Three Kingdoms King of the North

Everyone gathered in the conference hall, originally to discuss how to get along with Dong Zhuo, who knows that after talking, everyone began to comment on a few poems by Han Zhan.When Han Zhan saw that everyone was off topic, he coughed heavily and waited for the meeting hall to become quiet again before asking, "Tell me, how should we get along with Dong thief?"

Chapter 0153 Plan ahead

Although everyone scolded Dong Zhuo as a national traitor, this national traitor has the strength to crush any vassal. With Han Zhan's current strength, it is tantamount to striking a stone with an egg.

Guo Jia looked around and saw that everyone was thinking hard, so he stood up, walked leisurely with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "According to Jia, Dong thief is not long in life, if we get too close to him If you get close, you may end up in trouble."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Zang Hong couldn't help asking: "Mr. Guo, is there any other prince who plans to form a coalition to attack Dong Zhuo?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly after hearing this, "The princes who attacked Dong Zhuo in the past are all attacking each other now, how can it be possible to make an alliance with blood and fight against the country's thieves together?"

"Mr. Guo, you just said that Dong Thief's life is not long!" Zang Hong asked in confusion, "What's going on here?"

"Many acts of unrighteousness will lead to self-death. Dong thief is full of evil. Not to mention the princes everywhere, even the officials in the court hate him to the bone." Guo Jia explained to Zang Hong: "If Jia guessed correctly , Someone has already secretly arranged to take Dong thief's life."

"It's not easy to take Dong thief's life." Zang Hong shook his head and said: "Wu Fuwuyu, the captain of the Yueqi school, failed to assassinate Dong thief in the court, and was cut; After being found out, he could only flee to the end of the world. If it weren't for Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai's interpretation, he would have been decapitated long ago."

Hearing Zang Hong's eloquent account of a series of failed attempts to assassinate Dong Zhuo, Xun Yu couldn't help feeling worried. He was afraid that Han Zhan would send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo on a whim, so he quickly asked, "Zhaner, are you planning to send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo?" No?"

Han Zhan shook his head, and said to Xun Yu: "Dong Thief has a strong general Lu Bu by his side, which is the undeserved bravery of a husband. There is no one around me who is his opponent, so why send someone to die. The one who wants Dong Thief's life is naturally There is someone else." In order to prevent Xun Yu from asking any further questions, he quickly changed the subject, "Uncle, did Li Ru's envoy ever leave?"

"I haven't left, but I still live in the station." Xun Yu didn't know why Han Zhan asked about this suddenly, and quickly replied, "Does Zhan'er want to see him?"

Han Zhan waved his hand at Xun Yu, and said, "Uncle, prepare a generous gift for Li Ru and ask the emissary to take it back, and ask him to speak good words for us in front of Dong Thief. He said that the road is difficult now, and I will go again after the spring of next year." Chang'an is visiting Grand Master Dong."

"For filial piety," Han Zhan said to Guo Jia after he had given Xun Yu's instructions, "As soon as possible, send someone who can speak well, and bring a heavy gift to Chang'an, and secretly present it to Dong Zhuo's two generals, Li Jue and Guo Si."

"Li Jue, Guo Si?" After repeating these two names, Guo Jia frowned and said to Han Zhan: "My lord, although these two are generals under Dong Thief, is it useless for us to make friends with them?" Bar?"

Regarding Guo Jia's question, Han Zhan grinned and wanted to use "the secret of the heavens must not be leaked" to prevaricate, but when he saw that all the Wus in the meeting room were staring at him, he decided to explain to everyone: "Everyone, Once the ministers of the court collude with Dong Thief's subordinates and kill Dong Thief, tell me, what kind of situation will happen?"

Dong thief is dead, what will happen?Hearing this question from Han Zhan, the first thing everyone thought of was that once Dong thief died, he would help the Han family and save the people.But seeing Han Zhan's calm look, he felt that things might not be as simple as he imagined, so no one said anything.

"Everyone, this Marquis believes that once Dong Thief dies, his subordinates will definitely raise troops to avenge him." Seeing that no one said a word, Han Zhan took the initiative to tell everyone his thoughts: "There are more than ten people in Xiliang. Wan Dajun, once the soldiers approach the city of Chang'an, do you think the ministers in the court can defend the city?"

"I can't hold it!" Everyone can reach a consensus on this point, because now Chang'an City is full of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses. Even if Dong Zhuo is dead, these soldiers and horses will still be loyal to him for a long time. If it is true If Dong Zhuo's subordinates led the Xiliang army to come, they would definitely defect.

Tian Feng asked curiously: "Master, do you think that Li Jue and Guo Si can replace Dong Bandit and continue to hold the emperor hostage and control the government?"

"That's right, that's how I think about it." Han Zhan nodded and said, "Dong Thief has four generals under his command: Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji. Li Jue and Guo Si are none other than Li Jue and Guo Si."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Xun You laughed loudly, and then said, "Maybe the lord has forgotten the fierce general Lu Bu. Even if Dong Bandit dies, he will be the one who will take over the military power."

Just when everyone agreed with Xun You's statement, Guo Jia remained silent, and his eyebrows were frowned, as if he was thinking about Han Zhan's off-screen voice.After a long time, he asked, "My lord, do you mean that Lu Bu colluded with the ministers of the court and wanted to attack Bandit Dong?"

Seeing that Guo Jia guessed the truth of the matter, Han Zhan had a satisfied smile on his face, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Tian Feng say: "This is unlikely, anyway, Dong thief is also Lv Bu's benefactor." Father, how can there be any reason for a foster son to murder his foster father?"

"Lv Bu, it's just a family slave with three surnames." Han Zhan waited for Tian Feng to finish speaking, and immediately said in a contemptuous tone: "Since he was able to kill his adoptive father Ding Yuan in order to defect to Dong thief, then kill another Dong now." Thief, what is it?"

While everyone was surprised, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief. He found that he and Han Zhan had the same thoughts.He stood up decisively to support Han Zhan: "If things really develop as the Lord asserted, we should plan ahead and send people to make friends with Li Jue and Guo Si."

"My lord," Tian Feng hurriedly came out to remonstrate: "The matters discussed just now are all our analysis. We still don't know the specific situation. In the opinion of my subordinates, it's better for us to wait and see what happens. .”

Fortunately, Xun Yu came out to support Han Zhan in time: "Zhan'er, for several months, uncle, I have been arranging my subordinates to make friends with dignitaries in the capital, and I have also sent people to give gifts to Li Jue, Guo Si and others. Friendship. I will immediately send someone to inform the subordinates in Jingzhong, so that they can only make friends with Li and Guo."

After discussing the affairs of the capital, the next discussion is the next strategy.Guo Jia said to everyone: "Yuan Shao is newly defeated. He will not dare to break the border lightly before the spring of next year. And during this period, we can't be idle. Now Yuan Shao's youngest son, Yuan Shang, and several counselors are all Trapped in Bohai County. We should take advantage of Yuan Shao's inability to send troops to help, send troops to attack Nanpi, and take Bohai County into our pocket."

Han Zhan glanced over the military officials in the conference hall, and saw that the people sitting here were all people he could trust, so he said boldly, "Benhou's strategy is to take Qingzhou first, and then take Bingzhou. Before that, , only by uprooting Yuan Shao's roots first can he be forced to go to Yanzhou."

Only Tian Feng didn't understand Han Zhan's words.He looked at Han Zhan and asked in amazement: "My lord, I don't understand why you forced Yuan Shao to Yanzhou. Wouldn't it be easier to just kill him?"

"If we destroy him now, we will definitely lose our vitality." Han Zhan explained to Tian Feng: "Once our strength is damaged, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao in the south, and Gongsun Zan in the north will send troops to attack us one after another. There is a danger of destruction. By forcing Yuan Shao to Yanzhou, he can deal with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and we can concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zan who may betray his promise at any time."

Tian Feng became very interested in Han Zhan's statement, and he asked curiously, "I wonder what good strategy my lord has to make Yuan Shao retreat to Yanzhou willingly?"

"Yuan Hao, let me tell you." Xun You saw that Tian Feng was chasing after Han Zhan and asking questions like a curious baby, so he smiled and said to him, "My lord's original intention is to show Yuan Shao's honor to the court." Yanzhou Mu, and returned the captured Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and others to him as a bargaining chip for him to abandon Yecheng and go to Yanzhou."

"Isn't Yanzhou Shepherd Liu Dai?" Tian Feng asked in bewilderment: "If my lord proclaims Yuan Shao as Yanzhou Shepherd, how should Liu Dai be placed?"

Xun You turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and said to Tian Feng, "According to my lord's judgment, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou will attack again in the spring of the next year. Liu Dai may have some accidents. It's just a matter of raising Yuan Shao as the shepherd of Yanzhou. .”

Although Tian Feng was still a little confused after listening to Xun You's explanation, he nodded and said, "So that's how it is. This subordinate understands."

Seeing that the officials were silent, Zhao Yun got up and said to Han Zhan: "My lord, although our army has many soldiers at present, its combat power is uneven. Yun intends to use the current free time to step up drills on the soldiers so that they Be a warrior."

"General Zilong," Han Zhan said in an official accent because he naturally couldn't call Zhao Yun in front of everyone, "I'll ask Captain Huang, Captain Dian, and Captain Xiahou to assist you."

Zhang Xi, who hadn't spoken since he entered the door, felt a little anxious when he saw that Han Zhan had arranged work for everyone and left him alone.He got up and asked Han Zhan loudly: "Master, what about me? What should I do?"

When Han Zhan saw Zhang He stood up, he immediately realized that he had accidentally ignored him, and quickly said apologetically, "General Jun, General Zilong is in charge of the soldiers' drills, and there is no suitable arrangement for you at the moment."

Zhang Xi said with some embarrassment: "Could it be that the lord doesn't trust Zhang, so he doesn't want to entrust Zhang with important responsibilities?"

"General Jun, you misunderstood." Han Zhan quickly smiled and said to Zhang Yun, "You are the guard of Jizhou, and you are fully responsible for the defense of Jizhou City. Don't think that we are allies with Gongsun Zan, but we may turn our backs one day Now, the soldiers and horses they stationed in Guangzong City can come to the city at any time. As long as you can defend Jizhou City well, it will be a great achievement."

After everyone dispersed, Han Zhan only left Xun Yu and Guo Jia.He wanted to understand the financial situation of Jizhou, and discuss with them how to increase income and reduce expenditure.

After Xun Yu reported the amount of money and food in Jizhou to Han Zhan, he continued: "Although we have enough food and grass for tens of thousands of troops for ten years, the money we have in hand can only pay the soldiers for half a year. We have to find a way to increase Jizhou's income."

If you want to increase the income of Jizhou, you must raise taxes for the common people.When I was in Sheguo County before, I could send troops to attack bandits and Yellow Turbans, and seize money and food from them.Now that Jizhou is in charge, it seems that using this method will not be very effective. Besides, how can there be so many bandits and Yellow Turbans for him to fight?

Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao, what can you do?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Master, what Jia is good at is strategy, not internal affairs. If you want to talk about how to increase the income of money and food, you can only ask Xun Changshi."

"Uncle," Han Zhan turned to look at Xun Yu, and asked, "I wonder what you can do?"

"There is a way." Hearing Han Zhan's question, Xun Yu said hesitantly, "It's just that it's a bit too detrimental."

"What will damage Yin's morality?" Han Zhan stared at Xun Yu, and said jokingly, "Uncle will never suggest that I send someone to rob the tomb, will he?" After finishing speaking, he burst out laughing.

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu nodded solemnly and said, "Zhan'er, that's right, this is a way to make money. We can dispatch a team to specialize in robbing tombs to supplement the military salary."

Regarding Xun Yu's proposal, Han Zhan fell silent.He was thinking to himself: In the real history, could it be that Xun Yu also suggested to Cao Cao to supplement his military salary by robbing tombs?

Seeing that Han Zhan did not speak for a long time, Xun Yu showed an embarrassing expression on his face. After all, this kind of thing is disgraceful. He was afraid that Han Zhan would hate him because of this, so he quickly added: "If Zhan'er thinks this is inappropriate, Then we will think of other ways to supplement the military salary."

Unexpectedly, just after he finished speaking, Han Zhan waved his hand: "Uncle's proposal is a good way to supplement the military salary. After Jing Zhizhi, thick burials have become popular in various places. I believe that countless rewards will be obtained in the tombs." Gold and silver treasures."

Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his proposal, Xun Yu couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Since Zhan'er agrees, uncle will immediately arrange manpower to find the tomb."

"Wait a minute, uncle." Seeing Xun Yu turned around and wanted to leave, Han Zhan hurriedly stopped him again: "After all, this matter is not honorable, so it is not appropriate to make it public. We must keep the soldiers digging the grave a secret and not let outsiders know about it. "

"Zhaner, please rest assured," Xun Yu knew that if this matter leaked out, his reputation would be ruined, so he quickly assured Han Zhan, "I will arrange reliable people to take charge of this matter, and there will be no mistakes. .”

Chapter 0154

"Last year when Thief Dong moved the capital with the emperor and hundreds of officials," Guo Jia and Xun Yu and Han Zhan said slowly after they calmed down, "The sects were taught to set fire, the residents were blocked for defense, and the ancestral temple and palace were set on fire. The palace was connected by flames; the court of Changle was completely scorched. Dong Thief also sent Lu Bu to excavate the tombs of the first emperor and empress concubine, and took tens of thousands of catties of gold treasures to use as military funds."