Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Why did you do this?" If someone else sent this kind of information, no matter what the purpose was, Han Zhan could understand it to some extent, but now Yuan Xi betrayed his elder brother Yuan Tan, which made Han Zhan I can't understand it.

"Why else?" Hearing Han Zhan's question, Yuan Xi blushed and said, "Don't look at everyone and just call me the second son of Yuan, but no one in Yuan's family thinks highly of me. The elder brother is more important than me." He is not old, but he is destined to be the successor of my Yuan family, no matter in the government or in the army, everyone flatters and flatters him, but turns a blind eye to me. If my father is a hundred years later, the person who will take over his position will definitely be eldest brother."

"Yuan Xiansi is the eldest son and grandson of the Yuan family. It's reasonable for him to inherit Yuan Cheqi's business." Han Zhan looked at Yuan Xi and asked curiously, "Isn't this the reason for you to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

"Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xin Pi and others under my father's counselors are all from the elder brother's faction. Fengji and Shenpei are also from my younger brother Yuan Shang's faction." Yuan Xi gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what they do in the future I don't know who will inherit the family business of the Yuan family. If that's the case, why don't I use a knife to kill people and get rid of the thorn in my flesh early?" After speaking, he sneered.

Hearing Yuan Xi's laughter, Han Zhan couldn't help shivering. He only knew that after Yuan Shao's death, in order to fight for the power of Jizhou, the three Yuan brothers beat you to death, and even invited Cao Cao to help in the battle.Unexpectedly, their brothers Yan Qiang planted a hidden danger shortly after Yuan Shao entered Jizhou.

He casually asked: "Second Young Master, I wonder how old your younger brother Yuan Shang is this year?"

"14 years old," Yuan Xi said coldly, "he is still so young, yet my father arranged Fengji and Shenpei to assist him, and turned a blind eye to me, the second son."

"Second Young Master Yuan," Guo Jia couldn't help interjecting when he heard this, "Do you think you can inherit the Yuan family's foundation by getting rid of your elder brother through our hands?"

"Isn't it?" Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows, and asked back: "My father will not abolish the old and make the young, let my younger brother inherit the foundation of Jizhou?"

"Second son, it's not certain." Although Han Zhan has been trying to kill this potential rival in love, he is still of great use at present, so he can only make false claims with him: "Feng Ji and Shen Pei are Yuan Cheqi. Since he sent him to assist Yuan Shang, it shows that he loves this son very much, so why not let him inherit the family business in the future?"

As soon as Han Zhan's words came out of his mouth, not to mention Yuan Xi was stunned, even Guo Jia and Xun You were incredulous.But neither of them dreamed that Han Zhan was actually a time traveler, and no one could understand the ending of everyone better than him.

However, he did not intend to continue to entangle in this matter, but adjusted the topic in time, and said to Yuan Xi: "Second Master Yuan, I want to tell you that your eldest brother is fine, and now he is in Jizhou, locked up with Chunyu Qiong .When we get to Jizhou, I will send you to reunite with him."

When Yuan Xi said those words just now, he always thought that Yuan Tan had already died in the ambush.Hearing that Yuan Tan was still alive, he was startled into a cold sweat. He raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, and asked in a pleading tone: "Tinghou, can you not lock me up with elder brother? I'm worried. Staying with him for a long time will reveal flaws."

Seeing Yuan Xi acting guilty, Han Zhan smiled faintly, nodded and said, "Yes, I don't need to lock you together. But I have one condition."

"Tinghou, if you have any conditions, you can just say it." Hearing Han Zhan's words, Yuan Xi seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and said quickly: "Don't mention one condition, even ten conditions, I will agree to you."

"I want to negotiate a big matter with your father, but unfortunately there is no suitable person to deliver a letter for me." Han Zhan turned to look at Yuan Xi and asked, "I wonder if the second son can work hard and be a messenger for me?"

"Xi should be obliged to send letters to Tinghou." Regarding Han Zhan's request, Yuan Xi said with some embarrassment: "But if it is to kill Fengji, I advise Tinghou to give up. Ji is very good at sycophantic and has won my father's trust. It is almost impossible to kill him. Last time I went back to Jieqiao, I tried to persuade my father to kill him, but my father's ears were soft. After Fengji cried a few times, coupled with the persuasion of several advisers, he gave up the idea of ​​killing Fengji."

"Don't worry, Second Young Master." Han Zhan already knew that Yuan Shao would not kill Fengji, so he didn't intend to waste any more time on this matter. "I asked you to be a messenger this time for other things." Regarding Yuan Xi's doubts, he also deliberately added, "Don't worry, it's definitely a good thing."

"It's a good thing," Yuan Xi raised his hand again to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, and said with a smile, "That's good, that's good, hehehe." Although he was smiling, the expression on his face was uglier than crying .

After a while, Yuan Xi cupped his hands to Han Zhan and asked, "Tinghou, I wonder when you plan to send a letter to my father."

Han Zhan waved his hand at him and said, "Second son, don't worry. I don't know where the Marquis of Bingxiang has gone. Even if I want to send him a letter, I don't know where to send it. Let's go back to Jizhou to rest for a while, and wait until we find him." After we know the whereabouts of the Marquis of Bei Township, it will not be too late to deliver a letter to him."

Guo Jia and Han Zhan sent people to send Yuan Xi to Zhao Yun's army first, and then went forward to walk side by side with Han Zhan, and asked curiously, "My lord, I don't know what letter you plan to send the second son Yuan to Yuan Cheqi?" ?”

"Feng Xiao," Han Zhan turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten the strategy I proposed, first gain a firm foothold in Jizhou, then attack Qingzhou in the east, take Bingzhou in the west, and join Youzhou in the north? ?”

"I remember." Guo Jia nodded his head vigorously, and then asked: "But what does this have to do with you sending Yuan Xi to deliver a letter to Yuan Cheqi?"

"Jizhou City is too close to Guangzong City occupied by Gongsun Zan." Han Zhan turned his head and glanced at Guangzong City in the distance, and continued: "When we are allies, there is no danger. Once we turn against Gongsun Zan, As long as he sends troops from Guangzong City, he will be able to reach the city of Jizhou in a few hours, and we will not even have time to deploy our defenses.

Therefore, after I occupy Jizhou, I plan to no longer place the government in Jizhou City, but move to Yecheng.The city there is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the army rations in the city can last for ten years.As long as you occupy there, you can be in a favorable situation where you can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. "

Hearing Han Zhan's explanation, Guo Jia immediately understood what was going on.He nodded and said: "My lord, I understand. After Yuan Shao was defeated from Jieqiao, seven or eight out of ten fled to Yecheng. If we send troops to attack the city, it will definitely take a long time. And you plan to send Yuan Xi to Persuade Yuan Shao to abandon Yecheng."

Seeing that Guo Jia guessed his intention, Han Zhan nodded with a smile: "That's right, that's what I thought about."

"My lord, please forgive me for speaking bluntly." Xun You, who was following the two of them, couldn't help but interjected when he heard this, "How do you think that Yuan Cheqi will voluntarily give up the city of Ye to us after seeing Yuan Xi?" Woolen cloth?"

"Brother Gongda, that's a good question." Han Zhan nodded to Xun You, and said with a smile, "Yuan Shao will definitely not take the initiative to hand over Yecheng to us, so we must give him a little bit of sweetness and let him give the city to us willingly." Give us."

Chapter 0131: Xun You Recommends Zang Hong

Xun You and Guo Jia were very interested in what Han Zhan said, and they asked one after another, "I don't know what trick Marquis Ting has, so let's hear it."

"According to Ben Hou's analysis, the Yanzhou Yellow Turban incident is imminent." Han Zhan pretended to be mysterious and said: "Now Jizhou shepherd Liu Dai is in danger of life, so we must plan ahead and declare Yuan Shao as Yanzhou shepherd to the court as soon as possible."

Hearing Han Zhan's cliché again, Xun You couldn't help heaving a long sigh, and stopped talking.Guo Jia, on the other hand, was thinking about another thing: "My lord, although you are now the Marquis of Zhangshuiting, we have never had any contact with the officials in the court. Even if you declare Yuan Shao as the shepherd of Yanzhou to the court, the court will not Agreed."

Regarding Guo Jia's worries, Han Zhan said with a smile: "Feng Xiao, today's emperor is just a puppet, and Dong Zhuo is in charge. During our expedition, my uncle has been using various means to make friends with people in the court. Important ministers, especially Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's counselor, even gave them a lot of money. As the saying goes: money can make ghosts grind, and money can be used to eliminate disasters. When we tell the court that Yuan Shao is the shepherd of Yanzhou, he will definitely will be of great help.”

After hearing this, Guo Jia nodded thoughtfully, thinking that Han Zhan's words were quite reasonable.After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "My lord, what you said about being rich can make ghosts turn millstones, and that taking money from people and eliminating disasters from people is quite appropriate."

When Han Zhan heard Guo Jia's praise, sweat dripped from his forehead. He knew that he had inadvertently uttered a common saying that had not yet appeared in this era.Fortunately, Xun You's next question resolved his embarrassment invisibly: "My lord, even if we declare Yuan Shao to be the shepherd of Yanzhou to the imperial court, the imperial court agrees, but Yuan Shao may not give us the city of Ye?"

"That's right, a mere Yanzhou shepherd is indeed not enough for Yuan Shao to hand over Yecheng." Guo Jia agreed with Xun You's statement.

"Besides Yuan Xi, don't we still have Yuan Tan in our hands?" Han Zhan said confidently: "As long as Yuan Tan is still in our hands, Yuan Shao will definitely weigh the pros and cons, and the chances of us occupying Yecheng are quite high." .”

Seeing that Han Zhan couldn't forget the city of Ye, Xun You asked puzzledly: "My lord, Jizhou City is also a very good choice as the governing place of the whole Jizhou. Even if Gongsun Zan invades, we have enough strength to defeat them. Why do we have to go to Ye?" to the city?"

Han Zhan gave him a faint smile, and then said: "West welcome Dajia, that is, the capital of Gongye, and command the princes with the emperor, and store soldiers and horses for the court, who can resist him?"

Hearing what Han Zhan said, both Guo Jia and Xun You showed expressions of disbelief.After a long time, Guo Jia saluted Han Zhan on horseback: "My lord is far-sighted, and Jia is not as good as Jia."

The three joined Zhao Yun's army and returned to Jizhou mightily.

Five miles away from the city, Han Zhan saw Zhang Yun and Tian Feng leading a group of people to meet him on the side of the road.Han Zhan quickly got off his horse and walked towards the two of them.

Seeing Han Zhan coming in front of them, Zhang He and Tian Feng hurriedly bowed and saluted: "The last general will refer to the lord!"

Han Zhan quickly stretched out his hand to help, and said in his mouth: "Jun, Yuan Hao is free!"

After Tian Feng stood up straight, he pointed to a middle-aged man with three strands of long beard behind him, and introduced to Han Zhan: "My lord, let me introduce you, this is Zang Hong and Zang Ziyuan, the prefect of Taiyuan. Zang Min's son is now a meritorious service under the command of Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling."

Although Tian Feng reported a lot of titles, Han Zhan still didn't know who this sacred Zang Hong was, but seeing that Tian Feng was so respectful to him, he must be an important person in this era, so he said politely: "Zhan has seen Mr. Zang."

Unexpectedly, Xun You, who was standing behind Han Zhan, suddenly said excitedly, "Could it be that Your Excellency is Zang Hong and Zang Ziyuan who initiated the Suanzao League?"

"It's just a matter of me." After Zang Hong replied neither humble nor overbearing, he asked, "I don't know who you are?"

When Xun You heard the other party's question, he quickly replied respectfully, "Xun You in Yingchuan!"

Han Zhan knew that it was the alliance ceremony where the Eighteenth Route princes begged Dong Zhuo, which was the jujube alliance mentioned by Xun You.He always thought that this alliance was organized by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but he never thought that Zang Hong in front of him was the initiator.He hurriedly said enthusiastically: "Mr. Zang, this is not the place to talk, let's go back to the State Shepherd's Mansion."

"Yes, yes, yes." Xun You quickly chimed in and said, "Mr. Zang, let's go back to the State Shepherd's Mansion."

After half an hour, Han Zhan hosted a banquet in honor of Zang Hong in the state pastoral mansion.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Han Zhan asked politely: "Mr. Zang, I don't know if you came to Jizhou today, do you have any advice?"

"It's a long story," Zang Hong said with a sigh, "after the Suanzao Alliance, the Kwantung Allied Forces once achieved a prairie fire. After the fire, the princes from all walks of life were suspicious of each other and hesitated to move forward. Dong Thief hijacked the emperor and fled to Chang'an. Later, because of the depletion of food and grass, the coalition forces disintegrated. Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling today, ordered me to go to Youzhou to contact Liu Yu, and prepare to attack Dong Zhuo again. Unexpectedly, when I walked near Jieqiao, I found Yuan Benchu ​​and Gongsun Bogui The army is fighting, and the front is impassable, so we can only return here temporarily."

When Han Zhan got up to go to the toilet, Xun You also followed. He whispered to Han Zhan, "My lord, Zang Ziyuan is a rare talent. You must find ways to keep him."

Regarding Xun You's recommendation, Han Zhan did not immediately agree, but instead asked: "Cousin Gongda, is this Mr. Zang really a useful talent?"

Seeing that Han Zhan showed no interest in Zang Hong, Xun You became a little anxious, and quickly said, "My lord, Zang Ziyuan is smarter than You, and he is a rare talent. If my lord lets him go today, I will regret it sooner or later." Too late."

Seeing that Xun You admired Zang Hong so much, Han Zhan thought to himself, since Xun You recommended Zang Hong so much, it seems that this person's ability is not bad, and he just wanted to attack Qingzhou.After seizing Qingzhou, he can be appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, presumably he will be competent.

Because he was thinking about how to keep Zang Hong, he was a little absent-minded after taking his seat, so that Guo Jia called him a few times before he woke up from his contemplation.He looked sideways at Guo Jia, and asked in a daze, "Feng Xiao, what do you want?"