Three Kingdoms King of the North

Yuan Xi saw that Yuan Shao let Fengji go so lightly, he was not willing to use a knife to kill Fengji, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yuan Shao: "Father, if we don't kill Fengji, then our future will be blocked by the children of the Han family." Cut off. Once the food and grass are exhausted, we will have to abandon the boundary bridge, and if Gongsun Zan's army takes the opportunity to chase after that, our army may be in trouble."

Feng Ji is a man of wealth, seeing Yuan Xi insisting on killing him, after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on.He knew that if he wanted to save his life, he could only offer Yuan Shao a strategy immediately to resolve the current crisis.He hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yuan Shao, "My lord, the current situation is actually not as bad as we imagined. With our strength, even if we lose Jizhou, we still have the strength to defeat the Han family's children and Gongsun Zan."

Hearing what Feng Ji said, Yuan Shao couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged: "Yuan Tu, plan to make an appointment?"

Feng Ji turned his head and glanced at Yuan Xi, and continued: "Since the youngest son of the Han family released the second son on his own initiative, he must have no intention of sending troops to attack us immediately. In this way, we can stay here and continue to fight with Gongsun Zan's army." Confrontation."

Knowing from Fengji's mouth that Han Zhan would not launch an attack, Yuan Shao felt relieved for a while, but he quickly asked nervously: "Yuan Tu, even if the children of the Han family don't take the initiative to attack us, we will stay here and continue to fight with you." Gongsun Zan's army confronted each other, but it won't be long before the food and grass in the army will be exhausted, so what shall we do then?"

"My lord!" Jushou felt that it was time for him to appear on the stage by himself, and he quickly stood up from the queue and said, "We can send troops, horses, food and grass from other counties, and after we defeat Gongsun Zan, we can turn around and deal with the children of the Han family. Then we will have the strength to regain Jizhou."

"Gongyu," Yuan Shao heard Jushou's words, as if grasping at a life-saving straw, he asked quickly, "I don't know where we should get our troops, horses, food and grass?"

"My lord, have you forgotten that we still have [-] troops in Yecheng, and we can only use ten years of food and grass?" Ju Shou said to Yuan Shao: "As long as we send people to transfer the soldiers, horses, food and grass from Yecheng to this place, we will be able to provide food and grass for ten years." Can defeat Gongsun Zan in the shortest time."

"Report to my lord, what you say is very true." Feng Ji, who has always been against Ju Shou, saw that the other party's thoughts coincided with his own, and quickly echoed: "We can use the soldiers, horses, food and grass in Yecheng to come here to fight with you." Gongsun Zan will fight to the death. As long as Gongsun Zan is defeated, then we can return to our division and regain Jizhou, and then the end of the Han family will come."

Before sending troops to Jieqiao, Yuan Shao also considered mobilizing soldiers, horses, food and grass from Yecheng, but he thought that the officials in these places had not yet completely surrendered to him, and if he transferred rashly, he might have the possibility of defecting.Therefore, he knew that Gongsun Zan had many soldiers, but he still didn't mobilize a single soldier here.Now is the autumn of critical life and death, and he can't care much about it.After his eyes swept over everyone in the tent, he finally stopped on Xun Chen. He smiled and said to Xun Chen: "You Ruo, I wonder if you can go to Yecheng yourself and draw 3 yuan from there. People and horses, and one season's food back to the boundary bridge?"

Facing Yuan Shao's order, Xun Chen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute: "This subordinate takes orders!"

"You Ruo," Yuan Shao felt relieved when he saw that Xun Chen agreed to go to Yecheng to transfer troops. In any case, Xun Chen is an old man in Jizhou, and he is still related to Han Fu. The officials in Yecheng will definitely Follow his orders.Before Xun Chen left, he asked specifically, "I don't know how many days it will take you to return to Jieqiao?"

Xun Chen thought for a while, and then replied: "My lord, if I travel day and night, I will definitely be able to bring back the army from Yecheng within ten days."

"Yuan Tu," after hearing Xun Chen's statement, Yuan Shao immediately ordered Feng Ji: "Put up the exemption card, and within ten days, our army will not fight Gongsun Zan's army. After Youruo's army arrives, we will send it to Gongsun Zan." He caught them by surprise and knocked them out of the water."

"Your subordinates take orders!" Feng Ji agreed, then turned around and went out to arrange for someone to hang up the battle card at the gate of the village.

After Fengji left, Yuan Shao instructed Yan Liang again: "Yan Liang, arrange for a smart military commander to lead a team of troops to escort Youruo to Yecheng, and ensure his safety."

"The general understands!" Yan Liang agreed, walked in front of Xun Chen, made a gesture of invitation, and then said, "Mr. You Ruo, please follow Yan!"

Seeing that Feng Ji was safe and sound, Yuan Xi secretly sighed in his heart, knowing that this old boy was destined to escape another catastrophe.He saluted Yuan Shao and said: "Father, elder brother still has [-] troops in Ren County, how about letting him lead the troops here immediately?"

"What the second son said is very true." Ju Shou echoed and said: "Jizhou has been lost, and the eldest son of Ren County has become a lone army. They should be ordered to come and join us as soon as possible."

Chapter 0120 Horseshoe and Steamed Wine

Han Zhan, who occupied Jizhou, entrusted Tian Feng to be responsible for appeasing the people and restoring order in the city, while he, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun were busy with two more important things.

On the day when Jizhou was seized, Zhao Yun asked Han Zhan: "Master Hou, can you send reliable men to the frontier as soon as possible to buy new horses to supplement the needs of the cavalry?"

"Buy horses?" Hearing what Zhao Yun said, Han Zhan couldn't help being taken aback, and then asked: "Zilong, our [-] cavalry have not suffered much in these few battles, so there is no need to buy more horses, right? "

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun suddenly said in shock: "If the five hundred cavalry from Sheguo County don't replace their horses as soon as possible, they may only be used as infantry."

"Why?" Zhao Yun's words completely confused Han Zhan.

Seeing Han Zhan's bewildered look, Zhao Yun also felt very strange, wondering why the second brother didn't even understand the most basic common sense?He glanced at Guo Jia on the side, and then said: "Returning to Lord Hou, most of the five hundred cavalry in Sheguo County's horseshoes have been worn out due to long-term galloping on the mountain roads, and they can no longer continue to charge. Lord, replenish them with new horses early, so that this cavalry that can fight well will not become infantry."

After listening to Zhao Yun's explanation, Han Zhan finally figured out what was going on. He looked at Guo Jia, then at Zhao Yun: "Is it because the horse's hoof is worn out, do you need to replace the horse with a new one?"

"General Zilong is right." Seeing that Han Zhan had no intention of buying war horses at all, Guo Jia also helped Zhao Yun and said, "The wear and tear of war horses in the army is usually due to the wear and tear of horseshoes. In Jia's opinion, The young master can send people outside the Great Wall as soon as possible to buy new horses from the Xiongnu and Xianbei."

After figuring out what the two were worried about, Han Zhan smiled: "You said that you want to buy the horses again because the horseshoes of the war horses are worn out?" Seeing that the two nodded in affirmation, he continued to ask, "Is it true? As long as the problem of horseshoe wear is solved, there is no need to buy new horses?"

"Master Xiao Hou has a solution?" As soon as Guo Jia said that, he felt that his question was a bit naive. If there was a way to solve the problem of horseshoe wear, others would have solved it long ago, and it would be Han Zhan's turn to show the limelight.Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, no one has been able to solve this problem."

"Feng Xiao, if I say I can solve this problem," Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia and asked with a smile, "Can you believe it?"

"Can you solve this problem?" Guo Jia stared wide-eyed at Han Zhan for a while, then smiled and said, "Young Master, don't be kidding, let's arrange people to go outside the Great Wall to buy horses." After finishing speaking, He ignored Han Zhan, but asked Zhao Yun, "General Zilong, Miss Xiahou is staying in Sheguo County now, and Captain Xiahou followed Shao Xun's mansion to Gongsun Zan's place. You may still have capable people under you who can take care of the purchase." The burden of the horse?"

"Hey, hey." Seeing that the two of them regarded him as a transparent person, Han Zhan was a little unhappy. He raised his voice and said to Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, do you dare to bet with me?"

Guo Jia lost a bet last time, so he could only stay by Han Zhan's side. This incident made him very upset. Seeing a chance to make money at this moment, he quickly said: "Just bet, I don't know what the young master said. What is the bet this time?"

"It's still the same as last time." Han Zhan said to Guo Jia with a smile on his face: "Feng Xiao, if you win, I will let you go; but if you lose again, if you can't play tricks again, you need to serve him sincerely." I am the Lord. Can you agree?"

After Guo Jia nodded in agreement, Han Zhan turned his attention to Zhao Yun again, "Let Zilong be a witness this time, so that you won't admit that you lost when you get it."

Guo Jia didn't believe that Han Zhan could solve the problem of horseshoe wear at all, so he said bluntly, "Young Master, let's let General Zilong be a witness. If I win by chance, you can't force me to stay anymore." .”

"Don't worry, I will never force others to do anything difficult." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he stood up and clapped Guo Jiasan who came over, indicating that the bet was just beginning to take effect.Seeing that Guo Jia had entered the urn, Han Zhan had a sly smile on his face: "Let's go, I'll take you two to open your eyes."

Han Zhan brought the two of them to the blacksmith's stove in the barracks where weapons were made. Huang Zhong, who was busy here, saw Han Zhan and his party coming, and quickly stepped forward to salute: "My subordinates see Lord Hou!"

"No courtesy!" Han Zhan waved his hand at him, and asked bluntly, "Han Sheng, how is the thing I asked you to build?"

"Back to Lord Hou," Huang Zhong quickly replied, "The blacksmith has made more than 60 horseshoes within an hour, and his subordinates nailed horseshoes to ten selected war horses, and asked Captain Dian to lead people to ride on them." I rode out of the city on horseback."

Hearing Huang Zhong's words, Guo Jia hurriedly bent down to pick up a U-shaped horseshoe on the ground, and looked at it carefully.After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said with difficulty: "I never thought that nailing this kind of horseshoe on the horse's hoof can prevent the horse's hoof from being worn out and cracked. Jia admits defeat."

After finishing speaking, he came to Han Zhan, gave a deep salute, and said respectfully, "Jia sees the lord! From now on, as long as Jia is alive, he will always follow the lord!"

Hearing that Guo Jia finally called himself the lord, Han Zhan was overjoyed. He hurriedly stepped forward to support Guo Jia, and said in his mouth, "Excuse me, Han can get the help of filial piety, and he will be able to achieve great things in the future!"

Zhao Yun was also very curious about this kind of horseshoe. He looked at it over and over for a long time without expressing any opinions.Seeing Dian Wei leading the cavalry back from outside the city, he hurried forward to meet one of the cavalry, lifted one of the horse's hooves and carefully checked the horseshoe on it, and when he saw that there was no wear, he nodded and murmured Said: "Yes, the second brother really has the ability to turn decay into magic. After the horse is nailed with this horseshoe, the horse's hoof will not be broken and worn. And when the horseshoe is worn out, you can replace it with a new one, which is better than buying a new one." Horses are much easier."

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Zhao Yun approached Han Zhan and asked, "Second brother, where are we going next?"

"Go to the wounded barracks." Han Zhan replied, "I ordered Captain Luo to take a cart full of wine to the wounded barracks, and let him steam the wine to make new wine and wipe the wounds of the wounded soldiers."

"Wipe the wound with wine?" Hearing what Han Zhan said, Zhao Yun couldn't help but look at Guo Jia who was also puzzled, and asked puzzledly, "Mr. Guo, has he ever heard that wine can also clean the wound?"

Guo Jia immediately shook his head and replied, "No."

Han Zhanxin said that the alcohol content in your era is too low to be used as alcohol at all.But he didn't explain, but smiled and said to the two: "You come with me, I'll take you to see what's going on."

Seeing Han Zhan and others appearing, a doctor in the army hurried over to salute.Han Zhan waved his hand at him and asked, "Where is Team Luo led?"

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Lang Zhong showed a troubled expression on his face, and he said hesitantly, "He's leading him to be drunk and resting in the tent."

"Nonsense," Zhao Yun couldn't help raising his voice when he heard this, "Who doesn't know that Captain Luo is naturally good at drinking, how could he get drunk?"

"General," seeing that Zhao Yun was showing signs of losing his temper, the doctor quickly explained, "Two hours ago, Team Luo led a team to drag a cart of wine here, saying that he was ordered by the Marquis to come here to steam wine. The steamed wine was used to wipe the wounds of wounded soldiers. The little one didn’t know what steamed wine was, so he could only follow Luo Dui’s instructions. He never thought that half an hour ago, Luo Dui led a bowl of new steamed wine. After the wine came out, he was so drunk that he passed out, and the younger one could only carry him into the tent."

Seeing that Zhao Yun wanted to argue with Lang Zhong, Han Zhan quickly stopped him, and then asked Lang Zhong, "Lang Zhong, how much wine did Luo Dui lead evaporate?"

"Two jars." The doctor stretched out two fingers and said, "After using twelve jars of wine, only two jars of new wine were steamed."

Hearing that two jars of new wine had been steamed, Han Zhan quickly ordered, "Take us to have a look."

Under the leadership of the doctor, the three of them came to the place where the wine was steamed.Still far away, Han Zhan smelled a strong smell of wine, which was much more pleasant than the wine he usually drank.Guo Jia on the side, after smelling the wine, closed his eyes slightly, raised his head at a 45-degree angle, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly: "What a delicious wine!"

The doctor held a jar of wine in front of Han Zhan, and said to him, "Master Hou, this is the new wine that has been steamed."

Han Zhan took a wine bowl from the side, reached in and scooped up half the bowl of wine, brought it to his mouth and tasted it, and it really was the familiar taste of liquor in later generations.He smiled and handed the wine bowl to Guo Jia, and said, "Feng Xiao, you are such a fine wine, how about this wine?"