Tian Feng's suggestion, for Han Zhan, was simply the best of both worlds, nominally promoting Cao Mengde, but in fact transferring him out of Dongjun, even if he could bring his henchmen to Yedu to take office, it was impossible to transfer tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Dongjun. This is like the Jade Emperor of Journey to the West, seeing that his heavenly soldiers and generals could not defeat Sun Wukong, in order to appease the other party, he was crowned a Monkey King, but in fact, it is a false title, and he has no real power. He could completely let Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty recruit Cao Mengde into Beijing and grant him an official position with no real power.

Seeing that Han Zhan was silent, Tian Feng thought that the other party did not agree with his point of view, and hurriedly added: "My lord, if you get Dongjun, Jizhou will be able to connect with Qingzhou." Whether it is to go north to Youzhou in the future, or to Xuzhou and Yangzhou in the south, it will be much more convenient than now. ”

Connecting Jizhou and Qingzhou into a whole made Han Zhan very excited. With a complete territory, it is possible to concentrate valuable troops in a few key cities for defense, and in the heart of the city, only a small number of vigilant troops are left to develop agriculture and commerce.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan nodded at Tian Feng and said approvingly: "Yuan Hao's plan is very good. Cao Mengdeken obediently entered Beijing, and we could get half of Dongjun without blood; If Cao Mengde doesn't know what to do and what is wrong, and he has to resist and disobey the order, we can justifiably send troops to deal with Zhang Miao, attack Cao Mengde, and divide the eastern county equally. ”

Speaking of this, Han Zhan set his eyes on Xun Yu, who was standing beside Fu Zhu, and said to him: "Changshi, tomorrow morning, I would like to ask you to report to Your Majesty, saying that Dongjun Taishou Cao Mengde has both talent and virtue, and is deeply supported by the people, if he continues to serve as Taishou, I am afraid that he will be a little wronged, so he will be immediately recruited into the Beijing Division and added an official to him." ”

Although Han Zhan's words were high-sounding, everyone knew in their hearts that the transfer of Cao Mengde to the Beijing Division could not be to weaken his strength and reduce his military power, so as not to become a big trouble for Jizhou. Therefore, Xun Yu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and immediately agreed happily: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Guo Jia saw that Xun Yu promised to present the emperor to the Han Dynasty tomorrow and sponsor Cao Mengde to enter the court as an official, so he came over and reminded Han Zhan: "Lord, since we already have a plan, do you want to inform Chen Gongtai of this matter?" ”

"Someone!" Hearing Guo Jia's proposal, Han Zhan hurriedly shouted outside: "Someone! ”

Hearing Han Zhan's shout, Chen Zhi and Luo Bu walked into the main hall quickly, bowed to Han Zhan, and asked, "I don't know what the lord commands?" ”

"The two of you go to the post house quickly and invite Chen Gongtai here." Han Zhan instructed the other party: "Ben Hou has something important to discuss with him. ”

"Lord," watching Chen Zhi and Luo Bu leave, he asked Han Zhan with some concern, "Could it be that you plan to tell Chen Gongtai the truth?" ”

"It's nature." Although Han Zhan didn't understand that Fu Zhu would ask such a question, he still replied truthfully: "If we can't tell the truth, how can we cooperate with Chen Liu?" ”

"But if the news leaks out, Cao Mengde is alert, and wants him to enter Beijing, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Frustrated and anxious, he said, "I hope the lord will think twice." ”

"Don't worry about it," Seeing that Fu Zhu looked worried, Guo Jia hurriedly comforted him and said: "Didn't you just hear what the lord said, as long as the holy decree is given, no matter whether Cao Mengde is edicted or not, Dongjun is in our pocket." The only difference is that the soldiers are bloodless, and the other is that they jointly send troops to fight with Chen Liu. ”

After Guo Jia's explanation, Fu Zhu immediately drilled the tip of the bull's horns, and the strategy proposed by Tian Feng made Cao Mengde no longer able to save the territory of Dongjun no matter how he chose. With luck, he could hold an insignificant official position in the court; Bad luck, after Han Zhan and Zhang Miao captured Dongjun, they could only become a prisoner.

Not long after, Chen Gong appeared above the main hall. Chen Gong couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw more than 20 civil and military officials in the hall, and after hurriedly saluting Han Zhan, he asked in surprise: "Marquis of Anyang, I don't know what happened when I came here?" ”

"Gongtai," Han Zhan asked someone to bring an embroidery pier to Chen Gong, and after beckoning him to sit down, he said, "Ben Hou has already told all the civil and military officials in Jizhou about your origin. Well, that's them. ”

Chen Gong got up, and after making a circle towards everyone, he turned to Han Zhan again and asked, "Marquis of Anyang, you have summoned you to come here, could it be that it has something to do with this matter." Seeing Han Zhan nodding in approval, Chen Gong's mood suddenly became bright, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the outcome of Anyang Hou has discussed." ”

"Gongtai, Ben Hou can agree to divide the East County equally with Zhang Taishou," Han Zhan said to Chen Gong with a smile: "But Ben Hou can't send troops for the time being, and besides, after you return to Chen Liu, you must also persuade Zhang Taishou not to send troops for the time being." ”

Han Zhan's words confused Chen Gong, he didn't understand, why Han Zhan agreed to divide Dongjun equally, but he didn't say anything about not sending troops, and he had to persuade Zhang Miao not to send troops, what was going on? With this question, he asked puzzledly: "Anyang Hou, I don't understand what you mean, I don't know if you can explain a thing or two?" ”

Seeing that Chen Gong didn't understand, Han Zhan told Chen Gong about the order of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the plan to recruit Cao Mengde to enter the court as an official. In the end, he said confidently: "No matter how Cao Mengde chooses, Dongjun will no longer be surnamed Cao, and then Benhou will be able to share Dongjun equally with Zhang Taishou." ”

After listening to Han Zhan's plan, Chen Gong couldn't help but nod again and again, and said in a loud voice: "Clever plan, Anyang Hou's plan is really a clever plan." Presumably, as soon as the holy decree arrived in Dongjun, Cao Apu could only obediently come to Beijing as an official. After a pause, Chen Gong said a little anxiously, "I have to tell Zhang Taishou the news as soon as possible, so it's better to leave here." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, it's not early, the city gate is closed." Han Zhan saw that Chen Gong was in a hurry to leave, so he opened his mouth to keep him, "Even if you want to leave, it's not too late to rest in the city for one night before leaving." ”

Hearing Han Zhan open his mouth to keep Chen Gong, Guo Jia also echoed: "Gongtai, don't be impatient, you might as well wait for the imperial court to make a holy decree tomorrow, and it will not be too late for you to rush back to Chen Liu." ”

Seeing that Han Zhan and Guo Jia were both retaining themselves, Chen Gong thought for a moment, and felt that he was rushing back to Chen Liu at this moment, and he was afraid that he couldn't do anything for the time being, so it was better to stay for another night to see if the imperial court would issue an order to recruit Cao Mengde into Beijing. When there is definite news, it is not too late to return to Chenliu and discuss with Zhang Miao how to divide Dongjun equally with Jizhou. He bowed to Han Zhan and bowed: "Since the Marquis of Anyang is trying his best to keep it, then it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

"Rob!" Hearing that Chen Gong was willing to stay, Han Zhan called out to Luo Bu loudly. After Rob appeared, he directly ordered: "Arrange a banquet immediately, and Benhou will have a banquet on the public stage." Also, you go to the eighth aunt by the way, and ask the girl in the music workshop in her backyard to sing a Huangmei opera for everyone here. ”