Three Kingdoms King of the North

Although everyone could tell that Han Zhan's words were flattering, but Gongsun Zan still felt very useful.He laughed, stood up from his seat, walked down the steps to Han Zhan, took his hand to the table on the right, and said politely: "Tinghou, the food and drink are already ready for you , why is it so late, you must be punished with three glasses of wine."

"Thank you General Gongsun for your kindness," Han Zhan saw that his flattering words had changed Gongsun Zan's attitude towards him, so he said with a smile, "Then Han will be disrespectful."

While Han Zhan and Gongsun Zan were having a banquet in the prefect's mansion in Guangzong City, Yuan Shao and his gang were still on their way to escape like bereaved dogs.

Seeing that there were no pursuers behind, Yan Liang hurriedly overtook Yuan Shao, held his horse's reins with his hand, and said to him: "My lord, there are no pursuers behind, let's find a place to rest for a while, and go on our way when we have regained our energy. . . ”

Yuan Shao and his party came to a small forest by the roadside, and when the soldiers led their horses to graze and drink water, Yuan Shao looked at the scattered dozen or so people around him, and immediately burst into tears.He sighed and said, "I didn't expect my army to collapse within a day. To save me, even Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others were killed by Guan Yu."

"My lord, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." Feng Ji quickly comforted him and said, "When we arrive at Yecheng, join Xun Chen's army, recapture Jizhou and Guangzong City, and kill Han's children and Gongsun Zan. "

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a loud slap on the face.Feng Ji covered his face and looked at Yuan Shao blankly. He didn't know what he said wrongly, but he touched the lord's Ni Lin again.

Yuan Shao pointed at him and said angrily: "If it weren't for the strategies you offered, how could we be in such a mess today. I wish I could tear your body into pieces immediately to vent my anger."

Feng Ji immediately remembered Yuan Shao's behavior of venting his anger on others, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging Yuan Shao to forgive him.Seeing this scene, Jushou immediately took a few steps back quietly. He had already begged for Fengji once, and there was no need to beg for such a despicable person again, so he should stay away.

Yan Liang saw that Feng Ji's forehead was bleeding and covered with dust on the ground, his whole body became ashamed, and he couldn't bear it, so he quickly said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Yan Liang is bold, please spare Mr. Yuan Tu"

Before he could finish his words, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance, everyone in the forest was startled, and they looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a cloud of dust rising high in the north.The experienced Yan Liang yelled inwardly, and said to Yuan Shao, "My lord, perhaps Gongsun Zan's cavalry are chasing us!"

The judge on the side asked curiously: "General Yan Liang, how do you know it's cavalry?"

"Isn't that simple?" Yan Liang looked at Guo Tu contemptuously, and then said to everyone, "If the dust is low and moving slowly, it means that the soldiers are coming; look at the dust flying high. Yes, and they are moving so fast, they must be cavalry." He turned to Yuan Shao and said, "Your Majesty, please get on your horse quickly!"

A group of people hurriedly got on their horses, ready to continue to escape.Before they ran far, the distance between the cavalry behind them and them was close.One of the generals with a helmet and armor rushed out from the team, and with the good horse under his crotch, he rushed towards Yuan Shao and the others quickly.

When there was still a stone's throw away, he raised his voice and shouted, "Is the lord in front?"

Hearing this voice, Yan Liang couldn't help shaking. He quickly reined in his horse and turned his head to look back.After seeing the person coming, he also shouted at Yuan Shao who was running for his life: "Don't be surprised, my lord, the one who came is ugly!"

Hearing that the person coming was ugly, Yuan Shao and others slowed down their horses, turned their heads and looked behind.After seeing clearly that the person who came was really ugly, Yuan Shao heaved a sigh of relief, turned his horse's head and came back.

Chou hurriedly got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, Gongsun Zan is so powerful that we can't hold on. In the end, the general can only lead a team to break out of the encirclement and come to look for the lord."

Yuan Shao suddenly remembered that his second son, Yuan Xi, was still in Guangzong City, so he hurriedly asked Chou: "Chou, have you ever seen Xi'er on this journey?"

Chou shook his head, and replied honestly: "The last general has never seen the second son."

Hearing that Yuan Xi's whereabouts were unknown, Yuan Shao's first reaction was that he had died in the rebellion, and he couldn't help beating his chest and crying.All the warriors wanted to persuade each other, but thinking that in just a few days, the whereabouts of the first son Yuan Tan and the second son Yuan Xi were both missing, and they didn't know how to persuade them, so they could only stay on the sidelines dumbfounded.

In the end, Jushou couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward and took Yuan Shao's horse by the reins, and said to him: "My lord, you can't come back to life after death, so please give me your condolences. It's not safe here, so we'd better go to Yecheng as soon as possible, and fight with him." Xun Youruo join us."

"Yes, yes, yes," Yuan Shao thought that Gongsun Zan and Han Zhan might send troops to hunt them down at any time, so he quickly lifted up his sleeves and wiped his tears, and ordered, "Let's set off for Yecheng quickly."

Many of the [-] cavalry who followed Chou and escaped from the siege ran away on the road, and the remaining [-] cavalry were all crooked and exhausted.Hearing Yuan Shao said that he was going to Yecheng, no one complained, and immediately regrouped and followed Yuan Shao to continue marching south.

That night, hundreds of people spent the night in a forest in the northeast of Guantao. Yuan Shao was deeply afraid that Gaolan in the city would send people to attack him, so he sent a lot of scouts in the direction of Guantao, so that as long as there was any trouble in the city , they can escape immediately.At the same time, he followed Jushou's suggestion and asked the cavalry to tie branches to their horses' tails and run back and forth in the forest, creating the illusion that there was a large army hidden in the forest.

Gao Lan in Guantao City heard that a cavalry appeared in the northeast of the city, and the banner looked like Yuan Jun.Since he had not heard the news of Yuan Shao's defeat at Jieqiao, he thought that the cavalry he found was Yuan Shao's army coming to attack Guantao, so he ordered people to close the city gate and sent soldiers to the city to prepare for defense.

After a night of silence, Yuan Shao and others set off again at dawn the next day.

Yuan Shao and the others walked southward for more than 30 li, getting farther and farther away from Guantao, but no pursuers arrived.Yuan Shao said to Jushou with lingering fear: "Gongyu, it seems that Gao Lan in the city can't figure out our reality, so he dare not act rashly."

Jushou raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, and said with relief, "Thank God, as long as Gao Lan doesn't send troops, we can reach Yecheng smoothly."

At this moment, the scout horse sent by Yan Liang galloped back and reported to Yuan Shao: "My lord, I found a large army ahead, heading towards our direction!"

Hearing that there was a large army ahead, Yuan Shao was so frightened that he was so frightened that he couldn't speak a word.Fortunately, Yan Liang was calm enough, he asked Tan Ma: "Can you see the opponent's banner clearly?"

"Returning to the general," Tan Ma said respectfully, "I only see a big Xun character on the flag!"

After Yan Liang heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Yuan Shao, "Don't be surprised, my lord. It's the army led by Mr. Xun. Even if Gao Lan sends troops to chase us now, we will be safe and sound."

Chapter 0130

Han Zhan lived in Guangzong City for one night. Just after dawn, he took Guo Jia, Xun You, Xia Houlan and others to leave the city.Unexpectedly, as soon as they left the post house, they saw Gongsun Zan's soldiers walking over with a group of captured Yuan soldiers, and everyone had to stop.

The army leader who led the team saw Han Zhan and the others approaching, and quickly ordered the troops to stop, and drove the surrendered soldiers to the side of the road, making way for Han Zhan and the others.Junhou also stepped forward to flatter him and said, "Tinghou, please first!"

Han Zhan smiled at the other party, and led Guo Jia and the others to move forward.Just as they passed by those surrendered soldiers, suddenly a surrendered soldier rushed out of the queue, rushed to Han Zhan's horse, grabbed the bridle of the horse, and shouted at the same time: "Tinghou, help me! !"

Facing the surrendering soldiers who rushed out suddenly, Han Zhan pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed at him.But when he saw the other person's face clearly, he couldn't help being stunned. He blurted out, "You're not Yuan." But seeing the other person shaking his head at him repeatedly, he swallowed the latter words back.

The military marquis was scared out of his wits when he saw the surrendered soldiers rushing towards Han Zhan. If something happened to Han Zhan, his life would be lost.So he drew his sword in his hand, angrily walked up to the surrendering soldier, and raised his sword to cut.Han Zhan hurriedly shouted at him: "Wait a minute, Junhou!"

Junhou's sword was held high in the air, and he stared blankly at Han Zhan who was sitting on the horseback. He didn't understand why Zhangshuitinghou didn't let himself deal with the surrendered soldier who had collided with him?

Han Zhan quickly explained to him: "Marquis Jun, this is an old friend of mine."

"Yes, yes, yes," the surrendered soldier standing in front of Han Zhan's horse also nodded and bowed at the Junhou and said, "I and Tinghou are old friends, old friends."

Although Junhou was confused, he still put his sword away.He stepped forward and grabbed the surrendering soldier's arm, trying to pull him back into the surrendering team next to him.But it was stopped by Han Zhan: "Marquis Jun, this person is an old friend of this Marquis. Can I take him away?"

"Is this?" Marquis Jun scratched the back of his head and began to make trouble.

"If the Marquis finds it difficult, I'll go and ask General Gongsun. I'm sure he will give me a face and hand him over to me." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and put on a pose The prefect's mansion looked for Gongsun Zan.

"Wait a minute, Marquis Ting." The Marquis might feel that it would be inappropriate to startle Gongsun Zan for a small surrender, so he quickly grabbed Han Zhan's bridle, and said with a smile, "Since this person belongs to Marquis Ting, Old man, just hand him over to Marquis Ting to take him away, don't disturb my lord just because of such a trivial matter!"

Seeing that the Marquis agreed to hand over the surrendered troops to himself, Han Zhan immediately ordered a cavalryman behind: "Give up the horse to this brother."

The cavalryman agreed, got off his horse, and handed the reins to the surrendering soldier, while he went to the back to share a horse with his familiar brothers.

When everyone left Guangzong City, a stone's throw away from the city, Guo Jia came to the side of the soldiers' horses, snorted softly and asked, "Second Master Yuan, why are you here?"

"Oh, it's hard to say." It turned out that the surrendered soldier was Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, who was missing. Shouting: The city is broken, the city is broken. I feel that I have changed into a soldier's clothes, and I am going to take advantage of the chaos to leave the city. Who knew that when I looked at the city gate, there were already Gongsun Zan's cavalry guarding there. I can follow those surrendering soldiers to surrender and find another opportunity to escape."

Hearing this, Han Zhan couldn't help but sneered, and then said, "Second Young Master, it seems that your reputation among soldiers is far inferior to that of your elder brother."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi was confused and said, "What does this have to do with my elder brother?"

"A few days ago, we ambushed your elder brother in the canyon. After he was defeated, he also disguised himself as a small soldier and fled." Han Zhan recalled the situation that day: "He stood in the queue of surrendering soldiers, and the rest of the surrendering soldiers I recognized him immediately, and took the initiative to keep a distance from him, so that my subordinates recognized him as a big man at a glance. And you, Second Young Master Yuan, have no subordinates in such a long time since you were captured yesterday. Knowing you, does that mean you're a failure?"

Han Zhan's words made Yuan Xi quite embarrassed. After blushing for a while, he said without words: "Tinghou, thank you for saving me, otherwise my life may be in danger if it takes a few more days."

"Why do you say that?" Yuan Xi's words aroused Han Zhan's curiosity: "Does Gongsun Zan have the habit of killing prisoners?"

"It's not enough to kill prisoners." Yuan Xi shook his head and continued: "Last night, I heard the guards say that Xianbei is about to move in the north, and Gongsun Zan is going to return to the army to attack them. Surrendered soldiers like us, even if they are incorporated into the team, can't be killed." I can only play the role of sending you to death. So I want to say thank you." After Yuan Xi finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and added: "In this way, what we owe to each other will cancel each other out. "

"I don't think I owe you any favors, do I?" Han Zhan said with some puzzlement, "It's that you have always owed me favors, and I have let you off more than once."

Yuan Xi didn't answer this question immediately, but instead asked: "Marquis Ting, I think you may still remember that before you led the troops to ambush my eldest brother, you should have obtained a piece of information, right?"

"That's right, I did lead the army to ambush Yuan Tan after I received a piece of information. How did you know?" Han Zhan hadn't finished speaking when a terrible thought suddenly popped up in his mind. He stared at Yuan Tan. Xi asked in surprise: "Could it be the information you sent?"

Seeing that Han Zhan guessed the truth of the matter, Yuan Xi showed a smug expression: "It seems that Marquis Ting is not stupid enough to guess that it was the letter I sent someone to deliver."