"General Sun Wentai is loyal and righteous, he is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, in the past, under the tiger prison, the alliance of heroes to kill Dong, only Sun Wentai must use his life in battle, and he must be the first in battle, he is generous and passionate, and he is really a model for my generation, and now he is unfortunately suffering, and I am subject to this heavy treasure, and I should keep my promise." Facing everyone's surprised expressions, Han Lie continued: "But Danyang is the heart of Yangzhou, and it is related to my great cause of passing through Jiangdong, so Danyang must not be ceded to the Sun family, and if the Sun family refuses to withdraw from Danyang, it is still inevitable to fight, so you don't have to worry about my intentions." ”

"Lord, I wonder if the lower officials can take a look at this jade seal?" Even a strategist like Guo Jia couldn't help but move at this moment.

"Feng Xiao can see it if he wants to, why be so embarrassed." Han Lie smiled disapprovingly, and pretended to be relaxed, but in fact, he also knew that the jade seal of the country was a symbol of the emperor in this era, although it was not enough to say that whoever got this jade seal was equivalent to the emperor, but at least the person who got this jade seal obviously had the potential to compete for the throne.

"Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity. Sure enough, it is the jade seal of the country, congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord. Guo Jia, who was holding the jade seal in both palms, knelt down and held the jade seal high with a hint of trembling in his tone.

Dian Wei may not have much feeling, but Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan were also taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed and echoed: "Congratulations to the lord for obtaining this rare treasure." ”

"Well, what are you doing, get up." Han Lie took back the jade seal, and said in a flat tone: "In my opinion, there is nothing to congratulate on this matter, you must know that the matter of Huaibi is guilty, the matter of having the jade seal in my hands, once it spreads, not only will it not be of the slightest benefit to us at the moment, but there will be endless troubles, if possible, I am more willing to dedicate this jade seal to Your Majesty, in exchange for a state shepherd is more cost-effective." ”

After the initial excitement, Guo Jia also calmed down, after listening to Han Lie's words, he couldn't help but nod and said: "What the lord said, it is not unreasonable, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, at present, the Han is declining, the world is already in chaos, the lord holds the jade seal, there may be hidden dangers in front of him, but in the future, it can become the foundation of the king's domination of the world, so his subordinates still do not agree with the lord taking the initiative to give the jade seal." ”

"The lord, what the military advisor said is very true, since the first emperor, for hundreds of years, the jade seal of the country is the important weapon of the country, the symbol of the emperor, the lord holds this treasure now, and it will not be impossible to achieve a great cause in the future." Zhao Yun was worried, but he was also moved.

The Han Dynasty has hundreds of peace, until today's chaos, far-sighted people, all see that the Han Mansion will fall, as for the deer to die, although it is impossible to predict, but people with lofty ideals, all of them are dedicated to their lives, one is to hold the heart of meritorious service, and the other is also for the descendants of the family Bo a glory and wealth, as well as the opportunity to leave a name in history.

It can be said that people who have such thoughts account for almost nine out of nine, and the true selfless saints are difficult to find even one out of tens of millions.

"This matter will no longer be discussed, now Sun Ben retreats, along the way when Tu, Wuhu will inevitably have no more war, after tomorrow, the army will advance lightly, straight to Wanling, I expect that Sun Bofu will not be willing to give up the fruits of victory, the two sides should have a battle, you must restrain your subordinates, you must not be arrogant, we must give full play to the fighting spirit of our Red Flame Army to the first to go to battle, every battle."

"Whoa." The generals rose in unison.

Although Sun Ben withdrew from Jiangcheng one day in advance, when he led the army to Wanling City that night, the six thousand soldiers and horses led by Han Lie also appeared in the north of Wanling City.

In the face of Han Lie's army that came to the rescue, both Sun Ce and Wu Jing Sun Ben were worried, compared to Zhou Xin in the city, he was overjoyed, and welcomed Han Lie's army into Wanling City that night, and handed over all the city defenses in the north and south of the city to Han Lie.

However, Zhou Xin's good mood did not last long, because soon when Zhou Xin met Zhou Xin alone, he said to him: "Brother, if Wu Jingsun Ben and his ilk are jackals, then Han Lie is a fierce tiger, and now my brother has introduced Han Lie's army into the city, and the blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable." ”

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhou Xin was dumbfounded, so he had to sigh and said: "Today's Han family is declining, you see that in recent years, the history of Yangzhou has been in turmoil in recent years, and the history of Yangzhou has been replaced by four people, two of whom have been killed, and one person has withdrawn gloomily. ”

"Since my brother understands the current situation, if you want to protect yourself, for the sake of today, you can only rely on Han Lie's command, along the way, I see that although Han Lie is young and in a high position, he lives frugally and knows right from wrong, which shows that this person's ambition is not small, and he also has the fierce generals Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others, all of whom are fierce generals in the world, and now the surname of Wu County, Gu Yuansi, has also returned to his heart to serve him as the master, if my brother wants to protect my Zhou family, he should make a decision quickly."

Just when Zhou Xin was thinking, Zhou Ang broke in with an injury and said: "Brother, you and I have both received the original courtesy, and we have been able to become the captain of the county guard for nothing, and now if you take refuge in Han Lie, what is the difference between you and betraying the master?" ”

Zhou Ang's words are not untargeted, Zhou Xin, Zhou Ang, and Zhou Yan were able to get a position in Danyang, which is indeed related to their early relationship with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's recommendation of Zhou Xin as Danyang Taishou is actually a strategic layout in the early years, but in recent years, Yuan Shao has gained a firm foothold in Jizhou, and while obtaining Jizhou, he has now annexed most of the state, most of Youzhou, and the tentacles have extended to Qingzhou.

Since Youzhou Mu Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan's strength in Youzhou has also been extremely reduced, and he was defeated by Yuan Shao one after another, and the only power in his hands is the surrounding areas of Youbeiping.

The power has increased greatly, and Danyang and Jizhou are thousands of miles apart, Yuan Shao has already left Zhou Xin's dark chess in the early years behind, and the two sides have not been in touch for more than a year.

Zhou Xin was originally a member of the Yangzhou Huijiren, and now Zhou Xin, who has entered the age of not being confused, is obsessed with his homeland, and is not like Zhou Ang in his prime, who is bent on pursuing a high position, doing the idea of being promoted to become wealthy, and worshipping the general.

But this will face Zhou Ang's rebuttal, Zhou Xin was also a little hesitant for a while, seeing that his brother was hesitant, Zhou Yan couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Brother should be decisive and constantly suffer from it, although Han Ziyang knows right from wrong, but he is definitely a ruthless person, Xu Gong, the lieutenant of Wu County, is hesitant and was killed in the mansion, his wife and children have been imprisoned and imprisoned so far, my brother doesn't think about himself, don't you think about your wife and children?" ”

Thinking of the five wives and concubines in the family, who already had six children, Zhou Xin's expression couldn't help but change, so he said: "Second brother Hugh wants to say more, I have made up my mind on this matter, and I will hand over the seal and ribbon book to General Han tomorrow morning to report to my Zhou clan." If the second brother has no intention of clinging to General Han, I will definitely make it clear to General Han after the war, and I will not let you be humiliated. ”

Zhou Ang saw that his brother and younger brother Zhou Yan had made up their minds, so he had to acquiesce in this decision, but he always had a mustard in his heart, in his opinion, Han Lie was just a down-and-out child, and now although he was stealing a high position, no matter his reputation and family background, compared with Yuan Shao, who was born in the fourth world and the third duke, there is a world of difference.

In this era, people who are born as disciples of big families often look down on the children of the poor family, they have an innate sense of superiority, and they often value not their talent and ability, but their family reputation.

Therefore, Zhou Ang's view is not a special case, but represents the views of most of the children of bureaucrats and gentry such as big families.

After all, there are many sentient beings, after all, there are only a few people who really have excellent foresight, such as Gu Yong, a famous man from a big family, can defect to Han Lie, obviously has a banner role, the important Gu Yong sees the potential of Han Lie, not afraid of Han Lie's force, if Han Lie is really just a horseman, even if he kills Gu Yong, he will definitely not bow his head, because for a celebrity like him, it is undoubtedly more shameful for them than killing them.

After Han Lie led his army into Wanling, although he also shared the information provided by Zhou Xin about Sun Ce's department, he did not listen to it and believe it, but still sent a scout team overnight to go out of the city to inquire about the deployment of Sun Ce's troops.

As soon as the sky was polished, Han Lie climbed the south gate tower of the city to check the terrain outside the city and the deployment of the city defense.

And the scout team that had already returned at this time also sent the information they had found to Guo Jia's desk, and after analyzing and sorting, Guo Jia saw that when Han Lie returned, he didn't care that Han Lie was eating, so he reported it at the next level.

Ling Tong outside the camp gate, seeing that Han Lie and Guo Jia were discussing, then pestered Xu Sheng to teach the knife technique, in the face of the tireless Ling Tong, Xu Sheng did not hide, in the past two years, he has been guided by Han Lie, and has practiced the knife technique recorded in the "Nine Palace Illusion Map", and now he has also practiced the fifth move 'Eagle Strikes the Sky', supplemented by the technique of guidance, both inside and outside, purely in terms of force, the current Xu Sheng's combat effectiveness has definitely reached the second-rate peak level, and it is only a line away from the quasi-first-class.

However, if you want to become a good general or even a famous general, the actual proportion of the force value is the least part, because the strategic planning of the unified army, the arrangement of troops, and the integration of the three armies is far more important than the force value, after all, no matter how brave the military general is, he cannot do a thousand enemies, let alone ten thousand invincibles, only with both wisdom and bravery, he can be regarded as a real good general, and a general who only has the force but does not have the strategy can only be regarded as a military general at best.

Just when Guo Jia and Han Lie were analyzing the situation of the enemy and us, Zhou Xin and Zhou Yan came together, and Han Lie, who received the report, had to interrupt eating, got up and said, "Fengxiao, go out with me to greet you." ”

"I don't know if Zhou Taishou came and couldn't meet him from afar, so it's no wonder." Han Lie leaned to the side of the steps, expressing his host's respect for the guests while expressing his apologies at the same time.

In the face of Han Lie's modesty and courtesy, Zhou Xin felt Han Lie's kindness at the same time, but also added a good impression to Han Lie, and was busy at the moment: "I was in a hurry last night, and there were a lot of slackness, today I came to ask the general for my guilt, and secondly, I deeply feel that my talent and virtue are not enough to take on the heavy responsibility, so I am here to ask the general to resign, and also ask the general to show His Majesty and recommend a more virtuous wise man to serve as the county guard of Danyang." ”

"Why did Lord Zhou say this?" In his opinion, Zhou Xin is obviously not the kind of person with great wisdom, but now he took the initiative to resign, how much sincerity there is in this, this time and a half, naturally it is impossible to easily justify.

"General Han doesn't need to have any doubts, my brother knows that his ability is limited and he is really unable to take on important responsibilities, so he is willing to go to the county to guard the post, and present the county treasury books as a means of advanced allegiance, and ask the general to take it in." Seeing that Han Lie suspected their intentions, Zhou Yan hurriedly stood up, knelt down and bowed, and bowed loudly.

"Lord Zhou, what is this doing, please get up quickly." In the face of Brother Zhou Xin's intention to surrender, Han Lie was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull up Zhou Xin, and held Zhou Xin, who was saluting, and said: "Brother Taiming's meaning, Lie has already understood, as for the resignation, I have to mention it again, just Brother Taiming's actions today are enough to prove that you are a person of Mingde, this Danyang is too guarded, who can you do it?" ”

"Thank you for your trust, and the lower officials will swear to death to repay the lord's courtesy." Although Zhou Xin had already prepared to be deprived of the position of Taishou, if he said in his heart that he had no ideas, it would obviously be impossible, but this would be when Han Lie affirmed himself and continued to let himself serve as Taishou, a long-lost sense of emotion and trust couldn't help but make his heart warm all of a sudden.

"They are all my own brothers, I don't want you to work hard, as long as you fulfill your duties and make the people live and work in peace and contentment." Han Lie waved his hand and smiled, then turned to look at Zhou Yan and said, "Shu Ming, the position of the county lord Bo that you held before has been promoted to the position of the governor of Danyang Mansion, and you will assist Brother Ru in taking charge of government affairs. By the way, why don't you see Zhong Ming? ”

The three brothers of Zhou Xin took the words Taiming, Zhongming, Shuming, and Zhong Ming, who Han Lie asked, was both Zhou Ang and Ye.

"Back to the lord, my second brother was injured in the battle out of the city, and now he is recuperating at home, and he is afraid that he will not be able to serve the lord for the time being, and his subordinates are about to resign from the lord as a county lieutenant for him, and he also asks the lord to choose another virtuous man to take office." Zhou Xin sent someone to invite Zhou Ang this morning, but Zhou Ang had no intention of taking refuge in Han Lie, so he closed his door.

Han Lie didn't know about this matter for a while, but now that the war was approaching, the county lieutenant was in charge of heavy affairs, and it was really not suitable to vacancy, after thinking about it, Han Lie said: "I already know about this matter, and I will arrange the candidate for the county lieutenant as appropriate." ”

"Whoa." Seeing that Han Lie did not ask about Zhou Ang's situation, Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang's brothers were relieved.

After that, Zhou Xin handed over to Han Lie the treasury, households, taxes, land properties, water conservancy and other books to Han Lie, expressing his intention to take refuge in Shun.

If it was in peacetime, Han Lie would naturally have a good banquet for Zhou Xin, but now there are more than 10,000 men and horses stationed outside the city, and the war can be said to be imminent, so naturally it is not a day to celebrate, so after Zhou Xin handed over the book, Han Lie said: "For government affairs, the military advisor and Shu Ming can count it, and I want to know the real combat power of the various departments in the city, so as to better play the combat effectiveness of our army." ”

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will arrange it." For Han Lie's request to review the troops, Zhou Xin did not resist in the slightest, since he decided to return to the allegiance, in his opinion, it is better to hand over the military power early than later, after all, to hand over the military power, then it also means that the burden of city defense will be completely put down.

You must know that during this period of time, in the face of Sun Ce's siege battle, he was worried day and night, he didn't sleep a good night, didn't eat a good meal, and the mental torture really made him feel exhausted, which was also an important factor that forced him to give up his rights and express his submission to Han Lie. (To be continued.) )