Three Kingdoms King of the North

Hearing Xin Ping's flattery, Yuan Shao couldn't help but smile. He thought about it, and continued to attack Guantao with incomplete equipment, which would only increase casualties. Therefore, he announced: "The attack on Guantao will be suspended tomorrow, and the battalions should hurry up." Hurry up to manufacture all kinds of siege equipment, and when the equipment is ready, we will seize Guantao in one fell swoop."

Han Zhan dispatched troops one day earlier than scheduled, while the cavalry departed on the same day.

The reason why he dispatched troops in advance also had his own unspeakable secrets.Ever since Lihua, Han Yan, Han Bing and others came to Jizhou, he has experienced the feeling of restlessness in his home.

When Lihua saw two stunning singers in the state pastoral mansion, her face was particularly ugly.Especially when it was discovered that the jadeite was not perfect and Han Zhan had handled it, his attitude became even worse.The tea that Han Zhan drank every day was cold; the food he ate was either too salty or too bland; as for the warm bed, after she came to Jizhou, Fei Cui and Ah Nuan could no longer step into Han Zhan's room. step.

Han Zhanming knew that Lihua was targeting him everywhere, but there was nothing he could do about her. After all, other people were old people who had served him for many years.And not long after he came to Jizhou, he actually accepted two stunning singers into the house, and even had a good time with one of them.Lihua is not a wooden person, in this case, it would be strange not to be angry with herself.

Han Zhan originally planned to send troops two days later, but when he entered the backyard, he saw Lihua training Fei Cui and Ah Nuan in the yard, saying that the young master was still in filial piety, and you dared to dress up in fancy clothes, did you want to trap the young master for being unfaithful? Unfilial?

Fei Cui and Ah Nuan were terrified, and quickly knelt down in front of Li Hua, kowtowing repeatedly.Especially Fei Cui, said repeatedly: "Miss Ewha, please calm down, don't be as knowledgeable as the slave family, the slave family will go back to the room and change clothes."

Han Zhan hid aside and didn't dare to say anything. After Fei Cui and Ah Nuan left, he tiptoed to Li Hua's side, raised his hand and patted her shoulder, and called out, "Pear Blossom!"

Lihua was taken aback, and when she turned her head to see clearly that it was Han Zhan, a gleam of joy flashed across her face, but soon she said with a straight face, "My lord, you are back!"

"Yes, yes, Ben Hou is back." Han Zhan said with concern: "Lihua, it's too cold in the yard, be careful not to freeze, you'd better go back to the house quickly."

Lihua is also a smart person. Judging from the time when Han Zhan appeared, she guessed that he must have seen the scene just now: "My lord, have you seen it all?"

"See what?" Han Zhan pretended to be confused and said, "I didn't see anything except the beautiful pear blossoms?"

Lihua was amused by Han Zhan's exaggerated expression, she chuckled, and then asked, "My lord, do you think I'm being too strict with them?"

"No, no," Han Zhan immediately shook his head like a rattle and said, "It's not strict at all. They are wrong. Everyone is dressed in sackcloth and filial piety. Why should they be scolded for being so fancy!"

"My lord, are you telling the truth?" Lihua asked with a smile.

"That's right, tell the truth," Han Zhan patted his chest and said, "In front of Lihua, I always only tell the truth and never lie."

"Since the young master said, he never tells lies in front of Li Hua." Li Hua's face flushed, "But when will the young master and Li Hua consummate their marriage? Can it be tonight?"

Hearing this, Han Zhan almost fell to the ground in a tumble. If it was a few months ago, he would have consummated the house with Lihua, which would be no big deal.But this girl hasn't given herself a good face in the past few days. If she consummates the room with her tonight, she will definitely squeeze her dry.Thinking of this, he hastily coughed heavily, and said: "I suddenly remembered that there are still government affairs that have not been dealt with, Lihua, you should go back to your room first." After speaking, he left as if fleeing.

Looking at the back of Han Zhan leaving in a hurry, Lihua felt a little disappointed in her heart, she said angrily: "Hmph, coward!" After finishing speaking, she also turned and went back to the room.

When Han Zhan returned to the hall, all the warriors had left, leaving Rob alone.He hurriedly called Rob to him, and said, "Rob, go to the barracks immediately and tell Colonel Huang to let his cavalry rush to Guantao overnight; also, tell General Zhao that the army will leave one day earlier."

Just as Rob agreed and was about to leave, he stopped the other party again and said, "Forget it, I'd better go to the barracks myself. By the way, Rob, you will send someone back later to tell Patch that the Marquis wants to To adapt to life in the military camp, I will stay in the military camp for the past two days and will not return home. Do you understand?"

Chapter 0136

Early the next morning, Han Zhan hurriedly led the army and set off towards Guantao.Since the departure time was advanced, the food and grass needed by the army and the crossbow bolts needed by the crossbowmen had not yet been prepared, so Han Zhan left Xia Houlan in charge of the logistics. Once the supplies were ready, they would immediately send them to Guantao City.

Guo Jia asked Han Zhan curiously: "My lord, didn't you say you were leaving in two days, why did you leave in such a hurry?"

Naturally, Han Zhan would not tell Guo Jia that he changed his mind temporarily and let the army go out in order to avoid Lihua.Instead, he put on an anxious look and said: "Feng Xiao, after careful consideration, the Marquis Yuan has [-] soldiers, while the Gao Gao Lieutenant has only [-] soldiers and horses. If you want to stop them, you will be powerless. With the addition of Huang Hansheng's [-] cavalry, we are still at a disadvantage in terms of military strength."

Guo Jia, who is good at observing words and expressions, immediately saw that Han Zhan was not telling the truth, because even if all the people here were counted, their strength was far inferior to Yuan Shao.However, he did not expose Han Zhan immediately, but asked instead: "Master, what if we can't stop Yuan Shao in Guantao? You know, he can not only mobilize the soldiers and horses of Wei County, but also mobilize the troops of Bohai County." , Yangping County, and Pingyuan County. Even if we wipe out their 3 soldiers, he will soon be able to summon [-] or more soldiers to attack us. As for us, there are only more than [-] soldiers in total. , and now half of them follow you to reinforce Guantao, you will lose one and lose one, and you will not get any supplement at all, the future is worrying!"

Guo Jia's words scared Han Zhan into a cold sweat.He thought that he would join hands with Gongsun Zan to drive Yuan Shao away from Jieqiao, and that most of Jizhou would fall into his control, but now he realized that his thinking was too simple.After all, Yuan Shao has the aura of four generations and three princes to protect him. Even if he suffers a disastrous defeat, he is a centipede who is dead but not stiff, and has the ability to make a comeback at any time.

Seeing Han Zhan's solemn expression, Guo Jia quickly said, "Although our army has few soldiers, it is not impossible to retreat completely."

Han Zhan knew that Guo Jia was resourceful and resourceful. Since he said that, he must have thought of a wonderful countermeasure, so he bowed to him and said respectfully, "I would like to hear the details!"

"Send someone to negotiate with Yuan Shao and return the captured Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Chun Yuqiong." Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan and said, "It must be that Yuan Shao will agree to draw up territory with us and rule, then we can use this Take a period of time to recuperate and strengthen your own strength."

Han Zhan thought to himself: Guo Jia's suggestion can ease the relationship between himself and Yuan Shao, but his plan to occupy Yecheng will come to nothing.Once you can't get Yecheng, it will inevitably affect your plan to control the surrounding areas of the northern border and take the emperor to order the world.So after he pondered for a long time, he shook his head and said: "Feng Xiao, don't see that Yuan Shao can mobilize the troops of the four counties, but because Gongsun Zan occupies the Jieqiao, Yuan Shao and Bohai County can't communicate with each other at all, so this army can be ignored As for the soldiers and horses in Pingyuan County and Yangping County, they did not really belong to him. If the Marquis sends someone to lobby, they may be able to help us."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, and suddenly put forward a bold hypothesis: "Feng Xiao, my father escaped from Jizhou alone and didn't go anywhere, but went to Chenliu. Tell me, did he rely on this?" The soldiers and horses of the two counties, what is your idea of ​​expulsing Yuan Shao?"

Guo Jia showed surprise on his face, he was stunned by Han Zhan's whimsy.After thinking about it for a while, he nodded slowly and said, "My lord's words are very true. It is indeed possible that Mr. Han went to Chenliu alone for the soldiers and horses of these two counties."

"Feng Xiao," Han Zhan said solemnly, "If you want to achieve great things, you need to take great risks. I plan to send someone to contact the prefects of these two counties, and hope they can send troops to help. I don't know what Feng Xiao thinks?"

Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan intently, only feeling that he suddenly became full of confidence at this moment, and he couldn't help being affected.He gritted his teeth and decided to go all out: "Since my lord has this plan, Jia wants to edit two books, and send someone to send them to the two eunuchs, begging them to help."

The two had just finished discussing the matter of sending people to contact the prefects of Pingyuan and Yangping counties, when Zhao Yun rode over and walked side by side with Han Zhan, asking, "Second brother, we only have more than 1 people, how can we defeat Yuan Shao?" Can a hundred thousand people do it?"

"Brother, have you forgotten what you said in the conference hall yesterday? Although Yuan Jun is numerous, he is not as brave as our army. When the two armies confront each other, our army will surely be able to outnumber ten." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he suddenly turned After changing the subject, I asked Zhao Yun: "Brother, if we want to recruit new soldiers, what kind of troops do you think is the best?"

"Needless to say, of course they are cavalry." Zhao Yun said without hesitation: "The horses in the Northland are easy to replenish, and it is very convenient to train cavalry. And on the battlefield, a thousand cavalry is enough to defeat five thousand infantry."

"It's not easy for cavalry to form an army. We only need [-] cavalry." Han Zhan said thoughtfully, "I think we should expand the crossbowmen and pikemen first."

The expansion of crossbowmen, whether it is Zhao Yun or Guo Jia, is very much in favor of it. Everyone knows that when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought at Jieqiao, Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan's tens of thousands of cavalry with a thousand crossbowmen.If he had tens of thousands of strong crossbowmen, it would be no problem to defeat one hundred thousand yuan troops.

However, regarding Han Zhan's plan to expand the pikemen, Zhao Yun couldn't help frowning and said, "Second brother, the combat effectiveness of the pikemen is far inferior to that of swordsmen and shields. They are the most consumed units on the battlefield."

"My lord, General Zilong is right." Guo Jia waited for Zhao Yun to finish speaking, and said puzzledly: "Even if we train [-] to [-] pikemen, after a fierce battle, they might disappear completely. We can't replenish a large number of cavalry for the time being, in my opinion, it is also a good choice to add more swords and shields."

"I once read a military book, and it was written like this," Qi Jiguang's military training minutes suddenly appeared in Han Zhan's mind, and he said casually: "Open a big battle, against the big enemy. You are more skilled in the field. To capture a small thief, it is different from the grand formation of thousands of people who line up, the brave must not be the first, and the timid must not be behind; the spears come, the spears go, the knives strike, kill and return him, just rush in together, It is difficult to change hands, how can you allow it to move from side to side? You are very skilled in martial arts on weekdays, but if you use it for five points temporarily, you can succeed; if you use it for eight points, you are invincible in the world."

Guo Jia thought he was familiar with military books, but he was still dumbfounded when he heard what Han Zhan read out.He thought hard for a long time, but he didn't remember which military book it was in. He bowed his hands to Han Zhan on horseback: "My lord, Jia is ashamed, I don't know which military book my lord is talking about?"

Of course, Han Zhan would not tell him that this is a military book written by people more than 1000 years later, so he can only vaguely say: "When Ben Hou was young, he found a bundle of bamboo slips in his father's study, and what he said just now The content is what I saw there. As for who wrote it, Ben Hou was young at the time, so I don’t remember it for a long time.”

Han Zhan's words aroused Guo Jia's great interest, and he quickly made a request to Han Zhan: "My lord, after we return to Jizhou, may I let Jia go to the study to read this book?"

"No problem, no problem." Han Zhan readily agreed to Guo Jia's request, and at the same time gave him a vaccination: "However, Yuan Shao once occupied Jizhou. Is this bamboo slip still in the study of the state pastoral mansion? I don't know."

Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his request, Guo Jia said a little excitedly: "As long as my lord is willing to let Jia search in the study, even if he can't find it, Jia has nothing to do with this book. But Jia will still be grateful."

The army walked on the road for a day, and arrived at the north gate of Guantao at noon the next day.After receiving the news, Gao Lan and Huang Zhong rushed to meet Han Zhan outside the north gate.

Seeing Han Zhan coming on horseback, Huang Zhong hurriedly pulled Gao Lan, saying: "The last will join the master!"

Before the two of them bowed down, Han Zhan dismounted first and stepped forward to support the two of them.He stared at Gao Lan and said, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, you have worked hard to resist Yuan Shao's [-] troops with [-] soldiers and horses."

Gao Lan heard Han Zhan's praise for him, and quickly said humbly: "My lord, the award is too high. The last general is the guard of Guantao. It is the job of the last general to defend the city and retreat from the enemy. There is no hard work at all."

Without any airs, Han Zhan walked towards the military camp in the city, holding Gao Lan and Huang Zhong on his left and right hands respectively.On the way, he asked Gao Lan with a sideways face: "Lieutenant Gao Gao, how many generals are there in the city?"

"Report to my lord." Hearing Han Zhan asking himself, the excited Gao Lan quickly replied: "Yuan Jun was in a hurry to attack the city for three consecutive days, and the last general's soldiers were not injured except for the 500 people guarding the north; The soldiers of the other three sects all suffered heavy losses, adding up to only 800 soldiers."

Hearing that Gao Lan's 2000 soldiers and horses now have less than [-] left, Han Zhan could imagine how fierce the battle was.He turned his head and asked Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng, what about the loss of your department?"

"Reply to my lord," Huang Zhong replied hastily, "our army casualties were no more than four hundred, of which more than 100 were killed."

Don't see that the cavalry only killed more than 100 people, but among the remaining 300 wounded, there will definitely be wounded who died one after another due to poor medical conditions.Han Zhan now has less than [-] cavalry under his command, and now that he has lost [-]% of his life, it still makes him feel a pain in the flesh.

After listening to the report of the two, Han Zhan stared wide-eyed: "Yuan Shao's dog thief actually hurt so many soldiers and horses of the Marquis, and the Marquis is incompatible with him."

"My lord, the General has something to report." After Gao Lan waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he continued, "Yuan Jun did not continue to attack the city today, and the General is worried that they have a conspiracy."

"There is a conspiracy, what kind of conspiracy?" Huang Zhong on the side said disapprovingly: "It must be Huang's cavalry yesterday that scared them out of their courage, so they huddled in the camp and did not dare to fight."