Guangping City is only half a day's journey from Jizhou, but Han Zhan did not send troops to attack Yuan Shao hastily, but continued to stay in Guang'an to appease the people and rectify the newly reorganized Yuan Shao's troops.

After Han Zhan saw the information from Jizhou, he summoned Guo Jia and Xun You to the main hall and asked the two: "Fengxiao, Gongda, now there are 10,000 elite soldiers of Yuan Shao in Jizhou City, as well as the fierce general Yan Liang, when should we capture Jizhou?" ”

"Yuan Shao has 10,000 elite soldiers, and the strength of our army is only more than 10,000, so it is not easy to capture Jizhou." Xun You shook his head and said: "If we can't attack for a long time, and the troops led by Yuan Tan come back to help, we will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on our backs." Therefore, I think it is the most appropriate time for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan to go to war, and then we send troops to capture Jizhou. ”

"What Gongda said is a safe plan." Guo Jia continued: "As far as Jia knows, Yan Liang's bravery is not under Zhao Yun and Dian Wei. If it is a field battle, maybe our army can win it. Once Yuan Shao can't hold out, then our army will fall into an unfavorable situation. ”

"If Zhang Yan's army arrives," Han Zhan and the others also expressed their opinions, and also talked about their own opinions: "If our two armies are combined, we will be able to have more troops than Yuan Shao, and at that time, we may have a chance of success in attacking Jizhou." ”

"Little Hou Ye thinks things too simply." Guo Jia waved his hand at Han Zhan and said, "Don't look at Yuan Tan and Wen Chou, who only brought 10,000 soldiers and horses to meet the army of Hu Zhen and Du Chang, but their chances of victory are much higher than those of the Montenegrin army. ”

Regarding Guo Jia's statement, Han Zhan was stunned at first, and then understood. Although the number of Yuan Shao's army is small, they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they can be used as ten; And the Montenegrin army seems to be outnumbered, but it lacks training, and to put it badly, it is a rabble. A group of wild wolves is enough to defeat sheep that are several times more than their own number, and now the relationship between Yuan Jun and the Montenegrin Army is that of wolves and sheep.

"Bonghyo, what should we do then?" Han Zhan humbly asked Guo Jia for advice: "Do we really want to wait for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to start a battle at the boundary bridge before we attack Jizhou?" ”

"Yuan Shao's current military generals are only Yan Liang," Guo Jia frowned and said, "If we can use tricks to make them suspicious of each other, then even if Gongsun Chan does not attack the boundary bridge in the short term, we still have hope to defeat Yuan Shao." ”

"What's the trick?" Han Zhan hurriedly asked curiously.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "Discord plan!" ”

"Discord meter?" Guo Jia's words immediately aroused Han Zhan's strong interest, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know how Feng Xiao is going to carry out this plan?" ”

Guo Jia didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "I heard that the little marquis and Yan Liang have some friendship, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"That's right," Han Zhan nodded and said affirmatively, "I do have some friendship with Yan Liang. After I was assassinated in Julu's camp, Yuan Shao was worried that my three strengths and two weaknesses would affect his capture of Jizhou, so he sent Yan Liang to lead people to protect me; Later, in Jizhou, when Zhu Han led troops to surround my house, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to lead troops with me to rescue my family......"

Guo Jia patiently listened to Han Zhan's explanation, and the smile on his face was even bigger: "In this way, the friendship between Yan Liang and you is indeed not shallow, so that we have a greater chance of the success of our strategy." ”

Han Zhan remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there were two successful divisive schemes. once was Cao Cao's separation between Ma Chao and Han Sui, making the two turn against each other; The second is that Zhuge Liang separated the Wei lord and Sima Yi, and as a result, the Wei lord was worried that Sima Yi would rebel, so he could only deprive him of military power and hide it.

He secretly thought in his heart that if this discordant plan was successful, when Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the future, there would be three successful divisive schemes in the book.

Thinking of this, he asked Guo Jia with a smile: "Fengxiao, what do I need to do?" ”

"Please ask the little marquis to write a letter to Yan Liang, and you don't have to write anything in the letter, just write some greetings casually......"

When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said in his heart, isn't this Cao Cao's bridge between Ma Chao and Han Sui? Therefore, he didn't wait for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and then continued: "Fengxiao, do you have a hazy word in the middle, smear and change it in the key places, and then send someone to seal Yan Liang, and deliberately let Yuan Shao know about it."

Yuan Shao is narrow-minded and suspicious, and when he sees that all the important places in the letter are smeared, he will guess that Yan Liang is afraid that he knows some confidential things, so he deliberately erases them. As a result, Yuan Shao was bound to be suspicious of Yan Liang. ”

After listening to Han Zhan's words, Guo Jia held the feather fan for a while, then gave a thumbs up and said approvingly: "The little marquis is really smart, and the thoughts in his heart actually coincide with Jia. That's right, that's what Jia thinks about. Without further ado, please start writing immediately, and Jiahui will send someone to Jizhou as soon as possible. ”

For Han Zhan, such a letter could not be better, but with a stick of incense, a letter that was enough to make Yuan Shao suspicious of Yan Liang was written. Guo Jia took it and looked at it, then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, if Yuan Shao sees this letter from the little marquis, he will definitely be suspicious of Yan Liang." ”

When Xun You took the letter and was about to find a reliable person to send it, he was stopped by Han Zhan. Han Zhan told him: "Cousin Gongda, tell the messenger that after arriving in Jizhou, you must pretend to be sneaky and panicked, let the defenders in the city catch him, and then let him explain to the captor that he is specially here to deliver a letter to Yan Liang." I believe that it won't be long before Yuan Shao will know that someone has sent a letter to Yan Liang. ”

"Master Hou, don't worry." Xun You replied with a smile: "I will definitely convey your words to the messenger, and strive to let Yuan Shao know about our letter as soon as possible." ”

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In the afternoon of the next day, a message suddenly circulated in Jizhou City, saying that Han Zhan, who was stationed in Guangping City, sent a letter to Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Che's riders.

When Feng Ji heard the news, he immediately ran to the state pastor's mansion to report to Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao didn't believe it verbally after hearing this, he still sent people outside to inquire, and sure enough, the situation was the same as the report of Feng Ji.

Feng Ji took the opportunity to add fuel and vinegar and said: "Lord, I'm not wrong, the Han family really sent a letter to General Yan Liang. You better hurry up and call General Yan Liang over and see what is written in the letter of the Han family. ”

After Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately called a guard and instructed him: "Call Yan Liang to me immediately!" ”

Not long after, Yan Liang appeared in front of Yuan Shao. He stepped forward and saluted and asked, "My lord, I don't know what is important for you to be in a hurry to recruit Yan Liang here?" ”

"I heard that the Han family sent someone to send you a letter," Yuan Shao looked at Yan Liang, who he trusted the most, and asked coldly, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"But there is such a thing," Yan Liang is a straight man, hearing Yuan Shao's question, he even took out the letter from his arms and handed it over: "The letter is here, please take a look at it." ”

Yuan Shao took the letter and looked at it, there were a lot of smeared places on it, and he couldn't help frowning and asked Yan Liang: "Yan Liang, why have so many places on the letter been smeared?" ”

Yan Liang replied innocently: "If you return to the lord's words, I don't know." When the messenger handed the letter to the last general, there were so many scribbles on it, and I was still wondering if the Han family had sent the draft to me by mistake. ”