Three Kingdoms King of the North

After hearing this, Hu Zhi smiled lightly, and said, "Although Yuan Shao has occupied Jizhou for some time, and has replaced a large number of officials who are loyal to the Han family, there are still many officials who are not optimistic about him in the subordinate counties and counties. From Gongsun Zan and After Young Master Han dispatched his troops, the surrender of cities along the way shows that Yuan Shao has not yet fully controlled Jizhou, and if there is no accident, he will be driven out of Jizhou by the two of them sooner or later."

After Sui Gu finished listening, he pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I think we should help Gongsun Zan. After all, he is the Marquis of Ji and General Fenwu appointed by the imperial court. He is not much better than that little decree related to the country."

"Don't look at the son of the Han family as just a small decree related to the country," Hu Zhi heard that Sui Gu specifically mentioned Gongsun Zan's identity, fearing that Zhang Yan would be shaken, he quickly persuaded: "But he is the son of the Han family after all. When the former Han family in Jizhou saw him, they would give him a bit of a face, which would increase his chances of winning back Jizhou."

When Sui Gu wanted to ask a few more questions, Zhang Yan had already stood up and shouted at Du Chang who was standing on the lower right: "Where is Du Chang?"

Du Zhang hurriedly came out, clasped his fists to salute Zhang Yan, and replied loudly: "The end is here!"

Zhang Yandao: "I order you to lead fifty thousand troops, and together with the military division, rush to Jizhou to join Mr. Han."

"The last general takes orders!"

When Hu Zhi, Du Chang and others went to prepare for the expedition, Sui Gu looked at Zhang Yan and asked, "Brother Zhang, I don't understand, why do you insist on sending someone to help that son of the Han family? Yuan Shao of Shi Sangong?"

Zhang Yan stared at Sui Gu for a while, and said, "Brother Sui Gu, there are two reasons why I am going to send troops to help Young Master Han. One is what Junshi Hu said, there are still many old Han families in Jizhou, It can help them defeat Yuan Shao; the second reason is because Mr. Han’s sworn elder brother, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, are my true fellow villagers. In this way, Mr. Han can be regarded as half of my fellow villagers. Difficult, how can I sit idly by?"

Hearing Zhang Yan's far-fetched reason, Sui Gu shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang, I have said everything I need to say. Since you are so stubborn, then do it yourself." After speaking, he got up and rushed to Zhang Yan. Clasping hands, "Little brother bid farewell."

Watching the back of Sui Gu leaving, Zhang Yan couldn't help asking herself: "Am I wrong? Even if I want to help, I should help Gongsun Zan instead of listening to the military advisor's persuasion to help that Young Master Han?"

Han Zhan's army stayed in Guangnian City for two days.Seeing that Han Zhan hadn't left for a long time, Xun You couldn't sit still. He said to Guo Jia who was in the same room, "Feng Xiao, we have stayed in Guangnian for two days. I don't know when the envoy will leave?"

Guo Jia, who was drinking, glanced at Xun You, drank the wine in his hand, and said, "It's not that you don't want to leave, but that the time has not come."

"The timing hasn't come yet?" Xun You was confused by Guo Jia's words, he stared at Guo Jia with wide eyes and asked, "Feng Xiao, what do you mean by that?"

"Gongdamo needs to be in a hurry," Guo Jia said to Xun You with a smile, "Do you still remember that I accompanied the envoy to search for the treasure in black?"

"That's right, I remember this." Xun You nodded and said, "The gold and silver utensils, jewelry and copper coins found in the cave were transported more than a dozen times in hundreds of wheelbarrows before they were all brought out. "

After Xun You finished speaking, Guo Jia asked with a smile, "Then do you know where these gold and silver utensils and copper coins are used?"

"Does it need to be said, repairing the city, reclaiming wasteland, building docks and ships, buying grain and grass, etc., all these do not need money." When Xun You said this, he suddenly stopped. He stared at Guo Jia and said in surprise : "Is there any other use that I don't know?"

Guo Jia laughed loudly: "Gongda, it seems that you have finally figured it out. Shijun and Xunxian Cheng sent people to send those gold and silver vessels and jewelry to Chang'an, the capital, and dedicated them to the current Holy Majesty."

Hearing this, Xun You suddenly realized: "That's how it is!" He thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Uncle and envoy's move is really clever. I believe that it will not be long before envoy will be promoted to rank."

"That's right, that's right." Guo Jia nodded slightly, and said with certainty: "We stay in Guangnian for the time being, and we have three purposes: one is to wait for the arrival of the angel, and to add officials to the envoy; the other is to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan will fight to the death, and when they both lose, we will go and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman."

Seeing what Guo Jia said, Xun You actually stopped, and was slowly pouring wine into his wine bottle. He quickly snatched the wine bottle from his hand, and asked anxiously: "Then there is another purpose, what is it?" ?”

"Wait," Guo Jia snatched the jug back from Xun You's hand, and said slowly, "If my guess is not wrong, the army sent by Zhang Yan is already on the way, and they can fight with our army in a few days." confluence."

The two were talking, when Rob ran in from the outside, he said out of breath, "Mr. Guo, Mr. Xun's Mansion, please go to the main hall immediately."

After hearing what Luo Bu said, Guo Jia smiled at Xun You and said in a low voice, "It looks like an angel has come!"

But Xun You still didn't believe Guo Jia's judgment, so he asked Luo Bu curiously, "Your Majesty is in a hurry to summon the two of us, what's the matter?"

"Going back to the Young Master's Mansion," Rob quickly replied, "The angel who came to deliver the decree is already outside the city. Your Majesty invited you to the main hall to welcome the angel."

When the two rushed to the main hall in a hurry, they found that the place was already heavily guarded. Besides the soldiers of the Han family army, there was also a group of Habayashi soldiers in red clothes.Seeing Guo Jia and Xun You hurrying over, the Habayashi Army immediately stepped forward to stop them: "Idlers are not allowed to enter!"

Rob hurriedly cupped his hands at the other party, and said, "This is Master Xun and Mr. Guo from the Young Mansion, and I was summoned by the envoy's order."

Hearing what Luo Bu said, the Habayashi Army immediately stepped aside to let Xun You, Guo Jia and others pass.

When the three of them walked into the main hall, they heard an eunuch wearing a black palace uniform, holding an imperial decree and saying in a high-pitched voice: "Han Zhan, the minister of the country, conquered the Yellow Turbans, suppressed the bandits, and rescued him." Liu Gui, the lord of the Thieves' Cave, has made great achievements, and is specially worshiped as the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion."

After reading the decree, not only Guo Jia, Xun You and others were stunned, but even Han Zhan was also stunned.He didn't expect that he rescued Liu Gui by accident and made himself a Marquis?In fact, I and Xun Yu gave gifts to the court because they wanted to be promoted, so that when they controlled Jizhou in the future, they could be justified.

Chapter 0096

But Han Zhan only hesitated for a moment, and kowtowed to the imperial decree to thank him: "My humble minister Han Zhan, accept the decree to thank you!"

The eunuch re-rolled the imperial decree in his hand, walked over and handed it to Han Zhan, and said with a smile on his face, "Congratulations, Mr. Han, you have become a Marquis at a young age."

When Han Zhan received the imperial edict, he quietly stuffed a piece of gold cake in his hand into the eunuch's hand.The eunuch suddenly felt his hands sink, and looked down, and saw that there was a piece of golden cake, and the smile on his face suddenly became wider.He cupped his hands towards Han Zhan, and said, "The old slave has passed the decree, and now he will return to Beijing to revise the decree. Young Lord, we will meet later."

After the eunuch and the Yulin army left, Guo Jia and Xun You hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, saying: "Congratulations to the envoy, congratulations to the envoy, you have been entrusted as a marquis at a young age, and your future will definitely be limitless."

Han Zhan returned to the table and sat down, put the imperial decree in front of him, called the two to sit down, and then asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, the current court's decree is below. Although I have not been promoted, I have been awarded a title. , what should we do next?"

"Back to the young master." Guo Jia no longer called Han Zhan the envoy, but changed his name to the young master. "Gongsun Zan is still standing still in Fuliu City. We have to wait. If we rush to send troops, Yuan Shao will lead the Jizhou army to come." For the battle, he has a large number of soldiers, and his soldiers have been in battle for a long time, so he is not something our army can contend with." With these words, he still advised Han Zhan to hold back his troops for the time being, and then send troops when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are both defeated. Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The three of them were talking, when Zhao Yun hurried in from the outside and stood in the hall to report to Han Zhan: "I have just received a message from Xizuo from Jizhou."

Hearing the news from Jizhou, Han Zhan quickly ordered: "Get it up quickly."

Zhao Yun took a few steps forward and handed a piece of white silk full of words to Han Zhan.As soon as Han Zhan took the white silk, he couldn't wait to start browsing the content on it.Guo Jia and Xun You, who were sitting at the bottom, watched Han Zhan's face carefully, trying to figure out whether the news from Xi Zuo was good news or bad news.

After reading a few lines, Han Zhan frowned, and then his face became more and more serious.After reading the above content, he slapped the white silk on the table and said angrily: "Tie Yuan, you are really deceiving people!"

"Young Lord," seeing Han Zhan getting angry, Guo Jia got up quickly and asked curiously, "I don't know what is written on the white silk that makes you so angry?"

Standing aside, Zhao Yun couldn't help showing a surprised expression when he heard Guo Jia addressing Han Zhan.Because he was busy in the barracks just now, he didn't even know that Han Zhan had been granted the Marquis.

Han Zhan threw the white silk in his hand to Guo Jia, and said indignantly: "Yuan thief sent people to capture all the military officials who were close to the Han family in Jizhou City, ransacked them all, and killed more than 2000 people. And the two adults, Geng Wu and Min Chun, are now also thrown into prison, and when our soldiers approach the city of Jizhou, they will be executed on the tower."

After reading the white silk in his hand, Guo Jia handed it to Xun You, looked at Han Zhan and asked, "Young Master, what are you going to do?"

"Geng Wu and Min Chun are very kind to me. Now that something happened to them, I can't just sit idly by." Han Zhan turned his head and told Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you immediately arrange capable people to rush to Jizhou in the starry night. Try to rescue the two adults."

Zhao Yun quickly replied: "I obey! Yun will send people to sneak into Jizhou as soon as possible to rescue the two adults."

Seeing Zhao Yun turned around to leave, Han Zhan stopped him again: "Zilong, General Zhang of the Black Mountain Army, once said that he would send troops to assist us. Is there any news about them?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, and replied, "Yun Xiang has sent scouts everywhere, but so far, he has not received any news of the Black Mountain Army dispatching troops."

Without the assistance of the Black Mountain Army, attacking Jizhou with nearly [-] people in his own hands would be a bit like hitting a stone with an egg.Han Zhan stood there silent for a long time, and then announced to everyone: "We will stay in Guangnian City for another two days. If there is still no news from the Black Mountain Army, we must march to Jizhou no matter whether Gongsun Zan sends troops or not."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia sighed softly, and said rather helplessly, "This is the only way to go now."

"My lord, my lord!" At this moment, Xia Houlan's voice suddenly came from outside the hall.Following the shout, Xia Houlan rushed into the hall with a happy face. Before everyone could speak, he excitedly said to Han Zhan: "Congratulations, envoy! Congratulations, envoy! This is really great news."

Han Zhan looked at Xia Houlan and wondered if the good news he was talking about was referring to his being a marquis?Just as he was about to ask, Xia Houlan suddenly heard Xia Houlan continue: "Report to the envoy, the envoy sent by Hu envoy is outside the county government office, and he has brought us good news."

Knowing that Hu Zhi's emissary was outside the county government office, Han Zhan immediately felt refreshed, and quickly said to Xia Houlan, "Then why don't you hurry up and invite him in!"

After a while, Xia Houlan helped a pale man in casual clothes into the lobby.Seeing Han Zhan standing behind the table, the man quickly broke free from Xia Houlan's grasp, knelt down and saluted Han Zhan: "The villain sees Mr. Han!"

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan made a gesture of invitation to the other party, and then asked curiously, "I wonder if Mr. Hu sent you here, is there anything important?"

With Xia Houlan's support, the envoy stood up again and replied: "If you return to the envoy of Han, three days ago, my envoy and the school lieutenant Du Changfeng ordered General Zhang to command [-] troops and rush to Jizhou day and night. .It will take another four days at most to reach Jizhou."

Hearing that Zhang Yan sent troops, Han Zhan's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally fell back into his stomach.He hurriedly told Xia Houlan: "The envoy has worked hard all the way, you should hurry up and arrange a place for the envoy so that he can rest well!"