Not long after Gongsun Zhan and Han Zhan's army was dispatched, Zhang Yan, who was far away in Montenegro, received a report from the spies. He hurriedly summoned all his cronies and generals to the council hall to discuss with everyone about sending reinforcements to the battle.

Seeing that all the people under his command had arrived, Zhang Yan asked Hu Zhen, who was sitting at the bottom left: "Military advisor, now that Gongsun Zan and the son of the Han family have sent troops to crusade against Yuan Shao, what should we do?" ”

Hu Zhen is now Zhang Yan's military advisor and is responsible for giving him advice. Hearing his question at this moment, he immediately stood up and replied, "General, since we have already made an appointment with the Han family's son, then we should send troops as soon as possible." ”

Zhenggu, who was a guest of Zhang Yan, was the leader of another Montenegrin army. After listening to Hu Zhen's words, he couldn't help but interject and asked: "Master Hu, now that the three parties are in a scuffle, if we go to assist Yuan Shao, after he defeats the two soldiers, maybe he will give us some benefits." Is that right? ”

Although Zhang Yan was very dissatisfied with Zheng Gu's interjection, it was not good to turn his face with him in front of many subordinates, so he could only say to Hu Qian: "Military advisor, tell me what you think?" ”

Hu Zhen stood up, bowed slightly to Zhang Yan, and then said: "General, after Yuan Shao gains a firm foothold in Jizhou, he will raise troops to attack, don't look at us as a million people, but we are not the opponent of Yuan Shao's hundred battles, so we must assist Gongsun Zan or the son of the Han family to eliminate Yuan Shao to prevent future troubles." ”

After hearing this, he asked again: "Master Hu, are you so confident that you think Yuan Shao will be defeated?" Maybe it won't be long before Yuan Shao will be able to beat Gongsun Zhan and the Han family's son. ”

After hearing this, Hu Zhen smiled faintly and said: "Don't look at Yuan Shao, who has occupied Jizhou for some time, and has replaced a large number of officials loyal to the Han family, but the subordinate counties are not optimistic about his officials, and there are still many people." It can be seen from the fact that after Gongsun Zan and the son of the Han family sent troops, the cities along the way returned to Shun one after another, and it can be seen that Yuan Shao has not yet fully controlled Jizhou, and if nothing else, he will be driven out of Jizhou by the two sooner or later. ”

After listening to this, he pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I think we should go to the aid of Gongsun Zhan, after all, he is the Marquis of Ji and General Fenwu of the imperial court, and he is not much stronger than that little state-related order." ”

"Don't look at the Han family's son-in-law is just a small state-related order," Hu Zhen heard that Zheng Gu deliberately mentioned the identity of Gongsun Zhan, and was afraid that Zhang Yan would be shaken, so he hurriedly persuaded: "But after all, he is the son of Han Fujun, and those old Han clans in Jizhou will give him a little bit of thin noodles when they see him, which will add a few chances of winning for him to recapture Jizhou." ”

When Su Gu wanted to ask a few more words, Zhang Yan had already stood up and shouted at Du Chang, who was standing at the bottom right, "Where is Du Chang?" ”

Du Chang hurriedly came out of the ranks, saluted Zhang Yan with a fist, and replied loudly: "The last will be!" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Order you to lead 50,000 troops, and together with the military advisor, rush to Jizhou to meet the son of the Han family." ”

"The last general commands!"

When Hu Zhen, Du Chang and the others went to prepare for the expedition, they looked at Zhang Yan and asked, "Brother Zhang, junior brother doesn't understand, why do you have to send someone to help that son of the Han family, a yellow-mouthed child can defeat Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world?" ”

Zhang Yan stared at the Han family for a while, and said, "Brother Wei Gu, there are two reasons why I want to send troops to help the Han family's son. First, Hu Junshi said that there are still many old Han family troops in Jizhou, which can help them defeat Yuan Shao; The second reason is because Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, the eldest brother of the Han family, are my true fellow countrymen, so the Han family's sons are also half of my fellow countrymen. My fellow countryman is in trouble, how can I sit idly by? ”

Hearing Zhang Yan's far-fetched reason, he shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang, the junior brother has said everything he should say, since you are so stubborn, then do it yourself." After speaking, he got up and bowed his hand to Zhang Yanyi, "The little brother has taken his leave." ”

Seeing the back of Zheng Gu leaving, Zhang Yan couldn't help but ask herself in her heart: "Am I wrong?" Even if you want to help, you should help Gongsun Zhan, instead of listening to the persuasion of the military advisor and helping the son of the Han family? ”

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Han Zhan's army stayed in Guangnian City for two days. Seeing that Han Zhan had no signs of moving, Xun You couldn't sit still, and he said to Guo Jia, who was in the same room: "Fengxiao, we have stayed in Guangnian for two days, I don't know when the envoy will be able to leave?" ”

Guo Jia, who was drinking, glanced at Xun You, and drank all the wine in the wine bottle in his hand before he spoke: "It's not that you don't want to leave, but the time has not come." ”

"The time has not yet come?" Xun You was confused by Guo Jia's words, he looked at Guo Jia with wide eyes and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Gong Damo should be in a hurry," Guo Jia said to Xun You with a smile, "Do you remember when I accompanied the envoy to search for the black-clothed treasure?" ”

"Yes, I remember it." Xun You nodded and said, "The gold and silver utensils, jewelry, and copper coins that were found in the cave were transported more than a dozen times by hundreds of wheelbarrows before they were all transported out. ”

After Guo Jia waited for Xun You to finish speaking, he asked with a smile: "Then do you know where these gold and silver utensils and copper coins are used?" ”

"Needless to say, repairing the city, reclaiming wasteland, building docks and ships, buying grain and grass, etc., all of these don't need money......" Xun You suddenly stopped abruptly when he said this, he stared at Guo Jia, and said in surprise: "Is there any use that I don't know?" ”

Guo Jia laughed: "Gongda, it seems that you have finally figured it out." The envoy Jun and Xun County Cheng sent people to send those gold and silver utensils and jewelry to Chang'an, the capital of Beijing, and dedicated them to the saints today. ”

Hearing this, Xun You suddenly realized: "I see! He thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Uncle and the envoy's move is really wonderful, I believe that it won't be long before the envoy will be able to become an official and a knight." ”

"Yes, exactly." Guo Jia bowed his head slightly, and said affirmatively: "We temporarily stay in Guangnian for three purposes: first, to wait for the arrival of the angel and give the envoy an official and a knight; The second is to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan fight to the death, and when they fight to the death, we will go and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman......"

Xun You saw that Guo Jia said this, he actually stopped, and was pouring wine into his wine bottle slowly and methodically, and hurriedly snatched the wine bottle in his hand, and asked anxiously: "Then there is another purpose, what is it?" ”

"Wait for someone," Guo Jia snatched the wine jug back from Xun You's hand, and said slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, the army sent by Zhang Yan is already on the way, and it will be able to join our army in a few days." ”

While the two were talking, Rob ran in from outside, and he said a little breathlessly: "Mr. Guo, Xun Shaofu, please ask the two of you to rush to the main hall immediately." ”

After Guo Jia heard what Luo Bu said, he smiled at Xun You and said in a low voice: "It seems that an angel is here!" ”

But Xun You still didn't believe Guo Jia's judgment, so he asked Luo Bu curiously: "Is there anything wrong with the envoy summoning the two of us in a hurry?" ”

"When you go back to Shaofu," Rob hurriedly replied, "the angel who came to deliver the decree is already outside the city, and the envoy invited the two of you to the main hall just to welcome the angel." ”

When the two of them hurried to the main hall, they found that this place was already heavily guarded, in addition to the soldiers of the Han family's army, there was also a group of red-clothed Yulin troops. Seeing Guo Jia and Xun You hurrying over, Yulin Jun immediately stepped forward to stop them: "Idle people can't wait!" ”

Luo Bu hurriedly arched his hand at the other party and said, "This is Lord Xun of Shaofu and Mr. Guo, who were summoned by the king's order." ”

Hearing Luo Bu say this, Yu Linjun immediately flashed to the side and let Xun You, Guo Jia and the others pass.

When the three of them walked into the main hall, they heard a eunuch in black palace clothes, holding a holy decree and chanting in a shrill voice: "...... Han Zhan was ordered to conquer the Yellow Turban, pacify the bandits, and rescued Liu Gui, the lord of the thieves, who was trapped in the thief cave, and made immortal achievements, and paid special worship to the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion......"

After the will was recited, not only Guo Jia, Xun You and others were stunned, but even Han Zhan was stunned. He didn't expect that he would rescue Liu Gui by mistake and let himself be made a marquis? In fact, he and Xun Yu gave gifts to the imperial court, and they couldn't have wanted to be promoted, so that they could be justified when they controlled Jizhou in the future, but they didn't expect to be crowned marquis accidentally.