Three Kingdoms King of the North

"My lords, you have suffered. Please go back to Guangping City with Zhan!" Han Zhan and Geng Min exchanged a few words, then ordered them to nod and return to Guangping. He was appointed as the prefect of Guangping.

Everyone talked and laughed along the way, and Geng and Min were very grateful for their escape, and expressed their thanks to Han Zhan again and again.Han Zhan also felt extremely happy that he had two more officials who were good at internal affairs.

But just to be on the safe side, he still asked Geng Wu tentatively: "Geng Changshi, Guangping County is short of a prefect. I wonder if you would like to take up this position?"

After Geng Wu heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face: "Since the young master trusts the old man so much, the old man will naturally do his part."

Seeing that it was only a hundred steps away from the Guangping City Gate, a sudden change suddenly occurred.Geng Wu, who was talking to Han Zhan, suddenly paused, and then spit out a mouthful of black blood.

Seeing Geng Wu's body falling softly towards his side, Han Zhan quickly reached out to support him, and asked nervously, "Geng Changshi, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?"

"I hate Fengji so much," Geng Wu looked up at Han Zhan, and said weakly, "In the morning he said he would send us on the road, and he prepared food and wine for us, but I didn't expect the food and wine to be poisonous." Before he finished speaking, he nodded. Once crooked, there is no breath.

Han Zhan quickly looked at Min Chun who was beside him, and saw that the other party was also lying motionless on the horseback, apparently dead from anger.

"Fengji dog thief," Han Zhan hugged Geng Wu's body, raised his head and roared angrily, "Sooner or later, I will tear your corpse into thousands of pieces to avenge today's revenge!"

Chapter 0107

The killing of Geng Wu and Min Chun made Han Zhan extremely angry.If it wasn't for these two people helping him overtly and covertly, it would be a dream if he wanted to send troops from Sheguo County and reach Guangping City smoothly.In order to repay his kindness, Han Zhan petitioned to exchange five captives, including Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family, in exchange for the two of them returning safely.

As soon as Han Zhan returned to the prefect's mansion, he immediately issued orders: "Xia Houlan led [-] troops as the vanguard, Zhao Yun led [-] troops as the Chinese army's support, and Dian Wei led [-] troops as the rear team. We will set off for Jizhou early tomorrow morning. "

After listening to Han Zhan's general order, Guo Jia quickly persuaded: "Young Lord, no, you must not rush to send troops. There are more than 1 defenders in Jizhou City. We use the same force to attack the city, except for the loss of soldiers and generals. , It is impossible to seize the city. Once Yuan Tan returns to attack, our entire army is in danger of being wiped out."

Guo Jia's words made Han Zhan, who was furious, calm down again.He thought about it carefully for a while, and felt that what Guo Jia said was very reasonable, and then asked: "Is there any good strategy for Fengxiao?"

"For the current plan, we can only send envoys to contact Gongsun Zan and let him speed up the attack to attract Yuan Shao's attention." Guo Jia said to Han Zhan: "As long as Yuan Shao dispatches troops to reinforce Jieqiao, the city of Jizhou will The defense of the city will become empty, and it will not be too late for us to send troops to attack the city."

"Forget it, I'll send someone to contact Gongsun Zan." Han Zhan knew that Guo Jia was the top military advisor in the Three Kingdoms, and his suggestion would only be beneficial, not harmful, so he made a decisive decision: "But Guang sent messengers over, which seemed a bit insincere. How about this, Xia Houlan led a hundred cavalry to escort Gongda's cousin to Gongsun Zan's camp overnight, and urged them to speed up their march to Jieqiao."

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Xun You and Xia Houlan came out and replied, "I obey!"

After Han Zhan and the other two took orders, they asked Zhao Yun, "Zilong, I don't know where Hu Zhi and Du Chang's army is now?"

"Reply to Lord Hou," Zhao Yun hurriedly replied, "According to the reports from the scouts, they have set up camp outside Ren County, and are now confronting the army led by Yuan Tan and Chou."

Ren County and Jizhou are hundreds of miles away. Since Hu Zhi and Du Chang's army is blocked there, they can't help themselves in a short time.Thinking of this, Han Zhan couldn't help becoming irritable again.

Guo Jia saw Han Zhan's strangeness, and hurriedly came out and said to him: "Young Lord, although our troops will not be able to attack Jizhou in a short period of time, Yuan Shao will also be unable to mobilize troops to attack us. We just take advantage of this favorable opportunity , to pacify the rest of the counties."

"Squeeze other counties?" Han Zhan couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, and then asked, "Which counties does Feng Xiao think we should seize?"

"Young Lord, please take a look," Guo Jia walked to the map hanging in a corner of the lobby, pointed to the lower right corner of Guangping City and said, "As far as Jia knows, we will go south to fetch Ping'en, Qingyuan, and Guantao. Tao has [-] soldiers stationed, and the other two cities have no more than [-] soldiers, so we can go down with one blow."

Guo Jia's suggestion moved Han Zhan's heart, but he still asked cautiously: "If Guantao sent troops to rescue us when we captured Ping'en and Qingyuan, how should we deal with it?"

"Please don't worry, little lord," Guo Jia said with a smile, "Ping'en and Qingyuan's guards are all Yuan Shao's old troops. The guard of Guantao is the new captain Zhang Yun. You must know that he is the old Han family. He won't turn to help immediately, and considering your father's name, he probably won't take the initiative to fight."

"It's so good." In Han Zhan's heart, he always wanted to pull Zhang He over. Cao Cao's corners had already been dug out by himself, and Yuan Shao's corners naturally had to be dug.It's a pity that I don't know where Gao Lan is now. If he knows, he must find a way to dig it out and see how Yuan Shao can get enough "Hebei Four Court Columns". "Tomorrow morning," after he had matured his thoughts, he began to give orders again: "Dian Wei, Feng Xiao and I will lead three thousand troops to attack Guantao. Zilong will lead eight thousand troops to defend Guangping City."

"Lord Hou," just as Han Zhan finished speaking, Zhao Yun began to persuade: "You are a body of ten thousand gold, how can you be in danger so easily? Why don't you and Dian Wei stay and defend the city, and Zilong is willing to lead his troops to wipe out the land in the south?" Counties."

"Zilong," Han Zhan said stubbornly, "I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."

Seeing that Han Zhan was stubborn, Zhao Yun knew that it would be useless to persuade him, so he could only sigh inwardly, and retreated into the queue again.

And Guo Jia added at this time: "Young Lord, as far as I know, Zhang Jun is a dutiful son. His mother and family members are all in Jizhou. Why don't you send someone to pick him up quietly, so you may still have a chance to persuade him to surrender."

Guo Jia's words were exactly in line with Han Zhan's intentions. One more general on his side, and one less general on Yuan Shao's side. With the ups and downs, he will gradually be able to compete with Yuan Shao.Thinking of this, he quickly said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you send a few clever subordinates to sneak into Jizhou overnight to fetch Zhang He's family members, there must be no mistakes!"

"Your subordinates take orders!" Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped out again and replied loudly.

In the early morning of the next day, Han Zhan set off to the south with [-] soldiers and horses.

In addition to Guo Jia and Dian Wei, Wuli accompanied him, and there was also Huang Zhong.The reason why he brought Huang Zhong was because of his bad taste.He remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu fought for several days without a winner; Zhang Fei and Zhang Yun did not win at Wakou Pass, and Zhao Yun and Zhang He did not draw a winner at Changbanpo.So let Huang Zhong fight Zhang Yun, who will be the final winner?

It is precisely because of this mentality that when he dispatched troops, he deliberately brought Huang Zhong with him, and he also made the piece under Huang Zhong's command the vanguard of the entire army.Huang Zhong couldn't guess what Han Zhan was thinking, thinking that Han Zhan made him a pioneer because he valued him, and he was full of gratitude to him.

The troops marched forty miles along the official road, and it was almost noon, when Han Zhan was about to order the troops to stop and bury pots and cook food on the spot, when suddenly a cavalry came galloping.When he came in front of Han Zhan, he didn't even care about the horse, so he cupped his hands at Han Zhan and said, "Report to Lord Marquis, Yuan Shao's army is found ahead."

"What, Yuan Shao's army has been spotted ahead?" Guo Jia, who was on a par with Han Zhan, heard the return of the scouting horse, and immediately asked nervously, "How many troops are there?"

"About ten thousand people."

If you visit the horse, the faces of the surrounding soldiers will change drastically. There are only 3000 people in total, while the opponent has tens of thousands.Everyone looked nervously at Han Zhan to see what decision he would make.

Chapter 0108

Guo Jia heard that Yuan's army had three times as many troops as his own, and he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly grabbed Han Zhan's arm and said, "Young Lord, the enemy army is powerful and our army is outnumbered. Why don't you retreat temporarily and find a dangerous place to fortify?" At the same time, send someone to report to General Zilong, asking him to send troops to help quickly."

"Feng Xiao, far away water can't quench near thirst." Although Han Zhan felt flustered for a while, in order not to arouse the panic of the soldiers, he still said to Guo Jia with his usual expression: "Even if we send people to hurry back to the city, wait It will take four or five hours for Zilong to lead his troops to arrive. Even if we have not been completely wiped out by the enemy, Zilong's soldiers and horses are exhausted, how can they be the opponents of Yuan Jun who are waiting for work?" After finishing these words , he asked Tan Ma again, "Can you find out who is leading the enemy army?"

Tan Ma replied: "If you go back to Lord Hou, the villain not only sees the Yuan Zida flag, but also sees two flags, Zhang and Gao."

Hearing that there were two flags of "Zhang" and "Gao", Han Zhan thought it couldn't be such a coincidence, the generals of Yuan Jun who led the army were actually Zhang Yun and Gao Lan?If this is the case, then the next battle will be easy to fight.He then asked: "Where is Huang Junhou now?"

Tan Ma quickly replied: "Huang Junhou used to be five miles ahead, and he set up his position, ready to meet the enemy."

Han Zhan pointed his horsewhip forward, and told Dian Wei, who was waiting for news, "Let's continue marching and join forces with Huang Junhou."

Dian Wei originally had the same thoughts as Guo Jia in his heart, hoping that Han Zhan would retreat in time.But he didn't expect Han Zhan to order to continue marching. He could only bite the bullet and agree, but he was thinking in his heart: If he was defeated later, even if he risked his life, he must protect Lord Hou from the siege.

After walking for a stick of incense, Han Zhan saw Huang Zhong's vanguard troops from a distance, 500 people in units of [-] people, lined up in five neat square teams, facing an enemy army twenty times their size, Not flustered at all.And the Marquis Huang Zhong, at the moment, was in front of the formation, brandishing a broadsword to confront one person.

Han Zhan originally thought that the person fighting Huang Zhong was Zhang Yun, but after a closer look, the weapon used by that person was a knife instead of a gun, only to find that the person who was inextricably killed by Huang Zhong was Gao Lan.

Han Zhan came to the front of the formation and looked towards the opposite side, only to see a general holding a spear in front of Yuan Jun's formation, staring vigilantly at the two people fighting in the field.Han Zhan recognized at a glance that the general was none other than the Zhang Yun he was familiar with.

Although Gao Lan is one of the "Four Court Columns of Hebei", he is obviously the one with the worst martial arts among the four.After fighting Huang Zhong for more than twenty rounds, seeing that he couldn't resist, he turned his horse's head and ran back.How could Huang Zhong let him go so easily, he urged his horse to chase after him.

Seeing Gao Lan's defeat, Zhang Yun let out a roar, and rushed up to meet Huang Zhong, and the two quickly came together.Seeing the two of them gnashing their teeth, they fought fiercely with one knife and one gun.Guo Jia, who was beside Han Zhan, said in a low voice, "Young Lord, judging from the military uniforms, the army on the opposite side is the Jizhou Army, and there is no Bohai Navy. Maybe we can try to pull Zhang He over!"

Han Zhan thought for a moment, decided to take a risk, and urged his horse to charge towards the two people who were fighting fiercely.At the same time, he shouted: "Stop, stop, stop beating!"

Huang Zhong and Zhang Yun, who were in the middle of the battle, heard Han Zhan's shout, and after fighting each other, they put away their weapons, reined in their horses and retreated, and turned their eyes to Han Zhan who was rushing over.

Han Zhan came to Huang Zhong's side, and asked Zhang Yun who was a few steps away: "General Jun, you are my father's old department, why do you want to serve Yuan thief?"

After seeing the filial piety on Han Zhan's body, Zhang Yun couldn't help but be surprised: "My lord, who are you wearing filial piety for?"

Hearing Zhang Yun's question, Han Zhan almost fell off his horse, and said in his heart that I launched an army to attack Yuan Shao in the name of avenging my father, you don't know it until now, right?He said dumbfoundedly: "My father and the entire Han family were murdered by Yuan Thief, so I raised troops to avenge my family. The filial piety I wear is to wear filial piety for family members who died unjustly."

Hearing that Han Fu was dead, the muscles on Zhang Yun's face twitched violently a few times. He was silent for a long time before he asked, "My lord, Mr. Yuan is a benevolent man with a distinguished family background. How could he do such a thing that is inferior to a beast?" , Could it be that someone provoked it?"

"General Jun, the dog thief of Fengji ordered someone to pretend to be the messenger of the father, and tricked the Han family out of Jizhou, and sent people pretending to be robbers to intercept and kill them on the way. Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and one brother and one sister escaped to death God, report this matter to me. My father was at Chenliu and Zhang Miao's place, but on the day Yuan thief sent a messenger, there was news of his suicide." Han Zhan said with righteous indignation: "These things happen every day. In the prefecture's mansion in Jizhou, he made it clear in front of everyone."

When Zhang He learned that the deaths of the Han family and the youngest of the Han family were all related to Yuan Shao, he couldn't help being speechless.