Guo Jia wanted to find out why Han Zhan knew horseshoes and steamed wine, and he tried his best to trap him for several days. For him who loves fine wine, horseshoe is certainly not as attractive as steamed wine. Therefore, he asked Han Zhan every time how he knew how to steam wine.

But Han Zhan is not a fool, after hearing Guo Jia's question, he couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, and said in his heart, Will I tell you that the process of steaming wine was learned by a Polish winemaker when I was working in Europe?

Seeing that Han Zhan was always tight-lipped, Guo Jia knew that if he continued to ask, he couldn't ask anything, so he took the initiative to give up. He changed the topic and said: "My lord, according to the report of Tanma, Yuan Tan, who was stationed in Ren County, went out of the city yesterday to engage the Montenegrin army, and because of the strategy of Guo Tu and Xin Bi, the Montenegrin army was defeated. Tens of thousands of beheaded, but no more than 1,000 casualties were killed. ”

Hearing the names of Guo Tu and Xin Bi, Han Zhan couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, he originally thought that Yuan Tan and Wen Chou would take 10,000 people to meet the 50,000 Black Mountain Army, and they were not much sure of winning at all. Who knew that in the small place of Ren County, there were still Guo Tu and Xin Bi, don't look at them as outstanding strategists in the Three Kingdoms, but it is still easy to defeat opponents of the level of Du Chang and Hu Zhen.

"My lord," Guo Jia saw that Han Zhan had been frowning when he heard the news of the defeat of the Black Mountain Army, and hurriedly said: "If we want to send troops to attack the boundary bridge, we must eradicate Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and Xin Bi in Ren County, otherwise there will be a danger of being attacked by the enemy on the back." ”

"Where are the Montenegrin Army now?" Han Zhan took out the map, spread it on the table in front of him, looked at Guo Jia and asked, "How many people are left of them now?" ”

"According to the report of the Tanma, after the disastrous defeat of the Montenegrin army, some of the soldiers and horses have dispersed automatically." Guo Jia tapped his finger in the southwest direction of Ren County, and continued: "There are still more than 10,000 people left in the remnants, all of whom are stationed thirty miles southwest of Ren County. ”

"Feng Xiao, immediately send someone to contact Captain Du and Hu Junshi," Han Zhan instructed Guo Jia: "Their army is disheartened and demoralized at the moment, and if they are attacked by Yuan's army again, they will inevitably fall apart." Therefore, we need to send people immediately and ask them to rush to Jizhou to join us. Han Zhan was anxious to let the Black Mountain Army move closer to him, his original intention was to absorb these remnants of the defeated generals in order to strengthen his own strength.

Guo Jia heard Han Zhan's voice-over, so he nodded and said, "My lord, please rest assured, Jia immediately sent people to the Black Mountain Army and asked them to immediately pull out the camp and come to Jizhou!" ”

Guo Jia left with his front foot, and Zhao Yun came in with his back foot. He looked left and right, and saw that there were only himself and Han Zhan in the main hall, so he stepped forward and said, "Second brother, I just got a piece of news that Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Tan to give up Ren County and lead his troops to Jieqiao to join forces with him to fight against Gongsun Zhan. ”

"Big brother, where did you get this news from?" Han Zhan remembered that he didn't seem to have sent a scout horse in the direction of the boundary bridge, how could he get the news that Yuan Shao had ordered Yuan Tan to withdraw his troops? So he cautiously asked, "I wonder if it's credible?" ”

Zhao Yun took out a note from his arms, handed it to Han Zhan, and said to him, "This is a merchant who sent it to the gate of the barracks and handed it to the soldiers guarding the door. ”

Han Zhan took the note, looked at it in front of him, and saw that it was written: "Yuan Cheqi ordered Tan to abandon Ren County and lead his troops back to Jieqiao on the same day." "There was no signature on the note, and it was not known who wrote it.

After reading it, Han Zhan immediately asked, "Big brother, where is the businessman?" ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and replied, "After the merchant handed the note to the soldier guarding the door, he left, and he has long since disappeared at this moment. ”

Hearing that the messenger was gone, Han Zhan frowned and thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a conspiracy, like such top-secret information, the merchant who sent the letter actually handed it directly to the soldier at the door, and left in a hurry, wasn't he afraid that the information on the note would leak out? When you think about it this way, the authenticity of the information is debatable.

"Second brother, what should we do?" Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan walking back and forth behind the table with his hands behind his back, and hurriedly asked, "Did you send someone to intercept Yuan Tan and the others?" ”

Han Zhan raised the note in his hand and asked Zhao Yun with a serious expression: "Big brother, do you think the information on the note is accurate?" ”

"It's hard to say." Han Zhan's question really stumped Zhao Yun. He said with some embarrassment: "Now that Yuan Shao is confronting Gongsun Chan at the boundary bridge, he will definitely draw troops, horses, grain and grass from other cities to strengthen his strength, so that he can have the capital to confront Gongsun Zhan." Therefore, it is entirely possible for Wei Brother to order Yuan Tan to abandon Ren County and the whole army to go to Jieqiao. ”

"The situation that the eldest brother said is indeed possible." Han Zhan said hesitantly: "But such important information, the person who sent us the letter actually handed it over to the soldiers guarding the door rashly, didn't he consider the consequences of the leakage of secrets?" ”

Just when the two were in a dilemma, Guo Jia walked in leisurely from outside. Seeing the sad faces of the two of them, they couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lord, I don't know what to worry about?" ”

Han Zhan handed the note in his hand to Guo Jia, and said casually: "Fengxiao, take a look, this is a piece of information that General Zilong just received, and we are worried about whether the content on it is true or false?" ”

After Guo Jia read it, he asked Zhao Yun in detail about the content of the information he received, and then said to Han Zhan: "My lord, Jia thinks this information must be true and credible?" ”

"How so?" Han Zhan asked curiously after hearing this.

"I understand what the lord is worried about, the lord thinks that after the merchant handed over the information to the soldiers guarding the door, he left in a hurry, looking like a flawed." Guo Jia analyzed to the two: "But Jia thinks that this just shows that the intelligence is true. The person who provided us with information may have been lacking in skills and could not find a suitable candidate, so he could only rush to the doctor and find a merchant to deliver the letter. The merchants may have received a lot of money or were threatened to come to Jizhou City to deliver letters. When he saw the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the barracks, he was timid, so he handed the note to the other party and left in a hurry. ”

Although Han Zhan's reason for listening to Guo Jia was a bit far-fetched, it also made some sense, so he asked, "Fengxiao, then tell me, what should we do?" ”

"It's very simple, send troops to intercept!" Guo Jia looked at Han Zhan and said, "We left half of the soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the other half of the soldiers and horses to intercept Yuan Tan's army that withdrew from the county. Even if they have any conspiracy, we can make sure that Jizhou is not lost. ”

"Okay, since Feng Xiao said so, then we'll go and meet Yuan Tan." Seeing that Guo Jia said so confidently, Han Zhan made up his mind almost instantly, and he instructed Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you lead 5,000 men and horses to stay in Jizhou, and I personally lead Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Feng Xiao to lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to intercept Yuan Tan's army from Ren County." ”