The day after Cao Cao sent Yuan Tan away, Dong Zhuojun sent light cavalry to intercept and capture Yuan Tan on the road according to the intelligence report of Wang Tian, a member of the Dark Moon Group lurking in the tiger and leopard cavalry, and found out Cao Cao's letter to the trial, and escorted Yuan Tan to Yecheng and escorted to Jia Xu, Jia Xu was very happy to meet Yuan Shao's eldest son, and his attitude was so affectionate that it was almost closer than seeing his relatives.

"Yuan Dagongzi, I have admired the name of my son for a long time, and it is really comforting to see him today." Facing Yuan Tan, who was bound all over, Jia Xu, who was dressed in a Confucian shirt, was still so polite, and the standard of etiquette was enough to be included in the etiquette textbooks of Chang'an Academy, and his smile was as kind as a harmless rural teacher, which made Yuan Tan a little suspicious of his identity.

"Since I am here, I will call you the highest boss in Yecheng, you are not worthy to talk to me." Although he was in a cage, Yuan Tan regarded Jia Xu as a low-level official such as Dong Zhuojun's military secretary's office, and he still put on a good shelf and shouted in a big way. Yuan Tan saw Jia Xu for the first time, seeing him with a kind smile, a kind attitude, and a delicate and fair-skinned scholarly face, he didn't know that he was the famous Dong Zhuojun military advisor, Jia Xu didn't like to wear official uniforms, and when he met Yuan Tan, he was still wearing an ordinary coarse cloth shirt, and there were only a dozen or so personal soldiers around him - of course, he was the most elite soldier in Dong Zhuo's army, Kang Peng was already missing a Li Ru, if Jia Xu had any more accidents, Kang Peng really didn't know what to do.

"Bold!" A personal soldier beside Jia Xu rushed up to Yuan Tan and slapped him twice, and the errand boy next to the poison man naturally did not take it lightly, and hit Yuan Tan on the spot so that the corners of his mouth bled out, and then he yelled at Yuan Tan: "This is the Jia military division of my family, don't kneel down quickly!" ”

"You're Jia Xu?" Yuan Tan vomited blood in his mouth and lost his voice, Yuan Tan had long heard of Jia Xu's name as a poisoner, and knew that he was the second person in Dong Zhuojun, if the Dong boss possessed by Kang Peng was a jackal who ate people and did not spit out bones, then Jia Xu was a poisonous snake that caused people to die and was silent, embarrassed, this word is simply a word made in heaven for Kang Peng and Jia Xu.

"Jia Junshi spares his life, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, and the military advisor spares his life." Yuan Tan fell to his knees and shouted in a trembling voice, Yuan Tan was not greedy for life and afraid of death, but he died too miserably, who knows what the consequences of offending this world-famous poison will be. Jia Xu grinned, personally helped Yuan Tan up, and said with a smile: "The eldest prince is too polite, Jia Xu is a rough man in the mountains and fields, so he deserves the great gift of the eldest prince?" Please sit here, come here, and prepare a banquet for the eldest prince. ”

Jia Xu's gentle words made Yuan Tan feel like a spring breeze, and personally helped Yuan Tan to sit on the seat, although he had not yet loosened Yuan Tan's bonds, but it also made Yuan Tan relax a lot, almost thinking that the rumors were false, Jia Xu was actually a very friendly and kind person. But Jia Xu turned his head and shouted: "Come on, bring the poison carefully prepared by Wenhua Hou and serve Yuan Dagongzi to take it." ”

"Poison?" Yuan Tan's chin almost didn't fall to the ground, but Jia Xu had already returned to his seat with a smile, and several Jia Xu's personal soldiers had already come over, held Yuan Tan down, pinched his chin open, and forcibly poured a bowl of green medicinal juice with a pungent smell into Yuan Tan's stomach, and then let Yuan Tan go. Jia Xu smiled softly and introduced: "The eldest prince, the name of this medicine is Shiquan Great Tonic Soup, which is carefully formulated with 7749 rare medicinal materials such as broken intestine grass, Heding red, pit viper saliva, Sichuan Aconitum and Nux nux nux, which has the effect of nourishing yin and aphrodisiac yang, strengthening the body, and nourishing the brain, and is a good thing that ordinary people can't easily drink." ”

Yuan Tan retched for a long time, wanting to spit out the medicine, but unfortunately the tears were squeezed out and still didn't succeed, and Jia Xu ignored him for the time being, just carefully looked at the letter from Cao Cao to the trial, and after a while, Jia Xu raised his head and smiled: "The eldest son, you are very pitiful, as the eldest son, your father asked you to contact Cao Cao, and did not let you have the opportunity to take charge of the army alone. ”

Jia Xu's words hit Yuan Tan's heart, and Yuan Tan, who was already frightened, suddenly collapsed like a deflated ball, and said in a trance: "It's already in your hands, what else am I trying to ask for, give me a good time." ”

"It's a shame." Jia Xu shook his head and sighed: "Originally, Jia Xu wanted to admonish the king, give the eldest prince the title of Jizhou pastor, the first-class Rongguo Gong, and marry the granddaughter of King Kang to the eldest prince as his wife, since the eldest prince has been killed, Jia Xu is not strong, it is better to go to Yuan Sangongzi to cooperate, at least the third prince knows how to fight for opportunities." Speaking of this, Jia Xu raised his head and shouted: "Come on, send the eldest prince to the prison, and let the eldest prince slowly wait in the prison for the taste of rotting bones and skin and dying." ”

"Wait." Yuan Tan struggled and shouted anxiously: "Master Jia, please wait, what did you say just now?" Please King Kang named me the Duke of Rongguo and the pastor of Jizhou, and also married my granddaughter to me? ”

Jia Xu waved his hand to stop the pro-soldiers who were dragging Yuan Tan, nodded and smiled: "Yes, as early as when Jia Xu left Chang'an, the king passed down a decree to let Jia Xu choose a wishful Langjun between the eldest prince and the third prince for the king's granddaughter, and guard Jizhou for the king after our army occupied Jizhou, I don't know if the eldest prince is interested?" ”

Yuan Tan's eyes lit up, and then he said deflatedly: "Don't treat me as a fool, in the past, the king promised to marry his granddaughter to me, because my Yuan family has use value, and now my Yuan family has lost half of the foundation, and there is not much left, I am already an abandoned son who has run out of use for the king, so are you willing to give me so many benefits?" ”

"What the eldest prince said is true." Jia Xu rarely said a kind word, "The king married his granddaughter to the eldest prince, indeed because the eldest prince is useful to the king." But the eldest prince is wrong, for the king, you don't have no use value, but there are more places for the king to use, but the eldest prince himself doesn't know. ”

"What use am I to the king?" Yuan Tan was confused.

"Okay, I'll give you a few words from the eldest son." Jia Xu smiled and said: "Yuan Gong has been running the two states of Jiyou for several years, with a deep foundation, sitting on hundreds of thousands of armor soldiers, and the king's soldiers sent to Jizhou, although the banner was victorious, but due to the lack of troops, there are Cao Cao and Liu Bei beside him, and he can't capture the two states in one fell swoop, to be honest, Yuan Gong sticks to Phoenix Mountain on the surface, but Jia Xu only needs a word, tens of thousands of troops rush up the mountain together, and Yuan Gong can't escape, but the question is, after Yuan Gong dies, who will lead the remnants of Yuan Gong's army? That's hundreds of thousands of horses, hand in hand can arrange a round trip from Phoenix Mountain to Changchang! If King Kang's grandson-in-law stood up to stabilize the morale of Yuan Gong's remnant army and led the army to surrender to King Kang, how many soldiers would King Kang's army have to sacrifice? How much less supplies do you have to consume? How much time and manpower should be saved? So, eldest son, your use value has not only not decreased, but has increased, does the eldest prince understand now? ”

Yuan Tan's eyes rolled wildly, and he said worriedly for a while: "Then after I help His Royal Highness King Kang collect the remnants of my father, it will be useless to King Kang, will His Royal Highness King Kang cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Even rabbits and dead dogs cooked? ”

"What is the eldest prince talking nonsense?" Jia Xu pretended to be annoyed and said: "Jia Xu is not talented, and he also has a small contribution to the king, why doesn't the king hide all the bows and birds from Jia Xu?" Lu Wenhou, General Zilong, and General Pang De have made greater contributions to the king, why didn't the king cook them to death? The king has the world in his heart, how can he do such a thing that loses his conscience? What's more, you are still the king's grandson-in-law, can the king bear to let his granddaughter be widowed? ”

Yuan Tan didn't speak anymore, just gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, Jia Xu knew the hesitation in his heart, so he picked up a yellow cloth wrapped in a scroll from the table, and spread it out in front of Yuan Tan with a smile, Yuan Tan looked down and saw that it was a letter written by Dong Zhuo himself, and his granddaughter Li Ruhua was married to Yuan Shao's son, as for what the son's name was, it was still blank, and finally it was King Kang's seal. Jia Xu smiled and said, "Eldest prince, whose name do you want King Kang to fill in this will?" ”

Yuan Tan's forehead was bruised, his teeth were creaking, and he was thinking that high-ranking officials were doing it, beauties were hugging, and his father on Phoenix Mountain was wary of him. After a long time, Yuan Tan finally said fiercely: "It's the old man who is unkind, you can't blame me for being unjust, Master Jia, please arrange it, what do you want me to do?" ”

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On the third watch of the night, Jia Xu arranged a better Xiliang fast horse for Yuan Tan, so that he could rush to Youzhou in time, and send Cao Cao's letter that had been transcribed and revised by Jia Xu to the hands of the judge, and then lead Yuan Shao's army in Youzhou with the trial to kill the Phoenix Mountain to rescue his father, of course, Yuan Tan will lead Yuan Shao's last force to the place designated by Jia Xu, so as to exchange for the highly toxic antidote on his body and the Kang Peng handwritten letter in Jia Xu's hand that has his name written on it.

As Guo Jia expected, Jia Xu did fight the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements, because after the continuous war of attacking the city and seizing the land, Dong Zhuojun's strength has been insufficient, and Kang Peng is a loyal admirer of a small number of elite theories, and he resolutely refuses to expand the army at will, which not only tightens the finances but also leads to a decline in the army's combat effectiveness, so Dong Zhuojun only sent 80,000 troops to attack Jiyou Erzhou this time, although the troops are small but fine, Dong Zhuojun is not afraid of either Yuan Shaojun or Cao Cao's army in a large-scale battle, even if the two armies of Yuan Cao join forces, may not be able to defeat Dong Zhuojun in the battle. But the problem came out again, because of the lack of troops, if Dong Zhuo's army gradually occupied Jizhou and Youzhou, it would be necessary to retain troops to consolidate the newly occupied areas, and the troops were seriously scattered, and it was likely to be broken by Yuan Cao's two armies, resulting in defeat, so if Dong Zhuo's army wanted to win a complete victory, it was necessary to lure the main forces of Yuan Cao's two armies to fight a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo's army, and only by defeating the main forces of these two forces in the decisive battle, Dong Zhuo's army could calmly occupy Jizhou Youzhou and even Qingzhou.

Although Jia Xu was not as cautious as Zhuge Liang, he was also quite careful, and in transcribing and revising Cao Cao's letter of approval, Jia Xu changed the time of the joint attack of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's coalition forces to February 28, postponing the two days agreed by Cao Cao, and giving Dong Zhuojun a precious two days to adjust, so that Dong Zhuojun could concentrate all his strength to calmly defeat the main force of Cao Cao's army, and then turn back to destroy the main force of Yuan Shao's army, without worrying about too much division of troops and difficulty in winning.

In the following days, Dong Zhuojun and Cao Cao's scout squad launched a series of dazzling melee battles on the land of Jizhou, Dong Zhuojun wanted to find out the route of Cao Cao's army, and Cao Cao's army also wanted to know about Dong Zhuojun's army movements, creating illusions, kidnapping each other, digging traps, encirclement and annihilation battles, surprise battles, encounters, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, and was very busy. You come and go, and in the end, both sides have their own gains, and they have obtained satisfactory information, combined with the intelligence of the Dark Moon Group lurking in Cao Cao's army. Jia Xu judged that Cao Cao's army's preparation to advance eastward was just a trick, it was Guo Jia's plan to secretly cross Chen Cang, and the real purpose of Cao Cao's army was to go north to save Yuan Shao, and the two families would have a chance to defeat Dong Zhuo's army together. Cao Cao's army found out that Dong Zhuojun did not transfer reinforcements from Yongzhou and Bingzhou, but only transferred a large number of grain, grass, seeds, weapons and ordnance from the rear to buy the hearts of the people of Jizhou and develop Yecheng's agriculture.

On February 22, the sixth year of Chuping, Jia Xu received the latest information provided by the members of the Dark Moon Group lurking in Cao Cao's army in Yecheng, Cao Cao's army divided its troops into two routes, one was led by Cao Ren and Le Jin, and marched in the direction of Neihuang and Yangping with great fanfare, and the first route was led by Cao Cao himself, and set off on the night of February 21 and marched in the direction of Phoenix Mountain in the north. In the intelligence, Wang Tian, the only member of the Dark Moon Group who successfully penetrated the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, provided Jia Xu with important information, Cao Ren and Le Jin's armies were all feints composed of old and weak soldiers of Cao Cao's army, and in order to cover up, Cao Cao also handed over a batch of valuable war horses to Cao Ren's troops, disguised as the main force, and would not arrive at the bottom of Neihuang City at all, he would turn around and return to Puyang City to protect the bridgehead of Cao Cao's army in Jizhou; The real tiger and leopard cavalry and other elites of Cao Cao's army were led north by Cao Cao himself, and Wang Tian himself was in Cao Cao's army on this road.

"Great." Jia Xu, who is usually moody, rarely showed a happy expression, Cao Cao's army is the most difficult army to place spies in the princes' army, Dong Zhuojun's intelligence system, and he only has three spies in Cao Cao's army, and he can't imagine that Wang Tian, the only one who can penetrate the tiger and leopard horse, can provide such important information. Jia Xu slapped the cases in front of him heavily, and smiled at General Dong Zhuojun such as Lu Bu, Ma Zhong, Li Dao and Guo Yan: "I finally figured out why Cao Cao's troops along the way to Neihuang have cavalry, a good Guo Jia, he was almost deceived by him, and he was really willing to pay for it." ”

"What's the use of Cao Cao's troops having cavalry all the way to Neihuang?" Lu Bu asked in surprise: "If you are far away from our army all the way, can you pose any threat to us?" ”

"Guo Jia is cunning and insidious, and Cao Cao is treacherous and vicious." Jia Xu patiently explained without blushing: "Our army is insufficient, the main force can only go north to ambush Yuan Cao's two armies, Yecheng's defense is empty, and most of the grain, grass and ordnance are hoarded in Yecheng, what I am most worried about is that Cao Cao's army will take advantage of the weakness to raid Yecheng, not only will the Jizhou plan occupied by our army fail, but even whether it can return safely and merge with the state is very dangerous." There are cavalry in the Cao Cao army on the road in Neihuang, which makes it difficult for me to judge whether that road is really the main force of Cao Cao's army, but fortunately, thanks to this information sent, I know that it is Guo Jia's trick again, the purpose is that the main force of our army does not dare to go out lightly, so that the real main force of Cao Cao's army can successfully rescue Cao Cao. ”

"Actually, Ben Hou knew that this was Cao Thief's trick, but he just wanted to test whether Jia Junshi could see through it." Lu Butian laughed shamelessly, patted Ma Zhong, who had recovered from his injuries, and said: "Ma Zhong boy, your subordinate has done a good job, go and reward him with ten catties of gold, just say that Benhou is rewarding him on behalf of his father-in-law." ”

"The villain imagines Wen Hou on behalf of Wang Tian." Ma Zhong replied: "But Wenhou, where should I get the ten catties of gold?" ”

Lu Bu's eyes bulged, "What?" Your subordinates have made meritorious contributions, and you, the leader, are you reluctant to pay out of your own pocket? ”

Ma Zhong jumped three feet high, "What? Wen Hou wants me to pay out of my pocket to reward my subordinates, but the favor is counted on Wen Hou's head? Wenhou, you're too unkind, aren't you? ”

When Lu Bu and Ma Zhong were joking with each other, Jia Xu was staring down at the marching sand table, considering whether there were any loopholes in his ambush plan, at this time, a herald came in, "Tell the military division, General Dong Chong escorted grain, grass and ordnance to Yecheng, and is waiting for the military division in the hall." When Jia Xu heard this, he hurriedly led the civil and military forces to the hall.

In the hall, Dong Chong, who looked much more handsome than his eldest brother, was arguing with Mo Zhi, the bad military doctor of the second master's army, and Ai Jin and Ma Zhuang were persuading beside him, seeing Jia Xu and others coming in, the bad military doctor Mo Zhu immediately greeted him, hugged his fist to Jia Xu and said: "Military advisor, please comment, the villain has developed a new weapon for the king's army, Vice General Ai and Deputy General Ma applauded when they saw it, we made a batch out of our own pockets, and wanted to dedicate it to the king's army, but Dong Erye insisted that the weapon I invented was not suitable for use on the battlefield and could not play any role." ”

"What kind of weapon?" Jia Xu asked curiously, Dong Chong grabbed it, threw the thin and withered Mo Zhu out, and said to Jia Xu: "Strategist, don't listen to that kid, he doesn't know anything except some poison**, what kind of bullshit gas bomb can only be effective within a dozen steps, and when the gas bomb burns up, the enemy will run away long ago, and a lot of money will be wasted." ”

As an ancient person, Jia Xu of course didn't know what a poison gas bomb was, and he didn't take it to heart when he heard Dong Chong say that the effect was extremely poor, and then Dong Chong said again: "Military advisor, this time my eldest brother sent me to Yecheng, not only to bring you food and ordnance, but also to escort a person back to Chang'an, and my eldest brother will personally persuade him to surrender." ”

"Tian Feng?" Jia Xu asked, when Yuan Shao went on the expedition, Tian Feng was still imprisoned in Yecheng prison, Dong Zhuojun captured Yecheng, and Tian Feng also fell into the hands of Dong Zhuojun, but unfortunately Jia Xu persuaded him to surrender many times, but he was unwilling to surrender, and scolded Kang Peng more than once. Seeing Dong Chong nodding, Jia Xu said: "He is still in prison, and General Dong can take him away at any time." ”

"No hurry, no hurry, my eldest brother didn't set a time for me to return." Dong Chong said with a smile: "This is the first time for this general to Yecheng, I want to visit the customs and 'business development' here in Yecheng, and I can also help Feng Xian and Zilong to go into battle to kill the enemy. ”

"Thank you, thank God you don't pull our hind legs!" Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Zhong and others said in unison in their hearts.

Three days later, on the night, Jia Xu personally led the main force of Dong Zhuo's army to secretly drive north, set up an ambush near Phoenix Mountain, and waited for Cao Cao's army and Yuan Shao's army to take the bait, and Dong Chong heard that he was going to fight an ambush in the barren mountains and mountains, and he immediately flew to Jiuxiao Yunwai, and resolutely asked to stay in the city to guard Yecheng, but fortunately, Jia Xu didn't expect him to play any role at all, and readily agreed, letting him lead the second master's army and some baggage troops to stay in Yecheng, and lead the army out of the city.

As soon as Dong Zhuojun, led by Jia Xu, left on the front foot, Dong Chong shouted in the city: "Grandma's, from now on, this Yecheng will be the largest official in my second master Dong, come on, immediately go to the brothel to arrest ten or eight women, Second Master Dong, I want to check the brothel service in this Yecheng!" ”

Dong Erye shot again, will the already chaotic war in Jizhou be even more chaotic? For more information on what happened next, see the next chapter.