Otherwise, Yang Dengzhi, a human scum like Yang Dengzhi, would not have been allowed to take up the post of prefect."

Han Zhan did not answer Zhang Yan's words, but turned his head to look at Guo Jia who was sitting aside, hoping that he would speak on his behalf.The understanding Guo Jia stood up, gave Zhang Yan a deep salute, and said, "General Zhang, if you trust us, we can send a suitable candidate to take over the post of Zhending prefect."

The reason why Zhang Yan did not express his position on the post of Zhending prefect was because he wanted to test Han Zhan's real intentions.Hearing Guo Jia's words at this moment, he couldn't help but feel an evil fire in his heart. He secretly thought: Today you are asked to send someone to be the prefect of Zhending, and tomorrow you should send troops to occupy Montenegro.Thinking of the future of his Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan's face became cloudy and uncertain.

Han Zhan has been observing Zhang Yan's expression. Seeing his virtue, he quickly waved his hand at Guo Jia, and then said to Zhang Yan with a smile: "General Zhang, in fact, this Marquis thinks that it would be a little bit of a shame to let a minister of Jizhou be the prefect of Zhending. Let the distance be far away. In my opinion, Army Division Hu's talent is more than enough to govern a county. How about letting him be the prefect of Zhending? I don't know what General Zhang wants?"

"Let me be the prefect of Zhending?" Hu Zhi was originally just standing beside him playing the role of soy sauce, but when he heard Han Zhan suggesting that he should be the prefect of Zhending, he couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "It's not right, this is not right."

"There is nothing wrong with it." Han Zhan saw that Zhang Yan didn't seem to have any objection to his proposal, so he said while the iron was hot: "Mr. Now that Zhending has become a prefecture, it is undoubtedly the most suitable person for Junshi Hu to take on this important task."

"Mr. Han's House." Zhang Yan waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and asked coldly, "If Master Hu is going to serve as the prefect of Zhending, then who should be the military adviser of our Black Mountain Army?"

"General Zhang." Han Zhan followed Zhang Yan's words and said, "Do you really think that your Black Mountain Army still needs to survive?"

As soon as Han Zhan's words came out of his mouth, Zhang Yan's face changed: "Mr. Han, I don't know what you mean by that?"

"General Zhang, is this Marquis still not clear?" Han Zhan didn't go around in circles with Zhang Yan, but said bluntly: "Although your Black Mountain Army claims to be in the millions, the number of soldiers capable of fighting is only 10,000+ People. Among the 10,000+ people, those who can be called elite are only a few thousand. Even if this Marquis doesn’t plan on your Black Mountain Army, in two years, Gongsun Zan will attack you when his feathers are full. "

"Mr. Han, you may not know something." Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan was unmoved when he heard Han Zhan say this: "Zhang's general who was in distress was awarded by Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou. Gongsun Zan It's just a warrior under Liu Yu, without Governor Liu's permission, wouldn't he dare to make his own claim and annex the Black Mountain Army?"

"If Liu Inspector Liu can control Youzhou, Gongsun Zan really wouldn't dare to annex the Black Mountain Army." Han Zhan thought, with his appearance, Yuan Shao's defeat of the Black Mountain Army would never happen again; desperate Zhang Yan went to seek refuge with Cao Mengde The ending should never happen.But to convince him, it takes a lot of talking: "But if Gongsun Zan gets rid of Liu Yu, tell me, would he dare to annex the Black Mountain Army?"

"What, Gongsun Zan is going to kill Governor Liu?" Han Zhan's words startled Zhang Yan, Hu Zhi and the others.Hu Zhi asked tentatively: "Tinghou, I don't know where you heard this rumor from? You know, Liu Inspector Liu's kindness to Gongsun Zan is as great as a mountain, how could Gongsun Zan commit the act of killing the lord?"

"Gongsun Zan's wolfish ambition has begun to emerge." Han Zhan thought that Gongsun Zan would kill Liu Yu in half a year at most, so he wanted to take the Black Mountain Army into his own hands before this happened, so that he could free up his hands to deal with it Gongsun Zan's growing ambitions: "Although Governor Liu has some kindness for him, there is nothing he can't do in order to seize Youzhou."

Regarding Han Zhan's statement, not to mention Zhang Yan, even Hu Zhi was dubious.However, he didn't get entangled in this matter, but asked the key question straight to the point: "Mr. Han, Mr. Hu wants to ask, if the Black Mountain Army surrenders to you, how do you plan to arrange them?"

"Except for the original generals of the Black Mountain Army and a few elites, the rest of the soldiers were all disarmed and returned to the field." Han Zhan said without hesitation: "As for General Zhang, if he is willing to be an official, this Marquis can recommend him an official position in front of the Holy One." "If you don't want to be an official, you can let him choose a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to enjoy his old age. In order to ensure his safety, this Marquis allows him to keep a private army of 500 people."

The reason why Zhang Yan was reluctant to surrender to Han Zhan was because of his subordinates.Because most of them had been Yellow Turban soldiers, he was deeply afraid that after he returned to Jizhou, Han Zhan would not be able to tolerate these people. In that case, even if he died, he would have no face to face his subordinates under Jiuquan.

At this moment, he heard that Han Zhan planned to let all these Black Mountain troops be disarmed and returned to the fields. He coughed lightly, and then asked, "Mr. Han, you just said that if I wait for my submission, you will keep a few elites and let the majority All the Black Mountain Army brothers have been disarmed and returned to the fields. I want to ask you, with so many fields, can they be distributed to the Black Mountain Army brothers?"

"General Zhang, don't worry about this." Regarding what Zhang Yan was worried about, Han Zhan said disapprovingly: "Even if the land in Changshan County is not enough, this Marquis can still place all the brothers of the Black Mountain Army in Zhongshan Country. In places like Weijun and Weijun, everyone should have land."

Han Zhan's words made Du Zhang, who came here with Zhang Yan, a little bit moved.He coughed softly behind Zhang Yan, then pulled Zhang Yan's clothes with his hands, indicating that he could agree to Han Zhan's conditions.

But Zhang Yan turned a deaf ear to Du Chang's hint.Seeing that Zhang Yan was silent, Guo Jia guessed that he must be engaged in a battle between heaven and man, so he said with a smile, "Jia once heard that there was a fierce general named Sui Gu in the Black Mountain Army. I don't know where he is now?"

Hearing Guo Jia mentioned Sui Gu's name, Zhang Yan looked up at Guo Jia and said, "Sui Gu is indeed the old unit of our Black Mountain Army. But people go to high places and water flows to low places. He feels that they are buried in Montenegro." Because of his talent, he went to Bingzhou and defected to Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang."

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "Not long ago, we met Sui Gu at the prefect Zhang Yang's place."

When Du Chang heard Guo Jia mentioned Sui Gu's name, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Guo, I wonder how Sui Gu is doing now?"

"He's all right." After Guo Jia answered Du Chang with a smile, he continued: "Although he has left the Black Mountain Army, he still has his heart on the brothers of the Black Mountain Army. My lord and Zhang Yang After the meeting, it was agreed that as long as our army takes Qingzhou, Shangdang will raise the county to surrender. At that time, Suigu will be my lord's subordinate. If the Black Mountain Army can submit to Jizhou, then you gangsters of the Black Mountain Army Brothers, can't we meet again?"

It has to be said that Guo Jia's mention of Suigu's return to Jizhou made everyone in the Black Mountain Army emotionally excited.They knew very well in their hearts that if they surrendered to Jizhou, they would reunite with Suigu as old brothers in the future; if Zhang Yan was stubborn and wanted to keep the Black Mountain Army, they might meet Suigu in battle.This was something that no one in the Black Mountain Army wanted to see, so everyone turned their attention to Zhang Yan, wanting to hear what kind of decision he would make.

However, Zhang Yanruo sat there motionless like a clay sculpture or wood carving, and did not express her opinion at all.Seeing Zhang Yan's situation, everyone in the Black Mountain Army became a little anxious, especially Du Chang, who urged Zhang Yan repeatedly: "Master, what should we do, you have to say something."

Zhang Yan was silent for a long time again, and after exhaling foul breath, she said to Han Zhan: "Mr. Han, what you said is of great importance, and Zhang can't make the decision. You give me three days to think about it, and after three days Whether it is surrender or war, Zhang will give you an accurate answer." After speaking, he stood up and said to his subordinates in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

Chapter 360

After Zhang Yan left, Han Zhan asked Guo Jia with some puzzlement: "Feng Xiao, judging from the situation just now, Zhang Yan is already a little bit moved about returning to Jizhou, but why did he say that he would think about it for three days?"

Guo Jia shook his feather fan lightly, and said slowly: "My lord, don't look at Zhang Yan as the lord of Montenegro, but Zhang Niujiao has a lot of old men under him. It is an unknown quantity. In Jia’s opinion, his so-called three-day consideration is to try to persuade these old people.”

Hearing Guo Jia mention Zhang Niujiao, Han Zhan remembered that Zhang Yan's original surname was not Zhang, but Chu Yan.After Zhang Niujiao died in battle, his subordinates respected Chu Yan as their leader. In order to commemorate his father-in-law who had been so kind to him, Chu Yan changed his surname to Zhang and called him Zhang Yan.

Han Zhan asked tentatively, "Feng Xiao, do you know any famous figures in Zhang Niujiao's old department?"

Unexpectedly, after Guo Jia heard this, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Please forgive me, my lord. Jia doesn't know anything about it."

Xia Houyun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted: "Returning to the lord, the general and his brother have stayed in Montenegro for a long time, and they understand the situation here somewhat. Although Zhang Niujiao has been dead for many years, he is loyal to him on Montenegro. There are tens of thousands of subordinates. They have two leaders, one is Sun Qing and the other is Wang Dang."

Han Zhan has no impression of the name Xia Houyun said, which proves that the abilities of these two people are limited, so there is no trace left in the history books.He pondered for a moment, looked at Xia Houyun and asked, "Who do you listen to the most on weekdays?"

"Zhang Niujiao's widow, Zhang Yan's mother-in-law Mrs. Zhang." Xia Houyun replied: "Sun Qing and Wang Dang will visit Mrs. Zhang's mansion every now and then. If you want these people to submit to me in Jizhou, then In the future, if you want to come, you must persuade Mrs. Zhang."

"Captain Xiahou," Guo Jia waited for Xia Houyun to finish speaking, and asked with a smile, "I wonder if Zhang Yan has a daughter?" After speaking, he cast a meaningful glance at Han Zhan beside him.

Han Zhan saw Guo Jia's eyes cast on him, and muttered dissatisfiedly in his heart: "Damn, Feng Xiao didn't ask Ben Hou to use his beauty tricks to marry Zhang Yan's daughter home? Look at Zhang Yan's appearance, and Zhang Fei Almost, you can imagine what his daughter looks like."

When Han Zhan was thinking about how to reject Guo Jia's proposal of a beautiful man, he heard Xia Houyun say: "I never heard that Zhang Yan has any daughters. He only has one son named Zhang Fang."

When he learned that Zhang Yan did not have any daughters, Han Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, while Guo Jia sighed deeply. Since the other party has no daughters, the plan to deepen the relationship between the two parties through marriage is completely ruined.Fortunately, there are more solutions than difficulties. After being lost for a moment, Guo Jia asked Xiahouyun again: "Captain Xiahou, do you know where Mrs. Zhang lives?"

"I know." Xia Houyun nodded and said, "It's right next to Zhang Yan's mansion." She seemed to have guessed Guo Jia's intentions, so she frowned and said, "But the forest is guarded there, and ordinary people can't get in at all."

"Ordinary people can't get in," Guo Jia heard Xia Houyun say this, turned his head to look at Han Zhan and said with a half-smile: "But if the lord goes out, I think the guards at the door will not make things difficult."

"Feng Xiao," although Han Zhan felt that Guo Jia's idea was good, he still felt that he should remind him: "If Master Hu is willing to help us, I believe it will be easier for us to enter Mrs. Zhang's mansion."

"My lord, in fact, even without the assistance of Mr. Hu, we can still visit Mrs. Zhang." Guo Jia said with some disapproval of Han Zhan's statement: "I think the soldiers guarding the gate will give the lord such face. of."

Han Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "Feng Xiao, do you really think that the Marquis is so famous? I can tell you that without the assistance of Junshi Hu, we might not even be able to enter the door."

"My lord, why did you say that?" Guo Jia asked in confusion.

Han Zhan pointed at Xia Houyun with his finger and said, "Just now Captain Xiahou also said that Mrs. Zhang did not live with Zhang Yan. That is to say, she and Zhang Yan did not get along well. As for the Those soldiers that Zhang Yan sent to her may not have been sent to her by Zhang Yan, but Sun Qing and Wang Dang's subordinates. Just ask, how could two subordinates who were loyal to Zhang Niujiao easily let Zhang Yan take over what their lord established? The foundation, hand it over to others?"

Guo Jia was speechless by Han Zhan's question. After a long time, he said, "It seems that it is not an easy task to visit Mrs. Zhang without the assistance of Mr. Hu."

Han Zhan sent someone to invite Hu Zhi, hoping to discuss with him about visiting Mrs. Zhang.Unexpectedly, the dispatched subordinates did not return until more than half an hour later.He reported to Han Zhan with a bitter face: "My lord, Master Hu is currently trying the case, and he may not be able to escape for a while."

Hearing that Hu Zhi was trying a case, Han Zhan immediately became serious, and asked quickly, "I don't know what case Hu Junshi is trying, tell me quickly!"

The subordinate hurriedly replied: "It is said that a small official in the yamen took a fancy to a young woman nearby. Because he failed to moleste several times, he held a grudge. It happened that the woman's husband died two days ago, so he falsely accused It was the woman who had an affair with her brother, and when she was discovered, she killed her husband."

Hearing that it was another sex case, Han Zhan quickly stood up and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I have nothing to do anyway, why don't we go and see Mr. Hu trial the case, how about it?"

Guo Jia guessed that Han Zhan heard Hu Zhi's trial, and felt a little itchy. He wanted to see the excitement, but he couldn't stop him, so he could only bite the bullet and replied, "I obey!"

In order not to shock the world, Han Zhan, who went out in casual clothes, took Guo Jia, Xia Houyun, and four or five guards with him.

After Zhang Yan left, Han Zhan asked Guo Jia with some puzzlement: "Feng Xiao, judging from the situation just now, Zhang Yan is already a little bit moved about returning to Jizhou, but why did he say that he would think about it for three days?"

Guo Jia shook his feather fan lightly, and said slowly: "My lord, don't look at Zhang Yan as the lord of Montenegro, but Zhang Niujiao has a lot of old men under him. It is an unknown quantity. In Jia’s opinion, his so-called three-day consideration is to try to persuade these old people.”