In the next half a month, a lot of things happened, first Gongsun Zhan left Liu Guanzhang and the three of them to guard Guangzong City, and he returned to Youzhou with a large army. Then, the Montenegrin army led by Du Chang and Hu Zhen conquered Rencheng, but regrettably, Xinbi fled in disguise after the city was broken.

Soon after Jiang Fan came with strong crossbow soldiers, Xun Yu also came to Jizhou City from Sheguo County, and also brought Han Yan, Han Shan, Lihua and others. Sheguo County is now the temporary county commander of Huahu; And Sun Liang, who was loyal to the Liu family, served as the county lieutenant of Sheguo County.

With Xun Yu's efforts, the imperial court has recognized Han Zhan's self-leadership of Jizhou Mu; However, the self-proclaimed general of Wei had to give up because of the strong opposition of many ministers.

Yuan Shao, who returned to Yecheng, was furious when he thought that he was taken away from Jizhou by Han Zhan and Gongsun Zhan, and the life and death of his two sons were unknown. He instructed Feng Ji, Xian Pei and others to gather soldiers and horses from all over Wei County to prepare for a counterattack on Jizhou.

Frustrated and hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, our army is newly defeated, it is better to wait for the day, and do not raise soldiers in vain, there is no disadvantage!" ”

Feng Ji, who has always been at odds with Frustration, took the opportunity to slander Yuan Shaojin: "The lord is raising troops to crusade against the Han family's children, why did he say such ominous words, could it be that he secretly colluded with the Han family's children?" ”

Yuan Shao was sad that the life and death of his two sons were unknown, and when he heard Feng Ji say this, he was immediately furious, he suddenly got up from his seat and shouted outside the hall: "Someone! ”

With the shouting, two pro-soldiers with helmets and armor came in from outside the hall. Yuan Shao pointed with his hand and said angrily: "Drag Feng Ji out for me and behead him." The two soldiers agreed, stepped forward and grabbed one of Frustration's arms from the left and right, and prepared to drag them out.

"Wait!" Xin Ping saw that Yuan Shao was going to kill Fu Zhu, so he hurriedly stopped his own soldiers and pleaded with Yuan Shao and said: "My lord, it is also a good intention to dissuade the lord from sending troops, and I also ask my lord not to blame him." ”

When Xun Chen was in Jizhou, he had a good relationship with Fu Zhu, and when he saw that Yuan Shao was going to kill Fu Zhu, he naturally came out to intercede: "Lord, please spare the life of the frustrated prison army!" ”

Seeing that the two strategists he trusted were interceding for Fu Zhu, Yuan Shao knew that Fu Zhu couldn't kill him, but he let him go like this, and he was not happy in his heart, so he ordered the two personal soldiers: "Put him in prison, and when I break the Han family Xiao'er and Gongsun Zhan, I will punish him in a canonical manner." ”

The frustrated man who discouraged the troops was put in prison, and there was no more opposition in the court. Feng Ji, Xian Pei, Xin Ping and others all held Yuan Shao's orders and arrows to mobilize soldiers and horses from all over Wei County.

Ten days later, soldiers and horses from all over Wei County gathered in Yecheng, and there were 100,000 people. Yuan Shao left Xin Ping and Xun Chen to defend the city, and he personally led the army and went straight to Guantao.

The guard of the pavilion Tao was the captain Gao Lan, and when he heard that Yuan Shao's army was coming, he was immediately shocked into a cold sweat. While arranging for people to carry rolling wood and stones and ash bottles to the city wall, he wrote a letter to Han Zhan asking for help, and sent his henchmen to rush to Jizhou with letters.

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When Yuan Shaobing came to the Taocheng Palace, Han Zhan was gathering a group of civil ministers and military generals under his command to discuss matters in the state governor's mansion. Now that most of Jizhou has fallen into his hands, the main theme of the meeting he convened is to discuss how to implement a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, expand tuntian, build water conservancy, reward agriculture, and resettle the exiled population, so that Jizhou, which has just experienced war, will gradually stabilize and take a turn for the better.

Just as Xun Yu was expounding his opinion, Luo Bu suddenly rushed in from outside, he knelt down on one knee in front of Han Zhan, and saluted with fists: "Lord Qi, the Pavilion Tao Shou will send someone to deliver the letter." ”

Han Zhan was originally very unhappy when he saw that the discussion was interrupted, but when he heard that Gao Ran had sent someone to deliver the letter, he guessed that there might be something important, so he hurriedly ordered: "Send the messenger to the hall quickly." ”

Luo Bu soon brought in a team leader from outside, who held a letter in both hands, knelt down on one knee in front of Han Zhan, and said loudly: "Lord Qi, Yuan Shao has raised the army of Wei County and besieged Guantao. The high school lieutenant was afraid that our army would be outnumbered and difficult to resist Yuan Shao's army, so he sent a small starry night to Jizhou to ask for help from the lord! ”

Rob took the letter from the team leader's hand and respectfully handed it to Han Zhan. After Han Zhan quickly read the contents of the letter, he put the letter on the table, and then said to the civil and military forces in the hall: "Everyone, in order to avenge the murder of his son, Yuan Shao raised the army of Wei County and besieged Guantao. There are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Guantao City, and Yuan Shao's army has more than 100,000 people, if we don't go to the rescue as soon as possible, it is estimated that the city will not be able to hold it. ”

100,000 troops, when they heard this number, all the civil and military forces in the hall couldn't help but gasp, although from the dispatch of troops from Sheguo County to the present, there are tens of thousands of troops, but compared with Yuan Shao, the number is still at an absolute disadvantage. Han Zhan set his eyes on Guo Jia, wanting to hear what he thought, and he was still secretly thinking in his heart, he wouldn't put forward the famous "ten wins and ten defeats" point of view right now, right?

Who knew that before Guo Jia could speak, Tian Feng stood up first: "Lord, since Yuan Shao is raising troops under the banner of revenge for his son, then we only need to return the second son to him, he has no excuse, and he will inevitably retreat." ”

"Yuan thief is unwilling to be taken by us Jizhou, even if Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are returned, he will still continue to attack our city." As soon as Tian Feng's words were finished, Zhao Yun stood up from the queue and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, there is a way for soldiers to block the water and cover the earth, since Yuan Thief has raised troops to attack, we can't show weakness." Yun Yuan led his troops to meet the enemy. ”

"And me!" Not to be outdone, Dian Wei continued: "I am also willing to lead the troops, and together with General Zhao, I will kill Yuan Shao's army to the ground." ”

After Han Zhan waited for Zhao Yun and them to finish speaking, his eyes swept over everyone's bodies one by one, and then asked, "I wonder who has a different opinion?" ”

"Lord Qiqi," Xun You walked out of the queue and bowed to Han Zhan: "Although there are many Yuan troops, there is no need to be afraid. Our army is all elite soldiers, and all of them are ten. ”

Xun Yu just put forward his opinion, and Xun Yu also walked out of the queue: "Although the Yuan army is numerous, it is not as brave as our army; Moreover, the 100,000 army consumes a lot of grain and grass every day, and Yuan Junli is in a hurry. And our army has abundant food and grass, as long as it can't hold out, as time goes by, Yuan Shao's army will naturally be defeated without a fight. ”

"Feng Xiao," among so many subordinates, what Han Zhan wanted to hear most was Guo Jia's opinion, so he finally asked Guo Jia: "I don't know if you have any way to retreat from Yuan Jun?" ”

"Back to the lord," Guo Jia walked out of the queue and said respectfully, "Although Yuan Shao has many soldiers, they are all a group of improvised rabble, and we are enough to win the battle." ”

Hearing Guo Jia say this, Han Zhan suddenly had confidence, and he immediately got up and began to give orders: "Fengxiao, Gongda~!" ”

"The subordinates are here!" Guo Jia and Xun You hurriedly stepped forward to answer.

"You go with me and give me advice!"

"Subordinates obey!"

After the two of them retreated to the queue, Han Zhan continued to shout: "Xun Changshi, Tian don't drive!" ”

Xun Yu, who had just been appointed as the governor of Ji, hurriedly stepped out of the ranks with Don't drive Tian Feng, and replied in unison: "My subordinates are here!" ”

"The two of you stay in the city to help defend Jizhou City, and at the same time provide food and grass for the expedition army!"

"Zilong, Dian Wei, Hansheng, Xiahoulan!"

The generals who were named by Han Zhan all lined up and replied neatly: "The last general!" ”

"Two days later, Ben Hou will personally lead 3,000 cavalry, 3,000 strong crossbowmen, and 10,000 foot soldiers to rush to Guantao to rescue Gao Lan, and the four of you will go out with Ben Hou!"

"The last general will obey the general's order!" All four replied at the same time.

Han Zhan finally turned his gaze to Zhang He, who was standing in the queue, and said to him with a smile: "General Junyi! ”

Zhang He saw that Han Zhan had finished allocating manpower, and he had not been included in the expedition, so he guessed that the person who stayed to defend the city was himself. Hearing Han Zhan calling himself, he hurriedly replied, "The last general!" ”

"General Junyi, I will leave you with 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Jizhou City." In order to arouse Zhang He's attention, he also deliberately emphasized: "The defense of Jizhou City is of great importance, and there must be no mistakes. Once Jizhou is lost, our army will collapse due to lack of food and the cutting off of the back road, do you understand? ”

"The last will understand." Zhang He replied with a solemn expression: "Please rest assured, as long as Zhang still has a breath of air, he will never let Jizhou out of the half-point pool." ”

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After Yuan Shao's army was stationed outside the city of Guantao, he immediately sent Feng Ji to the city to persuade Gao Ran, trying to capture Guantao without spending a single soldier. Feng Ji received Yuan Shao's order, and immediately took more than a dozen followers to come towards Guantao City.

The soldiers on duty at the head of Guantao City saw a small group of men and horses coming out of Yuan's camp, and hurriedly went to report the team rate. When the team came to the head of the city, it happened that Feng Ji also arrived at the moat. The leader shouted loudly: "Stop, if you take another step, we will release the arrow!" ”

After the warning, the team leader shouted around: "Archers prepare!" ”

With his order, more than 20 archers standing at the head of the city immediately opened their bows and arrows and aimed at Feng Ji and his party under the city.

Feng Ji looked up at the city and said loudly: "You quickly go and report to your high school captain, saying that Feng Ji, the chief of the Marquis of Yixiang, wants to see him, and ask him to open the city gate immediately and let me in." ”

Hearing that the person below was Feng Ji, the leader of the city hurriedly ordered the archers to put down their bows and arrows, and then ordered a soldier to rush to report to Gao Ran. After the soldiers left, he crouched on the battlements and rushed down and shouted, "Feng Changshi, please wait a moment, I have already sent someone to ask for my captain, and he will come soon." ”

When Gao Ran heard that Feng Ji was coming, he hurriedly ordered someone to inform the team leader at the head of the city and open the city gate to let Feng Ji in.

When the team leader heard the report from his subordinates, he immediately commanded loudly: "Put down the drawbridge and open the city gate!" ”

Seeing that the drawbridge was slowly lowered and the city gate was opened, Feng Ji's face showed a smug smile, and he felt that he could completely persuade Gao Ran to take down the pavilion without blood.

Under the guidance of the team leader, Feng Ji came to the mansion where Gao Ran was. As soon as he saw Gao Ran, who was wearing a helmet and armor, he walked over with a smile on his face, and at the same time greeted him in a loud voice: "Captain Gao, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed, right?" ”

"It turned out to be a long history." When Gao Ran was in Jizhou City in the past, he had greeted Feng Ji many times, so he naturally knew each other, and he asked politely: "I don't know if Changshi is here today, what are you doing?" ”

Seeing Gao Ran smiling at him, Feng Ji felt that the chance of convincing Gao Ran was higher, and he pretended to be mysterious and said: "Feng Ji is here to save the life of the school captain!" ”

"Save Gao's life?" Gao Ran heard him say this, and a confused expression appeared on his face: "Why did Changshi say this?" ”

"Didn't the high lieutenant see the army outside the city?" Feng Ji felt that Yuan Shao's army was behind him to support him, so he said with confidence: "My father-in-law led an army of 100,000 to come here, and it is bound to win Guantao City." If the university captain understands the current affairs and turns against each other, he will not lose his glory and wealth in the future; If we want to resist stubbornly, everything will be powder wherever our army goes. ”

After Gao Ran listened, he sneered, and then asked rhetorically: "Feng Changshi's words are finished?" ”

Feng Ji was stunned at first when he heard Gao Ran say this, but he soon understood that Gao Ran had no idea of surrendering at all. However, he still said unwillingly: "Captain Gao, now that the two sides are outnumbered, if the lord of my family attacks the city, at most two or three hours, he will be able to break through the city. ”

Gao Ran Zhengse said: "Gao was originally a subordinate of Han Fujun, but because Jizhou was taken by Yuan Cheqi, Gao temporarily succumbed to his command. Now that Han Fujun's son, Zhangshui Tinghou, has recaptured Jizhou, Gao naturally wants to serve the old master. For the kindness of Changshi, Gao thanked him! If Yuan Cheqi insisted on attacking the city, Gao was also willing to accompany him to the end. After speaking, he ordered someone to send Feng Ji and his party out of the city.

After Yuan Shao heard Feng Ji's report, he was immediately annoyed and angry, and immediately ordered Yan Liangwen and Chou: "You two will lead 10,000 troops, and attack from the east and west of Guantao at the same time, and be sure to take the city before dark." ”

"The last general commands!" Yan Liangwen chou agreed, and went out of the account to order troops.

As for the south of the city of Guantao, it was attacked by Yuan Shaoqin with a large army. However, the north gate only sent some scouts to monitor the city's defenders, so as to detect the breakthrough of the defenders in the city in time.

But Yuan Shao underestimated Gao Lan's ability to defend the city, whether it was the south of the city that he personally supervised, or the east and west of the city that Yan Liangwen Chou was responsible for, he attacked for two days in a row, and the soldiers were killed and wounded, but he didn't even attack the city wall at all.

Seeing that the pavilion Tao couldn't be attacked for a long time, Yuan Shao was furious in the big tent, and he roared at Feng Ji, Xianbei and others: "A group of waste, an army of 100,000 attacked a city with only 5,000 guards, and more than 7,000 people were killed and wounded, but you didn't even climb the city wall, you are simply a bunch of waste." ”