But what happened next made Zhao secretly relieved. After the soldiers and horses had finished assembling in the streets, they turned around and headed in the direction of the governor's office.

Seeing that Yuan Shao's ambush at the north gate had withdrawn, Zhao and Feng Li began to discuss the matter of welcoming Han Zhan into the city. He asked in a low voice, "How many people do you have available?" ”

Feng Li thought for a moment, and then replied: "There are more than twenty people who are absolutely reliable henchmen. ”

After hearing this, he nodded and said, "Plus the thirty or so henchmen under me, it should be more than enough." ”

"Zijing," Feng Li couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard Zhao say this, "What are you going to do?" ”

"When the day after tomorrow is ugly, we will open the city gate to welcome Han Tinghou into the city." I don't know if Yan Liangwen's ugly soldiers and horses are really withdrawn or fake, so he decided to replace the soldiers guarding the gate with his own people when opening the door, so as not to have unexpected changes, "If you and my henchmen guard the city gate, even if something happens, I won't be afraid." We only need to support a stick of incense for a long time, and Han Tinghou's soldiers and horses will enter the city. ”

Besides, in the Jizhou camp outside the city, Han Zhan was chatting with Guo Jia. He asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, do you say that our army will besiege Yecheng on all sides, so that Zhao and Feng Li will not have different intentions?" ”

"That's right," Guo Jia nodded and said, "If our army has not besieged Yecheng for a long time, the two of them may be responsible for the matter of private contact with us, and Yuan Shao will find out, so they will change their ways." When the appointed time came, our soldiers and horses quietly arrived outside the city, and they suddenly regretted not opening the city gate, or after opening the city gate, they set a trap inside, and then we could be defeated. Although the loss of a few thousand men and horses is indispensable to the vitality of our army, it will lead to low morale. ”

While the two were talking, Xun You walked in from outside. After he saluted Han Zhan, he said with a worried face: "Lord, my subordinates have found that the troops in the outer city of the West Gate are all Yuan Shao's old troops, and if they are instigated, they may mutiny. ”

"Gongda is too worried." As soon as Xun You's words were finished, Guo Jia retorted: "The soldiers and horses outside the west are all under the persuasion of the frustrated prison army and submitted to the lord, where will they rebel against Yuan Benchu again." ”

"Even if they don't rebel again," Xun Yu said worriedly, "If Yuan Benchu escapes from the West Gate when we break the city, do you think these old troops will stop him?" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he smiled, gently shook the feather fan in his hand, and said to Xun You: "Actually, it is not a bad thing to let Yuan Benchu escape. ”

"What, it's still a good thing to let Yuan Benchu escape?" Xun You was a little puzzled by Guo Jia's statement. But it didn't take long for him to figure out the joints, and he was immediately happy, and said in a loud voice: "I see, I see!" Fengxiao is really a good strategy, Xun has been taught. ”

Han Zhan thought to himself: At that time, Guo Jia strongly advocated that after he persuaded the soldiers and horses in the surrounding cities to surrender, let them camp outside the West Gate. I was still puzzled at the beginning, but after listening to Guo Jiayi's explanation, I found that it was the same reason as Zhuge Liang asking Guan Erye to guard Huarong Dao. Therefore, he agreed to his arrangement without hesitation.

When Han Zhan and the others didn't speak, he raised his head and asked Xun You: "Cousin Gongda, I don't know what news there is in the city?" ”

Xun You shook his head and said, "The four gates are closed, the defenders in the city are like clouds, and the spies we sent cannot get close to the city at all. Therefore, the situation in the city is unknown. ”

"Don't worry." Guo Jia said confidently: "When the day after tomorrow is ugly, as long as we send a group of men and horses to the north gate to see if the city gate is opened, we will know whether the two of them are really taking refuge in us." ”

Feng Ji in the city was shocked when he learned that the city was surrounded by Jizhou soldiers and horses. Don't look at him in front of Yuan Shao, saying that it was no problem for Yecheng to hold on for half a year, but when it came to the end, he panicked. He personally went to the city, and walked around blindly with a few personal soldiers, secretly checking if there were any loopholes to exploit.

When he turned to the west gate, he saw from a distance the robes of the soldiers on duty outside the camp gate, which were exactly the same as the defenders in the city. He frowned and thought: Why did these soldiers wear the same robes as the defenders of the city? Where did this Han family kid get so many robes?

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a soldier next to him say: "Hey, look, isn't the soldier standing guard outside the gate a big cow from the neighboring village?" ”

Another soldier looked in that direction for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right, it's a big cow." Isn't he a defiled city, how can he appear outside the city? ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" The soldier who spoke first whispered: "It must be the defenders of the Dirty City who defected to the Jizhou Army, that's why they appeared here." ”

When Feng Ji heard this, he grabbed the arm of his own soldier and asked, "What you just said, but is it true?" ”

The soldier replied in a little panic: "The little one doesn't dare to deceive Changshi, and one of the soldiers outside the gate over there is a small fellow, who was originally stationed in the dirty city, but he never thought that he would see him here." ”

The words of the pro-soldiers opened up a train of thought for Feng Ji, and he did not wander around the city wall anymore, but took his pro-soldiers down the city wall and went along the street towards the governor's mansion.

He walked into the conference hall and saw Yuan Shao sitting there alone in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My subordinates have seen the lord!" ”

"It's the meta map here." Yuan Shao heard someone talking, looked up and saw that it was Feng Ji, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, and said weakly: "Sit down and talk." ”

After Feng Ji sat down, he asked Yuan Shao knowingly: "The subordinate general seems to have something on his mind, I don't know if it is possible to tell one or two, and let his subordinates share your worries?" ”

"Yecheng is surrounded on all sides," Yuan Shao said with a sad face: "The surrounding cities must have been taken by Jizhou soldiers and horses, and now Yecheng has become a lonely city." ”

Feng Ji hurriedly comforted and said: "Don't worry, my lord, if Yecheng can't hold it, we can abandon the city and leave." ”

"There are Jizhou soldiers and horses on all sides, where are we going?" Yuan Shao said angrily.

"My subordinate just went to patrol the city." In order to leave a good impression on Yuan Shao, Feng Ji described his investigation of the escape route as patrolling the city and inspecting the terrain: "I found that the garrison outside the west gate was the old department of the lord. ”

Hearing Feng Ji say this, Yuan Shao's eyes widened in surprise: "What, General Ben's old department?" ”

"That's right, it's your old ministry." Seeing Yuan Shao's puzzled expression, Feng Ji hurriedly explained to him: "They are all the guards of other cities in Wei County, and it is estimated that they were bewitched by the Han family's children, and they all changed their banners. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he slammed the table, stood up and said angrily: "What did Yuan Tu do with these betrayers?" ”

"My lord, please calm your anger." Feng Ji hurriedly got up and saluted Yuan Shao and said: "These people return to Jizhou, maybe they have a last resort, please don't blame them." My subordinates have an idea, I want to meet these guards overnight to see if I can convince them to do it anyway, so that my Yecheng can add tens of thousands of new troops. ”

"Convince them anyway?" Yuan Shao's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard Feng Ji say this, but the look in his eyes quickly dimmed: "No, what if they refuse to do it anyway and take you hostage?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates think so." Feng Ji leaned close to Yuan Shao's ear and whispered: "Even if they refuse to do it, but the subordinates must find a way to persuade them, once Yecheng can't hold it, make a passage for us." ”

Yuan Shao was originally depressed because Yecheng had become a lonely city, but when he heard Feng Ji say that he could find a way to escape, hope was ignited in his heart, and he hurriedly urged Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu, since this is the case, then you should hurry up and clean up, and then go outside the city immediately." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, lord." Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao urged him to leave the city immediately, and hurriedly said to him: "If you go out of the city at this time, it is easy to be noticed, so it is better to wait until after dark, and then your subordinates will sneak into the camp quietly to persuade those generals." ”

"Even if they don't rebel again," Xun Yu said worriedly, "If Yuan Benchu escapes from the West Gate when we break the city, do you think these old troops will stop him?" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he smiled, gently shook the feather fan in his hand, and said to Xun You: "Actually, it is not a bad thing to let Yuan Benchu escape. ”

"What, it's still a good thing to let Yuan Benchu escape?" Xun You was a little puzzled by Guo Jia's statement. But it didn't take long for him to figure out the joints, and he was immediately happy, and said in a loud voice: "I see, I see!" Fengxiao is really a good strategy, Xun has been taught. ”

Han Zhan thought to himself: At that time, Guo Jia strongly advocated that after he persuaded the soldiers and horses in the surrounding cities to surrender, let them camp outside the West Gate. I was still puzzled at the beginning, but after listening to Guo Jiayi's explanation, I found that it was the same reason as Zhuge Liang asking Guan Erye to guard Huarong Dao. Therefore, he agreed to his arrangement without hesitation.

When Han Zhan and the others didn't speak, he raised his head and asked Xun You: "Cousin Gongda, I don't know what news there is in the city?" ”

Xun You shook his head and said, "The four gates are closed, the defenders in the city are like clouds, and the spies we sent cannot get close to the city at all. Therefore, the situation in the city is unknown. ”

"Don't worry." Guo Jia said confidently: "When the day after tomorrow is ugly, as long as we send a group of men and horses to the north gate to see if the city gate is opened, we will know whether the two of them are really taking refuge in us." ”

Feng Ji in the city was shocked when he learned that the city was surrounded by Jizhou soldiers and horses. Don't look at him in front of Yuan Shao, saying that it was no problem for Yecheng to hold on for half a year, but when it came to the end, he panicked. He personally went to the city, and walked around blindly with a few personal soldiers, secretly checking if there were any loopholes to exploit.

When he turned to the west gate, he saw from a distance the robes of the soldiers on duty outside the camp gate, which were exactly the same as the defenders in the city. He frowned and thought: Why did these soldiers wear the same robes as the defenders of the city? Where did this Han family kid get so many robes?

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a soldier next to him say: "Hey, look, isn't the soldier standing guard outside the gate a big cow from the neighboring village?" ”

Another soldier looked in that direction for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right, it's a big cow." Isn't he a defiled city, how can he appear outside the city? ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" The soldier who spoke first whispered: "It must be the defenders of the Dirty City who defected to the Jizhou Army, that's why they appeared here." ”

When Feng Ji heard this, he grabbed the arm of his own soldier and asked, "What you just said, but is it true?" ”

The soldier replied in a little panic: "The little one doesn't dare to deceive Changshi, and one of the soldiers outside the gate over there is a small fellow, who was originally stationed in the dirty city, but he never thought that he would see him here." ”

The words of the pro-soldiers opened up a train of thought for Feng Ji, and he did not wander around the city wall anymore, but took his pro-soldiers down the city wall and went along the street towards the governor's mansion.

He walked into the conference hall and saw Yuan Shao sitting there alone in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My subordinates have seen the lord!" ”

"It's the meta map here." Yuan Shao heard someone talking, looked up and saw that it was Feng Ji, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, and said weakly: "Sit down and talk." ”

After Feng Ji sat down, he asked Yuan Shao knowingly: "The subordinate general seems to have something on his mind, I don't know if it is possible to tell one or two, and let his subordinates share your worries?" ”

"Yecheng is surrounded on all sides," Yuan Shao said with a sad face: "The surrounding cities must have been taken by Jizhou soldiers and horses, and now Yecheng has become a lonely city." ”

Feng Ji hurriedly comforted and said: "Don't worry, my lord, if Yecheng can't hold it, we can abandon the city and leave." ”

"There are Jizhou soldiers and horses on all sides, where are we going?" Yuan Shao said angrily.

"My subordinate just went to patrol the city." In order to leave a good impression on Yuan Shao, Feng Ji described his investigation of the escape route as patrolling the city and inspecting the terrain: "I found that the garrison outside the west gate was the old department of the lord. ”

Hearing Feng Ji say this, Yuan Shao's eyes widened in surprise: "What, General Ben's old department?" ”

"That's right, it's your old ministry." Seeing Yuan Shao's puzzled expression, Feng Ji hurriedly explained to him: "They are all the guards of other cities in Wei County, and it is estimated that they were bewitched by the Han family's children, and they all changed their banners. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he slammed the table, stood up and said angrily: "What did Yuan Tu do with these betrayers?" ”

"My lord, please calm your anger." Feng Ji hurriedly got up and saluted Yuan Shao and said: "These people return to Jizhou, maybe they have a last resort, please don't blame them." My subordinates have an idea, I want to meet these guards overnight to see if I can convince them to do it anyway, so that my Yecheng can add tens of thousands of new troops. ”

"Convince them anyway?" Yuan Shao's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard Feng Ji say this, but the look in his eyes quickly dimmed: "No, what if they refuse to do it anyway and take you hostage?" ”