"The lord wants to send troops to Handan? I can't accept it! ”

The night came quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was a tall building on the moon, and people were after dusk; Zhang Liao on the couch was silent, followed by Lu Bu who comforted him, and Xun Gang stood in front of the couch, looking at Ma Liang, Lu Xun, Xu Shu and other ministers he called.

"Ji Chang, I know your concerns, this place is thousands of miles away from Handan, and there are princes who dominate the road, how can you go all the way?"

Ma Liang hurriedly responded: "That's right, with all due respect, although the lord upholds the righteousness, he also has to weigh his own ability!" The world had ceased war for more than a year because of General Zhang's killing of Hu Ling, and now that this fragile covenant had withered, how could they allow their lords to walk around their territory? ”

"I naturally know that the road ahead is bleak, but my big Han people are still struggling here, and there are 3,000 soldiers who are guarding Handan, and they urgently need our support! Zhang Liao is a general who resists Hu, and he has made great contributions to my Han people, if the five believe in the world, who will kill Hu? ”

Xu Shu also said: "The lord is worried about the country and the people, I admire it, but everything has to be measured, if the Hu people fall around my territory, but this is far away in Jizhou, the lord is running thousands of miles, wouldn't he seek his own death?" What's more, General Zhang has been on the run for more than three months, how can those 3,000 soldiers and horses withstand 300,000 iron cavalry? I'm afraid that Handan is a dead city now......"

Xun Gang also stopped talking, why didn't he know what to do? It's just that this matter is very important, Handan, Xindu, Yecheng is the fortress of Jizhou, and now there is only one left, if Handan is lost, then Jizhou is lost, and the Hu people are like the Central Plains into no man's land!

Cao Zhi had no military vision, and he had no idea of the threat of the Hu people to the Central Plains; At the beginning, Cao Cao had no time to take care of Youzhou's Kebineng, so there is today's disaster, if Jizhou is lost again, won't it harm the world?

Could the Yongjia Rebellion come ahead of schedule?

Zhang Liao dragged his tired body and stood up, and saluted Xun Gang: "Xun Hou's good intentions are understood, looking at the princes of the world, only Your Excellency has a ruthless vision and a heart to worry about the country!" If you don't have a life in the next place, you will be willing to join you! But Zhang Liao has put faith and righteousness first all his life, and if he can't get reinforcements from the princes, he should be martyred for Handan's brothers! ”

"Wen Yuan, don't you want to say this, isn't Xun Hou still undecided?" Lu Bu was busy persuading.

Zhang Liao shook his head tiredly, and arched his hand: "I know that this is an extravagant hope, and I don't want to mention the matter of asking for troops, but there are still more than 1,000 of my brothers outside the city, and I ask Xunhou to allocate some grain and grass for me......"

"A thousand? Didn't you come out with more than 10,000 people? Xun Gang asked in surprise.

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "There was hunger and cold on the road in March, and there were many escapees, and many of the more than 10,000 people were the so-called Hu Yi Army, and there was no discipline at all. ”

Everyone wept when they heard this, but their hearts could be seen from this thousand miles of help, but they were really powerless, so they could only sigh silently.

"Lord, I have a word, I don't know if I can say it?"

Suddenly, at this time, Lu Xun came out and said, Xun Gang motioned for him to continue, and Lu Xun said: "From now on, there are two roads to Handan, one is to go north from here, but the road is difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to deal with many princes; The second is the waterway, we can take a boat from the Yangtze River to the south, take the East China Sea, the Bohai Sea into the Yellow River, and then pass by only to negotiate with Sun Ce. ”

Xun Gang nodded and said, "What Bo Yan said is not bad, but I don't know what Sun Ce will think...... Last time, he crossed the river in white clothes and stole my Xiakou, if I wanted to steal Jiangnan, it was not impossible, but it was too difficult......"

"Yuan Zhi, you immediately send a messenger to negotiate and do everything you can to persuade Sun Ce! If you can't convince Sun Ce, go to Zhou Yu over there, Zhou Yu understands the righteousness, and I sent someone to send medicinal herbs last time I was seriously ill, which can be regarded as a favor to him...... If even Zhou Yu can't be convinced, then he can only find another way. ”

Xu Shu nodded, it was impossible for Xun Gang to abandon Zhang Liao, and so far this was the most reliable strategy.

"I don't know how many troops the lord wants to send?" Lu Bu asked.

"Thirty thousand." Xun Gang said lightly.

Lu Bu shook his head: "Even if our army is brave, 30,000 hatred is less!" ”

"Don't worry," Xun Gang smiled slightly, "I've been prepared." ”

Immediately, Xun Gang ordered Zhang Liao's subordinates to enter the city, greeted Tian Yu and others, and sealed them one by one in the name of Cao Chong, the "King of Wei", and pulled them under his banner.

Although Zhang Liao was very anxious, he did not discuss with Sun Ce that it was a declaration of war to sail the ship to the south of the Yangtze River, and Xun Gang did not want to cause trouble.

"This time I negotiated with Sun Ce, the fast is January, the slow is March, and the sea climate is difficult to judge, I am afraid that it will be half a year before I arrive in Handan. It's been nine months back and forth, and I hope Wen Yuan will prepare early......"

Xun Gang was not optimistic about Hao Zhao, although he had resisted Zhuge Liang in Chencang for a long time, but he was not as good as Huo Jun, the real king of guards. That was under the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Zhang Lu, with hundreds of people to resist the cattle for a year.

Zhang Liao was not in high spirits all day, even if Tian Yu and others persuaded him more, it didn't seem to be of any use, until Xun Gang's eldest son Xun Zhan ran out, looking at Zhang Liao with a frustrated face, he couldn't help but be a little curious, who is this general? Why haven't you seen it in Jingzhou?

The decadent Zhang Liao didn't feel Xun Zhan's approach, and Xun Zhan's repeated shouts didn't work, until Xun Zhan brought a pot of wine, and Zhang Liao seemed to have a reaction.

"Are you ......?"

"Xun Zhan."

"It turned out to be the eldest son, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"Who are you?"

"Me? …… Hehe, it's just a defeated general! ”

Xun Zhan thought to himself that his father had never fought with anyone in the past few days, not even the crusade against the bandits, how could this person say that he was the general of the defeated army?

"I'm asking for names!"

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan." ”

"You are the anti-Hu general that my father has always talked about?" Xun Zhan was overjoyed when he heard this, "Great, great, great, I was just about to kill Hu, my father has to wait for me to wait for five years before he willing, you can take me to kill Hu!" ”

Zhang Liao saw that he was young and ambitious, and his conversation seemed to be quite extraordinary, so he couldn't help but show his face; Suddenly, he saw a pot of wine in his hand and said with a smile: "You little ghost, don't you want to drink?" ”

Xun Zhan pursed his lips: "Why can't you drink it?" My dad said he had been drinking since he was four years old, and I wanted to drink at the same age as him! …… By the way, you haven't drunk my father's wine, so I'll give you a little bit. ”

A pot of wine is enough to hook out all the secrets of a dull man, Zhang Liao told Xun Zhan all the things in the north with regret, Xun Zhan listened attentively, when he heard that the north was completely occupied by the Hu people, he was indignant and shouted: "My father doesn't send troops here, how can this be reasonable!" ”

Zhang Liao borrowed the meaning of wine and said with a smile: "Marquis Xun is the only prince in the world who can send troops, but it is difficult to go thousands of miles away!" If it weren't for Zhang Liao's life, he really wanted to make friends with Xunhou Babai...... Hehe, it's really high, Xun Hou is a brother with a different surname than the Son of Heaven, how can I ......"

Xun Zhan said: "You can't look for my father, you can look for me!" ”

Zhang Liao looked him up and down, and couldn't help laughing: "Boy, you haven't reached the crown yet, but I have already experienced thirty-nine spring and autumn seasons!" Don't joke with me, if you are your martial arts master, it is still a little possible. ”

"I can hold two stone bows, and the master has Ma Chao and Gan Ning...... Even General Lu is my master, I don't need a martial arts master anymore! ”

Zhang Liao instantly put away his smile, he didn't expect this young man to have such divine power, and even Lu Bu was willing to accept him as an apprentice...... Wait, isn't this kid Lu Lingqi passed on to Yuan Min, Lu Bu is his grandfather in the true sense!

"But what you said is right, General Lu is your master, where can I get my turn?" Zhang Liao took a sip of wine, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, Xun Hou said that he has a secret weapon, you are his son, do you know what this is?" ”

"Of course I do! I asked my father why he didn't use it for other princes, and my father said that it was for the Hu people, not for his compatriots; If that thing is moved out, the people of the Central Plains will not be able to stop my father at all, not even the iron armor wall! ”

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard this, he had heard that all kinds of strange weapons appeared in Xun Gang's hands, what Yuan Rong crossbow, divine arm bow, all of which were regarded as divine products by Cao Jun, which was also their invincible weapon; He never expected that Xun Gang still had hidden secrets!

"What kind of thing is it?"

Xun Zhan thought for a while, and said with a bitter face: "I don't know, my father didn't let me see it when he experimented, but the sound of that thing was really loud and loud!" The whole city of Xiangyang can hear it! ”

Zhang Liao's curiosity in his heart was undiminished, but Xun Zhan didn't seem to know what it was, so he could only keep that expectation, hoping that Xun Gang could use it against Hu Ren.

"Speaking of which, can't you and I really worship each other?" Xun Zhan took a sip of wine and said with a red face.

Zhang Liao smiled, it turned out that this kid hadn't given up yet: "You and I are more than thirty years apart, not to mention that you haven't reached the crown yet, where can you worship me and ruin Xunhou's green name?" ”

"My father said, General Zhang Liao is a rare good man, how can I ruin my father's reputation by swearing to you?" Xun Zhan stood up tremblingly and shouted to the side: "Come on, come on!" ”

"Don't call Childe, don't call Childe, isn't the slave here?" A manservant suddenly ran to the side, and said in a low voice, "Today, the male monarch has important political affairs, and you can't make loud noises in the mansion!" ”

"Oh......" Xun Zhan responded lightly and whispered: "You go and prepare incense burners, cattle and sheep and other livestock, and then put peaches and plums, I want to bow to General Zhang!" ”

"Eh, good...... Wait, Childe, who are you going to bow to? ”

"General Zhang Liao! He's been living here for days, don't you know? ”

The servant looked at Zhang Liao with a strange expression, thinking that he really shouldn't give Xun Zhan such a pot of wine, after drinking the wine, his brain was wrong, where was there such a reason for such a child to worship a forty-year-old adult? It's not about bowing to the New Year!

"Eldest prince, don't be embarrassed, if you let Xun Hou know, I'm afraid that the impact will not be good......" Zhang Liao woke up halfway and hurriedly persuaded, but Xun Zhan didn't listen at all, but said proudly: "My father spoils me very much, and he will definitely not embarrass the general!" Besides, after you and I bow down, my father will definitely be embarrassed to refuse your request to send troops! ”

Zhang Liao is helpless, although this kid is much better than the gentleman, but he is also a stubborn master, it seems that if he doesn't finish it according to his wishes, he will inevitably have trouble!

But to tell the truth, this kid is really funny, and like his father, he has a maturity different from his age; If he were twenty or thirty years older, Zhang Liao would be willing to worship him.

"Childe, everything is ready in the backyard, remember not to alarm the man!"

The next thing, the two of them successfully bowed to the handle, drank several jars of wine, and finally were put down, Xun Gang, who was doing business in the room on the side, heard the sound, looked at the altar and instantly understood what was happening, but he didn't care, but looked at the wine jars all over the ground and sighed.

"Damn, I used to pour a cup, but now I have to pour people in so many jars? Could it be that I will make industrial alcohol in the future, and you will not be able to pour a glass? ”