Three Kingdoms King of the North

Han Zhan took out the letterhead from the envelope, glanced at it a few times, and then flew into a rage.He slapped the table hard, and said loudly: "Too much bullying, too much bullying, this is a shame!"

The officials in the meeting hall have all read the contents of the letter. After reading it yesterday, they also had the same reaction as Han Zhan.Only the group of military officers who just came back with Han Zhan didn't know what happened.Zhao Yun asked Guo Jia, who was standing not far away, in a low voice: "Mr. Guo, what happened?"

"General Zilong!" Seeing Zhao Yun's question, Guo Jia thought that the generals traveling with Han Zhan were not clear about the conditions of Li Jue and Guo Si, so he raised his voice and said, "The letters from Li Jue and Guo Si mentioned If you want to redeem the military officials in the court, you need us to pay [-] catties of gold, silver and jewelry, [-] horse skins, and cede two cities to them before they are willing to release the military officials."

Before Guo Jia finished speaking, Huang Zhong, who had always been prudent, became angry: "This is really deceitful. How dare you open your mouth and ask for [-] catties of gold, silver and jewels. Half the amount. What's more, they still want [-] war horses."

"That's enough, don't say any more." Although Han Zhan was furious, when he heard Huang Zhong say this, he stopped him in time to prevent him from continuing.He turned to look at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao, what do you think of this matter?"

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "According to my subordinates, it is not impossible to get the military officials back from the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo, although it is difficult."

For Han Zhan, Guo Jia was his best military adviser. Since he said he had a way, he must have a way. From the hands of Li and Guo, all the military officials came over.Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "What can Feng Xiao do?"

"Dealing with the two thieves, Li and Guo, is like doing business with merchants." Guo Jia said with a faint smile, "It's nothing more than the other party's asking for a lot of money. I'll go to the enemy's rear. The price he offered, let alone we can't pay it now, even if we can get it You can't give it to him."

"Why is that?" Han Zhan asked puzzled.

"If we easily agree to the request of the two thieves Li and Guo, and provide them with enough gold, silver, jewelry and war horses." Guo Jia patiently explained to Han Zhan: "They will think in their hearts, since Han Jizhou is so easy Is our asking price too low? If they think so, they will still detain military officials and continue to ask us for various things. Even if we have a mountain of gold and silver, we cannot Fill the bottomless pit of Li and Guo's two thieves."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Han Zhan nodded vigorously, and continued to ask: "Then how should we deal with it?"

"Let Yuanzhi and Guangyuan bargain with them." Guo Jia said with a smile on his face: "The relationship between us and the two thieves Li and Guo is now like a merchant doing business. money."

"Feng Xiao," Han Zhan waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and asked him humbly, "Since the two thieves Li and Guo have already offered a price, how should we bargain?"

"My lord is not in Yecheng for the past few days. I have discussed with Gongda, Gongyu and others, and I feel that the price should be lowered." Guo Jia glanced at Xun You who was standing next to him, and continued, "They don't want gold, silver and jewelry. One hundred thousand catties? Then we will give them a thousand gold; as for the [-] horses, we will give them two hundred; ceding two cities, it is easy to handle, and give him the Bohai County occupied by Yuan Shang."

The more Han Zhan listened to Guo Jia's proposals, the more confused he became, thinking that you must have bargained too hard.When others bargain, they cut it down the middle at most, but you are lucky, you cut it directly from the ankle, and directly cut to the sole of the foot.After Guo Jia finished speaking, he raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat that broke out at some point, and asked with some guilt: "Feng Xiao, is it okay to bargain with the two thieves Li and Guo like this?"

"My lord, don't look at all the military officials are in the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo." Guo Jia analyzed to Han Zhan: "But if there is no emperor, the officials are of little use to them."

"Feng Xiao said that now the military officials are worthless in the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo." Han Zhan couldn't help blurting out when he heard this: "It's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to discard it!"

"That's right, that's right, my lord is right." Guo Jia couldn't help clapping his hands after hearing Han Zhan's word "chicken ribs": "For the two thieves Li and Guo, military officials are tasteless, It’s a pity to discard it. Not to mention that we gave them things, even if we don’t give them anything, in time, the two thieves Li and Guo will still send the military officials to us.”

Although Han Zhan felt that Guo Jia's analysis was very reasonable, he was very worried that Li Jue and Guo Si were trying to frame scoundrels. So much use, but if they don't let go, what are we going to do?"

The officials in the meeting hall have all read the contents of the letter. After reading it yesterday, they also had the same reaction as Han Zhan.Only the group of military officers who just came back with Han Zhan didn't know what happened.Zhao Yun asked Guo Jia, who was standing not far away, in a low voice: "Mr. Guo, what happened?"

"General Zilong!" Seeing Zhao Yun's question, Guo Jia thought that the generals traveling with Han Zhan were not clear about the conditions of Li Jue and Guo Si, so he raised his voice and said, "The letters from Li Jue and Guo Si mentioned If you want to redeem the military officials in the court, you need us to pay [-] catties of gold, silver and jewelry, [-] horse skins, and cede two cities to them before they are willing to release the military officials."

Before Guo Jia finished speaking, Huang Zhong, who had always been prudent, became angry: "This is really deceitful. How dare you open your mouth and ask for [-] catties of gold, silver and jewels. Half the amount. What's more, they still want [-] war horses."

"That's enough, don't say any more." Although Han Zhan was furious, when he heard Huang Zhong say this, he stopped him in time to prevent him from continuing.He turned to look at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao, what do you think of this matter?"

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "According to my subordinates, it is not impossible to get the military officials back from the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo, although it is difficult."

For Han Zhan, Guo Jia was his best military adviser. Since he said he had a way, he must have a way. From the hands of Li and Guo, all the military officials came over.Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "What can Feng Xiao do?"

"Dealing with the two thieves, Li and Guo, is like doing business with merchants." Guo Jia said with a faint smile, "It's nothing more than the other party's asking for a lot of money. I'll go to the enemy's rear. The price he offered, let alone we can't pay it now, even if we can get it You can't give it to him."

"Why is that?" Han Zhan asked puzzled.

"If we easily agree to the request of the two thieves Li and Guo, and provide them with enough gold, silver, jewelry and war horses." Guo Jia patiently explained to Han Zhan: "They will think in their hearts, since Han Jizhou is so easy Is our asking price too low? If they think so, they will still detain military officials and continue to ask us for various things. Even if we have a mountain of gold and silver, we cannot Fill the bottomless pit of Li and Guo's two thieves."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Han Zhan nodded vigorously, and continued to ask: "Then how should we deal with it?"

"Let Yuanzhi and Guangyuan bargain with them." Guo Jia said with a smile on his face: "The relationship between us and the two thieves Li and Guo is now like a merchant doing business. money."

"Feng Xiao," Han Zhan waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and asked him humbly, "Since the two thieves Li and Guo have already offered a price, how should we bargain?"

"My lord is not in Yecheng for the past few days. I have discussed with Gongda, Gongyu and others, and I feel that the price should be lowered." Guo Jia glanced at Xun You who was standing next to him, and continued, "They don't want gold, silver and jewelry. One hundred thousand catties? Then we will give them a thousand gold; as for the [-] horses, we will give them two hundred; ceding two cities, it is easy to handle, and give him the Bohai County occupied by Yuan Shang."

The more Han Zhan listened to Guo Jia's proposals, the more confused he became, thinking that you must have bargained too hard.When others bargain, they cut it down the middle at most, but you are lucky, you cut it directly from the ankle, and directly cut to the sole of the foot.After Guo Jia finished speaking, he raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat that broke out at some point, and asked with some guilt: "Feng Xiao, is it okay to bargain with the two thieves Li and Guo like this?"

"My lord, don't look at all the military officials are in the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo." Guo Jia analyzed to Han Zhan: "But if there is no emperor, the officials are of little use to them."

"Feng Xiao said that now the military officials are worthless in the hands of the two thieves Li and Guo." Han Zhan couldn't help blurting out when he heard this: "It's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to discard it!"

"That's right, that's right, my lord is right." Guo Jia couldn't help clapping his hands after hearing Han Zhan's word "chicken ribs": "For the two thieves Li and Guo, military officials are tasteless, It’s a pity to discard it. Not to mention that we gave them things, even if we don’t give them anything, in time, the two thieves Li and Guo will still send the military officials to us.”

Chapter 258

"Come here," Han Zhan ordered immediately, "Bring the messenger in!"

Following his instructions, not long after, the messenger Xu Shu sent to deliver the letter entered the meeting hall.After Han Zhan waited for the other party to kneel down in front of him, he asked, "This Marquis asks you, how many days have you been on the road?"

When the messenger heard this question, he immediately replied without hesitation: "Reporting to my lord, the little one has been walking on the road for five days."

After Han Zhan got the answer he wanted, he continued to ask: "Before you left Chang'an, how far were the troops of Ma Teng and Han Sui from the city?"

"Responding to my lord," the messenger replied truthfully, "When I left Chang'an, I heard from the soldiers guarding the city gate that the troops of Ma Teng and Han Sui were only sixty miles away from the city, and they could reach the city in half a day at most. "

"The Marquis knows." Han Zhan waited for the messenger to finish speaking, and said to him, "Go down and rest, and I will come to you when I have something to do." Then he called a guard and asked him to lead the messenger away.

"My lord!" As soon as the messenger left, Xun You bowed deeply to Han Zhan, and then said, "Your lord is really good at predicting things. He said that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others would raise troops to attack Li Guo and other thieves. I didn't expect that they would actually raise troops." If they can defeat Li Guo and other thieves, then we will be able to rescue the military officials in the court smoothly."

But Guo Jia seemed not as optimistic as Xun You. After Xun You had finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "Gongda, things are not that simple. Ma Teng and Han Sui came from a long way away, lacking siege equipment, and food and grass must be limited. If Li Guo and other thieves stay behind closed doors, Ma Teng and Han Sui will retreat within a month because they are running out of food."

Xun You immediately refuted Guo Jia's analysis.While the two were arguing endlessly, Han Zhan was shocked in his heart. Although Guo Jia did not see Ma Teng and Han Sui with his own eyes, he could accurately analyze that they could not defeat Li Jue and Guo Si at all. Withdrew because of food shortage.

Therefore, he waited for the dispute between Guo Jia and Xun You to come to an end, and asked Guo Jia humbly: "Feng Xiao, I ask you, you said that Ma Teng and Han Sui must be defeated, then we have hope to rescue the military officials." ?"

Since the topic of the day revolved around rescuing Baiguan Wu, Guo Jia shook his head when he heard Han Zhan's question, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, if Ma Teng and Han Sui didn't invade Chang'an, then we rescued Baiguan Wu." , there is still a glimmer of hope. But now, this last hope has also been shattered."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Han Zhan immediately asked in surprise: "Feng Xiao, that's not what you said just now. Why do you think it's impossible for us to rescue the military officials after only half an hour?"

"Ma Teng and Han Sui raised their troops, making Li Jue, Guo Si and other thieves realize that their foundation is too shallow. If they lose the amulet of Wu Baiguan, any prince can raise troops to attack them." Guo Jia analyzed to Han Zhan Said: "Therefore, they must hold the military officials in their hands, so that other princes will be wary of rats. If necessary, he can even find relatives from the Han family and make him a new king. In that way, we will have Your Majesty is of no use."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Han Zhan asked in a panic.

"There is no way." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Unless Li Jue, Guo Si and others fight among themselves, we will have a chance to take advantage of it."

The speaker had no intention of hearing but the listener meant it. Guo Jia originally said that casually, but when he heard it in Han Zhan's ears, it was like enlightenment. It immediately reminded him of the history of Li and Guo Zhengbing, who fought so darkly in Chang'an.Thinking of this, he chuckled and said, "If Li Jue, Guo Si and others turn against each other, it's not too difficult."

When Guo Jia heard what Han Zhan said, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Does my lord have any good plans?"

Although the people in the meeting hall are all Han Zhan's confidants and generals, but this matter is of great importance, if the news leaks out, it will not be a good thing.So he waited for Guo Jia to say something, and immediately said haha: "Everyone has worked hard today, let's go away, it won't be too late to discuss this matter tomorrow."

Guo Jia is such a smart person, after all the soldiers left the conference hall, he went to Han Zhan's study with Xun You, and asked him for advice on how to make Li and Guo turn against each other.

After Han Zhan greeted the two to sit down, he said to them, "I have a plan. I can lead the two thieves Li Jue and Guo Si to kill each other, and then I will lead the troops to the capital to wipe out the bandits and secure the country."

Regarding Han Zhan's general statement, Guo Jia asked with some disapproval: "I don't know what the master plans to do?"

Han Zhan smiled lightly, and then said: "This Marquis knows that Guo Si's wife is the most jealous, but you can ask people to go to Guo Si's wife and use countermeasures to make the two thieves kill each other."

"My lord, although Guo Bang's wife is jealous, we don't have anyone close to her at all." Xun You said with some embarrassment, "If we can't get close to her, how can we use countermeasures?"