Three Kingdoms King of the North

"My lord," Guo Jia sat up straight in his seat, saluted Han Zhan, "Mr. Zang is asking my lord, is the road to Youzhou smooth now?"

"Unobstructed, unobstructed, it can be said to be unobstructed." After Han Zhan said this, he hesitated for a moment, and decided to ask Zang Hong to stay. After all, there are too few people available to him now: "Mr. Zang, Zhan You It's an unfeeling request, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Tinghou, please tell me!" Zang Hong said politely.

"Sir, when you go to Youzhou, you just want to contact Liu Yu and form an allied army against Dong again, right?" At this point, he deliberately paused for a moment, seeing Zang Hong nodding in affirmation, and then continued: "But in Zhan's opinion, I want to It is impossible to get together the eighteen princes."

"What Tinghou said is very true." Zang Hong agreed with Han Zhan's statement: "So Hong intends to contact Liu Yu first. He is a clan member of the Han family. If he comes forward, there must be many People with lofty ideals respond.”

Faced with Zang Hong's naive thoughts, Han Zhan shook his head and said to him: "Mr. Zang, please forgive Zhan's words, your trip must be nothing. Even if Liu Yu agreed to send troops with Zhang Taishou to crusade Dong Zhuo, do you think that with the strength of your two families, you can defeat Dong Bandit?"

Hearing Han Zhan's sharp question, Zang Hong smiled wryly and shook his head: "Tinghou, let alone the power of our two families, even if there are a few more princes, they are no match for Dong thief at all."

Seeing that Zang Hong was not stubborn, Han Zhan asked tentatively: "Mr. Zang, I wonder if you can stay in Jizhou and assist me?"

"Tinghou, what did you say?" Zang Hong looked at Han Zhan with wide eyes and asked, "You let me stay in Jizhou to assist you?"

"That's right." Han Zhan nodded, and repeated what he had said to Guo Jia and Xun You: "Zhan wants to welcome Dajia to the west, that is, the capital of Gongye, and take the emperor with him to command the princes, and stock up soldiers and horses for future generations. Court, who can resist it?"

When Zang Hong and Tian Feng heard what Han Zhan said, they couldn't help being shocked. They never dreamed that he had such an ambition.After a long time, Zang Hongcai tentatively asked: "Marquis Ting, do you think that with the few cities you occupy, you can dominate the North and aspire to the top of the world?"

Zang Hong's words were very tactful, but Han Zhan could still hear his disdain from his words.After a moment of silence, Han Zhan nodded and said, "Mr. Zang, I plan to send troops to capture Qingzhou. After I capture Qingzhou, I wonder if Mr. Zang can submit to the post of governor of Qingzhou?"

Zang Hong waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, with a contemptuous smile on his face: "Tinghou, if I remember correctly, although you have a title, but it is just a small national decree, how can you appoint me?" What about Qingzhou Inspector?"

"Mr. Zang, you are right. Zhan's current official position is just a small state-related order." Han Zhan saw that Zang Hong was not willing to serve him, so he said seriously: "But don't forget, Zhan can Self-led Jizhou shepherd. Once Zhan becomes the state shepherd, those old subordinates of my father in the past will come to vote one after another. When I take Qingzhou and annex Bingzhou, there will be a land of three states, and then welcome the emperor to the west , will be able to dominate the northern border."

Zang Hong was stunned by Han Zhan's words.After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Tinghou, how do you plan to capture Qingzhou?"

"The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou caused a rebellion, and the state became depressed, known as Qiuxu. The current governor of Qingzhou is anxious and critically ill, and he will die soon." Han Zhan said confidently: "I only need to send a general to the east, and I can easily capture Qingzhou. It’s just that it’s easy to occupy Qingzhou, but it’s not easy to govern it, so I wonder if your husband would like to help me?”

"This, this?" Zang Hong couldn't help hesitating when he heard what Han Zhan said.

"Mr. Ziyuan." Seeing Zang Hong's indecision, Xun You was a little anxious, and quickly persuaded him from the side: "If you are willing to be the governor of Qingzhou, Jizhou will provide you with money and food, and help you manage Qingzhou."

"That's right, Ziyuan, my lord is right." Tian Feng listened for a long time, and felt that it should not be difficult to seize Qingzhou. If his old friend is the governor of Qingzhou, Qingzhou will definitely show a new look. , Therefore, he also persuaded: "Qingzhou has more people and less food. As long as you serve as the governor of Qingzhou, we will provide you with enough money and food. With money and food, are you afraid that Qingzhou will not be governed well?"

Seeing that his friends were also persuading him, Zang Hong weighed his interests repeatedly and finally nodded his head and said, "Okay, since Marquis Ting is so kind, then Hong will promise you. As long as you take Qingzhou, Hong will be fine." Take office immediately."

After deciding on the candidate for the governor of Qingzhou, everyone drank again.After the banquet was over, Han Zhan called Guo Jia into his study and asked him for advice: "Feng Xiao, do you think it is feasible for the Marquis to take charge of Jizhou Mu?"

"It's not enough just to lead Jizhou Mu." Han Zhan thought that his proposal would be opposed by Guo Jia, but he said, "I suggest that my lord proclaim himself General Wei, so that it will be justifiable to seize Qingzhou and Bingzhou."

Guo Jia's proposal startled Han Zhan. You must know that Yuan Shao was just a charioteer general who was appointed by himself, and this general Wei was only one level lower than the charioteer general. He asked cautiously: "Feng Xiao, is this appropriate?" ?"

"Appropriate!" Guo Jia said affirmatively: "Now Xunxian Cheng is helping the lord to contact important officials in the court. As long as Dong Zhuo does not object, the court will acquiesce in this matter."

Han Zhan got up and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking whether he should follow Guo Jia's suggestion and call himself General Wei. After all, doing so was a bit too shocking.After walking back and forth in the room for a few times, he suddenly thought, if he proclaimed himself General Wei and Jizhou Mu, then the positions of Guo Jia and others can also rise, and the uncles and nephews of the Xun family will no longer have to be wronged. county-level jobs.

Thinking of this, he stopped in his tracks, stared at Guo Jia and said, "Feng Xiao, you immediately send someone to deliver a letter to my uncle, telling him about my plan to lead Jizhou Mu and proclaim myself General Wei, and let him know what to do. How to contact the imperial court."

Seeing that Han Zhan followed his advice, Guo Jia also breathed a sigh of relief, saying that as long as your position is improved, people will come to you in a steady stream.The number of resolute resignations like Chen Zhen's will be greatly reduced in the future.He stood up and said to Han Zhan, "Don't worry, my lord. I will write a letter to Mr. Xun immediately and send it to him by horse. We will get Mr. Xun's reply within four days at most."

As soon as Guo Jia left, Patch walked in from the outside, walked to Han Zhan, and said in a low voice, "My lord, please see me, Lord Chu Jun of the Qiangnu Camp!"

"Chu Ge wants to see me?" Han Zhan was taken aback when he heard Patch's report, and then remembered that he had promised Chu Ge that once he captured Jizhou, he would take his sister Chu Wan'er as his concubine.Chu Ge's crime at this moment must have something to do with it.After thinking for a while, he ordered Patch: "Patch, please come in, Marquis of Chu."

Chapter 0132

Not long after Patch left the house, he entered the room with Chu Ge in casual clothes.Chu Ge came to Han Zhan, knelt down on his knees and kowtowed, saying: "Young one, see Tinghou!"

"The Marquis of Chu is here," Han Zhan said politely, "I'm not an outsider, so don't be so polite, please sit down!"

Seeing Chu Ge, Han Zhan thought of Zhao Fu and Chenghuan who had died in Yuan Shao's hands, and said, "Marquis of Chu, the ten thousand strong crossbowmen led by Zhao Fuchenghuan were a powerful army from Jizhou in the past. Qu Yi only recruited more than a thousand people, and he defeated Gongsun Zan's cavalry at Jieqiao with heavy losses."

"Returning to Tinghou," Chu Ge heard Han Zhan's question, quickly stood up from the table, and replied respectfully: "Yuan thief saw that the two adults Zhao Cheng refused to join him, so he sent someone privately. Go down and win over the military lords and Sima below. When they are almost empty, send out troops to encircle and suppress them.

Don't look at the number of people who have been bribed by the army Sima and Junhou below, but the soldiers below are still loyal to the two adults.Facing Yuan Thief's attacking army, most people stood by the two adults.Later, the two adults were killed by Yuan Thief's general Yan Liangchou, and nearly 6000 of the more than [-] crossbowmen died in battle except those who had surrendered to Qu Yi. "

Han Zhan calculated silently in his heart, the number of people eliminated by Yuan Shao and recruited by Qu Yi was only 7000, that is to say, there were still [-] strong crossbowmen left.Quickly asked: "Marquis Chu, do you know where the remaining three thousand crossbowmen are?"

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Chu Ge smiled and replied: "Tinghou, I was ordered by two adults to lead five hundred crossbowmen to Sheguo County to join Tinghou. After the thieves encircled and suppressed them, a small number of those who were scattered came to join me. As for the remaining 2000 people?"

Seeing that Chu Ge stopped in the middle of his sentence, Han Zhan asked anxiously, "Where are the remaining 2000 people now? Do you know?"

"I came here today for this purpose." Chu Ge said with some embarrassment: "A colleague from the past sneaked into the city in disguise, found me in the barracks, and said he was willing to bring people over. But worried about Ting Hou refused to take them in, so let me talk about Ting Hou's tone first."

"The former colleague?!" Han Zhan stood up abruptly when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "But your colleague in the Qiangnu camp?"

"That's right, it's the colleague from the Qiangnu camp." Chu Ge nodded and gave Han Zhan an affirmative answer.However, he was worried that Han Zhan would not accept such an army of unknown origin, so he said euphemistically: "If Marquis Ting refuses to accept them, I will return to the camp immediately and send him away."

Thinking that Qu Yi could beat Gongsun Zan's cavalry all over the north with only one thousand crossbowmen, Han Zhan couldn't forget to find a way to expand the scale of crossbowmen.I didn't expect that there would be an old man from the Qiangnu camp who came to the door on his own initiative. How can he let go of the good thing that someone will give you a pillow if you want to sleep like this? He quickly ordered Chu Ge: "Mr. Bring it here, the Marquis wants to have a good talk with him."

"Your order." Hearing what Han Zhan said, Chu Ge understood in his heart that he was planning to take in the crossbowmen, so he got up and left happily.

After Chu Ge left, Han Zhan walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking in his mind: With Chu Ge's ability, he can serve as the commander of the army, or even the post of captain, but considering that he plans to send his sister into the mansion for himself As a concubine, if he was promoted, some people would gossip that he was nepotism, so he has been wronged to take the position of Qu Junhou.If he could really recruit two thousand soldiers, no, even if there were only one thousand crossbowmen, he would be promoted to army commander.

He stopped and shouted outside: "Patch, patch, are you outside?"

"The villain is here!" Following the shout, Patch entered the study and asked, "My lord, what orders do you have?"

"Has my eldest brother returned from the military camp?" Since Zhao Yun doesn't have a mansion in Jizhou City, he either lives in the military camp or in the backyard of the state pastoral mansion, "If he has come back, invite him here immediately. "

"Here!" Patch knew that Han Zhan was in a hurry to invite Zhao Yun, and there must be something important, so he quickly agreed, and after exiting the study, he trotted to find Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun originally wanted to talk to Han Zhan about something, but as soon as he got near the study, he saw Patch running out of it, and quickly stopped him and asked, "Patch, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"General Zhao!" Seeing Zhao Yun appearing here, Patch couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly said to him, "Young Master has something urgent to discuss with you, so hurry up and go in."

Not long after Han Zhan saw Patch go out, Zhao Yun came in from the outside and couldn't help saying in surprise: "Brother, this Patch runs really fast, you came just as soon as I asked him to invite you. "

"Second brother, I happened to have something to ask you. As soon as I walked near the study, I saw Patch. He said that you need to find me urgently." After Zhao Yun sat down on the cushion opposite Han Zhan, he asked, "I don't know what the second brother is. Looking for me, why?"

"Brother, it's like this," Han Zhan repeated what Chu Ge told him to Zhao Yun, and finally emphasized: "Brother must be very clear that the reason Qu Yi was able to defeat Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao was because of His thousand crossbowmen suppressed the charge of the cavalry. If we can recruit these two thousand crossbowmen, our army's combat power can be greatly improved."

"That's right, in the Battle of Jieqiao, the reason why Qu Yi was able to defeat Gongsun Zan was because of the advantage of the location, but without the thousand crossbowmen, it would be almost impossible to stop Gongsun Zan's cavalry charge." After Zhao Yun finished talking about his views, he suddenly said: "Second brother, I think Chu Ge is a rare talent, and he can definitely be assigned a more important position."

Regarding Zhao Yun's proposal, Han Zhan said after a moment of silence: "Brother, I also know that Chu Ge is very capable, but he mentioned to me some time ago that he planned to send his sister into my mansion as a concubine. If I promote him to be a military marquis Or Captain, will someone gossip behind me, saying that I am nepotism?"

"The sister of the Marquis of Chu?" Zhao Yun immediately became interested when he heard what Han Zhan said.

"Brother, why did you forget? You saw him before." Han Zhan reminded Zhao Yun with a smile, "It's the woman you and I rescued from Zhu Zhen!"

"It turned out to be her." After being reminded by Han Zhan, Zhao Yun immediately remembered the woman he and Han Zhan had rescued in the city. By taking her as a concubine, my younger brother is not humiliating her."

"But elder brother should know that I am still in the period of filial piety, how can I marry a wife and take concubines?" Han Zhan said with some embarrassment: "I can't let Chu Ge send his sister into the mansion, and then follow me for three years for no reason. Bar?"

"It's okay, it's okay," Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan's embarrassed expression, and quickly advised him: "You can make this marriage first, and after the three-year filial piety expires, it's not too late to take her as a concubine."