Three Kingdoms King of the North

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Xun Yu couldn't help frowning. He thought to himself: Since Zhan'er knew that these four were traitors, why did he send someone to associate with them?But Han Zhan's next sentence made him suddenly realize: "This Marquis wants to make good friends with these four people so that when they occupy Chang'an in the future, they can smoothly bring the emperor to Jizhou."

Chapter 190

After Xun Yu understood Han Zhan's determination to bring Han Xiandi to Jizhou, he still asked uneasy: "Zhan'er, how did you know that Li Jue, Guo Si and others would start a rebellion? Since they learned that Dong After the thief died, he could throw away Dong's family and escape, so how could he raise an army to avenge Dong's thief?"

"Uncle," Han Zhan saw that after Xun Yu asked this question, even Guo Jia cast a curious look at him, and explained to them: "The reason why Li Jue, Guo Si and others abandoned Mei The Dong family members in Wucheng fled in a hurry because they were confused when they first heard the news of Dong thief's death. But after they leave the capital, they will definitely send envoys to the capital to meet Situ Wangyun and ask him to Forgive the sins of the four."

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia asked noncommittally: "Does my lord think that Wang Situ will forgive their sins?"

Han Zhan sneered twice, and then said: "In my opinion, Wang Yun will definitely think that Zhuo Zhi is domineering, and these four people are helping him. Therefore, even if the world is amnesty, these four people will definitely not be pardoned."

Regarding Han Zhan's analysis, Guo Jia nodded thoughtfully, but Xun Yu was disapproving: "Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others are helping the king to do evil, even if Wang Situ wants to kill them, it is reasonable." Among them. Now they only have thousands of Flying Bears in their hands, as long as the imperial court orders a crusade, they will surely collapse, and the four of them can only be captured without a fight."

"Uncle's words are wrong." Han Zhan waited for Xun Yu to finish speaking, and immediately continued: "This Marquis also feels that if these four people are not killed, it is not enough for the common people to be angry. If I were in Wang Situ's position, I would also kill them four." People thank the world. But before killing them, you must first consider whether you have the strength to kill them.

As far as Ben Hou knew, beside the four of them, there was a counselor whose surname was Jia Mingxu, and his courtesy name was He.In his early years, this person was promoted to Xiaolian as an official, but he resigned due to illness. On the way back to his hometown, he met the rebellious Di people in Qiandi, and he was captured by the Di people together with dozens of people with him.

Jia Xu knew that if he fell into the hands of the Di people, he would be in danger of his life, so he said: I am the grandson of Duan Gong, you must not hurt me, I will let my family pay a lot of money to redeem me.The Duan Gong he was talking about was Taiwei Duan Jiong. Because he had been a frontier general for a long time and was powerful in the western lands, he pretended to be Duan Jiong's grandson to scare the Di people.Rebel Di heard that he was Duan Gong's grandson, so he didn't dare to harm him, and sent him back respectfully, while the rest were killed.

Just ask, wouldn't a counselor with such adaptability, when Wang Situ refused to pardon Li, Guo, Zhang Fan and other four generals, not propose to them a strategy of recruiting soldiers and horses to avenge Dong Thief? "

"My lord's words are very true." After Han Zhan finished speaking this time, Guo Jia immediately agreed: "In Jia's view, as long as Wang Situ refuses to pardon the four generals, there will be great chaos in the capital."

Although Guo Jia and Han Zhan have reached an agreement, Xun Yu is still skeptical about it: "Now the capital has a large army of [-], and there is also Lu Bu, the fierce general who is the champion of the three armies. Beat them to pieces?"

Seeing Xun Yu being so stubborn, Han Zhan was a little dumbfounded.He thought to himself, although Xun Yu is good at internal affairs, but when it comes to strategy, he is far behind.It would be great if Xun You was here, maybe he could agree with him.But thinking about it this way, he suddenly remembered that as the territory he controlled grew larger and more soldiers and horses, it was necessary to establish an organization similar to the Jinyiwei of the later generations.Originally he planned to let Xun Yu take charge of this organization after it was established, but at this moment he changed his mind, thinking that it might be more appropriate for Xun You to take charge.

But at the moment, he can't completely abandon Xun Yu, because as soon as the spring begins, he will order Zhao Yun to lead the army to take Qingzhou, and Xun You will be his army staff officer.Only after Zhao Yun, Xun You and others triumphantly can they consider changing candidates.

Thinking of the plan to seize Qingzhou after the beginning of spring, Han Zhan turned his head and asked Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, is General Zilong still training his troops today?"

Guo Jia nodded and said to Han Zhan: "My lord mentioned the Modao last time. After repeated forging by the blacksmiths, it still failed to meet your requirements. Therefore, after careful consideration, General Zilong decided to build the sword you proposed. The Modao Camp in the past was changed to the Ax Camp.”

"Ax battalion?" Hearing what Guo Jia said, Han Zhan's eyeballs almost fell to the ground. He decided to form a team after seeing the description in an ancient book that the Modao team "advances like a wall, and the people and horses are all broken." Zhimo Dao Squad is specially used to deal with cavalry.For this reason, he also described the Modao he knew in detail to the craftsmen, hoping that they could create what he wanted.Unexpectedly, two months have passed, and Zhao Yun even planned to change the Modao team into an ax battalion without the Modao being built, which really made him feel speechless.

Seeing that Han Zhan was silent, Guo Jia quickly explained to him: "My lord, you once said that when you cut off that kind of Mo knife, you can directly smash shields, blades, people, horses, and horses. But the three-pointed double-edged sword weapon is not only troublesome to manufacture, but also expensive, so after repeated research, General Jia and Zilong decided to use the Xuanhua axe, because this kind of weapon can also achieve what the Lord said. that effect."

Han Zhan originally wanted to ask Guo Jia why he didn't ask himself for instructions after making such a big change.But after thinking about it, since I handed over the idea of ​​Mo Dao to Zhao Yun and Guo Jia, I have been tired of Cai Yan's room all day long, and I don't want to leave for a moment. I leave the affairs of the state to my subordinates.

He sighed softly, and said to Guo Jia: "The Marquis knows. Instead, the Marquis of Japan will go to the barracks in person to see how General Zilong's ax battalion has been trained."

Then, he turned the topic back to the capital: "Ben Hou feels that since Cai Shizhong was killed, Wang Yun will definitely lift the blockade on the post station, and then the Jujian Army and Xiahou Xiaowei will be able to leave safely. I hope they are here When we leave Chang'an, we can also bring back Cai Shizhong's remains."

Although Han Zhan's words were a little lacking in confidence, Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other, looked at Han Zhan and said, "My lord, please rest assured, in Jia's opinion, when the Jujian army leaves the capital, they will definitely try their best to plead with Wang Yun." , begging him to agree to return to Jizhou with Cai Shizhong's remains."

Guo Jia was just analyzing Jushou's possible actions based on the current situation.Unexpectedly, a few days ago, as soon as the soldiers and horses surrounding the station were withdrawn, Ju Shou rushed to Situ's mansion, begging Wang Yun to release Cai Yong.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yun thanked the guests behind closed doors. The housekeeper in the mansion had a lot of contacts with Ju Shou recently and received a lot of benefits from him, so he secretly told him: "Mr. Ju, if you want to ask Situ to release Cai Shizhong, you should die." Take this heart."

When Ju Shou heard this, he was very surprised, and quickly asked: "Housekeeper, what happened?"

The housekeeper looked around and saw that no one was around, so he lowered his voice and said to him, "Sir, you still don't know, Cai Shizhong has hanged himself in prison."

The housekeeper's words were like a thunderbolt exploding beside Jushou.He stood there in a daze for a long time, and finally wanted to ask something, but found that the butler had left at some point.

Jushou left Situ Mansion in a daze, returned to the station, and sat in his room in a daze.For a moment, he thought of apologizing with death, and even pulled out half of the sword he was wearing.But in the end, he decided to try to send Cai Yong's remains back to Jizhou first, and then commit suicide to apologize to Han Zhan.

Thinking of this, he quickly called someone to invite Xiahoulan, and told Xiahoulan about Cai Yong's murder by Wang Yun.After hearing this, Xia Houlan was also taken aback, and quickly asked: "Ju Jianjun, now that Cai Shizhong is dead, what should we do?"

"Find a way to find Cai Shizhong's remains, and then we will transport it back to Jizhou." Ju Shou said with a wry smile: "After you see Tinghou, you should apologise with death."

Xia Houlan heard that Jushou wanted to apologize with death, although she was secretly surprised, she pretended to be calm and said on the surface: "Ju Supervisor Army, our top priority is to find Cai Shizhong's body, I don't know how to do it?"

After Jushou made up his mind to die, he became calm instead: "I guess, Cai Shizhong's remains are still in the prison, please take the captain with a lot of money to the prison, and be sure to get Cai Shizhong's remains out."

Xia Houlan personally led a dozen cavalrymen, drove a large cart, bought a good coffin on the way, and arrived at the gate of the prison.The jailer outside the door saw a school lieutenant leading a dozen cavalrymen, followed by a carriage carrying a coffin, and couldn't guess what was going on.

A jailer stepped forward and asked Xia Houlan respectfully: "Dare to ask this captain, but he came to collect Master Cai's body?"

"Exactly," Xia Houlan got off her horse, came to the jailer, and said politely while handing over a bag of gold and silver: "Brother, please let us go in and collect Master Cai's remains."

The jailer weighed the bag in his hand, feeling heavy, knowing that there must be a lot of things inside, he sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, our brothers also admire Master Cai's character. After he passed away, we found He was wrapped in a bamboo mat, and he was about to go out to buy a good coffin for him, but unexpectedly you came first."

Xia Houlan knew that what the jailer said was half true and half false.It is possible to wrap the body with a bamboo mat; as for the plan to send someone to buy a coffin, this must be a lie.But he still pretended to be confused and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Xiongtai. On behalf of the Cai family, I thank you in advance."

Xia Houlan led people into the prison, put Cai Yong's body in the coffin, and then turned around and came to the post station.Walking halfway, he suddenly remembered that Jushou planned to apologize with death, so he hurriedly called a trusted soldier, and whispered a few words in his ear.The soldier nodded after hearing this, turned his horse's head and galloped out of the city, rushing to Jizhou to report to Han Zhan.

Jushou had been standing at the gate of the post station. When he saw Xia Houlan and others coming with the coffin containing Cai Yong's remains, he hurried forward, knelt in front of the carriage, and kowtowed several times to the coffin.He got up and said to Xia Houlan: "Captain Xiahou, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's leave immediately."

Xia Houlan brought all the cavalry, and in less than a stick of incense, they packed up properly.Two hundred cavalry escorted Cai Yong's coffin towards the east gate.Many people along the way saw such a strange army and stood on the side of the road pointing.

The news that Jushou and Xiahoulan led troops to escort Cai Yong's coffin and was about to leave the capital soon spread to Situ's mansion.After listening to his subordinate's report, Wang Yun sighed, and ordered: "The dead are the most important. Since Jugong and he are going to escort Cai Shizhong's remains to leave the capital, let them go. You go and inform the guard at the east gate. Don't be embarrassed." They, let them go freely."

Wang Yun's subordinates agreed, got up and left the meeting hall, and rode to the east gate to deliver Wang Yun's order.

Seeing that the east gate was getting closer, Xia Houlan asked Jushou worriedly: "Ju Supervisor Army, do you think Wang Situ will send someone to intercept us at the city gate?"

When Jushou heard Xiahoulan's question, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Captain Xiahou, Yishou estimates that since Wang Yun has already executed Cai Shizhong, he will never make things difficult for a dead person, and he will let him go." We left the capital smoothly."

The general guarding the east had already received Wang Yun's order.Seeing the horse team escorting Cai Yong's coffin approaching, he quickly ordered the soldiers to drive away the idlers on the street, leaving the horse team behind.The guard even stood by the side of the road, bowing and cupping his fists to salute Cai Yong's coffin.

Seeing that the guard was so polite, Xia Houlan couldn't help but show it. He quickly clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted: "Thank you! We will meet later!"

When the horse team left the city gate and headed west along the official road, Xia Houlan was overwhelmed with admiration for Jushou's judgment, and repeatedly praised: "It's still the Jujian army's clever plan, knowing that Wang Yun will not intercept us, we can do it next time." Escorted Cai Shizhong's coffin and returned to Jizhou smoothly."

When Jushou heard Xiahoulan's question, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Captain Xiahou, Yishou estimates that since Wang Yun has already executed Cai Shizhong, he will never make things difficult for a dead person, and he will let him go." We left the capital smoothly."

The general guarding the east had already received Wang Yun's order.Seeing the horse team escorting Cai Yong's coffin approaching, he quickly ordered the soldiers to drive away the idlers on the street, leaving the horse team behind.The guard even stood by the side of the road, bowing and cupping his fists to salute Cai Yong's coffin.

Seeing that the guard was so polite, Xia Houlan couldn't help but show it. He quickly clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted: "Thank you! We will meet later!"

When the horse team left the city gate and headed west along the official road, Xia Houlan was overwhelmed with admiration for Jushou's judgment, and repeatedly praised: "It's still the Jujian army's clever plan, knowing that Wang Yun will not intercept us, we can do it next time." Escorted Cai Shizhong's coffin and returned to Jizhou smoothly."

Chapter 191 Han Zhan's New Deployment

Jushou and Xiahoulan's horse team walked for half a month on the road and finally returned to the border of Jizhou.

Although Han Zhan and Cai Yan were not named as husband and wife, they were actually husband and wife. Knowing that their father-in-law's coffin had arrived outside the city, it was impossible to pretend not to know.So he took Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, as well as more than 100 guards, to the outside of the city to meet Cai Yong's coffin.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the horse team finally appeared in everyone's sight.Xia Houlan and Jushou speeded up and rushed out of the cavalry, came to Han Zhan and dismounted: "See Lord Tinghou!"

After Jushou bowed and saluted, he didn't stand up straight for a long time. He said in shame: "Before I went to the capital, Tinghou repeatedly told me to keep Cai Shizhong well. However, I had a heavy trust from Tinghou, which caused Cai Shizhong to die. .When Cai Shizhong is buried, the person who grants the vows will be sacrificed to apologize."

"Human martyrdom?!" Hearing this unfamiliar term, Han Zhan couldn't help but turned his head and asked Xun Yu who was standing beside him, "Uncle, what is human martyrdom?"

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu ignored him at all, but rushed over to help Jushou, and said to him in a reproachful tone: "Gongyu, you are so confused. Cai Shizhong's death was caused by Situ Wangyun. What has it to do with you?" How can you blame yourself for this matter, and even make someone die?"

While Xun Yu and Ju Shou were talking, Guo Jia approached Han Zhan and said in a low voice, "My lord, human martyrdom means burying the dead with the living."