Three Kingdoms King of the North

Regarding Kong Rong's statement, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was a little puzzled: "Kong Qing's family, why do you say that this matter is related to you?"

Kong Rong turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and said, "Mr. Han was attacked by Liu Bei's troops when he was passing through Pingyuan County in order to lead his troops to break the siege of Beihai. If he hadn't come to Beihai, he wouldn't have This matter happened. Therefore, in the final analysis, this matter has nothing to do with the minister."

After Kong Rong's explanation, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty thought that the whole incident had something to do with him, so he readily agreed: "In this case, Kong Qing's family will act as angels and go to Youzhou."

After retiring from the court, Han Zhan took Guo Jia and Xun Yu back to the state pastoral mansion.After everyone was seated, Han Zhan asked Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, you said that Kong Beihai recommended himself to Youzhou today. What's his plan? Could it be that he wants to join forces with Gongsun Zan to deal with this lord?"

"My lord, I'm too worried." Before Guo Jia could speak, Xun Yu said first, "Although Kong Beihai is now a great craftsman in the imperial court, it is only a vain job. He has no soldiers or generals under his command. The lord is not good, because he has more than enough heart but not enough energy."

"Xun Changshi's words are wrong," while Guo Jia had a different view: "Don't look at Kong Rong's powerlessness, if he really colluded with Gongsun Zan and acted as an internal support, it would be impossible for us to guard against. "

"Feng Xiao," seeing that Guo Jia agreed with his opinion, Han Zhan quickly asked, "Then what should we do? We can't send someone to pretend to be a robber on the way and kill Kong Beihai, right?"

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, he saw Xun Yu's face turned livid, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with what he said just now, he quickly laughed dryly and said, "It's just a joke, it's just a joke."

Guo Jia lightly shook his feather fan and said, "I heard that Kong Beihai has a deep personal relationship with Liu Yu, Shepherd of Youzhou. This time I will visit Youzhou. But Gongsun Zan has been domineering this year, and he gradually doesn't take Liu Yu seriously. If We can make them fight against each other, so that they have no time to take care of other places, so that we can boldly raise troops to attack Qingzhou."

Han Zhan remembered that Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan. Although he couldn't remember the exact time, he knew that if he sent someone to instigate them, it might speed up the fight between the two, so that Gongsun Zan's attention was temporarily diverted from Jizhou and Qingzhou. Move up and buy yourself precious time.

"What Feng Xiao said is very true." Han Zhan nodded and said, "Then Benhou will leave this matter to you. You should send people to Youzhou as soon as possible to provoke the relationship between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, and let them Infighting." After Han Zhan said this, he secretly glanced at Xun Yu to see how he reacted.But Xun Yu sat there expressionless, as if he hadn't heard anything he said.

"Your orders!" Guo Jia got up quickly and replied, "Your subordinates will send reliable people to Youzhou overnight to spread rumors and sow discord between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan."

Xun Yu waited for Guo Jia to sit down, and said again, "Master, I think you should send someone to protect Kong Rong."

"Send someone to protect Kong Rong?" Hearing what his uncle said, Han Zhan couldn't help being taken aback: "Why?"

"All the ministers in the court know that the lord has tricked Kong Beihai to Yecheng in order to seize Beihai." Xun Yu explained to Han Zhan: "It is hundreds of miles away from Youzhou. If something happens to Kong Beihai, others will put the blame on the Lord."

Chapter 382 The Yellow Turban Remnants

Tai Shici and Kong Rong continued to walk along the official road with soldiers and horses.After walking less than five miles, I suddenly saw a dozen officers and soldiers on the side of the road, escorting dozens of ragged civilians, walking forward.

"Ziyi, send someone to ask." Kong Rong couldn't help feeling compassionate when he saw the people, and quickly said to Tai Shici, "What happened to these people and where are the officers and soldiers going to take them?" where to go?"

The subordinates sent by Tai Shici came back soon and reported: "Return to the two adults, these are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and they are going to be taken to the camp to be executed."

"What, these people are going to be executed?" When Kong Rong saw that there were women and children in the crowd, his pupils couldn't help shrinking. He frowned and thought for a while, then said to Tai Shici: "Ziyi, take a look." There are also women and children among them, even if they are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, we can't just kill them all without asking why."

"My lord," Tai Shici asked after Kong Rong finished speaking, "What should we do?"

"Let the officers and soldiers hand over these common people to us." Kong Rong said resolutely: "Only if we take them into action together can we save their lives."

Tai Shici knew that if he only sent his men to do this kind of thing, he would run into trouble, so he personally urged his horse forward, came to the side of the team of soldiers, and asked loudly, "Which one of you is leading the team?"

A tall-looking figure stood up and asked Tai Shici, "Which department do you belong to? What are you doing here?"

"We came from Yecheng to escort the angels to Jicheng to deliver the decree to General Gongsun." Tai Shici pointed at the chief, and asked, "Which part do you belong to?"

"So you came to Jicheng to deliver the decree to my lord." Shi Chang couldn't help smiling after hearing Tai Shici's words: "I don't know, I have offended you so much, please forgive me."

"There is no need to say these polite words." Tai Shici waved his hands at the chief, and said: "My lord wants these people, I wonder if you can part with them?"

Hearing what Tai Shici said, Shi Chang had a troubled expression on his face.The people he captured were intended to be brought back to the camp to receive a reward. If they were given to this lord who was going to Jicheng to preach the decree, his reward would be lost.

While he was hesitating, a money bag suddenly fell in front of him.Shi Chang bent down to pick up the money bag on the ground, looked up and saw that it was thrown by an official on horseback.He weighed the purse, bowed quickly, and said respectfully, "Thank you for your reward, my lord!"

Seeing that the money bag was in Shichang's hands, Kong Rong asked coldly, "Since the money is in hand, can you hand over these common people to us?"

"Yes, yes." Shi Chang nodded his head vigorously a few times, and ordered his subordinates: "Give all the remnants of the yellow scarf to this lord from Yecheng."

Seeing that Tai Shici's troops wanted to take over the people, a corporal quickly whispered to Shichang, "Shichang, if we hand over all the remnants of the Yellow Turban to this lord, then all of our rewards will be lost." It's over."

Shi Chang shook the heavy purse in his hand, and said in a disdainful tone: "My lord's reward is much more than that given in the camp. I'll invite you brothers to drink later."

Seeing that there seemed to be a lot of money in the purse in Shichang's hand, Wu Chang didn't insist anymore, but took the initiative to hand over the remnants of the Yellow Turbans to Tai Shici and the others, then turned around and walked away.

When the Youzhou soldiers left, Kong Rong dismounted from his horse, stood in front of these people, cupped his hands and said to them, "Fathers, it's all right, you can go home."

Unexpectedly, those common people became flustered when they heard what Kong Rong said.An old man took the lead in kneeling in front of Kong Rong, kowtowed and said, "My lord, please help us. If we go home now, it won't be long before those damned officers and soldiers will be arrested again as the remnants of the Yellow Turbans." "

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he felt that someone pulled the clothes on the back vigorously and coughed heavily.The old man was awakened by the sound of coughing, and he remembered that the cavalry in front of him were also officers and soldiers?Didn't he court death if he said that to them?Thinking of this, the old man broke out in a cold sweat, knelt on the ground and shivered, not daring to say another word.

Fortunately, Kong Rong didn't notice these details. After listening to the old man's words, he turned around and asked Tai Shici, "Ziyi, what do you think about this matter?"

"My lord." Tai Shici heard the old man's words and knew that what he said was very reasonable.Although Kong Rong spent money to buy these people from Jizhou soldiers, if they were released home, they might be captured by another group of Jizhou soldiers in two days and sent to the camp for exchange. tips.At that time, we might not even be able to save our lives. Thinking of this, Tai Shici hurriedly said to Kong Rong: "I think it's better to take them with you, so as not to cause them another unreasonable disaster. After we return to Jizhou, we will find a proper place to resettle them." They are."

"However, if we take this group of people with us, our marching speed will be greatly slowed down." In order to prevent the people from suffering further losses, Kong Rong wanted to bring these people with him, but he felt that it would affect the schedule, so he seemed a little hesitant. Jue: "In this way, the matter of going to Jicheng to pass the decree will be delayed."

"My lord, don't worry." Seeing that Kong Rong was so indecisive, Tai Shici smiled wryly, and then said to him, "This announcement is to reprimand Gongsun Zan. It doesn't make any difference whether it's earlier or later."

"That's true." Regarding Tai Shici's statement, Kong Rong felt that there was some truth to it. Anyway, it was an imperial decree reprimanding others. Take these people with you. Ask them if they are hungry, and order the soldiers to bring some dry food to satisfy their hunger."

In this way, there were more than 40 ordinary people in the team of Tai Shici and Kong Rong.According to the speed of the cavalry, it would take at most two days to reach Jicheng, but because there were women and children among the people, the marching speed was seriously slowed down.According to Tai Shici's calculations, he would have to wait at least five days before arriving at Jicheng.Fortunately, the soldiers all carried enough dry food, so they didn't have to worry about starving if they ran out of dry food on the way.

After walking on the road for five days, I finally saw the outline of Jicheng, and even saw a crowd waiting outside the city gate in the distance.Kong Rong looked at the crowd in the distance and said to himself, "I don't know if it's Liu Youzhou or Gongsun Zan who are coming out of the city to meet us."

Tai Shici looked into the distance for a while, and although he couldn't see clearly, he said firmly: "The person who greets you outside the city is Gongsun Zan, not Liu Youzhou."

"Ziyi, you can see clearly from such a distance?" Kong Rong couldn't help being very surprised that Tai Shici could clearly see that the person greeted outside the city gate was Gongsun Zan from such a long distance.

"Your Excellency, look, there is an army of soldiers and horses lined up outside the city, and they have a single banner." Tai Shici analyzed to Kong Rong: "If Liu Youzhou travels, it must be dominated by officials and common people, and there will never be so many. Soldiers. Therefore, the person who is sure to greet you outside the city must be Gongsun Zan." When they got near the city gate, it was indeed Gongsun Zan who stepped forward to greet you.Only now did Kong Rong believe that Tai Shici's analysis was correct.

Tai Shici and Kong Rong continued to walk along the official road with soldiers and horses.After walking less than five miles, I suddenly saw a dozen officers and soldiers on the side of the road, escorting dozens of ragged civilians, walking forward.

"Ziyi, send someone to ask." Kong Rong couldn't help feeling compassionate when he saw the people, and quickly said to Tai Shici, "What happened to these people and where are the officers and soldiers going to take them?" where to go?"

The subordinates sent by Tai Shici came back soon and reported: "Return to the two adults, these are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and they are going to be taken to the camp to be executed."

"What, these people are going to be executed?" When Kong Rong saw that there were women and children in the crowd, his pupils couldn't help shrinking. He frowned and thought for a while, then said to Tai Shici: "Ziyi, take a look." There are also women and children among them, even if they are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, we can't just kill them all without asking why."

"My lord," Tai Shici asked after Kong Rong finished speaking, "What should we do?"

"Let the officers and soldiers hand over these common people to us." Kong Rong said resolutely: "Only if we take them into action together can we save their lives."

Tai Shici knew that if he only sent his men to do this kind of thing, he would run into trouble, so he personally urged his horse forward, came to the side of the team of soldiers, and asked loudly, "Which one of you is leading the team?"

A tall-looking figure stood up and asked Tai Shici, "Which department do you belong to? What are you doing here?"

"We came from Yecheng to escort the angels to Jicheng to deliver the decree to General Gongsun." Tai Shici pointed at the chief, and asked, "Which part do you belong to?"

"So you came to Jicheng to deliver the decree to my lord." Shi Chang couldn't help smiling after hearing Tai Shici's words: "I don't know, I have offended you so much, please forgive me."

"There is no need to say these polite words." Tai Shici waved his hands at the chief, and said: "My lord wants these people, I wonder if you can part with them?"

Hearing what Tai Shici said, Shi Chang had a troubled expression on his face.The people he captured were intended to be brought back to the camp to receive a reward. If they were given to this lord who was going to Jicheng to preach the decree, his reward would be lost.

While he was hesitating, a money bag suddenly fell in front of him.Shi Chang bent down to pick up the money bag on the ground, looked up and saw that it was thrown by an official on horseback.He weighed the purse, bowed quickly, and said respectfully, "Thank you for your reward, my lord!"