After receiving the order, the team immediately opened the gate of the village and put Han Zhan into the village.

Han Zhan sat calmly in Zhang He's tent and asked Zhang He with a smile: "General Jun Yi seems to be unwilling to see Ben Hou!" ”

Han Zhan's words reminded Zhang He of the person sitting in front of him, not only the son of the former lord, but also a prince of the imperial court, and hurriedly tried to squeeze out a smile on his face: "The matter of the prince being knighted by the imperial court, Zhang only knows about it today, and congratulations to the prince here." ”

Although Gao Lan and Han Zhan had only met two or three times next to him, he had always had a good impression of him. At this moment, seeing Zhang He congratulating the other party, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Gao Ran has seen the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion!" ”

After Zhang He and Gao Ran sat down, he asked Han Zhan lightly: "I don't know if the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion came to visit late at night, what do you have to say?" ”

"Ben Hou came here late at night to save the general's life."

After hearing this, Zhang He sneered and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion, although Zhang's martial arts are low, it is not so easy for anyone to take someone's life on the battlefield." ”

"General Jun Yi has superb martial arts, and he is certainly a rare opponent on the battlefield." Han Zhan asked rhetorically, "But if Yuan Shao sends someone to kill you, how will you deal with it?" ”

"The Marquis of Yi has a lot of trust in Zhang, how could he send someone to take Zhang's life?" When Zhang He heard Han Zhan say this, he said with some displeasure: "Zhangshui Pavilion Marquis still don't want to be alarmist. ”

Seeing Zhang He posing as if he was going to send off a guest, Han Zhan hurriedly said, "General Junyi, I have a letter here, I think you will be interested in reading it." After speaking, he took out the letter from the sleeve of his robe and handed it to Zhang He. Who knew that Zhang He sat in the same position and didn't move, and in the end, Gao Ran couldn't see it, got up and took the letter, and put it in Zhang He's hand.

Zhang He thought it was a letter of persuasion written by Han Zhan's advisor, and when he opened it, he still had a contemptuous smile on his face. When he read the contents of the letter clearly, his expression suddenly became serious. When he had read the letter, he threw it on the ground, got up, and walked up and down in the tent, saying incessantly, "How can this be true, how can it be!" ”

Gao Ran didn't know what was going on, which made Zhang He so annoyed, and he hurriedly bent down to pick up the letter on the ground. After he finished reading it, the expression on his face became extremely ugly. He never dreamed that Yuan Shao would actually send someone to spy on him and Zhang He, and authorize the other party to kill the two of them if necessary to seize military power.

However, out of caution, he still walked up to Han Zhan and asked in a low voice, "Childe, I don't know where this letter came from?" ”

Hearing Gao Ran call himself Gongzi instead of the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion, although it was a subtle title, it still made Han Zhan feel happy in his heart, which showed that Gao Ran had a good impression of him, and it seemed that he could open a breakthrough to persuade Zhang He to surrender from him. Thinking of this, he replied with a smile: "Captain, this letter was obtained by our army from a messenger. I saw that the above content was unfavorable to General Jun Yi and the high school lieutenant, so I came to report it in the starry night. ”

"I see." After Gao Ran listened, he gave Han Zhan a deep salute: "Gao Ran has thanked Gongzi again." After speaking, he walked up to Zhang He with the letter, "Jun Yi, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

When Zhang He and Gao Ran went to Guantao to take office, Yuan Shao sent Ma Yan to accompany them. In the past few months, Ma Yan has always been respectful to them, even if he saw the handwritten letter from Yuan Shao, Zhang He's heart was still skeptical about this matter, and after some thought, he said to Gao Ran: "Captain Gao, this general ordered you to send the Zhangshui Pavilion Marquis out of Dazhai, there must be no mistake!" ”

Hearing Zhang He's instructions to Gao Lan, Han Zhan's smile froze on his face, he didn't expect Zhang He to be a master who didn't eat oil and salt, and he hadn't started to formally persuade him to surrender, so he preemptively gave the order to expel the guest.

At this moment, a hoarse voice suddenly came from the door of the tent: "Wait! ”

Han Zhan followed the prestige, only to see a captain with a helmet and armor standing at the door, followed by five or six sturdy soldiers. The captain walked into the tent with his soldiers strutting his head high, and said to Zhang He: "General Junyi, since the thief Han Zhan is here, why don't you take him down?" ”

"Captain Ma," Zhang He looked at the other party and said coldly, "Don't forget, I have the final say in the army." How to deal with Zhangshui Tinghou, it's not your turn to dictate. ”

After learning that the person who came was Ma Yan, who was spying on Zhang He and Gao Lan, Han Zhan's heart sank suddenly, he was worried that if Zhang He worked for Yuan Shao with his heart, it would be possible for Ma Yan to take him down, and then send it to Yuan Shao to ask for merit and reward.

"The Lord's Decree Arrow is here!" Ma Yan took out an arrow from his arms, raised it high, and said loudly: "Zhang He, Gao Ran, take down the traitor Han Zhan immediately!" ”

Zhang He didn't expect that there was still a Yuan Shao's arrow hidden on Ma Yan's body, and a surprised expression suddenly appeared on his face. And Ma Yan saw Zhang He standing in a daze, so he ordered the soldiers who followed him: "Quickly take down the anti-thief Han Zhan!" Those soldiers responded violently, drew their waist knives and were about to step forward to capture Han Zhan.

"Stop!" Zhang He roared, opened his arms to stop those soldiers, and said loudly: "Do you still have me as the commander in your eyes?" ”

Seeing that his soldiers stopped and turned their eyes for help to himself, Ma Yan raised the arrow in his hand to the height, and said sharply: "The lord's arrow is here, if Zhang He stops it again, he will be killed!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, and instinctively looked down, only to see half of the tip of the sword emerging from his chest. He turned his head to look behind him with difficulty, only to see that it was no one else who had assassinated him with his sword, but Gao Ran, who had been ignored by himself. He pointed his finger at Gao Ran, his eyes were full of fire, and he said, "You... What are you for... Why... To kill... I? ”

However, Gao Ran did not answer his question, but decisively drew the sword back from his body, and pushed it casually, and his body shook and fell to the ground. Seeing that his master was killed, the soldiers who followed Ma Yan hurriedly pointed the weapons in their hands at Zhang He and Gao Ran.

Seeing that Gao Ran killed Ma Yan, Zhang He was shocked: "Why did you kill Ma Yan, and how should you deal with the aftermath now?" ”

"Someone's coming!" Gao Ran didn't answer Zhang He's question, but shouted outside with a calm expression: "Take down these thieves!" ”

With the shout, more than a dozen soldiers rushed in, and the two of them dealt with one, and easily arrested all of Ma Yan's subordinates, who were still in a state of panic.

After all of Ma Yan's subordinates were taken out of the tent, Gao Ran replied, "Yuan Shao doesn't trust you and me at all, and he actually sent someone to spy on me, and sooner or later he will be harmed." How can we sit still and wait for death, it is better to return to the son. ”

Seeing Gao Ran kill Ma Yan and hearing him say this, Zhang He couldn't help but feel a little moved. He hesitated for a moment, and said worriedly: "Even if I defect to Gongzi, but Gongzi's strength cannot compete with the Yuan family, you and I will not be able to escape this disaster sooner or later." ”

When Han Zhan saw that Gao Ran had killed Ma Yan, he knew that he had the heart to surrender, but Zhang He was still worried, so he stood up and said: "General Junyi, don't worry, half a year ago, Benhou didn't even have a foothold, and now he has controlled five cities; Three months ago, there were only 3,000 soldiers under the command of Benhou, but now there are 20,000 horses......"

After Zhang He learned about Han Zhan's existing strength, he did not immediately agree to work, but stood in place without saying a word. Seeing him in this situation, Gao Ran guessed what he was worried about, and hurriedly said to Han Zhan: "Childe, General Jun Yi originally wanted to serve you, but all his family members are in Jizhou City. If he does your job, it will hurt your family. ”

"General Junyi, it turns out that you are worried about this matter." Although Han Zhan hadn't received Zhao Yun's secret report yet, and he didn't know if Zhang He's family had received Guangping City, he still said with a big grin: "Don't worry, I have already sent someone to transfer your family to Guangping City, if you are willing to follow me to Guangping, you can be reunited with your family." ”

Hearing that his family had arrived in Guangping City, the boulder that Zhang He had chosen in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he immediately ordered Gao Ran: "Gao Ran, immediately gather all the soldiers!" ”

Luo Bu, who was staying outside the stockade, saw that Han Zhan had no news when he entered the stockade, and he was originally very anxious, and when he heard the horn from the village, he thought that Zhang He was going to attack Han Zhan, so he hurriedly rushed towards the stockade with a few cavalrymen. The soldiers in the village, when they saw Rob and others rushing over, neither let go of the arrows nor stopped drinking, but did not open the gate of the village, and let Rob shout outside.

Zhang He stood at the front of the queue and shouted at his subordinates: "Yuan Shao is unkind, trying to send someone to take the lives of me and the high school captain. General Ben has now decided to defect to Childe, and those who are willing to follow can stay, and those who are unwilling to follow can leave immediately. General Ben will definitely not embarrass him. He shouted three times in a row, but no one left.

After incorporating Zhang He's army, Han Zhan ordered the camp to be pulled out overnight and rushed to join Dian Wei and Guo Jia. In order to avoid misunderstanding, Han Zhan also sent Luo Bu, who had just entered the village, to bring a few cavalry back to report the news that Zhang He had returned to Shun.

After Luo Bu left, Zhang He asked Han Zhan for instructions: "Childe, there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses in Guantao, do you need to send someone to transfer them over immediately?" He paused for a moment and deliberately added, "It's all the old Han clan, and they only obey the orders of me and Gao Ran." ”

Han Zhan knew that Guantao was a medium-sized city, and it would be a pity to give up rashly, so he called Gao Ran and instructed him: "Captain Gao, you immediately rush back to Guantao and be responsible for commanding the five thousand soldiers and horses left." Before receiving my orders, not a single soldier is to leave the pavilion. ”