Guo Jia, who was in charge of the task of rescuing the frustrated, went to the state governor's mansion early the next morning to find Han Zhan and discuss some details of the rescue mission.

After the two of them sat down in the study, Han Zhan asked, "Fengxiao, have all the manpower to go to Yecheng been arranged?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and replied, "It's arranged, I plan to let Jiang Jackal be in charge of this matter." ”

"Ginger jackal?!" Hearing this unfamiliar name, Han Zhan frowned and asked, "It seems that he has never heard of this person, can he do it?" ”

"This person is a fine worker under Xun Youruo." Guo Jia saw that Han Zhan didn't know anything about Jiang Jackal, so he explained to him: "In the past, the news that Geng Wu and Min Chun were imprisoned, as well as the Jizhou officials close to the Han family, were raided by Yuan Shao and exterminated, he risked his life to send them. More importantly, Yuan Shao led his troops to the boundary bridge to meet the enemy, and the news of the emptiness in Jizhou City was also the news that he hurriedly rushed to Guangping News. ”

Knowing that Jiang Jackal had actually made such a great contribution, Han Zhan's eyebrows raised and asked, "I don't know what military position he holds in the army?" ”

"He was originally a commander in the army," Guo Jia said with a smile, "When he was in Wu'an City, Xun Youruo took a fancy to him and sent him to Jizhou to serve as a detail. ”

"Captain Wu's official position is too small." Han Zhan thought for a while, and then said to Guo Jia: "Since he has made so many contributions, I will promote him to be the uncle first." When he succeeded in rescuing Fu Gonghe this time, Ben Hou will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. ”

Guo Jia nodded, taking Han Zhan's words to heart. He paused for a moment, then continued, "Jia went to see his brother and son yesterday. ”

"Frustrated brother and son?" Hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "Is Feng Xiao talking about the two of Fu Zong and Fu Hu?" ”

"That's right, it's them." Guo Jia introduced to Han Zhan: "According to Jia's observation, it is not surprising that the qualifications of this person are mediocre; On the contrary, Gonghe's son was quite talented, and if he could be persuaded to serve the Lord, he could be given an official position. ”

Guo Jia's words gave Han Zhan a wake-up call, and he hurriedly asked: "Fengxiao, if Jiang Jackal can have a letter written by the Fu family, it will be easier to gain his trust when he meets Fu in Yecheng." ”

"My lord, Jia has already thought about this matter. The existing letters of the frustrated hu are here, please read them. As he spoke, he took out a letter from the sleeve of his robe and handed it to Han Zhan respectfully.

Han Zhan took the letter and looked at it briefly, it was all some family trivial matters written by Frustrated Hu to Frustrated Professor, and handed it back to Guo Jia. Thinking of the evaluation of later generations, he said that his talent was not inferior to Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia, but because he met Yuan Shao, the master who did not recognize the goods, he gave away his life in vain before he had time to apply what he had learned in his life. Han Zhan sighed and said, "The father and son of the Fu family are both talented, if they can be used by me, it will be a blessing for the people of Jizhou." ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Guo Jia asked tentatively, "Does the lord plan to talk to Fu Hu and ask him to come out as an official?" ”

"Wait a little longer," Han Zhan shook his head and said, "As long as we don't rescue Fu Gong He for a day, he will not become an official for a day, so as not to affect his father." ”

"The lord is worried," Guo Jia agreed with Han Zhan's statement: "With Yuan Shao's mind, once he knows that the son of Fu Gong He will work for us in Jizhou, he will definitely kill Fu Gong He to vent his anger." ”

"Yuan Shao is now cowering in Yecheng, and the families of those civil and military officials who follow him are all in Jizhou?"

"In addition to the original civil and military officials in Jizhou, the rest of the officials' families are all in Nanpi City." Guo Jia didn't know the purpose of Han Zhan's sudden question, and deliberately asked, "Is the lord planning to make a fuss about these family members?" ”

"That's right, that's what Ben Hou thinks about." Han Zhan smiled and said, "Fengxiao, think about it, when the overlord of Chu was surrounded by a wall, if he hadn't been embattled, would he have killed himself so quickly?" Since we are going to send people to Yecheng, we might as well contact the families of the former Jizhou officials who accompanied Yuan Shao to Yecheng to see if they can help us persuade our relatives to submit to us. ”

Regarding Han Zhan's proposal, Guo Jia frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Except for Fu Gonghe, only the family members of the Xin Zhongzhi brothers have weight, but these two people are loyal to Yuan Shao, even if we try to persuade them, it will have no effect, on the contrary, those messengers will be in danger." ”

Han Zhan knew that after the two brothers Xin Ping and Xin Bi were loyal to Yuan Shao, they had always gained deep trust, and it was almost impossible to get them to change their ways and follow him, so he never considered persuading the two to surrender. He saw that Guo Jia had misunderstood what he meant, and hurriedly explained to him: "Fengxiao, you misunderstood. The Xin brothers were loyal to Yuan Shao and could not persuade them to succeed at all. I'm talking about the rest of the civil and military officials who followed Yuan Shao to Jizhou, even if they have a small official position, as long as they can pull a few, they can also weaken Yuan Shao's strength. Raising the soup to stop boiling, how can it be like drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. ”

After Guo Jia left the Governor's Mansion, he returned to his official residence, recruited Jiang Jackal, and assigned him the tasks arranged by Han Zhan. After listening to Guo Jia's arrangement, Jiang Jackal asked with a confused face: "Mr. Guo, most of these people you mentioned are just junior officials who have not entered the ranks, even if they are persuaded to surrender, will there be any benefit?" ”

"The sand becomes a mound, and the water becomes an abyss." Guo Jia smiled and said to Jiang Jackal: "You have brought letters from your family members to those Jizhou officials who are staying in Yecheng, even if they are unwilling to submit, but for the safety of their families, they will not openly oppose us." Under the elimination of one and the other, Yuan Shao's strength will be greatly weakened. ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he suddenly remembered an important matter, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, can you find out who instigated the assassination of the high school lieutenant?" ”

Jiang Jackal shook his head and said, "Not a single living mouth has been left, and those dead assassins have nothing on them that can prove their identity, so until now, there is not the slightest clue." ”

"You still need to continue to investigate this matter," Guo Jia instructed Jiang Jackal: "If we can't find out the identity of the other party for a long time, I am worried that when he assassinates the lord in the future, we will be unable to prevent it." After a pause, he added, "There is one more thing, the lord has appointed you as Dub. I hope that this trip to Yecheng will not disappoint the expectations of the lord. ”

Hearing that he was promoted to Dubo by Han Zhan, Jiang Jackal hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to express his determination to Guo Jia: "Please rest assured that Mr. Guo and the lord will go to Yecheng this time, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent, if he can't save Mr. Fu, he will definitely not return to Jizhou City alive." ”