Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Why do you draw it slowly?" Han Zhan asked.

Guo Jia looked at Chen Gong and said to Han Zhan: "My lord, since the imperial court has ordered Chen Gongtai to be the prefect of Dongjun, it is better to let him take office as soon as possible."

"Let Chen Gongtai go to Dongjun to take office now?" Regarding Guo Jia's proposal, Han Zhan said worriedly: "Dongjun is full of Cao Mengde's people. If Gongtai goes, I'm afraid it will be emptied."

"Don't worry, Marquis of Anyang." Chen Gong couldn't help feeling secretly happy when he heard Guo Jia's proposal to let him take over the post of Dongjun prefect. Worried about Han Zhan, he quickly said: "Many county magistrates in Dongjun are related to the palace. Old, if I see Gong serving as the prefect of Dongjun, I will definitely help him."

Hearing what Chen Gong said, Han Zhan murmured to himself: Maybe your county magistrate friends were eliminated by Cao Mengde a long time ago, and replaced by his confidantes.If you go to Dongjun alone, I am afraid that even the government orders will not be able to leave the prefect's mansion.But in the current situation, he did not provoke the other party, but looked at Guo Jia and asked: "Feng Xiao, it may be inappropriate for Gongtai to go to Dongjun alone, why don't we send troops to escort him there?"

"That's very good." Guo Jia proposed to Han Zhan: "Jia thinks that Gao Lan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang can be ordered to lead [-] troops to escort Gongtai to Dongjun. Before Gongtai can control the overall situation, let them temporarily Stay in East County."

Now that Cao Mengde is ready to go to Chenliu, he probably won't leave any troops in Dongjun. Sending 5000 people there should be able to control the whole situation.After thinking about it in his mind, Han Zhan felt that Guo Jia's suggestion was good, so he nodded in agreement.But before giving the order, he still had to seek Chen Gong's opinion: "Gongtai, what do you think?"

Han Zhan was willing to send troops to escort him to Dongjun, at least he would not be in danger of his life. There was no reason why Chen Gong was unwilling, so he quickly bowed to Han Zhan: "Thank you for the kindness of Marquis Anyang, the palace would be respectful rather than obedient." gone."

Chapter 523

Although Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had appointed Chen Gong as the prefect of Dongjun, if Cao Mengde did not hand over Yinshou, his prefect would appear to be a bit unfair.

For this reason, Han Zhan also specifically discussed with Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, judging from the current situation, it will be a matter of time before Cao Mengde leaves Dongjun, but if he refuses to hand over the prefect's seal, what can he do?"

"No problem." Guo Jia shook the feather fan in his hand and said confidently: "Your Majesty, you can ask your majesty to change the seal and ribbon of the East County prefect. In this way, even if Cao Mengde holds the East County prefect's seal in his hand, he has no right to transfer it." The soldiers and civilians of Dongjun."

Regarding Guo Jia's proposal, Han Zhan felt that it was very reasonable. After all, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was in his own territory, not to mention changing the seal ribbon of a mere East County prefect, even if he wanted to change the seal ribbons of all the prefects, he would probably agree.This is the benefit of coercing the emperor to make the princes.

The development of the next thing, as Guo Jia analyzed, Han Xiandi agreed to Han Zhan's request, ordered someone to recast the seal ribbon of Dongjun prefect, and sent an angel to accompany Chen Gong to Dongjun.

On the day Chen Gong left Yedu, Han Zhan took people out of the city in person.

Seeing that Han Zhan personally brought Jizhou Wu to see him off, Chen Gong bowed down in front of Han Zhan's horse, and said gratefully: "The Marquis of Anyang's great kindness and virtue to the palace, the palace will never forget. If there is any dispatch in the future, I just If you need a word from the Marquis of Anyang, even if Gong is going through fire and water, he will not hesitate to do so."

Han Zhan quickly got off his horse and helped Chen Gong up. He said earnestly, "Gongtai, you are going to Dongjun. The future is dangerous. Be careful. If Dongjun is in trouble, you can discuss it with Gao Lan. Jizhou soldiers and horses can rush to help Dongjun at any time." county."

"Thank you, Marquis of Anyang, for your kindness."

Han Zhan called Gao Lan in front of him again, and told him in front of Chen Gong: "General Gao, the situation in Dongjun is complicated. You must ensure his safety when you escort Chen Taishou to take office this time. If Dongjun When the situation is out of control and you can't handle it with the soldiers and horses in your hands, you must immediately send someone back to ask for help. The Jizhou army will be able to enter Dongjun within three to five days."

After listening to Han Zhan's order, Gao Lan quickly and loudly agreed: "The last general takes orders!"

Looking at the soldiers and horses in the distance, Guo Jia drove the horse to Han Zhan's side and said to him: "My lord, if Chen Gong goes here, in time, he will be able to control the entire East County. Control a piece of land that the military strategists must contend for."

For Guo Jia's statement, Han Zhan took it seriously.If he sent someone to serve as the prefect of Dongjun, even if Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty agreed, it would probably arouse criticism from the courtiers.Now that Chen Gong, who is close to Jizhou, is the prefect, I am afraid no one will object.

Ever since Ma Rixun came to Dongjun with the imperial decree, Cao Mengde became upset.

When the counselor Man Chong saw this, he came to see him and asked: "My lord has been depressed recently, could it be because the imperial court let you enter the imperial court as an official?"

Seeing that Man Chong had guessed what was on his mind, Cao Mengde naturally did not deny it: "I have been operating in Dongjun for several years before I have the scale I have today. If I enter the court and become an official, all previous efforts will be for naught."

"My lord, have you ever thought about not being an official in the court?"

"I also have this intention, but the imperial envoy is still in the city of Dongjun. If we don't follow the imperial decree and enter the court, I am afraid that in a few days, Jizhou soldiers and horses will invade Dongjun on a large scale, and I am afraid at that time."

Cao Mengde's words came to an abrupt end here. Although he didn't say what he was worried about, Man Chong, as his confidant, didn't understand why. It is unavoidable. If the lord leaves, the foundation will be ruined; if you don’t leave, and you are resisting the edict, Jizhou soldiers and horses will be able to enter Dongjun justifiably. But don’t worry, lord, we have other ways.”

Hearing what Man Chong said, Cao Mengde suddenly felt his eyes light up, and asked quickly, "Bo Ning, is the plan going to be settled?"

"The lord can use a trick to hide the sky and cross the sea. On the one hand, he will warmly entertain the grand master Ma Rijun, and on the other hand, he will send a troop south to take Chen Liu quietly." Man Chong suggested to Cao Mengde: "As long as we capture Chen Liu, The lord can return Dongjun to the imperial court and lead Chenliu prefect by himself. When the deal is done, the imperial court will have nothing to do with the lord."

"This plan is very clever." When Cao Mengde heard that Man Chong's plan could indeed resolve the current crisis, he quickly ordered Cheng Yu, Yu Jin and others to discuss it.

A few days later, Cao Mengde ordered Yu Jin to be the general, Li Dian and Cao Hong to be the deputy, and Cheng Yu to be the military adviser. He led [-] troops and left Dongjun under the pretext of defending Yuan Shu's troops.

Ma Rixun's entourage saw that Cao Jun had left Dongjun, and specially reported the matter to Ma Rixun.In order to find out what was going on, Ma Rixun went to the prefect's mansion to visit Cao Mengde himself.

Regarding Ma Rixun's doubts, Cao Mengde evaded saying that Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were about to move recently, threatening the safety of Dongjun, so he sent Yu Jin and others to lead the troops to take down and defend Yuan Shu in Runan.Faced with Cao Mengde's sufficient reasons, Ma Rixun also let go of his doubts.

Unexpectedly, after seven days, Ma Rixun suddenly got the news that he led troops in the prison and captured Chenliu.Cao Mengde took the post of prefect of Chenliu himself, and Ma Rixun realized that he had been fooled by Cao Mengde.He intends to ask Cao Mengde to make a theory, but he got the news that Cao Mengde has gone to Chenliu with a group of confidants.

Just when he was very annoyed and was about to write a letter to the court to plead guilty, suddenly a entourage came to report that the court appointed Chen Gong as the prefect of Dongjun, and he would take up the post in Dongjun in a few days, accompanied by [-] soldiers from Jizhou under Commander Gao Lan. .

Knowing that Chen Gong was on his way to take office, Ma Rixun hurriedly ordered his followers: "Quickly go and inform Gongtai, saying that Cao Mengde had left Dongjun yesterday for Chenliu. He took away the prefect's Yinshou of Dongjun, so Gongtai has come. Dongjun, I'm afraid he can only be a Muyin prefect."

"Teacher, don't worry," the entourage quickly explained to Ma Rixun: "It is said that the Marquis of Anyang had already guessed that Cao Mengde would take Yinshou away, so he asked His Majesty to recast Yinshou as the prefect of Dongjun. In this way, Even if Cao Mengde takes Yinshou away, Taishou Chen can take over the position of Taishou."

"Your Majesty is really far-sighted." Although he knew in his heart that it was Han Zhan's credit, Ma Rixun still attributed the credit to Han Xiandi.He ordered his entourage: "You immediately take someone to meet Chen Taishou, and tell him that Dongjun is basically an empty city now, let him speed up his journey and come to Dongjun to take up his post as soon as possible."

"I obey." The attendant agreed, turned around and left the post house, hurried to meet Chen Gong.

Not long after Ma Rixun's entourage left, a man dressed as a merchant came out from the dark. He looked at the back of his entourage and murmured: "The prefect really knows things like a god, and Ma Taifu really has a relationship with outsiders." Collusion. This matter needs to be reported to Governor Cao immediately so that he can take precautions early."

Chapter 524 Eight-door Golden Lock Formation

Both Han Zhan and Guo Jia felt that since Chen Gong had been ordered by the holy order to go to Dongjun as the prefect, and was escorted by Gao Lan's [-] soldiers and horses, he would definitely not encounter any danger.

But as soon as the soldiers and horses entered the territory of Dongjun, the scouts in front came back and reported to Gao Lan and Chen Gong: "General Gao and Chen Taishou, are there Dongjun soldiers and horses blocking the way?"

"Dongjun soldiers and horses blocking the way?" Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, thinking that the imperial court had notified the officials of Dongjun County that he was about to serve as the prefect. identity of?He hurriedly asked Tan Ma: "Have you ever informed them of my identity?"

"Go back to the prefect." Tan Ma quickly replied, "I have already told them. But they said that they only know that there is a prefect Cao in Dongjun County, and they have never heard of a prefect Chen."

"It's so unreasonable!" Lu Kuang, who was following behind the two horses, yelled angrily after hearing Tan Ma's words: "General Gao, wait for the subordinates to lead the troops to meet these Dongjun soldiers and horses." When Gao Lan gave the order, he led a thousand troops from the headquarters and left in a hurry.

In less than two incense sticks, Tan Ma ran back in a panic and reported to the two of them: "General Gao and Taishou Chen, the Dongjun army and horses have set up a formation in front, and Captain Lu leads the troops to charge the formation. We are caught in a tight siege, and now we are in dire straits, please send someone to rescue the general as soon as possible."

Knowing that Lu Kuang was in danger, Lu Xiang became anxious.He quickly clasped his fists and said to Gao Lan: "General Gao, my subordinates are willing to lead the troops to rescue, please allow the general."

Just when Gao Lan was about to agree, Chen Gong suddenly asked Tan Ma: "Have you ever seen the other party's banner clearly?"

Tan Ma thought for a moment, and replied: "When returning to Taishou Chen, I only saw a flag and wrote to Cao."

"It turned out to be him, I understand." After Chen Gong said this to himself, he said to Lu Xiang: "Lieutenant Lu, please be safe and don't be impatient. Cao Ren is leading the army ahead. He is quite strategic. , the formation set up is a bit particular. If you go rashly, not only will you not be able to save Brother Ling, but you will be included as well."

Worried about an accident to Lu Kuang, the army accelerated its march.It took less than half a stick of incense to arrive at the fighting area.It can already be seen at this moment that Lu Kuang is in a precarious situation, and the entire army may be wiped out at any time.Lu Xiang hurriedly asked Gao Lang for orders: "General Gao, something is wrong with my elder brother, please send troops to help as soon as possible."

"Wait a minute!" Chen Gong set up a pergola and looked into the distance: "I wait for this officer to see what kind of formation the opponent is setting."

"Chen Taishou," seeing Chen Gong's unhurried look, Lu Xiang stamped his feet anxiously: "If you don't send troops, my brother will die soon."

"Lieutenant Lu, don't worry." Chen Gong got off his horse, pulled out his sword, and drew a sketch on the ground: "General Gao, come and see."

Chen Gong got off his horse, naturally Gao Lan and Lu Xiang couldn't sit on the horse anymore, they also got off their horses one after another, gathered around Chen Gong to see what he was going to draw.

While drawing the picture, Chen Gong said to the two of them: "Cao Ren's formation is the golden lock array of eight gates. The eight gates are: Xiu, Sheng, Injury, Du, Jing, Death, Surprise, and Open. For example, Cong Shengmen, Jingmen , Opening the door and entering is good; entering through the injured door, startled door, and closed door will cause injury; through the Du door and dead door, people will die. Although the eight gates are neatly arranged, they are only in the middle. Therefore, this formation is just a waste It's just a fake."

As soon as Gao Lan waited for Chen Gong to finish speaking, he couldn't wait to ask: "Chen Taishou, how should we break it?"

"General Gao can lead [-] troops, enter from the Shangsheng Gate in the southeast corner, and then go out to the Jingmen Gate in the west, the formation will be chaotic."