The Yuan general who brought troops to reinforce Yan Liang was Jiang Qi, the captain of Wei County, who was the old department of Han Fu in Jizhou, although Yuan Shao had lived in Jizhou for a long time, but he still did not really belong to Yuan Shao. This time, he was also forced to be helpless, so in several siege battles, his subordinates did not contribute to the work, and the movement was quite large, but it had no effect.

Yuan Shao saw Han Zhan leading his troops out of the city, and hurriedly ordered him to lead his troops to rescue Yan Liang. Jiang Qi knew that if he didn't carry out Yuan Shao's military orders, his head would fall to the ground immediately, and he could only take the order head-on. However, he took his headquarters with him, and deliberately rubbed it on the pretext that the road was full of potholes, hoping that after Yan Liang and Han Zhan separated the winners, he would bring people up to pick up the bargain.

Who knew what was happening on the battlefield was astonishing. The Han family's army, which went out of the city to fight, also fired crossbow arrows from afar, knocking down Yan Liang's men piece by piece. In close combat, the spears that emerged from behind the shield, like poisonous snakes spitting letters, stabbed down the Yuan soldiers who rushed forward one after another; The crossbowmen retreated to the back and fired at the rushing Yuan soldiers.

Jiang Qi was originally Han Fu's subordinate, and when he asked him to fight the eldest son of the past, he already had resistance in his heart, but at this moment, when he saw the Han family army who went out of the city to face him, he actually behaved so tricky, and he was even more unwilling to make a sacrifice in vain. It wasn't until he saw Han Jiajun set fire to the catapult outside the city and retreated towards the city in an orderly manner that he chased after it with his subordinates. However, always stay out of the range of the opponent's crossbow to avoid unnecessary losses.

Jiang Qi's passive slackness in the war, whether Yuan Shao and others found out, even Zhao Yun who was standing at the head of the city could see it. As soon as he waited for Han Zhan, Guo Jia and the others to walk up to the city, he pointed to Jiang Qijun in the distance and said to Han Zhan: "Second brother, look at it, that military horse seems to be a little wrong. ”

"Something is wrong, what's wrong?" Han Zhan walked to the battlement, held the battlement and looked at Jiang Qijun in the distance, and asked curiously, "Who commanded that army and horse?" ”

"Back to the lord's words," Gao Ran stepped forward and replied, "It's the military horse of Jiang Qi, the guard general of Wei County." Without waiting for Han Zhan to ask again, he continued, "Captain Jiang is not Yuan Shao's lineage, and he is quite excluded in the Jizhou army. A few days ago, although his subordinates also participated in the siege, they were all thundering and raining, and they did not do their best. ”

After listening to Gao Lan's introduction, Han Zhan and Guo Jia, who was standing on the side, glanced at each other, and both of them saw a surprise in each other's eyes. Han Zhan asked tentatively, "You say, can we pull him over from Yuan Shao?" ”

Regarding Han Zhan's statement, Zhao Yun remained silent, and Guo Jia was thinking about how to proceed. Gao Ran hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Lord, as far as the last general knows, Jiang Qi and Mr. Tian Feng have a good relationship, if you can let Mr. Yuan Hao come forward, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Far water can't quench the thirst of the near," Guo Jia shook his head and said after hearing Gao Lan's proposal: "Tian Yuanhao is far away in Jizhou, even if he is fast, it will take at least three days to go back and forth." Even if you rush here, you don't necessarily have the opportunity to meet Jiang Qi. ”

Han Zhan was anxious to bring Jiang Qi over, even if his men only had two or three thousand men, he could weaken Yuan Shao's strength: "Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Guo Jia looked at the Yuan army array in the distance, and said thoughtfully: "Although Tian Yuanhao can't help us, Yuan Benchu over there will definitely help us." ”

Guo Jia's brainless words confused several people. Han Zhan asked puzzledly: "Fengxiao, why would Yuan Shao help us win over Jiang Qi?" ”

"Since General Zilong can see that Jiang Qi is passively avoiding war, can no one in Yuan Shao's army be able to see it?" Guo Jia pouted outside the city: "If Jia is not mistaken, Yuan Shao will soon send someone to take down Jiang Qi and behead him in public." ”

"What, public beheading?" When Han Zhan heard Guo Jia say this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and said in his heart that a general of the Yuan Army who could finally be pulled over was smacked by Yuan Shao like this, which was a pity. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say regretfully: "It's a pity, it's a pity." If we had acted earlier, we might have been able to pull his soldiers out. ”

"Lord, please rest assured, don't look at Yuan Shao's intention to kill Jiang Qi, but someone will definitely intercede with Yuan Shao for him, saying that it is unknown to kill the general before the battle." Guo Jia's mouth showed a sneer: "Yuan Shao is a person who has no opinions, and he will definitely not kill Jiang Qi in the end, at most he will beat him up." But in this way, it will make Jiang Qi resentful, and when we send someone to Yuan Shao's camp overnight to contact him, he will definitely throw himself into us. ”

Neither Han Zhan nor Zhao Yun expressed any opinion on Guo Jia's statement, because according to their understanding of Guo Jia, what he said would definitely not be untargeted. But Gao Ran asked cautiously: "Mr. Guo, do you think Yuan Shao will really blame Jiang Qi heavily?" ”

Guo Jia turned his head to look at Gao Lan, smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, let's watch a good show in the city." ”

Taking advantage of the opportunity to wait, Han Zhan asked Zhao Yun, "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

"Eleven battlements were damaged, and nearly two hundred soldiers were killed or wounded." Zhao Yun said with palpitations: "Although our casualties are not large, but the morale of our army is too great a blow to the morale of our army. ”

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Jiang Qijun's operation to rescue Yan Liang was grinding and grinding, and all of this was seen by Yuan Shao. When he saw the Han army that went out of the city to burn the catapult, except for the loss of a small part of the cavalry, most of the troops returned to the city after burning the catapult, and he couldn't help but order Wen Chou angrily: "Wen Chou, you go and bring Jiang Qi to me." Wen Chou agreed, and rushed towards the location of Jiang Qijun with twenty cavalry.

When Han Zhan led people back to the city, Jiang Qi's heart was also very uneasy, because Yuan Shao was likely to be angry and want his own head. Therefore, after he and Yan Liang joined forces, he rode his horse in front of Yan Liang and said pitifully: "General Yan Liang, the Han family army has retreated to the city, not that the soldiers are ineffective, but that the crossbow arrows of the Han family army are too powerful, and we can't do anything about them." ”

Hearing Jiang Qi say this, Yan Liang glanced at him expressionlessly, and then snorted heavily, ignoring him at all. Jiang Qi licked his face and said to Yan Liang: "General Yan Liang, if the lord is to blame later, please help say two good words." ”

Yan Liang said angrily: "The lord asked me to lead the troops to protect the catapult, but it was completely destroyed by the Han family, I don't know how to represent the lord, and how to intercede for you?" ”

While the two were talking, Wen Chouyi rushed over with someone. He said loudly to the two of them: "On the orders of the lord, take Jiang Qi to meet him." After speaking, he waved his head at the cavalry behind him and motioned for them to take Jiang Qi away.

Jiang Qi was caught in the middle by two cavalrymen, and when he headed towards Yuan Shao's big array, he turned his head and said to Yan Liang: "General Yan Liang, please help me say a few good words." ”

Although Jiang Qi's performance just now made Yan Liang hate itchy, after all, he was his colleague, and it was really a bit impossible to watch him being killed by Yuan Shao. He sighed and said to Wen Chou: "Wen Chou, I will go with you, and I will personally ask the lord for sin!" ”

Everyone returned to the front of the formation, Yan Liang dismounted first, knelt down on one knee in front of Yuan Shao, and said ashamedly: "Lord, the catapult was destroyed by the Han family's children, and the end will be humiliating, please punish the lord." ”

When Feng Ji heard Yan Liang say this, he couldn't help but snort, and said in a disdainful tone: "It seems that there is really no one in the city, and the Han family Xiao'er will personally lead people to fight." ”

"That's it." Yan Liangnai is Yuan Shao's confidant and favorite general, how can he be willing to punish him. Yuan Shao waved his hand at him and said, "Yan Liang, it's not your fault, get up and stand aside first." ”

After Yan Liang got up and stood aside, Yuan Shao stared at Jiang Qi who had just knelt in front of him with angry eyes, and said angrily: "Bold Jiang Qi, he actually dared to passively avoid the battle, causing our army's catapults to be destroyed by the Han family's children." Tell me, what sin are you to blame? ”

When Jiang Qi heard Yuan Shao say this, he was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and hurriedly kowtowed, and said: "The last general knows that he is wrong, please spare your life, please spare your life!" ”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Come on, drag him aside, behead!" ”

The two soldiers grabbed Jiang Qi's arm and lifted him from the ground, ready to drag him to the side of the open space to be beheaded. "Slow down!" As soon as the two soldiers took two steps, they were stopped by Xun Chen, who urged the horse to Yuan Shao's side and said, "The lord is slow, Captain Jiang Qi can't be killed." ”

"Can't be killed," Yuan Shao heard Xun Chen say this, turned his head to look at him, and asked with a displeased face: "Why can't you kill?" ”

"Our army is at war with the Han family, and killing the generals at this moment will have an impact on morale." When Xun Chen said this, he deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only he and Yuan Shao could hear: "Don't forget, the army we lead is all soldiers and horses of Wei County, and many of the generals who lead the troops are the old Han family. If you kill Jiang Qi now, they will be dead and sad, and then the army will be disheartened, how will they attack Guantao? ”

Xun Chen's words just hit Yuan Shao's heart. Don't look at the 100,000 soldiers and horses of Wei County gathered here, but their own descendants only account for 10% of them, and the rest of the soldiers will be against themselves. If he really killed Jiang Qi, he might provoke a mutiny. Thinking of this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but hesitate.

Seeing that Yuan Shao did not insist on letting people kill Jiang Qi, Xin Ping also came over to intercede for Jiang Qi: "My lord, what you said is extremely true, at present, our army is fighting with the Han family, and it is very unknown to kill the generals before the battle. I implore the lord to spare Captain Jiang and let him make meritorious contributions. Feng Ji, Xian Pei and the others had no grievances with Jiang Qi, so they remained silent at this time and did not express any opinions.

Yuan Shao saw that no one objected, and after thinking for a while, he stared at Jiang Qi and said indignantly: "The death penalty crime can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped." Drag him down and take a heavy responsibility for fifty boards! ”

Jiang Qi heard that Yuan Shao had changed the beheading to a cane, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted Yuan Shao, saying: "The last general thanks the lord for not killing, thank you for the lord's grace of not killing!" ”

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Everything that happened in front of Yuan's army was clearly seen by Han Zhan and the others standing on the city wall. Especially Gao Ran, when he saw that things were really developing according to Guo Jia's analysis, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the other party, and said in a loud voice: "Mr. Guo is really like a god, and Yuan Shao really blamed Jiang Qi." ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and then said to Han Zhan: "Jiang Qi was scolded in public in front of the battle today, and he must have a grudge against Yuan Shao, if he sends someone to Yuan's camp to persuade him after dark, he may be able to succeed." ”

Although Guo Jia's strategy sounded very tempting, Han Zhan was worried again after a moment of joy: "But, who should we send to contact Jiang Qi, and how should we infiltrate Yuan's camp?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Ran said with some hesitation: "My lord, there is one person under the last general, who can go to Yuan Ying to deliver the letter." ”

Hearing Gao Ran say this, Han Zhan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

"A military Sima under the last general, surnamed Deng Mingsheng, is a fellow villager with Jiang Qinai." Gao Ran said cautiously: "If we send him to deliver the letter, I think we will definitely be able to deliver the letter to Jiang Qi's hands." ”

"High School Lieutenant," Guo Jia was much calmer than Han Zhan, and he asked Gao Lan, "Yuan Jun's camp guards the forest, I don't know how you plan to let Deng Sheng get in?" ”

Gao Ran's heart already had a draft in his heart, and when he heard Guo Jia ask, he hurriedly replied: "I asked Deng Sheng to disguise himself as a businessman, and went out of the city overnight to the south of Yuan Ying, and it was not too late to see the opportunity to act again." ”

"High school lieutenant," Han Zhan still instructed Gao Ran for the sake of safety: "General Sima Dengsheng has been summoned here, and Ben Hou has something to ask him." ”

After a stick of incense, Deng Sheng, who was sticking to the east of the city, came to the city gate tower under the guidance of a soldier. He looked at Han Zhan and then at Gao Lan, not knowing who to salute. In the end, it was Gao Ran who relieved him: "Deng Sima, the lord has something to tell you, you should give the lord a salute first." ”

Hearing Gao Ran say this, Deng Sheng hurriedly knelt on one knee at Han Zhan and saluted with his fists: "Little Deng Sheng, see the lord, please say hello to the lord!" ”

"Deng Sima is exempt!" After Han Zhan stretched out his hand to let Deng Sheng get up, he asked kindly, "I heard that you and Jiang Qinai are fellow villagers?" ”

"Back to the lord's words," Hearing Han Zhan's question, Deng Sheng hurriedly replied respectfully: "Exactly!" ”

Han Zhan nodded and said to Deng Sheng: "Ben Hou plans to persuade Jiang Qi to surrender, here is a letter to persuade him to surrender, I wonder if you are willing to take the risk of taking a trip to Yuan Ying?" ”

Deng Sheng instinctively turned his head to glance at Gao Ran, and saw that the latter bowed slightly at him, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow to Han Zhan, and at the same time said loudly: "The little one is willing to serve the Lord and the horse!" ”