Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Okay, General Jun, there's no need to say any more." Han Zhan interrupted what Zhang Yun was saying, turned to look at Xun Chen and said, "Uncle will stay here for a few days, and I have Zilong's protection, so I think I won't come out again." what is the problem."

"That's right, that hundred-man general is skilled in martial arts, and he killed all three assassins today. Let him protect you, and you won't be in any danger." Xun Chen thought of Zhao Yun's prestige during the day, and immediately Agreed with Han Zhan's proposal: "Uncle and I will stay with General Jun temporarily for the past two days."

Zhang He wanted to persuade him again, but seeing that Han Zhan had already made up his mind, and thinking of Zhao Yun's high martial arts skills, it would not be a big problem to deal with a few assassins, so he nodded and said, "Since the young master plans to go to Zhao Yun, Zhang X Don't force it. Anyway, the tents are not far away, if there is anything, just say hello, and Zhang will rush over immediately."

Han Zhan nodded, and just as he was about to stand up, suddenly a senior officer opened the curtain and walked in.He came to Zhang He, bowed and saluted: "Qi report to Sima, Mr. Shi Fengji, the chief of Yuan Cheqi, is asking to see him outside."

Hearing about Fengji's visit, Zhang Yun didn't dare to make decisions casually, but turned his head to look at Han Zhan, waiting for him to make a decision.Han Zhan nodded and said, "Since Mr. Feng Yuantu is here, why don't you invite him in!"

Feng Ji entered the tent, saw Han Zhan and Xun Chen, immediately gave a deep salute, and said politely: "See you, Mr. Xun, Ji is polite."

"Mr. Yuan Tu, quickly excuse me." Xun Chen stood up and went to greet Han Zhan, rushing in front of Han Zhan and said, "I don't know that Mr. Chen came to visit, but Chen never greeted him from afar. Please forgive me."

Hearing that the two were talking non-stop, Han Zhan felt a little impatient, but he couldn't show it, so he had to force a smile and look at the two.After the two finally finished their greetings and took their seats, he asked, "Mr. Yuan Tu, I don't know if you came to visit late at night. Do you have any advice?"

"Mr. Han, Mr. Xun." Feng Jichao and the two said after cupping their hands: "My lord knows that the two of them were almost assassinated during the day, and I feel uneasy. In order to prevent any more mischief, I specially asked Ji to lead five hundred troops to protect you. Safety."

"Thank you Yuan Cheqi for your kindness," Han Zhan waited for Feng Ji to finish speaking, and immediately got up to thank him: "With these five hundred soldiers and horses, we can sit back and relax."

After a brief silence, Feng Ji said with some embarrassment: "My lord, Ji has a few words, don't know whether to say it or not?"

Han Zhan guessed that the other party must defend Yuan Shao, so he stretched out his hand, "Mr. Yuan Tu, it's okay to say."

"My lord was very shocked when he learned that the young master and Mr. Xun had been assassinated. I was afraid that Chunyu Zhongjian and the young master had a misunderstanding and did such a foolish thing." Feng Ji said with a heartbroken look. : "So I sent a fast horse and went back to the camp to find out about this matter. General Zhong Jian was at a loss when he learned about this matter. He assured the lord's envoy that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with him."

Speaking of this, Feng Ji paused for a moment on purpose, observing Han Zhan's expression, seeing that the other party's expression was normal, he continued to say: "If you have any doubts, my lord can invite Zhong Jian Xingye to come here to accept your son and Xun Zhan. Mr. cross-examination."

When Han Zhan heard this, he understood Yuan Shao's purpose for asking Feng Ji to say this, one was to defend himself, and the other was to test himself.So he said with a faint smile: "Mr. Yuan Tu's words are wrong. Yuan Cheqi Yi Shi Gong Ding, Gao Feng Yi Gui, and Guan Mian Hai Nei were heroes at that time. How could he have unworthy subordinates. Han believed in today's assassins. It has absolutely nothing to do with Yuan Cheqi."

Seeing Han Zhan acting so reasonable, Feng Ji also had a smile on his face: "I didn't expect the young master to have such a high opinion of my lord. I wonder if he will be willing to belong to my lord in the future."

Hearing Feng Ji's persuasion to become Yuan Shao's subordinate, Han Zhan couldn't help sneering in his heart, saying that Yuan Shao was just a short-lived figure in the coming troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, and there was no future for him, even the people around him Zhang He, also abandoned Yuan Shao and defected to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu.As a person who knows the history, wouldn't he choose a promising monarch to join him?

However, in order not to offend Yuan Shao, he could not refuse too clearly, but said with a haha: "Mr. Yuan Tu is joking. When Yuan Cheqi enters Jizhou, all the military officials and common people in Jizhou will regard him as Jizhou Lord. As a member of Jizhou, Han is naturally no exception."

Seeing that Han Zhan's words were impeccable, Feng Ji didn't say that he would go to Yuan Shao, nor did he say that he wouldn't go to Yuan Shao. He didn't want to be too aggressive, but changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Han, I wonder if you have anyone you suspect?"

"Gongsun Zan!" As soon as Feng Ji's voice fell, Han Zhan said without hesitation: "Gongsun Zan has always been eyeing Jizhou, and now he is in the north of Jizhou, ready to send his troops south at any time. Now I may see my father handing over Jizhou Yinshou With Yuan Cheqi, he sent assassins to stop the cooperation between our two families."

Instigating Gongsun Zan to attack Jizhou and letting Han Fu dedicate Jizhou to Yuan Shao when he was desperate, was originally Fengji's strategy.Now that he heard Han Zhan categorically say that the assassin might have been sent by Gongsun Zan, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.And the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was greater.According to various signs, if Han Zhan died, the biggest beneficiary would be Gongsun Zan.As long as Han Fu's son is killed in Yuan Jun's camp, Yuan Shao will not be able to argue, and whether he can successfully enter Jizhou at that time will become an unknown.Although Han Fu has handed over Yinshou, he absolutely cannot tolerate a person who kills his own son and becomes the lord of Jizhou.

Thinking of this, Feng Ji couldn't sit still.In order to report this news to Yuan Shao as soon as possible, he and Han Zhan chatted for a few more words, then stood up and bowed to everyone, saying, "Ji has already brought the words of my lord, so I won't bother you, farewell!"

Chapter 0021 Analysis of Yan Liang

The rain continued for several days, but there was still no sign of stopping. Yuan Shao's army had no choice but to stay by the Zhangshui River.

With the heavy troops sent by Yuan Shao to protect him, Han Zhan naturally had no worries in his camp.But even so, Zhang He still didn't dare to take it lightly. He increased the number of soldiers guarding Han Zhan's tent from three to seven, and two patrol teams of five patrolled the vicinity day and night.Whether it is the servants serving Han Zhan and Xun Chen, or the cook delivering meals, they must be carefully searched before they are allowed to enter the tent.

Seeing that the camp was heavily guarded and the assassins couldn't fly in even with wings, Xun Chen only stayed in Zhang Yun's tent for one night, then hurried back to his own tent and continued to be with Han Zhan.What makes him feel the fly in the ointment is that it is not as convenient to go in and out now, and he can't visit friends as he likes in the past, so he can only sit in the tent and drink to relieve boredom.

In order to ensure that he can successfully enter Jizhou, Yuan Shao entrusts the important task of protecting Han Zhan to his confidant General Yan Liang.Because of this, in the past two days, Yan Liang came to the camp more often.After a long time, he and Han Zhan also became acquainted.

When Han Zhan was drinking with Xun Chen, Yan Liang opened the curtain and strode in, and said with a smile, "You two are so elegant, you have been drinking here so early."

"So it's General Yan Liang." Seeing Yan Liang's arrival, Han Zhan immediately felt relieved. He was not good at drinking, but Xun Chen had to drag him to drink with him every day. As a junior, he could only obey his orders.Although the wine of the Han Dynasty is not as intoxicating as the baijiu of later generations, the taste is too bad, and it is a bit unbearable to drink too much.Fortunately, he found that Yan Liang's drinking capacity was good, so he asked him to drink with Xun Chen instead: "You came just in time, my uncle has been waiting for you for a long time, hurry up and sit down and drink wine with him!"

Yan Liang arched his hands at Han Zhan, then sat carelessly behind the table next to him, picked up the wine bar that had been set up for him earlier, and made a gesture of invitation to Xun Chen who was opposite: "Mr. Xun, please! "

Xun Chen drank in the tent every day, and Han Zhan was the only one who could drink with him, but he didn't like to drink with his nephew.As a result, he had to be replaced by a bronze wine baron, so that even if his drinking capacity was light, he could still drink two more barons.It wasn't until Yan Liang, a drinking buddy, appeared that Xun Chen had the feeling that a thousand cups of wine were too small for a bosom friend.

Every time Xun Chen got drunk and passed out, but Yan Liang was fine.Just after drinking two jars of wine today, Xun Chen passed out again.Before Han Zhan could speak, Yan Liang helped Xun Chen onto the bed with ease.

After Yan Liang sat down again, Han Zhan asked with a smile, "General Yan, I wonder how long we have to wait before we can leave for Jizhou?"

Yan Liang shook his head and replied: "Young Master, we can only continue on our way when the rain stops. Besides, it has been raining for so long and the road has become muddy. will be affected."

"Alas!" Han Zhan sighed after hearing this, "I don't know when we will be able to return to Jizhou."

Han Zhan was anxious to go back to Jizhou, because he wanted to arrange a future for himself, but Yan Liang misunderstood his meaning, thinking that he was worried about the danger of staying here, so he was anxious to go back to Jizhou, and quickly comforted him and said: "Young master! Don't worry, as long as Yan is around, you will definitely not let the young master make any mistakes."

From Yan Liang's words, Han Zhan heard that the other party misunderstood what he meant, but instead of correcting him, he cupped his hands and said, "So, thank you General Yan."

"My lord, Yan has something unclear. I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

"Since you think it's inappropriate to ask, then don't ask." Han Zhan whispered in his heart, but on the surface he said with a smile on his face: "General Yan, but it's okay to ask."

"I don't know if you have any enemies, my lord?" Although Yan Liang is a warrior, he is not as brave and foolhardy as in the novels. He is also very good at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Han Zhan's face was a little unhappy, he quickly added: "The day before yesterday I heard Mr. Feng Yuantu say that it might be Gongsun Zan from the north who sent someone to assassinate the young master, but Yan can't agree with this statement."

"Why did General Yan say that?" In fact, Han Zhan didn't think that Gongsun Zan would send someone to assassinate him at all, because doing so would affect Yuan Shao's plan to seize Jizhou.If Yuan Shao was unable to move into Jizhou, then the plan that the two parties had agreed in advance to obtain Jizhou would fail, and Gongsun Zan would never do such a thing.At this moment, Han Zhan was very surprised to see that Yan Liang also saw this.

"It's very simple," Yan Liang explained to Han Zhan: "As far as Yan knows, Gongsun Zan's army is several hundred miles away from Jizhou. How could he know that Lord Han would send a son to send a seal and ribbon to my lord? Also, The assassins sneaked into the camp the day after the army camped here, even if Gongsun Zan knew the return date of your son and my lord, he would not be able to arrange it in time."

Han Zhan has repeatedly considered the situation Yan Liang said in the past two days.In fact, the people he suspected were nothing more than Yuan Shao and Chun Yuqiong, and he had never considered Gongsun Zan at all. The mention of Gongsun Zan in front of Feng Ji that day was nothing more than perfunctory.Hearing Yan Liang's analysis at this moment, Han Zhan suddenly had a terrible thought: the assassin might be from Jizhou, and since he left Jizhou, the assassin has been following him.

He looked up at Yan Liang, and asked tentatively: "General Yan, based on your analysis, who will send it at this moment?"

Yan Liang shook his head and replied: "Although I don't know who sent the assassin, I think the mastermind should be someone who knows the young master, and may even be from Jizhou. That's why I asked the young master if there is any Enemies."

Hearing that Yan Liang's analysis actually matched his own guess, Han Zhan couldn't help shivering, and a chill rose from his tailbone along the spine to his head.

At the same time, in a deep house compound in Jizhou, a richly dressed young man knelt behind a table, looked at a middle-aged man in soap clothes kneeling in front of him, and asked coldly: "Why?" So, is there any news over there, did you kill that kid from the Han family?"

"Report to you, my lord." The middle-aged man kneeling below replied respectfully: "I sent three people to take advantage of the heavy rain to sneak into Yuan Cheqi's barracks, and then lost contact with them. See you, little one." They didn't come back for a long time, so they were going to go in to find them, but the camp has strengthened its security and could no longer get in. The little one was worried that the young master would be in a hurry, so he rushed back at Xingye."

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, the young master suddenly became angry, grabbed the wine bar in front of him, and threw it at the man.The man hurriedly turned his head, and the bartender flew over to rub his ear, and landed on the ground, making a series of noises.The servant standing outside the hall heard the commotion inside, and hurriedly probed in to check it out. Seeing that the young master was angry, he retracted his head again.

"Idiot, you idiot." The young master stood up, pointed at the middle-aged man and scolded angrily: "Go back immediately and continue monitoring, find a chance to kill the Han family boy. If you let him return to Jizhou alive, hehehe, You don't have to come back alive."

Chapter 0022 Back to Jizhou

Two days later, the sky finally cleared, and Yuan Shao's army was able to set off for Jizhou.

When starting out, Han Zhan originally wanted to ride a horse, but Zhang He and others firmly refused to let him and Xun Chen ride in a carriage together.Zhang He said eloquently: "Young Master, He was ordered to protect you and Mr. Xun. Now he is about to return to Jizhou. If there is anything wrong, the general will die."

Zhao Yun waited for Zhang He to finish speaking, and he also chimed in: "My lord, what Jun Sima said is absolutely true. You should sit in the carriage, even if you are attacked by thieves on the way, we can keep you safe."

Seeing that both Zhang He and Zhao Yun were persuading him to ride a horse, Han Zhan didn't intend to embarrass them. After thinking for a while, he readily agreed: "Since everyone says so, then I will take a horse-drawn carriage today!"

Hearing that Han Zhan agreed to take the carriage, both Zhang He and Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief.In order to ensure the safety of the carriage, Zhang Yun specially arranged [-] cavalrymen holding shields to guard both sides of the carriage so that they could block the crossbow arrows from both sides when attacked.

The army marched on the road for two days before approaching Jizhou City.The leader of the assassins who was in charge of assassinating Han Zhan disguised himself as a merchant and rode behind him far away. Although there were hills and forests along the way, due to Zhang Xi's strict protection measures, he didn't find any opportunity to take advantage of it. Not to mention sneaking into the barracks in the dark, even getting within two hundred paces was an extravagant hope.

Seeing that it was only five or six miles away from Jizhou City, the assassin leader knew that if he wanted to assassinate Han Zhan again, it would be tantamount to a dream. He sighed, pulled out the sword he was wearing, and put it on his neck.When the sword edge cut the skin of his neck, he suddenly had a thought: I am only employed by the son, not his subordinate.If you failed to complete the assassination mission, the big deal is that you don't want the remaining half of the bounty, why should you end it yourself?

Thinking of this, the assassin leader removed the sword from his neck and reinserted it into the scabbard.He looked in the direction of Jizhou, and said with a sneer: "Young master, I'm sorry, although you haven't fulfilled your mission, but Chen doesn't want to die so early, so don't let it go!"

After a short pause, he went on to say: "Mr. Han, your subordinates killed my three brothers. I will settle the debt with you sooner or later. Just wait, I will come back to you again!" After finishing speaking, Turn the horse's head and head in the direction it came from.