Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chen Gong knew that Zhang Chao still wanted to go back and persuade Zhang Miao again, but he didn't stop him.Although the probability of success was not high, at least there was a glimmer of hope, so he did not dissuade Zhang Chao, but bowed to the other party, and left the prefect's mansion with his followers.

As soon as Chen Gong left, Zhang Chao couldn't wait to find Zhang Miao, and asked straight to the point: "Brother, I want to ask you, Gongtai asked you to send troops alone, and you are worried that Cao Mengde will ask for help from others and make our army suffer from the enemy. Proposal Form an alliance with the Marquis of Anyang, and you use the death of Lord Han to make an issue. There are no outsiders here, give me an accurate word, will you send troops or not?"

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 502 Divide East County Evenly

Zhang Miao didn't say anything, because he still couldn't make a decision on whether he should send troops to attack Cao Mengde.

Seeing that his elder brother didn't speak, Zhang Chao stomped his feet anxiously: "Brother, what on earth are you thinking? You have to give my brother and me a sigh of relief. Are you willing to send troops to attack Cao Mengde?"

"Second brother," Zhang Miao asked calmly after Zhang Chao finished speaking, "Do you think we can destroy Cao Mengde with our current strength?"

"No." Zhang Chao replied unequivocally: "But Gongtai is not suggesting that we form an alliance with the Marquis of Anyang to deal with Cao Mengde together. With the help of the Marquis of Anyang, it is easy to destroy Cao Mengde."

"Then what capital do you think we have to form an alliance with the Marquis of Anyang?" Zhang Miao sneered and said, "The Marquis of Anyang now has a large number of troops and ample food and grass. What about teaming up?"

What Zhang Miao said made Zhang Chao speechless. He thought to himself, this is really the case.It is said that the Marquis of Anyang had just pacified Qingzhou when his troops were strong and his horses were strong. If he wanted to destroy Cao Mengde, the army could come all the way to the city of Dongjun. At that time, Cao Mengde could only be captured without a fight.

Zhang Chao was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "Brother, in my opinion, the reason why the Marquis of Anyang did not send troops for so long was probably because he was worried that some people in the court would discuss it. If we form an alliance with him and discuss Cao Mengde together, he will be able to leave the army." famous."

"Even if Marquis Anyang is only short of the name of righteousness, have you ever thought about what capital we have to make him form an alliance with us?" After talking for a long time, the words returned to the original starting point: "Even if we can give him a The reason for sending troops, but there is no condition that makes him tempted, can he send troops to assist us?"

Zhang Chao seemed to have considered Zhang Miao's worries a long time ago. He quickly said, "This is easy. If the Marquis of Anyang assists us in capturing Dongjun, we can share the counties of Dongjun equally with him..."

Before Zhang Chao finished speaking, Zhang Miao laughed loudly: "Second brother, with your proposal, I am afraid that the Marquis of Anyang will not be able to manage money at all. With his strength, he can easily capture Dongjun, so why bother with him?" How about we divide it equally? Also, when Yuan Benchu ​​asked Gongsun Zan to attack Jizhou, he also put forward the condition of dividing Jizhou equally. As a result, as soon as Jizhou was captured, Yuan Benchu ​​turned his face and refused to recognize anyone. He even sent someone to pretend to be Dong Zhuo The subordinates killed Gongsun Zan's brother, so that the two sides fought a big battle."

"Brother, we don't need to come forward in this matter." Zhang Chao saw that his brother was still worried, so he said cautiously: "Gongtai has a little friendship with the Marquis of Anyang, how about asking him to come forward?"

"Let the public platform come forward?" Zhang Miao fell into deep thought about Zhang Chao's proposal. He was not only considering whether Chen Gong could persuade Han Zhan, but also whether he should take down Dongjun if he really won Dongjun. Chen Gong stayed by his side, after all, he once drew a big cake for himself, saying that he could help him become the governor of Yanzhou.But if Han Zhan recruits Chen Gong, what should he do? "Is this appropriate?"

"It's nothing inappropriate." Zhang Chao saw a glimmer of hope, and immediately became excited, "It happens that the public platform is in the younger brother's house, and the younger brother immediately sent someone to invite him over to discuss this matter together."

After getting Zhang Miao's consent, Zhang Chao immediately ran to the door and shouted outside: "Come here, come here!"

Hearing Zhang Chao's shout, a team leader on duty immediately trotted over, cupped his fists and saluted him, and asked respectfully, "What's the second general's order?"

Zhang Chao pointed at the other party and ordered: "Quickly go to my mansion, invite Mr. Gongtai here, and say that the prefect has something important to discuss."

Although Zhang Chao was Zhang Miao's younger brother, the team leader did not dare to accept his order lightly, but turned his questioning eyes to Zhang Miao who was walking over.Zhang Miao saw the team leader's hesitation, so he nodded at him and said, "Just follow the second general's order."

After the team leader got Zhang Miao's permission, he replied loudly: "Here!" He turned and went out of the mansion to look for Chen Gong.

After two sticks of incense, Chen Gong reappeared in front of Zhang Miao.After Zhang Miao asked him to sit down, he ordered his servants to serve wine and food, and said apologetically to Chen Gong, "Gongtai, today I have no choice but to beat you into the boss in public, so there must be Cao Mengde's eyeliner in the hall..."

Chen Gong is a smart man, he had already guessed Zhang Miao's true intentions when he ordered him to be imprisoned, now seeing Zhang Miao confessing his mistake to him, he said magnanimously: "Meng Zhuomo wants to blame himself, Gong I understand your difficulties." He knew that Zhang Miao called him back at this time, and he would definitely not want to apologize to himself, so he asked straight to the point, "Could it be that Meng Zhuo recruited the palace so far for the purpose of forming an alliance with the Marquis of Anyang?"

"Exactly, exactly." Zhang Miao nodded and said, "Gongtai has dealt with the Marquis of Anyang before. If you represent me in this matter, I think he might betray your face. If the Marquis of Anyang is willing to send troops, get After entering Dongjun, I am willing to share Dongjun with him equally."

"Meng Zhuo, please don't worry." In order to reassure Zhang Miao, Chen Gong said in a big way: "The palace will definitely fulfill its mission." We will assist Meng Zhuo to obtain the entire Yanzhou."

It is Zhang Miao's wish to become the governor of Yizhou, but he still lacks the confidence to let him replace Liu Dai.He smiled bitterly and said, "Gongtai, do you really think I can become the Lord of Yanzhou?"

"Meng Zhuo, you have served as the prefect of Chenliu for many years. You have a very high prestige and tens of thousands of elite soldiers under your command. Even when Yuan Benchu ​​occupied Jizhou, you did not dare to make things difficult for you." Chen Gong said: "Now in Yanzhou, your strength is comparable to that of Cao A Evenly matched, as long as Cao Aman is eliminated, the rest of the counties will support you as the Lord of Yanzhou."

The big cake painted by Chen Gong immediately made Zhang Miao full of confidence.He suddenly slapped the cases in front of him, stood up, and said to Chen Gong: "Since Gongtai said so, then I will formally appoint you as Chen Liu's envoy, go to Yedu to meet Anyanghou, and ask him to join forces to attack Cao Mengde. After the matter is completed, I will share the East County with him."

Chen Gong got up quickly, bowed to Zhang Miao and said, "Gong is ordered! You can set off for Yedu early tomorrow morning and persuade the Marquis of Anyang to raise troops."

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement and that the food and drink had been served, Zhang Chao stood up, raised the wine bottle in his hand, and said to Chen Gong, "Gongtai, I wish you a smooth journey and arrive in Yecheng as soon as possible. Come, let's have a full drink." This cup! Do it!"

Chen Gong also raised the wine bottle in his hand, gestured to Zhang Chao, then raised his head, and drank the fine wine in the bottle.

Chapter 503

Since Guo Jia returned to Yedu, he only showed up twice in Han Zhan's state pastoral mansion, and then stayed in his own mansion, drinking and having fun every day.And Han Zhan himself was busy rehearsing Huangmei Opera, so he didn't ask anyone to call him.

He didn't see Han Zhan calling him for a day or two, but Guo Jia didn't care too much.But for half a month, Han Zhan never sent anyone to his mansion, which surprised Guo Jia.In order to find out what was going on, he decided to visit the house himself.

Guo Jia arrived in front of the state pastoral mansion on horseback, and Rob, who was guarding the door, saw him from a long distance away, and hurriedly greeted him, "Little Rob, I have seen the military advisor!"

Guo Jia reined in his horse, leaned over and asked, "Robu, is my lord in the mansion?"

"Yes, yes!" Hearing Guo Jia's question, Rob nodded vigorously, and said in an affirmative tone, "In the past half a month, I have never left the house."

"Haven't you left the mansion for half a month?!" Guo Jia got off his horse and asked with a frown, "What does my lord do every day in the mansion for recreation?"

Rob took the reins from Guo Jia's hand, pulled the horse towards the gate of the mansion, and said, "My lord leads a group of band girls in the mansion every day to rehearse his new Huangmei Opera."

"Huangmei Opera?!" Hearing what Rob said, Guo Jia showed a blank expression on his face, and he asked in amazement, "What is Huangmei Opera?"

"My lord said that Huangmei Opera is a new kind of opera..." Rob had just finished speaking when he saw Guo Jia frowned, worried that he couldn't speak clearly, so he laughed and said, "Military division, my little mouth is stupid, It won't be clear for a while, you'd better go to the mansion to see it with your own eyes. Once you see it, you can understand what's going on."

Guo Jia nodded, and walked towards the gate of the mansion.The soldier standing at the door hurriedly bowed to Guo Jia, and then opened the door.Rob threw the reins to one of the soldiers and asked him to lead the horse to the stables behind, and he respectfully led Guo Jia into the house.

Twenty or thirty steps away from the backyard, Guo Jia heard the singing coming from the yard. He couldn't help but stop, and said to Rob, "Could it be the Huangmei Opera you're talking about?"

"That's right." Rob said with a smile, "You can go inside and listen, I'm sure you'll like it." When he said this, he glanced at the absent-minded soldiers at the entrance of the backyard, and added "Look at the people at the door, they are attracted by the Huangmei Opera inside." The strange singing voice and the gaffe of the soldiers at the door made Guo Jia full of interest in the Huangmei Opera invented by Han Zhan.

Guo Jia walked into the yard quickly, and saw two young and beautiful women standing in the middle of the yard, babbling and singing the tune he had just heard, and a group of girls from the orchestra beside them were accompaniment for them with musical instruments.And his protagonist, Han Zhan, was leaning on a couch, shaking his head with his eyes closed, listening with great joy.

Seeing Han Zhan listening so engrossed, Guo Jia hurriedly walked two steps, came to Han Zhan and bowed to salute, "I will see you, my lord!"

Han Zhan, who was listening vigorously, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard Guo Jia's voice.When he saw Guo Jia standing in front of him clearly, he quickly sat up straight, and said to the other party, "It turns out that Feng Xiao is here, hurry up and sit down and listen to the music together."

Guo Jia didn't pay much attention in front of Han Zhan. Seeing him calling him to sit down, Guo Jia sat beside Han Zhan carelessly and asked curiously, "My lord, what are these girls singing?"

"Huangmei Opera." After Han Zhan answered casually, he felt that he didn't speak in detail, and added, "I figured it out by myself. Feng Xiao, how is it, does it sound good?"

"Not bad, not bad." Guo Jia felt that although the singing method of this song was strange, it was really nice, so he nodded and said, "Not only is the song nice, but these two girls also sing nicely. But I don't know what the song is called?"

"They are singing "The Son-In-Law". The girl on the left is playing the princess in the story, and the girl on the right is Feng Suzhen. This story is about..." Han Zhan deliberately made Guo Jia's interest The whole story of "The Female Consort" was told in detail, and finally said, "In the end, the emperor made the decision and released Li Zhaoting who was wronged and imprisoned, and made him marry Feng Suzhen, and the lovers finally got married."

"Interesting, indeed interesting." Guo Jia listened to Han Zhan tell the whole story of the daughter-in-law, and looked at the two beautiful women singing in front of him, nodded repeatedly and said, "The Huangmei opera that the lord has conceived is really extraordinary. Fan Xiang. If it gets out, it will be popular in the capital soon."

"Benhou plans to bring these women into the palace in a few days, and sing Huangmei opera to the current emperor." Han Zhan said with a half-smile, "He's nestled in the palace all day, and he doesn't even think about going out for a walk. He always looks for something Give him something to relieve his boredom."

Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help being silent for a while. He thought that Han Zhan created this thing for his own entertainment, but he didn't expect it to be for the present Holy Majesty.Even though he was Han Zhan's military advisor, there were rumors in the capital that Han Zhan wanted to replace Han. Although he didn't believe such rumors, he felt a bit grudged.At this moment, seeing with his own eyes the pastimes that Han Zhan prepared for Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he felt that his lord would not have any rebellious heart at all, otherwise he would not have spent all his time preparing these things for Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After Han Zhan finished speaking, Guo Jia would definitely express his opinion in the future, but he waited for a long time, but did not hear the voice. He turned his head and found that Guo Jia was staring at the woman singing in a daze, so he raised his hand on his shoulder With a pat, he asked, "Feng Xiao, you look so preoccupied, what are you thinking?"

Guo Jia woke up from his contemplation. He smiled at Han Zhan and said casually, "My lord, I just want to let His Majesty listen to "The Son-in-Law" twice, and I'm afraid he will get bored. If there is more A Huangmei Opera may be better."

"Feng Xiao, don't worry." Han Zhan thought that Guo Jia was thinking about it just now, so he waved his hand and said carelessly, "How could Ben Hou only prepare one "The Female Consort"? There is another Huangmei Opera that has been rehearsed." "Pairing of Immortals", let them sing it to you after they finish singing this one. In addition, Ben Hou also has two volumes, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and "Chasing Fish", which are now being handed over to Zhaoji and the others for polishing. After they finish writing, they can formally rehearse."

Although Han Zhan can remember a lot of operas in his mind, it would be a time-consuming and labor-intensive task for him to write them out one by one.Therefore, he thought of a compromise method, which was to call Cai Yan and others together and tell them the stories he knew.After the story is finished, ask them to sort out the stories.

""Pairing of Immortals"?!" Just now when Han Zhan told about "The Female Consort", Guo Jia was amazed. Now that he heard that there is another "Pairing of Immortals", he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what story is it telling?"