Three Kingdoms King of the North

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao asked angrily.

"The two generals Yan Liang and Chou were wounded one after another in the battle with the generals of the Han family army."

"What, Yan Liangchou was injured?" Yan Liangchou was Yuan Shao's favorite general. Hearing that they were injured, Yuan Shao was very anxious. He asked anxiously, "How are their injuries?"

"Reply to my lord," the messenger replied, "General Ugly was shot in the armpit. Fortunately, some of his subordinates gave up their lives to save his life. General Yan Liang was shot in the right shoulder, but the injury is not serious. He needs to recuperate for a few days." Enough."

When Feng Ji heard this, he quickly said to Yuan Shao: "Master, General Yan Liangchou may not be able to fight in a short period of time. If Han Meng is killed again, there will be no one in the army to use."

Yuan Shao knew very well in his heart that although there were quite a few military officials in his battalion, Yan Liangchou had to be the one to charge forward.If the two of them can't play in the short term, I can only rely on Han Meng.Thinking of this, he ordered his left and right: "Bring Han Meng in!"

Han Meng, who was in a panic, came in from outside the tent, knelt down in front of Yuan Shao with a plop, kowtowed twice and said, "Thank you, my lord, for not killing me!"

"Han Meng," Yuan Shao said sternly after glancing at him with disgust, "I will write down your death penalty for you. If we lose the spirit of our army again, we will be punished for several crimes and wiped out." Three clans."

Han Zhan, who was in Guantao, heard that Zhao Yun and Jiang Qi, who had been led by Huang Zhong, came to Guantao with a large amount of food and grass, and hurried out of the city to meet him.

He stood by the suspension bridge, and when he saw Zhao Yun and others approaching, he quickly greeted them with a smile, and warmly greeted them from a long distance away: "Zilong, Hansheng, you are back!"

Seeing that Han Zhan came out to greet them in person, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong didn't dare to be too arrogant, they quickly got off their horses, stepped forward to salute Han Zhan, "I will see you, my lord!"

After Han Zhan exchanged a few words with the two, he walked towards Jiang Qi and the others.The three hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, cupped their fists and saluted Han Zhan: "The final general will see Tinghou!"

"Excuse me, everyone!" Han Zhan stepped forward to help Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and others one by one, and said to them: "You are all from my father's old department, and now I have brought so many people here to vote. Hou is really grateful. If the three of you don't dislike them, you will still serve as the school captain, and all the troops and horses in your troops will be controlled by you!"

When Jiang Qi and others heard that Han Zhan not only continued to hold their original positions, but also controlled the original soldiers and horses, they couldn't help feeling ecstatic.After the three of them looked at each other, they clasped their fists together and saluted: "Thank you, my lord, the general will obey!"

On the way back to the city, Zhao Yun told Han Zhan how he rescued Huang Zhong.After Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Liu Bei took Hanzhong, he sent Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to rob Cao Cao's food and grass.Huang Zhong was besieged, and it was Zhao Yun who led his army into the siege to rescue him.Facing Cao Cao's pursuit, Zhao Yun also ordered his subordinates to open the gate of the village, and stood alone outside the village to meet Cao Jun, scaring Cao Jun back.After Liu Bei learned of this, he praised Zhao Yun in public that "Zilong is full of courage".If Zhao Yun hadn't arrived in time today, Huang Zhong might have suffered a lot. Unexpectedly, these two people are destined to be related. It was Zhao Yun who rescued Huang Zhong twice.

Zhao Yun looked left and right, and then asked Han Zhan in a low voice, "Second Brother, what shall we do next?"

"Yuan Shao's army is about to run out of food, and the army is bound to be in chaos." Han Zhan turned his head and glanced at the long grain transportation convoy behind, and said to Zhao Yun, "It's time for us to fight Yuan Jun."

0145 - Mink Cloak

Xin Ping saw that the army rations were robbed, Yan Liangchou was injured again, and Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang and others took away thousands of people. There was no need to continue this battle, so he suggested to Yuan Shao: "My lord, the current situation is not good for our army. Why don't we withdraw our troops and return to Yecheng first, and wait for the next year to fight again?"

Yuan Shao heard Xin Ping say this, and immediately stared at him with eyes that wanted to eat people and asked: "Our army still has more than 3 people, and the Han family's children are only more than [-]. Besides, there are [-] newly attached soldiers. The number of soldiers he can use is only [-], why should our army retreat at this time?"

"My lord, there is not enough food and grass in the army, and the soldiers must be unstable." Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, the judge quickly explained: "Besides, the cold winter is coming, and the army lacks winter clothes. If you continue to stay outside Guantao City, even if the Han family If the children do not fight with our army, a large number of soldiers will die of cold and starvation."

Feng Ji, who is good at observing words and expressions, knew from Yuan Shao's face that the other party would never withdraw his troops under such circumstances, so he stood up and said, "Zhongzhi's words are wrong. Our army has no food, grass and winter clothes, so we can ask people to go back to Yecheng to demand them. Why worry about it?"

Seeing that Feng Ji was contradicting himself, Xin Ping frowned slightly: "Yuan Tu, the food and grass in the camp are only good for three days now, even if we send people back immediately to urge the food, it will take at least ten days to reach the camp. Once the Han family realizes that there is a shortage of food in the army and leads troops to attack, our army will definitely be defeated."

"How could the children of the Han family know what is true in my camp?" Feng Ji raised his voice, and when he was about to refute Xin Ping's fallacies, he suddenly remembered Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang and others who led the troops to escape today, and fell silent immediately.Because he thought that in order to gain Han Zhan's trust, Jiang Qi and others would take the initiative to report Yuan Ying's truth to him.

Xun Chen, who seldom expresses his opinions, came out of the queue and bowed deeply to Yuan Shao: "My lord, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

Seeing Xun Chen's respectful expression, Yuan Shao guessed that he was related to Han Zhan, and he was afraid of being suspicious of him, so he acted very cautiously.He nodded at Xun Chen and asked, "Mr. Xun, what do you have to say, but it's okay to say it."

"My subordinates agree with Xin Zhongzhi's proposal, and we will immediately pull out our camp and return to Yecheng quietly." Xun Chen said carefully: "If we stay here again, once heavy snow falls and the road becomes difficult, I am afraid that the army will want to withdraw safely to Yecheng , it’s not that easy.”

Xin Ping saw that Xun Chen echoed his opinion, and quickly added: "My lord, our army is currently short of food, grass and winter clothes. It is not appropriate to stay outside Guantao City. It is better to retreat overnight. When we return to Yecheng to rectify the army, next year It’s not too late to come to Guantao again.”

Xin Ping and Xun Chen's persuasion made Yuan Shao ponder.He thought that this time Wei Jun's troops were hastily dispatched to attack Guantao, but because all the generals were not united, not only did they fail to take Guantao, but they also lost troops, and some even directly sent troops away. It seemed necessary After returning to Ye City first and rearranging the troops, it would not be too late to attack Guantao.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao ordered to everyone: "Everyone go back and hurry up to pack your bags, we will withdraw our troops overnight."

Hearing Yuan Shao agreed to his suggestion, Xin Ping and Xun Chen looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.The two hurriedly bowed deeply to Yuan Shao and said loudly: "My lord is holy!"

In the early morning of the second day, the soldiers on duty at the head of Guantao City saw that there was only a row of wooden fences left in Yuanying in the distance, and the inside was empty without a single tent in sight, so they hurriedly reported to the team leader.

The team leader heard the report from the soldiers, and even ran to the city to check what the other party lied about the military situation.When he looked at the empty camp in the distance, he couldn't help muttering: "Damn it, this is a hell, Yuan Jun actually retreated in the middle of the night." He turned his head and asked the soldiers beside him, "Did you hear anything last night?"

The soldier shook his head like a rattle drum: "Return to the team, the Yuan camp is four or five miles away from the city wall, even if there is any movement in the middle of the night, we can't hear it here."

The team leader was about to go down the city wall to report to Gao Lan, but saw Gao Lan leading a group of soldiers walking up the stairs by the wall, and hurried forward to report: "Qi Gao Gao Lieutenant, Yuan Jun has retreated."

"What, Yuan Jun has retreated?" Gao Lan couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the team leader's report, and asked with a serious expression: "What you said is the truth."

"Everything the little one said is true." The team leader quickly replied: "If the captain doesn't believe it, you can go to the wall to see for yourself."

Gao Lan rushed up to the city wall in three steps and two steps, supported the battlements and looked into the distance. When he saw Yuan Ying, which was originally with banners and flags, turned into an empty camp, he couldn't help but burst into ecstasy.However, before going down the city wall, he still ordered the team to lead: "You wait here to be careful, I will go to the prefect's mansion and report this matter to Tinghou."

After listening to Gao Lan's report, all the people who were discussing in the lobby became relaxed.But Han Zhan was taken aback when he heard this, and said to himself: Why did Yuan Shao withdraw his troops suddenly? Could there be fraud in it?

Jiang Qi, who was standing aside, saw Han Zhan's puzzled expression, and quickly stood up and said to him: "My lord, there is a shortage of food in Yuan Shao's camp, and in addition to the cold weather, the soldiers lack winter clothes. If they continue to fight outside the city If we fight each other, a large number of soldiers in the battalion will die of cold and starvation."

"What Captain Jiang said is very true." As soon as Jiang Qi finished speaking, Huang Zhong continued: "My lord, since Yuan Shao has already retreated, should we send troops to chase after him?"

"No, we can't pursue!" Regarding Huang Zhong's proposal, Guo Jia was the first to stand up and object: "Although Yuan Shao retreats, he must be on guard against the pursuers we send. If Jia guessed correctly, he must be in the There are ambushes in dangerous places, and we will definitely suffer big losses if we rush after them."

Hearing Guo Jia say that Yuan Shao must have set up an ambush along the way, Han Zhan agreed with this statement: "Yuan Shao has a lot of capable men, since they chose to withdraw their troops in the middle of the night, it shows that they must take countermeasures. If we rashly send troops The pursuit is bound to suffer a disastrous defeat. There is no need to mention the matter of sending troops to pursue it."

After the discussion was over, Rob came in and reported to Han Zhan, "My lord, Hu Cha is asking to see you!"

Hearing that the wealthy businessman Hu Cha asked for an interview, Han Zhan felt very curious. Didn't he sell wine in Jizhou City? When did he come to Guantao?It was inappropriate to meet him in the lobby, so he told Rob: "Please come to the backyard, Mr. Hu!"

Not long after Han Zhan returned to the back house, Hu Cha walked into the study under Rob's guidance.After Hu Cha entered the door, he immediately knelt down in front of Han Zhan's forehead, kowtowed respectfully, and said with a smile all over his face, "The villain sees Tinghou!"

"Mr. Hu, please sit down!" Han Zhan waited for the other party to finish saluting, and asked him to sit down, and then asked politely, "I wonder if Mr. Hu came here from Jizhou, do you have any advice?"

"Returning to Tinghou," Hu Cha said respectfully, "Seeing that the weather is cold and the soldiers haven't got their winter clothes yet, the villain ordered someone to prepare five hundred leather jackets and send them over."

When the weather turned cold some time ago, Han Zhan thought that cotton had not been used to make padded clothes in this dynasty, and he had to buy leather jackets to prepare winter clothes for soldiers.Hearing what Hu Cha said at this moment, he hastily cupped his hands at the other party, and said gratefully: "So, this Marquis represents the generals in the army. Thank you, Mr. Hu."

Considering that businessmen can't get ahead without profit, since Hu Cha offered to donate five hundred leather jackets, it must be to sell his leather jackets to the army more conveniently, so he asked politely: "Mr. There are nearly [-] soldiers and horses in Taocheng, and [-] leather jackets are just a drop in the bucket. I wonder if Mr. Hu has a way to buy leather jackets for the army?"

When Hu Cha heard that Han Zhan said that he was going to order fur coats from him, his face burst into a smile. He originally thought that Han Zhan would break the sky by buying a few thousand fur coats from him at best, but now he knew that the other party He actually planned to buy almost [-] pieces, which didn't let him make a lot of money.He quickly got up and said, "For Hou Tinghou, [-] leather jackets are a bit too much, but there are many fur workshops near Jizhou. I believe that within half a month, they will be able to meet the needs of the army."

After placing an order with Hu Cha, Han Zhan suddenly thought that he should look at the product version, so he politely asked Hu Cha: "Mr. Hu, I wonder if you can let Ben Hou see the samples?"

"Okay, please wait a moment, the villain will fetch the goods." Hu Cha said, got up and walked to the door, and said a few words to the outside.Without much effort, he came in with two bags, one big and one small.He put the bundle on the ground, untied the big one first, took out the neatly folded leather jacket from inside, and said to Han Zhan, "Look, Tinghou, this is the leather jacket I prepared for the soldiers in the army. "

Han Zhan took it over and took a look. It turned out to be a leather jacket made of sheepskin. Although it may not be of high grade, it is a good thing to wear to keep out the cold.Seeing Han Zhan looking at the leather jacket over and over again, Hu Cha added, "Tinghou, this is made of sheepskin. There are also leather jackets made of dog skin. I wonder which kind Tinghou plans to buy?"

Han Zhan's later generations are in logistics. He has done research on the commodities he transports, and he knows a thing or two about this kind of leather goods.Among all the fur goods, although the clothes made of dog fur are of the lowest grade, they are the warmest on the upper back, otherwise people in the Arctic Circle would not purchase such goods in large quantities every year.Nowadays, it is necessary to buy a large number of winter clothes for the army. If they are mainly made of sheepskin, it may not be economically affordable, so dog skins are still the mainstay.

Thinking of this, he said to Hu Cha: "Mr. Hu, I think the dog fur jackets should be the main ones. If the quantity is insufficient, then use sheepskin jackets to make up for the shortage."

"The villain takes the order, the villain takes the order!" After Hu Cha finished speaking, he opened another bag, took out a cloak with a hood inside, handed it to Han Zhan, and said respectfully: "Ting Hou, this is a villain's filial piety to you, please accept it!"

Han Zhan took the cloak and was stunned. What Hu Cha gave him was a pure white mink cloak.He used to read novels, and he often saw that someone's clothes were made of white fox fur, without any stray hairs on them. At that time, he still felt how precious the clothes were.After getting in touch with the logistics industry, I realized that the fur that fox fur is known for is actually not high-grade, which can be seen from the fact that the price is only a fraction of mink fur clothes.Now that he was holding the white mink cloak in his hand, it was really not cheap.

Han Zhan stroked the cloak lightly with his hands, and said in a low voice, "The needles are short and soft, and the underpile is so thick. They must all be made of female mink skins, right? According to my calculations, 36 pieces of mink should be used." Skin."

When Hu Cha heard what Han Zhan said, he was taken aback for a moment, and then gave him a thumbs up: "Tinghou is really well-informed, this cloak is indeed made of female mink, and the number of skins used is exactly 36. open."