The murder of Geng Wu and Min Chun made Han Zhan extremely angry. If it weren't for these two people helping themselves openly and secretly, it would be a fool's dream for him to send troops from Sheguo County and come to Guangping City smoothly. In order to repay his kindness, Han Zhan petitioned to exchange five captives, including Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family, for the two of them to come back safely.

As soon as Han Zhan returned to the Taishou Mansion, he immediately gave orders: "Xiahou Lan led 3,000 troops as the vanguard, and Zhao Yun led 5,000 troops to meet the Chinese army; Dian Wei led 2,000 soldiers as the rear team. Early tomorrow morning, we will drive to Jizhou. ”

After listening to Han Zhan's general order, Guo Jia hurriedly persuaded him: "Little Marquis, no, don't rush to send troops." There are more than 10,000 defenders in the city of Jizhou, and we use the same strength to attack the city, except for the loss of troops and generals, we cannot capture the city at all. Once Yuan Tan returns to flank the attack, we are in danger of being annihilated. ”

Guo Jia's words made Han Zhan, who was in a rage, calm down again. He thought carefully for a while, and felt that what Guo Jia said was very reasonable, and then asked rhetorically: "Is there any good plan for Feng Xiaoke?" ”

"For now, we can only send another messenger to contact Gongsun Zan and ask him to speed up the attack to attract Yuan Shao's attention." Guo Jia said to Han Zhan: "As long as Yuan Shao sends troops and horses to reinforce the boundary bridge, the defenses in Jizhou City will become empty, and it will not be too late for us to send troops to attack the city." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact Gongsun Zhan." Han Zhan knew that Guo Jia was the top military advisor of the Three Kingdoms, and his advice would only be good if he listened, not harmful, so he made a decisive decision: "However, it seems a little insincere to send a messenger to the past. In this way, Xiahou Lan led a hundred cavalry and escorted Gongda's cousin to Gongsun Zhan's camp overnight, urging them to speed up their march to the boundary bridge. ”

As soon as Han Zhan's words were finished, Xun You and Xiahou Lan came out and replied, "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

After Han Zhan and the others received the order, he asked Zhao Yun again: "Zilong, I don't know where Hu Zhen and Du Chang's army has arrived now?" ”

"Back to the words of the Hou Ye," Zhao Yun hurriedly replied: "According to the report of Tanma, now they have set up a large camp outside the county seat of Ren County, and they are confronting the army led by Yuan Tan and Wen Chou. ”

Ren County and Jizhou are a hundred miles away, and since Hu Zhen and Du Chang's army is blocked there, they will not be able to help themselves in a short period of time. Thinking of this, Han Zhan's mood couldn't help but become irritable again.

Guo Jia saw Han Zhan's strange appearance, and hurriedly came out and said to him: "Little Marquis, although our troops cannot attack Jizhou in the short term, Yuan Shao is also unable to mobilize troops to attack us. We took advantage of this opportunity to pacify the rest of the counties. ”

"Pacify the other counties?" When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked rhetorically, "Feng Xiao thinks we should go and seize those counties?" ”

"Little Marquis, please take a look," Guo Jia walked to the map hanging in the corner of the lobby, pointed to the lower right corner of Guangping City and said, "As far as Jia knows, we will go south to get Ping'en, Qingyuan, and Guantao. In addition to the 15,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Guantao, the defenders of the other two cities are no more than 1,000 people, and we can go down with one drum. ”

Guo Jia's suggestion made Han Zhan's heart flutter, but he still asked cautiously: "If we attack Ping'en and Qingyuan, if Guantao sends troops to rescue, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Little Marquis, please rest assured," Guo Jia said with a smile: "The guards of Ping En and Qingyuan are all Yuan Shao's old troops. And the guard general of the pavilion Tao is the newly promoted captain Zhang He, you must know that he is the old department of the Han family, even if he will not immediately turn against him, for the sake of Ling Zun's name, he probably will not take the initiative to fight. ”

"That's very good." In Han Zhan's heart, he has always wanted to pull Zhang He over, Cao Cao's corner has been dug up a lot by himself, and Yuan Shao's corner naturally can't help but dig. It's a pity that I don't know where Gao Ran is now, if I knew, I would have to find a way to dig it up and see how Yuan Shao could get enough of the "Hebei Four Courtyard Pillars". "Early tomorrow morning," after thinking about it, he began to give orders again: "Dian Wei, Fengxiao and I will lead 3,000 troops and attack the pavilion Tao." Zilong led an army of 8,000 to defend Quang Binh City. ”

"Master Hou," as soon as Han Zhan's words were finished, Zhao Yun opened his mouth to persuade: "You are a golden body, how can you easily get into danger?" It is better for you and Dian Wei to stay and defend the city, and Zilong is willing to lead his troops to sweep the counties in the south. ”

"Zilong," Han Zhan said stubbornly, "I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade again." ”

Zhao Yun saw that Han Zhan was stubborn, and knew that it was useless for him to persuade him, so he could only sigh secretly in his heart and retreat back into the queue.

And Guo Jia added at this time: "Little Marquis, as far as I know, Zhang Junyi is a filial son, and his mother and family are in Jizhou, so it is better to send someone to pick him up quietly, so that you may have a chance to persuade him to surrender." ”

Guo Jia's words are in line with Han Zhan's intentions, there is one more general on his side, and Yuan Shao will have one less general, and he will be able to compete with Yuan Shao slowly. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Zhao Yun again: "Zilong, you send a few clever subordinates to sneak into Jizhou overnight to pick up Zhang He's family, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Zhao Yun hurriedly replied loudly again.

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Early the next morning, Han Zhan set off with 3,000 soldiers and horses to the south.

In addition to Guo Jia and Dian Wei, there is also a Huang Zhong. The reason why he brought Huang Zhong was because of his bad taste. He remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu fought for several days without distinguishing the winner; And Zhang Fei and Zhang He did not distinguish the winner at Wakou Pass, and Zhao Yun and Zhang He did not distinguish between victory and defeat at Changbanpo. So let Huang Zhong fight Zhang He, who will be the final winner?

It is precisely because of this psychology that when he sent out the army, he deliberately brought Huang Zhong with him, and also let the part commanded by Huang Zhong be the vanguard of the whole army. Huang Zhong couldn't guess Han Zhan's thoughts, thinking that Han Zhan was valuing himself by making himself a pioneer, and his heart was full of gratitude to him.

The troops marched forward along the official road to forty miles, and it was almost noon, when Han Zhan was about to order the troops to stop and cook on the spot, when suddenly a cavalry galloped over. After he came to Han Zhan's face, he couldn't even care about his horse, so he arched his hand at Han Zhan and said, "Marquis Qiqi, Yuan Shao's army has been found ahead. ”

"What, Yuan Shao's army was found ahead?" Guo Jia, who was on par with Han Zhan, heard the return of Tanma, and immediately asked nervously: "How many people are there?" ”

"About 10,000 people."

Tan Ma's words made the faces of the surrounding soldiers change greatly, and there were only 3,000 people in total, while the other party had 10,000 people. Everyone looked at Han Zhan nervously to see what kind of decision he would make.