Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 35 Fight for Jizhou (3)

After the letter went around in everyone's hands, it returned to Gongsun Zan's hand. Gongsun Zan held the letter and said to his subordinates, "Letter, everyone has seen it! Yuan Shao has already given the prefect seal to my younger brother Gongsun Fan."

"Everything is just as Yuan Shaoxin said in the letter. Yan Gang's troops are the forwards. He won Jizhou and let you be the governor of Jizhou." Gongsun Zan directly named Yan Gang the governor of Yizhou.

"Thank you, my lord! Gang will live up to my lord's love!" Yan Gang was overjoyed, as soon as Jizhou was captured, he would be the governor in charge of a state's military administration, and the rest of the people cast envious glances at him.

"Tian Kai, Shan Jing!" Gongsun Zan shouted.

"The last general is here!" Hearing Gongsun Zan's roll call, Tian Kai and Shan Jing hurriedly got up and saluted.

"You two, command the left and right armies, Gongsun Yue will command the rear army, and the rest will follow me in the central army." Gongsun Zan ordered.

"Promise!" Everyone got up and took the order to go. Gongsun Zan's former Yan Gang Department crossed the border of Youzhou, entered Zhongshan Kingdom and headed towards Ye City all the way.

Licheng, the front line of the Bingzhou Army, and the garrison of the Chinese Army.

"According to reports from spies these days, Gongsun Zan commanded [-] troops from Yan and Dai, led the former army with Yan Gang as the vanguard, and has now arrived in Anxi." Gao Shun pointed to a picture of the thirteen states hanging on the wall. topographic map.

"Why did Gongsun Zan's army arrive in Anxi County so quickly?" Li Song asked incomprehensibly.

"Return to my lord! Yan Gang's former army is in Zhongshan, and no one dares to stop them wherever they pass, and they all surrendered. That's why Gongsun Zan's former army can reach Anxi so quickly." Gao Shun said.

"It seems that not only Han Fu was scared of being beaten by Gongsun Zan, but even his county magistrates were scared of being beaten, so they didn't dare to fight Gongsun Zan, and they all surrendered." Zhang Liao said.

"Fortunately! We got the information a long time ago and made preparations. Otherwise, if we don't send troops until now, I'm afraid Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have joined forces to occupy Jizhou." Li Song said, and everyone agreed.

"By the way! Is there any news from the military adviser?" Li Song asked about Liu Bowen's situation.

"It's strange to say! I have sent several waves of people to send letters to the military division, but there is no news from the military division!" Pei Yuanqing said.

What they didn't know was that the people they sent out were assassinated as soon as they stepped into Wei County. Naturally, they couldn't pass the news to Liu Bowen, and the people Liu Bowen sent back disappeared as soon as they left Yecheng .

"Master! What should we do now?" Pei Yuanqing asked.

"Stand still for the time being! Keep an eye on Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan's movements, and send more people there. It's best to send experts from the shadows. I'm always uneasy." Li Song thought for a while.

"It's my lord! I'll do it now!" Pei Yuanqing also knew that the situation was tense, so he hurriedly resigned and arranged for people to go to Yecheng to contact Liu Bowen.

"Okay! Everyone retreat!" Li Song said to everyone, the pre-military meeting was over.

"Promise!" Xiang Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others bowed and retreated.

Jizhou, Weijun, Yecheng, Governor's Mansion.

"Go! Notify the lord! Xin Ping has something to discuss with the lord!" Han Fu was in charge of government affairs. Xin Ping, senior officials, Xun Chen and others came to the door and asked to see Han Fu.

"Yes! I'm going to inform the lord right now!" The guard hurried inside to tell Han Fu, and after a while, the guard came out and said to Xin Ping and the others: "My lord, please let the adults in!"

Xin Ping and others went in one by one, and when they saw Han Fu, they cupped their hands and said, "My lord (meeting Han Zhoumu)!"

"You guys came to see me, what's the matter?" Han Fu asked with a tired face.

"Naturally, it is to point out the way for Master Zhou!" Gao Gan stood up first and said.

"What is the way?" Han Fu tremblingly said after hearing this. Now he lives in fear every day. He is afraid that when he wakes up, the enemy's army has already entered the city and chopped off his head, even in his dream. He often dreams of someone wielding a knife at him, and often wakes up in the middle of the night.

For him, every day is a torment, and he is very afraid. As long as someone can save him from this torment, he will hand over Jizhou to him without hesitation.

Gao Gan, Xun Chen and others looked at each other and smiled. The more Han Fu was like this, the more beneficial it would be for their subsequent persuasion, and the more he would be able to hand over Jizhou Mu's seal and ribbon.

"Now, Gongsun Zan's army is coming towards Yecheng like a broken bamboo, and all the counties have surrendered one after another. Bingzhou in the northwest is the junction of Chen Bing and Jizhou. We are all worried about you." Xun Chen told Han Fu His situation conceals Yuan Shao's role in it.

"What do you say? I have already agreed with the envoy from Bingzhou to hand over Jizhou to Bingzhou Mu Li Song. Yes, as long as I hand over Jizhou to Li Song, the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou will not kill me." Han Fu looked terrified and spoke incoherently.

Jizhou was handed over to Li Song of Bingzhou. This was not what they wanted to see. If so, why would they waste their time and energy here.

"Han Zhoumu, Jizhou can't be handed over to Li Song no matter what. If that's the case, you're bound to die, and there's no way you can survive." Guo Tu said hastily.

"That's right! My lord, you clearly promised Li Song that you would give up Jizhou, but how did Li Song do it?"

"But he betrayed his promise and united with Gongsun Zan who was far away in Youzhou, and asked Gongsun Zan to send troops to kill Yecheng, but he stationed troops in Licheng. He was planning to use Gongsun Zan's hand to take your life. Is that so? Do you still want to hand over Jizhou to him?" Xin Ping was so passionate that he pressed harder and harder, forcing Han Fu into a corner and fell to the ground.

"The matter has come to this point, what do you think I should do?" Han Fu said in horror.

"In my opinion! My lord, you can entrust Jizhou to Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai. Yuan Shao is the fourth and third prince, and his officials are all over the world. Now, only he can guarantee the safety of you and Jizhou!" Xin Ping strikes while the iron is hot.

"Yuan Shao? He is just the prefect of a county, and at best he owns a county. How can he fight against Gongsun Zan's tiger and wolf army, let alone the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou at the border." Han Fu did not believe that he had the strength of a state. , are not Gongsun Zan's opponents, how could Yuan Shao, a prefect, have such abilities.

"Now my lord is more resourceful and brave than ordinary people, and there are not a few fierce generals under his command. Besides, although Bohai is a county, under my lord's governance, it is equivalent to the strength of a state."

"Why don't you invite him here and hand over Jizhou to my lord, and he will definitely treat you well. In this way, you don't have to be afraid of Gongsun Zan and Li Song anymore." Xun Chen hurriedly persuaded.

"In this case, please quickly invite Yuan Shao to Yecheng!" Han Fu stumbled, like a drowning man catching a life-saving straw, he reached out to grab Xun Chen's hand and said.

"It's not too late! Let's take our leave first! Go and inform Master Yuan Shao." Xin Ping and the others were overjoyed, and after speaking, they left Han Fu alone and left in a hurry, anxious to tell Yuan Shao the good news.

(End of this chapter)