Three Kingdoms King of the North

Guo Jia took the wine bowl, first sniffed it close to his nose, and then took a sip lightly.As soon as he drank the wine, a surprised expression appeared on his face, and he drank it again.After a while, he drank less than half a bowl of wine. He gave a thumbs up and said: "My lord, this wine smells pure and pure, sweet and refreshing in the mouth. It really is a good wine!"

Hearing Guo Jia's comments on the wine, Zhao Yun stepped forward to take the wine bowl in his hand, and scooped up half a bowl from the jar. Like Guo Jia, he first sniffed it close to his nose, and then drank it down in one gulp. .After drinking, Zhao Yun's face turned red like a piece of red cloth. He nodded at Han Zhan and said, "Feng Xiao is right, it really is good wine."

"Since you say it's good wine, I'll arrange people to make wine for you another day. These wines are prepared for the wounded soldiers, so you can't drink any more." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he ordered Langzhong: "Doctor, use these new wines to serve you immediately. The wounded soldiers wash their wounds, and no one is allowed to drink this wine, understand?"

"Little one obeys!" The doctor quickly replied.

Han Zhan turned to face Zhao Yun and Guo Jia and said, "Zilong and Fengxiao, from now on, make a large number of horseshoes and steamed new wine for emergencies."

"Your subordinate obeys!" The two replied loudly at the same time.

Chapter 0121 Mysterious Information

Guo Jia wanted to find out why Han Zhan knew how to use horseshoes and steamed wine, and spent several days trying to trick him.For him who likes good wine, horseshoe is definitely not as attractive as the steamed wine.So every time he asked Han Zhan how he knew how to steam wine.

But Han Zhan is not a fool either. After hearing Guo Jia’s question, he couldn’t help but sneer inwardly, thinking that I would tell you that I learned the craft of steaming wine from a Polish winemaker when I was working in Europe. ?

Seeing that Han Zhan was always tight-lipped, Guo Jia knew that if he continued to ask, he couldn't find anything, so he gave up on his own initiative.He changed the subject and said: "My lord, according to the reports from the scouts, Yuan Tan, who was stationed in Ren County, went out of the city yesterday to fight with the Heishan army. He defeated the Heishan army because of Guo Tu and Xinpi's tricks. Behead him and go up." Ten thousand, his own casualties are no more than a thousand."

Hearing the names of Guo Tu and Xin Pi, Han Zhan couldn't help crying inwardly. He thought that Yuan Tan and Chou would lead 1 people to meet the [-] Black Mountain Army, and they had no chance of winning.Unexpectedly, in the small place of Ren County, there are Guo Tu and Xin Pi. Even though they are not outstanding counselors in the Three Kingdoms, it is still easy to defeat opponents of the level of Du Chang and Hu Zhi.

"My lord," Guo Jia frowned when Han Zhan heard the news of the Heishan Army's defeat, and hurriedly said, "If we want to send troops to attack Jieqiao, we must eradicate Yuan Tan, Guo Tu, and Simpi from Ren County. Otherwise, there is a danger of being attacked from both sides."

"Where is the Black Mountain Army now?" Han Zhan took out a map, spread it on the table in front of him, looked at Guo Jia and asked, "How many of them are left now?"

"According to the report from Tan Ma, after the disastrous defeat of the Black Mountain Army, some soldiers and horses have automatically dispersed." Guo Jia tapped the southwest direction of Ren County with his finger, and continued: "There are more than 1 people left in the remnant, all of whom are stationed in Ren County. Thirty miles southwest."

"Feng Xiao, immediately send someone to contact Du Xiaowei and Hu Junshi," Han Zhan told Guo Jia, "their army morale is low at the moment, and if they are attacked by Yuan Jun again, they will definitely collapse. So we need to send people immediately Please come to Jizhou to join us." Han Zhan was anxious to get the Black Mountain Army closer to him, and his original intention was to recruit these remnants and defeated generals to strengthen his own strength.

Guo Jia heard Han Zhan's off-screen voice, nodded his head and said, "My lord, don't worry, Jia will immediately send people to the Black Mountain Army, and ask them to leave camp and come to Jizhou immediately!"

Guo Jia left with his front foot, and Zhao Yun entered with his back foot.He looked around and saw that he and Han Zhan were the only ones in the main hall, so he stepped forward and said, "Second brother, I just got the news that Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Tan to give up Ren County and lead his troops to Jieqiao to join him. , to resist Gongsun Zan."

"Brother, where did you get this news from?" Han Zhan remembered that he didn't seem to send scouts in the direction of Jieqiao. How could he get the news about Yuan Shao ordering Yuan Tan to withdraw his troops?So he asked cautiously: "I don't know if it is credible?"

Zhao Yun took out a note from his pocket, handed it to Han Zhan, and said to him, "This was delivered by a merchant to the gate of the barracks and handed over to the gatekeepers."

Han Zhan took the note and looked it up in front of his eyes, only to see that it read: "Yuan Cheqi ordered Tan to give up Ren County, and lead his troops back to Jieqiao immediately." There was no signature on the note, and no one knew who wrote it. of.

After reading it, Han Zhan immediately asked, "Brother, where is the merchant?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, and replied: "The merchant left after handing the note to the gatekeeper, and has disappeared for a long time."

Hearing that the sender had disappeared, Han Zhan frowned and began to think. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a conspiracy. For such top-secret information, the merchant who sent the letter handed it over to the soldiers at the door and left in a hurry. Could it be? Isn't he afraid that the information on the note will leak out?Thinking about it this way, the authenticity of the information is questionable.

"Second brother, what should we do?" Seeing Han Zhan walking back and forth behind the desk with his hands behind his back, Zhao Yun hurriedly asked, "Should we send someone to intercept Yuan Tan and others?"

Han Zhan raised the note in his hand, and asked Zhao Yun with a serious expression, "Brother, do you think the information on the note is accurate?"

"It's hard to say." Han Zhan's question really stumped Zhao Yun.He said with some embarrassment: "Now that Yuan Shao is confronting Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao, he will definitely draw troops, horses, food and grass from other cities to strengthen his own strength. Only in this way can he have the capital to fight Gongsun Zan. Therefore, my brother thinks that he ordered It is entirely possible for Yuan Tan to abandon Renxian County and move the whole army to Jieqiao."

"The situation that the elder brother said is indeed possible." Han Zhan said hesitantly: "But the person who sent us the letter hastily handed it over to the soldiers guarding the gate. Didn't he consider the possibility of the secret being leaked?" Consequences?"

Just when the two were in a dilemma, Guo Jia leisurely walked in from the outside.Seeing the sad faces of the two, he couldn't help asking curiously: "My lord, why are you worried?"

Han Zhan handed the note in his hand to Guo Jia, and said casually: "Feng Xiao, take a look, this is a piece of information that General Zilong just received, we are worrying about whether it is true or not? "

After Guo Jia read it, he asked Zhao Yun about the content of the received information in detail, and then said to Han Zhan, "My lord, Jia thinks this information must be true and credible?"

"How do you know?" Han Zhan asked curiously after hearing this.

"I understand what my lord is worried about. My lord feels that after the merchant handed over the information to the soldiers guarding the gate, he left in a hurry. It seems that there are many loopholes." Guo Jia analyzed to the two: "But Jia thinks that this is precisely the It shows that the information is true. The person who provided us with the information may have no resources and could not find a suitable candidate. He could only go to the doctor in a hurry and find a peddler to deliver the letter. The peddler may have received a lot of money or received a He came to Jizhou City to deliver the letter because he was threatened. He was timid when he saw the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the barracks, so he handed the note to the other party and left in a hurry."

Although Han Zhan heard Guo Jia's reasoning was far-fetched, it also made sense, so he asked, "Feng Xiao, tell me, what should we do?"

"It's very simple, send troops to intercept!" Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan and said, "We will leave half of the troops to defend the city, and the other half to intercept Yuan Tan's army that is withdrawing from Ren County. Even if they have any conspiracy, we can ensure that Jizhou Not lost."

"Okay, since Feng Xiao said so, let's go meet Yuan Tan." Seeing Guo Jia speak so confidently, Han Zhan made up his mind almost instantly, and he told Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you Lead 5000 troops to stay in Jizhou, and I personally lead Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Feng Xiao to lead the rest of the troops to intercept Yuan Tan's army coming out of Ren County."

Chapter 0122 Capture Yuan Tan Alive

After Yuan Tan read the letter sent by Yuan Shao, he repeated the contents of the letter to several military officials, frowned and asked everyone: "Everyone, my father ordered me to give up Ren County and lead the troops to Jieqiao. How do you think about joining him?"

"My lord," his confidant Guo Tu first came out to talk about his views, "The lord ordered us to abandon Ren County and go to Jieqiao to meet him, because we are worried that after Jizhou is occupied by the Han family's children, we will become here." A lone army. Among the subordinates, we should set off as soon as possible and go to the boundary bridge."

Chou was the most loyal general to Yuan Shao. When he learned that Jizhou had fallen, Yuan Shao was in a situation where he was being attacked at Jieqiao. Please order, my lord!"

"Wait a minute, sir, this county cannot be abandoned." Seeing that Guo Tu and Chou both agreed to abandon the city and rush to Jieqiao as soon as possible, Xin Pi stood up and said: "Although our army defeated the Black Mountain Army two days ago, beheading Over 5000 people were captured, and nearly [-] people were captured. But the Black Mountain Army was not completely defeated by our army. According to the report from Tan Ma, Du Chang and Hu Zhi have gathered more than [-] rout troops in recent days. Once we give up the city, they are bound to Will come back."

Yuan Tan, who had already made up his mind to abandon the city and go to Jieqiao immediately, couldn't help hesitating again when he heard what Xin Pi said.He looked at Simpi and asked, "George, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"Leave a group of soldiers and horses to continue to defend Rencheng." Xinpi quickly replied, "Young master, you can lead the main force of our army, and rush to Jieqiao to join the Lord in the starry night."

Yuan Tan knew that those who stayed behind to defend the city would definitely be in danger. After scanning everyone's eyes, he felt that it was inappropriate to keep anyone behind. Except for ugly, Xin Pi and Guo Tu were his confidants People, if any one of them is missing, it will have an adverse impact on oneself in the future.Therefore, he hesitated for a while before asking Simpi: "George, who do you think should stay and guard the city?"

Hearing Yuan Tan's question, Xin Pi hurriedly recommended himself: "If you don't give up, my subordinate is willing to take on this important task."

Guo Tu and Simpi had a good friendship, and when he heard that he was willing to stay and defend the city, he quickly asked, "George, how many troops do you need to defend the city?"

Simpi thought for a while, then stretched out five fingers and said, "Five hundred is enough!" Then he turned to Yuan Tan and said, "Young master, go to Jieqiao, be careful all the way, and beware of the tricks of the Han family. The subordinates and the five Hundreds of soldiers, defend this city to the death, and hope that the young master can come to rescue as soon as possible."

Yuan Tan stepped forward and grabbed Simpi's arms, and said with red eyes: "Don't worry, George, when Tan goes to Jieqiao to help my father defeat Gongsun Zan, he will immediately lead troops to rescue."

Chou waited for Yuan Tan to finish speaking, and immediately asked for instructions: "My lord, when will our army set off?"

"Make food at the third shift, and set off at the fourth shift." After confirming the candidate to stay in Ren County, Yuan Tan said decisively: "We will go to Jieqiao in the starry night to join my father's army."

Han Zhan wanted to eat up Yuan Tan's lone army, so he led Guo Jia, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and others with [-] troops to ambush on the way from Ren County to Jieqiao.

The place he chose to ambush was a canyon with bushes and low trees on both sides of the hills, so he ambushed three thousand infantry and one thousand strong crossbowmen here; The cavalry ambushed near the exit of the canyon. The terrain here was relatively flat, which was convenient for the cavalry to charge. Their task was to intercept and kill the enemies who escaped from the canyon.

Yuan Tan's army arrived at the entrance of the canyon at dawn. Looking at the steep cliffs on both sides of the canyon, Guo Tu suddenly felt an ominous premonition. He reined in his horse and said to Yuan Tan beside him. : "My lord, the terrain here is dangerous, and there may be ambushes on the cliffs on both sides. Let's send someone to investigate first?"

"The Lord is worrying too much." Yuan Tan was very anxious at the moment, wishing to rush to Jieqiao to meet Yuan Shao immediately, who would have the leisure to send someone to the cliff to check, he waved at Guo Tu and said: "We also decided to withdraw temporarily. Going to Jieqiao, even if the Han family has placed a secret agent in Ren County, it is impossible to get the news of our departure in such a short period of time, so don't make a fuss." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand at Chou and ordered: "The army moves on!"

Seeing Yuan Tan's army entering the valley one after another, a smile appeared on Han Zhan's face. He nodded to Luo Bu who was lying on the side, indicating that it was time to start.After Rob took the order, he crawled to the other side on hands and feet to convey Han Zhan's order.

With the shrill and long cry of the bullhorn, the soldiers lying in ambush on both sides quickly got up and pushed the stones piled in front of them into the canyon; Crossbow arrows.

"No, there is an ambush!" Guo Tu, who had been keeping vigilant all the time, knew that he had been ambushed by the enemy when he heard howls from the cliff. He beat his mount desperately, trying to rush out of the valley quickly. Unexpectedly, the soldiers in front were already in a mess, blocking the passage in front, and he couldn't pass through at all.

Seeing the soldiers around him being smashed to pieces by the boulders falling from the sky, Guo Tu hurriedly jumped down, leaning against the rock wall, carefully dodging the falling stones and the shot crossbow arrows, and walked towards the canyon step by step. Export removed.At this moment, he only wanted to save his own life. As for the eldest son Yuan Tan, it was out of his consideration at all.

Chou, who was leading the way in front, found out that he was in ambush, and wanted to go back to rescue Yuan Tan who was behind, but the rebels huddled together in the canyon and couldn't get through.A hundred generals said to Chou: "General, let's rush out of the canyon first, stabilize our position outside, and then send people in to rescue the young master."

Chou felt that what the hundred generals said was true, so he waved the weapon in his hand, knocked away the crossbow arrows falling from the sky, and rushed out of the canyon on his horse.Just as he was about to gather the rout, he suddenly heard a cannon fire, and a group of men and horses were killed from the slanting stabs. The leading general was holding a flag with a big "yellow" written on it behind him.It was none other than Huang Zhong who was ambushing here. When he saw a general escaped from the canyon, he rushed forward brandishing a broadsword.

Chou yelled: "Good time!" He held the steel gun tightly with both hands to meet him.The two soon came to the same place. Chou had hardly encountered any opponents except Yan Liang since he followed Yuan Shao, but he and Huang Zhong fought for more than ten rounds, but they were still tied.