Seeing Guo Jia's expression like this, Han Zhan couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart. After Hu Zhen finished talking about Zhang Yan's conditions, he turned his head and asked Guo Jia fiercely: "I don't know what Feng Xiao has to say about General Zhang's conditions?" ”

Guo Jia seemed to have expected Han Zhan to ask himself this, he smiled slyly, shook the feather fan and said unhurriedly: "Didn't the envoy already have a decision in his heart, why bother to ask?" ”

Hu Zhen, who was sitting next to Xun Yu, couldn't help but feel a little stunned when he saw that Han Zhan did not ask Xun Yu's opinion after listening to his conditions, but asked a young scribe sitting at the end of the seat. He turned his gaze to Xun Yu for help, trying to figure out what was going on.

Xun Yu hurriedly leaned close to his ear and whispered: "It is Yingchuan Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao who speaks, but he is a friend of his uncle and nephew, he is quite talented, and my family envoy has always wanted to recruit him." Hu Zhen didn't understand Guo Jia, he only bowed his head slightly when he heard it, and he didn't go to his heart at all, he turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and asked respectfully: "Han Yuanjun, I don't know how you decided after listening to General Zhang's conditions?" ”

Zhang Yan's conditions were very simple, if Han Zhan raised troops, he was willing to send 50,000 horses south to attack Jizhou with soldiers and horses from Sheguo County. After Han Zhan occupied Jizhou City, drove Yuan Shao, and regained control of the entire Jizhou, he hoped that Han Zhan could cede Changshan County to him.

Guo Jia was right, Han Zhan had already made a decision in his heart after Hu Zhen finished saying the conditions, no matter whether Zhang Yan sent troops to help him or not, he could give Changshan County to the other party. Anyway, it was originally the activity area of the Montenegrin Army, and they and the local government have always been in a state where the well water does not interfere with the river water. Instead of occupying a territory where the government decree cannot be smoothed, and not having to intrigue with the so-called friendly forces, it is better to simply be generous and hand over all the place to them to manage, so that Zhang Yan, who values affection and righteousness, will at least be grateful to himself.

After making up his mind, he nodded and said to Hu Qian: "Hu Envoy, the conditions proposed by General Zhang have been agreed to. Please Mr. and Captain Du rest in the post house for two days, and then go back to report to General Zhang. ”

After the banquet, Han Zhan called Shangxun's uncle and nephew, came to the study in his backyard, and began to assign tasks to the two: "Uncle, Zhan'er is estimated to be one month soon, two months at the slowest, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are bound to go to war, and that is when we will start our army." As the saying goes: soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass. Once we send troops, the consumption of grain and grass will be very staggering, and I hope that my uncle can find a way to go to the nearby counties and buy more grain and grass for emergencies. ”

Regarding Han Zhan's arrangement, Xun You asked in a curious tone: "Envoy, why are you so sure that the Yuan clan and Gongsun Zhan are about to start a big war?" ”

"As far as I know, before the Yuan family asked Gongsun Zan to attack Jizhou, he made a wish to him: after seizing Jizhou, he would share the land of Jizhou with him equally." Han Zhan said calmly: "Now that the Yuan clan has been entrenched in Jizhou, and the foundation is gradually stable, is there any reason to give it to others?" Gongsun Zhan found out that he had made a wedding dress for the Yuan family, so he naturally refused to give up, and would definitely raise an army to fight against the Yuan family. ”

After listening to Han Zhan's words, Xun You was still skeptical: "Even so, the two families may not meet each other, after all, they were once allies to woo Dong Zhuo." Maybe Gongsun Chan sent someone to meet the Yuan family, and maybe he would get a few counties close to Youzhou. ”

"There are only eternal interests in the world, and there are no eternal friends." Han Zhan said casually: "In order to occupy Jizhou, the Yuan family can't do any despicable things. I estimate that he will send someone to intercept and kill Gongsun Zhan's envoy halfway, and then blame Dong Zhuo, so as to divert Gongsun Zhan's attention and make the other party have no time to take care of Jizhou. ”

Xun You didn't believe Han Zhan's analysis at all, but in order to save some face for Han Zhan, he didn't speak, just smiled and shook his head, expressing his disapproval of the other party's statement.

And Xun Yu was just in the main hall, and when he heard that Han Zhan agreed to cede Changshan County to Zhang Yan, he still had a pimple in his heart. But at this moment, when he heard Han Zhan say the sentence "There are only eternal interests in the world, there are no eternal friends", his eyes couldn't help but light up, his thinking suddenly opened up, and he felt that even if Changshan County was ceded to Zhang Yan, it would not be a great deal, and once the alliance with Zhang Yan was over, he could send troops to recapture it at any time.

When he was about to speak, he heard Han Zhan instructing Xun You: "Cousin Gongda, please send Xizuo to Jizhou City to learn about the movements of the Yuan clan in time." As soon as there is news that Gongsun Chan is leading his troops south, he will report it immediately. ”

Seeing that Han Zhan had already begun to arrange for a detailed investigation of the news, Xun Yu hurriedly asked: "Zhan'er, even if Gongsun Zhan waves his troops south to confront the Yuan clan, we can't immediately raise troops, we must choose the right time." ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I know this matter in my heart." Han Zhan said and got up to the bookshelf to pick up a cowhide scroll, returned to the table and unfolded it, and said to Xun's uncle and nephew: "Uncle and cousin, please see, this is the map of Jizhou." According to my judgment, after Gongsun Zhan and the Yuan clan turned their faces and became enemies, they would definitely send troops from Anping City and go south along the line of Linping, Fucheng, Fuliu and Nangong, and after seizing these cities along the way, he might cross the river from Jieqiao, seize Guangzong, and deter Jizhou City from the east. ”

Xun You stared at the map for a while, nodded and said affirmatively: "Guangzong is only seventy miles away from Jizhou City, and the terrain in the middle is flat, so there is no danger to defend. Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yi took two hours at most to reach the city of Jizhou. Unless the Yuan clan concentrated their troops and horses on the boundary bridge and blocked Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, the situation would develop in their favor. ”

After listening to Xun You's analysis, Han Zhan's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he said that Xun Gongda was really resourceful, and he actually guessed that the place where Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan fought was at Jieqiao. He coughed lightly, patted a few times with his palm at the position of the boundary bridge, and said: "Don't look at the Yuan clan has occupied Jizhou for several months, but his combatable soldiers are only thirty or fifty thousand people, to block Gongsun Zhan's attack, he is bound to pour out, and then Jizhou will become an empty city, we can take advantage of the two tigers to fight, and take Jizhou City lightly." ”

"Envoy," Xun You was obviously not as optimistic as Han Zhan about the recapture of Jizhou City, he pointed to the cities on the way from Sheguo County to Jizhou, and said to Han Zhan: "We have to pass through at least five cities along the way, as long as we are blocked by any of them, we will not be able to reach Jizhou before the Yuan clan and Gongsun Zhan decide the victory, and we will be defeated at that time." ”

"Gongda, you're too worried." After listening to Xun You's worries, Xun You said with a smile: "Geng Wu and Min Chun, who stayed in Jizhou, wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that they had secretly contacted a lot of old departments in Jizhou. The Taishou and county orders of the several cities you mentioned are unwilling to submit to the Yuan clan, as long as we send troops, they will respond one after another. ”