According to the news that circulated afterwards, Guo Jia persuaded the guards of Linzi South City in this way:

"The strength of Qingzhou's army is not as far as our army, the lord of Qingzhou is not as far away as our army, the wealth of Qingzhou is not as far as our army, the wisdom of Qingzhou is not as far as our army, and the courage of Qingzhou is not as far as our army! Let me ask, how many days can such a Qingzhou resist our army? ”

It is said that after listening to Guo Jia's words, the guard general bowed to the ground on the spot and expressed his willingness to surrender. As for whether this is the case, Guo Yan is not interested in exploring it. Anyway, the result was certain, the south gate of Linzi City was opened, and Guo Yan's army was put in.

Guo Yan led his army into the city, which meant the fall of Linzi. After getting the news that the Northern Army had entered the city, Yuan Tan panicked and immediately fled. On the contrary, it was Guo Tu, who showed a bit of integrity at this time. While letting his own soldiers escort Yuan Tan away quietly, he urgently mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized in the name of Yuan Tan to counterattack Guo Yan's army that entered the city.

Cavalry fighting in the city is actually not very suitable. Guo Yan was unprepared for a while, and was accidentally counterattacked by Guo Tu, losing more than 100 people. But this also provoked Guo Yan to be furious on the spot, and personally led the troops to charge. In front of Guo Yan, a fierce general at the level of "10,000 enemies", Guo Tu's demoralized subordinates had no ability to resist at all. When the third defender general, who believed in his bravery, was stabbed to death by Guo Yan with a spear, Guo Yan had no enemies in front of his horse who dared to stop him.

With just a charge, Guo Yan successfully broke through Guo Tu's resistance camp and rushed directly in front of Guo Tu. Before Guo Tu could react, Guo Yan had already stabbed through this guy who dared to block the car with his mantis arm and raised it high in the air. to warn those who continue to resist.

Guo Tu's death in battle meant a general collapse in the morale of the Linzi defenders. Subsequently, the resistance in the city quickly disappeared. Groups of dejected Qingzhou soldiers obediently raised their hands, knelt on the ground, and became prisoners. If Yuan Tan hadn't run fast, and Guo Tu had bought him a quarter of an hour, maybe he wouldn't have had time to escape from Linzi City.

It only took two hours, and Linzi City, which had nearly 10,000 defenders, was attacked by thousands of cavalry under Guo Yan's department. Fall!

When Guo Yan will conquer Linzi. After slashing Guo Tu, Yuan Tan's record of escaping in the wilderness was written into a Lubu document, and a special messenger was sent to pass it at full speed to the insolence case. Zhang Mad is leading the main force of the army of 20,000 people. Hit under the city of Ender. suppressed Zhang He, the second-ranked general of the Qingzhou Army.

After several years of tempering, Zhang He's force is said to have successfully broken through the level of "10,000 enemies". Become the current first brave general in Qingzhou. And in Tian Feng's arrangement, he was the chief general who was responsible for the defense of the north of Pingyuan County. In addition, Zhang He's subordinates also shouldered the important task of guarding the back road and providing grain for Chun Yuqiong's army. If it weren't for the fact that the survival of Ande City was very important, Tian Feng would not have been able to let Qingzhou's second-ranked heavy future serve as a defender.

Although he was born in a family of military generals, Zhang He has also been familiar with the scriptures since he was a child, and his writing level is no worse than that of ordinary scholars. And he paid great attention to every move that happened in Linzi City. The confidants and family members who were secretly planted by him in Linzi City would regularly and quickly transmit the major events that had happened in Linzi City to Ande, so that Zhang He could get reliable news in time when facing the changes in Qingzhou's high-level management.

Therefore, several major events that happened in Linzi City had already been received by Zhang He before they reached Zhang Hao's ears.

When Zhang He received the news that Tian Feng had been killed in prison, he was receiving a visitor. At that time, the news that Linzi City had just fallen was spreading rapidly on the road, and it would take two more days to reach Ande.

"What?! Tian Gong actually went to prison and died? Is this crazy, lord? ”

Rao was Zhang He's self-cultivation skills, and when he heard the news that Tian Feng was "dead" in prison, he couldn't help but blurt out that the lord Yuan Tan was coming.

Tian Feng is the pillar of Qingzhou. He represents the entire Jizhou Shiren Haoqiang Group that still follows Yuan's family. Tian Feng's death undoubtedly means that the Jizhou Shiren power group has completely lost power under Yuan Tan.

How serious will the consequences of this event be?

Yuan Tan ...... Lord, this is ...... Self-destruction of the Great Wall! ”

After hearing this unfortunate news, Zhang He, who came back to his senses after a while, sighed bitterly. Before this incident, Zhang He had heard some rumors that the Yingchuan faction was dissatisfied with the Jizhou faction's sole authority and wanted to regain some of the Qingzhou prefecture power. It's nothing, for such a good thing as authority, everyone will definitely fight for me. But the Yingchuan faction actually took such drastic measures to regain power, which inevitably made Zhang He's heart shudder!

If you roughly divide the factions of the important ministers under Yuan Tan, they can be roughly divided into several major factions such as the Yingchuan faction, the Jizhou faction, and the Qingzhou faction. And under each of the big factions, there are a number of small factions that are not mentioned.

Among them, the representatives of the Yingchuan system are Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu, Xun Chen, Xin Ping, Feng Ji and others. Most of these people are from Yingchuan County, and there are also Fengji and others from near Yingchuan such as Nanyang. Due to its older qualifications, the Yingchuan system is also known as the "Yuancong lineage". Before Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, they followed Yuan Shao's side and contributed a lot to Yuan Shao's great cause.

The Jizhou system is a faction formed by Yuan Shao after he became the master of Jizhou and recruited talents from Jizhou. The earliest Jizhou system, the core is frustration. Later, he was captured by insolence and died unyieldingly, and Tian Feng took advantage of Yuan Shao's last words to leap to the position of the mastermind of the Jizhou department. Its core members include Cui Yan, Zhang He and others.

Because Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Ran, etc., who also belonged to the Jizhou department, died in battle for Yuan Shao's great cause, the Jizhou department was famous in the world for its loyalty. With the help of this reputation, the Jizhou system headed by Tian Feng successfully seized the main authority of Qingzhou, and its strength was not under the Yingchuan system, and even faintly exceeded some.

The Qingzhou department is also known as the local department, which is represented by the state pastor thief Cao engaged in Wang Xiu. Although there are many people in this faction, most of them joined after Yuan Tan entered Qingzhou. Due to the short time under Yuan Tan, most of the Qingzhou department only served as low-level officials, and few entered the middle and high-level.

There is another Xu You, although he is also from Nanyang, but he has always been detached and independent of everyone. There is also a judge, with a straightforward temperament, and he doesn't like the franchise of gangs, so although he is a native of Jizhou, he is not valued by the Jizhou department.

If Tian Feng was dismissed alone, Zhang He felt that with the army in his hands, it would still be enough to maintain his position in Qingzhou. But Tian Feng's death and Cui Yan's resignation obviously put the entire Jizhou system at risk of a major liquidation. Especially when the arrogance in the north has already moved south, Linzi actually came to such a play, which can't help but make Zhang He feel a little desperate.

"What's the matter with this!"

Thinking of this, Zhang He couldn't help but scold again. He led soldiers in the army all day long, but he never scolded anyone. When he couldn't help it, even Yuan Tan scolded several times in private.

Obviously, since the Yingchuan system has done such a desperate job, the Jizhou system can't just do it. Especially when he thought of the visitor in the reception room, Zhang He had the best means of revenge against the Yingchuan system in his heart.

After lowering his head and thinking carefully for a while, Zhang He's plan had been decided, and then he slowly walked back to the reception room. Seeing Zhang He's disgraced face, the visiting guest was obviously a little strange and asked:

"Couldn't the eldest brother have learned the trick of 'changing face'? How can you be so depressed? ”

"Changing Face" is a hundred opera program from the "Hundred Opera Troupe" in the mansion of Mu Zhangqiang in Jizhou, which is said to have been designed by Zhang Madness himself and is quite famous in Jizhou. The visiting guest said this casually, obviously having seen the show that changed faces, and was impressed. This also exposed the identity of the visitor from the other side - he came from Jizhou, which was under the control of insolence.

This visitor from Jizhou has a clear task, that is, to persuade Zhang He to surrender. According to Zhang Qi's advice in advance, it is of course best for Zhang He to be willing to surrender, and if he resolutely does not surrender, he does not need to bother to speak. The visitor is not a person who is good at talking, and he is not very sure about persuading Zhang He to surrender, but he just relies on his old friendship with Zhang He to do his best.

This guest, who has a lot of friendship with Zhang He, is one of the two pillars of Jizhou in Hebei that year, the nephew of the victorious general Lu Yi, and the only surviving member of the "Nine Sons of the Koji Clan", Lu Liang.

Before Yuan Shao's death, because he was worried that his son Yuan Tan would not be able to control the unruly Lu Yi, he asked his confidant and old friend Chun Yu Qiong to kill Lu Yi in front of the army. As for those "Nine Sons of the Koji Clan" who escaped with their lives from the battle against Gongsun Zhan, they were also executed by Chun Yuqiong. Only this Lu Liang was lucky and was not in the camp at the time of the incident, so he was able to escape with his life under Zhang He's secret indulgence, and then went to Jizhou to go to Zhang.

To say that the relationship between Zhang He and Lu Yi can be described as both a teacher and a friend. Zhang He's leading skills have mostly been guided by Lu Yi. And Lu Yi doesn't look down on Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others, and he almost became enemies with Chun Yuqiong, but he has a little appreciation for Zhang He's ability to command the army. Therefore, the death of Lu Yi made Zhang He feel a lot of resentment towards the Yuan family in his heart.

This resentment has always been buried deep in Zhang He's heart, and it has been diluted for a few years, but it is actually not too strong. Lu Liang came to persuade him to surrender this time, that is, he did his best, and he had no intention of succeeding. But if it is combined with the news that Zhang He just received, the chemical reaction that occurred during the period, and the result of Lu Liang's persuasion, it is very unpredictable.

Facing Lu Liang's joke, Zhang He said seriously:

"Okay, after you go back, you will say that Zhang He is not talented, and he is lucky to be valued by Zhang Jizhou, so he should open the city gate and go to see Zhang Jizhou."

"A certain family understands, and the eldest brother is also in the world...... What the? Big brother, did you hear me right? Do you want to open the gates of the city and go to the lord? ”

Lu Liang's face looked like a ghost, which made Zhang He, who was in a bad mood, a little unable to help but want to laugh.

"That's right, after you report back to Zhang Jizhou, I am also ready to stop, and I will go out of the city to meet Zhang Jizhou."

"This ...... That's great! Big brother, you are indeed a wise person! ”

Lu Liang jumped up from the straw mat excitedly, said a word to Zhang He, and strode out.

"Big brother, a certain family is going to report the good news to the lord! Ha ha! (To be continued......)

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