Three Kingdoms King of the North

Hearing that Han Zhan's reasons were far-fetched, but there was no way to refute them, Xun Yu could only smile wryly, and said helplessly: "Since Zhan'er has made up his mind, then uncle will not stop you, everything is up to you." .”

Seeing that no one objected to his going to Guantao, Han Zhan began to tell everyone: "When the Marquis is not in Jizhou, Xun Changshi and Mr. Guo will handle all the big and small affairs of the state."

As soon as Han Zhan's words fell, the military officials below came out in unison and replied neatly: "Your subordinate will obey orders!"

Chapter 0162

A convoy of more than 400 grain carts, escorted by nearly a thousand civilians and three thousand cavalry, left Jizhou from the south gate and headed for Guantao along the official road.

There was a carriage specially prepared for Han Zhan in the convoy, but he did not stay in the carriage, but walked side by side with Chen Gong.He smiled and said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, if you think it's too cold outside, you might as well take a carriage." After speaking, he pointed to the carriage behind with his whip.

Seeing that Han Zhan was riding a horse in the wind and snow, how could Chen Gong get into the warm carriage, he smiled and said, "Thank you Tinghou for your kindness, I am still willing to ride a horse."

Seeing that Chen Gong didn't want to take the carriage, Han Zhan didn't force it.Someone to talk to yourself, the road will not be too lonely.What's more, I can also set up friendship with the other party, which can also increase the chance of success when recruiting in the future.

Chen Gong saw the convoy on the snow-covered official road, and said apologetically to Han Zhan, "Tinghou, it's freezing cold today, and the road is rough and difficult, but I need to trouble you to personally escort the grain and grass to Guantao. On behalf of Dong The soldiers and civilians of the county, thank you Tinghou!"

"You're welcome, Gongtai." Han Zhan couldn't help frowning slightly as he watched the convoy trekking hard in the snow. He smiled wryly at Chen Gong and said, "However, the snow on the official road is too deep. If the convoy wants to get to Guantao , It will take at least four or five days, I wonder if Governor Cao will wait in a hurry."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Chen Gong was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, I will send someone to Dongjun immediately to report to Governor Cao, so that he won't be worried if he doesn't see the grain truck."

"Since this is the case, the public platform will send someone to report the news quickly," Han Zhan urged Chen Gong, "so that Governor Cao won't be worried."

The grain truck only traveled more than 30 miles a day. Seeing that it was getting late, Han Zhan ordered to set up camp on the spot.

After setting up the camp, Huang Zhong came to Han Zhan's tent and reported to him, "My lord, the camp has been set up. The final general sent fifteen cavalry in three directions, east, south, and north, at the same time. If there is any trouble, we will They will know immediately.”

Regarding Huang Zhong's arrangement, Han Zhan nodded with a smile, and said approvingly, "Han Sheng is thoughtful, so that soldiers and civilians can sleep soundly tonight."

"My lord," Huang Zhong waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and said cautiously, "It's freezing outside. If you are not careful, you may catch the wind and cold. If you go out tomorrow, you should go by car?"

Han Zhan knew that Huang Zhong cared about himself, so he made such a suggestion. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain Huang, for your kindness, but I'm not a weak person. Could it be that I can't even stand the wind and snow? Tomorrow Hurry up, Benhou will continue to ride the horse, Captain Huang needn't be unfounded."

In the early morning of the next day, the grain convoy set off again.Chen Gong was still walking side by side with Han Zhan. After the two chatted for a while, Chen Gong suddenly stared at the ground in a daze.Han Zhan lowered his head and looked at the place he was looking at. It was just a pile of messy horseshoes, which were left by the cavalry who opened the way ahead.

Han Zhan asked curiously: "Gongtai, what are you looking at?"

Chen Gong pointed to the snow covered with horseshoes, and said with some surprise: "Tinghou, look, these horseshoe prints on the snow seem to be different from what I usually see."

Chen Gong's words immediately made Han Zhan realize that the other party had discovered the secret on the horse's hoof. After all, horseshoe prints with and without horseshoes can be seen at a glance.He quickly smiled and said: "The public platform is joking, they are all horseshoe prints, what's the difference?"

"Tinghou," Chen Gong stared at the snow and said stubbornly, "I have carefully observed that the horseshoe prints of the Jizhou cavalry are indeed different from those of the Dongjun cavalry."

Han Zhan didn't want him to know the secret of the horseshoe, so he quickly changed the topic: "Gongtai, I heard that Cao Gong failed to assassinate Dong thief in the past, and escaped from Chang'an alone. It was Mr. who saved him. He even abandoned his official position and went to Qiao County with him. I wonder if this happened?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Gong did not comment after hearing this, but instead asked: "Where did Marquis Ting hear this rumor?"

Seeing what Chen Gong said, Han Zhan thought to himself, could it be that the fact that Cao Cao was killed and Chen Gong did not hesitate to abandon his official position to save him, was it another fiction in the romance?In order to find out about this matter, he tentatively asked: "Gongtai, is it just a rumor that there is no such thing at all?"

Chen Gong nodded slightly after hearing this: "That's right, when Meng De escaped from Chang'an, he was indeed captured by guards in Zhongmou. I visited the prison at night and learned that he planned to return to his hometown to issue an edict, summoning the princes of the world to raise troops to join forces." Execute Dong Zhuo. I feel that he is a loyal man, so I took him out of the prison, abandoned his official position and went to Qiao County with him."

After verifying the abandonment of the official here at Chen Gong, Han Zhan continued to ask: "Did the two of you pass through Chenggao on the way back to Qiaojun?"

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, he noticed that Chen Gong's face turned red, and his breathing became short of breath.Seeing Chen Gong's reaction, Han Zhan believed in Lu Boshe's extermination.

He looked around and saw that the cavalrymen were keeping a distance from him. This was Chen Dao's arrangement.Since Chen Dao became the commander of the guards, he has told the guards to keep a certain distance from Han Zhan every time they go out, so as not to affect his conversation with others.But at the same time, they should not be too far away from Han Zhan, so as not to be rescued in time in case of any emergency.

Han Zhan smiled faintly at Chen Gong, and then asked in a low voice in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The Marquis has heard a rumor and wants to confirm it to Mr. I wonder if it's okay?"

"What rumor?" Chen Gong asked warily.

"The disaster of Lu Boshe's destruction of his family," Han Zhan asked unhurriedly, "I wonder if it has something to do with Cao Mengde?"

"You, you, you," Chen Gong pointed at Han Zhan, and asked incoherently with excitement, "Where did you know about this?"

"Don't panic at Gongtai," Han Zhan continued with a smile, "I don't want to raise a teacher to inquire about the crime, but I just want to know what kind of person Cao Mengde is, so as to decide whether to borrow money from him."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Chen Gong thought that the other party really sent someone to find out the details of Cao Cao for the purpose of borrowing food, and he felt a lot more at ease.However, he still denied the fact that Lu Boshe was exterminated. "Meng De and I did go to Lu Boshe's house that day. But when we arrived, we found that there was no one alive in the village, and all nine masters and servants had been killed. According to Meng De's analysis, robbers might have broken into the house and robbed him." , met the resistance of the servants, and in a fit of anger, Lu Boshe's family was wiped out."

He was afraid that Han Zhan would not believe him, so after a short pause, he continued, "I was going to bury the corpse, but Meng De said that if someone saw it, we would be unable to argue. He got off his horse and kowtowed three times to the corpse, then Get on the horse with me and continue to Qiaojun."

From Chen Gong's expression, Han Zhan didn't know whether the story he told was true or not.And who killed Lu Boshe may become an unsolved historical case.

After another four days on the road, I finally came to the boundary of Guantao.

The prefect Chen Zhen, the guards Xia Houlan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and others went out of the city five miles to meet them.Seeing Han Zhan appearing, several people hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said in unison: "See my lord!"

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan stretched out his hand to support the crowd, and then asked Chen Zhen, "Prefect Chen, I don't know if Cao Mengde's troops have ever reached the border of Guantao?"

"Return to my lord," Chen Zhen replied respectfully, "Cao Mengde's soldiers arrived yesterday, and they are now camping five miles south of the city. Please wait a moment, my lord, and I will send someone to inform him."

"No need," Han Zhan waved his hand on the horse's back, and said, "Leave this matter to Mr. Gongtai." After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Chen Gong, "Gongtai, please send someone to The south of the city informed Cao Taishou to let them receive this batch of grain and grass in the south."

After the people sent by Chen Gong left, Han Zhan asked Chen Zhen again: "Prefect Chen, I don't know how the high school lieutenant is injured?"

"Returning to the lord," Chen Zhen said hastily: "The high school lieutenant's injury has improved. According to his servants, he even stayed in bed and walked around by himself yesterday."

Han Zhan and the grain convoy passed through the city through Guantao. As soon as they left the south gate, they saw a group of men and horses on the opposite side. There were about 200 riders. There was a black flag in the team. Character.The opponent's soldiers and horses stopped a hundred steps away, and rushed out of the queue, heading towards Han Zhan's position.

After Chen Gong saw who was coming, he quickly introduced to Han Zhan, "Qi Tinghou, the one who came is Cao Taishou!"

Looking at the oncoming knight, Han Zhan felt as if he was in a dream. He never thought that he would meet Cao Cao face to face.He thought to himself, if Huang Zhong was allowed to make a cold shot and kill Cao, then the future history would be rewritten.In the end, it is not "Three Kingdoms Returning to Jin", but unifying the world by oneself.

But these things can only be thought about in the heart, but must not be done.Once he kills Cao Cao, it will have a bad impact on his reputation. Maybe even people like Guo Jia and Xun Yu will leave him one after another because they disdain to be with him.

When Han Zhan was thinking wildly, Cao Cao had already come within twenty paces.Standing aside, Chen Gong hurriedly rode his horse over and whispered something to Cao Cao's horse.

After a while, Cao Cao came again on horseback.As the distance got closer, Han Zhan finally saw the other person's face clearly. Cao Cao had a Chinese character face, with narrow eyes and long beard.When the distance between the two sides was only two or three steps, Cao Cao reined in his horse again, and bowed to Han Zhan on the horse's back: "Meng De has seen Tinghou!"

Facing this historical celebrity, Han Zhan seemed a little at a loss, thinking to himself: What should I call him?It is inappropriate to call him Prime Minister Cao. He is not a prefect at the moment. If you call him like this, he might think you are mocking him. He is almost 40 years old, although he is Tinghou, but he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, how can he meet his peers?

Seeing Han Zhan staring at him in a daze, but not speaking, Cao Cao showed embarrassment on his face.However, he quickly regained his composure, bowed to Han Zhan again, and repeated: "Cao Mengde, governor of Dongjun, met Tinghou!"

Han Zhan laughed and said, "Prefect Cao, I'm being polite!" He saw that although Cao Cao tried his best to hide his emotions, he could still see a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, so he continued, "Prefect Cao has a good face. The land is wide and round, which is the state of a dragon and a phoenix among people. Ben Hou suddenly saw the gods, and asked Meng Demo to take offense!"

"The Marquis of Ting deserves the award!" Cao Cao put on an expression of sincerity and fear after hearing Han Zhan's praise: "Meng De is just a small eunuch, how dare he be said to be a dragon and phoenix among people."

Han Zhan leaned sideways, pointed at the hundreds of carts of grain behind him with his horsewhip, and said to Cao Cao, "Prefect Cao, these are the grain and grass you need. Please arrange people to leave as soon as possible."

"Tinghou's great kindness and virtue, Meng De will never forget it." Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he saw the hundreds of carts of grain, and he quickly bowed to thank Han Zhan: "Meng De represents the people of Dongjun, thank you Hou Tinghou!"

"Prefect Cao, you might as well leave it to the public platform to handle the matter of handing over the grain and grass." Han Zhan thought that Cao Cao would be needed to fight Yuan Shao in the next spring, so he hurriedly said to him, "Please come with me to the city to discuss it." .”

"If that's the case, it's better to be respectful than obedient." Seeing that Han Zhan had defeated Yuan Shao, Cao Cao wanted to make friends with him. Now that he heard that he invited him to the city as a guest, he naturally couldn't wish for it, so he quickly agreed.However, he first explained to Chen Gong before following Han Zhan into the city.

Cao Cao followed Han Zhan to the main hall of the prefect's mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he felt that the room was warm as spring, so he looked around curiously, wondering how many braziers were placed in the house.But he looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any brazier, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Dare to ask Tinghou, why is it warm as spring when there is no brazier in the main hall?"

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Han Zhan smiled, and then said: "Prefect Cao doesn't know something. Nowadays, in Guantao City, braziers are no longer used for heating, but kangs are used."