Guan Yu and Huang Zhong can be said to be unfamiliar with each other, and after the fight just now, both of them have a sense of sympathy for each other. After briefly introducing Xun You's recent situation, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong set off with the cavalry towards Guangzong.

On the way to Guangzong City, Guo Jia said with some regret: "Lord, now that Gongsun Zhan has occupied Guangzong City, it may not be so easy for us to come back." ”

But Han Zhan said disapprerovingly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Guangzong City has been in tatters, there are no people in the city for a long time, it is just an insignificant military town, since Gongsun Chan wants it, it doesn't hurt to give it to him." ”

"If we want to take Qingzhou, Guangzong City is the only way to go." Regarding Han Zhan's generosity, Guo Jia said worriedly: "Now that he is an ally with Gongsun Zhan, maybe he will borrow it from us." But once the two sides meet, then he can send troops from Guangzong City at any time to attack Jizhou City. ”

"Bonghyo!" Hearing what Guo Jia was worried about, Han Zhan said solemnly: "Although there are not as many soldiers and horses as Gongsun Zhan, there are Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, and Xiahou Lan; Wen You, the Xun family's uncle and nephew, Tian Yuanhao and others, it is not difficult to defeat Gongsun Zhan. ”

Seeing that Han Zhan was so confident, Guo Jia did not continue to dwell on this matter, but humbly asked: "Lord, Yuan Shao has been defeated by our army, next, should our army send troops to Qingzhou?" ”

"That's right, that's how Ben Hou thinks about it." Han Zhan nodded and said affirmatively: "I plan to let Zhao Yun, Xiahou Lan and others lead 10,000 troops, with Xun Gongda as the military advisor, to take Qingzhou." ”

As soon as Guo Jia waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he immediately asked: "After capturing Qingzhou, I don't know who the lord plans to appoint to be in charge of Qingzhou?" ”

"You are all my right-hand men, and I can't leave anyone." Han Zhan was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm also worried about who should be in charge of Qingzhou." ”

The army came to a place two miles away from Guangzong City, Han Zhan saw that the banner of "Gongsun" was already floating at the head of the city, and in order to avoid causing misunderstanding, he hurriedly ordered Zhao Yun to camp on the spot.

While camping, Huang Zhong led three people into the camp on horseback. Han Zhan saw that one of them was Guan Yu, and although the other two had never seen each other, he could still guess their identities from their appearances.

The one riding a white horse on the left has a face like a crown of jade, has two attractive ears, and his hands look like they are longer than ordinary people, and there is a sword hanging on the left and right of his belt. Needless to say, this must be Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who are known as King Jing of Zhongshan.

And on the right, riding a black horse, with a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers, dark skin, and a snake spear in his hand, is Liu Bei and Guan Yu's sworn brothers Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.

Han Zhan bowed down to the two of them and said to Liu Bei with a smile: "It turned out that Liu Zhijun arrived, Zhan never greeted him from afar, and hoped to forgive his sins." ”

When Liu Bei saw that Han Zhan recognized him, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Does Tinghou know Liu?" ”

"The three heroes of Liu Guanzhang who fought against Lu Bu in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, no one in the world knows." Han Zhan quietly put on a high hat for Liu Bei: "Zhan has been friends with the three gods for a long time, and it is really a blessing to see him today." ”

"Tinghou has won the prize!" After Liu Bei returned the salute immediately, he turned his head and said to Zhang Fei: "Third brother, I haven't come to see Tinghou yet!" ”

Hearing Liu Bei's order, Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Han Zhan: "Fei has seen Tinghou!" ”

In order to have a good relationship with Liu Guanzhang and the others, Han Zhan struck while the iron was hot and said: "Zhan once heard that in the past, Cheng Yuanzhi, the Yellow Turban thief, led 50,000 troops to attack Zhuo County, and it was Liu Yuanjun, General Guan, and General Zhang who led 500 newly recruited soldiers to meet the enemy, beheaded Cheng Yuanzhi and punished Deng Mao, defeated the Yellow Turban Thief, and relieved the siege of Zhuo County, which is really admirable." ”

The things that Han Zhan mentioned were the things that the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang were most proud of, and when they heard Han Zhan say it in a respectful tone at this moment, the three of them were quite useful in their hearts, and their perception of him was a little better. Not to mention that Zhang Fei smiled brightly, even Guan Yu, who had never liked shapes, couldn't help but tilt the corners of his mouth slightly.

Liu Bei remembered the purpose of this trip, and hurriedly said to Han Zhan: "Tinghou, Bei Nai was ordered by General Gongsun to invite Tinghou to the city for a while. ”

Han Zhan took Guo Jia and more than a dozen cavalrymen and followed Liu Guanzhang and the others into Guangzong City. In front of the door of the Taishou Mansion, I met Xun You. Seeing Han Zhan's arrival, Xun You hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said respectfully: "Lord, General Gongsun has been waiting in the main hall for a long time. ”

The main hall was set up for a banquet, Gongsun Zhan sat upright on the main seat, and his civil and military forces sat on both sides. Don't look at breaking Yuan Shao's camp today and seizing Guangzong City, but his mood is still terrible. He spent a lot of effort to attack Yuan's camp and killed more than 6,000 people, if Liu Bei hadn't sent Guan Yu to attack from the north of the village, he didn't know what could break through the camp, and how many more people would have died.

Don't look at breaking through the camp, seizing Guangzong City, and capturing more than 6,000 people under Wei Yuanjin. But Yuan Shao and his important civil and military officials had long since fled. Even Wen Chou, who had been commanding his soldiers and horses to fight with him in front of the wall, also led more than 500 cavalry to fight out of the encirclement and fled to the south. It was precisely because of these reasons that he saw that Han Zhan was still sitting in his position when he walked into the main hall under the guidance of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei walked up to Gongsun Zhan and said to him with a happy face: "Brother, I have invited the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion!" ”

Who knew that Gongsun Zhan looked Han Zhan up and down, and saw that the person wearing sackcloth was too young and light, so he asked in a contemptuous tone: "You are Han Zhan, who was just awarded the Marquis of Zhangshui Pavilion by the imperial court?" ”

Gongsun Zhan's question was quite rude, not to mention Guo Jia, who was following behind Han Zhan, with a discordant look on his face, even his subordinates felt that it was a bit rude for his lord to do this.

Han Zhan took two steps forward without changing his face, bent down and saluted Gongsun Zhan, and said politely: "The one sitting above, but General Gongsun, who rode with 20,000 steps to break the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou, beheaded 100,000, captured 70,000, and seized countless chariots and armor?" ”

Although everyone could hear that Han Zhan's words were suspicious of sycophancy, Gongsun Zhan still felt very useful. He laughed, got up from his seat, walked down the steps to Han Zhan, took his hand and came to a table on the right, and said politely: "Tinghou, the wine and food have already been prepared for you, why is it late, you must be fined three glasses of wine." ”

"Thank you General Gongsun for your kindness," Han Zhan saw that his flattering words made Gongsun Zhan's attitude towards him change, so he smiled and said, "Then Han Mou is disrespectful." ”

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Just as Han Zhan and Gongsun Zhan were having a banquet in the Taishou Mansion in Guangzong City, Yuan Shao and his group of subordinates were like lost dogs, and they continued to flee for their lives.

Yan Liang saw that there were no pursuers behind, so he hurriedly overtook Yuan Shao, strangled the reins of his horse with his hand, and said to him: "Lord, there are no pursuers in the rear, let's find a place to rest for a while, and then hurry when we have enough spirits." ”

Yuan Shao and his party came to a small forest on the side of the road, and when the soldiers led the horses to the side to eat grass and drink, Yuan Shao looked at the dozen or so people around him, and tears immediately fell. He sighed and said, "I didn't expect my army to collapse in less than a day. In order to save me, even Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and others were killed by Guan Yu. ”

"Lord, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." Feng Ji hurriedly comforted him and said: "When we arrive in Yecheng, we will join Xun Chen's army, recapture Jizhou and Guangzong City, and kill the Han family Xiaoer and Gongsun Zhan." ”

As soon as his words fell, he received a resounding slap in the face. Feng Ji covered his face and looked at Yuan Shao blankly, he didn't know what he said wrongly, but he actually touched the lord's scales again.

Yuan Shao pointed his finger at him and said angrily: "If it weren't for those strategies you offered, how could we be so embarrassed today." I can't wait to tear you into pieces at once to let out my anger. ”

Feng Ji immediately remembered that Yuan Shao liked to be angry with others, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging Yuan Shao to forgive him. Seeing this scene, he immediately quietly took a few steps back, he had already pleaded for Feng Ji once, there was no need to intercede for this kind of despicable villain, it was better to stay away.

Yan Liang saw that Feng Ji's forehead was bloody, and it was stained with dust on the ground, and the whole person became discouraged, and he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Yan Liang is bold, I beg you to spare Mr. Yuantu......"

Before he could finish his words, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and everyone in the forest was startled, and hurriedly looked in the direction from which the sound came, only to see a cloud of dust rising high in the north. The experienced Yan Liang secretly screamed badly, and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, maybe Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is chasing after you!" ”

The judge on the side asked curiously: "General Yan Liang, how do you know that it is cavalry?" ”

"Isn't this simple," Yan Liang glanced at Guo Tu with contemptuous gaze, and said to everyone: "If the dust raised is low and moves slowly, it means that the infantry is coming; You see the dust raised high, and move so fast, that it must be the cavalry. He turned to Yuan Shao and said, "Please ask the lord to get on the horse quickly!" ”

The group hurriedly got on their horses, preparing to continue their journey. Before they could get far, the distance between the cavalry behind them and them was close. One of the generals with a helmet and armor rushed out of the team, relying on the good horse under his crotch, and quickly rushed towards Yuan Shao and them.

When he was still a stone's throw away, he opened his voice and shouted, "The lord is ahead?" ”

Hearing this voice, Yan Liang couldn't help but be shocked, he hurriedly reined in the horse, turned his head and looked behind. After seeing the person clearly, he also shouted at Yuan Shao, who was fleeing for his life: "Don't be surprised, the lord is here!" ”

Hearing that the person who came was Wen Chou, Yuan Shao and the others slowed down their horses and turned their heads to look behind. After seeing clearly that the person who came was indeed Wen Chou, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief, turned the horse's head and came back.

Wen Chou hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Gongsun Zhan is powerful, we can't hold on, and the last general can only lead a group of men and horses to fight out of the encirclement and come to find the lord." ”

Yuan Shao suddenly remembered that his second son Yuan Xi was still in Guangzong City, and hurriedly asked Wen Chou: "Wen Chou, have you ever seen Xi'er on the way?" ”

Wen Chou shook his head and replied honestly: "The last general has never seen the second son. ”

Hearing that Yuan Xi's whereabouts were unknown, Yuan Shao's first reaction was that he had died in the chaos, and he couldn't help beating his chest and crying. All the civil and military forces have the heart to persuade each other, but thinking that in just a few days, the whereabouts of the eldest son Yuan Tan and the second son Yuan Xi are unknown, and they don't know how to persuade them, so they can only stay aside.

In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward to hold Yuan Shao's horse reins, and said to him: "Lord, people can't be resurrected after death, and I ask you to mourn and change." It's not safe here at the moment, so let's rush to Yecheng as soon as possible and join Xun Youruo. ”

"Yes, yes," Yuan Shao thought that Gongsun Zhan and Han Zhan might send troops to chase and kill them at any time, so he hurriedly lifted the sleeves of his robe and wiped his tears, and ordered: "Let's set off for Yecheng quickly." ”

Of the 500 cavalry who followed Wen Chou to break out of the encirclement, many of them ran away on the road, and the remaining 300 cavalry were all with crooked armor and exhausted. Hearing Yuan Shao say that he was going to leave for Yecheng, no one complained, and immediately regrouped and followed Yuan Shao to continue the march south.

That night, hundreds of people spent the night in a forest northeast of Guantao, Yuan Shao was afraid that Gao Ran in the city would send people to attack him, and specially sent a lot of scouts in the direction of Guantao, so that as long as there was any wind and grass in the city, they could immediately escape. At the same time, he also heeded the advice of the frustrated instructor and asked the cavalry to tie branches to the tails of their horses and run back and forth in the forest, creating the illusion that there was a large army hiding in the forest.

Gao Lan in the Pavilion Tao City, I heard that a cavalry appeared in the northeast of the city, and the banner looked like Yuan's army. Since he had not yet received the news of Yuan Shao's defeat at the Jieqiao, he thought that the cavalry found by Tanma was Yuan Shao's army that had come to attack Guantao, so he hurriedly ordered people to close the city gate and transfer soldiers to the city to prepare for defense.

There was nothing to say all night, and at dawn the next day, Yuan Shao and others set off again.

Yuan Shao and the others walked more than 30 miles south, getting farther and farther away from Guantao, and saw that there were no pursuers arriving behind. Yuan Shao said to Fu Zhu with palpitations: "Gonghe, it seems that the high level in the city can't figure out our reality and reality, so he doesn't dare to act rashly. ”

Frustrated Zhu raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and said with relief: "Thank God, as long as Gao Ran does not send troops, we can reach Yecheng smoothly." ”

At this moment, the scout horse sent by Yan Liang galloped back and reported to Yuan Shao: "Lord Qiqi, I have found a large army in front of us, heading in the direction of our place!" ”

Hearing that there was a large army ahead, Yuan Shao was so frightened that he couldn't say a word in a trembling state. Fortunately, Yan Liang was calm enough, and he asked Tanma: "Can you see the other party's banner clearly?" ”

"Back to the general's words," Tanma said respectfully, "The villain only saw a big 'Xun' character on the banner!" ”

After hearing this, Yan Liang showed a smile on his face and said to Yuan Shao: "Don't be surprised, the lord is the army led by Mr. Xun. At this moment, even if Gao Ran sends troops to chase after us, we will be safe and sound. ”